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I am eyeballs-deep in deadlines and work and life, so I have not been around here much lately! But I don't actually intend to go a month between updates. It's just been a really busy month. So!

1. I saw The Force Awakens! Ages ago. I'm not that late in watching it, I'm just very late in posting about it. I loved it. I don't really have that much to say about it. I really loved it. It made me happy. The fact that it makes other people happy also makes me happy. Oh, wait, I do have one thing to say: ( spoiler! ) That's all. Not feeling the need for much fanfic, although I've read a few stories.

2. The 100 comes back in two days and my heart is already weeping tears of joy and pain.

3. I continue to watch and enjoy The Expanse. I like that lots of things are happening, but the show doesn't seem to be in any particular hurry to burn through its plotlines, and instead are willing to take time with character and world-building aspects. I'm pretty sure at this rate they're only going to get about 2/3 of the way into Leviathan Wakes by the end of the first season, maybe? IDK. I don't mind. I am loving it. There are spaceships and it makes me happy. Anybody else watching it? Come talk to me! Nobody seems to be talking about it anywhere.

4. I recently decided that I wanted to rewatch ST:TNG, because I was missing my childhood or something, and oh my god. Sometimes that show is so good. Sometimes that show is SO BAD. It is glorious and the perfect thing to watch when I am busy doing stuff in the evening hours.

5. Speaking of my childhood: The X-files is coming back soon. I don't even know what to do with that. I am going to watch it, obviously. I mean. Come on. Of course I am going to watch it.

6. Talented famous and important artists can stop dying now, please. RIP David Bowie and Alan Rickman. I hope lots of people are inspired to go out and create things that are weird and beautiful and wonderful in their honor.

Hope you are all doing well, whatever you are doing. ♥

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I have not seen a Star War yet because I'm going to see it with my family next week. I've also not seen any trailers since the first teaser, nor have I read any interviews or articles, nor have I been spoiled by the internet. I am a magical impossible elf in this modern age but I HAVE BEEN STRONG and I'm going to go see a movie in a few days.

What I have watched: TRAILER FOR SEASON THREE OF THE 100 WHICH STARTS ON JANUARY 21 MY HEART IS NOT READY. I am not okay with anything. Except for how I am of course okay with all of it because I wouldn't watch The 100 if I didn't like having my heart broken fifty times an episode.

I have also watched the first four episodes of The Expanse, the two that aired plus the two they released online/on-demand because… I think they did it because they leaked and SyFy just figured, eh, what the hell? I don't know the reason, but I'm happy they did, because I think ep. 2 is actually the weakest (it's a lot of set-up), but 3 & 4 are FUCKING AWESOME. Ooooooooooh man. If those two episodes are indicative of the level this show is heading for, damn, I want the rest ASAP.

The nerdy non-spoilery things I love: physics. I love how much attention they are paying to how shit actually works in space. Having to take the Coriolis effect into account when pouring drinks on an rotating station. How being on a ship that's alternating between motionless/constant velocity/acceleration means what you feel as gravity is always changing. All of that stuff. I love it.

( spoilers through episode 4 )

In conclusion: I am very much looking forward to more and sad I have to wait but glad I watched the early-released episodes because they're so good.

I have to do laundry, and pack for vacation, and clean the house, and everything. I haven't done any Christmas shopping! I am the person who does all my Christmas shopping on the 23rd. Oh well. Is it stupid that I want to make cookies today, even though I am leaving tomorrow? I can take them with me. I just really want some nice piping hot cookies.

Hope everybody is having a lovely weekend, whether or not it is filled with Star Wars and/or travel and/or holiday stress and/or work.

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Hello, internet. I have missed you. I have a cold I picked up while traveling for Thanksgiving. It is this weird cold where all the usual symptoms are present at low-grade, mostly tolerable levels of severity, except for two, which are present at much higher, less tolerable levels, and those two are congestion and chills. So my head is packed rock-solid with snot and I'm cold all the time, but otherwise I feel perfectly fine. What the fuck, immune system. You don't even go here.

