It is done.

[fembuck]

I have been interviewed, and now it is time to get wine-d (oh, quiet language police, you know what I mean!) and turn on the fan because it has been hotter than Hades in Toronto for like a week now, and my hypocritical ass is wanting the mild weather back after complaining endlessly about how cool it was during the entirety of July *is chagrined*

It was great to see some familiar screen names logged on the chat.

And, Allaine, if you happen to spy this, thank you again for inviting me to be on your show.

For those of you that listened (or are going to at a later date) I hope that you enjoyed it, and that I wasn't speaking too quickly. I tend to do that when I'm nervous/excited. I turn into a sugared up five year old when that happens, it is ridiculous but occasionally funny for others to witness ;)

And now ... it's random thoughts time!

1.

is totally what was like as a teenager.  And Ty Lee and Mai are Cissy and Andromeda.  I was trying to figure out why I liked Azula's Evil Girl Harem so much, and it's because it is Blackcest without the 'cest.

2.  New Alice Cullen still


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a.  First, EGADS that outfit is an eye sore.  Ashley Greene is lucky she's like a Face Goddess and can therefore still be hot wearing any old thing.  It's like the costumer placed patches of velcro on her and then randomly threw shit onto her and then just rolled with what stuck.

b.  Second, this picture forces to me contemplate who would win in a fight, Alice Cullen or Terminator!Cameron?  Based on the fact that Alice is wearing those hand/lower arm warmers, I'm guessing that Alice Cullen would win.

Comments

[lost-dreamer23.livejournal.com]

Yay!
You were great, bb. I was the one that left the message that Allaine read, btw. In case you didn't know. Much love.

I actually loaded the page 45 minutes before the interview started, and I'm going to download it tomorrow and put it on my iPod.

. . . on the side, do you have Skype? Or MSN? Or AIM? We should totally chat sometime.

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

You were great, bb.

Thanks!

I was the one that left the message that Allaine read, btw. In case you didn't know. Much love.

Yay! I thought he had said that it was you, but my mind was buzzing and boggled at the time, and I wasn't able to really formulate a response.

I actually loaded the page 45 minutes before the interview started, and I'm going to download it tomorrow and put it on my iPod.

Oh my goodness, I'm ipod worthy?



I am honored.

. . . on the side, do you have Skype? Or MSN? Or AIM? We should totally chat sometime.

I'm technically on MSN, but I honestly hardly ever use it (I'm getting old!). Still, message me and I'll send you my info though, if by some miracle I'm actually logged on we could chat.

[(Anonymous)]

This post is made up of all the things I love: Azula being compared to Bellatrix, Azula being a bad ass in general, and Alice being a sexay beast.
I listened to the radio interview, and you were wonderful hun :D I loved your little canadian accent, it was awesome ;]
AND! So my question is: Have you ever written Strawberry Panic femslash? You mentioned you liked that anime so I was wondering if you ever wrote anything for it.

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

This post is made up of all the things I love

Yay!

Azula being a bad ass in general

This. Azula was so fucking cool (you know, until she went completely nuts). Lightening bending and rocket boots bending ... sign me up! She had the better posse too! Mai especially rocked my socks.

I loved your little canadian accent, it was awesome ;]

lol! I have a Canadian accent? Sweet. I always wanted an accent, but I hoping it would be a cooler one, like a British accent, or a French accent. I beat Canadian accents sound kind of dopey.

Have you ever written Strawberry Panic femslash? You mentioned you liked that anime so I was wondering if you ever wrote anything for it.

Unfortunately no. I think I got into Maria-Sama ga Miteru right after I watched Strawberry Panic and Marimite stole all of the time in which I would have usually written a few Shizuma/Nagisa fic.

[rebelrogue127.livejournal.com]

You are so totally right on your Azula Bellatrix comparison. Though I hope Bellatrix was a little more sane than Azula at that age. I like to think that she didn't go stark raving mad till after she joined the death eaters and it just got worse after Azkaban. I was trying to think which of the avatar harem Andromeda and Narcissa would be and came up with Andromeda = Ty Lee and Narcissa = Mai.

I can't wait for the Avatar movie!

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

I hope Bellatrix was a little more sane than Azula at that age.

lol! This.

