10 Many Reasons Why The Vampire Diaries Is 100 Times Better Than Twilight

+ The Girl actually freaks out when she figures out that the Boy is a Vampire.

+ The Girl is actually scared of the Vampire Boy.

+ The Girl does not think that the Vampire Boy sneaking into her bedroom is hot. She thinks it's scary.

+ Humans outside of the Girl are portrayed as Actual People.

+ The Girl actually cares about her Friends, who are Actual People.

+ Actual People have Plot too.

+ Plot exists.

+ Actual People might just wind up dead. (See Previous Reason.)

+ The Vampire Boy does not see why he should not be happy. He does not hate himself.

+ The Vampire Boy is a fan of Seinfeld and Scorsese. The Vampire Boy's Vampire Brother is a fan of Anne Rice. This trumps being a fan of scrapbooking and Jerry Springer by about a thousand points.

+ The Vampire Boy's Vampire Brother makes fun of Twilight. Score!

+ The Vampire Boy's Vampire Brother is more fun than any of the Cullens. Apart maybe from Alice.

+ The Girl does not lead the Human That Lusts After Her on. They are able to remain Friends without her telling him she loves him. Or him falling in love with her newborn daughter.

+ The Vampire Boy's Evil Vampire Brother is more than just Evil. He has Three Dimensions.

+ In fact, all the characters have Three Dimensions. Even the Humans outside of the Girl. (See Earlier Reason Mentioning Actual People.)

+ The Vampire Boy and the Girl have not had sex yet either. But it's not Off The Cards Until Marriage. They just haven't got round to it yet.

+ The Girl has not asked the Vampire Boy to turn her.

+ Even when the Girl and the Vampire Boy are writing in their diaries, their gooey corny cheese does not even begin to rival with Twilight. For instance:

+ The Vampire Boy is never referred to as an Adonis.

+ There is no Fucked Up Animal Metaphore. Or Ankle-Tattooed People to make it happen.

+ Oh, and also? Vampires don't fucking sparkle.

+ When Vampires dazzle someone, they're doing it on purpose.

+ The Vampire Boy does not creepily tell the Girl what her blood smells like. Hopefully, if the Vampire Boy ends up telling her, her blood will smell of blood, not fucking flowers.

I could go on.

Surely the few Browncoats who do not like Battlestar Galactica will think it's blaspheme for me to use that line in order to reflect my love for BSG.

I don't give a frak.

( I have just watched The Plan. )

Gacked from the_grynne, because I need to be distracted until hubby gets home and I can't for the life of me write anything creative these days. (Work is driving me INSANE.)

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Title: Recoil, and grace.
Fandom: True Blood
Characters: Eric, Godric, Sookie
Summary: Send a heartbeat to
The void that cries through you
Relive the pictures that have come to pass
For now we stand alone
The world is lost and blown
And we are flesh and blood disintegrate
With no more to hate
Spoilers: 2x09. MAJOR spoilers for 2x09.

( And now the kingdom comes, crashing down undone, and I am a master of a nothing place, of recoil and grace. )

Back from holidays, one year older, yaddi yaddi yadda. But! 1x13 is the best Dollhouse episode without contest and if you haven't yet watched it, do it. It's also possibly one of my favourite episodes of any series, ever. I do mean ever. It tops so many things, is packed full of emotions, brings closure to so many storylines and yet doesn't give away too much either, and uses one of my favourite completely underrated obscure actors to be a funny and mean redhead. (That would be Zack Ward, but I'd be surprised if the name rang a bell with anyone.)

Also, I'm still absolutely addicted to True Blood, and to Eric, and I won't say anything more so as not to spoil, but Eric is quite simply FASCINATING. "Trust me." And I want the next episode already this cliffhanger is CRUEL.

Grey's made me cry again, Skins made me squee, BSG made me its bride (I swear I will love that show 'til death do us part). Hustle is disappointing me, so is Leverage (finally watched more than the pilot). Time for Dollhouse yet?


Comment with a fandom, character(s) or pairing, and a prompt (word, quotation, picture, etc.) and I will try to fill as many requests as I can. You're allowed to make more than one request. Crossover requests are also allowed.

That Icon Meme.

