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

I am not procrastinating, I am taking breaks. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.

A couple of recent topics from fannish5 (with some spoilers for the relevant fandoms):

Five (canon) couples that seemingly came out of nowhere

( Two Guys, a Girl, and a Pizza Place; The Vampire Diaries; The O.C.; Veronica Mars; Buffy the Vampire Slayer )

Who are your five favourite female characters of colour?

( Battlestar Galactica, Wizards of Waverly Place, Andromeda, Greek, The Office )

My offer @ helpbrazil2011 | My offer @ qldfloodauction
I'm offering the same thing for both: At least 3000 words of fic, with a starting bid of $5. (Bidding at qldfloodauction is currently up to $15.) I've offered to write in the following fandoms:

Better Off Ted, Covert Affairs, Diplomatic Immunity, Disney RPF, Doom, Gilmore Girls, Greek, The Guild, Hawaii Five-0, JONAS, Legend of the Seeker, Make It or Break It, Miss Match, The O.C., The Office, The Office RPF, Princess Protection Program, She's The Man, Snow White: A Tale of Terror, Sonny With a Chance, Tin Man, Valentine, Veronica Mars, and Wizards of Waverly Place.

A more comprehensive list of characters and pairings I'll write is here, but if you'd like a fandom/character/pairing not listed, feel free to ask about it and I'll let you know.

They're both excellent and needy causes, so I'd encourage everyone to check out what's on offer at both communities and consider making a donation.

FANDOMS WRITTEN IN 2010

Battlestar Galactica, Disney RPF, Dollhouse, Glee RPF, Greek, In Plain Sight, Life, Make It or Break It, The Middleman, The Office, Pretty Little Liars, Princess Protection Program, Tin Man, Wizards of Waverly Place, plus a couple of crossover fandoms.


FICS WRITTEN IN 2010

January
Mnemonic Devices To Help You Remember How To Spell 'Mnemonic Devices' (Wizards Of Waverly Place)
Everything Is Not What It Seems (Disney RPF)
To Face Unafraid The Plans That We've Made (Disney RPF)
Our Faces Split The Coast In Half (Princess Protection Program)
Dream Days At The Hotel Existence (Glee RPF)
How To Be A Domestic Goddess (Glee RPF)
Kiss And Tell (The Office)
A Dollar Seventy-Five Won't Buy You Much (In Space) (Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Firefly)
Offer Me Alternatives (And I Decline) (Dollhouse)

March
The Déjà Fait Fate Destabilizer (The Middleman)
Never Kill A Boy On The First Date (Wizards Of Waverly Place)

June
They Shoot Cylons, Don't They? (The Forgiveness & Stuff Remix) (Battlestar Galactica)

July
The Greatest Adventure In The History Of Basic Cable (Tin Man)
It's Not Like The Greeks Invented The Marathon (Greek)
Might As Well Make It Bleed (In Plain Sight)
Interpersonal Hygiene (Life)

September
I Think We're Almost Legendary (Disney RPF)
The No Touching Rule (Make It Or Break It)
I Trust You (To Tie Me Up) (Pretty Little Liars)


( Statistics, questions, etc. )

Meme-ish things, part two! iladora asked for five fictional characters I wish were my IRL friends:

Ashleigh Howard, Greek. We would borrow each other's clothes and plan fun college parties and watch 80's rom-coms together, it would be awesome. If I could be friends with any fictional character in the universe, it would be Ashleigh.

Kelly Kapoor, The Office. Okay, honestly, I'm not sure I could stand full-time Kelly, but - Ryan does it? And he's only gone a little bit insane? Plus, she is super fantastic, we could go shopping and paint our nails and watch crappy girly movies and be super excited about BASICALLY ANYTHING THAT IS AWESOME, and she's essentially Mindy Kaling on crack through a sitcom filter, so what's not to love about that?

Ted Mosby, How I Met Your Mother. Oh, Ted! I love him, and I don't even care if he pronounces encyclopedia like a tool. I would let him show me architecture and be pretentious and I would listen super patiently to all his many and varied romantic woes and I would fix him up with all my cool single girlfriends even though it would inevitably end in disaster because one day he might just make it work, and we would dress up and go to really boring parties AND THEN WE WOULD WATCH SOME FIGHTING ROBOTS, COME ON, YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO BE FRIENDS WITH TED MOSBY TOO.

Eli Wallace, Stargate Universe. I blame this entirely on a dream I once had where we were friends and bad stuff was happening and then he cuddled me and I felt better, but whatever, he looks like he'd be awesome at cuddling. And that's my entire reasoning. Sometimes you just need a friend who gives good hugs.

Cara Mason, Legend Of The Seeker. I'm - not really sure how this one would work? At least the others live in what is more or less the real world, but whatever - regular Cara, or modern AU!Cara, or whatever, I think she would be an awesome friend, fierce and snarky and loyal and excellent in bed. If you earned it. And nobody can eye roll like Cara, don't even true to argue.


corleones asked for my top five literary OTPs, and ... honestly, I'm not sure I have a lot of literary OTPs. Which, considering how much I love shipping, honestly surprised me. Um, I really love Knightley/Emma? But other than that, IDK, I'm sorry I couldn't answer your question!


jengrrrl gave me these icons to talk about:

( Tell a thousand words )


ALSO, I HAVE BEEN WATCHING MAKE IT OR BREAK IT ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ YOU CAN PROBABLY EXPECT A POST ABOUT THAT SOMETIME SOON. (I know I promised a proper update, but - it's possible I lied?)

Title: It's Not Like The Greeks Invented The Marathon
Fandom: Greek
Pairing(s): Evan/Casey
Word Count: 5604
Rating: PG-13

Summary: The ZBZs are forced to team up with Kappa Tau for an upcoming Greek event. Nobody is particularly happy about it. (Well, except Cappie, maybe.)

