Heading out to case the promise land

Today, my Sherlock DVDs arrived, even though I wasn't expecting them until tomorrow. And I found this out at 1 this afternoon, because I got a highly unexpected half day from work. All Mondays should be like this. I would feel much more warmly towards them. Though I have lost a Crunchy and a packet of Buttons. This is causing me great distress, as I'm sure you can imagine.

In other Sherlock news, John and Sherlock are so in love that today even my brother was discussing it. And not ironically. He was like, "When they see each other, I'm pretty sure they're hearing At Last in their heads." I...think he maybe ships them pretty hard. Which seems like the only reasonable response to them, really.

n other other news, Justified is still remarkably awesome. Mostly because everyone in it continues to be remarkably psychotic. And I'd still watch Raylan and Boyd do nothing but talk for a full episode. It's like Joss crossed with Sorkin, or something.

And in my last pointless news update: I have episodes of SPN to catch up on. I was avoiding it for fear of despair, but I actually think it sounds all right, so I'm going back in! Hold me!

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Obviously, I had to read everything ever written about Sherlock last night, and I can accept a lot of the Irene Adler criticism, even if I don't necessarily agree with it all. But there's one strain of it that is beginning to really irritate me.

( Spoilers for A Scandal in Belgravia )

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I had been doing very well with my daily writing, but I kinda fell off the wagon. I blame people! And wine! And Sherlock, of course. I'm just saying, I'm putting this here as a reminder that I have to get back on track tomorrow.

OMG, SHERLOCK! That was awesome. I take back any and all Steven Moffat criticism. ...Well, I certainly take back a lot of it.

John and Sherlock! SO IN LOVE! Also, there is something about Benedict when he's laughing that I find inexplicably hot/adorable.

That is all. Maybe there will be a more thoughtful spoilery post later, but probably not. I'm quite content just to bask in the awesome.

Title: An Unusual Accord
Author: laurificus
Pairing: Sam/Dean
Rating: PG
Word count: 2,206
Summary: "I was hoping Earthly Ambassadors would be more of a symbolic title," Dean says, not for the first time.

Notes: Written for amindaya for spn_j2_xmas. Merry Christmas! I hope you like the story, and many apologies for the late posting.

Thanks to mollyamory for betaing and titling, and generally making this story exist. And thanks to the mods for being so lovely and patient. ♥

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( An Unusual Accord )

I think what annoys me most about this latest LJ fuckery is how it makes me retract my earlier claim that I was mostly happy with how things were going. Damn you, LJ, for making me look stupid!

That obviously isn't the thing that annoys me most, but I'm sure everyone else on your flist has already vented enough to make anything I'd say redundant. I'm laurificus on dreamwidth; everything I post on LJ is posted there too.

At this point, I'd be only too happy to give LJ up entirely. Of course, it's not that simple, because we've all built relationships and communities over here, and that's probably what LJ is counting on, but right now, I'm hoping we can build those same communities somewhere else. The outages I can deal with, just as I can accept fucking up accidentally. But entirely disregarding what a huge swath of the customer base wants and needs is a whole other thing. I guess we'll see if they roll it back, but I'm not holding my breath.

This post brought to you by irritation and yuletide procrastination. It's even money as to which was the greater motivation. (I don't know why my sentences are rhyming, no. I don't approve of it either.)

My work has been closed early due to weather. As I always like to say at these times: best. Day. Ever. (I will not be saying that if a tree falls through my window, obviously). Perhaps I will use this time to catch up with my yuletide source. Did I mention I was excited about that? I am.

In news that couldn't be related but isn't (unless I'm double bluffing and Community is my source), in this week's Community watching: Troy was picked by a cute librarian, and then he left her because she said Abed was weird. His outrage actually surpassed adorable and entered some realm for which the English language is inadequate. I believe they are the most in love ever. Really. And the thing I particularly enjoy is how the show loves them, too. Like, in Big Bang Theory, Howard and Raj are BFFs, but the show is always skirting the line of mocking it, you know? It's sort of, "Look how gay they are! Only not! Ha ha!" So far Community hasn't done that, and it makes me really happy. I am not onboard with this suggestion of no 4th season. :(

I am, however, onboard with the new Florence + The Machine album (Shake it Out can be my new Sam Winchester theme song, yes?), and the new Black Keys one. I haven't listened to all of the The Black Keys yet, but what I've heard has guitar Solos, and decent lyrics and awesome hooks. It is like good rock music in my life again. What is this madness?

Hi! Hope you guys are all having good days, too.

