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Well, the boiler's up and running -- I completely underestimated how hot it would get today, though. And to top it off, I couldn't deposit my FRICKING PAYCHECK!
-M: O.O Holy shit!-
I know. Some days, that job seems REALLY more than what it's worth.
-OD: I assume that's why you didn't open up WordPerfect until late.-
Well, that and I thought I was going to play Sims. Didn't pan out though.
-RPD: *pout*-
Aww, no, I'll play tomorrow, I promise!
-TD: You have to make your backups too, don't forget.-
I won't. After my parents' computer fiasco, I'll be sure to do that religiously.
Anyway, I have some memes to do, then a persistant plotbunny to get rid of. First, the "Fandom by Proxy" meme I posted a bit ago:
Say everything you know about those of your friends' fandoms that you know only through fannish representations, rather than through ever having watched any.
I'll be going with my three main LJ friends' three main fandoms here:
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martyfan with Stargate: SG-1: There's these four people -- Jack O'Neill, Sam Carter, Daniel Jackson, and Teal'c. They fight crime. No, wait, they go to other planets fighting an intensely evil alien race called the Goa'uld. Goa'ulds are parasites who "possess" other aliens (namely displaced humans) and have a tendency to masquerade as Ancient Egyptian Gods. The main method of getting to the other planets is the giant spinny thing of doom, also known as the titular Stargate. SG-1 is the team, made up of two military personell (Jack, a Colonel, and Sam, a Captain (and scientist) -- both later get promotions), a civilian archeologist/linguist (Daniel, though he gets into the military thing as the series progresses) and an alien called a Jaffa, the "slave race" under the Goa'uld -- the Goa'uld actually use them for incubating young (Teal'c -- he's the former First Prime to one of the big, big bads). There's also lots of other aliens -- displaced, mutated humanity; the Asgard, your typical gray, big-eyed, big-headed alien (think X-Files); the Ancients, who are people who have ascended to a higher plane of existence; and many others. After about seven seasons, the Goa'uld are pretty much defeated. Enter new team members -- Jack is promoted and leaves for Washington, leaving a space for Cameron Mitchell (I nearly said Ben Browder), and a blast from the past in the shape of an attractive alien girl named Vala -- and a new bad guy -- the Ori, basically evil Ancients who have started their own religion and who can give their priests, Priors, amazing powers, at the cost of being immolated if they turn from Origin. Cue a King Arthur arc, Daniel doing the bad guy thing, Vala doing all she can to get into Daniel's pants, and the people at Sci-Fi deciding to cancel the show after 10 seasons, which means the Ori thing is being sadly rushed.
Also, Daniel has infinite life powerups -- he keeps dying and getting better.
(And this is the LIGHT version -- Ael talks about this thing a LOT.)
gigs_83 with Dr. Who: Alien from the planet Gallifrey goes renegade and transverses time and space in a stolen time machine called a TARDIS. Said TARDIS is stuck looking eternally like a police call box (NOT a phone booth) despite the Doctor's best efforts to fix this. He collects companions like trading cards. Apparently had a granddaughter in the first season, named Susan Foreman. Is capable of regenerating 12 times, for a total of 13 forms, whenever his current body becomes unsuitable for life (like, say, after absorbing the energy of the Time Vortex) -- currently on form 10, according to the new series. Has two hearts and a sonic screwdriver. Can fix history if need be, or just go sightseeing (I think) -- paradoxes, however, are right out. Otherwise giant flying killer time lizards will eat you. No, really. TARDIS is apparently an organic thingamajiger. Has a granddaughter somewhere out there named Susan (what DID happen to her?). Main enemys are giant pepper-shaker-armored aliens called Daleks (I can hear you all going EXTERMINATE! already) and a fellow "Time Lord" called The Master, who appears to be a walking cliche (if a very effective one). Has gone up against Dr. Brown and Marty McFly in two online "grudge matches," along with other contestants (one added Dr. Peabody and Sherman to the mix, while the other had Bill and Ted and Sam and Al (Quantum Leap.)) The Doctor won one, Doc and Marty won the other -- the ultimate winner has yet to be determined.
anonymoose_au with George III: Well, she calls this a fandom, and I don't want to leave her out. Historical fiction, perhaps? (She does want to write a book on the guy.) Let's see -- obviously the King which we Americans fought against in the Revolutionary war. Had 16 kids by his wife Queen Charlette. (I'm spelling that wrong, I know I am.) Had a very complicated family history that I've read about in Moose's journal, but don't claim to quite understand. Went very mad in his later years. Had one hell of a great library, though. Apparently thought July 4th, 1776 was a day on which nothing special happened -- were you wrong! Now has a sim version who knows how to get down.
