Ducks - You say that like it's a bad thing.

All my dragons assorted magnificent and wondrous creatures will live here permanently, please feel free to click the cut to give views, and click the eggs and other creatures to help them grow! :D

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And aren't sick of seeing them on my posts every day... :D

As I said, I'll just be posting eggs or reminders from now on, because I've set all my various creatures up in a permanent holding pen:

On Dreamwidth: http://theantijoss.dreamwidth.org/33482.html

On Livejournal: http://theantijoss.livejournal.com/334668.html

On Insanejournal: http://theantijoss.insanejournal.com/282246.html

I also post the eggs twice a day on the_hatchery if you're a member there.

Phew. I actually have been at this on and off all day while nursing a headache and OMG FRETTING OVER TRUE BLOOD!

Ehem. I'll leave that off until I have something coherent to say. :D

Anyway, for those of you not really into the dragon thing, but who have been following the ONGOING AS THE DRAGONS DO... STUFF:

You may remember that TBJessica lowered herself to allow Big Swirly to mate with her, and they produced an egg. Well, here she is! TADA!

+ = LILSWIRLY NICJESSICA

I know it's a dumb name, but I want to make sure any hatchlings reflect their heritage. YAY! Give her a pat if you like!

Looks like Little Pastel Cloudy is about to hatch too!

And now I'm off to bed.

One problem with watching TV on the computer is that when my attention wanders, I have to switch away from the screen and only have audio, which I tend to tune out. When the TV is on, I seem to miss less somehow. I wish I could hook up my laptop to the TV -- wirelessly, of course. But only the video part. Like my computer is my cable box, you know? There has to be technology like that out there, doesn't there?

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So I finished Season 1 of Legend of the Seeker last night. I want to watch it again IMMEDIATELY, but did anybody else feel like the finale was kind of anti-climactic? I don't know, it seems like( Read more... )

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Okay, sometimes Facebook is good for fun stuff. *G*



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(Okay, yes, I am pathetic, let's get that out of the way up front. I am aware of this, and I don't care.)

JESSICA FINALLY MATED! I decided to give she and Big Swirly a chance to get it on, and THEY DID! LOOK!



It's my first baby dragon! I'm so proud. *sniff* I wonder who she'll look like? I'm hoping she'll have green and red and be female so I can name her GAILA! I need to name my bloodline... I should just call it "auDucks". *G*

Now say hi to the rest of the dragon spam Pen! *G*

RIP Eunice Kennedy Shriver. Thank you for the Special Olympics.

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You guys, THIS is what the much reviled "Club Nice" is all about: DBAD - DON'T BE A DICK.

Seriously, how much better would our planet be if we were just NICE to each other? BEING KIND DOESN'T HURT.

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Had the weirdest dream last night -- 1st great love and last great love, and me in a gym? Like a high school gym, eating at a salad bar. I lost my shoes, missed the bus, and had to get a ride home with the latter in his Lamborghini (which, uh, he so doesn't have. Although he had a sports car once upon a time. He used to be such a label conscious yuppie.). Oh, and former wanted to go dancing, but only at a "rainbow kind of place." Dudes... WTF?

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I think I end up taking this book nerd meme a couple of times a year.

The BBC believes most people will have read only 6 of the 100 books here. How do your reading habits stack up?

Instructions: Look at the list and put an X after those you have read. Tag other book nerds.( Read more... )

You know, I suspect all my book nerd friends have done this already -- probably several times, like me. So I'll just randomly tag some. *G* divajess, yourlibrarian, [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]

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Top SIXTEEN awesome women of fandom! Come by and vote for your favorites! Come on, guys -- ELIZABETH BENNETT IS BEATING FAITH! Do not allow this travesty to happen! Plus, Miss Piggy and River Tam are NECK AND NECK -- do you know what Piggy will do if she loses?

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Damn picky ass dragons! So... As you can see, I have a couple new adults in the pen! The silly, fat pink one is Andy Bellefleur, and the lovely purple one is Pam Ravenscroft (Another female! YAY!) Well, the first thing I did with Pam was try and mate her with Rosey... and you might be able to guess what happened. They "wouldn't go anywhere near each other" WTF, you guys? I want a pretty purple and pink dragon! *sigh* Well, we'll just have to try again next week.

That DDOS attack on LJ, Twitter and Facebook Thursday? TOTALLY SCARY AND NUTS, MAN!

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Supernatural fans!

