Lurker Central

This year was an embarrassment of riches - I got two fics in the main collection (I went out on the pinch hit list, but I know I had a gift fic uploaded that earlier that day before I hit the list, so I'm wondering if those two were my original writer and my pinch hitter) and a treat in the Madness collection. All three were Into The Woods fics, which surprised me - I knew getting a Warriors Of Virtue fic was kind of a pipe dream, since that's very much a No One But Me fandom, but if I were going to pick one of my requested fandoms to win I would have put money on Tombstone. But it was an awesome surprise, because while I've read Tombstone fic I there's so little Into The Woods to be found.

And now there's three more!

the rope you began with (was never that straight): For all of her happiness, part of Cinderella is afraid of being stuck in a small story with the same few people for the rest of her life.

Absolutely fantastic Cinderella voice and it really feels like the original/DVD cast, my preferred one (especially Red!) The fairy tale cameos are to die for.

Beyond Ever After: It may not have been the happily ever they once imagined, but that didn't mean they couldn't try.

A very sweet, aching coda, this time from the Baker's POV.

Ever After: All is mended, and it's not just for today.

Just the summary made me smile. A quick snapshot of the Baker, Cinderella, Red and Jack pulling together after everything. I adored the description of their cottage.

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Now assorted recs! I feel like I haven't even started digging through the archive (there are ten Brave fics, guys! TEN! And a 38K B5 fic!) so here's just a handful that completely knocked me over with awesome.

Bridges Unburnt: Faiza sets out on her own. (Captain Britain & MI:13)

♥FAIZA!♥ An absolutely perfect character study of Faiza and her awesome.

It's a love story for the new age: This is how the story goes:
“Marry me,” he says.
“Are you serious?” she replies. (Gargoyles)

♥FOX!♥ ♥FOX/XANATOS♥ (and the best part, hints of Fox/Xanatos/Owen!) This Fox is every bit as sharp-edged and messy and wild as she is in canon and her relationship with Xanatos hits every right note. It's like they all walked right off the show and into my computer.

Prisoner's Dilemma: AU: Set in a world where Miaka and Yui never appeared to fulfill their destinies as priestesses, Kutou and Kounan are locked in a seemingly endless war. Peace has begun to seem like an impossibility when the Emperor of Kounan is faced with a difficult choice that could spare his people. (Fushigi Yuugi)

Guys, I don't care if you've even ever heard of Fushigi Yuugi, read this anyway. An absolutely gorgeous AU (one that in a lot of ways has the potential to be a lot kinder and more hopeful to Nakago and Hotohori than canon ever could be.) I wish there could be books and books of this verse to see what happens next.

A Daring Escape: Carrier pigeons are very useful when planning an escape from a madman’s lair of doom. (Jonathon Coulton's "Skullcrusher Mountain")

Smartly drawn OCs and hilariously on point details. (the mentioning of a "rescuing-a-kidnapped-person discount" was my favorite.)

Go! Read!

I was lurking in the 2012 Yuletide collection to see what fandoms are listed and found out there's a to-be-revealed Dark Avengers fic. I didn't even know that was eligible again this year! Super excited. (Even if by law of averages it will probably be about Daken and not Bob or Norman. I miss that book.) I'm in the middle of writing my DCSS fic right now but I have my Yuletide story plotted out and I've been collecting letters for possible treats.

How is everyone doing? Making good progress? Like your assignment? Find any particularly juicy treat possibilities?

(I'm kicking myself over not thinking to ask for Gargoyles, btw. What a fool I am!)

I got my Yuletide assignment and could not be happier. I know exactly what I'm going to write. Even the title! Now I just need my DCSS assignment to be just as awesome and I'll be set.

(And hello Yuletide writer! My letter is here and I am so, so sorry about the typos in my sign up. /o\)

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We finally got power back at the office yesterday so today was back to normal. It's still scary as all hell driving around without traffic lights (you'll go two blocks with lights then hit long stretches while they're out, invariably at the scariest intersections) and the gas situation is ridiculous. The few stations open are gouging like crazy - gas is up about 75 cents a gallon on average - and you have to sit on line for hours just for the chance to pony up that money. A friend of mine waited for two hours today only to get told they'd switched to only filling up gas cans. Christie's starting rationing tomorrow to try to rein it in but I'm not touching my car this weekend. Hopefully over the next few days the situation stablilizes as power comes back in more places.

Ugh.

But my power came back on Wednesday and I'm lucky I was only out for two days - one of my friends might not get power until the 11th, and I was never out hot water or heat.

But again, ugh. I'm more than ready to squee over fic assignments after this past week, y'know?

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And on the topic of Sandy, for those interested:

So the Yuletide tag set is up for public review, and apparently not only is someone burning to read fic about The Postman (the Kevin Costner film, possibly the most beige movie ever made*) some joker nominated the 2011 The Three Musketeers. The airship one, not the even Disney one with Kiefer Sutherland Athos-ing it up. Yeah, that was my face, too.

