Once upon a time...

When I imagine what Spike's hair looks like when it's free from gel/hairspray and not slicked back, I've always imagined it looked like this...


(Click for full-sized, from GOTR's new Tumblr.)

The part of his hair and the little swoopy curls it makes just reminded me of William. So much so that I squeed.

Now, imagine how horrified I was to see that image first on Tumblr, and then to see the following as I scrolled down...

( Warning: GORE AND SPOILERS. The following image contains movie make-up gore and blood. If you don't like thinking about or imagining how Spike and/or James would look like with his face all beat to hell, then DO NOT LOOK. Also, if you don't want to be spoiled for the ending of James episode of Metal Hurlant, you probably don't want to look either. )

I thought I would share a little artwork I did today of the NPCs from my Vampire: the Requiem game I'm starting. I've still gotta colour this, but I want to wait until I have the descriptions of all the players' characters (I'm going to add them in cameos inside of a styled border around the main image). I can't wait to get the game going next week! I've got a really neat storyline cooked up for my players.

Some of you are going to recognize a familiar face in here... Some of you might even recognize two. If you recognize three to six, you get a cookie. :D



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This is a mini-review of SYFY's airing on the rejected pilot for "Three Inches." I'll probably make an extended review of this for my nerdly blog later, but some thoughts...

My two cents/sense: This was a decent show. At a normal hour length, this would probably be a sit-down-with-a-bowl-of-popcorn show that you look forward to every week. The characters were all likable and identifiable, but not necessarily falling into tropes or stereotypes. When I first read the description of the Human Smell, I have to say that the little actor that they picked to play him was not at all what I was expecting (the boy is downright adorable). The supporting cast were able to put a lot of depth and realism with their characters without a lot of screentime apiece.

( Cut for spoilers. )

With shows like the Big Bang Theory so popular, I could see Three Inches being viable, but you know what? Three Inches is too watchable of a show to be on SYFY; it's almost too good for SYFY, especially with the video quality being so bright and crisp. This show belongs on a network like USA (after all, their shows are character-reliant and -driven; they don't make their shows so that the rest of the world can mock them for poor special effects and dredging up has-been mall divas to "act" in their upteenth sequel to Crocoshark or whatever).

I'm the first to admit that I'm a huge sci-fi nerd... but I don't like "space stuff." While I like the original Star Trek and Star Wars, I'm much more interested in shows like Caprica that are about other planets but are more-or-less grounded in one spot. During this first half of the semester, I found a "space"-related show that I liked! I got hooked on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. In fact, I got so obsessed with it that I created my own starship and crew.

And, of course, one of my characters looks like James Marsters. XD



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Happy birthday to the man who taught me that it is possible to talk about quantum physics while being irrelevantly silly. Also, he's delightfully handsome and has aged better than most. Don't believe me? Hit the jump for a little age comparison...

( Click here for Teenage Jim vs. Adult James. )

James makes his own fun while at Sydney Botanical Gardens.

( I added some of the photos in case you can't view Facebook. )

Why won't the Universe just let James Marsters have his own show!?

From SYFY's Facebook and Digital Spy:
"A bunch of you have asked us about our potential upcoming show Three Inches starring James Marsters, here's the latest."

Three Inches Pilot Still "Under Consideration."
Syfy president Mark Stern has revealed that sci-fi drama Three Inches is still under consideration for a series pickup.

The project, which was originally dropped by the network in favor of drama series Alphas, will focus on Walter Spackman, an underachiever who is struck by lightning and develops the ability to move objects with his mind, but only by three inches.

Stern told Assignment X: "We're looking at another way to get Three Inches going. We love it, so we're trying to figure out a way to do both [that and Alphas] right now."

He also revealed that the cast of the original Three Inches pilot, which included Buffy actor James Marsters and Torchwood's Naoko Mori, will likely return for the revamped series.

"That would be the idea," he confirmed.

Three Inches was originally produced as a one-hour project, but is currently being retooled as a half-hour, single-camera comedy.

BEHOLD!





Look at him. He's magnificent... like Lionel Luthor magnificent... like Black Lantern Spoony magnificent... like William the Bloody Magnificent.

Caps taken from the SciFi Australia TrueBuff Marathon promo. Don't take my caps without permission. Ask, and ye shall receive. :D

Reports are filtering in from James Marsters's Q&A at New Orleans Comic Con, and it seems that he's finally tied the knot! *throws rice and confetti and garters on everyone* So many congrats to him and his lovely bride! We're going to have to remodel the walnut farm to make room for all the babies!

"Tweasure your wuv!"

But we already knew that. XD From his January Q&A:

Question: If Capt. John Hart and Spike ever crossed paths, what do you think the outcome would be?
James: "Wild homosexual sex! Because Spike hasn’t had homosexual sex in like 100 years, and Captain John is so sexy, you know? "

God, I love that man. <3