We're gonna run out of cake at this rate

JESUS CHRIST, YOU GUYS, ALL THOSE HEARTS, I CAN'T.

YOU KNOW I LOVE ALL OF YOU TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH, YES? ♥♥♥♥♥ UGH WITH YOU LOT ON THE CASE HOW IS ANYONE SUPPOSED TO FEEL ANYTHING OTHER THAN BLISSFULLY HAPPY? :')

Thank you. Seriously. This outpouring of love makes me all twitterpated and stammering and so, so loved. :') YOU ARE ALL THE BEST THINGS EVER.

Special thanks go out to Anonymouse, who made me giggle giddily into my coffee this morning and blush like a fourteen-year-old girl. My first Valentine, likely ever (at least in recent memory), and it came from no other than Clint bloody Barton. ANONYMOUSE, YOU KNOW ME SO WELL. :DDDDDDDD <333333

Anyway. The point of this post is that I have been overwhelmed with support and love and everything that is good in the world. And I'm feeling heaps better this morning, you'll be pleased to hear. :) That ought to be the worst of it for this month. There's always one day that I want to fucking die, and after that it tends to get settled. Now just the pains and aches to look forward to -- which, as many people will know, are much easier to deal with -- yes, it hurts, but it doesn't make you want to crawl under a pillow fort and never come out.

RIGHT. OKAY. TODAY IS NOT A GOOD DAY FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, FOR REASONS. And I seem to have recovered just in time to do something about it. The other day radioaches and I were talking about how WE SHOULD TOTALLY HAVE A FANDOM 14TH FEB THING WHERE ALL THE SINGLE LADIES (AND GENTS) DO SHIT FOR EACH OTHER. Because frankly I'm sick to death of Valentine's day. I WISH TO CELEBRATE SINGLES DAY. And radioaches said that VALENTINE'S DAY IS BORING AND IT SHOULD BE "WE'RE ALL AWESOME" DAY ANYWAY.

SO I THOUGHT WE SHOULD. WHO'S WITH ME?

Fun fact for you: in my country, today isn't just Valentine's Day; it's also Trifon Zarezan, which is the day set aside on the calendar that celebrates vineyards, pubs, pub landlords, anyone involved in the production of Wine, in whatever role. (Also Gardeners' Day, and, strangely enough, Falconers' Day, but those kind of lurk in the background mostly.) IT IS ALSO A DAY WHEN WE TRADITIONALLY GET PISSED. BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST ALLOWED -- IT'S EXPECTED. A bit like St Paddy's Day. :D I JUST THOUGHT I'D THROW IT OUT THERE. Three guesses which holiday I choose to celebrate. ;P A decision not entirely dictated by the fact that in my family we make our own wine, which is delicious, let me tell you. <3

ANYWAY. THIS IS YOUR INVITATION TO SPAM THIS POST WITH PRETTY THINGS, THINGS THAT MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER ABOUT TODAY, ABOUT YOURSELVES. LET'S CELEBRATE HOW FUCKING AWESOME WE ARE, YES? <33333

I'LL START. PREDICTABLY, WITH MY VALENTINE -- BECAUSE FFFFFFFFFFFF YES, CLINT BABY, I WILL BE YOUR VALENTINE. (DON'T WORRY, PHIL, YOU CAN COME WITH, HO YUS. ;P)

( ALLLLL THE PRETTIES )

IN CONCLUSION: ISN'T THIS THIS CUTEST THING YOU HAVE EVER SEEN???



HAPPY 'WE'RE AWESOME' DAY, EVERYONE. <33333

...EXCEPT TO SAY THAT I HAVE JUST BEEN LINKED TO THIS BY... INTERESTED PARTIES.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY, JEREMY RENNER, YOU ARE A PERFECT HUMAN BEING. ♥

MOVIEVERSE!HAWKEYE/CLINT BARTON = CANON BISEXUAL. IT'S OFFICIAL.

IT'S THE MATTER-OF-FACTNESS THAT GETS ME RIGHT IN THE FACE AND MAKES ME WANT TO SNOG HIM SENSELESS, REALLY. HE CLEARLY DOES NOT EVEN CARE. I FUCKING LOVE THAT GUY. I CANNOT ANYMORE.

