Remember when I flailed about the Watchmen trailer they showed before TDK and how the use of the slower version of The Smashing Pumpkins' "The End Is The Beginning Is The End" was pretty much perfect, both because of the Batman & Robin connections and because it just really well with the brooding trailer? Well apparently, Billy Corgan did release the slower version on the single! He cleverly titled "The Beginning Is The End Is The Beginning." I'm sure you want it. I'm not much of a fan of the original, but I pretty much love this mellow version.

Iconnage. I'm sad that Dr. Horrible is over!

11 Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (Act III)

( I'm in pain. I think this is what pain feels like. Oh, mam -- someone maternal! )

I was listening to The Dark Knight score when I made this so the theme is sometimes, Tony Stark is emo. Or Tony Stark is super hot? Um, even when Tony Stark is emo, Tony Stark is still super hot? Actually, when I opened up photoshop, I was going to make a Batman wallpaper with all the different movie Batmen (Keaton, Kilmer, Clooney, Bale) because, I don't know, I thought it would look cool. And there would be all the slightly different bat signals too! (Actually, I don't remember if the Kilmer/Clooney bat signals were different from the Keaton one.) It was going to be awesome!

However, just before I was about to start looking for pictures, I suddenly thought to myself, "Wouldn't it be cool if I did something where Iron Man was shooting at himself as a symbol of Tony's inner manpain?" So this wallpaper is essentially an extended version of that scene where he comes back from the fundraiser ("and you left me there...by myself.") and starts shooting up all his mirrors because he's disgusted with the destruction that he's implicitly responsible for. And naturally, I had throw in some Obie because I realized that there are all these stills where Obadiah's invading Tony's personal space and it's "aww, so fatherly!" and then later on where Iron Monger is invading Iron Man's personal space and it's "...and now he's trying to kill him!" It's pretty much the exact sort of hold, give or take a few tons of metal between them. Yes, I find stupid things fascinating. Guess there really is a thin line between love and hate. I wonder if Obie's face hurt from all those years of throwing Tony fake smiles. Was it always a load of bull or did a light bulb go off in his head one morning and he quickly jotted down "Tony's destruction" in his day planner? When did Obie go bad and why? Was it because Tones bought him a particularly hideous pair of Joe Boxers? Inquiring minds want to know!

I wanted to include Pepper, but it just didn't go with the betrayal theme so let's just pretend that she's off in Gotham comforting Bruce. Or having a WTF discussion on the ethics of what superpower she'd want if she was a superhero. At one point, I did roll my eyes and think, "Oh for Pete's sake, just say you want to fly and MOVE ON."


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You know the drill: don't alter or hotlink because it makes Tony angry, comment to let me know what you think, etc.

Title: If I Never See Your Face Again I Don't Mind
Rating: PG
Word Count: ~1500
Summary: 15 July 2008; 2:43 pm (ugh, have timetravel jetlag. why do i have timetravel jetlag? should be immune.) Life On Mars/Doctor Who
Characters: Donna Noble, Doctor, Gene Hunt, Sam Tyler
Spoilers/Warnings: Everything for Who, general for LOM, but more or less AU.
A/N: So oursoliloquies and I agreed that the OT3 of Sam/Donna/Gene was somethiing that needed to be realised. This here? So not that fic. Basically I turned Ms. Noble into a pseudo Bridjet Jones and proceeded to dip her neck deep in crack sauce. Enjoy? Heh.

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AMC had a Mad Men marathon of the entire first season yesterday, which means that I watched thirteen straight hours of the show and am now ready for S2. The show is so aesthetically pleasing. The credits are really cool. And everyone always looks so debonair. Oh, '60s fashion, you were so fetch! Fedoras! Suits! Booze in every scene! Plus, the sets are so pretty. I especially love the starkness of the offices. I see why the critics rave about the show: ( it's enjoyable and well-written! )

Okay. This could take a little while. 1)Because I just got back from vacation and am seriously deprived of typing my heart out and 2)I have lots.
Sooo.... here in SOME kind of order.... I guess favourites first, more or less, but I don't know, most of them I love equally.

