Spinning on that dizzy edge

Title: I Ship It
Sources/Pairings: Darcy Lewis/Clint Barton (MCU), Alex Russo/Justin Russo (Wizards of Waverly Place), Kara "Starbuck" Thrace/Karl "Helo" Agathon (BSG), Steve Rogers/James "Bucky" Barnes (MCU), Jake Jensen/Carlos "Cougar" Alvarez (The Losers), Arthur/Eames (Inception), Stiles Stilinski/Derek Hale (Teen Wolf), Timothy McGee/Tony DiNozzo (NCIS), Rodney McKay/John Sheppard (SGA), Nick Gant/Cassie Holmes (Push), Elizabeth Burke/Peter Burke/Neal Caffrey (White Collar)
Music: "I Ship It", not literally
Vid Download Link: 57 MB file at Sendspace

AO3 link.

Summary: A multifandom manifesto of shipping.

WARNING: Suggests incest, adult-underage attraction, and non-canonical pairings, plus really fuzzy clips from YouTube.

Notes: This vid is direct from my id. I would apologize for that and the contents of the warnings, but as the lyrics say, "I don’t care, I ship it." And lo, a Club Vivid entry was born. (I am addicted to the Doppler effect of "Woo!"s rippling through the Club Vivid crowd, as people recognize and cheer for their favorites.) If you can't air out your dirty laundry for fans to dance their butts off to, then what good is fandom?

Fandom, bless them, is also good for doing your homework for you and helpfully listing episode lists of, say, two siblings hugging, or a pair of Very Special Agents standing super close together.

heresluck, thank you for laughing at me and my continued insistence on building multi-source vids and my unsubtle affection for Chris Evans; the encouragement is appreciated, too. :) My gratitude also goes out to all the fan writers who tempted me down dark paths; bless you and your ranges of pairings, from the all-but-canonical to utter crack.

( Vid here! )


( I Ship It lyrics )

norah has revived cesperanza's month of posting challenge, so here I go!

Life is kinda busy sucking right now - jobs are being stressful for me and the husband, the Emperor's school year has gotten off to a rough start - but I've complained enough to the captive audience here at home, I don't want to bore anybody else.

Have some lists!

TV series I want to start/finish up/mainline:
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
Lost Girl
Fringe
Sleepy Hollow
The Middleman

...Heh, I do seem to have an interest in shows with a strong female lead.

Shows that are malingering on my DVR:
Defiance
Face Off
The Big Bang Theory
White Collar
Warehouse 13

The last three are not quite my fault; those are the series I'm watching with my husband, but we can never seem to synch up our time/interest to sit down together and power through them.

Fandoms I'm reading:
Teen Wolf (because Sterek is my cuddly comfort zone right now)
MCU (with strong Steve/Bucky leanings, but still loving most of the pairings and gen and teamy goodness)
Arrow (I don't even watch the show! But Felicity is totally my kind of catnip character - sassy, awkward, quirky tech nerd.)
Veronica Mars (Such great post-movie and AU fic to wallow in!)
Plus the occasional Welcome to Night Vale and other random things that pop on rec lists.


And now for the interactive portion: what are you reading and/or watching? If you don't feel like sharing, give me a number between 2 and 275, and I'll burble at you about my ever-expanding vid idea list.

Being a fangirl on vacation is so liberating. I've been assured multiple times by the husband that he and the Emperor are doing fine, so I'm attempting to quash the guilt of abandoning my parental post and enjoy this tourist abroad thing to the fullest extent.

I've taken goofy pictures out of car windows, snapped the required shot of McKay Avenue outside the hotel, and asked newbie questions about the money. Hello, Canada!

I saw David Nykl and Patrick Currie last night, both of whom were very charming and funny. I missed taking shots of the latter, but did get some great ones of Nykl.

( Pics here! )

I'm skipping Alex Zahara (bad fangirl!), and lounging until it's time for Andee Frizzell, and later on Kavan Smith. I have to ration out the quiet, as tomorrow is going to be a busy day.

Hey, anyone want to get up close and personal with William Shatner? By which I mean sit in the second row at the Wizard World Chicago Comic Con tomorrow. There will be a bunch of righteous guests there; the onstage stars include James Marsters, Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn, Avery Brooks, Adam West & Burt Ward, Brent Spiner, John De Lancie, four out of the final five BSG Cylons, Walter Koenig, and that Shatner fellow. Three of us were supposed to go, but one had to cancel due to a death in the family, so we've got an extra reserved seat and admission ticket. They'd normally go for $110 total, but we're desperate to get rid of them, so name your price. Lemme know by tomorrow morning or something if you're interested.

Seeing as it's a Comic Con, there will also be a ton of comic creators there. This necessitated my digging through my comic book archives to emerge triumphant with numbers 1-2 (original issues, mind you) of "The Crow" to be signed by J. O'Barr, "Elektra Assassin" and a few "New Mutants" for Bill Sienkiewicz, and Sandman #40 for Jill Thompson. With all the crap I had piled on top, and with the dog attempting to hide under my feet from the thunderstorms, it took an hour. But still...go me! I'm pondering getting Linda Hamilton to sign a "Beauty and the Beast" comic book as well.

I'll also have a SGA cast photo for Paul McGillion to sign - Stargate represent! I'm still disappointed that Patrick Stewart had to cancel - three Captains, one stage! - but I think I'll get over it.

The last time I went to the Chicago Comic Con was when I was 7 months pregnant with the Emperor. I did it as a day trip, up and back from Champaign to Rosemont - I can't imagine doing that now. (Well, technically we are, but I'm neither driving nor pregnant this time, so we're all good.) Joss Whedon was presenting a clip from his Big Damn Movie, and Amber Benson was appearing as well. I coincidentally met up with michaeldthomas and rarelylynne after we'd lost touch for years, so it was a fortuitous gathering all around. (Amber Benson liked my Cure T-shirt! *swoon*)

Now to bed, and early rising. Woo-hoo!

...was the sound I made falling into bed last night. It was a whirlwind weekend of weirdness, coming after the personally devastating news that "Stargate: Atlantis" was canceled after this season, and the highs and lows of attending a CretinCreation con for Stargate. On my continual evaluation of "How much do I not want to go to work today?", it ranks about a 5. If I think about how much LJ catchup I need to do, it shoots up to an 7 or 8. Then there's the fact that I haven't gotten to see "The Shrine" yet (DO NOT JUDGE! I was BUSY! And if you maliciously spoil me, I WILL CUT YOU.), which, hey look, I'm at a 8.5! (It would have been a 9.0, but the Australian gymnastics judge lowballed me.)

( Blah blah wah wah I'm the anti-demographic )

If I had any kind of honor-among-fans, I'd stop watching T:TSCC, Chuck, Reaper, and Pushing Daisies, and not even pick up Dollhouse, Caprica, or the other newcomers that sound interesting, in order to spare you all the same fate. But no, I'm going to be clinging to them as my remaining lifelines.

But enough about my recurring pain...I went to the Stargate Creation Con in Chicagoland this weekend, saw a lot of familiar faces, uncharacteristically chatted up lots of people in line, met some wonderful SG stars, refrained from swooning at Ben Browder's feet by strength of will, took copious panel notes, and pushed my friend C into capturing lots of vids and pics, which I'll be posting over the next indefinite amount of time.

The question is, which recap should I post first? Hey, I know, I'll do a poll! (It's my first. *blushes*)

( This way to the clickies )
( But wait, there's footnotes, too! )