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1) Do you guys have that picture of Dean that's taken from the side and it looks like he's clasping his hands above his head in prayer or something, and his arms are big and sexy all over the place? You know what I'm talking about. Or do you know what episode that's from?

2) Important question: WHAT THE HELL WAS CAS DOING ALL HIATUS? Post your speculation here:

THE BETWEEN SEASON CASPARTY

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santapocalypse: A STONEHENGE APOCALYPSE SECRET SANTA. I always feel like I'm doing Stongepocalypse fandom wrong, the same way I'm doing Sassy wrong, because everyone seems to be like, "Ey, it's all for the crack! Bring on the lulz." But I would love to see srs bsns Sam/Cas and Jacob/Joseph erudite darkfic, and Jacob/Jimmy twincestuous angstfests.

4) SPN 4x17verse commentfic meme

5)
Vampire Diaries

- VAMPIRE CAROLINE HELL YES. Caroline has always had a special spot in my heart because her neurotic overcompensation rings true. Vampire!Caroline is exactly what I want to see out of a petty, nervous girl who suddenly gained all these powers. She's freaked out by it, sure, but she is practical about it (and selfishly so) when it counts. She doesn't wilt, but she doesn't become a complete badass either. She's still a teenager, and that is why she is terrifying. And then she had the balls to make her boyfriend break up with her <33333. Their relationship was totally yawn anyway. Am totes BFFshipping Stefan/Caroline now though.

- And totally shipping Tyler/his uncle. More of this please, show.

- THE NATURAL PREY OF THE WEREWOLF IS THE VAMPIRE LOLOLOLOL

- I continue to be impressed by Elena. I used to find her really mediocre, but she's too sensible and frank for me not to like her.

- Oh god, Bonnie's reaction to finding out Caroline turned vamp, oh god. Oh god. <3333 :(((( <3

- I still find Damon annoying.

Hawaii 5-0

- OMG SAM WEECHESTER XD

- *_____* Kona became a cop because of himmmmmmm. Okay, not quite shipping these two yet. BUT COMING CLOSE.

- I was less bored by the Steve/Danny slash fodder this week for some reason. I think it's how Danny refuses to take Steve's shit. It's kinda like how I feel most warmly to Merlin/Arthur when Merlin is getting mad at Arthur. idk. Danny's endeared himself to me somewhat.

- But my favorite character is still the scenery. Oh god, gorgeous.

6) This is an interesting slide show about the Bajau, who are sea nomads in Southeast Asian waters. The lifestyle's dying out, though; there are only a handful of Bajau now who have spent most of their lives out on boats. Check out the picture of the boy who is playing with HIS PET SHARK, OMFG. I am also very *_____* at this: "Traditional Bajau cosmology – a combination of animism and Islam – reveals a complex relationship with the ocean, which for them is a multifarious and living entity. There are spirits in currents and tides, in coral reefs and mangroves. Such reverence and knowledge could be used to conserve rather than destroy."

I am, however, rather :-/ at the article byline: "Now these marine nomads risk destroying the reefs that sustain them." Most of the damage done to coral reefs in Southeast Asia is inflicted by commercial fishers and illegal trawlers. Communities that directly rely on the the sea to survive, like the Bajau, too often get scapegoated for it. This isn't to say that subsistence fishers never resort to destructive fishing practices (dynamite, cyanide, etc.). Quite often these days they do, out of desperation and perceived necessity, because the Coral Triangle's fish yield ain't what it used to be. I'm just saying that to finger one culture for ecosystem destruction without also accounting for the economic and political systems to which it is subject seems pretty sloppy and insensitive.

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The Big Picture (http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/07/stories_from_israel_tanzania_a.html) did a mini-picspam on the Bajau a while ago. Though it's less interesting than the guardian version (I only remembered it because of the other two picspams on the page), and I don't know how offensive the term 'sea gypsies' is, but it's used multiple times.

That's a really interesting picspam, thanks for that. Are there really so many albinos in Tanzania? Well, I guess they're clustered together here for protection..? Or maybe there are just this many albinos born but I don't notice.. Hmm.

Yeah, I think the word 'gypsy' may be on the outs in general. There's always sea nomads... and just calling the Bajau the Bajau, since that's what they are XD. I thiiiiink there are a number of sea nomad groups in SE Asia of which the Bajau are one.

Are there really so many albinos in Tanzania? Well, I guess they're clustered together here for protection..?.

Kind of? I think it might be both. A lot of these pictures are taken at places specifically meant to be safe havens for albinos (and it would make sense that those trying to protect individuals on their own might not want to advertise that fact). But I think albinism might be more prevalent in individuals with Sub-Saharan African ancestry. It's recessive, so it'd make sense for it to be a lot more common in certain gene pools, and I've known maybe a half-dozen African-American albinos, but none from any other ethnicity.

