Don't mess with me!

Title: Old Gods
Fandom(s): Supernatural and American Gods (by Neil Gaiman)
Characters: Castiel (SPN), Mr Nancy (AG)
Rating: PG
Spoilers: SPN 5x01/5x02, End of American Gods
comment_fic prompt: Supernatural, Castiel/author's choice, American Gods
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Summary: ( Czernobog tells me war is coming to your people. The Apocalypse has begun )

Question to people on fanfiction.net: You favourite a story, but don't leave a review. Plz be telling me why.
It annoys me that some of my fics over there can have over 3,500 hits, and only 7 reviews. I'm not expecting everyone to review. I know I don't always, but is it too much to ask that the number of reviews at least equals the number of 'favs' on my stats page? (Posted my last SPN fic there yesterday: 50 hits, 3 favs and 1 (1 word) review)

In other news, I went to see Men Who Stare At Goats yesterday with a friend, and we both very much enjoyed it. It's pretty darn funny in places, although it was more of a serious film than I was expecting. Clooney and McGregor were really good, and I love what Bob and Bill did to the eggs! (Ha! Now you'll have to go see it to know what I'm on about!)

And finally, if you're in the UK, don't forget your minute silence at 11.
My thoughts are with all soldiers today, still serving and retired. I'm wearing my poppy this year for my Great-great Grandfather, Lt. Charles Sandalls, who died in the First World War.

Title: On Doubt
Fandom: Supernatural
Characters: Castiel, assorted Archangels
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: s4 finale, s5 opener
comment_fic prompt: SPN, Castiel, Dare You To Move
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A/N: Ramiel is 'Thunder of God' and Zerachiel is 'Angel of Healing'

Summary: ( But how quickly then your faith started shattering )

UK Peeps! Wil Wheaton has tweeted that Leverage has been picked up by Virgin to air in the UK!
Whoop!

Why has no-body ever told me that Fringe is actually good.

Admittedly, I'm only 3 episodes into the first season, so it could yet collapse into Bad, but it's good at the moment.
Conspiracies! Whoo!

I have so much work it's not even funny. If you don't hear from me for a while, don't worry, I've only been crushed by the towering pile of reading material needed for my dissertation...

Okay, so maybe it's not quite that bad, but we have to do a presentation on our dissertations in a couple of weeks, and I have no idea what we actually have to talk about, and I'm going first! :(

Things I'm watching:
- Merlin - Just as good as last year, and I'm liking all the little bits of Arthurian legend that are starting to creep in.

- True Blood - OMG BRILIANT! Yet something I will never, ever watch with a family member in the room.

- How I Met Your Mother - very amusing, and flat mate and I are agreed that Barney is Awesome!

- Supernatural - I'm watching it in completely the wrong order. Flatmate has the DVD boxsets that are out. I watched s1 and s2 with her the year before last, when we were living together. She's back now, and we've started watching s3, but last year everyone got really excited by s4, so I sort of know the general story arc. And I've also started watching s5 so I can keep up with everyone else...

Title: The Coat is dead, long live The Coat
Fandom: Supernatural
Characters/Pairing: Dean, Castiel
Rating: PG
comment_fic prompt: SPN, Dean/Castiel, "Dude, I think the coat is dead."

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( Dean is trying really hard to think of another time when he’s seen Castiel without The Coat. )

I know that the majority of the Merlin fandom loves Arthur/Merlin, but it also seems to be leaking into the mainstream.
I opened the new issue of the Radio Times, to find they printed this letter:

I wish to express my desire for a plot development in Merlin that many will have imagined - a romance between Merlin and Arthur. There's undeniable chemistry. Subtle comments and glances are continually exchanged.
Merlin himself acknowledges: "Everything I do is for him". It would be a waste if Arthur were simply paired off with Gwen and Merlin with Morgana.
The show has taken an unorthodox approach to Camelot - why not take it in another direction?

Holly Angel, Leeds

There is also a pic of Merlin and Arthur with the caption Dream couple - Merlin and Arthur: made for each other?

I am most amused :D

I've had a very relaxing day, not doing much apart from going into town to get some things for baking. The flat now smells of parkin (which I made using my Grannie's recipe), and it's sitting on the cooling rack, tempting me.

