{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:cosmic","title":"calibrated for evil","subtitle":"a velour panda","author":{"name":"a velour panda"},"link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/cosmic.livejournal.com\/"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/cosmic.livejournal.com\/data\/atom"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"service.feed","type":"application\/x.atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/cosmic.livejournal.com\/data\/atom","title":"calibrated for evil"}}],"updated":"2012-09-25T17:31:51Z","entry":[{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:cosmic:880633","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/cosmic.livejournal.com\/880633.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/cosmic.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=880633"}}],"title":"avengerrrrrs","published":"2012-09-25T17:31:32Z","updated":"2012-09-25T17:31:51Z","category":{"@attributes":{"term":"movies: avengers"}},"content":"I complained about this to tumblr when I got my The Avengers<\/i> DVDs a few weeks ago: the Region 2 DVDs don't have the audio commentary<\/i>. Joss Whedon's audio commentary. Because Disney is a bunch of dickbags who decided to push the DVDs out early instead of waiting an extra week or two?

So: if you come across it in a downloadable form, let me know?

I just want to listen to Joss talk about things. :("},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:cosmic:878630","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/cosmic.livejournal.com\/878630.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/cosmic.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=878630"}}],"title":"avengers, revenge (i'm all about the vengeance, baby)","published":"2012-05-06T09:18:58Z","updated":"2012-05-06T09:19:16Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"movies: avengers"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"revenge"}}],"content":"I've had over a week to process how I feel about The Avengers<\/i> - I mean beyond OMG YAY IT IS THE BEST CAN WE SEE IT AGAIN RIGHT AFTER THE CREDITS ARE OVER - and seeing it again reaffirmed and strengthened basically all my feels, especially those of OMG YAY IT IS THE BEST CAN WE SEE IT AGAIN RIGHT AFTER THE CREDITS ARE OVER.

I'll write cut-taggable stuff maybe later today.

However, I was struck by this as I was catching up on Revenge<\/i>: my Clint\/Natasha feels are surprisingly similar to my Emily\/Nolan feels despite the pairings glaringly obvious differences.

And: ahahahaha the only two fandoms that I can comfortably hit in my head at the moment are all about the vengeance.

And2: I need icons for both my show and my movie. To the internets!"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:cosmic:878101","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/cosmic.livejournal.com\/878101.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/cosmic.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=878101"}}],"title":"buffy the vampire slayer","published":"2012-03-13T21:12:17Z","updated":"2012-03-13T21:24:00Z","category":{"@attributes":{"term":"jossverse"}},"content":"115 Reasons Why We Love Joss Whedon's \"Buffy The Vampire Slayer\"<\/a>

This list made me so, so, so happy. Also a little sad, because feelings<\/i> about things<\/i>. A lot of feelings.

♥

My favourite moment of Buffy the Vampire Slayer<\/i> will always be her receiving the class protector award at the prom. Because it mattered<\/i>. She saved them, again and again, and they knew<\/i> it, and it's good to say thank you and to hear the words."},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:cosmic:877831","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/cosmic.livejournal.com\/877831.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/cosmic.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=877831"}}],"title":"Fic: dig a hole, fill it up [Sherlock, PG]","published":"2012-02-29T21:18:29Z","updated":"2012-02-29T21:51:53Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"fic: sherlock"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"fic"}}],"content":"Title:<\/b> dig a hole, fill it up<\/i>
Author:<\/b> <\/a>cosmic<\/b><\/a><\/span>
Fandom:<\/b> Sherlock BBC
Spoilers:<\/b> All of series 2.
Rating:<\/b> PG
Summary:<\/b> He sees: pale skin, long features, dark curly hair, and he can't help the noise he makes, the name that escapes his lips or the tremble in his voice: \"Sherlock?\"<\/i>
Notes:<\/b> Thanks to <\/a>scrunchy<\/b><\/a><\/span> for looking this over and for listening to my angst. The title is a quote from the show Life<\/i>. Written for the tenth annual <\/a>picfor1000<\/b><\/a><\/span> challenge.

My picture can be found here<\/a>.





