Seen every-bloody-where, because we're just like that. I did actually think of doing it before I saw everyone else doing it, pretty much immediately upon reading "Your Friends Are Not Watching the Same Show You Are (And That's Okay)", but since I have no doubt that pretty much everyone I know independently did the same thing, it all comes out in the lemmingy wash. ;-)

( The Shows What Val Watches (Or Has Watched In The Last Year Or So) )

There are way thinkier and/or more creative things I want to post about, but the quick and easy will have to do for now.

And has been since last night, actually, but I am chipmunky and low-energy and slow with the posting. Go here for the master list of multi-fandom female-character-focussed goodness.

I had fun writing "Homecoming" (Heroes) for karrenia_rune, who set me the challenge of following Caitlin's adventures in the future timeline.

And was delighted to receive "Rubber Ducky, You're the One!" (Blood Ties) from deire, who gave me my favorite P.I. and goth-girl-Friday and both their moms, all in the same place at the same time. And as if that weren't already worth the price of admission, there's an extra giggle courtesy of His Royal Smugness. (He really does need to be smacked. Often. With great affection, of course.)

Among the sixty-plus offerings, a few of my favorites:

"Three Months Out. Six To Go. (Perfect Time For a Big Sister Freak Out.)" (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) by havocthecat. You might think that being nearly thirty and married would let Dawn out of Buffy coming unglued at the news that she's going to be an aunt. You would, of course, be mistaken. Funny and a bit poignant, with fantastic family stuff (counting both Summerses and Scoobies as "family," of course).

"Starwort" (Forever Knight) by brightknightie, who went well above and beyond the ficathon's 1,000-word call with an older and wiser Fleur encountering LaCroix again, seven years after the "Be My Valentine" flashbacks. Fleur often gets a bad rap in fandom, as a victim of that ep's clumsy use of romance tropes, but this story takes the best of that girl we met and grows her into a worthy woman indeed.

"Silkscreen" (Firefly) by llyfrgell is a lovely look, through Zoe's eyes, at Inara's arrival and the beginnings of her becoming part of the family of Serenity's crew.

"All Witches Go to Limbo (The Unbaptized Innocents Refrain)" (BtVS/Charmed crossover) by wisdomeagle. Tara and Prue cross paths in the afterlife. Delicate, poignant, and respectful of both universes' magic systems and relationships.

"Electric Vengeance" (Heroes) by larah33. A creepy and weirdly exhilarating ride into Elle's broken psyche. Gives her credit for more complexity than canon left room for (which most assuredly does not translate as reform or apologia).

"The Verse That Was" (Firefly) by spiletta42 is a nicely crafted caper with a believable key role for Inara, and great glimpses into everyone's character.

( Spoilers for...er, whatever tonight's ep was called )

I'm making no bets whatsoever on the finale. I give them props for that. :-)

Dude. I picked the right week to be caught up and actually watch the thing the same night as the rest of the world.

Just a few things going on, huh? O_O

Battlestar Galactica: Lack of posting =/= lack of interest. I've really never been much for "I liked this part" and "I didn't like this part," and I don't really have any Burning Meta Thinky-Thoughts at this point. I can see them in the offing, particularly as regards ( spoilers )

:: contemplates previous paragraph :: Huh. I guess there are more thinky-thoughts than I thought.

Studio 60: Meh. I don't actively dislike it, but I'm very close to the conclusion that I have better things to do with that hour. I'm giving it until I've watched last night's -- mostly because (a) it's a part 2, and (b) there is the prospect of Lauren Graham saying more than eight words -- and then it's probably off the list.

Lost: Is already off the list. Watched the season premiere, went "meh." As someone else we know has already figured out, the season premiere and finale, together with the recap specials, go into about as much depth as I care about any more. As someone one my flist said recently (I'm not being cagey with either of those "someones," incidentally; I just don't remember exactly who they are), complicated does not necessarily equal interesting.

Also, CaptainDoctorHero!Jack desperately needs to be fed to a polar bear.

Heroes: This one has my attention, yessireebob. Whether Them What's In Charge can keep it up past this initial buzz is something to deal with later, but for now, ( it's definitely doing the job. )

So, lots going on, all seeming to be balance pretty well. Touching wood that it stays that way. And on pins and needles to see what's next!