Lords of Kobol, hear my prayer...

The best moments and highlights to come out of SDCC 2K15, IMHO:

❤ The official Con Man trailer, the meta spoof of Firefly starring Alan Tudyk, Nathan Fillion and many other familiar faces (including Wil Wheaton, Felicia Day, Joss Whedon, Tricia Helfer, Sean Maher, Gina Torres, etc.)

❤ The Dubsmash battle between Hayley Atwell/Agent Carter and the Agents of Shield cast, which has given me so much life.

❤ Richard Armitage. Richard Armitage wearing Bryan Fuller's Star Wars jacket. Richard Armitage with the SDCC exclusive Byran Fuller Funko Pop Figure. Richard Armitage with a red dragon plushie. Richard Armitage, once again, wearing a flower crown. Richard Armitage putting the red dragon plushie on top of his head with the flower crown. Richard Armitage just being adorable and ridiculously attractive (to a lethal degree). RICHARD. ARMITAGE. (◕ω◕✿)

❤ MILD SPOILERS: First look at Richard Armitage as Francis Dolarhyde in the second half of Hannibal S3. (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

❤ Grace Helbig and Hannah Hart were there promoting Electra Woman and Dyna Girl. Markiplier was also there.

❤ Sophie Turner and Natalie Dormer being adorable together.

Sean Maher talks openly, for the first time, about his sexuality in this heartfelt interview.

Maher remembers those projects as some of his best — even though his personal life was still off-limits during that time. “Looking back, on Firefly for instance, I do wish on day one I had told them because these are some of the most amazing people who are still like family to me,” Maher says. “I am so grateful for that show because they saved me. I was so unhappy and lonely and to come to work everyday with that group was wonderful. It really was all I had at that point in my life.”

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In the end, coming out publicly is what Maher feels he needed to do to tie his life together, personally and professionally. “Creatively, I feel so much more open and free, and I am so happy on The Playboy Club,” he says. “I think it’s because I’ve never been so open on set. All of the relationships that I have off-camera, I never would have allowed five years ago. It feels so liberating.”

This whole article is worth the read as it gives his personal experience with being a closeted gay actor in the business and how he came to this decision to officially come out today. But I think what got me emotional was his talk about his family, his partner and his children and those he considers family, a.k.a. the entire cast of Firefly. Just this whole thing has made me emotionally really, but in the good way because I am so, so proud of him and so happy that he's happy and finally comfortable with coming out and that this was his decision on doing so. That takes a lot of courage and I'm just so happy and proud for him. :)

Oh, and never mind that the Firefly cast, those who have Twitter anyway, have been overwhelming him with so much love and support.

ONCE A BIG DAMN FAMILY, ALWAYS A BIG DAMN FAMILY. ♥ ♥ ♥

"It was a movie. It's been made. They made it. They don't need to make another one...I think it's a horrible idea. To try to do a Buffy without Joss Whedon, I mean that's, like, honestly, to be incredibly non-eloquent: that's the dumbest idea I've ever heard."

~ Sarah Michelle Gellar commenting on the Buffy reboot movie.

Her face when the guy thought that she would be okay with the reboot was absolutely priceless. She looked simply appalled and baffled at the same time. Just utterly priceless. Well, I think that about covers everyone, yes? When Buffy herself says, "no way," amongst the masses, that's a clear indicator that this reboot should not happen at all. Of course this is Hollywood, since when do they listen to us? It's all about milking the cash cow on the latest popular hype, nothing more. le sigh

Oh, did anyone else hear about SMG coming back to television with her new show, Ringer? Apparently it's been picked up by the CW.

Things that make me happy:

++ I think I mentioned a while ago that I'm gradually learning to play the piano, I'm still at it. Right now alongside the typical things like Beethoven's stuff that are very easy to learn, I'm kind of more dedicated to learning Bear McCreary's pieces because I love his music and duh, BSG. Come on. It's funny though, I used to be able to read music because I was in band in elementary school, but I've totally forgotten how! So I'm relearning it. XD There's a minor issue with our piano, which we've had like forever, because the strings are kind of out of tune and it's sounding all weird. But that's fixable, I just don't want to do it myself because I don't trust myself with these things, lol.

