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Day 11. A fic that changed your perceptions of the characters

And Many More by the_dala (Star Trex XI, James Kirk gen)

The wounded side of James T. Kirk. Very short, but all the same heartbreaking.


Day 12. A fic with excellent banter

Best Way to Fall Asleep after the Match by darrus (Football RPS, Matthäus/Klinsmann)

This is written in very simple English (due to English being the author's second language), but the playful and flirty wit still shines through. I had a blast translating it. Milan by the same author (indeed in the same series) has similar qualities.


Day 13. A fic you liked when you were younger

无关幸福 by semon (HunterxHunter, Hisoka/Illumi)

For many people, possibly THE definitive Hisoka/Illumi fic in Chinese. This was, of course, before Illumi revealed himself to be a Totally-Not-Tortured Psycho-Soul in the canon. I definitely prefer this new version of Illumi, but I think it’s fair to say very few of us saw it coming.

Got two AO3 comments on a Mirror K/S story, which prompted me to re-read some of my Star Trek fics. Man, so many good memories....

....and then I remembered that THEY KILLED OFF PIKE in ST:ID.

Just....WHY. WHY. WHY????!!!! HE WAS SUCH AN AWESOME GUY. He didn't have to die! You people already put him into a wheelchair! WHY DID HE HAVE TO DIE WHY!!!!!!

Met up with cipher0099 and watched STID in IMAX for the 3rd time. I still cry at (1) when Sulu tells Spock they aren't gonna abandon ship and (2) The Hand Scene. Man, that IMAX theater next to Lincoln Center is awe~~~~~some, even if a bit more pricy than the rest.

After the movie we went to eat at Totto Ramen in Hell's Kitchen. At 4PM, there was none of the infamous one-hour queue to get in, which suited us very well. The base soup for the ramen was TRULY AMAZING. I almost drank it all. You have to try it some time when it's not dining rush hour, dissociate! (I also recommended Minca to her, haha.)

stellary is coming to visit soon, and I will see if we can get 4 fangirls to watch it again. After that, Superman hits the screens, which I suspect iris242x will be very happy about.

Last but not least, I was lamenting about the icy reception Jekyll and Hyde on Broadway got to cipher0099, so she suggested that we go see Kinky Boots instead. I googled it and viola, it totally looks like my thing! Now I am excited! :) (PS to dissociate: It might be your thing, too.)

Star Trek XII: Into Darkness.

( Here be spoilers. )

And, because I'm not all that coherent right now, I'll just say this in regard to K&S: This whole movie feels like a K/S fanfic. An EPIC K/S fanfic.

The Original OTP liveth and prosperth!

鸢尾：Jack Frost那个冰杖比吾王的好用多了！
蝴蝶：是啊。结果也漂亮多了……
鸢尾：还可以飞！吾王不能飞……
蝴蝶：吾王啊学着点儿吧
鸢尾：吾王有哥哥！
蝴蝶：吾王不喜欢让哥哥拎着飞！
鸢尾：吾王冻个海叔叔还要用冰夹子
蝴蝶：而且还没冻透……
鸢尾：很快就解冻。海叔叔太厚实。
蝴蝶：啊哈哈哈。其实Jack一开始发现自己的力量，到处在那里玩冰霜的时候，很美呀
蝴蝶：我就想，if Loki was okay with his Jotun heritage
he would be happy with the things he can create too...
but he's not...
鸢尾：吾王除了中二期长战斗力什么的也没有特别高嘛！
蝴蝶：打不太死……fangirls战斗力高……
鸢尾：还可以变阿凡达！变形H！
蝴蝶：……………………

By the way, my favorite character from The Rise of the Guardians is Sandman. He's just sooooo cute!!!! The little tooth fairies and the elves were just adorable, too. Jack Frost was also pretty cool (no pun intended). The thing was, half of the time I was going "OMG Chris Pine Chris Pine Jim Kirk Jim Kirk Jim Kirk". Um, yeah...

1. ZQ came out. I'm happy for him. Kinda worried about his future career prospect, but we shall see. I rather suspected that his sexuality was already an open secret in the industry—I mean, it was odd from Chris to be getting leading men roles (Jack Ryan!) while ZQ...well, never went anywhere, visibility wise.

2. Watched Sleuth starring Michael Caine & Jude Law with my mom last night as she highly recommended it. I did not expect it to turn so...gay. I have to say, Jude Law does the gay thing very, very well. (To be fair, I think in The Talented Mr. Ripley it was Matt Damon who played the gay guy, not Jude Law...although I keep thinking back to that.) They were both glorious (I mean, Michael Caine! Michael Caine!), though Jude had the dazzle and allure of youth on his side. I'm just kinda shocked that my mom liked it. I mean, the last 10 minutes were clearly, well, gay.

3. Reading Snuff. Having mixed feelings about Sybil now, I have to say. I feel like pTerry is trying to make her into this perfect woman but she's....too distant for me to love her, really. I'd take Angua or Cheery (or even Juliet) any day of the week. And there's that nob thing. It's like, you either make a clean break from it (a la Angua) or you don't. You don't get to stay a nob and pretend to yourself that you are all benevolent and thus above it all. It's....dishonest. And stupid.

4. Also started reading Monstrous Regiment a while ago. Man, I like vampires. Maladict. Oh, Maladict. Even though I'm already kinda spoiled the ending for myself, I still have to say.... I like vampires.

Is it because Spock is, according to fanon, also a lover of chocolate?

First-ever M&M'S® brand Character figurines dressed as memorable STAR TREK characters. Handcrafted with hand-painted details. Officially licensed.

Found via de_len in ontd_startrek.

William Shatner does (a certain rendition of) O Canada and kills with pure adorableness.

Oh, Bill. ♥ ♥ ♥

Thank you for giving us Bill, Canada! You are fabulous.

(It just occured to me that I've visited both cities where Bill & Len grew up in—Montreal and Boston! Oh yeah~)

Thanks to aazaieaa, without whom this trip would not have happened.

( Kirk Bear & Spock Bear @ Tuscon, Arizona (Biosphere). )

( Kirk Bear @ Sedona, Arizona (Red Rocks). )

And a shot of the Grand Canyon, in the snow.

Kirk and Spock, at Ellis Island. I'm kinda surprised aazaieaa and I didn't get thrown out for taking this.... (Oh and the museum on Ellis Island was EXACTLY the same as it was 10 years ago, at least the first floor.)

Spock: Please explain why do you think you are qualified to immigrate to Vulcan.

Kirk: ....I has a lirpa?



( A few more none-bear ones. )