So, I was thinking about challenge communities (because I like challenge communities, they boost my writing) and birthdays (I like birthdays, I was at a party last night).

And I thought of this! What if there's a challenge community dedicated to fannish birthday presents? Icons, fic, art, or whatever.

See, this is how it would work:

1. On your birthday, you get to post a wishlist. This wishlist will include prompts for fic, prompts for art, and one fandom you would like graphics for.
2. Other members of the community claim these prompts as if they would any other challenge. Then, when the pieces are finished, they reply to your post with the piece.

There is no obligation, although I personally will try to do something for everyone who posts to the community, just so nobody feels left out. And all requests will stay open until the next year, so there's no deadline.

Thoughts?

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What I Feel: cheerful tags: birthday, challenge, fandom makes everything better

I'm giving up on pretending this isn't going to be a series. It's at least a quartet - I have another story mapped out after this one that hasn't been written yet. We'll see how that one goes. Looking over the word counts, they've gotten longer. I hope the next one doesn't turn out to be fifteen pages or some nonsense.

This one takes place somewhere in between volumes 6 and 7. There are only vague spoilers for Natsuo and Youji.

Nameless Arc:
1. Forever There
2. Phantom Pains

Fandom: Loveless
Pairing: Yamato/Koya
Warnings: Slight mindfuck, moar OCs, Natsuo and Youji (they come with a warning all their own)
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 4100

( Negotiation )

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tags: fic: loveless, pairing: kouya/yamato, pairing: yuri

This come second in the little series I'm writing about these two. It begins with Forever There. PS please ignore how Koya's name spelling changes. It gets romanized differently depending on which translation you read :|

Fandom: Loveless
Pairing: Yamato/Koya
Warnings: Sex. Up against a wall, even. Slight breathplay and shades of D/s.
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: ~3400

( Phantom Pains )

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tags: fic: loveless, pairing: kouya/yamato, pairing: yuri

I'm in this video like five times o_O

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tags: convention, cosplay, san japan

I'm working on an original short story about a zombie outbreak. Whoo! That'll be posted upon finishing, which should be sometime today... if I can figure out how I want it to end.

Also got bunnied for a ridiculously strange crossover, Tales of the Abyss/Farscape, because I've been playing too much of the former and watching too much of the latter. So far I have Tartarus-as-Moya (with a Pilot, obviously) and some kind of conspiracy in Peacekeeper high command, most likely having to do with wormhole knowledge which I will likely give to Luke in place of his hyperresonance. I'm unsure as to where everyone else fits in at this point; I'm putting Guy in peacekeeper Special Forces and I'm playing with the idea of Tear as a Delvian. I want to finish the Farscape series before I start writing this to give me an idea of the political situation at the end of it, but I think I can safely throw the TotA characters into the universe possibly before I finish the game.

I also need to work on that Kouya/Yamato Loveless series that's been bouncing around in my brain for a little while.

It feels good to be creative again :3

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What I Feel: cheerful tags: fic babble

Finally, right?

( Yulia Road, Daath, Keterburg, Theor Forest, Grand Chokmah, St. Binah, Sheridan )

tags: reaction, tales of the abyss

Here, have my Kouya/Yamato icon, because I am so late with posting this.

So! Yuletide reveal is in, so this is the part where I link to what I wrote and babble about it for a little while, I guess.

My Yuletide assignment was to write for Across the Universe - which is something I've never written before, so I was a little apprehensive. I ended up writing Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End, after much deliberation at what to write. The request was for a Max-centric fic, and I was immediately reminded that although Jude is the main character, Max is the center of the whole story - he's the lynchpin. I tried to get into his head and find out what it might have been like for him, coming back from Vietnam to find that everyone he had ever known or loved back home was gone except for his sister, who was changed. I've gotten some nice comments and compliments on this story, and even garnered a rec or two. Plus, the recipient adored it, so my work is done.

I also wrote a pinch hit, Improvisation, from Dragonriders of Pern. I've role-played in this fandom a lot, and I've written some OC fanfiction, so I was already pretty comfortable in the universe. Add that to the fact that the request was about the Harpers, and I always geek about being able to put my love for music down on the page, and this came along swimmingly. I've gotten so many comments on this, too. I'm just floored at the level of response this has generated.

As for who wrote mine - white_aster wrote me my delightfully hotwrong story and I loved every second of it. I also had suspicions it was her before the reveal XD

I'm looking forward to next year. A lot.

What I Feel: bored tags: yuletide

Time for Yuletide recs! I'll be editing this post as I read more awesome stories.

Lucid Dreaming - Kuroshitsuji AKA Black Butler: This is what I got for Yuletide and I really couldn't be happier. Lyrical with shades of creepy, yummy and hotwrong and just what my pervy shota fancying brain wanted.

Ivy League Hospitality - Across the Universe: The Max/Jude arriving-at-Harvard missing scene that should have been in the movie. Max is insane and off-the-wall, Jude is rolling with it as usual.

I'll Find You in the Morning Sun - Angels in America: If anything could make me believe that Prior was going to fall back in love with Louis's damn fool self, this was it. Beautiful in the way the series was, meaning the hurt is right there on the surface.

Give me Love (Give me Peace on Earth) - The Bible, New Testament: If Jesus had come during the 60's instead of all those thousands of years ago, this is what it would have been like. And it's perfect.

Afterwards - The Dead Poet's Society: Todd, becoming the man he should be and surviving after Neil.

Static - Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog: Post-movie, Dr. Horrible seen through the eyes of one of the crazy fangirls. Billy shows through in the best places here.

Lend Song a Sweeter Grace - Dragonriders of Pern - Harper Hall: When Menolly returns to Half-Circle. Fierce and defiant in just the way I wanted from her.

Hey, Little Girl - Grindhouse (Deathproof): Kim/Zoe girlporn that I didn't realize I wanted for Christmas, but found delicious and wonderful anyway. Both Kim and Zoe's voices are spot on, and there is excessive hotness.

By the Waves We Left Behind - Madeline L'engle - Many Waters: Sandy and Dennys, trying painfully to be normal. They just can't manage to leave the unicorns out of the equation.

Brotherly Affection - The Importance of Being Ernest: I've been far too involved in this play recently, since I had to design costumes for the whole thing, but this was delightful. Jack and Algernon being ridiculous in their particular fashion, with bits of slash sprinkled on top.

Terminus - Young Wizards: It is no secret that I am a sucker for Tom/Carl. And it's nice to see them being young and messing up, and having Kit and Nita come and clean up their mess for once instead of the other way around.

tags: recs, yuletide

My goodness, this year was stressful!

Last year wasn't so bad, because I got my story in ridiculously early. But this year, I found myself futzing around with finals and college until suddenly, I have less than four days until the deadline.

To which I suddenly said: ASDLKEJRISF HOW THE HELL DID THAT HAPPEN, SELF?

And then a pinch hit came up over my e-mail that I just had to take, and so in a fit of writerly writing, I ended up finishing my story and my pinch hit in one night and uploading them within hours of each other.

My eventual publishers are going to hate me.

What I Feel: complacent What I Hear: Angels in America - Title Theme tags: deadlines, yuletide

Oh, hi Yuletide santa! I guess it's that time of year again - the time of year where we all rip out our hair trying to get this done. Don't worry! Last year was the first year I participated, and I was pleasantly surprised - so anything that comes out of Yuletide generally makes me happy.

And, Santa, the good thing about my fandoms for this round is that they're all fairly short! If you don't feel like writing for the fandom that you offered, any of these others are easy to get into.

( About my requests... )

tags: yuletide

!!!!!!!!

If I had known that the next bit of Tales of the Abyss would be the awesome bit, I wouldn't have put it in time-out so long while I was fighting Legretta!

( Akzeriuth, Yulia City mark 1, Belkend, Ortion Cavern, Yulia City mark 2 )

Now I just have to get out of Yulia City and get back in the game. W00t!

Where I Am: Adelphi What I Feel: accomplished What I Hear: Oh Mary, Don't you Weep - Bruce Springsteen tags: play-by-play, reaction, tales of the abyss

So I sat down today and pounded out a fic. It has original characters, but I'm hoping that they're good enough to not seem incredibly Sue-ish. I got bunnied for them and had no other universe to throw them into except this one.

Takes place sometime in Season 2, after "Hunted". With all the Epic Angst going on in the show lately, I kind of wanted to take it back to what it used to be. You know, funtime romp with snappy dialog and a monster of the week. It derailed a bit toward the end, but you can't win them all. And also, this might have a sequel.

Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing: No canon pairings (OC/OC)
Warnings: Worksafe
Rating: R
Word Count: ~7k

( Memory )

What I Feel: accomplished tags: supernatural

This is my second AMV, and I attempted to take all the comments I got on the last one to heart, hopefully making this video better in both concept and execution.

AMV.org (download): Secret Connection
YouTube (streaming): Secret Connection

( Concept and technical babble in here )

Where I Am: Home What I Hear: SOS - Mamma Mia Soundtrack tags: amv, loveless, soubi/ritsuka, yamato/kouya, youji/natsuo

So I went and traded in a bunch of games yesterday and picked up Tales of the Abyss for only about $1.50 out of pocket. I've been a fan of the Tales series since Tales of Legendia, so I was really excited about this one. Plus, I'd heard all kinds of cool things about the battle engine.

