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Friday, November 6th, 2009
gatewaygirl	10:16p	First daily_deviant fic! So, I put up my first post to daily_deviant. For something I wrote quickly (having been obsessed with A Confusion of Will and Desire for the last two months), I'm pretty happy with it, except for the title, which is lame. Title: Lost and Held Characters: Sirius, Peter Rating: NC-17 Warnings: Castration, sex, cross-dressing, manipulation Themes/kinks chosen: Eunuchs/Castrati, Costumes Word Count: ~5,300 Summary: An accident gives Sirius and Peter a shared secret Author's notes: November prompts included the theme "eunuchs/castrati". It's listed in the tags as "castration", which would have been a rather different story. I have been as accurate as possible with the theme, but do not guarantee all details are correct. ;-) Thanks to Clauclauclaudia for very short-notice beta work. Link to post This one was odd to work on. The themes for November were clamps, costumes, eunuchs/castrati, and symphorophilia (arousal by watching or causing destruction and/or death). "Costumes" didn't really seem like enough to me, and I hate clamps so much that it's hard for me to write about them. Symphorophilia would be easy ... but I wasn't in the mood for something that dark. So I wrote castration because I didn't want to write darkfic. Um.... Researching physiological details was truly weird. I found support services for castrated men, historical notes on castrati, and quite a lot about self-castration, either for practical reasons or as a one-use-only fetish. o_0 Writing Sirius/Peter was also weird. I'm generally a Sirius/Remus person. This is going to be another one of those fics no one reads, isn't it? (Comment on this)
poisontaster	10:19p	This is the Sound of One Head, Desking All my mini_nanowrimo peeps; please note that there's an important announcement on the comm. Anyone who has forgotten to post on a given day so far has a ONE TIME chance to recoup. If you would, spread the word. Yesterday was a bad day and a bad day for writing. I made my word count, but I've been trying to do double or triple that every day and yesterday I wasn't even close. On the other hand, the words I wrote were on Appetite, which pleases me. I don't want to let AKB stagnate all month (and there's no worry about that) but Appetite is really my focus. Or I would prefer it was my focus. I've been flitting between three different projects, really. Started AKB 73 today. Writing for four year olds is HARD, yo. I'm struggling with Appetite. I'm making new words, I don't hate the words I'm making (for the most part) but at the same time, I feel like I've lost some essential grasp of their characters that I had before and I feel like I lost the window into their world and I'm pressed against the wrong side of the glass, trying to peek through. I'm doing this thing with my body right now where I feel like I don't know how to fit in it any more. I feel uncomfortable in whatever position I sit in and it's like I don't have any muscle memory for what my body "normally" likes to do, so I'm trying to fake it, but it's not working. It's really messing up my back and my neck and shoulders. And writing Appetite right now is a little like that. I'm HERE and I'm in the body, but I don't remember how it's supposed to move or sit or anything. There's no muscle memory. ...I suspect that made no sense to anyone but me. What can I say? I've had a rough week. Current Mood: blah (Comment on this)
poisontaster	10:19p	This is the Sound of One Head, Desking All my mini_nanowrimo peeps; please note that there's an important announcement on the comm. Anyone who has forgotten to post on a given day so far has a ONE TIME chance to recoup. If you would, spread the word. Yesterday was a bad day and a bad day for writing. I made my word count, but I've been trying to do double or triple that every day and yesterday I wasn't even close. On the other hand, the words I wrote were on Appetite, which pleases me. I don't want to let AKB stagnate all month (and there's no worry about that) but Appetite is really my focus. Or I would prefer it was my focus. I've been flitting between three different projects, really. Started AKB 73 today. Writing for four year olds is HARD, yo. I'm struggling with Appetite. I'm making new words, I don't hate the words I'm making (for the most part) but at the same time, I feel like I've lost some essential grasp of their characters that I had before