Here, have a post all about me. ( me me me )

Post-season one fic is currently a go (in spite of my abject terror at the idea of SO MUCH PLOT); I'm now collecting music for a writing soundtrack.

So far I have several songs the show has used (by Unkle, Massive Attack and others), but it turns out that there are a few bits of Person of Interest's soundtrack that I do like. Undecided about The Machine's theme but I quite like Root's theme. (The finale version of Root's theme has some interesting changes in it.)

Moving on to the final episode of season one! ( Person of Interest 1X23 )

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I wanted to post my thoughts about the season finale of Person of Interest but LJ wasn't letting me upload pictures. So for now, have a PoI fanvid that I found thanks to Tumblr. I haven't located any LJ entries about it, so... y'all should comment for me if you have a youtube account. :)


Direct link. Huh, been a while since I recced a fanvid. Shiny new fandom hasn't had many that have really clicked for me. Funny that the one I like best so far is really more about the Machine than any of the people on the show.

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I seem to have accidentally started a rewatch of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. I really didn't mean to, especially considering that IT'S NOT EXACTLY COMFORTING TV, y'know? Except that it is, with its amazing cast and its focus on Sarah and its fantastic story arcs and its MUSIC, OH I MISS GOOD SOUNDTRACKS and its EVERYTHING. Anyway, off to eat some dinner and start episode five (season one), but first I should post about catching up on Fringe...

( Fringe: end of season four--somehow I got four episodes behind )

Unrelated to any of the above: hey livejournal, I would renew my account (and purchase extra userpics again) if your payment page was actually secure.

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Amy Acker! She's going to be a guest star on the finale of Person of Interest TOMORROW (Thursday, May 17)! I have helpfully created a guide that will enable those of you who don't watch the show to have some clue about what's going on, in case you decide to tune in. Because AMY ACKER! Suddenly I want to dig out my Angel DVDs.

( the quick & dirty overview, with pictures--more CBS promo spoilers for the finale )

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I was going to see The Avengers yesterday, but I was having car troubles. Figured it out finally; it appears I have a leak in my radiator. By the time I managed to get some coolant and put it in the system, it was too late to go to the movies. Ah well. Maybe tomorrow after work? Just because I need to see it before I end up accidentally spoiling myself for even more information about it.

Although possibly my car will be in the shop to get the leak fixed tomorrow, so maybe not.

It's Mothers' Day in the US; I hope it's been a good one for all the mothers out there. Oh dear... suddenly Tom Lehrer's song that mentions motherhood just popped into my head. Now that's just wrong. Here's a link! Oedipus Rex. *cackles evilly* *feels guilty*
Sorry 'bout that. Only not sorry enough, probably.

( three recs for Person of Interest fic, spoilers for 1.21 and 1.22 in description )

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Because I'm procrastinating other stuff, here are my top five stories on AO3, based on hit counts:

( back here )

Okay. Now someone needs to fix dinner for me.

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Trying to write creepy Stanton-Reese gen fic, and not doing so well. So this is an attempt to explore Stanton's voice with someone else. Not cross-posting this anywhere.

characters: Joss Carter, Kara Stanton (imdb.com spells Stanton's first name with a C, but the Machine spelled it with a K -- and the Machine is never wrong)
spoilers: through 1.20
note: Kara refers to herself by her first name in this; she has no reason to keep the last name she used with the CIA. (Works for me, anyway. *shrug* After all, it's been two years since, y'know, spoilery stuff happened.)

( 700+ words back here )

Totally open to constructive criticism right now, by the way. In general, if there's something you've been dying to say about my fic, or about this ficlet in particular... Or any thoughts you have on Stanton, since she seems to be my stumbling block right now. (Maybe it's Reese, though. Or the scenario. Or meh, I hate writing.)

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Person of Interest 1.21 "Many Happy Returns"
( spoilery opinion )

So. There's that.