-VD2: Was the snark really necessary?-
It's late and I'm tired and giggly. Sorry yours is so much shorter, Moose.
And this meme, which I got fromdarkjediprinces:
Pick six fandoms and answer the following questions
1. Back To The Future
2. Alice In Wonderland
3. Girl Genius
4. Narbonic
5. Corpse Bride
6. Harry Potter
1. Who is your favorite character from #2?
From Alice, it's definitely the Mad Hatter. Primarily in his Disney or American McGee incarnations.
2. Who is your least favorite character from #4?
Hmmmm. I don't think I outright hate anyone from Narbonic -- Oooh, I know. The superintelligent hamsters Dana the insane gerbil created. Those guys turned out to be total jerks. (It's a long story.)
3. What would a crossover between #1 and #5 include?
BTTF/Corpse Bride? Hmmmm. . . . I imagine Doc and Marty ending up in the village in that year, and maybe messing things up even further in regards to Victor's marriage woes. I'm also planning to maybe stick a Doc and Marty corpse cameo into "Corpse Mask," if I ever write that.
4. Who is your favorite ship from #6?
Harry Potter? The non-canonical Neville/Luna. I'm a proud HMS Government Stole My Toad shipper.
5. If you were to set one person from #3 and one person from #6 on a blind date, who would they be?
Send someone from Girl Genius on a date with a Harry Potter character? Cripes. That's a recipe for disaster no matter how you slice it. Gil might like Hermione -- they're both smart, and Hermione's witchcraft is pretty much equal to Sparkiness.
6. If you could meet one person from #4 and spend the whole day with them, who would it be and what would you do?
Someone from Narbonic?! Though I'd definitely be tempted with Artie or Helen, gotta go with Madblood. I'd ask him to work his techno-magic on my computer (he IS a Mad Scientist, maybe he could get it to work properly). In return, I'd call him Wolf and give him a nice dinner. (What, he's cute!)
7. If you could change one thing about #2's plot, what would you change?
Change something about Alice's plot? But I like Alice the way it is! Though if I could change any Alice, I'd put the Mock Turtle and the Gryphon back into the Disney version. The Lobster Quadrille is one of my favorite songs from the book.
8. Explain a relationship between two people (it doesn't have to be romantic) from show #5, and why you like the relationship between them?
Victor and Emily from Corpse Bride. It's the main relationship of the movie, and I like seeing it evolve from Victor being so terrified of the dead girl to actually starting to like her. The piano duet is such a nice scene. Dead people like Victor!
9. If the lead title character (first name in the credits) from #1 and #3 were both drowning and you could save one of them, who would you pick?
Marty from BTTF or Agatha from Girl Genius?! Ack! My first instinct is to go with Marty, but, actually, Agatha might be the better choice. Being a Spark, she could probably invent something fast to save Marty once I got her. (Hell, just waterproof some dingbots and send them in.)
10. If you could change the title characters' order in the credits for #4, what order would you choose?
Narbonic really doesn't have title credits, being a webcomic. However, I'm sure most people would list Helen first in the characters, when the comic's really mostly about DAVE'S evolution. So I'd put them Dave, Helen, Mell, Artie.
11. If you were able to add a new character, any kind of character, to #6, what would the character be like and what would their role be?
Harry Potter? Could I really do that without getting cries of "Sue!" My hope for a new character would be perhaps a new descendant of one of the founders, like Rowena Ravenclaw or Godric Gryffindor. Their role would be to help Harry find one of the Horcruxes, as Voldemort wanted to have something from each founder in the collection.
