I wish I was a mermaid and was friends with all the fish

I signed up for purimgifts again this year, and I just got my assignment, which is awesome. After finishing a bunch of long fics all in a row, I think a low pressure fic gift basket is exactly what I need.

(And yes, for those waiting, I am working on the birthday fics I promised. I've just been a little distracted, oops.)

In case you're my purimgifts author, hello! I've written up a little bit about the fandoms I asked for and my favourite (Jewish and/or female) characters; in any of these fandoms, I'd love anything, of course, but this is just in case you're looking for a bit of extra direction :)

In general, I love fun stories; I'm not so much with the angst, but go for it if it's your thing. I love het and femslash as well as gen, and I really love female characters. Humour, crack, fluff, AU, banter, UST - I'll love pretty much anything, so just write whatever's fun for you!

( More about my requests )

More self-indulgent meta! I wrote up the first part of this commentary a long time ago, and I meant to get to the rest of it shortly after I finished the series. Unfortunately, I got distracted for a while, but better late than never, right?

If you're looking for part one of the commentary, it's here. And if you're looking to read the fic itself, it's posted here.

This part covers What Goes Down from A Night At The Benetian to Up And Down And Back Again. Spoilers up to episode 3:20 - The Bitch Is Back.

( Commentary, canon, and more )

Since I've been recently getting back into Veronica Mars fandom, and with news about the possible movie coming out, it seemed like as good a time as any to (re)watch the Veronica Mars FBI trailer. And ... I mean, on one hand, I'm glad they never made it. Because it's not Veronica Mars; it's a spin-off of Veronica Mars, only it happens to star the same person. And given the bulk of season three, I can't quite make myself believe it would have been really good. But on the other hand, it did have potential (and I'm an eternal optimist), and there were things I really liked about it.

( In which I talk about the promo, so there be spoilers )

And, god help me, I'm really trying to resist writing fic for it. Because ... it's based on ten minutes of a promo that never became anything, that gives us only the barest glimpse of new characters and relationships, and that has exactly zero potential audience. And yet.

If there's anyone who hasn't seen it, though, and wants to, here you go. It's worth a glimpse, I think, if only to see what might have been (for better or for worse). And, yes, I am glad they're not going the FBI route with the movie - there'd be too much backstory for non-fans, too much new information for fans, and in two hours with such a huge shift in the original premise, I really don't think there would have been much point to it. The appeal of making a movie out of a cancelled series, after all, is that it allows you to wrap up loose ends and play a little longer in the world, and Veronica Mars FBI: The Movie would have done neither. I am trying to convince myself to be cautiously optimistic about the actual movie they might make, though.

TV is back on! I haven't actually started watching it yet, but there's a new Legend of the Seeker I'm very excited about. And BSG comes back in a few days ...

All my holiday exchange fics have been finished and posted:

Summer In The City (Merlin - Arthur/Morgana - PG - 3173 words) In which there is a summer festival, Morgana indulges in a spot of matchmaking, and she and Arthur fight. A lot. Spoilers up to episode 1:8 - The Beginning Of The End. Written for breakingbeads for merlin_santa.

Are You Gonna Be My Girl (Farscape RPF - Ben Browder/Claudia Black - R - 3500 words) It's a good thing, he thinks, that John is supposed to be in love with Aeryn, or people might start asking questions. (aka. Five outfits Ben and Claudia wear, in varying degrees of ridiculousness.) Written for sugargroupie for yuletide.

Method Acting (Decipher Reflections From Reality) (One Tree Hill RPF - James Lafferty/Bethany Joy Galeotti - PG - 2694 words) Her life is measured out in almosts. (She almost took a risk, once, but it was only fiction.) Five times fiction and reality were almost the same thing. Written for sugargroupie for prettylightsfic.

So, yes, I ended up writing for the same person for Yuletide and Pretty Lights. And I could have written Ben/Claudia for both exchanges, but the Pretty Lights assignment came pretty much as I was just starting to rewatch One Tree Hill, so I decided to go for a little diversity instead. The Pretty Lights story ended up not being quite what I intended (it was supposed to be flirty and happy and fluffy, which it ended up being ... not so much), but I'm pretty happy with the way all my exchange fics turned out. And I'm very happy with what I received in return, so it was an excellent holiday ficathon season.

Even more exciting, apparently I've started writing Veronica Mars fic again:

Nice To Meet You Anyway (Veronica Mars - Casey/Veronica - PG-13 - 2462 words) Trust doesn't come that easily. Spoilers up to episode 1:9 - Drinking The Kool-Aid.

