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I use this primarily for posting my fics, as well as asking questions or making random observations. Sometimes I say stuff about my life, but not very often and not very personal.

This journal does contain material unsuitable for children. Such things will almost always be behind a cut and I'll mark them with adult content on the new post page (so you'll have to acknowledge that you're over 18 or have your LJ settings set for it), but I'm not promising anything. It's possible something not entirely okay for kids might slip through.

If you want to friend me, feel free. I may or may not friend you back (largely depending on whether or not I'm interested in the kind of things you post on your journal), but I don't f-lock much (or at all), so it probably won't make a big difference.

Please to feel free to comment on anything I post. I'm pretty friendly and I love a good discussion, should one arise.

As you were.

Hey, pearle9240 surprised me by animating my avatar! Isn't it cute?

Speaking of avatars, I really need to upgrade so I can use more. I keep making posts about more and more fandoms and I don't have appropriate avatars to go with them all. I just found a couple fun mood themes, too, so I've got to try to get that worked up.

ETA: I managed to change my mood theme. Yay me! I also found a Highlander one I really like, but I'm using this now because I just saw New Moon and I'm still sort of basking, I suppose.

Finally saw New Moon last night. I have to say, I liked it. New Moon was my least favorite of the books (had some good parts, but was mostly rather silly and frustrating), so I figured the movie could only be an improvement. It stayed remarkably true to the book while having a much less plodding pace. Things that annoyed me in the book, like how the Cullens were absent for most of it, were lessened in the movie. And it's funny how Jessica and Mike, who come off as fairly bitchy/whiny/stalkery/annoying in the book, are totally believable and not any of those things in the movie. Jessica's reaction to Bella acting crazy is totally understandable, and Mike is more adorable than pathetic. They almost serve as the voice of sanity in the crazy Romeo and Juliet story that's going on. I was also pleasantly surprised that they kept in that scene with Bella and Carlisle in the kitchen. I wish they'd have touched on the whole soul issue just a bit more in-depth, especially with how Carlisle's and Edward's views on the thing are different (I also kind of missed Edward's "Carlisle was right" line near the end), but I can understand that they may not have wanted to go into something quite that deep with this story.

Overall, I was very pleased and I'm looking forward to the rest of the movies (however many there end up being).

(In other news, anyone have any idea why half my userpics are simply blank?)

I just finished a Star Trek reboot fic called Miscommunication, by Sal R. I hadn't read fic in this specific fandom before, but I must say this one was quite enjoyable. It was the story of how Spock and Uhura got together (as they are together in the reboot universe), and a bit of a Pride and Prejudice retelling, as well, not to mention it smacked heavily of SS/HG in a lot of ways (if Snape was in the Trekverse, you just know he'd be a Vulcan). A very entertaining novella.

I'm now at Archive of Our Own, as well. I'm very excited about this. Primarily, I'm excited to have all of my works in one place, regardless of fandom or rating. Additionally, I'm super excited to (eventually, so they say) put up my fanvids, as well, and even fan art, thus truly having all of my fan works in one convenient location, no matter which name I created them under. I'm still trying to decide whether or not to put up any of my early (read: crappier) writings, so any opinions you'd like to offer on that would be nice. I don't have anything up there yet, but I'm going to try to start getting it up.

Dude. Are they really going there? Because tonight's Big Bang Theory certainly took some massive leaps in a Sheldon/Penny direction. As I've said, I never really saw it, but maybe they can convince me. Sure, it was mostly awkwardly and sweetly hilarious, but the fact that she had to tell him to let go of her boob and then he peeked when she was naked, and then the fact that she wanted him to drive her rather than waiting for an ambulance, that she wanted him to comfort her, and the whole sweet getting into bed thing all seem like some pretty big hints that maybe something might be happening. I still don't know if I want it to completely go there, because I think the hinting and awkwardness is funnier, but we'll see. Personally, I just hope we get to see Leonard's reaction when he finds out about the whole helping her get dressed scenario.

Does anyone have a spare invitation for Archive of Our Own?

ETA: Got one!

Well, I signed up for wizard_love .  And I've already signed up for twi_exchange and hp_nextgen_fest .  I figure these are all pretty short, so it shouldn't be a problem. 

I signed up for the ds_c6d_bigbang .  I'm not entirely sure if I'll be able to do it, but we'll see.  I'd thought of doing a Due South crossover, but last night I got an idea for a RayK/Frannie fic, and I think it would be fun to try that.  Would anyone familiar with that show care to be my beta, should I manage to actually write the fic?

I'm hoping I'll be able to get more writing done (and I certainly have a lot of things I'm working on), because I'm going to try to force myself to focus on writing for five hours a day on weekdays.  For the time being, at least, given I've got no job.  

Last night, I must have been thinking about Due South, or maybe I'd just got done watching it, because for some reason it occurred to me that I'd like to read a RayK/Frannie fic.

