pirateygoodness

Happy long weekend of several different religious holidays, internet. I hope yours has been as excellent as mine has.

1. In celebration of spring/also I just bought it and it did not work as well on my toes as I thought it would, I now have electric lime nails. THIS IS AWESOME. I feel simultaneously super 80s and like a pretty princess.

2. I have been really really trying to work steadily at my fivetimesbb story, which is Bo and Lauren being pirates and IDK swashbuckling and making out and stuff, as I am sort of panicking re: the idea of getting it done by the end of the month. It is 8,000 words, and probably will end up being about 9 once I sit down and turn some of the [and then they do this] bits into actual paragraphs. This means, on the one hand, that I am almost done I AM PRETTY SURE. But on the other, this means I now get to start the pretty mammoth task of editing it into something approaching a decent story.

3. To coax myself into doing that, I let myself write a tiny sliver of Bo/The Morrigan. FEEL FREE TO FOLLOW MY EXAMPLE AND WRITE MORE, GUYS. Possibly with bondage, and/or maple syrup.

( under the cut )

4. I still have So Many Feelings over the Lost Girl S2 finale, and I do not know where I go to find the people who are also freaking out over how great/ridiculous/who cares it's awesome this show is. (And, obviously, writing the post-finale fic and talking endlessly about how Bo should totally - with Lauren's blessing - start sleeping with the Morrigan on the side and also shipping the fuck out of Kenzi and Hale and kind of sometimes secretly shipping Bo and Kenzi.)

I am debating trying to organize some kind of fic thing at bo_lauren, although really what I want is a GIANT ALL-LADIES-ALL-THE-TIME KINK MEME, and for everyone I know who is amazing at fic to play.

Thoughts, livejournal? Hopes? Dreams? Concerns?

Community last night was. . .about what I expected from a Community episode about gay people. (That is: heavily reliant on stereotypes, queer-woman-phobic and transphobic, not quite offensive enough to be flat-out homophobic as the message was, theoretically, that being homophobic is wrong.) Still smitten with Britta, still deeply amused by any and all Inspector Spacetime jokes from now until forever.

Sigh. Once again, my disgruntled hangover Britta icon is the most appropriate.

In other, less depressing news: holiday ficathons! Because apparently it is now November, and SUDDENLY WE ARE PONDERING THE TIME PERIOD AROUND DECEMBER 25. I am trying to figure out what to do - last year I took on too many stories, and ended up having to default on Yuletide, but I am 90% sure it was the kind of defaulting where I can still participate this year. So I am now torn between Yuletide vs. participating in round two of girlsgunsfic vs. IDK, really I just want to write something about Bo and Lauren ~unwrapping presents~ and some of those presents are breasts.

1. ladies_fest is taking prompts! If you were, IDK, interested in ladies or fanfiction, flist. Hypothetically.

2. Also seeker_kink is happening, if any of you are interested in reading or writing porn about the most powerful magic of all - the kind that happens in Kahlan's skirts.

3. Still can't discuss the True Blood finale, except that I was simultaneously ecstatic and DEVASTATED regarding various developments in that episode. Sweet fancy Moses, Alan Ball. Also, I will totally watch next season, even if it is approaching L Word Season 5 levels of drama.

4. So, I wasn't super stoked for Season 4 of Fringe, after the end of S3. For various reasons, the writers' agenda and my agenda for Olivia Dunham were not meshing, and I was growing a bit disinterested.

But then thrace_ posted this photo on Tumblr, and good grief, my loins.

( spoiler for HOTNESS. ) I approve.

5. Still very much enjoying Lost Girl. Still pretty sure that everyone I know should watch it. It's possible that deej and I have made an agreement that means I'm writing long, plotty, self-indulgent fic featuring Hot Doctor Lauren remaining hot.

6. I would also really really like the universe to produce more Lost Girl/LotS crossovers, if that's possible. I feel like those shows are both ridiculous enough that it would totally be plausible, and also HILARIOUS. As fivewhatfive pointed out recently, Bo and Richard are basically the same person, and also BO AND CARA. They would get so competitive! Kahlan would make adorable, scandalized faces! They could all swap tips on how they maintain their fabulous hair/impressive cleavage! And let us not even DISCUSS how amazing Kenzi in the Midlands would be, omg.

