odds and ends

[meretricula]

I did make a post about Barça Femenino over at _fcbarcelona_, if anyone would like to check it out! I want to get some more stuff translated and find more pictures before I post to my journal, though.

I don't think I ever mentioned that I was reccing Barça fic for crack_van last month, did I? well, anyway, those recs are up too under the rpf: professional athlete tag if you want to take a look. I don't think there's anything in there that I haven't recced in some capacity before, but still. (just, um, ignore any recs in that tag that aren't by me. or don't, feel free to check them out! but they're not my endorsements, so I take zero responsibility for them.)

still thinking about creating a vids section to the football rec post. I don't know. there's not that many half-decent vids out there, and I have most of them saved to my computer, so it wouldn't be hard, it's just that I can't be objective and I'm not sure if that matters. I'll read fic about people I don't know; I'll read fic about people I hate. I really can't watch vids of them. (and I will watch really terrible vids of people I love. case in point: you have no idea how many times I have watched that.)

speaking of things I hate: look, as a general rule I don't hate teams. for the most part I try not to care about teams other than my own one way or the other. I'll root for the underdog against Bayern Munich or Manchester United (and when they drop points my teams are safer, so there's that too), but I don't hate them. there are players that I like on both teams. and yes, I sure as hell hate Madrid, but not because they're Barcelona's rival and cules are supposed to blindly despise them; I hate them because they stepped on Leo and shoved Puyi in the face and tried to break Cesc's leg and point-blank accused Pep of cheating to win the Champions League and have never been the least bit sorry for any of it. (and their president is an idiot, but you can't really hold that against anyone.) but it really has reached the point where I hate Liverpool. I hate them, I hope they lose every game they play, and unless they ship Luis Suarez out to Russia I will never respect them again. I would rather they lose to Manchester United than win.

I know some of you guys are Liverpool fans, and I do get that. if you can look past the bad stuff and still love the good stuff, that's your prerogative; everybody does that to some extent or another with their team. yes, Lucas Leiva is adorable. the academy kids are cute. Steven Gerrard's life is a beautiful tragedy. but none of that will ever make up for the utter bullshit that has come out of that club this season to me, so I'm sorry, but I hope they never win again.

Comments

[mardia.livejournal.com]

Honestly, if I'd realized it would be about LFC, I wouldn't have, because let's face it, the fact that you hate Liverpool is hardly a secret, and like I said, you have every right to that, I'm not going to stand here and tell you you're wrong to feel that. Hell, if I was a neutral, I'd probably feel the same, but. I've basically been contemplating getting out of the fandom altogether, and I know you didn't mean to pour the salt in, I get that, but the timing of this means that now this is all I'll be thinking about. *shrug* It's not your responsibility to make me feel better about my club or being in sports fandom, but it's how I feel, and I figure we're good enough friends that I can be honest with you about how the timing of this came across to me.

[meretricula.livejournal.com]

yeah, I'm sorry, the timing wasn't meant to be significant, it just happens to be the day and time of day when I can be on the internet talking about things, so. sorry again for hurting your feelings. hug it out?

(also, re: getting out of fandom, it's obviously your choice and I wouldn't try to influence you, but I'd miss you. if it's being that much of a pain, maybe just back away a little bit?)

[mardia.livejournal.com]

We're fine, no worries. I know you weren't trying to deliberately hurt my feelings.

(I'm gonna turn it over for a while. Currently writing non footie-fic, which is making me feel pretty good at the moment, so we'll see.)

[meretricula.livejournal.com]

ooh, is it Revenge? I'm thinking about starting that show, now that I've got all this free time.

[mardia.livejournal.com]

BBC Sherlock, actually, but YOU SHOULD TOTALLY WATCH THAT SHOW. Ahem. Sorry. The show is crazy good, and getting better all the time, and the female characters in particular are the best. (Fair warning, it is a soap opera, and the subtitle/motto of this show at this point could basically be: Nobody gets out of this alive.)

[meretricula.livejournal.com]

Sarah Rees Brennan has been recommending it, is why I finally decided to cave. she is pretty great at pimping things! (ugh why do shows not put whole seasons up on Hulu anymore. I WANT MORE THAN THE PILOT AND TWO OTHER EPISODES.)

[mardia.livejournal.com]

LOL. You can check on ABC.com, maybe? Also, if you are really desperate, I can er, probably track down dl links? shhhh.

[meretricula.livejournal.com]

already did, haha. they have a couple more eps but not the ones from the beginning of the season. XD

(I can probably manage though. shhhhhh.)