The Femslash Addict

You know, I think it would have been better if they had killed Gretchen off. At least then it wouldn't be her choice to leave Claire.

Fuck you, Heroes. My heart hurts.

I am spoiler free and have been for years now, but if anyone knows anything at all about whether this is permanent or if Madeline Zima will be back, PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD TELL ME. I should not have gotten so attached. I should not have watched those Claire/Gretchen scenes 20+ times. I should not have gotten my hopes up.

But it's so hard not to when there is no femslash on network TV right now. Criminal Minds is still a great show, but it's really failing me in the Emily/JJ department. I am desperate here, people! So to hand me something amazing like Claire/Gretchen? Of course I'm going to lose my mind over it!

I'm very upset. I'm gonna watch CSI Miami now. Maybe Emily Procter and Eva La Rue will ease the pain.

SO SAD RIGHT NOW.

ETA: Thank you, thank you, thank you charua33. You have given me hope once again. She'll be back, and it doesn't end like this. I can sleep at night again. ;)

Also, how excited was/am I about Elisabeth Rohm being on Heroes? I've had a thing for her since her days as Kate Lockley on Angel. :)

Did we all enjoy our Regularly Scheduled Hetero Signpost for Olivia on Wednesday? Boy, I did. That'll teach Olivia to try and be the heterosexual person she never was and never will be. Isn't it funny how every single one of her RSHS relationships ends in disaster? Heh.

The good news is Stephanie March is a regular again! I'm so happy, I could burst. I just love her. And Alex Cabot is the best ADA ever. Now if only they can stop messing with Olivia Benson and let her be herself...

I am still freaking out about Claire/Gretchen on Heroes. I really need to stop freaking out because it's starting to get ridiculous now. :D

At the moment, I'm starting Season 2 of Bad Girls. I'm watching them online thanks for Logo. Squee. British, British squee. :)

revolos55 absolutely wins the prize for telling me about the "maintext" femslash happening on Heroes right now. OH MY GOD.

Tonight, I had some free time, so I sat down and watched all 6 episodes of the current season of Heroes stored up on my DVR, and boy was I glad I did. I really like what's happening this season in general. I think Emma is a really, really great new character, and the ability they've given her? So cool. And I still love all my favorites, like Peter and Hiro and Ando.

But Claire. And Gretchen. Right from the beginning, Gretchen's face and body language just screamed "I'm in love with Claire!" And she's a good character. Funny and weird and awkward and awesome. And the scene where she kisses Claire--well, it just about stopped my heart. I must have watched that scene ten times.

I'm all caught up now. The latest episode, "Strange Attractors," has this scene where Claire and Gretchen get "kidnapped" for sorority rush week (and how badass was it that Claire immediately assumed the kidnapping was a real threat and starting beating the girl down? I LOLed so hard.) and they get put in the trunk of a car together. And they never got to finish their conversation about how Claire feels about Gretchen. And they're facing each other and every time the car goes over a bump in the road they get jostled even closer, and the chemistry between these two is off the charts. This is where I was going to just summarize, but I have to transcribe. I just have to. I can't find a clip, so my interpretation will have to do. Yes, I am this insane.

Claire: "I cannot believe they shoved us in a trunk. So lame." [She pulls off her black hood and then does the same for Gretchen. Their hands are taped together in front, and they are facing each other. And still in their pajamas. There is also some minor heavy breathing, just fyi.]
Gretchen: "Look at us...all tied up in the dark." [She smiles playfully/suggestively at Claire. This is 2 parts joke, 1 part 'come hither'.]
C: "You know, they have entire websites devoted to this."
[Car goes over a bump, and they are jostled closer so that their faces are VERY close together. Like mere inches. Gretchen looks at Claire's mouth and then back at her eyes. Claire just looks at Gretchen like she doesn't know what to do, but that doesn't necessarily make this unappealing. They look at each other for a silent moment heavy with tension and confusion.]
C & G: [unison] "Sorry." [they both turn their faces away]
G: [pause, long exhale] "So, um, you were saying how you didn't really like me that way?"
C: "No, you were saying that. I was saying that you've been a great friend."
[They turn to look at each other again. Gretchen's gaze is steady, perhaps almost just the tiniest bit hopeful.]
G: "So...which way is it?"
C: [pauses to quickly move her gaze all over Gretchen's face before coming back to look her in the eye.] "I don't know."
G: [calmly] "What does that mean?"
[The car goes over another bump, and this time Claire is ready. She absorbs the motion and ends up so that her head is a little higher than Gretchen's. We get this really great-looking picture of them lying there all tied up in the dark, and Claire looking down at Gretchen. All tied up in the dark.]
C: "It means I don't know."
G: [turns head away with understated frustration] "Awesome."

