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[Saturday
May 15th, 2010 at 2:31pm ] |
Good Lord, I've been gone a while. Let's have a 30-day meme to make me, y'know, post. :D This one is about TV shows, which I have been watching many of lately.
Day 01 - A show that should never have been canceled
The Middleman. Okay, guys, I love Firefly just as much as the next girl, but Middleman was just sheer perfection. I don't think there was a false note in the series. Its cancellation was a crime against humanity. Poor ol' Middleman, RIP. *cuddles her box set*
( full list )
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| Fandom PLEASE |
[Monday
February 1st, 2010 at 10:40am ] |
Days like this I am really, really glad my journal is off-site and not frequented unless I've posted fiction recently, because HOLY GOD, specific DF fan, STOP BEING AN ASSHAT. Jesus fucking Christ, every time a book comes out you get all "You may hate me now because I'VE read the ARC" like six months before and then start bragging about spoilers. NO ONE CARES. SERIOUSLY.
I mean, good Lord. I take it from Pris because she is wonderful and lovable. Guess what, by the way? She doesn't do it as much or in as assholish a way as YOU do, and she is a FREAKING ACTUAL BETA.
Do us all a favor. Go make like a tree and SHUT THE FUCK UP.
no love,
me.
Dear self:
do not wank all over the entry. There is no need. Channel your icon.
Actual love,
me.
Dear Prisness:
Have I mentioned lately how grateful I am that you're not an asshat about these things?
Much love,
me
ps I keep mistyping "Prisness" as "princess." Lack of glasses, or Hint from Above?
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| Fic: Don't Think |
[Monday
January 25th, 2010 at 11:56pm ] |
Title: Don't Think
Summary: A quiet moment with Maggie and Malcolm.
Fandom: Dresden Files.
Spoilers: Uh, well, if you don't know the names of Harry's parents...
Rating: PG-13
Notes: For fandom_secrets, for gehayi.
( Don't Think )
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| Fic: Truth or Dare |
[Sunday
January 24th, 2010 at 8:39pm ] |
Title: Truth or Dare
Summary: Loker cannot believe this.
Fandom: Dresden Files/Lie to Me.
Spoilers: None.
Rating: PG
Notes: For awanderingbard's fandom_stocking.
( Read more... )
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| Fic: The Importance of Doing Research Yourself |
[Saturday
January 23rd, 2010 at 9:01pm ] |
Title: The Importance of Doing Research Yourself
Summary: Parker breaks into a very odd place.
Fandom: Leverage/Torchwood.
Spoilers: None, really.
Rating: PG
Notes: For fandom_stocking.
( Nate is a dead man. )
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| Fanmix: Dared and Done |
[Wednesday
January 20th, 2010 at 5:10pm ] |
Medium: Theatre
Fandom: The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Subject: Elizabeth Barrett Browning/Robert Browning
Title: Dared and Done
Warnings: Um. I make fanmixes about nineteenth-century poets?
Notes: Loosely based on The Barretts of Wimpole Street, with expansion into their later lives. What can I say, I find these two adorable, especially because, quite apart from their personal lives, Robert Browning was a huge ridiculous fangirl of Elizabeth's work and didn't care who knew it.
( Dared and Done )
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| Signal Boost for Haiti |
[Wednesday
January 13th, 2010 at 11:14am ] |
So I'm sure you all know that there was a 7.0 earthquake in Haiti yesterday. Thousands are dead, thousands are missing. Haiti is one of the poorest countries in the world, and nowhere near equipped for this kind of disaster.
This is a signal boost for the Red Cross, Doctors Without Borders, Oxham International, the LJ Help Haiti community, and everyone else accepting donations. Please help any way you can: Jessie commands you!
Seriously though, thank you.
Relevant links:
Tamora Pierce's roundup post
Copperbadge's roundup post (more links in the comments)
Help Haiti the fandom effort
In slightly relevant news, it always amazes me how fandom pulls together when things like this happen. I mean, the Help Haiti community was up within hours of the disaster, and they're already pulling together a fandom auction to raise money. It's a group of smart, dedicated, thoughtful and committed citizens, and I am proud to be a member.
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| Year in Fic: 2009 |
[Friday
January 8th, 2010 at 4:26pm ] |
Eight days late, but whatever, it's mostly for my benefit anyway.
