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I have finished a fic, and am resisting the urge to post it immediately. I will try delayed gratification, if only because since it's written in some sort of conditional future and I know there will be grammar errors in there that will take resting it to spot.

Instead, I bring music from the NME awards 2008. They're all cover versions, the original artist is in the brackets. I was half tempted to also add My Chemical Romance's awful version of Song 2, but I shan't. Really how does a so called rock band, with one guitarist more, manage to make less of a righteous noise than Blur, the indiest of indie bands.

Picture of Dorian Gray - The Futureheads (Television Personalities) -http://www.yousendit.com/download/TTZuZXQ2eFhJMHRFQlE9PQ

Golden Skans - Kaiser Chiefs (Klaxons) - http://www.yousendit.com/download/TTZuZXQ2eFhqY3BjR0E9PQ

Young Folks - The Kooks (Peter, Bjorn and John) - http://www.yousendit.com/download/TTZuZXQ2eFhUME94dnc9PQ

Whip It - Does It Offend You, Yeah? (Devo) -http://www.yousendit.com/download/TTZuZXQ2eFhYSHp2Wmc9PQ

D.A.N.C.E. - Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly (Justice) - http://www.yousendit.com/download/TTZuZXQ5R0ZHa05FQlE9PQ

Beloved Characters - Or why I worry the new Star Trek will suck

Twig recently posted about certain changes made to the story of 'Prince Caspian' by the recent film, and how it undermines not just the story, but also the characters, which when we're talking about King Peter the Magnificent, is not something to be done lightly. And that's why I'm worried about the new Star Trek film, because I think they're going to wreck my favourite crew.

First, a point to make - none of this is intended as a diss to Zachary Quinto, who I have no doubt can probably act, and is undoubtedly not a brain-eating cannibal in real life. Also, I don't care if Heroes has ret-conned the brain eating, I have fun wailing "brains" at Sylar's every appearance. And I'm aware that Leonard Nimoy mostly played bad guys before Spock, of the not-randomly whitewashed variety, and that I shouldn't judge ZQ's ability to play a good guy just on Sylar, or the fact that I've never seen him play a good guy (or at the very least someone who wasn't a creepy obsessive compulsive).

Only, well... He won't be Spock. He won't be my favourite loyal, clever, sneaky, witty, precise, brave, "emotionless" person. And I'm sorry, this lonely little half-foreigner in a very strange land developed a deep and undying affection for Spock at a very early age.

And they won't get the chemistry right, because, as with all things, I think TOS was a one shot deal.

But the thing I'm really worried about is how they're going to treat Captain Pike. Because Christopher Pike is, to quote a certain other space opera, a big goddamn hero. There's a reason the Starfleet Medal of Honour is named after him. Why the jump between characters? Because Spock is Pike's friend, long before he's Kirk's friend, and risks everything, including the Enterprise to try and give Pike something that resembles a decent life post the accident. So if they screw up Pike, they're screwing up Spock. And their own past, but I'm not expecting them to get that right.

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