Wasted Opportunity

[trinityofone]

Last night I realized that I made a horrible mistake. isiscolo is running a Hewligan ficathon at sga_6degrees, and though I signed up, I missed the perfect opportunity to request Julian Lodge/Stephen Colbert. Fictional Stephen Colbert, I mean, though I see how he could be easily confused with Real Stephen. Actually, I just want a fic where Julian is on the Colbert Report. And maybe in the story it's a real show, or maybe Julian just thinks it's real and then over the course of the story, realization slowly, slowly dawns. I don't know. It was late and I'd just eaten some pie. But Stephen was talking about "wrestling" with his building manager (and what is up with this Oprah thing? Seriously) and I thought...yeah. There's the craziest/best idea I've had in the last five minutes!

Sometimes I worry that I'm the only one still obsessed with Julian. I hope the Hewligan fest proves me wrong. (In the mean time, yin_again has a tendency to make me feel better about this. siriaeve, too.)

Walk-to-Work music from the last few days:

Float On - Modest Mouse
This is a good song to listen to in the morning. It really gets me going! [/Jennifer Garner]

Life on Mars - David Bowie
The world is strange. Discuss.

Don't Fade Away - Milla Jovovich
I put this on my S1 SGA mix. I still think it's a good song for Atlantis.

Top of the City - Kate Bush
This was on someone else's (jchalo's?) SGA mix, and I think it's a really good Atlantis song, too.

Speed of Sound - Coldplay
Wanna know how I know you're gay? You like Coldplay.

Heartland - Bell X1
Beautiful U2 cover. And siriaeve's boyfriend Paul Noonan enunciates better than Bono does, so you can actually understand Bono's gorgeous lyrics.

Honey Don't Think - Grant Lee Buffalo
Could you learn to read minds?
In the case of mine
Do you read in the dark?

Hi, John.

Angry Johnny - Poe
Oh, man. I remember being 14 and thinking this song was SO BADASS. Baby's first double entendre! Aww.

Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now - The Smiths
I was looking for a job and then I found a job and heaven knows I'm miserable now. Oh, ha ha.

Finally, two questions to put to you:

1. I have access to the pilots of all new fall shows through my work. I've already watched "Heroes," "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip," "Betty the Ugly," and "Vanished." Would y'all be interested in reviews of these and/or other shows?
2. Should I join atlantis_lvw or is it just going to make me nauseous because I really, really can't handle competition?

Comments

[inthekeyofd.livejournal.com]

I like Julian too, it was Joe in a bow tie..a little uptight and that hair..you have to like it. *smile*

And VANISHED, must know about that one..I missed the sneak premiere of Heroes..and that's a show I really want to see.

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Okay, as soon as I have a moment, I'll try to scrape together some coherent thoughts. *g* Thoughts about fall TV, not JULIAN: WHO CAN RESIST? a subject on which I would like to write a novel.

[suzy_queue]

Studio 60! Studio 60! I wanna hear all about it. Please. *g*

[suzy_queue]

GLEEEE! No sooner did I post that did I see that Netflix will have the pilot on August 5 to rent out as a sneak preview. ::dances:: Yay Sorkin! *g*

[liviapenn.livejournal.com]

When is Heroes actually coming out? I managed to download a copy of the pilot myself, and I kind of want to pimp it, but I have NO IDEA.

Is the title of the Betty-la-fea show really going to be "Betty the Ugly?" That seems like an... interesting translation. Anyway, yeah, I would be interested in hearing about both those shows.




(Also, I am still obsessed with Julian.)

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

"Heroes" is premiering either the 18th or the 25th of September. I keep reading conflicting dates, but it should be something like that.

There's some conflict about "Betty"'s title, too. Some press releases say "Betty the Ugly" and some say "Ugly Betty." But "ugly" is definitely the adjective they chose. I don't speak Spanish; how would you translate "fea"?

I'll try to write up the shows later. I do enjoy inflicting my opinions on people. *g*

(YAY JULIAN!)

