I think the Superbowl wore me out.

I watched the Superbowl last Sunday, because there are times when I put forth the effort to be like a normal person, and it’s good to at least know the basics when it comes to cultural events everyone talks about.

Conclusion: It was so long! (And the halftime show was mesmerizing.)

Anyway, I haven’t actually watched any of my regular tv shows since then. I’ve been remiss, but I’m trying to make up for it with reading.

Mirrored from The Marci Rating System.

fanfic standing in for tv

Reasons other than the Superbowl why I (and my tiny attention span) have been reading fanfic this week instead of watching tv.

1. no commercials
2. often has a more satisfying ending
3. shorter

Glee
Closing Doors, by carolinecrane
(the one where Puck keeps coming over to the house, and it takes Kurt a while to figure out why)

Can’t Tell You What I Learned; I Could Tell You A Story or Two, by twentysomething
(the college AU where Blaine is Kurt’s TA and they have study dates)

Hawaii Five-0
We Believe in the Sum of Ourselves, by gyzym
(actual episode tag to 1.16, Monday’s ep)

White Collar
When Opportunity Knocks, by non_sequential
(crossover with Doctor Who, the Doctor runs into Neal while they’re both looking to ‘recover’ the same thing)

Supernatural
In Oh So Many Ways, by blueskypenguin
(fluffy Dean/Cas and Sam/Gabriel post-saving the world, sleeping in and breakfast)

Mirrored from The Marci Rating System.

Fic Rec o’ the Day*

(*why yes, I’m pretty sure I do write that title differently every time I use it, mostly because I can never remember from usage to usage how I did it before)

With This Ring, by marguerite_26
Merlin, Arthur/Merlin
Author Summary: “After being enchanted, Uther forces Arthur and Merlin to marry.”

This was basically everything I find hilarious about the Merlin fandom. It’s Arthur and Merlin and ridiculous made up rituals and handwaving!magic, and Gaius making shit up, and Uther being bamboozled except maybe not really, and then bam! Arthur and Merlin wind up married and living happily ever after!

Merlin shot another look at Arthur. He was thinking, at least, brooding rather than throwing Merlin in the dungeons. A voice in his head suggested maybe he was *plotting* the best way to throw Merlin in the dungeons and Merlin frowned.

Mirrored from The Marci Rating System.