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Yesterday I missed the showings of West Wing on Sky Atlantic so missed the glorious return of Sam Seaborn. Which I still have issues about. I mean, I get not wanting to blow the Rob Lowe reveal at the same time as everyone else who returned for "Requeim," and I love the callback to "Two Gunmen" with Josh pulling Sam out of a board meeting. But for me, and I have said this for 11 years, there is nothing, short of a full body cast, that would have prevented Sam being at Leo's funeral. And even then, he would have convinced someone to get him there AMA. Today was " Instituitional Memory" and "Tomorrow" - I still love Kate and Will and one day will write the fic where she follows him to Oregon and they make a go of it. Because I have it written in my head! The CJ and Danny stuff really works for me and I love the Santos/Helen relationship, the banter between them the morning of the inauguration was super. I got teary at several points during the finale, especially when Bartlet was doing his little walk around. And during his goodbye with CJ. And when CJ and Josh were in Leo's office, and during Mallory's last little look around before she left. However, the scene at the end, where Jed unwraps the gift and it's the napkin? Big ugly cry. Huge big ugly cry, even after all these years. Tags: west wing
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Random blathering to make a post... The West Wing season seven, and more especially "Election Day part one" - it was on here on Sky Atlantic a couple of days ago and I ended up watching it again. I'd forgotten the cuteness of all the hook ups between the Santos campaign at the start, and the wonder that was the "AT LAST!" of Josh and Donna. But am I the only person who, when Annabeth starts walking down the corridor at the end, turns it off? Because I watched it to the end when it aired but I've turned it off every time since! In a similar note, I watched part two with breakfast this morning. And cried. You'd think eleven years would make it easier but no! In more recent tv news, I'm catching up on The Flash and ok, fine, I accept that my favourite Joe is not of the desired demographic and post Barry's trip to the future they all have only one thing in mind. But nobody, not one person has referenced the CAPTAIN Joe West of the ticker? I thought that it might be just that Cisco/Barry hadn't paid attention to that part of it but then in the start of "Attack on Gorrila City" there are several close ups of Barry, board in full view behind him, Cpt Joe West writ clear as day on it! Does no one care that Joe is apparently in for a promotion? Or is no one worried about how Singh might vacate his office to facilitate such a promotion? Just me then? Ok. Tags: the flash, west wing
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 Day 06
In your own space, create a list of at least three fannish things you'd love to receive, something you've wanted but were afraid to ask for - a fannish wish-list of sorts. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your wish-list if you feel comfortable doing so. Maybe someone will grant a wish. Check out other people's posts. Maybe you will grant a wish. If any wishes are granted, we'd love it if you link them to this post.Sweet Christmas, if there was ever a post that I hate to write, this is it. I am not good at asking for things. I don't even ask my husband for things for my birthday/Christmas because I am so bad at it. And this is when he actually asks me what I'd like and I still can't do it!!! However. I will try. 1. Joe West. Not that I want an actual Joe West, though obviously I would not say no. But he's my favourite on The Flash - not a word of a lie, Jesse is the reason I watched in the first place - and I think mostly because the demographic of the show skews more towards the Barry/Iris/Cisco age group, most of the fandom doesn't seem to be as interested in him. (Yes, this is my way of saying I am old. Certainly fandom old). I need more fandom stuff related to him. Now I ship him with Caitlin which, of course, is a ship of one, (maybe less than half a dozen if the AO3 comments/kudos are anything to go by) but ship is not my be all and end all. (Especially since the Joe/Cecile things I wrote got barely more views than the Joe/Caitlin ones.) But yes, Joe. Give me fic, give me icons. Make them Joe on his own, Joe/Cecile or Joe/Caitlin. But more Joe, please! 2. I miss being active on LJ/DW and chatting to people about fannish stuff. And non fannish stuff. So I'm hoping to be more active this year and would love new journals to read and communities to follow. So if anyone knows anything based on my interests or wants to friend me, go ahead!!! 3 . Fic or fic recs for any of the following pairs - Molly/Lestrade (Sherlock) , Diggle/Felicity (Arrow) , Luke Cage/Claire Temple (Luke Cage etc etc) ... I am trying to think of other pairings I like and cannot think of any, not because there aren't any but because my mind has gone blank. Basically, if it's a rare pair, I'm probably going to ship it because that's how my mind works so if there is anything out there, let me know! Tags: fandom snowflake challenge
