Tuesday

A thing of nightmares, what comes of watching the first five minutes of Frankenstein. I blame lizfu.

Life update stuff: the_wanlorn and I are no longer together. She broke it off, but I'm pretty okay with it all, so no sympathies necessary on either side, I think.

Mostly, my life has stayed pretty boring, though I am going to a carnival wedding of a close family friend later today. Considering the bride was my sister's best friend at the same time her sister was my best friend and our mothers have remained close friends for ages, it is practically a family event. While I'm not looking forward to the crowds, it'll be nice to see that whole family again.

The other thing of interest was watching Frankenstein's theater broadcast with lizfu, as mentioned above. The stagecraft and acting were pretty great, though there were two unexpected potential triggers for s.a. Feel free to p.m. me if you need info on that.

I'm still working on that Avengers Valdemar fusion fic. It is mostly done, but I am having difficulty sticking the landing. Why are endings so hard to write?

Finally, a link for lizfu the rest of you may enjoy, too: Harry the Hufflepuff. It's an ffn link, and yes, there is a sequel accessible via the author's profile.

I think my time away broke my flash fic at will abilities or something. Once I have mastered the urge to write a 5k+ kidfic sequel to Happily Ever After with Goats in response to nel_ani's prompt, maybe I will manage some of the others.

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Does anyone know if there is Erfworld fic? And if it involves Jack Snipe, Charlie, or Maggie? I know, I know, fandom of one most likely, especially if my google fu is anything to go by. I suppose I can save up for next Yuletide.

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Relatedly, does anyone have any recs for books, webcomics, or games with fandoms? I am rather full up on shows, but if you have anything outstanding that seems like a good lure for a between-main-fandoms Tuesday (see in past: Chuck, Psych, Supernatural), I will take it. Or movies, though A-Team may have been a one-off thing and had a TV show before it besides.

I spent twenty minutes going through my folders for getting a head-start on this years Five Days of Tuesday, and I'd like to add something that I'm actively watching, reading, or otherwise engaging. Otherwise I'm mostly stuck with SPN fic several seasons out of date and which will take me forever to finish regardless. In case that sounds appealing, I warn you that these include things like a) angelpreg b) Gabriel failing at seducing Dean while Sam accidentally convinces Cas to be his angel boyfriend c) kidfic (yes, this is separate from the angelpreg).

What I am saying here is pretty please lure me into a fandom where I will be vulnerable to fic ideas.

Which is to say that my netbook, as adorable as it is, is not used enough for it to do anything but drive me to distraction when I am trying to type. This is a problem for the flash fic extravaganza (feel free to leave more prompts) only in that I will have to type them all up when I get home, which will be well before the end of the year.

So that no one interested in DAII time stamps (eek, so happy to be writing this) or anything else I'm working on will miss them, I'll be trying something new and posting the flash fic to tuesdayfic and AO3 and just leaving a link in my replies.

In other things, I have been enjoying my vacation. I stayed up way too late (see: the time of this post) reading and re-reading devildoll's Semaphore, which is an Avengers movie-verse fic that ends in Tony/Steve, but also includes a ton of minor character and ship moments that delighted me no end, from Clint and Natasha's double handstand to Pepper's new job and boyfriend to Steve's apartment and neighbor to--well, you can read it all yourself. *grin*

Other things done on my vacation have included buying books for the first time in forever, including Mercedes Lackey's new Changes, which I liked much better than Jim Butcher's of the same title, and some book about a zombie lawyer that is on crack. My cane and I haven't tried braving the beach, but then, I didn't bring sandals, anyway. There's a Siamese kitten, maybe a year old, that likes to wander the area, and I am seriously contemplating buying treats to lure it to me. I can bring the rest home to my cat to make up for the betrayal, I'm sure. Besides, his Christmas catnip toys will probably make him forget we left him at all.

Overall, this week is going rather well. How are things with y'all?

It has occurred to me that might be in question considering my last entry before radio silence. Various things in flesh space (thankfully not ants) have overwhelmed me of late and will likely continue to do so. I won't be participating in Yuletide (assuming its running this year) or any of my other usual fannish activity; neither am I likely to manage any but the most sporadic of journal reading.

If you need me for anything, the only e-mail I'm regularly checking and replying to is my gmail. If you don't have that, feel free to PM me.

