Sheesh, I've been gone for a while. I've been away both for fun reasons (a long sailing trip with D, yay!) and for more annoying ones (feeeling really icky, bleah). But I'm having a very good productive day today, after feeling yucky for over a week, so I'm plowing through all kinds of to-do's on my list ( Read more... )

Happy birthday dphearson!!!!!!!!!!!

Go read marinarusalka's sexy, funny Snape/Black ficlet, one of several she's written for those who will sponsor her in the Revlon Walk for Women. Her offer is still open, I believe! Since Snape/Black is what I'd have asked for, I sponsored her for free. *g*

Check out trickofthedark's mischievous bit of art, Hot cocoa with Alastor, the fun and ( Read more... )

sine_que_non767 recs some HP gen, with nice, detailed commentary on each story. The ones I've read I loved, and the rest are new to me, yay!

atdelphi mourns that Canon Ruined My Boy!Smut, a short post I found intriguing (and funny!) in light of recent discussions on canon. Comments to the post empathize muchly.

prillalar considers how and why one chooses between past vs. ( Read more... )

Various people have been posting about and discussing canon and fanon over the past month or two, and each time the discussion has come around I've missed it! Argggh. I've been drowning in my RL recently. But I've finally managed to compile some of my thoughts on the issue here.

( Canon, Fanon and Why I Love Both )

( tradescant interviewed me. Here are the answers )

pauraque made me this lovely icon in Amiu. Isn't it elegant and beautiful? It says "sailor", and it looks like a sailboat! For more explanation of the language (and culture) he's created and how to read this icon, go here. He's also made "schadenfreude" for caesia390.

rohandove, your meme is propagating nicely! It's all over the HP side of my flist now. ( my answers to rohandove's fandom meme )

My flist has been busy!

makesmewannadie's vocabulary smut challenge stories are in, and the polls are open through Feb 9. Go read, enjoy, and vote!

laylah_r discusses "mild bloodplay" and the problems of kink warnings here. In the comments, cathexys also links to a fanfic symposium essay on warnings, which explores related ideas.

justacat talks about betaing as a non-writer here. ( ( Read more... )

D and I are off for a few days of sun and weather warmer than 6 F. Will be back Sunday, when commentary, conference stuff, and other replies/projects will resume ( Read more... )

OK, I am setting up an LOTR filter, because after watching the 2 extended movies and acquiring a brand new set of the books, which is now in my hot little hands, I think I have some stuff to say. Especially about Faramir, but yes, everything else too. :) I will still subject all of you to any posts that are multifandom/ comparative, but the ( Read more... )

cathexys and I had a great conversation the other day wherein she came up with some neat ideas connecting her liking for fics that include body-switching, time travel, gender-switching, and AU's, among others. I'll let her post it, as it is hers, but I thought it was quite cool. isiscolo, you might be interested when she does, as you share some of these ( Read more... )