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[hafital]

Yay, yuletide!

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And, actually, I can't remember now what my final 6 choices were.... god, my brain. I AM DISTRACTED. Anyway, I hemmed and hawed for a while and many that I might want were already nominated. I know for a fact that I nominated 24, L. Frank Baum - Oz Books, Nate & Hayes, The Windflower. Can't for the life of me remember what the other 2 were.... Wiseguy, probably, and probably Lost in Austen, but I was waffling on those two vs Leverage and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and Ocean's 11 and Northanger Abbey. sigh. I think I decided all those were more than likely to get nominated 100 times over, so I could keep them or not.

Also, I've come to the realization that I had better not request Leverage. I dunno. I'm reading a lot of what's being written for this fandom already, and I'm being snooty about it.

Definitely, I am requesting 24 -- I sort of forgot to add Hamri Al-Assad as a character, though (d'oh!), but that's okay, because I really can't expect my secret santa to write the epic multi-chapter 24/HL opus I want. lol. Conveniently, I also desperately (understatement) crave Jack/Tony and also Jack/Tony/Michelle (HUSH. IT CAN HAPPEN).

I still want Ozma/Dorothy, girl adventures in the wilds of Oz!

I'm on the fence about my two Pirate nominations -- I nominated The Wildflower because I just finished reading it (finally) and, although I think overall I didn't care for it that much, I found Rand Morgan and Cat and their relationship by far the most interesting thing in the novel, and so, I dunno, maybe a story might get written and wouldn't that be cool.

Nate & Hayes is charming and fun and has a built in threesome, but so damn obscure. It's almost a wasted request.

There should be overflowing amounts of Lost in Austen fiction and there isn't and that's tragic beyond the telling.

And I've been in a Wiseguy sort of mood lately, so I may request that.

So, I'm thinking:

24, Jack/Tony, Jack/Tony/Michelle (FOR SURE)
L. Frank Baum - Oz Series, Ozma/Dorothy

and then I can't decide. lol.

~ OH CLYDE, NEVER LEAVE ME AGAIN.

Okay, so, how much do I love Luke and Clyde and Maria, and Rani. I LOVE THEM SO MUCH. I was actually a lot less impressed with Elizabeth Sladen this time around, but I think I shall fault the writers in writing her so weird. Stop making her wig out, show. srsly.

Because they are, you know, KIDS, I really don't think I can read explicit stories about them, but omg Luke/Clyde are so cute together I really can't stand it. It's killing me. The force of their adorableness is too strong. I am weighed down by immeasurable amounts of puppylove and can't find my way out.

How much did I love seeing Alan Jackson again? SO MUCH. In that episode where Luke calls Maria in the US and Alan is in his scruffy-morning-bedheadness of HOT, I admit it, I was distracted (Also, UNIT, easiest government system to hack into ever, y/y?). I still secretly want Alan/Sarah Jane, Alan/Ten. THIS SHOULD EXIST. IN EVERY UNIVERSE.

On the whole I was much more enchanted with series 1, however, as my rambling can attest to, as the kids get a little older, they're awesomeness seems to grow exponentially. I'm looking forward to Series 3. whee!


~ Haven't started on my hlh_shortcut story or my dw_femslash story. *big eyes*

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[taraljc.livejournal.com]

zomg I fancy Alan Jackson LIKE MAD. (Also cos he's Banquo in the ShakespeaRe-told Macbeth with James MacAvoy and they kiss in, like, the first 30 seconds. BEST MACBETH EVER.) I still remember calapine was SCANDALISED when we were watchign the ep where he did a skateboard trick and I was all "duh! all the boys my age were skater geeks back in the day." and she was all "YOU CAN'T BE THE SAME AGE AS MARIA'S DAD. HE'S A GROWN-UP!" and then flailed a lot while fan_eunice and I laughed and laughed.

