Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow Americans, and happy Thursday to all! I am so grateful for the friendships I have with each of you. :)

Guys. I am really looking forward to The Vampire Diaries tonight. What is *wrong* with me? No, really, what?

Also, I *really* need to get some actual work done at work tomorrow. Even if it kills me (via BOREDOM and APATHY).

That's all. Aren't you all sad I don't post more often? ;)

Dear Sonia,



I'm so glad we got to talking (on Tara's journal, right?) all those months ago, and that we've had the chance to get to know each other better since then. It's always a delight to see a post or message from you, friend, no matter the topic.

To celebrate one of our favorite common interests (hee), I thought I'd pretty up this post just a bit. ;) ( mini picspam within! )

Here's hoping you had a *fabulous* day!

Best wishes,
Heather

So I'm sure Bee would have something cute and clever to say, but hey. Let's chat pilots, people! :)

So, guys, I did it. I just joined Twitter, despite the fact that I don't even understand fully how it works yet.

This should be fun...

My username is redline_. Please let me know what yours are so that I can follow you! :)

Oh, and Tara, Euge, and Susan? You are such a bad influence on me! I'll *never* be able to get off the computer now.

Hey, guys.

This may be old news already, but I just saw that the mod of Katee's official Web site has posted this video of her answering questions via phone interview:

Hi, friends! Just a quick reminder that, for anyone out there interested in Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games, good_hunting_hq's first discussion post, It's the End of the World As We Know It (The State of Panem), is now up.

Hope you all are having a great weekend! :)

After watching the mini Monday night for the shipper re-watch, I suddenly had the urge to go back and reread (for the millionth time, yes—your point? ;) ) some of the first great Kara/Lee fics I devoured found in the BSG fandom, and especially those set before or during the mini. Just to connect again with that rush of excitement I felt upon discovering this series and its fic. Since I figure many of you might be eager to do the same, I put together a few recs set either pre-mini or during the mini itself. (Yes, I did include Academy fic because, well, we only really found out it was AU in the final months of the show, so.)

I had such fun putting these together that I'm thinking I'll try (try!) to put a similar list together each week, though obviously some eps spurred more fic than others (has anyone ever even written K/L set during "Water," for instance? Idek.). Would anyone besides me be interested in something as specific as this in terms of recs? Do let me know what you think!

Also, feel free to add more recs to this list in the comments. There are so many amazing stories out there (old and new to the fandom) I'd never be able to list them all here, so I'd love to hear what some of your favorite pre-mini and miniseries fics are.

(Note: Cross-posted to no_takebacks)

( the recs. )

Title: Come Back
Author: thrace_adama
Fandom: BSG
Timeline: Seasons 1 & 2
Pairing: L/K (shocking, right?)
Rating: PG-13 to be safe
Word count: 545
Disclaimer: I don't own these characters or this 'verse; RDM/NBCU do.

Summary: "Love, what a long way to arrive at a kiss, / what loneliness-in-motion, toward your company!" (From Pablo Neruda's Sonnet II, 100 Love Sonnets/Cien Sonetos de Amor)

A/N 1: With thanks to my beta, cosetteferaud, for her wonderful advice and support. Any remaining mistakes/wtf-ery are mine. :) Concrit welcome.

( Come Back )

Hi, guys. *waves* Sorry it's been a while. As most of you already know, the BSG finale left me pretty angry and upset (crazy, crazy mood swings there for a couple days, lemme tell ya) , and I just haven't wanted to post about it. Still don't, might not ever, but it's been talked to death anyway so I figure I'm off the hook--not sure I have anything to add to the many amazing points that have already been made except YES! and RDM is a BASTARD! and *sobs* and OH, THE RAGE. Which, you know, I've already done at your journals. So. Moving on.

In the first hours and days and even weeks after the finale aired, I was clinging to things that gave me comfort, especially with regards to the ending pilots got (or, uh, didn't get, to be more accurate). So I thought I'd mention some of the things that helped me out in the first week or so after the finale, which will pretty much just be an archive of comforting fics/music and vid recs/meta posts, etc. that have been making my friends page an oasis recently.

But okay, on to The List of Things Making Heather's Post-BSG Life Better:

( the list. )

While I don't feel I can really review this episode yet, as we've really only seen a third of it at this point, I did want to get down some of my thoughts on last night's "Daybreak pt. 1." Long story short, I am very pleased with it so far, and just hope the last two-thirds don't disappoint. Katee's comments have me worried about my ship, but I'm trying to keep the faith for now. (And have already decided that if I don't like it, I'll adopt selective canon and fanon as my coping mechanism and live in denial that the rest of it happened!) Besides, watching Season 1's "Hand of God" right now? Makes me realize nothing can take those early episodes and the love I have for them and their depiction of Kara/Lee away from me. :D

And with that...

( some thoughts on the ep. )

This has been the endless day, let me tell ya. And I see that my flisters have been very busy since I last checked in, so at least I know I'll have lots to squee about as we (impatiently!) count down the final hours to the beginning of the end...

Until then, I thought I'd take a second to post my own "you make my day" list after workerbee73 and cosetteferaud so kindly tagged me. Those I tag are supposed to create their own list if they haven't already, but I say it's all good either way. Pressure's no fun.

( on to my list. )

So...yep, another wordy post from me. Gah, no wonder I leaned toward editing books over newspaper articles!

And now I really must go check out what all I missed in the fandom while I was slaving away at my lame 9-5 (which, btw, makes me miss college sooooo much. *sigh*).

