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neonvincentI didn't see this before I made the preview image for 'Music by John Williams' wins GRAMMY for Best Music Film, earning Steven Spielberg an EGOT. I decided I didn't need the information.
Recent fic (mostly Babylon 5) on AO3
Feb. 5th, 2026 12:54 amsholioI reposted some of my longer 3 Sentence Ficathon fills on AO3.
An Immodest Proposal (Babylon 5)
State of Change (Babylon 5)
Hypotheticals (Gattaca)
And a new B5 fic, written a little while back because I had the idea, but not posted until now:
Reliquary (Babylon 5, post-canon, canon compliant, character deaths)
Reposted under the cut.
( Reliquary - Babylon 5 - 1500 wds )
An Immodest Proposal (Babylon 5)
State of Change (Babylon 5)
Hypotheticals (Gattaca)
And a new B5 fic, written a little while back because I had the idea, but not posted until now:
Reliquary (Babylon 5, post-canon, canon compliant, character deaths)
Reposted under the cut.
( Reliquary - Babylon 5 - 1500 wds )
There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm (SCP Foundation)
Feb. 4th, 2026 10:47 pmsholioThis book is hard to tag - it's basically cosmic horror, or horror scifi. It is also one of the creepiest and trippiest things I've read in a long time and maybe ever.
I kinda vaguely knew about SCP as a collaborative wiki project from the 2000s, with user-submitted descriptions of imaginary (and frequently extradimensional) objects. This book is based on it. It's about a group of characters who work for the Antimemetics Division of the SCP Foundation, a department most people don't know about (because it's impossible to remember it for more than a few minutes after finding out about it) that handles "antimemes," which are the opposite of memes - if memes are catchy and transmissible, antimemes are intentionally unmemorable, to an extent where you need to use extraordinary measures, such as memory-enhancing drugs, just to recognize that they exist at all. It's information that functions as anti-information. And it turns out there are living creatures with antimemetic properties, as well as weapons that use it ...
( Lots and lots of spoilers )
I kinda vaguely knew about SCP as a collaborative wiki project from the 2000s, with user-submitted descriptions of imaginary (and frequently extradimensional) objects. This book is based on it. It's about a group of characters who work for the Antimemetics Division of the SCP Foundation, a department most people don't know about (because it's impossible to remember it for more than a few minutes after finding out about it) that handles "antimemes," which are the opposite of memes - if memes are catchy and transmissible, antimemes are intentionally unmemorable, to an extent where you need to use extraordinary measures, such as memory-enhancing drugs, just to recognize that they exist at all. It's information that functions as anti-information. And it turns out there are living creatures with antimemetic properties, as well as weapons that use it ...
( Lots and lots of spoilers )
"Need to Know" [Trinity Blood gen] + more
Feb. 5th, 2026 01:11 amviridian5Trinity Blood gen: "Need to Know" [@ AO3]
RATING: PG-13.
SPOILERS: Tokyopop volumes III through VI.
SUMMARY: There are a lot of things Sister Esther feels she needs to know. Father Abel doesn’t agree.
NOTES: Thank you toakira17 for beta.
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I've also posted chapter 9 of my Encanto "Long, Long Way to Go" WIP.
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LiveJournal still isn't allowing me to post any public entries there, so I haven't updated it since December.
RATING: PG-13.
SPOILERS: Tokyopop volumes III through VI.
SUMMARY: There are a lot of things Sister Esther feels she needs to know. Father Abel doesn’t agree.
NOTES: Thank you to
akira17 for beta. +++
I've also posted chapter 9 of my Encanto "Long, Long Way to Go" WIP.
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LiveJournal still isn't allowing me to post any public entries there, so I haven't updated it since December.
Most Anticipated Films of 2026
Feb. 5th, 2026 12:42 americadawn16These are the 20 films I'm most looking forward to in 2026!