MAH ICONS.

default	oldest	newest
saddest	happiest	angriest
cutest	sexiest	funniest
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fave ship	fave fandom	fave animated
best quote	best textless	best stolen idea
use the most	favorite

HOW MANY ICONS DO YOU HAVE: 120
OUT OF HOW MANY AVAILABLE ICONS SPACES: 122
IF YOU COULD BUY SPACE FOR MORE, WOULD YOU: That would be ridiculous. (...)
DO YOUR ICONS MAKE A STATEMENT: ...I've grown to like them textless? And framed off balance.
WHAT FANDOM DO YOU HAVE THE MOST ICONS OF: Heroes. (How? Why? Oh, show, you used to fascinate me so.)
AND THE SECOND MOST: Battlestar Galactica tied with Doctor Who tied with Spooks. Now that I understand.
WHAT SHIP DO YOU HAVE THE MOST ICONS OF: I have very few ship icons, and never more than one per ship.
ARE YOUR ICONS MADE MOSTLY BY OTHER PEOPLE: nope.
DO YOU MAKE ICONS: yep.
ARE THEY ANY GOOD: They're simple, the way I like them.
ANIMATED ICONS ARE: best used very scarcely. But occasionally hilarious.

DO THE MEME.
Coding can be found here

Gods, I need distraction from my life.

--Pick up to 15 OTPs.
--Describe them in less than 15 words.
--Have your flist guess the OTP.

1. He calls him 'Sir' and means 'I love you'. (Lucifer Box, Lucifer/Charlie, by esoteric_vae

2. Sparks flying, body writhing. She smiles; his eyes are cool.

3. The love story of a lifetime; wine and wings, faith and fear. (The Vintner's Luck, Sobran/Xas, by the_grynne)

4. Epic: the sun meets the darkest night; in violence, in blood, in love. (The Authority, Apollo/the Midnighter, by yoritomo_reiko)

5. A love that never has to die: unrequited. (Queer As Folk, Vince/Stuart, by esoteric_vae)

6. Flexible loyalties; unflexible love. She sneers; he laughs. (Alias, Sark/Sydney, by the_grynne)

7. He shows her the path, and she runs. Away, she thinks, but forward, in truth. (Battlestar Galactica, Kara/Leoben, by the_grynne)

8. Some things run beyond her programming. Even he cannot reach that. (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Cameron/John, by the_grynne)

9. Wordsmiths both, of great skill and greater fame yet; inky fingers, busy mouths. (Shakespeare In Love, Kit/Will, by shadesofbrixton)

10. He watches her, a monolith; she pulses with life, and fascinates.

11. A love that dares, behind bars and beyond all. (Oz, Beecher/Keller, by the_grynne)

12. A ballad of fallen angels. A scar from the past, an eye to the future.

13. Light feet in the night; cloak and dagger, friends and lovers. (Nightrunners, Alec/Seregil, by shadesofbrixton)

14. Teacher and pupil, wingless among the winged; always in love, never lovers. (Warchild, Niko/Jos, by shadesofbrixton)

15. One for words, one for actions. It doesn't mean what you think it means. (A Knight's Tale, Geoff/Wat, by shadesofbrixton)

[1-15] The Devil's Whore (mostly Sexby)
[16-33] Grey's Anatomy (Denny, Izzie, Hunt)
[34-39] Heroes (Elle, Sylar)
[40-41] Sons of Anarchy (Jax)
[42] Spooks (Lucas)
[43] The Mentalist (Elizabeth Röhm)

( Spoilers abound if you've not followed these series. )

- headbanging with a Stormtrooper
- grooving along with Rorschach
- seeing Gaius Baltar do con dances
- seeing the Joker do con dances
- seeing Katee Sackhoff come out of the stall next to yours and striking up a conversation about Christmas shopping with her while washing your hands
- being taught how to sign "fancy a shag?" in British Sign Language by Michelle Forbes
- suddenly finding Neil Roberts dancing right next to you on Doctor Who
- discovering that James Callis' mind is quite as filthy as Neil's, and that he uses such words... schismatic, canopy, voracious, and what was it, buscan?


More generally, BattleStarFury was quite simply amazing. Stephanie Jacobsen couldn't make it... so we got Katee Sackhoff instead! Seriously. The crowd went insane when she walked on stage. Mark Sheppard was also here, much less of a surprise, and Neil guest-MCed for the fancy dress on Saturday. And came danced with us. Jennifer Haley was such a good surprise, wonderful and hilarious.

And of course, the attendees. I LOVE YOU ALL GUYS. Everybody I already knew and loved, and everybody I've met this time round. There's nothing quite like so many geeks coming together. I'm so thankful that the next con is in April because I want to be there already! Four months is not too horribly long to wait. And I've never been to Birmingham. And Zachary Levi, people. And hopefully as many of you as possible.

