Willow: “Buffy! Over here.”
Buffy: “Wow. I wasn’t sure where the party was, and then I saw the flashing lights and the ambulance, and I was like ‘right, of course! Death, carnage– it’s a Buffy party!”

~~Doomed~~




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I'd like to point out that I first used the dw tag "zachary quinto owns me forever" in 2009. And I'm still using it. I mean, in fandom years, that's pretty much forever. Is this tag longevity due to my loyal and consistent personality? Or is it due to the fact that ZQ is...ZQ, and he has not decreased in hotness since I first used the tag? 🤷🏼‍♂️

Anyway, I added to the shirt catalogue. I'm updating at ao3, too.

Also, I made myself a Brilliant Minds icon. It's not great. If you have photoshop skills and make me a better one, you'll make me a really happy dog.

shirts from eps 3 and 4 of Brilliant Minds )
XANDER: Whoa, Giles has a TV. (moves stuff away from the TV.)
XANDER: Everybody, Giles has a TV! He's shallow like us. (gestures and moves stuff further away.)
OZ: I got to admit, I'm a little disappointed.
GILES: I, ah, uh, uh -
WILLOW: (walking in.) Well maybe it doesn't work. I-It's like art.
Xander turns the TV on and sits down to watch. Willow is open mouthed with shock.
GILES: (stammering at first) Public television.

~~Harsh Light of Day~~




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([personal profile] kitewithfish Jul. 16th, 2025 04:22 pm)
What I’ve Read
Nothing to completion! I am reading a lot of different books at the same time tho.


What I’m Reading
Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell – Last week I called this “a weird and gooey monster book” – This week, it’s a devastating romance with the two main characters that have layers upon layers of mommy issues. It’s great, would recommend. Hugos Shortlist.

Style: Toward Clarity and Grace by Joseph Williams – 1981 book on writing clearly. I think it does a lot of really careful explanation of the problems people encounter with getting their ideas into words. I’m only about 10% in.

Excellent Women by Barbara Pym – 1952, set immediately post-War in England. Our main character is a spinster with a fascinating set of social circles. “Excellent women” in this case seem to be all the women who do the grunt work of making things work in society. Recommended by a friend who never reads anything more recent than the 1970s.

The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison – re-reading for book club. Yup, this is amazing. Easily the fourth time I have re-read.

The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo – Did not finish, am abandoning – I realized that the annoying side character was actually going to be a romantic interest and I was like, I need out.

What I’ll Read Next

The Deep Dark
Track Changes
Alien Clay
Service Model
Monstress, Vol. 9: The Possessed
Navigational Entanglements
The Butcher of the Forest
The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain
Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right
The Brides of High Hill
The Tusks of Extinction
“Charting the Cliff: An Investigation into the 2023 Hugo Nomination Statistics”
“Signs of Life”
“By Salt, By Sea, By Light of Stars”
“The Brotherhood of Montague St. Video”
“Loneliness Universe”
“The 2023 Hugo Awards: A Report on Censorship and Exclusion”
“The Four Sisters Overlooking the Sea”
“Lake of Souls”
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([personal profile] garryowen Jul. 16th, 2025 08:13 am)
As you all know...I am obsessed with Brilliant Minds, and, in particular, Oliver's shirts. (That is Zachary Quinto for the uninitiated.) I had this idea to create a catalogue of the shirts, and...I started! I'm not an artist, so these are...simple. But the idea is to track color and mood over the episodes. The costume and production design on this show are A+. They do a lot with showing emotional states with the characters' clothing.

Here it is at ao3.

I'm updating as I color/draw the shirts for each ep.

You can also look at the the ones I've done here. )
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([personal profile] rahirah posting in [community profile] su_herald Jul. 15th, 2025 08:11 pm)
Buffy: This thing isn’t digging up the bones of a child for fun.
Xander: Well, a demon’s got some pretty hilarious ideas about fun.
Willow: Bones of a child though. I saw that! An ancient ritual – uses the blood of a man, the bones of a child and – something called the word of Valios? I-It’s all part of the sacrifice – the sacrifice of three.
Buffy: Let me guess – ends the world.
Willow: Well, yeah, - I-it’s not big with the details, though. It doesn’t say how the world ends or what the ritual entails exactly.
Xander: The sacrifice of three... – Three people are going to die?
Buffy: No, they won’t. Because claw boy is not getting all of his ingredients. We have to find that third one, the Word of Valios, keep him from getting it.
Willow: If he doesn’t already have it. I mean, who knows where he’s been?