And then the sorority girls come and interrupt everything. Boooooo, sorority girls! Later, Claire has to push Gretchen down to save her and she ends up on top of her. And of course doesn't get up right away at all. And then Gretchen is apologizing for putting Claire on the spot and "getting all relationshippy" on her, saying that the last thing Claire needs is--and Claire interrupts and says "I need you. Trust me." And then evil sorority girl tries to kill Gretchen again. And of course Claire saves her.

And then I died.

I really never thought Heroes would ever be a source of good femslash material. I figured the symbolism of Claire and Elle generating electricity while holding hands on the plane last season was the best I was ever going to get, but this? A complete surprise, and a pleasant one. Even if nothing else happens, if poor Gretchen gets killed off soon or she and Claire just stay friends, the kiss and the scene in the trunk will last me forever.

So. Much. Squee.

I feel like current television femslash potential is sorely lacking right now. I'm enjoying my shows regardless, but I do feel an absence of the femslash. Here are the TV shows I'm watching this season:

Cold Case
CSI Miami
The Forgotten
Glee
Criminal Minds
Law & Order SVU
Bones
CSI

And technically, I have several weeks' worth of Heroes and Smallville on my DVR, but I don't know when/if I'll get to those. Also, I've seen three episodes of Three Rivers, a show that is pretty damn terrible but only watchable for Katherine Moennig.

It's not as though there aren't any female characters on these shows. They're full of cute girls and beautiful women. There's no femslashy subtext. I mean, it doesn't take much for me to femslash the hell out of even the most subtextiest subtext, and I come away empty-handed every week.

The only show that gives me hope is Criminal Minds, and that's only because I'm still high on the fact that they've finally allowed Emily and JJ to be in close proximity much of the time or exchange those meaningful looks or have some goddamn physical contact, for crap's sake, instead of maintaining 100 feet of distance between them at all times like they did last season. I can live off that Knee Rub for a long, long time.

But Femslash Addict cannot live by Knee Rub alone.

Any suggestions? Anybody watching anything with even a semblance of femslashy subtext? My femslash goggles are wearing out. :(

So, I've seen clips from Bad Girls and heard about it and such, but never actually seen an episode. Nor did I really have any idea what it was all about. But it was clear that Nikki/Helen (whoever they were) was a big deal to lots of people.

Naturally, when I found I could Netflix Season 1, I made haste. I sat down and watched all ten episodes without stopping. It took me about nine solid hours. I absolutely had not intended to watch the whole season in one sitting. But the show was so good that I could not stop. And really, I took one look at Nikki Wade and Helen Stewart and I was a goner. NOW I get what all the fuss is about. Nikki is all sarcastic and tough and Helen is all no-nonsense and straight and they just cannot help themselves. Love it.

So I have to ask--WHY THE HELL ISN'T SEASON 2 AVAILABLE IN REGION 1? I'm having to make do with crappy YouTube clips, piecing together what happens with Nikki and Helen after season 1. It's a challenge. :(

Another thing about Bad Girls that keeps trying to kill me is Pat/Sheena. I have devoured every single available scrap of material on YouTube. In fact, I may love Pat/Sheena more than Nikki/Helen, which is interesting because I've never seen a whole episode from a season they're both in.