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In your own space, post recs for at least three fanworks that you did not create. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so. Fandom: Sleepy Hollow Title : Shoqued Author : Ambrosia Jones Link : http://archiveofourown.org/works/3260720So, back before Sleepy Hollow did the thing they did that killed the show in my and many other fans mind, there was this epic fic that explored the backstory of Abbie and Jenny's dad. As with so much in season three, I would argue that this is better than the show. It also has a little Frank/Jenny thrown in ( yet another thing the show done missed the boat on, as well as effing up Frank's storyline in general) and Daddy Mills is fancast as Dennis Haysbert. Now, James McDaniel, I love you, but face it, DENNIS HAYSBERT!!! Fandom: Sherlock Title: An Avalanche of Detour Signs Author : gyzym Link : http://archiveofourown.org/works/340976Written before season three aired but fits in with canon up to them. Also resolves that cliffhanger better than the show did. It's over 50000 words of Molly Hooper fic, showing the first two seasons and more through her eyes and she falls in love with our favourite Detective Inspector along the way. It's beautiful and angsty and heartbreaking and perfectly in character and if you like Molly/Lestrade, you will never need to read another fic again after this. Fandom: Luke Cage Title: Night Nurse Author : igrockspock Link: http://archiveofourown.org/works/8819638It is a mystery to me that after Luke Cage aired, there were not shed loads of Luke/Claire fic on AO3. (I side eye the fact that there is more Shades/Mariah up there. I side eye hard.) This is a lovely look at what Claire does post season one and it's a lot more than sit around and wait for Luke. Fandom: Arrow Title: Knight in Shining Armour Author : SmoakScreen Link: http://archiveofourown.org/works/3132662Because Diggle/Felicity is the rare pair to end them all and this is awesome. Bodyguard AU where they're perfectly in character. Tags: fandom snowflake challenge
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Day 2
In your own space, share a book/song/movie/tv show/fanwork/etc that changed your life. Something that impacted on your consciousness in a way that left its mark on your soul. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.
I saw this and said "changed my life"? Nothing's ever affected me that profoundly. Then I thought. Stargate SG1 was the first fandom that I got into online. I started watching the show in the year 2000 and the first ep I saw was Holiday which was a hoot because let's face it, I love a good body swap episode. (I love a bad body swap episode but that's another story). Knowing nothing about the relationships, I was convinced Sam and Daniel were a couple (sample dialogue - "come on, Daniel, you can't die on me now," to which a 'comatose' Daniel replies "It's nice to know you don't just like me for my looks" -- I have shipped for SO much less!) and was shocked when they weren't. An Internet search led me to the old Statisical Outliers site where I first encountered / met neonhummingbird and I joined mailing lists (back in the day, y'all!) for Sam/Daniel where I met other like minded people. It's also where I first posted fanfic, and read all of the Sam/Daniel stuff I could get my hands on. (We were a small crew, but when I think back on some of the doc written... Man, we were good! I mean of course, other people. Not me. *puts away my own trumpet*) In 2000, I went to London for the SG2 con and after that, on the mailing lists, discovered that one of the girls from it had also been at the con. We, as well as two others from the list, all met up at SG3 the following year and did a lot more SG cons together in the years since. We don't meet up as much any more but when we do, it's always great fun and like no time has passed at all. And of course, it was at one of those SG cons that I met my husband! We'll be married 9 years in June and our little girl just turned seven. So there you have it - the fandom that changed my life. ETA: How to link a username on dreamwidth?! Tags: fandom snowflake challenge
