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DEATH BY MONKEYS
So I guess I am watching Vampire Diaries now! idk, apparently the CW is a catching disease. Much like when I started watching SPN, my reactions are mostly, "lol, what cheese, oh god i can't stop watching." Speaking of which, here is a summary of a scene from the pilot:
YOUNG BRO: Ah, home after a hard day of being totally normal. But wait, my spidey senses are tingling.
OLDER BRO: It is I, your estranged brother! Breaking and entering into your home, as one does!
YOUNG BRO: GASP.
OLDER BRO: Come back to the life, man. Remember all the fun and UST we used to have?
YOUNG BRO: No, I have left all that behind me! Go invade someone else's personal space!
BOTH BROS: [Fisticuffs.]
Furthermore, look what I found on the intertubes: 8 Reasons Sam/Dean Fans Should Watch The Vampire Diaries
-- They do a good job of fooling you into thinking that Stefan is the unEdward, but LO AND BEHOLD, it is Damon who is creeping on Elena as she sleeps. LOLOL. Well-played, show.
-- I am tremendously amused by Stefan's history-off with the dickwad history teacher. k I admit, some of that stuff I didn't know either, but are we supposed to be impressed that Stefan knows what years the WW2 and the Korean War ended? And when Pearl Harbor was?
-- The only ship I'm shipping so far is Matt/Vicki, because idk. I'm constructing backstory for them in my head already. Matt is surprisingly compelling for being such a textbook woobie.
-- You know who else is surprisingly compelling? Caroline. She does dumb and selfish things, but her motivations ring pretty true for a teenager who just wants to be special, and she ends up breaking my heart all the more because of it.
-- This show is more than just the SPN vampire love triangle AU, but I watch it like it is anyway.
So expect more of that noise! Perhaps a crossover or three. In other news, my flist is reminding me that I should get to the Who finale at some point. But first! I watched Toy Story 3. Here are spoilers!
-- Mr. Potatohead! Mr. Potatohead is on a flatbread! I am sorry, I am sorry, but I am ruined for the ability to handle any tortilla without staring fixedly at it and going, "Are you there, God? It's me, Lassiter." Mr. Tortillahead was so great and cute and CREEPY, which are three adjectives that can also be used to describe the entire movie. I mean, the security monkey? Big baby? (OH GOD BIG BABY. OPENING THE BATHROOM DOOR LIKE SOMEONE DRUNK IN THE MIDDLE OF DAY AND NOT EXPECTING VISITORS. AUGH. big babyyyyyy sitting quietly on the swing set and staring at the moon!)
-- The opening scene with DEATH BY MONKEYS and FORCE FIELD DOGS and DINOSAURS THAT EAT FORCE FIELD DOGS pretty much owns my goddamn heart. TROLLS!!! <333
-- THE OPENING SHORT, WITH NIGHT AND DAY. WAS THE FUCKING BEST. I kinda want fic for it.
-- re: trailers. What is this owls-on-magical-quest movie?! It looks amazing!
-- FIC #1: Where did those toy soldiers go after they parachuted away? What adventures did they have? What did they see? What did they do? Did they miss home? Did they help each other? Did they tell each other stories? Did they meet other toys along the way? Did they try to be someone else's toys? Why are they only three of them? Wasn't there a bucket of them? Probably the bucket got sold at a yard sale, but these three were lost under the bed or behind the desk or something. And then when they crawled back out after the yard sale drama is over, they find each other again and it is grim relief. Survivor's guilt. Andy is growing up and sometimes being lost is the best way to stick around.
Woody tells them it's good to know you guys are still here and means every word, because Woody is just that kind of guy. But the thing is, the soldiers were legion once. Now they are three. What can they do as three? Some operations are now impossible. They have to adjust their style. They go through the strange process of familiarizing themselves with identity, both each others' and their own. Each other's little quirks. When the bucket went, so did any pretense of anonymity. One of the soldier's arms is creased after being stepped on that one time, so he can't hold rope as well. Another soldier's base is a little wide; he is the slowest runner.
And where are they now? What are they doing? I hope they're doing well, or at least interestingly.
-- And actually all the Toy Story movies imply that there is some underground world of itinerant toys just wandering all over the landscape. FIC #2: Trying to find previous owners, trying to find new owners, trying to find old friends or new friends. Toys with their own agenda and questions that can no longer be answered within the confines of children's bedrooms. In a gas station, you're refilling your tank and don't notice when a teddy bear clambers in through the front window and crawls under the seat. It is trying to get to Newark, and it is running out of time. And then, there are the toys who have given up on children and owners and humans altogether. Some settle down and make a home somewhere. A beanie baby living in the hollow of a tree.
-- FIC #3: After endless cycles of love and abandonment by kids who always grow up, Woody thinks that maybe now he is ready to go to the dump.
