gold guns girls.

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My responses to [this] meme.

I should have been done with this post long ago but I was slammed by work and lured outside by the spring. Also, thanks to you guys, I kept getting lost on Tumblr and rewatching these shows/movies to infinity. I was stuck in the neverending loop of awesome!

The ambitious post is ambitious. I will never type again.



Being Human for kat_ru_sia (THIS SHOW. spoilers ahoy!)






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› favorite character: It's a toss between Mitchell and this season's stealer Nina. They repel each other like the same poles of a magnet. --- Nina is obviously amazing - she has more balls and more horse sense than any of them. Her intense pack mentality is both where she wins and fails. On one hand, she is fierce when it comes to George and other wolves but I feel that she lacks the team spirit with other supernatural characters (because yes, I root for them to get along). --- I usually get invested in characters that have good intentions but don't make good choices. Mitchell is this terrific, spectacular creature - a vampire with 'a vein of decency' who catastrophically doesn't succeed at being good. It's amazing that BBC chose to go there and not to handwave his mass-murdering past.

› least favorite character: Lia. I was childishly disappointed that she was full of it and there was no prophecy.

› prettiest character: Annie. I love her voice and the versatility of her only outfit to pieces.

› character I wanna marry: George, of course. He'd drive me crazy with his OCD but he'd be the most thoughtful, adorable husband in the world who'd go completely overboard with silly romantic things on Valentine's Day and on Tuesdays.

› favorite pairing: None, I am not watching this show this way. I used to love the early S1 Mitchell/George as ambiguous, campy, cracky roomies but this dynamic is long gone. Maybe I now ship the four (now three) of them in a most ridiculous, fluffy gen way?

› favorite episode/scene: Annie trying to channel B horror movies when she needs to haunt her ex. George teaching at the school and his fits of obscenity. Every time when the team moves in somewhere and has to converse with a landlord. The ENTIRE S2 finale, my favorite episode of the show.

› unpopular opinion: I understand that this is an artistic decision driven by Aidan's departure but I am heartbroken that the decent vampire has left the building. Wolves and ghosts are nice but I'm into it for the fangs, so idk how S4 plays out after it has lost a major lead. It will probably be Annie's season because she is so mysteriously powerful but I also wonder about how Annie fits into Nina's future pack.



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Breakfast at Tiffany's for melanyja (Step aside, Blair Waldorf. This is MY favorite movie and the writers stole this obsession from MY life. Back home, I sometimes put flowers on Audrey's grave as I used to live 40min away from her house at Tolochenaz - it was a bit of a birthday tradition. I promise to make a pic post in May!)








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› favorite character: Holly, there can't be any other answer. A girl with a cat with no name, the girl who doesn't read bad news without her lipstick, the girl who doesn't think people belong to people. So many things about her is like looking back in the mirror, and then I have a small Audrey book shrine going on.

› least favorite character: Not a surprise, I am not a big fan of Mr. Yunioshi. Racefail, and he has an annoying, screeching presence overall.

› prettiest character: Paul (George Peppard), the kept writer. So easy on the eyes. Somewhat related to my Chace Crawford crush and my fascination for Nate's (Gossip Girl) similar if brief storyline.

› character I wanna marry: I would marry Paul for his money any time.

› favorite pairing: Holly/Paul because of "I don't want to put you in a cage, I want to love you". *TEARS UP* I agree that they somewhat lack the onscreen chemistry at times but I have seen this movie so many times, I don't notice it anymore.

› favorite episode/scene: This is tough! I love Holly and Paul's crazy day in New York (petty theft! Tiffany's!) and I love their poignant second meeting when Holly is all about how she wants to marry Jose and have his brats, and Paul's face is this one unending heartbreaking thought that he will love this woman forever, her gold-digging, and her running away from herself, and her determination to see the world her way.

› unpopular opinion: I go back and forth on the Paul casting. I'm glad that they didn't cast someone 50 years her senior as it was customary back then. Physically, Peppard is flawless and he has the spark. However, I think his acting skills didn't let the subtlety of Paul's issues really shine through. It's good enough but a better actor would have done more with him.

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Californication for absolutetwaddle (infinitely quotable! and tempting me with an X-Files rewatch - this loser has only seen a few episodes)





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› favorite character: I'm tempted to say Hank (because Duchovny is a god and because of "'it's true, i am kind of retarded. but i'm also kind of amazing.") but it's probably Marcy, our little Smurf. I love her always. I have also been liking every second of Rob Lowe as the Brad Pitt parody - "Let's kill someone tonight. Like a hobo or something."

› least favorite character: Karen. FORGIVE ME but Karen is just dumb, sorry. Also, a poster woman for mixed signals. Either you take this man as is, or you move on. It's not like you've just met. You know his heart is in a good place but he will just keep falling into people with his dick. So, don't get all moral outrage as something happens for the 3000th time and for fuck's sake, stop sleeping with him.

› prettiest character: Karen, I won't hold the grudge. The actress has those heart-stopping eyes.

› character I wanna marry: Rob Lowe's character and his Oscar winning, method-acting insanity. It will be a short-lived but exciting ride where we will both die in a fiery crash of sex, love and car parts.

› favorite pairing: Hank/Mia, for ever and ever. It gets to me how desperately she is in love with him but she is too messed up in the head to go about it the right way. The darkness and the mutual loathing and the self-loathing of it but how their bond is undeniable.

› favorite episode/scene: 404 Monkey Business: "This monkey is a deviant and a cockblocker!" and "SILENCE, AGENT" - this entire episode, I can't stop laughing. Also, the pilot where my bb Mia punches Hank in the face.

› unpopular opinion: I know that Hank has to be driven by his dreams of redemption or to spiral down the drain of Los Angeles but the episodes that I like best is when he is genuinely having fun being bad. There is nothing wrong with a moral-free zone, America.