Fannish Stuff What I Made in 2009
( Fic )
( Fanmixes )
( Q&A )
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| Fic recs! |
[Friday
January 8th, 2010 at 4:08pm ] |
The holiday ficcing season is over, and I would like to recommend the various fics I recieved for Christmas presents. I'll just go ahead and do them by fandom, I suppose.
Vorkosigan books
The Rules of Barrayaran Sex, Cordelia/Aral
Oh my god you guys this fic is made of SO MUCH AWESOME, particuarly if you, like me, tend to ship the old-married-couple ships. I asked for Cordelia and Aral being happily married, and my beautiful, amazing, wonderful gift-writer wrote me this... this marvelous work of art. It is full of tiny little touches of joy (Miles' first word being "Dammit", for example, or the entire thing about the socks), and it's SO in-character; it totally feels like scenes exerpted from the books. I just. I cannot. It is so full of joy, you guys. Read it immediately if you have read the Miles Vorkosigan books. If you have not read the Miles Vorkosigan books, read those immediately and THEN read this.
A Safe Bet, also Cordelia/Aral
This is a tag for Memory that I count as mine as well, because it was a deleted scene from Rules originally. It strikes all the same notes as Rules, with some additional emotional notes that don't quite match up. Anyway, it's just as utterly amazing if slightly less funny, and you should go and read it too.
Codex Alera
These aren't fic, but you should go look at them anyway, because they're awesome icons.
Tamora Pierce: Tortall
A Midwinter's Tale. Alanna/George, filled with cuteness and fluff.
Firefly
Christmas on Serenity, genfic set post-Serenity but in denial!verse, which is my personal favorite anyway so. An adorable little slice-of-life family!fic. Has Wash and Zoe, River being River, and Mal getting insulted.
Castle
Christmas Traditions. Genfic, a Castle family Christmas. Includes an awesome nod to the WriteRCastle feed that made me lol.
Stargate SG-1/X-files Crossover
Part one here, part two here. Inspired by the fact that Don S. Davis plays both General Hammond and Scully's dad, written for me by my homie eponymous_rose, made of awesome. Involves Jack being a prankster, jokes about Daniel's approach to aliens, Teal'c having more lines than "indeed," Sam being the responsible adult and slight Mulder/Scully shippiness.
Posts of all the fic I wrote soon to follow.
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| poem! |
[Thursday
November 19th, 2009 at 10:44pm ] |
There is an explanation behind this one, which will come later or in the comments, whatever. But for now, it can speak for itself.
ETA: none of the words of the poem are mine, though the sentiment is.
Plagarism
for Pris
with apologies to Harvey Shapiro, Lord Byron, Billy Collins, William Shakespeare, Lucille Clifton, WH Auden, Amy Lowell, ee cummings and Javier Grillo-Marxuach.
I read one poem
So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,
then loping off into the orbit of rumors and lies,
I all alone beweep my outcast state.
but who can distinguish
one human voice
Even in the eyes of all posterity
it’s best to let the work speak for itself.
Nourish an ethical unrest.
No, no answer.
here is the deepest secret nobody knows
"I can tie him to a chair, Dubbie."
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| Yuletide is upon us! |
[Saturday
November 14th, 2009 at 4:53pm ] |
Dear Yuletide author:
Hello!
First of all, I love you for embarking upon this epic journey with me and however many others have signed up. I also love you for sharing at least one of my fandoms with me. I think my prompts speak for themselves, and I hope they're neither too specific nor too vague, but I do want to let you know that you can throw them right out the window if you like. Anything in these fandoms will make me joyful.
Some specific things I like: fluff. Clearly. I like happy stories, generally, though I do not object to angst in small portions, especially people just hanging out and being people together. Everyday situations, navigating life together. I like funny stories. I like snark. I like characters in character. I don't like character bashing, or general meanness. I don't usually gravitate towards especially graphic violence or sex. I'm usually more interested in the emotions behind a scene, the way characters feel and act and why they do, than what they're actually doing.
I want to stress that these are just guidelines. I have total faith in you to produce something awesome, and I promise to leave you a squeeing, probably incoherent review when they go up. Good luck! I believe in you! Can't wait to see what you produce.
Much love,
Kat.
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| Fic: Never Saw It Coming |
[Wednesday
November 4th, 2009 at 10:24pm ] |
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Title: Never Saw It Coming
Spoilers: Through Cursor's Fury, though nothing explicit.
