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Yuletide biz. [Nov. 15th, 2009|05:35 pm]
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[music |the year without a santa claus (on vhs, no less)]

Ooh, I like my assignment for Yuletide lots. I thought I might get this one last year; it's something I've loved for a long time and am thrilled to have the motivation to write for it.

Regarding my own request,

Dear Yuletide Santa/Kringle/Hanukkah Fairy/etc.:

Everything I had to say about the specific fandoms, I think I covered in my request. If you'd like to hear more details about my fic likes in general:

Yes, I love slash. I discovered I liked m/m slash at the same time I dove headfirst into fanfiction; it was not a coincidence. Three of these four fandoms that I chose for Yuletide, I chose because I cherish the slashy possibilities of the two main characters. Having said that, I also like friendship fic, pre-slash hints, femslash, humor, crack (I adore well-done crack), Alternate Realities... I love NC-17 smut, but I won't be sad if the fic chooses not to go there, not if it doesn't feel right to you.

Please don't feel you have to write an epic. Short fic is often the most rewarding. I eat up even drabbles. Write me 5 200-word drabbles to make the word count minimum; I'll still go ape.

Thank you so much!
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Dirty, dirty AU non-con fic. NOW. [Nov. 13th, 2009|08:36 pm]
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[mood | unf]
[music |The Brak Show]

So I finally got around to seeing Transformers...

Megatron: "Is it fear or courage that compels you, fleshling? Give me the Allspark and you may live to be my pet."
Me: *pants* Oh, F**K. I need fic.
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It's called a stuffing cage. [Nov. 8th, 2009|06:06 pm]
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[mood | dirty-minded]
[music |RSC 1998 The Winter's Tale]



First thing I said when I saw this in the Bed Bath and Beyond flyer was, "There's gotta be porn of that somewhere."
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Exchange fest musings [Nov. 8th, 2009|02:18 pm]
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[mood | contemplative]
[music |Rifftrax Fantastic Four]

I filled out my Yuletide form, and when I saw that I'd messed up on one I'd volunteered to write--picked Richard Adams' The Plague Dogs instead of Watership Down--I thought, fudge, if I get stuck with that one, I should just suck it up, go read the book and write the damn thing. S.O.'s been telling me for years I should read it.

For exchange fests like these I get more excited thinking about what I'd like to write. What I request is a bit bewildered-feeling, half-hearted. Is that what everyone feels? When I click with a fandom, I usually think about the story that comes to me, which means it's a story I want to write, not a story I want someone else to write.

What I want from other authors are the stories I can't think of.
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Comic update and an arrrgh. [Nov. 7th, 2009|02:21 am]
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[mood | *facepalm*]
[music |im in ur comic pages lookin at hot boyz]

*smacks head*

Good news: Starfighter has been updated!

Bad news: I FORGOT ABOUT IT WHEN YULETIDE NOMS CAME AROUND. And it didn't make the list from anyone else either. Arrrgh.
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Halloween Pumpkin 2009 [Nov. 1st, 2009|01:21 pm]
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[mood | artistic]
[music |avatar:tla ember island players ep]

I didn't carve my Halloween pumpkin this year until the 31st!

This is the original screencap that I chose:

Sebastian from Kuroshitsuji




And this is how the pumpkin came out (unretouched photo!):



More photos of the process below the cut )
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Yuletide noms. Omnomnoms. [Oct. 18th, 2009|08:02 pm]
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[mood | chipper]
[music |Defying Gravity eps. Too much soap opera, not enough SF.]

Made my Yuletide list. I asked for 4 fandoms already on the list:

BlackJack
Ginn Hale - Wicked Gentlemen
Kuroshitsuji
Sunshine (2007)

And I added two that weren't:

Arturo Perez-Reverte - Captain Alatriste series
Michael Manning - Androgyne series (The Spider Garden/Hydrophidian/In a Metal Web)

I was surprised those hadn't been on there! For those who are curious about the latter, it's graphic novel erotica, and as intricately visual as it is, it's got a fascinating plot that was cliffhangered in the last volume, so it screams for fanfic. Check out the author's lj here. Note: Manning's stuff is very NSFW and he doesn't hide his art behind cut-tags, bless him.
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Sunshine/MST3K "The Day the Earth Froze" crossover icons [Oct. 6th, 2009|09:39 pm]
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[mood | accomplished]
[music |weeee still think he's a faaaaailure]

I love the 2007 film Sunshine, but as a MST3K fan, I had to give it the The Day the Earth Froze treatment.

Previews:



Take, enjoy, credit or not, it's all good.

88 Sunshine/ MST3K 'The Day the Earth Froze' crossover icons )
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Update, original fic: Lord Bereshti's Concubines, ch. 12 & 13 [Oct. 1st, 2009|07:29 am]
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[mood | chipper]
[music |youtube avatar videos]

For those following my original smutfiction:



Chapters 12 and 13 of Lord Bereshti's Concubines are up.

Teaser below the cut )
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Stuff that bothers me when I think about it... [Sep. 22nd, 2009|07:36 pm]
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[mood | confused]
[music |"The Elfin Knight," Anna Underhill]

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FICLET: His Butler, Diagnostician (Kuroshitsuji, Sebastian/Ciel, NC-17, ~1300 words) [Sep. 18th, 2009|10:24 pm]
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[mood | chipper]
[music |trader joe's dark chocolate bar with hazelnuts is YUM.]

Title: His Butler, Diagnostician
Rating: NC-17
Characters Sebastian/Ciel
Word count: ~1300
Warnings: Sounding (if you don't know what that is look it up before you read this), discipline/torture. Ciel's age is not given in this.
Notes: Written for kuroshi_contest's theme of Language.