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So the challenge for today was 3 self recs. Which usually not my thing to do but hey ho. One of these is from 2015, the other two were both written in 2016 which it is still too early in the day to be calling last year! All three are from The FlashTitle: lost somewhere between now and then Fandom : The Flash Pairing: Joe West/Mama West (not Francine!) Link: http://archiveofourown.org/works/4963756This was written between season one and two, before we knew anything about Francine and not to toot my own horn or anything but I prefer my story to the one they used in the show. This draws slightly from the comic arcs (which I haven't read, only seen referenced on message boards, so any mistakes are mine and don't go expecting total fidelity), features a quite out of character Rip Hunter (also written before LOT aired) and bounces between two timelines. I like the ending which might be the only bit that does fit in with the show continuity! Title: Central City on the Edge of Forever Fandom: The Flash Pairing: Joe West/Caitlin Snow Link: http://archiveofourown.org/works/7822975This was my 2016 Het Big Bang and I love it so much. The premise came about when I wondered what would happen if Joe and Caitlin were the same age. Which led me to throwing Caitlin back in time 20 years through never explained hand wavey science and seeing what happened. People commented that they didn't expect the ending to be what it was, but in a good way, and I think that's one of my favourite parts of the story - I did intend to do something else with the ending but couldn't figure it out and then I thought "what if" and it changed the whole story, opened it up to Het Big Bang type proportions. The title is a play on the Classic Star Trek episode which i came up with after hearing a throwaway line in the season three finale of Sleepy Hollow, of all things. So at least one good thing came out of that clusterfuck. Title: Dance You Into The Dawn Fandom: The Flash Pairing: Joe West/Caitlin Snow Link : http://archiveofourown.org/works/8282906On comment fic, a request was made for a Strictly Come Dancing AU and it was made on opening weekend when I was all Strictly-fied and also, and no-one believes me when I say this, but I have all my songs picked out for if I were ever to be on the show, I have a playlist on my iPod and after watching skating for years, hearing music and seeing dancing/skating is second nature to me. So sketching out a fic where I have Joe as a singer and Caitlin as a pro dancer was very easy because I could find songs for each dance fairly easily and then it was a matter of finding the story to go along with it. I was off work for nearly three weeks with a chest infection that would not quit when I was writing this and it may have saved my sanity a little. Tags: fandom snowflake challenge, fic: the flash
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I did not write who asked me what, and two people doubled up on a letter (didn't write down that either!) but here we go... B - A pairing–platonic, romantic or sexual–that you initially didn’t consider, but someone changed your mind.This is a tricky one for me because normally I'm the one who does that for other people! Recently I saw someone rec a Criminal Minds Emily/Reid fic which I'd never considered and I ended up really enjoying it, so probably that one? F - What’s the longest you’ve ever been in a fandom?I flit in and out and around fandoms but probably the longest where I was/am still producing fic (though not as much these days) was West Wing which I would class as 2000 to present. Stargate dates from 1998 but I really don't do much with that at all any more, but wouldn't be averse to dusting it off if the inspiration struck. Z - Just ramble about something fan-related, go go go! (Prompts optional but encouraged.) Joe West, people, Joe West. Where is the love, fandom? Ok, I know I'm probably older than the demographic for the show, and the fandom probably don't want to be thinking of their dad as a romantic lead and the romance prospects for him on the show are slim pickings (although dude, I've seen three minutes of three clips from the last ep that aired in the States and oh my sweet divine, what more do you people want??) but Joe is awesome and deserves more love. Also? Harrison Wells, in whatever incarnation you wish to name, is canonically probably the same age as Joe and people have no problem shipping him with everyone and anyone! And while I'm not one to cry racism (probably not racism exactly, but a certain fandom preference for the non-POC hero/anti hero/villain) at any and all opportunity, I will however point out that in the Luke Cage section at AO3, there are (checks) 11 stories that are tagged Luke Cage/Claire Temple. (I'm willing to admit ClaireDevil and Luke/Jessica Jones shippers have something to do with that. Though I'm fairly sure that Jessica/Kilgrave outnumbers Jessica/Luke on their section. I just checked and it does). HOWEVER Shades/Mariah? 