As ever, my thoughts are with y'all. ♥

Still haven't left yet! I will get to the hotel by sometime tonight. Whee, random anxiety attack over driving. Not even attempts to bribe myself with dropping by Molly's have gotten me out of the house. I have told myself that I will face packing by two and leaving by three. *crosses fingers for this being true*

For people who see me at VVC: I am totally up for hugs! Also, if I owe you fic, feel free to frown at me and remind me what I am supposed to be writing you. *eyes fan_eunice and nestra nervously*

Reminders to self for packing:
-Do not forget the blender!
-Socks. You forget these sometimes. You will actually need these.
-Medication.
-Clothing.
-Netbook.
-Bathroom things.

Don't Go in the Funhouse [Also at AO3]

Fandom: A-Team (2010)
Summary: "There aren't going to be any explosions," Hannibal said, "if everything goes according to plan."
Notes: B.A./Murdock. 1703 words. Teen and up. Full notes at the link.

"You've never been to a carnival," B.A. said disbelievingly.

Outside of the cut, because I want to make this as clear as possible: the choice to file charges has nothing to do with whether someone was raped. If you are a feminist or choose to so identify, stop suggesting this.

( Trigger warning for sexual assault )

The entire right side of my face is a ball of pain, liquid keeps leaking from that tear duct, and I have literally gone through an entire box of kleenex today. These are not tiny boxes.

Currently I can't take NSAIDs for medical reasons. I've used ice right over my sinuses, and it's too hot for heat (though I may try it anyway). I am leery of tea for the same reason. More allergy medications are also right out for the moment, though let me tell you, I am counting down the hours and hoping this is not a sinus infection.

Does anyone have any tips, tricks, or suggestions not listed above? And, though it is less pressing than the ball of pain in my face, any tips for ear pain? You would think this would be something I would know from chronic ear infections as a child, but alas, crying into my mum's lap until I was dragged to the doctor and trying not to let anyone close to my ears is not something I can get away with as an adult.

Failing suggestions, anyone have fic recs? I am currently nostalgic for Harry Potter (you would not believe how much (mostly terrible) femslash and sorting AUs and bad fic I have been reading) and rummaging around in DCU (with a focus on The Avengers, Thor, and X-Men). Alternately, good creepy pasta or creepy web originals. If it deserves a place on the High Octane Nightmare Fuel page, I will probably read it.

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And so that I am not just taking, have some recs:

That Insidious Beast: I'm only partway through, but I am delighted by documentation fic combined with actual prose. The TV schedule and the kid snarking on info dots are both great. A mid-apocalypse tale.

The SCP Foundation has tons of awesome stuff, though it also has tons of terrible stuff and tons of triggery stuff. At some point I may go through and find my favorites and link them, if only for my own ease of reference. Tales of a collection of things and people (and things that were people).

And I am sure all of you have already read The Dionaea House.

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. . . It is 2:30 a.m., how am I even awake? More to the point, I am re-reading The Dionaea House. Even if my pain goes away, how will I ever sleep again?

Was delighted at many things. Too tired to write up a real reaction post, but tell me all your favorite bits in comments?

P.S. Best movie moment: watching the trailer for Avengers and having a dude in the audience yell, "*THOR*!" Yes, there were definitely asterisks in that exultant proclamation. Some fan boy is secretly reading astolat's journal, I see.

P.P.S. I might have clutched at my face and shrieked a tiny bit at seeing Certain Characters in said trailer.

P.P.P.S. HOW COULD NO ONE HAVE LINKED ME TO THIS alk;lfksglajfdalfskdas;ldfjk obviously there is still tons of comic reading in my future.

If anyone has Captain America recs for which of the comic series to read (and also any Captain America/Iron Man fic recs), I would greatly appreciate them! I am possibly moving into that fandom and focusing a ton of my writing there at the behest of my awesome girlfriend.

In other things, today the_wanlorn and I met up with polarisnorth, aria, reflectedeve, and oliviacircle at Al Dente. It was full of awesome fandom chatter, and I am very much looking forward to exploring various fandoms and fic. jmtorres, you will be happy to know that Sanctuary is right at the top of my list again. Well, right after all of the Captain America stuff.