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♦ Went to see Deadpool today. Funny movie, though a bit too crude for my taste and not all that suspenseful. Ed Skrein rocks.

♦ Bought an electric kettle. And it doesn't work. It's the THIRD KETTLE IN A ROW that I bought and that was faulty. The THIRD KETTLE! Apparently, somebody somewhere hates me...

♦ Saw the trailers for Huntsman: Winter's War, Superman vs. Batman, Allegiance and Gods of Egypt. The only one that got my interest was Allegiance because I love Four. Huntsman also wasn't half-bad. The rest, eh...

♦ Bought wonderful dangly earrings in the I Am shop. One pair has tiny zircons in a wire cage, the other is a bunch of small leaves on a short chain. Wonderful. They make me feel pretty.

Current Mood: indescribable

After reading all the posts that call Derek a douche and bash him left and right, I kinda lost it on Tumblr. And this is what I posted:

I’m sick and tired of people calling Derek a douche while victimizing everybody else. Did they somehow forget that Derek was the victim of a STATUTORY RAPE, that his rapist BURNED DOWN HIS HOUSE and MURDERED ALMOST HIS WHOLE FAMILY and got away with it, then she KIDNAPPED and TORTURED him? Did they somehow forget that HIS UNCLE murdered his SISTER and then he tried to murder HIM too? If you want to play the victim game and point out how DAMAGED these people are and how their reactions are SKEWED by their SUFFERING, let’s put Derek FRONT AND CENTER, please! Derek is a VICTIM too with issues the size of Grand Canyon! Why do you, yes you, bashers, expect everyone BUT HIM to be traumatized? His trauma didn’t magically go away when he became alpha. What you do is blame the victim for having issues and not handling them according to how YOU would like it. FOR FUCK’S SAKE!

In no way do I suggest that other people's trauma does not matter. But after everything Derek went through, I think Beacon Hills can be glad he didn't lose it completely and turn into Peter, that he still has the conscience and decency to try and protect both humans and his pack, even if people don't like the way he goes about it.

Current Mood: pissed off

I don't like gender-bending. Period. I don't like the idea of a female Watson (Elementary) and I didn't like a female Starbuck (Galactica). IMHO, the gender-bending of existing, established male characters does not further the acceptance of women in strong roles, it's simply lazy writing. It's the writers' way of saying that a female character can be interesting only if her part started with a penis. No, just no.

Regarding Elementary, why didn't they make Irene Adler a main character? Can you imagine Sherlock Holmes being aided by the best con-woman in New York? Or Mrs. Hudson, making her an ex-CIA agent or something? THAT would have been interesting. Giving Watson a vagina is just the easy way out.

Regarding BSG, why didn't they explore the character of Athena, Apollo's sister? Or Serena, Apollo's wife? Serena went from a housewife to a fighter pilot in five seconds flat in the old BSG. An abundance of angst and issues, a richness of material to explore. But no, they gave Starbuck boobs. Why? Because just like with Watson and Holmes, Starbuck's relationship with Apollo was already a part of the package. So why strain your braincells, right?

That's why I admire Peter Jackson so much. Instead of gender-bending characters, he expanded the existing ones - Galadriel, Arwen, Éowyn - or inserted new ones - Tauriel. IMHO, that's the way to go. Either explore and expand existing female characters, adapt books with female characters, or come up with new, original ones. Move your lazy ass, writers! Don't take the easy way out! You're not doing women any justice right now!

Current Mood: grumpy

OMGSOTIRED! But we now have new radiators in the house. The plumber needs to do some finishing touches tomorrow but that should be it. I spent the last three days doing nothing but cleaning, seriously. My hands are all read, rough and hurting. Ouch!

And tomorrow is my great-aunt's (great-cousin? O.o) funeral. Well, I didn't know her all that well - actually, at all - but we still need to attend *sigh*

And my bank account's so distressingly empty that I had to cancel my plans to attend the JiB con in Rome next year. No way in hell do I have €419 for the Angel Pass - and no other pass is worth buying if you want to actually enjoy the con.

Dead. On. My. Feet *yawns*

Current Mood: drained

Enough with the shocks tonight, seriously!

Yahoo is closing down Delicious. Well, fudge. ~~It looks like the only viable option right now is pinboard.in, a paid service, very similar to delicious and it allows you to import all your bookmarks from delicious.~~ ETA: Just found out that pinboard.in doesn't have tag hierarchy like delicious has, so it's not an option for me. Will have to try Diigo. Any other suggestions?

But is it worth it? Honestly, I'm thinking of just opening another LJ/DW and just using it for bookmarks or something - but LJ/DW doesn't allow you to go deeper with tags, like fndm: supernatural -> prng: sam/dean -> thm: mush, when you want to read just mushy SPN fics with Sam/Dean, with LJ/DW you can search by one tag only *sigh* Fudge.

ETA2: A list of all bookmarking sites out there!

Current Mood: numb

Yes, I'm annoyed. How did you guess? There's a Sherlock Holmes movie on TV right now, the one where Sherlock is portrayed by Christopher Lee. And honestly, I was more than slightly irked when I saw this movie's Dr. John Watson. Why?