It's late in the evening when he walks up the stairs, shadows long and spooky. He opens the door and sees a figure sitting languidly in the other chair.

He sees: pale skin, long features, dark curly hair, and he can't help the noise he makes, the name that escapes his lips or the tremble in his voice: \"Sherlock?\"

The figure leans forward, and John can see as plain as day that he was very, very wrong, and he feels something in his chest hurt like an open wound. In his defence, it is someone presumed dead.

\"Irene?\"

\"I'm sorry, Dr Watson. I didn't-- I didn't realize--\" Her eyes are wide, her voice full of panic, more genuine emotion than he's ever seen from her. This is enough to almost settle the bitter taste in the back of his throat. Almost.

And she shakes her head, mouth a tight line. \"I'm so sorry.\"

\"You're not dead.\" He finds his voice then, finds the embarrassed shame of hurt and hope turning into anger, burning through him like life. He remembers the rage he felt when this happened the last time, at the power station, and he realizes, suddenly, that he's shaking with it, with rage. \u201cAgain.<\/i>\"

\"Yes,\" her hands are splayed open, like placating a wild animal.

\"You were dead. Mycroft said--\"

\"We let him think that. Sherlock \u2026\" she trails off, smiles, her eyes bright. It makes her look young and softer around the edges. \u201cHe saved me. I was about to be executed and then: Sherlock appeared. Out of thin air. Like it was a trick. Just a magic trick.\"

\"He didn't tell me.\"

\"I know. I'm sorry for that, too.\" She shakes her head again, lips curling now in a small, sardonic smile. He feels a pang of sympathy, unbidden, because that's what he was always reduced to: apologising for Sherlock's messes, successes and failures both.

He pushes that thought and the prickling in his eyes aside, forces a calmness to his voice that doesn't go all the way to his fingers. \"Why are you here?\"

\"It's what people do, don't they?\" She looks at him, calm and unblinking. Unnerving to a point that makes him flinch. \"Offer condolences.\"

He nods and attempts a smile, probably ending somewhere clownish and terrible. \"Tea?\"

\"Yes, please.\"

She takes hers black. He adds extra sugar to his, just so he can stir it and cover the shake in his hands. He holds the spoon a little too hard.

They drink their teas quietly for a moment.

Then: \"I work for Mr Holmes now.\"

\"For Mycroft?\" John can't disguise the incredulity in his voice. She looks down. His mind flashes to the last time he saw Mycroft: nose bleeding, at the cemetery. He flexes his fingers in a ghost ache.

\"I owe ... I owe Sherlock my life. The least I can do is help clear his name.\"

\"What does it matter? He's dead.\"

\"It matters to you. It matters to everyone he ever helped. It matters.\"

He smiles. The warmth he feels in his chest has little to do with hot water and Tetley's but he plays it off.

\"Feels guilty, does he?\"

She nods, some fleeting emotion crossing her face. \"It's not my place to speak on his behalf - and I don't wish to - but you need to forgive him.\"

\u201cThis is what Mycroft has you do, plea for my forgiveness? What does it matter?\"

\u201cNot Mycroft; Sherlock.\"

\u201cNo.\" He shakes his head. \u201cI can't. Not ... not yet.\"

\u201cOk. That's fine. Just know that you can,\" she says, and suddenly he's so tired he can barely breathe.

He doesn't realize his face is wet until Irene reaches towards to touch him. He pulls away with a start, wipes at his own face. And it's only then that he remembers. \"What you do - what you did - you were good at it because you know how to read people. Give them what they want.\"

\"What they need.\"

\"What do I need?\"

\"A reason to get up in the morning?\"

\"Good. What else?\"

\"That'll do, for now.\" She smiles a not-smile. He's become an expert at those and smiles one back at her.

\u201cI've seen people die before, you know. In Afghanistan. I was an army doctor.\" A beat. \u201cI bet you knew that, too.\"

\u201cI did.\"

\u201cI saw my friends die. Some of them died in my arms as I was trying to save them.\" Most in battle, a few from self-inflected gunshot wounds, two from friendly fire. It isn't those boys that keep him up at night. Just Sherlock, who made John watch everything as it happened, made John a witness to his death.