#I LOVE EVERYONE IN THIS BAR

( [SPOILER FOR 2.01] )

JHALJKHGSLJFGHLJDKHFAJHJH THE SHERLOCK ART DEPARTMENT MAKE MY DOPAMINE LEVELS GO ALL SILLY. Basically I don't care what The Moff and Gattis say in interviews, EVEN THEIR OWN STAFF SHIP SHERLOCK/JOHN.

Having spammed delicatale with these in a series of increasingly flailtastic emails, I THINK EVERYONE OUGHT TO FEAST THEIR EYES UPON THEM. Let's end the year with a bang.

First up: JEREMY RENNER. BECAUSE THERE SHOULD ALWAYS BE MORE JEREMY RENNER.



JEREMY RENNER + CARS. THIS CAN'T REALLY GET ANY BETTER.

Also there is this SPECTACULAR piece of art by Odora over at dA:


A-team by *Odora on deviantART

I. CANNOT. STOP. STARING. THIS IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING. *_____________* Can I just say, CLINT'S POSE. *fluttering hearts EVERYWHERE*

And speaking of things I can't stop staring at -- zoronoa DREW PHIL AND CLINT FOR delicatale AND I. I AM ALL FLAILY AND TWITTERPATTERED WITH GLEE, BECAUSE JUST LOOK AT THEMMMMM. AJKHFJLFKGHLJFDG PHIIIIIIILLLLLL WITH THE TINY CRINKLES AROUND HIS EYES AND THE LINES AROUND HIS MOUTH AND JFHFJDDJHDG MAN OF MY HEART. ♥♥♥ THEY ARE SUCH BOYFRIENDSSSSSS. <3 You should all go stare at it and give zoronoa alllll the love!

For all those who get starry-eyed and wet-pantied (it's a word if I say it is, damn it) at the thought/sight of Tom Hiddleston, THIS WILL BE EXTREMELY RELEVANT TO YOUR INTERESTS. Hell, I don't find him all that attractive and even I'm all HHHHHNNNNNGGGGG over it. FOREHEAD WRINKLES + STUBBLE + TOOTHPICK + LEATHER JACKET. MMMMMMMMMMMMM.

In other news, slept extremely poorly last night, and today I am all djhfdjshldfhg WHAT IS BRAIN at work. Happily, it appears that I'll be finishing earlier than anticipated. \0/ \0/ Let's see if words want to make sense for me in the meantime! :D They appear to be working so far..... ROLL ON CHARLES WITH PUPPY.

....If I can bloody stop thinking about this idea delicatale and I discussed that I write for her, for the auction piece I owe her, where Phil owns and works the night shifts at an all-night cafe, and also BAKES ALLLL THE THINGS. And Clint is a piano bar singer who comes in to unwind two or three nights a week, in the small hours, when there's hardly anyone in but him and Phil and some die-hard insomniac writers, and they get to talking, and Phil bakes for him and talks him down and is basically the Phil Coulson we all know and love, and Clint is cranky and snarky and exhausted yet too wired to go to sleep, and they end up chatting about ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING AND FALL IN LOOOOOOOVE. /sap SO YES. THERE IS THAT. ER. >.> I HAVE TO SAY ALL THIS PRETTY ISN'T HELPING ME STOP THINKING ABOUT THIS PIECE OF SILLINESS.

Lastly: a lovely, lovely song to send the year off in style! :) Thank you, sheafrotherdon, for linking it! :) In conclusion: DIMPLESSSS. <3

Okay so totally spamming you again, BUT. I have just read this story, and it is just. It has made me so, so happy. I mean, I could post my entire comment to the author, which is basically HEARTS IN EYES LIKE WHOA, and waxing lyrical about content and style and visuality, but I think you ought to just read it yourselves.

Cold Making Warmth by Anonymouse.
Steve settles upon the few things he knows for sure: that the days are short, and it's cold, and he doesn't mind looking dumb for making the effort. So screw the protocol, whether it exists or not – he's giving gifts.

BEAUTIFUL. SO. BEAUTIFUL.

Not to mention that this story has given me THE MOST RABID PLOT BUNNY. ( [SPOILER] for the Coulson arc in the fic )

If I have to stare at the computer screen for even five more minutes, I might throw up, that's how hungry/tired I am. I actually not here at all; no, I'm signing off my shift and going home to watch baby Nicky rip apart his first Christmas present that I specifically gift-wrapped so he could have something to tear~! :D :D

In other news, I wrote 7K of Regency Domestic Marriage Fluff (a.k.a. X-Pride II) today, and I am all set to write the scene that rolls the fic over to half-way done tomorrow. HUGE scene. HUGE. Like, it'll probably end up being at least 4K just by itself, I should think. As of now I'm about 300 words off 30K, which, JESUS. Just under half-way done. Breathe, Neve.