Wow. This made me really stop and think. Pointed out by wistfuljane. First, check out the beautiful artwork HERE. It's by vito_excalibur, and it absolutely BLEW my mind.

Now, think about it in terms of thefourthvine's commentary: Because the thing is - there is one thing different in this picture, and it changes everything. Imagine these guys driving through small southern towns in their big black car with all manner of guns. Imagine these guys running credit card scams, and trying to talk their way into strangers' houses, and, you know, the other stuff that Dean and Sam do. (Sorry, we have reached the limit of my osmotic fannish knowledge.) It would be a whole different narrative, I'll tell you that for free.

That's some meta commentary, right there.

And speaking of wistfuljane and racism food for thought, I have been hearing about the racist casting of The Last Airbender, but I hadn't SEEN it put so succinctly before:

"racebending.com updated their site. One update is their casting comparision pictures:


Aang, Katara, Sokka and Zuko from Avatar: The Last Airbender.


Noah Ringer as Aang, Nicola Peltz as Katara, Jackson Rathbone as Sokka and Dev Patel as Zuko from The Last Airbender.

Another is their petition: Join the Boycott: Aang can stay Asian and still save the world."

To know about it and think it shocking is one thing -- to see it like that is... o_O Whut? It's bad enough that the heroes have been completely whitewashed, but worse still is that the VILLAIN is being played by a person of color! WTF is that shit?

FAIL, Hollywood. Again.

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In happier news, I have a new hero! OMG she is so awesome -- Kahlan Amnell from Legend of the Seeker. She is BADASS, dudes. Ain't no damseling going on here, either. I am just LOVING Legend of the Seeker. Denna the Dominatrix is another favorite. And HEY! I knew I recognized Darken Rahl (the villain) -- he was Haldir in Lord of the Rings! And Richard is frakking HOT, yo.

I NEED MORE ICON SPACES GODDAMNIT!!!!

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Come on in to the dragon's pen!



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Wow. This really gave me a whack in the head. John Hughes died today. RIP, Mr. Hughes, your movies were a centerpiece of my adolescence.

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For Fans of the Great Green One!

If you love Gaila like I do (or you know, even in to a slightly saner degree. *G*), come and play! I'm talking with the mods of teamgaila to have a corresponding one on LJ, but ANYONE is welcome at the DW meme!

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Oh, Google Ads, you so funny! Today's gem was, "Are You a Trekkie? Take our quiz to find out! YOU MAY BE DUMBER THAN YOU THINK!" Hahahahaha. I C WAT U DID THAR!

Wait, here's another one! LOL "Manifesting Works - www.QuantumJumping.com - Learn How to Jump Into Any Reality You Desire... For Real". Okay! I'm still not clicking that link. Unless you can guarantee Scott Bakula circa 1993 will be there.

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Well, I'm finally going to check out Harry Potter tomorrow. I've got a bunch of errands to run later in the afternoon (HELLO new painkiller esp. for that special time of the month!), so I figure if I go to the early matinee, that will leave me plenty of time. It's funny, I heard kind of neutral-positive things about it, but no real squee, so... *shrug* I'm not always a huge fan of the movies as entities unto themselves anyway. I remember especially with GoF, thinking that the story was so holey, so convinced that every viewer had already read the books, that I swear anyone who hadn't would be completely lost.

But it's a tradition for me to see them in the theaters, and with only one more left, I shall continue said tradition with honor! Or... you know, snacks I snuck in.

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I'm sort of building my own network of shows I want to catch up on, watching an episode or two every day. Right now, the list includes Star Trek TOS, Dexter, Legend of the Seeker, and Torchwood, among a few others. What I'm looking for here are your favorite anime shows. I know a lot of friends on my FList watch them, and I'm wondering what you recommend. My entire experience with the genre includes Vampire Hunter D and Spirit or... Ghost? The one about the kid who crosses over a bridge into a ghost world, I think. Shit, I can't remember. What else is good?

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Please feed the dragons! :D

Happy birthday, lunar47! Hope you have a great one! :D

A big HAPPY BIRTHDAY also to President Obama!

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So... about this week's Weeds? I'm gonna guess that Nancy tells Senor Sexy Mayor to go fuck himself, yeah? ( spoiler )

And how about that bathroom scene! It's like EW! and HAHAHAHAAHA and... that's almost kinda hot? All at the same time.

