Bread and Circus

So, maybe I can attribute this to having a keen interest/profession in the world of software engineering, but I've been weirdly invested in the characters from this episode to the extent that I'm actually writing a small fic about Caleb Phipps and Chris Beckner's lives after the episode.

And yeah yeah, every person thinks their fic is super interesting and merits paragraphs of discussion while other people are like, ermagerd please no more. It's just that I think those two characters complement one another very well, and maybe Teen Wolf and Skyfall have given me a thing for age difference!fics. Again, they're also both my compu-nerd homeboys, so there's that.

So this is probably going to be the tiniest most obscure fic ever, even more obscure than my Godzilla fic (which I will finish at some point, I swear!)

I love writing engineers and scientists because I think their reasoning and decision making paths are subtly different than others, and I understand them and feel they aren't showcased enough in fandom. This is why I have a huge fan-crush on the XMFC fandom, because Charles is a genetics professor, and Erik is often written as an engineer, and I explode from happiness at watching geeks romance in their natural habitats. :D

Anywayyy, fandom aside, what were your thoughts on the episode? I haven't seen Prisoner's Dilemma yet, but I have it buffered in one of my browser tabs. I'll have to watch it once I've finished moving into my new flat.

I've been off LJ for a bit, but hopefully now that I'm back for some bangs, my LJ will be livelier.

2012 IRL Highlights

1. I got a new job! I'm now working as an associate software developer for an investments firm.
2. I moved for my job! I was placed in New England, so now I'm staying temporarily in a hotel in Nashua, NH until my flat opens up. (That's when the real work begins, agh. So much furniture to assemble...)

2012 Fandom Highlights

1. I participated in my first bang (smallfandombang) in the 2011-2012 timeframe and loved it! I did a bit of a rushed Jurassic Park 3 fic because my thesis was due the same week, but maybe I'll post a director's cut version of the fic at some point? I'm doing it again this year for the Hitcher (1986 original) fandom. missaffliction is the most fabulous beta.
2. I got into the Skyfall fandom later this year, and I'm planning to sign up for their James Bond/Q Bang (00q_bb) in February. I love engineers and coders in media, so I'm a little addicted to this fandom at the moment. Speaking of addicted...
3. I randomly got into the Teen Wolf fandom, and they write some of the best fanfiction. I was so amazed. That was probably the one fandom that totally took over my tumblr dash and AO3, and I haven't even seen ten minutes of the show. That's crazy. Thanks, Teen Wolf fandom. You're pretty awesome.
4. I made so many new fandom friends! Really excited about this. I've met so many wonderful people!

How was your year? Any highlights or good news? I hope everyone's new year will be amazing!

the friending meme is open all through december @ 00q_bb
ERMAGERD FRIENDING MEME! Any of my flist that is on the 00Q ship should go over and sign up for the 00Q Big Bang! It goes from February (sign ups) to August (posting), which gives us an incredibly generous 6 months to write a 15K minimum story. Pretty sweet!

I'll be coming down from my smallfandombang adrenaline feels at that point. (missaffliction is my beta for that bang. If I were a religious person, I would say she is a gift from the godesses. Seriously, freaking amazing. So lucky to have her.) I'm doing a fic for the Hitcher fandom (the 1986 original with Rutger Hauer. So good), so it will be a nice break to go into the Skyfall fandom afterwards, especially since I'm thinking of doing a more lighthearted fic for the bang.

Anywho, I've been meeting a bunch of awesome people through this friending meme, which is probably all the excuse I need to get my ass off tumblr and back onto LJ. I love LJ, but it requires more effort to maintain the kind of feedback you get from tumblr, however hollow and one-sided that feedback may be. 

tl;dr? 00Q Big Bang. You should join me.

I've done a Big Wolf on Campus pimp for smallfandomfest here. Please tell me what you think of it. It's not really my best, and I don't know what I can do to capture the essence of the show. It's so hard to pin down. Suggestions?

"Are we done here?"
"You tell me."

This post is a bit late, but it still looks like an amazing fest!

Big Gay Hamlet Ficathon
I believe firmly in everyone's right to crack!AUs. I think that crack!AUs are one of fandom's greatest strengths--our endless capacity to reinvent the works that we love, and to stretch the boundaries of our readers' recognition, gives me hope for the possibility of creation and communion.

So I won't say that Orson Scott Card shouldn't have written his egregiously offensive retelling of Hamlet. I will say, however, that I think it's painful, upsetting, and not at all in the spirit of the play that I love.

I'll say this, as well: If you don't like Card's Hamlet, you can write another. This thread is for that.

Amazing things have happened all at once, dudes. I just found out that one of my favourite webcomics Lackadaisy Cats has a fandom. I also figured out why exactly I adore Mordecai Heller, our favourite dapper and ruthless sociopath. Because he is the spitting image of Arthur from Inception. Also, the author has confirmed him as being asexual, which I am SUPER EXCITED ABOUT.

Mordecai Heller drawn as a human, looking like freaking Arthur. Especially when he's fighting with Viktor Vasko. And the author wonders why we ship them.

Because they are terrible at being normal people, and it is amazing.

Also, check out Lackadaisy's Sketchbook page for more hilarity.

For anyone interested in chatting with a bunch of fellow Person of Interest fans, Purple Junkie is an admin of The Irrelevants, a chat where anyone can sign in (I signed in as a guest since Tumblr was taking forever) and talk about the show with other fans.

You can find the chat here.