Totally blowing my wad here with all my fancy new shiny Christmas icons on every post. But this one's actually related to the content of the post! Just a PSA for Doctor Who fans who may not be in the know. Which you probably all are, because everyone's better at the internet than me. (Except my mother, who recently asked me to help her get on Facebook and friended me and then went and read all my wall posts and things, and it weirded me out a tiny little bit.)

ANYWAY.

Next week's episode of Never Mind The Buzzcocks (Dec 16, 10pm on BBC2) is going to be a Doctor Who special, with David Tennant hosting, and Catherine Tate and Bernard Cribbins (Donna Noble's awesome grandfather Wilf) as participants and holy crap I'm excited for this. I love it when my favourite things collide.

Nerds. I accidentally got addicted to Restaurant City on Facebook. Haaalp.

Christmas cards are done and they all went out in the mail yesterday! Whee! I am so accomplished. :)

A huge thank you to everyone who sent me snowflake cookies; I feel so loved, you guys. And also hungry for cookies. And because I can and love to foist my fandom tastes on others, have a very tenuously-related Arrested Development quote.

Michael: You know, the feeling that you're feeling is just what many of us call... a "feeling".
Gob: It's not like envy, or even hungry.
Michael: Could it be love?
Gob: I know what an erection feels like, Michael.

Happy December, everybody!

Well, I rarely rec anything fandomy because everybody else usually gets there first, but in this case, I DON'T CARE, BECAUSE THIS VIDEO IS EPIC AND EVERYONE IN THE WORLD MUST SEE IT. It tells a cohesive, gorgeous story that you'd understand even if there weren't vidder's notes, and the whole thing is just beautifully heartbreaking. Go, watch, get your heart shattered and put back together again.

Title: There Are Legends
Vidder: ras_elased
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur
Summary: The legends say that Arthur died, and he waits in Avalon to be reborn. The legends say that Merlin is immortal, and he lives on, waiting for his king. But what if the legends are wrong?
Warning: NSFW, angst, character "death" (sort of?)
Spoilers: Up to 2.09, also clips from The Real Merlin and Arthur, Dis/Connected, Lewis, the video diaries, and Latter Days

Title: Trust Me, I'm A Physician's Apprentice
Rating: PG
Summary: Arthur irritates Merlin into dispensing some sound medical advice.
Notes: Originally written for the_muppet, who is awesome.


( Take two aspirin and call me in the morning )

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( Icons this way )

It's my very first LJ poll! And it's for something totally boring!

Okay, American LJ friends who use cell phones: which company should I go with? Traditionally I don't use my cell phone often because I don't really like talking on the phone, so I'd go for the lowest rate plan, the prices of which all seem to be fairly similar across the board, so I'm looking for more in terms of good coverage and customer service, I think.

Poll #1480799 Help.
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 11

My kingdom for:

Since Community is my new favourite show ever, here are some text icons. Yay!

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( 12 text, 3 animated )

I'm no good at writing reviews or episode thoughts in any coherent manner, and I'm always late to watching the show anyway, but I just want to say this:

( Not really spoilery, but cut just in case anyone didn't know what 2x04 is about )

Originally written as comment!fic for the_muppet, this is speculation about what the boys will be doing instead of attending Expo this month. Composed entirely of silly fluff and contains not a shred of truth.

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NOOOOOOOOOO! I just found out Neil Gaiman is coming to town, but I won't be here! Gnaaah! *cries*

Has anyone read Michael Chabon's The Yiddish Policeman's Union? I feel like someone on the f-list has mentioned it before but I can't remember who... Anyway, I loved Kavalier & Clay, so I picked up this one right away when I saw it was on sale, and, well, it's a bit slow going (and not really all that uproariously funny as its reviews claim). I should say Chabon writes gorgeously; he's just wonderful at crafting beautiful sentences and images, but I'm almost halfway through the book and I feel like absolutely nothing is happening. Like, is there a plot? Because it's not very, um... there. So, I'm getting quite bored with it actually and wondering if it's worth continuing?

A GIANT, HEAPING PILE OF LOVE AND THANKS to the wonderful f-lister who gifted me 12 months of paid LJ time and more icon space than I can shake a stick at! I don't know that she would want to be named, but she (obviously) knows who she is and how appreciative I am! *massive hugs*

And now, icon hunting! Whee!

I think all the Merlin fans on my f-list know Colin was taken to hospital a couple days ago but thankfully came out okay, though I still feel a little anxious about him and need him to be well taken care of, hence today's drive-by drabble. Thank you to the_muppetfor not looking at me funny when I foisted this on her without warning. :)

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Title: Five Times Colin Fell In Love With Bradley (the Bradley James version)
Summary: (See above.)
Rating: PG-13
Word count: ~ 7,300
Disclaimer: Everything contained herein is purely fictional, and should be taken seriously by absolutely no one.
Notes: A million thanks to jandjsalmon for looking this over for me and putting her stamp of approval on it. Special thanks also to the_muppet, who's been an endless font of patient encouragement, and without whom this fic wouldn't exist.


( It all began with a decapitated snake head... )

[FOX Hates Your Guts With Every Single Inch Of Their Being; Possibly Looking To Re-Cast 'Futurama']

Noooo.

To be fair, a) kudos to FOX for bringing Futurama back in the first place, and b) it's not totally confirmed yet that they're replacing the voice actors, so I'll hold off on the wailing and gnashing of teeth for the time being. But it should go without saying that re-casting would be a monumentally no good, horrible, bad idea. Ergh.

Title: Miles to Go Before I Sleep
Rating: Sorta Naughty
Summary: Convicted and incarcerated after the war, Draco is unexpectedly given a new lease on life.

Chapter: Dead Drop
Chapter summary: Draco completes his mission; Ginny has a mild existential crisis.

A few weeks ago I was complaining about how difficult it is for me to write good kissing scenes. So, naturally, to get myself over this little hurdle, I went and wrote porn instead. Whatiswrongwithme.

Having never written porn before, this misguided endeavour unsurprisingly also proved very difficult (I might have said 'hard' there, but then I'd just be setting myself up for a Michael Scott joke), and I don't know if I'll do it again because I'm pretty sure I've run out of hotness-related words. Plus, I could just barely get over myself going 'TEEHEE' every time I typed anything vaguely sexy. I mean, I'll read fandom smut any chance I get, but writing it myself pretty much just gave the 12 year old in my head free license to titter madly the whole time. UNHELPFUL, emotionally stunted self.

I bow down to those of you who make smuttination seem so effortless and awesome.