shiny happy fannish things!

[such_heights]

My flist is a-buzz with Doctor Who squee, which is happy-making. It was initially a little weird to see my name all over fandom (for all that Amy's a common girl's name, you don't actually see it that much in fiction), but I am growing used to it and am very excited about the advent of Eleven and Amy Pond.

Also, casting spoiler -

River Song is coming back, I am told! (Does anyone actually have links to the filming pictures?) \o/! Oh Moffat, I have put quite a lot of hope and enthusiasm into your show just now. Don't let me down!

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New Leverage was lovely! omg, they are all so adorable. <3 They have been infected with good deeds! Parker stole things and put them back again! Hardison hacked the White House email! Yaaaay.

I have been rewatching the first season and it takes away all my sadness and fills my heart with gladness. :D If anyone has been wondering whether or not they want a show in their lives that features hot, dorky thieves who do crime for great justice, I can assure you that you do.

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I have been remixed!

Sailed on Shooting Stars (Three Weddings and a Funeral Remix) by anonymous
Harry Potter ; Remus/Sirius, Remus/Tonks ; PG-13
Ceremony or no, they didn’t get the Ministry’s seal of approval, couldn’t make medical decisions for each other, or inherit belongings, or adopt kids. It didn’t matter how they felt about each other. Same-sex couples weren’t entitled to that.

This is really very good, and very interesting as a remix - it's taken the dialogue from the original story and made the internal motivation of the characters and their interaction very different. It's sharp and aching and I like it a lot.

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And finally, I have been talking to a couple of flisters, and would any London-ish HP fen like to go see HBP this Sunday? Drop me a comment if you're interested and we can get a meet-up together.

Comments

[snorkackcatcher]

I'd avoided that spoiler, but am not bothered by seeing what it is now -- because you know, I'd kind of assumed she had to be coming back, possibly on a regular basis, just for the setup in last season's two-parter to make any kind of sense. (Mind you, I thought the same about the QE1 setup in 'The Shakespeare Code' ...)

And yes, I'm around this Sunday, as you know.

[such_heights]

Yeah, I'm really glad they're not dropping that storyline! I thought maybe we'd just get a reference or something.

Great! I don't know if you have any thoughts on place/time?

[snorkackcatcher]

Time -- either afternoon or evening is fine (provided it allows recovery time after any possible, er, alcoholic endeavours the night before). Place -- somewhere easily accessible by Tube, ideally -- worth checking which lines are closed for upgrades this weekend. Also, I believe there are a few cinemas doing adults-only screenings, and while I don't want to sound too curmudgeonly the absence of screaming kids might not be a bad thing ...

Do you think it'll still be necessary to book the tickets in advance? Probably worth doing anyway just to be on the safe side.

[such_heights]

There's a list of over-18 screenings here if you're up for an evening screening. I'm guessing Sunday night isn't going to be rammed, but we can book if it makes things easier.