Spinning on that dizzy edge

My TV-series killing curse has struck again, humorously enough for the show "Killer Women".

See, I've been meaning to recommend this show for a couple of weeks now. It's not a great show by any means, or probably even a good show. But I found it really entertaining for several reasons.

( Let me explain. )

But here is where this show grabbed my attentions: there are women EVERYWHERE in it. Moms, daughters, trophy wives, cops, soldiers, white collars, blue collars...This is not your regular procedural where there's the token woman or two on The Team, who may stumble across a female nosy neighbor or hooker. Two of the exec producers are Sofia Vergara and Hannah Shakespeare, and it felt like their mandate was cram all in the women in it they could. With the Texas setting, a fair portion of the women are Latina as well.

Helfer's Texas accent can be laughable, and the dialogue and stories are sometimes atrocious and cliched, but women! Women with agency! With their own stories and lives all over the place! Surrounded by men who don't blink an eye at the strong women in their lives.

( Men being dudes and not dudebros )

So of course I find out after watching this week's episode that the series had its 8 episode run shortened to 6, leaving it mid-cliffhanger and canceled. (Which explains the "Previously on" clips that never actually aired.)

I need to stop watching TV shows in their first season. Why do I never learn? (By the way, Sleepy Hollow/Person of Interest/Teen Wolf/Fringe/etc. fans, you're welcome - I specifically steered clear to keep them safe.)

So tell me: are there any new shows that need killing? I've got an opening now.

I managed to get the hamster ball pointed somewhat straight today and made some progress on the project at work. However, I am still trailing way behind where I should be, and with tomorrow being Friday...Yeah. *sigh*

But hey! I'm keeping up with my flist, and that's really really important, right? Right?

oxoniensis_recs linked a delightful story today, a SPN/Pushing Daisies crossover that doesn't really require much background knowledge of either show, IMO at least, other than their basic premises. If you love either, and/or if you love pie in its infinite varieties (think "Waitress"), then you'll probably enjoy Coeur d'coeurs. It's Dean and Sam, having given up their Hunter calling, taking over Ned's Pie Hole. It's a warm, contented story for a dreary "will this winter never end?" kind of day.

It also reminded me how much I miss "Pushing Daisies". ABC can go fuck themselves sideways for being snippy brats and not showing the last three episodes. I mean, come ON, guys -- you already canceled the show. The least you can do is let us have the end of it.

One of the features that I positively adore about Firefox 3.0 is the "Save open tabs when you close" option. Before, if I had a bunch of tabs dangling at quitting time, I had to bookmark them all and get back to them later. Now, I just shut down and they pop up again the next time I start Firefox. Fabulous.

So, here are some of the tabs I've had open that I wanted to pass along:

From everybody: Mighty God King posts re-titled sci-fi and fantasy epics from his adolescence, part one and part two. I can't decide which is scarier: that I've read most of these and can recognize them all, or that even as I'm giggling at the snark, I'd still go back and read several of them again. But only a few of them, as it's startling how much fanfic has spoiled me for good writing, characterization, and skill.

ETA: Oops. It appears he's gotten overloaded and/or suspended. Well, check back later.

Speaking of good fanfic, seperis recommended this phenomenal piece by dsudis, Get Loved, Make More, Try to Stay Alive . It's a Torchwood story, Jack/Ianto. With mpreg. (For those of you who have no idea what that is, it's short for male pregnancy.) Now, before you recoil in horror, it's only 19% mpreg (claims the author), and it's actually feasible. But beyond that, it's an incredible love story, with time traveling and tech and dead-on representations of Torchwood and Doctor Who characters. It's long and wonderful and I felt sad at the end that there wasn't more to read, because it's an astounding piece of work.

Oh, and today's a Woot-off, too. Anyone snag a BoC yet?

Happy Wednesday!

I've been gobbling up the back entries of this delightful LJer sheafrotherdon to catch all of her stories about the McKay/Sheppard characters from "Stargate: Atlantis" (but set in an AU), and I came across this post about Women in Academia, which made me think of my favorite academic.

(To everyone else who likes fanfic? Go give her Farm in Iowa series a try, even if you're not familiar with SG:A. So beautiful.)