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reipan and I went to see Glee Live! at the O₂ last night! We were seated in what I think is called the Upper Tier but should really be called 'oh my God help why are we in the sky', so we were extremely high up and the performers looked tiny, but it was great fun! And it all sounded fantastic. I really don't know why Glee bothers with autotune.

All the performers stayed in character throughout. I loved that, even though we were so vertically far away from the stage, it was always possible to pick Kurt out of a group performance just from the way he moved. His dancing was ridiculous and delightful, and he could never just walk across the stage; he always sort of skipped.

Kurt also had a short skit in which he referred to the Queen as 'Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth the sequel' and became very excited indeed about being in 'ENG~laaaand!', bless him.

There was rather a lot of screaming from the audience, which was a negative (and at times quite a painful) point. Still, I can't really claim to be particularly mature, given my ridiculous dancing to 'Raise Your Glass'. I RAISED MY INVISIBLE GLASS. I PUNCHED THE AIR ENTHUSIASTICALLY WITH THE HAND HOLDING MY INVISIBLE GLASS, IN FACT, WHICH WAS PROBABLY NOT MUCH GOOD FOR THE EQUALLY INVISIBLE CONTENTS OF SAID INVISIBLE GLASS.

Prior to the show itself, a large screen began displaying quotes followed by images of the Glee characters who said them. It was interesting to see which characters got cheered the most. The fandom's favourites appear to be Kurt, Santana, Puck and the back of Blaine's head.

Today, I watched X-Men: First Class for a second time with

reipan and my brother Joseph. I was a little afraid that upon watching it a second time I'd suddenly realise I didn't love it, but no; it may have its flaws, but I love this film. (And I 'ship Charles/Raven/Erik so much. Come on, fandom, let's have more of that.)

The post-film discussion somehow ended with me shouting 'I REFUSE TO WRITE FANFICTION IN WHICH MEWTWO IS THE LOVECHILD OF ERIK LENSHERR AND CHARLES XAVIER' at Rei in the middle of a restaurant.

(If, like me, you're not sure whether to spell Erik's surname 'Lensherr' or 'Lehnsherr' (both spellings have been used in different forms of X-Men canon), I noticed on this watching that it was 'Lensherr' in the subtitles. So I suppose that's the canon for the universe of this particular film? Oh, I don't know. I think I'm probably going to pointedly avoid mentioning his surname if I write any more fanfiction.)

Semi-relatedly: WHAT IS THIS VIDEO OF JAMES MCAVOY

WHY IS HE SO TERRIFYINGLY ATTRACTIVE TO ME

Family adventures:

Joseph: I've been juggling for people.
Riona's Father: Can you not manage five people?

I think my favourite part was how very pleased with himself my dad looked.

Also:

Joseph: ...I don't remember doing this. (holds up his donor card, on which is written, in red crayon, 'I LIKE BLOOD')

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Man, Glee Live sounds awesome! It's cool that they all stayed in character and didn't just perform the songs- it's a nice touch.

Maybe both spellings are valid? They're close enough together to maybe just be a variation due to the fact that his surname isn't English. I kind of prefer Lehnserr myself.

ajdhfktnflsn JAMES MCAVOY'S REAL ACCENT. I'd never heard it before and somehow this just makes him EVEN HOTTER.

If both are used in canon, I'm sure they're both valid. Neither seems to be used as an actual German surname, as far as I can tell, but Lehnsherr is at least an actual German word (meaning 'liege'). I think I favour Lehnsherr, although Lensherr is the spelling used in this particular film.

(His first name has also been rendered as both Erik and Eric by canonical sources, but Erik seems to be generally agreed upon there. Blast, I thought I wouldn't have problems like this again after Jeremy O/Usbo(u)rne of Peep Show.)

On a less frustrating note, yes, James McAvoy's accent is magnificent.

(EDIT: OH, OH, ALSO: if you haven't heard McAvoy's natural accent before, I can only assume you haven't seen this clip, which is utterly, utterly charming and delightful. You don't have to watch it if you don't want to, but there it is. It involves singing, although most of it is done by Michael Fassbender because McAvoy is rubbish and doesn't know any of the words.)

Edited 2011-06-27 20:05 (UTC)

As if I wouldn't want to watch a clip of McAvoy and Fassbender singing (or mumbling I guess in McAvoy's case!) :P That was lovely, thank you! And man, everyone in the whole world ships Professor X/Magneto, don't they?

(this road is going to end in stupid domestic First Class Erik/Charles genfic, I just know it)

And man, everyone in the whole world ships Professor X/Magneto, don't they?

'It is a little bit of a mini-tragedy that him and Magneto don't, you know, have sex and become married and become best friends' - James McAvoy on his character.

By which I mean yes (and by which I also mean write the fic, wriiiite iiiiit).

"He hasn't been given a love line, which I think is a pity. It would be wonderful if the camera hovered over Magneto's bed, to discover him making love to Professr X." Ian McKellen. So in some incarnation, both Magneto and Professor X have said they should be doing each other. What are you waiting for, producers?

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