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Monday, June 4, 2012
Geeky Weekly Funtimez
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Geeky Weekly Funtimez
2012-06-04T01:17:00-04:00
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Tauriel_ 109p · 683 weeks ago
Fanart like this makes it REALLY hard for me to hate Tarrlok... and I want to hate him, because he's a sly evil manipulative bastard...
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SO WHY THE HECK IS HE SO DAMN SEXY?!! <3 <3 <3 AAAARGH!
sophiesensation 139p · 683 weeks ago
You guys were super helpful with the last interview and I managed to go in feeling somewhat prepared, so THANK YOU! <3 you all.
Dragon Elexus 124p · 683 weeks ago
So, basically, I'm watching a period piece which I wouldn't usually watch since its not my thing, except the reviews are really good and Maggie Smith is in it. (I deduce this is where all the recent Maggie Smith gifs are coming from?). Also, my sis is watching Korra. I think she enjoyed the first episode, except she was constantly interrupting for conversations like this.
Sis: So that's Katara?
Me: Yep.
Sis: So- Aang tapped that?
Me: ...yes.
Sis: So, therefore Korra tapped that.
Me: ....sorta.
Sis: So, who'd that Tenzin dude tap?
Me: Just watch already!
Sis: Fine. *starts video. Five seconds later, pauses* Korra's hairstyle is weird.
spectralbovine 140p · 683 weeks ago
This is my weekly reaction thread! I will discuss in plaintext except for major character deaths and/or reveals, so, you know, spoiler warning and all.
Current Progress: Page 68.
cait0716 125p · 683 weeks ago
Angelus
He's so deliciously evil. With the mind games and the complete lack of conscience. He is undeniably evil. There's really no moral grey area when it comes to Angelus. And yet he's so much more interesting than Angel. You can almost see David Boreanaz light up when he's Angelus because the character has to be more fun to play. I love every moment he's on the screen even as he makes me cringe.
Tomorrow: Episode You Hate That Everyone Else Loves
spectralbovine 140p · 683 weeks ago
LIKE A BOSS.
Tauriel_ 109p · 683 weeks ago
The author is right. Korra is terrifying when she's pissed off. Heck, whenever Aang got this angry, he slipped into the Avatar State, and pretty much lost control of his actions. But not Korra - she consciously keeps going, fully aware of her actions. No wonder she has problems with airbending - she's about as opposite Aang she could get...
Man. This show. THIS SHOW.
stefb4 131p · 683 weeks ago
Tauriel_ 109p · 683 weeks ago
Please let it mean what I think it means (gung Xbeen svanyyl znqr npghny pbagnpg jvgu Nnat, abg whfg frrvat tyvzcfrf bs uvz va uvf ivfvbaf).
cait0716 125p · 683 weeks ago
This is going to sound like such a cop-out. The thing is, there aren't any Buffy episodes that I hate. There are a few I don't like as much, that I tend not to just watch on my own (Teacher's Pet, I Robot, You Jane, Reptile Boy, Bad Eggs) but it's more about them being messy and half-formed than anything else. There are other episodes I'd rather watch if I'm going to bother to get my DVDs out. And even in the episodes I consider less good, there are scenes that I love. Enough good moments that I'll leave the episode on if I'm channel surfing. (Buffy is one of those shows that is just guaranteed to make me stop flipping through the channels and sit and watch for a while).
So when it comes to episodes that everyone else loves, I'm more likely to just get really excited that people are agreeing with me. That they're seeing the same genius of this show that I see.
Buffy is just too much a part of me. I grew up with it, bonded with my mom over it, learned that I'm strong even when I don't feel like it because of it. It got me through middle school, high school, college, and the directionless months that came after. It got me through broken hearts and failed exams and losing my first job. In many ways, it made me the person I am today.
So I can engage with criticisms of Buffy, I can critique it and recognize it's failures. I can understand other people hating all or part of it. But I can't pick a single episode that I wouldn't drop everything to watch if it happened to come on the television. Hell I once got a C on a test because the teacher in the next room started playing Gingerbread, and I just stopped paying attention to the test.
Tomorrow: What You Think Made Buffy So Great
azdarkwater 120p · 683 weeks ago
http://www.rdio.com/people/darkwater/
It does cost a little after a trial but it is solid and I think worth the sub. Use it all day at work. :)
Tauriel_ 109p · 683 weeks ago
Lbh qvqa'g, Gneeybx. :@ Snoevpngvat snyfr rivqrapr abj, ru? V ubcr Xbeen znantrf gb trg vagb Ningne Fgngr gb rfpncr, gura pbzr onpx naq rkcbfr Gneeybx nf gur rivy ylvat onfgneq gung ur vf... :@
Medli 141p · 683 weeks ago
"Like, Cordelia Chase is slowly growing into one of my favorite characters of all time"
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spectralbovine 140p · 683 weeks ago
stefb4 131p · 683 weeks ago
You just don't make a layout change after ten years. You just don't do it. If you're going to make changes you do that shit frequently so that the people expect it.
It's like coming to visit Grandma in her house whose furnishings haven't moved or changed in the 22+ years you've been alive and that's really comforting for you and then you find that she rearranged all the furniture for the first time in 64 years.
You just don't do it.
The old layout. It worked.
The new one causes me pain.
stefb4 131p · 683 weeks ago
So exciteddddd
knut_knut 137p · 683 weeks ago
I guess now at least I'll have an excuse to browse MDS all day...kind of
cait0716 125p · 683 weeks ago
The thing that keeps bringing me back to Buffy is the metaphor. There are so many layers to this show. It's a coming of age tale of a young woman. It's a hero's journey. It's a story of the family you create for yourself. You can read it as being about Buffy and her friends and their separate but intertwining journeys. You can read it as being about Buffy, with everything that happens to her friend being a metaphor for what she's going through. Both provide incredibly rich interpretations of the material. They reveal different things about what it means to grow up, to sacrifice yourself.
The myriad interpretations are what keep me interested in this story. There's always a new layer for me to discover. And the show continues to remain as relevant to my life at 25 as it was at 14. Sure, I identify more with things in the later seasons now, but I can look at the earlier seasons with a sense of nostalgia, too. Compare my own mistakes to Buffy's or Willow's or Xander's and see how everything led to the present.
Seeing everyone's interpretations of this show has been my favorite part of watching it with this community. Everyone picks up on something different, depending on where they're coming from. There are just so many different ways to look at this show.
And that's the end of the Buffy meme! I believe arctic_hare is in charge of the next one: Sandman!
Medli 141p · 683 weeks ago
LucyGoosey · 683 weeks ago
Has anyone else seen the MainStayPro Hunger Games fanfilms? Good god, the one for the Second Quarter Quell is so GOOD and the Finnick/Annie one broke my poor little heart (and had a beautiful setting to boot). I mean, sure there are nits to pick; obvious single settings available, obvious later recorded audio at time, sometimes amateurish acting (except when its awesome), awkward action (not in the Quarter Quell one). But it just makes me so fuzzy to see so much effort and love going into something amateur/fanmade/student.
sophiesensation 139p · 683 weeks ago
IT'S MY BIRTHDAY AND I GOT THE JOB!!! YAAAY
Noybusiness 127p · 683 weeks ago
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echinodermata 118p · 683 weeks ago