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Dunno if anyone's interested, but I'm seeing this meme around a lot again, so I thought I'd throw it out there:
Pick any story I've written, or, in the case of my longer, chaptered works, any chapter from any story I've written, and comment to this post with that selection. I will then give you the equivalent of 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.
Pretty much all my fic can be found here now.
Pick any story I've written, or, in the case of my longer, chaptered works, any chapter from any story I've written, and comment to this post with that selection. I will then give you the equivalent of 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.
Pretty much all my fic can be found here now.
holiday maelstrom, the return
Nov. 22nd, 2011 10:46 amI couldn't resist.
Fandom: BSG (2003)
Characters: Kara and Socrata Thrace
Timeline: Pre-series.
Warnings: For once, for a miracle, I can think of nothing to warn for! Except possibly dubious craft practices. I'm fairly sure one could make ornaments this way, but I've certainly never done it, and I'm sure it'd be trickier than I've indicated.
Note: For![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
deborah_judge. I didn't manage to get Leoben in there, but I managed to explain why Kara was making these ornaments... ♥
( Holiday Maelstrom )
Fandom: BSG (2003)
Characters: Kara and Socrata Thrace
Timeline: Pre-series.
Warnings: For once, for a miracle, I can think of nothing to warn for! Except possibly dubious craft practices. I'm fairly sure one could make ornaments this way, but I've certainly never done it, and I'm sure it'd be trickier than I've indicated.
Note: For
deborah_judge. I didn't manage to get Leoben in there, but I managed to explain why Kara was making these ornaments... ♥ ( Holiday Maelstrom )
Fic: In the Light of Two Moons, pt 5
Oct. 23rd, 2011 05:44 pmTitle: In the Light of Two Moons, pt 4.5
Previous parts: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 4.5. (There will be 12 chapters total, for those who are keeping track at home and/or waiting for us to post everything!)
Authors:hearts_blood and rivendellrose
Rating: PG
Pairing: Delenn/Neroon
Word Count: 6941
Notes: Pre-series. Words/phrases in Minbari are inspired by the Jumpnow Minbari Lexicon, but we've played extremely fast and loose with some of them.
( In the Light of Two Moons, pt 5 )
Previous parts: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 4.5. (There will be 12 chapters total, for those who are keeping track at home and/or waiting for us to post everything!)
Authors:
hearts_blood and rivendellroseRating: PG
Pairing: Delenn/Neroon
Word Count: 6941
Notes: Pre-series. Words/phrases in Minbari are inspired by the Jumpnow Minbari Lexicon, but we've played extremely fast and loose with some of them.
( In the Light of Two Moons, pt 5 )
Fic: In the Light of Two Moons, pt 4.5
Oct. 17th, 2011 03:45 pmTitle: In the Light of Two Moons, pt 4.5
Previous parts: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4.
Authors:hearts_blood and rivendellrose
Rating: PG
Pairing: Delenn/Neroon
Word Count: 6365
Notes: Pre-series. Words/phrases in Minbari are inspired by the Jumpnow Minbari Lexicon, but we've played extremely fast and loose with some of them.
( In the Light of Two Moons, Pt 4.5 )
Previous parts: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4.
Authors:
hearts_blood and rivendellroseRating: PG
Pairing: Delenn/Neroon
Word Count: 6365
Notes: Pre-series. Words/phrases in Minbari are inspired by the Jumpnow Minbari Lexicon, but we've played extremely fast and loose with some of them.
( In the Light of Two Moons, Pt 4.5 )
Fic: In the Light of Two Moons
Oct. 17th, 2011 03:41 pmTitle: In the Light of Two Moons, pt 4
Previous parts: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.
Authors:hearts_blood and rivendellrose
Rating: PG
Pairing: Delenn/Neroon
Word Count: 16280
Notes: Pre-series. Words/phrases in Minbari are inspired by the Jumpnow Minbari Lexicon, but we've played extremely fast and loose with some of them.
The second part of Part 4 will follow, because LJ insists I divide it in half in order to post. Alas.
( In the Light of Two Moons, Pt 4 )
Previous parts: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.
Authors:
hearts_blood and rivendellroseRating: PG
Pairing: Delenn/Neroon
Word Count: 16280
Notes: Pre-series. Words/phrases in Minbari are inspired by the Jumpnow Minbari Lexicon, but we've played extremely fast and loose with some of them.
The second part of Part 4 will follow, because LJ insists I divide it in half in order to post. Alas.
( In the Light of Two Moons, Pt 4 )
a brief whine, and more fic
Sep. 18th, 2011 09:17 pmI think I need a weekend to recover from my weekend.