And then no one nominated the book!

( There's only one response to that. )

But all my nominated fandoms got in so I'm pretty much honor bound to do this now. And while Left 4 Dead 2 didn't get in Human Target did! Whoo! (and I admit, I did snerk that no one nominated Ilsa.:) And the Thrawn trilogy's rejection is being appealed, which I'm super excited about.

(And sure, I could have nominated the book but I needed that spot to nominate movies about martial artist kangaroos. Priorities, people.)

*Tom Petty is, admittedly, pretty awesome in The Postman. I could write a story about Tom Petty. I mean, I won't, but I could.

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I know it's been quiet around here, but I've been deep in the word mines the past week trying to make the polybigbang deadline. I have one finished (new Dean/Cas/Lisa!) and I'm well into the Avengers one so I'm hoping my the end of the weekend that'll be done and can put down a big chunk down on spn_reversebang. And get back to working on responses to the "Beat Cas with sticks" AU meme.:)

And Tuesday is my 9th LJversary! There will be a ~party~! Of the comment!fic meme variety, presuming I can figure out how to code those link banners!

please come to my party

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So, the new Killers song, "Runaways." Someone's already made ALL the John/Mary vids to that, right? Because Jesus.

This was my first Yuletide and it was just and stressful and terrifying and exhilarating as I'd always heard it would be.:)

I wrote Masks Upon Masks (Kick-Ass 2010) for roga, who requested I loved Mindy's character throughout the movie, and when it ended I just wanted more of her; in particular, I want to know what happens to her when she grows up; I want to know who she grows up to be and what's it's like for her to grow up where she does. Gen or non-gen, anything works.

I loved this movie and Hit-Girl was my favorite by far, but this prompt practically threw me into a panic. I'd never written Kick-Ass and it was the canon I'd felt least sure of myself in (which of course guaranteed it was what I would draw.:) And I had such a hard time ending it. By the time I posted it I'd been poking it so much I was sure it was terrible and my poor recipient would be so disappointed, so I was floored by wonderful reaction it got. (It's been a long-standing truth that I have no ability to predict fic reactions.) I haven't even started responding to comments yet, but people, I love you all so much. You really made my Christmas.

I got three (three!) Human Target fics, which I'll rec properly tomorrow. Yuletide was so good to my show; the fic count more than doubled just from Yuletide.

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I've been busy writing for fandom_stocking (mine is here, BTW. Ahem.:) I didn't get to write anything close to the number of fics I'd planned for Yuletide, so I'm trying to make up for lost time.

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Happy new year! May it be better than the last. Please, God, be better than the last.

Posted Yuletide. Stayed up all night to do so.

Now must get up and go to work.

Nooooooooooooo!

I got hit with a h/c idea last night and decided to write it up for fandom_stocking, only it's now over 1K and I'm still not up to the comfort part and why can't I write comment fic like everyone else whhhhhyyyyy?

Ahem.

I'm also a little over 600 words into my yuletide story, so I'm really hoping I can get that done in the next two days. Ideally. Man, that would be sweet.

Forgot to mention, I managed to catch the Psych premiere earlier this week, and ( spoilers! )

I always double take when Zachariah shows up as the M.E. on Psych. Was it Woody's twin Zachariah was riding around in all that time, do we think? That would be a fun crossover, Shawn and Gus trying to solve that murder. There are no two people on less equipped to deal with Sam and Dean and Cas's crazy, terrible lives than Shawn and Gus. And let's up the drama a little bit more: maybe Zachariah asked Woody first and he said no. We know it works through bloodlines, so Zachariah just shrugs and goes to the twin brother. Just as good, after all, right? And then we all know how that works out.

Poor Woody. And Shawn and Gus would want to help out.

I want that crossover right after the Human Target one where Chance and Guerrero take one look at Lassiter and everyone's guns come out.:)

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AO3 still won't let me edit my sign-up to offer JLU! What do I have to do? Let me iiiiinnn! *bangs on Ao3's virtual door*

ETA: I got it to work! Yaaaaaay!

Hello, Yuletide writer! Let me say right off that I'm going to be delighted with whatever story you write; I love these characters and the prospect of getting a story about them fills me with glee.

I'm a big fan of plot; I love rescue missions and jailbreaks and jobs that go bad. I love characters doing stupid, reckless things to save people they care about; characters being beside themselves with worry even if (let's be honest here, especially if) they're the type who wouldn't admit it under torture.

I'm good with sex, good with violence but not crazy about non con, at least not with these fandoms.

On to the fandoms!

( Fandoms and Requests and Pictures, oh my! )

Thank you, Mysterious Writer! Have a great Yuletide!