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Just read this post about Irene Adler (last thing I reblogged) and me being me I immediately remembered when Sophie dressed as Irene Adler for the Murder Mystery Job (I forget what it was actually called). It suited her because those virtues of Adlers praised in the post Sophie had in spades.

Then it made me think of HG Wells (most thoughts lead back to her to be honest) and how she embodies Irene Adler in all aspects to be honest. Victorian Woman, dressed as a man to have freedom, had many romantic partners and is incredibly intelligent.

I don’t think this post has a point except I guess Irene Adler does exist in media, just possibly not in Sherlock adaptations (I haven’t seen them so I don’t know for sure).

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Watching the early 2000’s Fantastic Four movie and I’m only 10 minutes in and I’ve already remembered what my favourite part is.

Ben Grimm.

His loyalty to Reed, to his friends, is just incredible.

It made me realise that actually I find friendship and loyalty to be key traits in characters, it’s often what makes me like them so much.

Sure I’m a shipper but whomever the characters are they have to be friends too and so I guess what I’m saying is I’m all about friendship in any form.

And while this movie is the butt of a lot of jokes, there is a fair bit of good too, and Ben Grimm and his amazing loyalty to his friends is a big part of that.

OMG I completely forgot the part about his wife leaving him! What a way to repay his loyalty.

Completely breaks my heart when he can’t pick the ring up and then Reed helps him. I like how Reed defended Ben as a hero when the journalist mocked him but I didn’t like how he said “I won’t rest, you’ll be Ben again” because he’s still Ben! I suppose Reed hasn’t come to terms with his own powers yet, they are still calling them symptoms.

That’s the point of this film I guess, growing as people, learning to accept themselves and each other. This film isn’t half-bad really.

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Shit I need another max level Horde as there’s two exclusive questchains to do with Saurfang. I like to see everything! /headdesk

Honestly I’m torn because part of me super loves this kind of choice and compelling gameplay. Nobody was more excited than me I swear on learning about Class Halls. I’d wanted class specific quests for forever. On the other hand not being able to do everything on one character is a little annoying.

*snorts* and it might be a while. My closest is a Level 90 Tauren Pally and with the announcement of Zandalari Pallys I’ve lost interest in leveling it. My next closest is a Level 30 Goblin Rogue (I talk a lot about levelling but I’m very slow at actually doing it).

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anneelliotscat reblogged your post: I had to run a couple of dungeons for the Pride of…

I have the same problem. Most of my alts are in guilds, but I’m still pretty low-level, and are *any* of the dungeons playable as a solo? I like questing and gathering (waiting for the expansion which makes it so you can have unlimited professions!) and I’d love to explore the dungeons. But people run through them at top speed, so I never really learn them. =(

Ugh I know!

I make it a point to read the dungeon journal beforehand but the mentality is always “go! go! go! Pull more!” and so I’m mostly just aoe-ing and trying to keep up as the tank races on ahead. This is another reason why I’m reluctant to queue as tank because I remember from Legion that if I didn’t pull as fast as they wanted, then they’d pull for me and I loathe people pulling for me.

None of the dungeons from the latest expansion are soloable (for me anyway). I did try Shrine of the Storms the other day and found the third trash pack was just too much. Previous expansions though should be ok. I have only done Legion Normals (doing class hall quests) so I’ll have to try the higher difficulties but I don’t see why they would be a problem. Warlords raids are super easy to solo even on mythic, my health barely dipped below 100% at any point. Except for Hellfire Citadel as the mechanics mean I can’t get past the first boss *grumps* (this is all obviously at 120). Soloing at lower levels I could do Warlords dungeons and the raids on normal at 110. Erm at 100 I could do some Mists raids but I think I struggled on the 4th boss in Siege of Orgrimmar. Man I’m trying to remember further back, sorry it’s too many years ago :/

I’m a completionist. I like to do all the quests (Alliance and Horde), get all the achievements, level all the classes, level some classes more than once for the races, level all the professions, go after all the mounts and pets and toys etc. Hehe obviously this isn’t doable. I’d need to play 24/7 for years but hey it provides endless content as I do what I feel like of these things 🙂

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I had to run a couple of dungeons for the Pride of Kul Tiras questline so I was a ret pally and the mage in the group made one hell of a fuss as apparently we took the wrong door down to the basement. Now I have no clue really, I was just following the tank, but it just brought into sharp relief why I haven’t clicked to queue as tank this expansion.