It was mostly good - hen night / bachelorette night on Friday night (hooray for awesome drinking and dancing debauchery with my fantastic friends), followed by a craft day atshadawyn's on Saturday, and a birthday party for tavern_wench1's adorable little monster today.
Less awesome was the fire alarm that woke us up at 2:30 this morning, which turned out to only be our apartment and, upon investigation by some very nice and patient firemen, also turned out to be caused not by fire (fairly obvious) or by carbon monoxide (the less obvious second guess), but rather by the roof above us leaking into the smoke detector and causing it to go off. Maintenance has been notified and a bucket placed to catch any further dripping, but I hope it doesn't rain any more until we've got things settled. :P So yes, I need another darned weekend. Too sleepy.
Anyway! More of the fic.
Title: In the Light of Two Moons, pt 3
Previous parts: Part 1, Part 2.
Authors:hearts_blood and rivendellrose
Rating: PG
Pairing: Delenn/Neroon
Word Count: 10781
Notes: Pre-series. Words/phrases in Minbari are inspired by the Jumpnow Minbari Lexicon, but we've played extremely fast and loose with some of them.
( In the Light of Two Moons, Pt 3 )
It was mostly good - hen night / bachelorette night on Friday night (hooray for awesome drinking and dancing debauchery with my fantastic friends), followed by a craft day at
shadawyn's on Saturday, and a birthday party for tavern_wench1's adorable little monster today. Less awesome was the fire alarm that woke us up at 2:30 this morning, which turned out to only be our apartment and, upon investigation by some very nice and patient firemen, also turned out to be caused not by fire (fairly obvious) or by carbon monoxide (the less obvious second guess), but rather by the roof above us leaking into the smoke detector and causing it to go off. Maintenance has been notified and a bucket placed to catch any further dripping, but I hope it doesn't rain any more until we've got things settled. :P So yes, I need another darned weekend. Too sleepy.
Anyway! More of the fic.
Title: In the Light of Two Moons, pt 3
Previous parts: Part 1, Part 2.
Authors:
hearts_blood and rivendellroseRating: PG
Pairing: Delenn/Neroon
Word Count: 10781
Notes: Pre-series. Words/phrases in Minbari are inspired by the Jumpnow Minbari Lexicon, but we've played extremely fast and loose with some of them.
( In the Light of Two Moons, Pt 3 )
In the Light of Two Moons, pt 2
Sep. 5th, 2011 02:47 pmTitle: In the Light of Two Moons, pt 2
Previous parts: Part 1.
Authors:hearts_blood and rivendellrose
Rating: PG
Pairing: Delenn/Neroon
Word Count: 5773
Summary: Neroon could feel his mentor's eyes on him from where Branmer stood at the back of the temple, and he tried again to calm the twitching of his muscles and to stop fidgeting.
Notes: Pre-series. Words/phrases in Minbari are inspired by the Jumpnow Minbari Lexicon, but we've played extremely fast and loose with some of them.
For the moment, these will be coming out weekly. :)
( In the Light of Two Moons )
Previous parts: Part 1.
Authors:
hearts_blood and rivendellroseRating: PG
Pairing: Delenn/Neroon
Word Count: 5773
Summary: Neroon could feel his mentor's eyes on him from where Branmer stood at the back of the temple, and he tried again to calm the twitching of his muscles and to stop fidgeting.
Notes: Pre-series. Words/phrases in Minbari are inspired by the Jumpnow Minbari Lexicon, but we've played extremely fast and loose with some of them.
For the moment, these will be coming out weekly. :)
( In the Light of Two Moons )
Fic: In the Light of Two Moons
Aug. 28th, 2011 12:53 pmThe piece that hearts_blood and I wrote together for this year ended up getting a bit too big for a single post, so we'll be updating it in chapters over the next little while. It's not a WIP apart from a few little tweaks and additions that are ongoing... it's just big.
This is also the first part of the Delenn/Neroon AU that we've both been chattering about for nigh on a year, now. Hooray!
Title: In the Light of Two Moons, pt 1
Authors:hearts_blood and rivendellrose
Rating: PG
Pairing: Delenn/Neroon
Word Count: 8160
Summary: The singing drew Delenn from her sleep, as it had for the last two nights. Two voices, low and intertwining, chanting ancient prayers and making music of one another.
Notes: Pre-series. Words/phrases in Minbari are inspired by the Jumpnow Minbari Lexicon, but we've played extremely fast and loose with some of them.