Then again, I think the most common type of albinism is just light hair/skin/eyes (not necessarily white hair/pink eyes), which is a lot more noticeable in darker skinned populations. . .

And yeah-the whole idea of describing a people by calling them 'other group of people + modifier' kind of made me : \. Nomads is a lot more general and less judgy-which is sad, because The Big Picture is generally good with these sorts of things.

Also, they didn't have any pet shark or homemade goggle mentions. :(

PET SHARK. :DDD PET. SHARK. HIS PET SHARK.

IT JUST FOLLOWED ME HOME. CAN I KEEP IT, MOM? CAN I KEEP IT? :DDDD

Vampire!Caroline is the best. Literally all of her scenes, I was grinning like a fool because she was so awesome.

I am actually kind of embarrassed to say that I like Danny a lot. I don't give a crap about Steve, but Danny makes me grin. And of course, DDK and GP own my soul.

PET SHARK. THAT PHOTO IS SO ADORABLE. His face of glee as he clings to the tail of his PET SHARK is amazing. That whole slideshow was fascinating though, thanks for the link. And lol to the byline, oh journalism.

Danny's cool! Yeah I definitely like him heaps better than Steve. Which is weird, because when it comes to Danny-type vs. Steve-type characters, I tend to prefer Steve-types... but not here! Scott Caan is just so charmingly grumpy.

lol, you're welcome! I am trying to make an effort to talk about things that aren't TV or fandom again. XD

I find Scott Caan charming too, and it is sort of inexplicable because I think in another actor the character would just be really annoying. IDK I found him charming in Ocean's 11 as well, maybe it is some sort of really weird crush?

Haha, I fail at that...

Yeah I really enjoyed the Molloy Brothers! I forget what else Scott Caan is in. He always plays these beefcake roles. And now other ppl on my flist are making me see the light of Danno/Steve. I THOUGHT I WASN'T SHIPPING THEM. I REALLY I THOUGHT I WASN'T. But thennn!

YOU MUST WRITE DANNO/STEVE. WITH MAYBE SOME KONA & CHIN FOURSOME THROWN IN FOR FUN?

OMG GIVE ME TIME THE SEASON JUST STARTED XDDDDD

That is how I feel about Nikita too, that I am ready for all the fics and vids and meta, but there are too few episodes for me to extrapolate.

But omg I am looking forward to these fandoms taking off.

...because ilu, PROMPT ME AND I WILL DRABBLE DANNO/STEVE JUST FOR YOOOUUUUU

LASS C'MON YOU'VE HAD TWO WHOLE EPISODES, HOW MUCH MORE DO YOU NEED?? :DDD

Fine, I will give you until like mid-October, then I am DEMANDING FIC. ;P

So I just watched the new H50. Steve and Danno

just

get

SLASHIER

AND SLASHIER. OMG. If they are this blatant in fanservice, I may have no choice but to ship them oh goddddd. SCOTT CAAN WHY YOU SO COMPELLING

I also enjoy the diversity of people's colors and shapes!

Oooh, you mean yesterday's? I haven't seen it yet, but might have to make that a priority for tonight. Heee, am massively looking forward to this now. You know, I was totally expecting to hate this show, and I actually...don't, at all. It's so harmless and inoffensive, I just can't! Plus, there is Grace Park's face and DDK's face and SCOTT CAAN'S FACE OMG WHAT IS MY LIFE, LASS, REALLY.

Yes, yesterday's! Anj, I'm not even into cop shows, okay. I find them BORING. Liking Rizzoli & Isles is bad enough, but now there is this too? I like TWO cop shows?! IS THE SKY GREEN?

CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN

DEE DEE KAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY

Haha I actually like procedurals, but I never take them too seriously, and I was seriously worried that there would not be enough ladies for my interest. But...in this case I don't care? I mean, NEEDS MORE GP AND DDK OBVI, but there's Caan!face and grumpiness and flirting and heeheee it makes me giggle so.

THE SKY IS MOST DEFINITELY GREEN OR MAYBE WE'RE IN AN ALTERNATE UNIVERSE OF CRAAAAZY.

Oh god oh god, I think I'm going to be watching this thing as THE CAAN SHOW, no lie. I have zero interest in Steve's manpain thus far and I still find him kinda grating, but I am being wooed by Danny's manpain AGAINST MY WILL. I can be interested in Steve when he is interested in Danny, haha. FLIRT MORE, BOYS!

I ALSO NEED MORE OF CHIN'S DIFFICULT FAMILY ENTANGLEMENTS AND KONA IDOLIZING HIMMMMM *_______*

IT IS SO THE CAAN SHOW. Yeah, Steve, is only ever interesting when he's flirting with Danny, and Danny's manpain...isn't actually annoying to me? SERIOUSLY WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME? But I would be perfectly happy with scenes of them driving around flirting, with occasional explosions to make things interesting!

