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Nov. 22nd, 2009

[info]mero_update in [info]meta_roundup

Issue #121

Help & writing resources

In an untitled post, [info]bridgetmkennit explains the tags system and the four different types of warnings at the Archive Of Our Own, and how to use them.

[info]lore: BloMo18: Tis the season of saving stories....: tips on saving fanfic stories "in a format that can be easily transferred to most reading devices without losing the author's intended passages of emphasis".

There have been a few posts on BDSM, community rules and terminology, intended as resources for writers and to clear up some common misunderstandings. In Hi! My name is Minxie…, [info]the_minx_17 talks about general rules and some stereotypes. [info]irana wrote On BDSM, Part I to explain the abbreviations SCC and RACK, and to talk about consent. On BDSM, Part II covers negotiation (both Scene and Relationship negotiation).

InsaneJournal

An InsaneJournal Holiday Sale just started. Self-Committed (i.e. paid) accounts and Extra Userpics will be available at reduced prices until November 27th. Friday the 27th will also have a short sale on Permanently Insane accounts.

[info]das_dingsi: Updating habits: "The interesting part is how it made me view the update page more closely than usual and I consciously noticed all the things I don't use [on InsaneJournal]."

Other

[info]bitterfig: where do they make subtext?: "I always wonder where stuff like (i.e. homoerotic and/or incestuous subtext) this comes from, is it intentional or just a quirk of chemistry?"

[info]lilithilien: Why do we do it?, a short commentary on an AfterElton.com article titled "Why are Women Interested in Gay Men? It's Not Because They Want to Sleep With Them!", with discussion in comments.

[info]novembermond: has a question about friending meme[s]: "[W]hat are the dos and don'ts ... ?"

[Supernatural] ep. 5x10 meta-ish reaction posts - SPOILERS galore!
[info]the_shoshanna: Supernatural 5.10, "Abandon All Hope...": "Thanks SO MUCH for making women just the underbrush to be cleared away before the real stuff happens."
[info]musesfool: lacrimae volvuntur inanes: "I would like to be able to talk about the episode on its own merits, because I thought it was a fantastic episode emotionally and a great way to go into hiatus, but I am SO FUCKING SICK of the way this show treats female characters."
[info]yourlibrarian (in [info]mind_over_meta): SPN 5.10 - A sign of hope: "There's nothing there right now for an audience to cling to, any more than a clear plot direction for Sam and Dean."


[info]bitterfic

four for femslash100: Prompt #215- Light

Written for femslash100.

Disclaimer: This story is a work of fiction. Any illegal acts taking place within that fiction are NOT condoned by the author. Depictions of any questionable, illegal, or potentially illegal activity in said fiction does not mean that I condone, promote, support, participate in, or approve of said activity. I grasp the distinction between fiction and reality and trust that readers will do the same. I do not profit from the fan fiction I write, and all rights to the characters remain firmly in the hands of their creator.

Author: Bitterfig
Title: A Ray of Sunlight
Fandom: Historical
Pairing: Anne of Cleves/Katherine Howard
Beta Reader: Fedink
Word Count: 100
Rating: PG
Challenge #215: Light

A Ray of Sunlight )

Author: Bitterfig
Title: Diamond In the Sky
Fandom: Runaways
Pairing: Nico/Karolina
Beta Reader: Fedink
Word Count: 100
Rating: PG
Challenge #215: Light

Diamond In the Sky )

Author: Bitterfig
Title: Ready to Shine
Fandom: Heroes
Pairing: Monica/Camille
Beta Reader: Fedink
Word Count: 100
Rating: PG
Challenge #215: Light

Ready to Shine )


Author: Bitterfig
Title: Jewel and Star
Fandom: Firefly/Serenity
Pairing: Kaylee/Inara
Beta Reader: Fedink
Word Count: 100
Rating: PG
Challenge #215: Light

Jewel and Star )

[info]icedark_elf in [info]story_arc

Fic: Dain af Niohoggr 3/30 (FFVII-Mercverse: Thirty Set 01: 23-Balance

Title: Dain af Niohoggr
Author: GW Katrina
Beta: Skeren
Fandom: FFVII: Mercverse
Claim: [info]mercverse for [info]story_arc
Themeset/Prompt: Thirty Set 01: Balance
Wordcount: 1,717
Ratings: PG-13
Link to Archive Post: Here

Dain af Niohoggr

Nov. 21st, 2009


[info]squeaky in [info]announcements

IJ Holiday Sale

We are starting this years InsaneJournal holiday sale. From now until the end of the day Friday, November 27 we are going to be holding a sale on Self-Committed[paid] accounts and Extra Userpics.

The prices are be as follows

Self-Committed[paid]
1 Month -> $5
6 Month -> $15 $10
12 Month -> $25 $18

Extra Userpicx
6 Month -> $10 $5
12 Month -> $20 $15

Then on Friday November 27th from 8am until 4pm (Eastern US time) we will be running a very special sale on Permanently Insane accounts.

