I make awesome decisions in bike stores

+ ( Josh Groban performs the tweets of Kanye West. AMAZINGNESS ENSUES. )

glass_icarus: 48 CDs brb dying
glass_icarus: I WOULD BUY ALL OF THOSE
glass_icarus: WITH REAL CASH
such_heights: HAHAHAHA SRSLY.

+ festivids is submitted LIKE A BOSS. \o/ Of course now I am dreadfully anxious that it's horrible and everyone who watches it will hate it but, um. That will pass! And omg vidsplosion on the 22nd I am excited.

+ LJ-related tip: if you mod an inactive community, you might want to think about putting it on moderating posting. Brought to you after having to delete 40 pornbot spam entries from tardis_gen this afternoon. D:

Recs!

+ A Cup O' Kindness (Or, Five Men That Elena Turned Down, And The One Girl She Didn't) by fly_to_dawn (Merlin, Elena/various)

Elena fic! And every character who appears in this is lovely.

+ Now That You Mention It by telesilla (SGA, John/Rodney)

NNG. Awesomely done first time kink fic with great characterisation.

+ No Turning Back by misswinterhill (Merlin, Elyan/Gwaine)

Elyan/Gwaine! eee! They are so perfect together in this. misswinterhill always does a fabulous job of creating emotional dynamics between characters that run the gamut from snarky to heartfelt in two lines, and this is a gorgeous example.

+ ride until we fall by handyhunter (Red Cliff, Sûn Shàngxiâng)

Sûn Shàngxiâng! This is a fantastic exploration of her character and her position post-film, and her interactions with everyone else are wonderful, especially Zhûgě Liàng. ♥!

+ eta: Oh, and I have tickets to go see David Tennant and Catherine Tate in Much Ado About Nothing in London in the summer. TODAY IS A GOOD DAY.

talk about our budding plans

+ I am still looking for vids about robots! Thanks to everyone who's dropped links there so far, I'm still working my way through them all. Particularly if anyone has any recs for Transformers, The Matrix, or other robot films in downloadable format, that would be amazing. And, you know, if anyone feels moved to make a premiere for me, you should totally feel free to do that. *g*

+ I am also starting to think about halfamoon again! It is a two-week fannish celebration of female characters that starts February 1st. And on this occasion I am thinking about female characters who get character-bashed a lot. This was my preliminary list:

- Martha Jones, Doctor Who
- River Song, Doctor Who
- Gwen Cooper, Torchwood
- Guinevere, Merlin
- Jennifer Keller, SGA
- Anastasia 'Dee' Dualla, BSG
- Nyota Uhura, Star Trek Reboot
- Ginny Weasley, Harry Potter

... not entirely coincidentally, that's also a list of some of my favourite characters in each of those fandoms.

Obligatory disclaimer: obviously there is a difference between drinking the hateorade and just disliking a character! I personally totally heart all of those ladies, but even if I didn't I'd be pretty appalled at the treatment they have received in fandom from some quarters. *cough*TORCHWOOD*cough*

Who would you add? Obviously there is pretty much every woman who's ever been on Supernatural. With some of my shows, I'm not too familiar with the fandom so wouldn't know. Is there a lot of female character bashing in Firefly or A:TLA, for instance? (I HOPE NOT; THAT WOULD BE REALLY SAD.)