Aletheia ~ Veracious Reality

"You're such a romantic," Jeremy said, straightening up.

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Fic-changing meme gacked from herohunter:

Pick one of my stories and tell me a point in the tale that you'd change -- something tiny or big -- and I'll tell you how that one difference would have altered the course of the entire story.

Most of my fanfics are AU anyway, but have at it! =D

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ST: XI recs:

1. Fanart: GQMF Colour by jbadgr
Spock inna suit MMmmmmm <333

2. Star Trek - I Love the World, Boom de yada yada fanvid by BigMamaG
Kirk's "I love real dirty things" & Nero's "I love arachnids" = X-D

3. Your mom is illogical...
Aaaaa Chibi Trek *_* Chibi Sulu (& Chekov!) is soo cute (read: suave and good-looking), but not as ADORABLE cute as Chibi Spock! =DDD

3*. Ahahahahah kappa!Spock X-D

4. Eyes Like An Impossible Storm by waldorph [@ LJ]
2,108 words, slight Kirk/Spock, PG, angst, outsider POV (Winona Kirk)
Summary: "She thinks that maybe in another universe, one where ships didn't come out of lightning storms in space, she would have had a brown-eyed, steadier child"

5. Vid: Circus (Star Trek XI; Kirk) by butterfly
You have to d/l it, but it's worth the effort.

[ LJ | IJ | DW ]

Last day to vote for your three Merlin/Arthur favourites!
(There's a three-way tie for #1 right now)

My personal fav.s are:

1. tentacles, 3. French revolution
7. Salem witch trials, 11. pleasure slave, 13. transgender!Merlin
15. pirate!Merlin, 17. stowaway!Merlin
28. India, transgender!Merlin

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Offer still open indefinitely: Throw me a character name or two!

( You can comment on LJ or directly here )


What I've written for this meme so far (a flospy, a drabblet & three 100-word drabbles):

- Three facts about Aziraphale from my personal canon/fanon [Good Omens, 129 words]
- A reason Aziraphale is awesomecakes [Good Omens, 60 words]

- The last dream Dog had [Good Omens]

- Four people Chekov never fell in love with, and one person he did [Star Trek: XI]
<-- Awkward sentence construction is awkward.

- Three facts about Spock from my personal canon/fanon [Star Trek: XI]

No Kirk/Spock yet because they're 100 words each. I'm a drabble writer, not a miracle worker. (Except if I skip several years ahead in the timeline, I suppose.)

[ LJ | IJ | DW ]

writing_game pimp in the words of the ever estimable benebu:

Come and play, write us a one sentence, 100 words drabble (Prompt for letter Z);
live dangerously and Stain the Dangerous Adonis' shirt (Player's Choice, Box A);
take a Hike with your Intern, and (un)Button him (Player's Choice, Box D),
or simply Play That Funky Music over and over again (Songs table).
Any fandom or original verse is welcome.

I'm gearing myself up to write a Merlin reincarnation* fic. Well, the first three sentences, at any rate.
And, because I have a Fixation With The Age of Fifteen**, Merlin's 15 and Arthur's 18.

* I'm undecided on whether reincarnation fic = AU or not, but I'm writing it anyway.
** I lived in Interesting Times when I was 15. I recognize that other people don't necessarily have their Interesting Times coincide with their 15th year =P

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Fandom meme: Comment and I'll stalk you to find (up to) THREE FANDOMS you apparently love. And then you answer these questions about them!

01: What got you into this fandom in the first place?
02: Do you think you'll stay in this fandom or eventually move on?
03: Favorite episodes/books/movies/etc.?
04: Do you participate in this fandom (fanfiction, graphics, discussions)?
05: Do you think that more people should get into this fandom?

Here are my answers for the fandoms sophinisba gave me:

[ Harry Potter ] ( Read more... )

[ Good Omens ] ( Read more... )

[ Merlin ] ( Read more... )

[ LJ | IJ | DW ]

Please fill this out over @ LJ: Merlin characters' age poll! (With gratituous Narnia ticky boxes)

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Happiness meme - Day 8/8

* Why are there no Merlin/Narnia icons out there?

+ Finished writing for armer_gayms' Bro Code challenge and I like it \o/

* Speaking of which, would anyone be willing to beta?
It's < 1K words, Merlin/Arthur PG-13. ETA 04/29/09: Thanks, lilithilien!

