Lizardbeth's Tale

You guys, I am so sad about the f_march_madness BSG bracket. Not for any reason you might think, though -- For awhile there were absolutely NO votes for the Blood&Chrome people (not counting Bill I suppose), even though B&C got BSG in the bracket at all. IT WAS PERFECT. now it's ruined. WOE. Otherwise, it's a boring poll, because it's pretty much exactly the same percentages as last year. Actually almost all the character races are boring, tbh. Hopefully the game gets more interesting when the matchups begin because so far it's mostly a snoozefest.

I was going to mention the Tricia Helfer new pilot - Killer Women, now with Michael Trucco! I had been thinking Trucco had to have an offer of some kind, because he didn't seem to be hitting pilot season very hard, which he theoretically should be otherwise, with FairlyLegal done and clearly he's not going back to Revenge. (lol. no.) Actually now that I think about it, maybe he has a holding deal at ABC (or whoever), since the Killer Women thing seemed to be a bit last minute, as if he was runner up for someone who didn't work out. I am however bummed that they're shooting in TX and not NM, since Longmire just started filming S2 and I still desperately want him to have a guest role on that show and it seems a bit more likely if he was around. Anyway, I know better than to get too excited about pilots since so many fall through, but at least there's another try for both of them!

Though LOL siblings. Is this the new interation of the love triangle curse? Now, instead of getting to frak the girl but not keep her, now he's HER BROTHER? FU show. Hopefully they have some tragic backstory of being young orphans and being separated most of their lives. And he married her BFF because her BFF is bi, and enjoys their 'cesty threesomes. THERE SHOW. FIXED IT.

Operation: Black Widow for Halloween arrived and fits okay, but the back only has one tiny velcro closure which seems likely to open and look tacky, so I need to fix that. But for a mass-produced costume it's pretty good. I will however wear impractical high-heeled boots because I don't have legs like ScarJo (or anything else, really, but boots and hair color are things I can do something about)

Kidlet is going as Mario (Super Mario Brothers Mario). I suggested he go as a superhero of some kind so we could match, but he already rejects anything his parents are into, so that was a no-go. So maybe I should alter mine into Princess Peach, Agent of SHIELD. LOL

Meanwhile there's been tv. Beauty and the Beast is terrible, and yet, I want to watch it again? I mean, really, I don't know why CW aired it, or at the least didn't make some changes from the original pilot, but at the same time, while I think it's bad, I kinda still have hope for it. I think part of it may be my thoughts of a BB and Person of Interest crossover, because they're both set in New York (though BB does a really terrible job of trying to look like NY), feature vigilantes, and lady detectives. (omg, I don't hate Kristen Kreuk, and I don't think Meryl Streep could've given decent line readings on some of that dialogue, but Carter would eat her for breakfast). But anyhoo I'll give it another chance and see what happens.

Sunday we went to the Dodgers game. It was Little League day, so the kids in their uniforms got to parade around the field. It was very cute. Also saw the Dodgers win - apparently we brought good luck, since all the rest of the Los Angeles teams lost on the weekend (though the Kings just clinched a spot for the Stanley Cup, which has been forever so that's exciting, especially when the Lakers suck). I'm kind of glad we have a break for Memorial Day though, before heading back to LL for another two weeks. It's killing my back sitting on those benches.

list of my other fannish doings:
1. My cranky-ish review of Fairly Legal, last friday. So many cranky words I held back.

2. Nikita finale review . much more YAYAYAYAY

3. "I know where the dead ends are", a fun little BSG/Terminator x-over fic I wrote for 13th_tribe. (and sorry if you see the crosspost several times, I'm trying to spread them out a bit since ppl aren't around as much.)

4. I just bought a Loki T-Shirt and a Shield hoodie. CURSE YOU HIDDLESTON. I was doing okay until I saw that photo AGAIN and then my brain went into some kind of spasm and I had to go look at the store. I DO WHAT I WANT.

5. Had a chance to watch a couple of pilots. I have to write them up so I'll link with more detail, but I liked Longmire a lot. It isn't heavily Katee in the pilot, just FYI. So if you're watching only for her, it's not gonna be for you. I'm sure a lot of people will be put off by the pace (and I fear that commercials are going to ruin it), but it has a really great moodiness to it.

Also watched Arrow and Beauty and the Beast -- I think they both have potential, though they're both starting out at a pretty derivative place. Not just because they're off other properties but Arrow is the offspring of Smallville and Batman Begins, and Beauty and the Beast is basically Person of Interest, but from what would be Carter's pov (Kristen Kreuk is not the actress Taraji Henson is, but she's better than she used to be, and if they give her better dialogue that'll help). Anyway, I will totally end up writing crossovers, because, duh.


6. also I am not receiving comments, though luckily I can at least get my own in the LJ inbox. If you've replied to me anywhere else, though, I haven't seen it. I'm not ignoring you, I just don't know. :( Anything you want a response to, make sure to drop me a link or copy it here or something while this is messed up. Thanks.