In fact I barely clicked to queue as tank when I was playing during Legion, and I think I did it once when I got Warlords and my pally played so differently (lost abilities, changed stats, the ilevel squish, all in addition to the usual drop in power because we’re levelling again) that I was scared. I’d lost my selfhealing ability which had made me fall in love with tanking in the first place.

Simple fact is that I haven’t really tanked since Mists when I was the main raid tank for my guild. I think I said this in my last rambling post about Warcraft; that I once had a grasp on the game and now I’m just ??? no clue about it all.

Which brings me to my reason for this ramble – Siege of Boralus Mythic.

I have to complete it in order to finish the ‘A Nation United’ quest, get the achievement AND (from my perspective) fulfil the requirement for unlocking the Kul Tiran allied race. Logically I know I’m being dumb as I haven’t finished levelling my Void Elf Priest (and haven’t touched at all the Lightforged Pally, or Nightborne Mage I rolled). So it’s not like I need the Kul Tiran Druid anytime soon (I have a 110 Worgen Druid) but I just like the aesthetics – it looks cool!

BUT as a solo player, without a guild, without friends, and with crippling self-confidence issues – I’m never going to be able to find a group to complete this Mythic, which means I won’t be able to finish this quest until the next expansion when I can (hopefully!) go in and solo it (*insert grumble about Hellfire Citadel not being soloable*).

I guess this ramble is a slight rant because yes Warcraft is a MMO, it isn’t a single player game, but they brought in LFD and LFR so more players could experience all the areas of the game, it is lower difficulty, rewards are less but that’s fine with me! These days I’m just here for the story and to see all the cool stuff. They should have made Siege of Boralus have a heroic mode, and let us do the quest on that.

Anyway I’m going to shut up now. I need to do more Horde side but merlin help me if there’s some kind of Mythic requirement for unlocking the Zandalari allied race – I want my dino!druid and also they can be paladins – paladins! I mean sure I don’t need like a 5th paladin but they just look so cool!

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I can’t believe I waxed lyrical about The Librarians earlier and I didn’t once mention the soundtrack!

That is a totally unforgivable omission and oversight!

Seriously, seriously guys the music composed for this show is spot-on. Characters have their own themes but what I love best is that the music gets me excited for what’s happening on screen even when it’s like the nth time I’ve seen it. The way they play the score to emphasis the exciting bits is just awesome and it puts a smile on my face every single time.

Marie said her DVD is arriving today and mentally my mind brought up the image of the opening shot of Episode 1 AND AND! I heard the music score in my head. Seriously it is that good! Most scores are forgettable, this one is not.

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mariequitecontrarie  asked:

I’m still waiting for my first Librarians DVD to arrive. Tell me what you love best about it!

Oh wow I love this question! I get to metaphorically roll around in the thing that I love hehe *cackles with glee* but I do promise I will try and keep it brief. Alright! *rubs hands together*

The Librarians

I’ve said before that when I watch it, there’s this palpable feeling of warmth. It is comforting to watch, like being wrapped in a nice cosy blanket buuuuuut that’s how it feels! So what do I love best?

Oh man this is so hard to put into words actually, there’s just so much joy. I mean I honestly do love everything about it! The setting, the concept, the plots. Sure it’s not 100% perfect but nothing in life is and even when I go “hmm?” it’s not in a bad way. It’s in like a “that’s good but this might have been better” kind of thing. I’ve watched dozens of shows and pretty much without fail there is at least one episode I blacklist, and never ever rewatch. With this I’ll happily watch every single episode and I’m still super bummed that there isn’t going to be anymore.

