On William and Roleplaying

First off, hello and thanks to all the new peeps who have stopped by my LJ over the last few days, and to new Friends - honestly, I never really expected to get such response to either that last little ramble or any of my recent fic efforts. That said, I can't say I hate the attention, so just a big thanks to everyone who took the time to drop a comment or get into a debate. You've really made my day. Or last few days, more like it.

New business: eurydice72 is running a William ficathon. I'm such a latecomer to these things that the whole concept of ficathons is still kinda novel to me, so I'm sorely tempted. As if I don't already have enough WIPs on my plate. (grumble, grumble) ( Thoughts About William )

Semi-related side note while I'm doing the William ponder: iTunes threw some Smiths at me this morning, reminding me of a theory I'd had back when I'd first heard that there was going to be a BtVS musical. I'd thought it likely the music would be covers instead of original pieces, and I'd predicted that surely Spike would sing "I Know It's Over" from The Queen is Dead album - pretty obvious from the lyrics why I thought so. (I'd also note the previous song on that record, "Frankly, Mr Shankly," has a line about "I didn't know you wrote such bloody awful poetry"... maybe somewhere in my head William ended up crosspolinated with Morrissey.) Anyway, I'd also guessed there might be something in there from The Music Man, and lo and behold, we did get a little name-check in the actual episode - "76 bloody trombones." But why The Music Man? For those not familiar... ( You Are What You Play )

Brainscape!

I wish to god sometimes I could record the lunch and/or dinner conversations I have with toysdream. We end up getting into these long, involved discussions that go all over the place, and where everything connects to everything else. It explains a lot about how I (and he) think. ( Toys and The Deadly Hook Talk Over Lunch )