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05.21.03 - 12:15 p.m.

Buffy Moments, seasons 5-7

The inability of LiveJournal to work properly is really fucking annoying.

I'm just saying.

I mentioned doing BtVS seasons' 5-7 favorite moments, and it's really hard, because aside from the major, obvious ones, *nothing* sticks out for me. The past three seasons of my favorite show are a big, mediocre blur. Which explains why my love waned, I think.

But here they are:

  • Anya in the Body
  • Dawn discovering she's not real.
  • Riley's big epiphany about Buffy not loving him.
  • Riley-Xander friendship possibilities
  • Buffy going to Giles at the end of BvD to learn about Slayers (too bad she didn't actually, you know, learn anything)
  • Giles in the wizard's hat at the opening of the Magic Box.
  • the reappearance of Nikki Wood in FFL
  • the genuinely creepy moments in Forever when Joyce may or may not be coming back (or is coming back wrong)
  • Willow killing bambi in Bargaining
  • Xander getting a real job
  • OMWF (except for the explanation that Xander was behind it all. OOC much?)
  • the end of Grave (Xander! Saves the world!)
  • Xander's talk with Dawn at the end of Potential
  • Selfless
  • The thing last night with Willow ("That was nifty") and its results.
  • Holden in "Conversations with Dead People
  • the core four convo in Chosen
  • Clem!
  • Kitten poker
  • Landshark! (the ep was lame, iirc, but just... Landshark! made it funny)
  • The skin eating demon was the creepiest thing since The Gentlemen.

Yeah, short, huh? I honestly cannot recall anything that made me really happy with these few exceptions.

Lo, how the mighty have fallen.

In other news, am writing standard Sirius/Remus reunion fic. I am nothing if not predictable.

Also, must write Hermione-crushes-on-Remus fic. And the other one, where Harry visits his parents' graves (or memorial markers, anyway) and discovers he's not the only one who visits, and then the Draco/Ginny, which I'm not quite sure I can do justice to, but more on that later.

Plus, Eowyn-slayer, Inheritances (which I've at least been poking at randomly the past few days), Eomer, Eowyn's Five Things, and Coming Clean.

~victoria



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[current mood: thoughtful, sleepy]
[current music: My Sweet Lord - George Harrison]
[random quote: There are places I'll remember all my life Though some have changed Some forever not for better Some have gone and some rem]

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05.20.03 - 4:56 p.m.

I rule!

Since LJ is being a fucking nuisance and not letting me update...

I am a fucking genius. All other geniuses should bow before me.

::rushes off to revise ending of Faith/Sirius::

Whee!

I am so fucking good sometimes, I even amaze myself.

Go Faith!

Plus, I have chocolate mousse cake and there will be pre-Buffy napping. Life is good.

Probably do season 5-7 BtVS moments later, in honor of the finale. Hope to be catatonic on couch afterward.

Oh, and I've written another one-joke HP crossover fic: Tested: There's a new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, and he's given this speech before.

What? I amuse myself.

~victoria



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[current mood: sleepy. also, annoyed]
[current music: Over the Hills and Far Away - Zeppelin]
[random quote: many times I've lied and many times I've listened and many times I've wondered how much there is to know]

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05.20.03 - 9:31 a.m.

Elruffy forever!

Did you know Lex Luthor has a diary here at diaryland?

Yeah, I didn't either until this morning.

The things you learn...

Saw a little girl on the bus today who reminded me of Tricia. Makes me want one *so badly*.

God.

I hate that feeling.

I mean, I'm sure I'd make a great mom, given certain circumstances, but under current conditions, it's not the brightest idea I've ever had, though I keep kicking around the "when I'm 35" business.

Meh. When I was a kid, I was supposed to be married by 27 and a mom by 30.

Life never does turn out quite how you plan, does it?

I was up late last night reading this fic... it was not what I expected it to be (I was expecting fun romp, not psychadelic angst), but it had ... moments, and then just when I thought I was getting the payoff... TBC.

GRRR...

Not to mention how the Sirius/Faith suddenly wanted to take a turn for the... serious (gah) and plotty.

Stupid Willow. Having spent time in England. Bringing up werewolf ex-boyfriends.

