she's got red lipstick and a bright pair of shoes

Blakeney: MORE ADORABLE THAN YOU

2009-05-10T12:01:04Z

( Robin Hood 3.07: Too Hot To Handle )

I've been devouring Naomi Novik's Temeraire series (I am very nearly finished with Victory of Eagles; expect a massively incoherently joyful post) and tinkering about over at age_of_sail, and the whole giddy experience culminated in a BURNING DESIRE to submerge myself in Master & Commander. I haven't seen the film for a few years, and I've only read the first book in the series, but I remember loving them both rather a lot. JACK AND STEPHEN, THEY ARE MORE MARRIED THAN ANYONE EVER. And the DVD was on offer in HMV! My planets are aligned and all that jazz. We watched it last night and it was just as fantastic as I remembered, with the added bonus that being a few years older makes Max "grows up to be Octavian!" Pirkis EVEN MORE ADORABLE as Blakeney. It defies the intellect, how adorable this boy is. Look at his little faaaace! Also, yay Bryan Dick!

How are you? ♥

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HEY KIDS

2009-05-06T13:36:52Z

Hello my lovelies! Two things, for purposes of Big Bang:

1. What are you favourite examples of female artists covering songs by male artists?
2. What are your favourite WOMEN ARE BADASS songs?

Cheers me dears! ♥

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Video Killed The Radio Star

2009-05-04T06:43:51Z

Stolen from lovestories/echoes, because HOMG I hoard fanvids like a dragon hoards shiny things. IT IS RIDICULOUS.

Pick your ~~five~~ ~~ten~~ fifteen all-time favourite fanvids, the ones which made you laugh or cry or kicked you in the guts, that inspired you to offer the vidder internets and first born sons, and tell us why you loved them. Any fandom, any pairing, any genre - the only requirement is they stood out from the crowd. Also, links or it didn't happen.
( Click for a disgusting amount of rambling! )

Feel free to spam the comments with your recs!

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One Day We'll Fall On Everyone

2009-05-04T00:12:29Z

I finally got around to watching Howl's Moving Castle and I am deliriously in love with pretty much everything about it. Gorgeous animation aside, the sheer inventiveness and detail of the world had me grinning uncontrollably throughout, and the characters were delightful. HOWWWWL, and his slime-producing self-loathing emo vanity, I LOVE HIM SO MUCH!

ANYWAY. The point is, there was a main character with my name, which hardly ever happens, and therefore is worthy of commemoration. In list format, no less! So:

AWESOME CHARACTERS WHO SHARE MY NAME
+ Sophie, Howl's Moving Castle
+ Sophie, Love Me If You Dare/Jeux d'Enfants
+ Sophie, The BFG, Roald Dahl
+ Sophie Dempsey, Welcome to Temptation Jennifer Crusie (SHUT UP, CRUSIE IS DELIGHTFUL, and also the sex is fantastic. You don't know my life!)
+ Sophie Amundsen, Sophie's World, Jostein Gaarder

Your turn! If you are a special snowflake with a rare name or whatever then I will expect detailed character analysis in lieu of volume. Or something.

How are you? ♥

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The Great Cross-Posting Experiment!

2009-05-03T01:18:42Z

( Robin Hood 3.06: Do You Love Me? )

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What the devil do I do with this now?

2009-05-02T16:10:51Z

Hello, Dreamwidth people! This is all very lovely and shiny, isn't it?

*placeholder entry holds place*

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