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So I've just watched this episode of Criminal Minds (while what I should be doing is finishing edits on my

secret_mutant assignment, goddamn it X/), BUT. Okay, it's season 3, the one where there was this genius comic book artist that had a psychotic breakdown and murdered the guys who attacked him and his girlfriend/fiancee six months ago? Anyway, it's not important (although it's a bloody brilliant episode) -- the important thing is the last few minutes, as the team flies back to HQ (people who watch the show will know what I'm on about), and one of them muses how the guy was just an ordinary man not long ago, before he was forced to turn into this cold-blooded killer by circumstances, and wonders whether we all have that potential in us.

And now I'm having these thoughts, tangled up in Metanoia-influenced musings, of cold-blooded killers that murder with a steady hand because their victims are bad, bad people who damn well deserve it; of heroes tangled up in villains, The difference between a hero and a villain is one really bad day (I'll be damned if I know where that comes from; this particular version of events is Jesse's, I think --

zolac_no_miko, correct me if I'm wrong); “The noir hero is a knight in blood caked armor. He's dirty and he does his best to deny the fact that he's a hero the whole time.” (that one is Frank Miller). And now I have an absolutely debilitating craving for fics like that -- utterly sane, smirking men with bloody hands and a moral compass that only points due justice, if society won't do it then he/she bloody well will; of a good guy that's trying desperately hard to remain on the right side of the law even as he senses the lure of the other side. Of that good-ish guy meeting that other guy, the connection, the electric, magnetic spark between them (see Luther/Alice for example). Of someone so broken (Star), yet with the potential to be made slightly less so by the judicious application of a good man (Zan). UGH, IDK WHY I WANT IT SO FUCKING BAD, BUT I DO.

Tropes for the win, I guess! :) But I can't, I just can't help but think, Cap and Bucky, where Bucky isn't quite Winter Soldier but is close, the other side of the coin, getting his hands dirty because someone has to and it can't be Steve, Steve who is everything that is good in the world that Bucky sees -- bleak, dark, uncompromising, no rose-tinted spectacles for me, pal; the perpetual push-and-pull of them, jahfdaljkghajkghjhg OH, GOD.

#why, brain, why? If anyone has any story recs for me, in any fandom, pass 'em here, please! <3 Because I really, really fucking want it, bad enough to write an original story if that's what it takes. But come on, in all the world there's got to be someone as wonky as me that's already thought of something way better than anything I could come up with.

Also see: The Administration, which is the perfect example, and I'm going to pimp it out until everyone out there has read it, because Manna, man. Gal's a genius. You know I'm all about the fluff usually, but sometimes I need dark, blood-tinged fluff, I love you as certain dark things are to be loved-fluff (also, that poem, amirite? A perennial favourite, carved somewhere inside me). Because that's beautiful, too.

Current Mood: contemplative

I've just read this beyond-adorable news story, and I agree with

kitsune_tsuki -- this is the perfect set-up for a romantic comedy. And now I desperately want someone to write this, in whichever fandom inspires. :D

God, I'm so tired, even though all I've done today has been edits. Goddamn you, cold. D: On the plus side, both the Sherlockmas and the

dream_holiday assignments are done and ready to go! \0/ \0/ On the not-so-plus side, it is taking me ages to get through reading over the Coffee Shop AU so we can pass it over to our wonderfully obliging beta, because I keep getting distracted by Steve/Bucky kitty fic, which, BEST EVER DISTRACTION. BEST. EVER. And also listening to this song, which is making me want to write PINING BOYS IN LOVE, and more specifically the Steve/Peggy/Bucky strand of the Love, Actually AU, because MY GOD, THE FEELS. <3

SO. WONDERFUL. :')

And also there is Avengers Christmas fic that I am itching to read, and then I got sidetracked while picking out a title for my Sherlockmas fic from a bunch of quotes on writing that are making me all warm inside with love for my craft, and.

What I'm saying is, I just want to lie back on the sofa and read/watch soppy love stories for the rest of the night. *sigh* If you have any of those in mind, do please throw them my way. <3

Current Mood: distracted

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. :/

Current Mood: bouncy

Friends! Romans! I would like to draw your attention to the following piece of news (WELL. I say news, but it's probably only news to me. STILL. I AM EXCITE AND I WISH TO SHARE SAID EXCITEMENT). So, without further ado (in the second half of the article, in The Story section):

SEBASTIAN STAN HAS BEEN SIGNED UP FOR SIX MARVEL MOVIES, TO REPRISE HIS CHARACTER OF BUCKY BARNES

THIS IS THE MOST EXCELLENT NEWS OF ALL TIME. MY FACE RIGHT NOW:

AND ALSO:

BECAUSE BUCKY. MOTHERFUCKING. BARNES. ♥ More under the cut below. ALSO, HIS FUCKING EVERYTHING.