and I feel like I lost the window into their world and I'm pressed against the wrong side of the glass, trying to peek through. I'm doing this thing with my body right now where I feel like I don't know how to fit in it any more. I feel uncomfortable in whatever position I sit in and it's like I don't have any muscle memory for what my body "normally" likes to do, so I'm trying to fake it, but it's not working. It's really messing up my back and my neck and shoulders. And writing Appetite right now is a little like that. I'm HERE and I'm in the body, but I don't remember how it's supposed to move or sit or anything. There's no muscle memory. ...I suspect that made no sense to anyone but me. What can I say? I've had a rough week. Current Mood: blah (Comment on this)
swtalmnd	2:05p	Random Stuff is Random Bullet points! I finished the first draft of my long-overdue LLM fic for accioslash, the continuation of Thicker Than Water. Anyone want to beta? It's very very chan and mpreg (knocked-up 11yo Harry ftw). 2 out of 3 Mini-Commission spots got claimed, so unless the 3rd goes today, that'll be the only ones I offer for the holiday season. I've decided not to do Yuletide this year -- someone got my tiny fandom disqualified (if I'd known anyone would bother, I could have easily defended it, but since it didn't occur to me to check it's now too late), and I just don't have the heart to play after that. Which means I only have santas_lap to write this season, and that's it, since I'm also not doing nanowrimo. It hardly feels like the holiday at all! Current Mood: blah Current Music: Ana Ng, They Might Be Giants (11 Comments |Comment on this)
shewolfe7	2:23p	Fic: Nolens Volens, 1940's AU, Part 3 of 3 ( Chapter I: Repetition, Part 2 ) And that's it for now, this chapter is NOT complete just so you know. It ends awkwardly, I am aware but I wanted to see if it was worth continuing. Current Mood: anxious (Comment on this)
shewolfe7	2:19p	Fic: Nolens Volens, 1940's AU, Part 2 of 3 ( Chapter I: Repetition, Part 1 )   Here's part 2 and yes, I underestimated how much I had written. This is a three parter, I guess. lol. Part Three Current Mood: anxious (Comment on this)
shewolfe7	2:08p	Fic: Nolens Volens, 1940's AU, Part 1 of 3 Alright, so here's the preview for the new fic. I spent a lot of time building the background material so there's not a lot of story yet. Please let me know what you think of it. Synopsis: Mastery of Death is overrated. Harry Potter learns this far too late unfortunately. Now he’s doomed to an eternity of being live entertainment for Death unless he can help Voldemort assume World Domination and stop the chosen Avatar of Death from obliterating the Earth. ( Prologue: Origin )     This is Part 1 of 3. Please let me know what you think of it so far. Part Two Current Mood: anxious (Comment on this)
kyuuketsukirui	6:15a	Daily Happiness 1. I loved today's Wondermark. Don't miss the mouseover! 2. I also loved this super cute picture of a puppy! 3. And this capcha fail. 4. The past few days I've been really good about working on transferring lyrics from my old site to my new site (if you're new to my journal, I've been moving stuff from this old site to this new wiki-based site) and today I decided to compare and see how much I still have left to go...only 350 romaji and 250 translations! And that's all from eight artists + the Digimon lyrics (which were separate, but are now just going to be mixed in because if people want to search just for Digimon, there are category tags). I really feel like I might get this done someday! After over two years of this, it was just feeling like no matter how much I worked on it, it was never going to get done. I think (hope) seeing the light at the end of the tunnel will help keep me on track with working on it every day. 5. I also did other productive stuff yesterday! Always something to be happy about. (Comment on this)
Thursday, November 5th, 2009
devilc	8:06p	Manwich Supreme Update a little snippit from a WIP I'm working on for Mini NaNo, will be locked when the final work is posted, yadda yadda yadda. Author's note: Dedicated to all of you Dean girls out there. ( Assume just makes an Ass out of U and Me. ) (6 Comments |Comment on this)
epeeblade	10:19p	Supernatural 5.08 Once again, ( spoilers are behind the cut. ) (Comment on this)
