we went on, whole-hearted

[reflectedeve]

Texts from last night (in cartoonland):

Oh god my voice is gone. Next time I'm not doing it with a boy who can scream like that. [...] But I did try to show off and make Gerard proud.

(There was karaoke. Only the second time I've ever been drunk enough to do that done it, and I tried to sing "Welcome To The Black Parade" as a duet with my departing friend. And then I got talked into "Gin Joints" and "Sugar We're Going Down" before I gave it up for the night. Ow.)

Hey guys, hey. Busily scribbling away over here on my BBB art and the usual comics, babysitting a guinea pig and generally watching the summer population dwindle (although we'll have an influx of workshop attendees soon). Also, I finally, finally got to watch both Iron Man 2 and Captain America last week! WHY DID NOBODY TELL ME ABOUT PEPPER/NATASHA?! (Okay, somebody might have, but I wasn't paying attention, and I am now.) Good god. More on that soon. Also, I was not particularly shocked to find that Captain America is basically one of the most well-put-together movies in the whole set; not only was the character himself delightful, but I just thoroughly enjoyed the storytelling and the historical setting and pulpy feel of the thing. Of all the Avengers films, that was the one that screamed COMIC BOOK MOVIE at me in a way that I could really relish.

I need to actually do some things for this fandom soon. Mostly I've been lurking around tumblr enjoying the fanart and the constructed-reality .gif sets (kind of the best thing ever ... even though you could not pay me enough to see this upcoming Spider-Man flick). Maybe I should create a fannish account over there (oh god, not again).

Also I'm thinking about dying my hair red (not quite Gerard-colored; more of a dark cherry red), while I still have this forgiving grad school environment to play in. I haven't done at-home hair dye since the beginning of college, jeez ... any tips, anyone?

Comments

[tuesdaysgone]

Ahahaha go you <3 I've never really done karaoke.

I am so glad you liked Captain America so much - I pretty much feel the same way about it.

Red hair *_____* I like red hair.

[reflectedeve]

I was terrible, which was a little annoying because I can actually sing. I will probably do it again if only to try and prove that. /o\

Yeah, I think it hits all my, like, comics history buttons? It's weird, because I haven't really read that many golden age comics, but I've read a lot of comics history, and so it's a comic book movie set during the time when I like reading about the comic book industry ... IDK. Plus I always, always want adaptations of long-running pop culture sources that are set in their actual time periods of origin. I don't know. It's an awesome movie.

Meeee toooo. :D This is definitely going to happen. Sometime in the next few weeks.

[fleurdeliser]

Heeeeeee. <3 <3 <3

PEPPER/NATASHA. There is a tragic dearth of fic, but nnngh.

Yessssss Avengers fanart from you yessssssssssss.

[reflectedeve]

Gah, seriously, they are so full of potential. I'm disappointed to find that there are mostly a few PWPs and a lot of long fic with them as a background pairing ... although it is kind of cool to have a femslash pairing be somewhat established in a fandom, even as a background pairing? (I suspect we might see less of this now that Avengers is actually out and Clint/Natasha is such a thing--which I'm totally not arguing with, either--but still.)

:D I really want to do some! I have not given myself a light or easy summer, art-wise, but it has to happen at some point.