§

favourite shows meme

Thu, 07 Jun 2012 17:23:32 GMT

Stolen from chaila:

Pick 5 TV shows you like before reading the questions.

1. Doctor Who
2. Avatar: the Last Airbender
3. Avatar: Legend of Korra
4. Community
5. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

( questions! also major spoilers for Deep Space Nine for anyone who's watching for the first time at the moment )

comments

Star Trek/Doctor Who crossover&fusion fest brainstorming

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:20:52 GMT

Bleeding Cool have the story that IDW are releasing a Doctor Who/Star Trek: The Next Generation comic, the first officially sanctioned Doctor Who crossover ever. It'll feature the crew of the Enterprise as well as Eleven, Amy and Rory, and also there will be Borg and Cybermen.

( promo image )

YOU GUYS. MY FIRST SCI FI SHOW AND MY CURRENT SCI FI SHOW HAVE COLLIDED AND EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL. Seriously this is going to be amazing, imagining the Doctor and Picard hanging out and drinking tea is in itself enough to make me happy forever.

In celebration of this gloriousness, I propose we have ourselves some kind of fest, and I would welcome your input! The basics would just be to make some kind of fanwork, including meta, picspams etc as well as fic and vids and art and podfic and such, that has a Doctor Who element and a Star Trek element, whether it's a crossover or a fusion. So you could write about Romana as a Federation Starship captain OR write about the time the Doctor and Romana bumped into Voyager, or anything else along those lines.

What would people prefer - a prompting period, or just a post flung open to fills with a space to gather prompts if people want to use them? Something else? I'm thinking low-maintenance so no minimum fanwork sizes or anything else, but let me know of anything that would be helpful for you to make stuff!

(PONDS ON THE ENTERPRISE. I CANNOT. *glees forever*)

comments

Rewatch Comms

Sun, 06 Feb 2011 23:47:15 GMT

There are a bunch of rewatches going on for shows I love just now!

donebykorra is rewatching Avatar: the Last Airbender, and is currently up to the mid-season S1 two-parter. (AKA WHEN THINGS GOT AWESOME.)

ds9_rewatch has been going for a couple of weeks now, the post's just gone up for 1x03.

Over at scchronicles_tv, a Sarah Connor Chronicles rewatch is being organised. There's a sign-up post here if you'd like to recap an episode.

I need to dig out my DVDs and get on this, for I love all three shows very, very much. The DS9 comm is the only one with spoiler policies in place, so I don't recommend the other two if you're new to the shows in question. Ah, plotty ensemble shows with complex characters and rewarding arcs and awesome ladies, you are my favourite.

comments

genderswapped star trek scene

Wed, 02 Feb 2011 19:43:45 GMT

Via heathershaped on tumblr, an amazing video where two women perform the scene between Kirk and Pike at the start of the film. It's a fascinating idea on a gender meta level, and also really cool to see how the actors adapt the nuances of the original performances. Incredibly slick and smart all round!

( embed )

comments

Month of Awesome Women: Jadzia Dax (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)

Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:22:25 GMT

Don't mistake a new face for a new soul.

( 'I guess you boys from temporal investigations are always on time!' )

Rec: Old Man by snow
Prompt: "the Trills' relationship with gender is ... complex." Written for LGBTfest.

comments

late night links

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:43:23 GMT

+ Goodness, I've just realised I haven't told you all to watch talithia78's latest vid yet. Apple Candy, Star Trek Reboot, Kirk/Spock/Uhura, it makes me CRY and sigh happily and ship those three like crazy.

+ Star Trek Gag Reel! I love that cast SO MUCH I can't even tell you. <33333 (Dear Zachary Quinto: please be my bff. Love and kisses, me.)

+ I haven't had a chance to read this yet, but this looks like an interesting interview with Alexander Siddig.

+ Ahahaha, okay, I am having quite a bit of fun at the Merlin character meme. Here's me.

+ Lastly, Yuletide nominations are open!!!

comments

Recs - Vids, Star Trek

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:23:21 GMT

Some vids I've been enjoying recently:

Starlight by buffyann [dance movies]
Dancing is all they want.

An older vid I've stumbled on, it's probably some of the best straight-up kinetic editing I've seen to date.

DLZ by bop_radar [Sarah Connor Chronicles]
We are the Resistance.

This is dense and smart and I love it a whole lot, just like the show.

When I Ruled The World by di_br [Doctor Who]
I really wanted to make a vid comparing and contrasting both Doctors, showing just how much he's changed and yet how much of him still stayed intact. This is Ten looking back on his time as the Ninth Doctor, realizing how much he's changed since then and wondering if it was all for the better.

