( Rambling about Lost, some spoilers. )

On the heels of Sep's post:

Before the movies came out, I envisioned Hermione as something like Gretchen from Recess, but without the glasses and with puffier hair.

Oh my god Mousehunt is killing me. KILLING ME. All I ask for is another two or three Tokens of the Cheese Fang! *weeps* On the other hand, there should be tons of fun things to do around Christmas from the looks of it.

Are you bored with the music you're hearing on the radio? Do you wish you could branch out and listen to music from other countries and cultures, but don't know where to start? Do you listen to a crapload of non-English music that doesn't get enough attention and love? Well then, I have just the community for you!


planetmusic planetmusic planetmusic planetmusic planetmusic
(I'm a co-mod there, so you know that shit will run smooth as hell. ;) Please join if you wanna feel some international music of all genres!)

I think last night I had a dream that nuclear winter was upon us, and I was stranded in the middle of an arctic wasteland with a group of strangers that included Claire from Lost and HBP movie!Draco Malfoy. And despite the fact that Malfoy is a GQMF, he was still Malfoy and being a total asshole. Claire was being uber-weird; the cold wasn't even getting to her and we were all "what the hell is wrong with her?"

( House season finale spoilers. )

... Holy crap.

I don't know why this astounds me so much, but it just does. Someone has put an waaaaaaay too much effort into their HP fanfic.

( Disjointed Lost ramblings. Spoilers. )

( A new batch of Lost thoughts. )

( Spoilerish. )

New icons, new mood theme, new layout. Yayness. :)

( LOL moar Lost ramblings. )

Lost meta thoughts follow. I think.

For a few weeks now, ever since Charlotte started getting really sick, I couldn't help but shake off the notion that in Lost, every strong, assertive, aggressive woman introduced to the show cannot remain strong, assertive, and aggressive. They either A) gradually acquire softer personalities, or B) die. With the men, they either stick with their level of assertiveness or are not the strong characters to begin with.* Jack was always an alpha male control-freak. Locke was always single-minded and obsessive. Ben was always a manipulative sociopath. Sayid will always fuck your shit up.

See Kate, Juliet, Ana Lucia, and Charlotte as examples of women who were slowly softened. I had such high expectations for Kate when Lost started. I considered her a prime candidate for leader of the Losties, much in the way of Locke or Jack. But despite her ass-kicking, take-no-orders ways, she was relegated to the status of prize, something for Sawyer and Jack to fight over. Ana Lucia too was ass-kicking and aggressive at its best, being the de facto leader of the Tailies. But after joining the rest of the Losties she was softened slightly too. Not too much though. No surprise that she was killed off. Juliet was also chock full of subversive ass-kicking when we met her. She was a little different from the start, in that she outwardly seemed soft when in fact she was all about gratuitous, take-charge violence if need be. As far as all the women in the show, her progression is the one I'm still rather okay with because from what we've seen in her past, she is really a compassionate, thoughtful person who was thrown into very extreme circumstances by being an Other, so much that it changed her into the person we know and love today. And then Charlotte, who started off an aggressive hard-ass but meta-morphed into Daniel's love interest. Not that I'm against the ship, but couldn't she have continued being a jerk while being all smiles to Daniel? You know, sorta like Sawyer was with everyone in the beginning?

The only woman who has been able to successfully throw off this trend is Sun. And I love her for it. Initially Jin's downtrodden, submissive wife, she developed her own agency, independence, and identity within the group. And after she got off the Island, kablamo! She's gone completely bad-ass, threatening enemies and hiding Glocks in Godiva boxes. Not even being a mother has stopped her from hopping around the world to fulfill her goals. But the thing with Sun is that while we recognize she's a strong individual, she's only bad-ass out of necessity. Kinda like Juliet. Once she gets her happy ending, she will have no problems heading back to Korea with her husband and daughter so that she can run Paik Industries with efficiency and precision.

* All the men except for Sawyer. He's the one guy who started off aggressive and has toned down his stubborn, willful nature quite a bit compared to when he first arrived on the Island.

In b4 lol feminist generalizations.

How about something else? ( Lost spoilers, yes. )

Robust. TO THE EXTREME.

Posting here because I sometimes feel like I'm spamming my LJ and no one really cares about this stuff but me, I think.

LOST SPOILERS!! I had this theory that Faraday was Widmore's son but seeing as how in the last episode Juliet was nose-bleeding before him, I'm having doubts. I assumed Eloise and Charles were together on the Island and had Penny and Daniel there, and when Widmore was exiled he took Penny while Eloise took Daniel. But it seems Faraday hasn't been on the island previous to his current visit. Drat.

I was watching the commentaries for the final 6 episodes of Avatar and homg cute. I most certainly have a crush on all of the major voice actors which is kinda embarrassing. It's so bizarre to listen to commentary and hear the producers pretty much say "LOL FANDOM". It's amazing. Fun fact that I learned from Bryke's ramblings: the scene with Aang seeking guidance for his battle from his past avatars was inspired by Arjuna talking to Krishna in the Bhagavat Gita. I literally squeed when they mentioned that. I love that show so much.

What's with all the chatter going on about LJ's imminent demise? Not like that'll happen any time soon. Then again, if it does I am fully prepared with replacement blogs everywhere. I just wish I could get on Inksome, that place looks awesome.

With all the people who are getting IJs lately, I wonder if that's the reason their server has been so robust lately... hmm.

The last few posts in sparklefield make me think there should be a set of icons that refer to the collective mood of lion_lamb. You know, like...

"Breaking news: lion_lamb is not pleased"
"Breaking news: lion_lamb is worried"
"Breaking news: lion_lamb is wanking"
"Breaking news: lion_lamb demands blood"

And so on.

The server is being extra robust today.

Also, it sucks about this whole "themes aren't working" dealie. My flist looks so plain right about now.

"When you read the book," says Pattinson, looking appropriately pallid and interesting even without makeup, "it's like, 'Edward Cullen was so beautiful I creamed myself.' I mean, every line is like that. He's the most ridiculous person who's so amazing at everything. I think a lot of actors tried to play that aspect. I just couldn't do that. And the more I read the script, the more I hated this guy, so that's how I played him, as a manic-depressive who hates himself. Plus, he's a 108-year-old virgin so he's obviously got some issues there."

Words cannot express how much I love RPatz right now. <3

I don’t think I’ve ever mentioned this here, but I am a maker of fanworks. First and foremost, I write fanfic. I also make icons, wallpapers, and other graphical-type items. Sometimes I branch out with fanmixes too. I tried my hand at a comic once.

Here’s the scoop; I’m bored with all that stuff right now. :( It feels weird to take instead of give, but that’s what I’ve been doing lately. I still have all kinds of ideas in my head for fic for Show A, icons for Couple B, songs that totally fit Pairing X, but I’m just not motivated to follow through on making those ideas a reality.

(A list, for my own reference):
- Alias/Bones fic
- Bones/Firely fic
- Skies of Arcadia/Bones fic
- epic Skies of Arcadia fic
- House/Star Wars fic
- Lost/Bones fic
- Brennan-Cam fic
- Bollywood icons