Thanks for all the hard drive advice, folks - operation Save the Vids is underway. And good thing, too, because I am starting to twitch without them
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Um, yeah, I'd say Jane Narf is a pretty good approximation of what canon Pinky and the Brain is like. It's totally worth picking up. And yes, that story made Jane Eyre palatable to me for the first time ever.
I've just spent some quality time with Google and Wikipedia, those most trusted of sources, and - it's an animated television series about lab rats in a cage. I. Um. Cannot quite wrap my head around it.
*blinks many times very quickly*
And yes, that story made Jane Eyre palatable to me for the first time ever.
God, yes. (In general, Yuletide is remarkably healing in this way. I predict that within three more Yuletides, there will be excellent fan fiction for every single piece of fiction I've ever loathed. And then I will, presumably, find true peace.)
it's an animated television series about lab rats in a cage.
Well, yes. But it's awesome and hilarious. *g*
I predict that within three more Yuletides, there will be excellent fan fiction for every single piece of fiction I've ever loathed. And then I will, presumably, find true peace
The road to nirvana is paved with good fan fiction. I can get behind that as a philosophy of life.
TFV speaks truth, in that is like pure, sweet, unadulterated porn for the Egyptian-mythos-loving, Romantic-poet-devouring, time-travel-enthusiast kink you won't realize you have until you're finished with it and you go ". . . there has to be more of this amazing brand of crack in the world! This cannot be the end!" Of course, then you'll comb the shelves wildly for weeks trying in vain to find any until you collapse in a fetal position whimpering about Coleridge and Byron and boats and nobody will be able to get any sensible communication out of you for days after your heart has been so maligned, or maybe that's just me.
Then you'll discover that Tim Powers has written an alarming number of books, none of which in quite the same vein but all of which manage to make your heart tingle in the same frabjous way, and then you will realize how richly blessed your life has become.
Thanks for the rec, yo. I'm willing to come forward as Kimberley Rector since, like, that's my real name. *g* I'm glad you enjoyed HIWtHI as much as you did. I had a great time with the research and as a contributing author. :)
I'm willing to come forward as Kimberley Rector since, like, that's my real name.
Well, see, that's why I didn't want to link to your LJ without your approval. (I had a moment when I was writing this up - I typed your name, and I was going to put in my usual, "Um, does anyone know if she's on LJ?" And then I realized that I knew where you were on LJ. I mean, what are the odds there's two Kimberley Rectors in fandom? And now I'm picturing a Kimberley-on-Kimberley showdown: "The internet's not big enough for the two of us, sweetheart. Cage death match. Two walk in, one walks out." There would be kick-ass boots involved. Um, can you tell I'm really short on sleep?)
I'm glad you enjoyed HIWtHI as much as you did.
Thank you for co-writing it. It's such a great story, and of course the Egyptian mythology stuff is just - well, it made me deeply, deeply happy. (I'm not ashamed to own up to my bulletproof kinks, and oh is that one of them.)
right, let's try it with correct html this time.polaris_starzJanuary 14 2007, 08:13:21 UTC
I have also noticed the SGA universe's huge adaptability for basically any and all AU settings. My del.icio.us page is testimony to it. It's kind of amazing. And since I also love AUs with an unholy passion, it's no wonder this fandom is my baby. (Have you recommended Daemonology? Or is that a crossover? Are fusions crossovers, AUs, or both?)
On the matter of AUs in other fandoms, have you ever recommended astolat's All The Wonder? I can't remember and your tags intimidate me too much to go looking just now.
Also, there need to be more due South/SGA crossovers. I can't even find the one that I read before, now, which is tragic.
Re: right, let's try it with correct html this time.thefourthvineJanuary 14 2007, 11:02:38 UTC
Have you recommended Daemonology? Or is that a crossover? Are fusions crossovers, AUs, or both?
Yup! I love that story with an unholy glee, and I would explicate at length, except for I think I got about as coherent as I can about that story in the rec. (Hence the link.) And my own reasoning is - well, I count it as a crossover, but I classify crossovers as a type of AU, so for me, if it's a crossover, it is by definition an AU. All crossovers are AUs, although not all AUs are crossovers.
Oh, god, I'm not making any sense at all. I need sleep *whimpers*
On the matter of AUs in other fandoms, have you ever recommended astolat's All The Wonder?
Yup! (And, OMG, it's recommendations post number 23. Wow, that was a long time ago, in fannish terms - thank you for inspiring me to look back through my tags.)
Speaking of incredible Master & Commander AUs written by Shalott (how was that for a lead in?), you've read Duende, right? I didn't think I could love another M&C AU as much as I love All the Wonder, but Duende is definitely
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Re: right, let's try it with correct html this time.polaris_starzJanuary 14 2007, 22:02:25 UTC
No, no, that made sense to me.
Duende is on my list of things to read when I have time for a nice long wallow in fic. (All The Wonder is one of those things I reread during those times, along with Transcendental, Freedom's Just Another Word (have you recced that? It breaks my heart every time) and the Iowaverse.)
Heh, I love that art! I have it saved on my computer. ^^
Re: right, let's try it with correct html this time.thefourthvineJanuary 15 2007, 04:24:11 UTC
(All The Wonder is one of those things I reread during those times, along with Transcendental, Freedom's Just Another Word (have you recced that? It breaks my heart every time) and the Iowaverse.)
Haven't rec'd Freedom's Just Another Word, although I love it so very much. (It broke me. I need to be all put back together again before I can re-read it for the rec.) But someday I will, because it is an incredible story.
