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Abandon the search for truth. Settle for a good fantasy.
-Anonymous, and why I write and read

There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.
-Oscar Wilde, and why I read what I read

All happy families resemble each other, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
-Leo Tolstoy, and why I write what I write

It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.
-Jerome K. Jerome, and why I love the fandom as much as I do

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The light by your bed burns brightly, and in the silence of the room you flip the page of a book, but the black ink bleeds into the paper and the lines blur into meaningless jumble.

You stop to rub your temples and you fetch another cup of tea.

You sip, and the aroma nudges your senses awake, so you resume waiting for him to come home, with alcohol in his breath and the marks of other men on his skin. You open the book.

Nothing still makes sense.

It is late, and you are as blind as the night.
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Hey this is probably not allowed here but I thought I'd give it a try any way but Im starting this blog about my everyday life and I kind of need people to actually read this thing so im doing the advertising thing. You can delete this post if this is not allowed, but i talk about pretty much everything so don't be afraid to check it out.

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title: obsession
rating: PG-13
summary: Ginny Weasley has grown up. Draco Malfoy has noticed.
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Title: Shattering Glass Facades
Author: Liliths_Requiem
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Adrian Pucey, Millicent Bulstrode, Pansy Parkinsn, Blaise Zabini
Pairings: Adrian Pucey/Millicent Bulstrode (squinting) Blaise Zabini/Pansy Parkinson (don’t blink!) Blaise Zabini/Millicent Bulstrode
Era: 1998, December
Word Count: 1019
Story Summary: Millicent gets a little tired of Pansy
Prompt: Rarepair_Shorts Table 10 Prompt 3: “Oz” and Mission_Insane Table Unthemed 5 Prompt 09: Return

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Icons 175 - Glee, Dianna Argon, Castle, Zachary Quinto, David Thewlis, Naked, Aishwarya Rai, Bipasha Basu, Scarlett Johannson, Helena Bonham-Carter, Lily Cole, John Lennon, George Harrison, Harry Potter and Cast.

Banners 31 - Glee, Castle, Zachary Quinto, Aishwarya Rai, Bipashsa Basu, Helena Bonham Carter, Lily Cole, Harry Potter and Cast.
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Title: The More Things Change
Disclaimer: I do not own any recognizable characters/plot nor am I making any amount of money from this.
Characters: Kingsley Shacklebolt
Summary: These were not a people anyone would want to lead.
Rating: G
A/N: Written for [info]whitestar_alpha's prompt of Kingsley Shacklebolt's first day as the new Minister and also inspired by [info]tbranch's art. Beta by [info]cymonie.

The More Things Change )
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We are looking for art, fiction, communities and resources that features Rowena Ravenclaw, either one will be enough, (meta will go on the regular editions). The work can be posted on any journaling system (LJ, IJ, Inksome, JournalFen, etc) or website. Please, we are looking for people to pimp their work and their friends' work. So don't be shy. Leave a link in this post, and it will appear on our new Special Edition.

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My legs hurt.

I did a 7 mile hike through a redwoods reserve. Walked along a cute creek in lots of mud, trees, water, banana slugs, and other things.

Now I'm exhausted but all of today's fics for jehols is up. :D

Right now, I just want a massage and sleep. Tomorrow is time enough for all the aching and the craving for more energy.

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OMGWTFMERLIN

LIVEBLOG!!!! )

THAT'S ALL SHE WROTE, FOLKS. WHAT WILL I DO WITH MY SATURDAYS NOW.

Plot Bunny #479743: Reincarnation fic about Will and old man Simmons, where what happens in each life is that Simmons tries to catch him but Will always escapes. Simmons will never catch Will despite his neverending efforts, but we must assume Sisyphus is happy. Will is like the Road Runner to Simmons's Coyote. The Peter Pan to Simmons's Hook? The Jerry to his Tom? It is a little tragic and a little absurd, but in a way it is all either of them really need. It is perhaps not a hunt, but a ritual. Maybe in one life, Will and Simmons can be allowed a moment to meet over coffee or whatever, but in the end the chase must continue, as it always has before.

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So I guess it's official for the time being: [personal profile] whynot is my repository of ficcish errata e.g. commentfic, meme responses, etc. Every so often, I will compile a list here of new things I've posted there.

List of things I've posted there! )

I love that I finally get to put these icons to work. I love my DW icons! If ever I decide to become fandom Voldemort bent on fandom immortality, these icons would be my horcruxes. So-called mentors! Gaiusface! WILL BEING OPPRESSED. And Peter/Susan of the keysmash variety. Yessss.

VID REC TIME, because I've watched this next one four times now and it fills me with feeeeeeeelings every time, holy shit.

