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For those interested, you can watch footage of a flashmob in Bristol, where people pretended to be Jedis and fought with lightsabers for a while. If it were the Doctor Who fandom trying to do something like that, I’m not sure what everyone could do. Dress like the Daleks or various Doctors and companions, and stage a fake battle? Waving sonic screwdrivers at them? (Part of me wants to see that)

The Five Most Disturbing X-Men Love Affairs.

There’s a new promo pic for the next season of Doctor Who—and a new trailer should pop up this Saturday.

Thanks to Io9, I have now heard Doctor In Distress. Yes, some of the singing is bad--but it’s not quite as bad as some American Idol auditions I’ve seen. I spotted Anthony Ainley (almost didn’t, because of his lack of beard) in the music video—possibly Colin Baker. I don’t know enough about Classic Who to really recognize anyone else. I’m working on fixing that, though.

crazydiamondsue has compiled a massive list of Buffy meta. A few things I wrote actually ended up on it. I’m mildly horrified and wanting to hide, yet happy at the same time. Of mine, they’ve collected an essay on Tara and another for Willow for idol_reflection, and my Willow/Tara and Angel/Darla ship_manifesto essays. Pretty much all the images in the essays are broken these days, because they happened to be hosted on either Greatestjournal or another image host that vanished. If they were including Firefly, my Wash/Zoe essay would have been added, and an essay I wrote about Inara.

Title: Show Me Your World
Author: calliopes_pen
E-Mail: julia_hoffman2003 [at] yahoo [dot] com
Fandom: Buffyverse
Pairing: Angel(us)/Darla
Spoilers: Seasons 2 through 4 of Angel.
Notes: Written for ship_manifesto. Spoilers for season 1 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and seasons 2-4 of Angel.
Special Thanks To: seandc for beta reading.

Angel: Darla.
Wesley Wyndam-Pryce: Darla?
Cordelia: Darla?
Fred: Who's Darla?
Gunn: Angel's old flame, from way back.
Fred: Not the one who died?
Gunn: Yeah. No, not that one, the other one who died and came back to life. She's a vampire.
Fred: Do y'all have a chart or somethin’?
Gunn: In the files, I'll get it for you later.
--Darla’s past confuses the group in Offspring.

( The essay is beneath the cut. )

This essay will also be posted to ship_manifesto.

Title: The Power of Science
Author: calliopes_pen
E-mail: julia_hoffman2003@yahoo.com
Fandom: Ghostbusters
Pairing: Egon Spengler/Janine Melnitz
Spoilers: Both Ghostbusters movies, Real Ghostbusters, Extreme Ghostbusters, and probably a few of the comics.
Notes: Thanks go out to the ghostbusters group for helping me find out which episodes of Real Ghostbusters were Egon/Janine related. I would have been stuck going through the DVD’s I bought from Ebay for the rest of the month if you guys hadn’t pointed me in the right direction. Thanks to my beta reader seandc. The banner after the introduction was also made by seandc.

Janine: You're very handy, I can tell. I bet you like to read a lot, too.
Egon: Print is dead.
Janine: Oh, that's very fascinating to me. I read a lot myself. Some people think I'm too intellectual but I think it's a fabulous way to spend your spare time. I also play racquetball. Do you have any hobbies?
Egon: I collect spores, molds, and fungus.
--A hobby conversation between Egon and Janine...obviously, it didn’t go in the direction that Janine hoped for.

( The essay is beneath the cut. )

Also posted to ship_manifesto.

Title: Autumn Leaves
Author: faith_of_borg
E-Mail: julia_hoffman2003@yahoo.com
Fandom: Firefly
Pairing: Wash/Zoe
Spoilers: Up to the final episode of Firefly. Major spoilers for Serenity (the movie) as well.
Notes: Disclaimer: Translations of the Chinese spoken in the episodes quotes were provided on the website Dusk Til Dawn. A link to that site can be found in the general links section. Personally, I don’t know Chinese. I would like to thank crack_van for helping me locate some wonderful Firefly fanfics. grim_prime for convincing me to give the series a shot—and I would like to thank my entire Friends List for raving about the wonderfulness of the DVD’s of Firefly. And now, I would like to thank all of my beta readers. They include: seandc and hopefulnebula. And last, but not least: Thanks to seandc for the banner at the beginning and the end of this essay.

Zoe: " If I'm going to wear a dress, I'd want something with some slink."
Wash: "You want a slinky dress? I can buy you a slinky dress. Captain, can I have money for a slinky dress?"
--A conversation from Shindig. Wash and Zoe discuss a dress in a shop’s window.

( Can’t stop the signal. )

This is also being posted at ship_manifesto.

