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2009.11.17 23.57 FICLET: Resurrection (Rose, Albus, Scorpius, PG) Title: Resurrection Characters: Rose, Albus, Scorpius, and… well, you'll see :) Rating: PG Note: Written for ( Resurrection ) Mood: devious |
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2009.11.17 02.22 FICLET: Fugitive (Percy/Penelope, PG) Another of those Title: Fugitive Pairing/Characters: Percy/Penelope (mostly gen) Rating: PG Note: Written as 'drabble' for ( Fugitive ) Mood: |
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2009.11.16 14.57 FIC REC (omg!) Ok, I was going to do the sensible thing and sit on my recs from Descent by anonymous (Harry/Lucius, Harry/Draco, Snape/Lucius, NC-17) Summary: Harry seeks distraction in darker spaces. This pretty much hit all my buttons and kinks at once - hatesex, mindfuck of the most twisted kind, deathwish!Harry (my guiltiest pleasure), plotting, power play, dark without going over the top... It's the sort of old-school Harry/Malfoys fic that made me fall in love with both H/D and H/L way back, and that's incredibly rare nowadays - the type of fic that calls to mind the early Beloved Enemies group before it turned into L K Hamilton-type fluff and then was pulled by Yahell. But it isn't *just* nostalgia - it's also extremely well written, the psychology is excellent throughout (especially when it comes to Harry's state of mind), and the sex is scorchingly *hot*. Anyway, it turned me into a gleeful bundle of squee despite still being under the weather, so... Do give it a shot - it's awesome :). Mood: |
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2009.11.15 03.26 Drabble: Refuge (Tom, Slughorn, PG) Am ill like heck with stomach bug, monthly TMI, headache from hell and cough all rolled into one (not a good combo, believe me), and should be in bed really, only that I can't lie down any more. I did a handful of giftlets for Title: Refuge Prompt: Tom, Slughorn: refuge Rating: PG Note: Written for the lovely ( Refuge ) Mood: |
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2009.11.10 22.35 Life... or Squee, Part 2 I've been a miserable LJ writer recently, and not even for lack of events. There has been... HP Halloween at There was the road trip with Then, back home, there was Last weekend I got a ticket to the E-Town Light Orchestra concert, which was great fun, and reminded me of how totally I've neglected a budding love for classical/orchestral music over the past, well, decade or so. And tonight I came home to a lovely postcard from So well... life has been *very* good, but also very busy. And suddenly it's almost Christmas, oh noes! Mood: Music: World of Stone, Blackmore's Night |
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2009.11.10 22.34 Squeee! Here to the Oh *yes*!!!! :) Mood: |
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2009.10.02 00.10 Public Service Announcement... ... And if you hear a faint *thump* in the distance in a few minutes, that's me crashing into bed. Work's been utterly, utterly crazy this week! Mood: |
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2009.09.28 23.34 Elections and Beauty In honour of the German election result, I give you a spectacularly fitting quote by Barbara Hambly: "There seems to be one immutable force besides Death and Time and Change - Stupidity." And before I stop procrastinating and go back to writing, have a Lolcat on the meaning of Beauty ;). ( Read more... ) Mood: |
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2009.09.27 04.32 A Parcel of FIC RECS Here's a handful of recs I've been sitting on for quite some time... Malefesto, Destroyer of Worlds by Summary: In his fourth year, Sirius sends away for a mail-order pet, and gets a lot more than he bargained for. Hilarity ensues. Hilarity describes it well. It's wonderful, tongue-in-cheek Marauderfic with beautiful characterisation all round, shiny writing, and a plot that manages to pull off crack and canon in a perfect mix. Said The Irresistible Force To The Immovable Object by Summary: Meet Scorpius Malfoy: sixteen, blond, blue-eyed, and the bane of Harry Potter's entire existence. Seductionfic at its best - Scorpius is like an inventive force of nature, and poor Harry really doesn't stand much of a chance. Although he tries :). Adorably cute and very funny. Memoria in Aeterna by Summary: At age fifteen, an incendiary political debate had made Albus Potter the victim of a hideous crime. Three years later, he was living a life of drugs and promiscuity in the rookery at Knockturn, the newly established Preservation District for the pure-blood families of Wizarding Britain. Y'know, that thrill you get when you read something that's taking a really innovative, different look at the wizarding world? Mix in absolutely superb style and imagery? This fic has all of it. The most unique thing I've seen in ages, with an emotional impact that left me reeling. The Unicorn Incident by Summary: Growing up is hard to do, especially in the shadow of your father’s reputation. Scorpius Malfoy has a tough time keeping his resolution to be the best Slytherin he can be when schoolboy games, unicorns, incompetent friends and a beloved enemy all conspire to teach him something different – and rather wonderful – about himself. And finally, my subjective favourite - well, there's no rule saying that recs have to be HP recs, right? The Via Lata Diaries by Summary: At the end of time, there's a prize to be to won, a price to be paid, and one or three lessons to be learnt. Semi-apocalyptical present-day bible slash with some of the finest writing you'll find. Yes, the subject matter may creep me out on one level, but this series is the most twisted and beautiful thing ever, and it keeps me pouncing on every new chapter like Teh Cat after a piece of string. I have the pleasure of having a lot of amazing writers on my flist, but if I had to pick one I'd want to see published, it's Mood: nervous |
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2009.09.20 18.04 Fanartly Squee First of all: *hugs* I hope you had a lovely time! Yesterday was my lucky day. First, I got a postcard from *squees incoherently* This has been a really great fandom week! Mood: Music: Kentucky Woman, Neil Diamond |
