State of Play

Title: State of Play

Released: 2003 as a six part TV Mini-series.

By: Paul Abbot

Summary:
A young woman dies on the London tube and all of two minutes apart, a young teenage boy is killed by a hired professional. A politician's secret is exposed, a newspaper agency gets a hold of valuable information, and drama unravels along the way.

Commentary:
In which, James plays a young married man who is practically both a gay magnet and a human gay radar, and yeah a freelance journalist with the baby-est face on the side as well.

No lies, not even a single shred of hesitation really: I watched this solely to see James McAvoy deep throat his ring finger in order to lube it up so he can take his marriage ring off: just so he can flirt shamelessly with a gay man for info. Have my heart, you wholeheartedly dedicated work-slut!

(At this point, I have done this so many times, I don't even feel a shred of shame. /shrugs)

Aside from all the adorable James running around like a fresh off graduate student, this story is hell exciting. There is suspense, murder, conspiracy, and a lot of mysteries! Everyone is bent out on finding the truth but of course, there are love affairs, best friend sleeping with best friend's semi-ex-wife, best of men friends, bitching father-son relationship, adorable father-son relationship, secrets, secrets, secrets and just about all the good and bad dramas have.

Since I love freelance-journalist!James, I got to do some golden quotes for this cheeky Scottish chappy ;)

Susan, ex-professor-with-a-taste-for-twitchy-undergrads (total cougar): Have you put on weight?
Dan Foster (James McAvoy): Only on the penis, thank god.

Only on the penis? Only on the penis. Only on the penis! ONLY ON THE PENIS! O, my brain. I am desperate for some Dan Foster fics, I don't care, crossovers, alternate universe, magic, all of the above, a young married man with such a baby face is moe no matter what angle you look at him with. And he wears the widest variety of color dress-shirts: Unf!

So watch it, for the suspense, the action, the cute James McAvoy, whatever you like. It is well worth the time!


Also, apparently there is a 2009 version but from all the reviews I read: this one, hands down, is awesome in every aspect.

Mein Gott, he says

The following is an unsuspected fandom rant. Please beware, I have nothing against anyone, I just have thoughts and feelings I need to get out so I can return to a more wholesome and healthy Kuro who is not strung out on Erik & Charles and physics. They are the greatest love and hate of my life.

Extremes are bad. Balance is good. I am trying.


Sub!Charles is not growing on me with an increasing need in the fandom for a totally doe-blue-eyed boy.

And it's not that I don't find him adorable, I do, I am absolutely crushing on Charles like I crush on James McAvoy. But it feels so unbelievably out of character, he is a thirty year old man, if not a telepath. And it's absolutely not because I find that age to be unappealing or slashable because anyone who knows me has gotta know older men=my biggest kink ever.

And it's not like I don't want Charles as the bottom, I love him playing the uke in the relationship but I hate seeing him submit or 'enjoy' submitting to control no matter how sweet and tender, oh this word, the sex may be. And I think I might sound contradictory but I firmly believe that there is a difference between submission and gay bum sex.

There is no doubt about it, I am sure there are wonderful writers who write great sub!Charles and there are fics that I have read before (this uneasy feeling of reading sub!Charles grew on me) that I thought were wonderful and exceptional. And I know its just another kink but there is a scary notion for me when I see this character being written in the fashion like it's alright to submit to control.

This is a personal opinion among everything else:

Charles Xavier is the epitome of a whole new world and he won't take your shit.

Thus, implying I also don't like it when Erik becomes overly dominant either. Because he is not a possessive character, obsessive maybe probably actually, but I don't think one should confuse the two. He may not be charismatic like Charles but he has a certain charm, or at least something close to it that propelled Charles to him.

(Maybe it's his magnetism? Oh my jokes are horrible, I know.)

Height differences aside, I can't see Charles being manhandled at all. He can be all the apple pie and sunshine and blue skies in the world but he is a telepath (AUs aside of course). Just like Erik may be viewed as the more physical one or the one with the stick constantly up his ass (no pun intended here I swear), he is still a little boy who has lost his mum. There is a vulnerability to that, one that even Charles can't compete with.

(Not something I would want to compete with, mind you.)

And its because of this constant vulnerability in Erik that Charles matches up with the understanding that makes their relationship a perfect balance.

If either one steps over that line, everything will topple over, like the horrible beach divorce all over again.

So yes, I like them ambiguous, like they don't know who is seme and who is uke because it doesn't even matter, they are in love. And its finally wholesome again.


Do note, this is not fandom hate at all (as I am aware that XMFC has a rather large fan base with a tendency to hate on quite a few things: cockblocking girls for one), this is fandom love. No fandom has conjure this sort of emotion or at least this strong of an opinion from me, because I am usually the passive-obsessive reader lurking all over your fanfics and then also the endlessly updating writer who won't leave that single pairing alone with her annoying antics and plot?what plot?fics. But there are preferences and then there is this.