++ Shopping. I'm kind of buying myself a whole new wardrobe not just for the fall but also for Chicago next month. I might make a fashion post later, who knows. My closest is gonna suffer, for sure. I already have so much shit in there it's insane.

++ I HAS MY COMPUTER BACK! My main computer was having some technical difficulties for the last couple of weeks (aka the Blue Screen of Deatttthhh!!) for whatever reason, we don't really know, but it's been fixed now. *knocks on wood* It's where I keep the majority of my work, but I'm making sure to back them up anyway. But I'm happy to have it back. It's just weird because I've been using my laptop since it's been down, so I've gotten used to really using it instead of the other, heh.

++ Misha Collins, as always. ♥ He always makes me happy.


Things that make me laugh:

++ This morning was so weird. Like okay, I'm still chauffeuring my sister because she needs to get another car, so I'm driving her to work and all this weird stuff was happening that normally doesn't happen when I drive her to her work. Like we counted three cars along the way having stopped at the side of the road because of whatever troubles they had, there was a fire near an abandoned house on a dry abandoned field, a car was staled in the middle of the road and three motorcyclists came out of nowhere from the area to help. Literally, they like zoomed by at random. And there was a dead squirrel on the road. I don't know, you had to be there, but it was just weird and I think I was too punchy I kept laughing when it happened. Anyway, yeah. I'm weird. Today is weird. lol

++ THESE GUYS LOL OMG WHUT. BEST CAST EVER.



The entire panel from this year's Dragon*Con is completely hilarious also, but this really had me laughing until I was crying last night, I swear. I love the gags they play on each other, Nathan in particular loves planning these kinds of pranks on them by calling into their panels and just the random things they do to each other (feel bad for the people wanting to ask questions though, damn Nathan and him spoiling things! but in the most entertaining way of course). I still love that after all these years all these people are still close friends and go to these conventions. They are so adorable and comfortable with each other, I love this cast so much. Best big damn cast ever, imo. ♥

And this is why I think Nathan Fillion and Misha Collins would get along so well. Just saying because it's true. They would make the best partners in crime, I'm so not joking. It needs to happen. *g*

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, in case you haven't heard of the exciting and spectacular three-part musical webseries that has exploded teh Internets with rage. Includes Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion and Felicia Day in a hilarious and unexpected tale of hilarity and absolute crazy antics of a supervillain.

Joss writes an entry in Whedonesque, talking about the highly anticipated Dollhouse and reshooting of the first episode. He gives himself his own Q&A, and the Jossisms of wackiness ensues. On top of that, Joss and Eliza give a press tour of the sets used for the show, and there's also talk of doing webisodes as well.

First look at Caprica, the BSG prequel series.

It has been revealed that Jamie Bamber is going to be on Law & Order: UK playing a cop. It'll be exactly like its predecessors, except it'll be filmed and based in London. Seems like lawyer!Lee has made an impression, of course this isn't the first time he's been in projects where he's worn either a suit or uniform. It also appears that most BSG actors have gotten outside roles that are of justice roles or anything involving the law or politics. Interesting.

The second part of the Heroes webisode series "Going Postal" is up now.

An article highlights the faithful followers of cult TV, which talks about the dedication fans have to their favorite underrated or overlooked shows at such events like Comic Con and other conventions, including Supernatural, Battlestar Galactica, and Firefly. There's mention of Heroes as well as Lost, though this is mainly for those cult shows that are lesser known to the public or don't get the recognition they deserve. It makes sense, since the mainstream shows can get all the awards and Emmy's they want, but it's the love of a dedicated fanbase that makes it worthwhile.