I think Bellatrix would have been like Azula in the episode "The Beach" as a teen. She would have been arrogant, a little unhinged, insightful/smart, obsessive, and absolutely convinced of her own superiority. But she wouldn't have become as crazy as Azula did after Mai and Ty Lee left until after Azkaban. After Azkaban, Bellatrix became crazyhair!Bellatrix, just like Azula became crazyhair!Azula after her harem left.

I was trying to think which of the avatar harem Andromeda and Narcissa would be and came up with Andromeda = Ty Lee and Narcissa = Mai.

I know, I'm waffling on who should be who. I was think Andromeda for Mai though, because Mai "betrays" Azula because of love, just like Andromeda "betrays" Bellatrix by marrying Ted. And I like to think that Andromeda leaving is what started to tip Bellatrix over the edge from charming but somewhat psychotic, to dangerous psychotic.

But, Mai's icy withdrawn demeaner strikes me as what Narcissa would be like most of the time. Though, Ty Lee is a great beauty and uses that to her advantage and flaunts her hotness, much like a woman named Narcissa probably would, so ...

Ooh, it's so hard!

I can't wait for the Avatar movie!

Yeah. I just finished the anime yesterday and so now I'm super excited for the movie as well. I hope it's good, I really do!

[orange-creative.livejournal.com]

It's like the costumer placed patches of velcro on her and then randomly threw shit onto her and then just rolled with what stuck.

This.

This will have me cracking up for days to come.

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

This will have me cracking up for days to come.

There's just no other excuse for that outfit. Unless Ashley was fooling around with the costume girl and the girl ended up quickly dressing Ashley in the dark so that she would make it set on time.

[geekycanadian86.livejournal.com]

"Embiggen"...?

And...HA!! You suckers from Toronto have FINALLY gotten our heatwave! Hahahahahahahaha! That makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

"Embiggen"...?

A jaunty little made up phrase for "make bigger" and "enlarge".

You suckers from Toronto have FINALLY gotten our heatwave! Hahahahahahahaha!

*sad face* Yeah, I remember when I got back from Chicago you mentioned a heatwave, and at that time I was sleeping at night with a comforter over me and no fan on.

That makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

Oh really ...



Pam is not impressed with your schadenfreude ;)

[amluv.livejournal.com]

duuuuuuuuuude, i totally spazzed and forgot about the interview...*very sad face*. it's ballz azz hot here and the first thing i did was take a long cool shower and then parked my ass in front of the tv and watched the baseball game and then project runway which in retrospect may not have been a good idea as now my ovaries have been eviscerated by lifetime television for women propaganda.

but i digress. please post any links when it becomes available. and YAY kudos!! :)

and YAY you finally got into avatar and i love that you make the parallel w/ the black sisters...and you know azula was sooooooo gay for ty lee...

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

it's ballz azz hot here and the first thing i did was take a long cool shower and then parked my ass in front of the t

It has been a hot, frothy vagina here for a week as well. I feel your pain, bb. I feel your pain.

please post any links when it becomes available. and YAY kudos!! :)

You can listen to it online here (http://www.blogtalkradio.com/allaine/2009/08/21/Fembuck) and download it here (http://www.blogtalkradio.com/allaine/2009/08/21/Fembuck.mp3?localembed=download)

as now my ovaries have been eviscerated by lifetime television for women propaganda.



That sounds painful, bb. In my mind I am kissing you better.

YAY you finally got into avatar

A gagillion years later, I know. But yes, I finally watched it, and loved it.

i love that you make the parallel w/ the black sisters...

Everything can be brought back to the Black sisters. Everything.

and you know azula was sooooooo gay for ty lee...

This. Ty Lee is her Andromeda. It's like when, when she banished Mai, Azula was upset. But when Ty Lee defected I firmly believe that's when Azula really and truly lost her shit. Losing Ty Lee was the last straw, it was Andromeda leaving Bella for Ted.

[amikana.livejournal.com]

b. Second, this picture forces to me contemplate who would win in a fight, Alice Cullen or Terminator!Cameron? Based on the fact that Alice is wearing those hand/lower arm warmers, I'm guessing that Alice Cullen would win.


i would pay to see that fight. :D

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

i would pay to see that fight. :D

I know, right. I would be all ...

Watching that shit go down like it was my job!

[crys-22.livejournal.com]

Oh no I missed it! I was so looking forward to listening to it live.