Summary: "If you don't shut up," Tavi said, conversationally, "I will find something new and entertaining to do with a furylamp, and I guarantee you won't like it at all."
Fandom: Codex Alera
Rating: PG-13 for some mentions of sex.
Disclaimer: All characters belong to Jim Butcher.
Notes: Written for beckyh2112 in the alera_ficathon. Her prompt was " Maximus, Kitai, and Tavi. Something light-hearted, set during Tavi's Legion officer days after "Cursor's Fury" but before "Captain's Fury"." I trust this works.
Also, the number of times I wrote "earthbending" when I meant "earthcrafting" is truly ridiculous. This is your fault, Bex.
Beta'd by the ever-wonderful priscellie.
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| Fanmix: My Ain True Love (3/3) |
[Friday
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:54am ] |
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All You Wanted -- Michelle Branch |
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Medium: TV
Fandom: Battlestar Galactica
Subject: Laura Roslin/William Adama
Title: My Ain True Love
Warnings: Spoilers abound.
Notes: A mix in three parts; hers, his, and "hell, these songs remind me of them and I want them on there somewhere but I can't find a place to fit them--aw, screw it, I'll just make an extra mix."
This is part three, or the outtakes, now with bonus Billy-and-Roslin song! Part one is here, part two is here.
( Antebellum )
And that is the end of this epic, epic fanmix. *collapses*
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| Fanmix: My Ain True Love (2/3) |
[Friday
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:42am ] |
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Roslin and Adama--Bear McCreary |
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Medium: TV
Fandom: Battlestar Galactica
Subject: Laura Roslin/William Adama
Title: My Ain True Love
Warnings: Spoilers abound.
Notes: A mix in three parts; hers, his, and "hell, these songs remind me of them and I want them on there somewhere but I can't find a place to fit them--aw, screw it, I'll just make an extra mix."
This is part two, or his mix. Part one is here, part three is here.
( Deep Water )
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| Fanmix: My Ain True Love (1/3) |
[Friday
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:31am ] |
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You Will be My Ain True Love--Alison Krauss |
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Medium: TV
Fandom: Battlestar Galactica
Subject: Laura Roslin/William Adama
Title: My Ain True Love
Warnings: Spoilers abound.
Notes: A mix in three parts; hers, his, and "hell, these songs remind me of them and I want them on there somewhere but I can't find a place to fit them--aw, screw it, I'll just make an extra mix."
This is part one, or her mix. Part two is here, part three is here.
( Ocean City Girl )
On a completely different note, how do I still not have a Roslin/Adama ship icon? *uses favorite Roslin icon instead*
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[Monday
October 5th, 2009 at 12:26pm ] |
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someone just went through and left a review on every. single. chapter. of Holy Wars oh god I am so confused.
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| Another meme. Good Lord. |
[Monday
September 28th, 2009 at 2:30pm ] |
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Fallin' Apart--The All-American Rejects |
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Stolen from Puck.
Pick a fandom I'm in or an rp I'm in, and I'll give you...
1. One True Pairing Ship:
2. Canon Ship:
3. "If this happens I'll stab my eyes out with a spork" Ship:
4. "You are one sick puppy" Ship:
5. "I dabble a little" Ship:
6. "It's like a car crash" Ship:
7. "Tickles my fancy but not sold just yet" Ship:
8. "Makes no canon sense but why the heck not" Ship:
9. "Everyone else loves it but I just don't feel it" Ship:
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| Fic: What You Don't Say |
[Sunday
September 27th, 2009 at 7:57pm ] |
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Enough To Go By--Vienna Teng |
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Title: What You Don't Say
Summary: The phone call from Colonial One to Galactica: Laura Roslin is not pleased, and William Adama is not talking.
Fandom: Battlestar Galactica.
Spoilers: Up to Pegasus and like the first five minutes of Resurrection Ship I.
Rating: PG-13
Notes: Beta'd by the ever-lovely and ever-wonderful Priscellie.
( What You Don't Say )
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| Another meme yay! |
[Sunday
September 27th, 2009 at 7:41pm ] |
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Drought--Vienna Teng |
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( meme ho )
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| Linkage! |
[Tuesday
September 8th, 2009 at 10:59pm ] |
Bex linked to this how to comment spiel. I know some of you who read this are nervous about commenting on stuff, and this might help you out a bit.
Subtle? Moi? Apparently not...
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