+ Ep. 13 reaction: Hell, even I would have slapped some Emergency Het in after what amounted to a spiritual blowjob.
* It actually makes me want to watch it! Well, will watch it before Season Two airs, at any rate.

+ Warm kotatsu <333

Smut Love for every holiday: A regular holiday-a-thon community

The stories posted at holidaysmut are mostly original slash, but fanfic, femmeslash and het are also welcome. Using HP fandom's smut-o-meter, a lot of the stories I've seen are in the PG-13 range. (If I'm looking at the tamer stories, by all means, someone link me to the NSFW ones =P)

To quote the mod:

[A]ny rating is welcome, too. Despite the comm name, we definitely value romance over smut, so it doesn't have to be smut. Smut is, of course, welcome.^_^

Also, as long or short as you want, poetry or prose or art, all welcome.

And most importantly for me (and I suspect for many of you procrastinating writers out there), the challenges never expire. All the challenges can be found on this tag.

Some challenges that I'm toying brainstorming and/or writing for: ( Ten for now )

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Happiness meme - Day 6/8 & Day 7/8

1. Conversation seen at sams_cafe: Doesn't this news/blog business model sound cool?

2. Sinfest: "I'm good enough."

3. Link seen at ioanthe: Guitar Hero scarf =DDD ( Read more... )

:♥: skellerbvvt updated Citrus with chapter 1.3! \o/ \o/ /o/ \o\ \o/

:♥: kabal42 being bunnied by my "Familiar" drabble =DDD

:♥: My new Girl!Merlin icons from lizardspots' art <333
Please credit if taking.

* Isn't it kinda sad how girl!Merlin is my only "female" icon at LJ? I have Luna, Su Li, Jade Malfoy (my OFC), Yachiru (Bleach) and Natalie Portman at IJ.

:♥: kinkme_merlin Round #2!

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Happiness meme
Day 1/8
Tagged by oconel
1. Post about something that made you happy today.
2. Repeat for eight days.
3. Do it if you want to =D

+ See above

+ pretty new butterfly top! and cute white top with frilly accent =DDD <333
Both from Marqsmen.

+ $14 chirashi-sushi OM NOM NOM NOM

+ Frozen "tiramisu"* + Vividly Vanilla ice cream
* more cake than tiramisu, really

X-posted @ LJ

Merlin Friending Meme

Name: lilian_cho (If you really have to shorten it, Lia is fine)
Age: The same age as Katie McGrath =)
What do you love about Merlin: Awesome Smallville writers and HP writers/artists (and Narnia writers ad infinitum) are flocking to it, HUZZAH \o/
Also, instead of Gwen-bashing just about everyone and their grandma luuurves Gwen. Oh Gwen <3

Favourite ship(s): Artlin aka Armer aka Merlin/Arthur =DDD
astolat makes me fond of bottom!Arthur. I'll take the boys in any combination, including Lancelot (yes please!), Morgana and Gwen.
I also like some Merlin/Morgana (pale, dark-haired, brooding and MAGICAL >=D)

Favourite character(s): Merlin, closely followed by Arthur. This is why Arthur is not #1.
Least favourite character(s): Hmmmmm...random balding knight?
In other words, Camelot knights shuld be younger and prettier, darnit! Like Lancelot!111
Favourite Episode: I stil haven't watched ep. 13, MWAHAHA. Gotta be 'Moment of Truth' for Hunith-aproving-of-the-son-in-law, Will-the-jealous-ex, Arthur-dressing-Merlin-up, Morgana-looking-pretty-in-chainmail, Merlin-almost-confessing, skinny-Merlin-in-chainmail, Merlin's-magical-pose, FEET IN FACE OMG *dies*

What do you hope for in the 2nd series? Well I know Nimueh's back. Hhmmm...Gaius dying? Sry but ep. 13's a total cop-out D:
If there'll be Arthur/Gwen romance, please more character development for Gwen _first_.
Oh, and MOAR chalice/cup imagery please.

Other Fandoms: Harry Potter. Everything else I'm just a lurker =3
Other Ships:
- Harry/Draco [Harry Potter] (and just about Draco/anyone, really)
- AS/S [Harry Potter]
- Toreth/Warrick [The Administration series]
- Clark/Lex [Smallville]
- Aziraphale/Crowley flirtatious friendship [Good Omens]
- Hastur/Ligur [Good Omens] (no, seriously)
etc.