Waking World - It's about Morgana and Gwen and the men they loved who failed them. This vid is incredibly well-constructed. Meticulous attention to detail for maximum levels of verklempt! I WAS ALL LIKE, "Uther & Morganaaaaaa D: D:" and like "OMG MORGANA" then like "Arthur Gwen Lancelot D: D:" and like "GWEN OMG" then like "GWEN OMG" and then I was all "HOLY SHIT, LADIIIIIIES" and then THE ENDING HAPPENED and I am like <3333 :-O :-O <33333345. It breaks your heart then sets you freeee.

Despite itself, the vid has put me in the mood for gritty Arthur/Morgana and tragic Arthur/Gwen/Lancelot. Hmm.

By the same vidder, there is If You Were Gay, which is that song from 'Avenue Q'. Vidding Merlin and Arthur to this is perfect and hilarious (omg the VOICES and the FACES) and oh how I giggled. PERHAPS I EVEN CHORTLED.

In conclusion: [info]amerlinworld. It's like A Softer World, but with more 'Merlin'!

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Title:
Behind the Green Door
Author: [info]thewickednix 
Pairing: Harry Potter/ Draco Malfoy
Rating: NC-17
Categories: Slash
Warnings: Dark, Coarse Language, Sexual Situations, Violence

Summary: In the midst of the Second Wizardning War, Draco Malfoy witnesses his father's capture of Harry Potter. Draco is given a mission: to watch the Boy Who Lived. But in the dungeons of Malfoy Manor, something besides hate and enmity is born between two desperate souls.

DISCLAIMER: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.

Part I
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I got an invite to google wave a while back and thought it would be the perfect tool to use for a collaborative (perhaps multimedia) fic project. Unfortunately, I have no one to collaborate with at the moment, so I'm looking for victims volunteers who would be interested in working on something of the sort. I'm not particularly tied to any story ideas or pairings (other than femmeslash), though I think working on something involved with a strong plot or world building would be fun. I'm tentatively saying no kiddies under 18, because of the possible legal complications of minors getting involved with something that could potentially go into adult territory.

Anyhow, if you're at all interested in doing some sort of project, leave a comment or drop me an email at thepurpletyrant@gmail.com. If you're interested, but don't have google wave, I've got seven twenty four invites up for grabs -- just let me know and I'll send one your way.

mood: creative

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As my icon might suggest, I watched Where the Wild Things Are and I LOVED IT omg. )

I haven't been having particularly strong feelings about SPN as I watch it, possibly because usually when I watch it I'm distracted doing something else. I don't really ship Sam/Dean, and I have a feeling I'm just waiting for this Castiel person to show up so I can ship him/Dean. I already ship Winchesters/Pevensies in any and all combinations. Prompt me some Pevenchester in comments and I'll write you 5-sentence fic (um, set during S1 I guess).

I have a bunch of unusable screencaps from when I was making my LWW icons. I still have them 'cos I'm a pack-rat, so here is me getting some use out of them:

In Which Lucy Picks Up a Bad Habit )

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Title: Between Here and Now and Forever
Rating: PG
Characters: All four Hogwarts founders, numerous major and minor original characters, and Helena Ravenclaw.
Genre: Humor/Drama/Adventure
Summary: All Godric wanted was a quiet life of scholarship, ideally one that didn't involve starving to death. So when two old friends (well, acquaintances, really) showed up and offered him a teaching job, he took it with few reservations, not realizing how extensively he was involving himself in international magical politics.
Length: Long. (FF.N says 49,550 words.) WIP.

Pairings are present, but firmly in the background; there is established Helga Hufflepuff/OMC, and past Rowena Ravenclaw/OMC(s). May eventually contain romance subplots.

The first chapter is here. I have just posted chapter 11, and, showing a startling amount of organization, have scraped together a master Founders post, which contains links to everything Foundersy I have ever done. (That I don't hate. Completely.)

Crossposted to [info]hp_misfitfics, [info]potterpast, and [info]the_foundry.
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A sequel to my Halloween story Destiny In DisguiseWarning:  This is a little schmoopy.

Rating is NC-17; QAF characters are not mine.

Meant To Be
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Title: Somewhere Far From the Cold
Pairing: Cho/Padma
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 150
Prompt: Character Spotlight Challenge ~ Padma Patil at [info]hp_diversity

Padma rubs her hands together ...

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So my anthropology final is going to be about fanfiction as a platform for the expression of subaltern rhetoric (specifically, pro-LGBT and pro-women rhetoric), and I'll be using Merlin and Narnia fandoms as case studies. Basically, my essay is about: YOU GUYS. I have a 4-page outline for 20-ish (15-ish?) pages and it's due on Tuesday omg.

It was such a trip making this outline. I was writing about The Last Battle, and my gut instinct was to warn for spoilers. Spoilers! Warning for spoilers in an academic essay: I WON'T DO IT, but it feels wrong not to anyway! I'm probably going to compile stats & figures from LJ comms, fic archives, and [info]kinkme_merlin (OMG I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT KINKME_MERLIN IN AN ACADEMIC PAPER) to support my claim that, what, people are into slash. Maybe I'll even make a table of it and put it in the appendix?!? MAYBE I'LL MAKE PIE CHARTS D: D: (XD)

There are peer-reviewed journals and published books about this stuff, but this paper doesn't feel like a grad-level anthro final. It feels like a "what I did over my summer vacation" essay, or an especially self-indulgent LJ post.