[slodwick.livejournal.com]

I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to hear about S60 or Heroes, since those are my two most promising fall prospects. *g*

Part of me (selfishly) thinks you should totally join atlantis_lvw, because I love your writing and I want you to play in everything I do, and part of me thinks you shouldn't, because I don't want anything to discourage you from writing, ever. *torn*

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

I'm gonna try to write something up about the shows soon...

I don't think anything would discourage me from writing (the thought is too horrible to contemplate!), but I'm just not sure that something as highly competitive as that is really right for me. I'm like a really bizarre combination of delicate flower and Monica Geller and it's just...wrong.

But then--I think you're awesome and your fandom projects are awesome, so I want to play in everything you do, too! I'll think about it.

[of-evangeline.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the music, the songs I'm singing...*sings*

I'm particularly interested on Betty the Ugly, because it is obviously a TDWP rip, but it could either soar or tank. Also, how about giving yourself some time to mull LVW over, and it by a certain date you're still unsure, then it probably means you'd be better off just cheering the others on? I don't handle competitions well either, so I'll be in the sidelines doing my cheerleading routine. ;)

[mecurtin.livejournal.com]

The trouble with Julian is that even if he ends up in the Log Cabin Republicans he'll still be a, well, Republican: he'll assume he deserves all the benefits of rich white male privilege even though he's gay.

I love seeing him struggle with his repression, mind, but he's basically Roy Cohn (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Cohn), so, ya know -- scum. Getting him to *not* turn out to be Cohn, that's the tricky bit.

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Roy Cohn. *shudder* No, I recognize (http://trinityofone.livejournal.com/86755.html) the inherent problems with Julian's character, but that doesn't stop me from being interested in him. It may be part of why I'm so interested in him: because he's difficult. But I wouldn't, like, marry him or anything. No marrying Republicans for me. Or fictional gay men, I suppose.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_inbetween_/]

It took me ages to realise there is a Flanigan hidden in what sounds like a Hewlett thing! I kept wondering how you'd get Julian in there. Whom I love, yet feel completely disconnected from, since hardly anybody mentions him (except for the "blahdeeblahpretty").

You'd naturally hate being voted out of lvw, but then again maybe you want to argh dunno, practice handling that for when you submit to publishers? Most people can't handle competition. But then again you might get an acceptance there right away and don't need this, or you'd win the lvw anyway? I think I'll delete this comment, so not helpful again.

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

No, don't delete! Let's talk about stuff!

(This is a place holder until I finish what I'm supposed to be doing and can actually, you know, talk about stuff.)

[melagan.livejournal.com]

I get great pleasure out of your obsession with Julian. So please, please continue. I don’t even have a proper word to describe Julian but I do understand how he can get your under the skin.

I would love to read your reviews. And I’d certainly trust them more than some /g/

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Julian is indescribable. OMG I LOVE HIM. Sorry, that just bursts out sometimes...

Reviews to come! I hope!

[roaringmice.livejournal.com]

Sure, tell me what you think! I saw the previews during the upfronts, so I know what I think I think...

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

I know what I think I think...

*g* I know what you mean. Even from a pilot, it can be hard to tell. (Pilots, IMO, are usually not very good.) But I'll try to write something up soon.

[isiscolo.livejournal.com]

Sometimes I worry that I'm the only one still obsessed with Julian. I hope the Hewligan fest proves me wrong.

At least four people requested First Monday stories or crossovers. Not that this means that their writers will necessarily choose to write those stories, but chances are good!

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

*fingers crossed*

I actually almost put all Julian-stories in my requests. I love him. It's a little worrying.

[bingeling]

Now I feel like the greatest bum, but:
1. Music! +snaggs some+
2. I want to hear every single detail about studio 60, especially all and everything about the scenes with Matthew Perry. Yesyesyes!