The silence between them stretches and she just watches him with careful eyes, noting his every move, nothing like his therapist. He hates her, just a little bit.

\u201cIt isn't the same,\" she says, finally, getting up. \u201cHe wasn't just a friend.\"

\u201cNo. He wasn't.\"

She pulls her coat on and offers him her hand. He stares at it for a moment but grips it. Her handshake is firm, nothing soft about it.

\"I am sorry,\" she says. \"For everything. I hope you'll believe that some day.\"

He smiles when he replies, \u201cI know. Goodbye, Ms Adler.\"

\u201cMr Watson.\" She hesitates for a moment at the door, adds, \u201cIf you need anything, anything at all, let me know. Goodbye, John.\"



She stops when she's halfway down the stairs, looks back at the door of the flat. Shakes her head. Takes her phone out of her pocket, taps out a coded message.

It says: I told him where to start digging. He just doesn't know that yet.<\/i>

The reply is, as always, instantaneous, a message that deciphered from the code they use means, Thank you.<\/i>



~fin"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:cosmic:877001","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/cosmic.livejournal.com\/877001.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/cosmic.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=877001"}}],"title":"sherlock preview","published":"2012-01-09T18:07:24Z","updated":"2012-01-09T18:09:18Z","category":{"@attributes":{"term":"sherlock"}},"content":"I'll talk about last night's ep soon but first! Preview for next week's ep, The Reichenbach Fall<\/i>!

HERE!<\/a> Because I can't get embed thing to work on youtube. (By which I just mean that it's not lj being a dick, this time.)

Let's talk about it in the comments, shall we?"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:cosmic:876767","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/cosmic.livejournal.com\/876767.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/cosmic.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=876767"}}],"title":"spn - adventures in babysitting","published":"2012-01-07T15:45:46Z","updated":"2012-01-07T15:55:14Z","category":{"@attributes":{"term":"supernatural (naturally super)"}},"content":"And we're back, baby!

I did miss those boys. And I love Dean with kids, and that girl was fantastic<\/i>.

After eigthy or so seasons of having their lives be shit, it's good that several somebodies actually kind of slap Dean upside the head and go, \"well, we're hunters. Our lives are always shit, there's a reason we became these people. Loss, though always personal and crushing, is a thing that does not<\/i> make you special.\"

Of course, the second part of that lesson for Dean was that he should be the prettiest, sad-eyed, smiling zombie that's going to implode and take half the continent with him eventually. *pets his pretty, pretty face*

For now, we're good. Ish.

NEXT WEEK NEXT WEEK NEXT WEEK NEXT WEEK!!! EVERYTHING I HAVE EVER WANTED FROM THIS SHOW! NICK LEA! ELLIOT NESS! TIME-TRAVEL! EEEEEEEEEE!!!!"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:cosmic:875879","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/cosmic.livejournal.com\/875879.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/cosmic.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=875879"}}],"title":"merlin!!!","published":"2011-12-18T13:15:25Z","updated":"2011-12-18T13:15:43Z","category":{"@attributes":{"term":"merlin"}},"content":"Merlin<\/i> this week was MAGICAL. I was just charmed stupid<\/i> by the episode and by Ben Daniels in particular. That is not, of course, in any way a surprise. Since. Ben Daniels.<\/i>

Merlin in charge is wonderful<\/i>. (Also: really attractive.) Just ... oh Merlin, tell Arthur immediately<\/i>. Tell him before you break his heart by him finding out some other way. Arthur's an idiot and his heart is easily breakable due to everybody in sight constantly betraying him.

Gwaine is so, so, so handsome. Mmmmm. Gwaine.<\/i>

TRISTAN AND ISOLDE. Who are morally ambiguous smugglers! Oh show<\/i>. You are ridic but I love<\/i> it.

Speaking of ridic, oh Arthur<\/i>. Arthur hugging a tree! Arthur wearing tiny trousers and a tinier shirt! Merlin, so utterly, utterly fond of Arthur. Though the making him do the dishes thing rang a little on the gross\/squicky side.