Anything Else: I forgot about Merlin Big Bang because I was reading original slash on the last day of sign-up. Oops. Will be a pretend participant and aim for 10K words of 'Five Ways Merlin Emrys Didn't Meet Arthur Pendragon" by June 10.



...and 5K of HP by July 15.


...and 1K of original by June 30.

Gacked from benebu

a. comment on this post and I will choose seven interests from your profile.
b. you will then explain what they mean and why you are interested in them.
c. post this along with your answers in your own journal so that others can play along.

benebu picked ( childhood, courage, footnotes, intertextuality, present, twins, and uniform )

X-posted @ LJ

I'm reading Naomi Novik's His Majesty's Dragon, and my OTP-er nature can't help but rear up at this exchange:

"I suppose you are one of those hoarding creatures," Laurence said, looking affectionately up at Temeraire; many dragons had an inborn fascination with jewels or precious metals. "I am afraid I am not a rich enough partner for you; I will not be able to give you a heap of gold to sleep on."

"I should rather have you than a heap of gold, even if it were very comfortable to sleep on," Temeraire said.

D'aww <333
Laurence, forget your childhood sweetheart! You're as good as married to your dragon anyway!
ETA: And four pages later Laurence bought Temeraire a gold necklace <3 *squishes*

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Modified from gelsey

Book I Should Read:
Movie I Should See:
Website I Should Visit:
LJ/IJ User I Should Stalk:
LJ/IJ Comm I Should Check out:
Fanfic I Should Read:

X-posted @ LJ

1. Sod off - Sailor Slytherin aka girl!Snape, sort of. X-D
I was eleven when the Sailor Moon craze hit. I remember planetary positions by the order in which the sailors appeared X-D
It is now embarrassing in an OMG-how-did-I-miss-all-the-blatant-lesbian-action way.
/ends O/T rambling

2. FreakAngels -- fun web comic
Thanks nekare for the rec!

23 years ago, twelve strange children were born in England at exactly the same moment.

6 years ago, the world ended.

This is the story of what happened next.

London is flooded! Steampunk flying motorbike!

3. I CAN HAZ Merlin animated mood theme NAOW?
(Thanks shadesofsienna for the link!).
I now have it on both LJ and IJ \o/
Seeing it on my friends page make me smile.

Yes Virginia, basic accounts can have custom mood themes too.

4. slytherin_100's 27th prompt, Cold, is open until January 8th, 2009.
The 26th prompt, Prefect, is open until January 1st, 2009. Feel free to combine the two prompts.

5. Come and join writing_game's last 2008 game!

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Seen all over:

If you could force me to write anything, what would it be?

Disclaimer: this doesn't necessarily mean it'll get written, blah blah blah.

(X-posted @ LJ)

Because it's fun.

* Make a list of 15 statements about yourself.
* 5 of the 15 statements must be LIES
* Post your list and have people guess which five are lies!

1. My grandmother's youngest is only two years older than my mother's oldest.
2. I learned to drive when I was 13.
3. My Biology teacher in high school played matchmaker for me and my Math teacher.
4. I was once left behind on top of Mount Sinai.
5. I've eaten goat's penis.
6. When I was eight, I literally fell into a gutter.
7. I like crispy chicken intestines.
8. I've been to Shanghai.
9. I refuse to eat pig's blood.
10. My nosebleeds can last up to 30 minutes.
11. I've been invited to join a gang back in high school.
12. I sipped sake from my parents' cups ever since I was ten.
13. I've slapped a girl.
14. Teachers tell me I'm the best student they've ever had.
15. I've made a little boy cry.

1. Reply to this post, and I will pick five of your icons. Pick five of my icons, too, if you so desire.
2. Make a post (including the meme info) and talk about the icons I chose.
3. Other people can then comment to you and make their own posts.
4. This will create a never-ending cycle of icon squee. Whoo!

biichan gave me these icons:

AS/S = the one shining light in that epilogue OF HELL. *_*
I'm having so much fun writing different permutations of Scorpius. Atm I have at least three, ahaha. It's harder to write different Albuses though--I keep on getting stuck with his stupid parents.

Eugenides currently owns my devotion <333 Those who haven't read Megan Whalen Turner's Thief series: Read eeeet. Also, in the third book you don't need slash goggles to ship Eugenides/Costis X-D Ahem.

I had this icon before the LJ strikethrough/bold 2007. It was part of an icon post on Broken Glass. Also: Why does society reward people for their lies and crimes? D: (Huge Book deals)

This icon pretty much sums up my feelings on JKR's treatment of Harry and Draco. Draco = James = Ginny = loud bullies who's the center of his/her friends' attention.

