Laughter Through Tears

I suspect that going to an Israeli comics convention might be a little anticlimactic after Dragon*Con. Or, then again, it might be comfortingly familiar. At any rate, the food will be better. Too bad I fell asleep at 3 AM last night and then woke up at 8 AM this morning.

My brother still wants TPBs to catch up on the latest Green Lantern events. IDK, I think he'll probably end up being disappointed.

So I should mention that my brother and I got the primer for the new DC Comics universe. I had a whole bunch of feelings about a lot of things and I still have a lot of conflicting feelings. Mainly we both felt that it was nice to be excited for new comics, for a change, since our subscriptions were getting stale and I was constantly falling behind due to not being interested enough in anything. I mean, we'll never go back to the days when I was just getting into comics and I read every issue between 3 and 5 times a month, but it's still nice to be actively looking forward to something.

One of the problems with (US, superhero, mainstream) comics fandom is that it is deeply exhausting. After we made the decision to drop a bunch of titles and subscribe to five of the DCnU ones, I started checking out some websites and blogs that I haven't checked in years. subscribing to things on Twitter, reading scans_daily posts and the like. This reminded me why I burned out on all of those things and retreated to quieter, more fun grounds.

A lot of the new titles look just as bad and just as inaccessible as they were before, meaning there's no point trying to get invested in Batman or Green Lantern, because it's just the same old drek. Supergirl and Wonder Woman both looked like they might be good, but more in a wait-for-the-trade way. We both immediately knew we wanted Blue Beetle, because we loved the previous run, which we own in TPB. Its only flaw was the dense, incomprehensible origin, and that seems to have been done away with.

Aside from BB, we're getting Justice League (which my brother is very interested in), Justice League Dark, and Superboy. The latter was a late addition based on a preview that looked very exciting. ETA: Haha I forgot Animal Man. We're also getting that and it's pretty exciting.

This past week I got anonymous kudos on (almost) all my AO3 fics in succession. I am pretty sure it was all the same anon, since there was a hit on my captchalogue collection, then one each on a bunch of fics that don't usually get much attention. Including one totally obscure Veronica Mars fic.

fannish5: Fanon 'facts'. I'm using the definition of fanon where I can include stuff that's just in my head, as opposed to "not actually canon but commonly accepted in fandom as such."

Lost Girl: Until canon actually states otherwise (which seems pretty likely) I am still assuming that Trick ( possible spoilers through speculation )

Veronica Mars: Despite that it goes against everything canon says, including the trailer for the fourth season that never happened, I think Veronica would make a terrible FBI agent. I see her giving it her all, then being disappointed and burning out after about five years, going back to PIing but with better credentials. I know it's almost painfully noir, but hey, if the shoe fits.

Runaways: 1. To everyone's shock, Chase is the only one who eventually goes to college. 2. Although he'd never admit it, he comes to think of Victor as the best friend he ever had. 3. Molly becomes a superhero under her own name. 4. After her eighteenth birthday, Karolina goes on a traditional young adult 'finding herself' trip... in space. 5. Klara gets used to the whole time travel shtick and ends up settling down in the twenty eighth century.

MLP:FIM: Mr. and Mrs. Cake are Pinkie's second cousins - they share the illustrious laughing Grandma Pie. Pinkie takes much more after her grandma than either of her parents. Her dad was sort of a fluke/black sheep, and her sisters take after him: one inherited the rock farm and the other is an accountant.

Avatar: The Last Airbender: Once she proves herself trust-worthy, not to mention entertaining, Ty Lee enters a triad relationship with Sokka and Suki.

fannish5: 5 (canon) couples that seemingly came out of nowhere:

Feferi/Sollux on Homestuck. I mean, I like them, and I was never a TA/AA shipper (I pale ship them), so it didn't bother me. But even looking back, I don't think there was so much as a hint before the kiss. And after, there wasn't much about them being matesprits, right up until the end.

( Runaways, Veronica Mars, True Blood )

I am dying my hair red for Purim. The ratio of dye in my hair compared to, oh, everywhere else is preposterous. And when I say everywhere, I mean (among others): my ears, my neck, my T-shirt, my hands (and I was wearing gloves!), the sink, the comb, the towel, and some very artistic smudges on my face. I am an utter failure at hair-dying. But! I will make a fantastic Batgirl.