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Busy writing today, but of course there are DRAGONS! Look, the new baby grew up! And Guess what? It's ANOTHER BOY! Jeeze, poor Jessica. Well... I need to name the newbie and decide who's going to hit on poor Jess this week!

OMG this B/A fic totally made me cry in a good way. Penstrokes and Snowflakes by the delightful clevermonikerr was just exactly the fluffy sweetness that I needed to cheer me up the other day. If you haven't read it yet, do. *sigh*

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Swiped from originalpuck
Pick your five favorite TV shows (in no particular order) and answer the following questions. Don't cheat!

1. Angel
2. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
3. True Blood
4. Firefly
5. Mystery Science Theater 3000

( Here Are the Questions )

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You guys, I got NOTHING done today. WTF? I'm trying to figure out where the time went. I took some notes on my ongoing kink_bingo extravaganza, typed a few lines on some unfinished B/A fic, read a few short fics, went to AO3 Tester Training, watched two episodes of TOS (one while eating dinner), did a little community revamping (opened ducksfanfic and buffy_angel at Dreamwidth. Made a couple of Gaila graphics...

Yeah, I see where the day went. Sigh. I just can't be trusted to manage my own time properly.

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DRAGONS!

You're supposed to be my friend! :(

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HOT DRAGON ACTION! Or, er... actually, not.

(BJPinky) (TBJessica)

So I decided, since Jessica is all grown up (and we all know that females should have BABIES, as this is their only purpose in life!), I should breed her. And guest commentator frozenproduce suggested mating her with one of my pink fellas. Well, I mean, they're cute pink dragons with tidy wings and large show tune collections, so you can probably guess what happened. I introduced Pinky and Jessica, and they.... went "meh." And absolutely no Dragon Smexing whatsoever took place. *Sigh* Now I have to wait another day and try with Rosey. Maybe he'll "Show interest" in her?

Tune in tomorrow for AS THE DRAGONS... er... TURN? FLAP? SPEW FIRE? I dunno.

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HAHAHAHA! Check out "The Honeymoon of Dean and Castiel" hahahaahhaahaha.

BWAHHAHAHAHAHAHA.

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So... gabrielleabelle has a poll: Is B/A subversive? Does it subvert itself in canon? And seeing as how her entire FList seems to be Spuffies and B/A negative people, I BEG ONE OF OUR MORE ELOQUENT FANS (margotlefaye, are you out there? If I had a D Signal, I would flash it at you! And OH HOW I MISS HARPY RIGHT NOW!) TO EXPLAIN WHY B/A IS NOT *insert same old generally dismissive and insulting crap about B/A here*.

Keep your tone polite if you answer. Notice I didn't answer, because my answer would mostly be "OMG PEOPLE STFU! IT'S NOT CLICHE! YOU SEE A LOT OF "HEROINE WITH HERO LOVE INTEREST CONSORT" IN MODERN FICTION DO YOU? SEE TWO HEROES PROPPING EACH OTHER UP WITH (probably impossible) DREAMS OF HOPE, HAVE YOU? ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGH! *throws violent tantrum, has heart attack and drops dead* And, I'm not entirely sure what she's even asking to begin with. Or why.

To Subvert (According to Webster's): 1 : to overturn or overthrow from the foundation : ruin; 2 : to pervert or corrupt by an undermining of morals, allegiance, or faith.

The Free Dictionary (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/subversive) has a more salient definition of Subversive: "subversive: Adjective - intended or intending to weaken or overthrow a government or an institution. Noun - a person engaged in subversive activities."

The thesaurus suggests "revolutionary". So... was B/A meant to destroy some fundamental tropes, as so much of what Whedon does is supposed to do? Does it destroy itself? Is it revolutionary?

I'm being a good girl, and coming back here to cry and hyperventilate and get hugs, and PLEADING for one of the many intelligent B/A Shippers on my FLIST to PLEASE offer a balanced view to that B/A hate fest over there. (They are not being mean about shippers, though, which is a nice change.) I had to leave about two comments in, and may not be able to put together a coherent answer besides "NO! WTF?" And so.

*breathes deep yoga breaths*

(Here's a puzzler: why is a Spuffy asking an Flist full of Spuffies if B/A is subversive in the first place? Don't answer that, it's just a little thought in my head.) (And hey, WHY HAVE I STILL NOT LEARNED NOT TO CLICK LINKS I KNOW WILL PROBABLY BE NOT-B/A FRIENDLY? IT'S BEEN TEN YEARS.)

