Winter

[icepixie]

Last night's Castle: X-Files spoof for the COMPLETE AND UTTER WIN. This might even top "Vampire Weekend" in awesomeosity.

Oh, Castle. Last week I lambaste you for losing your spark and your humor, and here you go and prove me wrong. I like it. Please continue.

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As it is right now 45F, windy, and threatening rain, I'd say fall is just about over. Alas. :( I can never decide whether winter or summer is worse; each seem equally miserable when we're in the throes of them. At the moment, the prospect of not feeling my nose or fingertips again, even inside, until March thrills the least. Brrr.

Winter tends to make me want to watch Northern Exposure, for reasons which are perhaps obvious. Maybe if I have a little mini-marathon tonight, it will inspire me to finish the fic where Maggie spends a week as Fleischman's roommate after her house burns down. I haven't really figured out a plot for it beyond "they annoy each other a lot and there is awkward UST," but that was kind of the plot of several of their storylines, so I guess it's not that big a problem.

Winter also makes me want to read X-Files fic, especially non-case-related stuff set in the early years, before quite so many awful things happened to them. Currently I am re-reading Paula Graves's various "Twelve Degrees/Steps" series, which are as good and comfort-reading-like as I remember them being in 1996.

Comments

[kungfuwaynewho.livejournal.com]

Whoa, I remember reading Paula Graves's fic back in the day. She was the first fanfic author I read who wasn't completely awful; my first forays in trying to read fic were along the "Fox and Dana feed each other grapes in the park" line.

[icepixie]

Yeah, these fics aren't the best things ever written, but for me, they're suffused with a nice nostalgic glow that makes up for any inadequacies. I think she was probably one of the first XF authors I read, which means after the various Star Treks, she was one of the first fic authors I read, period.

I know I read a lot of awful XF fic in my youth (wrote some, too), but thankfully seem to have forgotten the worst of it.

[padawanpooh.livejournal.com]

Haven't seen last night's Castle yet but it looked terrific from the trailer. Can't wait!

[icepixie]

It was such fun! So much better than the last few.