Tops of 2009:
[Fandom Edition]
Music washes away from the soul
the dust of everyday life.
~Berthold Auerbach
Another year has come and gone. And with it are the release of new albums, order ambulance the exciting discovery of new musicians, here and the cathartic release of finding songs that touch you in all the right ways: mind, here body, and soul.
Welcome to my Tops of 2009: Fandom Edition. Complete with new genres, new sounds, new musicians, new albums, and new songs. Here are my favorite and most listened to:
+Movies
+TV Shows
++Episodes
Movies:
Star Trek (2009)
I’ve been a Star Trek fan for a long long time: through The Original Series, The Next Generation, Voyager, Enterprise, etc. So, of course, I was excited to see the fandom brought back and by J.J. Abrams nonetheless. Still, if the movie had been a flop, then it might have been a guilty pleasure and I would have moved on. But thankfully, it was awesomesauce.
Hard Candy (2005)
When David Slade was announced to film Twilight: Eclipse I knew I had to see the other two films he’d directed, Hard Candy and 30 Days of Night. Visually, Hard Candy is a beautiful film with intense performances by Ellen Page and Patrick Wilson. Underneath, it’s a movie that really unnerves you as it makes you think.
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
A nice blend of comedy and drama. In that way it’s very reminiscent of Buffy the Vampire Slayer when at its lightest. Essentially, it’s just my cup of tea.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
Yes, the Harry Potter movies are not as great as the books. It’s a fact that I’m sure we all realize by now. But sometimes you have to take things for what they are and not as what they could be. And ‘what it is‘ is 87% on Rotten Tomatoes, so I know I’m not the only one who enjoyed it. Visually, it’s rich. Emotionally, the love, anger, frustration, and drama prepare us for the end: the last two movies.
The Fountain (2006)
I think a lot of people don’t like this movie because they don’t understand it. Because it’s not just one story told linearly from beginning to end. Instead it’s comprised of three stories, each set in a different time, each with their own two characters. But then where the movie really gets complicated is when these stories begin to intertwine. Then, you begin to realize that maybe these characters aren’t really different, but all part of a larger whole and that’s the real story: about a man and a woman and the meaning of life and death.
Runners Up: Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, 30 Days of Night, Contact, Sunshine, Changling,
New Moon, About a Boy, Caroline, Sherlock Holmes, Push, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
TV Shows:
The Vampire Diaries (2009-present)
2010 People’s Choice Award for Favorite New TV Drama
But in addition to being a solid hit, the supernatural drama is a first-class production, featuring an insanely gorgeous cast, sharp scripts and a brooding vibe that is hard for even the most levelheaded adult to resist.
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008-2009)
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Firefly (2002-2003)
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The X-Files (1993-2002)
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Jack & Bobby (2004)
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Alias (2001-2006)
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Episodes:
Dollhouse – 1×04 Belonging
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The Vampire Diaries – The Turning Point / Haunted
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Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles, 2×22 ‘Born to Run’
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Stargate Universe, 1×05 ‘Light’
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Jack & Bobby, 1×01 ‘Pilot’
Future Courtney McCallister: Grace used to say Jack and Bobby were like two sides of a coin. Without Bobby, Jack might never have learned compassion. Without Jack, Bobby might never have gained strength.
Future Courtney McCallister: There were some dark hours during his presidency. And it was in those times he said the wrong brother became president.
Scenes:
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Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles, 2×22 ‘Born to Run’
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The Secret Life of the American Teenager, 2×11 ‘Cramped’ – Adrian and Ricky
Ricky: It’s not okay! It’s not! I’m tired of people judging me. “Poor Amy, she’s a teenage mother. Poor Amy, she’s got a baby.” Poor Amy nothing! I’m a teenage father. I’ve got a baby and Amy! And no matter what I do, no matter how much I take care of her and my kid, she still hates me! And she doesn’t give me any credit for anything, just like you! You don’t give me credit for being honest with you. I’m just being honest with you, Adrian. If I told you I would marry you when we’re older I’d be lying.
Adrian: I’d be lying to myself if I had sex with you right and told myself it’s ok. I’d be lying to myself if I said I was comfortable having sex with you just because I’m feeling sorry for you.
