Molly J. Ringwraith

All right, since you're so faithful and have still kept me on your friends list, here's what you ought to do:

Go here and sign up for my email updates. These are very rare (only a few so far in several months), but they'll keep you informed if I have writing news to share with you, such as any new publications or parodies. For instance, you'd have learned I wrote a condensed parody version of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone a few months back. (Book version, that is. And yes, eventually I'll do the remaining four.)

If you're a reader of my main journal at lemonlye, no need to sign up, really, since I'll post any news there. But do as you like.

Have a great week!

Mol

Just a reminder: I'm not posting here anymore. I'm putting everything on my "normal," permanent LJ, lemonlye. Please add that one if you want to keep track of my writings and other nonsense. I still get friend additions here on occasion, so I figured I better issue this memo. Thank you!

Molly

Having all these different journals grows tedious, especially since I don't post all that often on any of them. Therefore I'm going to abandon this one and post all my fandom stuff on my usual journal, lemonlye. Please add it to your friends list if you want to keep reading and discussing my varied and unpredictable interests in the world of books, movies, TV, and everyday life. I really hope you come on over! I've loved the discussions here and don't really want anything to change, except the confusion of having to log in with the other name.

I'll leave this one up, since there are so dang many entries, and links to it, but I might someday try to export the entries to lemonlye. I'll definitely export the icons--got lots of slots to fill on that permanent journal's userpic list!

By the way, we watched the "Angel" series finale last night. *sigh* End of an era...except for those upcoming comic books! Hope to discuss this all, later on, at my main journal. So come on over! See you there! Yay!

I have only one episode remaining in the Angel series, and will probably have some choice words to say after seeing it, but for now, let's discuss the latest few...( Read more... )

Good stuff, darn it, and now I've ordered the first two issues of the Buffy: Season 8 comic. Fangirl, signing off.

Just saw those two episodes, so some brief thoughts...( Read more... )

I have now reached the middle of season 5 of Angel; just saw the episode "You're Welcome". So then: ( For spoilers, click here! )

I think I've covered most of what I meant to say. Remind me if I missed something.

Last week we finished the last disc of the last series of Buffy. Keeping withdrawal symptoms down with chocolate and, of course, ordering Netflix to send me Angel: season 5 stat.

( Let's do some spoiling. )Here's hoping they tackle the Hellmouth in Cleveland next! But I won't hold my breath. So...how's that season 8 comic? Should I hunt it down?

Thanks for the warm reception so far! Here is the second half, of which part one can be found here.
( Part two. Spoilers, of course! )

With no introduction and lots of spoilers, here we go...

HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS, condensed
By mollyringwraith, with all the usual apologies, disclaimers, and gratitude in J.K. Rowling's direction.

READERS settle into their seats and gather up their Character Death Bingo cards.
READER A: I heard Rowling's going to kill off two major characters. I bet it's--
READER B: Shh! Don't say!
READER C: Well, I bet Snape's not actually evil.
READER D: I bet Dumbledore is actually evil.
READER E: I bet Sirius comes back.
READER F: I bet Hermione marries Draco.
READER G: Shh! It's starting!
The clock strikes midnight. The audience hushes. UPS delivers a buttload of books. The final installment begins... ( Read more... )

Edit: Second half is here!

I still am in the middle of Deathly Hallows, but luckily naill_renfro has finished it--and parodied it in hilariously concise form! (Or at least the early chapters certainly are good. I had to shield mine eyes from the rest.)

Go here to see.

I'm going to write a parody as well, because I can't stop myself, and also because more comedy is always better.

Have a good weekend!

'Angel' notes, mid-season 4:( Read more... )

'Buffy' notes, mid-season 7:( Read more... )

As for Harry Potter book 7, I'm in the middle of it, and I do plan to write a condensed parody version too. Whee. I bet that really lightens your post-series gloom.

Cheers--

M.

I recall hearing that people overall preferred Angel to Buffy, as a series. I'm now wondering if that was a "last word" effect. Namely, Angel ran for a year after Buffy ended, and although I haven't seen Angel's final season yet (nor even the majority of season 4), I am fairly confident in saying it's better than most of Buffy seasons 6 and 7. But how well would Angel stack up against the golden seasons 2 thru 5 of Buffy? A much closer race, I'd say.

What I mean to say tonight is, yeah, A:s4 feels much stronger to me than B:s7 right now. I just got thru "Apocalypse Nowish" in the former (such a Joss title; I love it), and "Sleeper" in the latter. ( spoilers for up to those )

We can agree Dawn's annoying, though, right? Or am I the odd one out on that opinion too?

Well, anyway, we'll all have Harry Potter to read in a few days for massive distraction. I'll now remind you that this is a good time to review my condensed version of Half-Blood Prince to refresh your memory on where all the plot points stand. :) (I'll think about doing one for Deathly Hallows too, but I just know I'll be far behind everyone else, what with my baby-related schedule. So, we'll see.)