First, EGADS that outfit is an eye sore.

Without the scarf and the warmer thingies that outfit wouldn't be so bad, but together, YIKES. I'm not sure who would win in a fight between Cameron or Alice. I'd probably be picturing them making out the whole time.

OK I'm off to go listen to your interview.

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

Without the scarf and the warmer thingies that outfit wouldn't be so bad,

She's still wearing leggings for pants, which is a trend I wish would die a horrible screaming death. The shirt is nice though. And Ashley's head is beautiful ;)

I'd probably be picturing them making out the whole time.

Heh. Me too. I mean fighting is good an all, but making out is ... unf!

OK I'm off to go listen to your interview.

I hope you like it :D

[bizarro-bluth.livejournal.com]

Greene is lucky she's like a Face Goddess and can therefore still be hot wearing any old thing.

THIS. She's gorgeous, despite the outfit...which reminds me of something a toddler would pick out once he/she began dressing on their own.

Cool interview. Your discussion about the Hollows reminds me that I need to finish the books in case I write more fic but I'm not sure if I want to put myself through that frustration, nobody likes a cockblock. Oh and OT but my mom's from Toronto. I used to want to visit there so badly back when I was a crazy Degrassi fan *hangs head in shame* lol, heard its like the NYC of Canada but actually clean.

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

which reminds me of something a toddler would pick out once he/she began dressing on their own.

LOL! Oh my, that is such a perfect description of that outfit.

Your discussion about the Hollows reminds me that I need to finish the books in case I write more fic but I'm not sure if I want to put myself through that frustration, nobody likes a cockblock.

I'm so torn on what to recommend to you. Obviously, the books frustrate me a great deal, but at the same time, to inspire so much emotion I guess Kim must be doing something right.

I don't know. I think that there probably will be a Rachel/Ivy ending, so I'm just hoping that I will be rewarded in the end for putting up with all of the cock-blocking.

Whether you want to continue reading or not, depends entirely on your threshold for being frustrated.

lol, heard its like the NYC of Canada but actually clean.

Yeah, or as they said on 30 Rock, Toronto is like New York without all the stuff!

I suppose Toronto is like the NYC of Canada, but it's really nothing like NYC. It is much, much, much cleaner than New York, but it's also a lot, A LOT smaller. Actually having just been to Chicago, I have to say Chicago reminds me more of Toronto only it has more waterways, and is a lot bigger than Toronto as well. T.Dot (as we Torontonians call it) is a really nice, chill city though.

[k8matty.livejournal.com]

*flails over Ashley*

yeh Gods.

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

*flails over Ashley*

I understand completely. She is extremely flail worthy!

[stefaneus.livejournal.com]

Hey, in case you are wondering who was the one person connecting from Czech Republic, it was me. I'm glad I could've made the interview soo international. :D
By the way, it was four AM here when the show started and I had to work in the morning, but it was worth it. *thumbs up* You were great.

Also, words cannot express my love for Azula (and the voice actress playing her). So awesome.

And now I'm going back to lurking. *hides* :P

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

in case you are wondering who was the one person connecting from Czech Republic, it was me.

I was wondering! That's so cool to know it was a familiar ... ah, username :D

By the way, it was four AM here when the show started and I had to work in the morning, but it was worth it. *thumbs up* You were great.

I feel so horrible for depriving you of sleep, but I am honored that you wanted to listen live! I'm glad you you enjoyed the interview, I would have felt horrible depriving you of sleep AND boring you on top of that.

Also, words cannot express my love for Azula (and the voice actress playing her). So awesome.

Oh, I know. Azula rocked my socks. And the voice actress really was perfect. So many great lines came out of Azula's mouth.

"Sharp outfit, Chan. Careful, you could puncture the hull of an Empire Class Fire Nation Battle Ship, leaving thousands to drown at sea...because it's so sharp."

Oh, Azula.

And now I'm going back to lurking. *hides* :P

Don't hide. Come out and play! We are friendly here :D

[ic1pher.livejournal.com]

"Money, money, money" "Sing it"
LOL

I thought you put it really well what is so fascinating in the Ivy/Rachel relationship. Wouldn't have minded even a bit more in-depth discussion about that whole thing. :)

It's been years and I'm still hooked. That's simply the force of the original premise and how it was written.