[hafital.livejournal.com]

zomg I fancy Alan Jackson LIKE MAD. (Also cos he's Banquo in the ShakespeaRe-told Macbeth with James MacAvoy and they kiss in, like, the first 30 seconds. BEST MACBETH EVER.)

HOLY MACARONI. I think I have that on a hard drive somewhere. Why didn't I know this? I will watch ASAP.

I was all "duh! all the boys my age were skater geeks back in the day." and she was all "YOU CAN'T BE THE SAME AGE AS MARIA'S DAD. HE'S A GROWN-UP!" and then flailed a lot while fan_eunice and I laughed and laughed.

haha. :D :D

I know he is our age! Like exactly! And delicious and I luv him like woah and he is sooooo dreaaammyy.

[killabeez.livejournal.com]

I really can't expect my secret santa to write the epic multi-chapter 24/HL opus I want

Tell me more of this opus. :D

I found Rand Morgan and Cat and their relationship by far the most interesting thing in the novel

YES. That. *makes big eyes at you*

[hafital.livejournal.com]

YOU. HI! *purrs*

Tell me more of this opus. :D

I wish I could. lol. I, ah, short circuit when I try and think beyond Hamri Al-Assad is an Immortal. But it would start with establishing flashbacks to Duncan and Assad meeting sometime in the past in the middle east, CLEARLY. And in modern times, then Duncan has to be mixed up with CTU, OBVIOUSLY. And, well, it contines from there. :D

I found Rand Morgan and Cat and their relationship by far the most interesting thing in the novel

YES. That. *makes big eyes at you*

I was so disappointed that it wasn't actual canon in the book! I was sure it was, and well, pretty much is despite the ending, but still. whatevs. *g*

[killabeez.livejournal.com]

So, you know what's hilarious is when you go to Wiki 24 to remind yourself of the details of the plot, and then you start reading the plot summaries. OMG, show, could you be any more implausible or complicated? *giggle*

[hafital.livejournal.com]

heeeee.

I think most shows sound ridiculous in the abstract, even more so than in regular viewing. *g* I was reading Angel episode synopsis (don't ask me why, I was bored and had read that article about Cordelia you linked to and wanted to understand the plot) and reading and viewing clips out of context made it even more campy than I'm sure it was.

[killabeez.livejournal.com]

and reading and viewing clips out of context made it even more campy than I'm sure it was.

I don't know, that whole evil!Cordelia/Connor thing was Pretty Bad.

You know what's funny is how so many shows try to do some Big Reveal where a Big Secret comes out after it's drawn out for x number of episodes, and it just almost never works, you know? I really think, like, 2 episodes is the limit of how long most shows can really sustain that. Lost might be the exception, but the jury's still out.

Personally, I prefer the "Comes a Horseman" method, where the Big Reveal comes completely out of left field and still makes total sense. The Cordelia article is right about that, too -- the "gotcha!" episode she mentions is so well done. I can just imagine if they'd try to draw that out for 5 episodes or something -- oh, no, wait, I don't have to imagine it, because that's exactly what they did with evil!Cordelia.

ETA: Oh, and I added Nate & Hayes to my Netflix queue. :)

[kadymae.livejournal.com]

Nate & Hayes is charming and fun and has a built in threesome, but so damn obscure. It's almost a wasted request.

Not really. I know the movie. ;) (Dunno if I can write in it, though ... I'll have to re-watch.)

I look at my requests for things like Hurt Locker and The Salton Sea as ... maybe the other person on the planet who knows these movies will be moved to offer them.

I mean, I see that the other person on the planet who knows Louise Cooper's Time Master/Chaos Gate has again nominated them. Who knows, we may yet find our 3rd fan. ;)

[hafital.livejournal.com]

Not really. I know the movie. ;) (Dunno if I can write in it, though ... I'll have to re-watch.)

sigh. I requested it for a couple of years of yuletide, and not many ever offered to write it. Anyway, it's finally out on DVD so that's good.

Who knows, we may yet find our 3rd fan. ;)

:D yes.