Characters:
Cameron Phillips (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles)
Cameron: Goodbye bird. There’s a 51% chance I wouldn’t have killed you.
Sierra
Edward Cullen (Twilight)
“With a careless laugh, the irresponsible angel propelled her fragile creation directly into my path, trusting blithely in my flawed morality to keep Bella alive. In this vision, I was not Bella’s sentence. She was my reward.”
– Midnight Sun, Poetic!Edward
“If I could dream at all, it would be about you. And I’m not ashamed of it.”
– Twilight, Romantic!Edward
“I have always loved you, and I will always love you. I was thinking of you, seeing your face in my mind, every second that I was away. When I told you that I didn’t want you, it was the very blackest kind of blasphemy.”
– New Moon, Sad!Edward
“I don’t care if she merely trips, or if a meteor falls out of the sky and hits her in the head – if you return her to me in less that perfect condition that I left her in, you will be running with three legs. Do you understand that mongrel?”
– Eclipse, Possessive!Edward
Couples:
Edward&Bella (Twilight)
Stefan&Elena (The Vampire Diaries)
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Victor&Sierra (Dollhouse)
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John&Cameron (Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles)
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Uhura&Spock (Star Trek)
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Clare/Henry
Fanfiction:
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Emancipation Proclamation
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Ex Factor
Fanvids:
Say When
Tops of 2009:
[Fandom Edition]
Music washes away from the soul
the dust of everyday life.
~Berthold Auerbach
Another year has come and gone. And with it are the release of new albums, check the exciting discovery of new musicians, viagra approved and the cathartic release of finding songs that touch you in all the right ways: mind, body, and soul.
Welcome to my Tops of 2009: Fandom Edition. Complete with new genres, new sounds, new musicians, new albums, and new songs. Here are my favorite and most listened to:
+Movies
+TV Shows
++Episodes
Movies:
Star Trek (2009)
I’ve been a Star Trek fan for a long long time: through The Original Series, The Next Generation, Voyager, Enterprise, etc. So, of course, I was excited to see the fandom brought back and by J.J. Abrams nonetheless. Still, if the movie had been a flop, then it might have been a guilty pleasure and I would have moved on. But thankfully, it was awesomesauce.
Hard Candy (2005)
When David Slade was announced to film Twilight: Eclipse I knew I had to see the other two films he’d directed, Hard Candy and 30 Days of Night. Visually, Hard Candy is a beautiful film with intense performances by Ellen Page and Patrick Wilson. Underneath, it’s a movie that really unnerves you as it makes you think.
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
A nice blend of comedy and drama. In that way it’s very reminiscent of Buffy the Vampire Slayer when at its lightest. Essentially, it’s just my cup of tea.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
Yes, the Harry Potter movies are not as great as the books. It’s a fact that I’m sure we all realize by now. But sometimes you have to take things for what they are and not as what they could be. And ‘what it is‘ is 87% on Rotten Tomatoes, so I know I’m not the only one who enjoyed it. Visually, it’s rich. Emotionally, the love, anger, frustration, and drama prepare us for the end: the last two movies.
The Fountain (2006)
I think a lot of people don’t like this movie because they don’t understand it. Because it’s not just one story told linearly from beginning to end. Instead it’s comprised of three stories, each set in a different time, each with their own two characters. But then where the movie really gets complicated is when these stories begin to intertwine. Then, you begin to realize that maybe these characters aren’t really different, but all part of a larger whole and that’s the real story: about a man and a woman and the meaning of life and death.
Runners Up: Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, 30 Days of Night, Contact, Sunshine, Changling,
New Moon, About a Boy, Caroline, Sherlock Holmes, Push, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
TV Shows:
The Vampire Diaries (2009-present)
Created by Kevin Williamson
2010 People’s Choice Award for Favorite New TV Drama
But in addition to being a solid hit, the supernatural drama is a first-class production, featuring an insanely gorgeous cast, sharp scripts and a brooding vibe that is hard for even the most levelheaded adult to resist.
