Mesmerized by H50

[justalurkr]

I'm watching the first three eps of this season's Hawaii 5-0 and it's like they hired an all-slashaholic staff to write them.



"Our marriage is getting stale." (Danny to Steve, 2nd ep)

McGarrett as trouble magnet.  (excerpted from a Danny-rant, 3rd ep)

"No one is gonna be man sushi."  (Steve to Danny, 3rd ep)

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[lunachickk.livejournal.com]

I've decided Peter Lenkov sent all the writers to the interwebs to study slash over the summer. *nods*

I can hardly wait for the Halloween ep! *see icon*

[justalurkr.livejournal.com]

Now I can't wait, either!

[superbadgirl]

"Unguent?" Max, to Danny and Steve.

[justalurkr.livejournal.com]

And they both reacted. Thrilling, it was!

[nialla]

Did you notice Danny touching Steve on the ass, apparently checking to be certain the man sushi was safe and sound?

[justalurkr.livejournal.com]

I think I was in too much of a slash overload induced haze by then. Darn, now I have to rewatch the boys get shirtless and rescue each other again. Quel chore.

[nialla]

GIF loop!

Don't say I never do anything nice for you. ;)

[justalurkr.livejournal.com]

OMG [thud]

I was having flashbacks to Burgi and Maggart in The Sentinel. Hard to believe we're not the target audience when Hollywood keeps this stuff coming decade after decade.

My favorite thing is the very strong feeling they don't (or wouldn't) care about the slash quotient. That awareness that people are going to see what they see and that being no reason to stop showing the bromance just warms the cockles of my little slasher heart.

[nialla]

I think it's also that Steve had his hand on Danny's lower back before he moved his arm away and Danny copped a feel of Steve's ass. I mean REALLY.

I'm so glad we're past the days of "Ew, icky, we aren't writing gay characters, let's do everything in our power to keep them apart and stop this nonsense!" Though honestly, I think it's more about TPTB's attitude and most of them don't care what they have to do to generate more interest in their show, as long as you're watching. Now certain other TPTB were squicked beyond reason and felt that slashers were somehow "ruining" the show. No names mentioned. [ahem]

[justalurkr.livejournal.com]

(coff)PetFly(coff)SyFy(coff)
OMG they even rhyme

[nialla]

I don't think SyFy had an issue, because the change happened when the show was still on Showtime and airing a year behind in syndication. It was the writers, pure and simple.

I'm not going to say it was a homophobic reaction at the time, because it happened when fanfic in general and slash in particular was becoming widely known and available thanks to the web. They had no frame of reference for how to deal with fans "reinterpreting" the characters and the show.

However, many of their comments in later years lead me to believe it was a pretty misogynistic and homophobic group of TPTB. Consider there was only one woman who ever directed an episode of SG-1, and that was because it was in Amanda Tapping's contract. Even so, they put her off until it was the last episode filmed of the season.

I'm keeping an eye on production credits for new shows, and if certain names appear, I'm going to skip it. I don't need the grief.

[justalurkr.livejournal.com]

First, thank you. (forgot my manners again)

Second, what's the deal with tumblr? What separates it from Twitter, Facebook or LJ? I see lots of people turning up there, but don't understand taking on yet another avenue of social networking.

[nialla]

Certainly no hardship to go look up this gif set, but you're welcome.

While LiveJournal is primarily text based social networking, with far more discussion (and fanfic!) possible than Facebook, Tumblr is much more visual. At least that's how fandom's using it.

There are lots of gif sets like the one I linked to, highlighting favorite scenes in shows and movies past and present. Some are dedicated to specific actors, posting pics from various photoshoots.

The biggest difference between how LiveJournal and Tumblr works is there's not an equivalent to communities on Tumblr. You'll see one with a name indicating it's for Hawaii 5-O, for example, but it's an individual who could abandon it at any time. Or they can change to another fandom and change their Tumblr name, while you're still following them, leaving you wondering why you're suddenly getting a lot of posts about something you have no interest in.

I have problem with the load time at home with so many images, and have to use a workaround at work because of filters I've asked twice to have removed, but if you've got a good connection, it's easy to skim through posts. Just scroll through to look at the pretties, and reblog to your own Tumblr as you see fit.

[justalurkr.livejournal.com]

I am blessed to live in suburban Atlanta, where the DSL speed is limited only by my willingness to pay. I've poked around a bit and am now following you, Wil Wheaton, an H50 quotes blog and someone who is completely mesmerized by Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock.

Aren't we all?

Another weird thing is that I get to blogs like Wil's faster through Google than through the Tumblr tag search. (shrug) Whatever, I'm there.

[nialla]

Word is a new wireless ISP is putting in a new tower to cover our area. Not only that, but if I'm getting correct info, the tower will be less than a mile from my house and if I go up to the next level, it would be $10/month cheaper than my current ISP is asking. I saw a phone company guy out doing some sort of surveying this morning mere feet from my mailbox, so I'm hoping this has something to do with it.

Tumblr search is not all that great. I searched out most of what I'm following by using Google Site Search. It's not really set up for the way fans normally interact, but we've adapted.

Bonus tip: If you want to reblog something without adding comments,just hold down ALT when you clig the reblog symbol.