It's been a while since I've posted! I didn't do that on purpose. I've just been really busy. Since last time I have watched many things:

- caught up on both Flash and Arrow, with the exception of this week's crossover, which I haven't watched yet, but thus far both shows are quite enjoyable this season;

- not watched any Doctor Who at all because I don't even know, it wasn't like I meant to stop, I do want to watch, I just kind of got behind and it was too daunting to catch up;

- very much liked the episodes of Elementary I have seen so far this season and have chosen to believe that Papa Holmes is an alt!universe Walter Bishop OBVIOUSLY duh;

- watched all of Jessica Jones, which I liked very much but thought it spent too much time spinning its wheels, and it might actually have a chance at being the exultant revelation of television perfection everybody wants it to be if it had been 8-9 episodes long and, uh, better written through the slow/predictable parts;

- watched the online pilot of The Expanse, which I loved, although I am fully aware that my adoration of the source material makes me a biased viewer here, but I don't care, and I am just so happy to see all of that glorious space madness on my screen. I am very much looking forward to more. I am impressed by how pretty it looks, too. SyFy is throwing a shit-ton of money into this production, aren't they? Even the zero-gravity stuff looks good. I wish I had a spaceship.

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Hello internet! I am back from vacation. I had a splendid time in England. I am tired and I have a cold and I have to drive to LA today but, hey, life. At least it's not blisteringly hot in southern California anymore. Thank you for fixing that while I was gone.

So what I have done besides travel lately that is perhaps relevant to fannish interests in these parts is watch all of iZombie and you guys. You guys. I LOVE IT. IT'S SO ADORABLE. I WANT TO HUG EVERYBODY. ♥LIV♥ ♥RAVI♥ ♥MAJOR♥ ♥CLIVE♥ ♥MAYBE EVEN BLAINE♥ ♥EVERYBODY♥ It's so charming! And surprisingly heart-wrenching, in spite of the wacky premise and all the adorableness.

I want Ravi to be my BFF. I think that would be super.

It's a really enjoyable show. I'm glad people told me to watch it.

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It's too hot to do anything but sit motionless, scantily clad, and directly in front of a fan, so I have spent the last several hours catching up on many episodes of Mr. Robot--but not all, I still have two to go, I know, I KNOW, I am stopping at a ridiculous spot--and holy shit, people, this show is so fucking good.

Aaaaaaaaaaah the only reason I am not watching the rest of the season is because I need to sleep. But seriously. SO FUCKING GOOD. If TV awards weren't stupid I would say all the awards ever, plus several we haven't even invented yet, for Rami Malek and his performance.

Everybody knows this already, because I am late catching up.

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Okay! I shall try to write an update. I have been around, I promise. I read my LJ/DW friends lists every day. It's just that every time I sit down to write a post I get distracted, because life is busy, and that's good, but also: busy.

Regarding fannish things, the finale of Hannibal remains the most perfect thing to ever have graced our televisions in the history of the world, and that's all there is to say about that. Except for how obviously that isn't all there is to say about that, because I have spent SO MUCH TIME over the past couple of weeks reading lengthy, thoughtful, pretentious articles about why Hannibal is the best TV show ever and feeling vindicated that so many people agree with me.

In other fannish news, the only fic I'm reading lately is Daredevil fic and, oh, I have been reading a lot of it, so that's a thing. I think I've found most of the good stuff by now, but you should feel free to tell me about MORE good stuff, because I'm running out.

Also! I know I didn't say much about it while it was airing, but I thoroughly enjoyed the first season of SyFy's Killjoys and am delighted that it's been renewed, and also Alvis the hot revolutionary monk should make out with everyone, what, don't even argue.

I don't even know what new TV shows are coming out in the fall. Is it fall? Is school bad in session? Do TV shows start soon? It's in the 90s again today, because fuck southern California, and I don't understand seasons anymore.

Anyway. Hello! Anybody been watching/reading anything good lately? Anything exciting going on? Anybody have a nice long weekend? I really wish it weren't so hot again. Bleeeeeeeeeeeergh.

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I am going to miss Hannibal so very much now that it's gone, as it now definitely ranks as My Most Favorite Television Show of All Time, but that ending was perfect. PERFECT. We're talking "I thought I wanted more of the show but now I really don't want more because no ending could be more perfect" levels of perfect.

That is all.

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My DVR did not record Hannibal this weekend so I was forced to watch all of Daredevil, all of it, that was the only logical course of action (obviously), and now I have too many feelings. I don't know what to do with all these feelings. My cold dormant robot heart grew three sizes and I am not okay with this at all, except for how of course I am totally okay with this because FINE WHATEVER SHOW I WASN'T USING THAT HEART ANYWAY. I was actually doing okay! Until episode 10! Stiff upper lip and all that! Then episode 10 happened and I was yelling at my TV and that was very much NOT OKAY and NOW THERE ARE TOO MANY FEELINGS.

I know I am The Most Latest to this party, fandom, but please point me to the fanfic. Please? ♥

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I have finally (finally!) started to watch Daredevil, many months behind the rest of the world, and I can say, three episodes in, that I am in favor of a television show that is comprised of (roughly) 70% fight scenes in which a very attractive man gets beat up and 20% scenes in which a very attractive beat-up man has angsty feelings and 10% other stuff, like, villains and shit, you know, whatever, we all know what we're here for and what we're here for is the angsting and the suffering.