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008-2009)
Created by Josh Friedman
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Firefly (2002-2003)
Created by Joss Whedon
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The X-Files (1993-2002)
Created by Chris Carter
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Jack & Bobby (2004)
Created by Greg Berlanti
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Alias (2001-2006)
Created by J. J. Abrams
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Episodes:
Dollhouse – 1×04 Belonging
Written by Maurissa Tancharoen & Jed Whedon
Directed by Jonathan Frakes
Original airdate October 23, 2009
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The Vampire Diaries – The Turning Point / Haunted
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Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles, 2×22 ‘Born to Run’
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Stargate Universe, 1×05 ‘Light’
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Jack & Bobby, 1×01 ‘Pilot’
Written by Greg Berlanti & Vanessa Taylor
Directed by David Nutter
Original airdate September 18, 2004
“If we could see into his boyhood years, and watching him become the man he became, would we have known then we were in the presence of greatness? Could we have seen it?”
Future Courtney McCallister: Grace used to say Jack and Bobby were like two sides of a coin. Without Bobby, Jack might never have learned compassion. Without Jack, Bobby might never have gained strength.
Future Courtney McCallister: There were some dark hours during his presidency. And it was in those times he said the wrong brother became president.
Scenes:
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Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles, 2×22 ‘Born to Run’
dfd http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBvUuBXMDlM
The Secret Life of the American Teenager, 2×11 ‘Cramped’ – Adrian and Ricky
Ricky: It’s not okay! It’s not! I’m tired of people judging me. “Poor Amy, she’s a teenage mother. Poor Amy, she’s got a baby.” Poor Amy nothing! I’m a teenage father. I’ve got a baby and Amy! And no matter what I do, no matter how much I take care of her and my kid, she still hates me! And she doesn’t give me any credit for anything, just like you! You don’t give me credit for being honest with you. I’m just being honest with you, Adrian. If I told you I would marry you when we’re older I’d be lying.
Adrian: I’d be lying to myself if I had sex with you right and told myself it’s ok. I’d be lying to myself if I said I was comfortable having sex with you just because I’m feeling sorry for you.
Characters:
Cameron Phillips (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles)
Cameron: Goodbye bird. There’s a 51% chance I wouldn’t have killed you.
Sierra
Edward Cullen (Twilight)
“With a careless laugh, the irresponsible angel propelled her fragile creation directly into my path, trusting blithely in my flawed morality to keep Bella alive. In this vision, I was not Bella’s sentence. She was my reward.”
– Midnight Sun, Poetic!Edward
“If I could dream at all, it would be about you. And I’m not ashamed of it.”
– Twilight, Romantic!Edward
“I have always loved you, and I will always love you. I was thinking of you, seeing your face in my mind, every second that I was away. When I told you that I didn’t want you, it was the very blackest kind of blasphemy.”
– New Moon, Sad!Edward
“I don’t care if she merely trips, or if a meteor falls out of the sky and hits her in the head – if you return her to me in less that perfect condition that I left her in, you will be running with three legs. Do you understand that mongrel?”
– Eclipse, Possessive!Edward
Couples:
Edward&Bella (Twilight)
Stefan&Elena (The Vampire Diaries)
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Victor&Sierra (Dollhouse)
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John&Cameron (Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles)
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Uhura&Spock (Star Trek)
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Clare/Henry
Fanfiction:
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Emancipation Proclamation
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Ex Factor
Fanvids:
Say When
“I designed the show to create that strong reaction. I designed it to be an icon, infection to be an emotional experience, illness to be loved in a way that other shows can’t be loved. … I wanted people to embrace it in a way that exists beyond, “Oh, that was a wonderful show about lawyers, let’s have dinner.” I wanted people to internalize it, and make up fantasies where they were in the story, to take it home with them, for it to exist beyond the TV show. And we’ve done exactly that.”
~ Joss Whedon
Welcome to my Tops of 2009: Fandom Edition II. Here are the things that bring out my inner fangirl.
+Scenes
+Characters
+Couples
+Fanfiction
+Fanvids
Scenes:
Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles, 2×22 ‘Born to Run’
[video]
John: Derek.
Derek: Yeah?
