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A few days ago I posted this:

Pick a character I've written and I will explain the top five ideas/concepts/etc I keep in mind while writing that character that I believe are essential to accurately depicting them.

I got some requests :) All of which are detailed under their respective cuts. If you want more, don't hesitate to ask!

( Magneto )

( Steve McGarrett )

( Grace Williams )

( Danny Williams )

( Kono Kalakaua )

I had a very hard time picking out only five things for each character, as they each contain multitudes, and I have so much more to say about each of them.

Neil Gaiman's "Sandman" is being adapted to Television.

I find the fact that Supernatural's Eric Kripke has his thumb in this pie, distressing. Mainly because I find Supernatural to be derivative in the most unoriginal way, the writing horrendous and the gore not particularly entertaining.
Also the fact that it bleeds into other fandoms via crossovers in such a chronic way very irritating.

Let it be known, I'm not judging anyone who likes Supernatual (Hello, Torchwood fan!) but the actual show is just vomitous.

So anyone involved with that show touching anything to do with Sandman is very upsetting.

Of course at this point there is nothing but this announcement as far as I'm aware, so it would appear that there isn't even a proper pitch.
Still...

In the words of the Interwebs: Do Not Want.

Sandman in many ways was what got me to be a critical thinker. To doubt the world around me, note not reality, but the way the world is constructed. Mainly, how the world is narrative. It helped that the story itself is layered, multi functional as both text and image and the lines blurring between Morpheus' arc and the rest of players is really gorgeous.
Dream may have been the Sun of the solar system of Sandman, but everyone else was also a planet.

I like that metaphor.

Sandman also helped me, over reading it over and over for ten years, to rid myself of the idea that I needed to believe in a power greater than the story. Because even though I kept on trying to have faith in various and sundry gods, powers that be and even that good ole' time religion which believes that Earth and the Universe is a Libra eventually coming to the conclusion that myths of god, are just stories about people.

It's a great comfort of mine.

In relation to that, I don't remember my dreams, sometimes, very rarely, I'll remember a feeling I dreamt, but the actual plots I live through in my subconscious mind are locked away and put forth in the snippets of scenes I write and the characters who talk to me when I'm awake.
I think, much like Watchmen, that there are some stories that can't be translated into a different medium without losing something that made the original story an important turning point in that medium. Because while Watchmen the movie was terrible (except for the opening credits, which was absolute movie making genius!) the comic was a punch in the gut of everything that had come before it.
Samndman is seminal because it crosses genres, breaks them, talks about them consciously and is (was) presumptuous enough to talk about human nature without being condescending.

I fear that Sandman, should a television adaptation actually happen, will be dumbed down to suit the palate of what ever demographic television show makers think actually watch television.

And so I ask... for the love of all that I hold dear, why?

Here, have a song.
Day 6: Your favorite band.
Allow me to be completely cliché and give you…
"Norwegian Wood" by the Beatles!


( The Days )

Day 3: A song that makes you dance.

Any thing by Queen makes me want to dance, but this makes me move my butt!
Queen's "Fat Bottomed Girls"


It is most opportune that I am finally watching what seems to be one of the best Rock n' Roll Comedy movie I've seen since "Almost Famous" and "This is Spinal Tap" (okay, that is a bit much but still).

The Boat That Rocked is really funny and has a huge repertoire of classic 60's rock which makes me feel all fuzzy inside. The pub hopping scene is especially lovely. Though I'm still not clear on why a Welshman dressed as a pimp is considered sexy.
Felicity the Lesbian cook (yes, that's what she's known as on this boat filled with stones highly sexed men) is a bit of a butt-monkey, but in the great tradition of British movies, there are (white) men of every size having sex with a great many type of woman, which makes it fun to watch as well.
Honestly not the main foci of the film, but the things you notice, right?

Philip Seymour Hoffman and Bill Nye are sexy beasts.

I'm only half way though at the moment, I'm hoping Felicity the Lesbian cook manages to have some sex with a bird at some point.
ETA - 13:20: She did! YAYS!

Enjoy the music!

( The Days Left To Sing To )

Hello there!

Let's get this started, yes?

Day 1: Your favorite song.
Oy, this is difficult. It changes over time, because I can't imagine ever being so constant in my tastes.
But were I to choose a favourite song at the moment it would probably be:
Sinead O'Connor's "Troy"



( More days to come! )

Today's fannish5:

Name five characters whose fashion sense you admire.

This is fun, because I get to use pictures!

( Cut for convenience )

As you may have noticed, there have been some interludes in my posting here, but the first two weeks of the Semester pretty much ate up my time... I think this weekend I'll be getting on top of things. There has been a huge amount to write about News Wise (which I shan't get to, unless there are interesting updates) and Life Wise (which I shall get to at some point), but before all that, there are two memes I want to fill out:

Via phaetonschariot and caledonius72 When you see this meme, post a poem:

( Strawberries - תותים )

There, there's a poem. Enjoy it, it's a good one.