1) Edward Cullen. Don't give up on my yet though! I have reasons. Being a guy born in 1901 he has the coolest mannerism. It's just so...perfect and amazing. The whole politeness thing... the way he speaks to people, everyone. It's incredable. He's like... the perfect gentleman. I think that's just amazing and I love it. And, if you'll give me a moment to be a fangirl, he'sssss HOT. LOL! Nah, but he's a really complex character and I really do find him just incredably cool.

2) Lorelai Gilmore. From Gilmore Girls. I actually own all the seasons of the show on DVD. I guess I like her because she's so witty and....herself. She's never afraid to go after what she wants. Granted, there are lots of characters like that, but she's....different. She's such a strong female presence. Yeah, I know how that sounds, but it's totally true. I just think she's so cool. :p

3) Alice Cullen. COME ON, she's a REALLY cool vampire girl. She's what, not even five feet yet she has soooo much POWER over everyone!! I'm just barely over five feet tall, so you can understand how I can relate to that. LOL, it sounds so superficial, but seriously, it's awesome. Plus she can see the future. Always a bonus.

4) Rosalie Hale. I had to throw her in here, obviously because of my fanfic100. I think she's completely facinating. I don't know why. She just.... is. And anyone who is described as the most beautiful person in the world....well, the jealous factor plays in there;)

5) Dwight Shrute. Okay, he is quite litterally the funniest character like.... EVER. Honestly, watch the Office if you haven't already, MAN he's FUNNY. LOL. That's about it for him.

Ahhh yes. This could go on and on....

A fictional character who annoyes me? Hhhhhmmmmmm.......

OOH, the Jason guy that dates Lorelai in Gilmore Girls. Yeah, he bugged me.

Jason Styles. That's it.
Lol.
Okay, so there you have it.
Lalalala.
Anyway. I'll go.

STAY TUNED, I wrote a bunch of prompts while I was away, which I will be typing up and posting over the next little while.

And for the fangirl in all of us:
11 DAYS UNTIL THE BREAKING DAWN RELEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(10 until we get to go to the release partyyyy!!!! SO EXCITED!)

Captain Hammer would NEVER own sweater vests! They would not show off his ABS OF BEING KIND! Oh man, I just want to hug Dr. Horrible! He needs to make something to turn back time! Joss Whedon, why must you be so cruel? I'm still reeling from The Dark Knight!

I just got back from The Dark Knight. Not as good as Iron Man, but that's because if there's a bar against which I'm judging all the movies I watch this summer, Tony Stark built it. But I also think it's unfair to compare TDK and IM because they are like two completely different entities -- it's like comparing apples to oranges and wondering why you don't get that citrusy goodness from both. They've both got superheroes, but that's where the similarities end. That said, ( TDK WAS STILL PRETTY DAMN AMAZING! )

And dude, the first trailer before the movie was that absolutely INSANE trailer for Watchmen. OH HELL YES. BRING. IT.

Dudes, how is it that even with 35 icons slots, I still need to delete icons to make room? I think I need more icon space, you guys! Or, you know, maybe I should just stop making icons, which would mean that I'd no longer need to get rid of an old icon to upload a new one. *beat* Yeah, I didn't think so either.


20 Gossip Girl (1x1, 1x10, 1x13, 1x14, behind-the-scenes filming, cast)
5 Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (Act I, Act II)

( I don't go to the gym! I'm just naturally like this! )

BWAH HA HA! THE HAMMER IS HIS PENIS!

I don't particularly ship Kara/Anders on BSG. I mean, I like them well enough and they are far less melodramatic than Kara/Leemo, but it's not like I see them and squee. If I ship Anders with anyone, it's Six because they'd make the prettiest cylon babies ever. However, Anders and Six have shared possibly two scenes ever, one in which she was contemplating shooting him in a collapsed cave so you know. WHAT? I ship fucked up people sometimes! And she didn't kill him so there! Anyway, this mix is all Kara/Anders because the hate!sex aboard the Demetrius was hot and full of "man, this is never going to end well for you two crazy kids" vibes.



