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- OMG, I CAN'T BELIEVE CHER WAS IN THE BOTTOM TWO. WHAT THE FUCK. I mean, okay, I can kind of understand it - she was on second, and Cheryl gave her the worst song imaginable (lol, no pun intended) - but STILL. She's clearly amazing. Next week hopefully she'll get her swag back. Still waiting for a theme week where she can sing Whip My Hair, although I may well die from the amazingness if that ever happens.

Meanwhile, people are still voting for Wagner. WHY? It's not like Ann Widdecombe on Strictly, where she's hilarious, he's just bad. Hopefully now he's made the top seven (!) the producers will realised the joke is played out and they'll stick him on first.

Brief other thoughts on Saturday's show: Matt sounded horrible with his weird Batman voice, Rebecca was boring, and somehow Katie actually managed to be... good? Madness.

- Yuletide assignments aren't out yet and it's making me antsy! I really just want to know what I'm writing because whatever I get, I'm going to need to do quite a bit of ~research. I did, however, get my

girlsgunsfic assignment, and I have lots of options! I just need to decide what to choose. I only signed up right at the last minute because I wasn't sure whether two holiday fic exchanges would be a bit much, but I think it's going to be fun. (Actually, I guess I should write a Dear

girlsgunsfic Writer letter? Maybe later.)

- I still haven't seen the new Harry Potter film! Clearly I need to get on that.

- WORK TOMORROW. Mondays are the worst.

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I thought I'd be fine waiting for assignments, but they said yesterday, and then they said today, and now I just cannot wait and am equal parts excited and terrified.

I worried for a second there about being signed up for three exchanges -- plus the fic advent calendar thing -- but my girlsgunsfic assignment is SO low pressure. I feel bad saying it, because it sounds like it's because that way I don't care about quality, which is so not the case, but not shipping the pairing I'm writing makes it so much easier to write.

Yeah, it's like - I know the mods are doing an amazing job and it's no one's fault that it's taking this long, but it's killing me! Hopefully by tomorrow?

not shipping the pairing I'm writing makes it so much easier to write

That's really interesting! I've only once done a fic exchange where I had to write something I didn't ship, and I found it really hard.

Hopefully! I don't blame anyone either, but that doesn't make the wait any less stressful.

Well, there are several levels of not-shipping -- if I really despise or am squicked by a pairing, it'll probably be harder to write than something I like (though I wrote Glee's Will/Emma and -- anonymously -- Will/Tina last spring, so I'm not sure how true that is either). If I have more of an indifferent, it's-not-really-for-me-but-hey-I-get-why-people-ship-it perspective on it, trying to make myself believe it gives me an extra layer of knowledge into the fic I'm trying to write and a level of contemplative detachment that really helps with the actual writing of the thing. I tend to skip that step when I already ship the pairing (even though it would probably help if I never skipped it).

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UGH so much rage about Wagner getting through and Cher being in the bottom two. The people on the Talk Talk adverts that sponsor the show can sing better than he can.

You have to see the new Harry Potter. It is, IMO, the best one yet. It's just so beautifull to look at and the acting from the trio is 10x better, especially Emma and Rupert. Bellatrix continues to be amazing.

The annoying thing is that the producers are propping him up by giving him good performance slots towards the end of the show; I think he's the only act to have never sung in the first half. I know eventually they'll tire of him and stick him on first, but it can't come soon enough.

I'm so glad the HP film is good! I really can't wait to see it. This week, hopefully.

I'm FUMING Wagner is still there! Cher did not deserve to be in bottom two but it was Cheryl's fault, the song was not right for her. It's one of those tracks that should never be covered and I think many people feel the shame.

I didn't like Katie at first but I LOVE HER now. I only recently watched some of the behind the scenes vids on the website and she's so lovely. And the ones with her and Cher together are hilarious. Hmm Cher pings my gaydar. Big time.