ETA: LOOK, THIS IS JUST TOO GOOD NOT TO POST IN FULL. (Ganked off

somehowunbroken, because I have basically been STARING AT THAT PIC for an hour now.)

Meanwhile, yesterday I spied

pennyplainknits doing the five word meme, and, well. Y'all know how I feel about memes. >.>;; Everyone's favourite subject, et cetera, et cetera. I feel the need to warn you that from this point on, this post is the longest post I have ever done that doesn't involve some kind of story, so. Enter at your own risk.

( England, Bucky, Writing, Cake, Travel )

Also, obligatory Clint/Phil rec (this is getting to be a habit, isn't it. A WONDERFUL, BEAUTIFUL HABIT ♥).

Stockholm Syndrom and other drugs by AlchemyAlice

Basically this made me GIGGLE MADLY at all kinds of inopportune moments. Hilarious and insightful and just plain adorable. <3 I have such, SUCH a huge weakness for people taking care of Coulson, BECAUSE HE NEEDS IT EVEN IF HE DOESN'T EXPECT IT (WHICH MAKES HIM ALL THE MORE DESERVING). Also I will never, ever, get tired of Clint calling Coulson 'sir'. BECAUSE, WELL. MY KINKS, LET ME SHOW THEM TO YOU. (H50 crowd: #shockingly unsurprised)

AND NOW:

THE DON'T LET THE BASTARDS GET YOU DOWN PARTY POST

( In which I've had ENOUGH and I declare this an 'I AM FUCKING MARVELLOUS' PARTY POST FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU )

LET'S HAVE A FUCKING PARTY. IDGAF, IT'S GOT TO BE AFTER 5PM SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD. HAVE A DRINK ON ME (even if it's a cup of tea/coffee/etc). <3 Don't be shy. Come squee. Spread the word. Get to know your new friends. TALK ABOUT AWESOME THINGS.

HERE, LET ME SET THE MOOD.

Also, I am just tickled pink by ALLLLLL the awesome fic that has been posted/will be posted shortly, because, GUYS,

pocky_slash's Domesticity 'Verse Big Bang and its prequel went up yesterday!!!!! THIS IS HOW EXCITED I AM RIGHT NOW:

And also IMMINENT CLINT/PHIL PUPPY FIC FROM

delicatale. I CANNOT EVEN. *______________* Me right now:

Anyway. Today will be a bits-and-pieces kind of day -- Coffee Shop AU (AT OVER 13K, IT IS PROCEDING AS NORMAL FOR THE TWO OF US), Sherlockmas assignment, a beta job, edits on cop!Erik AU (because I'm feeling as positive as it's possible for me to feel, and if I don't tackle it now I NEVER WILL), and other random plot bunnies. Also I hope to be chatting to ALL OF YOU ABOUT EVERYTHING EVER. \0/ \0/

Current Mood: excited

I am supposed to be on holiday. So why am I having to sneak Avenger fics at 2.30am is beyond me. GODDAMN YOU, RL. (Pre-emptive apologies about the potty mouth, I tend to lose my filter at 3am, it's a curse.)

Tomorrow I am having tea/coffee/excellent conversation with

stardust_made, and then I am going to IKEA (I know, god -- but ATM I am sleeping on the best fucking pillow at my cousin's house, I am so anally picky about my pillows, and this one is heaven, and I need to buy one for myself ASAFP), and then I am travelling to stay with Gran for the next couple days. Whereupon there is hardly any internet reception, so don't wait up. On the plus side, no one to bother me should mean MOAR WRITING, even if probably not on the actual stories I'm supposed to work on. /0\

BTW Breaking Dawn--the film is demented, seriously. Who knew? I mean, I've read the books (who hasn't), and yeah, seriously bad for my mental health, but the film -- I honestly can't remember when I last laughed so fucking hard, even though it was obviously supposed to be srs bsns. Mostly what made me gigglesnort and grin filthily at the screen was the thought of what Phil MF Coulson would have made of it, which got me through some of the more insane scenes, I don't mind telling you.

Anyway. BED.

Current Mood: bitchy

Send me all your positive thoughts, I am going to attempt to start the edits on the 42K cop!Erik AU today. Oh god.

I still haven't seen H50 2.09 and 2.10 -- I imagine I will be kicking myself when I finally get to them, but. I'm still ill, and watching stuff on my laptop makes my head pound. D: I am not a happy bunny.

Finished my

dream_holiday fic! \0/ I just need to read it over before I ask my SuperBeta to tackle it. It's just over 6.7K, so not too time-consuming. Although it's a wee bit experimental, so... Anyway. Two more (small) exchange pieces to write and I'll be up-to-date!