Because it's your usual slow, fat, slightly dumb guy with a mustache and a benign smile - again! Come on! Someone, a long time ago, cast a guy who looked like that in the role and since then, every movie/series just copied the type! It's like with Holmes and that stupid hat of his! Whoever came up with that one, should've been kicked in the nuts, really *huffs*

Boy, you can't even imagine how grateful I am that the character of John Watson is portrayed by Jude Law and Martin Freeman in its latest incarnations. I love, really love the way John Watson was reinvented.

I mean, I know what Doyle's Watson is like, I'm reading the short stories now, but come on! Do we really need 20 mirror copies of one product?

Current Mood: annoyed

... LJ's just not sending me comment notifications. They trickle in oh so slowly and completely out of order. I'm trying to keep track of who commented on what and if I responded or not, but... Grr! *shakes LJ*

Well, at least... Here, have a wet Matt Bomer! \o/

He's Entertainment Weekly's "Summer Crush" - no wonder, really ;)

Current Mood: awake

... go screw yourself, Big Finish. I have loyally bought their audio dramas, SGA and SG-1. But this year, it's basically, "oh, it'll be all SG-1, no SGA stories, pft - but you'll get SG-1!"

Seriously, I love Daniel, I really do, but I'm first and foremost an SGA fan! I'm getting sick of everybody dropping SGA in favor of SG-1 and SGU. On TV, it's only SGU now, no movies at all for SGA. Franchise? Let's see - comic books: SG-1 only, audiobooks: SG-1 only, books: in the last year? SG-1 and SGU only. So yeah, no SGA whatsoever anywhere.

I do like SG-1 but I'm starting to hate in on principle.

Current Mood: moody

Peeps, am I the only one who's not receiving any comment notifications from LJ? It's quite annoying because it makes me look like I'm ignoring people X(

Current Mood: annoyed

I have a lot of patience with LJ, I really do. I accept that we are all human beings who make mistakes. But I have finally had enough and used

no_lj_ads's advice and opted out of the outboundlink.me nonsense! Every other link that I clicked on in my LJ went through outboundlink.net, slowing down the whole web until it took several clicks and up to half a minute to load anything. WTF! Seriously!

Current Mood: infuriated

I miss the old days of Star Trek: Whatever and SG-1/SGA. I miss sci-fi where people were excited to explore the universe, where they were curious about what the next planet would show them, what hid under the next stone they would turn. I miss shows where people wanted to be out there, among the stars, where they couldn't wait to see more, go farther and deeper, explore the universe in all its glory.

I've never been a fan of gritty, dark shows like BSG. I know that they have their audience and why not? People's tastes differ. And it was awesome that there was a time when we got both - fun and adventure in one show and dark and grit in the next.

But these days? All sci-fi shows out there are about people who want out, who don't want to be where they are, who betray each other, who kill and maim and whatnot. The beauty of the space exploration is gone. Trust and friendship and camaraderie are gone. And it just hurts to watch it. Whatever show you take today, be it SGU, V or Caprica, their tone is ALL THE SAME - despair and darkness! And I'm tired of being served the same dish over and over again. The Star Trek reboot proved that there IS audience for campy fun - then why are we being force-fed grit over and over again?

I know that the aforementioned genre has their fans and GOOD FOR THEM! But I want variety. I want something for everyone!

*sigh* Sorry about the rant. I'm just irked by the fact that I can't find one sci-fi show - and by sci-fi I mean space ships and all, Star Trek not The X-Files - these days that I would actually like.

Current Mood: bitchy

Jo Graham, the author of the yet-to-be-published SGA novel "Death Game" posted this in her LJ yesterday:

Stargate Atlantis: Legacy is an exciting new book series from Fandemonium Books coming in 2010. As the fantastically successful New Jedi Order series did for Star Wars, Legacy takes Stargate Atlantis fans on to uncharted new ground, exploring what happens next after the end of season five. With no reset to zero, the jeopardy for our favorite characters has never been greater as they face entirely new challenges and dangers, as well as old foes revitalized. Sheppard, McKay, Teyla, Ronon and the rest must face Wraith, Genii, and their most dangerous foes yet in a galaxy-spanning adventure to uncover the true legacy of the Ancients -- a battle from which all may not return.

Book One, The Return, by Melissa Scott and Jo Graham, will be out in September, 2010. Melissa Scott is the author of more than twenty science fiction and fantasy books, including Trouble and Her Friends, Five Twelfths of Heaven, and, with Lisa A. Barnett, Point of Hopes and Point of Dreams. She has won numerous awards, including the Campbell Award in 1986. Jo Graham is the author of three historical fantasy novels, as well as the Stargate Atlantis novel Death Game. Book Two, The Missing, by Jo Graham and Amy Griswold, will follow in January, 2011. Source

Awesome, isn't it? A new SGA book series from Fandemonium! So why am I irked?