I like vids that remind me that I kind of like that Tenth Doctor guy really. Also, Nine!

Steady As She Goes by jesuit24 [Star Trek TOS]
Look out for dramatic!Kirk, Spock keeping his pimping hand strong, Bones drinking as well as some hideous alien villains.

*hearts* Rewatch people, we've got some treats in store! :D

... on the dance floor by sloanesomething
NOT ENOUGH LADIES, TOO MANY MANS.

OMG. Hilarious, but also depressingly bang on. Too many misters, not enough sisters!

In honour of that last one, some Star Trek recs about chicks:

Oh Two Hundred by mekosuchinae [Uhura with a side of Spock/Uhura, teen]
"I'm working on it," she said, already thinking of how to explain transporter technology to someone who might not know what it was in a language she had thought dead not two hours ago.

[People with kinks for competency/languages/Uhura being awesome, you'll LOVE this.]

Whore by igrockspock [Gaila, teen]
Gaila hates the word 'whore.' Luckily, so does someone else.

A Brief History of Lt (j.g.) Gaila Aboard the USS Enterprise (NCC 1701) by taraljc [Gaila, ensemble, PG]
Her first month aboard Enterprise, Gaila is put on Gamma Shift in Engineering.

The First Time by bravecows [OFCs, G]
"It's hard to believe we're in the same Starfleet, yeah."

Meta: Dear Winona Kirk by latropita

Art: Apple by irrel, a fantastic illustration for rheanna27's Lunch and Other Obscenities that I recced the other day. She also drew Stars, which is little!Spock and little!Uhura and SO CUTE OMG. <333

comments

"I hear her hair's insured for $10,000."

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 09:17:55 GMT

Ha, this is fun! The Testimonial Meme:

In case you're not really familiar with how a testimonial works, when you reply, it should go something like, "Amber is so awesome, she once saved 16 lolcats from a fire and then banged Kelly Clarkson, Karl Urban, and David Cook in one day." Or ya know, whatever. You can be off the wall creative or you can keep it real with truthy facts. Both ways are totally cool and desirable. YOU ARE DESIRABLE, MY FRIEND.

my thread.

ETA: Oh, and fic rec of win! Which everyone ever seems to have read already, but:

Lunch and Other Obscenities by rheanna27
Star Trek Reboot ; Uhura, Gaila, with a side of Spock/Uhura ; PG-13
Nyota liked her roommate just fine until she met her.

This is so smart and so much fun - I loved reading it and have adopted it as personal canon.

comments

Trek Recs

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:46:31 GMT

I should definitely have been working, but instead I just saw my birthday in by writing a little more of the totally self-indulgent genderswapped Star Trek story I've got going - based, of course, on liviapenn's picspam of epic win.

While I'm here, an offering - Star Trek stories that have made me laugh, often loudly and in public places. *draws sparkly hearts around shiny new fandom*

99 Bowls of Plomeek Soup on the Wall by petra and jamjar [Sarek, Amanda, Spock, gen]
Sarek's vacation plans displease his family.

Cadet Kirk's Starfleet End-of-Year Report by dolorous_ett [gen]
Although Jim’s attendance and exam performance were of an acceptable standard, he does not seem to understand that safety rules are there for a reason, and that it is not possible to cause a ship to exceed its manufacturer’s expectations by personal charm alone. He is a nice young man, and I am sure will do well in future, but he has to learn that the laws of the physical universe cannot be bent to his whims.

Four Consequences of the Unexpected and Unlikely Friendship Between James T. Kirk and Nyota Uhura by trisfic [Spock/Uhura, some Kirk/McCoy, PG-13]
Boys. Girls. Clothes. Pon Farr.

The Fistbump is Non-Optional by mekosuchinae [Kirk, Spock, McCoy, gen]
This was why he was captain, and also awesome.

Powers of Observation by schweinsty [McCoy, ensemble, gen]
Jim *cuddled*. Like a goddamned puppy.

Okay, that last is admittedly less funny and more like the written equivalent of being wrapped in a big hug. It's great.

♥

comments

ST Rewatch -- first episode

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:48:06 GMT

This week's episode on the Star Trek Rewatch is ... *drumroll* 2x15 The Trouble With Tribbles. Thanks to everyone who's shown an interest so far!

FAQs, both hypothetical and actual

( how to find the episodes )
( scheduling and how to participate )
( Miscellany )

... and finally

Several people expressed interest in group chats etc, which sounds like a lot of fun but I don't know how compatible our time zones are. Something to work up to, perhaps? In the meantime, you can use this post to comment with a brief introduction if you'd like -- your history with Star Trek, other fandoms, the timezone you're in, anything that springs to mind.