I've been having thoughts about X-Pride II, but I need to re-read First Impressions first before I can tackle them, to remin myself what exactly I put in there about Certain Things. But reading on my laptop makes my head pound, too... DAMN IT.

Played Captain America and Thor for my mum and dad, and they loved them! :D Although Dad said there was too much friggin' noise in Thor, which, agreed, but it was still AWESOME. I have to see it again and take notes re: character development and shit.

Still exhausted from cold. Head hurts. Can't concentrate. Writing yesterday was a chore, but I'm so glad I did it nevertheless. I was going to make a pretty people post to distract myself -- and that still might happen, when I feel less like death warmed over. Meanwhile, I know everyone's been doing it, but why not?

Comment with a story I've written, and I will tell you one thing I knew, learned, or wondered about while writing the story that didn't make it onto the page.

Masterlist

I might, possibly, have some fantastic, very exciting news. But I'm really hesitant to post about them, because I don't want to jinx them. God, I don't want to jinx them so fucking bad. Let's just say there is hope on the horizon at long last. :)

Current Mood: sick

OH MY GOD, YOU GUYS, SOMEONE TALK ME OUT OF SIGNING UP FOR YET ANOTHER CHRISTMAS EXCHANGE (the Sherlock one this time)!! D: I'M ALREADY DOING INCEPTION AND ~~AM CONSIDERING~~ WILL BE DOING XMFC (damn you,

pocky_slash with your irresistible allure), and I actually passed on H50 BECAUSE I HAD SO MANY OTHER THINGS ON, OH MY GOD. And now Sherlockmas is back around AND I AM PROBABLY GOING TO SIGN UP, WHAT IS MY LIFE. D: D:

I have nothing further to say at 2.50am other that I have just spent three hours reading I Seem To Be A Verb, this AMAZEBALLS Arthur/Eames Notting Hill AU on

inception_kink that is just EVERYTHING I WANTED OUT OF TODAY. <3<3<3 Probably everyone out there is reading it already, BUT IF YOU'RE NOT, IT'S MAGICAL AND WHIMSICAL AND JUST REALLY FUCKING COOL and you totally should tap that. *__________*

In the past few days, I have:

++ managed to buy a pair of gorgeous earrings, only to promptly lose one of them not 24 hours later.

++ managed to not buy this utterly gorgeous scarf and am now KICKING MYLSELF FOR IT. I hate it when that happens, so much. Oh well. Now that I have a reason to go to Sofia again (see the clusterfuckery below), if it's waiting for me then it's my scarf, obviously. And I might even get a chance to have tea with

stardust_made again! \0/ (What do you say, love?)

++ been pissed off beyond indurance by university red tape. They are refusing to let me have my MBA certificate until I provide them with a photocopy of my secondary education certificate, despite having seen it when I enrolled. WTF, UNIVERSITY. AND YOU WONDER WHY PEOPLE LEAVE TO STUDY ABROAD. MAKE YOUR SYSTEM MORE CONVOLUTED, I DARE YOU.

++ come up with an Arthur/Eames plot bunny that won't leave me alone, where Eames is a shy but proud and rather mouthy forensic accountant who stumbles on some mob money-laundering scheme, and Arthur is the FBI agent assigned to protect him until he can testify in court. I CAN SEE THE SPARKS FLYING ALREADY.

++ been told I need to pick up three extra shifts at work because the person who is supposed to be on is having some health issues. Oh well, it'll give me a chance to write my letter of statement, and arrange my work reference. SHIT WILL GET DONE.

++ not managed to write A SINGLE WORD that hasn't been plotting Arthur/Eames FBI agent in denial/plucky witness who stands by his feelings ridiculous AU. WHAT. JUST. WHAT. Let's hope I'll be able to write more Steve/Danny Fake Husbands tomorrow!

OH GOD, IT IS 3.17AM, WTBF, BRAIN. D: D: D:

Current Mood: buzzed

I'm in Sofia, and it's been snowing on and off all morning. Yep, fat white flakes everywhere. It's so pretty I can't even. It's also very wet, so there isn't any snow on the ground that isn't melting, but it's freezing outside and I have to venture out shortly. D:

Meanwhile I am watching Lethal Weapon 3 -- god, it's been friggin' ages since I've watched it! It's so much fun, and the two of them remind me so much of Steve and Danny that I feel all warm and fuzzy inside. <3 ILU, BOYS. Also I've come to remember that I LOVE RENE RUSSO MORE THAN ANYTHING. *________* SUCH A BAMF.

Watched Crazy Stupid Love at the cinema last night, and it was fantastic. I'm not really big on the cringeworthy type of comedy, and I spent quite a bit of time with my hand over my eyes, but there was that bit in the middle, when Hanna decided to give Jacob a chance, that was basically PURE GOLD and utterly delightful. <3 And god, I laughed so hard at so many parts, it was fantastic. <3 I would definitely recommend it -- they handled everything pretty well for a romantic comedy -- usually they leave me utterly unimpressed.

Also the other night I dreamt of Erik and Charles, and it was one of those kinds of dreams, if you catch my drift, which was excellent. I thought it was quite interesting that a dream could make me feel that funny feeling in my stomach when I see someone I fancy. Huh. WHAT CAN I SAY, ERIK WAS WEARING THAT WHITE POLO SHIRT WITH THE SHORT SLEEVES AND THE OPEN COLLAR. I CANNOT BE BLAMED FOR MY STOMACH JUMPING ALL OVER THE PLACE. AND THE... OTHER THINGS THAT FOLLOWED. SUBCONSCIOUSNESS, ILU. <3

Also, PTerry I love you so friggin' much. Can't wait to get Snuff in my hands!!

Right. I'm going to finish watching boys bicker and banter, and then it's going to be time for a hot coffee from Starbucks, me thinks. And maybe even some writing? Possibly. Depends on whether the caffeine will kick in in time.

Current Mood: random

1. Woke up a half-hour earlier than normal, and it fucking shows.

2. Attempted not to yell at people at work too much. Seriously, next week CANNOT come soon enough, and not just because of 19th coming up.

3. Watched baby Nicky for a few hours; he is still the most adorable thing ever. ♥

4. Ignored my email all afternoon because I just feel so fucking tired, and so stressed out, that honestly I just wish I could switch my life off at this point, at least for a few hours.

5. Thought again about where on my body to get the tattoos I want. If I can work it out, I can get two quotes done next Tuesday! \0/

6. Saw The Girl Who Waited and cried my eyes out. Seriously, there was actualfax sobbing going on. DOCTOR WHO I LOVE YOU.

7. And since I was still feeling like crap, promptly watched all the TV shows that I've missed eps in recently. Just now am half-way through White Collar 3.10, and can I just say, PETER BURKE AND NEAL CAFFREY, NEVER CHANGE YOU GUYS. ♥

8. Um. I expect I'll finish this ep and go to bed soon? IDK. I am not accustomed to feeling so tired and stressed and listless. D: I JUST WANT TO WRITE, IS THAT SO BAD. But words are on strike in my head. DX Yesterday was so much more productive than today! At least I think I've managed to come up with an idea for the h50_exchange, which I'd been freaking out about because nothing was coming. But I rather like this one! \0/

On a more positive note, I have worked out how to make grad school work! \0/ Looking at it realistically, it's not looking like I'll be able to go until 2013, so I can save up for the move and the course and everything, but I'll be honest -- since making this decision it's like I've had a new lease of life. I feel SO MUCH BETTER, like I have a purpose in life again. Except for my sodding coworkers being arseholes (two more weeks, jesus christ, please), and my sister's husband being a total douche (in a not really fun kind of way), and just general grrr-ness. BUT I AM HERE NOW, YOU GUYS, IF YOU WANT ME. I reckon you have an hour or so before I succumb to Morpheus! ♥

Current Mood: tired

I was feeling pretty out of it today, and work was certifiably insane, so I got home, said hello to baby Nicky, read some Eric to him (it's never too early to start your Terry Pratchett education), and then I camped out on the sofa and watched films allll afternoon.

And what a selection it was! Saw some pretty amazeballs films, and all of them I would recommend heartily!

I started with a rewatch of Iron Man, which I have been moaning about wanting to rewatch for far too long. I STILL WANT ONE OF THOSE SUITS.

Then I moved on to Attack the Block, which was so fucking badarse that I was edge-of-seat throughout. Seriously awesome stuff, and can I just say, Sam? ROCK ON, BABE.

Then I watched Super 8, which was pretty damn fantastic. It's very reminiscent of E.T. and Close Encounters, and the story in the centre of it was gorgeous. I am beyond thrilled with this film, and I'm totally getting the DVD when it's out!

And then I finished off with Source Code, which is seriously one of the best films I've ever seen. It fucked with my mind something awesome, my god, I LOVED IT. I've always been partial to mindbenders (witness my continuous obsession with Inception and the like -- I am so rewatching Donnie Darko soon), and this is a class A+ mindfuck. <3 Beautifully imagined, masterfully acted, and the story was beyond awesome. It reminded me of PTerry's Trousers of Time, which is one of my favourite concepts. I LOVED THIS FILM SO MUCH. Two thumbs up + at least 8 borrowed from friendly zombies! :D Definitely watch it if you like mindfucks.