( Make me feel something. I dare you. )

And I made wallpaper too! It's a variation of the covers, but with some angsty Leemo triangle goodness thrown in. Leemo might be annoying and a pretentious asshat when he's wearing his First Lady sweater, but he sure is pretty.


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You know how it is: don't alter, don't hotlink or redistribute, comment to let me know what you think, etc.

I think Tony Stark uses his new iPhone to text Dr. Horrible about how it must be a feat for Captain Hammer to get out of those tight clothes at the end of the workday.

I told myself that I would never write XF fic because I could never do the characters justice. (This may still hold, actually.) Never say never, I suppose. However, to be fair, this actually started off as that IM/XF crossover fic, but it went somewhere totally different because the thought I had in mind for Dana Scully, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. hinged on a lot of things that wouldn't work out. So sadly, Scully won't be asking Pepper where she bought her shoes and Pepper won't tell Scully that she likes the cheap, plastic alien ring Scully wears on a necklace that she tries to hide under her shirt. But, you guys, it was going to start with Scully calling Phil Coulson and being all, "I'm sure you don't remember me, but you gave me a card once when I was investigating people who bought lots of fertilizer and then got their ear drums blown off and you offered me a job?" And of course he'd totally remember her! Instead, you get this.


Deadweight on Velveteen
Disclaimer: 'The X-Files' belongs to Chris Carter, 1013 Productions, and FOX. No infringement intended.
Summary: If he notices that her smile doesn't reach her eyes, he doesn't say anything. (Sometimes, she wishes he would.) (Mulder, Scully)
Spoilers: Post-series finale.


( They live out of backpacks and duffel bags in an endless parade of motels with guacamole walls and mothball sheets. )

Title: So Sit On Top Of The World
Rating: PG
Word Count: ~900
Summary: The first time Gene hits on Donna, she blows her bangs out of her eyes, and tells him in no unequivocal terms to sod off. Doctor Who/Life On Mars crossover
Characters: Donna Awesome Noble, Gene Hunt
Spoilers/Warnings: Everything for both to be safe/Major shippyness. Like major. And I haven't seen Ashes to Ashes yet, but this is set in that era anyways.
A/N: donna_gene. END EXPLANATION. AU.

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In anticipation of The Dark Knight -- only a few days left now! -- I think it's only right that I share the Batman score, which is one of the greatest scores in movie history. Danny Elfman is just so damn brilliant that way. The score for the first Batman movie is better than the one for Batman Returns, even though I love Batman Returns more movie-wise (because it's one of the greatest superhero movies of all time!). Batman Begins has a totally different sound and it would make sense that I upload that instead, but who cares about being logical?

Speaking of Batman Returns, Fox Movie Channel has been showing a lot of The Fabulous Baker Boys lately. I don't know if it's an Iron Man/Jeff Bridges thing or what, but it suddenly dawned on me that since Michelle Pfeiffer, who will always be awesomely awesome, was playing Jeff Bridges' love interest in that, it's kinda sorta totally like Selina Kyle, at one time before Bruce Wayne, dated Obadiah -- a thought that is both slightly gross and slightly awesome (okay, let's face it -- Jeff Bridges was pretty hot in Baker Boys; the carefree, well-coifed, pianist without a cause thing really worked for him).

And then, when you really think about, Tony Stark and Bruce Wayne are like two sides of the same coin -- billionaire playboys with lots of man pain (though Bruce has like emo pain up the wazoo) who like to deal by not-dealing and inventing all these gadgets to blow shit up instead.

So it stands to reason that, if Bruce Wayne was in town one night because of some Stark Industries thing, he and Pepper would totally hit it off. And Pepper would absolutely date Bruce Wayne because it would be like dating her boss without dealing with the awkward employer-employee complications. And Tony would absolutely be like, "I have NO idea what you see in this douchebag, Pepper. Honestly, you can do much better," because he's kind of daft like that and Jarvis would quip with, "Honestly, sir. For someone with such a high IQ, you're a bloody idiot." And the whole thing would be totally awesome! Also: Jarvis/Alfred OTP!