Sebastian's glove tastes of iron filings and cloves. )
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From starchy sticks of bitterness to 300-proof rotting slime in ten seconds flat. IT HAPPENS. [Sep. 16th, 2009|08:55 pm]
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[mood | optimistic]
[music |Carnival of souls Rifftrax]

Me: I hate that I've become so picky about bananas. They've got to be at the exact stage of ripeness and not beyond or I won't eat them.
S.O.: I know what you mean, I'm the same way.
Me: You watch them like a hawk: too green, too green, too green, not quite yet, a little more-- and then you take ONE bathroom break and suddenly, oh, f**k, I missed the window!
S.O.: Took yer eyes off 'em just long enough to inhale. And it's all over.
Me: Yeah, sometimes you hit them in that twelve-hour time span when they're edible. And just one day beyond that...
S.O.: ...it's time to call in John Constantine.

In other news, I watched the first episode of Ouran High School Host Club twice tonight, once in Japanese with subtitles and one with English, and, damn, I have to say, that's a great English dub. Think I'm gonna go with it.
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Kuroshitsuji icons [Sep. 1st, 2009|08:39 pm]
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[mood | accomplished]
[music |Hans Christian Andersen]

The S.O. and I watched all the episodes of Kuroshitsuji together and, of course, MSTied the hell out of them (like you do). The end credits for the later episodes got a lot of jokes made by both of us, so I made icons for 'em.

Preview:



Take, enjoy, credit or not, it's all good.

Twelve Kuroshitsuji icons below the cut )
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KUROSHITSUJI FIC: All's Flair In Love and War (Grell/William, G, 1180 words) [Aug. 28th, 2009|09:46 pm]
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[mood | cold]
[music |code geass amvs]

Title:All's Flair In Love and War
Rating: G (for shame)
Pairing/Characters: William, (/) Grell
Warnings/Notes/Summary William never expected Grell could make him feel comfortable.
Word count: 1180
Written for kuroshi_contest Week #4 theme: Haven.


'Oh, Will-i-am...' )
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Update, original fic: Lord Bereshti's Concubines, ch. 10 & 11 [Aug. 23rd, 2009|06:51 pm]
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[mood | accomplished]
[music |"Twilight" Rifftrax]

For anyone who's following my original smutfiction:



Chapters 10 and 11 of Lord Bereshti's Concubines are up.

Teaser below the cut )

Enjoy, smutophiles!
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AVATAR FIC: An Immodest Proposal (G, ~1600 words, shippy) [Aug. 11th, 2009|08:18 pm]
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[mood | squeeful]
[music |MST3K, "Racket Girls"]

GUYS GUYS FINISHED WATCHING AVATAR TODAY

I BRING FIC

(and now I can join communities and look at wikipedia pages and stuff wheeeeee)

Title: An Immodest Proposal
Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender
Summary: His second official act isn't as well-received.
Rating: Very very G.
Words: ~1600
Author's Notes: A little scene I imagined as the last episodes approached. Something to flesh out the denouement, for the incorrigible multishipper in me. Spoilers for the series.

*****

His first official act... )
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Avatar Pic Discussion of Loooove [Aug. 1st, 2009|08:28 pm]
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[mood | wordy]
[music |finishing Korean miniseries]

I'm utterly in love with Avatar. So much so that ten episodes from the end I halted watching in order to make a big ol' I Love This So Much, No Matter How It Ends post to share with those who are similarly squeeful.

And I'm doing it using big honkin' pictures.

Post of Joy for Avatar: The Last Airbender using a few dozen screencaps. More than one Harry Potter comparison within. Images up to episode 311; I suppose that's spoilery but there are no deep 'who lives and who dies' spoilers or anything like that. )

Please not to be spoiling me for the remainder of the series? I want to get it fresh, kthanx.
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Bits and bites [Aug. 1st, 2009|12:15 pm]
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[music |Freeze (Korean vampire miniseries)]

-I have no proper con report for Azkatraz, as the gist of it goes, "Glomped this person, glomped that person, glomped those people," and has no anecdotes of crazy doom to entertain you. Plain, delightful fun that does not make for clever blog posts. Not that I'm complaining in the least. Those of you who made my weekend awesome, you know who you are.

-I did remember that it was Harry's birthday yesterday. But when it came time for cake, I was craving an egg tart. If I sang over it, that counts, yes?

-In my travels I saw some in-flight films, among them Monsters vs. Aliens. There were some joke-went-on-too-long, they're-pausing-too-long-for-audience-reaction flaws, but it was still oodles of fun and my favorite new oath is Hugh Laurie as Mad Scientist Cockroach Guy (still the consummate gentleman) crying, "Hawking's Chair!"

-Anime series I am currently giving a try: Monster. Tortured ethical protagonist. Ristorante Paradiso. Cute gentlemen waiters of middle age in glasses. Variety is important.

-Why I have not yet finished watching Avatar: Because there's a large joy-post coming shortly to celebrate my love for it before I reach the end.
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Discussion: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Film) [Jul. 17th, 2009|10:44 am]
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[mood | satisfied]
[music |Pet shop boys, "Love, etc."]

Half-Blood Prince.

Short version: Hooray for the film doing a great job with a book I thought was badly flawed. It came much closer to selling me on its story, and I only felt the absence of perhaps one element from the book. I enjoyed it lots, and a good portion of it felt perfect.

Longer version behind the cut. Spoilers for the film. )
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And I have all these Draco fans on my flist, too! [Jul. 15th, 2009|06:14 am]
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[mood | excited]
[music |hitomi no chikara]

NRG!

I haven't seen this particular picture or its accompanying discussion anywhere on my flist, and I would have thought it would have polarized folk! Had to wait until I turned the pages of a magazine, what's up with that?

An image from Half-Blood Prince in Entertainment Weekly featuring Draco. Spoilery for the film. )
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