Hi!

[dragojustine]

1. Thank you so much to the gremlin who nominated Second Chances and Hell of a Sight for the Stargate Fan Awards. It seems there are a lot of fan award sites in this fandom, none of which I knew about (because they all seem to happen off-lj). Thank you!

2. The premiere of Kings is beautiful. Transcendental, I swear. If you didn't watch it, go watch it. This is Slings&Arrows beautiful. The good seasons of West Wing beautiful. Deadwood season 1 beautiful. Rome season 1 beautiful. It might be too good to spawn a fandom, but you should watch it. Just saying.

3. Speaking of, Ian McShane is on the Daily Show tonight talking about it. Ian McShane is fucking brilliant. He also makes me swear compulsively whenever I think about him, which is a drawback, but.

4. Abigail Nussbaum meditates on the future of serialized television. Thought-provoking.

5. Happy Paddy's day! I use my Priestly icon solely because it is the greenest icon I have. Everybody kiss an Irish lass today.

Comments

[hilarytamar.livejournal.com]

So, uh, if I promise to fangirl it, would you walk me through a primer on the source material? *makes beseeching doe eyes at you*

[dragojustine.livejournal.com]

A primer of the material? Uh, the story of David, as told in the the books of Samuel of the Old Testament (or Hebrew Bible, but one can assume the show is coming more from a Christian perspective). Which I think is one of the greatest and most affecting stories of power and kingship and corruption and love and loyalty and betrayal ever told. But then, I grew up enmeshed in Scripture, for all that I'm an atheist now.

Uh, primer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David#Biblical_narrative (of which only "David is chosen" and "David and Goliath" are relevant to the pilot episode)

But you probably also want to look at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_and_Jonathan (Because David and Jonathan are second only to Achilles and Patroclus for great foundational gay icons of western literature)

Or, you know, just ask me in chat.

[princessofg.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

[dragojustine.livejournal.com]

*hugs back*

I just started your Janet story. It might take me a while to finish, but I love so far!

[princessofg.livejournal.com]

no rush. you know i'll love your fb or concrit whenever and however.

*hugs*

[green-grrl.livejournal.com]

2. YES! Guh.

5. Hee! I just saw 10 Inch Hero finally, last weekend! :D

[dragojustine.livejournal.com]

2: YES. Tell all your friends. Make them watch! This show must survive!

5: Hee. Isn't Priestly awesome?

[green-grrl.livejournal.com]

He is! Though I kind of wish he hadn't given up the hair and piercings for good. :-(

[dragojustine.livejournal.com]

Everybody hates the ending of that movie. It's universal. Either assume it was temporary (just to demonstrate that he WOULD, but she wouldn't want him to and told him to put it back!) or, you know, block it out. HORRIBLE writing choice there.

Yuletide had some really good Priestly fic, if you care.

[green-grrl.livejournal.com]

The movie was also slightly ... heterocentrist.

But I will def. look up fic! Thank you!