I still have a ton of dye left. Maybe once this starts fading I'll try again and my bathroom will look less purply-pinky-red in the end. What I dread is waking up tomorrow, looking in the mirror and seeing patches of brown all over. D: I forgot that there was more than one reason why I did streaks last time.

It turns out I forgot to tell some of my friends I was following them on Tumblr. That was an interesting conversation.

Anyway.

fannish5: Name five characters with the best hair styles.

( Sadly image free... )

Quinto cupcakes underwater, my oddest Tumblr find yet.

This post is an optical illusion. I am actually studying thermodynamics for my biochem quiz tomorrow, not posting.

So this week's fannish5: Five of your favorite characters are going to a Halloween party. What costumes are they wearing?

My first thought was CrossGen characters, which is bizarre, because they went out of business about six years ago, so why would they pop up before more recent fandoms? Anyway, the thought of Giselle in a classic black witch's costume is too hilarious not to share. But for reals:

1. Kenzi from Lost Girl dresses as a harlequin clown, because there is nothing scarier than clowns.

2. Astrid from Fringe dresses in a gown and wimple which she did not buy in a Renn Faire, obviously, because she doesn't go to those, and whatever her loser ex told you to the contrary is nothing but a vindictive lie. She does look good in velvet, though.

3. Veronica Mars dresses as Carmen Sandiego FTW. You know she played the hell out of those games when she was twelve.

4. Jamie Madrox from X-Factor would dress as Cyclops if he wasn't afraid Cyke would toast him for his troubles. So he dresses like Indiana Jones. Not because Terry has a crush on Harrison Ford, though, because that would be weird.

5. Faith from BtVS has probably never been to a proper Halloween party in her life. She doesn't really get how the concept works and so Dawn makes her wear a classic purple Batgirl costume, which is truly a WTF choice. Halfway through the party she changes into one of Buffy's minidresses and they end up duking it out and spilling all the punch.

I've got this weird feeling of teetering and being totally on top of everything, at the same time.

Yom Kippur went well. In the spirit of the holiday, the mother and I did a massive cleanse of clothes that I haven't worn in years, and now there's a big plastic bag full of great clothes (I really flatter my taste, I'm impressed with myself), which I hope will go to someone who can get good use of them. Other than that, we watched four movies, practically an Israeli tradition for those who don't really observe. My family has bizarre Jewish traditions.

Did you know Yom Kippur is totally trending on Twitter? It's in the scroll bar and everything. Even though it's been over for 18 hours and, um, there are only like 15 million of us or something? Strike that, I just wiki'd and it's more like 13 million.

Last week I finished reading a sci-fi romance that I got on a whim, back around Passover. Although I basically enjoyed it, I'm becoming increasingly convinced that romance novel plots end where I want them to begin. Almost the last line of the book was where I was thinking the story really gets started. Somehow, I don't think there are very many books based on the first few years of a relationship, in general, let alone specifically between a human and an alien. Then again, it had a psychic lesbian orgy, so it's not a total loss.

My new place is getting a fridge today. I'm optimistic.

Next week: ICON.

I was gonna leave marina an epically long comment and then I realized, hey, I can post entries.

( Lots of True Blood rambling )

I leave you with Kate Beaton's immortal words: You are food.

I am avoiding thinking about how the next four weeks are going to be hell on wheels, so have some random links:

I know I've become the world's fastest-declining Daily Squee addict, but the fennec fox and the capybara are exceptionally squee, even for me. Trufax: were it not for the various ludicrous Facebook games I play, I wouldn't even know what a fennec fox is.

FEMINIST HULK makes an exception for bell hooks. I am the last person in the interblags to know about feminist Hulk. And here is the actual twitter account.

I've been following fuck yeah, bisexuals for a while. I am always, always hungry for more bi blogs, and Tumblr puts a wealth of queerness at my fingertips. {o/

Cupcakes are a wonderful theme for tattoos, and I approve.

My excellent friend Hez visits Greece for the second time, basks in the sunny weather, and finds time to muse about international relations, tourism and the different approaches to archeology. Because apparently I have awesome taste in friends.

My brother finally got me to watch Across the Universe, which he is slightly obsessed with it. I'd seen some from the beginning and end, but my favorite parts are in the middle, so I didn't get the full experience. I Want You (She's So Heavy) was my favorite, both in the musical adaptation, in the story behind it, and in the choreography. It also got the song stuck in my head, so fair warning.

No matter how many times I visit My Food Looks Funny, Chrome will not save it in my history. It's so weird.