28 stories. There is my ramble! J - Name a fandom you didn’t think about until you saw it all over social media. (You don’t have to care about it or follow it; it just has to be something that social media made you aware of.) Pitch!!!! I have the eps downloaded but have not had a chance to see them yet and don't expect it to air over here because it's baseball which I do not understand at all. I don't recall seeing any press online for the show, or if I did I must have skipped over it, see baseball above. Then the gifs appeared on tumblr and I was looking going "Who's Grizzly Adams, I know him," and then I saw the eyes and realised it was Zack Morris Mark-Paul Gosselaar who, apart from SBTB, really impressed me as John Clark Junior in NYPD Blue and then there were all the gifs of Mike and Ginny and I read a little and figured out they're co-workers (ding!) who are friends first (ding!) with an age difference (ding ding!) and there are a million reasons why they shouldn't get together (ding a ling a ling!) -- how many of my tropes can you get in one ship?! I'm so in when I get a chance to be! Q - A fandom you’ve abandoned and why. Hawaii Five-0. I think the writing on the show has suffered a lot over the last couple of seasons, it's fallen far from what it was in season one and there are huge swathes of the fandom who are McDanno or bust and it's really really toxic. A - Ships that you currently like a lot. (They don’t have to be OTPs because not everyone has OTPs.) A spoilery one for The Flash that I alluded to above that I won't go into for anyone watching on Sky one time who's not spoiling themselves. My little Flash crack ship of Joe/Caitlin. I'm not actually watching too much at the moment that has me shipping stuff? Oh, Luke/Claire, from Luke Cage. Also, I have about 5 or 6 eps of Daredevil season two to watch and I like Matt/Karen which I didn't think I would? U - Three favorite characters from three different fandoms, and why they’re your favorites.Joe West (The Flash) because Jesse L Martin is wonderful and awesome and because Joe is completely under-rated by fandom and underused on the show. His dry snark and Everyman role is greatly needed. Foggy Nelson (Daredevil) - because he's a great lawyer (the scene where he stands up to yer one who was Dana in Another World is gold), because he's a loyal friend. Because you think he's just the comic relief (Avocados at law!) and then he can break your heart with a word or a look or an episode (I will never be over the confrontation scenes after he found out). I have found out, via tumblr, that there are people who do not like him and I do not understand, do you not like puppies and Christmas too? (and I love how fandom has decided that when Claire says, in the last LC ep that she knows a good lawyer, fandom instantly went, it's Foggy. Not Matt!) Leo McGarry (West Wing) - for his gravitas, his compassion, his snark, his wisdom, his smile. "This guys walking down the street and he falls into a hole." "That's what sons do for old friends of their fathers." For the scenes where he meets Ainsley and offers her a job. For his scenes with Lord John Marbury. (Gerald!) If you don't like Leo, I can't be friends with you, sorrynotsorry. V - Which character do you relate to most? Any scene they give JJ in Criminal Minds where she's trying to balance all the stuff going on in her life? Yeah, I get that. Tags: meme
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Pick up to three letters and I'll give you my answers: A - Ships that you currently like a lot. (They don’t have to be OTPs because not everyone has OTPs.) Friendships, pairings, threesomes, etc. are allowed. B - A pairing–platonic, romantic or sexual–that you initially didn’t consider, but someone changed your mind. C - A ship you have never liked and probably never will. D - A pairing you wish you liked but just can’t. E - Have you added anything cracky/hilarious to your fandom? If so, what? F - What’s the longest you’ve ever been in a fandom? G - Have you ever had an OTP? If so, do you remember your first one? Who was in it? H - What is your favorite source text for fandom stuff (e.g., TV shows, movies, books, anime, Western animation, etc.)