marguerite_krux | 'Is there a word for uncanny yet irritating?'

I AM SAD. :[
You guys know how I crave crackalicious cracky goodness like a drug, right?
[TLW- case in point]

I heard about this supposed Snow White remake with Natalie Portman as a reincarnation of Snow White and seven NINJAS, instead of dwarves, sent to protect her from her Evil Stepmother's schemes.
How insanely awesome sounding is this? Snow White and NINJAS, yo. Kung fu + fairytale = *insanely bouncy glee*

But whether or not the movie is real, rather than the figment of some lunatic's imagination, Natalie Portman apparently turned down the role. *woes* I love Natalie Portman, she adds class to her projects. [I don't care how badly Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium was savaged by critics, I'm buying it on dvd, shut up]

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Question: What do Teresa Lisbon and Elizabeth Weir have in common?
[Apart from devastatingly handsome male colleagues- with *g* enviable high fashion hairstyles- who charm them into approving all sorts of insane plans?]

Two lady bosses and framed photos of their canine buddies.

The images with the blond chick are from two separate interviews- between which Lisbon added another photo of her dog to her desk. Aww, puppykins! [Btw. Is it weird that I notice this?]

THEY EVEN HAVE THE SAME TASTE IN PHOTO FRAMES. PLAIN AND SILVER. :D
I know, I know it doesn't mean anything but I love it anyway. Crossover fic, pretty please?!

'k, I went through a few different SGA eps and these caps were the best I could find of Sedge! I know there must be better ones, but... *sighs* Not that I found. My efforts were in vain. *pouts* HOWEVER, the following totally makes up for it...

Bonus pic of Torri:

I love that she dresses up her dog in sci-fi props, that is hilarious! :D

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Meme! snurched from kat_rowe:

"Name your 15 absolute favorite couples [het/slash/canon/fanon] and ask people to see what trends they notice about your couples. Try to pick different fandoms."

'k, some of these I haven't dabbled in for ages but I've absolutely loved all of them at one stage or another, whether for a brief duration or with a never-ending, undying passion.

1. Marguerite Krux/Lord John Roxton [The Lost World]
2. Patrick Jane/Agent Teresa Lisbon [The Mentalist]
3. Prince Arthur Pendragon/Lady Morgana Le Fay [Merlin]
4. Admiral Bill Adama/President Laura Roslin [Battlestar Galactica]
5. Dr Daniel Jackson/Vala Mal Doran [Stargate: SG-1]
6. Dr Elizabeth Weir/Lt Col John Sheppard [Stargate: Atlantis]
7. Agent Emily Prentiss/Agent Aaron Hotchner [Criminal Minds]
8. Agent Fox Mulder/Agent Dana Scully [X-files]
9. Dr Gillian Foster/Dr Cal Lightman [Lie to Me]
10. Dr Gregory House/Dr Lisa Cuddy [House]
11. Jarod/Miss Parker [The Pretender]
12. Agent John Doggett/Agent Monica Reyes [X-files]
13. Agent Kate Daniels/Curran aka his Furry Arrogance- bwahaha. *gigglefit* Um. Yes, anyway... [the Kate Daniels novels]
14. Captain Kathryn Janeway/Commander Chakotay [Star Trek: Voyager]
15. Nathan Ford /Sophie Devereaux [Leverage]

*side note: word’s auto-correct suggests that Sophie’s last name ought to be spelt…’defraud’. Lmao*

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Katy Perry- Hot 'n Cold

This makes me giggle so much. ^_^ If ever a couple gave off mixed signals [what with the kissing in other people's bodies and random 'accidental' groping and then marrying other guys], 'twould be these two.

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Oh, that scene with Ashley in the tunnel is great. I saw the actual rough footage of that, just Emilie smushing herself against a wall as the special effects guys wheel this huge industrial fan past her and you still believe she's trying not to get smushed. Then you throw the CGI in and it's like 0.0

Oh, Magnus/Ashley is ftw. Very subtle for the most part in terms of "mothering" versus being the boss, but it's the little sweet moments that tell you how much love there is there. The little kisses and, of course

Ashley: "Everything went great."
Magnus: *sighs* "I'll change your bandages when you get home, dear..."

I get sick of the parent/child interactions in most shows, too. That's one of the things that drew me to "Castle" (granted, I only saw two eps, but I am eagerly awaiting more). Castle not only has a great, loving, respectful relationship with his teenaged daughter, he's got a great, loving, respectful relationship with his mother. too. You don't see enough of that out there. In the real world, people don't treat their own families half as bad as they do on TV, nor do they let their families get away with half as much shit.

Ashley's fun. Magnus is intruiging. I know which one I like more, but everyone's different.

Magnus/Will is completely untenable in the here and now. Period. Maybe in season 2 if things play out right but, for the time being, there's too much of a disparity in life-experience and knowledge/power for a relationship to be anything but exploitative (and very little turns me off to a ship faster than exploitation which is why i wanted to scream every time I saw Angel with 16 year old Buffy). But, given how steep Will's Learning Curve is, he'll become her equal in very short order and, at that point, given the mutual love and respect already present, there's little to keep a romantic relationship from occuring.

But Will's got to grow first and Magnus needs to let her heart thaw a little more. Will starts her thawing in the first place; before him, it was only Henry and Ashley and her memories of Druitt. Being loved by someone new is good for her, reminds her a bit of what it means to be a member of the human race again. To me, knowing you're loved lets you love yourself and loving yourself lets you love others. (I use love in a completely non-romantic sense here, even though I acknowledge that platonic/familial love can morph into something else entirely as time paasses.) No matter how you feel about them as a couple, their interactions are always very satisfying to watch.

In my fics, I tend to assume that Will's got a mile hero-worshipping/Oedipal thing towards Magnus and that Magnus loves him dearly as a friend and a student and that more is possible but hardly necessary to the relationship, which I think is a very nice change from shows and movies that assume you must be in a romantic relationship to be complete as a human being. That shit drives me nuts and I see Will/Magnus as a gorgeous alternative to that because, sure the possibility's there, but it's not foregone or even necessarily likely -- it would just be icing on what's already a great relationship.

She's generally maternal(ish) to Will (i tend to think of her more as "nurturing" than "maternal", but that's just me) and he's generally deferential towards her, but there are hints of more at times. It's never serious, but it's not lost on either that the other is gorgeous, so you get the occassional look. Or Will teasing Magnus when she mentions a painter from the 1400s

Will: "Highschool sweetheart of yours?"
Magnus: "There is such a thing as before my time."
Will: "Really?" http://sanctuary-caps.com/displayimage.php?pid=15381&fullsize=1
Magnus: *smirks* "Cheeky monkey." http://sanctuary-caps.com/displayimage.php?pid=15382&fullsize=1

And all bets are off in ep 9 so we won't even go there. But, for the most part, it's like neither of them even registers the gender of the other 99% of the time and it's been my experience that relationships that start in that fashion do FAR better when they morph into romances than romances that start with mutual attraction do.

'Is there a word for uncanny yet irritating?'

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