Nothing Much To Say

[shipperx]

So... yeah. Not a lot to say. Random bits of 'whatev...'

* While I get the point of this week's Being Erica, I cannot say I liked it. Neither can I say that I was particularly surprised. The deck was stacked a long time ago and the answer was obvious in the credits. But even then, though I knew the outcome and had accepted it even before it came about, I think the execution was lacking. Oh, and Erica's 'perfect man' was kind of gross. The only one who can pull off that sort of physique and still be attractive to me is Mark Lawson, and that's basically because he's clearly overcompensating for being so short. That and he has beautiful eyes. Otherwise -- blergh.


* Speaking of OLTL's Lawson -- who has been massively screwed in the writing of the ending of OLTL (why oh why is he being trashed for Rapey? Damn it, even when I root for the true blue good guy my ships never win). -- Anyway, it looks like OLTL's headwriter and Executive Producer are being transplanted to take over General Hospital effective immediately. Hope GHers like 'rapemance' and good guys randomly being driven insane and evil for no purpose to prop other characters ( ::pets Schuyler, Marty, and Brody::)


* Used my Kindle's free month of Prime to read the latest pure fluff romance by Connie Brockway. I tend to like the way the arch and rueful tone she writes her story with. There's quite a bit of meta-awareness in her romances such as her Victorian heroine's offense when the hero was berating himself for 'taking advantage' by kissing her with the heroine basically saying What? She wasn't a participant? He doesn't get to claim her actions. And there's no hint of rapemance anywhere in it. That said, I didn't care for the ending. I saw where the writer was trying to go with saying that the heroine was trying to live to her family's expectations not her own, but they didn't adequately set up a passion for the heroine other than archeology. I think they were trying to imply that she went on to become a writer, but honestly, it wasn't strong enough and it sort of came off as her sacrificing archeology to become a housewife. So, in the end, I still prefer Brockway's first book which happened to feature the latest book's heroine's parents... who actually were intrepid Victorian archeologists.


* Perhaps it was my disappointment with the most recent Brockway tale of Egyptology Romance that has led me to spend my audible.com monthly book credit on Book I of the Amelia Peabody series  Crocodile on the Sandbank  .  It's light, enjoyable, and amusing thus far.  Fluff read.

*  So, I've read the summary/review of the latest Angel/Faith comic series.  So, I gotta know, does this latest development/possession/whatever make Angel hate himself more than normal?  Seems like it should.  Question is, how would we know?  (And Angel should figure out whether there's some sort of insurance he can take to cover damage incurred the next time he's taken over/possessed/controled/and/or infected by some outside force/soul/entity.  It's happened a lot now, y'know.)

* Ooh, saw a bit on GRRMartins LJ about the upcoming season of Game of Throne's showing Arya's 'new look.'  That little actress is quite adorable.

* Seriously impossible deadline at work.  What else is new?

Comments

[sp23]

Crocodile is one of my favorite books. I love Peabody and Emerson.

[next_to_normal]

You know, I was fully prepared to be disappointed with this season, knowing how much the writers (inexplicably) ship Erica/Adam, I didn't expect Erica/Kai to be endgame. But I think I might actually end up feeling angry enough - and not just about the ships, but the way they are wrecking all the characters in the process - that I'd wish the season hadn't even happened. (It's like S8! It taints the good stuff that came before it!)

[shipperx]

Oh, I know! My issue isn't that she chose Adam, because the writers intending him to be 'the one' was so transparently obvious. But it's the way they're doing it that really pissed me off. As I suspected they really thought that Erica was the one in the wrong in their break up rather than Adam being a douche. He was being a douche! Why in the hell is she having to grovel to him?!

[infinitewhale.livejournal.com]

So, I gotta know, does this latest development/possession/whatever make Angel hate himself more than normal? Seems like it should.

I didn't get much in the way of self-hate from him, but it could be a comic thing.

You want to read it? I can scratch up a link.

[sourisvho.livejournal.com]

Ooh, you've not read the Amelia Peabody series? That's one of my favorite series!

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

Honestly.... I'm ambivalent. I'm not sure how much it even matters to me. :(

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

I think I've read one of the latter books a long time ago, but it's really vague in my memory. This is the first time I've read the beginning of the series.

[sourisvho.livejournal.com]

There are loads in the series, so you'll have a nice bunch of books to continue with if you decide to keep going. They go through the discovery of King Tut's tomb. I have to say that the latest couple aren't the best, but the early and middle ones are fun and fabulous. I'm actually quoted on some of the paperback versions! (Not by name, just the newspaper I wrote some reviews for.)

[shapinglight]

And Angel should figure out whether there's some sort of insurance he can take to cover damage incurred the next time he's taken over/possessed/controled/and/or infected by some outside force/soul/entity. It's happened a lot now, y'know.)

If I could bring myself to write fic based on the comics (which I can't), I would write this scene in a flash. Hilarious, and so true.