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And a meme I borrowed from @used_songs: Name a TV show you like, starting with each letter of the alphabet.

A- Addams Family, The (1960)
B- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
C- Charmed
D- Dollhouse
E- I’ve struggled with this one and I can only remember those that are in my “shows to watch” list LOL: Emerald City, Empire, Euphoria, The Exorcist, The Expanse
F- From Dusk Till Dawn
G- Gargoyles (it pains me to choose between this, Galavant, Game of Thrones, and Golden Girls. JSYK)
H- House M.D.
I- Iron Man: Armored Adventures
J- Justice League (I tried to think of another one as to not put two DC shows -Young Justice DESERVES a mention for s1 alone-, but couldn't come up with anything)
K- Like above, I could only come up with those I want to watch but haven’t: Killing Eve, Killjoys, Kings, Krypton. Okay, and Kim Possible. I didn’t watch it consistently but Kim/Shego was a very important part of my childhood xDD
L- Legacies
M- Misfits (never finished but for the most part I loved s1-2 SO MUCH)
N- Nikita
O- Orange is the New Black (which I should finish, one of these days…)
P- Phineas & Ferb (it was so goddamn weird. There’s new content since the last time I saw it and my brain can’t process that LOL).
Q- Couldn’t come up with one either. I’ve always wanted to try Quantum Leap?
R- Reign
S- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
T- Terminator: the Sarah Connor Chronicles
U- Uhh… I want to watch The Umbrella Academy at some point. I’m 95% sure I’m gonna like it.
V- Vampire Diaries, The ETA: how could I forget Veronica Mars!! I adore that show. I haven't watched the latest season yet (I'm spoiled about the main things, but given the things I love about the show, I gather my opinion is going to differ from that of the majority). Sorry TVD, I've liked your 1st season a lot and I'm really into your canon, but I don't know you enough yet to put you above VMars xD
W- Wonder Woman
X- Xena: Warrior Princess
Y- Young Justice
Z- A friend insists I should watch Z Nation and to be fair it looks more appealing than most zombie content…

I re-watched The Handmaiden with some friends today. The sex scenes remain awkward as hell LOL, but I love the rest. It really works for me as an adaptation of Fingersmith -it’s a really good book, and one I’d like to re-read one of these days (as well as picking up other Sarah Waters novels), but I’ve always thought the last part was super convoluted and The Handmaiden does away with that (and I like that here both women are in on it, instead of shutting up and willing to let the other get committed). It’s an incredibly beautiful film, too. And Min-hee Kim does an amazing job as Hideko, I should check out the rest of her filmography.

We watched Portrait of a Lady on Fire next, because I guess this is what happens when you’re on a group made out of only queer women LOL. I can see why parallels gifsets of the two films have crossed my dash, because there’s a lot to choose from (it constantly reminded me of Titanic too). It’s a terribly slow film, so be warned if that’s not your thing. It’s not really mine, so even if it’s a well-made and well-acted film, I definitely prefer The Handmaiden. I enjoyed the Eurydice and Orpheus references the most, because I’m a nerd.

I finished the Harley Quinn & Poison Ivy mini-series along the week (six issues total). Neither the writing nor the art is anything out of the ordinary, but the final twist gives me a few plot bunnies. BTW, there's an entire page for a FOREHEAD KISS and I can't shake the feeling it was supposed to be a kiss-kiss that got thwarted in the last stages. A full page for just a forehead kiss seems like an overkill. 

Aaaaand yesterday I finished the first season of The Vampire Diaries!

However, I decided I’m going to wait for at least a week before I get started with s2. In the meantime I’ll watch or read something shorter and less time consuming -if I binge-watch something for a long time I get tired of it. I’ve also encountered this TVD meme and I thought I’ll write some meta (and maybe make some graphics) following it, or at least an abridged version of it; ten characters seems a lot so I’ll cap it at only five, for example. I found this other one for favorite characters too, and when Legacies’ season is over I’ll do the same, but for the twins (both, because I can’t choose between them).

I’m behind in my weekly perusing & judgement of new comics. There’s just too many! At least until I sort them out and decide the few I want to keep up with. The good (?) news is that I find a lot of them extremely annoying -it’s like every. single. issue. must end in a plot-twist/cliffhanger. It becomes tiresome at some point, okay? Anyway, here are my thoughts on last week’s DC stuff.

And I watched a few more TVD episodes.

-I wanted to watch a few more Oscar nominated films but instead took a detour and watched Hustlers. Definitely a good choice. It's good, entertaining, the soundtrack is AMAZING (the title of the post is the first thing you hear in the film, and it sets the tone wonderfully), and while not perfect, it handles the topic well, IMO. I loved Destiny and Ramona's relationship, and I liked the journalist. She worked really well as an audience POV character, at least for my POV xD. As little as she appears in comparison, some of my favorite moments in the film (outside anything Destiny/Ramona ofc) were hers, how she reacted to and got invested in the protagonists; like when she pauses before accepting the drink Destiny offers her, or when she's shown to be just as taken and flustered by Ramona as everyone else was.

-I've concluded I need to watch more stuff with Constance Wu. I loved her here and in Crazy Rich Asians, but I have no intention of watching her sitcom (with very few exceptions I tend to get unspeakably bored them). Any recs? I want to watch her episode in Dimension 404 (it's wacky sci-fi and wlw, so).

-I keep hearing good things about Harley & the BOP film, so maybe tomorrow I can drag my roommate to watch it with me.

-I just saw these pannels from an old Batman comic

• DC
  
  • BatCat fanart: Selina with a cat and a jewerly collection and Batman in her mirror (I know some people complain about comics and other canons returning Selina to a jewerly thief from time to time but... can't relate, I love it. It's The Chase!), vampire Bruce in a mascarade, and this adorable drawing of Bruce presenting himself as a gift to Selina, naked minus the cowl and an strategically placed bow xD
  • Diana as a boxer. 
  • Harley and Ivy kissing on pride parade in the famous V-J Day pose.
  • Jason Todd as a very frustrated Batman, and as a priest in Flashpoint. And as Red Hood in various canons and uniforms.
  • And this amazing fanart from the TV show Gotham of teen Bruce with an ominous Batman shadow.
• Disney:
  • From The Little Mermaid, have Ariel as Ursula's apprentice and this gorgeous homage drawing to the film.
  • And this chilling Tangled fanart.
• Vaggie from Hazbin Hotel as an avenging angel.
• Mrs. Coulter from His Dark Materials sitting on a throne.
• These Jennifer's Body drawings that are both cute and unsettling, somehow.
• Marvel
  
  • Superior Iron Man being hot.
  • Tony with a sword and shoulder armor, because.
  • Tony and Pepper fighting back to back in Endgame.
  • Rule 63 Winteriron Sleeping Beauty AU, with bonus armor porn.