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No quick-turnaround deep thoughts about tonight's Fringe, I just had to take a moment to note happily ( some spoilery things )

Now this brought a much-needed smile to my face:

That sweet dog in my icon was diagnosed with bladder cancer yesterday. I'm meeting with the vet tomorrow to talk about what the options are, but I've already been told that any treatments are not a cure, but just a matter of adding months onto her life. The question for me will be whether the treatment would make her so miserable that it wouldn't be worth it, just for a few extra months.

She's 14 years old (best guess), so I knew that losing her was coming up down the road one way or another, but it's still so hard to have it become a much more immediate reality.

For now, though, she seems to be feeling fine -- just as active and alert as ever (when it comes to her old-dog-years energy level, anyway).

Last night I had stepped out of the room during commercials on the CW, but I heard Clark say something about how he had woken up in a world of darkness and evil, and I peered out in time to perceive that Clark woke up in an AU in which he had been raised by Lionel Luthor. Oh hey, I already wrote that story! Smallville's only just now getting around to it?

It's been ages since I watched Smallville, but I may have to tune in to see what they do with it. I didn't spy Lex in what I saw of the preview, so it's already bound to be very different from my fic. (To start with, in my story, it was Lex going on about how he woke up in a world of darkness and evil.)

I've got commentfic fever! Well, I've now written two fics in one week, which is quite feverish for me. This time, it was for this:



But I didn't write about River and Amy, that's just the DW banner they've got. :)


Title: Art History
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG
Word count: 1184
Prompt: Donna Noble and Romana, traveling light
Summary: Donna finds some company for a daylong holiday from a holiday.

( Take a little (illustrated) tour of the Louvre )

Wow, I've committed fic! There was something freeing about participating in a comment ficathon. I read the prompt and got the idea at lunch, and wrote it that same evening, not able to put it off for fear of losing the prompt to someone else. As it turned out, I'm the only one who's responded to a prompt so far, so it looks like the speed was unnecessary in that sense, but it certainly freed me from my tendency to fret more than write. And maybe the fic isn't a masterpiece, but I kind of like it. Enough to save a (slightly edited) copy here for posterity.

Title: The Limitations of Wishes
Fandom: Charmed
Rating: G
Word count: 667
Prompt: Chris and Leo, forgiveness
Summary: To feel the anger lifted is to feel like himself again. (Leo after the wish in "I Dream of Phoebe.")

( In no small way, it is a relief )

As my summer TV Test Drive winds to a close, I'm still catching up with S3 Chuck, so I know naught of the current season. It hasn't captured me as much as the other two shows I tried, but it's light fun and at this point I think I'll probably keep watching.

But the Test Drive has paid off in that now there are new episodes of things airing right now and I can watch them right now! Woo! Something of a gearshift to have to sit through ads now, though. :)

Brief thoughts...

( On The Vampire Diaries )

( On Fringe, OMG! )

So, the summer TV Test Drive has been going well. The Vampire Diaries earned a place in my fall TV schedule, even though certain things peeved me at the end of the first season. After that modest success came Fringe, which took a little time to gain some traction and then completely colonized my fannish brain. (Check it out -- I have an icon! I tell you, you don't feel the pinch of discontinuing the paid LJ account and losing the icon spaces until you get a shiny new fandom.)

The final candidate was supposed to be Chuck. That's three seasons to get through, and I'm running out of time. Plus, see above, re: colonized brain. I'm not feeling motivated to move on, and I'm especially not feeling motivated to be all systematic and start from the pilot and go episode-by-episode, like I've been doing. What to do?

I need to be sold on taking on Chuck, but, more crucially, I need some help narrowing it down. So here's a plea to any Chuck fans on the flist: What episodes would you recommend to give me a taste of the show? Ones that are representative and stand on their own well enough that I won't be too confused.

Then, if those convince me I want to watch more, I may come back and ask for advice on selecting episodes that will get me most quickly up to speed before the season premiere. (Though, to be honest, I have no idea if Chuck follows an ongoing plot arc that requires getting up to speed.)

Finally, Peter knows. Thank God -- the tension was killing me!

( One step up, a thousand steps back )

Just four more S2 episodes to go, and then I have to wait for a new season along with everyone else. How sad. But at least I'll have less time to wait?

Still moving along with Fringe. ( Cut for spoilers, length, whichever )

As of this writing, I've watched up through 2x13 What Lies Below, so please no spoilers past that point. Merci!