swtalmnd	4:46p	Art: Family Portrait for lilyseyes (G, HP, commission) Title: Family Portrait Characters: Snape, Harry, and their kids Fandom: Harry Potter Ratings/Warnings: G, None Media: Pen & Copic Markers on paper Notes: Thanks to lilyseyes for all the great images I've drawn for her this year -- this one was definitely a challenge, I hope you're happy with the results! ( A very happy family... ) Current Mood: accomplished Current Music: Blissed, Jesus Jones (14 Comments |Comment on this)
poisontaster	3:58p	Demons and Ghosts I need a distraction to keep myself from going postal. All help is appreciated. To that end, TWO memes (take your pick): Pick a paragraph (or any passage less than 500 words) from any fanfic I've written, and comment to this post with that selection. I will then give you a DVD commentary on that snippet: what I was thinking when I wrote it, why I wrote it in the first place, what's going on in the character's heads, why I chose certain words, what this moment means in the context of the rest of the fic, lots of awful puns, and anything else that you'd expect to find on a DVD commentary track. You can find all my fic on my LJ/IJ/DW under the "fanfic" tag, or tag for a specific fandom, OR you can go to my archive page: Love Is Just A Bloodsport OR Ask me either a broad [writing-related] question (i.e 'who is your cruelest character?', 'what is your most optimistic story?') or a specific question/request ('what world does ___ come from?', 'tell me about ___') and I will answer you. Or you can ask meta- questions like 'what was the inspiration for creating ____?' Pretty much ask me anything about my fic and I'll ramble at you a bit. Current Mood: aggravated (Comment on this)
devilc	7:36a	Mini Nano "Manwich Supreme" Snippit This is a draft post for a story I'm working on for MiniNaNo. When it's finished, this post will be locked Author's note: Posted because I've gotten more than one question asking how the SPN fits into all of this. I've already posted one clue ... ( ... but here's another. ) (6 Comments |Comment on this)
kyuuketsukirui	7:09a	Daily Happiness 1. The Weekly Jump stuff seems to be coming earlier and earlier. I already did One Piece last night as usual, and did Bleach and Naruto early this morning. I have started Bakuman as well, but they said it wasn't as much of a hurry, so I could go to sleep and do it when I wake up, which is good, because I'm kind of falling asleep here. XD But it's still nice to have almost all of that out of the way. 2. I was productive in other areas last night, too! I finished reading my 60th book of the year! (Wow, compared to twenty books last year, and eleven the year before!) I translated two very short doujinshi, half of a one-shot, and a couple pages of Saint Young Men. I wish I'd gotten more done, but I was also traslating the Jump stuff as well, so. 3. We had super delicious grilled chicken and rice last night. OMG it is the best evar. (Comment on this)
kyuuketsukirui	2:53a	Book 60: Naruto: Takigakure no Shitou Ore ga Eiyuu Datteba yo! by Kusakabe Masatoshi Title: Naruto: Takigakure no Shitou Ore ga Eiyuu Datteba yo! Author: Kusakabe Masatoshi Number of Pages: 222 pages Book Number/Goal: 60/75 for 2009 My Rating: 1.5/5 Naruto and the gang are on a mission to escort the head of Takigakure Village back home, but not long after they arrive, the village falls under attack. Kakashi has been called back to Konoha, so it's up to Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura to save the day. I'm a big fan of Naruto, but this was really boring. Part of my problem was that this was set really early on and so it felt weird going back to when they were younger. I forgot how clueless Naruto was about everything and how annoying Sakura was with her Sasuke obsession (though unsurprisingly, she hardly had any role in the story, especially once the fighting got going). But mostly it was just a boring story that didn't need to be 200 pages long. :p I read it in Japanese, but it's also been released in English under the title Mission: Protect the Waterfall Village! (The link above goes to the English version on Amazon.) Mooch from BookMooch. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