Let's talk about fandom, you guys. It's been a while.

1) Awesome things are happening, fandom-wise? My femslash11 assignment is going to be super fun, and femslash_today is having a holiday weekend porn battle. You should all go write some stories! I am currently choosing to spend my time writing fanfiction about Lauren and Bo and some strippers, which - if anyone wants to beta that or talk it out with me, please let me know?

2) No, seriously. I need a Lost Girl beta. Volunteers would be awesome.

3) Can we please discuss the new season of True Blood? Namely, ( some spoilers for 4.01 and 4.02? ) I forgot how awesomely over-the-top this show is.

4) Warehouse 13 starts July 11! That's like, really soon! Remember how pretty all of those people are? And how this show is ridiculous but adorable, and also how Myka is going to look like this in the season premiere and I WILL BE OVER HERE IN MY CORNER QUIETLY DYING AT HOW HOT SHE IS?

( not-really-spoilery promo for 3.01 )

GUYS. GUYS. The voting for femslash11 (or, for the LJ-friendy: femslash11) is up, and IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME THAT CERTAIN FANDOMS WITH PRETTY GIRLS I LIKE BE INCLUDED. Not that I'm telling any of you how to vote for Community, because that would be wrong, but IF YOU LIKE WRITING THE LADY FANFICTION I THINK YOU SHOULD VOTE.

ALSO HYPOTHETICALLY if you guys were interested, Warehouse 13 is included in Part 2 of the poll in the LJ-version.


Also also: Community is making me almost ill with how amazing it is, and I want to marry Britta Perry. I still haven't watched Fringe. Kate Beckett's hair is a work of art that should be preserved in a museum of beautiful things for eternity, and I like when she wears t-shirts.

Also also also: OMG I almost forgot. thrace_ and I have been flipping out lately, because ( warehouse 13 ) THIS WILL BE EVER SO GRAND.

(Also secret aside to cidercupcakes and fox1013: still campaigning for both of you to watch this show, I THINK IT IS YOUR THING.)

OMG, my first ~crossposted entry. I FEEL SO DIRTY, LET'S ALL CLOSE OUR EYES AND THINK OF ENGLAND/GET THIS OVER WITH.

1) CAMELOT WHAT EVEN.

( spoilers for episode 3 )

Even though this show is done by Starz, it reminds me a lot of Seeker in its earnest, over-the-top, taking-itself-too-deadly-seriously lulziness. Basically, I really wish more people were watching it so that we could all discuss, together, how amazing it is. YOU STILL HAVE TIME BEFORE GAME OF THRONES STARTS, GUYS. CAMELOT IS ONLY GOING TO BE SIX EPISODES.

2) I have a lot of really awesome navel-gazing thoughts on fanfiction, but I will SPARE YOU ALL THE PLEASURE for now. In short: I wrote a story, on request from sos10 and shimmeryshine in exchange for a donation to the Japanese Red Cross.

Think You're Funny (When I Get The Punchline Wrong) Livejournal | Dreamwidth
Legend of the Seeker Camp Midlands AU, Cara/Kahlan, PG-13
"Come on," Cara says. She quirks one eyebrow, in a silent dare, and Kahlan sighs.

It kind of got lost in the constant DDoS attacks, so I figured I'd mention it. Also, if you are interested in making me write more stories, this entry is where you should go.

3) fivewhatfive is giving me sudden fits of Kate Walsh nostalgia, what with mentioning her all the time. Like I was saying to her, I have this issue where I don't really like anything Kate Walsh is currently working on, but I sort of miss a time in my life when I did, and could revel in her party-time-having, animal-loving totally not a lesbian antics.

(Also, she did this recently, and it made me want to run to the internet and be like, fox1013 fox1013, REMEMBER THE PAST? IT APPARENTLY MISSES US. Because seriously. Seriously.)

