red_satin_doll: (Chosen One - purple)
red_satin_doll ([personal profile] red_satin_doll) wrote2014-04-21 01:45 pm

Tsunami of Polls: We moved back into the restored apartment....

......and my first "official" act in fandom was to:

[Poll #1965322][Poll #1965322]

And the correct answer is....


#5! Yup, a massive, massive fail on my part.  Actually, all of the choices represent a massive fail on my part, except for the last choice for which I DO NOT APOLOGIZE.
(She was mentioning how a character in her new novel has an opportunity to mindwipe the memories of another and doesn't because he respects her too much and it's not what she would want. Also, she just began watching btvs S1 at my urging and is NOT impressed with Angel or Xander. At all.) I actually spent hours making icons for [livejournal.com profile] slayerstillness challenge #22 "A Room Full of Emptiness" (Negative Space)" ("Ooh, I can do this one!"); hours dithering over which to chose before deciding to actually ask my beta [livejournal.com profile] wickedbish for help; and then failed to send him the link to the Photobucket folder so he could actually see the icons. By the time I figured out my mistake, it was too late to enter the challenge. (And I'm a little pissed at myself, because I think I made some good icons and really enjoyed getting back into the creative flow for the first time in weeks.)

But at least I manage to vote as the deadline isn't until tomorrow (midnight your time) hence still time to vote and pimp it - so there's a penance, at least.

And entries are being accepted for the latest challenge #23 (deadline Friday) so there's lots o' time left to enter. Yup, lots o' time....

The only fail more massive is #4 - I have NOT gotten around to congratulating all the winners of the Willowy Goodness Awards, including [livejournal.com profile] velvetwhip, [livejournal.com profile] snogged, [livejournal.com profile] foxstarreh, [livejournal.com profile] clockwork_hart1, [livejournal.com profile] tiny_white_hats, and snowpuppies amoung others. Congratulations to all the winners (by which I include "Runners Up" aka the silver and bronze medalists). I actually did vote in that one too and cheese on a cracker did you folks make it painfully hard to choose!

ETA:  ALL credit to the amazing [livejournal.com profile] eilowyn for urging me to watch Orphan Black, which I'd never heard of until she mentioned it.

elisi: Edwin and Charles (Sharply dressed man)

[personal profile] elisi 2014-04-21 05:51 pm (UTC)(link)
But #6 IS the last option. Do you mean #5?

(And don't worry, it happens to us all.)

[identity profile] red-satin-doll.livejournal.com 2014-04-21 05:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Oops! Fixed now, thanks for the eagle eye sweetie! (I love the one you picked btw - IN MY DREAMS. Literally. )
Edited 2014-04-21 17:53 (UTC)
elisi: Edwin and Charles (River Song)

[personal profile] elisi 2014-04-21 05:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, no, I chose the correct one. Although the first one sounded more fun! :D

[identity profile] red-satin-doll.livejournal.com 2014-04-21 06:18 pm (UTC)(link)
ETA: Oh hey someone chose #6! (Which was actually a trick question - I did do that, but before we moved back into the "old" apartment.)

Oh the first one was fantastic! [livejournal.com profile] kwritten, [livejournal.com profile] kerkevik_2014 and [livejournal.com profile] clockwork_hart1 read their femmeslash and female-centric gen fics, there was spiced mead and teas and chocolate cake with no calories whatsoever; [livejournal.com profile] eilowyn led the discussion on feminism in 21st century science fiction, [livejournal.com profile] kikimay wore the prettiest bra in the world. This is all true.

Then there might possibly been some sexy-funtimes.

Ok, maybe it wasn't an orgy, maybe it was a college dorm all-nighter? Apparently I confuse the two ;)
Edited 2014-04-21 18:20 (UTC)

[identity profile] velvetwhip.livejournal.com 2014-04-21 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey! I got the right answer!

Sorry, though.

Oh, and thanks for the congratulations. You're a sweetheart!


Gabrielle
elisi: Edwin and Charles (We are married)

[personal profile] elisi 2014-04-21 06:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Sounds great! Wish I had actually written some fem-slash now...

[identity profile] clockwork-hart1.livejournal.com 2014-04-21 06:45 pm (UTC)(link)
There was absolutely sexy fun times, but a couple of people fell asleep in the midst of it all - there's no shame in it sweetie, it was a very long night...

[identity profile] clockwork-hart1.livejournal.com 2014-04-21 06:46 pm (UTC)(link)
I INTERRUPT THIS BROADCAST FOR A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION

IS THAT A JENNY AND VASTRA ICON?