kyuuketsukirui	9:14p	Yuletide Yuletide Signups are Now Open! I haven't signed up yet as I'm still trying to decide what to request and what to offer. I have thirty possible fandoms to offer, but I know I don't want to offer that many. I'm going to whittle down the list and keep the others in mind for Treats. In going through the list again, I saw so many books and manga that I have on my to-read lists and was like "damn it, I wish I had gotten around to reading that this year!" There were also a couple things (Skim and Flygirl) that I really wish I had held on to after reading them, because I would have offered to write them, but I don't feel comfortable doing so without access to the source material. (I used to feel that way about a lot of manga, too, but now that I have discovered where to download stuff, it's not so much an issue.) I think my request list right now is Aoi Hana, Glee, Koukou Debut, Modern Family, Paradise Kiss, and Psyren. Obviously two of those have to go. Probably the one I'm least sure about is Koukou Debut, because what I really want is an AU in which Haruna and Mami realise they're in love and Yoh realises he's gay. Like, seriously, I love the story the series actually did give me, but when it started out with Haruna and Mami being tomboy softball players and Yoh offering to be Haruna's fashion coach, I just really wanted it to go in a different direction. XD But I doubt that's the sort of thing people will be signing up to write, so maybe I'd just be wasting my time with that one. I'm wibbling on Modern Family, too. I'd like to see fic about Manny, but I don't really have any ideas. Also check out dark_agenda, a comm whose purpose is to encourage more people to write non-white, non-English-language sources. (Comment on this)
Thursday, November 5th, 2009
thete1	12:24a	THANK YOU! OMG, Mystery Fangirl is all paid back and I'm so weebly that I just can't deal. Yes, weebly. So, in thanks for all that you -- and you, and you, and also *you*! -- have done, I'm offering snippets. I'm actually working on four different stories right now and so won't be able to do them immediately, but I promise to try. Rules: DC or Malazan Book of the Fallen. I might be able to manage a Buffyish thing here or a Marvelish thing there, but odds are waaaaay low on that. You can pick one of my icons, or give me a three- or four-word prompt, or two or three character names, or whatever you'd like. Note: I'm about to add a Roy icon to the mix, so keep that in mind. :D No, you don't have to have contributed to ask for a snippet, but if you *did* contribute, I really hope you *will* ask, even if it turns out I can't manage it. *hugs you ALL* From Mystery Fangirl: "I only hope that you all feel like incredibly, wonderfully, extraordinarily kind and virtuous people because that's what you are. None of you had a reason to help me but you did. I will always be grateful." Current Mood: full Current Music: Sufjan Stevens: "Dear Mr. Supercomputer" (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
swtalmnd	3:37p	ART: Snarry doodle (mini-commission, G) I never got around to posting the last of the previous batch of mini-commissions, the romantic Snape/Harry kiss that dementordelta ordered for gaycrow. Bad me! I was waiting until it winged its way to its intended recipient, and then, um. Yeah. I just fail. Aaanyway, let me distract you with Snape and Harry kissing! ( Smoochies! ) I opened another small round of mini-commissions yesterday, so go here if you want one of your own! Current Mood: piglet-y Current Music: Heroes, David Bowie (10 Comments |Comment on this)
poisontaster	3:49p	To Be Yours Alone I made pot roast last night. I'm picking at the carcass today. You know you have made some damn fine beef if it tastes just as good COLD the next day. NOM NOM NOM. Well, I did it. I signed up for yuletide. And though I was tempted to sign up for more fandoms and more characters (and there was some last minute switching around), I stuck to my plan. So that happened. I had another woeful moment today when I saw an advert for a holiday exchange ficathon for a fandom that I'm tangentially interested in and realized that my pairing of choice is so wacky that it seems unfair to ask anyone to write it and, simultaenously, I have nearly zero interest in writing the preferred pairing(s) in the fandom. This pairing rare-pairs crap is hard, yo! Most of the time I don't care so much because I'm writing whatever makes me happy and so it doesn't matter what anyone else ships, but when I want to be all join-y and stuff, it's vexing. My heyoka nature in a nutshell. But, one less ficathon to tear my hair out about, right? Tangential to THAT, I feel like there's enough interest that I'm going to go ahead with the JDM ficathon. I don't have any more details than "Yeah, let's do that!" but I figure I have all of December, at least, to figure that out. So...more news when I have it! As you can see, I finished the AKB chapter. Wrote 1400+ words on that, once I hit my groove, which was kind of awesome. The problem with writing in existing files is that I never have any good grasp of how much I've written until I finish and do the math. Didn't work on anything else, for obvious reasons. And I have yet to do any writing today, which is making me feel like the biggest slacker in the world. I'll have to rectify that posthaste. Current Mood: busy Current Music: Sarah McLachlan - Time (Comment on this)