HANK: I have a gun, Bill. I will use it, I’ll shoot you right between the eyes and if that doesn’t work I’ll kick you in the cunt.
BILL: That’s a water gun, Hank.
HANK: Filled with hot sauce, motherfucker!
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Community for strangertimes (this show is different things to different people but I see it as a trope celebration - on television and in real life.)








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› favorite character: This was the toughest question to answer, this ensemble is golden. Until I realized that the only character that never fails to bring me the absolute joy and the best lulz is DEAN McAMBIGOUS 'YOU DON'T KNOW HALF OF IT' PELTON. Runners-up are Jeff (my spirit animal), Annie (with her boss Zefron poster) and Troy (whose brain is crying). And Shirley (whom the Lord is testing). And Britta (who makes cancer jokes). And ABED (cool cool cool), I refuse to make up my mind for the second place.

› least favorite character: Starburns but only because I find him creepy-looking. Pierce has been quite evil lately but it moves the plot, so I forgive him. Community is my to-go-for-comfort show and a happy place, there are no negative feelings whatsoever.

› prettiest character: Annie! Annie's boobs! Annie's Boobs!

› character I wanna marry: probably Jeff for a thousand of shallow reasons, mostly of the baby-making kind. No, I don't mind that he is a monument to his own vanity. Also, I am having hard time not endowing Jeff with Joel McHale's awesomeness.

› favorite pairing: Jeff/Annie, I have shipped it like burning since their debate kiss. I SCREAMED and CLAPPED when they kissed in the finale, it was like I unexpectedly won at life because I didn't see this coming. It was so good, I was embarrassing. Since then, this show keeps teasing me cruelly and, like Annie, I'm having issues with Jeff's issues that, in turn, I totally understand.

› favorite episode/scene: Modern Warfare if I must choose. A breathless ride from start to finish and one of my favorite things in the world: post-Apocalypse. I also love, love the zombie episode (THAT CAT! IS SOMEONE THROWING HIM? Jeff is cool even as a zombie and Troy is a sexy kind of Dracula).

› unpopular opinion: I prefer themed episodes to character development episodes (or a good balance of those). Because, just like Abed, I enjoy taking the entertainment apart and figuring out how it ticks.

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Fringe for fairfax_verde (idk why I am not more openly fannish about this show, considering how geekily I follow it)





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› favorite character: Both Olivia and Fauxlivia, two sides of the same coin. I don't understand how you can love one and not the other. Also, Anna Torv, why so hot, I am transfixed by her both internal and external brand of beauty. Now that Olivia has also been Spocked, she is getting quite an acting workout on this show!

› least favorite character: I am intensely creeped out by Walternate. Rationally, I realize it's the same actor as my fumbling and adorable Walter but I find his corrosion by power and revenge frightening if understandable. Maybe I have Denethor flashbacks and it's messing with my mind (Faramir is one of my fave LOTR characters - the second son and all that - and I am scarred by the repeated attempted filicide).

› prettiest character: Oliviaaaaa (also of the Faux incarnation).

› character I wanna marry: Astrid, the wonderful and resourceful Astrid, what doesn't she win.

› favorite pairing: Peter/Fauxlivia and Peter/Olivia, in the same moment. I love this awareness of the third person and the confusion of feelings it brings, and then the sleeping with the enemy. Also, Lincoln/Fauxlivia, this so much. I absolutely can't stand the obnoxious shippers who pick sides tho - PET PEEVE.

› favorite episode/scene: I think the credits are beyond gorgeous; those moments when Olivia's hair is blonder than anything you will ever see.

› unpopular opinion: I don't share the fandom's outrage about Fauxlivia's pregnancy and overall, about her being The Other Woman. Peter is conflicted and this is a great emotional twist. Instantly happy couples are excruciatingly boring and I'd rather watch everyone work it out. Another thing, I don't think Joshua Jackson is a good actor. Extremely likable, yes. Knowing nuance and able to dramatize, no.

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Gossip Girl as the Inception AU for bitchygrrl (Okay, so this is silly and not srs bsns. I couldn't decide between your prompts and debated casting Glamorama which proved too hard, so one late night, my mind just went rogue. The fandom swap (this is less cool than it sounds) or the Gossip Girl characters do Inception. NOT SHIPPY AT ALL.)



› The Extractor: Chuck. The manipulator extraordinaire (S1 vintage only). He would have much more fun with slithering in and out of dreams than with the snoozefest that is the Bass legacy.

› The Architect: Blair. Sharp as a tack! Her mind is best suited to building elaborate fantasy worlds and she has moments of snarky lucidity.

› The Point Man: Dan. He does his homework! Thinks before he acts; nitpicky, wry and mostly straight-laced but also inspired.

› The Forger: Carter. An ultimate con artist. He's your man. He can be the man you want him to be. Enough sarcasm in his side-eye to fill those shoes.

› The Chemist: Rufus. Waffles and food blogging are his cover. As no one pays any attention to him, he creates concoctions more magical than of Jean-Baptiste Grenouille from The Perfume.

› The Tourist: Vanessa. Let's imagine the con is about something less business and more humanity. V wouldn't only want to go to great lengths to change the world, but she'd also want to be around to watch.

› The Shade: Serena. As this is silly and not shippy, I quite see Serena as someone the memory of whom can truly haunt a man. I read an AU fic where she had fireflies in her hair and this is what I'm talking about.

› The Mark: Nate. The precious Nate. A perfect heir apparent with parental issues. Looks like a billion dollars in a suit and is oblivious and trusting enough to be conned (Dor and I once crack-brainstormed The Manchurian Candidate GG AU where Nate is brainwashed and prepped for the presidency by the Grandfather for some nefarious Bond villain world dominating purposes, so this plot could apply to this fandom swap).

