• 16:53 today was the longest day of work EVER #

PG-13 The truth comes out. Warnings: Mentions of incest and non-consensual sex.

The Barchester Chronicles: I watched the first six eps. There’s just one ep left now. The Stanhopes are wonderfully witty. Slope is a nasty piece of work! His battles with Mrs Proudie are hilarious.

House: I watched all the eps up to the 6.05 (Brave Heart). I’ve been loving Season 6. There’s more interaction between the characters, something that was lacking in the previous seasons.

Mad Men: I’ve finished Season 3. Wow, what a great finale! ( cut for spoilers )

Merlin: I’m up to date. I’m afraid I disagree with most of my journal friends about the latest ep, “The Lady of the Lake”, because ( cut for spoilers )

Current Mood: contemplative

I hope the link works.

Teh Link

There's a "slideshow" link at the right of the page.

I still don't know where to watch the movie!

Current Mood: curious

Here are my dragons!

Title: The Needs of the Revolted
Pairing: Sarek/OFC
Rating: NC17
Words: ~800
Warning: dubious consent
Summary: The kink meme prompt was for Sarek to get tired of his people talking smack about Amanda and Vulcanishly telling them to stick it. However, as it was on the kink meme, there is sex.
A/N: I have fooled with this a bit more (largely for clarity) since posting it over there last night while I was taking a break from the more substantial fic that is currently taunting me.

• 00:06 dearest internets: you are taking FOREVER. stop that. kisses, me. xoxox ps: i'm bored now, gimme something shiny. #
• 08:53 Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! Gobble, gobble. :) #
• 10:32 is thankful for many things today, but most of all...I'm thankful I'm not a turkey. #
• 17:37 @the_nini don't be hatin' on my 'Boys, now. :P #
• 20:45 @achtung_meggie it's totally legal during the holiday season, i think. #
• 20:58 @achtung_meggie ilu 2 bb. <3 #

I appreciate your industrious hacking away at the (somewhat-past-)due fic, but some of these errors of logic and departures from expectation as you go along are a bit ridiculous.

For instance, "building" and "bukkake" (of which there is none expected in this fic) are really quite not at all the same thing, and are not interchangeable.

Pls to type what (and only what) the brain says now.

Thx,
Me.

I originally posted this at http://florahart.dreamwidth.org/1005362.html. Comments may be left here or there; you can comment there with OpenID even if you don't have an account.

But, um, mostly to the Americans amongst you! ;D

FACT: When you are used to writing antagonistic pairings, writing friendship pairings is hard. And features way too many OOC fights before the sex. :/

FACT: I heard some old Heart song on... IDK, a bathroom cleaner commercial or something the other day, and now I can't get it out of my head. Also, it has now become the soundtrack for my smutty_claus story. I... don't know if this is a good thing or not.

... but man, those chicks could rock, riiiight? *air guitar*

FACT: The S.O. and I just heroically got out, by exploiting a technicality, of a horrible Thanksgiving dinner we were supposed to go to tomorrow, hosted by the distant relations of a pseudo-acquaintance. Yes! *fist pump* Pyjamas and bacon sandwiches on the couch by ourselves, here we come. Thank God. Americans, I love you and appreciate that you love Thanksgiving so much, but honestly, I usually have better things to do on my birthday or close to than hang out with other people's families who invite the foreigners out of pity. I appreciate the gesture, but, no. Just, no. :)

FACT: Fabulous art recs are fabulous! Before I head back into writing lockdown, here, have some art!

Till Death Do Us Part by Anon at hp_darkfest (Harry/Ginny, Harry/Draco, R: blood, character death [Ginny])
Mind the warnings, please: this is a very dark piece, thematically. It stunned the breath right out of me with its implications. It made me super uncomfortable and want to weep for humanity, in a way, but it's also an astonishing piece, both artistically and conceptually. Very highly recommended, but not easy to take in.

Pensive by stellamoon (Draco, G)
Utterly stunning. a;lskdjf. I cannot even put into words how gorgeous and erotic this portrait is.

As You Witch by Anon at radish_love (Harry/Luna, PG)
Yeah, ANON. *coughcough* Just about as anon as the first piece up there. :D There is no reason in the universe for this piece not having about 8 times as many comments as it currently does. It's fabulous.

Teddy and Victoire by ericahpfa (both PG)
Erica is drawing next-gen portraits!!! *runs around flailing*

"Looking for these, Potter?" by tbranch (Harry/Pansy, R)
Because I never, ever get tired of tbranch's Pansy, or Harry/Pansy. *purr*

Lily/Lorcan/Lysander by _aurora_sky_ (NWS LIKE WHOA OKAY. Also, incest)
Because this post did not have nearly enough porn in it. :D Well, this isn't just porn. It's actually really gorgeous, with the positioning and the lighting and things like that. *nod* It's also hot like burning, okay, and I don't even care what you think of the next-gen characters or who Lorcan and Lysander are or whatever. HOT LIKE BURNING.

See something you like? Leave a bit of feedback for a talented artist today!

*runs back to writing*

Current Mood: productive

The cover of Clippings (art by korekan, design by morgan_d) passed to Round 5, the penultimate round! OMG, there are just 32 covers in the competition now. This is getting tough :-)

You can vote here.