Hunith! I was so, so glad to see her! (And that she took Gwen in!)

Arthur and Gwen's reunion!!!!! AGH MY HEART.

Also: NEXT WEEK LOOKS AMAZING OMG!!!! EEEEEE!!!"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:cosmic:875064","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/cosmic.livejournal.com\/875064.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/cosmic.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=875064"}}],"title":"revenge! spn! merlin!","published":"2011-10-30T16:06:31Z","updated":"2011-10-30T16:08:00Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"supernatural (naturally super)"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"merlin"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"revenge"}}],"content":"1. Can we talk about how awesome Revenge<\/i>? It my new soapy (unguilty) pleasure and I love it to bits. That and Hart of Dixie<\/i> are my girl soaps for the season.

1.7. I love Nolan the most. Oddly, mostly because he reminds me of Topher from Dollhouse<\/i>. Except he has ... morals.

1.9. I also enjoy Nick Wechsler's face. He was always my favourite part of Roswell<\/i>.

2. Merlin<\/i> is having the best series its ever had. Uther's death<\/a> in 4x03 came as a total surprise to me! And that whole episode was just wonderful.

And good things keep happening! And everything and everyone keeps being really, really, really pretty.

2.9. I am shallow.

3. This week's Supernatural<\/i> has me vaguely interested again. Because apparently the only things I care about on this show are Crowley, Crowley's face and Crowley's voice. I missed you, bb!

Basically I've been all, ugh, do not caaaare!<\/i> ever since Castiel exploded. Cas really, really, really was (is) my favourite. But Crowley helps.

Mark Sheppard always helps.

Also helping: the end of the episode, which gave me this mini-flashback to all the times Dean and Sam have broken up in s1, s2 and s3 and gone off on their own, only to crash and burn by their own inability to actually function without one another. Aw, remember those guys? I didn't hate Sam's face nearly as much back then!"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:cosmic:874894","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/cosmic.livejournal.com\/874894.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/cosmic.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=874894"}}],"title":"catching up on vampire diaries s2","published":"2011-10-23T12:01:40Z","updated":"2011-10-23T12:01:52Z","category":{"@attributes":{"term":"the vampire diaries"}},"content":"I have various thoughts and ALL THE FEELINGS.

Most of my thoughts can be summed up in what I told <\/a>greenet<\/b><\/a><\/span> yesterday:

Caroline is my most favouritest.

On account of being the best.

Onward to s3! Where I'm pretty sure that Caroline will continue to be the best<\/i> as that is her nature."},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:cosmic:874301","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/cosmic.livejournal.com\/874301.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/cosmic.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=874301"}}],"title":"!!!!!","published":"2011-10-11T15:00:56Z","updated":"2011-10-11T15:01:14Z","category":{"@attributes":{"term":"movies: avengers"}},"content":"THE AVENGERS TRAILER<\/a>

Eeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:cosmic:874211","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/cosmic.livejournal.com\/874211.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/cosmic.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=874211"}}],"title":"big damn hero","published":"2011-09-26T19:25:23Z","updated":"2011-09-26T19:25:49Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"sean maher"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"firefly (big damn heroes)"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"gay gay gay"}}],"content":"I already retweeted a thing and posted a link on tumblr but apparently I want to say this in all the things, because I'm proud of him and because this is still a pretty big deal:

Sean Maher Comes Out!<\/a>

(He's also a little bit adorable on The Playboy Club<\/i>. And the bunnies are hot. And Eddie Cibrian has a lot of muscles that I apparently like. And I am really, really shallow, which is a thing you were all aware of, ok? And: total sartorial porn!)"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:cosmic:873449","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/cosmic.livejournal.com\/873449.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/cosmic.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=873449"}}],"title":"doctor who","published":"2011-09-11T07:06:40Z","updated":"2011-09-11T07:07:13Z","category":{"@attributes":{"term":"doctor who (bad case of loving who)"}},"content":"I have ALL THE FEELINGS about this episode. By which I mostly mean all the tears<\/i>.