4 Kids walk into a Bank
A Magnificent Life
Coyote vs ACME
Flowervale Street
Glenrothan
Godzilla Minus Zero
Hamlet
Hexed
Masters of the Universe
Narnia
Remain
Scary Movie 6
Spider-man: Brand New Day
Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu
Supergirl
The Cat in the Hat
The Pout Pout Fish
The Sheep Detectives
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
Wildwood
4 Kids walk into a Bank
A Magnificent Life
Coyote vs ACME
Flowervale Street
Glenrothan
Godzilla Minus Zero
Hamlet
Hexed
Masters of the Universe
Narnia
Remain
Scary Movie 6
Spider-man: Brand New Day
Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu
Supergirl
The Cat in the Hat
The Pout Pout Fish
The Sheep Detectives
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
Wildwood
Autobio: Crazy Boys Get Money
Feb. 5th, 2026 12:15 amlb_leeCrazy Boys Get Money (D Stories)
Summary: Two teens in Texas hook and heist their way out of danger. True story.
Series: LB autobio (D Stories)
Word Count: 8100
Notes: Winner by a long shot of the February fan poll. Depending on how this story is received, I’ll be pulling out more regarding this period of my life, a series called “the D Stories.” Normally I would break it into 3 installments, but due to the nature of the content, I have chosen to upload it all at once. I feel professionally obligated to disclaim that this story is not appropriate for anyone under 18… but this was my life when I was younger than that, and it's both insulting and degrading to say that my youth is unspeakable to the very age demographic it happens to.
Content warnings for anti-black racism; coerced, underaged, bad sex work, and (separate) consensual, okay teenage sex, along with the circumstances surrounding both. More information is in the comments.
Summary: Two teens in Texas hook and heist their way out of danger. True story.
Series: LB autobio (D Stories)
Word Count: 8100
Notes: Winner by a long shot of the February fan poll. Depending on how this story is received, I’ll be pulling out more regarding this period of my life, a series called “the D Stories.” Normally I would break it into 3 installments, but due to the nature of the content, I have chosen to upload it all at once. I feel professionally obligated to disclaim that this story is not appropriate for anyone under 18… but this was my life when I was younger than that, and it's both insulting and degrading to say that my youth is unspeakable to the very age demographic it happens to.
Content warnings for anti-black racism; coerced, underaged, bad sex work, and (separate) consensual, okay teenage sex, along with the circumstances surrounding both. More information is in the comments.
Manga Check-in: "Ookiku Furikabutte" vol. 1 ch.1+omake
Feb. 4th, 2026 11:01 pmbluapapilio
I debated a lot before finally decided to start over from the beginning.
Between the anime and manga I remember a fair amount but I cant remember where it was at baseball wise, and I feel it loses some of the emotional aspect of the highs and lows if I cant remember the details of who've they've gone up against so far.
I stopped at volume 12 or thereabouts last. Not like it's a hardship to reread, it'll be really nostalgic tbh. But man, I forgot how long the chapters are!!! Back then they were divided in parts when translated because they were so long. It's crazy to me that Oofuri isn't licensed.
Chapter 1: Momoe's so cute!! I forgot Hanai was against her being the manager in the beginning. He'd rather have no baseball than a girl manager. Of course she makes him change his mind by squashing a bunch of pomelos in her hands.
Mihashi will never not tug at my heartstrings. You can understand Abe too though so while you wish he'd be a little more patient with Mihashi, he's not intentionally being mean, he's just struggling to understand him on top of having his own issues.
Abe's sparkling face at Mihashi's special throws is frickin' hilarious and adorable.
It must take a lot of courage to follow a catcher's signs knowing you're the vehicle of whether you win or lose... In Mihashi's case, it also gives him a way to place the power in Abe's hands because he's too insecure to have any confidence in himself.
Abe: 'He knows. Without my signs, he'd have just been a slow pitcher. I'll have to just keep using him like a puppet I guess...'
Omake: Aw, Chiyo saw Momoe crushing the pomelos and swinging the bat around and briefly got scared of becoming manager. So glad she got over it (through the power of confusion lol 'they must be tastier when you squeeze them by hand')
I took so many screenshots for chapter 2 I have to make a new post. 😂🙏
Anime that I've finished
Feb. 4th, 2026 08:50 pmfennectikHello all, hope you're doing alright. It certainly been a while!
I've finished My Hero Academia, and Aggretsuko completely. While MHA's ending was heartfelt, Aggretsuko felt more like a sitcom ending, which its alright, I guess.
Other Anime I'm close in finishing Digimon Beat Break and the third season of Spy X Family.
Anything you guys currently finishing during my absence?