I mean, yeah, I've only watched three episodes, so there's still plenty to go, but thus far I find this division of screen time Most Acceptable.

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I started watching Sense8 last night, and I really like it so far! But I stopped after episode 4 because I had to go to bed. And you know what stopping and going to bed right after episode 4 means.

I am going to have the song "What's Up?" stuck in my head forever and ever until the end of time.

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I have been watching the UK show Grantchester because

musesfool recommended it and she was right! It is very good! I have two more episodes to watch, but I don't want to watch them because then I won't have any more. I am savoring. I would also like somebody to delivery a tall gingery sexy alcoholic vicar with PTSD and a puppy and a penchant for solving mysteries to me as soon as possible. You know. If you should happen to stumble across one that nobody is using. Thanks.

I have also been watching the SyFy show Killjoys, a.k.a. space bounty hunters, and I am enjoying it! There's a snarky spaceship who TOTALLY DOESN'T PLAY FAVORITES* and awkward angsty brothers and team feelings and the last episode took a very dark a turn that I like quite a lot. I mean, there were piles of dead bodies, of course I liked it a lot. Also: spaceships. Did I mention the spaceships. It's fun to watch.

* Totally plays favorites and it's adorable.

Not fun to watch because every second DESTROYS MY SOUL: ( hannibal a.k.a. the worstest weirdest break-up story of all time )

I remain sad that this is the show's last season but damn. DAMN. This is a fucking incredible season of television.

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New trailer for SyFy's The Expanse, which is coming in December, and you guys I am SO EXCITED for this show. Please don't suck please don't suck please don't suck please don't suck.

And how much do I love that they've made Chrisjen Avasarala one of the main characters for the show? She's the best character in the books and bringing her in from the start is an A++ decision. Every story needs a foul-mouthed badass world-ruling lady politician to keep things in perspective.

I just finished reading Nemesis Games, the newest book in the series, and it only made me more excited. SPACESHIPS AND CONSPIRACIES AND TERRIFYING ALIEN STUFF WOOHOO. I really enjoyed Nemesis Games, btw, which is dark as fuck, and I like that the authors pulled a sort of anti-GRRM by reining in the proliferation of POVs back to the core crew members and spending so much time on their character-driven story lines. It sort of snuck up on me, how attached to these characters and this story I am, but I am happy to keeping reading however many giant doorstops the authors want to write.

And for something completely different, here is the trailer for the Red Dragon arc on Hannibal, of interest to two kinds of people in the world: 1) Hannibal fans, and 2) people who want to see Richard Armitage naked.

I was supposed to go out this evening but I took a nap this afternoon and woke up with a headache and could not bear the thought of going to a noisy crowded bar. That's, uh, pretty much how I roll. I'm kind of the worst friend when it comes to social interactions. Blergh.

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I have been away in the mountains and I have been very busy! But now I am back. Still busy, but in a good way. Anyway. Let's talk about television.

I have watched the Jonthan Strange & Mr Norrell series and I liked it! I read the book when it first came out but don't remember much of it, to the point where most of the time I had no idea what was going to happen next. The show starts pretty slow and plodding (much like the book, if I recall correctly!), but by the time ( spoilers for the whole of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell )

I have also been watching Mr. Robot on USA and guys. Guys. This show is really good. It's so weird and dark and like 50% Fight Club/50% American Psycho and, okay, if you're expecting a regular USA show, you might want to readjust your expectations to "regular USA show run through a filter of David Fincher and angry cynicism" and that's closer to the mark? But most of all Rami Malek, the lead actor, is fantastic. He's basically the whole reason the show works, with its super unreliable narrator with a tenuous grip on reality and a near-constant voiceover. It's not perfect, but I am really enjoying it.

AND. Well. I am obviously super sad that Hannibal has been cancelled and is probably not going to be picked up by any other networks, but at the same time I am super happy because this season has been FUCKING FANTASTIC and COMPLETELY BATSHIT INSANE and the show people clearly have ZERO FUCKS LEFT TO GIVE about being anything but their weirdest selves forever and ever and it's glorious and whaaaaaaaaaaat the fuck is going on I don't even know but ( spoilers! )

I feel like I went through all the five normal stages of grief at this show's cancellation fairly quickly, and I have now moved on to the sixth stage, which is THE WORLD NEVER DESERVED ANYTHING THIS FUCKING AMAZING ANYWAY HOW SAD FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WILL NEVER KNOW WHAT THEY COULD HAVE HAD SO THERE. So there.