*

See you on Friday!

comments

Quick Reminder

Sun, 31 May 2009 09:10:41 GMT

The opinion-gathering poll for a Star Trek TOS rewatch shuts tomorrow! (To vote without a Dreamwidth account, quickly validate your LJ username here with OpenID.) Go to have your say on the structure, and particularly if you have a preference as to which episode we should kick off with. Tell your friends! I'll post the results and some more admin details tomorrow.

comments

Torchwood, Doctor Who and Merlin news, Star Trek meta, and a poll re. ST:TOS rewatch fun

Fri, 29 May 2009 19:00:07 GMT

I am full of cold and thus good for nothing apart from drinking liquid fruit (I'd say juice, but that would be doing Innocent smoothies a real disservice, mmm), and clicking idly through fandom. Here, let me throw links at you!

***

Up and coming series news (lots of mild spoilers of the casting/press release/actor interview variety):

Regarding the new series of Torchwood, we have new trailers up (via James Moran) on the BBC UK and US sites. There's also (via lefaym) an interview in the Gay Times with John Barrowman and Gareth David-Lloyd, complete with pictures for anyone who's into that sort of thing. *g*

( quick thoughts )

Regarding the new series of Doctor Who, (via half my flist) the new companion has been announced. ( quick thoughts )

And finally, regarding the new series of Merlin, the BBC has a press release with lots of casting news, and there are con reports flooding on. I feel that this post is particularly relevant to my interests (via heathershaped). ( v. quick thoughts, long section of post is long )

***

liviapenn wrote a really awesome meta post on Star Trek XI and Kirk, Spock, Bones & Uhura: the new OT4 that got me conceptualising dynamics in a whole new and fun way. My eyes are all heart-shaped at this fandom right now. I will probably put together a recs post of some of my absolute favourite Reboot stories in a week or two, but in the meantime you can find an ever-growing collection here on my delicious account.

Speaking of Star Trek. Your opinions, let me canvas them. It seems to me that lots and lots of us are getting very fannish about the new Trek without being familiar with TOS, or are familiar with TOS but have a desire to rewatch it. I have a vague notion of throwing up a post, say, once a week about a particular episode, and there can be picspam and summaries and parodies and fic and icons and discussions and recs, whatever people wanted. I'm leaning towards hosting it on my journal rather than creating a community, because I think that will make it easier for people to dip in and out as they wish. I'd also want to host it all on one journalling site, which makes sense for discussion, and that would probably be Dreamwidth (much longer comment limits, for one thing), and folks without Dreamwidth accounts could participate via OpenID -- though, if you're still after an account, there are invites all over the place right now, so I can definitely either give you one or source one out for you. Also, if people who didn't subscribe to me wanted to participate, they could do so by tracking my star trek rewatch tag, either on Dreamwidth or LJ.

If there's sufficient interest (to be honest, that can pretty much mean 'anyone apart from me') over the weekend, then I will announce the first episode on Monday, and throw up a discussion post next weekend.

( click for polling! )

comments

VID: We Go Together [Star Trek]

Sun, 24 May 2009 22:04:31 GMT

We Go Together
edited by such_heights
fandom: Star Trek XI
music: 'We Go Together', Grease OST
summary: "Remembered forever like shoo bop shoo wadda wadda yipitty boom de boom..."
download: [mediafire]
stream: below.
notes: I'm really not even embarrassed about this. Hey, I didn't inflict the megamix on you, that's all I'm saying.

( click for embed )

posted at dreamwidth and livejournal; comments enabled on both.

comments

in which I take the weekend off to flail about Star Trek and make a vid

Sun, 24 May 2009 18:46:05 GMT

Hi! Guys. I went to see Star Trek on Friday. This was a BAD IDEA. Because I loved it and so obviously I had to come running back to fandom and read reaction posts and fic and so on. So, don't mind me, I'm just popping in, hunting around for team!fic and then disappearing off again. Oh, and posting a quick something in a bit. :D

( squee and spoilers! )

---

Seeing as I've snuck out and broken curfew anyway (I'm so grounded later), a few links and things:

springtime_gen reveals are now up. A lot of great genfic there! I wrote a story for chibitoaster about Ollivander and Luna, Heartstring. [G, 1750 words, in the summer after the war, they need wands again.]

magnetic_pole is hosting a couple of rec communities that will be running in the near future:

api_recs, reccing media about Asian lives outside of Asia, starting tomorrow and running until May 31st -- sign up to rec something yourself here.
lgbtq_recs, reccing queer-themed media throughout June -- sign up to rec something yourself here.

comments