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May. 25th, 2013

[personal profile] wendelah1 just reminded me that this year will be the 20th anniversary of the pilot episode of The X-Files.

This year it will also be 40 years since Queen made their first album, 40 years since Tubular Bells came out, 30 years since the first Discworld book, 20 years since Babylon 5 started, and the 10 anniversary of the final episode of Buffy.

(plus five years since The Mentalist started, but that's not quite yet celebration worthy)

All the things I love will be having an anniversary this year.


...oh, and a heads-up that there might be something interesting happening at xf_is_love in the future ;)

(I should probably also see if there's any interest for babylon5_love this year, too)

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More Links Than A Bag Of Sausages

Promises to Keep (Miles to Go Before), Spike/Buffy by [profile] brutti_ma_buoni.

Fire Extinguisher , Riley by [personal profile] velvetwhip.

Chapter One of Divided Destiny , Spike/Buffy/Illyria/Angel by [personal profile] elisi.

Chapter Seven of All Roads Lead to You by [personal profile] forsaken2003.

[personal profile] pocochina includes "BtVS" and "AtS" in the most swagtastic entrances poll .

Community pimpage : Rocksalt_recs : This means that from June 1 until June 30, anyone can rec spontaneously without signing up for our usual categories. Whether they’re new works or long time favourites, fandom classics or hidden gems - if you like them, why not share the love? Any genre, ship, and fanwork type is welcome!

Spike/Buffy banner by [personal profile] comlodge.

The Chiller Channel is running a BtVS marathon on Sunday.

Another look at SMG's new CBS series.
I saw this post on tumblr the other day and I was like "....yes, that is A swagtastic entrance, but not necessarily THE swagtastic entrance?" These are spoiler-cut by show, because sometimes you wanna be surprised by swagger. I limited this slightly by saying that (a) it had to be some sort of making an entrance or impression, either at or just after the character's introduction to the audience. Very image-heavy.

Charles Gunn
gunn entrance aikobot
"You were expecting somebody else? LOL DUMBASSSAYSWHAT?"
(x)

[BSG]

Admiral Helena Cain

helena cain entrance tywinllannister
Remember: this is EVERYONE WHO IS LEFT ALIVE standing at attention.
(x)


Spike
spike home sweet home aikobot
spike loves to brag aikobot
Either entrance is acceptable swag. Both happening within ten minutes? BAMF.
(x)


Arya Stark


Okay I don't actually have a gif because trying to search through Potter fandom is freakishly stressful. But my Potterverse nomination goes to Dumbledore. Thoughts?


Regina/The Evil Queen
regina entrance 3lzyx
Fact: Misandry multiplies swag by a factor of X, where X = "number of men flung around with extreme prejudice."
(x)


Marcel
marcel coffin entry screencapped dot net
marcel how you like me endiness
(1)(2)

Possibly I should've disqualified Marcel because I'm fairly sure his first entrance is actually that screencap up there? Not that he doesn't have a daylight right, he just prefers to be carried around. This century's hottest accessory for the worthy challenger to the Original Hybrid? SWAG.



Captain Jack Sparrow
captain jack sparrow regrets nothing degifpage
(x)
I'm not sure he wins, but he inspired the list, and also? Swag.


Castiel


Electricity cannot handle his swagger. (Sourced in scrapbook?)


Elijah
elijah king of hearts by price p at tv dot com
(Price Peterson @ tv.com)


Jed Bartlet
jed bartlet entrance abusingsarcasm
(x)

Of swagtastic note is the fact that you don't even notice the badass deficit that should occur, given that he's walking into a roomful of people who have spent their day discussing this:

leo arboreal news constitutionaltypo
(x)


Poll #1915407
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 12

swaggiest entrance?

View Answers
that AtS one!
0 (0.0%)
that BSG one!
1 (8.3%)
that BtVS one!
3 (25.0%)
that GoT one!
0 (0.0%)
that HP one!
0 (0.0%)
that OUAT one!
0 (0.0%)
that Originals one!
0 (0.0%)
that PotC one!
3 (25.0%)
that SPN one!
1 (8.3%)
that TVD one!
4 (33.3%)
that WW one!
0 (0.0%)
you picked the wrong one for one of those!
0 (0.0%)
you forgot the best one!
0 (0.0%)

Blow out my candles!