Thanks for your support, friends! ♥

Current Mood: hopeful

Title: Justifying the Wolf, III
Challenges: random Wikipedia article snape100 (Meryatum), politics lupin100
Word Count: 100
Note: this is part of the conclusion to the de-aged Snape plot begun a couple of weeks ago. He is in his twenties and has regained most of his memories.


Audrey Prince led them to a spacious parlor. She vanished a stack of political flyers from the table, took a seat beneath an old lithograph of the statue of Meryatum at Abu Simbel, and tapped her cane for tea.

Severus accepted a steaming cup of tea. "You're looking well, Gran."

"As are you," said Madam Prince. "Considerably older than when you left for school, but well."

"It came on - gradually," said Remus. He paused. "Strong memories triggered growth. Today - "

"I know what happened today." Her gaze was unreadable. "Perhaps you'd care to tell me what happens next?"

dragons~

Title: Shame
Author: janus
Characters: Severus Snape, Minerva McGonagall
Rating: G
Challenge: Written for snape100's prompt #309: "Honi soit qui mal y pense" "Let him who thinks ill there be shamed."
Word Count: 200
Warnings: None

"Don't call me Coward!" he had cried, propelling fury, pain and desperation from him with the explosive power of sheer feeling required for a Patronus.

After he had betrayed his soul, his honour and any fine feeling for himself he had ever wanted to possess, this was the one thing he had left: He was not a coward.

At breakfast he read The Daily Prophet, but also The Times to gage Wizarding effects on the Muggle world. The standard caught his eye, and he deciphered its words of old French via Latin. "Let him who thinks ill there be shamed."

That would teach them, if they read it. He remembered the garter story from his first, Muggle school. McGonagall ought to be ashamed of thinking poorly of him after everything she should have seen and deduced.

But he thought ill of himself also, he realised. So much he had done sickened him. If he heeded the motto, he could be ashamed for judging himself so. If he did not heed it, he could condemn himself without shame. He lifted the corners of his mouth bitterly, appreciating the irony.

He vanished the newspaper and turned back to far more damning concerns.

chazpure and I are about to head out of town for Thanksgiving. We'll have intermittent net access at best... but that doesn't mean we won't be checking the SnapelyHols inbox for your submissions, those of you with extensions.

So keep 'em coming! (and considering this fest, you can take that any way you like)

Title: Light as Iron, Singed as Pearl
Author: snegurochka_lee
Pairing: Harry/Draco
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: ~13,800
Warnings: Dom/sub. Bondage. EWE.
Summary: The owner of the elite BDSM club M. had not gained his reputation as the most coveted Dominant on the scene by taking on just any riff-raff submissive who asked. It would take an unexpected letter to convince him to accept a new client, but it might turn out to be the biggest mistake he ever made.
Notes: Written for hd_career_fair last month for this prompt. "Thank you" does not begin to cover my gratitude to the divine marguerite_26, whose handholding, beta work and modly prodding went well beyond the call of duty. When I was tempted to make Harry Minister for Magic, she also gets the credit for very wisely suggesting the position he has here instead. Thank you also to everyone who read, commented on, and recc'ed it at the fest. ♥ ! Originally posted anonymously here, where you can still read it in one file, if you prefer.

( Light as Iron, Singed as Pearl ) - over at LJ

Feedback is always appreciated, either here or at LJ. :)

Current Mood: pleased

Title: Opposites Attract
Author: alisanne
Pairing: Severus Snape/Harry Potter
Rating: PG
Challenge: Written for snape100's prompt #309: Wikipedia redux I got this. *eyeroll*
Word Count: 100
Warnings: None that I am aware of.
Beta: sevfan
Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only.

Opposites Attract

Title: Justifying the Wolf, I
Challenges: random Wikipedia article snape100 (Slawecin, Lower Silesian Voivodeship), politics lupin100
Word Count: 100
Note: this is part of the conclusion to the de-aged Snape plot begun a couple of weeks ago. He is in his twenties and has regained most of his memories.


A door opened while Severus named the politicians whose photographs adorned the walls. The Princes had a long history of involvement in politics, and Remus was not surprised to learn that Eileen Prince had met her husband during work on a campaign to deal with an infestation of bundimuns in Muggle buildings in an obscure Eastern European village.

"Severus?" A tall woman gripped an ornately carved cane. "My goodness. The Black girls owled me with the news."

"Gran." Severus' fingers dug into Remus' palm. "This is Remus Lupin. My - "

"We'll discuss this over tea," said Audrey Prince.

Title: Enthralled
Challenge # 309: "Wikipedia, Redux!
Author: Severed Lies

Word Count: 100

Rating: G

Characters: Severus Snape, Charity Burbage
Warnings: None
A/N: Clark's Law is an adage that reads: “Sufficiently advanced cluelessness is indistinguishable from malice.”


“So you have stated that blasted 'Law' repeatedly, but I assure you, it is distinguishable and punishable.”

Severus swept through the classroom, book in hand. He turned once, sketched a slight bow, then glided out the door into the dark corridor.

Charity repressed a laugh until she was certain Severus had descended at least two levels. He was so determined to prove that her favorite author was a hack that he forgot the bottle of red ink he came to borrow. She disagreed with him whole-heartedly about Elsworth Haynes, however.

Severus missed dinner that evening, enthralled with Imperial Earth.