[info]gwionfawyr in [info]nanowrimo

November 21, 2009 - Word Count

Putting the post up early tonight/today because I'm ten minutes from face-planting into my pillows. So, who's added the llamas to their stories? I know there's got to be one of you, even if it was just a dream sequence. Come on, you can tell me. *grins*

Jenn

Nov. 20th, 2009


[info]nanny_ashtoreth

This installment brought to you by the letters W, T, & F

aka I need to have my head examined.

The beastiette asked if a school mate could spend the night. I said 'yes'. The beasties are performing for our guest now.

*headdesk*

I think that there's going to be some 'happy juice' in my near future.

[info]bitterfig

thankful for unemployment?

I went to the supermarket yesterday.  There were fairly long lines with the pre-Thanksgiving crowd and the cashiers were hauling whole turkeys over the scanners. 

 

I was very grateful not to be working in a supermarket anymore. 

 

In fact, the market was always open on Thanksgiving and I started working there in September of 2006 so this is going to be the first Thanksgiving since 2005 where I won’t have to go to work. 

Tags:

[info]bitterfic

15 Word Meme

1. Write down the names of 10 characters.
2. Write a fic of fifteen words or less for every prompt, using the characters determined by the numbers. Do NOT read the prompts before you do step 1.

1. Eli Sunday (There Will Be Blood)
2. Rose Tyler (Dr. Who)
3. Claire Bennett (Heroes)
4. Gwen (Merlin)
5. Kozue (Revolutionary Girl Utena)
6. Tohma (Gravitation)
7. Major Henry West (28 Days Later)
8. Donny aka the Bear Jew (Inglourious Basterds)
9. Tara (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
10. Sansa Stark (A Song of Ice and Fire)


15 Words Meme )

[info]bitterfic

Validation: Heroes Fic

Author: Bitterfig
Title: Validation
Fandom: Heroes
Pairing: Peter/Claude
Summary: Set during season 1. There was more to Peter than Claude was willing to see.
Beta Reader: Fedink
Word Count: 1185
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Sex, violence, elements of D/s.
Disclaimer: This story is a work of fiction. Any illegal acts taking place within that fiction are NOT condoned by the author. Depictions of any questionable, illegal, or potentially illegal activity in said fiction does not mean that I condone, promote, support, participate in, or approve of said activity. I grasp the distinction between fiction and reality and trust that readers will do the same. I do not profit from the fan fiction I write, and all rights to the characters remain firmly in the hands of their creator.


Validation )

[info]gwionfawyr in [info]nanowrimo

November 20, 2009 - Word Count

It's Friday. Those of you who are off today, sprint for the 40k mark. Those who aren't... try and slap in another 2k into your word counts. We can do this.

Jenn

Nov. 19th, 2009


[info]bitterfic

To Hell With the Right Thing: Mad Men Fic

Author: Bitterfig
Title: To Hell With the Right Thing
Fandom: Mad Men
Character: Salvatore “Sal” Romano
Summary: Sal reflects on his lifelong discretion and where it’s gotten him.
Beta Reader: Fedink
Word Count: 519
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Some sexual content. Spoilers for season 3.
Author’s Note: Set after the season 3 episode “In the Wee Small Hours”.
Disclaimer: This story is a work of fiction. Any illegal acts taking place within that fiction are NOT condoned by the author. Depictions of any questionable, illegal, or potentially illegal activity in said fiction does not mean that I condone, promote, support, participate in, or approve of said activity. I grasp the distinction between fiction and reality and trust that readers will do the same. I do not profit from the fan fiction I write, and all rights to the characters remain firmly in the hands of their creator.


To Hell With the Right Thing )

[info]bitterfic

Entangled: Inkheart Fic

Title: Entangled

Fandom: Inkheart

Pairing: Dustfinger/Silvertongue

Summary: For hours Dustfinger had lain awake on the narrow bed, surrounded by towering boxes of books, hoping for and dreading Silvertongue’s arrival.

Beta Reader: Fedink

Word Count: 885

Rating: R

Warnings: Sexual content

Author’s Note: Set early on in Inkheart at Elinor’s house before Capricorn’s men arrive.

Disclaimer: This story is a work of fiction. Any illegal acts taking place within that fiction are NOT condoned by the author. Depictions of any questionable, illegal, or potentially illegal activity in said fiction does not mean that I condone, promote, support, participate in, or approve of said activity. I grasp the distinction between fiction and reality and trust that readers will do the same. I do not profit from the fan fiction I write, and all rights to the characters remain firmly in the hands of their creator.


Entangled )

[info]gwionfawyr in [info]nanowrimo

November 19, 2009 - Word Count

Today I'm going to try and sprint to the 50k mark. Story's no where near done, but yeah. I'm at 32695. That's not bad with midterms and starting to study for finals.

Post is up. Let's get busy.

Jenn

[info]bitterfic

Unlucky: Inkheart Drabble

Author: Bitterfig

Title: Unlucky

Fandom: Inkheart

Pairing: Mo/Dustfinger

Beta Reader: Fedink

Word Count: 200

Rating: PG

Warnings: None

Author’s Note: Written for slashthedrabble prompt #230: Curse.

