Absconding With The Tontine Funds

NaBloPoMo, Day 30. Hey, we made it to the end of November! Whaaat.

I can't remember what the last NaBloPoMo question is, nobody has posted yet for me to copy & paste the question from, and I am obviously too lazy to find the meme, but I think it had something to do with posting a funny thing, so: Buzzfeed asks their UK office to label US states.

In all honesty, they do a hell of a lot better than I think most Americans would (and Americans are also terrible at Europe). But just to be clear, there is no state called Squaresies. :)

NaBloPoMo, Day 20: Who is your favourite sidekick?

Ron Weasley popped into my head first, so I'll go with him. Constantly overlooked, loyal to his bones, and, of course, has the emotional range of a teaspoon. ♥

IT IS SO COLD. I hates winter. And it's not even winter yet. Gaaar.

NaBloPoMo, Day 16: What are your favorite doomed ships? Ships that never were? Canon ships?

Doomed ships:
- Buffy/Spike (BtVS): Does this count? They were canon for a spell, but then things happened, including the series finale. I don't know, is there hope for them in the comics that I've never read? And then again there's the whole vampire/human problem, where he lives forever and she's obviously going to grow old and die someday, barring her being turned, which she'd never allow. So, yeah. Pretty doomy, I think.

Ships that never were: Oh, so many. So, so many...
- Draco/Ginny (HP): It probably never crossed JK Rowling's mind ever, what with Harry/Ginny as endgame and the continued isolation of Slytherin and all that epilogue nonsense.
- Merlin/Arthur (Merlin): Remember the massive fucking up of almost all the characters and relationships to make sure these two didn't come across as teh gay? Yeah, good times. Gosh, I hold grudges well.
- Veronica/Weevil (VM): SO MUCH POTENTIAL and then Logan came into play and there was no turning back. I'm totally cool with the LoVe ship, actually, but I think WeeVer would have been so explosively good.
- Alt!Livia/Alt!Lincoln (Fringe): Well, one of them died, so... It's nice that a version of them got to be canon, but I have mixed feelings on how it all came about, and Alt!Lincoln was the best of all possible Lincolns. I really miss the alt!universe...

Canon ships:
- FitzSimmons (AoS): They're not quite there yet, but I'm 95% sure we're headed very firmly in that direction. The other 5% is if one of them gets killed off first. (How stinking adorable was Simmons in the last episode, btw? "No! I can't be a part of your bad girl shenanigans. I like following the rules and doing what's expected of me. It makes me feel nice!")

I'm sure the rest of you will remind me of ones I've forgotten, too!

NaBloPoMo, Day 13: Post a photo that you love.



Teehee.

NaBloPomo, Day 10! What's your favorite new Fall 2013 TV show? (If fic exists, share your favorites!)

I do enjoy the Sleepy Hollow. Its premise sounds kinda dumb, I'll give you that, which is why I hadn't intended on watching it in the beginning. But then I kept hearing good things about it, and nothing but good things, so I gave it a shot.

One of the best things about it is the interaction between the two leads. They have fantastic chemistry, and not necessarily in a shippy way either. Not that there's anything wrong with shipping them (and I'm pretty sure the writers are steering them in that direction); there's plenty of fodder for that, but I'm happy with how their friendship and trust strengthens from week to week without throwing romance into the mix just yet.

Also good? That the female lead is fiercely independent and intelligent. She doesn't apologize for kicking ass and taking names, or for having moments of vulnerability. I quite love her.

Have to get this post in before I fall asleep! So, so, so tired. Glad this week is over.

My answer to today's NaBloPoMo question is super boring, because I don't really listen to any specific music when I'm writing. Once in a while I find a song that fits a scene I'm working on, but otherwise if I listen to music at all when writing, it's usually whatever I'm generally into at the time. So right now that means Story of My Life, which iTunes helpfully tells me I've listened to 239 times. Obsessive tendencies, ask me how. (Especially you, gealach_ros. Eeheehee.)

Also! My Veronica Mars Kickstarter t-shirt has finally arrived! EXCITE.

NaBloPoMo, Day 5!

5. What show from your childhood would you love to bring back?

Care Bears! They have a very special place in my heart, and I still have all my stuffed Care Bears and Care Bear Cousins from back in the day. There's a better chance of you prying them from my cold, dead hands than me voluntarily giving them away. Also there exists photographic evidence of me absolutely losing my shit when I got a stuffed Cheer Bear one Christmas when I was I think maybe four or five. It's damn adorable. I need to find and frame that.

The cartoon from the '80s is still enjoyable today as well. I know this because accordingtomel and I watched an old episode on YouTube together some months back. The movies totes stand up too. Who remembers the song? Sometimes you feel so glad, sometimes you feel blue/ Share your feelings, it's not bad, feelings are just you.


ur doin it right, son

Of course, there have been several small resurgences since the '80s, and they look horrible now. Pity the children of today and forgive them their televisual predilections, for they know not the awesomeness of the classic Care Bears.

All right, I'm going to attempt this thing. elle_blessing, don't you feel accomplished? I've seen your name pop up all over the flist today :) Anyway, for anyone who hasn't seen Elle's meme, it is HERE, and basically everyone should be nablopomoing along because don't you miss how fun LJ used to be?

The post for today is something that makes me laugh, so here's a thing. It's the Payphone/Game of Thrones parody. It's a year old, but I watched it again recently and it's still awesome: