| Countdown to Christmas...Day 21 |
[Dec. 5th, 2008|12:55 am] |
And now for something completely different. The first female in this series. I have to say that I agree with Snape. *cough*
Also, last call for snail mail holiday cards. You can sign up here.
( Day 21 art under the cut... ) |
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| Snarry Fic Rec... |
[Dec. 5th, 2008|12:39 am] |
Run, do not walk, over to ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) bk7brokemybrain's LJ to read the fic she wrote for me in the hpequality fundraiser to fight Proposition 8 in CA. The Blessing is 2,756 words of brilliance. This is Snarry at its finest. It features a highly original Wizarding tradition, a re-visit to #4 Privet Drive, an almost Slytherin Harry, totally believable Snape, and possibly the most spot-on characterization of Petunia you will find anywhere. And all in a nice, tidy, compact fic that will leave you wanting more.
Do yourself a favor and don't read the warning. You'll enjoy it more if you don't know. And, yes, that advice came from me - the self-proclaimed queen of the spoiler warning. Shoo! Go read. And let her know what you think when you're through. |
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| Day Four, Advent Ficlets. Sirius/Draco. PG? |
[Dec. 4th, 2008|11:58 pm] |
Title: Fifty Six Layers of Hell
Author: eeyore9990
Recipient: littleblackbow
Pairing: Sirius/Draco
Rating: PG?
Prompt: "How, in the fifty six layers of hell, did you manage to get locked in there?"
( Fifty Six Layers of Hell )
A/N: I so hope this makes as much sense outside of my head as it does inside it. :P |
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| I have the feeling that I'm forgetting something vital |
[Dec. 4th, 2008|10:08 pm] |
But first, a big *squee* because my gift at ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/community.gif) hd_holidays posted today! It's called "No Happy Ending," but is not as dark as the title might suggest, although definitely angsty. Whoever the author was took seriously my wish for having one of them genuinely bisexual, and that was absolutely lovely to see. The structure is quite interesting, as it's written non-linearly, in short scenes that also shift POV, person, and tense - but it manages to work. Those of you who read Harry/Draco and for whom angst is not a problem, I do recommend this to you!
( The RL stuff, cut for length and grousing )
Even looking at my list o' doom I have the sinking feeling that there's something big I'm overlooking... maybe it's just end-of-term stress? |
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| I have been enjoying.... |
[Dec. 4th, 2008|09:33 pm] |
...enchanted_jae's Fifi stories
Short, cute, hot -- read the warnings if you care, and of course, start from the bottom. |
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| Story: "Memories in the Moonlight", for stasia |
[Dec. 4th, 2008|09:42 pm] |
Memories in the Moonlight, for stasia
Rated: PG13
Summary: Post-War; Neither died, both because they’re werewolves. Severus was bitten just before the end of the war, but hasn’t transformed yet. One full moon, Remus’ out playing and he meets a strange wolf…
Word count: 10400 |
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| Drabble: Proper Preparations |
[Dec. 4th, 2008|08:20 pm] |
Title: Proper Preparations
Author: alisanne
Rating: PG
Word count: 100
Characters/pairings: Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy, OC.
Written for dracoharry100's challenge: Santa Clause, and for slythindor100's special Holiday challenge: picture 3
Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only.
Beta: angela_snape
Authors Notes: Slightly less fluffy than I have been lately? ;)
( Proper Preparations ) |
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[Dec. 4th, 2008|07:53 pm] |
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| NCIS FIC: When Undercover Really Means Overexposed ~ Gibbs/DiNozzo ~ Mature |
[Dec. 4th, 2008|08:30 pm] |
Title: When Undercover Really Means Overexposed
Author: the_minx_17
Beta(s): leela_cat *smooches* Any remaining mistakes are all mine.
Pairing: Gibbs/DiNozzo
Rating: FRM (Mature Subjects)
Word Count: ~6,500
Highlight for Warnings Enticements: *implied BDSM scenes*
Disclaimer: Not mine…I just play with them and make them happier for it. Well, I at least make me happier for it.
Summary: Against his better judgment, DiNozzo goes undercover again. However, instead of his heart being exposed, it's his past. Well, maybe it's his heart too.
Notes: Possible spoilers through 514 – Internal Affairs. Many thanks to pureevil230 and zalil_z for the early reads when I was having my usual OMG-a-new-fandom breakdown.
( When Undercover Really Means Overexposed ) |
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| Miscellany |
[Dec. 4th, 2008|08:18 pm] |
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My poor babies need clickies...or they'll die. *cries*
I just got back from New York today. I had a very relaxing visit with justsonya. I did...absolutely nothing but read. Well, I crocheted some, too. But, mainly, I read...The Twilight Saga.
I'll be posting up a review of the rest of the series, including Midnight Sun, later.
Omg. HOUSE!
petapepy, I got your package. And I'm being good and waiting. *sits on hands*
whisper132, I got the postcard. COWS ♥
evaporate!!!! OMG KUBOTOKINESS~~~
justsonya!!! ♥ Salty Dog III and IV and Backgammon Remix and other stuffs are awesome and pretty and awesome. I can't wait to use the yarn.
I don't want to go to do jury duty on Monday.
Did I miss anything? I was 810 back before I got to my last post, but I was skimming hardcore. |
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| Collectors' Edition! So pretty! |
[Dec. 4th, 2008|08:09 pm] |
I haz a Tales of Beedle the Bard! Thank you nice UPS man and Amazon.com! |
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| Manga/anime rec: Hikaru No Go post of doom, full of stuff and squee :) |
[Dec. 5th, 2008|04:07 am] |
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Manga: Hikaru No Go (Hikago) (Hikaru's Go) (1998) ##
Story by Hotta Yumi, manga by Obata Takeshi
Status: 23 volumes (189 ch), complete, licensed
Scanlated by: Toriyama's World and others
Genre: Comedy Drama Fantasy School Life Sports Shounen
Found: recced to me by an RL friend
Summary: From Viz: After stumbling across a haunted Go board, irresponsible Hikaru Shindo discovers that the spirit of a master player has taken up residence in his consciousness. In his pursuit of the "Divine Move," Fujiwara-no-Sai awakens in Hikaru an untapped interest and genius for the game, and soon the schoolboy is chasing his own dream--defeating the famed Go prodigy Akira Toya!
Anime #
Status: 75 ep x 23 minutes. Starts at volume 1 chapter 1, ends at somewhere at volume 19. Sequel, Hikaru No Go: New Year Special, contains the following events, up to but not including the tournament, the North Star Cup.
Series director: Susumu Nishizawa.
DL: you can find the manga in the usual manga-trading places; the anime is available at GalAnime (without the sequel, which can be found in torrents). List of manga chapters and anime episodes (spoilery) |
My notes: OMG I WANT MORE! A manga sequel, another anime sequel, anything! Just MORE! I can't part with this universe. I've watched the anime twice and think I'm going to do it again, and then maybe read the manga another time.
Gosh, it happens every time! Hear me solemnly forswear to form even a hint of opinion of a new thing offered to me to read and promise to treat everything as potentially exciting until proven otherwise. Because it happened again. You see, I have zero interest in sport stories or sport manga. How much do I care for board games or abstract strategy games? Not a bit, unless they are very pretty. I downloaded vol. 1 of Hikaru No Go just to see what it's like and to have my conscience clear when the friend who recced it to me would ask how I liked it. But after reading vol. 1, I rushed to DL the rest. I gobbled up the manga in three days, sleeping four hours a night just to be able to function somehow. I watched the anime after it, also in three days. I was so sleep-deprived that I kept falling asleep where I shouldn't have. But I simply couldn't stop reading/watching! It's a real page-turner and a story that will make you love its main characters.
My mind and my heart were in conflict about this manga all the way while I was reading. The heart clearly won, despite all the mind's protests and arguments. Won by a large margin even. The argument went like this. My mind tells me: Go is booooring; you don't like it. My heart meanwhile flutters and following it, I'm fidgeting in my chair: will he win? will he lose? OMG please let him win! My mind grumbles: down with the indoctrination! Who cares if Japanese players are stronger or weaker than the Koreans? But my heart says: OMG Hikaru is LOVE! Look at his face when he's in the battle mode! My mind tells me: people who are completely devoted to only one thing are the most boring and uninteresting thing in the world; you've known some like that and you didn't like them in the slightest. My heart keeps squealing: ♥ to Akira, ♥ to Sai, ♥ even to Ogata and Touya Meijin :) I'd think it's a testament to Hotta Yumi's writing skill that despite the nagging thought that the thing this manga is about is the least exciting and utterly unimportant thing in the world for me, I loved it to bits and pieces, read and watched it twice and still want more.
Try it! I promise you won't regret! Do you believe me yet? Want to know ( more? )
To wrap it up, I'm seriously considering watching the anime/reading the manga another time. Like, right now. Because it's LOVE! So much love! And I'm absolutely not ready to say good-bye to this universe and these characters. Gosh, half a kingdom for a sequel! No? Well, off to read HikaGo fanfiction I go then :)
( And dragons ) |
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| FIC: Time and Turn Enough (Ron/Pansy) |
[Dec. 4th, 2008|08:02 pm] |
To: antosha_c
From: Your Secret Santa
Title: Time and Turn Enough
Author: ??
Pairing: Ron/Pansy
Summary: Ron finds what he needs in the most unlikely place.
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: none
Author's notes: Firstly, thanks to all the lovely help from my betas for their grammar and British fu. Secondly, thanks to r_becca for yet again running this spectacular exchange. Finally, for Antosha. I was so very pleased to see your name as my recipient. I hope you enjoy this! Happy holidays!
Read the story here. |
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| HP drabble: A Guest for Tea [Luna/Neville, Ginny, general] |
[Dec. 4th, 2008|05:21 pm] |
Title: A Guest for Tea
Author: celandineb
Fandom: HP
Pairing: Luna/Neville, Ginny
Rating: general
Summary: Luna is practical in her own way.
Note: For jelazakazone who wanted Luna/Neville, post-DH.
( A Guest for Tea ) |
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| Drabble: Grandma Knows All |
[Dec. 4th, 2008|05:08 pm] |
Title: Grandma Knows All
Author: alisanne
Pairing: Neville Longbottom/Bill Weasley implied, Augusta Longbottom
Word Count: 100
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Beta: angela_snape
Challenge: Written for neville100's prompt 46: Home for the holidays, and for adventdrabbles prompt 4: Snow-globe
Disclaimer:The characters contained herein are not mine. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only.
A/N: Augusta is a smartie.
( Grandma Knows All ) |
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| Fic: The Best Laid Plans |
[Dec. 4th, 2008|06:09 pm] |
Title: The Best Laid Plans
Author:
Giftee: Zephre
Word Count: 9300
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Severus Snape/Harry Potter, Albus Severus Potter/Scorpius Malfoy
Warnings: AU, student/student relationship.
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: After all these years, Severus is determined to discover why Harry named his son the way he did.
Author's Notes: Zephre, you requested UST, post-Epilogue and the inclusion of Teddy or James as mischievous matchmakers. I tried, but Albus Severus insisted that that was his role, and who am I to argue? I hope you enjoy this. Many thanks to my beta readers, S and E, as well as to someone for his technical assistance. Thanks also to our amazing fest mods! *hugs them*
The Best Laid Plans |
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[Dec. 4th, 2008|04:24 pm] |
....the Texas cousins and I, the Texas cousins and I.
What the hell, Me. Where did all my grammar go just then?
Unrelatedly, I need to stop visiting SomethingAwful, because it can't do me any good at all. But they just uncovered a "horror" "writer" who got banned from LJ and wrote at least one story about the Loch Ness Monster living in the Chicago river.
Kids, I tell you this for free, if the Loch Ness Monster is living in the Chicago river we need to find him and save him and take up a collection to send him back to Scotland because there is some scary shit going down in that river and if he's there much longer he'll never be able to reproduce.
And who doesn't want little Loch Ness Monster Babies? |
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| *YAWNS* |
[Dec. 4th, 2008|04:54 pm] |
So... just got up from my nap after being up at 4 this damn morning to go to the hospital for an inpatient procedure that got fricking cancelled because I'm feverish and sick. I'm so happy to have seen the sun rise for no damn reason. *sighs*
Oh, well. At least I have tons of SGA porn to read while I pout. |
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| Thursday Edition |
[Dec. 4th, 2008|10:53 pm] |
One Shots:
ravenna_c_tan: Draco's Balance - Rabastan/Draco; NC-17 *Warnings*
ravenna_c_tan: Balanced on the Sword's Edge - Lucius/Harry; NC-17 *Warnings* (posted in three instalments - link leads to first part)
iamisaac: The Disintegration of Sirius Black - Bellatrix/Sirius, Severus/Sirius, Rodulphus/Bellatrix/Sirius, Rodulphus/Bellatrix; NC-17 *Warnings*
enchanted_jae: Melodramatic Christmas - Harry/Draco; PG
coffee_n_cocoa: Disintegration - Harry/Ginny, Neville/Ginny, Ron/Hermione, (Tom/Ginny); R *Warnings*
drachenmina: In Spitsbergen - Harry/Severus; G
iamisaac: Getting (In) On The Christmas Spirit - Severus/Remus, Sirius/Buckbeak (implied); R
iamisaac: Sweet Kisses - Luna/Ginny; R
gatewaygirl: Rebound (a sequel to Backsplash) - Harry/Draco; NC-17 *warnings*
Anonumos in lupin_snape: Love Is Watching Someone Die - Severus/Remus; PG-13 *warnings*
Anonymous in hp_yule_balls: An Unexpected Surprise - Harry/Lucius; NC-17 *warnings*
Anonymous in hp_yule_balls: Old Dog, New Trick - Charlie/Teddy; NC-17
Anonymous in snapelyholidays: The Whisperer - Severus/Narcissa; M
Anonymous in snarry_holidays: Once Uopn a Fish - Severus/Harry; NC-17 *warnings*
Anonymous in hp_yule_balls: Better Solution - Neville/Draco; NC-17; *warning*
Anonymous in hp_yule_balls: Comes Great Power - implied Harry/Severus; R *warnings*
Anonymous in lupin_snape: What Happened to Percy - Remus/Severus/Percy; NC-17
Anonymous in lupin_snape: We Know No Whither - Remus/Severus; NC-17
Works In Progress:
lordhellebore: A Different Fate - updated with part 60: Confusion - Petunia/Remus; PG
Drabbles:
alisanne: Already Home - Harry/Draco; G
lilyseyes: Accidental Magic - Severus; PG *warning*
eeyore9990: Definitely There & No Complaints - both Harry/Severus; G
lilyseyes: Magical Rides - Severus, Lily; PG
alisanne: A Good Teacher - Harry/Draco; PG
alisanne: Winter Wonderland - Severus/Remus; PG
Art:
accioslash: Countdown to Christmas...Day 22 - (it's Voldemort)
Anonymous in lupin_snape: The Feast - Remus/Severus; NWS
Community News:
neville100: Posted prompt #46 - Home for the Holidays
snarry100: Posted Challenge #139 - Myths and Fairy Tales
snapelyholidays: Inform that they have had a server crash - and to check this post for more info - participants may have to resend their submissions
Newsletters:
dailysnitch: Posted a new issue - for December 2
snapenews: Posted a new issue - for December 3
Various:
snegurochka_lee: Posted a bunch of Charlie/Draco recs - fic and art
Editor's Pick:
iamisaac's: Sweet Kisses - Luna/Ginny; R
Because it's for MEEEE! And it's great! :-D
If you have any links or tips for us, please let us know. Email us at potterprophet.ij@gmail.com. |
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| Yay Me!! |
[Dec. 4th, 2008|04:19 pm] |
I am pretty dang happy with myself at the moment. It's been a few weeks (or longer) since I submitted my fest fics, so I decided to go ahead and look them over just to see how I feel about them NOW. By the time I submit a fic, I've spent so much time with it that I usually just want to puke at the idea of opening it again, lol, so I'm never a good judge right away.
However, with a few weeks' distance from the completion of my fics, I opened them up and read them again and am extremely pleased with them. I always want to give the best gift I can, and I'm satisfied that I've accomplished that this year. Not to say that I'm certain the recipients will love them (I never draw the names of people I know well enough to say, lol) but I am certain that they are examples of my best writing. So yay!
Now, I just need to stop procrastinating and write a) my advent ficlets and b) my Kinky Kristmas fics. I took two prompts this year (greedy, greedy me!) so you'll all be subject to two real-length fics from me in the following days. Prepare yourselves muahahahaha! *cough cough*
I'm still procrastinating, aren't I?
*guilty*
Okay, okay, going to write now. Sheesh.
Prepare yourselves for some Sirius/Draco coming your way in the next hour. That is all. |
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[Dec. 4th, 2008|02:38 pm] |
BossBoss and I were having a conversation about family today, and he told me he's the oldest of 34 grandchildren. Not counting the step-grandchildren since both of his parents remarried people with families as big as the original.
Knowing he's a Chicago native, I asked, "Hey, are you Irish, maybe?"
"Just a little bit," he replied.
So then I told him about the time when all the Texas cousins and me realised we were off the hook for years on account of the shit Bernard pulled, and he told me about how he misses the military because it was always a really good excuse not to answer family phone calls. :D |
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| ART: "The Feast", for chazpure |
[Dec. 4th, 2008|03:25 pm] |
The Feast, for chazpure
Rated: NWS
Summary: This is the request "Severus enjoys cooking and has become a bit obsessed with new culinary creations; Remus keeps pestering him in the kitchen, until Severus finally has enough. Food fight ensues, developing into messy sex all over the kitchen - against the wall, counters, table, floor - your pick! Foodsmut not required, but appreciated! *g* No bananas, please!" |
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