Daybreak, part 1 countdown: ETA 2.5 hours (!!!!!!)

Oh, and before I spend any time posting about this for no reason, a general question--is anyone out there considering going to Dragon*Con 2009? EJO's the only big name confirmed atm (well, and Hatch, I guess), but Callis told me last year that Jamie Bamber would definitely try to be there this year (since he'd had to cancel that year due to L&O:UK) and I'm hoping Katee Sackhoff will be able to make it as well (she had to cancel two years in a row, last year due to her cancer--thank GOD she's OK now). If so, I'd love to know! It's still months away, but I'm already really looking forward to the con itself and to hanging out with fellow shippers. :)

"Islanded in a Stream of Stars" has me feeling closer to and happier with BSG than I have in weeks. More than just the shippy satisfaction I got out of it (though let's be realistic--that was a huge part of it!), I think what made this episode so great overall for me was that it really had a little bit of everyone and everything. What we got last night is what I've been wanting for the majority of Season 4--more of a focus on the core characters I care about. Michael Taylor really delivered this, and in style, so I am very grateful to him for that.

( Further thoughts on the ep )

Oh, and while I still have to wonder if all this squee will have come too little, too late when I look back at my satisfaction with the story as a whole, I will say that another three episodes like this will likely make up for a hell of a lot with me. I've come to realize I'm pathetically easy that way (though of course this doesn't mean I won't still recognize and admit to the many flaws this season has seen and can't undo).

So. My initial reaction to this episode last night was once again disappointment with BSG as a whole (not to mention in the handling/ lack of K/L, which I will never understand), despite the fact that I at least was more interested in the story than I had been in those of the past few weeks. I mean, it's Starbuck, so of course I was. But anyway, so while I didn't hate the episode even then, I was upset that a) we didn't learn nearly enough about Kara's destiny, instead just pretty much got teased further b) I had to watch Kara stroking Sam's arm and lying on his chest and crying over him (yes, I'm selfish and blinded by my K/L love; I recognize and admit this) and c) Lee got all of what? two lines or so in the ep when *he* could have been the one Kara talked to about her dad or something. HOWEVER. After some sleep and a rewatch this morning, I'm now at least happier with what we *did* get. I think I've also realized that if this were any ep other than one of the precious last few, I'd be quite pleased with what came out of it , for Kara especially. And hey, I tell myself, at least I didn't have to spend another hour watching that Ellen/Tigh/Caprica mess.

( further thoughts on the ep )

I don't have as much to say about this one, as I'm still struggling with how disappointed I was by "Deadlock." I guess as long as it all turns out to have been worth it in the end I'll be fine with it, but as for the episode itself? It just didn't work for me at all.

( my thoughts on the ep. )

...Looking forward to reading about what you all thought about this one and what you're predicting for next week. :)

And in other news--I'm quite enjoying Dollhouse, so yay! Don't see myself getting into that fandom or anything, but the show's definitely interesting and entertaining.

This episode reminded me a lot of the eps in 4.0, which I felt focused way too much on the Cylons and on plot over characters in general, so I didn't much care for it (though maybe a rewatch will help). There were a few things I liked about "No Exit," however, and at least we're finally getting some real answers about the Cylons and the Final Five, specifically.

( my thoughts on the ep. )

While I'm not as excited about this episode as I was about last week's (which is understandable--pilots kissing *and* shooting all in one hour is pretty hard to beat, yes?), I thought "Blood on the Scales" was still damn good. And despite the wrench Sam's (fatal?) injury threw into the K/L storyline (even if only by taking away from our pilot screen time), I'm feeling pretty okay with how everything went down last night. After all, if last week was the return of Starbuck, last night's ep was most certainly the return of Apollo. I thought he absolutely rocked. And the rest of the characters and/or actors weren't too shabby themselves. ;)

So. On to the review.

( my thoughts on last night's ep )
Next Friday night is BSG, the premiere of Dollhouse, FNL time, *and* the start of a three-day weekend for me, so BRING IT ON! I cannot WAIT! (Though I might be visiting my mom, who has a sloooow Internet connection that does not handle LJ and the skiffy boards well, so that could be unfortunate...)

...Is it Friday yet? ;)

Since I'm still a bit high on my Family Adama rush from last night (how fucking awesome were they, really?), I thought I'd take some time to ramble wax poetic about exactly how much and why I loved this episode. This won't be a shining example of my writing ability to say the least, but I had to at least attempt to put some of my feelings about it into words.

( On to my long-winded, bubbly reactions to the ep! )

I'm probably not the first to post about this, but before I go out and read about how everyone else is reacting, I wanted to figure out my own thoughts (okay, total freak-out) on Katee's most recent comments to EW magazine.

For anyone who hasn't yet seen it (and if you tend to avoid Katee's interviews for your own sanity, of which I approve, you might want to stop reading now), here's what Katee told EW about the BSG finale:

"Um, I was a little disappointed, actually. ... I didn't feel like Starbuck had closure. All the other characters were wrapped up in a little box and Starbuck was adrift. ... But that's very much who she is. So it fits."

( more of my freak-out/rant and an explanation of my concerns behind the cut (*****Also, I am mildly spoiled in terms of things like casting, so hardcore spirgins may want to stay away*****) )

What do you all think? Am I totally overreacting? Is Katee just being Katee? Are Kara and Lee going to be together in the end, or at least have some kind of romantically tragic last scene? I'd love to hear what you all make of this. Anything to help me calm down about this would be most appreciated!