( About two hours of gameplay later... (Camping outside St. Binah) )

( And now, geeking on the battle and magic systems )

Okay, now I'm going to go play some more :3

What I Feel: ecstatic What I Hear: Michael Jackson - Beat It tags: new game, play-by-play, reactions, tales of the abyss

I ♥ Yamato and Kouya. Did not appreciate their storyline vanishing as abruptly as it did - I wish we could have seen an ending for them, or an explanation. Maybe we will at some point, since the manga isn't quite over yet, but in the meantime...

Fandom: Loveless
Pairing: Yamato/Kouya
Warnings: Vaguely not worksafe for lesbian boob-touchins
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: ~700

( Forever There )

tags: kouya/yamato, loveless, yuri

I love sharing musics! Seriously - if I could just sit down all day and share music with people, I would. So have some of my current-favorite songs :3

First, since I consider it a crime for someone not to have heard of Heart:

White Lightning & Wine - Heart

And now, what I consider the "best of" from some of my favorite artists:

Rehab - Amy Winehouse
Into the Ocean - Blue October
Clear the Area - Imogen Heap
Headlock - Imogen Heap
Watching Me - Jill Scott
Video - India.Arie
Knock 'Em Out - Lily Allen
LDN - Lily Allen
Smile - Lily Allen

Some random samplings from my Miscellaneous folder:

Can't Find My Way Home - Blind Faith
Celtic - Siuil A Ruin (Walk My Love)
Music is My Hot Hot Sex - CSS
Hold On - KT Tunstall
Float On - Modest Mouse
Street Corner Symphony - Rob Thomas
I Don't Feel Like Dancing - Scissor Sisters

And finally, I've heard a lot of people say they hate country, and so do I. But I like these:

The More I Drink - Blake Shelton
Ladies Love Country Boys - Trace Adkins

Where I Am: Adelphi What I Feel: chipper What I Hear: I Don't Feel Like Dancing - Scissor Sisters tags: extras, music

So aside from my brilliant ER visit on Friday night (details in my livejournal), things have been fairly uneventful as of late.

Until!

My very bestest cosplay friend evar won Best in Show at Anime Matsuri for his skit :3 It's a Kingdom Hearts/Fairly Odd Parents crossover skit, and it's absolutely adorable, let me tell you.

In other news, porn_battle happened and I made out like a bandit.

Creepy Ulquiorra/Orihime by mitsuhachi
Double creepy (as if they're ever anything else) Youji/Natsuo also by mitsuhachi
Lovely lovely half-broken Ritsuka/Soubi headspace by ciceqi
More pretty Ritsuka/Soubi fic by ciceqi. I just love the way she handles these two ♥

I'm trying to get my fic on, but nothing has been happening for me ficwise recently, not since my hard-drive crashed. It's upsetting.

Where I Am: Adelphi What I Hear: Bottle of Blues - Beck tags: anime matsuri, bleach, cosplay, loveless, porn battle, update

So, I know I'm behind the times, but I just got done watching all of the Final Fantasy X cutscenes. I was going to play through the game, but then my brother decided it would be fun to delete my file after I was about halfway through and... I just do not have the patience to sit through all of those cutscenes again.

( Cut in case some of you haven't played the game yet )

Where I Am: Adelphi What I Feel: wibbly What I Hear: Hymn of the Fayth tags: ffx, reaction shot

So. I'm really having a bad week.

It started Sunday night - my external hard drive crashed. It started making a ticking noise and then just... stopped working. At all. I can't even access it. I'm hoping that it's crashed and it didn't wipe all my data. Because that would suck hardcore.

Even if it didn't wipe my data, it'll cost me $1200 to get it fixed, so I won't even be able to fix it until a much later date anyway. T.T

So, related to that BS, I had to rewrite three essays. One that was due on Friday, two that were due Wednesday. Thankfully, all my professors were very understanding (and just a little freaked out).

Therefore, I have to ask - if I've ever sent you anything, be it music, manga, anime, a story, anything - I would absolutely love it if you could send me those back. Also, if you want to donate your data to the cause, I lost the following anime and manga:

Black Cat (manga)
Code Geass (anime)
Loveless (manga)
Noein (anime)
Ouran High School Host Club (anime)
Trigun (anime)

I also had the FULL Across the Universe soundtrack - every single song. If someone could get those to me, that would be totally awesome.

In other news, I just beat Phoenix Wright :3 It's a good game, I had fun figuring everything out.

And! In cosplay news! Here's my lineup for A-kon:

Pandora (Guitar Hero II)
Natsuo (Loveless)
Lana Skye (Phoenix Wright)
Satsuki (X/1999)

Out of all of them, Satsuki and Natsuo will be the easiest - I might even be able to get Natsuo finished before I go back for Spring Break.

Where I Am: Adelphi What I Feel: upset What I Hear: Work That - Mary J. Blige tags: anime, computers fail, cosplay, manga, phoenix wright