12. What happens in your favorite episode of show #2?
Guess in Alice that would be chapter -- which is the Mad Tea Party. Alice joins the Hatter and the Hare at their neverending tea party, gets insulted quite a bit, and depending on the version you see, never gets to have any tea, as the Hatter's always shouting "Clean cup! Clean cup! Move down!"
13. If you could kill off one of the characters of #1, who would it be and how would you do it?
1985-A Biff. He has to be one of the most evil of the Tannens, killing George and forcing Lorraine to marry him. I'd shoot him the same way he shot George, and make it look like a suicide. Though the temptation to beat him with a croquet mallet is strong.
14. If you got the chance to visit the set of either #3 or #5, which would you choose?
Girl Genius or Corpse Bride? Girl Genius all the way! I want to visit Mechanicsburg and hear the history of the Doom Bell! Steampunk technology for all! And dingbots!
15. So I saved the best question for last. If you could date anyone from any of these shows, which show and which person?
You really need to ask? *pounces on Doc from BTTF*
-D: I knew this would happen.-
Okay, now to attempt writing. Though I'll probably end up reading the Agony Booth review of "Overdrawn at the Memory Bank" instead.
-DW: Well, you have to do something with this plotbunny sometime.-
I know, I know. . . .
Well, the boiler's up and running -- I completely underestimated how hot it would get today, though. And to top it off, I couldn't deposit my FRICKING PAYCHECK!
-M: O.O Holy shit!-
I know. Some days, that job seems REALLY more than what it's worth.
-OD: I assume that's why you didn't open up WordPerfect until late.-
Well, that and I thought I was going to play Sims. Didn't pan out though.
-RPD: *pout*-
Aww, no, I'll play tomorrow, I promise!
-TD: You have to make your backups too, don't forget.-
I won't. After my parents' computer fiasco, I'll be sure to do that religiously.
Anyway, I have some memes to do, then a persistant plotbunny to get rid of. First, the "Fandom by Proxy" meme I posted a bit ago:
Say everything you know about those of your friends' fandoms that you know only through fannish representations, rather than through ever having watched any.
I'll be going with my three main LJ friends' three main fandoms here:
martyfan with Stargate: SG-1: There's these four people -- Jack O'Neill, Sam Carter, Daniel Jackson, and Teal'c. They fight crime. No, wait, they go to other planets fighting an intensely evil alien race called the Goa'uld. Goa'ulds are parasites who "possess" other aliens (namely displaced humans) and have a tendency to masquerade as Ancient Egyptian Gods. The main method of getting to the other planets is the giant spinny thing of doom, also known as the titular Stargate. SG-1 is the team, made up of two military personell (Jack, a Colonel, and Sam, a Captain (and scientist) -- both later get promotions), a civilian archeologist/linguist (Daniel, though he gets into the military thing as the series progresses) and an alien called a Jaffa, the "slave race" under the Goa'uld -- the Goa'uld actually use them for incubating young (Teal'c -- he's the former First Prime to one of the big, big bads). There's also lots of other aliens -- displaced, mutated humanity; the Asgard, your typical gray, big-eyed, big-headed alien (think X-Files); the Ancients, who are people who have ascended to a higher plane of existence; and many others. After about seven seasons, the Goa'uld are pretty much defeated. Enter new team members -- Jack is promoted and leaves for Washington, leaving a space for Cameron Mitchell (I nearly said Ben Browder), and a blast from the past in the shape of an attractive alien girl named Vala -- and a new bad guy -- the Ori, basically evil Ancients who have started their own religion and who can give their priests, Priors, amazing powers, at the cost of being immolated if they turn from Origin. Cue a King Arthur arc, Daniel doing the bad guy thing, Vala doing all she can to get into Daniel's pants, and the people at Sci-Fi deciding to cancel the show after 10 seasons, which means the Ori thing is being sadly rushed.Also, Daniel has infinite life powerups -- he keeps dying and getting better.