( In the Light of Two Moons )
hearts_blood and I wrote together for this year ended up getting a bit too big for a single post, so we'll be updating it in chapters over the next little while. It's not a WIP apart from a few little tweaks and additions that are ongoing... it's just big.This is also the first part of the Delenn/Neroon AU that we've both been chattering about for nigh on a year, now. Hooray!
Title: In the Light of Two Moons, pt 1
Authors:
hearts_blood and rivendellroseRating: PG
Pairing: Delenn/Neroon
Word Count: 8160
Summary: The singing drew Delenn from her sleep, as it had for the last two nights. Two voices, low and intertwining, chanting ancient prayers and making music of one another.
Notes: Pre-series. Words/phrases in Minbari are inspired by the Jumpnow Minbari Lexicon, but we've played extremely fast and loose with some of them.
( In the Light of Two Moons )
30 days (spread out...) of fanfic meme
Aug. 1st, 2011 10:13 pm4 – Do you have a "muse" character, that speaks to you more than others, or that tries to push their way in, even when the fic isn't about them? Who are they, and why did that character became your muse?
Hahaha, lots.
( The characters who 'live in my head.' )
Hahaha, lots.
( The characters who 'live in my head.' )
sometimes the fic writes itself
Jul. 31st, 2011 10:46 pmApparently this is the most "serious" Starbuck icon I have. *shrugs* I guess it works.
Fandom: BSG (2003)
Characters: Kara Thrace, Leoben, mentions of others.
Warning! Warnings: Blood, gore, and character death.
Summary: Kara can't seem to get away from death. Or from Leoben.
Spoiler Warning! Spoilers through the end of the series.
Notes: Alldeborah_judge's fault, mostly for dropping a Leoben-muse in my lap. He won't go away. This whole thing was his idea.
Title: Monsters
( Monsters )
Fandom: BSG (2003)
Characters: Kara Thrace, Leoben, mentions of others.
Warning! Warnings: Blood, gore, and character death.
Summary: Kara can't seem to get away from death. Or from Leoben.
Spoiler Warning! Spoilers through the end of the series.
Notes: All
deborah_judge's fault, mostly for dropping a Leoben-muse in my lap. He won't go away. This whole thing was his idea.Title: Monsters
( Monsters )
fanfic meme
Jul. 29th, 2011 02:19 pmIt didn't take me long to get behind in the fanfic meme, but I'm picking it right back up and making up for a bit of lost time!
2 – Name the fandoms you've written in, and how much you've written in that fandom, and if you still write in it.
AND:
3 – For each of the fandoms from day two, what were your favorite characters to write?
Oh boy. Okay, in my world, fandoms never really die - things I don't write for anymore are marked as "on hiatus," because I never really know whether or not I'll come back to them at some point, if someone requests something or if I come up with a new idea or decide to finish something that got dropped partway through. If I mark something as "still writing," it's because I either have something I'm currently working on, or I'm actively seeking and looking forward to new ideas in that fandom. ( A Lot of Fandoms )
2 – Name the fandoms you've written in, and how much you've written in that fandom, and if you still write in it.
AND:
3 – For each of the fandoms from day two, what were your favorite characters to write?
Oh boy. Okay, in my world, fandoms never really die - things I don't write for anymore are marked as "on hiatus," because I never really know whether or not I'll come back to them at some point, if someone requests something or if I come up with a new idea or decide to finish something that got dropped partway through. If I mark something as "still writing," it's because I either have something I'm currently working on, or I'm actively seeking and looking forward to new ideas in that fandom. ( A Lot of Fandoms )
quick fic rec
Mar. 24th, 2011 01:31 pmAll the B5 fen around here should go take a look at hearts_blood's Delenn/Neroon fic over here, with bonus Branmer. Not only is it totally awesome, but it's the first publicly-visible bit of the slightly monstrous AU that's been eating both our brains for the last few weeks. XD
And now I am off to pick up my sandwich. This whole online ordering thing from the awesome little cafe next door to the office is very handy, and also totally addictive. ♥
hearts_blood's Delenn/Neroon fic over here, with bonus Branmer. Not only is it totally awesome, but it's the first publicly-visible bit of the slightly monstrous AU that's been eating both our brains for the last few weeks. XDAnd now I am off to pick up my sandwich. This whole online ordering thing from the awesome little cafe next door to the office is very handy, and also totally addictive. ♥
'To Be My Own'
Jan. 28th, 2011 02:33 pmFandom: BSG
Characters: Leoben and Kacey, mention of Kara
Title: "To Be My Own"
Summary: She's meant to be his. They both are.
For:deborah_judge, with thanks for the loaning of her muse. He really is very amicable, even if he did insist that a drabble was far too short.