I've finished My Hero Academia, and Aggretsuko completely. While MHA's ending was heartfelt, Aggretsuko felt more like a sitcom ending, which its alright, I guess.
Other Anime I'm close in finishing Digimon Beat Break and the third season of Spy X Family.
Anything you guys currently finishing during my absence?
Buffy S7 Rewatch Takeaways..among other things
Feb. 4th, 2026 07:58 pmshadowkatToday was a better day than yesterday for various and sundry reasons. ( Read more... )
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I finished the Angelica Huston Memoir - "Watch Me" - which isn't that memorable, outside of a bittersweet ending, wherein she makes the point that of everything she's done, it's her connections with family, friends, and others that meant the most. ( Read more... )
Currently listening to Twelve Months by Jim Butcher - narrated by James Marsters. Not Marsters best voice work but still rather good.
And still reading The Botanist's Assistant by Peggy Townsend- which is basically a mystery with an autistic sleuth, whose six foot tall, and middle-aged. It's okay - I got it as a Xmas present. But it's slow moving.
[Note to self- stop picking up books rec'd by Smart Bitches. This one was - looked great and I asked for it for Xmas.]
***
Buffy S7 Rewatch - Get it Done, Ep. 15
Doug Petrie, God Bless Him, is not a good script writer. His dialogue, ugh. Cringe. Yes, I know he was credited for writing both Beneath Me and Fool for Love, but I also know both those episodes were heavily edited and rewritten by the show-runners and executive producers (Marti Noxon and Joss Whedon). Whedon and Noxon wrote all of the Spike and Buffy scenes in Fool for Love, taking turns. While Petrie wrote the Riley scenes. (He states this in the commentary for the episode, that's how I know. Petrie told us.) Whedon also rewrote and refilmed, and directed himself the second half of Beneath Me. Petrie's script was so awful, Whedon rewrote it, and directed it, and brought everyone back to film it over the weekend. And you can tell the difference. The dialogue in the first half of Beneath Me is cringe inducing in places.
Petrie wrote As You Were and Get it Done, and they have the same problems. He doesn't know how to write for Spike, Willow, Anya, or Dawn. Buffy is okay for the most part. Also he sucks at plotting, there are plot holes in this episode that you can drive a truck through. You can tell they didn't plan it out.
The other difficulty with Get it Done is...the writers want to be color blind? ( Read more... )
I get what they are trying to do and the power metaphors are interesting on a certain level. And Buffy's refusal of the power at whatever cost - is interesting as well, and direct demonstration of how she is different from the First's take on her or Caleb. But, the execution is clumsy at best, and it doesn't totally make sense? ( Read more... )
**
This is more about S7 as a whole, not just this episode - when Buffy moved over to UPN, UPN let the show-runners and producers know that they had to fulfill a diversity quota. ( Read more... )
Get It Done - unfortunately didn't have a strong enough writer to handle the world building, the cultural stuff, and the large cast. That said, there's a few isolated moments in there that work however. Spike's fight with the demon does. I spent some time trying to figure out why soulful Spike would have issues fighting demons or taking a demon life? ( Read more... )
I also wondered why he needed to get the coat to be able to do it? And realized finally that it's clarified in Sleeper or the song, Pavlov's Bell - "trading coats and ringing Pavlov's Bell is how I nearly fell" - that's what Spike has been doing all along. ( Read more... )
Overall - an interesting but deeply flawed episode. S7 like all the seasons has some clunky episodes in the middle. This is one of them.
Make of that what you will...just my own mutterings for my own amusement.
Off to bed.
***
I finished the Angelica Huston Memoir - "Watch Me" - which isn't that memorable, outside of a bittersweet ending, wherein she makes the point that of everything she's done, it's her connections with family, friends, and others that meant the most. ( Read more... )
Currently listening to Twelve Months by Jim Butcher - narrated by James Marsters. Not Marsters best voice work but still rather good.
And still reading The Botanist's Assistant by Peggy Townsend- which is basically a mystery with an autistic sleuth, whose six foot tall, and middle-aged. It's okay - I got it as a Xmas present. But it's slow moving.
[Note to self- stop picking up books rec'd by Smart Bitches. This one was - looked great and I asked for it for Xmas.]