(And this is the LIGHT version -- Ael talks about this thing a LOT.)
gigs_83 with Dr. Who: Alien from the planet Gallifrey goes renegade and transverses time and space in a stolen time machine called a TARDIS. Said TARDIS is stuck looking eternally like a police call box (NOT a phone booth) despite the Doctor's best efforts to fix this. He collects companions like trading cards. Apparently had a granddaughter in the first season, named Susan Foreman. Is capable of regenerating 12 times, for a total of 13 forms, whenever his current body becomes unsuitable for life (like, say, after absorbing the energy of the Time Vortex) -- currently on form 10, according to the new series. Has two hearts and a sonic screwdriver. Can fix history if need be, or just go sightseeing (I think) -- paradoxes, however, are right out. Otherwise giant flying killer time lizards will eat you. No, really. TARDIS is apparently an organic thingamajiger. Has a granddaughter somewhere out there named Susan (what DID happen to her?). Main enemys are giant pepper-shaker-armored aliens called Daleks (I can hear you all going EXTERMINATE! already) and a fellow "Time Lord" called The Master, who appears to be a walking cliche (if a very effective one). Has gone up against Dr. Brown and Marty McFly in two online "grudge matches," along with other contestants (one added Dr. Peabody and Sherman to the mix, while the other had Bill and Ted and Sam and Al (Quantum Leap.)) The Doctor won one, Doc and Marty won the other -- the ultimate winner has yet to be determined.anonymoose_au with George III: Well, she calls this a fandom, and I don't want to leave her out. Historical fiction, perhaps? (She does want to write a book on the guy.) Let's see -- obviously the King which we Americans fought against in the Revolutionary war. Had 16 kids by his wife Queen Charlette. (I'm spelling that wrong, I know I am.) Had a very complicated family history that I've read about in Moose's journal, but don't claim to quite understand. Went very mad in his later years. Had one hell of a great library, though. Apparently thought July 4th, 1776 was a day on which nothing special happened -- were you wrong! Now has a sim version who knows how to get down.-VD2: Was the snark really necessary?-
It's late and I'm tired and giggly. Sorry yours is so much shorter, Moose.
And this meme, which I got from
darkjediprinces:Pick six fandoms and answer the following questions
1. Back To The Future
2. Alice In Wonderland
3. Girl Genius
4. Narbonic
5. Corpse Bride
6. Harry Potter
1. Who is your favorite character from #2?
From Alice, it's definitely the Mad Hatter. Primarily in his Disney or American McGee incarnations.
2. Who is your least favorite character from #4?
Hmmmm. I don't think I outright hate anyone from Narbonic -- Oooh, I know. The superintelligent hamsters Dana the insane gerbil created. Those guys turned out to be total jerks. (It's a long story.)
3. What would a crossover between #1 and #5 include?
BTTF/Corpse Bride? Hmmmm. . . . I imagine Doc and Marty ending up in the village in that year, and maybe messing things up even further in regards to Victor's marriage woes. I'm also planning to maybe stick a Doc and Marty corpse cameo into "Corpse Mask," if I ever write that.
4. Who is your favorite ship from #6?
Harry Potter? The non-canonical Neville/Luna. I'm a proud HMS Government Stole My Toad shipper.
5. If you were to set one person from #3 and one person from #6 on a blind date, who would they be?
Send someone from Girl Genius on a date with a Harry Potter character? Cripes. That's a recipe for disaster no matter how you slice it. Gil might like Hermione -- they're both smart, and Hermione's witchcraft is pretty much equal to Sparkiness.
6. If you could meet one person from #4 and spend the whole day with them, who would it be and what would you do?
Someone from Narbonic?! Though I'd definitely be tempted with Artie or Helen, gotta go with Madblood. I'd ask him to work his techno-magic on my computer (he IS a Mad Scientist, maybe he could get it to work properly). In return, I'd call him Wolf and give him a nice dinner. (What, he's cute!)
7. If you could change one thing about #2's plot, what would you change?
Change something about Alice's plot? But I like Alice the way it is! Though if I could change any Alice, I'd put the Mock Turtle and the Gryphon back into the Disney version. The Lobster Quadrille is one of my favorite songs from the book.
8. Explain a relationship between two people (it doesn't have to be romantic) from show #5, and why you like the relationship between them?
