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So I went to a painting session put on yesterday by the Art Society. This doesn’t match my sketch very well because the brushes were huge and I had no control. I know a bad workman blames the tools but I’m a kindergarten painter and need all the help I can get heh.

I wanted to put the quote on the book “I’m offering you a life of mystery, adventure and a chance to save the world every week, twice before Friday.” But I’m lucky I got ‘library’ on there in a legible fashion.

We also have a Stargate as I’m incapable of having a brush/pen in my hand and not drawing one, the Earth gate symbol, a spaceship and a sort of half hourglass to symbolise HG Wells and half tree of knowledge /shrug.

Just fan things 🙂

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1-3pm has to be one of the more annoying 2 hour blocks for class /whine Add on travelling time and it’s too early for lunch but then starving by the end.

Although I do count myself lucky I don’t have another class directly afterwards as that would suck.

Aaaand I seem to be thinking with my stomach today *rolls eyes at self*

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Has anyone else ever wondered about Peter wearing two suits during Infinity War. Like how did he not go “web” and just web himself inside the suit as both suits responded. Was he getting Karen in stereo? Or was there some kind of super “if statement” going on, where the cloth suit did

if ($ironSpider == ‘yes’) {

shutDown();

}

Considering the cloth suit came first, was there some kind of backdoor update when the Iron Spider was made in case this eventuality ever happened? I mean, that is some bug testing, thinking “hmm, he might be wearing the first suit when he suits up” because like who would expect that?

Tony Stark is one hell of a programmer guys.

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Do you ever think that maybe you have been on tumblr too long when you see something on TV and think “that would make the perfect reaction gif”?

What’s worse is I can’t even make gifs so seriously brain?!?

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Yeah I lied a ‘little’ bit about the shutting up.

I NEED fic about how Myka didn’t really quit because she’d be “second guessing herself forever” and instead quit because she knew that if she had to do it over, she’d do it the same.

The old I can’t trust myself because I can’t stop trusting you trope.

/sigh

I think I’m going to go back and watch the Tomb Raider bit again. When they are both sliding across the grappler line – give me all the AU’s, all of them!

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Ahhhhhh I did not see that coming

I’ve been looking for an appropriate gif but I can’t find one. It’s a long the lines of “oh no you didn’t” and “I tip my hat to you, that was well played, you won this round” and a big dollop of “I wanna know WHY”

Anyway I’m sorry I’ll stop this pseudo-liveblog, I’m just *jaw drop* agog at how awesomely amazing HG Wells is.

Is it wrong that I love her even more now she’s confirmed she’s a grey maybe-villain/definitely on her own side/can’t exactly be trusted but damn she’s good kind of person?

I love characters who have their own agendas and do things that make me scream GAH NO even though we then have to go through the whole “I knew she couldn’t be trusted” “I can’t trust her” thing all over again.

Fascinating. Tell me more.

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Oh Merlin she’s now dressed like Lara Croft.

“I checked, this is what fashionable British archaeologists are wearing these days.”

“No it’s what American filmmakers think they are wearing.”

“Oh. It’s very comfy”

Did I mention that I love her? Because I love her.

With her “dead languages are a hobby” and how my heart breaks for her Cristina 🙁 brilliant, badass and beautiful.

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HG Wells: I know a thing or two about the opposite sex. Many of my lovers were men.

Aka

The scene I just watched 3x in a row.

If I didn’t understand why HG/Myka had by far the most fics on AO3 for Warehouse 13 I do now.

I love her.

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Seeing as today is clearly a rambling day. I need to get something off my chest re: Harry Potter house assignments.

Headcanons differ.

/end

No I’m serious. I was scrolling tumblr last night, right before bed as I was procrastinating trying to sleep, and I saw this awesome gifset for Vala (Stargate SG1). It was one of those character identity ones with all the different personality things, including Hogwarts house obvs. and it was Vala and I love her so I was going to reblog but hesitated because Slytherin? No, no, no, no, I’m sorry, but no. In my head I’m afraid Vala can’t be anything but a Hufflepuff.

(this got long, dammit self)

Yes Vala is cunning and ambitious (the two traits listed on the gifset) but for me her most dominant trait is her heart. It’s not that she’s been hurt over and over and had to become the galaxies best thief/con-artist to survive. The true Vala is the one that flew the cargo ship into the supergate preventing the first Ori attempt at a beachhead. She did that even though they didn’t trust her, or even like her at the time. It’s the Vala that goes to sleep on Sam’s shoulder. Who refuses to give up on Daniel (even when he probably didn’t deserve her loyalty). Once Vala committed to SG-1, her loyalty was unshakeable. It’s the Vala that kept trying to heal those people, even when it didn’t work, even when it was taking too much out of her. She has a lot of defences, humour is one but her need for people isn’t. She craves companionship.