Moreover, 2001: A Space Odyssey is on telly right now. It's been a while. I shall leave you with this quote, which made my entire day:

"Eccleston was a tiger and Tennant was, well, Tigger. Smith [is] an uncoordinated housecat who pretends that he meant to do that after falling off a piece of furniture." - Lynne M. Thomas

ELEVEN I LOVE YOU SO MUCH. <3<3<3<3<3

And now, if you'll excuse me, there's a new Daycare 'Verse story, which must be consumed immediately, before I head to bed. \0/ \0/ \0/ HEARTS EVERYWHERE.

Current Mood: content

Gah, second-to-last pre-holiday shift, I AM CLIMBING THE SODDING WALLS.

quoththewriter and

zolac_no_miko were wonderfully distracting this morning, but it's the middle of the night now where they are (or it was when I started writing this post, what the hell) and they are asleep and I am BORED. In liew of shooting the wall and pestering a John (whom I do not have, such a tragedy), I am making this here rambling post.

Last night was--amazing. The Dragneto pics exploded everywhere, and it was filled with glee and rainbows and unicorns and filthy, filthy Charles whom I adore. MUCH FUN WAS HAD. I trust everyone has seen it already? IF NOT, REFER TO MY PREVIOUS POST. THAT SHIT IS UNMISSABLE. Today seems rather grey by comparison, not to mention it's one of the hottest days of the month today and I am melting. D:

Anyway. As of Friday I will very likely be incommunicado for pretty much a week. There's no internets where I'm going, SO I AM PREPARED TO WALLOW TERRIBLY about missing a new Carpe Brewski chapter and talking to all you guyyyyys. D: But I also plan to mess about in the water and soak up as much sun as I can find and read a shitton of books (I am taking eight. I hope they'll be enough). I am also taking Danny (my laptop), so I may or may not write all the words before I die of boredom. Even though, bearing in mind that baby Nicky is coming with, I doubt boredom will be in rich supply.

Is there a point to this? WHY, YES. If you need me for any reason at all after late tomorrow night, YOU'D BETTER GET ON IT NOW. In the immortal words of Goose's wife Carole, [...] Take me to bed or lose me forever! (Yes, Top Gun was on last night. The homoerotic subtext is SO MUCH MORE BLATANT at (almost) 30 than it was at 17 when I last watched it. What an innocent I was...)

Also, Happy Birthday, Scotty and Alex!! OH MY BOYS, I <3 YOU SO MUCH.

OH OH AND ALSO. Because I get easily distracted when bored. Some of last night was also spent working with

delicatale on this fantastic idea she god, namely, ANGELS WITH MACHINE GUNS. ONE OF WHICH IS STEVE MCGARRETT. Go check the awesomeness out, it is here!! A Certain Someone on my flist should be sprinting over, you know who you are, babe. XP

If there was one thing I wish I could be good at, it's drawing. Then I would be able to leave you with the visual for this scene that has been in my head all day. As it is, I shall have to rely on words altogether. So here it is, a few scenes from a story I shall probably never write in full, or inflict on the world anywhere else.

( Scene: serious writer Erik working on his next novel. Every night Erik hands his amanuensis/beta reader/hopeless crush Charles the finished scenes from the night before. )

Current Mood: bored
Current Music: The Beatles -- Here Comes the Sun

Shocking, I know. It's like I'm rediscovering the wheel. But I'm super energised today after another night of 10-odd hours in a row. I shall do ALL THE THINGS!! And maybe even write! \0/ After I come back from shopping with my mother, however. We've like three christenings that we've been invited to attend, and we need presents for them.

Let's see now, to make up for my crappy mood and moaning of the past week, here's another edition of HAPPY-MAKING THINGS! :D

1) THIS IS MY FAVOURITEST GIF RIGHT NOW.

WHICH, COME ON. I MEAN. LOOK AT THEM. And I STILL haven't seen that interview! D: NO WONDER I'M MISERABLE. And

quoththewriter is A Star and has spammed me with a bunch more of them!! You can find them here! :D

2) Again, courtesy of my pledge brothers, I give you this video, which, seriously, I was laughing so hard last night that there were tears leaking everywhere. That dude is stoned out of his mind, I'm thinking.

Obviously the epic mocking is coming from Logan. Mainly. Head canon.

3) Chapter Five of Hand in hand is the only way to land is up, for those following it! :D There's maybe another two installments that I'm thinking of, which makes me sad because no more awesomesauce

red_rahl art, but y'know, all good things and all that. Also, THIS THING IS NOW OVER 9k, WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN.

EDIT: OH OH AND ALSO.