poisontaster	3:49p	To Be Yours Alone I made pot roast last night. I'm picking at the carcass today. You know you have made some damn fine beef if it tastes just as good COLD the next day. NOM NOM NOM. Well, I did it. I signed up for yuletide. And though I was tempted to sign up for more fandoms and more characters (and there was some last minute switching around), I stuck to my plan. So that happened. I had another woeful moment today when I saw an advert for a holiday exchange ficathon for a fandom that I'm tangentially interested in and realized that my pairing of choice is so wacky that it seems unfair to ask anyone to write it and, simultaenously, I have nearly zero interest in writing the preferred pairing(s) in the fandom. This pairing rare-pairs crap is hard, yo! Most of the time I don't care so much because I'm writing whatever makes me happy and so it doesn't matter what anyone else ships, but when I want to be all join-y and stuff, it's vexing. My heyoka nature in a nutshell. But, one less ficathon to tear my hair out about, right? Tangential to THAT, I feel like there's enough interest that I'm going to go ahead with the JDM ficathon. I don't have any more details than "Yeah, let's do that!" but I figure I have all of December, at least, to figure that out. So...more news when I have it! As you can see, I finished the AKB chapter. Wrote 1400+ words on that, once I hit my groove, which was kind of awesome. The problem with writing in existing files is that I never have any good grasp of how much I've written until I finish and do the math. Didn't work on anything else, for obvious reasons. And I have yet to do any writing today, which is making me feel like the biggest slacker in the world. I'll have to rectify that posthaste. Current Mood: busy Current Music: Sarah McLachlan - Time (Comment on this)
kyuuketsukirui	6:38a	Daily Happiness 1. I had one of the best doughnuts I've ever had last night. It was a glazed buttermilk bar. Still warm. Soft and moist on the inside. Crispy on the outside. OMG. Seriously. Best thing ever. 2. It was really foggy last night. I loved it. It's still kind of foggy and overcast now, too. :) 3. I got stuff done last night! (Comment on this)
kyuuketsukirui	4:13a	Songs I'm currently obsessed with I have a an album post I should do, and I still need to do those last three letters of the alphabet meme, but instead here are some songs I can't stop listening to right now. Some I've probably recced before, but some are new. Coldplay - Viva la Vida Coldplay seems like they're one of those love them or hate them bands, but I'm not really either. I like a few songs and am bored with most of their stuff. But omg this song. I could seriously listen to this one song forever and never ever get tired of it. I can't explain what makes me love it so, but it's one of those songs that makes me want to bounce around whenever I hear it. (It's a good "waiting in line/at the bus stop" song because of that!) Lady Gaga - Bad Romance This is her new single and wow. I think I love it more than anything on The Fame, though it took a couple listens to really get hooked. Reading friendsfriends the other day I saw someone's post that said something like "Explain the difference between Lady Gaga and Madonna" and it was obviously meant to be derogatory in that "we already have Madonna, so why do we need Lady Gaga" sort of way (which I see a lot about Coldplay, actually; "Why do we need Coldplay when we already have Radiohead?"), and I just have to say, I don't understand that thinking at all. Yes, Lady Gaga is similar to Madonna in a lot of ways, but THAT'S GOOD. It means MORE MUSIC THAT I LOVE. XD There is no bad here. Mika - Blame It On the Girls This is off his new album and has quickly become my favorite song of his EVER. Even more favorite than Grace Kelly, which is saying a lot. But seriously, it's just so, so, so catchy. The Killers - Four Winds This is a Bright Eyes cover and I like it way better