I am thrilled to announce that Middleman, some 16 years after it came out, still holds up pretty gosh-darn well!

DnD friend Scoop has been watching it with me --because he's recently Boston (re)based, we have now twice managed to do collective DnD from my place with bonus watching Middleman afterwards. Today we watched episodes 3-5 and I just really enjoyed it!

One of my observations is that the episodes seem to do a lot more recap/exposition than I think of these days when I think TV. I'm not sure how much is specifically part of Javi's quick-paced all-references-all-the-time-(including-to-itself) style, and how much is a feature of television from an era where it wasn't assumed that someone is watching the entire season in a few days.

My other observation is that I'm probably now older than EmmEmm and oh gods. I don't know if I'm ready to handle that. Maybe not quite? Maybe we're the same age?

Anyways, if you need any proof that the form of my attraction has gotten steadily queerer as I've aged, there you have it. I will always have a soft spot for clean-cut Matt Keesler('s arms), but oh dear, he is so rather too cishet for me. We'll see if I change my mind when we get to episode eight.

I did wind up saying something to Scoop about how the second DVD (eps 5-8) are when the show gets *really* good. We've got trout zombies, boy bands, the titanic, and sorority ghosts and let me just say _fuck yes_ to all of them. I explained it as the first four episodes need to set up and dwell on Wendy's background trauma so that we know what's up with her, but by now we've got it all understood and can just move forward into The Good Shit.

Anyways, I have seen The Pilot Episode Sanction some twenty or thirty times across my life, and I'll happily do that more, so hmu if you need to enjoy this with me sometime. Maybe in the fall if covid numbers are good I'll try and do another Middleman party or something...

~Sor
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HI AUTHOR HI AUTHOR HI AUTHOR!

I am pretty excited about this whole Yuletide thing. It's my second year doing it, so I've gotten rid of some of the jitters, and am now all about the excitement value. This is my letter to you, giving you a little bit of a better idea of what I'm interested in.

First off, I am super super happy that you want to write for one of my obscure and strange little fandoms. This is awesome! I will be happy with whatever sort of madness you write, because you wrote it for me, and that is pretty great of you.

At any rate, as you might have noticed from the COPIOUS NOTES I provided in my prompt, I babble too much. Have some EVEN MORE babbling! ( yay babble! )

If you think it will help, or if you want to waste some time, here are some of my favourite fanfics:

This is Where it Starts (Middleman, a fic I consider to be friggin _canon_ at this point, it's so good and so right. Platonic Lacey and DubDub --how they met their first year of college.)

Marvelous Things (Homestuck. Incredibly sweet coming of sexuality story re: demisexuality. I squee'd all over the place at this one.)

Two Daves No Waiting (Homestuck, porn without plot, two copies of one character equals instant _awesome_ threesome.)

The Naked Quidditch Match (Harry Potter, very silly.)

Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality (Harry Potter, as raised by scientists with the ideals of the enlightenment. Four hundred thousand billion words, all of them hilarious and smart and wonderful.)

Harry Potter and the Eagle of Truthiness (Harry Potter/Stephen Colbert crossover. Guess who the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher is?)

Geniuses (Calvin (of "& Hobbes") and Jason Fox (of Foxtrot) slash. This is pretty much my biggest OTP of all time. If you want to disregard my entire Yuletide list and write me a Calvin/Jason fic from the geniuses universe, that would be okay too.)

Once More, With Feeling (BBC's Sherlock, him and John getting together partly due to parental meddling and OH it is so good)

The Paladin Protocol (Big Bang Theory, Sheldon/Penny, how they got together. Long but lovely.)

And last, but DEFINITELY not least, by Yuletide gift from last year:
Four Times Alexis Was The Adult (and one more) (Castle, platonic Alexis/Rick running around and just...being wonderful together. Melts my happy little heart.)

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

~Sor
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Also, I am of the firm opinion that any outfit that includes boots should have the boots be reasonably visible.

Okay, *fine* JoshZed. If you insist.

((Yes, this is just an excuse for me to be a camwhore. I do that.))


These are what my boots look like. And I keep feeling like this picture looks manipulated, or faked --like those are a different person's legs. But I really am that flexible.


My like...sixteenth attempt to get both my face and the boots in a pic, without looking like two people making a trick photo.


And this one turned out too dark, but I just look so shibby professional! Except my hair being a wreck, but shh.

~Sor
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Made it to Cambridge around eleven thirty this afternoon. Parked, and wandered to the Cambridge Commons restaurant with Dad and Alys for lunch, which was yummy. More importantly, took the obligatory hair-in-whalespout-formation picture of Al...my collection continues to grow. Muahahaha!

Getting one next year will be hard though, since she's not gonna drop me off in Boston. Hmm. We'll figure something out.

Checked in, got my room keys, and dragged my stuff up to my room. Was done a little before one, so I wandred out to the Cambridge Commons place, to hang with tirerim, ladymondegreen, and I believe akawil. Much...well, hanging out commenced, including BDan giving me an incredibly awesome gift that I can't discuss in an unlocked post, and general napping and snuggling and chatting and yay!

Also, paste can be used to cure dancing. *nodnods*

Got a ride from Merav and her boy back to the school, so I could go to an incredibly boring meeting that boiled down to "smile, and don't scare the freshmen off". More importantly, got to see the absafantastically wonderful girl mentioned in this post. She is doing just ducky, besides a very casual break up with her boyfriend and a just as casual progression to the next boyfriend. This affects me not in the least except for two things:

1) Ryan may now be single, and while it is not my way to go after the mono, I would not feel guilty kissing him. He is one of those made to order Sorcy-tropes-of-attractiveness boys. This is probably not going to pan out in any way shape or form, but, you know. Options.

2) I can no longer crush on them as a couple, which is sad. I really really adored them as a unit, in additin to having a reasonable crush on him and a substantial one on her.

ANYWAYS

After thing, wandered off to Magus's, because, well, duh. We have snuggled and chatted and read the Middleman thirteenth episode comic, which...dude.

It is not as epic as the TV show, but it would be nearly impossible to be. Butbutbut, it has a Wilhelm scream! And a Howie scream, which is a similarly stock scream. AND A REFERENCE TO MANOS: HANDS OF FATE! And the Middleman's real name, which...made me wince, honestly. Because I don't know, I like him better as hella mysterious. And Wendy in a Leia-bikini, and the most mangafied Lacey you can imagine.

I am happy about it.

Theoretically, crepes will be happening soon. Tomorrow, I get to go on the grand adventure of helping Freshmen move in. I'm not psyched, but that's life.

...I'm in Cambridge!

~Sor
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So, it's free comic books day! To celebrate, I hit up three different comic shops, and wound up walking out with a total of eighteen free comics, the first issue of Ellis's Ignition City, and this:



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SO HAPPY I HAVE BEEN RENDERED INCOHERENT!

Dear Million Year Picnic. You have all my love forever.

~Sor
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