4) Arthur and Eames as bunnies, courtesy of the ever-wonderful

red_rahl! THE MOST HAPPY-MAKING! :D

Er, okay, so this is an abridged edition of happy-making things. I imagine there will be more tomorrow! For now I have to eat and go out, so. Happy weekend, everyone! <3

Current Mood: chipper

Tired. Discouraged. Mentally exhausted. Work may yet kill me. I haven't been able to write so much as a word for the past week-odd, and that's taking its toll, too -- I want to write. I am desperate to write. But I'm too tired to make the words work, and I can't, and it's killing me. I am pretty hopeful about the weekend, but if I'm still feeling this exhausted, I may just cry.

On the plus side:

Sign-ups are open for

h50_exchange!
This fic exchange is open all pairings, ratings, and characters.

H50 Exchange

Rules, Schedule, and Submissions Requirements | Sign-up Post

Sign-ups: August 11 - 21 (or when we reach 30 participants)
Submissions due: October 14
Posting begins: October 28

h50_exchange

h50_exchange

I have signed up for this! \0/ I AM PRETTY EXCITE ABOUT THAT. It's been ages since I was part of an exchange, and I had an absolute blast when I did the last one, so I am proper chuffed!

Also, I am a bona fide

carpebrewski pledge now! \0/ \0/ \0/ My pledge name, hilariously enough, is Leeloo. I AM KIND OF IN LOVE WITH THAT. Small, badarse, goes from 0 to 100 when pissed off. WHAT'S NOT TO LIKE? YOU GUYS, THIS FANDOM, I CANNOT STAY AWAY.

Oh, &fandom;. Saving my sanity one day at a time.

Also, I got three utterly fantastic fanmixes out of

lemniciate's Mixtape Exchange! I AM THRILLED WITH THE AMAZING MUSIC OUT THERE. There are some absolutely brilliant mixes out there, INCLUDING THE ONES I GOT.

There is Strange Powers, which is a Charles/Erik no divorce, happy ending AU, and it is fabulous. And there are two other mixes here, which are two amazeballs Darcy/Lizzy modern day mixes THAT I ADORE. YUMMY MUSIC FOR ME, YES PLEASE. <3<3<3 I'm posting my fanmix on Sunday! I can hardly wait! :D

Also, the holiday is on! \0/ Seven days in sunny August, far, far away from the madding crowd. It's all I could ask for. /relieved

Current Mood: drained

I've been watching the reports and reading the news all day, fairly speechless with disbelief. Some friends were meant to fly out to London this morning on holiday; they've postponed it, and this morning was hellish trying to sort out flight re-bookings and stuff with them. I just hope all my friends in the UK are safe! You guys, you're constantly in my thoughts. It's just a nightmare -- but it's been brewing for some time, I feel. It's a society-wide breakdown that hasn't just happened, out of nowhere -- there have been indications of something like this coming along. Still, doesn't mean it's not a complete and utter shock. Live news updates here: BBC News Live: UK Riots. ETA: I am also finding this hugely educational:

tyrell has compiled quotes from the UK airways and sites from the past three days. Makes for one hell of an interesting read.

In other news, my plans to get a life have yet again been thwarted. You know how I was hoping to move to Sofia and get a new job and stuff? Yeah, not happening any time soon. That colleague I was filling in for when I should have been going away -- yeah. Turns out she has terminal lung cancer. They give her 5 months at most. It's... kind of a shock. So I'm basically taking over her job, and my other colleague has just all of a sudden started acting really odd, like the boss is now obligated to tell her everything about any and all developments he's planning, like it's her right to know -- which, okay, boss, you know? It's your job, you're supposed to adjust to it when it's not an unreasonable request -- and it isn't, it's logical and it'll help develop the hospital beautifully. So it's looking like she's going to quit, too, so I'm going to have to train up two new people, and another sometime later. Which means is going to be a long and hard few months. I'm kind of in a bit of a daze right now, with all this stuff going on everywhere.

On a positive note -- we have booked our family holiday! \0/ We're going to a small family hotel near Kavala, Greece: me, my parents, my sister, and baby Nicky. Six whole days away, with nothing but sun, sea, sand -- OH GOD, YES PLEASE. I am taking my laptop, natch, and I'm kind of hoping to get a new phone by then, too, that's internet-enabled (

delicatale, I'm looking at you and grinning ;D). At least I hope I will, maybe for my birthday? I'm going to be spending my 30th birthday with my closest family. Kind of everything I was hoping for, at this stage. I just hope it won't all get fucked by said colleague. We've booked the hotel, which is a three-hour drive from where I live, so YOU KNOW, NICE AND ACCESSIBLE. I really, REALLY hope I get to go. And so I'm hoping to be able to post by H50 Big Bang on 20th Aug instead of 27th, since we leave on 26th. Just waiting on my artist now.