Also, please don't bring up Spuffy in the discussion -- gabrielleabelle specifically asked people not to. It's also lame to bash another ship just to pump up your own, and not what the discussion needs.

I'm going to go throw up now.

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You know what brought me down (or "up," I guess) AGAIN? Star Trek. I'm watching the Original Series for the first time in decades -- including the original pilot, which I've never seen before, and my blood pressure is back down, and I've just kind of... let that annoyance earlier go. Does this speak of the calming power of Star Trek? My continued over-investment in shows that have been off the air for years? Both?

Anyway -- I'm sad in a different way now. #1 in the original pilot was AWESOME. And an officer. And there's actually some surface level touching on sexism. There was an Asian fella in the transporter room! Roddenbury said in the intro that one of the reasons the original pilot was not produced was because it wasn't "cast sensibly" = too many non-whites.

Which leads me to think about IBARW and an essay I read today: Nyota Uhura is Not a White Girl or "now that we've got that clear, and you know that i'm not here..." by rawles. It's excellent food for thought, and a good explanation for why every time I hear someone say the word "post-racial", I want to kick them. (I'm trying to keep my temper down, because I'm dizzy! From the high blood pressure that I totally don't have! Oh, man, I'm having a total breakdown. Or else one of these new meds is making me more batshit than usual.")

Help me Original Trek (even-though-your-flaws-are-glaring-you-were-making-real-inroads-for-your-time)! Help me!

Or better yet, my beautiful, wonderful friends of all fandoms and ships and preferred characters and philosophies and temperments. I need some recs. Happy recs. Porny recs. Gaila recs. What I would love:

Porny, HEA Recs from any current fandom: True Blood, Supernatural (Dean/Castiel), Gossip Girl (Chuck/Blair or Blair/Serena), Merlin, Being Human, Star Trek XI, Kradam, and of Course, Buffy/Angel (B/A positive ONLY, please)
Eric Northman recs
Gaila/Uhura, Gaila/Kirk, or just Gaila recs (especially these -- I'm collecting links in my Delicious.
Fluffy Being Human fic (OT3 or Mitchell/Annie)
*Happy B/A or B/A Meta.*


Or write me some drabbles! Or post funny gifs. Something!

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LJ's Question of the Day: From Dr. Polidori's Lord Ruthven to Stephenie Meyer's Edward Cullen, the annals of vampire lore are filled with attractive, charming bloodsuckers. Which one would you most want to be bitten by?

Okay, everybody knows that one. Actually, I've made a few new friends lately *waves to new friends*, so how about a newly revised TOP TEN HOT VAMPIRES WHO DUCKS WOULD LIKE TO BANG WOULDN'T MIND BEING BITTEN BY?( Read more... )

Seriously, I could go on and on and on forever without ever including a Twilight vampire. The father Cullen is kind of cute, but... the fact that nobody in that town ever notices how FREAKING WHITE he is just... throws me out of the fantasy. Oh, and I could make a top ten list of Sherrilyn Kenyon vampires alone, even though they're not really "vampires" per se (but they totally are).

Okay, I'm going to have to do a Top 20, I think. ( 11-20 Vampires that can bite me. *G* )

Man, I loves me some vampires.

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Hahahaha. This little dragon bugger:



Her code is "sLUT". That is SO going to be her name somehow.

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I am SO happy! I was laboring and laboring and TORTURING myself trying to get my Kris Allen/Alan Lambert RPF done for today, which originally was supposed to be the last day to post. The story has stalled about 1/3 of the way through, and I'm working through the mess, but I need at least a couple more days. Well, I just went to go beg for forgiveness, when I discovered that the new posting deadline is JULY 31! W00t!

Oh boy, I hope this excellent day does not count against my two doctors' appointments tomorrow. *sigh*

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So what did you guys think of True Blood last night? AWESOME, RIGHT? Come over to trueblood_squee -- I'm dying to get a discussion going!

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Don't forget, this week is ibarw - International Blog Against Racism Week! I haven't decided if I'm going to post, or just comment on links I find. It depends on if this DAMN HEADACHE GOES AWAY and I think of something non-faily I want to say.

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DRAGONS!

Note to my awesome friends who always pet my babies. Someone mentioned recently that you don't have to click them -- the most important thing is total views. I, uh... don't know what to do about that, but... if you don't mind clicking them, please feel free. I like to pretend I'm petting them.

*sigh*