Title: Blue And Gold
Author: faith_of_borg
E-Mail: julia_hoffman2003@yahoo.com
Fandom: DC Comics
Pairing: Blue Beetle (Ted Kord)/Booster Gold (Michael Jon Carter)
Spoilers: Just to be safe, anything up through Countdown to Infinite Crisis and OMAC, as well as Wonder Woman #219.
Notes: I would like to thank canonistas and beetlemania for helping to explain the Kooey Kooey Kooey storyline. Thanks go out to edward_hyde, for posting the "Boostle Mega Post Of Doom" over at scans_daily. Thanks to seandc for the banner after the LJ cut. Special thanks also go out to all of my beta readers. They include: seandc, heykidzcomix, covenhouse_cat, and edward_hyde.

*Booster Gold shows up unexpectedly, and helps save Blue Beetle from a gang. Beetle is then helped up by Booster.*
Blue Beetle: What about the commercial? What about Miami? And the costume? I thought you said--
Booster Gold: Yeah, I figured—what the hell. Soon as I stepped off the plane I knew where I needed to really be. So here I am.
Caption: Finally the laughter stops.
--excerpt from Countdown to Infinite Crisis.

( The Strange Saga of Blue Beetle And Booster Gold. Or, alternately, The Merchandise Will Be Silent! )

This is also being posted over at ship_manifesto.

Title: Timeless
Author: faith_of_borg
E-Mail: julia_hoffman2003@yahoo.com
Fandom: DC Comics
Pairing: Alfred Pennyworth/Dr. Leslie Thompkins
Spoilers: Just to be safe, I'll say everything up to most of the recent Batman related comics.
Notes: Thanks to comicfangirls and canonistas for helping me to answer a few questions. Many thanks go out to my beta readers: __marcelo and seandc. (Also, thanks to seandc for the Alfred/Leslie icon.) Thanks also go out to kkglinka, for creating the banner after the LJ cut.

And although Prunus Persica, in the language of flowers, translates to the elaborate: “Your qualities, like your charms, are unequaled,”—the isolated peach blossom eloquently insists that: "I am your captive."
--from Gotham Knights #7; Alfred’s unique way of wooing Leslie. [The conversation in its entirety can be found in the essay.]

( The doctor and the butler. )

This is the essay I have written for ship_manifesto. I am also posting it here.

Title: Torn Between The Darkness And The Light
Author: faith_of_borg
E-Mail: julia_hoffman2003@yahoo.com
Fandom: DC Comics
Pairing: Bruce Wayne/Diana (Batman/Wonder Woman)
Spoilers: All of Justice League Unlimited, and, just to be safe, anything in the JLA comics.
Notes: Thanks to canonistas, where I found some of Wonder Woman’s back history. Thanks also go out to purplestarzzz for the banner after the introduction. And finally, thanks go out to my beta readers: marag, seandc, and __marcelo.

“These warriors fight with such honor...passion...The Universe has lain two signs before me. I need but The Undeniable Third for truth...Yet the path still lies cluttered...”
--Narration during The Obsidian Age, as Bruce and Diana fight a final battle.

( Starcrossed )

Title: Spellbound
Author: faith_of_borg
E-Mail: julia_hoffman2003@yahoo.com
Fandom: Buffyverse
Pairing: Willow Rosenberg/Tara Maclay
Spoilers: Season 3 through Season 6 of Buffy.
Notes: The banner after the introduction was made for me by killmebecomeme. The icon of Tara blowing out a candle (which can be found in one of the quotes), was made by pukkie. The image at the very end of the essay was made by me, using a screen cap. Many thanks go out to tinkermellie and seandc for beta reading.

I’m under your spell
How else could it be
Anyone would notice me?
It's magic, I can tell
How you set me free
Brought me out so easily...
--excerpt from Under Your Spell, sung by Tara in Once More, With Feeling.

( Fall Under An Enchantment. )

Title: The Bat And The Cat
Author: faith_of_borg
E-mail: julia_hoffman2003@yahoo.com
Fandom: DC Comics
Pairing: Bruce Wayne/Selina Kyle (Batman/Catwoman)
Spoilers: Through Detective Comics #800 and Catwoman #32.
Notes: Thanks to canonistas for helping me to untangle the mess that is Selina’s history, and to kkglinka for the first image after the introduction. Thanks to __marcelo for beta reading.

"Who are you? Who's the man behind the Bat? Maybe you can help me find the woman behind the Cat." – Catwoman, from Batman Returns

( The essay is beneath the cut. )

Fandom: DC Comics
Pairing: Dick Grayson/Barbara Gordon (Oracle/Nightwing)
Spoilers: Up through Nightwing #101.
Notes: Many thanks go out to poisonivory for beta reading this essay, and for her extremely helpful suggestions.

( The essay is beneath the cut. )