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First proper snow of winter! Weather.com insists we're only getting an estimated three inches, but at the bus stop this morning I would have guessed it was about five. Snow always puts me in a ridiculously good mood. And then I celebrate by listening to the Victoria's Secret instrumental music and lots of Sarah McLachlan. Shut up, it's great.

I've also been watching Lost Girl! I do not feel really fannish about it, but it's just so lovely and stupid and cute. Our two main characters are these great women who are BFFs and solve crime; I would ship them a lot except that there are also other good canonical femslash ships, and also a werewolf detective. A werewolf freaking detective. It's a lot of things I really love, like silly and nerdy and full of pretty people, and I think quality of life is improved by watching it.

Something I am feeling fannish about is Sarah Rees Brennan's Demon's Lexicon books, which I have finally, finally gotten around to reading. I'm in the middle of Demon's Covenant at the moment, and I am so ridiculously in love. The second I am done, I am tracking down all the fic! And then probably writing some! Because I ship EVERYTHING. (Well, not everything -- I mean, if there's Mae/Jamie I don't want to read it. But possibly my OTP is Nick/Alan. Shut up shut up I know.)

I guess the point of this post is that I have hilarious, ridiculous taste. Just to prove it beyond reasonable doubt, have a link to the University of Oregon all-male a cappella group On the Rocks performing Bad Romance. With dance routines. It is amazing, and watching it makes me grin hard enough to make my face hurt.
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[personal profile] polarisnorth 2010-12-04 06:45 pm (UTC)(link)
The Brown Derbies came to the Winter Weekend party last night. They did "Alejandro". In fact, they pretty much acted it out. It was pretty much the most awesome thing ever.

Male a cappella groups + Lady Gaga = ALWAYS GREAT.
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[personal profile] aria 2010-12-04 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Male a cappella groups + Lady Gaga = ALWAYS GREAT.

TRUER WORDS. :D

Of course, this comment in conjunction with your Nightcrawler icon is making me imagine Xavier's School for the Gifted All-Male A Capella. Scott does arrangements. Bobby bullied John into joining. Gambit is totally into it; he and Kurt like to practice duets. And Logan mocks them loudly from the sidelines.
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[personal profile] polarisnorth 2010-12-04 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Piotr is totally in on it too, and I bet they convince Hank to join in sometimes.
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[personal profile] aria 2010-12-04 07:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Actually, Hank's probably their director. :D
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[personal profile] polarisnorth 2010-12-04 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Yesssssss. Besides, he likes to sing old timey music that the rest of them don't care about (but it's funny when he does the X-Men themed version of "Anything Goes").
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[personal profile] aria 2010-12-04 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)
This is swiftly becoming the cutest plotbunny ever.
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[personal profile] polarisnorth 2010-12-04 07:14 pm (UTC)(link)
If I thought I could write the X-Men at all I would totally run with it.

I bet the girls like to spy on practice. Definitely Kitty, at least. Storm tries to pretend she's above that, but it's really funny when Bobby hits falsetto.

[personal profile] feverbeats 2010-12-04 07:32 pm (UTC)(link)
WHY ARE YOU NOT BOTH WRITING ME BOBBY/JOHN >:( >:( >:(

. . . is apparently what I have to say about this post.
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[personal profile] aria 2010-12-04 07:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Because if I am going to write comics canon things first, I would rather write about Batman? IDK! EVERYONE SHOULD WRITE BOBBY/JOHN.

[personal profile] feverbeats 2010-12-04 07:38 pm (UTC)(link)
. . . ARIA. Somehow my mind read this comment and translated it into an SPN context.
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[personal profile] polarisnorth 2010-12-04 07:46 pm (UTC)(link)
I've read that. It always ends badly, and yet I still want fic where the Winchesters Have Two Daddies.

[personal profile] feverbeats 2010-12-04 07:50 pm (UTC)(link)
SHUT UP THEIR LOVE IS

UH

WELL

:( :( :(

okay, it always ends badly.

But I am reminded that I have a half-finished fic on my hard drive to that effect!
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[personal profile] aria 2010-12-04 07:47 pm (UTC)(link)
HILARIOUSLY WHEN I WAS TYPING THAT I WAS LIKE "WAIT ISN'T THAT ALSO AN SPN PAIRING MAYBE?" Oh internet osmosis.