Let's keep it short, and I might get back to it later:

- This episode is - for me, at least - this series' emotional equivalent of Vincent and the Doctor<\/i>.

- Midway through, I had this irrational fear of Rory dying for good in this episode. Because: Rory is the best<\/i> and if there's one thing that will ever break Amy for good it's if something happens to Rory and it's permanent<\/i>.

- Karen Gillan is amazing<\/i>. Her bodylanguage as older!Amy is so, so different and. oh.<\/i> just perfect.

- The Doctor is the worst<\/i>. But Rory knows that now, and the Doctor was reminded of his own worstness, in case he ever forets. As were the viewers. So I guess that's good? (On the other hand, Matt Smith is fantastic<\/i>.)

- I want to marry Rory Williams. (Or Arthur Darvill. Since he's pretty damn great in this. And I'm not that picky.)

- ALL THE TEARS.

- AGH NEXT WEEK WILL BE ALL THE NIGHTMARES."},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:cosmic:872233","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/cosmic.livejournal.com\/872233.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/cosmic.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=872233"}}],"title":"bonsoir, it is i, your lover","published":"2011-08-07T10:42:51Z","updated":"2011-08-07T17:38:17Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"people: kristen bell is the best"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"craig ferguson"}}],"content":"Ok, kids. You know you should watch the whole week of Le Late Late Show avec Craig Ferguson in Paris<\/i>, right? Because it's hilarious and<\/i> you might learn something. About Paris. But the main reason?

This.



(Or here<\/a>, if youtube is suddenly a giant jerk about embedding youtube videos. Just ... watch it. Because it's great.)

I'm not big on the RPF - like, I dabble in random pairings from time to time - but Craig\/KBell? I ship that<\/i>. I ship that more than I ship just about any other pairing ever. And the not-so-secret secret is that so do they."},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:cosmic:871723","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/cosmic.livejournal.com\/871723.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/cosmic.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=871723"}}],"title":"dear white collar,","published":"2011-07-20T16:42:28Z","updated":"2011-07-20T16:43:54Z","category":{"@attributes":{"term":"tv: white collar"}},"content":"I put up with a lot on this show.

I put up with an amoral main character who - if you really start to think about it - is possibly the biggest jerk on television. He's pretty, clever and charming, sure, but - according to the character's own words - he's never said he was sorry and meant it, and his whole life is the con. It's an addiction he doesn't want to stop because he hasn't hit bottom yet. Not when he was in prison, not when his girlfriend died<\/i>, not when he was in prison the second time, not when he almost killed a man. None of these things count as the bottom, apparently.

He hasn't changed is any significant way or even learned anything in the two\/three years he's been with the FBI now.

And then he and his equally amoral - perhaps a little less amoral, actually, because Mozzie never claimed to be anything other than what he is while Neal pretends at playing a good guy for Peter's benefit on a daily basis - BFF found a shipful of Nazi treasure. And didn't pay even a moment's consideration as to who the rightful owners were, that it belongs in a museum<\/i>, maybe, instead of two amoral jerks. That whole thing.

And there's always some suspension of belief for the sake of drama, regarding characterization and cons and plot-lines and, you know, whatever<\/i>. And yet again the looted nazi treasure because none of the writing staff seemed to have any moral issues regarding that, either.

But this week, they do something that even I have trouble reconciling as any kind of believable thing of television: Mozzie has sexual relations. with a lady<\/i>. Now, who wouldn't<\/i> be into Lena Headey, be it a dude, a lady or her tv brother, sure, but come on<\/i>.

Mozzie. Mozzie.<\/i>

Yeah.

(Them eating cereal while helping Peter and Neal afterward was really cute, though.)