› The Joker: I couldn't quite fit Jenny anywhere but she can be the wild card of this crack!AU. There is always a place for a girl who isn't afraid to take chances and troll everyone's expectations.

I only wish I could convincingly cross-overs Lily, Georgie, and Tripp (Peter Browning?) but I ran out of Inception characters! Again, all this is pretty much crack.

ETA: Lily is of course, Sir Michael Caine, where is my mind. Georgina is Nash, the flaky architect who finds that his scheming self has written some hot lead checks that his body can't cash. (thank you, goddesspharo's brain) JENNY IS EAMES' BLONDE, filtered through Carter and this is the true mindfuck (provided by bitchygrrl's eagle eye for mindfuckery)


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Also, this is our boy Bret Easton Ellis' article on Charlie Sheen that I thought YOU might like.

You’re completely missing the point if you think the Charlie Sheen moment is really a story about drugs. What this moment is about is Sheen solo. It’s about a well-earned midlife crisis played out on CNN instead of in a life coach’s office somewhere in Burbank. The midlife crisis is the moment in a man’s life when he realizes he can’t (or won’t) any longer maintain the pose that he thought was required of him.

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Harry Potter movie!verse for bogged (fwiw, my top favorite HP movies are The Prisoner of Azkaban and The Deathly Hallow, Part 1)








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› favorite character: Harry!!! boring, I know, but I have a thing for The Chosen Ones who would rather pick their noses and wallow in the mundane of their ordinary lives than save the mankind but the spotlight of fate never leaves them, much to their kicking and screaming. I also adore Luna, for her fearless whimsy and her experimental fashion.

› least favorite character: Ron, up until The Deathly Hallows where he blossomed into a manbeast (I own my flounce!). Rupert Grint's acting used to be tone-deaf and limited to two faces: dumbstruck or pathetic. Things have changed and I'm delighted because Ron, the loyal jock and the youngest son, is built out of some of my favorite character blocks.

› prettiest character: Hermione, so dainty in the English rose way. In the bookverse, it'd have been Fleur but Clémence Poésy is rather plain and a true Veela should haunt.

› character I wanna marry: Hermione, naturally. She'd make a better and more practical husband than all of the male characters combined.

› favorite pairing: Harry/Luna. Better onscreen chemistry than the unfortunately cast Ginny actress. I usually end up resenting the writer's shipping bias and urgh, I couldn't get over it in the movieverse either. H/L would have been truly magical together; Luna would kept Harry on his toes and she'd grow up into a beautiful weird flower like Helena Bonham Carter.

› favorite episode/scene: The one from DH1 that wasn't in the books: Hermione erasing herself from the family pictures and walking out on the cold, leaf-covered rainy street. So much feeling in a short, silent scene.

› unpopular opinion: With the exception of PoA (Cuarón is one of my cult directors) and DH1, I actively dislike most of the movies in comparison with the books. Yes, I am one of those people. Don't take me wrong, I am happy that the movies gave us DanRad and Alan Rickman as Snape. My beef is with the directors who (imo) failed to translate the atmosphere from page to screen and strayed from the maturity level of the books, often falling into camp. Also, some of the casting choices (Ron, Neville, Ginny, Mrs. Malfoy) felt extremely iffy to me. #donthateme

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Queer as Folk for artemis_sparks








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› favorite character: Brian Kinney is the answer to absolutely everything in life! He is the Chuck Norris of sex - he walks into a club and there are no survivors. One of my Forever Favorite characters, constantly cutting himself on his own sharp edges, cocky and insecure, but with a good heart and living life on his own terms above all. I go all weak inside when he begrudges himself a yet another good deed. The ultimate scene stealer. I was thunderstruck from day one, his personality does it even more for me than Gale's fine looks.

› least favorite character: Without hating, I don't like Lindsay. Little things just piled up, she is a little bit passive-aggressive, a little bit of a people user. Not a fan.

› prettiest character: Brian, excuse his hotness.

› character I wanna marry: Due to the combination of their sexuality and the current state of American laws, no-one :)

› favorite pairing: I used to be interested in the best friends or lovers' dance between Brian and Mikey in S1. How Brian had to make a lucid, cold decision for the sake of their friendship (unlike in the UK version). It played itself out convincingly and Justin grew on me, so as I was catching up with the show, I moved on to BJ most naturally and with a lot of enthusiasm. They are realistic, compelling, in love. They know compromise but not sacrifice and I really love this best about them.

› favorite episode/scene: I wouldn't say favorite but the most powerful? This one 'go take a shower, you stink' scene from 2x19 always comes to mind - Justin comes home, reeking of sex but lying about it, and Brian shows (the hard way!), not tells him that hooking up with someone is fine but lying is despicable. This mess of power, control, guilt, lust blows my mind every time. The textbook example of a mindfuck even if I don't think it's healthy to rely on games - and they didn't in the end. Other than that, I love most of the pilot - it's tons of fun and it brilliantly showcases the show.

› unpopular opinion: I honestly have no idea which ideas are popular or unpopular in the fandom because I got into the show way too late to participate in anything.

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The Royal Tenenbaums for lingeringnight (another one of my favorite top 3-5 movies! Thanks to Margot, I went through a hardcore Lacoste phase (that has never quite ended tbh) and then discovered Edie Beale and the magic that is Wes Anderson, who is now one of my favorite directors. In fact, this movie has FAVORITE and DEFINING plastered all over it)







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› favorite character: Margot. She is straight out of Salinger books, I am drawn to how the oddest incidents shape her life so meaningfully. She can submerge herself completely into a habit, making it a secret and a cult gesture. One of my ultimate fashion icons. If you haven't seen the original Grey Gardens, I can't recommend that enough because so Edie Beale is The Royal Tenenbaums spirit animal. It's all very real life Vanderbilt and fictional van der Woodsens tripping on mothballs. I've read that the RT characters are all dressed in the particular 70s styles because they are trapped in their heyday.