Mad Men! A show in which nothing happens! (Excepting that time that British dude had his foot run over by a tractor.) Nothing happens, and many, many of the people in it are awful. And yet...it is impossibly addictive. I had the highly exciting event of not having to go anywhere at all this weekend, and I took advantage of this to mainline about 16 episodes, and promptly ordered season 4 as soon as season 3 was done. I must see more of this nothing happening business!

There are many burning questions. such as: will Joan (who is my very favouritest!) do as I hope and kill her horrorshow of a husband? Will Roger continue to be a charmingly funny douche? Will Don continue to be a strangely compelling tool? Will my intense dislike of Betty continue to intensify? (really, I think I'm driven to keep watching by the twin impulses of seeing how much more awesome Joan can get, and how much more unbearable Betty will become. I want to be sympathetic to her. I do! But it's like she comes with some anti-sympathetic forcefield. And also, you know it's bad when I'm judging her for her lack of maternal feelings.)

While I wait for season 4 to arrive, I will also consider the important issue of who I would like to hook Joan up with. Peggy is currently winning, though last night I did consider the possibility of Joan/Trudy. I have rejected all of the men for her, on account of how none of them are good enough for her. Though I do like it when she and Don are friends. She makes him laugh, you know. It is a mark of her special Joan awesomeness that she can pull that off.

Dear yuletide writer:

First and most importantly, thank you for writing me a story! You're already one of my favourite people just for that. And since you're doing that for me, I really want you to have fun with it. I'm talking about things I like and enjoy just so you aren't left flailing around in panic when you see the signup email, but it's your story, and you're the one putting the work in, so these aren't a list of demands, or anything. Well, with the caveat that rape/non-con are pretty huge do not wants for me, so please not to be including them?

As for the rest: I much prefer happy endings, or at least hopeful ones. I love banter and pining and best friends falling in love. If there's going to be sex, I like it when it's fun--when there's still teasing and laughter and affectionate insults throughout. I'm also a huge fan of saying I love you without actually saying it.

If you don't want to go shippy with any of the fandoms, don't feel like you have to. With all of them, the friendship is what I fell in love with first, so a story that focused on that would make me really happy.

( Some slightly more specific stuff for Community, Justified and Die Hard )

Seriously, whatever you write, I'm going to appreciate it. Please write something that's going to make you happy, too. ♥

Oh, look. Post-707 reunionating schmoop. Who could ever have predicted such a thing!

Title: Direct Amends
Author: laurificus
Pairing: Sam/Dean
Rating: Adult
Word count: 2,532
Summary: If Dean has to put his trust in something, it's going to be them, together.

Notes: Thank you to mollyamory for betaing and titling. All remaining mistakes are mine.

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( Sam's laughing as they walk through the door. )

I was going to make a post about the OTW stuff, but I got all my ranting done by text today, and I'd just be adding to the noise at this point, anyway. So instead, I'll just say thank you. I love that there are people trying to do something awesome and huge and groundbreaking, and I love that there's a magical place of nothing but fic that isn't going to go away, and, for purely selfish reasons, I love how much easier it's made modding remix. Thank you to everyone who's worked, and is still working, to make that possible, and especially to Naomi for daring to make it happen in the first place. There's a lot of really unpleasant stuff going on in fandom at the moment, but the work and time put in for free to build this crazy thing, even if it's not perfect yet and never will be, is a lovely reminder of what makes fandom special and worth sticking around for, and I appreciate that, too.

And while we're talking about thank yous and the good side of fandom--thank you to girlmostlikely and marciaelena for the v-gifts. They were a very welcome surprise. ♥ ♥

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I have just realised I've had a post saved for weeks now, and for some reason not posted it. It starts out like this:

OMG, Community is the best show in the whole world. I have just watched the season 1 Christmas ep. How is it so sweet and heart-warming and yet not, like, a thing I hate just on principle?

Two things I particularly love: 1. Troy/Abed. Surely there is fic wherein they hook up and are in love! And the friendship between Annie, Shirley and Britta. I love that they support each other in their quirky, crazy way, and it's not all about guys.

I was going to make it 3 things I love and add in Jeff, but then I realised I'd have to add in Britta separately too, and Jeff/Britta who I apparently ship pretty hard, and then I started just making a list, and the list was everything. I love everything!

Then there was some other stuff about walking into a door and not getting my awesome halloween cloak. My life is too exciting for you all to handle, I know.

Instead of telling you about that, in the detail I know you secretly grave, I will go read this Stephen King book, which I cannot get into at all. But I am going to persevere! I do not like it when SK disappoints.