castalie: (XMFC - First Date)
Oh, Monday, I haven't found you dull and annoying in quite some time now! All thanks to The Musketeers and the fact that Mondays have been associated with a new episode of my new favourite show for the past couple of weeks. It has turned this dreaded day into something exciting :) (Let's ignore the fact next week is the last episode of series 1, shall we? I'd rather not think about it till the very last minute and even then I'll just focus on the fact that we will get a second series.)

I was quite looking forward to this new episode and I was not disappointed! It has everything I love in that show; action, a bit of drama, banter and characters being awesome, kick-ass and cute - men and women alike.

Just a couple of thoughts )

Remember when I was waxing poetry about the lads being fond of each other and this being definitely one of my favourite part of the show? The scene that I've decided to entitle "Aramis vs Nature" was a prime example. Athos and d'Artagnan were so clearly amused at Aramis' antics. And I just loved Athos' tone when he called Aramis' name. If this were a fic, there would have been a not so subtle threat hidden behind the admonition "if you don't stop your shenanigans right this instant, you're going over my knees! Or Porthos'. Or both!" ♥

On the subject of Athos and Aramis, I really enjoyed their interaction in that episode. Not to say we never had such scenes in previous episodes but we had many of them this time around and I thoroughly enjoyed every second of them!

Changing the subject now, though still about tv. Isn't that new season of Hannibal even slower than the first... but much more difficult to watch at times? I've had to hide behind my hands more often than I used to! And damn that ending, argh!

Lastly! Has everyone (ok, everyone interested) seen the XMDOFP trailer? How epic did it look? *__* My expectations for that film, they are high. I guess I should be a bit worried it'll let me down but I'm not. I cannot wait.
castalie: If you know who made this icon, please tell me so that I can properly credit? Tia (Sexy Socks / seeitbloom)
First week back at work has been a success in that a) I survived it and b) it was actually only three days instead of five. I started on Tuesday so that I was spared the trauma of going back Monday - I'm clever like that - and then I was given today off to work on my thesis (you're allowed two days off in case of competitive exams to revise and I was given one. I consider myself happy, technically this isn't a competitive exam so another boss could have told me it had nothing to do with my job and not given me anything).

I'm taking a break and since it feels like an age since I last posted, I thought I'd come and say hi. So, hi :-)

The week has been a good week, work-wise and fannish-wise. Work-wise because, as I said, I survived my going back and also because things haven't been as quiet as I previously thought - I honestly thought I'd almost get bored those first three days - which means my days have been interesting and nicely busy and I didn't get bored at all, which is always a good thing in my book.

Fannish-wise because my Tumblr - it's on LJ now too but I saw it at Tumblr first - has been in an XMFC frenzy - even more so than usual, that is - thanks to the Behind the Scenes footage of awesomeness that has circulated lately. Those BtS were great but to me, and ok it might sound a bit blasphemous, BtS!Charles seemed a bit all over the place in terms of characterisation. There was also new pictures, like this one - just gorgeous! ♥ Then there was Panic! being even more awesome than usual on stage - or was that Brendon being even more flirty and on fire than usual? Whatever it was, I approve lol

And! Cherry on the top of a delicious fannish cake, a friend of Cookie's texted us yesterday to let us know that he had two spare tickets for the WWE World Tour on Sunday night, heee! The last time we saw each other we talked about the WWE and how jealous of him I was because last year he went to the US to inteview pretty much all the WWE dudes? And then how I was jealous that he had free tickets for the show and all that. And yesterday, surprise! Two of his colleagues had to bail and he immediately thought of us so we'll be at the show on Sunday night with him. I can't wait!

I really need an icon that embodies the idea of "I'm a fan and I love it YAY"
castalie: If you know who made this icon, please tell me so that I can properly credit? Tia (Erik & Charles on a date / hincksia)
Went to see XM-FC again tonight. I was hoping for an alternate ending - my vote went to the wedding on the beach instead of the divorce, but no such luck. Ok, then, maybe next time!

On the way home we discussed prompt ideas for [livejournal.com profile] 1stclass_kink, which I posted as soon as I logged in. Had to do it in the Round Two post because the first one has already reached 3000 comments and is therefore closed. Two rounds. So proud! ♥

Incidentally, I had an epiphany; I posted enough prompts over at the comm that I wrote the equivalent of a nice ficlet. As it happens, when discussing the prompts we wanted to add, I told Cookie about a plot bunny that I'd love to see written. Not that the film made me want to write... but if it had, I'd have known what idea I'd like to run with.

Aww, guys, how fun is that moment when you fall for a new fandom, hook line and sinker! It kinda consumes you - I know, I love being over-dramatic in the middle of the night :-) You want to inhale everything related to it and you just can't get enough. It always settles down a bit after a while but those first days are always fannishly intense ♥

PS: does anyone know if/where we can find icons? First time in my LJ!life I can't find any for a new fandom. What a novelty! [ETA: [livejournal.com profile] oldfriends has some, apparently, one should never despair.]

PS2: But I'm not so far gone on XMFC that I forgot to get excited about White Collar returning to us tonight(+1) omg! ♥

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