Okay, enough moaning. I now direct you to these amazing X-Men illustrations by

loobeeinthesky, which, okay, I was staring at Erik all morning. <3

In that vein, I can now announce that I have started writing a sequel for First Impressions. When I emailed her to freak out at her,

zolac_no_miko laughed and laughed and laughed at me. :DDD I CAN'T HELP IT WHEN MY NEED FOR REGENCY MARRIAGE/DOMESTIC FLUFF TAKES OVER. >.>;;

In conclusion: happy birthday,

somehowunbroken!! I hope you had a lovely day! <3

Current Mood: worried

I swear to god. I was in a wonderful mood when I made it to work, because my sister had just dropped off baby Nicky for babysitting, and he is the most adorable thing. He makes this shrieky little laughing sound when he's happy, and he was making that a lot this morning as I got ready for work, and how can you not smile at that?? So I got to work with an irrepressible smile on my face -- or so I thought, because the first patient of the day was horrid. I'm usually a fairly patient person, especially with patients, but I swear to god, I was this close to start shouting back.

Then came the news about Jesse being plagiarised, which was half-maddening and half-hilaridiculous, because the person doing the plagiarising was OH MY GOD ONE OF THE WORST WRITERS I HAVE EVER ENCOUNTERED. I'm not as mad as I would normally be, because Jesse seems to find it hilarious, so I'm just going with the flow on this one -- which is not to say that my protective instincts aren't going haywire, but I'm willing to defer judgement to Jesse, since he's the one being wronged.

AND THEN.

robanybody linked in her post to this blog entry. This entry should come with a warning -- do not eat or drink anything when you read it, and you should probably make sure there aren't too many people around -- I read it at work, and I honest-to-god laughed till I cried. I was wheezing, and there were tears in my eyes, and I still had to see to patients, who probably thought I was mad. It is the most unroariously hilarious thing I have read for some time. So if you need something to make you laugh and lift your spirits -- head right over. Oh my god, I still can't stop laughing.

So yes. God only knows what the afternoon will bring! :D

For those who follow it, Part Four of Hand in hand is the only way to land, a.k.a. the petstore owner!Arthur/bookshop owner!Eames AU, is now up! I have written Part Five, and I am currently chewing on my arm in anticipation of

red_rahl's verdict once she's read it. It's--still in the same light, fluffy vein, but I am ever so slightly worried that I have slipped into the ridiculous/absurd with this one. ACK. >.>;;

Current Mood: amused

Gods, I can't remember when I've felt this exhausted. I can barely type, and work today is going to be torture, I can already tell. My brain's all sluggish and crap. D: Bear with me while I attempt to shake it.

So while I've been away:

1) Teh internets have exploded with pics of Alex in a suit. THIS IS A FINE THING TO COME HOME TO, AND NO MISTAKE. ♥_______♥

2)

kissemdanno is back in business!! \0/ I look forward to allll the kisses! <3 <3 <3

3) This art of Erik/Charles by

timbitsu made me all warm and fuzzy this morning! :D ( Boooooys! <333 )

4)

delicatale and I have been At It again. We now have two more plot bunnies to add to the "For Fun" writing folder. THIS SHOULD BE GOOD, I AM JUST SAYIN'.

5) The Sequel poll is still open! Come tell me what you would like to read more of, now that LJ will let you!

I don't actually know if I could handle any writing today. I am far too grumpy for that, so. (You never know, though -- that might go away in a bit.) I am however open to reading ALLLL THE FICS. I am more open to sleep, if I were honest, but that's not happening while I'm at work, so. I should probably take the time to make a list of plot bunnies. My folder is getting un-navigable as it is.

Current Mood: grumpy

Posting this while LJ still works for me (which it is doing spottily at the moment). I'll be away from very early tomorrow morning until sometime Sunday. I'll probably be AWOL, but I might be able to check my email at some point. Maybe. So if you're desperate to find me, try there.

In other news, that fun little thing me and

delicatale have been writing? FINISHED AT 15K. I DON'T EVEN KNOW ANYMORE. But we did have ridiculous amounts of fun, so mission accomplished, I guess! \0/ It shall be posted sometime around or possibly before Monday, probably on

delicatale's journal, but I shall link from here, too.

I am toying with a few stories and plot bunnies right now, but it's anyone's guess what will get written when. Meanwhile I leave you with three drabbles written for various prompts. All of them are not quite WS, if you know what I mean. ;D All of them also on AO3.

Oral fixation
Steve/Danny
Hawaii Five-0
~760 words
Written for

stjarna1984, in response to this picture:

( Danny's sister sends him an old video tape. Steve is intrigued, to say the least. )

Fashion Baby
Steve/Danny
Hawaii Five-0
~1,600 words
Written for

tailoredshirt's Suit & Uniform Kink Meme.

