Category Archives: April A-Z Challenge
V is for… Vampire Diaries #AtoZChallenge
V is for… Vampire Diaries
Like the Secret Circle, The Vampire Diaries is based on a book series by L.J. Smith – again the TV series differs from the books (and now someone else has taken over the book series – be careful with the early deals you make writers) but hopefully we’ll get a few more seasons together and maybe some of the book plots will come in.
This series isn’t just vampires, we have werewolves, witches, hybrids, hunters. Everyone is conflicted – there is no clear good vs evil.
Although the entire cast is gorgeous the big draw for me watching The Vampire Diaries has to be Damon Salvatore (played by Ian Somerhalder). I definitely ship Damon and Elena (Delena!). Damon is the ultimate bad boy but Elena does bring out the best in him – he can still be an arse though.
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I have only recently learnt what shipping means – ‘Shipping, derived from the word relationship, is the belief that two characters, fictional or non-fictional, are (or will be, or should be) in a romantic relationship.’
I refer you to Team Edward vs Team Jacob (I was on Team Jacob)
Harry/Hermione vs Ron/Hermione – It was always Ron
Stefan/Elena vs Damon/Elena – I think in the books this is more balanced for me but in the TV series Damon all the way.
Doing this challenge made me realise I hadn’t yet bought season 3 on DVD. That has been rectified.
And a quick nod to Vampire High
26 half hour episodes 2001-2002. A set of vampires are sent to school to control their thirst. By day the school is for humans. A fun series.
Are you a Vampire fan – which series/films do you like?
WHat about shipping – any strong views on fictional relationships?
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U is for… Ubiquitous #AtoZChallenge
U is for… Ubiquitous
I decided I liked the sound of this word and wondered what it meant and if I could fit it in to my PhD blog topics. Turns out I really could.
According to Oxford Dictionaries online it means:
‘present, appearing, or found everywhere’
I felt that writing about writing was ubiquitous amongst writers – and when I see something so often I start to wonder why.
A number of the books I have reviewed during this challenge are on this very topic (and there are more to come).
This is one of the things that has influenced the direction of my PhD – I want to understand why.
If you are a writer and have written about why you write, the need to write etc. do please link to your blog post below.
What word do you like the sound of but don’t remember the meaning of – I challenge you to use it in a sentence below?
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U is for… Um there are no ‘U’s so let’s go for numbers – 666 Park Avenue #AtoZChallenge
U is for… Um there are no ‘U’s so let’s go for numbers – 666 Park Avenue
I can’t think of any supernatural, sci-fi or fantasy TV shows that I’ve seen that begin with U so as numbers don’t have their own category in A-Z I’ve decided to go with that instead.
The show I’ve chosen to look at is a current one – 666 Park Avenue. This is very very very loosely based on a series of books (I have them waiting to read). In fact so loosely that the descriptions of the two different formats would be difficult to match up without the titles.
I also started watching this knowing it had already been cancelled in the states – so there is only one short 13 episode season only (unlucky in this case and I have to comment that I find 13 episodes really annoying because 12 fit on 2 discs perfectly!).
What I’ve seen so far I’ve enjoyed and I’m interested enough to see it through to its conclusion but worried it might not have been given a proper one.
Terry O’Quinn (Lost’s John Locke) is particularly sinister in it.
Why do lots of the shows I like get cancelled too early? Do I have particularly obscure taste?
What you think of TV shows that are similar to books in name only?
(Oops just found this in my drafts – Sat 27th April – it was written so I don’t know how I forgot to post it).
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