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layne67In no particular order :
- Game Of Thrones. Saw the final episode last night and oh.my.God. There're endings and there are endings and that was one magnificent ending indeed. I love the show so much that I bought the whole book set. Have started on the first one and oh -
As Warden of the North, Lord Eddard Stark counts it a curse when King Robert bestows on him the office of the Hand. His honour weighs him down at court where a true man does what he will, not what he must ... and a dead enemy is a thing of beauty. The old gods have no power in the south, Stark's family is split and there is treachery at court. Worse, a vengeance-mad boy has grown to maturity in exile in the Free Cities beyond the sea. Heir of the mad Dragon King deposed by Robert, he claims the Iron Throne.
See? My toes are curling with joy and happiness at the prospect of reading five more books like this. Only thing is, I can't quite decide whether I should read the rest before or after they're aired on TV. Apparently, the TV show stayed true to the books and I really don't want any spoilers as such. It was different with LotR as I read the books years before the movies came out and I didn't mind it with the Bourne trilogy either as the movies differed wildly from the books. Ah, decision, decision.
Love all the characters in the show, even the baddies, but I have a soft spot for Jon Snow. And I adore Peter Dinklage's potrayal of the dwarf, Tyrion, who's definitely *not* a comic relief or anyone's sidekick.
- Downton Abbey. Mary and Matthew continue to slay me as is the whole series from the Lords and Ladies to the kitchen maids with their heart-stopping moments and oh, I just about died with that scene with Daisy and William. And I only just realised that Sir Richard Carlisle and Ser Jorah Mormont from GoT were played by the same actor, and that the maid, Gwen of DA will be in GoT season 2! Oh, to see her tranform from a character in wholesome, sunshiny PG-13 show to a dark and bloody, NC-17 one - can't wait!
I've started reading some of the fics from Downton Abbey, not many, just the slashy ones but I read one with M/M pairing and of course I thought that was slash but it turned out to be Mary/Matthew lol, but it was a good one and I'm so glad that I read it. Can't get enough of those two!
And as I've told Arabia, I'm now more than a bit in love with Dan Stevens ♥♥♥
- Dean/Cas fics. Apart from those already on my flist, the authors are mostly new to me, it's almost like a whole new fandom. You know how it is when you're just discovering new authors and the joy of finding out that so-and-so has a long list of fics that you haven't read yet and see? Toes are still curling! I'm currently reading this and oh, it's so good!!!
I'll be watching the latest episode of Downton Abbey tonight omg the sweet, sweet angst.
- Game Of Thrones. Saw the final episode last night and oh.my.God. There're endings and there are endings and that was one magnificent ending indeed. I love the show so much that I bought the whole book set. Have started on the first one and oh -
As Warden of the North, Lord Eddard Stark counts it a curse when King Robert bestows on him the office of the Hand. His honour weighs him down at court where a true man does what he will, not what he must ... and a dead enemy is a thing of beauty. The old gods have no power in the south, Stark's family is split and there is treachery at court. Worse, a vengeance-mad boy has grown to maturity in exile in the Free Cities beyond the sea. Heir of the mad Dragon King deposed by Robert, he claims the Iron Throne.
See? My toes are curling with joy and happiness at the prospect of reading five more books like this. Only thing is, I can't quite decide whether I should read the rest before or after they're aired on TV. Apparently, the TV show stayed true to the books and I really don't want any spoilers as such. It was different with LotR as I read the books years before the movies came out and I didn't mind it with the Bourne trilogy either as the movies differed wildly from the books. Ah, decision, decision.
Love all the characters in the show, even the baddies, but I have a soft spot for Jon Snow. And I adore Peter Dinklage's potrayal of the dwarf, Tyrion, who's definitely *not* a comic relief or anyone's sidekick.
- Downton Abbey. Mary and Matthew continue to slay me as is the whole series from the Lords and Ladies to the kitchen maids with their heart-stopping moments and oh, I just about died with that scene with Daisy and William. And I only just realised that Sir Richard Carlisle and Ser Jorah Mormont from GoT were played by the same actor, and that the maid, Gwen of DA will be in GoT season 2! Oh, to see her tranform from a character in wholesome, sunshiny PG-13 show to a dark and bloody, NC-17 one - can't wait!
I've started reading some of the fics from Downton Abbey, not many, just the slashy ones but I read one with M/M pairing and of course I thought that was slash but it turned out to be Mary/Matthew lol, but it was a good one and I'm so glad that I read it. Can't get enough of those two!
And as I've told Arabia, I'm now more than a bit in love with Dan Stevens ♥♥♥
- Dean/Cas fics. Apart from those already on my flist, the authors are mostly new to me, it's almost like a whole new fandom. You know how it is when you're just discovering new authors and the joy of finding out that so-and-so has a long list of fics that you haven't read yet and see? Toes are still curling! I'm currently reading this and oh, it's so good!!!
I'll be watching the latest episode of Downton Abbey tonight omg the sweet, sweet angst.
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Date: 2011-10-25 08:40 pm (UTC)Haha, oh dear, Downtown Abbey. I feel sad to disagree with you on this but I really enjoyed the last series, but gave up after the second episode of this one and it was all because the Mary/Matthew and Anna/Bates stuff was boring me to tears. I guess all that shippy stuff really is such a personal thing that either clicks and resonates with you or doesn't. Like what you say about Dean/Cas being practically a whole new fandom. I'm so firmly routed on the Sam/Dean side, I've never even read a Dean/Cas fic and never will because I'm such a crazy Sam/Dean OTP person. But I kinda envy people who can, as like you say, there are so many good stories and great writers in that part of fandom that I'm missing out on.
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Date: 2011-10-26 09:18 am (UTC)I love the second series of DA as much as the first series! And Dan Stevens!!! :D
As for Dean/Cas, I'm thinking if Cas made his appearance earlier on, ie before season 4, I wouldn't have been so enamoured with him, but you know, with Ruby (2) being so annoying and all ... he was just there at the right time ( for me ) lol. And it's only just lately that I got on the Dean/Cas bandwagon :)