I remember in, I think, that New Adventures of Superman and Batman cartoon (I believe that was pre-Justice League?), there was some crossover plot that had Bruce in Metropolis, hitting it off with Lois (because Bruce Wayne would probably hit it off with a potted plant) and possibly even proposing to her which really bothered Supes a great deal. And at the end, I think they both knew the other's secret identity and pink-swore not to spill the deets. Lois pulled a Kelly Taylor and chose herself.

I saw Wall·E today. It was fantastic! I loved it! So cute and precious! All the characters were so great, even evil Auto! I loved the foreign contaminant OCD bot. Wall·E was hands down the greatest lovesick stalker robot ever! Wall·E/Eve OTP! And yes, I totally cried like a sap when ( spoiler )

Since I can't possibly be the only one who was humming it after watching the movie:
Hello, Dolly! - It Only Takes A Moment

In light of the recent Iron Man ficcage, I was randomly thinking, once again, about the sheer awesomeness that is Pepper Potts' ability to run away from a massive evil robot -- controlled by a hardcore gymnastics coach who was totally checking her out as he creepily sipped on her boss' expensive scotch, invaded her personal space, and internally MWAH HA HAed about how he'd gotten away with his evil plan -- in a pencil skirt and insanely high (but fabulous!) heels. To say the least, it's impressive. Every time. Only you, Pepper. Only you.

But then I thought to myself, "Well, maybe not only her." Because if we're talking do-me pumps, we've got to talk Lisa Cuddy on House. Considering that second only to Wilson (maybe) as the worst doctor in PPTH (no, Cuddy, when a kid is bleeding from his butt, it's not just a GI thing), 90% of her administrative skill must stem from something other than her knack for medicine. And 70% of that power is derived from her totally workplace inappropriate clothes and her magnificent heels.

So, naturally, Pepper Potts and Lisa Cuddy would ABSOLUTELY be friends who commiserated about how many lawsuits they could avoid if the difficult men in their lives just knew when to shut up. (Why yes, I do believe that the dream team of Tony and House would be THE BEST THING EVER as well.) And remember how creepy Tritter was for the duration of his arc? He was very Obadiah in the den with the short-term paralysis doodad. And that didn't freak out Cuddy one bit either!

Poll #1222441 Pepper Potts and Lisa Cuddy trade secrets.
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All

Pepper would teach Cuddy how to be a better administrator and Cuddy would teach Pepper

You'd think that the crack would end there, right? Nope. Know who else would be BFF? Pepper Potts and Agent Scully! Like remember in the first XF movie when Mulder shows up drunk to Scully's apartment in the middle of the night and she shoots him The Eyebrow and asks what exactly he was hoping to achieve when he asked the cabbie to drop him off at her house? That right there is basically Pepper's entire life.

And now I'm thinking, "Wouldn't it be funny if Scully decided to start working for S.H.I.E.L.D.?" SOMEONE STOP ME FROM WRITING THAT FIC. YOU KNOW THEY'D CALL HER AGENT LAURA PETRIE. LIKE THE DISH.

OMC.
SO exciting.
Loving this.

OF course, they start right when I'm leaving for a week.
But STILL.
AWESOME. 
SO much fun when Stephenie Meyer did it for Eclipse!

*SQUEAL*

This is the product of listening to a lot of Explosions In The Sky.


Inside It All Feels The Same
Disclaimer: Iron Man belongs to Marvel. No infringement intended.
Summary: They're both thinking the same thing, about comparing the scars tattooed on her (his) body that serve as very permanent – very constant – reminders of the consequences of ill-advised heroics. (Pepper, Tony, Coulson)
Spoilers: Movie-verse.


( There's a lot of blood this time, soaking through silk handkerchiefs and cotton sleeves and she's never seen Tony look this pale before. )