.sunday drabbleventure links!; also: "am I the only one..?"

[aesc]

The turkeys were experimenting with pirating cable yesterday, so I had very inconsistent internets. Drabbles today, in consequence.

Bones
Flannel, for kashmir1, "flannel" (Booth/Bones)

Bones/SGA
Guy bonding, for amberlynne, "buddies" (Booth, Sheppard)

Bones/SPN
How the mighty have fallen, for villainny, "Dean being thoroughly discomfited by Angela Montenegro" (Angela, Dean, Sam)

SGA
Comfort TV, for lavvyan, "comfort/cuddles" (John/Rodney)
Important Considerations, for kimberweeme, "conversation in a grocery store aisle" (John/Rodney)
Perplexity!, for sheafrotherdon, "tipsiness and a puzzling bed" (John/Rodney)

SGA/SPN
Civilians and otherwise, for insight2, "loyalty" (Dean, John Sheppard)

SPN
Chain, for smilla02, "threadbare" (inanimate object, Dean, Castiel)
These precious things, for mardia, "frantic" (Dean/Castiel)
Voice and Words, for birddi, "how Dean screams" (Castiel, Alastair)


Now a couple other things I have been mulling:

1.) Am I the only person in the world who is sort of intrigued by the background stuff in photos that are posted online? For example, I am presented with a picture of a puppy romping on a living room floor, or, say, Jensen Ackles dressed only in chocolate syrup and whipped cream, and all I can think is "Wow, that is an awesome coffee table book collection" or "oh my god, those placemats are ridiculous"? To illustrate:



The subject of the photo is, ostensibly, the kitty who has wormed his way into the refrigerator, but what attracts my attention and speculative powers is the amount of beer, and the quality. Why so much beer? What does it say, or what could it say, about the owner/s of this refrigerator, and the cat inside it? So, instead of cooing over the cat, I inferred that the owner of this refrigerator is likely male, single (or living with other men; there are three cartons of eggs, at least one organic... belonging to the single put-upon vegetarian/hippie/health nut, maybe?), and probably college-aged, because that is truly a lot of Miller Lite. And five cans of PBR = five too many. Further supporting evidence: I think that's a gigantic container of salsa on its side.

I will also admit to being intrigued by pictures of people's bookcases, desks, and DVD collections. So... yeah. Please tell me I'm not the only one who does this.

2.) In the "am I the only person..." vein, am I the only person who experiences that paranoid frisson of excruciating discomfort when reading that an actor/producer/director has read fanfic? Probably it's only fair--we get to see what they do, so turnabout is fair play and all--but still. I want to take them by the shoulders and guide them gently out of the room and slam the door.

You, I would say, stay over there.

It's like, I know fan communities are hardly secret these days, and anyone who is half-conscious and knows about Google could find out about dirty rotten slash fanfic in .005 seconds, but let me preserve the illusion this is not the case. *flails*

ALSO ALSO NEW BONES AND SPN TOMORROW YAYYYYY *MORE FLAILING*

Comments

[bookwench31.livejournal.com]

You are not the only one. I'm always distracted by the other details. In the picture above the first thing I said to myself was "that's a lot of beer." Then I noticed the kitten.

I'd say it's two guys mainly because of the two different kinds of eggs and two different kinds of beer.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

The one thing that puzzles me is the token gesture at health food, with the free-range eggs and what I think are pitas and turkey bacon (the latter under the organic eggs). Either a girl is involved, or one of the guys is trying to make up for the PBR. Possibly there's a third roommate who is vaguely into eating healthy and also like specialty beer... I detect some relatively decent bottled beers in the fridge as well.

[bookwench31.livejournal.com]

My first guess is that one of them has a girlfriend. But the nicer bottled beer makes me wonder if perhaps there is a third roommate. A third roommate that continuously stares at the other two in puzzlement and wonders how they can stand to drink Miller Lite. Every once in a while he convinces the others that healthy food is a good idea and they give it a try.

Or they just had a party and all that beer is left over from what other people brought.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

A third roommate that continuously stares at the other two in puzzlement and wonders how they can stand to drink Miller Lite. Every once in a while he convinces the others that healthy food is a good idea and they give it a try.

I think this is likely. Also, it is amusing to contemplate. (It would further explain that healthy food seems to be in the minority here, although granted we don't have any idea what is in the vegetable crisper and fruit drawer).

Or they just had a party and all that beer is left over from what other people brought.

This is also a possibility, although I think the "two/three guy roommates" hypothesis still holds true. I'm not sure my fellow girl roommates and I would ever hold onto that much Miller and PBR--we'd definitely keep the nice bottled beer, but we'd send the other stuff home with the guys.