› least favorite character: Eli. Be a more passive-aggressive insecure pretentious poser. I love to hate him. He wants to be the ~ultimate insider but instead, he is the ultimate wannabe. I very much love Owen Wilson's writing though.

› prettiest character: Etheline and Margot. I'm not trying to be interesting but this is Anjelica Huston!

› character I wanna marry: Richie, Richie. I love him endlessly, he is such a romantic and for all the kindness of his heart, not a pushover.

› favorite pairing: Margot/Richie, of course. They ran away into a museum (see this poster that I covet)! He painted her portraits! She hooked with Eli because she could talk about Richie! For so long, there is an obstacle between them which both isn't there and as solid as anything and it's not just because they grew up together. All Tenenbaums are like islands and this movie is about them building a bridge. Richie cutting his hair before cutting his wrists and flashing back to his best memories of Margot never fails to absolutely kill me - I have cried to that song more than I care to admit.

› favorite episode/scene: All 110 minutes of it. I love the tiny moments almost more than the big scenes. Like the green Monopoly house hanging off the light rope in the closet stacked high with board games and... a boar head. Or M telling R that they'd have to be secretly in love with each other and leave it at that. Or the Dalmatian mice. Or Chas' red tracksuits of anger.

› unpopular opinion: How can there even be controversy about this movie. I love it to pieces and I hope that those who don't get it, have another movie that can move and charm them as completely at RT does it for me.



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Sons of Anarchy for ov_20 (my favorite show for three years running; what is your life if you aren't watching this)






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› favorite character: Jax Teller, my prince of Denmark, with his daddy issues and his tenuous grasp on his temper and on his pants. my 'I don't need a boy to handle my shit' Tara because there are soft places in her that I recognize.

› least favorite character: I'm sorry, Gemma. Don't take me wrong, I worship Katie Sagal's portrayal of her and mad acting skills. It's not like Gemma is badly written, on the contrary, it's a superb Lady Macbeth. What I feel is that Sutter is stanning for her a little bit too much and lets other characters let her push them around borderline unconvincingly.

› prettiest character: JAX. Also, Lyla (Opie's porn star turned wife) and Tig are very attractive.

› character I wanna marry: Clay is a great husband, indulgent but not weak. I have so much love for Ron Perlman.

› favorite pairing: Jax/Tara, my life. "BECAUSE WHEN I AM INSIDE SOMEONE, THERE IS ONLY ONE FACE I SEE." They love each other always, viscerally, hurting from how much they love. Their scenes!!!! I don't love any other canon, het couple more than this. I don't think I have or I can. Neither of them are perfect: Jax could really stop using sex as a weapon and he should learn to sleep alone, and Tara is indecisive and her way of dealing with obstacles in her own life is to run away and to turn a new leaf. They could TALK MORE but it's hard for Jax for verbalize about feelings and it's hard for Tara to always have the clarity of heart to understand what he isn't saying. This said, I wasn't entirely satisfied at JT resolution in S3 - I understand that he was trying to protect her by pushing her away while she stuck by him and the club all the way through - but I needed about three hours more groveling from him in the end.

› favorite episode/scene: #1) Tara and Ima's silent exchange as Jax and Tara are getting it on in the bathroom at the porn party. #2) Opie staggering under Jax' weight as he's carrying him into the shower in 3x01 - I can't get enough of their rapport. #3) otherwise, every time Jackson loses his shit brings on the squee - and he loses it often.

› unpopular opinion: Gemma is a horrible mother with the best intentions. She puts HER interests first, not Jackson's. I will never forgive her for keeping a blind eye to what was going on with Jax/Trinity.

In conclusion, if Charlie Hunnam's EPIC ASS and the promises of a Shakespeare reboot don't lure in you, I don't know what will:


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The Talented Mr. Ripley for dorian_mauve (probably a personal Top Five movie!)








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› favorite character: Ripley. The man who wanted to be someone else - again, and again, and again - and kept discovering that this con has an expiration date. I love Tom both at his most basic, stripped, boring self and I love all of those things he could be for other people. Quoting Ebert, "Some men are envious of other men's cars, or wives, or fortunes. Ripley coveted their identities." Now that's a man with imagination and not a pedestrian sociopath.

› least favorite character: Freddie would be an obvious answer because he is such a jerk. However, he was meant to be gross and the acting is superb.

› prettiest character: Dickie, of course. The patented blond and the blue of Jude Law are blinding. Kate Blanchett's Meredith is so fashionable.

› character I wanna marry: Peter, of course. He's a darling.

› favorite pairing: I love Tom through other people's eyes. Those relationships were never real, he was enabling a fantasy, giving each of them a perfect companion until they'd discover that he was something else entirely. He'd turn to each of them with a different facet - and I love all of those, as long as the fantasy endures.

› favorite episode/scene: In such a good, tight film, everything stands out. I probably like best how Tom's Venice stay unravels. Venice is special to me - and this is a cool story, bro tangent! - when I was really small, my dad spent a few months near Venice and brought back a massive illustrated tourist guide in Italian and a stack of his own photos. As he was gone a lot, the next time he left, I spent hours over the photos and maps. Crumbling saint sculptures, scary frescos, palazzos sinking in the canals. A whole city populated only by pigeons and me. I kept picking houses to move into and I could probably not get lost in the real Venice at the age of seven. The movie atmosphere taps into my glamorization of the city and then some of the most memorable TMrR moments are Venice - Peter's children choir of sorrow, and then Tom and Maggie ring and razor scene, blood seeping through the whitest cotton.