Not where I wanted to go *at all*, though it might make a fun AU of the end of the season if Willow and Faith brought Sirius back to Sunnydale with them to fight the First.

Of course, I still have this vision of Sirius and Remus sitting at Caritas as the AI gang, circa "beige Angel" are plotting their course, but that's a big, plotty type crossover event I don't think I can manage. Too many characters, first of all, and characters I have no real grip on writing (though I can manage Wes and Gunn and Real!Cordy. I suppose I could do it if I could come up with a strong enough plot... something about werewolves and Death Eaters in LA and Remus having to be cleared... and No. No. No. Not thinking of another crossover I'll never finish. Must find some poor victim kind, suggestible soul who'll write it for me.

It's bad enough Hope for the Moon has me thinking of a longer version, with Remus and Oz both making appearances.

Now, must eat bagel and plan world domination.

Oh! Silliness abounds in my random_hundreds entry this week: Battlefield Earth

Elruffy forever!

~victoria



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[current mood: silly]
[current music: Young Americans - Bowie]
[random quote: \"You are so full of hate and loathing. Can I just tell you, I love it.\" Lorelai, Gilmore Girls]

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05.19.03 - 5:27 p.m.

stupid control-R

You know, I had a whole long philosphical entry here about turning 30 (which I did 3 years ago) and how it changed my life, and then I hit some random combination of keys (turns out it was ctrl-R) and lost it.

Fuck that.

I bought new shoes, and one of 'em is squeaky and that pisses me off.

I got nothing written on the Faith/Sirius today, but I did have Sirius in another bar with Xander and Willow: Hope for the Moon.

Sirius is my new little black dress. *g* He goes with every fandom.

And I'm going home now.

~victoria



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[current mood: annoyed]
[current music: Live and Let Die - GnR]
[random quote: “Waiter, will you serve the nuts? I mean, will you serve the guests the nuts?” Nora Charles, The Thin Man]

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05.18.03 - 10:00 p.m.

My characters

I guess I'll be a lemming and do the "my character" meme.

I'm not sure if it's my characters as in how I write them, or my characters as in how I see them (not always the same thing), so this is mostly the latter, with a little of the former thrown in:

My Logan

1. has a sense of humor

2. is smarter than he looks and has intelligence beyond what others expect of him (i.e., he's well-read even if he can't remember a lot of stuff and he's not stupid)

3. has a sense of honor, but not one that necessarily meshes with society's mores

4. hates talking about or examining his feelings and wouldn't even admit having them at all if he could get away with it

5. is in love with Rogue but doesn't know it yet

6. has a(n un)healthy dose of self-loathing going on, but manages to hide it most of the time

7. is an adrenaline junkie

8. is an alcoholic but because of his healing factor, you'd never know it

9. is bisexual

10. would do anything for a friend once you've managed to make it into his inner circle, but if you fuck up, you're out and no second chances.

My Rogue

1. doesn't cry at the drop of a hat

2. will grow into a competent, confident X-Woman

3. is able to laugh at her own tendency toward angst and melodrama

4. loves Bobby but knows it's temporary

5. doesn't hate Jean

6. is happy at Xavier's, and wants to contribute to society

7. won't take shit off anybody

8. is in love with Logan but pretty sure it's unrequited

9. likes to dress in revealing clothing; look, but don't touch is her mantra

10. will do stupid things for love

My Scott

1. loves Jean more than life itself

2. is irritated by Logan's seat-of-his-pants philosophy

3. likes wearing leather

4. is bisexual and had a huge crush on Professor Xavier when he was younger

5. plays the guitar

6. enjoys being surrounded by beautiful, powerful women

7. is not averse to a good prank, particularly at Logan's expense, and has an excellent, snarky, if hidden from the students, sense of humor

8. likes things orderly, not so much because he's anal (though he is), but because he spent a long time blind and is more confident when he knows where stuff is without looking

9. is a control freak who justifies it in everything by pointing to his mutation

10. secretly wishes he were normal sometimes, and could see the world the way it really is, instead of filtered through his glasses.

