Alright first off, a little backstory. I come from a non traditional home. By no means broken (horrible term btw) but definitely non traditional. I've got my dad, and then my mom and step-dad. To make it even more not traditional, my mom and dad actually get along fabulously. Even my dad and step-dad get along. Mom and dad would still probably be married if they could agree on money & finances, yaknow? All three are fabulous people.

Now when it comes to fannish life, I'm...well I guess you'd call it closeted (maybe? Searching for a term here), to my parents. They know about fanfiction, and that I read/wrote it in high school and middle school. Mom gets the concept of message boards and blogs, Dad's a little fuzzy, and Step-dad could care less about what happens on the Internet if it isn't YouTube video of people building and operating crazy contraptions. But like all living breathing humans, they love their movies, tv, and books. So here's two separate instances of what I'd think of as fannish interactions with them.

1. MizzD introduces mom and step-dad to BBCs Sherlock. Since I got them a blu-ray player for Christmas, they now can stream their Netflix. We spent a good portion of the time between Christmas and New Years, huddled on the couch, under blankets for warmth (it happens to be freezing in the farm house. Are you sick of hearing that yet?). There were many movies watched. And then I said Sherlock! We're watching it! Both were kinda ambivalent. Mom because she was like "more cop shows? Bah." Step-dad because he was like "not enough explosions!" BUT I hooked him on the first episode, and mom by the second (which is weird because I think The Blind Banker is the weakest of all the stories). AND THEN we got to The Great Game. They both had some running commentary on that one, let me tell you. And when the screen went dark, OMG DID THEY HAVE A COW :D am I evil? I told em I should make them wait a few months for the next season :P but they watched some the next day and the day after. By the time they got to The Reichenbach Fall, I had gone back to college. I got separate reaction posts communications from both of them. I got an email entitled "U Beeatch!!!!!" from the step-dad containing his reactions, WTFery, and whines about the wait for next season (he's mostly unfamiliar with ACD canon, so he REALLY had no idea what was coming). Mom was IMing me for most of the episode going 'the writing! so good.' And then the WHAAAAH? at the end. She even posted her appreciation of my rec to FB!

2. Dad hears about MizzD's attempt to watch The Incrediable Hulk. So The Avengers restored my faith in the Comic Book Movie. It had been ruined in 2005 by X3 & Superman Returns. (Iron Man almost brought it back but Iron Man 2 kinda ruined it. And Nolan!Batman is so far removed from a CBM, it didn't do anything.) So I've been trying to catch up on the CBM I missed (Thor? Major miscasts all over the place. First Class? DAMN MY OLD MARRIED COUPLE FEELS.) But Hulk? Hulk I could not do. I got 10 minutes in, turned it off and sent the disc back. My FB status promptly described it as "all my least favorite actors make a movie." Ed Norton bugs me. Liv Tyler, I hate. And Hulk is generally boring (when not done by Whedon/Ruffalo). HORRIBLE MOVIE. When dad heard the casting as I was complaining about the movie compared to Avengers he went "Norton? Nooooo. Miscast. He's too scrawny." Then he asked who plays Banner/Hulk in Avengers. When I told him Mark Ruffalo, he was immediately all YES. And then proceeded to basically rehash Whedon's reasoning behind Ruffalo casting - angry, big, and able to take care of himself BEFORE he became the Hulk. WITHOUT EVEN SEEING AVENGERS or hearing Whedon talk about it. Needless to say I was impressed. And I just fueled the fire by saying the Norton!Hulk was just trying to go with the hapless scientist typecast. You should have seen him go! Impressive rant, let me tell you.

Basically, I love my parents, all three, for various reasons. But they're really impressive when they're fannish without even knowing it.

Fandom: Avengers (Wizard of Oz!AU)
Subject: Natasha/Black Widow
Title: if i only had a ♥
Note 1: womenverse round 2, challenge 1 aka THE HOLIDAY EXCHANGE. for hbics :)
Note 2: aaaand, I'm not sure what I was thinking with this one. Avengers and Wizard of Oz are eating my brain?
Note 3: MCU characterization. Comic backstory.