Sometimes I want to think that the books after the fourth don't exist. But then I read those little things that when put together, as a whole, form a coherent direction which can have only one endpoint, them together.

Kim simply can't write stuff like that just from the top of her head. It has to come from the heart. Or maybe I'm fooling myself.

It's as if she's not really that interested in the story anymore. I see Rachel's relationships with men coming increasingly void of any emotion. The books would work so much better if she could be more obvious about writing the Ivy/Rachel relationship.

Perhaps I'm wrong about this but I think the marketing forces twist her story in a direction where it becomes less. She can't write completely what she wants.

The heart of the books is Ivy/Rachel, anything else is a simple reflection against that surface. Demons, witches, and all that hooblah: inconsignificant. It's all about the relationships and the one relationship that is light-years ahead of everything else is Ravy. The urban fantastic aspect of the background might give it a creative edge and interesting conflicts that might not exist in human/human relationships, but it's just that: background.

I think Kim is an expert in projecting her own feelings on paper. How we experience the books is how she experiences the books. So the books are a reflection of her own state. The fact that she can't write unadulterated Ravy makes her uncomfortable thus it makes us uncomfortable.

All in all, most likely I'm completely deluded.
Sing with me: "We all live in a yellow submarine..."

I will need a support group for this crap, if the shit ever hits the fan.

[ic1pher.livejournal.com]

As I read what I wrote I see that it's mostly a rehash of all the stuff that's been said before, but oh well. Perhaps there one original thread of an idea amongs all the ranting. :)

[allaine77.livejournal.com]

No need to thank me - thank you for agreeing to do the show! And for being such a great guest :)

Sincerely, Allaine

[lightbluenym.livejournal.com]

Mmmkay, so I'm made of suck and forgot about the interview... In my defense, I was in a planning meeting for a web comic which spun out of control quickly ;)

Rest assured, it will be downloaded and listened to. Can't wait to hear the sound of your melodious voice :D

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

No worries! I hope that you're planning went smoothly :D

Rest assured, it will be downloaded and listened to. Can't wait to hear the sound of your melodious voice :D

I don't know how melodious my voice is (apparently there's a Canadian accent that can be heard though!), but I hope that you enjoy the interview!

[(Anonymous)]

"She thinks Katie's a really good friend who she'd like to kiss and... see her boobies or something."

WIN.

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

It's true!

In that scene where Katie was taking off her sweater and it made the shirt she had on underneath ride up a little bit, Jessie's eyes were glued to her. You could practically hear, "Boobies, boobies, boobies" going through Jessie's head.

Now that I've actually listened...

[lightbluenym.livejournal.com]

HOLY SHIT YOU TALKED ABOUT HERMANSY!!!! I love the interview, starting with this lol.

This is random, but you sound just like one of my friends...

[(Anonymous)]

"How realistic would a Rachel/Ivy" relationship be was one of many questions Allaine asked. Femslash is all about bridging the gap between fantasy and reality. It allows us, readers and writers, to enjoy relationships that other wise wouldn't exsist.

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

Femslash is all about bridging the gap between fantasy and reality. It allows us, readers and writers, to enjoy relationships that other wise wouldn't exsist.

Exactly.

It is nice though sometimes to not to have to be grasping at strays or living out in left field though. Just like how I wrote those episodic fics because I wanted Jessie/Katie to be realized, I get so into the Hollows and passionate and crazy about it, because I want Rachel/Ivy to to be realized as well.

[jt4702.livejournal.com]

Very nice interview... I just listened to it :-) very nice insights, and it was nice to know some of the reasonings you had for the pairings you write :-)

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

Aw, thanks for the positive reinforcement! I'm really glad that you enjoyed the interview. It was fun for me to go back and think about some of those older pieces.

[seriousfic.livejournal.com]

Speaking of Alice (and because this is apparently the gif party post, and I can't wait to see what animation this comment gets), Ashley Greene nude photos. Thoughts?

[jyoki.livejournal.com]

I love the fact that you mentioned Brenda Lee(or Leigh?) Johnson in your interview. I LOVE The Closer.

And you have an adorable accent(I know I'm late to the party, but oh well *shrug*)!

Did you just watch Avatar recently? It's amazing. And Azula is totally what Bellatrix would've been like as a teenager.