So glad Yuletide signups aren't here quite yet. maybe I'll get over the temptation to offer some ridiculous cracky thing that seems like JUST WHAT I WANT TO WRITE. Angst and doom writing always forces an eventual CRACK BREAK, and I fear it just may be Yuletide this year.

Am behind on NaNo, and Forgotten!Surprise!Doctor's Appointment this afternoon, didn't help (thank heavens for my calendar in my phone; I swear I would remember NOTHING without that. Seriously I am the most forgetful person ever.) I drove downtown and back, then to doctor's place and back and then to a fundraiser. And yet I feel like I accomplished NADA today. blah.

Oh, except I expounded upon my Unified Cylon Theory over at 13th_tribe which is A NEW COMM FOR ALL YOUR CYLON NEEDS. Because Cylons are awesome. And not very well defined, so you can kinda go to town theorizing. (which is why this fandom still rules my heart; that and all my narrative kinks I get to explore over and over again)

( I caught up to Once Upon a Time )

I could just babble on, but I better go back to NaNo and try to make some words tonight.

Finished my pyramidofdreams fic. Except for formatting, but otherwise FINISHED. And it even has a title! *dances*

a few brief TV thoughts for the last few days..

I'm still enjoying Person of Interest, where the plot it hath thickeneth. (and CBS must gnash its collective teeth -- "We purchased a PROCEDURAL, Mr Abrams and Mr Nolan" *they laugh. evilly.* )

Vampire Diaries was great fun.

Nikita remains flawless and my fave show of the season. THE LOOK ON HER FAAACE.

And also I watched "Flesh and Stone" by chance, since it was on BBCA, and OMG this show. Once you know where River goes after this episode, good lord, WELL PLAYED SHOW WELL PLAYED.

Goodness, there's suddenly TOO MUCH TV. there already weren't enough hours in the day, and now there are even fewer.

So, two I wanted to blabber about -- TVD- The Hybrid and Person of Interest.

First, Person of Interest.

( IT IS TOTALLY BATMAN AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY DC )

ONTO Vampire Diaries for more darkly humorous proceedings:

( WHERE WE LEARN KLAUS IS REALLY LONELY AWWWW )

and now I will finish formatting part 4 of the fic.

My brain is somehow convinced that I need to make a Stefan vid to Foo Fighters "Rope". But since my brain is also convinced I need S.3, it conveniently puts off the making of said phantom vid. Yeah, I don't know.

Anyway it got me thinking about Stefan and S.3 And, like many of us, I'm of two minds: ( I don't knooooooow )

In other tv news,

Instead of watching "Ringer" last night I watched the pilot of "Homeland", the upcoming Showtime series with Claire Danes and Damian Lewis, about a soldier who returns from 8 years as a prisoner in Iraq and the CIA analyst who believes that he was turned in captivity and may be part of a terrorist plot. It's something like "Sleeper Cell", for those who saw that, and anchored by the two leads, who are both awesome - (Morena Baccarin is also good as his wife). Spy shenanigans of the modern, real variety, not James Bond. Check it out streaming for free in various places before it starts on Showtime in October. Definitely made me want to see more!

As much as I mock "Teen Wolf" for the overwhelming TEEN-NESS of it all, it does do one thing better than any I've seen in a while -- menace. There's a sense that people are in danger which I haven't gotten from, for ex, TVD in a long, long time. (and JR Bourne has definitely refined his ability to be affable one minute and a really fucking scary dude the next. And he's not even the scariest person in the cast.)

Which I suppose means that I've started to care about them all, even the kids. *sigh* But I'm not writing porn for them! I refuse! lol

Not that I'm writing porn for anybody, at the moment. I started K/S for porn battle -- and 1500 words later, there's still no porn to be had. Self, really, not everything has to be death and despair, and the rest of the Endless...

So, um, sunshine_queen called me Queen of Trucconia.

This, naturally, made me think that Trucconia must,in fact, be next to Tricialand.

Which, OF COURSE, made me think of fantasy maps. AS YOU DO.

So I have made a map of the Empire Of Hot People.

It is not, I hurry to say, All-inclusive, focusing mainly of the Alliance of Battlestar Kingdoms, But, um, I did include at least a few others.

( THE MAP )

IT MAY HELP IF YOU DRINK. MAYBE.

So, not only is Tricia Helfer of course joining Precint 17, which I'm sure all interested parties already know!

BUT (not as widely favorited, I know, but still exciting to me),

KELLY HU AND JR BOURNE ARE IN A PILOT TOGETHER. "A Mann's World" shooting here in LA. YAY. not that it'll necessarily go anywhere, I know, but still. yay, more favorite people with a chance to be on my t.v.

And Cary Elwes in joining Wonder Woman, which just kinda pisses me off, since I still think that's going to be a train wreck and yet good people keep joining it.