Sorry I’m still waxing lyrical and not being specific.

I guess what it boils down to in the end is the characters and their interactions. I’m going to try not to do spoilers, I hope this isn’t too spoilery

  • I love how Jenkins at the beginning was closed-off, pretending not to care, but gradually he came to accept them as colleagues and then they became family. 
  • I love how enthusiastic they all are about their chosen interest. Flynn’s expression when he goes “I do not know and isn’t that fantastic!” because he just loves learning
  • I love how accepting they are of each other. They bicker and they want to help each other become the best versions of themselves but ultimately they care for each other how they are. I really want to get specific here but #NoSpoilers but it does apply in a way to all the characters.
  • I love how everything about them just feels natural. Like they aren’t just reacting to the plot/events, they are bantering with each other.
  • I love how unique their voices are, like how Flynn repeats words or says the same thing three different ways when he gets flustered.
  • I adore how excited Cassandra gets about science. She jumps on the spot and it’s so cute. I mean I just love all of the characters enthusiasm. It makes me happy to watch.
  • I love how the characters evolve (I mentioned Jenkins before) but they all have a journey and it’s subtle and there’s some backsliding but it’s there. They just feel like real people.
  • The dialogue is amazing, the banter and just ugh everything! There’s a lot of quotable/amusing lines – it’s brilliant! 🙂
  • I love that I don’t have a favourite character! I mean sure, I ship Eve and Flynn, but I love all the characters equally. There isn’t anyone I dislike.

Ultimately though, it just comes back to what I was saying at the beginning. What I love most about The Librarians is undefinable in a sense because it’s a gestalt – the show just simply makes me happy. It comforts me when I’m sad, when I watch it I feel like I’m coming home. There is just so much joy somehow wrapped up in a TV show.

The only other show I watch that generates the same sort of warm fuzzy feelings is Leverage, which is actually by the same showrunners/creators. I’m trying to explain this because this warmth/comfort is different from just general love for a show. I mean you know how much I love Stargate right? Well that doesn’t have the same feeling. I enjoy watching it, I love so much about it, but there’s not that warm fuzzy comfy blanket feeling. I’m explaining this really badly, it’s hard to put into words.

aaaaaand that wasn’t brief at all /facepalm

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Oh and while I’m being random I just watched The Grand Tour’s latest episode which was set in China and WOW

So so so so so pretty.

The landscapes, the architecture – the bridges! My word, the bridges are stunning. I felt the immediate need to take a ton of pictures and then try and do some art, I want to paint it, I want to capture that awesome sight somehow because WOW, it was so beautiful and so inspiring.

Not exactly what I expect from a stupid car show that I only watch because the banter between the three presenters is sometimes funny.

How did you find your favourite shows?

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I’m just chatting with a friend and it got me thinking about how chance has played a role in me finding so many of the shows that I love.

– Once Upon a Time, I was flicking through netflix and thought it looked shiny

– Stargate, it was the only show I had heard of when I wanted to test out the new Amazon Prime streaming service

– The Librarians, I saw a banner advert on a website and thought it looked interesting

– Warehouse 13, googling The Librarians said this was similar and I thought it was worth a look

– Killjoys, another chance find on netflix!

– Farscape, tumblr made me do it

– CSI:NY, it was on the real actual TV when mum was doing the ironing, I walked through the living room intending on getting a glass of water and whoops I just watched two episodes (I backwatched CSI: Vegas afterwards).

talk about stars aligning right?

The netflix finds are even more funny when I think I only got netflix in the first place so I could watch Daredevil, which it turns out I really didn’t like.

#or maybe amuses is the wrong word because how different would life be if I had never found Stargate? or Once? and it was only sheer chance#sorry this probably only amuses me

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I was supposed to do some writing stuff …

but now I have a much cleaner house and I’ve done laundry

/facepalm

Honestly the lengths I’ll go to procrastinate!