Amalthia's recs and fan works

Misfits
Avatar the Last Airbender
Young Justice
Justice League
Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.
Game of Thrones
Doctor Who

I found it funny that overall I enjoyed the cartoons more than most of the live action TV shows I also watch.

Misfits is the show that completely took me by surprise at how much I loved it. None of the characters were immediately likeable but they felt like real people and I truly grew to love all the characters. The show is also hilarious and I just wish there was more of it.

I was also very happy at the quality invested in Game of Thrones. I was worried it would be like Legend of the Seeker. (Not that I didn't find Legend of the Seeker highly entertaining but it had a rocky start).

The show I don't admit to loving in public is the My Little Ponies, though my sister and I talk about it over the phone because she's watching it with her kids. But MLP is the show that makes me happy and is so funny and heartwarming. I need that in my life.

I also can't express how much I'm loving Young Justice. It's the show I have to watch right away. I love the entire team of characters and I'm interested in seeing what they do next.

Justice League lured me in and next thing I knew I was staying up late watching one episode after another and then I went and found all the movies and stayed up late watching those too! I discovered that I love Wonder Women, Hawkgirl, and Black Canary. I also loved John Stewart's Green Lantern (why they didn't use him in the last Green Lantern movie boggles my mind!).

Avatar I should have watched sooner because so many people had told me how awesome it was, and it was AWESOME! I couldn't stop watching once I started and season 2 broke my heart and then season 3 put it back together again. I wish I had the words to adequately express my intense love for all the characters and their journeys. I also appreciate that the writers didn't drag out the story until it was full of filler.

Doctor Who is Doctor Who. I love Matt Smith as the Doctor and Amy, Rory, River.

I don't get how I could have watched 4 whole seasons of the Justice League cartoons and am only now figuring out that Michael Rosenbaum plays the Flash!!!! I only found out because my brother pointed out that Nathan Fillian was going to be in the new Justice League: Doom movie so I decided to go see if they have the same actors for Batman and Superman and saw Michael Rosenbaum name!!!

Apparently he was doing the voice acting around the same time they were filming Smallville. I loved Rosenbaum as Lex but I LOVE his take on the Flash.

Okay Eztv has them listed to come out today but so far it's already 5pm my time and nothing? :( Depending on torrents isn't always the most reliable way to watch tv...

Star Trek Reboot

Illustrated Fic: La La How the Life Goes On by secret_weapon (Sulu/Chekov) I had so much fun reading this story! and the illustrations were awesome. :)



Writing Update


I made a goal to write at least 200 words a day and I'm meeting it. I should hopefully have a finished story before the May 1 deadline. I'm realizing this feels really slow! However, I'm writing and not feeling overwhelmed which I think helps. I also just realized if I can write about 8000 words a week then by next weekend I'll have 16k words and I'll be done before Escapade which is my actual deadline because I planned on sharing the story with my friend and beta reader while we are both at Escapade.

Tomorrow I planned to see Legion and then write. I know the movie only has a 19% at rottentomatoes but I saw Underworld 2 and that only had a 12% and I was entertained.

In other news, I'm re-watching Deep Space Nine from start to finish. It wasn't until season 3 (where I'm at now) that I realized Quark is a MAIN CHARACTER! I swear for the longest time I thought he was a secondary character (I was 13 when this first came out) but he gets more screen time than just about any other character besides Kira (who I am totally madly passionately in love with, she's just that awesome) In fact, instead of catching up on White Collar, Dexter, or any other show I've been watching DS9. I'd forgotten what it was like to watch TV that's 50 minutes long.

Um, I don't suppose anyone on my flist would have any fan fiction recs for Legend of the Seeker? I don't mind slash, gen, or het...I just don't even know where to start looking!

Sarah Conner Chronicles

These Things My Mother Taught Me by halcyon_shift (Gen) I loved John's pov and yes I'd love to read more of this type of story! :)


Star Trek

I Get By With A Little Help by frostfire (Kirk/McCoy) This was hot! and funny and the voices felt spot on.


Not In Love Song by waldorph (Kirk/Spock) This was sweet.


At a Window by magstopia (Spock/Uhura) I loved Uhura's voice.


Supernatural

Where I Lay My Head by parenthetical (Jared/Jensen) This was romantic.


A Complicated Love and Affection Between Two Men by certainentropy (Jared/Jensen) This was a lot of fun to read.


X- Men

Rough Trade by blue_soaring (Victor/Logan) This was hot.



edit: Loved Torchwood tonight! Can't wait to see tomorrow night's episode. :)

Okay I finally finished the series and wow they really did ride off into the sunset together. People had told me this but it really was something you have to see to believe. :) I'm now offically reading Due South fan fiction.

In other news, I got into Grad school!!!!! So now I just have to register for classes and apply for finanical aid and I'm still kind of thinking I'll get a letter saying they made a mistake or something. (I guess I didn't actually believe they'd accept me because I had to write a Statement and Purposes Essay) and though I tried my best it was a tough essay to write. But then again, how many people actually apply to grad school to become a librarian? I predict once school starts I'll be wondering what I got myself into but then I just have to remind myself of my last pay raise (which didn't even keep up with inflation) and keep on going.

I was going to make a post tonight about why it's a good idea to not have two people dating in the same department at work, but I think I'll save taht for another day. Recs coming right up.