My Xander

1. is exceptionally brave

2. doesn't usually think before he acts

3. is highly empathetic, though he rarely lets other people know he knows how they feel

4. is a huge geek and doesn't hide it well

5. is still in love with Willow

6. will always find a way to save the day

7. sometimes lets his temper get the better of him

8. expects too much of his friends, and himself

9. will do anything for his friends, including giving up an eye

10. appreciates strong women.

That was fun.

Now back to Faith and Sirius. *g*

~victoria



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[current mood: headachy]
[current music: L&O: CI]
[random quote: And if a 10 ton truck killed the both of us, to die by your side, well, the pleasure, the privilege is mine.]

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05.17.03 - 10:51 p.m.

Lenses, Luke and Lorelai

So I finally have two good lenses, and can retire my glasses to where they belong - the case.

Got up early to babysit Tricia as Victor was supposed to have his test for his yellow belt this morning, but his parents screwed up the time of the test and he missed it. Poor kid. He handled it pretty well, though he did mention that he was going to be mad at them for at least a week. On the other hand, he did get to watch this morning's episode of "Spider-man and His Amazing Friends."

"Spider-man and His Amazing Friends" used to be one of my favorite cartoons as I was getting too old for cartoons, and my love of Bobby Drake stems from that cartoon.

Watching it again now, it's incredibly bad. I mean, so, *so* bad.

There are so many better cartoons these days. It's amazing to look at the crap we watched in the 70s and 80s - the bad animation, terrible voice acting, incredibly cheesy plots - and compare them with say, Wild Thorneberries or Rugrats, or even the sheer silliness of Spongebob, the utter coolness of Batman Beyond or PowerPuff Girls.

Speaking of episodes, I just watched a bunch of Gilmore Girls and Angel eps, but unfortuntately, there was a taping glitch and I don't have a copy of the Angel season finale. <- this is the exceptionally calm, worn-out version of this statement. There was much angst over it as I yelled at my father, who was in charge of the taping.

Sigh.

It's always the important eps.

I guess I'll see it eventually.

Speaking of Gilmore Girls, 1. ...And a Pony, my Rory thought-vignette, is up on the site, and 2. I find it a little scary that it has garnered almost as much response as Nothing Like the Sun.

Who can explain these things?

I can't wait to see the GG season finale, and see what happens with Luke/Lorelai. I have a feeling they may be fertile, fic-wise, this summer.

Speaking of which, I have a different corner I've written myself into with the Faith/Sirius.

Stupid leather pants. Those have to come off, and I have to figure out how and where.

Such a hardship.

For those of you who are interested, the second of my 31 songs essays is up in the LJ.

~victoria



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[current mood: sleepy]
[current music: A Sort of Homecoming - u2]
[random quote: ...each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire]

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05.16.03 - 10:18 a.m.

Friday Five

Friday Five!

1. What drinking water do you prefer -- tap, bottle, purifier, etc.?

Here in the city? Tap.

Elsewhere, bottled.

Can't trust that Long Island or Jersey water. City water is sweet and good, though.

2. What are your favourite flavor of chips?

Salt'n'vinegar. Or plain.

3. Of all the things you can cook, what dish do you like the most?

Manicotti.

4. How do you have your eggs?

I don't eat eggs.

5. Who was the last person who cooked you a meal? How did it turn out?

Mom. Fine. It was weeks ago.

Unless... the deli man toasted my bagel this morning, and that turned out well... *g*

Oh well, back to Faith and Sirius. I can't decide if I want to bring in any other characters - either Wesley or Willow. If Wesley, I'm thinking he's a squib, which is how he ended up at the Council. He'd know who Sirius is. If Willow... she was in England with a coven... she'd know Sirius's name, as well, I think.

Of course, Willow-Sirius has some interesting sidelights, like "My boyfriend, my werewolf." Hmm....

I just have this vision of Faith taking Sirius back to Wes's apartment and Wesley waking them up with a shotgun pointed at Sirius. It's a pretty image. And an opportunity for witty banter. At which I'm not great. So maybe not.

Too complex for the little PWP I want to write. This is how I get myself into trouble.

Stick with back-alley, up-against-the-wall sex and leave the plotty crossovers to people who can handle them.

*nods*

~victoria



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[current mood: thoughtful]
[current music: Tiny Dancer - Elton John]
[random quote: Hold me closer tiny dancer count the headlights on the highway...]

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