than the original. Which I had not actually heard before this, but I went and listened to it on youtube and while it was good, I just really like this better. This is a little more upbeat, and I like Brandon Flowers's voice better than Conor Oberst's. The Killers - A Dustland Fairytale This is from Day & Age and it's not one that immediately burrowed its way into my brain, but after seeing them live, I went back and listened to a few Day & Age songs I'd skimmed before and this was one of them. And since then it's totally taken hold of me and won't let go. I don't know how I missed it before, because it totally sounds like it should have been on Sam's Town. My Chemical Romance - Famous Last Words & Welcome to the Black Parade I put these two together because I don't really have anything to say about them individually, just that they are always my go-to songs when I'm not sure what I want to listen to at the moment or where I want to start my random playlist from. They're also really great for karaoke. Billy Joel - My Life I recently rediscovered this song, which I loved as a kid as the theme song to one of my favorite shows, Bosom Buddies (which is totally something I would have nominated for yuletide!). I love the tune, I love the lyrics, and I love how it always makes me think of that show. Gelugugu - Anpanman no March This is an awesome, awesome, awesome punk cover of a kiddie anime theme song. It is seriously one of the best things I've ever heard. Brahman - You Don't Live Here Anymore I have really been enjoying Brahman a lot lately, but this is one in particular that I just keep coming back to over and over again. It's apparently a cover of a song by a late '70s/early '80s English band called The Fans. But enough of them and more of Brahman! Who are a Japanese punk band with a vocalist whose style of singing makes him nearly incomprehensible in both Japanese and English (though slightly less so in Japanese). I love these guys so much. (Comment on this)
kyuuketsukirui	2:09a	Fic reviews: McShep Match Days 23 & 24 Getting near the end! Soon I will actually be reading and reviewing stuff other than SGA again. XD Day 23: Sleight of Hand Like Pulling a Rabbit Out of a Hat by curia_regis 2/5 5300 words. When they discover alien ships heading towards Atlantis, Rodney has yet another brilliant plan to save them. Unfortunately, this plan goes horribly wrong. ( Another one without an ending... ) Imagine Whirled Peas by flyakate 2/5 1300 words. In which there are failed magic tricks, peanut butter and naps. Or, John and Rodney, Supportive Uncles and Master Babysitters. ( Cute. ) Day 24: Open Season Good Hunting by skinscript 3/5 8700 words. Atlantis sends teams to compete in the once in a generation Pegasus fighting competition Shaur'Atan. Once there, it's open season and everyone gets more than they bargained for. ( Neat idea, though the ending was rushed. ) Daytime Drama by hyperfocused 1/5 9500 words. Will hero pilot John Sheppard accept the offer to start a new life as soap opera hunk Shep Johnson? Will "Atlantis!" wunderkind Rodney McKay (Rod Ingram/Meredith Ingram/series co-writer) finally win his first Zeddy? Will they find love, on-screen or off? Tune in past the cut to find out. ( Ridiculous and offensive. ) (Comment on this)
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
devilc	9:54p	Mini Nano -- "Manwich Supreme" Snippit For khemlab because she asked. Author's note: this is a snippit from a WIP I'm writing for MiniNaNo that's a FNL/SPN/SOA crossover. When the final, polished version is posted, this "teaser" post will be locked. Also, if you read the previous snippit, this one picks up about a page or so after that. ( Here There Be Pr0n ) (6 Comments |Comment on this)
poisontaster	11:24p	Fic: A Kept Boy 72/? Fandom: CWRPS Pairing: Jeff/Jensen, Jared/Jensen Rating: Adult Warnings: Slavefic AU. Sexual, mental and physical abuse of adults and minors. Dark themes, adult concepts and language. Disclaimer: This is in no way a true story. Word Count: 3,125 AN: Master list of previous chapters found here. Cast of characters can be found here. Banner by the lovely and generous bloodquartz. Podfic version read by the amazing superstitiousme (found here, courtesy of the very kind general_jinjur). And don't forget the other really awesome stories to be found at whatwekeep. ( I don't know how many more shocks I can take today. ) Current Mood: accomplished (Comment on this)

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