› unpopular opinion: I'm used to defending this movie to everyone irl because I'm the only person whom I know who loves it. ~Plotholes, ~length, ~creepiness, ~Minghella etc. Also, I think that Gwyneth Paltrow is flawless in it. So whenever TMrR comes up, I feel like I can't win.

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The Vampire Diaries for executrix


the cover art for my big bang soundtrack that i made

› favorite character: Damon ate my heart. Intense, wry, witty, irredeemable, imperfect. The beast. I also love Stefan and his shades of grey intermittently.

› least favorite character: No one grates on my nerves right now but it's not always the case.

› prettiest character: As my answer to everything pretty can't be IAN SOMERHALDER'S ENTIRE EXISTENCE, it's very easily Bonnie, oh my.

› character I wanna marry: I'd marry Alaric but I'm not worthy. I seriously adore him and his goodness. So, Elijah. Great hair, badassmotherfuckery, undeniable sophistication, he is an eye on the prize and an iron hand in a velvet glove kinda boy, clearly very kinky and cerebral. Also, he would smile fondly on my Damon crush. And let me watch.

› favorite pairing: Tough choice but I still stand by my OT3 that is Damon/Stefan/Elena. The incestuous symbiosis and your second chances with your first love, what's not to love about how complicated people can make it for themselves. The happy dark place in my heart. Impossible not to mention the shiniest bromance that is Damon/Alaric, and Damon/Elijah who give me meaty slash subtext to squeal about.

› favorite episode/scene: S1, Damon not wanting to kill Alaric and feeling like crap about having to do it, it was one of the first times that you could sneak a peak inside him. the very close runner-up is Damon going on the blood bender speech. I am so touched by his conflict. and obviously, this swashbuckling Elijah saving Damon moment.

› unpopular opinion: liking Damon despite him being problematic, I guess


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Comments

[ov-20.livejournal.com]

THIS POST IS EPIC.

Я прока позорно прочитала свой кусок про SoA (и согласна со всем, до буквы и запятой), и планирую возвращаться и читать кусками про всех остальных тоже!!

[bond-girl.livejournal.com]

I feel ever so slightly insane right now, after seeing how big it is.

Откуда у меня столько мыслей взялось?! Я убежала в весенний выходной впервые в настоящих туфлях, не в Уггах валенках :) Будем смотреть Tiny Furniture.

[ov-20.livejournal.com]

Туфлельки! **зависть, зависть, зависть **
у нас грязь по колено и +3, угги и только они. (

[bond-girl.livejournal.com]

I've had The Assassination on my computer for a year now but I've been thwarted by its length. Must see, y/y? Do you rec anything in particular within the movie like your favorite character or a theme that you feel many people missed?

Thank you! I'm surprised at how many people liked the crazy Inception recasting! I remember reading [this awesome (http://waldorph.livejournal.com/191711.html?style=mine)] post about which AUs work and don't work, so I squinted very hard at the fit to make sure I was legit seeing it and not shoving a square peg into a round hole.

There are The Talented Mr. Ripley stans? Mind boggles. It's like rule 34A - if it exists, there must be fandom for it.

[roheline-kass.livejournal.com]

Про ГП во всем согласна! И я уж думала что я единственный человек на планете у кого любимый персонаж Гарри:))

Кстати, ты видела мои новые татуировки? С Дарами Смерти моя теперь наилюбимейшая.

[bond-girl.livejournal.com]

И я уж думала что я единственный человек на планете у кого любимый персонаж Гарри:))

Нет, вот девочка, которая дала prompt, тоже любит Гарри и ДанРада безраздельно и ходит в Нью-Йорке на все его представления. Я не знаю, как можно читать все книги, смотреть все фильмы и Гарри не любить. Он там в первом ряду и в центре и каждая книга то называется Гарри То да Гарри Сё. Мне реально интересно, что он думает, в том числе и про себя. Если многие другие герои книги к нему часто относятся с большими поблажками, он сам себя так серьёзно не воспринимает и огромный dork.

Кстати, ты видела мои новые татуировки? С Дарами Смерти моя теперь наилюбимейшая.

Ты делала тату?! В Таиланде? Я свин, не была во флисте триста пятьдесят лет. Побежала, посмотрела твой пост - Кая это твой мини-ми! Как же ты обьяснила про Дары Смерти татуировщику? Рисовала или таки знали про Deathly Hallows? Отличное место для татуировки, правда :)))

[roheline-kass.livejournal.com]

Значит, нас трое:))))
Я тоже не понимаю, Ля. Он же классный, он такой милый в своем желании не иметь никаких неприятностей и в своей же обреченности что мир придется спасти. И они мне очень нравятся с Гермионой. И с Луной. Но не с Джинни.
Ну а Дэн вообще прелесть, по-моему. Все интервью что я с ним видела, были крайне забавными:)
И я быс удовольствием сходила на его спектакль.

Да, в Таиланде. И знак Даров, и цитату и принесла просто на бумажке, а они скопировали. На шее моя самая любимая теперь, жаль что мне без помощи двух зеркал ее не увидеть:)
А с цитатой было сложнее. Сначала я хотела про the last enemy that shall be destroyd is death, но она не умещалась на ступне так чтобы читаемо было:(
Пришлось воспользоваться планом Б и сделать Where you treasure is your heart will be also.

В итоге я осталась очень довольна:)

[goddesspharo.livejournal.com]

GG as Inception: why isn't this a fic already? I WANT IT SO MUCH. Nate as the mark, the Captain as the dying father he could never please. The plot bunnies are outrageous! My brain can't stop writing it.

I could see Georgina as the old architect whose name I can't remember right now, her flexible loyalties ultimately get her nowhere. And of course Lily is Professor Michael Caine.