( once I had brains, and a heart also; so, having tried them both, I should much rather have a heart. )

I want some Phil Coulson/Mary Winchester. Cause these two are my most absolute favorite NOT!DEAD!HEADCANON, secretly badasses. Ever.

Phil, obviously can't go back to SHIELD, he's been burned and dumped in some shitty little town, with a new name and new history and everything. One night he meets a strong, yet heartbroken blond (who was forced to watch her family burn and break by a yellow-eyed-demon. then he dumped her in the small little town with magic preventing her from speaking about her past) at the bar (me thinks they bond over Pepper being awesome on the news. Mary would raise her drink to female powerhouse and crack wise about stomping in Jimmy Choos. Phil would correct her on the shoes and confess to having an inappropriate crush on Ms Potts. Mary wouldn't blame him). They strike up a beautiful friendship and save the world. Cue research parties, gun appreciation and scary efficiency.


OMG. MY BRAIN. REALLY?


ETA: Upon further reflection, I think this is my brain attempting to recuperate from the platonic Craig!Bond+Dench!M feels I am having. Phil/Mary is like exactly the same. Except that there's less of an age difference. and more ghosts. or aliens. possibly switched head of agency/spy roles too.

sooo. I cracked. I bought a years subscription to the Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited database. I had too. You believe me right?

Yeah I know you don't.

But I needed to read the arcs related to the Infinity Gauntlet! (Which are awesome BTW. and the two issue Thanos Quest? BRILLIANT.) It's for this story I'm trying to write. It's an Avengers/Supernatural crossover. Also is Bruce/always-a-girl!Dean. yeaahhhh. I'm working on it for avengers_xbb. Not sure if it will be done. Uh, I'll have 5000 words by the rough draft due date, but maybe not an end. or a middle :/

What I am doing, is making a fanmix for the Bruce/always-a-girl!Dean pairing. waywardmixes round 8 is 'rare pairs' so yeah. there you go. Also it's already done. it was done in less than a day :P

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( my dream last night )

tielan has posted a bit of the Avengers/Black Jewels Trilogy fic she's been working on.

YOU WISH YOU COULD BE THIS AWESOME.

Have I said that I love my film class? Since we don't have class on Monday, and there's no screening this week, we were assigned homework: "go to the movies". Not "watch a movie on the tv" but actually GO TO THE MOVIES. The first class was all about the experience of movies. So, being a holiday weekend, my parents were in FULL support of this homework. Guess what we managed to see? AVENGERS. 3rd time for me! 1st for the 'rents can you believe it? That farming life sure is time consuming.

Why was Avengers in theatres you ask? Well since we stayed all the way through to watch the schwarma scene, the guy who was cleaning told us that it was rereleased into theatres so that it can make some more money and beat Titanic as the top grossing box office! Mom, who used to sell video for Disney, was immediately like "that's so they can claim the top box office not the second when it's time to release it on DVD." It needs to make another ~$40k. I don't think that will happen. There was only two screenings at this theatre. The house was not EVEN full (although crowded for a movie that came out 5 months ago. I honestly thought we were going to be the only ones). And in this area of about 30 miles? This was the only theatre showing it. :/ doubt it will make it's goal.

I was still shocked by Coulson. I mean I knew it was coming, but I was so caught up in drama that it came soon than I was expecting. THAT is good story telling. It was also funny to watch it with the parents who have very little to no grasp of the history of Avengers or fandom life in general. There were jokes I laughed at that they didn't and different opinions of character(ization)s. Whatever.

We got there in time for the trailers! Which is always nice. there was a new Frankenwennie trailer. Which actually made me more inclined to see it. There seems to be more story then the short from a few years ago. No new Oz. VERY DISAPPOINTED. I need new footage to geek over! Taken 2 made both my mother and I go 'NFW!'

