So this is what happens when I have four three stories to write, I start doing essays in a fandom I don't have anything due for. Long possibly rambly meta about Gojyo and Sanzo follows. Pictures, including terrible MS paint illustrations. Y'all been warned.

So the translations of the Saiyuki 39 character book have been floating around Tumblr, and they are super fun, as you might expect.

Here's Sanzo's 'compatibility rating' with Gojyo:

Sha Gojyo November 9, group B

A STRUGGLE CONTINUES!

They have a way of seeing things very differently, between them there is a strange kind of energy, bickering constantly. Underneath everything there’s the same strong desire for freedom in Sanzo’s type, but at the same time the emotions of Gojyo’s type are more intense, is because of this they create some problems. For this reason, Their behavior and conversations get very tense. Also, these two don’t hide what they think of each other. Despite not getting along, they compensate each other, opening to the world. (Source, thanks Saru et al!)

So this is, you know, hilarious, but it also got me thinking of the ways Minekura deliberately puts them together and contrasts them, in part because both of them are far more similar than they'd ever want to admit.

Let's start with the simplest illustration of this:



Yep. They've both almost drowned. And now they're kicking each other under the water like toddlers. Awesome.

Okay, so what do they have in common aside from being spiteful and ridiculous?

( Well.... )

Three for springkink:

When I'm Sixty-Four (Or Perhaps Somewhat Older), Magnum, PI, Magnum/Higgins;

and I wasn't even gay until five minutes ago, Black Lagoon, Chang/Rock;

Meet Me in the Middle, Yami, Tatsumi/Watari;

And one for hc_bingo:

Cold Comfort, Rh Plus, Ageha/Makoto

And two gen stories! I can write gen, really!

A Regular Chinese Betsy Ross, Black Lagoon again;

And Soft Skills, gen for that Avengers thing I hear you kids like. Mostly it's a giant love letter to Steve Rogers. Who's surprised? NO ONE.

Finally saw it. Rec me all the stuff I missed, please? I know some of you put up reviews but I can't seem to remember who or when....

Also, is Steve calling Tony "Tony" by the end or is it still "Mr. Stark"? I kind of lost track with all the jumping up and down in my seat and cheering on and all.

Originally posted by theljstaff at Help Us Support Planned Parenthood

People are losing their chizz in the comments. Hmmm, who wants a vgift?

I also wrote two bonus remixes:

Sing Me to Sleep (the stubborn bastards remix), Kirk/McCoy, Star Trek Reboot. I again broke my usual rule and pulled a POV switch. When I read the original, I started wondering how Jim had realized Bones was so exhausted, so I had Chapel break the rules and call him in. (Chapel better show up in the new movie.) I loved the feel of the original, the exhausted, end-of-the-line, everything's wrong frustration.

Can't Buy a Thrill (the overcaffinated remix) is possibly the most obvious thing I have ever written ever, something of an expansion of daegaer's original story, with three takes on Nagi and Mamori's weird little relationship. It had all my weaknesses; Mamoru and Nagi being incredible dorks, Coca-Cola, and an excuse to use a Steely Dan reference in my title. ♥

And I also wrote something new for saiyuki_wk_au:

When the World Is Running Down, an alternate universe Saiyuki fic where the Sanzo-ikkou are drag kings. During the apocalypse.

And on Tuesday springkink starts...that reminds me, anyone want to beta Magnum, PI?

The bad news about remix is that I have no new awesome author to follow, because Walks Like a Turtleduck, Talks Like a Turtlebuck was written by the fantastic ranalore. But that is the only bad news, and it's not really so bad, is it?

For my normal remix assignment I had seta_suzume and spent a good four days panicking that I might not be able to write FMA. But I dug in anyway, narrowing it down to four stories, then two, than one.

Wildflowers (The Long Way to the Light remix) is a POV switch, which I am not sure I've ever done before for Remix. The original story is from Dr. Marcoh's POV, and I wanted to see what the village would look like from an insider's perspective, and how Scar would've seen his community's restoration.

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I GOT AVATAR FIC, OKAY.

