update

[green_apple]

You guys, this comes first and foremost: A Christian church in Memphis has opened its doors to the local Muslim community, letting them worship there until construction is completed on their mosque.Which I learned about via tielan. Needless to say, this makes me feel so joyful. My hope in mankind, let me show you it. This I am grateful for today.

I've also learned that:
~ For some reason I can no longer read Arthur/Morgana fic. I just can't. Don't ask why, it's beyond me, clearly the hot gets completely undermined by the siblingness? Idk.
~ I can face up to people who hurt me and tell them exactly why they hurt me and where they can stuff their ill-timed courting attempts without breaking into tears. I was ever so grateful for this on Thursday. I feel so strong. Of course I did break down in the shower a few hours later, but still ::gives self a pat on the back::
~ Whenever a book goes missing, L's house ought to be searched before I go through more unlikely places, like say, my own bookshelves... I still love her though, she has a really good taste in literature.
~ Dreaming about my grandfather means I'll wake up and remember the dream and feel vaguely peaceful for the rest of the day. Thank you, subconscious for that one.
~ I am not allowed to call Max cutesy childhood nicknames in front of girls he's trying to impress. No matter how behind the general idea they get, it is not how he wants them to think of him.
~ Felix Castor's life is rather eventful. Which is awesome because London makes urban fantasy all the more interesting for reasons I cannot comprehend and, honestly, don't really care about. I love how it reminds me of A Madness of Angels in the way the city is such a character in the story, not just location. Of course, it's levels of protagonism are nowhere near those of AMoA, but I can deal because that means that Kate Griffin's originality gets to stay on its pedestal for a bit longer.

Um, Merlin comes back today, which means that I'll get some degree of Gwen, this makes me so happy. I've read reports lauding this series premier despite the lack of Gwen, so it should be pretty good, all in all. And anyway, I still got this picture to gaze at:




Her smile! >__<

So flist, how's it going?

Comments

[too_rational]

*does happy dance for girl!power and you being awesome and strong*

♥

(...and, completely unrelated-- it took me half a minute to find the reply button. >.> *pink cheeks*)

[green_apple]

::is awesome and strong:: I'll join ya on your dancing, sister!

(don't worry, I like to challenge my peeps because I have nothing better to do... so blame it on me, yeah?)

&hearts

[robanybody.livejournal.com]

Oh, that first link. Thank you, people, for restoring my faith in humanity. Thank you for spreading love, not hate.

[penandnotebook]

Right? Not all is lost, it seems. FUCK YEAH, HOPE!... um, I may have been spending too much time in Tumblr...

You're most welcome, love. It's like grains of sand, y'know?

[xphoenixrising.livejournal.com]

Arthur/Morgana have been my OTP since I watched Mists of Avalon when I was 10. I completely ignored the fact that they were half-related. It just didn't click in my head? So I guess as a long time fan/supporter of the ship, I've never had problems reading their relationship because while there can be a certain sibling aspect to it (they did grow up together after all), all the UST going on in season one (*insert rage over season two*) really sealed it for me? /novel length.

That church is AWESOME.

[penandnotebook]

I used to ship them too, way back when. But then I was usually just utterly annoyed by Lancelot because, not-so-deep down I always wanted Arthur and Guinevere to have a happy ending (clearly denial and I have a long history). And then this particular retelling happened and while in S1 I was somewhat partial to them, in was only inasmuch as I was partial to THEM ALL, now it's like I keep on thinking that Morgana does not deserve to also have the idea of Arthur taken away from her, either as a potential love interest or as an adopted brother (which I find to be a very special relationship in and of itself, adding to the dread I get over what may happen to her emotional connections), I want them to be united, even if at a constant impasse, I kinda want them to be, publicly, enemies that keep out of each other's ways in order to avoid having to remove the obstacle forcibly, but remain inherently loyal to each other because their ideals/goals are similar enough that they can make them work together even if under the table.

Besides there's Gwen, whom I know you don't like so I won't go into it.

Also, pffft, novel length? it's like you don't know me!

Isn't it? It's totally made my day, there's still hope, man ::happy sigh::

[xphoenixrising.livejournal.com]

I think what bothers me more is that in Season Two, everything A/Mor got taken away. Romantic, sibling-ish. Everything. It was all dropped like a hot tomato after everything of season one.

I really liked what had been going on with Gwen and Merlin! It was all cute and she clearly had a crush on him and he was completely oblivious to it and then, again, everything was dropped. I guess that's what makes me the 'bitter shipper'.

And, okay, there's this video too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Bzt5HWUVoU