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I wrote this whole thing after last week's Parks episode, and it might be a really unpopular opinion but whatever, I'm going to post it now before tonight's because I am pretty concerned about the direction the show is going and I don't knowwwwwww, you guys. There hasn't been an episode I super loved and instantly wanted to rewatch since The Treaty back in November, and even before that there was a lot more mediocrity than last season, and with the campaign I'm worried they've painted themselves into a corner they won't be able to get out of. HOPEFULLY TONIGHT'S EPISODE WILL BE BETTER, BUT I AM WORRIED.

( Ughhhhhhhhhhhhh. Negative opinions on the show and Leslie/Ben inside. )

Man, Yuletide nominations not being open yet is making me so antsy. What are you guys going to request/offer? I reread Wuthering Heights lately and I REALLY want really dark, fucked-up fic, because omg that book has some distressing sexual subtext, but I am wary of asking for anything from a stranger that requires archaic language and/or explicit porn, so I think I'm probably not going to actually request it. In the end my three requests are looking like Parks and Rec (Leslie/Ron), Party Down (Henry/Casey), and SNL RPF (Seth/Amy), which three fandoms make me look like a HUGE LESLIE/BEN SHIPPER so it's kind of funny that I am not actually asking for Leslie/Ben.

(Like ALL the fic in that fandom is Leslie/Ben, you guys, it's so boring and Jammy. I just want some multishipping! Also why is there not more Ben/April/Andy fic? The whole roommates thing is pinging all my buttons. FORCED TO BE ROOMMATES: BEST SHOULD-BE TROPE THERE IS.)

A weird little side-note on Leslie/Ben fic -- the fic is SO manpain centric, even though the show really is not, it's really odd. The funny thing is that because manpain always requires the pain to be SO WAY OVER THE TOP (your whole family was murdered! your sister was abducted by aliens and it was supposed to be you! etc!) because men are of course not allowed to be sad about things normal humans are sad about, it means that the fic somehow has to make Ben being sad over a breakup into something WAY MORE EPIC than it is. No one has ever loved the way he has loved! He loved Leslie so much more than she loved him! Oh, fandom, you're so predictable, never change. If there is not a hot straight white male protagonist with canonical manpain, we will find one of those people and shoehorn it in, because what, are we supposed to treat non-white-male emotions as somehow important? Pshaw!

Anyway, have some actual show reactions:

( Up All Night )

( Community )

( Parks and Rec )

Okay enough! I am so glad it's Thursday and there's new stuff tonight!

Thursday night TV what I watched! Which means stuff that aired before Parks, because after Parks I am pretty busy... watching Parks over and over again.

( Community )

( The Office )

( Parks and Rec )

( Non TV talk, stupid fic needs I hate having )

OKAY SO I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY POST ONCE IN AWHILE YOU GUYS. Let's talk about teevee.

So, 30 Rock. ( Ugh )

( Parks and Rec )

Oh, speaking of which, you guys, nbc_rpf!! If you build it, they will come, right? I WANT FIC FOR EVERYTHING, someone start writing some, please and thank you. Please write fic where every Weekend Update pairing ever does it, and where Aubrey Plaza, Mindy Kaling, and Ellie Kemper are all in a girl band. That's all I want. It's all I've ever wanted.

( Oh also I started watching Fringe )

MOVING ON. Nation, the greatest time of year is upon us: FANDOM MARCH MADNESS. GO VOTE. The exciting thing for me this year is that fandom is VOTING FOR LADIES without us even campaigning for year of the woman like last year! HAS FANDOM BEEN REFORMED? DO WE REGRET OUR MISOGYNIST PAST OF DEAN WINCHESTER, GREGORY HOUSE, SPIKE, AND BARNEY STINSON? I mean, whatever, Barney and Sheldon are still winning, which is a bummer, but Liz Lemon and Leslie Knope and Olivia Dunham and tons of other ladies are winning in landslides! Well done, people! Also I feel like this year is better about characters of color than usual, though that's a general impression since I didn't go through and actually look at stats on that.

HOWEVER, you should totally go vote for Robin Scherbatsky and Penny to try to take down Barney and Sheldon. (WHY DO THOSE WRETCHES HAVE TO WIN EVERY SINGLE YEAR??) ALSO, Kelly Kapoor is making a shocking run to win The Office over wretched Halpert!! PLEASE GO VOTE FOR KELLY YOU GUYS. IF KELLY KAPOOR WINS AS OFFICE REPRESENTATIVE IT WILL MAKE MY LIFE.

Also people are starting to say Leslie Knope for the whole thing, which I don't have high hopes of but would be my ULTIMATE FANTASY so if you feel like chipping in on that, pleaaaaaase do.