( on to the actual recap )

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Catching up on posting about things that happened in April... and ack, I just realized how late it is. Gonna post this now and fix any spelling mistakes tomorrow.

Long-time friend Kit visited a few weekends ago. She's one of the friends who used to watch the Twilight movies with me, so we could giggle together. It hasn't been the same since she moved away. *sadface* In fact, I still haven't watched Breaking Dawn, part I.

While she was here, we saw The Hunger Games (finally!). Plus we had multiple fannish conversations--mostly Doctor Who, although we ventured into the topic of Castle as well. She knows I know enough about the show to 'get' her fanfic for it, so she made me read some. (Hey, I introduced her to fanfic, so I suppose it's justice? Hee.) In retaliation I made her watch the first episode of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Someday she'll thank me! Or maybe not--she tends to be a shippy sort of viewer, and unless you're willing to pretend that Sarah Connor and James Ellison live happily ever after sort of cooperatively together in a post-finale world, there's not a lot of un-doomed pairs on the show.

So... ( not very spoilery reaction to 'The Hunger Games' )

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BSG remix reveals have been posted. I wrote The Hour Is Getting Late, a tiny fic with Tory's POV during the season three finale. Tory/Sam, PG-13.

While I think the end result is fine, I sort of wish I could ask for a do-over. It was incredibly frustrating trying to write Battlestar Galactica fanfic when my brain was wanting to focus on new show. Apparently I'm a serial fandom monogamist, and BSG is no longer in dominant position. It was only a matter of time; other than one exception, every story I've written for other fandoms was done after the BSG finale in 2009.

That made me start thinking about ( what factors lead to me writing fic )

*laughs* Apparently number three proves I'm stubborn and perverse. This isn't news to me.

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Person of Interest 1.20 "Matsya Nyaya." How's that for an unwieldy, hard to type episode title?!

( spoilers )

( speculation about that thing at the end )

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Had a small discussion on another LJ about my religion and politics, so I'll link to this recent article: A Female Episcopal Priest Visits a Mormon Temple. I thought it was an interesting (although brief) perspective on my religion from an outside perspective.

fic for Person of Interest: I'm still planning Carter/Reese post-season one plotty fic. I've managed to come up with some workable ideas about, uh, stuff (plot-related stuff! motivation and character stuff!), so now I'm worried that the finale is going to throw all of my plans into chaos with some sort of difficult-to-work-around cliffhanger.

I never posted a link on LJ (though I did on Tumblr) for a Zoe Morgan/John Reese fic that wasn't written by me (I know!): A kiss can be even deadlier, if you mean it. PG, no real spoilers. It's funny and there's the tango.

fic for Battlestar Galactica: I'll post the author reveals tomorrow afternoon for the bsg_remix. In the meantime, in addition to the remix written for me, y'all should read Family Matters (The Things Inside Remix). It's a remix of Nicole's Give You All. (My summary for Nicole's story: it's like Joss Whedon decided to write Kara/Lee fanfic. Everything you wanted in the worst possible way.) The remix still has the same dark premise--Lee has been taken captive on New Caprica by a Six (so mind the warnings)--but now we see not only the Six's POV, but also Dee's. And it's fascinating and heartbreaking and a wee bit hopeful at the end. It's also long--about 30,000 words--but totally worth it.

livejournal stuff: Ugh, apparently they're redoing the scrapbook feature. And reducing how much memory we get, which isn't really an issue at this point (I'm waaaaaaaaaay below their old and new limits), but uploading pictures is currently not so easy. How am I supposed to have more pictures of pulchritudinous Jim Caviezel in my LJ if I'm having trouble uploading more than one picture at a time?

