Both flawed, IMO, but I enjoyed X-Men despite those flaws, whereas I found my attention wandering during Superman. X-Men tried to do too much, I think, and really missed the mark with Phoenix - the tragedy of the Dark Phoenix saga (however one explains how and why she goes dark) is Jean Grey gradually […]
Archive for December, 2006
To Grandmother’s House, Chapter 2, continued
Posted in General on Dec 30th, 2006
Brandy made everything better.
Or at least, that seemed to be Spike’s theory of conflict management, judging by the generous amount with which he’d adulterated the eggnog. Giles was a Scotch man as a rule, but Spike’s (lack of) taste in whiskies ran very far from single malts, and Buffy had at least purchased an […]
Does it bother anyone else that the chain of logic Willow and GIles follow to find out what the scythe is MAKES NO SENSE AT ALL?
WILLOW: Here’s a weapon called m?.
GILES: That’s a hieroglyph commonly depicted as a scythe.
WILLOW: Pagan temples have hieroglyphs!
GILES: The scythe is a symbol of death! Obviously that […]
Decent MoTW, nothing special. I rather liked Donna–pity she’s not the new companion, because I really think she’s right: the Doctor needs someone to slap him upside the head occasionally. And I think that the show would have done well to go for a companion as little like Rose as possible; I was […]
An observation
Posted in General on Dec 27th, 2006
In the last twenty-four hours, I’ve seen fic recs for Callahan’s Place, Little Women, and Nabokov’s Lolita.
Fandom is cool.
OK, we pegged this as Fight Club with aliens as soon as Creepy Real Estate Guy took off his shirt. And that’s what it pretty much was. Not a great episode, but not offensively stupid, either. It was mostly a frame for the character stuff: Owen being an alienated asshole and Gwen […]
CHAPTER 2
In the course of a life spent in pursuit of the forces of evil and the defense of mankind from same, Rupert Giles had been in numerous situations best described as dire. He had fought vampires, battled demons, and faced down hellgods, and he would have gladly abandoned his current position on the Summers’ […]
A Christmas Story, With Vampires
Posted in General on Dec 26th, 2006
Since it’s been such a long time since I posted chapter 1, and I’m not planning to put this on the website till it’s finished, I thought it might be a good idea to re-post it. I’ll be posting Chapter 2 in bits this week, finishing up by New Years (and if I’m very […]
Not to be outdone by Sally…
Posted in General on Dec 23rd, 2006
Silhouette tries out for Stuffonmycat.com:
Today was to be my get-ready-for-the-holiday day. I’ve managed to get the last of the presents wrapped, though we can’t put on bows till the last minute, lest toothmarks and cat spit become a recurring theme of the decorations. I cleaned up most of the kitchen, and tidied up the living room, […]