Warnings: Kidnapping of a child, and reference to this fandom's would-be Stockholm Syndrome situation.
Notes: I cannot for the life of me remember what we called the marketplace on New Caprica (if it was ever called anything?), so I have dubbed it 'the agora.' Agora means marketplace in Ancient Greek. *Shrugs* And if I've totally borked canon somewhere along the line, please forgive me - TwizTV's scripts are helpful, but only go so far. :P
( To Be My Own )
Characters: Leoben and Kacey, mention of Kara
Title: "To Be My Own"
Summary: She's meant to be his. They both are.
For:
deborah_judge, with thanks for the loaning of her muse. He really is very amicable, even if he did insist that a drabble was far too short. Warnings: Kidnapping of a child, and reference to this fandom's would-be Stockholm Syndrome situation.
Notes: I cannot for the life of me remember what we called the marketplace on New Caprica (if it was ever called anything?), so I have dubbed it 'the agora.' Agora means marketplace in Ancient Greek. *Shrugs* And if I've totally borked canon somewhere along the line, please forgive me - TwizTV's scripts are helpful, but only go so far. :P
( To Be My Own )
Whee, first finished fic in a good while, and the first ever in BSG.
Fandom: BSG (new)
Title: "A Relationship in 200 Pieces (With a Few Screws Loose)"
Characters: Helo, Athena, Boomer, and Starbuck.
Summary: Any relationship has its complications, and theirs is by no means normal.
Pairing: Inevitably, Helo/Athena (you didn't actually think I'd do something else for my first fic in this fandom, did you?).
Warnings: A lot of swearing, but since the majority of it is as technically safe as the show, I suppose I'm okay on that count. Other than that, I can only say that this follows canon through S4, so spoilers for anybody like me who didn't catch it first time around.
Notes: Unbeta'd, because I could sense a tendency growing in me to twiddle with it forever. If you see errors, please let me know and I'll try to correct them ASAP.
( When asked why they do the things they do, Humans talk about gut instinct. )
Fandom: BSG (new)
Title: "A Relationship in 200 Pieces (With a Few Screws Loose)"
Characters: Helo, Athena, Boomer, and Starbuck.
Summary: Any relationship has its complications, and theirs is by no means normal.
Pairing: Inevitably, Helo/Athena (you didn't actually think I'd do something else for my first fic in this fandom, did you?).
Warnings: A lot of swearing, but since the majority of it is as technically safe as the show, I suppose I'm okay on that count. Other than that, I can only say that this follows canon through S4, so spoilers for anybody like me who didn't catch it first time around.
Notes: Unbeta'd, because I could sense a tendency growing in me to twiddle with it forever. If you see errors, please let me know and I'll try to correct them ASAP.
( When asked why they do the things they do, Humans talk about gut instinct. )
the writing is not being easy
Jan. 6th, 2011 02:28 pmYou know that thing when you've finally dragged yourself out of a few weeks of not being able to write anything, and you've managed to write most of a story, but then when you get to where the end ought to be you just sort of keep staring blankly at the screen, twiddling with dialogue that goes absolutely nowhere, and vaguely feeling like you should probably just give up and have the ship explode or something?
Yeah, that's about where I am right now.
( Writing woes! These characters hate me and I can't particularly blame them! And some spoilers for BSG, given, well, those are the characters that hate me. )
In short: Somebody please tell the characters hanging out in my head to play nicely?
Time to get back to work. Only one and a half days until the new office. ♥
Yeah, that's about where I am right now.
( Writing woes! These characters hate me and I can't particularly blame them! And some spoilers for BSG, given, well, those are the characters that hate me. )
In short: Somebody please tell the characters hanging out in my head to play nicely?
Time to get back to work. Only one and a half days until the new office. ♥
Happy Halloween, and Blessed Samhain to everyone who celebrates!
I'm going to be heading off pretty quick to make dinner and to make sure I have a few candles laid in for lighting later on - it's my first holiday in quite a while that I actually intend to celebrate with something approaching a ritual (not much of one, mind, but this year Samhain seems like something I need to do for my own mental sanity, and... I've missed it), so I want to be sure I can find the few things I'll need. ...That being pretty much candles, matches, and a seasonally appropriate BPAL, so once I've tracked down my candle collection I guess I'm good. Maybe in the next house I'll put up an altar again, maybe not. Not sure. Either way, this'll do for now.
Oh, and here's one more fic. ;)
Fandom: B5
Characters: John and Delenn
Title: Trick or Treat
Summary: forkungfuwaynewho, who wanted to see Delenn asking about all the little kids running around asking for candy. Just a short bit of silliness.
