Astonishing X-Men #14, Alias fanfic and Life on Mars vid

[selenak]

RL-wise, I had an annoying day, but thankfully, fandom waited with goodness. kangeiko wrote a great (which means disturbing, hot and messed-up) Jack/Nadia ficlet. With a killer punchline. Having just rewatched The Box because a) I have a Sloane character post to write and b) I still feel guilty for forgetting to nominate it for best hostage episode in the poll a while ago, I promptly started to wonder again about just how Jack thinks Sloane feels about Sydney. Ah, well. That's something for another post.

Back to fannish goodness: Luminosity (aka The Best Vidder Ever) made a Life on Mars vid: Timebomb. I am a very happy barely weeks old fan indeed. If you haven't watched the show, download the vid and get a taste of why you should.

And my local comicstore handed over a couple of imports, including Astonishing X-Men #14. See, that's why they hired Joss, aside from hiring him for the dialogue. For the BadWrong. So, in X2, that scene where Mystique keeps switching into all the X-Girls to mess with Logan's mind? That's tame. Despite Joss' movieverse issues, I can just see him watching that, thinking of what his faithful minion DeKnight, bless him, did with Wes 'n Lilah in Apocalypse, Nowish, and decide to mix, stir, compete and do better than both.



So we get Emma/Jean/Scott/Logan, and generally an issue which is one long mindfuck. Mr. Whedon, I'm awed. Also hurting for Scott (whereas in the Wes/Lilah case, my sympathies were firmly with Lilah). But awed. And very pleased I got my wish about more Scott and more Emma. Mind you, I expect that next we'll get lots and lots of Kitty again, but hey, I can deal. I have nothing against Kitty as long as I still get my Scott/Emma/Hank. (That's not a suggestion for a follow-up, Mr. Whedon, Sir.) (Although, if you can't help yourself...) Also, I continue to find Agent Brand a good villain and now imagine her played by Amy Acker because Amy currently impresses me as Kelley Peyton on Alias. Plus Brand has green hair.

My guess for the Breakworld destroying mutant? Not Emma, because that would be too easy. Either Kitty or Scott, for the angst factor.

Comments

[artaxastra.livejournal.com]

Poor Scott. He's so much fun to kick around.

[vaznetti]

I got caught up to #12 of Astonishing X-Men, and now must hunt down noew issues. I can't help feeling that dating Scott has just got to be more trouble than it's worth, on general principles, even if you aren't planning some kind of big betrayal-related breakup.

Heh.

[hmpf.livejournal.com]

Wheeee! Lum's vidding LoM!

Damn. Lum's vidding LoM.

Now I feel all, hm, un-entitled to dare to make my Incompetent First Vid in LoM fandom. I mean, LoM has Luminosity now... why would they need *my* silly little vid?! (Until today I felt sort of safe using LoM for my first experiment in vidding, mainly because it's an infant of a fandom, with very few people yet, and even fewer vids.)

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*grabs odd inferiority complex by the throat, takes it out back, and shoves it into a wall, Gene Hunt style*

(I got good feedback from chasa, for god's sake! And chasa's a contestant for the 'best vidder ever' title, so feedback from chasa = whoa. Bliss.)

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Well... actually, now I feel like I should invest even *more* time in vidding. Eeeeeek.

(University? What is this thing you call 'university'? *g*)

*goes off to wrangle Adobe Premiere Pro some more*

[buffyannotater.livejournal.com]

Thanks to your LoM rec, I downloaded the eps last week and watched the first one last night. I'm very intrigued! Looking forward to watching the rest.

[kangeiko]

Ah, you are so sweet! Thanks for the rec honey. :)

[likeadeuce.livejournal.com]

Read the issue. . .poor Scott!

And yay for Amy as Brand.

[vaznetti]

I finally read the issue. I take all my flippant comments back, and will now be in the corner wibbling and saying "poor Scott!" and "Oh no!" repeatedly.