Today was all about the Star Trek indulgence with sahiya, who wanted an introduction to the original series canon. We watched "The Naked Time" and "The Corbomite Maneuver", two first season classics. Now we're watching Merlin, and is increasingly evident that Uther is right to kill every single magic user he encounters. They're all amazingly evil and piling up a huge bodycount. Uther and Morgana are so married, oh my god, she sits on a throne next to him and he keeps asking her advice. Sans ASH I don't think I'd be giving the series a re-watch, although I do admit the Merlin-Arthur interaction is satisfyingly snarky.

Also, Arfur is a prat.

We started out with a couple of hours in a cafe, where I discovered that my approach to the remix wasn't quite right, but I did find one that was. I have the shape of it in my head now. I might live to fail to plan again.

Random geekery: Prowl is the bomb. Growl notifications pushed to your iPhone!

Tonight's BPAL: St John's Eve. A summer bonfire, with frankincense and myrrh, bay rum, and white rose. Wow, wow, wow. Smoky incense. It smells just like the bowl of fine sand that kivrin gave me smells after I've burned sticky resinous incense and charcoal in it.

Brutal honesty fannish question meme answers here! Not much brutality, I'm afraid. And despite my threats, I haven't found it hilarious to lie, so these are all straight answers.

One. violetisblue wants to know about Giles & Ethan. ( Giles & Ethan, in my theory... )

Two. Another commenter asks about Merlin and the recent claims (linked to by metafandomwank) that it's got "skeevy" issues. I am also asked for my take on the assertion that imperfect canon feeds fannish activity more than excellent canon. ( Opinionation follows... )

Three. shitsu_tonka wants to know about Giles and Olivia. ( Pretentiousness and the dangers of Sunnydale... )

Four. What's my favorite ASH ship and why? ( And the staggeringly predictable answer is... )

Five. myhrmaid asks about Giles and his relationship with his father. ( Pure invention behind the cut... )

Six. psychoadept wants rambling about Giles & kink. ( Which I do in a character-focused way behind the cut... )

Episode 2 of Merlin had a painfully predictable plot, but was less thuddy than the pilot. Episode 3 was sort of enjoyable.

Mr P watched part of #3 with me and cringed at the anachronisms. "The BBC is humiliating itself," he said, and later, "I thought they knew about history in Britain because they have some." He shouted at the screen about a plot hole, and then asked me why I was watching it.

"Head is playing Uther."

"This is the most embarrassing thing I've ever seen you do," he said and stomped out of the room.

I don't think it was that bad, dear. I liked traumatic-angsty-past!Uther, and ASH biting out "leave me" was quite satisfying. Arthur is dishy if you like your Arthurs young.

PS: My condolences to Cubs fans. Keep on plugging. You'll get there eventually.