But Skyfall. OH BOY SKYFALL. THAT IS EXCITING. Really, really exciting. I loved this new trailer. I had all these FEELS while watching. Loved the idea of Bond - a traditional spy character - adapted for the information age. I mean he's always been about information and secrets, but now that info is transmitted by the Internet. It makes you wonder how this movie is going to approach the danger and explosions - since historically, Bond films have used the danger to stop Bond from getting away with film/microchips/photos/people with the facts in their brains. So why is stuff exploding this time? Well except for that one that seems to blow up MI-6. That one seems to be an act of terror directed specifically at M. And speaking of M, this almost-too-close relationship that M and Bond have since Daniel Craig won the role FASCINATES me. It really plays into that whole idea of factions and loyalty in intelligence communities (see Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy. Which is boring. But illustrates my point). Now see, I have this head canon that 'James Bond' itself is a codename. It's been assigned to various men over the last few decades, at M's discretion. Which explains why when Dench!M came onto the scene, Brosonan!Bond was all annoyed. He came up through the ranks under a different M. So Craig!Bond is her Bond, so of course they get all awkwardly close. HENCE THE MOTHER JOKES IN THE TRAILER. UGH. CAN'T WAIT. (brainflash! Can I request Bond films for festivids?)

Oooookay. so I'm working on this Avengers/Supernatural crossover. the plot is going to have to go one of two ways - mpreg or always-a-girl!Dean. 0.o sorry.

And, honestly? I can't decide which would be worse (better?). So talk to me and vote in my poll! pleeeease?



I've got my own opinion but I won't tell you. If it helps, it's a magical pregnancy...

So my one uncle is moving to Colorado. Again. Lets see how long this move lasts.

Anyway, the entire east coast family met at the farm. That's seven, including myself. Eight if you count the aunt's boyfriend. Not too bad, our times overlapped for only a few hours.

NOW, the health inspector's here. The 'rents were a little freaked out yesterday about this. But as I was typing this up, Mom came in a told me she may be freaking the inspector out a bit - metioning her trip to the White House to talk about the future of farming, the awards for environmental excellence they've won, and other assorted name drops. GO MOM. :P

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Fandom wise, I haven't had much time to do anything. Or post anything I should say. I wrote those notes for a fic (apparently I'm producing every like two years or so?) that I then left at work. I've had some AWESOME conversations with people about various genres. I've been living with my Dad this summer, and actually have someone that I can pick apart movies/TV with - mom has never really gone for it. There's also my favorite couple at work that I wait on. I sat down with them on my break and discussed Avengers/Whedon & Promethus/Aliens. Then we discussed noir and westerns - he's trying to start their ~15 son on both. We were discussing our favs of course; they're not particually fond of John Wayne. WTF? And they've started him on The Good, The Bad and the Ugly - which is STUPID. Do you realize how BORING that is if your not into westerns and are age 15? gah. Start with The Cowboys, or Silverado, or YOU KNOW MAGNIFICENT SEVEN. :D They liked that idea, cause then, as I always recommend, you can compare it to Seven Samurai and start on Kurosawa :D

I put in an app for for pentapus's round 2 of Treehouse ReverseBang. WE WILL SEE.

I have both my dc_dystopia fics to read and make art for :D Currently downloading Microsoft Office to the new computer so I can read them!

I have to catch up on thefandomzoo entries. NOT ENOUGH HOURS IN THE DAY.

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Off to make turnovers/samosas for the company picnic next weekend. I'll make the dough and filling today, bake them on Sunday morning.

Just got back from watching Avengers. Again.

It's still awesome. Actually it may be better, because this time, I could listen for forshadowing. Which, OMG, is there a lot of.

Totally need a Joss Whedon-likes-these-themes overview though. Also HQ screenshots, like, STAT. I have art to make.

But it would have been really cool to have had Logan/Wolverine in Captain America: The First Avenger. Just saying. It would have been nice to tie in the X-Men movies with the Avengers. Just a subtle nod would have been nice.

Plus: it's comics compliant!

I have this ridiculous urge to make an Avengers movie!verse tarot deck. (also to read some Bruce-Banner-meets-Dean-Winchester fic. oH the angnst. /digress) This urge is so strong I have all but one of the Majors plotted out. The Empress is being exceptionally difficult... there are like no motherly/creation/fertile characters in movie!verse. Unless I take the various X-Men movies into account. Which I don't really want to do.

At this point I'd even take a male character for the position.

Come at me?