But yes. Bad Girls is made of squee. :)

ETA: Some of the movies I've seen and forgot to put on the list. :)

Thank you to lepetit_trianon for the message. You inspired me. :)

Whoever it was that told me I had to watch Spider Lilies as part of my Quest to Watch Every Lesbian Movie Ever, Including the Bad Ones (I'm Looking at YOU, Claire of the Moon) is my hero. Spider Lilies was AMAZING. It might actually be one of my favorite lesbian movies I've ever seen, and you can tell from the following list that I've seen a lot of them. Perhaps too many. :)


Loving Annabelle - loved it; a very sad and beautiful story
Fingersmith - a long one, but amazing and totally worth the wait
Imagine Me & You - cemented my crushes on both Lena Headey and Piper Perabo, plus a great ending
Gray Matters - meh; it made me crazy with Bridget Moynahan and Heather Graham, but I didn't like the ending
Puccini For Beginners - as lesbian/straight girl/straight guy triangle movies go, this one is better than average; certainly worth a look
Kissing Jessica Stein - just like revolos55 said, this movie is awesome until the very last 10 minutes...
The Children's Hour - holy crap, demeter94, I'm so happy I'm not the only one who has seen this movie! Audrey and Shirley are very intense, and what a shocker this film turned out to be!
Desert Hearts - it definitely wasn't bad; something about it made me feel weird and uncomfortable, but I don't know what; still a good movie as lesbian movies go
My Summer of Love - lots of lesbian content, but this movie just creeped me out
The Hours - I thought it was slow and heavy, but at least Julianne Moore was in it
But I'm a Cheerleader - HYSTERICAL, and extremely enjoyable
All Over Me - one of those frustrating, depressing movies that makes you feel unhappy and helpless most of the time, but that might have just been me; an early appearance by Leisha Hailey of The L Word
The Truth About Jane - for a Lifetime movie, this was pretty good, and I love Ellen Muth
Bound - I couldn't really enjoy this one because it was so...ugly, if that's even the right word for it
Claire of the Moon - horribly written, acted, shot, etc. It makes me grimace to even think of it.
It's In the Water - another Nicole Conn film, and this one is better that Claire of the Moon, but not the best I've ever seen by a long shot
A Girl Thing - okay, I confess that the only reason I liked this miniseries is because of Elle Macpherson (HOT), and it's really not that badly done
Fried Green Tomatoes - subtext, my ass; Idgie/Ruth is TEXT in Fannie Flagg's novel, and that's what makes this movie so great
Between Two Women - a subtle film about post-WWII British women; it was a little too subtle for my tastes, but still an incredibly intense and nuanced film
Heavenly Creatures - lots of slightly scary lesbian content that makes my skin crawl, but it's supposed to be that way
Dr. T and the Women - because the gay part is marginal, I didn't put this on the list at first, but I have to say that Kate Hudson and Liv Tyler making out is a beautiful sight
D.E.B.S. - Funny, silly, entertaining, and incredibly hot couple involving Jordanna Brewster. YES.
Saving Face - I love this movie. It was funny and sensitive, and the ending was great. The girls are cute, too. :)
Tipping the Velvet - I'm glad I saw this. It was long, but sooooo good. I might be a little bit in love with Flo. But just like Fingersmith, excellent Sarah Waters adaptation.
Aimee and Jaguar - I was only so-so about this one. Not sure why, especially given my obsession with studying WWII and the Holocaust. Something about the chemistry between Aimee and Jaguar didn't resonate with me.
Spider Lilies - OH MY GOD. Zero Chou is my favorite. This movie was so AWESOME, and every time I think about the love scene, my stomach gets all wibbly feeling. GUH.
When Night is Falling - Beautiful, beautiful film. Great chemistry between the two main female characters.
High Art - I would have liked it better if it weren't for all the drug use. Drugs don't fly with me. But hey, Radha Mitchell is cool. :)
Nina's Heavenly Delights You win, anomalys. You seriously, seriously win. Along with Spider Lilies, Loving Annabelle, Imagine Me & You, and Fingersmith, this is in my Top 5 Favorite Lesbian Movies So Far. Funny, clever, sweet, cute--I could go on. You should know that I am now officially in love with Shelley Conn. *thud*
Fire - Stunning. Absolutely stunning. Charged with passion and social criticism.
Love & Suicide - This is a very low budget, low production quality indie film, but it's pretty decently acted and written, and it has a very long, very effective, very moving love scene. So good I watched the love scene about six times in a row.
Amour de Femme - French movie, awesome chemistry between female leads, but the story is one of those 'married straight woman is torn between two alternatives' movies. And those depress me. :(
Water Lilies - As soon as you mentioned it so_wicked I remembered that I saw it several months ago, even discussed it here. Despite being frustrated, I love this movie.
Personal Best - SO ANNOYING. I hated it. I don't care that it's like some kind of pillar of lesbian film or something. I did not enjoy it. Bleh.
The Secrets - OMFG, The Secrets. Apparently I too have a thing for hot Jews, pocabomba. This movie was so heartbreaking and beautiful. It's definitely one I want to own eventually.
Therese and Isabelle - A kind of experimental movie from 1968. Roommates at an all girls Catholic boarding school. Tragic lesbian romance ensues. Great acting. Okay movie.
Goldfish Memory - DO NOT WANT. It started out well, then ended horribly. Kind of. I had an objection to one character in particular who landed at the center of the lesbian content and who pissed me off because she was a hypocrite.