***
Buffy S7 Rewatch - Get it Done, Ep. 15
Doug Petrie, God Bless Him, is not a good script writer. His dialogue, ugh. Cringe. Yes, I know he was credited for writing both Beneath Me and Fool for Love, but I also know both those episodes were heavily edited and rewritten by the show-runners and executive producers (Marti Noxon and Joss Whedon). Whedon and Noxon wrote all of the Spike and Buffy scenes in Fool for Love, taking turns. While Petrie wrote the Riley scenes. (He states this in the commentary for the episode, that's how I know. Petrie told us.) Whedon also rewrote and refilmed, and directed himself the second half of Beneath Me. Petrie's script was so awful, Whedon rewrote it, and directed it, and brought everyone back to film it over the weekend. And you can tell the difference. The dialogue in the first half of Beneath Me is cringe inducing in places.
Petrie wrote As You Were and Get it Done, and they have the same problems. He doesn't know how to write for Spike, Willow, Anya, or Dawn. Buffy is okay for the most part. Also he sucks at plotting, there are plot holes in this episode that you can drive a truck through. You can tell they didn't plan it out.
The other difficulty with Get it Done is...the writers want to be color blind? ( Read more... )
I get what they are trying to do and the power metaphors are interesting on a certain level. And Buffy's refusal of the power at whatever cost - is interesting as well, and direct demonstration of how she is different from the First's take on her or Caleb. But, the execution is clumsy at best, and it doesn't totally make sense? ( Read more... )
**
This is more about S7 as a whole, not just this episode - when Buffy moved over to UPN, UPN let the show-runners and producers know that they had to fulfill a diversity quota. ( Read more... )
Get It Done - unfortunately didn't have a strong enough writer to handle the world building, the cultural stuff, and the large cast. That said, there's a few isolated moments in there that work however. Spike's fight with the demon does. I spent some time trying to figure out why soulful Spike would have issues fighting demons or taking a demon life? ( Read more... )
I also wondered why he needed to get the coat to be able to do it? And realized finally that it's clarified in Sleeper or the song, Pavlov's Bell - "trading coats and ringing Pavlov's Bell is how I nearly fell" - that's what Spike has been doing all along. ( Read more... )
Overall - an interesting but deeply flawed episode. S7 like all the seasons has some clunky episodes in the middle. This is one of them.
Make of that what you will...just my own mutterings for my own amusement.
Off to bed.
Finally was able to sign back into this thing.
Feb. 4th, 2026 08:30 pmfennectikBoy, it has been quite the couple of weeks, starting with pedophile orangeman seemingly accused of molesting an underage girl along with being mentioned thousands of times on those Epstein files.
Still not sure why anyone wanted him back in office, but ok.
What does bother me along with that is that his orange hillbilly gestapo is going around murdering US Citizens now, branding them as "domestic terrorists" to have some sort of valid excuse in shooting anyone on the street now.
Again, are you sure this is what you had in mind when getting this Dictator back in Office? Hope it paid off in the long run.
In my life things are not that bad, if you don't count chaffing on my dick which I've dealt with for over a week now. I'm currently treating it with petroleum jelly, hoping every damn cut will close soon and not trying to touch myself at all meanwhile.
After that TMI moment you just read passed, I've seen the movie SINNERS, which was pretty good. It was a new take on the vampire genre in my opinion and the blues culture integrated into it was a nice touch. Some argue that the movie could've been a crime story or a horror one either way, and I agree, but it was very enjoyable all the same.
On a lighter horror tone, finally got to watch Night Of The Zoopocalypse, which was a fun, family take on the overused zombie trope. I also watched The Bad Guys 2, which was OK, but that ending made me ponder if the third movie will be able to connect with the previous two, considering its following the books in that retrospect. Guess we'll see.
And saw Zootopia 2, which while it was good as well, these "discrimination" tropes they're using are becoming a bit repetitive. I agree that it did contribute to the overall lore of their world however.
Other than that, FUCK THIS PIECE OF SHIT ANDROID PHONE.
That's all I have to say for now.
Still not sure why anyone wanted him back in office, but ok.
What does bother me along with that is that his orange hillbilly gestapo is going around murdering US Citizens now, branding them as "domestic terrorists" to have some sort of valid excuse in shooting anyone on the street now.