-- FIC #4: AU where Andy does take Woody to college after all. Woody makes friends with Andy's bong.
YOUNG BRO: Ah, home after a hard day of being totally normal. But wait, my spidey senses are tingling.
OLDER BRO: It is I, your estranged brother! Breaking and entering into your home, as one does!
YOUNG BRO: GASP.
OLDER BRO: Come back to the life, man. Remember all the fun and UST we used to have?
YOUNG BRO: No, I have left all that behind me! Go invade someone else's personal space!
BOTH BROS: [Fisticuffs.]
Furthermore, look what I found on the intertubes: 8 Reasons Sam/Dean Fans Should Watch The Vampire Diaries
-- They do a good job of fooling you into thinking that Stefan is the unEdward, but LO AND BEHOLD, it is Damon who is creeping on Elena as she sleeps. LOLOL. Well-played, show.
-- I am tremendously amused by Stefan's history-off with the dickwad history teacher. k I admit, some of that stuff I didn't know either, but are we supposed to be impressed that Stefan knows what years the WW2 and the Korean War ended? And when Pearl Harbor was?
-- The only ship I'm shipping so far is Matt/Vicki, because idk. I'm constructing backstory for them in my head already. Matt is surprisingly compelling for being such a textbook woobie.
-- You know who else is surprisingly compelling? Caroline. She does dumb and selfish things, but her motivations ring pretty true for a teenager who just wants to be special, and she ends up breaking my heart all the more because of it.
-- This show is more than just the SPN vampire love triangle AU, but I watch it like it is anyway.
So expect more of that noise! Perhaps a crossover or three. In other news, my flist is reminding me that I should get to the Who finale at some point. But first! I watched Toy Story 3. Here are spoilers!
-- Mr. Potatohead! Mr. Potatohead is on a flatbread! I am sorry, I am sorry, but I am ruined for the ability to handle any tortilla without staring fixedly at it and going, "Are you there, God? It's me, Lassiter." Mr. Tortillahead was so great and cute and CREEPY, which are three adjectives that can also be used to describe the entire movie. I mean, the security monkey? Big baby? (OH GOD BIG BABY. OPENING THE BATHROOM DOOR LIKE SOMEONE DRUNK IN THE MIDDLE OF DAY AND NOT EXPECTING VISITORS. AUGH. big babyyyyyy sitting quietly on the swing set and staring at the moon!)
-- The opening scene with DEATH BY MONKEYS and FORCE FIELD DOGS and DINOSAURS THAT EAT FORCE FIELD DOGS pretty much owns my goddamn heart. TROLLS!!! <333
-- THE OPENING SHORT, WITH NIGHT AND DAY. WAS THE FUCKING BEST. I kinda want fic for it.
-- re: trailers. What is this owls-on-magical-quest movie?! It looks amazing!
-- FIC #1: Where did those toy soldiers go after they parachuted away? What adventures did they have? What did they see? What did they do? Did they miss home? Did they help each other? Did they tell each other stories? Did they meet other toys along the way? Did they try to be someone else's toys? Why are they only three of them? Wasn't there a bucket of them? Probably the bucket got sold at a yard sale, but these three were lost under the bed or behind the desk or something. And then when they crawled back out after the yard sale drama is over, they find each other again and it is grim relief. Survivor's guilt. Andy is growing up and sometimes being lost is the best way to stick around.
Woody tells them it's good to know you guys are still here and means every word, because Woody is just that kind of guy. But the thing is, the soldiers were legion once. Now they are three. What can they do as three? Some operations are now impossible. They have to adjust their style. They go through the strange process of familiarizing themselves with identity, both each others' and their own. Each other's little quirks. When the bucket went, so did any pretense of anonymity. One of the soldier's arms is creased after being stepped on that one time, so he can't hold rope as well. Another soldier's base is a little wide; he is the slowest runner.
And where are they now? What are they doing? I hope they're doing well, or at least interestingly.
-- And actually all the Toy Story movies imply that there is some underground world of itinerant toys just wandering all over the landscape. FIC #2: Trying to find previous owners, trying to find new owners, trying to find old friends or new friends. Toys with their own agenda and questions that can no longer be answered within the confines of children's bedrooms. In a gas station, you're refilling your tank and don't notice when a teddy bear clambers in through the front window and crawls under the seat. It is trying to get to Newark, and it is running out of time. And then, there are the toys who have given up on children and owners and humans altogether. Some settle down and make a home somewhere. A beanie baby living in the hollow of a tree.
-- FIC #3: After endless cycles of love and abandonment by kids who always grow up, Woody thinks that maybe now he is ready to go to the dump.
-- FIC #4: AU where Andy does take Woody to college after all. Woody makes friends with Andy's bong.