John: John. J-John Connor.
Derek: I know a lot of people, kid. Don’t know you. Anybody heard the name John Connor? Well… You know what? I think you’re gonna be famous. My brother’s back, and you’re wearing his coat.
The Vampire Diaries, 1×10 ‘The Turning Point’
[video]Stefan: I know that it’s hard to understand, but I’m doing this for you.
Elena: No! You don’t get to make that decision for me. If you walk away, it’s for you. Because I know what I want. Stefan, I love you.
…
Elena: Don’t.
Stefan: Elena, I can’t.
Elena: Yes, you can. Don’t hide from me.
New Moon, Hearing Damage
[video]Bella: Alice, I’m all right. Until I’m alone. And lately that’s all the time. Jacob’s gone, he’s hunting Victoria. And Charlie’s hunting Jacob. And you’re gone. And so is…Edward. There’s just nothing now. But I realize where I have to go. What I have to do to see him again.
The Secret Life of the American Teenager, 2×11 ‘Cramped’
[video-30:00]Ricky: It’s not okay! It’s not! I’m tired of people judging me. “Poor Amy, she’s a teenage mother. Poor Amy, she’s got a baby.” Poor Amy nothing! I’m a teenage father. I’ve got a baby and Amy! And no matter what I do, no matter how much I take care of her and my kid, she still hates me! And she doesn’t give me any credit for anything, just like you! You don’t give me credit for being honest with you. I’m just being honest with you, Adrian. If I told you I would marry you when we’re older I’d be lying.
Adrian: I’d be lying to myself if I had sex with you right and told myself it’s ok. I’d be lying to myself if I said I was comfortable having sex with you just because I’m feeling sorry for you.Characters:
Cameron Phillips (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles)Cameron: Goodbye bird. There’s a 51% chance I wouldn’t have killed you.
Edward Cullen (Twilight)Edward: With a heedless smile on her lips, her sky-colored eyes full of mischief, the angel formed Bella in such a fashion that there was no way that I could possibly overlook her. A ridiculously potent scent to demand my attention, a silent mind to enflame my curiosity, a quiet beauty to hold my eyes, a selfless soul to earn my awe. Leave out the natural sense of self-preservation—so that Bella could bear to be near me—and, finally, add a wide streak of appallingly bad luck. With a careless laugh, the irresponsible angel propelled her fragile creation directly into my path, trusting blithely in my flawed morality to keep Bella alive. In this vision, I was not Bella’s sentence; she was my reward. – Midnight Sun
Ships:
Edward&Bella (Twilight)Edward: I just have one condition if you want me to do it myself.
Bella: What’s the condition?
Edward: And then forever.
Bella: That’s what I’m asking.
Edward: Marry me, Bella.
Stefan&Elena (The Vampire Diaries)Elena: Part of me wishes that I could forget, too. Forget meeting you, finding out what you are and everything that’s happened since.
Stefan: That’s what you want?
Elena: Yes, it is. Because I don’t want it to be like this. I don’t want to feel like this. But I can’t. With everything that’s happened, I can’t lose the way I feel about you.
Victor&Sierra (Dollhouse)Priya: That’s him. What’s his name?
Topher: Victor.
Priya: I love him. Is that real?
Topher: Yes. Yes, it’s real. He loves you back.
John&Cameron (Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles)Cameron: I love you! I love you, please. I love you, John and you love me!
Spock&Uhura (Star Trek)Spock: I will be back.
Lt. Nyota Uhura: You better be. I’ll be monitoring your frequency.
Spock: Thank you, Nyota.
Henry&Clare (The Time Traveler’s Wife)Henry: Clare, I want to tell you, again, I love you. Our love has been the thread through the labyrinth, the net under the high-wire walker, the only real thing in this strange life of mine that I could ever trust. Tonight I feel that my love for you has more density in this world than I do, myself: as though it could linger on after me and surround you, keep you, hold you.
Fanfiction:
Emancipation Proclamation
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5180793/Edward grew up in a life of money, power, & respect. Isabella was born into slavery-has never known another way. Their worlds collide & neither will ever be the same again. Will he give her freedom? Can he bear to ever let her go?