Movies I've still not seen:
Lost and Delirious
Better than Chocolate
Gia
What's Cooking?
I Can't Think Straight
Kiss Me Again

I LOVE FEMSLASH!!2#!2$3!!!1!

Sorry, got carried away.

In closing, I hope you all have been watching the new season of Criminal Minds. Emily Prentiss no longer has bangs because she gave them to JJ. And everyone? The Emily/JJ is BACK. Not only the lingering gazes and occasional noteworthy proximity, but in the latest episode there was KNEE TOUCHING AND CUP OF COFFEE GETTING. JJ had a rough time on the case, and she seems kind of broody on the plane ride back. Then Emily comes over, puts a mug of some comforting hot beverage down on the table in front of JJ, puts down her own mug, and reaches over to pat/rub/touch JJ's knee before sitting down next to her. They don't speak; they don't need to. JJ just smiles gratefully and they sit quietly next to each other. It's back, y'all. Whatever JJ's pregnancy last season drove away, it's BACK. I could die of the squee. :)

Um, new femslash obsession?

Resident Evil. I've seen the first movie and Apocalypse now, and I can't think of enough femslashy sentiments to describe Alice/Rain and Alice/Jill and Alice in freaking general. I will watch Extinction this weekend, and I am beyond excited. Ali Larter? Yes, please. Tell me you all are on board with the Resident Evil femslash bandwagon. Also, the video game is pretty awesome, too. Played RE4 and loved it. :)

Harking back to what I said a little while ago about Degrassi and Palex? I give up. I used to have my DVR programmed to record any reruns on The N, but after "Lexicon of Love," they only show episodes where Paige and Alex are not together or are breaking up or other horrible things. I used to want to know how things ended for Paige and Alex when their time on the show was up, but now I don't. Therefore, I resolved to stop obsessing over it and just live in "Lexicon of Love" for the rest of my life.

Okay, anyone out there into Kim Harrison's Hollows series? Because OH. MY. GOD. Rachel/Ivy FTW. Seriously. I have certain pages in certain books in that series dog-eared and well-worn. WOW. You may also find this interesting. When I read a book, I have to "cast" a person, usually an actor but every so often a person I actually know, in each character's role. I try to follow whatever physical descriptions I'm given, but sometimes I override that because I have somebody who just seems to fit. So, Rachel and Ivy? Aubrey Dollar and Rhona Mitra. I could not help myself. The combination was just too damn hot to resist. So sue me. :)

Before I retire for the evening, I want to express my extreme indignation and disappointment at the disgraceful lack of Emily/JJ on this season of Criminal Minds. It's like, as soon as JJ got pregnant, they completely pulled the plug on any and all previous connection Emily and JJ had built up and developed up to that point. POOF. Gone. Unbe-fucking-lievable.

I don't honestly know what to tell you about this film. It is incredible, but I feel like if I tell people to watch it, I would be partially responsible for the inevitable pain and suffering that would result.

My god. A solid 85% of Water Lilies is comprised of sexual tension so palpable and freaking powerful that my heart was actually, literally pounding through much of the film. I mean, throw a bunch of teenagers into locker rooms together, and things are going to get insane. But this movie handles things delicately, poignantly, thoughtfully. One shy, reserved teenage girl falls in love with another teenage girl who specializes in toying with everyone, both emotionally and sexually. Picture that with all the intense sexual tension I mentioned, and by the end of this movie, I felt permanently damaged. Because, as with so many teenage love affairs, especially the tentatively homosexual ones, it ends as you might expect.