[personal profile] feverbeats 2010-12-04 07:49 pm (UTC)(link)
It's actually my SPN OTP that is not John/Dean um :D :D :D
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[personal profile] polarisnorth 2010-12-04 07:36 pm (UTC)(link)
This is reminding me that I have the weirdest personal X-Men canon ever. It's some weird mashup of movie and comicsverse.

[personal profile] feverbeats 2010-12-04 07:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh lol me too. I sometimes forget that other people don't. /o\
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[personal profile] aria 2010-12-04 07:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Add X-Men: Evolution in there and that describes my personal canon. /o\
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[personal profile] polarisnorth 2010-12-04 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Ooh, good point. I think I like Evolution!Rogue and Scott better than any other version. (By which I mean, it is the only version where I don't want to punch Scott all the time.)
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[personal profile] aria 2010-12-04 07:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes! I mean, I love Evolution!Rogue and movie!Rogue because I am so gay for Anna Paquin, but I'm with you on Scott. Poor Scott, everyone wants to punch him.

[personal profile] feverbeats 2010-12-04 08:01 pm (UTC)(link)
BOTH OF YOU

ARE BAD PEOPLE

SCOTT. :( :( :( :(
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[personal profile] aria 2010-12-04 08:03 pm (UTC)(link)
POOR SCOTT EVERYONE WANTS TO PUNCH HIM :DDD

Okay fine Cyclops Cyclops blah blah.

[personal profile] feverbeats 2010-12-04 08:05 pm (UTC)(link)
WELL JEEZ THEY CAN PUNCH ME >:D

But I really don't think Mr. Summers could handle it.

Except when having rough sex with Logan.

OH WHATEVER OPINIONS /o\
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[personal profile] aria 2010-12-04 08:07 pm (UTC)(link)
I APPROVE SO MUCH OF THIS ENTIRE COMMENT
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[personal profile] gominokouhai 2010-12-04 08:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Logan's up for it after a couple of drinks. ``I'm the best at what I do, and what I do is... baritone''.
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[personal profile] aria 2010-12-04 08:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Brb, shrieking with laughter. Oh Logan. <3
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[personal profile] polarisnorth 2010-12-05 04:06 pm (UTC)(link)
You = win.
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[personal profile] nextian 2010-12-04 07:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Hahah, a family friend of ours from Portland actually wants to go to U of O just to be in On the Rocks. They are pretty dang spectacular.

There isn't that much Lexicon/Covenant fic! I KNOW! IT'S OBSCENE.
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[personal profile] aria 2010-12-04 07:35 pm (UTC)(link)
I think that is an excellent reason to want to go to U of O!

I WILL WRITE SOME. I realized that I had to when I was explaining to Scott that Alan is not my favorite just because he's entirely predictable to me because I've written him a billion times. OBVIOUSLY THIS MEANS I SHOULD WRITE FIC ABOUT ALAN. AND NICK. IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. (Somewhere, Richard King is laughing at me.)
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[personal profile] polarisnorth 2010-12-04 07:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Richard's life would be much easier if he and Henry weren't actually brothers.
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[personal profile] nextian 2010-12-04 07:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Also if he were an all powerful demon, and not just emotionally difficult.
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[personal profile] aria 2010-12-04 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
See? Richard just wants to be Nick! IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK?

Henry already is Alan. Only with footie instead of a limp.
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[personal profile] nextian 2010-12-04 07:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Ffff, I have to say, if it just takes adopting an evil brother to make Henry into a genius mastermind, Thomas has wasted a LOT of effort.
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[personal profile] aria 2010-12-04 07:46 pm (UTC)(link)
What, is Thomas volunteering? Because I wouldn't be surprised if he was an eldritch abomination.
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[personal profile] nextian 2010-12-04 07:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Tragically impossible, demons can't be relentlessly literary. But Thomas would certainly be willing to pretend if it meant Henry would have enormous amounts of needy sex with him.
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[personal profile] aria 2010-12-04 07:50 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm sorry, I'm laughing too hard to even try to come up with something witty. MOST ABSURD FUSION EVER.