[lovestories.livejournal.com]

omfg this entire comment, i can't

[bond-girl.livejournal.com]

Haha, this picture looks like it's about to SWALLOW MY SOUL. I swear, the more I look into those eyes, the bigger then get. After a minute, they start swirling.

[bond-girl.livejournal.com]

But of course LILY is Sir Michael Caine! Worldly and is equally indulgent to her adopted son Cobb/Chuck. And Nash/Georgina gets eliminated by Vanessa's people out of moral principle which is all kinds of hilarious, considering how no love is lost between them on the show.

Nate was the first one cast, then Carter considering their con history, and my mind fell through a rabbit hole from there.

My brain can't stop writing it.

MY MISSION IS COMPLETE. I know what I'm asking for, the next time you open up for ficlet prompts.

[executrix.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I completely forgot about the meme, so this is a lovely surprise present.

[bond-girl.livejournal.com]

Thanks :)) This post ate my life and said it was delicious.

[gailsto.livejournal.com]

а почему sons of anarchy так нравится? я почти ничего не знаю про этот сериал, кроме того, что он про мотоциклистов or something)

[ov-20.livejournal.com]

Мотоциклисты - это сеттинг.

А по сюжету - это ж Гамлет, Галь. ;)

[gailsto.livejournal.com]

т.е. ты очень рекомендуешь? я как раз щас в поиске чего-то нового, драматичного и захватывающего. страдаю после окончания дедвуда.

[ov-20.livejournal.com]

Я советую ногами, руками и вообще всем на свете, оно прекрасно и потрясающе.

[bond-girl.livejournal.com]

Если просто, 40 минут настоящих, сильнейших человеческих эмоций.

Мне нравятся персонажи и их развитие. Unprecedented, правда. Полсезона могут спокойно строить арку, а потом за двадцать минут взорвать всё и всех, и так, что мозги вылетят. Эмоционально в этом шоу почти нет дыр и оно просто душу вынимает. Актёры первоклассные, Кейти Сегал выиграла Грэмми в этом году за Джемму. Сильнейшие женские персонажи, до такой степени, что третий сезон критики предложили переименовать Daughters of Anarchy. Я настолько благодарна, что этот сериал есть в моей жизни, не представляешь.

Основной конфликт - это Гамлет, и это ярко рассказано в первой же серии. Потом сериал идёт своим путём, но основной конфликт остаётся шекспировским из разных его пьес. Фокус на сложных отношениях в семье, о конфликте между любовью и образом жизни, очень много тяжёлых выборов у главных героев и они часто за чертой закона, но пытаются остаться на правильной стороне морали. Я честно часто смотрю с мокрым лицом или ругаюсь с экраном, прямо хватают за сердце.

И Чарли Ханнам. Бог то есть.

Я причём бородатых мужиков на Харлеях в жизни не очень люблю, их тут хватает и они имхо часто живут фантазией анархии, а в сериале очень захватывающе показывают, но и без гламура. Создатель сериала живёт полу-такой жизнью, очень яркая и скандальная личность, и часто советуется с вот такими клубами и они ему дают фидбэк, чем они довольны или не довольны в смысле правды и непродажи Голливуду.

Предупреждаю: английский просто зверь в этом сериале, потому что много местного говора и сленга очень разных расовых групп и банд. Не то чтобы я думаю, что ты не потянешь, но мой муж американец в тонкости сюжета и байкеровского бизнеса не вьезжает без субтитров. То есть, отношения между людьми и разговоры - всё ясно, но кому какие винтовки продали или не продали, я не всегда понимаю. То есть, не пугайся сразу, там главное не в этой возне.

Вот пару видео, очень рекомендую, чтобы получить представление

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTSNeDE3yik
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9tycvoy1CM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjd3OHHO5VU (very spoilery)

[gailsto.livejournal.com]

sold)) я скачала за ночь уже. надеюсь, седня начну. отпишусь, если чо.
видео смотреть не буду, вдруг спойлеры там или чо. лучше сразу оригинал.
спасибо за такой подробный рассказ. мне будет очень интересно потом еще раз прийти и перечитать, после того, как я хотя бы сезончик посмотрю.

[galwithglasses.livejournal.com]

I love this post. The caps are awesome. I'm not familiar with many of the shows but it's sooo great to see Audrey Hepburn. And BRIAN KINNEY!!!!

[bond-girl.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much :) I adore Audrey and you're right, BRIAN KINNEY DESERVES CAPSLOCK AND ONLY CAPSLOCK. He'd insist out of principle that size matters.

I'm pretty curious about how you found me but you don't have to answer!

[galwithglasses.livejournal.com]

I think I saw your posting on the SPN Heavy Meta friends list. I saw QAF in the post and checked it out.

[leighm.livejournal.com]

My conclusions:

Awesome post. I love the way you word thoughts like always.

I love me some Olivia Dunham and Walter with his crazy, mad scientist psyche and affinity for sweets. Olivia is so pretty. When she wears lots of makeup it takes away from that. Weirdest show I've ever watched.

VD has easily become among my favorite. I like Damon and his struggle to gain some of his humanity back and Jeremy is so very hot. Whew.

Where are the BOYS?

Sam+Dean is undeniable. Even though I've felt the anticlimactic of this season. Sam hair and muscles still slay me:)

Miss YOU.

[bond-girl.livejournal.com]

So, I am freshly freaked out (I screened that other comment because J said I should as I might have to testify - omfg do NOT want) but bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.

The boys aren't here because no one prompted SPN! I am still watching but I feel like it lacks the drive. For me, the show should have stopped mid-finale last season. Rocks fall everyone dies, let's go out with a bang while we're still awesome. I'm delighted to see Jensen, Jared and Misha on my screen but artistically, this should have been over. This doesn't feel like the return to the roots because S1 had more energy.