That made me think about other house assignments, and where my headcanon might differ from the usual fandom one.

Rumplestiltskin – I suspect fandom thinks he’s a Slytherin? Well, I have to say Hufflepuff because at his core he’s the spinner who’s loyalty and love for his son made him shatter his ankle, and work himself to the bone to provide for him.

I’m afraid I don’t headcanon Regina as Slytherin either. With her brashness, impatience and blunt-instrument I can’t see her as anything other than a Gryffindor. It must have also taken real courage to stand up to her mother for all those years and risk it all falling in love with Daniel.

This is making it seem like I don’t headcanon Slytherin and that’s not true. I totally do! I love Slytherin, the true Slytherin anyway with purity of purpose rather than blood.

For Once Upon a Time, when it comes to positive reasons, I think the best example of a Slytherin is Henry. His plots were quite advanced for a ten-year-old in trying to get Emma to believe/break the curse. He was sneaky and cunning and he’s persuasive.

Anyway, I’m going to shut up because I’m just rambling about headcanons being different and that being ok because we all see things in our way. This isn’t supposed to be an essay assigning Hogwarts Houses.

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*sniggers* doing my customary rewriting of my bio pre-NaNo and as always 9/10ths of it is me fangirling. I even acknowledge that at the start.

Every year I write a new bio and I talk about my current fandoms. Three years ago I said how much I loved the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Stargate. I then spoke at length about a new favourite – Once Upon a Time. Once has finished now and to be honest I didn’t watch season seven but I’m still active in the fandom, and still writing (or at least thinking about writing) fanfic for it.

I said last year how much I loved Agents of Shield and that is still very true. This long hiatus before the (probable) last season 🙁 is just ugh too long! I want to know what happens next dammit. I’ve recently started watching Warehouse 13 and I’m love with H.G. Wells, Jaime Murray is amazing in every role I’ve ever seen her in and this is no exception. I’m currently mid-way through season two so #nospoilers.

My total favourite *cough* ok obsession, right now has to be The Librarians. Oh man I couldn’t love it more if I tried. I am not admitting how many times I’ve rewatched it (ending at just 42 episodes is so cruel) but wow I don’t think I’ve ever watched a show (not even Stargate, my absolute all-time favourite) which makes me as happy as The Librarians does. It is just such a happy show. The enthusiasm they have for learning, and the comedy and the banter and just everything – I love it!

I would be remiss in failing to mention Killjoys, which alas only has one more season left, but at least the writers got a ton of notice so I’m expecting it to wrap up well. I’m also watching Black Lightning. I think that’s it?

Nope nearly forgot Timeless, Garcy ftw!

Still if I’m going to fall in love with a bunch of new shows, at least I mostly picked cancelled ones, which is better for my time even if I’m still sad that there is no more.

Quite why EVERY SINGLE YEAR I seem to think this is necessary content for a bio is beyond me. BUT every year I flail over TV that I love. Every year!

*sniggers harder* actually I’m wondering if maybe it’s me subconsciously doing a big rude gesture to the established ‘wisdom’ when it comes to writing. You know the old “you have to read in order to write” cliche. I tend to believe that you have to be exposed to good stories, and I’m not picky about the form. I think TV has a lot to recommend it when it comes to mining for writing tools: inspirational visuals, snappy dialogue, a clear act structure etc.

Oh man in class yesterday the lecturer was asking what people were currently reading. The students that spoke up were all reading ‘worthy’ books (or so they said). The lecturer said that she didn’t mind what we said, that even if we we reading say Neil Gaiman it was ok (I was like ??? that this was her example of ‘low’ literature because really?). I was soooo tempted to say that I was reading fanfic just to shock everyone but I was too much of a coward.

Oh and one more funny thing about yesterdays class. We read this poem and the commentary on it was “most people reading this had no idea it was a love poem” and I really struggled not to laugh because I must have read too much fanfic, as it screamed dom/sub dynamic, it was like poetic erotica.

I’m going to shut up now.

#but as I’m too afraid to speak my mind I will probably never find out if they are also biting their tongues#I love writing and I love books but usually if I read something that purports to be literary then I think it is snobby and crap#I wish I could know whether I’m alone in this on the course or if any of my fellow students feel the same way#ok I shouldn’t say crap I should say not to my taste because casting judgement is bad but well that is what I’m thinking even if I don’t say#seriously sometimes I wonder if maybe I’m not a good fit for an English Lit course