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Does anyone else ever wonder if Joss Whedon throws COMPLETELY EPIC GARDEN PARTIES with all his favorite repeat actors as guests? Like, he invites Nathan Fillion and Summer Glau and Eliza Dushku and Alan Tudyk and Amy Acker and Alexis Denisof, and they sit around eating finger sandwiches and talking about how awesome they all are? That's definitely a garden party I'd like to crash. In fact, were I Joss Whedon, it'd be near the top of my Ways To Abuse My Power dream list, right behind filming another three or four hundred episodes of Firefly.

Anyway, those would be some pretty awesome garden parties. Almost as awesome as this picture:



I'm not sure if Summer is so excited because (a) she knows that she's SUMMER GLAU - reason enough for celebration; if I were her, I'd probably greet myself in the mirror each morning with a sleazy pick-up line - or because (b) she's sitting between JOSS WHEDON *AND* NATHAN FILLION.

(This is the kind of deep thought that I think while shaving my legs, fyi. BUT SERIOUSLY, THAT PICTURE. HOW MUCH MORE ADORABLE COULD IT GET?)

IN THE INTEREST OF BEING HAPPY, I AM REPOSTING MY ENTIRE DOCTOR + KITTENS PICSPAM. DO NOT DOUBT THIS IS CALLED FOR. INSTEAD OF THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE, WE CAN THINK ABOUT KITTENS INSTEAD.



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Alternate title to this post: WHY lessrest IS MY FAVORITE.


THE FOX SUCKS MEME
Why they suck: They keep canceling promising/awesome shows, such as Firefly, Dollhouse, Drive, Futurama, Wonderfalls, Dark Angel, Arrested Development, Tru Calling and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
Another reason why they suck: They usually cancel these shows long before they've even had a chance. Only four episodes of Drive aired before it was canceled.
Yet another reason why they suck: They. Keep. On. Doing. It.
So what's the meme? It's simple. Really simple. It will only take you a minute.
Go to your profile, and add a new interest: "fox sucks". Right now, there's less than ten lj users with that listed as an interest. Let us change that!
After you've added "fox sucks" as an interest, post this in your journal to spread the meme.
It won't bring back any of the canceled shows, but it will be fun, in a vindictive kind of way.

Hear that?


That is the sound of hammer meeting nail. YOU, FOX, ARE ON NOTICE.

(Ahaha, that was fun in a vindictive kind of way.)

So here is the thing about Dollhouse: It is not my favorite. I haven't even - I haven't even - seen all the episodes, between White Collar and Doctor Who and re-watching Firefly for approximately the forty billionth time.

And here's the other thing: I will miss Dollhouse. I will miss Eliza Dushku onscreen, because I love her far beyond reason, and I will miss Alan Tudyk and Amy Acker and God knows I will miss seeing Alexis Denisof and Summer Glau. I will miss the sometimes heavy-handed moralizing and I will miss the little moments of dialogue that scream Joss, even if they are fewer between than I'd like. I will miss rallying with other fans and I will miss the Hulu ads and I will miss cheering for Joss as he throws himself against the brick wall that is Fox one. more. time. I guess the point is that I'll miss Dollhouse because it's a Joss Whedon creation, and you know what? That's okay.

It's okay for me to be worried about what this will mean for his future. Dollhouse was no Angel, but it was never given the chance to become Buffy, either, because do we all remember what that was like for the first season? And beyond that - what if his next show would've been another Firefly? What if we get a dozen more Dr. Horribles instead? Am I good with that?

It's okay for me to miss the idea of Dollhouse, to miss the people behind it. This is Joss Whedon, and I love him as I love no one but Neil Gaiman, because I like that he tries new things and goes places other creators won't and keeps dragging the same actors back over and over. I like his writing except when I don't, I like his super-powered girls and his every-day guys, I like that he slips in references to Xena and subverts the censors with Chinese cussing and writes X-Men comics in his spare time. This is the man who gave the world Firefly, and for Firefly I would forgive nearly anything.

For all its flaws, I will miss Dollhouse. I will miss its potential and I will miss what it represents and I will miss the idea of it. That's okay, too.

(Phew! Talk about catharsis.)

A work in progress, because wow, there are a lot more BBT comms than I realized. Also it's an excuse to pimp my rec post, so. ;)

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This sums up my approach to fandom far too accurately.

Also: BOOB.

How I fix BBT in my own head, season three edition: Pretend Sheldon is acting passive-aggressive toward Leonard and Penny because he's in love with Penny but doesn't realize it, and pretend that Penny is secretly in love with Sheldon but doesn't think he'd ever dig her back, so she might as well be with the guy who does want her. IT ALMOST WORKS.

And in other news I am behind. NO, REALLY.

Total ounces of Mountain Dew consumed: 60.
Total ounces of coffee: 68.
Tumblarity: 927.
Total wordcount: 4789.

So it is demonstrated that I actually have achieved a lot (i.e. in the areas of drinking caffeine and wasting time), just not a lot of writing.

I'm also behind on posting the NO PLOT? NO PROBLEM! prompt cards, which are now going to be typed instead of scanned because it saves time. Or something.

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Ten more-or-less fannish things I am loving right now:

[ 01 ] Zombieland. This is hands down the highlight movie of the year, right up there with Star Trek. I went because I love zombies (who doesn't love zombies?), but man oh man, right down to the Bill Murray cameo this is the funniest movie I have seen in ages. I daresay you will enjoy it even if you are one of those imponderable people who isn't a fan of the undead.



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Snagged from punkleoglas. I (re-)upgraded to a paid account a few weeks ago, and I do love having more than six icons.

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