Again, are you sure this is what you had in mind when getting this Dictator back in Office? Hope it paid off in the long run.
In my life things are not that bad, if you don't count chaffing on my dick which I've dealt with for over a week now. I'm currently treating it with petroleum jelly, hoping every damn cut will close soon and not trying to touch myself at all meanwhile.
After that TMI moment you just read passed, I've seen the movie SINNERS, which was pretty good. It was a new take on the vampire genre in my opinion and the blues culture integrated into it was a nice touch. Some argue that the movie could've been a crime story or a horror one either way, and I agree, but it was very enjoyable all the same.
On a lighter horror tone, finally got to watch Night Of The Zoopocalypse, which was a fun, family take on the overused zombie trope. I also watched The Bad Guys 2, which was OK, but that ending made me ponder if the third movie will be able to connect with the previous two, considering its following the books in that retrospect. Guess we'll see.
And saw Zootopia 2, which while it was good as well, these "discrimination" tropes they're using are becoming a bit repetitive. I agree that it did contribute to the overall lore of their world however.
Other than that, FUCK THIS PIECE OF SHIT ANDROID PHONE.
That's all I have to say for now.
Wednesday Reading Meme for Feb 4 2026
Feb. 4th, 2026 08:41 pmkitewithfishWhat I’ve Read
Cinder House by Freya Marske – Oh, this is a very satisfying novel. I love a book that starts with the protagonist dying and ends with her happy ever after. I don’t want to spoil too much – not because it’s a mystery, even tho there is a mystery solved inside it – but also because I think the unfolding story is very good on its on merits and different enough from the folk talk and most tellings of it to be worth a fresh approach. Marske does a fantastic job of making the haunted house’s relationship with sensation, from the point of view of the house, feel actually sensuous and alluring. I admit that the resolution is a little clever, but so satisfying that I wasn’t upset to see that I’d called the ending.
Unrelated – I watched The Ugly Stepsister (Emilie Blichfeldt, 2025) which is a body horror take on how the Cinderella myth works for the step sister who cuts off parts of her feet to try and fit the glass slipper. Yes, they absolutely do that, it’s gory as fuck – and it’s absolutely merited because this film is about showing a vulnerable girl destroying herself for patriarchal approval. It’s utterly beautiful in every scene, using a dreamy filter for much of the film, including the scenes where our ugly young woman dreams of infecting herself with a tapeworm so that she loses weight. I cannot recommend this film enough, and it was fascinating to watch with Cinder House so recently in my mind.
Incandescence by serpentinerose - https://archiveofourown.org/series/5440201 – A Guillermo del Toro Frankenstein (2025) fic with Victor/Creature teased out for all the wildly unhealthy possibilities. The prose is lush, the references are classical, and my id is well-fed.
What I’m Reading
The Steerswoman by Rosemary Kirstein – I’m about 80% thru and it’s really great work. I am finding the prose just perfect – it gets out of its own way and still manages to give me a great line every now and again. Really enjoying this! I am surprised that I didn’t hear of it before, because literally every time I have posted about it, someone NEW comes to tell me how much they enjoyed the book. Another point in favor of going to cons – people will evangelize about their favorite little known books
What I’ll Read Next
Oh, god, I have so many library books out
Monks Hood – Ellis Peters
Master of Poisons – Andrea Hairston
Frankenstein
The Brightness Between Us -Eliot Screfer
The Husky and His White Cat Shizun – Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou (I picked this up after seeing that it was beloved by a fic author whose work I recently enjoyed but I have no idea what I am looking at here)
The Craft of Lace Knitting by Barbara Walker
Silver in the Wood and Drowned Country by Emily Tesh
Viriconium by John M Harrison
What Stalks the Deep by T Kingfisher
Cinder House by Freya Marske – Oh, this is a very satisfying novel. I love a book that starts with the protagonist dying and ends with her happy ever after. I don’t want to spoil too much – not because it’s a mystery, even tho there is a mystery solved inside it – but also because I think the unfolding story is very good on its on merits and different enough from the folk talk and most tellings of it to be worth a fresh approach. Marske does a fantastic job of making the haunted house’s relationship with sensation, from the point of view of the house, feel actually sensuous and alluring. I admit that the resolution is a little clever, but so satisfying that I wasn’t upset to see that I’d called the ending.
