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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.
[originally posted at http://whynot.dreamwidth.org/35862.html |
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2) Important question: WHAT THE HELL WAS CAS DOING ALL HIATUS? Post your speculation here:
THE BETWEEN SEASON CASPARTY
3)
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.
[originally posted at http://whynot.dreamwidth.org/35862.html |