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[ceitean]

1) Have seen Fast and Furious. AWESOME. Will probably have some kind of recap later, but for now-  Brian + Dom = LOVE. Though I've pretty much lost my chance of seeing Watchmen in theaters. Yay for Blockbuster?



2) Am rewatching Avatar with a friend, half in person and half through AIM, because my *beep* job doesn't let me leave the building for 24 hours. Pfff.

We're up to the halfway mark in the second season, right before the overall plot really starts happening (the one with the creepy owl, you know what I'm talking about). Can't wait for the season finale. :D She is completely unspoiled for the series, unlike I was, and it's really hard to keep my mouth shut about certain things (I managed to not mention Toph AT ALL, and let me tell you, it was hard.)



3) Ahahaha, that FWR post I did last week? I think maybe I over did it a little. Or broke to many brains, or something. Comment thread on this journal went to 14, comment thread on the main xxxHolic community went to 122.  (The last time I posted over there it went up to the 80s. XD) Who has no life? *raises hand*



4) I have a couple more xxxHolic posts in the works, plus one on Merlin and Supernatural. We'll see. Mostly thoughts on Gwen and Castiel. I really can't wait for Merlin to start up again. It had such a good start, fandom wise, but the limited number of episodes (as opposed to American TV) may have hurt its...longevity? Or something. Anyway, more canon is always good and I've heard that there will be jousting this time around. *waggles eyebrows*



5) I am suddenly craving chocolate milk.

Comments

[mairenn-k.livejournal.com]

Idk, but I feel like there were a lot more TRC and Holic discussions going on in the fandom a few years ago. Perhaps it's because there were more unsolved mysteries in the story back then, or perhaps the fans have just given up on trying to figure out what's going on at this point, but I miss reading everyone's analyses and theories a bit.

Yes, word to everything you say about the Merlin characters. Also, I want Arthur to find out about Merlin being a magician; I was waiting for him to discover it during the whole first season but in vain... I suppose they want to keep that secret as long as possible for the sake of the plot, but still.

[ceitean.livejournal.com]

Idk, but I feel like there were a lot more TRC and Holic discussions going on in the fandom a few years ago.

I got into Holic through fic- it's pretty much my SOP- and I gobbled everything up for a few weeks. When I was done, I looked around and thought, 'Alright, where's the new stuff? Gimme!'

Only I didn't find any new stuff (at the time). It was very puzzling, especially since I had found all of these amazing gems earlier.

Then I finally looked at the dates when certain fics were written. 2005. 2006. A couple in 2007.

And you know, I get it. Four years is a long time to stick with one fandom (especially in anime/manga fandom, I've noticed) so it makes sense that people have moved on. But I still feel like there was this Golden Age for Holic and I missed it. By at least a year. And that makes me very sad. :(


On Merlin- I can't wait for them to use the word wizard. I know, that's a really weird thing to to want, but the Merlin in popular culture isn't known as a warlock, he's a magician/wizard. I think it would really show a difference between Uther's reign and Arthur's, just the word usage that could change. I'm not gonna lie, I kind of want one of the last scenes in the whole show to be of the newly crowned King Arthur appointing Merlin as a court wizard/magician. Or something. (I don't ask for much, do I?)

(needs Merlin icon, stat)