YESSSSSS ABSOLUTELY. WHERE ARE YOU ON CHIN/KONA?? I AM NOT SURE HOW I FEEL, BUT I MEAN LOOK AT THEM, HOW CAN YOU NOT WANT MAKEOUTS? THEIR FACES, RIDICULOUSLY CLOSE TOGETHER HNNNNNG.

OMG YOU JUST NEED TO WATCH THE NEW EPISODE AND GET BACK TO ME ABOUT HOW STEVE AND DANNY ARE PRETTY MUCH, LIKE... JUST WATCH IT.

I think what's interesting to me about Danny is that AT FIRST, you think he's your typical straight man, mainlander fish out of Hawaiian waters. But unlike your typical straight man, he is pretty clear-eyed and smart and refuses to put up with bullshit (and I am <3___<3 at his love for his kid, ngl). Like, Steve is stalking around doing his "OOOOH I AM MYSTERIOUS EX-SPECIAL OPS!" thang, and Danny is just like "whatever man".

I LIKE IT. In theory. I am willing to ship it more than I am. Here's where I'm at: she's always been starry-eyed over her cop cousin and used to pull his pigtails a lot, so to speak, in that crush way, and I think ONE NIGHT, MAYBE WHEN THEY WERE DRUNK, she kissed him. There was no tongue, but maybe went on half a second longer than it should have, and then she is like, "Um, D:" and Chin is like O_____O because Kona has always been his favorite cousin, sure, but now his feelings are confusingly sexual. They get over it eventually, 'cos they're buds, and things normalize and they just never talk about it ever again. They love each other a lot, okay, and maybe now there is an ~understanding as to how much, an ~understanding that they will not act on again. OR WILL THEY?!

I WILL DO SO TONIGHT AND THEN CAPSLOCK AT YOU.

Oh agreed. It would have been so easy to make him the antagonistic, dragging his heels and arrogant mainlander who's secretly ~impressed~ by Steve, but instead they made him be indifferent! And actually somewhat hilariously offended! And it's weird because he's the one cracking most of the jokes, and Steve plays it mostly straight and deadpan-y. (The girl! You KNOW she's gonna get kidnapped though D: D:)

UH LASS THIS IS BASICALLY COMMENTFIC ALREADY SO WHY NOT JUST EXPAND IT A LITTLE, HMMM? ;D

I WILL TRY TO CONTAIN MYSELF UNTIL THEN.

omg yes, STEVE is the straight man! And yes, the girl is gonna get kidnapped :(: for the finale? Before the finale?

LOL I CANNOT BE EXPANDING ANYTHING until I write my Camelot Remix, WHICH I HAVEN'T EVEN STARTED. AND IT IS DUE THIS SATURDAY. whyyyyyy did i get myself into this. Remix challenges are my kryptonite. So in the meantime I will just throw half-baked bunnies at you. Chin and Kona playing video games and drinking beer! Chin and Kona watching each other when the other's not watching (or are they?)! Chin and Kona at the shooting range! Kona giving Chin a noogie!

OMG LASS HOW DO I LOVE THIS STUPID SHOW SO MUCH?? AND SCOTT CAAN'S FACE I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHYYYY IT AFFECTS ME SO. ALSO, HE IS VERY LITTLE, I AM JUST NOTICING THIS NOW! BUT COMPARED TO STEVE, HE IS WEE! OR MAYBE IT IS JUST THE ANGLE THEY SHOOT HIM FROM, IDK. OMG OMG KONA & CHIN FAMILY ~DRAMA~

I think I care about Danny's manpain because it revolves around his daughter, and him just wanting to be a good father. Good dads are sexy, IDK. Also, LOL forever at his "If I lose Rachael, I've got no one on this island" and then immediate cut to Steve's concerned face. You were soooo right about the fan service.

I would assume finale for kidnapping...that's how these shows roll, ya know?

OHHH I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO MERLINVERSE FROM YOU.

OKAY FINE: The first time Kona gets really, really drunk, she's fifteen and at a party that's busted by the cops. She doesn't remember much, just music and dancing, then flashing lights and people scrambling, and then a hard arm around her shoulders, dumping her unceremoniously in the back of a car. She passes out to the sound of megaphones, ordering people to come out of house.

She wakes up in Chin's spare bedroom with a killer headache and a mouth of cotton. She stumbles into the kitchen, where the smell of coffee makes her stomach revolt and she lurches to the bathroom. Chin, to his credit, lets her throw up in peace, but when she comes back out he says, eyes furious, "Don't you ever put yourself in that position again. Do you have any idea what could have happened to you?"

She does have an idea. She's grown up with cops, for god's sake. In her adolescent self-righteous anger, Kona storms out of the house and doesn't speak to him for two days, until she finds out at school that most everyone else at the party got a citation for underage drinking.

