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The Red Bull has gone home. The Manx Grand Prix is over, and Johnny is not crippled or brain-damaged from his injuries. Buzz is safely ensconced at Leeds University. The Faffing Hen is in Belgium for a week. At last there is peace throughout the land!
Important things:
The new Johannes Cabal book is awesome for about four-fifths of the story, then segues into a really heart-breaking Lotus Eater Machine sequence that sadly does not end with Johannes being hit in the head by a muffin fired from an enormous cannon ala Invader Zim, before screwing it all up with some bullshit about a Magical Ghoul Transformation Sequence and some time-travel nonsense about him getting notes from his future self. Frankly, that's one trope even Invader Zim never managed to sell me on with the help of large numbers of rubber piggies, so it got a big frowny face from me. Still, the rest of the story was pretty good and presumably there'll be another along in a year, so yay.
I finally got to watch all of series two of the Vampire Diaries, so I finally understand what was going on with fake-Alaric at the end of the season.
Klaus is very boring, and very, very fugly. He should be banned from everything. Elijah was a dick at first, but he was a lot more likable after Elena "killed" him and then took the dagger out. "I'm a little behind the times, but I believe the term you're looking for is OMG." OH ELIJAH! I hope he comes back, but he needs to sort out that Stephen Gately haircut first.
Caroline! What the hell? What is someone who can act doing on a WB show?! This is awesome, in a yes-I-know-she's-punching-below-her-weight-but-please-don't-take-her-from-me way. When her mum rejected her, oh! And her scenes with Mongo the Werewolf! And how terrified she was of Katherine. Oh Caroline! You are my unexpected fandom crush for this year!
Stefan is so terrible. All his "acting" involves tilting his giant head and shoving it into someone else's space. There's a scene where he hugs Elena and rests his chin on top of her head - I thought he was going to crush her. She's only tiny! Stop squishing her with your massive head! And that bit where they broke up and he started "crying", oh the horror! The best non-Caroline acting in the whole series was Nina Dobrev managing not to start shrieking in fear at the sight of Stefan's crying face.
I do not approve of Bonnie/Jeremy. Bonnie is annoying and whiny and she was super-sour to Caroline despite the fact that, you know, she'd just been in a car crash and then infected and then smothered and then vampirised! Fuck off, Bonnie. You are not a good friend. Damon should eat you, except your bitter little sourchops blood would probably be toxic to him.
I kind of dig Caroline/Tyler and also (the shame!) Tyler/Jeremy now. Yeah I know, I hate myself for it. I also liked Damon/Bella (she had a different name, but it was Bella from Supernatural) but... oh well.
JENNA! Oh, Jenna! I have no words.
I think they should retool the whole show so Alaric gets to be the main character, write off Klaus and Matt and Stefan for being excessively boring and un-hot, give Elijah a redemption arc in which he atones for his crime against hair by getting an actual grown-ups haircut, and get Caroline some serious storylines because, holy shit, there's actually someone on the cast who can act! The show will be called ALARIC! (and friends) and basically it will be all about Alaric being beautiful and having adventures that he solves with the knowing of HISTORY, and Jenna and Damon will snippily fight for his love.
Hmm, what else... nothing else. I'm going to go watch Bill and Ted now, safe in the knowledge that the Sour Squad will not be returning for SEVEN WHOLE DAYS and that nobody is going to interrupt me with bitter little whinings.
The Red Bull has gone home. The Manx Grand Prix is over, and Johnny is not crippled or brain-damaged from his injuries. Buzz is safely ensconced at Leeds University. The Faffing Hen is in Belgium for a week. At last there is peace throughout the land!
Important things:
The new Johannes Cabal book is awesome for about four-fifths of the story, then segues into a really heart-breaking Lotus Eater Machine sequence that sadly does not end with Johannes being hit in the head by a muffin fired from an enormous cannon ala Invader Zim, before screwing it all up with some bullshit about a Magical Ghoul Transformation Sequence and some time-travel nonsense about him getting notes from his future self. Frankly, that's one trope even Invader Zim never managed to sell me on with the help of large numbers of rubber piggies, so it got a big frowny face from me. Still, the rest of the story was pretty good and presumably there'll be another along in a year, so yay.
I finally got to watch all of series two of the Vampire Diaries, so I finally understand what was going on with fake-Alaric at the end of the season.
Klaus is very boring, and very, very fugly. He should be banned from everything. Elijah was a dick at first, but he was a lot more likable after Elena "killed" him and then took the dagger out. "I'm a little behind the times, but I believe the term you're looking for is OMG." OH ELIJAH! I hope he comes back, but he needs to sort out that Stephen Gately haircut first.
Caroline! What the hell? What is someone who can act doing on a WB show?! This is awesome, in a yes-I-know-she's-punching-below-her-weight-but-please-don't-take-her-from-me way. When her mum rejected her, oh! And her scenes with Mongo the Werewolf! And how terrified she was of Katherine. Oh Caroline! You are my unexpected fandom crush for this year!
Stefan is so terrible. All his "acting" involves tilting his giant head and shoving it into someone else's space. There's a scene where he hugs Elena and rests his chin on top of her head - I thought he was going to crush her. She's only tiny! Stop squishing her with your massive head! And that bit where they broke up and he started "crying", oh the horror! The best non-Caroline acting in the whole series was Nina Dobrev managing not to start shrieking in fear at the sight of Stefan's crying face.
I do not approve of Bonnie/Jeremy. Bonnie is annoying and whiny and she was super-sour to Caroline despite the fact that, you know, she'd just been in a car crash and then infected and then smothered and then vampirised! Fuck off, Bonnie. You are not a good friend. Damon should eat you, except your bitter little sourchops blood would probably be toxic to him.
I kind of dig Caroline/Tyler and also (the shame!) Tyler/Jeremy now. Yeah I know, I hate myself for it. I also liked Damon/Bella (she had a different name, but it was Bella from Supernatural) but... oh well.
JENNA! Oh, Jenna! I have no words.
I think they should retool the whole show so Alaric gets to be the main character, write off Klaus and Matt and Stefan for being excessively boring and un-hot, give Elijah a redemption arc in which he atones for his crime against hair by getting an actual grown-ups haircut, and get Caroline some serious storylines because, holy shit, there's actually someone on the cast who can act! The show will be called ALARIC! (and friends) and basically it will be all about Alaric being beautiful and having adventures that he solves with the knowing of HISTORY, and Jenna and Damon will snippily fight for his love.
Hmm, what else... nothing else. I'm going to go watch Bill and Ted now, safe in the knowledge that the Sour Squad will not be returning for SEVEN WHOLE DAYS and that nobody is going to interrupt me with bitter little whinings.
