Opposite Sides of the Spectrum

I would call myself a fan of the Twilight movie, it certainly surprised me with how much I enjoyed it.  I really have no interest in reading the book series and didn't really understand the whole Jacob vs Edward thing especially after seeing Twilight.  Since seeing the movie, I've been looking forward to seeing the sequel and hoping to enjoy myself again.  Then the paperback version of the book got a new cover, and I saw the exclusive trailer of New Moon that they showed during the MTV Movie awards.  I am now steadily backpedaling on my expectations with the next installment and am thinking about waiting for the DVD release to even see it.  I knew there would be some sort of love triangle aspect, but like with most stories I learn to enjoy, I've become attached to the main character pairing of Edward/Bella and don't want to see a movie where Edward does the typical hero leaving the love behind thinking it would be safer for them, and have the focus be on Jacob.  Also did he really need to cut his hair? Seems odd to change his look - unless that's in the book of course. My enthusiasm has certainly been dampened.

Something that has got me really, really excited is this preview of a comic art piece on DC Comics' blog that has Dick Grayson Batman kissing Starfire!  Ever since the idea that Dick was going to Batman became a serious possibility, the shipper side  of my brain immediately kicked into action in regards to my favorite DC character and thinking how his relationships would take new uniques look now that the Bat cowl was a factor.  Imagining Dick!Batman kissing Starfire was one, or having the Birds of Prey walk in on Barbara kissing Dick!Batman and even the possibility of matching Dick!Batman with characters that just didn't work with Bruce!Batman.  The piece might not lead to anything but it does look fabulous and I'd love to see it inked and colored. (On that note of Bat family and shipping, I am really becoming enamoured with Squire and I hope she continues to get some run in the Bat books now that Battle for the Cowl is over).

And I wanted to mention that I started a new story the other day.  I even made a banner for the chapter and plan to for every one after that because it ended up being really fun to do. :)  It's intended to be the first part of a trilogy, but seeing as I've yet to complete a multi-chaptered fic I'm not going to promise that and instead will make sure that the story works on its own in the end just in case.  It's a big sign that I'm in the writing mood and plan to get stuff other than birthday drabbles and the ocassional challenge ficlets written down.  I was almost derailed with the Xbox 360 gift I recieved last week as it really started to suck up my free time, but after two days of obsession on it I realized that none of my other fun endeavors were getting any traction and I didn't like that one bit.  Now I've limited my gaming time to when I've finished everything else on my to-do lists because I know how easy it is to get sucked back up on it. Now everything is pretty fun right now. Just in time for the heat to bear down on us.