Also also my dream_holiday fic got posted today, AND I JUST ABOUT PASSED OUT FROM EXCITEMENT. YOU GUYS, MY AUTHOR IS foxxcub. I MEAN. ♥________♥ I SWEAR, I DON'T KNOW HOW I'LL GET THROUGH TONIGHT WITHOUT SAYING BAGS TO THE LOT OF THEM AND HOLING UP WITH MY LAPTOP TO READ IT ASJHFAKHFDKJLGHSLDGH *____________*

Lastly, Happy Holidays, everyone, however you celebrate! ♥ I LOVE YOU ALL, SO MUCH. I leave you with this, because it just gave me the biggest smile, and I hope it makes you smile, too. ♥ (Ganked off nikibee)

"It ís a time-honored tradition at Navy homecomings - one lucky sailor is chosen to be first off the ship for the long-awaited kiss with a loved one. On Wednesday, for the first time, the happily reunited couple was gay." Picture, video.

Right, I'm off to rip packing paper and eat alllll the food.

Okay right so this manic cheerfulness thing? SHOWS NO SIGNS OF ABATING, which, I have no idea what is going on BUT I LIKE IT. <3 And intend to make full use of it before the inevitable crash that is bound to occur due to my imminent Time Of Power (thank you, zolac_no_miko, for infecting me with that saying, I WILL NEVER AGAIN BE ABLE TO REFER TO IT AS ANYTHING ELSE).

Anyway. I would like to make it known that MY FLIST IS FULL OF TERRIBLE ENABLERS. (I'm eyeballing you, somehowunbroken.) Because this morning, I got to work to find an email from somehowunbroken linking me to THIS PICTURE (linked, because it is ginormous and if I embed it it would screw up everyone's layouts, BUT YOU SHOULD TOTALLY CLICK ON IT AND GAZE ON THE MINDBOGGLING AMAZINGNESS THAT IS BUCKY BARNES). And then I (very understandably, I thought) had ALLLLL THE FEEEEELINGS GUSHING OUT EVERYWHERE. Which, extremely appropriate icon, me thinks. And then this happened, alongside an exclusively-CAPSLOCK-infested conversation with somehowunbroken over IM (see cut below) about ALLLLLL OF OUR STEVE/BUCKY FEELS, directly precluding the events detailed in the aforementioned happenstance, AND BASICALLY THE OUTCOME OF THAT IS THAT I AM GOING TO HAVE TO WRITE THAT BUCKY/STEVE/TONY THING OR EXPLODE FROM SUPPRESSED ~FEEEEEEELINGS, OH GOD. /0\ /0\

( The Steve-and-Bucky conversation, under a cut because SERIOUSLY, CAPSLOCK, I AM NOT KIDDING. And also length. YEAH. I WASN'T KIDDING ABOUT ALLLL THE FEEEELINGS EITHER. Also obviously for [SPOILERS] for Captain America. )

In other news, there is a Holiday Love Meme thing going on!! Which, MESSAGE ME WITH ALL YOUR LINKS SO I CAN GIVE YOU SOME LOVE!! :D

More new people! WELCOME. I hope you know what you're getting yourselves in for. >.>;; Intro posts have been going on this week, so feel free to check out my recent entries if you feel like moar insanity.

Anyway, last night I was reading this magazine my mum brought home with her, and there was an article on People's Sexiest Man Alive 2011 list! GUYS, IDRIS ELBA IS ON IT, HOW MUCH DO I LOVE THAT MAN. <3 And Chris Hemsworth's younger brother! AND CHRIS EVANS IS #5!! That is a nice fucking photo of him right there! :D It's a bit of a travesty that Sebastian Stan isn't on it -- next year, maybe?

So that was fun. And then I turn a few pages, AND I SEE THIS.




And while looking for that pic, I ALSO FOUND THIS.