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Work is WEIRD this week. Tomorrow and Friday I may end up with a lot of time babysitting a tiny group of students who aren't enrolled in my classes. Possibly. In other words, perhaps fic-writing time. I asked for prompts a few weeks ago for just this sort of thing. Feel free to head back there and throw something else at me, if you're so inclined. (No Battlestar Galactica prompts this time. Poor comatose BSG muse. *sigh*)

Post title related to this: why didn't I know about Mika's fantastic voice and song-writing abilities before today? Oh yeah, because I rarely listen to anything but the news on the radio. And because Pandora doesn't think he sings enough like Janelle Monae and Adele, I guess. Anyway, Grace Kelly is a brilliant song. In addition to having ridiculous amounts of song-writing talent and a three and a half octave singing range, Mika is also a polyglot.

Time to make a new Pandora radio station! Or perhaps simply time to listen to another station besides "Bear McCreary." Heh. (BSG writing muse may be dormant, but McCreary is still a brilliant composer.)

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Person of Interest fic: I posted Finch-Carter-Reese genfic yesterday: Three Sides, written for Liz for the wegetcarter mini-gift exchange.

Also, I added some more fic to my Person of Interest bookmarks. Some of them are only on AO3 and ff.net, so they might be new to you. I've been keeping up with character tags as well as fandom and rating. (Go me.) And wow, delicious.com has been like a desert lately. That "update" last summer lost them a lot of fandom-related users.

Battlestar Galactica fic: Someone remixed my very first story! Words is a remix of Prophecy with some post-finale Settlement-verse details instead of a modern world. I mentioned in my comment that it's like my brain blew up and threw all of the things I'm fascinated by into one story.

There are still stories being posted at bsg_remix, by the way. We're almost done, so it's time to start the guessing games of who wrote what.

Hm, I wonder if there are any BSG fics in the multi-fandom remix this year? That went live either yesterday or today, I'm not sure which.

still TV-related, but not fanfic: ( short reactions to Missing, Fringe, Parks and Recreation--not spoilery, but I'll put it back here anyway )

Finally, Tumblr! *shakes fist* It is the worst place ever when it comes to spoilers. I'm now just tracking Person of Interest, Missing and Martha Jones. And Jean Barolay, because angry red-heads with guns are awesome. (I may have learned something about Doctor Who and the plan for next season. I'm not certain. Oh, and I know Fringe spoilers for the episode I haven't watched yet.)

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Written for lizardbeth_j for the wegetcarter mini-gift exchange. She wanted Carter genfic, and mentioned liking everyone. This gave me an excuse to use Finch's POV; I haven't written him in a while.

title: Three Sides
fandom: Person of Interest
characters: Harold Finch, Joss Carter, John Reese
rating/contents: PG at most for language
description: three episode inserts, Finch's POV about Carter and Reese
beta-reader: sabaceanbabe (so glad we're sharing this fandom!)
word count: just over 1700
Note: specific spoilers for 1.11, 1.14 and 1.17. Most of the dialogue comes from those episodes.
disclaimer: these characters don't belong to me.

( Three Sides )

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It's Friday night! And I'm more than a little excited about staying home and catching up on Missing. (Last weekend had enough fun to last for a few weeks.)

My extra LJ userpics have expired. *sigh* I still have several weeks left on my paid account--which I will definitely renew--but I can't decide about the userpics.

Change of topic: I haven't talked about clothes in ages. How many times have I ranted about skinny jeans and tunic tops? Well, I'm trying a new tactic: wear them myself in an attempt to bring an end to the look. (Because teenagers seeing their un-cool teacher wearing clothes like theirs should definitely bring about a change, don't you think?)

( two pics )

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Last recap! Ultraviolet 1.06 'Persona Non Grata'. Whew! Up next: I try to write Angie/Vaughan fic. We have a few days of standardized testing coming up soon-ish, so maybe I'll actually manage to write some. Motivation: there isn't any out there that I can find. (Why no Angie/Vaughan fic, world? WHY?!)

Other TV: I wonder if I'll manage to catch up on Fringe, Community and Missing before the next episodes arrive?

Random videoclip link from a Doctor Who fanfic posting: Who knew chess could be so sexy? (Clip from the original The Thomas Crown Affair, a film I have clearly been remiss in not watching. Never saw the remake either.)

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