Unrelated – I watched The Ugly Stepsister (Emilie Blichfeldt, 2025) which is a body horror take on how the Cinderella myth works for the step sister who cuts off parts of her feet to try and fit the glass slipper. Yes, they absolutely do that, it’s gory as fuck – and it’s absolutely merited because this film is about showing a vulnerable girl destroying herself for patriarchal approval. It’s utterly beautiful in every scene, using a dreamy filter for much of the film, including the scenes where our ugly young woman dreams of infecting herself with a tapeworm so that she loses weight. I cannot recommend this film enough, and it was fascinating to watch with Cinder House so recently in my mind.
Incandescence by serpentinerose - https://archiveofourown.org/series/5440201 – A Guillermo del Toro Frankenstein (2025) fic with Victor/Creature teased out for all the wildly unhealthy possibilities. The prose is lush, the references are classical, and my id is well-fed.
What I’m Reading
The Steerswoman by Rosemary Kirstein – I’m about 80% thru and it’s really great work. I am finding the prose just perfect – it gets out of its own way and still manages to give me a great line every now and again. Really enjoying this! I am surprised that I didn’t hear of it before, because literally every time I have posted about it, someone NEW comes to tell me how much they enjoyed the book. Another point in favor of going to cons – people will evangelize about their favorite little known books
What I’ll Read Next
Oh, god, I have so many library books out
Monks Hood – Ellis Peters
Master of Poisons – Andrea Hairston
Frankenstein
The Brightness Between Us -Eliot Screfer
The Husky and His White Cat Shizun – Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou (I picked this up after seeing that it was beloved by a fic author whose work I recently enjoyed but I have no idea what I am looking at here)
The Craft of Lace Knitting by Barbara Walker
Silver in the Wood and Drowned Country by Emily Tesh
Viriconium by John M Harrison
What Stalks the Deep by T Kingfisher
Top posts of 1/2026 at Crazy Eddie's Motie News
Feb. 4th, 2026 07:37 pmneonvincentCrazy Eddie's Motie News earned 176,692 page views (fifth most ever) and 15 comments on 31 posts during the 31 days of January 2026.
( Most read, replied to, liked, shared, and clicked on at Crazy Eddie's Motie News last month behind the cut. )
CRUD Challenge: The Buddy Holly Story
Feb. 4th, 2026 10:37 amskjamThe Buddy Holly Story (1978) dir. Steve Rash
We first meet Buddy Holly (Gary Busey) and his bandmates Jesse (Don Stroud) and Ray Bob (Charles Martin Smith) at a roller rink in Lubbock, Texas. They're just out of high school and doing okay on a local level. But Buddy has a new sound in mind, more boppish in nature. His original songs are a big hit with the youngsters, but the establishment types who control the money think the new rock-style music ranges between noise and Satanism. If Buddy wants to get ahead in the music business, he's going to have to find a different audience.
A short stint in Nashville proves unfruitful, as Buddy clashes with their production style and insistence on a "country" sound. But then "That'll Be the Day" manages to get to a record label in New York City, and it proves to be a big hit. Buddy Holly and his band, now named the Crickets, are on their way!
February 3, 1959 was "the day the music died" (not just Buddy, but the Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens also perished in that airplane crash) so on the anniversary I watched this fictionalized biography of Holly.
We follow Buddy Holly as he works to refine his unique musical style, becomes wildly popular, and courts his soon to be wife Maria Elena (Maria Richwine). It becomes painfully obvious to the rest of the Crickets that Buddy is the headliner and they're replaceable, plus they (in-movie) aren't really ready for the music star life. So they part ways for a while.
And then one last big concert before disaster strikes.
The production of this movie apparently took a while to get off the ground because they decided to cast actors who could actually play instruments and the vast majority of the musical numbers in the film are recorded directly from the people playing on set. This is all to the good for realism and an authentic feel. Musically, the movie is very good.
Due to Holly's short career and tragically premature death, this movie comes across very clean-cut compared to many musical biographies. There's never a dive into decadence or rock bottom moment. About the worst thing that Buddy Holly does here is be an auteur, his drive to make music exactly his own way irritating people who have to work with him.
