butterfly: (Namesake -- Butterfly)
Dexter: So, based on the gif sets that revealed to me spoilers for the end of S6 ) at the end of last season, I decided to watch this season. Awesome decision so far! It's been fantastic. spoilers up through 7x03 )

Once Upon a Time: spoilers for 2x03 )

Revenge: Every single time I write 'Revenge', I accidentally write it as 'Revenger' at first. I blame the Avengers.

So, how does this show just keep being so awesome? spoilers for 2x03 )
butterfly: (Project -- Cher)
Yes, for the first time since August, 2005, I have updated my website with fanfic.

Friday, January 2nd, 2009:
Updated Fanvid Index. list of fanfic added )
butterfly: (Monster -- Dexter Morgan)
Title: Justice, Be Not Blind
Author: [livejournal.com profile] butterfly
Summary: There's the law and then there's what is right. Miguel Prado is sure he knows the difference.
Pairing: Miguel/Dexter
Rating: PG
Spoilers: Through Dexter 3x06 -- "Sí Se Puede".
He believes that his intentions were pure, in the beginning. )
butterfly: (Mother and Son -- Sarah Connor Chronicle)
Because I just realized that it's been just about a month since I talked about anything else.

In the category of 'personal life': Read more... )

If you watched my recent trailer, you might have guessed this, but I finally got around to watching series two of Secret Diary of a Call Girl: spoilers through the S2 finale )

I started watching S3 of Dexter (I know!) and I've now seen the first two episodes: spoilers through Dexter 3x02 )

I'm caught up with The Sarah Connor Chronicles: spoilers through 2x13 - Earthlings Welcome Here )

I watched the S1 run of Merlin (with, in case there is anyone who doesn't know, Anthony Head (Giles!) as Uther Pendragon): spoilers for all of S1 of Merlin )

I also need to start watching S2 of The Sarah Jane Adventures. I'm going to try to do that before school starts up again.
butterfly: (Flame Hair - Donna)

1. Comment on this post.
2. I will give you a letter.
3. Think of 5 fictional characters and post their names and your comments on these characters in your LJ.

[livejournal.com profile] spiletta42 gave me the letter 'D'. Because she wanted to make it very easy for me.

Donna Noble (Doctor Who): I think that I fell for Donna when she calmed down on the rooftops of London and sat with the Doctor and talked with him. She gave him a moment to grieve, showed no interest in him sexually (which was nice because while I find Tennant incredibly sexy, not everyone does and it's good for the show to acknowledge that), and got miffed at him when he talked about her like she didn't matter. All the wonderful things that Donna 'becomes' in S4 she already is in that scene. Donna Noble is a good person, who is capable of standing up to (quite possibly) the most remarkable man in the universe. She's magnificent and always will be.

Dexter Morgan (Dexter): A funny and sympathetic serial killer. Before I actually saw the show, that description would have turned me off so hard. But he really is a very strong, interesting, compelling character. And, with Debra, he also has one of the few intense sibling relationships on TV that vibes as solely sibling-ekse, rather than borderline incestual. His relationship with Rita and her kids has been fascinating to watch. Brilliant show, brilliant character.

Daniel Jackson (Stargate SG-1): Oh, Daniel. SG1 is definitely 'the Daniel show' to me. Even S6 is defined in terms of his story arc. I love his mind, his passion for knowledge, his interactions with his team -- pretty much everything. I'm a canon serial monogamist -- I ship Daniel/Sha're, Daniel/Jack, and Daniel/Vala.

Darla (Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel the Series): She was the first character on-screen to show us Joss Whedon's two BtVS rules: 1) the cliche is going to be subverted and 2) the female characters are never as helpless as you think they are. She ended up getting character depth and a great arc and some really fantastic lines. Darla was amazing and tough and a pretty damn good actress. She was true to herself when she was evil and when she wasn't. She told (what she believed to be) a priest scolding her for not going to church that maybe he should have visited her (as a prostitute).

Draco Malfoy (Harry Potter): I have a bit of a weakness for the bratty nemesis who was never as important to the hero as he wanted to be (see: MacDonald, Lindsey). While I think that JKR could have done more with Draco (and, in fact, any of the themes she brought up in the first six books), I'm pretty happy with what I got in Half-Blood Prince. He's snotty and racist and listens too much to his parents... but he isn't a killer and he isn't an irredeemable monster.

bonus 'D's for 'Doctor Who' and 'Dexter' )

butterfly: (You Cannot See Me)
I'm missing Buffy really hard this week. I just realized the other day that none of the shows that I currently watch have gay characters (and only two that I can think of that have acknowledged the existence of us queers in a positive fashion -- Smallville and Dexter. Doctor Who has both positive gay images and complex, strong, good women, but isn't currently airing). For all that Willow tended to be my least favorite Scooby and I found her passive-aggressive and frustrating, I miss having an acknowledged gay regular who has gay relationships on-screen.

Buffy had its race issues (though, by the last season, they were getting a bit better), but I really miss its pro-feminist/pro-queer slant.

Specifically, the notion that women come in a variety of personalities (and shapes) and that this is good. That women can be friends with each other (that women can be friends with men). That women can be leaders.

I am... both hopeful and fearful of where Supernatural is currently going, female character-wise. spoilers through Supernatural 3x05 -- Sin City )

I'm seriously considering dropping Heroes because the gender issues are making me uncomfortable. I still haven't watched last week's Prison Break because spoilers for Prison Break 3x05 ).

Dexter spoilers for Dexter 2x04 -- See-Through ).

*sigh*

And, of course, spoilers for Stargate Atlantis 4x05 ).

Smallville is doing fairly well (when it objectifies, it does tend to objectify both genders). Bones, Numb3rs, and House have their issues but do not tend to ever actually offend me.

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