For my next meme, it's going to be this one:
1. If you're on my friends list, I want to know 35 things about you.
I don't care if we never talk, or if we already know everything about each other. Short and sweet is fine.
2. Comment here with your answers and repost the questionnaire on your own journal (if you like).
3. All the questions except for 10, 13, 17, 18 and 21 are generalities, so here are most of the answers, the other four shall be answered in person.
( Here be a meme )

Sierra November Alpha Golf Golf Echo Delta Foxtrot Romeo Oscar Mike verasteine.

India Foxtrot Yankee Oscar Uniform Charlie Alpha November Uniform November Delta Echo Romeo Sierra Tango Alpha November Delta Tango Hotel India Sierra, Charlie Oscar Papa Yankee Alpha November Delta Papa Alpha Sierra Tango Echo India Tango Tango Oscar Yankee Oscar Uniform Romeo Lima India Victor Echo Juliet Oscar Uniform Romeo November Alpha Lima.

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Mike Echo Mike Echo.

November Oscar Whiskey Alpha Delta Delta India November Golf Mike Yankee Oscar Whiskey November Tango Hotel India November Golf Charlie Alpha Uniform Sierra Echo Tango Hotel India Sierra Mike Echo Mike Echo Romeo Oscar Charlie Kilo Sierra!

If you still want in on this meme, you can fill it out here.
But now, the lists!

There is no hierarchy to this Top Five Lists, all are equally awesome in my mind!

( Top Five Catchphrases )

( Top Five Musicians )

( Top Five Fights )

( Top Five Books )

( Top Five Comic Book Characters )

( Top Five Dream Jobs )

Any questions?

The Movie Meme!
I love movies.
I'm a movie buff... so sue me.

( Are you curious... c'mon clickty-click )

Because there's time to be a-wastin'!

sabotabby chose through this meme - Comment on this post and I will choose seven interests from your profile. You will then explain what they mean and why you are interested in them. Post this along with your answers in your own journal so that others can play along - the following interests:

Quirkyalone is, according to the website: noun/adj. A person who enjoys being single (but is not opposed to being in a relationship) and generally prefers to be alone rather than dating for the sake of being in a couple. Also, a book, a movement, and an international holiday that happens to fall on February 14. Basically, I don't feel the need to be in an exclusive romantic relationship and I don't feel like dating just because it's expected of me. So I'm happily single and have been for the past... oh, two years? Maybe more. My parents encourage me to date, but I see no reason to when I'm very satisfied with just being with myself.

Stitch n'Bitch is the book that got me back to knitting. My Granny taught me to knit when I was eight years old and I only knew how to knit scarves and other straight lines. The book has opened avenues to knitting I'd hadn't tried before. There's also a very inconsistent group that meets to Stitch n'Bitch, but they generally meet far away and on the weekends when there is no public transportation.

Vox Populi Vox Dei is a kind of motto of mine, ever since I heard it on The West Wing when I was 15, yes you can laugh, big fangirl am I. It literally means "The voice of the people, is the voice of god", I mean how awesome is that! How incredible is that sentiment! The people's choice is the only choice that counts.
Also "V for Vendetta" reference.
And I <3 V so.

Post-Zionism has been attributed to a new school of Israeli Historians known as the New Historians which have a distinct Left slant in their personal politics which influences their research, which is generally to do with the history of the founding of Israel and its consequences, mainly the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians and continuous conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. For more info: wiki page
For myself, I chose to identify as such, because I feel that Zionism has been hijacked by the Evangelicals and the Hawks in Power and has completely lost whatever original meaning it had, which was a National identity movement. And as a Jew living in Israel I am by default a part of the Zionist project and I don't have anywhere else to go, so I can't deny the fact that I benefit from Zionism. I think the national identity needs to change and go through some kind metamorphosis (or revolution, in which case Social Anarchy baby!) and reach a Post national identity which isn't militaristic, racist, religious or chauvinistic as it is now.
Oh, and peace and co-existance with our fellow human beings who live just a few km's away.

House M.D. is the best show on television since Buffy. Period.

Catwoman (Selina Kyle, that is) was and still is my favourite female comic book character. She's strong, intelligent, compassionate (towards people she considers to be worthy o compassion), beautiful, a cat lady (understatement I know) and can whoop Batman's ass (though he probably likes it, the perv). Add to that that even in her Silver Age incarnation (My GD that purple suit and tail!) she was a villain, but she wasn't evil. She's very much toes the line between what would be considered good and bad, I mean yeah she's a thief, but she only ever stole from the rich or museums, which most likely have insurance. She has her own moral compass which doesn't fit with society's norms is good enough for her.
Batman, IMO, is way waaaay less ethical than almost all the other DC "good" Superheroes. The man is messed up. Is it a shock that he likes his women not so squeaky clean as he proclaims his mission to be?

and I'm interested in Masculinity because it's something I feel is elusive from me. I have a very firm identity as a woman, but gender is a social and cultural construct and I feel I've internalized femininity and perform it "intuitively", masculinity as a performance escapes me. Though oddly, my friend has told me that I'm much more butch than I thank I am. Well, just goes to show nothing is set in stones and ovaries (is there slang for them, btw?)