I've some interview questions for you guys, 'cos it's not everyday that the subject of my paper topic is but a flist away! Answer one, some, or all; I'd be happy with whatever.

OUR FANDOMS, OURSELVES: 5 questions about your fannish experience )

Non-interviewy questions--

a) What is that article about Merlin when it was new, in which Colin and Bradley were surprised/chuffed that the show was so embraced by the gay community?
b) Do you guys have links to the Merlin producers/publicists blatantly shipping Bradley/Colin, even if just for the slash fans' benefit? Like, that time when Bradley was playing charity soccer and Julian Jones or wtfe was like yeah, Colin's gonna be there with a sponge and bucket to wipe him down.
c) Not for my essay, but: are Katie McGrath's eyes green or blue? THEY'RE GREEN DAMMIT, but I've seen a lot of blue in fics. (GREEN.)

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So um flist I finally started watching Firefly years later.

OMG DO ANY OF YOU SHIP SIMON/RIVER????? IF YOU DO PLEASE SQUEE WITH ME.

I had a feeling I'd ship them as soon as I saw their first interaction in the pilot, but I just watched 1x05 "Safe" and OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGG I could not interpret what happened as platonic. (Kind of like how I just cannot interpret the Winchesters as platonic. :3) I am a sucker for this kind of co-dependent needy relationship, IDEK.

AND APPARENTLY JOSS WHEDON SHIPS THEM TOO. OMGGGGGGGGGGGGG YAY ;O;

I like Zoe/Wash too! And Jayne. And Jayne/Kaylee. And I'm okay with Mal/Inara, though I find Mal kind of an asshole a lot. (Yet when Jayne does it he's just awesome...-_-) And the Shepherd! OMG.

Also um. I accidentally grabbed a France/UK doujin and um NOW I AM CONVERTED. I am so easy WHY because promenade draws a really pretty France. I NEEDS MOAR BUT THE WORLD IS FULL OF US/UK. Although tbqh I really want some UK/US too but apparently no doujin artist likes the pairing in that order. D: Anyway so over US/UK now. :|

I am so easily converted.

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Hey everyone-

Ever have one of those days where the only thing you want to do is read delicious yuri smut? Well that's me today...and every day, lol. I'm just looking for some rec's on some great smut, doesn't really matter the pairing. The naughtier, the better.

thank!
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New Everything Is Illuminated Fic:
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Title: The Funhouse
Author: Liliths_Requiem
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Adrian Pucey, Millicent Bulstrode, Marcus Flint
Pairings: Adrian Pucey/Millicent Bulstrode, if you squint
Era: 1998, September
Word Count: 1207
Story Summary: Millicent gets her house back and realizes it’ll never be a home
Prompt: Rarepair_Shorts Table 10 Prompt 3: “Caustic Chemical” and Mission_Insane Table Unthemed 4 Prompt 10: home

3. Caustic Chemical
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Branches by [info]discothequey

Genre: AU, Romance
Rating: Past (PG-13), Present (NC-17)
Warnings: Abuse
Disclaimer: Queer as Folk is not mine. Unfortunately.
Previous Parts: Click

Summary: After years of loneliness, what happens when Justin, a young orphan, meets Brian, the son of an abusive minister? Will they be able to seek comfort in each other, or will they allow their lives to tear them apart?

Enjoy!

Past, Part Twelve
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Title: as near as snow
Characters: Regulus with some Sirius/Regulus
Rating: PG
Words: 1800
Summary: Regulus buries his mother.
Notes: Minor AU (Walburga survives Regulus and her husband in canon).

here and at skyhawke.
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This is somewhat belated, I suppose, and I probably should've written it straight after the concerts so I didn't forget things, but I've been on an Arashi high ever since and therefore not really all that coherent, so it was probably better to wait. XP I'll do a post about my trip as a whole later, but for people who don't really care about that and want to hear about Arashi, I'll just post the con report for now.

So, it all started one sunny winter's day in Tokyo, when two girls came to realise that dreams really can come true...

Friday, December 4 - pre-concert stuff )

Friday, December 4 - actual concert )

Of course, the next day we went straight out and bought tickets for the Sunday night. XP


Sunday, December 6 )

After the concert, we met up with [info]oviparous and went and had coffee, which was also the perfect ending, as she's like the sweetest person ever. <33333

And anyway, so now I'm left with this feeling that's sort of like if it's possible to achieve this dream, then maybe you can achieve any dream if you work hard enough, and that I shouldn't get brought down by stupid things, because there's something bigger and better out there. And that no matter what happens, there will always be Arashi to make me feel better.

Also? I'm totally going to all five domes next year!

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