No wait what am I talking about, Thomas is absolutely a magician. And Henry is trying to protect Richard, his awkward demon brother! And everyone has enormous amounts of needy sex! Except maybe not Thomas and Richard. OR DO THEY.
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[personal profile] nextian 2010-12-04 07:52 pm (UTC)(link)
What are you even TALKING about? Of COURSE Thomas and Richard have enormous amounts of sex. Why else would you even HAVE a demon? Thomas is baffled by your priorities.
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[personal profile] aria 2010-12-04 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
...So what you are saying is that we have finally hit on the universe in which all three of them are happy and fulfilled people? THAT'S PRETTY HILARIOUS AND GREAT.
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[personal profile] nextian 2010-12-04 07:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Um ... until Thomas enslaves Richard and kills Henry, yes.
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[personal profile] aria 2010-12-04 07:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh please, give Henry a few points for competence, will you?

No wait you're totally right. Sigh.
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[personal profile] nextian 2010-12-04 07:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, I guess Henry is an evil mastermind in this, so: "attempts." But still! Magician!
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[personal profile] sophia_sol 2010-12-04 08:16 pm (UTC)(link)
DEMON'S LEXICON. I have vast love for that book/series. By which I mean I've only read the first one thus far, which is TRAGIC AND I NEED TO READ THE SECOND, because they are SO SO GOOD and I am going to stop now because I already devoted an entire post to talking about how much I love that book. IT IS SO GOOD.

Also, MY GOD that a capella Bad Romance is a thing of beauty and wonder. *basks*
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[personal profile] aria 2010-12-04 08:22 pm (UTC)(link)
IT IS THE BEST THING IN THE UNIVERSE. OH NICK AND ALAN. <333 (Your post fills me with vast joy, by the way! And now I feel a bit guilty for going "I want ALL THE NICK/ALAN" but mostly I just want all the stories about Nick and Alan loving each other forever, and I know fandom.) Demon's Covenant is also lovely! There is trouble in both sibling paradises, as you do when you need a plot, and I am so anxious for all of them to be okay! What I love most about it, though, is that it's from Mae's POV, and it's a delight getting to know her better.

I've listened to/watched that a capella Bad Romance vid at least five times now. :D
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[personal profile] sophia_sol 2010-12-04 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Do not feel guilty about wanting all the Nick/Alan! I mean, just because the exclusively-sibling-type love is what I see it as doesn't mean it's the only valid reading! Because Nick and Alan loving each other forever is so very much what the book is about. And....fandom's tendencies in this regard is exactly why I'm not likely to go particularly near the fic for these books. OH FANDOM DON'T WORRY I LOVE YOU ANYWAYS.

I definitely need to read Demon's Covenant, though now I am very worried for the characters. THEY BETTER ALL BE OKAY at the end of Demon's Surrendur, is all I'm saying.
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[personal profile] meganbmoore 2010-12-05 02:02 am (UTC)(link)
My love for Lost Girl (and obsession with The Morrigan) might be unhealthy, even with the overwhelming whiteness. Every episode should be someone bonding with Kenzi and include a scene with Bo and Kenzi cleaning their weapons.
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[personal profile] spuffyduds 2010-12-05 04:05 am (UTC)(link)
Aw, man, that On the Rocks thing is ADORABLE, thanks for sharing.
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[personal profile] innocentsmith 2010-12-05 07:00 am (UTC)(link)
Demon's Lexicon was one of my Yuletide requests! And I asked for Nick-Alan interaction, because though I do not ship them in an overtly sexual sense, they are the emotional center of those books for me and if someone could write convincing fluff, or interaction of any kind, that would make my life. Both the sibling pairs are so awesome, really - I OT4 them. Sin can come along, too.

There's bound to be a lot of Yuletide fic this year, too - I saw requests all over the letters post. \o/
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[personal profile] innocentsmith 2010-12-05 07:08 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, and! The only fic for the fandom I've read so far is this story, but fortunately it is completely awesome and lovely. You should read it. Nick-Alan (or Nick/Alan - it's pretty much at the level of the books), post-Lexicon, fluffy. At least, as fluffy as any story with Nick Ryves as a POV character can be.

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[personal profile] luzula 2010-12-05 09:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Augh, I should be working on my dSSS fic, but instead I am watching that video over and over again! I am such a sucker for vocal harmony, and those guys are awesome.
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