On plot bunnies, writing, and iconses. OH, AND FASSY'S FACE.

[sirona_fics]

Most important things first: the h50_exchange story is done!! \0/ \0/ Just got it back from SuperBeta, and she says just a few minor clean-up-type things, so. Yay! Mind you, I'm still apprehensive about the cop!Erik AU reaction. Gah, I have to stop doing that to myself. D:

Speaking of, I decided that MICHAEL'S FACE would be a good thing to watch all yesterday evening. And so I rewatched Basterds and 300, where he is FUCKINF FABULOUS. And er. I... cried. To 300. AGAIN. JFC, BRAIN. I know it's made for a target audience of 12 year old boys, okay, I DO. But just akjgkfjgfkjg STELIOS. *_______* YOU HAVE THE RIGHT OF IT, JAMES, LOVE. It kind of helps that I am rather partial to Gerard Butler, with that face and that accent and that fjghfjsgh EVERYTHING.

Also now searches for Michael Fassbender on Google Images throw up James McAvoy as well. YOU TWO, WHAT EVEN ARE YOU. :D :D :D AND ALSO I CANNOT STOP STARING AT MICHAEL'S FACE. JESUS. I now have an inkling why I always found Azazeal SO FUCKING SEXY in HEX.

Er. I had... other things to say, before I got distracted by HIS FACE, CHRIST. The rest of him isn't too bad, either. ;P

Oh, yes. No hot water this morning, so no shower, and therefore no proper waking up. My head's still a bit fuzzy, but it's getting better. Cannot bloody type, my nails have got too long again. First order of the day is to CUT THEM THE FUCK DOWN. D: And work out my next project. I spent Friday coming up with a bajillion ideas for the X-Pride sequel (aka the XMFC/P&P debacle that hijacked my brain a couple months back. Zarah5 coined the X-Pride thing, AND NOW I CAN'T CALL IT ANYTHING ELSE). There is much Regency-style domesticity and Getting To Know Each Other and Falling In Love Properly and Learning To Live With Each Other and awkwardness and Being Married and Husbandddddssss. And there is also a cello. YOU'LL SEE. I think my brain exploded from sheer GUH when I thought THAT one up. :D :D /tease

Also there is this story where Erik Doesn't Like People (shocking, I know), and the only thing he tolerates is his cat, Ferrum. And then Ferrum gets out somehow one day, and ends up being found by a certain floppy-haired, blue-eyed Professor (who can kind of talk to animals. Mentally). IDK whether to make it with or without powers yet. This basically started out as a prompt on the 1stclass_kink meme and evolved into-- well, this. I'm thinking it's going to be a bit of fluffy light relief after the angst of the cop!Erik AU. It could also be referred to as The one where Erik is taciturn and grouchy but kind of falls for Charles hard and tries to be Nice to him even though he has no idea how to do that. It--doesn't go well, at first, but he's a quick study.

On the H50 front, I have the three yca_auction stories to write, so I'm not short on ideas yet. I have one kind of drafted and started, then I have the one where Steve and Danny are Fake Husbands for the sake of their separate businesses (I am seriously looking forward to tackling that one! :D) The third one I haven't really thought about yet. And then I have whatever insane thing blindsides me at two in the morning. WHICH I KNOW WILL HAPPEN, OKAY. >.>;;

I have recently realised that I can write something in two different fandoms at once -- it's kind of a way to, IDK, take a break from one with the other? Sort of. To take a break, I've been reading a rare paring (Mycroft/Lestrade) in the Sherlock fandom in the past couple of days -- I can basically place the blame for that on stardust_made and this INCREDIBLE story arc by sheffiesharpe in equal measures. This series, though. MY HEART. I am hugely impressed by the sheer quality of writing in it, and the masterful storytelling. It could almost be original fic, if you desregard the BBC Sherlock references. The depth of characterisation is simply staggering for a pairing that has about 160 stories on AO3. I actually find it jarring to read other Mystrade stories now, because I keep expecting them to be this good, and not many are -- not to mention that each universe is unique, and so Lestrade isn't the French-cuisine-cooking, karaoke-singing, The Clash-obsessed former punk with a heart of gold, and there certainly isn't his family in New York, which is almost the best part about this particual arc. Almost, but not quite. Because the way that Mycroft and Lestrade find their way to being together is just breathtakingly beautiful. IDEK, this story arc just speaks to me.

Aaaaanyway. Ahem. Sorry about that, got a bit carried away there. >.>;; Here, have a pretty:


David Hockney, 2010 ‘Untitled’ created using an iPad and the Brushes app

And another: check this out, seriously. It's Jizzy doing spoken poetry, and Jesus, that girl, I honestly don't even know how she's real some days. :')

And finally, a meme! Which I know everyone and their cat has seen all over the place, BUT I saw perspi doing it and I COULD NOT RESIST, OKAY. /0\

Directions:

1. Reply to this post with 'hot cocoa', and I will pick five of your icons.
2. Make a post (including the meme info) and talk about the icons I chose.
3. Other people can then comment to you and make their own posts.
4. This will create a never-ending cycle of icon glee. TELL ME ABOUT YOUR ICONSES.





Well. Obviously this is John Watson, and a play on Sherlock's canon fascination/obsession with bees -- as we all know, he wanted to retire to Sussex and keep bees before Rheinbach, and since I am a die-hard romantic, THIS IS STILL WHAT HAPPENS LALALA RHEINBACH YOU CAN SUCK BRICKS. D: EXCEPT WITH JOHN AT HIS SIDE AND IN HIS BED. But anyway. This also, for me, refers to Sherlock's fascination with one John Watson, who is so, so many things that Sherlock could spend a lifetime never figuring him out completely. Because while he may be one thing, he is most certainly another, too, and so forth. BASICALLY SHERLOCK LOVES HIS JOHN. THE END. And that jumper was just asking for it, okay. >.>




This, as many of you will know, is an iconomicon icon. There's just something about the blue of the rain and the implied gloom that just contrasts so beautifully with the red heart. To me this is an ordinary commuter, stuck in the rain, thinking about going home and snuggling with his husband/wife, and how much he wants to kiss them right now. There's a reason why it's keyed as "You are in my heart". When I use it, it means I <3 something/someone so completely that nothing can take that feeling away. I, as some of you may know, firmly believe in communicating through icons -- there's just something about the visual, the symbol, that gets me. I did my undergraduate dissertation on Semiotics, and it's a subject that never fails to fascinate.




Er. Doesn't really need much of an explanation, right? IT'S STEVEN FRY. ON QI. He is a fluffy little duckling and no mistake. When I use this it means a) I LOVE THIS, whatever it is, b) I WANT TO SNUGGLE IT/YOU, and c) I am in the mood to get a cup of tea and chat about randomness for hours. <3




It's Maximus the horse!! I completely loved Tangled, it's definitely bumped down a few films to get into my top three favourite Disney animations. When I use this icon I am most likely pissed -- though very, very rarely at the poster, more at the circumstances in the post.




It's Amy! The Girl Who Waited. IDK, could be that she was set up from the beginning to be associated with fairy tales, but something about the actual label, The Girl Who Waited, there's something so tragic about that. When I use this, I am likely feeling a little maudlin, a little lost, a little uncertain, a lot thoughtful. Again, something about that icon that fascinates me, speaks to something inside me, that dark, lost part. But so, so beautiful. So. Beautiful.

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[nikibee.livejournal.com]

I did not see that rec post, thanks!!!! So much awesomeness for my eyes. :)