Aaaaand I'm pretty sure I will forgive this show for everything it does, has done and will ever do on account of next week: Neal Caffrey. Navy dress whites. Sweet Jesus.<\/i>"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:cosmic:871230","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/cosmic.livejournal.com\/871230.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/cosmic.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=871230"}}],"title":"HOTASS LAWYERS! CAPTAIN HO(T)ASS AND FRIENDS!","published":"2011-07-11T15:11:43Z","updated":"2011-07-11T15:15:16Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"torchwood"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"suits"}}],"content":"1. These are the fannish things I enjoy most in the universe right now: Leverage<\/i> (I haven't seen this week's yet!), Suits<\/i> and Torchwood<\/i>. Also, Pretty Little Liars<\/i>, True Blood<\/i> and White Collar<\/i>. Also <\/a>greenet<\/b><\/a><\/span> is making me watch Teen Wolf<\/i>. Because she's evil. And apparently it gets not bad at some point.

2. Leverage<\/i> continues to be my favourite (though I haven't seen this week's yet)! &everybody;

3. Now, let's talk about Suits<\/i>. This is a show about emotionally distant hotass lawyer Harvey and how he falls head over the heels for young but brilliant screw-up Mike and somehow decides to My Fair Lady<\/i> Mike, so he will be a hotass lawyer with him. On their journey together, Harvey learns to have feeeeeeeelings<\/i> and Mike learns how to be awesome like Harvey.

- It is an awesome show.

- Mostly it's a show about Harvey being hilarious and hotass. Seriously. Gabriel Macht is like you took s1 Heroes<\/i> Adrian Pasdar, mixed in some Don Draper and every other hot dude in the universe and made handsome soup. I want to go to there. (I was going to continue with the soup metaphor but it would have gone a bit graphic and\/or gross in the next sentence.)

- Ok, so the show is really about Mike. Mike has eidetic memory and through a lifetime of terrible decisions, tragically losing his parents and being raised by his elderly nana and a horrible best friend (this is what happens to geniuses who don't have Gusses to look out for them!), he's a loser who takes exams for other people. While couriering a case of drugs (for his Terrible Best Friend!) to what ends up being a police sting, he happens upon Harvey interviewing Harvard douchebags for a new associate position at his firm. Mike did pass the bar that one time and - like I said - Harvey kind of falls in love with him, so he becomes Harvey's associate. But being a lawyer, especially is a fake-lawyer, is really hard work<\/i>, so wackiness, shenanigans and slashy goodness ensues.

- If Mike is a very, very, very<\/i> good boy, he may get a fist bump, as evidenced here:

<\/a>

That is also how I will feel about you if you watch the show.

- Also, Gina Torres is on this show, being Harvey's own, uh, Harvey. She is their boss and also very, very attractive and smart.

- You know, truth is that I might not even need the slash for this show. It is tangible<\/i>, basically, so I like it very much, but it hits the emotional kinks I very much enjoy. Harvey is a secret carer! Mike is a woobie! Together they make sweet, sweet lov-- no, ok, apparently I cannot separate the two.

What I'm trying to say is: I LOVE THIS SHOW AND THIS NEEDS TO BE A GIANT FANDOM NOW.<\/a>

4. Torchwood<\/i> is back!

- Gosh, there's lighting and money<\/i> in this production. Yay!

- I didn't know I had missed Captain Jack Harkness as much as I did until he was there, getting his hello\/flirt on. My god, Jack Harkness, you are the best<\/i>. (By the time this season is over, I will also have said: \"my god, Jack Harkness, you are the worst<\/i>\" because our Captain Jack is always the best and the worst.

- Esther is adorable<\/i>. I can't wait to see more of her!

- HAI GWEN I MISSED YOUUUU. Hi adorable baby! Gwen, the responsible parent, puts earmuff things on her baby so she can better shoot a giant gun next to her. Awwww! ♥

- I am not feeling the Mekhi character yet. Rex seems very ... brash and rash and car crash in action. I do like the idea of Jack not<\/i> being in charge and working under somebody else. I assume Rex is less of a dick - or more of an entertaining dick - when he's not completely on drugs \/ in terrible pain. He is a smart one, having figured out that he's probably going to die when everything is back to normal.

- I am liking the Lady Doctor. She's awesome.

- Jack, please don't ever die. Even if you can. You're not allowed<\/i>. Not ever. Or The Doctor will be really, really sad.