I appear to have fallen into the Black Hole that is A New Fandom.
And it's not like I needed a new plaything, I have plenty of toys already. However, Leverage seems to have sucked me in non-the-less.

I choose to blame entangled_now for writing Leverage fic that made me say 'This is good, I wonder who the characters are' and comment_fic for feeding the addiction.

Leverage doesn't air in the UK, but it's currently in it's season 2 mid-season hiatus, and has already been renewed for season 3.
I like to think of it as an American version of Hustle, with a dash of the A-team thrown in for luck. A group of 4 criminals (a hacker, a grifter, a thief and a 'hitter') led by an 'honest man', who go around stealing things and running cons against bad, corrupt people, for the sake of their clients.

Anyway, furthering the case against comment_fic, yesterday I found myself writing for one of the Leverage prompts. People over there seemed to like it.

Title: Saving
Rating: PG-13/15
Character(s): Eliot
Spoilers: For Eliot's flashbacks.
Prompt: "I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another." -Thomas Jefferson
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Summary: ( He liberated Croatia )

15 icons from Merlin 2x01: The curse of Cornelius Sigan.
Comments and credit are very much appreciated.

1) 2) 3)
( You Clotpole )

Our favourite boy wizard (Harry Potter got nuthin!) is back! *dances*

I was slightly obsessed with the show last year, and I believe that this year will be no different, apart from I may have a little more time to spend on the obsessing :)

The first episode has got us off to a good start, with people being awesome, and Merlin et al saving the day, and the gayness, and the pretty clothes (I love Morgana's dresses!)
Clotpole is now my new favourite insult.

Does anyone else find it disturbing that Frankie Boyle knows the characters of High School Musical?

I know he has small children, but it's just wrong...

I'm back a Uni again. Mum and Dad helped me move my stuff in yesterday.
I'm in the same flat as last year, which is good because it means I already know exactly where I'm going to put all my things :)

I am 2 weeks early (Freshers week is next week), but I need to get a head start on my dissertation and clock up some extra hours at work.
Not that I'm complaining about having the place to myself for a while!

A most excellent cinematic experience. It wasn't what I was expecting, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing.

It is maybe not the most historically accurate of films, but this is compensated by plenty of blood and body parts.
I loved the bar scene, and the interaction between Reiner and Lander. And did anyone else feel really sorry for Zoller, or is that just me?

My sole problem with the film - not enough of the Basterds themselves.

Am going to see Inglorious Basterds this afternoon, and I am very excited :D

Although the pre-watershed trailers which call it Inglorious make me think of a rapper film for some reason.

You can learn a lot about someone by the music they listen to. So here is the game! Hit shuffle on your ipod or mp3 player and write down the first 25 songs. No cheating or skipping songs that are shameful. That is the fun! Then tag your friends.

Borrowed from missyvortexdv

( Musac )

Borrowed from telperion_15.
lukadreaming, I saw you comment to that post. I am flabberghasted...

According to the BBC, most people will have read perhaps six of these books.

Instructions:
Look at the list and put an 'x' after those you have read.
( Read more... )

I have just been to see The Time Traveller's Wife with my parents.
I absolutely love it.

For those who don't know, it is the story of Clare Abshire, and her husband, Henry deTamble, who has a genetic condition which causes him to jump backwards or forwards in time at random.
I read the book (by Audrey Niffenegger) years ago, and it is still one of my top ten. It's romance, with a touch of sci-fi, it is marvellously written, and oddly believable. The author adds touches which are perfect (such as Henry ending up leaving his clothes behind, because why would a genetic mutation mean his clothes went with him).

The movie is a surprisingly good, and accurate, adaptation. Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams are wonderful as Henry and Clare, Ron Livingston is great as Gomez, and the sisters who play Alba are also lovely.

It's not a happy movie, the ending left even my dad with a tear in his eye, but it is rather perfect, and I think you should all go and see it. And then read the book as well.

ENGLAND!!!!! We won the Ashes!
*Dances around the room*
I am loving cricket right now :D

I'm back from Hereford btw, kind of tired from driving half way down the country and back, but I'm full of cake and so all is good.