Multi-fandom Suit & Uniform Kink Meme
All fandoms, characters, pairings, and ratings
Find the prompts here

( Undercover at a fashion show. )

The ties that bind
Steve/Danny
Hawaii Five-0
~780 words
Written for

tailoredshirt's Suit & Uniform Kink Meme.

( Steve has to get dressed up (undercover, meeting, wedding, funeral, whatever) and he wears one of Danny's ties. Danny recognizes it and spends the whole day obsessed with Steve wearing his tie. )

Current Mood: content

Watched what there is of Suits tonight. Totally loved it, although I'm not really shipping Harvey/Mike. Possibly because I like my ships to be on a more even footing, and in this let's be honest, most of the power is with Harvey. Having said that, LOVED. IT. And will be watching as much of it as I can get my hands on. Also watched eps 5 and 6 of White Collar finally. My god, the end of ep 5. PETER BURKE ILU SO MUCH. ♥♥♥

Not really feeling like reading stuff at the mo (too fucking hot) so I also watched The Lake House again yesterday. In a bizarre twist, I think the pairing I was least certain about might prove to be the most apt here: Steve/Danny is what I'm talking about. Because Danny can totally be Alex and Matty the brother, and Steve can be the doc with Jack. Perfect. Other fic plannage has also been happening -- more soon, I hope!

It's going to be 40C tomorrow. DDD: OH GOD. There's code Orange declared in my county. Thankfully there's also supposed to be proper storms tomorrow night, and it'll cool the air down a bit. I'll sleep like a baby tomorrow night, but tonight it's anyone's guess. I mostly sleep in my panties at the mo, no blanket, no sheet, no nothing -- too fucking hot, I'm not kidding. I HATE THE SUMMER SO MUCH. DX

Next stop -- Luther. FINALLY, after like a year of

zolac_no_miko telling me to 'watch it right now, goddamn it'. And other films/TV I feel like, for as long as this phase lasts. I've A Lot to catch up on.

For your time: ( Tom Hardy, what are you even. *_______* )

Current Mood: hot

Sooo. In between the utter crap that today feels like, I have been checking my favourite sites to make myself feel better. And I stumbled across these proper gems.

Quite aside from the fanfiction we know and adore and spend our lives reading and writing, there are other ways for the HP fandom to bring people together. The ones that made the biggest impression were those two, but there's a full list on my beloved Empire Magazine's website.

1. The Proposal.

Posted on Reddit by a Redditor by the name of “trehlo” with only these words to accompany it: “This is how I proposed to my girlfriend.” She said yes. Of course she did, wouldn’t you?

2. The Harry Potter Retrospective Video. This, you guys. This made me trufax cry, because of the sheer awesomeness of the edits and the chosen materials. This shows what the guys went through, from the very start to the very end. Also, Draco. Watch out for the truly apt snippets. Warning: contains spoilers for DH2. Also? Bring a tissue. Oh, guys. :') Made by genrocks.

Current Mood: loved

Another poll! This time to decide what me and

delicatale should write next, the HP fusion or the Fast and Furious-inspired double agents spy fic! We're... er. Likely to write both, of course, knowing us. >.>;; But just think about it! Steve the Gryffindor DADA professor who is also an undercover Auror! Danny the head of Hufflepuff house! And Danny the FBI agent and Steve the racer! AMAZEBALLS EVERYWHERE!! Hou could we possibly pass on either of that??

In other news, next part of Hand in hand is posted! Part Three! And just in time for Inception Fandom's birthday, too! \0/ I can't believe it's been a whole year already, and what a year it's been! :D All these amazing people I've met, I am just the luckiest girl! I ♥ you all so much!

Slept for twelve and a half hours last night, and now my brain wants to do ALLLL THE THINGS. It's still hideously hot over here; I am swimming in my own sauce. D: Baby Nicky is stark naked but for a nappy, sprawled on the couch, playing with a stuffed dog. HE IS THE MOST ADORABLEST. *_____*

We are very likely to finish the Bakery AU today, aided and abetted by

imaginarycircus's coffee, of which there's still about half a pack! \0/

What else, what else... Almost done with my mixtape exchange! :D I am making a mix of songs, half of which Charles plays for tiny bb mutants that should not fight at all, and the other half of which Erik plays for growing mutant soldiers, why can't you see that, Charles? It was all my brain was good for yesterday. D: It is such a great idea, though!

I am... thinking about my next fic. I'm gonna watch The Lake House in the next couple days, and then consider which fic to start first, that one or the fake marriage one. I guess I'll wait and see which one whacks me over the head first.

I leave you with this: ( Alex and Scotty being boyfriends )

EDIT: Bakery AU. Done at 43,341. TELL ME THIS ISN'T FATE AT WORK.

Current Mood: awake

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