~~Buffy Episode #67: "Doomed"~~




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Buffy: First thanksgiving on my own, and we all got through it.
Xander: (Patting Anya on the shoulder.) And you know what? I think my syphilis is clearing right up.
Buffy: And they say romance is dead. Or maybe they just wish it.

~~Pangs~~



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BUFFY: I thought people were suppose to get smarter in college?
SUNDAY: Yeah, I think you had a lot of misconceptions about college. Like that anyone would be caught dead wearing that.

~~BtVS 4x01 “The Freshman”~~




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DARLA: Who is he?
MAID: Who, that one?
DARLA: Yes. - He’s magnificent.
MAID: Oh, yeah, God’s gift, alright.
DARLA: Really? I’ve never known God to be so generous.
MAID: Oh, his lies sound pretty when the stars are out. - But he forgets every promise he’s made when the sun comes up again.
DARLA: That wouldn’t really be a problem for me actually.

~~AtS 1x15 “Prodigal”~~




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Buffy: Who am I? You attacked me! Who, the hell, are you?!
Kendra: I am Kendra! The Vampire Slayer!

~~What's My Line? Part 1~~



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Anya: So, what kind of place are you looking for?
Spike: I don't know. Maybe a crypt. Some place, you know, dark and dank. But not as dark and dank as this.
Anya: It's pretty depressing, isn't it?
Spike: I've known corpses with a fresher smell. In fact, I've been one.

~~A New Man~~




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ANGELUS: Why do you get to be Marley's ghost?
FAITH: (sits) 'Cause I'm dying, dumbass.
ANGELUS: Not soon enough.
FAITH: Way I figure, I've got one last job: baby-sit the psycho 'til they shove a soul up your —
ANGELUS: Not gonna happen.
FAITH: (stands) Then, I'm whatever... dust in the wind. Candle in the wind. There'll be a general wind theme.

~~Orpheus ~~




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([personal profile] kitewithfish Jul. 9th, 2025 01:34 pm)
What I’ve Read
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert Caro -
By god, what a book, what a monster of a book! Like many, I picked this up because the lure of a good book club is a siren song – the podcast 99% Invisible decided to do a year long project on this book, one extra episode a month to discuss the book and have a conversation with someone about it. (They got great people, too, including the author!)

I fell behind schedule of the podcast but kept listening and reading on my own, and eventually, to finish this book, I ended up owning it in paperback, ebook, and three audiobooks of 1/3rd of the book each. 1200 pages makes a lot of audiobook!

This book is huge story look at one man’s life in public administration of the parks and roads and buildings of New York City. At every stage, the power of an unscrupulous, brilliant, and determined mind is at play in every project he sets his hand to, and the resulting works show his massive ego and talent and all his bigotries. Robert Moses was a fascinating and complicated man, and his legacy is fascinating and complicated. It’s also a key lesson in how difficult it is to get out of power someone who is entrenched and well supported. It also shows someone who’s unethical in small things will be unethical in big ones.

Key thoughts: If you get started on a project, public figures are more embarrassed by half finished project that wastes moderate amounts of money than by one that goes wildly over budget but gets completed. Public goodwill can be purchased by getting the papers on your side, but only for so long. You can’t just be right, you have to be smart.

As a reading experience, Caro is a skilled guide thru a tangled mess of history, legislation, and construction projects. It really can just be picked up and read chapter by chapter – he’ll give you the context you need to understand. Caro’s got a great sense for a revealing anecdote and occasionally a real admiration for the people he writes about as skilled political actors.

The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett
– a very decent murder mystery in a fantasy world with some good characters and fun world building. Both the main characters and the world have mysteries built into them, and I found the whole thing very engaging. I don’t want to say more lest I spoil things.