4) Speaking of pop culture's gifts to music and the world, all of you are aware that NKOTBSB are a thing, right? A glorious, aging-pretty-boy music machine, here from the past to bring us hot beats about sensitive guys who just want to bang ladies, filling a gap that pop music has been utterly unable to fill since 2001?

I THOUGHT SO. If not: you're welcome.

I've been thinking, for the past few days, about doing something along the lines of offering something for the help_japan auctions. But - well, it's mostly that I have free time to write now, and won't when the auctions close.

Anyway. I've decided to offer up stories here, in a much less structured way:

The first five people to comment to this entry will be able to request either: a story of at least 500 words on a fandom and pairing of their choosing, OR a picspam of at least 500 words (plus pictures) about an episode of a TV show of their choosing. In exchange, bidder, you must make a donation of at least $10 US (or the equivalent in your favourite currency) to the Red Cross. You will be asked to provide some sort of proof of donation - screencaps are fine.

I'll match whatever the total is, up to a max of $50. Fandoms include pretty much everything I've ever talked about here, with the exception of Disney RPF fandoms and Wizards, which I'm currently not feeling.

That said, if you're not feeling this offer, I'd still encourage you all to go to help_japan and bid on things, as well/instead.

Guys, I don't even know. I want to talk about TV, but Fringe makes me serious and Chuck makes me SO ANGRY and Castle - okay, I could talk about Castle for days, but nobody wants to talk about how Beckett has a stable of secret girlfriends on the side, they all want to talk about Beckett/Castle. Which, fair enough, it's actually in the show and not just in my imagination, but I AM TELLING YOU, THE VERSION IN MY IMAGINATION IS PRETTY FUN.

What else do I watch, you guys? I flirted briefly with Spartacus, but then Slutty Naked Roman Jaime Murray got ( spoilered ), which I guess is a lesson for us all: DON'T ( SPOILER. )

However, let us not discuss unhappy things. There's that meme, where you go through your WIP folder and show people titles of the stories you haven't finished yet? I thought I might do it. Here are mine, in alphabetical order:

apocabigbang
cowrite-babydaddy2
cowrite-fringefic
cowrites-w13epic (THIS ONE WILL ACTUALLY GET FINISHED, thrace_ AND I ARE ON THE CASE)
demiselhsau-3
fringe-bettyversefic
fringexover-moreblakelively
leightonmeester-gayyoda
lots-221ifixeditfoyou
lots-caraindrag
sinte-beckettdunham
w13-mykaclaudia

If anyone wants to discuss any of these, I AM GAME. Except for the Disney RPF ones, which I will probably not finish at this point. BUT ANYTHING ELSE.

HI LADIES AND GENTS. Some more responses re: fandoms and things I love from that meme I posted over the weekend.

For recall purposes, the meme went like this:

Name a fandom that I am familiar with and I will tell you:

My favourite pairing
Something I love about them, in either words or pictures.

4. Fringe

( in which, unsurprisingly, i choose lesbians. )


5. Castle

( some kind of pun on the word heat )

6. Firefly

( spoiler alert: it involves girls )


7. How I Met Your Mother

( wait for it - )


THE REST OF THE FANDOMS SHALL COME LATER.

In other news, Spartacus is crass and I don't really like it but I feel like I should mention to the internet that Jaime Murray is awfully, awfully naked in this week's episode. I. . .can't say the nudity is worth watching the show, in my opinion, but other's feelings may differ.

ALSO ALSO: guys, what happened to my ability to write short stories. I started this cute little ficlet for the porn battle and now it's 4K and has a plot and feelings. THE FUCK.

A meme, borrowed from leiascully:

If you had to pick one fic of mine that is the one you identify with me, what would it be?

(All my fic is at scurvyknavery, and tagged by fandom and pairing.)

I realized today that even though I've been writing a lot since September, mostly the Depressing But Totally Awesome Warehouse 13 Epic I'm cowriting with thrace_ I haven't actually posted anything since you can order eggs and toast on Sept 19. TRAGIC, etc. I find being an adult more time consuming than I expected.