Ugh, I hate you abominable cold!

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The return of my abominable cold and it robbing me of my ability to breathe (and speak without sounding like Elmer Fudd)
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Lost Girl sucking hardcore
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2602 views of fic translating to 5 comments
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Endless piles of work
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= a complete and utter lack of motivation to write and lots of motivation to nap forever.

In other news, I watched The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec

And it was as wonderfully cracky and ridiculous as the trailer made it seem.  Louise Bourgoin as Adele is stunning, hilarious and badass (she rides an mother-frakking Pterodactyl people!).  Adele is like Evie from The Mummy movies only bitchy and French, or like Lara Croft if she was kinda goofy, bitchy and French, which is to say that Adele Blanc-Sec is sexy, awesome, smart, kick-ass, bitchy and French.  Also, Adele's Morgause-esque dedication and inappropriate love for her twin sister Agathe definitely endeared her to me.    

Anyway, if the trailer and/or shallow review tickled your fancy ... you can get it here!

Comments

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I'm honestly avoiding any Lost Girl fic concerning Bo and Lauren until I see a significant period of Lauren being intricate to the story and has equal face time with Bo and the others. Not to mention Bo is really an unlikable character right now. I guess I'm more upset that the show and the characters were presented as being in a triangle and yet it was barley shown only for it to utterly jump off a cliff, never to be addressed or even picked up again. If they had just made them friends than I could go with the imagination in the same way I do other shows. Right now I'm much more in Morgana/Morgause of Merlin and the various pairings on Legend of the Seeker. Unless Lost Girl picks it up or changes it drastically to let Lauren explore a relationship with some other female I will toss this show.

Downloading the movie, looks interesting. Does it have subtitles?

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Not to mention Bo is really an unlikable character right now.

OMG yes! I've found that almost all fics (including mine) have to have Bo a little OoC just to make her tolerable enough to write about. It's like, "What would Bo be like if she was a decent person?" and then take it from there.

But holy god, I can't remember hating the main character of a television show the way I hate Bo ... ever. Even Rachel Morgan comes across better than Bo, and I've come to loathe Rachel Morgan.

I guess I'm more upset that the show and the characters were presented as being in a triangle and yet it was barley shown only for it to utterly jump off a cliff, never to be addressed or even picked up again.

Word. So many aspects of the show have gone this way though. The writing has just been incredibly lazy/incompetent (especially in the last half of the season). I mean, it's impossible to really ship ANYONE. Bo/Dyson doesn't even have a ton of shippers because of how crappily that relationship has been portrayed as well. There are Dyson shippers, but like most of the people I know are Lauren shippers, but Bo is so despicable that most people don't want the current incarnation of her anywhere near their favorite (whether it be Dyson or Lauren).

If they had just made them friends than I could go with the imagination in the same way I do other shows.

Oh, I know. I've almost come to hate episode 8 because of how Bo/Lauren was destroyed after it. If Bo and Lauren had continued to flirt while their friendship solidified and strengthened, it would be SO MUCH EASIER to ship them and fic them.

Right now I'm much more in Morgana/Morgause of Merlin and the various pairings on Legend of the Seeker.

*nods* That's because as "evil" as Morgana and Morgause are supposed to be, the one thing the Merlin writers have consistently done is show that they LOVE and CARE about each other. I think that fact that their relationship has remained strong is the only thing that has gotten me through this 'evil morgana' arc.

And Legend of the Seeker was just such a well-written show. The writers cared about the characters, and spent time developing them and their relationships which is why it was so easy to become attached to so many of them. When Mord'Sith like Denna (or even Dahlia) are more appealing/humanized than the 'heroine' of your show you know you've got a problem in the writing department.

et Lauren explore a relationship with some other female

I'm honestly kind of hoping for this, because unless Bo really grovels and earns Lauren's forgiveness (which I can't really see happening), I don't think Bo deserves to be rewarded with such as awesome girlfriend as Lauren.

Downloading the movie, looks interesting. Does it have subtitles?

Yes, it has hardcoded english subs.