Star Trek Lower Decks Warp Your Own Way by Ryan North and Chris Fenoglio – A graphic novel in the Choose Your Own Adventures style that is also a very fun Star Trek legacy piece. I don’t know Lower Decks at all but this was a fun introduction. Clearly made by people who love and appreciate Star Trek’s weirdnesses and with a eye on what makes someone heroic. I will say, it was a kind of confusing read – the Choose Your Own Adventure elements sometimes interact with the text, so you have to go thru several branches before getting enough information to figure out how to pick the right branch. It’s an iterative experience, but well written and charming enough to Trekkie that I did not get tired of it.

What I’m Reading
The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo – A reasonably interesting premise but I feel like the story is being weighed down a bit. I am about 25% in and we still haven’t gotten the main character to the Big Meeting.

Someone You Can Build a Nest in by John Wiswell – A weird and gooey book with a monster main character.

What I’ll Read Next


The Deep Dark
Track Changes
Alien Clay
Service Model
Monstress, Vol. 9: The Possessed
Navigational Entanglements
The Butcher of the Forest
The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain
Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right
The Brides of High Hill
The Tusks of Extinction
“Charting the Cliff: An Investigation into the 2023 Hugo Nomination Statistics”
“Signs of Life”
“By Salt, By Sea, By Light of Stars”
“The Brotherhood of Montague St. Video”
“Loneliness Universe”
“The 2023 Hugo Awards: A Report on Censorship and Exclusion”
“The Four Sisters Overlooking the Sea”
“Lake of Souls”
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([personal profile] rahirah posting in [community profile] su_herald Jul. 8th, 2025 08:14 pm)
Cordelia: So anyway, I come outta the bathroom, and she comes running at me. Screaming! With a stick! 'I'm gonna kill you! I'm gonna kill you!' I swear!
Boy: Who?
Cordelia: Buffy!
Harmony: The new girl?
Boy: What's her deal?
Cordelia: Well, she's crazed.
Harmony: Did you hear about her old school?
Cordelia and the boy both shake their heads.
Harmony: Booted.

~~Buffy Episode #2: "The Harvest" ~~



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Drusilla: I can't see her. The Slayer. I can't see. (looks back up) It's dark where she is. Kill her. Kill her, Spike. Kill her for me?
Spike: It's done, baby.
Drusilla: Kill her for princess?
Spike: I'll chop her into messes.
Drusilla: You are my sweet... my little Spike.

~~School Hard~~



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BUFFY: Yes, Agent Finn, Riley. Tell him we're having a problem with Spike's chip. No, his chip. Spike.
SPIKE: (shakes his head) Listen, pet?
BUFFY: No, no, Finn is his last name. Yeah. Well, did he used to work there and then he got transferred? (Spike's chip goes off again, he thrashes on the stairs unnoticed by Buffy) Oh, is this actually a flower shop, or is this one of those things where I'm supposed to play along to show that I know it's really secret ops? Oh, maybe I shouldn't have said that. Oh, OK, right. Well, if some guy named Finn shows up to buy flowers— Yeah. Thanks. (hangs up, turns to Spike) Wrong number. Or a giant government conspiracy, one or the— (notices he's recovering from an episode) Spike?

~~The Killer in Me~~



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([personal profile] thenewbuzwuzz posting in [community profile] su_herald Jul. 6th, 2025 04:49 pm)
[personal profile] nondenomifan has rejoined us, this time as a floating backup editor, and will start by generously making two posts later this month to help arrange some time off for one of the regular editors.
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SPIKE: I'm a hero really. I mean, to be cast such an ugly lot in life and then to rise above it. To seek out better, nobler things. It's inspirational, isn't it? And the two of us... natural enemies, thrown together to stand against the forces of darkness. Utter trust. No thought of me biting you, no thought of you staking me.
BUFFY: Depends on how long you keep on yapping.

~~BtVS 6x08 “Tabula Rasa”~~




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ANYA: Anya Christina Emanuella Jenkins, twenty years old. Born on the fourth of July, and don't think there weren't jokes about that my whole life, mister, 'cause there were. "Who's our little patriot?" they'd say, when I was younger, and therefore smaller and shorter than I am now.

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