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2009.09.12 22.36 Salt-drenched waffling, ending in fic search Today was set aside for finally stepping up writing my I *did* mull over the fic, however, whose middle part is giving me grief... beginning and ending are bagged, but the middle 'chapters' require an effective mix of saying everything they need to say and being crisp and concise while at the moment I'm just waffling along. It just needs to sort out in my head before anything else (and doesn't have much time to do so, damn!). Came home smelling like a herring gull, had a shower and a nap, then made a pot of potato soup which didn't even turn out too bad (as anyone who knows my cooking will note with astonishment). Turned on the computer to find one of the most blush-inducing lovely bits of feedback *ever* in my inbox, which was the cherry on an already pretty good day :). Bought books by Peter Morwood, Louise Cooper and Ricardo Pinto on Friday, and finished Ellen Kushner's 'Swordspoint' this morning, which is *excellent* (the short stories too!). And now I suddenly have this craving for AU fic where Harry goes to St Brutus' instead of Hogwarts. I'm sure there's such an animal out there (there's *everything* out there), but where? Mood: Music: Bittersweet, Within Temptation |
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2009.09.09 22.32 No Cats? Like Heck! There's talk about this being the 'Day Without Cats'. ( This Cannot Happen! ) Mood: |
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2009.08.27 00.51 'nother One of Those Navel-Gazing Memes ;) (filched from ( Read more... ) Mood: Music: The Poet and the Pendulum, Nightwish |
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2009.08.23 05.38 On Spiders, Dreamwidth and Olives... Dear mini-spiders in my bedroom! In principle, I don't mind your presence because you're relatively tiny, as long as you stay out of my way. However, dangling from the ceiling on a bit of webbing, right above my face when I'm lying in bed? Not on! Neither is running round the lightbulb above my stomach. Sorry, I hope the trip through the toilet wasn't *too* wet. Agh! I didn't quite need the mental image of you happily dropping on my face when I'm asleep! That said, I spent today sorting out my dragons and updating my Dreamwidth reading list (as some of you might have noticed, *g*). Including a few names I've seen attached to fic I loved and hadn't worked up the nerve to friend on LJ :). Had pizza for dinner, yum! But walked 45 minutes to get it, so it's not too bad ;). Realised I've developed the strangest affection for olives - which I hated until about a year ago, and suddenly am in love with. Weird, because my taste hasn't otherwise changed since my late teens... And, um, if someone should still feel inclined to volunteer betaing for Mood: Music: Pack Up Your Sorrows, Richard & Mimi Farina |
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2009.08.21 02.01 Calling Beta Volunteers (not for myself, this once) Pointing those of you with beta-reading inclinations over to If you're so inclined, you can sign up to volunteer here. Pleaze? Fics will come due on September 25, so requests will probably turn up during September Mood: |
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2009.08.18 00.50 Fannish Top Fives Catching up with the Fannish Top Five Meme... Top Five Harry-Lucius Fics for 1. A World Not So Black or White by 2. Scarification by Lady Lazarus 3. What Do You Get for the Death Eater Who Has Everything? by 4. If Thine Enemy by 5. Relinquary by Top Five Moments from Canon for 1. Harry realising that he has to die in DH 2. The Riddle graveyard scene in GoF 3. Dumbledore's death on the tower in HBP 4. Harry and Tom Riddle in the Chamber in CoS 5. The Other Minister in HBP Top Five HP Pairings from Canon for 1. Dumbledore/Grindelwald (this once, I'll count interviews as canon, *g*) 2. Lucius/Narcissa 3. Ron/Hermione 4. Bellatrix/Rodolphus 5. Hermione/Viktor (hey, it was canon for a mo!) Top Five HP Pairings I Would Have Loved to See for 1. Sirius/Remus 2. Dumbledore/Grindelwald (it was subtext, but not properly canon...) 3. Harry/Ron/Hermione 4. Draco/Pansy 5. Ron/Luna Mood: Music: Famous Blue Raincoat, Joan Baez |
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2009.08.16 05.05 Meme before Bed Ask me my fannish Top Five. Any top fives. Doesn't matter what, really! And I will answer them all in a new post. [Tomorrow] Mood: |
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2009.08.16 04.12 FIC: Babysitting the Cub (Teddy Lupin, G) Agh! Slept 15 hours just now after a bout of migraine, but think I've got the cold by the throat and am in the process of shaking it to death... *crosses fingers*. Anyway, here's fic again - guess I've entered a non-racy writing phase ;). Title: Babysitting the Cub Author: Hijja Character(s): Teddy Lupin-centric Rating: G Length: 1666 words Summary: Little Teddy Lupin meets a strange wizard during an outing in Diagon Alley... Note: Written for and dedicated to ( Babysitting the Cub ) Mood: Music: The Circle, Blackmoore's Night |
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2009.08.14 01.33 FICLET: Digging (Hermione/Snape, Hermione/Ron, R) Omg, I wrote het... ;). Title: Digging Author: Hijja Pairing(s): Hermione/Snape of sorts, Hermione/Ron Rating: R-ish Summary: Her post-war relationship leaves Hermione with strange memories and urges... Note: A missing scene in HBP, written for ( Digging ) Mood: Music: Bread and Roses, Joan Baez & Mimi Farina |
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2009.08.12 18.55 Waffling on Returning to Civilisation Have dropped of parental unit at the airport, made sure she was on board during takeoff, and am now awaiting late-night confirmation call that she arrived home safely to be greeted by an ecstatic cat. No, I don't get remotely as much love upon arrival from Teh Hexe :). ( TMI on holidays and stuff ) Mood: |
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