? I - Has social media caused you to stop liking any fandoms, if so, which and why? J - Name a fandom you didn’t think about until you saw it all over social media. (You don’t have to care about it or follow it; it just has to be something that social media made you aware of.) K - What character has your favorite development arc/the best development arc? L - Say something genuinely nice about a character who isn’t one of your faves. (Characters you’re neutral about are fair game, as are characters you merely dislike. Characters that you absolutely loathe with the fire of ten thousand suns are exempt, as there is no point in giving yourself an aneurysm over a character that you hate.) M - Name a character that you’d like to have for a friend. N - Name three things you wish you saw more or in your main fandom (or a fandom of choice). O - Choose a song at random. Which ship or character does it remind you of? P - Invent a random AU for any fandom (we always need more ideas). Q - A fandom you’ve abandoned and why. R - Which friendship/platonic relationship is your favorite in fandom? S - Show us an example of your personal head canon (prompts optional but encouraged) T - Do you have any hard and fast head canons that you will die defending? U - Three favorite characters from three different fandoms, and why they’re your favorites. V - Which character do you relate to most? W - A trope which you are virtually certain to hate in any fandom. X - A trope which you are almost certain to love in any fandom. Y - What are your secondhand fandoms (i.e., fandoms you aren’t in personally but are tangentially familiar with because your friends/people on your dash are in them)? Z - Just ramble about something fan-related, go go go! (Prompts optional but encouraged.) Tags: meme
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Trying out the new LJ mobile app, just for fun to try to get me back into posting here again... Shame there's no way to cross post to DW from here. If there is and you find it, let me know! Last Friday of the summer holidays today and I would like to say it's been lovely but honestly can't. Parental health woes, husband health woes which is an ongoing saga, Nimoy is clingy because I've been here all summer with her so going back to school is going to be fun and as if all that wasn't enough, I got word on Tuesday that one of my past students, a little lad going into his final year in our place, passed away while on his summer holidays. Funeral not til late next week. Wednesday and Thursday I was violently ill with a migraine and spent the two days basically in bed - still not sure if it was an actual migraine or my body just going, "You know what? Nope!" My Het Big Bang fic is posted, ready for reveal. There are a couple of scenes I wanted to add in but never got a chance to write (see above, two days bed bound) but may end up writing them as standalones at some point. It's 42,839 words so I don't feel too badly! And also, GIP, thanks to sallymn! Tags: random, school, writing
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Do people still do GIPs? (Mind you, considering my history of late, the question should rather be, do people still post?) Anyhoo, here is a GIP, courtesy of the lovely  thtwzjustadream who is far more talented with the photoshop than what I am! In nice news, I have done a word count on my Het Big Bang (writing all over the story, in separate files to make the separate pieces easy to find) and I have hit the magic number! Yay! I am, in fact, over 27k, with two major sections still to go which will total at least 5k, so I should be good. Now if I can get it all written by deadline, I'll be fine! Now, a Question of Most Import for Ye Olde Friends' List. Ghostbusters. The new one, that is. Nimoy, being six and a half (and yes, I am scared to write that sentence too) has seen the two original Ghostbusters films and enjoyed them greatly. No nightmares, the odd "huh" moment and she kinda tends to watch a lot of stuff on the tv wandering around the living room anyway, but she likes them. Nimoy, being a girl, is very looking forward to seeing the new All Girl Ghostbusters. Which is rated 12A over here - and she's tall for her age and all, but she's not going to pass for 12 or anywhere near it. (The old ones were both rated PG but then, there was no such thing as 12/12A back then. Now I'm thinking they would be too?) So, my question, Ye Olde Friends List. Being as there is a plethora of *cough*options*cough* available to us in this wondrous day and age in which we live, those of you who have seen Ghostbusters, what are your thoughts on its suitability for a 6 year old who has seen the others and liked them? All thoughts and advice gratefully received, spoilers not a problem!!! Tags: question, writing
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