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I have so many entries now that I am trying out the "out of order" idea to see how it works. It's going to take me a little while to get this filled with old work.
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Upcoming Events of a Big Bang Junkie:
Pictures2words: Pairings done, in final stages (Jan 15 final due)
SPN Crossovers bb signup: Jan 11 (done)
SPN Big Bang: signup Jan 11 (done)
Kirk/Spock Valentine: Jan 7 declare
Josevere bb. claims: Feb 6
Apocalypse bb. claims: Feb 12
Star Trek Big Bang: May 15th - Sign Ups Open

To balance out all the smut in the last post, here is a gen rec for White Collar. Neal brings a Cosmo to a stakeout. Entertaining bickering ensues.

Link to "Wait in the Car": http://dragonfly.dreamwidth.org/252881.html

I'm continuing my obsession with a small fandom of a little show that aired ten years ago in another country-Young Americans. Yup, doomed to frustration, am I. I feel like a fandom archeologist right now. I've been chasing down working links for all types of things for a few days. It looks like the death of Geocities wiped out many of the fanworks for this show. Makes me think how transitory our little virtual sandbox really is.

Anyway, under the cut for anyone playing along with me, are a mess of links for things like fanfic, episode summaries, transcripts, and pictures. I don't know the quality of each yet but I do know that the link takes you to content. If you are interested in vids, most of those are posted a few days ago on my LJ. ( Read more... )

Please add any recs from these or more links in the comments if you have them.

OK...still obsessed with my newest smallest of fandoms ship: Jake and Hamilton from Young Americans (a pseudo-slash het pairing). See my last two posts if you want more details on the story and links to the episodes.

Basically, it is a well done "girl pretends to be a boy" romance. In a short lived triangle, Jake (a teen girl, very convincingly posing as a boy) wants Hamilton; Hamilton wants Lena; Elena wants Jake; Jake doesn't want Elena, but must appear to or be revealed; Hamilton does not want Jake to want Lena or Lena to want Jake, because in the end, maybe Hamilton really wants Jake. The observant Lena figures it out, steps out the triangle, and pushes the two characters toward each other. The big moment of truth happens in a bathroom of a formal dance, where Hamilton grabs and passionately kisses Jake, and where after Jake reveals "he" is really a "she". The paintover I did below, is that moment between the two truths...Hamilton's love and Jake's deception.







Here is the base image, I screencapped:



And here is the vid I first saw this scene in. It's in Spanish, and I kind of like it even more than the original English version. "Soy Una Chica" is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhGqDra11l8

The Jake and Hamilton story, from Young Americans: a slashy het romance or a het slash romance, take your pick. It’s the old story of girl meets boy (while pretending to be a boy), falls in love, and complications and confusion arise.

Here are the parts I could find on YouTube. Alas, no DVD that I could find. ( Read more... )

A little something:




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I was looking for a funny SPN vid to send to a friend. After 10 minutes poking around YouTube on random searches I found one I liked enough to watch to the end. It was so cute. Here it is.



The ironic part? I didn't realize until the credits that it was done by friend ash48.

It's awesome girl! I'm showing my age too, because I spotted all the show references.

Your results:
You are Zoe Washburne (Second-in-command)

Zoe Washburne (Second-in-command) 80% Dr. Simon Tam (Ship Medic) 65% Malcolm Reynolds (Captain) 55% River (Stowaway) 50% Kaylee Frye (Ship Mechanic) 45% Wash (Ship Pilot) 30% Derrial Book (Shepherd) 30% Inara Serra (Companion) 20% Alliance 20% Jayne Cobb (Mercenary) 15% A Reaver (Cannibal) 5%

Dependable and trustworthy. You love your significant other and you are a tough cookie when in a conflict.

Click here to take the "Which Serenity character are you?" quiz...

In memory of family and friends who have lost the battle with cancer; and in support of the ones who continue to conquer it! Post this on your LJ if you know someone who has or had cancer. 93% won't copy and paste this. Will you?

For Karen who was a tough fucking woman and fought the good fight right to the end. For Grandma, who never knew. For my two wonderful students who fought it and beat it and greet me every day with a smile on their faces (crossing my fingers for you, darlings).

It's cold and I've unpacked all the winter clothes. This morning I was listening to a new album in the car and was really taken with this song. It's about a couple who are parting and take/leave a piece of the other partner's clothing with them. It's sweet and funny, and it's about a sweater. Under the cut is the song performed live: ( Read more... )This song reminded me a of another sweater song that I heard years ago but I can't find. It's by a female comedian who sings about borrowing a sweater from a boy she has a crush on. She wears the sweater, thinking it has great meaning--that it means they are a couple. She is crushed when a girl hands her a note in class saying that the boy wants the sweater back and forgot she had it. He may not love her but she knows his dark and dirty secret. The label says 100% Arcylic. I heard this song several times on CBC radio but can't remember the name of the comedian and can't find it on youtube. Anyone know?

I'm sad about seeing the last of Doctor Who number ten, so I'm sticking my head in the sand and looking at clips from happier times. Do you remember that time when Donna and the Doctor first see each other after their Christmas adventure. My son thinks it is so funny on DVD he keeps backing it up and watching it again. Here it is under the cut with and without subtitles. ( Read more... )

ksvalentine is coming!




Here is a pimp banner I made for it, free for the taking.

I’ve watched The End of Time two times now. As always, this series can make me cry in a way that serious, straight-up drama almost never can. They are so good at making us care about these characters—so much so that we hurt when they do.

