My Feels Through GIFs: I'm Not Dead, I Promise

And unlike Angelus, I'm not gonna murder a bunch of people.
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Hi Fanlings! How are you? I can't hear you and I don't care. JK. So about a week before Thanksgiving, I got sick. And until now, I've been getting sicker and sicker. I mean, ear infections, sinus infection, a cold, the flu, "Dermatemeculitis," even "Stickittothemaneosis." You name it, I had it at some point in the past month or so.

Me when I had to leave the house.
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Anyway, I'm better FINALLY and will resume normal posting. W00t.

The 7th of February will be the one year anniversary of my blog, so yay. Thanks to all of you who have stuck with me, and to all the new people for joining the craziness. I'm gonna be doing a giveaway, so if you have any ideas/things you want, do tell. I'm thinking fandom teas and mugs....

I bloody love tea.
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I've been thinking about redoing the blog. Getting a new look. Jazzing it up. Making things a little more me, a little less Rustic British Star-Burst.

Four words. Super. Hero. Gophers. Everywhere.

Or Happy Emo Harp Seal. Probably Happy Emo Harp Seal, as that is my occupation.

*listens to Fall Out Boy*
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I know this is a fandom blog. But lately, I've found myself writing things--good things--that aren't fandom related. This will remain at its essence a fandom blog, but I feel that I've grown as a writer into a place where I don't just want to talk about Benedict Cumberbatch anymore. I want to talk about the world we--Benny included--live in. And as someone who wants to do this for a living, I want to get out there as more than a fandom exclusive blogger. And by this, I mean this:

This is really close to how I type. I'm more passionate.
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Since it's the end of the year, I decided to make a list of my top five favorite posts from 2014.

Everything You Need To Know About: Shipping

Vatican Cameos!! (What It Means) 

Ships: Why It Gotta Be Gay? 

Doctor John H. Watson Appreciation Post 

Jarsen the Fandom Panda and the Neon Volvo

One of  my cats has sat upon me, which means that I've been writing for too long and the cats think the computer has eaten my brain and they will have to revive me. If you have anything you want to see a post about in the new year, lemme know.

See ya.
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My Feels Through GIFS: Normal Sucks

VIVA LA RESISTANCE, SNAKEY!
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I have come to a realization.

I am not normal. And I don't want to be.

Someone rather horrible once told me, under the guise of pretending to be helpful, that I should change myself so I could make friends.

And then I was all:

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And then she was like:

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And then I was all:

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I have a pretty good sense of self. I am who I am, and if you don't like it, I don't care.

Could I get out more? Yeah. Could I spend a little more time with IRL humans? Probably. Could I walk by someone I don't know and try not to go "nononononononononoDONOTTALKTOME" in my head? No. That one isn't optional.

But I'm not going to change who I am for anyone but my self. Normal is so not Raven. Normal is a setting on the dryer. Normal is what anything that is different and wonderful is measured against. If everyone were normal, the world would suck more that it does already. The world is an amazing place: it's the people who are striving for normalcy instead of being who they really are who are messing it up. If we could just stop worrying about being normal and worry about... I don't know, THINGS THAT MATTER, the world would be a better place.

If you start feeling a case of the norms coming on, I have a GIF for you.

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Never be normal; just be awesome.

My Feels Through GIFS: Florida is Eating Everyone I Love

*I talk about Florida in this post. And how much I dislike it. I still love my Fanlings from the molten pot of weird, just not where they live.*

Enter the Giveaway before it's too late! Going... Going...

SO. Florida (FL) is eating everyone I love. Really. I'm having emotions and feelings and FL is just like:

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Let me explain. I hate the heat. Like the world is all:

Gag.
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And I'm like:

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We--me and the heat--have an agreement: I don't get it its way, and it stays away from me. And then in the winter, I'm all:

So, as you can imagine, FL is like the hottest hot place this side of the pit as far as I'm concerned. But it doesn't have Mark Pellegrino, so in a way it's worse.