Rating: Totally G.
Disclaimer: I don't own 'em, I'm not trying to make money off 'em, I'm just playing with 'em for a little bit.
( Trick or Treat )
I'm going to be heading off pretty quick to make dinner and to make sure I have a few candles laid in for lighting later on - it's my first holiday in quite a while that I actually intend to celebrate with something approaching a ritual (not much of one, mind, but this year Samhain seems like something I need to do for my own mental sanity, and... I've missed it), so I want to be sure I can find the few things I'll need. ...That being pretty much candles, matches, and a seasonally appropriate BPAL, so once I've tracked down my candle collection I guess I'm good. Maybe in the next house I'll put up an altar again, maybe not. Not sure. Either way, this'll do for now.
Oh, and here's one more fic. ;)
Fandom: B5
Characters: John and Delenn
Title: Trick or Treat
Summary: for
kungfuwaynewho, who wanted to see Delenn asking about all the little kids running around asking for candy. Just a short bit of silliness.Rating: Totally G.
Disclaimer: I don't own 'em, I'm not trying to make money off 'em, I'm just playing with 'em for a little bit.
( Trick or Treat )
still more halloween fic
Oct. 30th, 2010 06:34 pmFandom: B5
Characters: Delenn, Susan, Lennier.
Warning / Rating: Safe and G.
Disclaimer: I don't own them, I'm not making money, I'm just playing a little bit.
Summary: Forhearts_blood, who asked for Delenn/Lennier (natch), post-"Sleeping in Light," with the prompt of The Wild Swans at Coole, by W.B. Yeats. This was a tricky one, not least because I got a little caught up in my time-scheme issues. And also because Susan insisted on being involved. Borrows a little from the continuity of my earlier fic Out Here, although it should still be entirely understandable without reference to that.
Title: The Nineteenth Autumn
( The Nineteenth Autumn )
Characters: Delenn, Susan, Lennier.
Warning / Rating: Safe and G.
Disclaimer: I don't own them, I'm not making money, I'm just playing a little bit.
Summary: For
hearts_blood, who asked for Delenn/Lennier (natch), post-"Sleeping in Light," with the prompt of The Wild Swans at Coole, by W.B. Yeats. This was a tricky one, not least because I got a little caught up in my time-scheme issues. And also because Susan insisted on being involved. Borrows a little from the continuity of my earlier fic Out Here, although it should still be entirely understandable without reference to that.Title: The Nineteenth Autumn
( The Nineteenth Autumn )
more halloween fic
Oct. 30th, 2010 12:03 pmFandom: Hellboy (movies)
Characters: Hellboy, Liz, the twins referred to at the end of the 2nd movie.
Warnings and Rating: Safe for kids and kittens, totally G.
Disclaimer: I don't own them, don't make money off them; I'm just playing for fun.
Summary:narsilion wanted to see Hellboy taking the twins trick-or-treating.
Title: Halloween Out
( Halloween Out )
Characters: Hellboy, Liz, the twins referred to at the end of the 2nd movie.
Warnings and Rating: Safe for kids and kittens, totally G.
Disclaimer: I don't own them, don't make money off them; I'm just playing for fun.
Summary:
narsilion wanted to see Hellboy taking the twins trick-or-treating.Title: Halloween Out
( Halloween Out )
halloween fic 2
Oct. 27th, 2010 01:49 pmHalloween fic the second, and I do hope this one doesn't disappoint.
Fandom: Hellboy (movie-canon)
Characters: Abe, Nuala, Manning, mentions of the rest of the team.
Summary:websandwhiskers asked to see "Halloween from the flip side, i.e. the Fey view of it. Bonus points for BPRD Agents viewing Halloween the way cops view New Year's Eve. Bonus Bonus points for Red and Liz's twins being involved somehow." I managed to get most of this, I think, though it took a damned circuitous route to get there.
Warnings: Un-beta'd, but otherwise quite safe and G-rated.
Title: "Conflict of Interest"
( Conflict of Interest )
Fandom: Hellboy (movie-canon)
Characters: Abe, Nuala, Manning, mentions of the rest of the team.
Summary:
websandwhiskers asked to see "Halloween from the flip side, i.e. the Fey view of it. Bonus points for BPRD Agents viewing Halloween the way cops view New Year's Eve. Bonus Bonus points for Red and Liz's twins being involved somehow." I managed to get most of this, I think, though it took a damned circuitous route to get there.Warnings: Un-beta'd, but otherwise quite safe and G-rated.
Title: "Conflict of Interest"
( Conflict of Interest )