Victor and Emily from Corpse Bride. It's the main relationship of the movie, and I like seeing it evolve from Victor being so terrified of the dead girl to actually starting to like her. The piano duet is such a nice scene. Dead people like Victor!
9. If the lead title character (first name in the credits) from #1 and #3 were both drowning and you could save one of them, who would you pick?
Marty from BTTF or Agatha from Girl Genius?! Ack! My first instinct is to go with Marty, but, actually, Agatha might be the better choice. Being a Spark, she could probably invent something fast to save Marty once I got her. (Hell, just waterproof some dingbots and send them in.)
10. If you could change the title characters' order in the credits for #4, what order would you choose?
Narbonic really doesn't have title credits, being a webcomic. However, I'm sure most people would list Helen first in the characters, when the comic's really mostly about DAVE'S evolution. So I'd put them Dave, Helen, Mell, Artie.
11. If you were able to add a new character, any kind of character, to #6, what would the character be like and what would their role be?
Harry Potter? Could I really do that without getting cries of "Sue!" My hope for a new character would be perhaps a new descendant of one of the founders, like Rowena Ravenclaw or Godric Gryffindor. Their role would be to help Harry find one of the Horcruxes, as Voldemort wanted to have something from each founder in the collection.
12. What happens in your favorite episode of show #2?
Guess in Alice that would be chapter -- which is the Mad Tea Party. Alice joins the Hatter and the Hare at their neverending tea party, gets insulted quite a bit, and depending on the version you see, never gets to have any tea, as the Hatter's always shouting "Clean cup! Clean cup! Move down!"
13. If you could kill off one of the characters of #1, who would it be and how would you do it?
1985-A Biff. He has to be one of the most evil of the Tannens, killing George and forcing Lorraine to marry him. I'd shoot him the same way he shot George, and make it look like a suicide. Though the temptation to beat him with a croquet mallet is strong.
14. If you got the chance to visit the set of either #3 or #5, which would you choose?
Girl Genius or Corpse Bride? Girl Genius all the way! I want to visit Mechanicsburg and hear the history of the Doom Bell! Steampunk technology for all! And dingbots!
15. So I saved the best question for last. If you could date anyone from any of these shows, which show and which person?
You really need to ask? *pounces on Doc from BTTF*
-D: I knew this would happen.-
Okay, now to attempt writing. Though I'll probably end up reading the Agony Booth review of "Overdrawn at the Memory Bank" instead.
-DW: Well, you have to do something with this plotbunny sometime.-
I know, I know. . . .
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Date: 2007-07-07 05:46 am (UTC)Has a granddaughter somewhere out there named Susan (what DID happen to her?)
Her final regular appearance as a companion was The Dalek Invasion of Earth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dalek_Invasion_of_Earth). She fell in love with a guy named David Campbell. Torn between David and the Doctor, the Doctor makes the decision whether she's to stay or not for her. He locks her out of the TARDIS and tells her that he wants her to have a home and that David will take care of her. She makes one other TV appearance in The Five Doctors (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Five_Doctors), but they don't mention anything about her leaving. She's in some books, but I don't read 'em. ^^
You did a good job. ^^v
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Date: 2007-07-08 02:11 am (UTC)Ahhh, I see. Hope she and David had a happy life together, then.
Thanks! I tried, despite the late hour.
Hey everything's a Fandom...I Think...
He had 15 kids actually, and it's Charlotte, but with names these days who knows how to spell!
As for the 4th July thing, that's just a legend, and even if it wasn't not having an email address or telephone GIII could hardly know WHAT went down on 4th July until weeks after the fact. :O)
And his Sim version really DOES know how to boogie!
Re: Hey everything's a Fandom...I Think...
Date: 2007-07-08 02:13 am (UTC)*facepalm* Bleh, I see. I'm blaming all the mistakes on the late hour -- I was tired.
LOL, he does! *loves those icons*
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Date: 2007-07-07 12:21 pm (UTC)...I am such a sad little addict.no subject
Date: 2007-07-08 02:13 am (UTC)I'm a sad little addict with my own set of stuff, so no worries.