At the next family barbecue, she brings Chin a beer. "You're welcome," he says, and she nods and walks away. Behind her, Kona can hear her mother saying perplexedly to him, "Don't you mean thank you?" and Kona smiles.

IKR IT'S LIKE CANDY AND IT GETS STUCK IN MY MOLARS AND IT'S GONNA GIVE ME CAVITIES BUT DAMN IF IT DON'T TASTE GOOD. lololol STEVE'S CONCERNED FACE, ikrrrrrr. i c wut u did thar, Show! I see what we're supposed to think! And we'll think it, thanks :D. Did you see ariadnes_string already has Steve/Danny fic up, did you see? I am saving it for until I have finished more work. Oh this show.

Danny is so unapologetic about everything, including loving his daughter. And like, Steve GETS THAT. He knows that's a sore spot. And then in the end Steve helps Danny out with that whole business! aww. I'm still kind of unclear how. But, aww anyway. I am kind of :-/ that his ex-wife is this nebulous faceless entity whose sole purpose is to give Danny manpain. It would be hilariously sad if we never actually meet her. But we probably will, right?

I'd use the word Merlinverse lightly! It is AU. Thank god, because I am nowhere near a past!Britain kind of headspace these days.

OHOHOHOHO, SOUNDS LIKE YOU NEED TO WRITE KONA/CHIN FIC, GURL. :DDDD Well, more of it. AWESOME. Yes! And when everyone is busy shunning Chin for being a skeevy cop, Kona runs after him. And Chin is still bitter all like, "what, what do you want, you shouldn't hang around me right now," but Kona disrespectfully disagrees.

I love how the episode started also, with the Polynesian war dance. Our rugby team in high school had a Kiwi coach, and the team would do this war dance at pep rallies too, so I was like, "Aww, memories!"

That analogy is perrrrfect and totally sums up how I feel about it! Oooh, no I didn't see that! Must go read it.

I definitely will say this for Steve: he does get Danny, even though they're totally different, and he understands that half the time Danny's bark is worse than his bite, and he lets Danny just bitch it out until he's spent. And yeah, :/ about Danny's wife. It would be hilarious if we see her and like, everyone just loves her and Danny's all "O_O", but I doubt the show will go that route.

Haha, well Merlin characters, then. *bounces excitedly*

HEEEE DON'T ENCOURAGE ME. And yeah, they're not doing a too terrible job incorporating Island traditions, it seems?? I think? So good for them on that count.

SWEET JESUS TOOK ME LONG ENOUGH, BUT I FOUND IT.

http://dana.thedudes.nu/gallery/displayimage.php?album=1215&pos=43

Or I hope I did. Regardless, there are forearms, there is kneeling, there is big sexy all over the place, getting over everything, down right unsanitary.

(If you click, it gets BIGGAR. Also, this site (http://dana.thedudes.nu/gallery/index.php?cat=124) in general, okay, I am no longer allowed to click on it at work.)

:DDDDDDDD That is exactly the one! Yes, thank you so much! Holy god, those BICEPS are gonna EAT MY BRAAAAIIIN. uuuuuuuunnnnnnnnffff

*bookmarks the siiiite*

<333!

THAT PICTURE IS NICE

SETS MY HEART AFIRE

I HOPE IN SEASON SIX THERE IS AN EPISODE

WHERE EVERYONE IS CURSED TO BE ALLERGIC TO SHIRTS

or cursed thusly:

ACHOO

dammit there goes my shirt

ACHOO

dammit there go my pants

ACHOO

dammit there goes everything keeping me from roque-clasique's side including the depressing line between fact and fiction

The shirtless disease seems to affect Sam at some point during the season. One can only hope Dean (AND EVERWUN ELS) will catch it from him.

FOURTHWALLITIS, COMING TO A SCREEN NEAR YOU. If it happened to Becky, it could happen to us, right?!

CAN I EMPLOY YOU TO JUST FIND MORE PICTURES FOR ME FOREVER? I CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY YOU BUT I'M SURE IT WILL BE VERY SATISFYING WORK.

PET SHAAAAAAAAAAAAARK.

There are spirits in currents and tides, in coral reefs and mangroves.

The first boy I kissed had a brother who was a mangrove tree. True story.

I WANT TO SIGN UP FOR STONESECRET APOCOSANTA BUT THE ONLY PROMPTS I CAN COME UP WITH ARE CROSSOVERS. I THINK THAT MOVIE JUST EXISTS FOR MISHACEST, YOU KNOW?

:D! Did he have other family members who are non-human? How often did they visit?

SREIOUSLY. I mean, if there are people who like Stonehenge Apocalypse independent of being a Supernatural fan... I mean, do those people exist?

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