Forgive me, friends list. It has been a week since my last post. In that time, so much has happened, the non-fannish high points being:

1. Bela Fleck at the new SF Jazz Center. Banjo fun! (Also, dinner beforehand with dear friends.)
2. Gershwin and Ravel at the SF Symphony with Dear Old Dad, who was in town for....
3. McDiva's Third Annual Fashion Show! Big doings! A triumph! One of these days, I'll post pictures.
4. A whole bunch of school-related stuff, and also work related, well, work.
5. Huge flurry of getting ready for vacation/college tour week. Still on-going. Why else would I be making a post?

But I had to note that today is the fifth anniversary of posting my first fanfic on LJ! Just five years after Buffy the Vampire Slayer went off the air. Late to the party, but very happy to be here. [personal profile] herself_nyc encouraged me to try my hand, and I posted without knowing it was her birthday! So, now it's a milestone day for two reasons. Happy birthday to you, darling, and happy fanniversary to me. I hoped to have some fic to post today, but that's not happening. I am working on my Seasonal Spuffy story, though, so there will be something soon!

Love to you all!



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Flash Challenge: Unleashed

When Angel told newly the werewolfed Nina that he's a monster, too, she took a guess. Here's this week's quickie prompt for Unleashed:

You're like a Frankenstein?

As always, you may create whatever you like. You may use the main episode prompts or do something — anything — else. Recommendations are heartily welcomed. Next week, be ready to focus on Hellbound!

Friday Funnies: "u" versus "an individual"

Want to know why Fandom Grammar is here?



This may seem like one of those apocryphal funnies that gets posted around on Facebook, but I tested it out, and yup, these are pretty much the kind of autocomplete results you get from Google for these phrases. It's not Google or grammarians or any other social arbiters being elitist—these are autocomplete results compiled and run automatically through Google's algorithms. Millions of searches and selections confirm that these are the likely phrases being searched for.

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Meme stolen from everyone...

I have 296 works posted on the AO3 - pick a number between 1 (most recently posted) and 296 (first posted) and I'll tell you up to three things that I like about that work! (Alternately, you can just pick a title. . .)

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June is open reccing month at rocksalt_recs


OPEN RECCING
in June at rocksalt_recs
All genres, ships, and fanwork types are welcome! No sign-up required.

Click here for more info.


Reccing is what makes fandom go 'round, says I. Come tell people about things you've read and loved! Or seen and loved!

(I suddenly realize that I really, really need an icon of Jared from that Mary-Kate and Ashley movie with the quote, "Is today my birthday?" Partly, let's be honest, because he's ridiculously hot in that scene, and I say that as a Jensen girl. But also because it'd be useful. :D)

Crossposted from Dreamwidth. Comment here or there. (comment count unavailable DW replies)

Far Over the Misty Mountains Cold...

Watched The Hobbit tonight (on our projector & big screen) and loved it unreservedly.

Especially Thorin.

He's like the anti-Aragorn.

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Fic: Five by Five

Title: Five by Five
Fandom: BtVS
Characters: Buffy, Faith
Rating: PG
Notes: Written for the Sunnydale High School 10th Anniversary Comment!Ficathon.

Summary: Another apocalypse down, Buffy and Faith decide to duck out of the clean up and share a well earned bottle of tequila.

Beside her Faith was also pulling herself up, brushing off the dust and debris of what used to be the town square fountain. Collapse )

Fic: Divided Destiny. Chapter 1.