Goodbye Doctor number 10. I cried when Number 9 left and didn’t want to like you, but you wormed your way into my heart. I don’t want you to go yet. But it was a great send off.


On the Lighter Side:

There are two amazing Facebook parody pages posted for this story. Not only do these pages contain spoilers for the most recent Doctor Who specials, but they are just not funny unless you have seen them. If you have watched both shows first, please click on these very funny links. You can zoom in as needed.

Doctor Who Facebook Page Parody

The Master’s Facebook Page Parody

Thanks to usmc75 for posting this link.

Through the crossover newsletter I found this amazing story featuring Peter from Heroes and Caleb from Near Dark (one of my favourite vampire movies of all time, from the 80's where vampires were damned dangerous and definitely did not sparkle). It is by mumblemutter.

Summary: In it a grieving Peter stumbles across a man who looks very much like his brother, Nathan, but with some significant differences. The author has framed the timelines that Caleb's cure from vampirism faded and twenty years later he is still finding a way to survive.

Why read it?:These two worlds are a natural fit and the author does an amazing job when giving us Peter's thoughts on Caleb:

Warnings: It is a slash story with mature content.

Bonus: Here is some art because I loved this idea so much!



Link to fic: "Captain Smith and Pocahontas Had a Very Mad Affair"

sawedoff_recs, a Supernatural rec community, is doing something unusual and today is the last day to submit:

"In celebration of 2009 ending and a new year on the horizon, maboheme and maerhys are stealing an idea we've seen in other fandom rec communities! This event is ALL ABOUT THE SELF-REC which is usually verboten just about everywhere every other time of the year. So if you are a writer, artist, vidder, podfic reader, or fan mixer, take inventory of your work in 2009!"

Do you have anything you made this year that you hold dear to your heart and so would like to share with more viewers/readers? This is your chance!

Remember it is the last day and the work needs to have been posted this year! Crossovers are welcome.

Link to html code stuff and the place to leave your rec is right here!

The recs are due to post on Dec 30 which will give you a great New Year's Day of checking out everyone's stuff.

Do you write in Supernatural or Leverage fandoms (or maybe both)?

pictures2words is holding a challenge where authors will claim a piece of art they like in one of these fandoms (or crossovers between) and then write a story inspired by the visuals. It's an interesting twist on the Big Bang idea with a smaller wordcount (5000 minimum). Since authors will pick art they are interested in, they will get (at the very least) cover art and an icon that they like for their story. Most likely, they will get additional art.

The details for authors (Sign ups are open now until December 30):
Rules for authors can be found here-- http://community.livejournal.com/pictures2words/878.html#cutid2

Author's sign up post can be found here-- http://community.livejournal.com/pictures2words/1675.html

I am working on my last of four art submissions for this challenge (in Leverage, in Supernatural, and in crossovers). Hope to see all you authors out to play. Tell your friends.

Cause everyone needs some love:

the ♥ fanart love ♥ meme

Hmmm...link not working for me. I am on page 11 here: http://glockgal.livejournal.com/436539.html?page=11#comments

According to the site, artists can post their fandom info and people will comment telling you their favorite art by you, what character/pairing they think you best render visually, and other positive comments. they can also mention what they think you should create more art for, or anything else concerning what they like about your art-making.

I don't know what will be the result, but I'm curious.

Christmas morning has come and gone. It's raining outside, which after the cold snap yesterday has turned everything to ice for now. It will warm up more later, so I'm not worried. All the presents are unwrapped. My stepson has hidden his loot at ceiling level to keep it away from House Chocolate Monster (aka seven year old Boo, who can literally sniff chocolate at 100 yards). Since he is the only one who can reach that high, it might be safe. He was carrying it around clutched to his chest for an hour but he wanted to try out the new Wii.

This is the year that officially marks my eleven year old son as a Trekkie. He started off with the gateway drug of Next Generation episodes last year, then he saw the movie, that moved into watching TOS when he can find them and photoshoping his friends faces onto Reboot screencaps. Yesterday he was petting the TOS series packs in Wallmart, disappointed that I said they were too much money. However, when he opened his presents from his LA aunt this morning, there were all three seasons! What is more interesting than a new Wii...taking all his Trek 2009 action figures out of the box. He has them lined up on the kitchen table right now. Did you know Spock Prime has a belly button? Nice attention to detail. (Yes, I looked under his cothes.)

Happy holidays to you fellow fangirls and boys!

I put in my username and this is what I got.



As a teacher, this makes me laugh out loud. What are the chances?

You already know that I am a very visual person. So sometimes how a movie looks is more important to me than any other factor. Something about Avatar that you don't get from the trailers (which are mostly the live action actors or the run and gun scenes) is how insanely beautiful the alien world Cameron has created is. I could watch this movie over and over, just for that. I had a hard time finding anything online to show you, so I made this screencap from a trailer and it still doesn't go anywhere near the best images.

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The 3-D was important to the overall feel of this world, rather than the gimmick I have seen in other 3-D movies. There are several scenes where we see down from great heights. I am scared of heights (or rather of falling from great heights) and never before in a movie theater have I gotten that stomach clenching feeling, but here I felt it just like the main character did walking high above the jungle floor or on tops of cliffs.

The rest is what you would expect of the maker of Terminator, Aliens, the Abyss and more: strong female characters, quirky supporting cast, romance, lots of things that blow up or go boom, power hungry people are dicks, and....hmmmm spoiler ville for my last thought so I won't type it.

Anyway, well worth the money in my opinion. My son asked for a copy when it came out on DVD as we were pulling out of the parking lot.