(Also seem to be abusing gerunds today)

[petronia]

Oh, and did go see X2 as a matter of fact. Even more ensemble-cast-y than the first, which strikes me as unusual for a superhero movie. Have decided that it's not so much that Sir Ian McKellen wasn't playing his character straight, as wossname in the papers being right and there's a lot of coded queering going on in general. Marvel with subtext! And wossname was actually complaining that there wasn't enough political allegory, or something!

Am kind of enjoying this sensation of being a total newbie, and not quite knowing what's going on while everyone else is conversant with a bazillion issues worth of backstory. :D Hasn't happened for a while.

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[dipping_sauce]

There's been Xavier/Magneto subtext in the comics for *ages*. They were bestest buddies before they became enemies, and X has spent more time with M than any of his girlfriends.

Am kind of enjoying this sensation of being a total newbie, and not quite knowing what's going on while everyone else is conversant with a bazillion issues worth of backstory. :D Hasn't happened for a while.

... You don't want to go and admit that in public while I still have several boxes of old X-Men comics under my desk. Big boxes. Full of awful, badly written comics. (There might be some good ones mixed in there, but for the most part, they're from the 90's and that means crap.) That I have no compunction against forcing you to read.

Hahahahaha.

[petronia.livejournal.com]

Ah! You awake! (Was going to call but you're surfing on connection, right?) Wanna meet up at 5:30 today? :D

[dipping_sauce]

... Argh!

Just saw this now. Very sorry. My brother and my mom have been monopolizing the computer recently (school and work), so I haven't been able to check anything on t'Internet, save for when it's very early or very late.

Tomorrow?

Wednesday?

[petronia.livejournal.com]

Sure. Tomorrow same time, whatever place you like? Send me an email. :)