Heeee!

I came back sick as a dog. Coughing so much, as in so, so much. Sore all over. The whole shazaam. I'm miserable now but it was such a good weekend. Thank you so much to all of you that were a part of it.

Title: Caught between the devil and the deep blue sea
Fandoms: Spooks, Alias
Characters: Lucas North, Sark
Rating: PG
Summary: Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name. But what's puzzling you is the nature of my game. (The Rolling Stones)
Notes: this is all transtempts' fault. So it's for you, hon!
Warning: If you don't like second-person narrator POV, or slash, don't read.

( The first thing you unlearn: you're stronger than this. )

Title: To the waters and the wild
Fandom: True Blood
Characters: Jessica, Pam, Eric
Rating: PG
Summary: "For he comes, the human child! To the waters and the wild." (W.B. Yeats)

( She is vibrant with the new life they have bestowed upon her, in death, every one of her gestures a challenge. )

[1-8] Tess of the D'Urbervilles
[9-15] Denny Duquette (Grey's Anatomy)
[16-24] Lucas North (Spooks)
[25-32] Rome
[33] Draco (Harry Potter)
[34] Six (BSG)
[35] Ryan (HSM3)
[36] Merlin
[37] Eric (True Blood)
[38-39] Supernatural
[40] Half-Sack (Sons of Anarchy)

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( Spoilers for Grey's Anatomy 5x08. )

I'm so glad I kept watching this show through the last two seasons, for this one. This one is making me enjoy the hell out of the show again.

x Jamie was awesome. Not as good a concert as two years ago at the Zenith, but that was due to the venue. Who wants seats at a Jamie Cullum concert? He sang Twenty Something, though, which is all I need to be happy. Covered Rhianna and Lauryn Hill. But failed to sing I Could've Danced All Night which made me and sis v. v. v. sad.

x He started covering Camille's Ta Douleur, like two years ago, except this time she suddenly started singing and then walked on stage. They've become friends in the meantime. Camille is made of awesome. She is the singing equivalent of a saner River, I swear. She was even dressed like River! What she does with her voice is amazing and I now very much want to buy her album(s?).

x I do not understand Julien Doré's latest video. Well, I mean, I understand it, I just... It's beyond me. Why he would choose to do this. On purpose. Willingly. On the bright side, the song and the video both are making me like his previous single Les Limites.

x Midnighter throwing down with Batman in an RP thread of ours is eating my brain.

x Heroes sucks now. Le sigh.

x True Blood still rocks, and not just because it gives us Eric in a black tank top. (Rawr.) Much more than 24, I think that this is a show I could watch in one go, one episode after the other. It pulls you in and doesn't let go. And Stephen Moyer was simply way too frakking adorable in that scene with the kids.

x I want to be watching Spooks already. The three eps are sitting at home, waiting for me. Richard!

x Speaking of awesome British actors, why is fandom erupting over David Tennant's decision to quit Doctor Who? We've known about this for a while, and he's got every right to move on with his career, especially given the frenzied, fanatic, crazy attention his part in Who has brought him. I like the rumour about Paterson Joseph. If we're not getting a woman, we might as well get a Black dude. (...sounds familiar?)

x Jon Stewart and I should be hetero life mates. He can be Jay. I'll be Silent Bob, minus the beard.

I handed in my internship report last week, and had my soutenance yesterday (which is an oral exam about the work you handed in, pretty much).

And I got a 16! Which is a good grade, for those of you not familiar with the French grading system.

I am now sort of done with my studies. Not yet officially, we're still missing some grades and stuff, but still. Scary and COOL and AT LAST.

In other news, Heroes writers, I hate you right now. So much. So, so much. Of all the stupid things to write.

The American teacher of mine who got me to watch Being Human is now hooked to True Blood. Heee. I am not disappointed in his taste. I told him the good news about Being Human (it's been ordered to series) and the bad news (they're recasting Annie and Mitchell).

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[1-10] Watchmen
[11-17] True Blood (Eric)
[18-25] Supernatural (Castiel)
[26-40] Tin Man
[41-44] Sons of Anarchy (Jax)
[45-46] Skins (Michelle)
[47-48] Rome
[49] Marc Warren (Unusual Friends)
[50] Heroes
[51] Barry Lynch (King Lear)
[52] John Hannah (Dr. Jekyll)

( Icons ahoy! )