on another fandom note...

[kaydeefalls]

Ahahaha, I just went back to rewatch the very end of the Dollhouse pilot, and it absolutely 100% totally is Alan Tudyk watching the video of Caroline naked at the end there. You can just barely make out the profile of his face as he tucks her photo into the envelope for Ballard, and that is definitely Tudyk. Glee!

The latest episode was blandly entertaining. I am amused by Victor's crush on Sierra. Interviews with Tahmoh and Eliza indicate that episode six is where the network stops interfering and the Jossness of the show finally emerges, not to mention the overarching mythology, so I'm holding out for the next few weeks, anyway. I really hope this is true.

After all, shows generally take a little time to become good. The first few episodes of Sports Night were GODAWFUL, and look how awesome that series became (and was then abruptly terminated, of course). X-Files season 1 wasn't so hot, either -- a lot of mediocre monster-of-the-weeks interspersed with a few genuinely good episodes. So yeah. Fingers crossed.

Completely unrelatedly, I have fallen hard for the Winters/Nixon. I hear that this pairing is referred to as The Obvious in Band of Brothers fandom, and I am okay with that. Because their love is so obvious. I've been seeking out fic where I can -- through crack_van, mostly, since that tends to be my starting point for any new fandom -- but if anyone has any recs of this nature, please to be bringing them to my attention? (I know there are a few Webster/Liebgott fans on my flist. I mean you no harm. Those two boys are lovely, and I can certainly see the slash potential. But at the moment, I'm not particularly interested in the fic there.)

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[newredshoes]

Ah, Winnix. I have no recs for you, since I'm not particularly reading for the slash (though camp_toccoa is where it lives, and other things live at aldbournewhores), but I do have some amazing gen stories you should check out!

Whose Faces I Do Not Recall - Father Maloney, the company chaplain (you saw him briefly in "Carentan" and "Bastogne"), and his perspective on the boys of Easy.

The Green Grass Stretches - Totally amazing portrait of Speirs.

Before I Spill the Things I Mean to Hide Away - This is about Tipper, the guy who helps trick Sobel and who gets his face blown up in "Carentan."

And Chaos Is Luck - This. Is freaking. Incredible. It's fifty one-sentence stories. It's incredible.

Also, you might like this. There are more lurking here, but those are the ones that stand out.

[acari.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the link to the Speirs fic! I suddenly feel the urge to revisit the fandom.

[newredshoes]

Sure thing! (It's amazing how it sucks you in -- I always have a pavlovian urge to go "Motherfucking Ronald Speirs!!!" whenever I see his name. All shall love BoB and despair!)

(Also, kaydeefalls? I did a little digging, and it looks like you want no_vices for your fix.)

[kaydeefalls.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah, I just dug that up myself. I'm always wary with general fic comms, because so many of the fics in any given fandom are just plain crap -- especially with popular pairings -- but I'll try wading through it. Thanks!

Speirs is so motherfucking crazy, he's hilarious. I love him just casually ripping the drapes off the walls of the Eagle's Nest as he loots his way across Europe.

[newredshoes]

Yeah, watching Harry Welsh swat his hand away from Hitler's silver is really kind of its own reward.

You know me, always happy to feed the habit help!

[acari.livejournal.com]

I have just finished watching Currahee. Damn, there goes my week...

(Ahaha. It took me ages to figure out that the actor's on Gossip Girl. One day I blinked and went "OMG that's Speirs! No wonder I thought he's hot.". I am slow sometimes.)

[newredshoes]

Now, I love GG, but there are so many times where it's more fun (and satisfying!) to imagine that Rufus is actually Speirs in disguise, and he's just biding his time before he offers somebody a cigarette.

[acari.livejournal.com]

*snorts*

There goes my juice. All over the floor. Oh woe.

[kaydeefalls.livejournal.com]

HEE.

[reebchan.livejournal.com]

See, I watched that, and I totally didn't think it looked a thing like Tudyk -- I actually thought, "they're going to have to work to make that look like Alan was there all along." I am happy to be disproved, because damn.

Also, did you see the previews for episode 6? Because whatever happens between two characters has me wriggling in anticipation...

Buffy season 1 was miserable, it didn't gel with me until sometime in season 2 -- and even then, it's uneven all the way through. (Oddly enough, my coworker's brother was in the first season of Buffy.) Firefly became amazing with Our Mrs. Reynolds, which was the fifth or sixth episode written. Sports Night I liked in the early episodes, whatever.

[kaydeefalls.livejournal.com]

Seriously, look at that profile. Pure Tudyk. Maybe they swapped someone else in for the full back shot -- though I dunno why they would, you really can't tell a thing from that -- but the closeup putting the photo in the envelope has to be him. It's not obvious unless you're really looking for it, though.

Just watched the preview. Oh, look, Ballard and Echo in the same shot! About time.

[reebchan.livejournal.com]

I am not used to my Wash being lit so creepily, or looking strangely like Pan. Does he have a goatee? Is that goatee being seen? Is he brunette now? The full-back shot seems nothing like him, but...I haven't actually studied Alan Tudyk in the buff before. Clearly, I need to rent Death at a Funeral

Also, just noticed -- Victor is totally in the shot of the dolls going to bed. You can't see his face, but you can see his profile as Echo goes to bed. Nice.

[acari.livejournal.com]

I'm not much for Winters/Nixon, mostly because I loathe Nixon, but I fondly remember Broken Glass (http://www.nullsechs.net/fandom/santaslasher/brokenglass.html).

In case you're interested, Secret Santas:
http://www.nullsechs.net/fandom/santaslasher/
http://www.nullsechs.net/fandom/bob2004/stories.html

I haven't read BoB fic in ages but I have two old links on my rec site (http://acari.de/recs/misc.html). Not your prefered pairing, though.

[kaydeefalls.livejournal.com]

Fair enough. Thanks for the recs!

[msilverstar]

I know there are people on my flist who have posted BoB fic, but I cannot remember who! heartofslash I thought, but justthefic is mostly various (VERY HOT) solider crossovers from BHD, Eastern Promises, and RPS. I will cudgel my brain.

[tardis-stowaway.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I still have yet to be more than moderately entertained by Dollhouse, but I'm still hopeful. As you and others have pointed out, a lot of shows take a season to find their stride. I liked the conversation between Topher and Amy Acker's character (whose name I can never remember, because I keep thinking "oh look, it's Fred!") about Victor's reactions to Sierra. Also, this is the first episode where I liked Agent Ballard.

[kaydeefalls.livejournal.com]

"I prefer man-reaction." Heh.

Ballard's starting to exhibit signs of personality! It's very exciting.