Because Fandemonium canceled the SGA book "Dead End" by Chris Wraight that should have come out today. Yes, just a couple of days before the book - already postponed several times before that - should've been published, they canceled it completely. Someone asked about it Mark over at Fandemonium and you know what? He responded with "Sorry, it was canceled" - and the rest of his email was an advertisement for SGU's pilot novelization "Air" by James Swallow. It's SGA's cancellation all over again - "Hey, SGA was canceled, but here you have SGU and be content with that!" Yes, it made me... cranky. Fandemonium is becoming more and more unreliable in their publishing schedule.

Current Mood: indescribable

According to Stargate TPTB, rape is a "moral dilemma"!

( They really did say... )

If I ever had any notion to watch the show, they squashed it now totally. They couldn't make the characters more unlikable if they wanted to. I think I'm going to be sick.

Current Mood: shocked

I don't usually join all the sexist/ablist/misogynist/racist bruhaha out there - most of it is blown totally out of proportion - but the latest SGU spoiler? Like, for real?

( Spoilers for SGU, of course! )

ETA: Brad Wright's response.

Current Mood: nauseated

You know what's really strange? When you realize that you like someone's fics, that you like the way they portray your favorite characters, that you like their plots etc. - and you can't stand the author because she's always stirring up crap, feeling all righteous speaking to dumb masses in need of enlightenment. Right.

Current Mood: bitchy

Ah, summer is here and with it stifling heat and wanks. In the House fandom, people who don't like Cuddy and/or Lisa Edelstein are misogynists. In the J2 fandom, it's the old, old "fat vs. thin" song again. And fandom in general? People whine that authors don't warn them enough to protect their precious sensibilities. Oh yes, fungus and wanks. I really don't care which side in the above-mentioned and other wanks my flist chooses because, to be crude, opinions are like assholes, everybody has one and nobody's opinion has more merit or weight than the next person's. Agree on disagreeing and learn to live with it.

And if someone feels the need to point out how wrong I am - please, don't bother. I respect that you think differently, it's your God given right, I don't haunt your LJ trying to convince you of the error of your ways, so show me the same respect, please.

Also, defriending amnesty! If you have felt like defriending me in the past/for some time but it made you uncomfortable or whatever, here is your chance. We will part amicably with no hard feelings and wish each other good luck and good day.

Current Mood: grumpy

What comm?

spnstoryfinders. I don't know what the moderators smoke but it's totally getting to their heads and muddling their brains.

I posted this request to the comm: I'm looking for a particular fic, a very long one. All I remember is that it was Dean who left and he lived happily with a man called Jessie(?) who didn't know about the hunting business. It was rejected. And the reason? "Please place the ending spoiler behind a cut."

How can I post the ending behind a cut? What ending? That's how the story frickin' starts! I knew that the comm was dumb but this is taking it to places unknown. It's okay to post a request for Jensen being raped by Jared's dog but this gets rejected. And my previous try went the same way - because my subject line wasn't specific enough!

Current Mood: enraged

I feel like kicking someone in the nuts. Brot’ân’duivé... Tosân’leag... Gleannéohkân’thva... Cuirin’nen’a and my favorite, Sgäilsheilleache á Oshâgäirea gan’Coilehkrotall. Really? Seriously, really? Try to juggle names like these on every second line in your translation! My fingers are permanently attached to Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V! Yeesh!

Current Mood: aggravated

Today, I listened to Sally Malcolm's audiobook "Perchance to Dream", a SGA tie-in novel read by Paul McGillion. It was a very good book with an interesting plot: a sleeping sickness is spreading through Atlantis and only Dr. Beckett can help. I liked it a lot - hey, hurt!Sheppard is always a plus in my book ;) - but I have to say that in some places, the background music was so loud that Paul McGillion's reading was barely understandable and the sound during the final interview with Paul was really bad too, it crackled and hissed so it kind of took away the pleasure of listening to it a bit.

And I've been reading Martha Wells' "Entanglement", another SGA tie-in novel and so far, I like it a lot. In various reviews, people say that the book starts really slowly. I didn't see it that way. So far, it's been a real page-turner for me. But then, I have a weakness for real team stories and especially for those that are told from Sheppard's POV ;)

Also, our washing machine went ka-boom. Literally. The bang was so loud that I felt shaky for hours after it had happened. I immediately ordered a new one from Datart but they have to order it for us - hopefully, the manufacturer will have it in stock *crosses fingers* I really want this model because it should be ecological and economical and for a very good price too.

Current Mood: indescribable

Wow, I'm floored. My Sports Night DVDs arrived. I ordered them last Tuesday from Canada! The delivery date was set for Jan. 31th 2009! And they are here. Now. Instead of a month, it took the box set not even a week to arrive! I'm... floored. I have no words. Wow!

Also, and now I will be very rude, I have had fucking enough of people who watch Supernatural - I can't call them fans - complaining about the series being either a Dean!show or a Sam!show. For Christ's sake! There are stories that need to be told and sometimes it's Dean's story, sometimes Sam's. I didn't complain when at the beginning, one of the main storylines was Sam going/not going dark. I won't complain now that Dean's discovering what role he plays in the whole Heaven vs. Hell thing. I like both storylines, evil!Sammy and angelic!Dean, or what do you want to call them. Why does it have to be the one or the other? *hands* Like children, really. I still like the show but the fandom is nuts! X(

Current Mood: blank

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