I started counting and her eyes widened as she clutched onto me tightly when I hit two. “Wait!”
“Christ, we don’t have time to fuck around here,” I said in frustration.
“I love you,” she choked out, the words catching in her throat and escaping as a sob. The sound of it stung, my heart aching.
“Don’t you fucking act like we won’t see each other again in thirty seconds,” I said firmly, grabbing my gun from my waistband and flicking the safety off. “Get in the goddamn car, baby. Three.”
Art After 5
http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1801946/Bella Swan had life figured out until she met sixteen-year-old Edward Cullen. A few months and an intense emotional connection later, she finds herself on a journey toward self acceptance while questioning everything she’d previously accepted as true.
The Ex Factor
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4765157/Edward & Bella are exes. 4 years later, fate gives them a new hand by reuniting them together in their father’s joint cabin, with the assistance of their clashing friends.
“Jasper has been that one man in my life for three years now! He’s been incredible, and honest, and sweet, and tender, and loving! He’s been my rock, Edward! One of my best friends! He’s my boyfriend! I can’t just hurt him! I can’t just throw it all away!”
“You already did, Bella! Why don’t you get that?! You already hurt him, the moment you begged me to be inside of you!”
She was in tears as she looked away, crossing her arms over her chest.
But I was beyond hurt at this moment and I couldn’t stop. “But oh wait, what am I thinking? That didn’t happen, right?! You didn’t make love to me, you didn’t fall asleep in my arms, and sure as shit didn’t fucking tell me that you were going to go tell your boyfriend every fucking thing so we could try to work this out! And you also didn’t fucking lead me on, right? Because I have to pretend it didn’t fucking happen. That’s what you want, right?”
She nodded slowly. “…I shouldn’t have done it, Edward.”
“Besides Jasper’s feelings, give me one good fucking reason why not, Bella,” I sneered at her.
“Because we didn’t work out the last time. Because we don’t know each other anymore. Because there was too much drama, and too much pain in the four years that we were apart, and we may not work out even if we tried to this again, and I’m not willing to…” her voice trailed off, but I got it.
“You’re not willing to risk your happy little set-up you have so you could run back to your asshole ex-boyfriend, right? Just in case I fuck up your life again, right?”
Now she was back to not looking me in the eye. “I really wish I would have done this differently, Edward… I wouldn’t have done it, actually. I never wanted to hurt you.”
“Yeah, well it’s too fucking late now, isn’t it?”
“I’m sorry,” she replied as she wiped away her tears. “I think it’s for the best… for all of us.”
Behind Enemy Lines
http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1762153/International aid worker Bella Swan enters a war zone to find the man she’s loved for the last 10 years. It’s a race against time to save Edward Cullen from the depths of an appalling humanitarian crisis and get him out from behind enemy lines.
Resident Geek
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4509651/Geeky Edward thinks he has absolutely no shot with the popular, beautiful Bella. Is he right, or will she be one of the many girls who thinks geeks make for better lovers?
I pulled back a little as his face swung around to mine so our heads wouldn’t knock together, and his beautiful green eyes widened behind those cute, nerdy glasses he wore as he looked at me.
God, he was gorgeous. If he would let me, I would seriously just stare at him all day.
What was it about glasses that intensified the hotness a guy already possessed?
This seemed to be a very strange occurrence in nature because glasses were supposed to dull down the effect a person’s eyes had on you. And to ‘geek’ them out, if you will. But it actually was like adding fuel to a fire. At least it was like that for me.
Runners Up:
Holding Out for You by ObsessingOverEdward and Coming to Terms by GinnyW_ 31
Fanvids:
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The X Files – Disarm by Sp00kyOne
(spoilers for entire series)
The X-Files – Demons (requiem for a dream) by nikika8
XF3 Army • Believe Again [SD] by erockfurnia
(spoilers for entire series)
The X-Files: Weak and Powerless [HD] by vicariously23
(spoilers for entire series)Twilight – Cosmic Love by Cr8veLcnse
Twilight: Say When by analeian
Twilight: darling i’m lost by soupshop
