Battlestar Galactica: He That Believeth In Me (4x01)

maaseru and maaboroshi got sushi from Bento Sushi (the best sushi I've ever tasted) and we settled in to watch Battlestar Galactica. It felt like a very long time since we'd seen an episode. I guess it has been.

( I'm not sure... )

In the middle of watching an intense scene my doctor phoned me - at 7:45 p.m. The information they sent her from the hospital didn't say much more about my foot than I already know. At least she could and did renew my prescription for painkillers.

Lunch was a lovely soup made from the leftover chicken that auriaephiala brought over last night.

And what else did I do? I slept and slept and slept. How many hours in the day can one person sleep? Olympic-class sleeper, that's me.

Happy Birthday...

To mmegaera:






Wishing you a wonderful year of creative success, much happiness, and good friends.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: the Dark Age (2x08)

Beulah came over tonight, bringing supper with her, and, by a miracle, cans of Kinnie to drink. Yes, Kinnie. Remember how I feared I'd never taste Kinnie again? Never say never.

The perfect medicine.

So we'd got to Buffy 2.07 when I was so rudely interrupted last week, and here I am, at "The Dark Age". More background on Giles: yay! ( Looking good, too. )

FIC: Torchwood (drabble) - Two Thousand Years

Title: Two Thousand Years
Fandom: Torchwood
Characters: Jack, others
Challenge: tw100, challenge: declassifieds
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: Not mine, no claims, all property of the BBC.
Notes: Spoilers for Torchwood 2x13, "Exit Wounds". Cross-posted to my LJ and to tw100. From the title of Torchwood Declassified 1x10, "Time Flies".

( Two Thousand Years )

Torchwood: Why I love it...

Over on torch_wood, stavvers started a thread called "Why I love Torchwood". I've been meaning to write something like this....

1. The big reason: I love Torchwood because of Captain Jack Harkness. I like heroes. I like larger-than-life heroes. I like heroes who risk their lives over and over for the causes or people they believe in - and in this case, actually die over and over for these people and causes. I like bisexual heroes. I like time-travelling heroes. I like heroes with a dash of mystery and tragedy and pain and guilt in their past, especially when they are on an epic scale. I have just recently discovered that certain arcane mystical properties do not go amiss either. Add the greatcoat and braces, the sense of humour, the anecdotes, and the stance on belltowers. Add the fact that he loves one of my other favourite heroes on television, the Doctor. Add that he is original, unusual, and surprises me regularly. Add that he is a total mushbucket who cries over his friends and lovers. And add - most of all - that he is one of the most loving and compassionate heroes I have ever come across in action-adventure - no, scrap that, he is one of the most compassionate heroes I have come across in any genre.
   
   Yup, I'm a Torchwood fan because of Captain Jack.
   
   
2. ...I like the variety of plots. You don't know from one week to the next what theme or even genre you will be watching.
   
   
3. ...The characters convince me of their reality.
   
   
4. ...They have a pterodactyl.
   
   
5. ...The show does not take it for granted that people are heterosexual. More important, we see people feeling love of many types.
   
   
6. ...I like the show's sense of humour.
   
   
7. ...I like the show's unusual philosophies: reality is reality, but it isn't always seen in predictable or conventional ways.
   
   
8. ...The episode "Captain Jack Harkness" is one of the best romances I've seen on television, ever.
   
   
9. ...Ianto likes Tintin.
   
   
10. ...Minor and peripheral characters, like PC Andy, Rhys, Detective Swanson, and the Pizza Girl have so much personality.

I'm sure there are other reasons I love the show that I'm forgetting to mention. #1 is an absolute; the rest is subject to variation or addition. Let me think about it.