Honestly, it's the best fic I've read so far (though I'm still reading and there's some good stuff out there). It's Mai! It has turtleducks! And Iroh!

Read and have fun!

Stolen from viridian5 and what feels like half the Internets.

Top ten fics, by hits on AO3:

10. Love Is Goodbye (The We Will Become Stars remix), Saiyuki. The only fic from my most-written fandoms on the list, and the only remix. Happily, it's one of the stories I'm the most proud of.

9. Best. Mom. Ever, Futurama. The first but not last appearance of Yuletide! Also the only Futurama fic I've ever written. I wish I'd had more time to work on this one, honestly, I think it would've been even better.

8. Viewpoint, Naruto. The first but not last appearance of Kakashi/Iruka. There's actually quite a bit of humor fic on this list.

7. Twelve Easy Steps, Naruto. Humor again and Kakashi/Iruka again.

6. Lazy Sunday, Young Avengers. Another Yuletide Madness story, but I'm happier with this one.

5. Just Another Job, Leverage. This is the first fic in the list that's really 100% ship-free, and one of the first stories I wrote for purim_gifts. This Leverage thing is still popular, apparently. :D

4. Four chemicals Lestrade was glad Sherlock quit, two he tolerated, and one he decided he rather liked, the first but not last appearance of Sherlock. I still kind of wish they hadn't given Lestrade an ex/wife in Series 2 so I could pretend this 'verse was canon. Yes, I am that much of a loser.

3. Whatever Gets You Through the Night, another BBC Sherlock fic, was already pretty high on the hit list, but then it got remixed, and the numbers bounced up again.

2. Under the Skin, also known as the Sherlock bodyswap fic. I fucking love this story, dumb as the premise is, and it too benefited in hits from getting remixed.

But so far the highest numbers belong to...

1. Travel, Petshop of Horrors. I've only written two Petshop fics, and they're both in the top twenty of my hit list. I think in part it's because it's such an 'old favorite,' a classic and one that both ended in a reasonable amount of time and in a pretty satisfying way yes, I am looking at you, xxxHolic and every shonen series ever written. The #2 story is approaching its numbers at this point, and I'm actually a little sad about it. It's rather dear to me; it was another Yuletide Madness fic, and I really liked the way it came out. And of course, with Madness, I was rushing for a beta and all that stuff, and it's always fun when something you've done so quickly comes out so well - and clearly strikes a chord.

Title: Lovers in a Dangerous Time
Artist: lady_ganesh
Author: smaragdbird
Fandom: Reign of Fire
Characters/Pairings: Quinn/Creedy
Rating/Category: post-apocalyptic survival action-romance
Warnings: Pretty much SFR (safe for radio)
Summary: The first half is focused on Creedy and Quinn's life, the second on their relationship.

Lovers in a Dangerous Time



EDIT: Here are the links to the fic itself and another piece of art (wallpaper!)

Link to fic masterpost: Here
Link to wallpaper: Here

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I never thought I'd find myself thinking "this is the gayest episode of iCarly ever" watching an episode that wasn't about Carly and Sam's relationship.

And yet.

We're back, baby!

( Spoilers! )

Oh yeah, I wrote A ridiculous Victorian Saiyuki AU.

sherlock_remix is up! Tons of stories in all kinds of genres.

I got remixed twice, which is super shiny! Both are remixes of John/Lestrade fic (THANK YOU REMIXERS I LOVE YOU TOO):

Nothing Under My Skin But Light, which is a remix of my bodyswap story Under the Skin

and

Doubles, a post-Baskerville story and rework of Whatever Gets You Through the Night.

There's some awesome stuff, and no one who participated is commenting because we don't want to give away the secret so PLEASE COME READ OMG.

Slate has a pretty cool roundup of hoaxes, not related necessarily to the day, via longform.org.

If you're not reading TJ and Amal yet, you should be. This might not be the best day to start though. But enjoy the ridiculous front page!

Google maps: Now available for your Nintendo Entertainment System. Don't forget to blow on the cartridge!

Think Geek is always worth checking out.

The Woot writers are on strike.

Anything else good?

