Several of my friends have already done this meme and I've found the responses so interesting that I thought I'd bite.

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If you like Smallville and you like crossword puzzles, perhaps you'd be interested in my Smallville crossword puzzle. Note this is a Java applet, so should function in most browsers. The puzzle making program was a Canada Day gift from my sister, and I've been having fun playing around with it. Please let me know what you think and if you spot any problems. Thanks!

I can't keep up with this meme but fortunately I'd recently capped some scenes from Vessel so thought I would share the Clark with you.

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I'm in the mood to vid once I've finished my first draft for the SVBB. But every time I start to think about it, a new song seizes my attention. So please, please help me choose! And ideas about scenes you'd use in your choice would also help!!

Poll #1421091
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All

Song to use

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Just a quick "real fic" rec: I'm in the middle of the most enjoyable read I've had in years - Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. I have no idea if you have to love Austen first to love it as much as I do, but I highly recommend you give it a try. The heroine is an utterly bewitching mixture of the classic Elizabeth Bennett and a regency era zombie slayer. I'm getting such a kick out of the way the "co-author" uses so many favorite lines and subtly zombifies them, turning the regency attitudes on their heads.

 

To give you an idea, "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains." Lizzy is her father's favorite because she "has something more of the killer instinct than her sisters." Darcy is initially much admired for "his having killed more than a thousand unmentionables since the fall of Cambridge." And when Darcy snubs Lizzy at the first ball, "the warrior code demanded she avenge her honour." No, this isn't your parents' Pride and Prejudice!

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I'm running late (again) but did want to post something for Red. There were so many scenes to choose from but I wound up going with the one at the end where Lana refuses Clark's apology. Clark looks so beautiful as he hopes for forgiveness, but can find no answer to Lana's assertion that the person who said he had feelings for her either was him or wasn't.

I'm not organized enought to keep up with this meme, but we've now reached the start of Season 2, which means some of my favorite episodes. Watch out: that means tomorrow is Red! To clarify, I'd say Vortex, Heat and Red rank as amongst my favorite episodes in terms of rewatchability. I don't think S2 was the strongest season overall in terms of storytelling and drama, but it was the year that really broke ground on the mythology front. We shouldn't forget how deeply the events of this season affected Clark and made him doubt his alien heritage. Every time I hear some fanboy complaining about Clark not "going for his training", I want to scream. Why on earth should he trust that hunk of junk in the Arctic? Sheesh. It'll be interesting to see what S9 brings us in terms of mythology. Hopefully no more pointless retcons. Hey, I can dream can't I?

Anyways, pics from Vortex and Heat (especially the latter for all its Clexiness) beneath the cut. ( Enjoy )

Egg-spam!

Look! See the gorgeous new icon made for me by ctbn60. I actually had to choose between three stunning versions. The other two were more overtly related to Smallville - one omitted the supernova explosion and instead had a last image of Krypton (the Planet) with the message 'Clark Kent was born here'. The other had a last slide after the supernova explosion saying Krypton: Gone but not forgotten. I love both, but settled on this one because I find the imagery so beautiful.

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So how far behind am I for the Smallville Big Bang? I can't believe its June already and I've frittered months away. It didn't help that my frustration with the end of Season 8 really blocked me. But I've finally pounded out the weak spots in the outline and have settled down to writing. Yay!

Oops. I keep falling behind on this meme, so I'll post two to catch up. Number one is from Hug and features Clark while he goes horseback riding with Chloe and Lana through the temperate rainforest so typical of Kansas.


The next is from Leech and takes place when Lex confronts Clark about the car crash. I'm a sucker for a guy with a hammer.



Egg spam!

Happy birthday, christina_kat! In celebration, a pic for you.



It's Clark's first sight of Phelan after having a tractor dropped on his head. But I imagine it as his reaction to someone telling him to cool it off with Lex.

Further to a post by goodvibe, here's my ranking of the episodes of Season 8. Overall, the season grades out to a B+ for me, just about on par with Season 1 in the middle of my rankings by season. Some may cry heresy to rate these two seasons the same, but the ranking is calculated giving each episode the same weight. If I weighted the season premier and finale more heavily, a very different story would be told!

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I fear this episode is destined to be damned with faint praise, if that. There were parts I liked but overall, and especially considering it was supposed to pay off several episodes of questions, the episode left me flat and expecting more. So I give it a B, far and away the lowest mark I've ever given to a season finale.

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Last week, Beast left me outraged and with a giant pit in my stomach about where the show was going to take my hero. Those feelings are gone: this episode did a wonderful job in setting me up for the finale. Yes, Injustice had a slew of script related problems but it had a few major things going for it. So overall, I give it a B+.

( Sometimes justice isn't about making the easy decision. )

For iliana_1's post a Chloe picture challenge.

Dear Chloe,

Sorry I've been so mad at you lately. I only feel this strongly because I care.

(sorry I'm late. So many options to choose from! Cap by me)

Grrrr! I don't even know where to start. I have no idea how to evaluate this episode, because everybody but Clark behaved like complete *insert expletives* at one point or another. And Clark, who came up with a solid plan and stood up for Chloe, is insulted by both Chloe and Ollie as his reward. My only real question is how far down the scale of awfulness this episode ranks: is it Power bad or only Toxic bad? Actually, IMO this episode starts to make Power look good - that's just how pissed off it left me. So a D.

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Snagged from svgurl & starry-dawn:

1. Pick 25 of your favorite movies
2. Go to IMDb and find a quote from each movie
3. Post them here for everyone to guess
4. Strike it out when someone guesses correctly, and put who guessed it and the movie (I've whited out the movie name in case you still want to guess.)
5. NO GOOGLING/using IMDb search or other search functions.

Hint: When in doubt, think sci-fi, musical or classics.

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What a pleasant surprise this episode turned out to be! From the episode description and trailer, I feared this would be a silly story that would just succeed in damaging Lois's reputation as a journalist. But it turned out to be the opposite: Lois realized that her ambition had led her to cross the line in pursuit of the story and learned an important lesson. And we saw Clark, Lois and Jimmy combine to get their very first story on what will become Intergang. I give it a very enthusiastic A(+).

( If you want to interview a rock star, you don't start with Springsteen )

I've completed another vid, this one using Foo Fighters' The Pretender, which might as well have been written about Clark and Lex. When Lex finally finds Clark's Fortress of Solitude, he thinks back on some of their earlier encounters. Secrets and lies, but also friendship, protection and more than a little UST. Clips from seasons 1 to 7, including Arctic, Pilot, Lineage, Red, Arrival, Heat, Ryan, Scare, Vortex, Nemesis, Bound, Mortal, Calling, Subterranean, Wrath and Phantom. Watch in HQ. Click here to download.

Amazon Rank

Censorship takes on many forms, but mucking about with data this way really makes my blood boil. Several of my favorite authors - not least of which E.M. Forster - are gay, and it offends me to see their work marginalized. But beyond that, the Amazon "logic" for de-listing is so blatantly homophobic it defies belief. I wonder if "Amazon rank" will enter the common vocubabulary as a synonym for arbitrary and biased decision making?