Hello BtVS/AtS fans! I'm still here! *waves*

So, Buffy's anniversary. I wanted to do something to mark it, but couldn't think of anything... Until I remembered this fic. I started it back in 2006 or 2007, and wrote 14 chapters (amounting to about 50,000 words) but never posted anything because this story (unlike pretty much all my other stuff) has A Proper Plot and A Story Arc and I didn't want to joss anything in the story by writing my self into a corner (seriously, it's long & complex). Plus those 14 chapters were only about half the fic (or a third...), and I didn't want to leave forever between updates. However, as you can see, I was so invested that I got ruuger to make me an icon, and kathyh even semi-beta'd the chapters. ♥


ANYWAY! In honour of the 10 year anniversary I thought 'Sod it, I love this fic, I'll start posting!' And then hopefully people will nag me into finishing it, because it's a properly EPIC story with world building and character development and PLOT and all kinds of things that people should appreciate. Of course fandom is now a fraction of what it was, but I'm hoping to lure in a few readers for old times' sake... Because I'm seriously proud of this fic. (My guarantee to you: it's better than the comics!) Figure I'll post a chapter every few weeks, and then hopefully be able to get started with writing again once I reach the end of what I've got...


Divided Destiny

Disclaimer: I own nothing.
Rating: Teen.
Characters: Spike, Angel, Illyria, Buffy, Scoobies + cameos from more or less everyone in the 'verse.
Feedback: Is bloody ambrosia! (The secret ingredient is otter...)
Setting and Summary: This is the sequel to ‘Maybe Someday’ (or, more accurately, Maybe Someday was the prequel for this), in which Spike, Angel and Illyria turned up in Rome and encountered Buffy (Sept. 2004). During the following week Buffy and Spike started dating (and working through their issues), Illyria picked up some handy portal opening powers and Angel got a lead on someone who used to know the Wolf, Ram and Hart. This fic starts the evening after that fic ended. The story chronicles Angel, Spike and Illyria’s attempt at taking down W&H. Can it be done? And if so, what will the price be? (That’s all the warning I’m going to give you, OK? Don’t yell at me later. Also see quote below.)

SPIKE: What do you think all this means for that Shanshu bugaboo? If we make it through this, does one of us get to be a real boy?
ANGEL: Who you kidding? We're not gonna make it through.

‘Not Fade Away’

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Promises to Keep (Miles to Go Before)

So I didn't forget Seasonal Spuffy (thanks Gabrielle), and my entry can be read here:

Title Promises to Keep (Miles to Go Before…)
Author Brutti ma buoni
Rating PG13
Words 3500
Setting An AU post-Chosen (very AU for AtS season 5)
Genre Road Trip




Also on AO3 if you prefer



(I completely hate the title, btw, but this is my best effort as of 11pm last night. So. Just let your eyes slide right over that part.)

Happy Birthday Fanbot!



Very warm wishes to you, and hope you're having a simply wonderful day today. :)

To BEA in New York!

I’ve never been one for big cities. In some ways, I think of it as an extension of my introversion. Big cities = too many people, too much going on, and I get twitchy just thinking about it.

But I’ve watched my fellow authors do the occasional New York trip to visit with editors and agents, and it’s been strongly advised by a number of folks that I do the same, especially with the relative success of Libriomancer.

So when I received an invitation to moderate the Adult Book Bloggers Panel at Book Expo of America in New York, I was happy to say yes. I’m even happier now that I’ve been chatting with my panelists, including Sarah from Smart Bitches, Trashy Books — the woman responsible for making me do this — along with Mandi from Smexy Books and Rebecca from The Book Lady’s Blog.

My BEA schedule, excluding meetings and such, looks like so:

  • 5/29, 11:15 a.m. – 12:05 p.m. — Book Blogging Panel.
  • 5/31, 3:30 p.m. – 4 p.m. — Signing at the SFWA table.
  • 6/1, 12 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. — “Meet the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America,” with myself, Jeri Smith-Ready, and Leanna Renee Hieber.

I am both excited and a bit intimidated. I’ve been to NYC once in my life, helping a friend move, and that was more than a decade ago. On the other hand, I’ll be spending time with a lot of great people, and attending an event devoted to the awesomeness of books. How can you not love that?

So blogging will be light to nonexistent next week. This will be my first time at BEA, and my second time in NYC (the first was more than a decade ago, helping a friend move, and I didn’t see that much of the city). My plan is to try to have fun, hopefully collect some books, and shamelessly gawk at everything.

Wish me luck, and if you’re going to be at BEA, then I hope to see you there!

Mirrored from Jim C. Hines.

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