I just checked fanfiction.net.  Out of 288 Due South fics, not a single one lists Kowalski and Francesca as the main characters.

Is there really not a single fic with that pairing out there?  Am I just very good at coming up with unusual pairings?  Come on, I've seen Frannie/Walsh.  There's got to be some Frannie/RayK.

Just a quick one here.  Last night, I discovered a bit of fic and I'd like to share.  First off, it's not HP, it's Temeraire.  If you haven't read the Temeraire series (first one is called His Majesty's Dragon), you totally should.  

So, if you're not familiar, Temeraire is basically the Napoleonic wars with dragons.  It's awesome, seriously.  There's this guy called William Lawrence, who's a ship captain, but gets himself wrangled into the aerial corps and becomes a dragon captain.  The corps have some female captains, which means that they also have female officers, which includes the runners who are like ten years old.  Now, I just know all this Snape/Hermione fic has changed the way I read things a bit, because as I was reading the books, I couldn't help thinking that Lawrence and this little runner (whose name is Emily) would make a great couple when she's a bit older.  Which is totally not helped by the fact that he's sort of "friends with benefits" with her mother (who is totally wrong for him in any kind of serious/long-term way).  And I thought perhaps I was alone in seeing the potential for shippiness here, considering the rather large age gap and all (but of course, I should have known better).  Turns out I was not only not alone in this, but someone has already written a few Lawrence/Emily fics.

I just had to point this out because, if you like Snape/Hermione, you would probably like this.  It's got the same "he's way older than her and also in charge of her well-being and education since she was pre-pubescent" thing that Snape/Hermione has, and all those stiff, formal, awkward things we love about Snape?  Well, not only do we get that with Lawrence, but Lawrence is also not a complete bastard, but a total gentleman in canon who really does do crazy things for duty and honor.  Oh, and there's the convenient ficcing plot device that, canonically, dragon captains are encouraged to breed themselves, much as they do their dragons, especially the female captains (it's complicated, but it has to do with dragons taking better to a new captain once the old one dies if the new captain is the son/daughter of the old one).

Anyway, I found her on fanfiction.net.  Her name's AgiVega.  It's not perfect, of course, and the dialogue is sometimes too modern, and she apparently thinks the phrase is "lied me in the face" rather than "lied to my face", but I believe English is not her first language.  The plots are not necessarily the most amazingly original, but they've got the nice angsty/awkward/funny/sweet kind of stuff you'd expect from your average SS/HG fic, but with the benefit of the man's responses and actions being somewhat more fitting for Lawrence than they are for Snape.  In fact, if it were a Snape/Hermione fic, it would be nothing special, but because it's in a different fandom with different characters and a different world, I find it comfortably familiar yet refreshingly new.

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Lupin Big Bang

A Due South/Eastwick crossover fic. My muse demanded it.  Set after the fifth episode of Eastwick.

Last night I wrote about 500 words of a Due South/Eastwick crossover.  I'm debating whether or not to finish it...

And part two...

( under the cut )

Bride of the Potions Professor, chapter 26, "Back to the Burrow".

( under the cut )

So, there's this new site that just launched.  It's supposed to be a sort of portal, with windows for things like hulu, facebook, lots of things you can customize all one one page.  The biggest draw that I can see is that if you go through there to shop (at lots of places, like Target, Best Buy, Borders...), you can get money back.  And it's free. 

Someone activated an account for me, so I'm checking it out.  If anyone else wants to try it, I can e-mail you an invite and they have videos saying what it is and stuff.  If you want one, let me know.

First, I'd like to thank everyone who answered my question about sexuality.  It's fascinating to read about different people's thoughts and experiences with it.  And if anyone else feels free to answer it still, please do. 

And now, a meme.  Got this from several people:

The problem with LJ: we all think we are so close, but really, we know nothing about each other. So ask me something you want to know about me. Something that should be obvious, but you have no idea about. Ask away. Then post this in your LJ and find out what people don't know about you.

I won't answer anything that might be an identity security issue, but otherwise ask away. 

I've got a simple question, for anyone who feels like answering.  This is an honest, simple request for information, to better understand my fellow man (or, more likely in this case, woman).  (Of course, as a writer, it's good to understand such things, anyway.) 

What does your sexuality mean to you?

Interpret that however you like.  This is posed to everyone--straight, gay, single, married, uninterested, whatever.

As this is just an info-gathering exercise, I probably won't respond to any of your answers unless I have a follow-up/clarifying question or you ask me a direct question.  I don't want this to turn into a debate or even a discussion.  Just please keep your answers polite.

Feel free to respond anonymously if you like.

Just trying out the picture link thing. Thanks to kelly_h80 for telling me how to do this. Please let me know if this doesn't work for anyone.


Lupin Big Bang

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