So, a really well made film with an engrossing story and performances so genuine that I could hardly sit still, but it might break your heart and leave you with this wounded feeling for a while.

...

But I think I would watch it again. And own it. And torture myself with it on a regular basis. Because OH MY GOD, the girl-girl tension...!

Or a huge disaster, depending on how I value my sanity and/or emotional stability.

Because now? I can watch copious amounts of Degrassi TNG. And obsess over Paige/Alex. Just watched "Death of a Disco Dancer" and nearly expired. Just imagine how I'm going to feel when I see "Lexicon of Love"! Paige vexes me sometimes, but I am officially head-over-heels for Alex. Exactly the kind of girl I wish I could have been in high school (or I wish I could have dated...or married...or had babies with...or something like that). So yeah. Welcome me to the Palex Nation, everyone.

Another side effect/benefit of my cable upgrade is the plethora of Facts of Life episodes now available to me. Having watched only a couple of season 5 episodes, I feel I can now announce that Jo is the GAYEST GAY GAYER THAN GAY CHARACTER IN THE HISTORY OF ANYTHING EVAR. Every single thing about her screams "I LOVE WOMEN!" and "I LOVE BLAIR!" Is Nancy McKeon gay? Because if she's not, she picked a really freaking gay way to portray Jo as a character. The swagger, the mannerisms, the protective inclinations, the clothes (my GOD the clothes), the motorcycle--I could go on. I can practically see the visions inside Jo's head when she and Blair are squabbling and getting all tense in each other's faces. Something along the lines of grab Blair roughly, shove her up against something, tell her to shut up, and then make her shut up with your lips. And other things. So, yeah. Also welcome me to the Jo/Blair Nation.

Now, I am off to finish watching CSI: Miami, coveting Natalia and Calleigh and all that jazz.

Then, I will be watching a Cannes festival film called Water Lilies. Will have something to say about that, I'm sure. :)

Well. If you like to watch movies where one woman falls in love with another woman over the course of 90 minutes of tension, awkwardness, pain, suffering, and depression, then Losing Chase is the film for you.

It's not even so much that it was a badly made film. Helen Mirren and Kyra Sedgwick are great, of course. But it was so, so awkward and horrible. Only watch this movie if you're a masochist. If not, just watch the relevant clips on You Tube.

GAH.

So, I just finished the first two seasons of Dexter, a really great show, by the way.

Sometimes, I catch myself having femslashy thoughts about Deb and La Guerta. Anyone else familiar with this show, and if so, what are your femslash-related thoughts? Or just thoughts in general?

On the list of movies involving a lesbian storyline where things don't go well for the lesbian, you can add Love on the Side. I don't know what possessed me to watch this movie, as it was obvious from the plot description that it wouldn't go well for the gay girl. But I think the sheer adorableness of Marla Sokoloff won me over, and I watched the damn thing. Ultimately unsatisfying and a little depressing, but it does have a decent kiss and this one scene involving toplessness and sketching and a whole mess of sexual tension that kind of made me feel like I could jump out of my skin. But alas, it was all for naught. So, skip that one if you have a better movie to watch.

This is completely random, but you know that CBS show The Mentalist? The only reason, and I mean only reason, I ever feel like watching that show is because of Amanda Righetti. OH MY GOD IN HEAVEN. Fucking gorgeous. Like, the kind of drop-dead gorgeous that makes it hard for me to think straight (HA, I made an unintentional pun!). And while I don't really care for Robin Tunney, her mere presence on Mentalist with Amanda Righetti gives me femslashy thoughts. :D

Okay, must get myself to bed now. :)

Seriously, this movie is just so damn depressing. Heather Graham is so adorable, and I can't stand watching Gray fall in love with Charlie when it's all going to end so badly. I just can't stand the guy/girl/girl love triangle convention. It never ends well for the lesbian. Ever.

Speaking of Heather Graham, have any of you seen her kiss Jessica Stroup in Broken? It's only about five minutes of an otherwise unpleasant and strange movie, but it's absolutely the best five minutes of the movie and possibly some of the best minutes of my life.

