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Back in December 2012, I added a cute wintery snowy-tree header to my journal. I thought, I'll leave that on over the winter, and then I'll put a nice spring one on later, and then a summer one, etc. Of course, 25 months later, the snowy trees were still there /o\

BUT now I have a new header and it is very exciting! Courtesy of [livejournal.com profile] christinaa88 :) My journal feels all fresh and rejuvenated, and it looks like it's looking forward to the new episode of Suits in five and a half days as much as I am! YAY :D

Which reminded me, I have a whole load of new shows in my heart and I haven't babbled about them on here o.O So, here we go.

Suits
I started this last January, and wasn't too impressed at first. I was all: meh, I was promised this was just like White Collar, but there is no Neal or Peter or hats so I'm not pleased. But then, sometime after the first few episodes, I realised I'd fallen totally in love with Harvey, and Harvey/Donna, and Harvey/Mike, and even Louis! And now I think it might be the best thing left on TV. But I can't really find the fandom for it. There's some old fics on LJ, a mostly-abandoned kink meme, and some stuff on Ao3/ff.net, but apparently most of the action takes place on tumblr, and I'm just...not doing that. Why is there not an awesome h/c community here? I think I've been spoiled by the White Collar fandom.

Chasing Life
Oh it's adorable! I thought a show about leukemia would be depressing, but I tried it anyway because I saw the picture of Italia Ricci and had an instant crush, and ohhh it's so lovely :) And shippy. WATCH EET.

How To Get Away With Murder
Eee. It's smart and sexy and the mid-series finale totally wrong-footed me, and SERIOUSLY, CONNOR. He is so hot and deliciously sarcastic. And I am very much shipping Connor/Oliver.

Scorpion
Hee, so cute, and preposterous. And Paige/Walter! And Happy/Toby! And alll the daddy issues. It's total escapist fluff and I love it.

Faking It
This is awesome and a lot of fun. I love how it's actually exploring bisexuality instead of just using the 'you must be either straight or gay' thesis that most shows adopt. And Shane and Lauren are such great characters. Also, I might be in love with Katie Stevens, especially when she wears a corset.

Jane the Virgin
I turned off the first episode after ten minutes, once I realised what was about to happen to Jane (I hadn't heard the plot beforehand) and was appalled. But then a few months later, I'd heard so many good things about it that I gave it another chance, and it is really lovely and beautiful and funny and inspiring, even if I still have some problems with how the original issue is dealt with. I love watching Gina Rodriguez too, she is just mesmerising.

Also, last summer there was Finding Carter and The Last Ship, both of which have to be mentioned because a) they were brilliant, and b) they got renewed, which is kinda shocking for shows I like! I was so excited to see Eric Dane in a lead role :D

I'm also enjoying Eye Candy, Girlfriends Guide to Divorce, Stalker, Red Band Society, Mulaney (sooo bad at first but now it's pretty funny) and I've started watching series 2 of Broadchurch, despite not seeing series 1, because it has Eve Myles. Evieee. And David Tennant. And I keep expecting Barrowman to pop up and say GWEN! DOCTOR! FOUND YOU!

Wow, I watch a lot of TV. OK, so squee with me if you watch any of these too :)
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Title: Ending
Author: [profile] cookielaura
Characters: Gwen, Jack (hints of Gwen/Jack, Gwen/Rhys)
Wordcount: 700
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: Torchwood is not mine, and I'm not making any money from this
Notes: Written for challenge 4 of [profile] torchwood_las. The prompt was Out of Time and the object to mention was flowers. Getting the wordcount down to 700 was hell, and I wish I saved the longer version so I could post that instead, but alas, I did not!


Who brought all the flowers? )

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Welcome to the first of my 100 things posts! I'm easing in gently with a vid that lasts just 1 minute, and is from a fandom that most of you all know and love - YAY TORCHWOOD!

I've picked this vid for various reasons. I love the colouring, which makes all the scenes look rich and vibrant; I love the smooth editing, the use of text and the way the clips used coincide with the lyrics; and I love the way that clips from Miracle Day, which in my opinion can often look a little bit out of place in general TW vids due to their different aesthetic, are woven in seamlessly here. The four seasons really do look like they're from the same show, which is surprisingly hard to achieve.

Finally, I adore the song. It's one of 30 Second's To Mars' most epic songs, and it cries out to be vidded to. There should be an amazing vid to this song for any fandom that involves a war against evil forces, but sadly although there are a huge amount of videos made to it, there are very few really good ones. Thankfully this is one, although it lasts for only one minute of the six+ minute song.

So without further ado, watch and enjoy. Warning: Spoilers for all 4 seasons. Made by MsLyraGW.



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So I answered this honestly, but sort of pouting all the way through, because I thought my answers were going to give me Toshiko, when in fact it's Gwen I love and Gwen I most identify with...

And lo and behold! Hurrah!

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ICONS MEME:
1. Reply to this post with "AND WE MEET AGAIN," and I will pick five of your icons.
2. Make a post (including the meme info) and talk about the icons I chose.
3. Other people can then comment to you and make their own posts.
4. This will create a never-ending cycle of icon glee.

The icons here were picked by [livejournal.com profile] 51stcenturyfox
- thanks hun!

Read more... )
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Title: Inches and Miles Away
Author: [livejournal.com profile] cookielaura 
Rating: G
Pairings: Gwen/Rhys, Gwen/Jack
Spoilers: Vague for Children of Earth
Disclaimer: Torchwood and its characters are not mine, and I'm not making any money from them.
Notes: This was actually the first drabble I ever wrote. For some reason I'm just getting round to posting it. Comments and concrit are loved very much!