- Bill Pullman is apparently a really good actor because there's not even a trace<\/i> of the President in him. And he's just so creeptastic. The living god defense made me laugh even though that's terrible<\/i>.

- ♥ Wales ♥<\/a>"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:cosmic:870731","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/cosmic.livejournal.com\/870731.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/cosmic.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=870731"}}],"title":"x-men first class!","published":"2011-06-11T16:39:00Z","updated":"2011-06-11T16:39:45Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"fannish"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"hot dudes and ladies"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"movies: x-men first class"}}],"content":"Earlier this week, I saw X-Men: First Class<\/i>. It was AMAZING.

- Charles\/Erik, people. Just. That.<\/i> That was perfect<\/i>. That was an epic love story with a side of everything else.

- Raaaaaaven. I loved<\/i> her. I love the creation of Mystique. though, honey, honestly, you could do so much better than that jerk Azazel. I hope your gay BFF\/mentor Magneto told you so repeatedly. Because a thing I also loved: how Erik and Raven connected, and what he taught her about herself.

- Aw, Henry McCoy! I love your stupid nerdy face! Though if you make Raven feel bad ever again, I will punch you in the face<\/i>.

- The historical backdrop. Hee! Cuban mutant missile crisis.

- the funny. I loved the funny. Charles being a rubbish flirt! The Charles\/Erik double-act! The Wolverine cameo! The kids! And my bb Alex Summers.

- MOST IMPORTANTLY: Michael Fassbender. I want to go to there. Just. He speaks French! He hunts down nazi war criminals! He\u2019s so hot omg<\/i>. He\u2019s magnetic<\/i> in the role. That\u2019s the only way to describe it. Just. *flails*

- I maybe want to go see it again. I maybe want to write fic<\/i>. I love this movie, is what I\u2019m saying.

I NEED X-MEN ICONS. MAGNETO-MEN ICONS."},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:cosmic:870521","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/cosmic.livejournal.com\/870521.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/cosmic.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=870521"}}],"title":"doctor who","published":"2011-06-05T19:25:34Z","updated":"2011-06-05T19:26:50Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"doctor who (bad case of loving who)"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"writers: moffat is our king"}}],"content":"Look, I have Thoughts. I'll get to them later, probably during my rewatch of series 5 and 6. In short: I only have love, I want more DW NOW and I can't wait<\/i> to see how this series ends. And also that a future episode title - for The Doctor will return in, that is - has never made me laugh quite as hysterically as this one did.

Here<\/a>, however, is a 16 year old thing from a usenet group discussion that contains spoilers.

Which is a little bit amazing.

Oh, Moffat<\/i>."},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:cosmic:870184","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/cosmic.livejournal.com\/870184.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/cosmic.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=870184"}}],"title":"doctor who vid rec","published":"2011-06-03T05:07:45Z","updated":"2011-06-03T14:47:06Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"doctor who (bad case of loving who)"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"reccage"}}],"content":"Suzanne<\/a> by \"[personal<\/a>such_heights<\/b><\/a><\/span>. Doctor\/TARDIS. All the hearts."},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:cosmic:870081","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/cosmic.livejournal.com\/870081.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/cosmic.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=870081"}}],"title":"heeeeeeeeeee","published":"2011-06-02T08:58:59Z","updated":"2011-06-02T08:59:12Z","category":{"@attributes":{"term":"adam lambert is the best unicorn"}},"content":"Oh, Adam Lambert fandom. How did you not know \/ tell me this before?

<\/a>

The Variegated Fairywren (Malurus lamberti lamberti<\/i>)

Like, sure, he hasn't had the blue stripe in over a year but that's a pretty fitting bird otherwise.

*is easily amused*"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:cosmic:869633","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/cosmic.livejournal.com\/869633.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/cosmic.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=869633"}}],"title":"doctor who - the almost people","published":"2011-05-29T09:49:54Z","updated":"2011-05-29T09:50:15Z","category":{"@attributes":{"term":"doctor who (bad case of loving who)"}},"content":"