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Alan Rickman was a WHOA in Die Hard for me. I'd never seen him before, but he was so good at being so bad. Hans Gruber may be my favorite movie villain.

I only recently saw that he'd been in a video, clearly many years ago. Honestly, I'm not crazy about the video itself (so many closeups of the singer, so many) but he looks really good. It makes me think about fanfic with driving through the night (rushing to get somewhere or to get away from something?) and then, a little loopy and half-dead, taking a moment to tango at a gas station. To the muzak coming from the gas station's speakers or from their own car radio?

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And then in looking up that video for this post, I saw he'd done another with this same woman. An older Alan but still looking good. His voice is so sexy, but if you pay attention to the words, lay down stay down no one knows you better than me...could be used in a creepy stalker fic! Not normally my thing but in Alan's voice is oddly appealing.

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My little black kitty just came and took my computer chair, she likes it for her naps. So I guess I'll go do something else.

elayna

I have never quite managed posting pics here, gonna give it another shot! Because it is my birthday and yet that didn't stop my old black cat from lying on me, giving me a cranky look, and demanding that I get up and feed him breakfast. And when I didn't, yes, he got off me while pressing all the power of his 14 pounds firmly through one paw onto my pelvic bone. So you're older, I'm hungry! Lol.

black cat lying on bed

Had tea with friends yesterday and family dinner last night, going out to tea again today with my sister and the nephews. It's been a lovely celebration.

elayna

The online zoom convention of Escapade 35.5 is this weekend! If you feel like mingling with fellow fans and discussing fannish issues, join in! It snuck up on me, so I'm not sure I'll be attending (Friday and Saturday are out but I might join for a couple of panels on Sunday).

Here's the panel schedule, if you'd like to check it out:

https://escapadecon.net/virtual-con/schedule/

The rest of this is snagged from Amedia, thanks Amedia!

Here is the link to register:

https://escapadecon.net/escapade-35-5-registration-online/

Keep that link handy, because you'll have to sign into your account (or create one) on the website before you can register. Once you sign into your account, be sure to come back to that registration link.

BTW, when you reach the registration page through that link, and it says to pay for your registration by clicking on "the link above," they mean the two words at the end of this sentence, in the first paragraph under Step 1: The first step is to purchase your registration. It took me a couple of minutes to figure that out, so I'm passing it along. The direct link for payment is: https://escapadecon.net/shop/register-online-escapade-35-5.

But don't forget, after you pay for your registration, you still need to go back to the first link (yes, that registration link again) to sign up for the convention.

elayna

do so many creators not understand that Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings and No Archive Warnings Apply are inherently contradictory?

If a creator tags No Archive Warnings Apply, they are stating that their fic does not contain
Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, Rape/Non-Con, or Underage Sex. Those are the archive warnings, they're all listed right in the same place when a creator is posting a work.

If they tag Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, they are saying that they will not provide spoilers for their fic, so in fact the work MAY contain Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, Rape/Non-Con, or Underage Sex. Or it may NOT. It's a tag that says Reader/viewer, indulge at your own risk.

If a Creator is saying that no archive warnings apply, then there's no reason to say they're choosing not to warn! They are indeed CHOOSING TO WARN!

*sigh* IDK, I guess they've not been in any kind of discussion on the meanings of the tags, and so are uncertain and so over compensate? So far whenever I'd read something with both tags, it always seems like No Archive Warnings Apply is the correct one.

This is one of those things that with the sheer volume of creators loading works to AO3, it's always gonna be an issue. It just continues to weird me sometimes when I'm snoozing in bed and looking for something good to read to delay getting up. Why creators why?

elayna

I actually went looking for The Lurch, as I'd seen it mentioned in a Facebook reel. If you have an affection for The Addams Family TV series, go check it out, but too grainy and not really amusing enough to me for a post.

YouTube offered, because of course it does, a car ad featuring Mark Strong, so I thought, okay. But it's more than Mark Strong! And now I want an AU where Loki tries to take over the Earth again, with Trevor from Shang-Chi as his hapless adviser and Strong's villain from Shazam was his co-villain? Or competitor?

(Actually I went first to Loki having survived death at Thanos' hands, because of course he does, and being found by Trevor and the two of them survive the snap and start a two man traveling company entertaining all the devastated people. And maybe help heal Strong's villain after the end of Shazam. But that seemed sorta sad and contrary to the spirit of the ad.)

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