I'm now done with both Buffy season 6 and Angel season 3, so my timelines line up again. And I bet Angel would have been especially despondent, ( right into spoilers )

I need to go to bed. But rest assured both shows still have me hooked. Joss Whedon Is My Master Now.

I have three things to say regarding musical theater tonight.

1) After closing in Toronto a while back, the 'Lord of the Rings' musical is now retooled and running in London. People say it looks pretty, but that in order to make sense of the plot you need to have read the books. Is that entirely a bad thing? Anyway, on the official site you can watch a trailer of sorts, and hear a bit of music. I remain curious.

2) As a Mel Brooks admirer, I am delighted to learn that Young Frankenstein is now a Broadway-bound musical! Its pre-Broadway run is taking place here in Seattle in August. Cool. Apparently the songs include (of course) "Puttin' on the Ritz" and "He Vas My Boyfriend". Those familiar with the movie can grin along with me at those titles.

3) The place where nobody dared to go... Also on its way to Broadway, this one on speeding roller skates, is Xanadu. Since the movie's soundtrack went double-platinum but the movie's plot and execution is considered one of the hokiest in history, the play's creators wisely are keeping the music but extensively rewriting the story and characters. Or so I gather. This sounds like it could be horrifying anyway, but I have to confess I would love to see it. (*Molly hides the CD of the movie soundtrack, which naturally she does not own, same as she doesn't own the soundtrack to The Pirate Movie*.)

For once, I'm at a point in my viewing experience where "Angel" is the fun, lighthearted series and "Buffy" is the heavy, depressing one. I fell behind schedule with "Angel", so they aren't lining up at the same chronological spot, but anyway, I just finished A. season 2, and the episode "Seeing Red" in B. season 6. Yeah. ( vague spoilers )

"Angel" has been warming on me this season, and burst into brilliance with the final three episodes where they visit Lorne's home planet. So creative--and so funny! (Felt like "Firefly", by the way, this visiting of other planets. Though of course "Firefly" came later.) Incidentally, I was all confused for a while there. I kept hearing, "Oh, you'll meet Lorne soon" and "I'm curious what you'll think of Lorne" without realizing that I *had* met Lorne, and that we just don't know his name is "Lorne" until about three-quarters of season 2 is over.

Possibly the funniest moment was the Dance of Joy performed by Numfar--a.k.a. Joss Whedon! I was a basket of giggles, especially upon learning who played Numfar.

Song and dance moments are always good comedy in Joss's hands. Thus I really do love Lorne and the Caritas karaoke plot device. It even turned me around on my opinion of Lindsay. Before he did his little guitar number, I found him unattractive. He had the physical makings of a good-looking guy, but the whole slimy-lawyer veneer turned me off. Then he pulled the awesome performance in the bar, and suddenly I thought, "Wow, he's dreamy!" (Much like Angel's crew thought. Heheh.) Plus, the whole "evil hand!" sequence in the W&H meeting was pretty funny.

Think those comprise my thoughts for now. Yes.

Just so you know, I am now finished tagging this LJ all the way back to its inception in 2003. The full list of tags is here, and though my cataloging job is not perfect, it will do for now.

You can look stuff up by fandom topic, or by more fun tags such as "parody by others," "parody by me," and the ever-popular "perviness." Bet I know which one you'll click first. ;)

A fun Buffyverse tidbit my husband just emailed to me:

"A car on the viaduct this morning had a huge Buffy sticker on the back window, and the license plate was: GRR-ARG."

Hee!

Some people have studied, written, and taught, in quite scholarly fashion, upon the subject of fanfiction. I'm not one of them. I only dabble, as I do in so many things. But concerning the "shipper" variety of fanfic--that is, the overwhelming majority of fanfic; the ones featuring romantic relationships between characters--I have always assumed that people were shipping characters who weren't going to get any action together in canon; I figured that was the whole point. For example, Kirk and Spock, Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy, Mulder and Scully (up until the last couple seasons), or anyone in Tolkien.

So therefore I wonder: ( spoilers for some Buffy season 6 stuff )

The scene was sexy, yes, but also sober and disturbing. Buffy is now light years away from the anxious teenage girl who asked Angelus, "Was I not good?" Given what happened with him, though, it's no wonder she's guarded around Spike.

Well, others have already said way more about this than I have time to. That's the trouble of arriving late in a fandom--everything has already been said. Still, it's eating my brain lately, so even though no one reads LJ on Saturdays, I had to write this up.

[Edit:] "Gone with the Wind" tag added here for some really cool comparative discussion in the comments. :)

I haven't watched the whole film yet, but this opening video from Music and Lyrics is a little piece of parody gold (and silv-ah-ah-er!). I say this as one who remembers when videos like this were actually new, and not just something shown on '80s flashback specials.



This performance gives me new fondness for Hugh Grant. Not only does it turn out he can actually sing, but it takes special talent to make that much of a dork of yourself. I'm going to come out and say it: I like Hugh Grant. That's right, I do! And I always have! So there.

Just for the prettiness of it, a touch of picspam of the men of "Buffy." Enjoy.