YOU ARE WELCOME. WATCH IT WITH SOMETHING TO COOL YOURSELF WITH AFTERWARDS NEAR AT HAND. ALSO I (AND MY KEYBOARD) HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU DON'T DRINK ANYTHING WHILE YOU WATCH IT. YEAH.

There is also this vid, in which he is UTTERLY ADORKABLE, and also scorching hot with the making out and shit, NNNNNNNGGGHHHH. Also he sounds so smart; I love the bit where he talks about sense memory. HE'S A HUGE FAN OF ICE CREAM. HE LOVES WEARING COLOGNE. (Okay, sidecut, I have a HUGE thing about men wearing cologne and smelling delicious. The easiest way to seduce me is to smell nice and delicious and lickable/fuckable. (I wonder why the hell I haven't done a fic about this, or used it in a fic yet? SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.) So Chris Evans saying this -- WELL, YOU CAN IMAGINE THE EFFECT ON MY LIBIDO.) BASICALLY THERE'S NOTHING I DON'T LIKE ABOUT THIS VID. <3 Also I would just like to say EVAN RACHEL WOOD'S HEELS. I don't as a rule have a shoe thing, BUT THOSE HEELS ON HER, I JUST. *_______* SO. FUCKING. HOT.

Anyway, my god, distracted is the name of the game today. :/

I've spent all day wrangling an ill baby Nicky, and I am now exhausted. I'm gonna go to bed in a bit, but first I wanted to share a conversation delicatale and I had over the past couple days, because, well. Let's just say WE'VE DONE IT AGAIN. Basically it went something like this:

delicatale: OMG Clint/Phil, we need ALL THE TROPES, like puppy fic and kid!fic and coffee shop au.
sirona_gs: FHJFHFJGH COFFEE SHOP AU.
delicatale: YES.
sirona_gs: Have you too been feeling the co-writing bugs bite? BECAUSE I KNOW I HAVE.
delicatale: WE SHOULD TOTALLY.
sirona_gs: BUT BUT BUT PUPPY FIIIIC, I NEED IT IN MY LIIIIFE, YOU WILL BE GLORIOUS. LET'S DO IT AFTER YOU WRITE IT.
delicatale: BUT BUT BUT COFFEE SHOP AUUUUU I REALLY WANT TO WRITE IT NAO. :')
sirona_gs: ...FUCK IT, LET'S DO IT. \0/ \0/

And so you're looking at about 5,500 words of said Coffee Shop AU sitting pretty in a GDoc overnight until we get to writing some moar tomorrow. YOU GUYS, THE FUN, IT IS EPIC. Also writing with delicatale is ALWAYS A DELIGHT, I swear, ALL THE BEST THINGS IN THIS SO FAR ARE HERS. <3<3<3 SO MANY FEEEEELINGS, GOD, I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW I'M HANDLING ALL OF THEM. :')

...Those two, I LOVE THEM SO MUCH, NO LIE, THEY ARE RIDICULOUS BOYS IN LOVE. <3 This is going to be utterly trope-tastic and I LOVE IT. :D :D It's so awesome, finding a pairing early enough that most tropes are still up for grabs, writing-wise! \0/ \0/

Anyway, oh god, I have an Arthur/Eames fic to edit before sending it out to my SuperBeta tonight. Luckily, it's fairly short -- about six and a half K. Once more unto the breach, et cetera, et cetera.

The Avengers Friending Meme is still ongoing! :D If you're wondering whether to play, there's only one answer to that, really: DOOOOO IIIITTTT. Come make new friends! \0/

ALSO ALSO SHERLOCK BBC'S NEW SEASON WILL AIR ON JANUARY 1ST. I FEEL A PARTY POST COMING ON. \0/ \0/ \0/

I committed kissing fic! Weeelll, I say 'kissing'...

Title: Kissing ain't for the faint-hearted
Pairing: Steve/Danny
Rating: NC-17
Word count: ~1,300
Warnings: rimming, otherwise nothing that the warning doesn't imply.
Summary: Every once in a while, Danny wakes up with Steve, even if he doesn't want to.
Notes: Don't laugh, it's almost two a.m. and I'm still sick. This was meant to be about 500 words, and then it... morphed into this fluff-infested, free-smut-for-all extravaganza. For kissemdanno.


( kiss him (so sweet and soft) )

From H50 2.09

So I have FINALLY seen this, probably the last one to. AND I HAVE FEELINGS ABOUT IT. Shocking, I know.

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