( General Veronica Mars fic + fandom ramblings )

So I'm feeling very happily and productively fannish at the moment. Not to mention a couple of other fics I should be writing in Weeds and Skins, because I may be a lot of things, but lacking in new fandoms I am not. (OMG Tony/Effy! falseeeyelashes, I blame you and your epic OTP picspam.)

So, I'm really not sure when I'm going to have time to get around to actually watching television, but I feel like I'm okay with that.

Round 5 at remixthedrabble is over, and the archive is open. This time around, I wrote six fics, and had three written for me, which was awesome; there were over a hundred fics submitted altogether, in 47 different fandoms, and you can check out the master list here.


Fics written for me:

Burning Secrets by leni_ba (Veronica Mars - Ensemble - R - 1200 words) A remix of Sixteen Candles.

Coronado Bridge (Déjà Déjà vu Remix) by amory_vain (Veronica Mars - Logan - PG-13 - 179 words) A remix of Coronado Bridge.

Vindicated by ithilien22 (Dark Angel - Alec, Max - PG-13 - 100 words) A remix of Consolation Prize.


Fics written by me:

I'm Afraid I Think I'm (More Human Than Human Remix) (Battlestar Galactice - Boomer - PG-13 - 250 words) It's not like she was the only one keeping secrets. Spoilers up to episode 2:1 - Scattered. A remix of Five Things That Never Happened To Sharon Valerii (#3) by projectjulie.

This Is Not A Romantic Comedy (Nick And Nora Remix) (Gilmore Girls - Jess/Lorelai - PG-13 - 500 words) There are things Jess doesn't do. Like kiss Lorelai Gilmore. Spoilers up to episode 2:5 - Nick & Nora/Sid & Nancy. A remix of No Sid, No Nancy by karathephantom.

Beauty Queen (Through The Looking Glass Remix) (Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Buffy - PG - 200 words) Buffy competes in the Hemery High Beauty Pageant. A remix of Mirror Mirror, On The Wall by scribblesinink.

Picture Perfect (Life Imitating Art Remix) (Supernatural - Dean, Jess - PG - 1000 words) Dean doesn't mean to enrol in art history, exactly. A remix of Imitating Life by 2ndary_author.

Language Sex Violence Other (DNA Remix) (Farscape - Aeryn/Jool - PG-13 - 200 words) She's not as strong as she thinks. A remix of Learning Experiences by astrogirl2.

Loyalties And Marinara Sauce (Bizarre Love Triangle Remix) (Dark Angel - Logan, Alec, Max - PG - 250 words) "So what is this, a two man job or something?" A remix of Loyalties And Marinara Sauce by amory_vain.

Everybody seems to have already posted theirs, and I keep looking at my calendar, thinking ... but there's still four days left in 2007, I can write fic in four days. Which I did. But now the year is officially over, so here is my end-of-year fic roundup post.

( When I am king )

Also: my shiny new header and icons, made just for me by azngal_icons!! I now have Ben and Claudia John and Aeryn on my livejournal, which is just so much awesome. <3 <3

Title: Girls Not In Bars (Girls In Bars Remix)
Fandom: Veronica Mars/Mean Girls/Angel/Gilmore Girls/Gossip Girl/Heroes
Character(s): Lamb, Karen, Cordelia, Lucy, Blair, Elle
Word Count: 1344
Rating: R

Summary: It's a line. "You look like someone I used to know," he'll say.

Notes: Remix of Girls Not In Bars, crossover edition.

( Number three is never say her name )

Title: Light My Fire
Fandom: Arrested Development/Veronica Mars
Character(s): Gob, Veronica
Word Count: 260
Rating: PG-13

Summary: She isn't sure if he's coming on to her, or if he's just really confused.

Notes: Written for boy_named_susie. No spoilers.

( Give me fuel, give me fire )

For easy reference, I now have all my fics listed by fandom at this post. And because it something I never really bothered to do, but probably should, I'm starting a series of fic roundup posts.

(Also, I wrote 12 fics this month, which is 12 more than I wrote in September, so yay. And added two new fandoms - four if you include the crossover ficlet.)

( Got kinda long, so under the cut )

Title: And Your Mother Too (Four Funerals And A Wedding)
Fandom: Veronica Mars
Character(s): Veronica, Lamb
Word Count: 4462
Rating: PG-13

Summary: There are some things you can't run from. It turns out that family is one of them.

Notes: Spoilers up to episode 2:22 - Not Pictured. Written for femgenficathon. My prompt was the quote "Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish," from Anne Bradstreet.

( Children of the revolution )