Inches and Miles Away )
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Ugh, I feel horrid. I have something that doesn't seem to be able to make up its mind if it's a cold or the flu. Either way, it's unpleasant. And it has been hampering me from updating my LJ. So today and tomorrow (providing I haven't gotten even worse by then) you get a double dose of shipping to compensate.

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Day 20: The can't-stand-the-sexual-tension pairing.
Jack/Gwen (TORCHWOOD)

Ok, so I’ve already used them once, but I couldn't resist putting them down for this question. And I do love them, so I figured they deserved one repeat. Besides, every time I think of sexual tension, it’s Jack and Gwen’s gun training scene from Ghost Machine, and the pinning-Gwen-against-the-wall scene from Meat that spring to mind. Unbelievably hot.

Day 21: A pairing you like and noone understands why.
Dean/Jo (SUPERNATURAL)

         

I liked this pairing almost instantly, and I have no idea why it wasn’t developed, or why Jo was in so few episodes. The rest of the fandom seems to hate her, and to hate the idea of Dean and Jo together even more, but I would have loved to see more scenes between them. I think they had great chemistry and could really have understood each other. My heart just went out to Jo whenever Dean failed to recognise what they might have been.

(On a side note, a silver lining to feeling ill is that I get to use the 'sore' mood and have a pic of Owen tending to Gwen's gunshot wound. How cute was that scene?)

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Late again, sorry. I don't think anyone's setting their diary by this though, so I figure it's probably OK.

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Day 17: A pairing you never thought would work, but did.
Jack/Ianto (TORCHWOOD)



The first time I watched Torchwood, it was when it was on TV. I only watched it casually, and if I remember correctly, I didn't watch any further than Random Shoes. Even so, I shipped Jack and Gwen from the first moment, though nowhere near as avidly as I do now. But Ianto...well Ianto I barely noticed. In Cyberwoman, I literally wondered where on earth he'd come from, seeing as I couldn't remember him from any of the previous episodes. And after Cyberwoman, I pretty much forgot about him again. So I remember being highly confused by the stopwatch scene at the end of They Keep Killing Suzie. What was going on? Why was the receptionist guy whose name I wasn't sure of suddenly propositioning Jack? It seemed completely out of the blue to me.

Fast forward to the middle of 2010, and I decided to watch Torchwood again, mostly because of James Marsters. And this time, I paid attention. And started to really love Ianto. And to notice the little moments between him and Jack. Now, Jack/Gwen is still very much my OTP, but this time around I wasn't at all surprised by the stopwatch scene...in fact, I kind of liked it. And I kind of liked every scene the two had together.

It's not a particularly popular view, but I don't think Jack/Ianto and Jack/Gwen are mutually exclusive. I think he loves/loved them both in different ways and although if I had to choose one, it would be Jack/Gwen every time, I do think Jack and Ianto had a lot of lovely qualities when they were together.

I also think the fandom has increased my love of them, particularly through fanfic. There's so little seen on screen, so there's so much that's open to interpretation, and one writer who is now on my f-list writes them in such a beautiful, amazing way (and with such regularity, hooray!) that it's made me adore them even more. She's pretty much created my ideal relationship through them, so it's definitely increased my shipping of them, even if it's not canon.

So there we are. And sorry [livejournal.com profile] karaokegal , I know you'll disapprove! ;)

Oh, and I hope all my f-list had a good Valentine's Day! In honour of it, and in honour of this post, have a candy heart, made for me by the lovely [livejournal.com profile] aviv_b !

 


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21 minutes late today. I have failed.

Question List


Day 12: Who had the best wedding?

Spoilers for season 2 of Torchwood )
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Question List

Day 11: What is your dream pairing?
Jack/Gwen (TORCHWOOD)

Day 11: the day I've been waiting for! I can’t even express how much I want these two to get together. I love both Jack and Gwen as characters individually, and together they are just a mass of amazing, sweet, sexy, intense energy. During the first episode of Torchwood I fell in love with their relationship, and I can barely understand why it was sidetracked and then seemingly forgotten about by the beginning of series 3. I have high hopes for series 4 though. If and when the day comes that they get together, I’ll be shouting from the rooftops. And from my journal.


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Title: Now You See It
Author: [livejournal.com profile] cookielaura 
Rating: G
Characters: Gwen, Anwen, special appearance by Shadow!Jack
Spoilers: Vague for Children of Earth
Disclaimer: Torchwood and its characters are not mine, and I'm not making any money from them.
Notes: Written for [info]tw100 Challenge 184: Shadow Play. Thanks to [livejournal.com profile] czarina_kitty  for beta. Comments or concrit very welcome!

 

Now You See It )
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Title: Shifting Light
Author: [livejournal.com profile] cookielaura 
Rating: G
Pairings: Gwen/Rhys, Gwen/Jack
Spoilers: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Disclaimer: Torchwood and its characters are not mine, and I'm not making any money from them.
Notes: Written for [livejournal.com profile] tw100 Challenge 181: Contrast. My first participation in a drabble community! *celebrates*




She loved it. )
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Title: Four Times, Almost
Author: [livejournal.com profile] cookielaura 
Rating: G
Pairing: Jack Harkness/Gwen Cooper
Warning: Spoilers for Something Borrowed
Summary: Four times Jack and Gwen kissed.
Wordcount: 379
Note: My first fic posting on LJ! Unbeta-d (wanna be my beta?) Just a quick ficlet, written in the hope that one day there will be more than four times! Comments = love. Concrit welcome!

 

It still left her weak. )

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