+coughs+ ... umm yes, please? thanks? +coughs more+

And I love Float On. Modest Mouse always manages to make me sad and happy at the same time, all with a hint of melancholia. Whatever that is about...But yeah, big love for Float On. ^^

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Don't feel like a bum! I love sharing music! And my opinions on TV! *g*

"Float On" is a terrific song, and I think your description of Modest Mouse in general is right on. We're so doomed, we might as well be bouncy about it!

[ahab99.livejournal.com]

I'd be interested to hear what you think about Jericho; I watched it the other day and was rather intrigued by it.

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

I haven't gotten to watch that one yet, but when I do, I'll be sure to post about it!

[siria]

I do not know whether to be amused, flattered, or ashamed at that. I think I will just settle for saying 'Yay, Julian! You are a smarmy prick, but I love you so!'

Also, Paul Noonan is so my crazy dancing musical boyfriend!

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Julian is oddly irresistible. My attitude toward him is very like Nyles' in that story I wrote. Surely I can change him! *g* (And yet I like his smarmy prick self, too. It's SICK.)

You + Paul Noonan = OTP!

[soupytwist.livejournal.com]

1. I would totally be interested.

2. I dunno. I do, though, know that Julian/Stephen Colbert is the most. awesome. idea. ever. I think it works better with fictional Stephen - real Stephen I can't see ever going for somebody like Julian, plus the whole actually-devoted-to-wife-and-kids-and-possibly-Paul-Dinello thing, but fictional Stephen? It's totally on - if he'd 'wrestle' with building manager Tad (ahahah) then Julian just, er, slots right in! And the idea of the Report being real in a world where Julian is real seems to weirdly fit to me and omg, I wish there was some fic for that already out there. It's brilliant. :D

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

No, if it were Real Stephen, it would be gen fic: just Julian on the show, probably making a bit of a fool of himself, but being adorable doing it. Fictional Stephen...oh God. I CANNOT write this. But I feel like it needs to exist, you know?

[trobadora]

Actually, I just want a fic where Julian is on the Colbert Report.

Oh God. You have the best ideas!

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Yes, but then I have to DO something with them! Or get better at foisting them off on other people. *g*

[lordelessar.livejournal.com]

I definitely want reviews of all that, especially Studio 60. Pairing Bradley Whitford and Matthew Perry on a Sorkin television show seems like a great idea. Hope it lives up to potential.

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Write-up coming soon! And you're right, the potential is huge. It's rather hard to judge from pilots, though.

[emhen.livejournal.com]

Oh man, you are *so* not the only one still obsessed with Julian. Your fics made him one of my favorite fictional characters. I may or may not have written a song based on "Those Who Wander." shut up. Seriously, I will read anything about that boy. Wonderful, wonderful repressed Julian. ♥.

[lucia-tanaka.livejournal.com]

I definately would like to hear about "Studio 60". Sorkin is back, baby! *dances*

Wanna know how I know you're gay? You like Coldplay.

I assume you are speaking to your male readers, right? *blinkblink* *hugs her two Coldplay CDs*

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Report on Studio 60 to come soon, I hope.

And don't worry, I like Coldplay very much. I just wanted to quote that line. (40-Year-Old Virgin, yay!)

[wychwood]

*listens to Heartland*

...I'm kind of thinking that something like LVW is probably a bad plan, partly because of hurt feelings and partly because it's all so subjective. If you think you could cope with (say) being voted off in the first round, then that's up to you, though :)

[mirabile-dictu.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank you for the music! Good stuff.

And I'd love to read your reviews. What a cool job you have!

[kudra2324.livejournal.com]

if the pilot of studio 60 is bad, i want to be told very, very gently. and possibly i will need a drink first.

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Er. Well, I wouldn't say bad...

[4amcoffee.livejournal.com]

I still love Julian! If I was any good at writing I would write you a Julian/Colbert piece. They would spend a lot of time on the ties, I think. I can see The Colbert treating both of their ties almost reverently. Like it's their only link back to their real lives.

I wonder if Colbert would be calm and controlling, like he usually is, or if maybe Julian would take the lead. It's the only Julian pairing where I would imagine him as the one in control.