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2026 — Fandom Snowflake Challenge, Day 2
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angenoirChallenge #2: Pets of Fandom
Loosely defined! Post about your pets, pets from your canon, anything you want!
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A return to glamorous spy action
Jan. 4th, 2026 02:20 pmshallownessThe Night Manager 2.1
I reread my posts about the show from when it aired in spring 2016 (I was very nitpicky!) in lieu of rewatching it, and then watched the show live. I’m probably not going to follow the schedule, but rather catch up with it in rotation with the other drama shows I’m watching. It was gripping enough, even though there’s a strong whiff of it not being based on a book, and so basically televised fanfiction.
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I reread my posts about the show from when it aired in spring 2016 (I was very nitpicky!) in lieu of rewatching it, and then watched the show live. I’m probably not going to follow the schedule, but rather catch up with it in rotation with the other drama shows I’m watching. It was gripping enough, even though there’s a strong whiff of it not being based on a book, and so basically televised fanfiction.
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2026 — Fandom Snowflake Challenge, Day 1
Jan. 1st, 2026 10:38 pmangenoirChallenge #1
The Icebreaker Challenge: Introduce yourself. Tell us why you're doing the challenge, and what you hope to gain from it.
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Belatedly, The Masked Singer Christmas special
Jan. 1st, 2026 07:30 pmshallownessHappy new year! I caught up on The Masked Singer Christmas special at some point between when it aired and the end of last year. ( Read more... )
Bumper recs post (12/12)
Dec. 31st, 2025 07:54 pmshallownessFinal recs post of the year (nothing from Yuletide 2025.)
Fic and fanvid recs in the following fandoms: The Decoy Bride, Ever After, Friends, I Am Dragon, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Scorpion, Top of the Lake and Uprooted.
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Fic and fanvid recs in the following fandoms: The Decoy Bride, Ever After, Friends, I Am Dragon, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Scorpion, Top of the Lake and Uprooted.
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Movies seen in autumn/winter 2025
Dec. 31st, 2025 07:09 pmshallownessI'll be posting twice tonight as I was offline for the last couple of days and I want to get these out/up while it's still 2025 here.
In September, I meant to go see the new (‘final’) Downton Abbey, but didn’t. October was also a total washout, and I wasn’t really following film news closely enough to say for sure what I’d have gone to see – The Roofman, perhaps. Not one of the billion horror movies that was out. I thought about going to see a film by the end of November, but circumstances didn’t allow.
So, December came, and then I had a cold. I will mention Relay, which I saw on streaming, but I think may have been briefly out in the cinemas. Recommended if you want to watch an ingenious thriller with a touch of competence (or just-paranoid-enough) porn and crunchy characterisation. It stars Riz Ahmed and Lily James (both playing Americans, which tickled my brain.)
But the first film I saw at the cinema after a three-month hiatus was The Running Man, and eh, it wasn't really for me. ( A spoilery bit about why. )
I finally went to see Wicked: For Good (on Boxing Day). I’d been prepared for it being weaker than the first film (as the second act of the stage musical is, supposedly. I hadn’t seen it.) And it is, but I was invested and wanted to see where it ended up. ( Spoilers )
During Twixmas, I finally got to see Zootropolis 2 (and I wasn’t the only one, it was a full – small – cinema, even though it’s been out for a while.) It was better than I dared hope, frankly. ( Read more... )
In September, I meant to go see the new (‘final’) Downton Abbey, but didn’t. October was also a total washout, and I wasn’t really following film news closely enough to say for sure what I’d have gone to see – The Roofman, perhaps. Not one of the billion horror movies that was out. I thought about going to see a film by the end of November, but circumstances didn’t allow.
So, December came, and then I had a cold. I will mention Relay, which I saw on streaming, but I think may have been briefly out in the cinemas. Recommended if you want to watch an ingenious thriller with a touch of competence (or just-paranoid-enough) porn and crunchy characterisation. It stars Riz Ahmed and Lily James (both playing Americans, which tickled my brain.)
But the first film I saw at the cinema after a three-month hiatus was The Running Man, and eh, it wasn't really for me. ( A spoilery bit about why. )
I finally went to see Wicked: For Good (on Boxing Day). I’d been prepared for it being weaker than the first film (as the second act of the stage musical is, supposedly. I hadn’t seen it.) And it is, but I was invested and wanted to see where it ended up. ( Spoilers )
During Twixmas, I finally got to see Zootropolis 2 (and I wasn’t the only one, it was a full – small – cinema, even though it’s been out for a while.) It was better than I dared hope, frankly. ( Read more... )