Look! I found it on YouTube! The sound is out of sync, but this is the best quality clip I could find. And really, the sound isn't even the best part. :D

Hi to anyone who might still be watching this LJ. I do realize that about five months have gone by. I know I've said that graduate school combined with my job really started getting in the way of everything, and that's part of it, but there's more to it than that.

Not sure if anyone was ever curious, but I want to say something about myself and what made me start this blog in the first place.

Although I go by fraidy_bat and The Femslash Addict on the internets, my name is E. Or at least, that's what it starts with. I guess I don't feel comfortable telling everyone my real name. But then, I'm not comfortable with a lot of things. So call me fraidy_bat, Femslash Addict, or E. Whichever. :)

I was born into a dysfunctional family that really screwed me up. When the parental unit responsible for the family dysfunction died suddenly about five years ago, it complicated everything even more. I've struggled with clinical depression for several years, and it has its ups and downs. The last six to eight months have been unbelievably difficult for me, sending me to a very low place. This is a big part of why I stopped posting.

I don't know everything about who I am. I know that the usual labels don't fit me at all. I do, however, know one thing. I love femslash. It resonates with me. I see it everywhere. I can't help but giggle and squee about it. I may not know what the hell to do with myself and my strange life, but I know that femslash makes me happy.

So, if I go away sometimes, it's not because I am suddenly no longer addicted to femslash. That's pretty much never going to happen. It's because life sometimes gets more complicated than I know how to handle.

And so, on a less personal, less awkward note:

THANK YOU to everyone who insisted I watch Nina's Heavenly Delights. I LOVED that movie. It's replaced Loving Annabelle as my most favorite lesbian movie evar. Just wonderful. Well-written, well-acted, Scottish accents, funny jokes, beautiful cinematography, excellent story, and a very satisfying relationship payoff. Thank you, thank you, thank you for being stubborn and making me watch it. :)

Fire was also quite good. It was heartbreaking and sweet, and incredibly provocative. Great performances. Really a positive movie experience.

And so, I think I will attempt to post here again. After all, how can I keep my mouth shut when ALEX CABOT IS BACK ON SVU? Not possible. :D

Well. Remember this post, in which I talked about the way I even dream femslash? Yeah, um, it happened again last night. It was kind of unbelievable, actually.

I was dreaming that I was watching a new episode of Criminal Minds, and I honestly can't remember most of the details of what the episode was about, but I do remember that Emily was coolly avoiding JJ whenever she could, and JJ didn't understand why, so she pestered Morgan and Reid about it. I really wish I could remember exactly what they said, but it was something like, "I can't believe you don't get it by now," referring by implication to Emily's feelings, and that's all they would say. JJ was incredulous at first, and spent a great deal of time wildly turning these things over in her mind. (It's nice that I get these insights, what with this being a dream and all.) While they worked on the case, she would steal searching glances at Emily, and I could hear the gears turning. I even have a vague image of a scene in a coffee break room or something where JJ tries to talk to Emily about why she's being so standoffish, and Emily quickly extricates herself from the room.

Then, I have no memory until the end, when JJ ends up in a fight with a dangerous female suspect. She's still pregnant, by the way. Anyhoo, JJ barely subdues the woman just before Emily arrives to save her. And remember, I am dreaming that I am awake and watching this on TV. During this next part, I remember feeling a very intense SQUEE mixed with utter and complete disbelief. JJ is kind of sitting on the floor where she has just taken down the suspect, and Emily comes over to her, and they don't talk at all. JJ holds out her hand, and Emily takes it, and then their fingers intertwine, and they just hold hands for a few seconds. And of course, I am speechless. Then, Emily gets down to JJ's level, and they look at each other, and the tension is killing me. And then they kiss. Emily helps JJ stand up, and then they kiss again. Emily wraps her arms around JJ and just says, "I love you so much," and JJ blinks and looks like she might cry and says, "I love you too." And they kiss again. And of course, I cannot believe what I am seeing. Half of me is screaming, "IT'S ABOUT DAMN TIME!" and the other half is still shocked that the show actually did it. So, the rest of the team arrives, and they're just watching Emily and JJ like it's no big deal. Emily, and I remember this vividly, runs a hand through JJ's hair and says, "You are so beautiful." And then, no sooner were the words out of her mouth, who should come rushing in, all flustered and worried to death about JJ? Skinny, pale, annoying New Orleans Baby Daddy whose name I can never be bothered to remember!

