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I've never done anything like this before, but I think it'll really help. So here's my list so far.

( Italic means in progress. Strike-out means completed. )

My dislike for Will continues to skyrocket to new levels with every episode he's in. Seriously, does the man not have any adult friends of his own? It is also highly inappropriate to assume your high school students, who yeah, are in the midst of one of the biggest transitions of their lives, will show up at your wedding. Then again Will has never been appropriate, has he? Not to mention my rage when Will YET AGAIN completely disregarded or forgot Emma's struggles with OCD, and when she point it out all he does is admit it's 'not ideal', when the proper response is, 'oh my god, you're right, I am SO sorry, I wasn't thinking... how about YOU tell me YOUR ideas for OUR wedding?'

Fuck you, Will.

Kurt, Blaine and Burt made the episode worth watching, as they always do. I also want Joe to GTFO and stay away from Quinn. The skeevy vibes I was getting from every scene of his was off the charts.

It occurred to me that I gush enough about characters like Doctor Crane, Jafar, and Kurt, but not a lot of love is given to my favorite female characters. Part of this is because I, like many other female fans, are much more particular about the portrayal of women in my favorite fandoms, or in a novel, and they usually come up lukewarm at best or severely lacking at worst. Occasionally a few ladies stand out from the crop, though, so here's a few of my favorites.

1. Winry Rockbell (Fullmetal Alchemist)
2. Major General Olivier Armstrong (Fullmetal Alchemist)
3. Lust (Fullmetal Alchemist)
4. Quinn Fabray (Glee)
5. Lady Elizabeth Midford (Kuroshitsuji)
6. Harley Quinn (Batman)
7. Brenda Leigh Johnson (The Closer)
8. Machi Kuragi (Fruits Basket)
9. Isuzu "Rin" Sohma (Fruits Basket)
10. Tohru Honda (Fruits Basket)
11. Usagi Tsukino (Sailor Moon)
12. Minerva McGonagall (Harry Potter)
13. Martha Jones (Doctor Who)
14. River Song (Doctor Who)
15. Lady Alexia Maccon nee Tarabotti (Parasol Protectorate)
16. All of the Disney princess - yes, ALL of them.

Honorable Mention: Misa Amane from Death Note. She's a special case, because her canon persona does annoy me, but for some reason I can't bring myself to actively hate her. Plus there is some interesting psychological things you can explore with her.

I should note that these are the female characters that are near and dear to my heart. There are oother female characters whom I admire and enjoy, such as the entire female cast of Once Upon a Time, the other Sailor Scouts, and some other Harry Potter ladies. These are just those I will defend every time, and whose struggles I get the most invested in.

Hufflepuff, woohoo! Wand is cedarwood, phoenix feather, 13 3/4 inches, very flexible. Add me! I'm StrikeNettle31009!

1. While I’m sort of skeptical that what we saw of Quinn’s wreck put her in a wheelchair with a severely compressed spine, I still praise the hell out of her attitude about it. <3 And honestly, if rumors are true, the injury isn’t nearly as far stretched as her recovery time is going to be. -_-

2. Will, I’d like to know what the heck about Sue’s boot camp you thought was abusive and belligerent. We’ve all seen your group’s dance moves - they SUCK (unless their name is Mike, Brittany, Tina or Kurt). The group is also in turns apathetic, late, arrogant, unorganized and selfish. This is the woman who’s won six/seven (I forget) national championships. Remember the disaster that was your glee club at nationals last year and shut up. They’re complaining because Sue’s actually running a boot camp.

3. “With your brains and my jaw line, we’d kill it!” ….Puck? What are these brains of Finn’s that you speak of?

4. …. Oh fuck, Cooper is the father of Sue’s baby, isn’t he? This is just the sort of soap opera crap Glee would think is a good shocker. *gag*

5. I am ADORING this new friendship with Quinn and Artie. That scene with the ramp was too precious for words. (Q: No, don’t make me laugh! A: Come on, it’s just like having a baby! Q: You wouldn’t know! xD)

6. *Blaine starts randomly monologuing Fighter* O_O Oh god no.

7. *Blaine singing in the shower* O_O Oh god yes.

8. Holy crap, they mentioned the wasteful spending of money for random throwaway performances?! :O Say it ain’t so!

9. Margaret Thatcher Dog. Oh Kurt.

10. Okay, that locker conversation? LONG time coming for Finchel. I know there’s no chance that they’ll do the smart thing (for both of them) and break up, but maybe a nugget of sanity will be brought to it all? Idk

EPISODE RATING: Average.

Thin Mints! BOW DOWN AND WORSHIP THE THIN MINTS.

I've noticed a pattern. Every time I fall in love with a pairing that's actually canon, they're still the side pairing. Or in the background. Or have only been around for one point three episodes.

Oh sweet sweet pain. And I will endure it -

But if there isn't some payoff for Rumpelstiltskin and Belle in the form of a happy ending (or at least a reunion and open interpretation) by the time Once Upon a Time ends, I will curl up in a ball and cry.

zeitgeistic gave me some things to talk about a few weeks ago, and I’m finally answering them. Ask me and I'll give you some topics, too.

1. Your favorite thing about yourself.
I’m going to avoid an easy answer like my eyes (although I do love their color) and try to cite something about my personality. My depression has been worse than usual lately, and forcing me to think of positive things would help. I usually try to avoid this because I’m afraid it comes across as self absorbed or something, but that’s the wrong type of thinking.

I love how compassionate I am to my friends. I like to think that I’m the one they know they can come to, because I will never judge them and promise to listen. Even if I can’t always help them or don’t know how to, I care so very deeply about people’s problems, even those I don’t know, and I like that about myself. In a world where judgment or ignorance can be deadly, I’m proud of my ability to love others no matter what. I just need to work on loving myself.

2. A fandom that you Just Don't Get the Appeal Of
Pokémon. I’ve tried to get into it, and while I’ll admit the show isn’t bad, I don’t get the fervor for it that’s present in over half of my social group.

3. Steampunk
I have only a passing affiliation for steampunk as a genre, but aesthetically I adore it. There’s something just fun about the combination of pretty dresses and working class machinery, buckles and buttons and brass. It’s come to my attention that a lot of people get the genre wrong, calling it sci fi because of some advanced or weird technology or catering to this ideal of an upper/middle class, and I do have some issues with that. But to me steampunk has always been foremost a fashion thing, and I think it’s just too fun.

4. Something you're afraid of
Dying violently or painfully.

5. A current event you feel strongly about
This hoopla over women’s rights and contraceptive. It sickens me to see these panels without a woman speaker in sight, religious figures who see basic health care that they don’t even need to pay for as a war against them, acting like THEY’RE the one being oppressed. And now this nonsense about intrusive ultrasounds for women seeking an abortion, a practice that has been in the news before and is going on in places like Texas… It just makes me very angry.

6. Something that always makes you laugh
Watching Boy Meets World or Whose Line is it Anyway.

7. A quote you really like
I’ve already mention that Megumi’s quote from Fruits Basket is my personal philosophy, so I’ll throw in something else.

“Fairy tales are more than true; not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.” ~ G.K. Chesterton