Disclaimer: This story is a work of fiction. Any illegal acts taking place within that fiction are NOT condoned by the author. Depictions of any questionable, illegal, or potentially illegal activity in said fiction does not mean that I condone, promote, support, participate in, or approve of said activity. I grasp the distinction between fiction and reality and trust that readers will do the same. I do not profit from the fan fiction I write, and all rights to the characters remain firmly in the hands of their creator.

Unlucky

Mo never thought of his ability to read people and things out of books as a talent or a power. To him it was a curse. A curse that had cost him his wife and made him a hunted man, forever running to stay one step ahead of Capricorn.

Dustfinger was, even more than Mo, the victim of this curse, trapped in a strange world, away from all familiar things. Mo would have given anything to put things right, to read the fire-eater back home but he couldn’t. He read aloud from Inkheart until his throat was raw and he was so exhausted the words danced on the page.

Nothing happened. Dustfinger was still there.

“Use your powers, Silvertongue,” Dustfinger pleaded. “Send me back where I belong.”

“I’ve tried,” Mo croaked in his ruined voice, then he broke down. He wept for his lost wife, for his motherless child, for Dustfinger, displaced from all he knew and loved because of Mo.

Dustfinger took Mo in his arms, gently stroking his dark hair.

“I thought you were a powerful sorcerer who’d done this to me,” Dustfinger finally said. “You’re not, are you? You’re just as lost and unlucky as I am.”

Nov. 18th, 2009


[info]bitterfic

Father Figures: Torchwood/Dr. Who Fic

Author: Bitterfig

Title: Father Figures

Fandom: Torchwood/Dr. Who

Character: Jack Harkness with mentions of the Doctor 9-11, Rose and team Torchwood.

Summary: Father figures tend to let their children down.

Beta Reader: Fedink

Word Count: 228

Rating: PG

Warning: Spoilers for Torchwood Season 2 and Children of Earth.

Disclaimer: This story is a work of fiction. Any illegal acts taking place within that fiction are NOT condoned by the author. Depictions of any questionable, illegal, or potentially illegal activity in said fiction does not mean that I condone, promote, support, participate in, or approve of said activity. I grasp the distinction between fiction and reality and trust that readers will do the same. I do not profit from the fan fiction I write, and all rights to the characters remain firmly in the hands of their creator.


Father Figures )

[info]nanny_ashtoreth

Collision!

I wasn't sure that I was going to enjoy this series as much as I did. Part of that is watching one episode per night and then forgetting the intricacies that are interwoven through it. Recaps are just never good enough.

I watched it last night, all 5 in a row, and enjoyed it very much.

One wonders if future series will be like this one, given the budget crunch ITV is suffering and the cancellation of a few of their other series, although Primeval was no surprise.

[info]gwionfawyr in [info]nanowrimo

November 18, 2009 - Word Count

*sneaks on in class and looks around* Post is up, have at kids.

Jenn

[info]bitterfic

Copperhead: Crossover Fic (Kill Bill/Revolutionary Girl Utena)

Author: Bitterfig

Title: Copperhead

Fandom: Crossover Revolutionary Girl Utena/Kill Bill

Pairing: Juri Arisugawa/Elle Driver

Summary: If the girl wanted to surrender her ego, to learn to live without pride, Elle was more than willing to accommodate her.

Beta Reader: Fedink

Word Count: 500

Rating: PG-13

Warnings: Violence, suggested sex.

Author’s Note: Written for slashtheimage prompt #27.

Disclaimer: This story is a work of fiction. Any illegal acts taking place within that fiction are NOT condoned by the author. Depictions of any questionable, illegal, or potentially illegal activity in said fiction does not mean that I condone, promote, support, participate in, or approve of said activity. I grasp the distinction between fiction and reality and trust that readers will do the same. I do not profit from the fan fiction I write, and all rights to the characters remain firmly in the hands of their creator.



Copperhead )

[info]theredknight in [info]sixwordstories

Don't think I'll ever find home.

[info]mugetsu in [info]asylum_promo

Vagrant Story, Batman, The Joker, The Pirates of Dark Water fandom asylums

[info]octopon - Pirates of DarkWater fandom asylum. Completed!

[info]gotham_gazetteCompleted!</i>

[info]vagrant_story - Vagrant Story fandom asylum. Pending/WIP.

Please keep in mind that I will be retiring Vagrant Story and Gotham Gazette if no further interest is shown.


And,

Please feel free to join [info]commedia; a personal project of mine, aiming to review and analyze comics (and other selected media) that feature DC Comics' The Joker.

It is currently a WIP because I am still going through my 500+ hardcopy!issues collection. I do not download torrents/scans.

Two important polls need to be voted on, as seen here explaining two routes the asylum's project can take. IE: spoiler free reviews, spoilerific reviews, etc. This asylum will continue to be WIP until further interest is shown.

I am also open to affiliating with other comic book and/or Batman related asylums, except for RPGs.

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