EDIT: Kodak helps you print your own adorable kittens!

Have some Black 47.

And I wrote three purimgifts stories!

Truth Is Always Relative, a BBC Sherlock story focusing on Irene (with a little Irene/Molly)...

The Seeds of Spring, a tale of Persephone,

and Ladies Who Lunch, a Sherlock/White Collar crossover with Mrs. Hudson and June (this one's gen).

(All written for Via_ostience, who has some awesome fic of her own.

I have claimed four stories for springkink, am eyeing two for queer_fest, and still have a few ideas for saiyuki_wk_au.

Aaaand I may be picking up a side job (freelance, temporary). Oh dear.

If a bit on the late side. My purimgifts author wrote a three-part story, all set in the world of X-Men: First Class. It has Charles! And Erik! And Emma! And Raven/Angel! I have no idea what else you might want in life.

Start here, they're all fun and warm and sweet.

Thank you, mystery author!

The cat just chickenbreathed me. CHICKENBREATH. GOD.

Not even organized enough today for a list:

So who's watching this season of Drag Race? Willam is only okay as a drag queen but A++ at being a Drag Race contestant. Still pulling for Sharon and Latrice though.

On the plus side, my Sherlock Remix and Purimgifts stories are DONE DONE DONE. And I'm finally making progress on the weird Victorian-ish Saiyuki AU I wanted to write in, um, January.

On the A++ side, I just saw this prompt on springkink:

Black Lagoon, Chang/Rock: mindgames - one of the rotten ones and I liked you for that

I just. SOMEONE. WRITE THIS. PLEASE.

EDIT: OH MY STARS AND GARTERS, THERE'S A MAGNUM/HIGGINS PROMPT TOO

EDIT 2: Magnum's on Hulu!

Just FYI, I am caught up on DW but not at all on LJ. I STILL LOVE YOU ALL.

1. the most fabulous giant robot EVER
I like Sandrock, Quatre's Gundam, mostly because of the name, honestly. Plus being Quatre's Gundam, there's a certain inherent level of fabulousness, don't you think?

2. writing AUs
Writing AUs is my happy place. I think putting the characters in new places and having them react to different circumstances shows a lot about who they essentially are. I love reading them too, as you probably already know. Having said that, I think some canons (Weiss, Saiyuki, Sherlock) suit universe-altering AUs better than others (TMNT, KKM).

3. cats!
We have two cats and they are totally adorkable. I love hearing about other people's cats too. When I was a kid my allergies were pretty nasty and I couldn't have any animals until I was 11 or 12, so it's nice to have little fuzzy friends around.

4. essential writing reference books/materials
I wrote about Writers Inc. for fandom_grammar back in the day, and I am still fond of the AP Stylebook. I tend to rely on Wikipedia and Google search for most of my reference work; the high-end air travel I talked about in Pop Life mostly came from an article about the best first-class accommodations.

5. the most influential book you've read
Sure of You, the first book I read in Armistead Maupin's "Tales of the City" series. Maupin showed something that felt a little like Utopia, even in the worst of times. In an excellent coincidence, the topic came up in Salon today.

6. food
I love food. There's pretty much no kind of food I won't try, though I do refuse some meats. (BUNNY. And no way I'm trying frog legs after growing up on the Muppet Movie.) Still, the best food in the world remains Korean barbecue.

7. no regrets
Not much any more. Thank dog for antidepressants, lol.

Want seven things? Let me know!

I wrote two stories for Canadian Shack 2, Electric Boogaloo 2011.

Try, Try Again, BBC Sherlock focusing on Lestrade;

Waking, Nagi and Mamoru. I've wanted to throw them into the wilderness for ages.

And then just for funsies, I wrote Whatever Gets You Through the Night, with John/Lestrade. Shut up, I like Lestrade.

Does anyone not comment on AO3? Is it all right if I don't cross-post my AO3 stuff on LJ/DW? I still will sometimes because, you know, I LIKE COMMENTS, I'm just curious.

I really need a John icon.

Kyou Kara Maoh/Tiger & Bunny crossover art by lynndyre.

They would RULE THE WORLD and you know it!