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RIP Sir Christopher Lee. He lived a hell of a life.

The first trailer for The Martian looks pretty great, as does the dorky-adorable astronaut crew feature. I really liked the book--it's about science saving the day and it makes me laugh, what's not to like?--so I am very much looking forward to the movie!

I meant to write up a reaction post to the season premiere of Hannibal but every time I tried it just ended up being "omg! omg! OMG!" so that wasn't very successful. Let's try again:

( spoilers for hannibal 3x01 antipasto )

More tonight, yay.

In other fannish news, the internet needs to produce more and better Mad Max: Fury Road fic for me to read. I am even reading the coffee shop AU, people, that is what you have driven me to. NO PUN INTENDED. It's not enough.

Also, why is fandom not taking advantage of the fact that there is a kids' movie called Max about a traumatized war dog ~returning home and finding happiness~ coming out soon? Come on, fandom. It's right there. There should be gif sets at least.

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I finally (finally!) watched the last few episodes of Justified last night. I thought I only had two to watch, but it turns out my DVR was lying to me so as I was getting to the end of the penultimate episode I was thinking, "... wait. This can't be it, can it? Are they really going to wrap all this up in just a few minutes?" No, they were not. It turns out I had another episode to look forward to! It's a miracle! But that one was the last one. There was no more miracle after that. :(

( spoilers for the end of Justified )

My brief foray into Justified-watching aside, literally the only thing I care about in this universe and all other universes right now is Mad Max: Fury Road so, you know, that's a thing. A thing that has eaten my brain and my soul. I'm reading shitty fanfic and listening to the soundtrack all day and staring at pictures on the internet and, well. It's like that.

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Okay, I am going to make a real post about Mad Max: Fury Road now.

First: this review is 110% accurate.

Second: ...I think I'll just make a list.

( 43 things I love about Mad Max: Fury Road and it's only stopping at 43 because I have to go run errands now. SPOILERS. )

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I went to see Mad Max: Fury Road with

azewewish yesterday and I loved every single second of it from beginning to end. EVERY. SINGLE. SECOND. I want to see it five more times and I want five sequels and I want to put metal death spikes on my car because why the hell not.

I started to make a list of all the things I love (numbers 1 through 94 on the list are "Furiosa!!!!!!!!") but then I realized I was just recapping the entire movie and I actually have work to do today so... Maybe later.

Seriously. Everything. All my love.

*draws sparkly hearts all around post-apocalyptic wasteland full of broken people*

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( the flash: tricksters THAT WAS AWESOME again this show is always awesome )

IN CONCLUSION: I LOVE THIS SHOW A LOT. It is the most fun show. Ever. ♥ ♥ ♥

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( a single spoilery comment from this week's episode of justified )

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Because I feel like talking about random characters for no reason, a meme from

azewewish:

Pick any character from a fandom of mine and I'll answer the following questions:

1. What is your opinion of this character? If you like, explain why you like him/her.
2. Is he/she important to the general plot?
3. Can you relate to this character at all? Does he/she grip you emotionally?
4. How much do you like the fandom that this character comes from?
5. Do you ship this character with any other character? Or, are you particularly intrigued by his/her relationship with any other character(s)? (romance-wise or platonic)
6. Is there anything about the character you would change?
7. If you were in the fandom with this character or knew this character in real life, how would you see yourself interacting with him/her? Would you get along well? Fall in love with him/her? Dislike? Have a friendly rivalry?
8. Does this character make the cut as one of your all time favorites (if you like) or least favorites?
9. Would you hype up this character (if you like) or warn about this character (if you dislike) to someone new to fandom?

Umm, if I've talked about it, especially recently, it's fair game? MCU (movies only, not caught up on the tv shows), Hannibal, The Flash & Arrow, The 100, Elementary, Person of Interest, Justified, Doctor Who, HP, Star Trek, seriously, whatever. WHATEVER.

Characters I have talked about: Bucky Barnes (MCU), Sam Wilson (MCU), Root (Person of Interest), Natasha Romanov (MCU), Clarke Griffin (The 100), Bellamy Blake (The 100), Hermione Granger (HP), Joe West (The Flash), Nyota Uhura (Star Trek), Felicity Smoak (Arrow), Cisco Ramon (The Flash), Clara Oswald (Doctor Who), Will Graham (Hannibal), Leonard "Bones" McCoy (Star Trek).

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i am writing this post because i am procrastinating

all i do is work and watch tv

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and another thing!

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the wrath of the lamb

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the break-up: a chronicle

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