Content note: Period racism, which of course Buddy Holly is completely above (even black people love the Crickets!). Alcohol abuse (not by Buddy.) Buddy and Maria cuddle in bed after they get married.
The fictionalization does warp history somewhat, so you may want to also read a more neutral biography. Ritchie Valens is barely in the movie, so you may also want to watch La Bamba to learn more about his backstory. Sadly, there's no biopic for the Big Bopper.
Recommended to rock and roll fans, especially those who enjoy the early stuff.
We first meet Buddy Holly (Gary Busey) and his bandmates Jesse (Don Stroud) and Ray Bob (Charles Martin Smith) at a roller rink in Lubbock, Texas. They're just out of high school and doing okay on a local level. But Buddy has a new sound in mind, more boppish in nature. His original songs are a big hit with the youngsters, but the establishment types who control the money think the new rock-style music ranges between noise and Satanism. If Buddy wants to get ahead in the music business, he's going to have to find a different audience.
A short stint in Nashville proves unfruitful, as Buddy clashes with their production style and insistence on a "country" sound. But then "That'll Be the Day" manages to get to a record label in New York City, and it proves to be a big hit. Buddy Holly and his band, now named the Crickets, are on their way!
February 3, 1959 was "the day the music died" (not just Buddy, but the Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens also perished in that airplane crash) so on the anniversary I watched this fictionalized biography of Holly.
We follow Buddy Holly as he works to refine his unique musical style, becomes wildly popular, and courts his soon to be wife Maria Elena (Maria Richwine). It becomes painfully obvious to the rest of the Crickets that Buddy is the headliner and they're replaceable, plus they (in-movie) aren't really ready for the music star life. So they part ways for a while.
And then one last big concert before disaster strikes.
The production of this movie apparently took a while to get off the ground because they decided to cast actors who could actually play instruments and the vast majority of the musical numbers in the film are recorded directly from the people playing on set. This is all to the good for realism and an authentic feel. Musically, the movie is very good.
Due to Holly's short career and tragically premature death, this movie comes across very clean-cut compared to many musical biographies. There's never a dive into decadence or rock bottom moment. About the worst thing that Buddy Holly does here is be an auteur, his drive to make music exactly his own way irritating people who have to work with him.
Content note: Period racism, which of course Buddy Holly is completely above (even black people love the Crickets!). Alcohol abuse (not by Buddy.) Buddy and Maria cuddle in bed after they get married.
The fictionalization does warp history somewhat, so you may want to also read a more neutral biography. Ritchie Valens is barely in the movie, so you may also want to watch La Bamba to learn more about his backstory. Sadly, there's no biopic for the Big Bopper.
Recommended to rock and roll fans, especially those who enjoy the early stuff.
3SF 26 #17
Feb. 4th, 2026 11:21 pmraisedbymoogleshad trouble firing up the brain cell to write today
Transformers G1, Galvatron/Rodimus - The whale-hunting / savage seas's / depths: even there / should it be your dwelling / would I endure the waves...
Transformers G1, Prowl/Jazz - Hug Time.
Transformers G1, Bumblebee, Spike, Dinobots - suddenly: dinosaurs!
Transformers G1, Galvatron/Rodimus - The whale-hunting / savage seas's / depths: even there / should it be your dwelling / would I endure the waves...
Transformers G1, Prowl/Jazz - Hug Time.
Transformers G1, Bumblebee, Spike, Dinobots - suddenly: dinosaurs!
What I'm Doing Wednesday
Feb. 4th, 2026 02:35 pmsage( books: Pratchett )
yarning
Sunday I delivered 25 hats to my contact for the children's shelter at yarn group. Had a nice time. Started balaclavas for ICE protesters in Minneapolis with Walmart yarn. Started a donation kickbunny for the new momcat at Kitten Academy. Received yarn today to make more balaclavas. Got an etsy order today for two catnip-silvervine hearts. Yay!
healthcrap
I've had a low grade fever off and on with a constant runny nose and sore throat, and also I bit the crap out of my tongue, on the side at the back, so I've added benzocaine gel to the meds lineup. And thyme tea, since I can't take guaifenisen, which is in all the cold meds. Also, the med I'm titrating off of causes hot flashes as a withdrawal symptom, which can go on for a month after the med is totally stopped. (Grr. I'm so impatient to feel better.) And I need to get those labs done at some point, oops.
