I am excited to share more of my opinions with you! :D

( Dancing With the Stars )

( Spander )

( Reaper )

And since I'm really enjoying giving my unpopular opinions: if you're dying to get me to let loose about something else you can comment here or go here (my fandoms/tv shows I watch are listed).

This has been one of those weird weeks. ( Cut for spaceyness, lost wallet and voting hijinks )

And OMG, the other night I ALMOST DRANK A SPIDER!!!! It had somehow gotten in my water glass and as I was tilting the glass to my lips I happened to notice something moving. *still gets freaked out thinking about it* My poor friend was on the phone with me at the time, so got to experience me shrieking and being distressed.

I've also been focused on my fall_for_sx fic, It's Not. /self-promoting
Oh! And today's savoytruffle's day at fall_for_sx, check out her awesome fic: Or Forever Hold Your Peace.
I'm also happy because entrenous88 has been posting new chapters of Cuddly Predators.
So in conclusion, yay Spander!!

I also have some very brief TV comments! This morning I was reflecting that I know it's November sweeps since the characters are all in danger (or so it seems).

( Veronica Mars - Of Vice and Men (3:7) )

( Bones - The Aliens in the Spaceship (2:9) )

( Dancing with the Stars - Finale )

I'm ridiculously behind on so much TV right now. Three separate co-workers harassed me about not seeing this week's Heroes yet. If only there were more hours in the day! *contemplates trying to find that time turner Hermione has in Harry Potter*

I hope you're all good! *hugs*

I'm sure you all know that I have much love for all the BtVS/AtS characters and pairings, but that Spike/Xander is my OTP. When I started reading fanfic (back in 2002) I quickly discovered S/X and fell in love with the pairing. I recall first seeing a fic listed with that pairing and was completely intrigued because they have so much tension on the show. I could imagine them being fascinating (and hot!) together in fanfic. I really love the canon pairings, and I never expected to see S/X together on the show (eg. "Hell's Bells" always makes me sob because I want Xander/Anya to work out, and Spike's speech to Buffy in "Touched" gets me every time). What I really love about fanfic is exploring that subtext, those hidden glances, those possibilities that weren't played out on the show.

So, that recounting of my love for S/X - four years going strong! - is really a rambly preamble to celebrate my completely fabulous and wonderful new icon!!! It was made by the uber-talented and wonderfully generous earth_vexer and it makes me so happy every time I see it.

Some of my favourite S/X moments on the show are during season 5 and the scene in the icon (from "Intervention") has that awesome Spike & Xander tension. Oh! And they both look very very pretty in this scene! I just adore how earth_vexer has framed them in the shot!

I requested the text "It's all in the subtext" and earth_vexer brilliantly has "subtext" in handwriting. I love it because the handwriting suggests how as fanfic writers we're playing with the subtext when we write S/X stories (and of course other pairings as well). I'd really wanted my username on the icon and I'm enamoured with how earth_vexer has it mirroring the other text, because I'm a big fan of subtext so I like how that's linked to me.

LOTS AND LOTS OF THANKS TO earth_vexer for kindly making me my very own icon!! *dances around ecstatically*


( I also have more thanks and good news! )