Erik and Charles does it for me. Fandom is great.

The Candies with the Words

COMPLETELY BLEW MY PHYSICS MIDTERM.

OOOTL

Horrible, horrible: wtf just happened sort of horrible. D: But I am not feeling as upset as I should (wait till I see my mark though, I might just be bawling my eyes out XDDD) And group projects are awful just the same. People aren't motivated and I think I am growing immune to their complaints of 'how no one is contributing.' (Shove it!) I thought uni was about dealing with your own crap and not everyone else's.

But o well, life is made of failures and the rare accomplishment. Let's keep this blog less whine-y and rl and more gay fun. :DD

(WHY BE ANAL WHEN YOU CAN HAVE ANAL SEX INSTEAD??)

Btw: I am so addicted to candies with inspirational messages on their wrappers!! It warms my heart and I am beginning to tack them on to the cork board on my desk :DD

Positive Message

When the norm is to sleep at 3am, you know your biological clock is fucked.

And it isn't stress, at least I don't think so, it is more like the pressure to do better or at least well. Is this what uni life supposed to be? Where is the cheap booze and partying all night? LOL the fact that I hate the smell of alcohol doesn't make my life fun /fails.

Positive message of the early morning/ late late night? Get through it.

PS: I STILL HATE YOU JUST AS MUCH PHYSICS. ARGH. WHY DON'T YOU MAKE SENSE.

O My Heart

X-Men: First Class Title Sequence from Joe D! on Vimeo.

What is this perfection? I can't handle. This is just too much for my heart!

And since I wasn't even aware, until now where I am rummaging through ancient posts on tumblr, I linked and linked myself somewhere else. Apparently there was an X-Men Poster Contest back in April! Some of them are so lovely!

All entries can be seen here.

Suits

Title: Suits

By: USA Network

Aired: Season 1 (12 episodes) was released in June 2011, season 2 is set to release in summer of 2012! \O/

Summary:
Mike Ross, genius by every definition of the word, stumbles into a job interview for a Harvard law graduate associate for Harvey Spectar, NYC's best legal closer just when he is about to get busted by the police with a brief case full of weed.

It's basically love at first sight and Harvey hires him. And for the next 12 episodes, they flirt like no tomorrow.

Not even kidding, I mean this is from the official site: "Proving to be an irrepressible duo and invaluable to the practice, Mike and Harvey must keep their secret from everyone..."

THEIR BIG FAT GAY SECRET.

Summary:
JUST WHAT I NEEDED IN MY LIFE. (Oh yes, a continuation of the above.)

I am never one for legal dramas because I can't understand it. Maybe it is all those professional terms. But then these two come by and my god, the law heavens are singing to me and I can understand evry single word that is spewing from their lips. They are flirting and the amount of UST on screen is just unbelievable.

These two are adorable, good looking, and totally slashable.

But gay (sub)text aside, the story has substance, comedic situations and exciting action bits! Hitting everything on my must-have list ;D Patrick J. Adams (plays Mike) even has his own photo gallery! Some are just too gorgeous, so I had to share!

Jessica Pearson, boss.


Mike Ross, one-time failed drug dealer turned 'Harvard graduate'.


Harvey Spectar, and my god does he care about Mike and nothing else.


People who tailor Harvey's suits. Not important, role wise, but the picture just took my breath away.

All credits goes to Patrick J. Adams.

Worm Ridin'

Title: Children of Dune

By: Based on the books by the same name by Frank Herbert.

Type: 3 part TV Mini-series.

Aired: 2003

Summary:
To be honest, I don't really get the story line so I don't want to confuse anyone. Hence: wiki!

Commentary:
For all the obvious reasons, I am not a sci-fi fan: I don't speak whatever they speak. I don't believe in making up a new language because that is just plain difficult to understand. So to simplify it in words us, fangirls, understand, this is a: Shirtless-bb!James McAvoy riding worms three-part series.

And really, it shouldn't have the connotations it does have, I wholeheartedly apologize, I think. OTL

Although if you are really pressed for time, part 1 can be skipped because it places focus on LetoII (James)'s daddy. There are only random flashes of LetoII prancing around in his dad's dreams/hallucination with no shirt on. YUM. But part 1 does set up a nice background, especially those who have never read the books (me, me, and me.)

Over all, it's a good series. A little less than average in the graphics department but it was in 2003, I have no blame. But the story is exciting, there's action (of both kinds) and bb!James McAvoy!!! You can't want anything else, honestly. So like go watch it. Go. Go!!