my life in a sci-fi dystopia

Thank you to pensnest for the box of goodies! I also have a box of rather tasty-looking chocolates from Beso Coco, which arrived without a gift tag, so I'm hoping my unexpectedly secret santa is on DW so I can say thank you to them, too.

Have a good Christmas, everyone!

I was watching Rumours of Death, and checked the filming locations on hermit.org. Residence One is listed as 'somewhere in Oxfordshire'. The dining room is pretty distinctive, though, so I wondered what would happen if I googled for stately home dining rooms in Oxfordshire.

I give you: Cornbury House, AKA Residence One. They still have the same chairs, the same painting over the dining room fireplace, and the same clock and vases standing on it! Someone's definitely spent a bit of money on doing up the garden and the exterior of the house since then.

There's an estate agent brochure with more exterior photos, and you can see the urns that are in the background when Tarrant takes his bow.

Thing I have learned in the past twenty minutes of browsing The Sims 4 library.

1. There are quite a number of people who are into both The Sims 4 and Hannigram.
2. Once you have the thought "Why do so many of these Will Graham sims look like the love-child of Hugh Dancy and Stephen Mangan?", it's really hard to stop thinking that.
3. I appreciate the dedication and love that has been put into simulations of Will's dogs. Now I kind of want to set up a household with Will and seven dogs and protect him from Hannibal forever.
4. It's obviously easier to make Hugh Dancy's face than it is to make Mads Mikkelsen's, although those are some excellent Hannibal eyebrows.
5. *That* one does indeed like look Chilton. *That* one looks like a young Prince Charles.
6. None of those look like Gillian Anderson. Stop it.
7. I get unreasonably upset when people part Hannibal's hair on the wrong side. I know I could just fix it in CAS, but those people still need to sit down and think about what they've done.
8. I was not expecting to click on a Hannigram pair and find a warning that the Will is configured so he can get knocked up, but I also don't know why I wasn't expecting that, because fandom.

In conclusion, I need a Hannibal icon.

Not quite fandom, but fandom adjacent and for everyone who enjoys a scam, fail_fandomanon brought me this weirdness:

A dude from LA called Jered Threatin (possibly? who knows) fakes a metal band, live footage, a fanbase, a music label, a booking agency and ticket sales, among many other things (right down to a fake web design company to make a website for his fake news agency) in order to book himself a live tour of the UK where no one shows up.

It reminds me of Lou Perlman's scams -- build it big enough and no one will question it, because at a first glance there's so much of it, and no one would fake everything, right? Luckily, this one collapsed a lot faster, and no one seems to have been scammed out of their life savings.

ETA: Wait, It was all a social experiment! Wow, that's an excuse that takes me back. Never mind, I'm sure the lurkers support him in email.

Pillowfort funded their Kickstarter, which means that I have a bunch of keys to give away (10, to be precise). Let me know if you'd like to have one.

They're also going to be selling account keys for $5, so even if I run out there's an option to try the beta for not much money.

I'm Manna over there, too.

Now I really wish that I'd been in Hannibal fandom back in the day.

( I have this compulsion about spoilers. )

A few days ago we went to see Deadpool 2. I was a little nervous because I enjoyed the first movie so much, and it's the kind of successful that could be tough to pull off again. And I heard that Ryan Reynolds fired one director during the production, which could be good or bad news. But! I was not diappointed. I giggled my way though most of it.

( Spoilers )

A week or so ago we finally made it to see Infinity War.

( Spoilers, just in case there's anyone further behind than me. )

We had a great Bank Holiday! Weather was fantastic. We went to Waddesdon Manor and had afternoon tea, and saw the 12 Caesars exhibition. I took a photo of the Zodiac tapestry with Cancer holding a lobster.

Brilliant World Snooker final. Mark Williams deserved his win.

Every time I see the title Ocean's 8 I feel like it must be a subtle commentary on the gender pay gap.