"Did you say 'manslaves'?"
Jan. 3rd, 2008 03:53 pmSNOOOOOOOOOOW! THERE IS SNOOOOOW! IT IS SNOOOOOOWING!
Yes, I am allowed to be childishly delighted by the snow. It is lovely. Lovely snow. Snoooow.
Anyway.
I thought I'd do that thing where you list the fic you've written over the last year. I don't know if any of you reading this read everything I wrote, or indeed wanted to read any of it, but I'll make the listbecause I am filling time for posterity anyways, and, idk, maybe there's something here for someone to spend five minutes reading or something. Also, some of this was just posted on a community and not here, so, er, this can be a place to find non-here fic? idk. Shhh me.
All the spoiler warnings, etc, are at the start of these fics, so you shouldn't be accidently spoiled. Ones with a star next to them are ones I am particularly pleased with, for whatever reason.
Also, I'm thinking about buying the Sally Lockhart books: should I? I really like Philip Pullman, and I feel terribly bad about watching the tv adaptations without having read the books, so, er, yes. And on this note, does anyone have any book/tv/film recommendations along the lines of rolilcking period drama - such as, idk, the Sally Lockharts, the Lucifer Box books, The Prestige, Tipping the Velvet, Dracula. You know, meaty plot, less repressed romance and more hansom cab drama - not that I don't like the repressed romance (I do, a lot), I'm just in the mood for, er, Rollicking Period Drama Frivoling.
THIS ENTRY WAS SO VERY RUBBISH. Here is a picture of Gary Oldman sexing it up as Dracula to make everything better:
Yes, I am allowed to be childishly delighted by the snow. It is lovely. Lovely snow. Snoooow.
Anyway.
I thought I'd do that thing where you list the fic you've written over the last year. I don't know if any of you reading this read everything I wrote, or indeed wanted to read any of it, but I'll make the list
All the spoiler warnings, etc, are at the start of these fics, so you shouldn't be accidently spoiled. Ones with a star next to them are ones I am particularly pleased with, for whatever reason.
Green Wing:
- Wind and Rain and Maybe-Cliches; PG13-ish, Mac/Caroline (a little Mac/Guy)
- Rambling is a Side-Effect of Greatness; PG, Mac/Guy *
- Wind and Rain and Maybe-Cliches; PG13-ish, Mac/Caroline (a little Mac/Guy)
- Rambling is a Side-Effect of Greatness; PG, Mac/Guy *
Real Person Fic: (side note: all of these are locked in their respective communities)
- Woe is RIchard, Except Not; Top Gear, PG13, Jeremy Clarkson/Richard Hammond/James May
- Drunken Kissing is the Best Kissing; Mock the Week, PG13, Ed Byrne/Russell Howard *
- Fascinating Things, Cupboards; Mock the Week, PG, Ed Byrne/Russell Howard
- Woe is RIchard, Except Not; Top Gear, PG13, Jeremy Clarkson/Richard Hammond/James May
- Drunken Kissing is the Best Kissing; Mock the Week, PG13, Ed Byrne/Russell Howard *
- Fascinating Things, Cupboards; Mock the Week, PG, Ed Byrne/Russell Howard
The History Boys:
- Lemsip (it's not all it's cracked up to be); PG-ish, Irwin/Dakin
(see also: crossovers)
- Lemsip (it's not all it's cracked up to be); PG-ish, Irwin/Dakin
(see also: crossovers)
Doctor Who:
- Above Them, the Sky is Burning; High R, Master/Doctor/Jack
- A Different Sort of Need; R, Master/Doctor
- Above Them, the Sky is Burning; High R, Master/Doctor/Jack
- A Different Sort of Need; R, Master/Doctor
Life On Mars:
- Oh, the Corners and the Stars; PG13, Sam/Gene
- Of Life and Death and Bombs; PG13, Sam/Gene
- Paper Cuts and Ponderings; PG, implied Gene/Woolf, implied pre-Sam/Gene
- Denial is a Kind of Lucidity; R, Sam/Gene
- And the Reasons We Have; PG, Sam/Gene (spoilers for season 2 finale)
- Definitions are Complicated; PG13, Sam/Gene, Sam/Annie *
- Oh, the Corners and the Stars; PG13, Sam/Gene
- Of Life and Death and Bombs; PG13, Sam/Gene
- Paper Cuts and Ponderings; PG, implied Gene/Woolf, implied pre-Sam/Gene
- Denial is a Kind of Lucidity; R, Sam/Gene
- And the Reasons We Have; PG, Sam/Gene (spoilers for season 2 finale)
- Definitions are Complicated; PG13, Sam/Gene, Sam/Annie *
Crossovers:
- Lipstick Kisses and Red is Like Hate; Ugly Betty/The Devil Wears Prada, R, Wilhelmina/Miranda Priestly
- To Drink; The History Boys/Harry Potter, PG13, Irwin/Lupin *
- Lipstick Kisses and Red is Like Hate; Ugly Betty/The Devil Wears Prada, R, Wilhelmina/Miranda Priestly
- To Drink; The History Boys/Harry Potter, PG13, Irwin/Lupin *
Also, I'm thinking about buying the Sally Lockhart books: should I? I really like Philip Pullman, and I feel terribly bad about watching the tv adaptations without having read the books, so, er, yes. And on this note, does anyone have any book/tv/film recommendations along the lines of rolilcking period drama - such as, idk, the Sally Lockharts, the Lucifer Box books, The Prestige, Tipping the Velvet, Dracula. You know, meaty plot, less repressed romance and more hansom cab drama - not that I don't like the repressed romance (I do, a lot), I'm just in the mood for, er, Rollicking Period Drama Frivoling.
THIS ENTRY WAS SO VERY RUBBISH. Here is a picture of Gary Oldman sexing it up as Dracula to make everything better:

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Date: 2008-01-03 05:50 pm (UTC)Yes, get the Sally Lockhart books, and you can read them, and I can read them as well! Except I have to get round to re-finishing The Amber Spyglass, and therefore may lag behind you to quite some degree!
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Date: 2008-01-03 06:06 pm (UTC)Yes, we can do simultaneous readings. Although I have to finish The Prestige first, which I have started - the film obviously did not give me quite enough of a Sexually Charged Magician Duel kick.
Have you read this (http://community.livejournal.com/masterficathon/4851.html), by the way? I remember I was writing it with you, but I don't remember if I made you read the finished thing or not, and I'd quite like a Maddie-opinion, if, er, that's not being pushy or anything, oh dear, this is why I don't try to communicate with others.
AMBER SPYGLASS = ♥ ♥ ♥
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Date: 2008-01-03 07:10 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2008-01-03 09:17 pm (UTC)Oh god, that fine tailoring and dandy hat. *whimpers* God, I love men in a sharp suit.
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Date: 2008-01-03 10:17 pm (UTC)Seriously though, Dracula!Oldman is just unbelievably
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Date: 2008-01-03 10:26 pm (UTC)PS- Just out of interest, how do you go about thinking up titles for your fics?
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Date: 2008-01-03 10:45 pm (UTC)I have absolutely no idea as to how I go about thinking up titles for my fics but whatever I do, the titles fail, so, er, it doesn't really matter. No, wait, usually I think of a line I liked from the fic itself, or the idea I'm trying to get across, and kind of re-word it, if that makes sense?
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Date: 2008-01-03 10:56 pm (UTC)That makes total sense. I was just wondering about the title process, as someone else on my flist was interested in how everyone else thinks them up because she believes she is crap at them. I do what you do, though I also tend to use song lyrics and quotations a lot too.