TVD: JEREMY, YES. NOW TAKE YOUR SHIRT OFF, STEVEN MCQUEEN. AND AGAIN. I enjoy all the human and witch and were subplots but the vampires are the centerpiece, I'm more excited about it when the fang plots don't well, blow.

Fringe is so intricate and cerebral and geeky. I miss the monster of the day episodes a bit, it has got rather deep into the mythos now.

How have you beeeeeeeeen? Same old here. I barely survived the permasnow. I think I have to deep-freeze part of my soul to get through the winter, it will never be natural.

[peripety]

Wow, this is a massive post! It must have taken you ages, but it's really, really beautiful and surprising, too, because there were a couple of shows I didn't know you were into.

My favorite line is In conclusion, if Charlie Hunnam's EPIC ASS and the promises of a Shakespeare reboot don't lure in you, I don't know what will LOL and agree! Also, your Inception-izing of GG is brilliant, down to Nate as the mark. Perfection!

[bond-girl.livejournal.com]

I don't have hours and hours of guilt-free internet time, so this took me a few weeks of my life (lol but so true) that I quite enjoyed! Now you understand the sudden Tumblr spamming emails.

Thank you, I first cast Nate as The Mark because Cillian's performance instantly reminded me of my erm, Chace characterization. It was great fun to shuffle them around and see how they fall into place - easily.

Charlie's ass needs things named after it. Beautiful things. It's the best British export.

I read that one of the prominent and gay Dr. Who writers (he was also the QaF UK writer) corresponded with someone else about something I can't remember but they wrote a book about it. ANYWAY, the email subject for the longest time was "CHARLIE HUNNAM'S ASS".

[absolutetwaddle.livejournal.com]

Best post EVER. I totally agree with everything you had to say about Community.

However I do love Karen in Californacation. Hank needs her, the show needs her to be that way and god help me the actress is just fucking flawless IMO. I actually hated Becca but S3 redeemed her because finally she wasn't just worshiping at the feet of Hank Moody. Also my vote for best episode EVER of that show and my second favourite episode of all time on ANY show is the S3 finale. Elton John and Hank drowning and Becca's face when he was carried away...I have never cried over a show but I sure as hell did then.

Also I really hate Mia and think Bill molested her. There I said it. But then again I am convinced there are some intense themes going on with Mulder and Samantha his Sister. He is too guilty and too eager to find her and save her, sorry world.

Long story short I worship at the altar of Hank Moody.

[absolutetwaddle.livejournal.com]

And you MUST watch X Files! I won't spoil it for you but let's just say its probably my biggest fandom obsession since BBM without all the crazy assholes on forums. I missed the wave but I get to savor the flavor.

[bond-girl.livejournal.com]

FML, would you believe me that I have started typing you a massive response TWICE? Tonight, I will tell you all about how I am now watching X-Files from the v.v. beginning and flailing like a flaily thing.

Also, I apologize for inadvertently harshing your Karen squee but I am telling myself that we must disagree on ~something.

[bond-girl.livejournal.com]

So, X-Files. Why so out-of-everyone's league awesome. I am on 1x14, maybe, and I. LITERALLY. CAN'T. STOP. You're being blamed every time the music theme plays and makes my little heart beat faster.

The monster of the day stories are usually my crack, and these are so well explored! The monsters are cheesy, a smidgen overacted, and as plothole ridden as what you Americans call Swiss cheese *le sigh*, but guess what? they're unforgettable and NERDY. It's like a monster trope upon trope burning itself into my braaaaaaain.

I suppose the angst mega-arc is coming and it's Mulder's sister abduction? MOST IMPORTANTLY, DO M/S EVER GET IT ON, IN A HOPEFULLY COMPETELY NON-MISSIONARY ACT? The UST starts to crackle. Also, is it just me or is Scully sexy-librarian hot? I'm crushing on her but Mulder instantly ~straigthens me, so I'm like a fountain of fangirling.

In short, X-Files and I are on the honeymoon where everything is beautiful and nothing's faily. Not sure if I'm ready to find the probably long extinct fandom, but I'm rolling in the show and in the sense of security that there are many, many more seasons for me to leaf through.

[margottenenbaum.livejournal.com]

This is so beautiful! Those gorgeous Tiffany's drawings! Blair stole my Tiffany's obsession too! I feel you there. AND BRIAN KINNEY IS THE ANSWER TO ALL QUESTIONS. God, I miss his face. I miss how he was a doucheface for five seasons straight and simultaneously changed and didn't change; his character arc was so lovely and subtle. He and Justin were really something so lovely and unique for television couples.

MARGOT TENENBAUM. She inspires all of my days. Richie! Jude was so painfully pretty in Mr. Ripley, god. They all looked so lovely in the movie, though. I adore it so - the creepiness, the amazing acting, Cate showing up to be an awesome shrill fangirl, Gwyneth, Matt, erryone.

Excuse my rambles! To sum up: flawless post.

[bond-girl.livejournal.com]

Blair might be a trendsetter but ~we were into Breakfast before she made it cool :) I wasn't even old enough to understand what kind of relationship Paul had with 2E; it completely went over my head.

BRIAN WAS GOD. OF EVERYTHING. And le douche that you love to love. I am so sore that I missed out on being in the epicenter of the Brian/Justin fandom. Slash is delicious, I love a well-written slash pairing with subtext and a white-knuckled suspenseful build-up. So I'm dying for something epic to creep up on me. Dan/Nate's UST is working fantastically for me right now. *has a fic bunny*

I ~still have your request post open in a tab! What do you think of a Breakfast at Tiffany's mix or fic? Holly/Paul, something irreverent and fresh.

[margottenenbaum.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I love the idea of a Holly/Paul mix or fic. Definitely, definitely adding that to my to-do list.