Then I woke up. Honestly, it took me a couple of minutes to realize that it was a dream and that wasn't a real episode I had seen. I was sorely disappointed, let me tell you. :( It's been on my mind all day. It's so strange! I never dream about Criminal Minds, let alone the episode in which EVERYTHING that I wish would happen actually happens! So weird.

Well, I thought I would share that because it was funny and odd. I hope you have femslashy dreams too.

Oh, by the way, I almost fainted when I saw a promo for this week's new CSI and recognized Lauren Lee Smith. Fainted. Yet another person I'm trying desperately not to fall in love with. The universe wants me dead.

I want to make sure you all know that I hate being away from this LJ for such long stretches of time. I really do. Juggling graduate school and a job and that pesky sleeping thing makes it hard to find time for very much. So, I will try to post to this journal in big chunks as often as I can. I just can't keep up with commenting on TV stuff as each new episode happens. Unless something really, really squeeworthy happens, that is. :D

This is another TV Roundup. There may be spoilers for the latest episodes of the shows discussed, so beware. :)

( Grey's Anatomy, Official Home of the Gay )

( Criminal Minds, Official Home of My Frustration )

The only thing I have to say about Ugly Betty at this time is that somehow, Becki Newton got hotter. I don't know how. She just...is.

Well. Let's talk about D.E.B.S., shall we?

Completely silly and ridiculous movie, and therefore quite entertaining. I think the " hanging stakeout swings" have to be the oddest spy movie convention I've ever seen, but I was still laughing. Out loud. Quite obnoxiously. Good thing I live alone and my apartment complex has very thick walls.

Okay, um, Lucy and Amy? Killed me. Killed me dead. I think I stopped breathing during the last ten minutes of the movie. The part where they run into each other in the storage room the second time, and Lucy says "We've gotta stop meeting like this," and then they kiss--pretty much one of the hottest, squeeingest things I've ever seen. Yeah.

Also, we can officially add Jordana Brewster to the list of women I'm hopelessly in love with (Sophia Bush, Missy Peregrym, Chyler Leigh, Tiffany Dupont, etc.). The little quirky thing she does with her mouth when she's halfway between smiling and smirking--GOD. Cannot breathe.

Thank you all for pestering me to watch this movie.

Thank you for recommending When Night Is Falling and thus trying to KILL ME. How am I supposed to be able to breathe after watching that movie? HOW? The particular scenario portrayed in this film is pretty damn close to simultaneously being one of my crazy good dreams and one of my worst nightmares. It's complicated. Whatever.

Holy frak. Great movie. Exponentially better than most of the lesbian movies I've seen. Just beautiful.

I hate you all. And I'm sure I'm going to hate you even more once I've seen DEBS. Goddamn.

Begrudging, Frustrated Love,

The Femslash Addict

So, a lot of shows have been premiering in the last few weeks, and even though I haven't been able to discuss them individually as much as I'd like, I want to talk about them and my general femslashy impressions so far. So here we go!

( Dear One Tree Hill, )

( Law & Order: SVU - Trials, aka I Miss Diane Neal Like You Wouldn't Believe, But Michaela McManus Will Certainly Do )

( Unsurprisingly, Terminator: SCC continues to be awesome. )

Wow. I'm tired now. I think I will finally sleep. :)

( Criminal Minds - Mayhem, aka Nothing Like A Life And Death Crisis To Bring Out The Gay )

If you haven't seen the episode yet, don't read this, just watch the episode. Then come back and read it. :D

( Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, aka My Poor Little Robot-Loving Heart Gets Very Soundly Broken )

( One Tree Hill - One Million Billionth of a Millisecond on a Sunday Morning, aka Why Don't You Just Kick Me While I'm Down, OTH? )

On a related note, I am now so in love with Sophia Bush that it kind of hurts. Like, literally. Somewhere in the stomach area.