Notes: Set during season one. Written for juleet for help_haiti.

( We're all in this together )

... and mine is awesome, I can't wait to get started!


Dear femslash10 writer:

Thank you so much for writing something just for me! And just so we're clear - anything you write, I will love, so don't stress too much. In particular, though, if you're looking for a little more guidance, I love happy fun times, fluff and crack and various kinds of wacky hijinks, romantic comedy and action/adventure and ridiculous AUs, unresolved (and resolved) sexual tension, and girls who, ultimately, really really like each other.

( More information about my requests under the cut )

If you're still not sick of me, you can read more about the fandoms I requested via my tags - Disney, Princess Protection Program, Greek, She's The Man. And remember - this is all totally optional, and seriously, if enjoy what you're writing, I'm sure I will, too!

My first term as a grad student is over! Which means I'm officially on holidays - at least for the next week and a half. \0/

So, what did I miss? It feels like I haven't been properly connected to fandom in forever, I've missed you guys. I have a massive backlog of fics, and I'm ridiculously behind on my TV watching - apparently the Greek season finale was on yesterday? I've only seen up to episode 13, so clearly this needs to be fixed ASAP.

In more exciting news, I finished my first ever big bang, yay! I wrote Never Kill A Boy On The First Date (Wizards of Waverly Place, Justin/Alex) for apocabigbang, and I got three fantastic pieces of art for it - If The Apocalypse Comes ... (I'm Feeling Pretty Psyched) (fanmix) by tortugax, an untitled fanmix by roseclaw, and some amazing graphics by dhfreak. I am completely overwhelmed by their collective awesomeness. <3

Now, I have to go look at my to-do list ... which is like a mile and a half long, eek! I know I have gift fics to finish, my bsg_remix, and maybe chaos_thon, but I'm honestly not sure if I'll be able to finish that in time. And a couple of assessments that are due the first week back, and homework I'm not fully caught up on, and resource folios, and reflections ...

Fic is coming first, I think ;)

I wrote seven fics in November, around 13,000 words, in five fandoms. Three I'd written in before (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Wizards Of Waverly Place, Disney RPF), two I hadn't (Glee, Greek).


Burn, Don't Freeze (Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Buffy/Faith - PG-13 - 100 words) It's easy to keep warm, at first.


All The Better To See You With (Glee - Puck/Quinn - PG - 100 words) It's not like he watches her. Spoilers up to episode 1:8 - Mash-Up.

If I Could Talk I'd Tell You (Glee - Artie/Tina - PG - 100 words) There's a lot she wants to tell him. Spoilers for episode 1:9 - Wheels.


I Want To Hold Your Hand (Greek - Ashleigh/Rebecca - PG - 150 words) It's pretty much the same thing they do every night.


Don't You Forget About Me (Wizards of Waverly Place - Justin/Alex - PG-13 - 7005 words) All Alex wanted to do was to make Justin forget. (In which case, the spell could be called a success, but ... maybe not so much.) In which magic is used without permission, Justin gets amnesia, and Alex is definitely not his girlfriend.


Not-So-Good Titles For Murder Mysteries (Disney RPF - David Henrie/Selena Gomez - PG - 5335 words) In which David Henrie kills Joe Jonas (but not for real, probably).

Paparazzi (Disney RPF - Demi Lovato/Selena Gomez - PG - 467 words) Sometimes, when they're in public, Demi walks in front of her.


It's a lot less than the past couple of months, but I can live with that, especially since most of what I'm writing now isn't due for another few weeks or months, and because at least I finished the couple of major fics I was working on more or less around their deadlines. I'm also planning on taking it easy, a little, since I'm still recovering from that whole hospital thing, and because the last thing I want to do is burn myself out on writing just before my holiday ficathons and big bangs are due.

Goals for December: finish my prettylightsfic and yuletide fics, get more words my apocabigbang fics (including nailing down a plot for the second one, which is kind of giving me a headache), keep working on To Wish Impossible Things. Maybe write some Yuletide Madness, kink meme, and/or prompt fics if I have time for it.

My Alex the Vampire Slayer apocabigbang fic is plotted, yay! It will ... probably end up being significantly longer than the 10,000 word minimum, but that's okay; I still have three months to write it, after all. And I'm totally excited about it, which is awesome. Now if only the Disney RPF fic would come as easily.

In other news, Greek had its mid-season finale last night, and I'm going to miss it so much. But, thoughts on the episode:

( Greek )

And now we have to wait until January for new episodes, which sucks. (Though chances I'll rewatch the series before then are probably high, ngl.)

A month ago, I wasn't sure if Justin/Alex fandom was big enough to sustain an entire kink meme (but screw it, it was an awesome idea).

Since omgjustinalex went live, people have left 97 prompts, and written 36 fics. And it's still going on. (This may not seem like a lot, compared to other fandoms, but we're teeny tiny, so I think it's totally impressive.)

SO, BASICALLY WE'RE AWESOME. ILU GUYS SO MUCH ♥

I've written seven fics for it so far, and, yeah, more are probably on their way.


UNFILLED PROMPTS | FILLED PROMPTS | MAIN ENTRY

omgjustinalex

Also, it looks like both Wizards Of Waverly Place and Disney RPF are qualifying fandoms for yuletide! Which is awesome; you guys already know I'm totally requesting WOWP fic for that, right?

And speaking of yuletide, I'm thinking my other requests will probably be Miss Match (again; I swear I'm going to keep requesting this fandom until somebody ever writes fic for it, you know you want to), Greek (also again), and maybe Centre Stage? Ooh, or She's The Man, yay! Disney RPF is tempting, but I'm thinking about requesting that, even as a wild card fandom, for prettylightsfic, so we'll see.