Heh, I love that art! I have it saved on my computer.
Oh my god, you're brilliant. I should save it.
...I wonder if there's a larger version. Dief and Zelenka wallpaper would be fabulous.
(By the way, if you read this story and think, "I want more Egyptian mythology influenced fantasy. But, by god, this time I want it with time travel and Lord Byron," let me know. I'll have an original fiction recommendation for you.)
Tim Powers reference! ♥
I am breaking my friends' brains with Jane Narf as we speak.
I am breaking my friends' brains with Jane Narf as we speak.
This is right and good and obviously what the author wanted you to do. Also, it's a great thing to do for any friend that has read Jane Eyre. You win at books and friendship today!
Also, it's a great thing to do for any friend that has read Jane Eyre.
I read Jane Eyre and wanted to bash my head in with its spine, only it was in paperback and that would have taken far too long to satisfy my impatience. This story healed my soul. And I'd have never known of this story had you not recced it, so thank you!
Oh, also, I second the Pinky and the Brain nominations for your viewing pleasure, only I caution you, the compulsion to end every conversation with ". . . the same thing we do every night, Pinky: TRY TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD!" is a very strong one.
It's a very good, very addictive, kooky, zany, and above all brainy show.
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*blinks many times very quickly*
And yes, that story made Jane Eyre palatable to me for the first time ever.
God, yes. (In general, Yuletide is remarkably healing in this way. I predict that within three more Yuletides, there will be excellent fan fiction for every single piece of fiction I've ever loathed. And then I will, presumably, find true peace.)
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Well, yes. But it's awesome and hilarious. *g*
I predict that within three more Yuletides, there will be excellent fan fiction for every single piece of fiction I've ever loathed. And then I will, presumably, find true peace
The road to nirvana is paved with good fan fiction. I can get behind that as a philosophy of life.
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*nods*
I'm thinking of starting a cult based on just that premise. Will you be its charismatic leader?
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You'll not be disappointed!
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Then you'll discover that Tim Powers has written an alarming number of books, none of which in quite the same vein but all of which manage to make your heart tingle in the same frabjous way, and then you will realize how richly blessed your life has become.
I recommend it. :D
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Well, see, that's why I didn't want to link to your LJ without your approval. (I had a moment when I was writing this up - I typed your name, and I was going to put in my usual, "Um, does anyone know if she's on LJ?" And then I realized that I knew where you were on LJ. I mean, what are the odds there's two Kimberley Rectors in fandom? And now I'm picturing a Kimberley-on-Kimberley showdown: "The internet's not big enough for the two of us, sweetheart. Cage death match. Two walk in, one walks out." There would be kick-ass boots involved. Um, can you tell I'm really short on sleep?)
I'm glad you enjoyed HIWtHI as much as you did.
Thank you for co-writing it. It's such a great story, and of course the Egyptian mythology stuff is just - well, it made me deeply, deeply happy. (I'm not ashamed to own up to my bulletproof kinks, and oh is that one of them.)
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On the matter of AUs in other fandoms, have you ever recommended astolat's All The Wonder? I can't remember and your tags intimidate me too much to go looking just now.
Also, there need to be more due South/SGA crossovers. I can't even find the one that I read before, now, which is tragic.
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Yup! I love that story with an unholy glee, and I would explicate at length, except for I think I got about as coherent as I can about that story in the rec. (Hence the link.) And my own reasoning is - well, I count it as a crossover, but I classify crossovers as a type of AU, so for me, if it's a crossover, it is by definition an AU. All crossovers are AUs, although not all AUs are crossovers.
Oh, god, I'm not making any sense at all. I need sleep *whimpers*
On the matter of AUs in other fandoms, have you ever recommended astolat's All The Wonder?
Yup! (And, OMG, it's recommendations post number 23. Wow, that was a long time ago, in fannish terms - thank you for inspiring me to look back through my tags.)
Speaking of incredible Master & Commander AUs written by Shalott (how was that for a lead in?), you've read Duende, right? I didn't think I could love another M&C AU as much as I love All the Wonder, but Duende is definitely ( ... )
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Duende is on my list of things to read when I have time for a nice long wallow in fic. (All The Wonder is one of those things I reread during those times, along with Transcendental, Freedom's Just Another Word (have you recced that? It breaks my heart every time) and the Iowaverse.)
Heh, I love that art! I have it saved on my computer. ^^
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Haven't rec'd Freedom's Just Another Word, although I love it so very much. (It broke me. I need to be all put back together again before I can re-read it for the rec.) But someday I will, because it is an incredible story.
Heh, I love that art! I have it saved on my computer.
Oh my god, you're brilliant. I should save it.
...I wonder if there's a larger version. Dief and Zelenka wallpaper would be fabulous.
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Tim Powers reference! ♥
I am breaking my friends' brains with Jane Narf as we speak.
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I love you so much right now I cannot even speak.
I am breaking my friends' brains with Jane Narf as we speak.
This is right and good and obviously what the author wanted you to do. Also, it's a great thing to do for any friend that has read Jane Eyre. You win at books and friendship today!
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*squeaks*
Also, it's a great thing to do for any friend that has read Jane Eyre.
I read Jane Eyre and wanted to bash my head in with its spine, only it was in paperback and that would have taken far too long to satisfy my impatience. This story healed my soul. And I'd have never known of this story had you not recced it, so thank you!
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It's a very good, very addictive, kooky, zany, and above all brainy show.
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