Sometime before the end of the week my BFF is moving to FL. One month after the library's YA director moved there. And about 9 months after my OBF almost moved there.

GOOD DAY TO YOU, FL. I SAID GOOD DAY!
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I'm harboring some unresolved hate for FL. Not that FL has ever done anything to me; it just enjoys eating the people I love. So FL, I ask you this:

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and I bring you this:

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NEVER LIKED YOUR DELICIOUS ORANGES ANYWAY.

My Feels Through GIFS: The 12th Doctor

[SPOILERS, obv.]

It's time. Who time. 12 time. AHHHH. And when it started and I was all:

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AND THEN VASTRA, STRAX, AND JENNY. And I was all:

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Can we just give them their own show already?

When Clara was like, "Where's the Doctor? This guy he turned into is old. Do not want;" I was all:

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Grrr. What did I expect? She's just like wearing pants to me: I don't like it--never have, never will--and I can't wait to take them off/her to leave the show. Pants. Clara. Grrr. Did Rose act like this? No. In a fist fight, The Bad Wolf would beat up the Impossible Girl. Just sayin'. And Donna would just be so sassy in Clara's general direction that she'd fall over.

The dinosaur. I know she was supposed to be shocking, and scary, but all I could think was:

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Same thing with the lesbian lizard/human oxygen supplying kiss. It was meant to show love, and hope, and how DW has evolved, and all I could think was:

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Vastra, your 9 is showing.

My feels on 12, you ask? Well, I like him so far. It's hard to tell after just one ep. It takes a little while for each doctor to come into their own. Speaking of Doctors, Matt. FEELINGSSSSS. I made mum pause the show so I could just scream, "Moffat!" No joke. And I'm still a little:

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I JUST GOT OVER(ish) TRENZALORE. DIDN'T NEED MY HEART ANYWAY, MOFFAT.

"Yay, we get new Moffat Who!"  
10 minutes later
"WHY?!?"

I think we need a good name for Capaldi's eyebrows. Capeyebrows? Capildibrows? They're just so magnificent. I want to pet them. Did I say that out loud? *uses GIF to distract from how weird that was*

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Also, I want a Timelord rap-battle.

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"You can't handle all this wibbly wobbly, timey wimey stuff.
Linear progression is whack, yo." 

As you can tell, I don't listen to rap music.

I like the fact that this Doctor is a little older and more distinguished, not so much of the little boy we had with 11. But I do like that they kept some of the same quirks from the previous Doctors. And I like Capaldi as an actor. Overall, I liked the episode and I'm excited for more.

My Feels Through GIFS: Sherlocking In The Wild

So I was at a bracelet making workshop at my local library. I was talking to one of my friends and he asked, "Where did my girlfriend go?" I pointed to her across the room. He said thanks. And then he paused, and made this face:

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"How did you know who my girlfriend is? I hadn't said who she was or what she looked like."

"Well," I said, "you were standing together when I came in, she seemed slightly threatened when I sat next to you, and you just said that she has really small wrists. She was just complaining about how hard it was making tiny bracelets." And then I was like:

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And then he was like:

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And I was all like:

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And he was like:

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And then we where both like:

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And then I was all like:

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And then I changed the subject. Perils of being a Sherlockian I guess.

My Feels Through GIFS: The Supernatural Season 9 Finale

I've been preparing for the finale.

Really I've just been all:

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The whole week before I'd been singing, and I quote:

"CARRY ON MY WAYWARD SON
THERE'LL BE NO PEACE WHEN THIS EP IS DONE
LAY MY WEARY HEAD TO REST
THEN I'LL CRY SOME MORE"

And going into it I was all:

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About 20 minutes in I was all:

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By the end I was all:

The pocket edition I see.
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And:

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And until season 10(!) comes I'll be all:

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But right now I'm still all:

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I'll do a full post when I'm a little less:

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'Cause right now I wanna find Jeremy Carver and Eric Kripke and be all:

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My Feels Through GIFS: The Giveaway!!!!

***GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED***

Welcome to the fabled "1000 Visit Giveaway!!!!"
I know it doesn't seem like a big deal, and you're probably all:

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But really, you should be all:

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'Cause it's free Sherlock swag.
So what exactly are we giving away?
We (and by "we" I mean me, my cats, and my Mum) are Giveaway-ing this:

It's a poster. It's unframed and 24 by 36 inches (60.96 by 91.44 centimeters). It's blue. It has Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman on it, which is always a plus. 

Entering is simple. Step one: leave a comment on this post. Step two: earn a bonus entry by sharing this giveaway on Pinterest: just enter the URL of your pin as a comment below. It's that easy. Giveaway ends at 11:59pm on April 30, 2014. 

Oh, and sign up to receive all blog entries by email so you don't miss our next entry of coolness.

So yay! Here's the picture for you to pin, if you feel so inclined. --------------------------------------------------->

The fine print-y stuff: Winner will be selected at random and announced via blog post. If the winner fails to provide their mailing address within 72 hours, an alternate winner will be selected. Open to residents of the USA only. Void where prohibited. Not associated with Pinterest, Amazon, the BBC, blogger or Popposters.






Go forth little Fanlings! Pin all the giveaways! Comment all the comments! Good luck, have fun and be all:

Oh, John Green.
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My Feels Through GIFS

In my last post I used a GIF for the first time.
So I was all:

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Things were going great. I used a new format for my blog, a blog that is closing in on 900 (!) views, and I was planing my 1000 visit giveaway.

And then I got very, very mad.

Misha Collins, The Most Amazing, is in the Alpha Male Madness 2014 contest at E!
And as of now he's losing. So I'm all:

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The problem is that they pitted Misha against Jensen. Why? BECAUSE THEY HAVE A BAD CASE OF EVIL!!! Today is the last day to vote. And I'm still all INTERNALLY SCREAMING.

A lot of people are not voting at all because Dean and Castiel are in mortal combat, and they don't want to pick a side. Which I get. BUT MISHA! I still understand. BUT MISHA! I respect their decision. BUT MISHA'S BUTT! And don't get me wrong, I love Jensen, but I LURVE Misha.
                                                                                         
What I really want to do to the people at E! is:

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Yeah, but murder is bad. And murder by finger snap is worse. What E! has done is made the fandom choose. We don't do well with choices. That's one of the upsides to the fandoms. It's all very open. Sharks and Shipettes live in harmony. Johnlockers and Sherlolly-pops can live in peace without the aforementioned murder by finger snap happening. We the people on blogs, websites, etc., shouldn't put more pressure on the fans. The thing is, all the Jensen pages I follow are asking people to vote for him. All the Padafandom pages are rallying behind Jensen. None of the upwards of 20 Misha pages (expect Misha Collins Addicts ) are campaigning for him.

No wonder he's losing.

*GASP*

There, I said it.

I feel like we're failing him as a fandom.

Oh, yeah and the cherry on the suck sundae? A girl at my BFF's school called Doctor Who "Disgusting." So I'm all:

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I think my exact words where, "She ain't your friend anymore." I hate it when people call the fandoms and shows "pathetic" and "stupid." How is watching a show, wearing fandom clothes, and crying when a character dies so different from watching a football game, wearing sports jerseys, and yelling at a screen when someone falls over? And anyway how can you hate this:

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I digress.
My point is, as president and founder of The Misha Minions-Little Po-Dunk-Town chapter, I'd like him to win.Voting ends TODAY 5 p.m. PT, 8 p.m. EST and again I want him to win. Please vote; the link's right here.  And then I'll be all:
 

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So vote for Misha.
Or Jensen.
Or Misha.
Just vote.
For Misha.

Also, the aforementioned 1000 visit giveaway is in the very EXCITING works!!!