Harry/Ginny's too Oedipal for my taste. If Rowling had Harry and Ginny bonding over being possessed by the Dark Lord, I would've bought the pairing. But she didn't, so DO NOT WANT.

James...I don't dislike him as much as Sirius. But sorry James, if you have lived Harry would've been a more gigantic prat. So I'm glad you died.

Draco...I find all his "My Father" posturing/insecurity too bloody cute <3 Also Draco/Pansy is so much a poser couple that I just find them endearing X-D

Luna is possibly the only canon female character that I like, aside from Narcissa. I liked Hermione until she pulled that centaur thing on Umbridge. I liked Ginny until she said "I've always loved you, Harry *limpid eyes*" I liked Tonks until she moped around in HBP not because O HAI her cousin DIED but because Lupin spurned her one true love OMG.

...anyway, there's only Luna left. It helps that the actress that plays Luna made her look like Lucius Malfoy's love-child lolol.

(X-posted @LJ)

(Strangely enough, it doesn't include "orgasm.")

Comment and I'll give you a letter; then you have to list 10 things you love that begin with that letter. Afterwards, post this in your journal and give out some letters of your own.

kennahijja gave me the letter "O"

( Ten 'O' Things I Love )

( Ten "H" Things I Love )

24 letters to go, Y/Y? X-D

(X-posted @ LJ)

Because they belong together. Like cocoa cream, banana slices and bread.

WARNING: Potentially offensive to Asians...and humanity in general =P

Meme seen at anthimaeria, titti, started by yanniconny

( Meme Part 1: Ethnicity )

( Meme Part 3: Sex )

( Meme Part 4: Food )

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1. Please to be answering this writing poll. Thanks! =)

2. We have two new people over at writing_game \o/ Whee!

3. If Harry enlisted Eugenides to steal the Horcruxes...

(X-posted @ LJ here and here.)

Seven Quirks about Lucius Malfoy

Seven Quirks about Draco Malfoy

Which other character should I do for this meme? *g*
I'm def. doing one for Snape ;-)

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Seven Quirks meme

a. list seven habits/quirks/facts about yourself
b. tag up to seven people to do the same

( Seven Quirks about Lilian_Cho )

Feel free to do it for yourself and/or your character(s).
I'm tagging: dracofiend, elfflame, enchanted_jae, fourth_rose, kennahijja, mahoganyhandle, rubytuesday5681

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hp_traditions has extended their sign-ups!




the_ass_fest sign-ups close on Feb. 15th. Assignments are due on May 15th.
(I signed up as a pinch-hitter here.)

slytherin_100's second prompt is Maze.
The challenge is open until December 29, 2007. Bonus points if you include Blaise Zabini.

The first prompt, seasons, is open until December 22, 2007. Feel free to combine the two prompts.

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Looking back to my old answers to this fanfic meme back in June 2005 (F-locked at LJ). And I lol'd. Figured it's high time to revise my answers.

( Fanfiction meme: A Look Backward )

* Tag people to respond to this.

enchanted_jae and anyone else who wants to fill this out =)


(X-posted at LJ and GJ)

1. “Twenty Things about Scorpius Malfoy” (Scorpius gen, PG-13, 1200 words).
“Twenty Things about Albus Severus Potter” (AS/S pre-slash, PG-13, 1378 words).
Quasi-related to “People Like Us” (Draco Gen, PG-13).
Read the Scorpius one first.
I like the Score one better, but I do think Al #3 is priceless *g*

2. Please fill out my Scorpius fanon poll.

3. I've been meaning to turn this Harry Draco fanart of glockgal into icons ever since I saw it, and finally went around to finishing them yesterday.

Please credit if taking.

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Fandom pairing meme gacked from benebu

( The pairings I like, the ones I dislike, and why. )


X-posted @ LJ and GJ.

Gacked from enchanted_jae

Gawd. I really do have a gazillion WIPs and plotbunnies, huh?

1 & 5 are in the same universe. While we're at it, 9 & 10 are in the same universe too.
As always, to read the F-locked cookies, just ask and I'll friend you from play_w_me.

( First and last lines of my last ten fics meme )

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On a scale from 1 to 10 (1 being “Don’t care if you never write it” and 10 being “Write it now please please please”), how interested are you in reading the fics below?

( Poll over at LJ )

X-posted at GJ and LJ