I missed out on Brian/Justin fandom too! I've always been really all over the place fandom-wise and it usually means I miss when they're at their height. And this - I love a well-written slash pairing with subtext and a white-knuckled suspenseful build-up - pretty much sums up my feelings entirely.

I hope your DN goes well! There always needs to be moar Dan/Nate!

I <3 This

[bitchygrrl.livejournal.com]

Ok let me take things in order.

FRINGE- Yes to most all of what you said. Olivia and her alter are tough, intelligent, stoic, emotional, badass, tender, reliable. In short Olivia in all her forms is a WOMAN. Flawed and real and so beautiful inside and out it hurts. I love her character so much. I want to hate Faux!livia but in my heart I can not. I can't choose between them and to me for Peter there is no real right or wrong, only what is in his heart and it's above such black and white judgement.

Secret confession, because I know you don't judge me. I have a such a thing for Walternate. Such a corrupted man who still draws lines in the sand just fascinates me in ways that make me tingle.

Gossip Girl as Inception You make me want to write it. YES to it all. Though I would say Jenny is Carter's blonde. She is the forgery, perfect for a pretender to throne. It would be delicious to write Jenny filtered through Carter. *seriously jonesing to explore that now* My ever lovely Lily, she is Chuck's mentor and teacher in all things. She taught him to enjoy the winding worlds of other people's dreams, and the sensual pleasure of pure creation.

Blair's worlds would be endless inscrutable mazes, that could drive you insane if that's what she wished. They can also be beautiful in ways only she can make them.

Dan doesn't miss a thing does he. The perfect point man in it but not of it.

Tripp is def Browining close but unseen always drawing Nate into the fold.

I think the only role for Georgie would be as a shared shade with Serena. What S lights up G burns down. I see Serena as Chuck's shade because they had on unforgettable but regrettable night. The whole of their relationship played out in a dream, save that one night. A night which for some reasons S will not accept as real. So she wants to wake from it, now who else who walk that path with Serena? Only Georgina because while B will always save her from herself, G will go down swinging with S to the bitter end right off the ledge. And there is more to Georgie and Chuck then we will ever know. I can see the two of them entwined in his mind slipping seamlessly in and out of one another, driving him mad.

Eric I could buy him as the chemist, ever testing how he effects the world but trying not to get involved to to stay clean and above it but being dragged down.

Nate is the perfect mark always ripe for corruption because he wants love so badly. I would love to give him moments of Fisher arrogance.

Also you mentioned Perfumelove.

Yes I read the piece over at The Beast the other day and though I agree, and he gets it I still miss the Empire days.

Re: I <3 This (continued)

[bitchygrrl.livejournal.com]

Harry Potter I was actually talked into watching the first movie by an ex because I had never read the books. I only gave in due to promises of Rickman. He more than delivered, but I am blind to his flaws. Then I read the books and it made me like the movies less. I have to think of them separately because otherwise I may throw a fit of some sort.
I do think DH came closest to capturing the feel of the books and the importance of their mission.

I can't lie when Hermione obliviated her parents and we saw her fade from the photos and step out alone onto that long path, my eyes welled up. In that singular simple moment she became both a woman and a hero. It was heartbreaking in it's simplicity.

Other moments I loved Snape at the table of Death Eaters his face and knowing that it's eating at him. I don't think Snape is a good man, but he is conflicted and human and I respond to that, because I know it. Hermione and Harry dancing in the tent. . But that was a moment of such pure sweetness and genuine love. I ship a million weird things in that fandom Harry/Luna among them. I don't step into ship wars because you know I think about Neville/Bellatrix and revenge far more often than I should and it will never leave my notebook. I am anxious and afraid for DH2.

Both Rupert finally rose to the occasion in this film, thank god. I also felt he never captured what I believe is certain complexity to book Ron's feelings about Harry and for me that is so important I think this time he came of as less petulant and more or a boy struggling into manhood, and being frustrated by his own limitations.

TVD-Damon is an eater of souls and a destroyer of better impulses. I want to be his Catherine. A boy like him can be trained and played so beautifully, he would love to suffer for you and earn your praise. This show is relevant to all my kinks.

Bonnie oh yes. I know Nina gets all the press and she is pretty don't get me wrong. But Kat has the kind of eyes that make men go weak.

I would marry Elijah if he promised me Damon as a wedding gift. Otherwise I would have to take up with young Mr. Gilbert instead.

I stand by the OT3 for all time but there are only a few pairings on that show that don't sell for me.

I was done with the Damon arguments after the whole
"I will break your arm." tempest in a teacup. I can't be bothered. My kinks run dark if yours don't go play in the light and leave to break dolls and put them together again and again.

There are people how don't like The Talented Mr. Ripley? The hell you say. It's what a movie should be and yes it might have it's flaws but you sink into it's lushness and don't feel them. If you are noticing them while watching well I don't think you can be helped. Clearly they are immune to beauty and sorrow and the desperate desire to climb out of your own skin because you feel you have made an unfixable mess of your life. I just don't understand. *folds arms and turns up nose like she is 5*

[lingeringnight.livejournal.com]

BB!!! This post is flawless and you know why I haven't commented sooner. I went and saw Somewhere for the first time last night and ahhhhhhhhh I kept thinking about the Royal Tenenbaums and Lost in Translation during it. If I didn't have five chapters of calculus homework to do this weekend, I would be all over rewatching them and tracking down a copy of Grey Gardens. (also the Talented Mr. Ripley, I don't know how I have been this long without seeing it)

Margot and Richie were always my favorites, but I love watching all of them so much. (Except sometimes Eli, stop doing so much coke, Eli, and taking screentime from Richie) but that might be because I had such a huge thing for Luke Wilson back when it came out.

I am secretly in love with this post, so much pretty.