#resist
+ https://standwithminnesota.com
+ https://projectreliefme.com (mutual aid in Maine -- the ICE surge in ME is over, but they arrested 200 people there and their families still need help.)
+ Feb 17th: #50501 Protest: Impeach, Convict, Remove, Defund
+ March 28: #50501 No Kings Protest #3
I hope you're all doing well! <333
yarning
Sunday I delivered 25 hats to my contact for the children's shelter at yarn group. Had a nice time. Started balaclavas for ICE protesters in Minneapolis with Walmart yarn. Started a donation kickbunny for the new momcat at Kitten Academy. Received yarn today to make more balaclavas. Got an etsy order today for two catnip-silvervine hearts. Yay!
healthcrap
I've had a low grade fever off and on with a constant runny nose and sore throat, and also I bit the crap out of my tongue, on the side at the back, so I've added benzocaine gel to the meds lineup. And thyme tea, since I can't take guaifenisen, which is in all the cold meds. Also, the med I'm titrating off of causes hot flashes as a withdrawal symptom, which can go on for a month after the med is totally stopped. (Grr. I'm so impatient to feel better.) And I need to get those labs done at some point, oops.
#resist
+ https://standwithminnesota.com
+ https://projectreliefme.com (mutual aid in Maine -- the ICE surge in ME is over, but they arrested 200 people there and their families still need help.)
+ Feb 17th: #50501 Protest: Impeach, Convict, Remove, Defund
+ March 28: #50501 No Kings Protest #3
I hope you're all doing well! <333
FANFIC: replica (dc / wonder woman comics)
Feb. 4th, 2026 10:30 amqueenslayerbeeAnother crosspost of my 2026 fics (so far).
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It takes a village to raise Diana: grown warriors, scholars, pioneers, who see her as the child they once indulged —yet her body changes and her desire grows, itching under her skin with melancholic jealousy, barred from the women's games and rituals.
When her shadow self crosses the mirror, Diana finds a long-sought, secret companion; a girl her age, her reflection, who laughs much like her, thinks much like her, wants much like her. Someone to touch, tie up, caress, spoil —two girls, one of clay, and one of light, acting in reverent imitation of the adults in Paradise island.
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Author's note: Not long ago I thought about how if femslash got more attention, this pairing (and other amazon/amazon ships) would definitely get more action LOL.
I also love the version of Donna's origin where she starts out as Diana's doppelganger, coming to life through a spell and a mirror (then later on kidnapped and put under a curse by a sorceress that got them mixed up and condemned Donna to live through endless lives of torment, as one does: Comics). The prompt made me think of them, and about recent thoughts about Diana growing up and going through puberty in an island where she was surrounded by caretakers that were also incredible women. All of that goes into these 100 words xD
Title: replica.
Fandom: DC comics (post-crisis / Wonder Woman).
Pairing: Diana of Themyscira/Donna Troy.
Summary: written for the prompt: "Any, Any F/F selfcest, i just touch myself and say / 'i'll make my own damn way.'" in the Three Sentence Ficathon.
Word count: 100.
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It takes a village to raise Diana: grown warriors, scholars, pioneers, who see her as the child they once indulged —yet her body changes and her desire grows, itching under her skin with melancholic jealousy, barred from the women's games and rituals.
When her shadow self crosses the mirror, Diana finds a long-sought, secret companion; a girl her age, her reflection, who laughs much like her, thinks much like her, wants much like her. Someone to touch, tie up, caress, spoil —two girls, one of clay, and one of light, acting in reverent imitation of the adults in Paradise island.
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Author's note: Not long ago I thought about how if femslash got more attention, this pairing (and other amazon/amazon ships) would definitely get more action LOL.
I also love the version of Donna's origin where she starts out as Diana's doppelganger, coming to life through a spell and a mirror (then later on kidnapped and put under a curse by a sorceress that got them mixed up and condemned Donna to live through endless lives of torment, as one does: Comics). The prompt made me think of them, and about recent thoughts about Diana growing up and going through puberty in an island where she was surrounded by caretakers that were also incredible women. All of that goes into these 100 words xD