*faints*
elisi: Edwin and Charles (We are married)

[personal profile] elisi 2014-04-21 06:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course! ♥

[identity profile] clockwork-hart1.livejournal.com 2014-04-21 06:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Bless you and everything you choose to be ♥
elisi: Edwin and Charles (We are married)

[personal profile] elisi 2014-04-21 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Why thank you!

(How could anyone NOT ship a lesbian inter-species, Victorian, crime-fighting married couple? Heck, if they ever got a spin-off, Moffat has already declared that it's be called 'Tipping the Scales'. *g*)

[identity profile] red-satin-doll.livejournal.com 2014-04-21 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Who is Vastra?

[identity profile] red-satin-doll.livejournal.com 2014-04-21 06:53 pm (UTC)(link)
I made this poll too easy - or y'all know me too well! (Which is cool!)

*blushes*

Not nearly sweet enough hon, but thank you! That was long overdue and no excuses. I promise I'll make up for the lack of post-age and congrats now that I'm back. (I even took pictures of the wood floors!)

[identity profile] clockwork-hart1.livejournal.com 2014-04-21 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Lesbian alien detective (who lives in Victorian England with her human wife Jenny and their friend/pet/wet-nurse/Glaswegian fighting Sontaran Strax)

[identity profile] clockwork-hart1.livejournal.com 2014-04-21 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
(I have no words for people who could deny the world this beauty. Tipping the Scales is a beautiful dream and I demand it now)
rahirah: (Default)

[personal profile] rahirah 2014-04-21 06:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Vastra is a Silurian, one of a quasi-matriarchal species of warlike intelligent dinosaurs which are in suspended animation under the earth until such time as the planet warms up again and the naked apes die out. Every now and then a few get thawed out for Reasons and A) try to take over the world, or in Vastra's case, B) fall in love with a human woman in Victorian England and solve crimes together. It's a Doctor Who thing.
elisi: Edwin and Charles (We are married)

[personal profile] elisi 2014-04-21 06:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Everyone wants it!

And it would be glorious.

[identity profile] clockwork-hart1.livejournal.com 2014-04-21 07:07 pm (UTC)(link)
I am so sorry that your efforts fell to shit. That sucks.

I am also sorry you haven't marathoned Orphan Black yet (but not as sorry as I am about the fact that here in England we don't even have a release date for series two even though it's already premiered on BBC America and I don't want to live stream it but DAMMIT I WILL IF I HAVE TO *ahem*)

And thank you for the congratulations. You are a beautiful soul

[identity profile] clockwork-hart1.livejournal.com 2014-04-21 07:14 pm (UTC)(link)
This answer is far better than mine please ignore me

*curls up into a ball and disappears into a dot*

[identity profile] beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com 2014-04-21 07:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, if you haven't marathoned Orphan Black yet, then lucky you for still having that ahead of you, because it's awesome. I blazed through the entire season in 2 days. It's just about everything Dollhouse should have been, except completely different in every single way, if that makes sense.

[identity profile] clockwork-hart1.livejournal.com 2014-04-21 07:32 pm (UTC)(link)
That is the most perfect summary of Orphan Black I have heard. Exactly. (And it is a fucking awesome show and I am pissed off that BBC3 haven't announced it yet)

[identity profile] red-satin-doll.livejournal.com 2014-04-21 08:01 pm (UTC)(link)
I've only watched the pilot ep - twice at this point (I kinda tricked my sweetie into watching it with me the second time. And I enjoyed it more the second time which says a LOT.) [livejournal.com profile] eilowyn is the one who told me about it and that I needed to watch it. She was right as usual.

It's just about everything Dollhouse should have been, except completely different in every single way, if that makes sense.

I was thinking the exact same thing except about Ringer ("It's Ringer but actually good.") And I've never even seen Dollhouse but my reaction after the pilot was that it was "If Ringer and Dollhouse had a lovechild, this be it."
lokifan: black Converse against a black background (Cosima: scientist)

[personal profile] lokifan 2014-04-21 08:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Orphan Black is SO GREAT. I'm really happy it's back.

[identity profile] red-satin-doll.livejournal.com 2014-04-21 08:23 pm (UTC)(link)
So S3 has been announced? (NO SPOILERS BEYOND THAT, PRETTY PLEASE.)

:)

I've only watched the pilot so far and am SOOO ready to kick back and get into the rest!

[identity profile] beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com 2014-04-21 08:32 pm (UTC)(link)
And also, samurai swords. Because they're just that awesome.

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