I really want to do a game on the Dark Heaven's Trilogy by Kylie Chan

Anyone know of them and would be interested?

1. My username is ______ because ______: princessjessia, which, when not a lowercase required thing, looks like PrincessJessiA (not Jessia, as my name is Jessica). I used to have a bunch of different online names for different accounts way back in the NINETIES INTERWEBS, but "Princess Jessi" came about from a forum years ago where I was dubbed the Princess of Impatience. princessjessi was taken the first time I decided to run with that, I tacked on the "A" for my last name, and that's what I tend to use places now because I'm lazy and resist change.

2. My name is _____ because ______: [ JESSI ]. Because it's my name and I'm not witty like y'all. :D

3. My journal is titled ____ because ____: "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? / Well, obviously I do. I just wondered if there was anyone else." Because I love this quote. Also, DISCWORLD!DEATH IS THE BEST THING EVER.

4. My default userpic is ____ because ____: Jessica Rabbit. Because she is my alter ego and SHE KICKS ASS. Also, in my journal layout, it always looks like she's seducing all the icons on my f-list and it cracks me up.

1. My username is ______ because ______: My username is pansexual because I was looking for a journal name to replace mjslsbs and this one was offered to me from someone at tradingspaces and cause I have a dirty mind... I fell in love with it

2. My name is _____ because ______: Immortal Aussie because that is currently my online handle. I'm Australian and I thought it sounded cool when I was half asleep and stuck for idea.s

3. My journal is titled ____ because ____: The Den of Immortal Aussie- because a Den is a place where people live and this is where I 'live' on IJ

4. My default userpic is ____ because ____: Red/Orange ocean with 'I threw Bitter Tearts at the Ocean but all that came back were the tides' well along with most of my icons it was made by a friend, the quote sounds awesome too.

What's In My Bag Meme from fitz_carraldo.



1. My purse. I’ve been using it for about a year and a half since I got is last spring at a “Share Your Stuff” exchange that was held at Whole Foods when I was working there.

2. A $25 Barnes & Noble giftcard—a couple of my co-workers gave it to me at my farewell party right before I left Chicago in September.

3. Chapstick from ALDI’s. Probably toxic.

4. An admissions badge from the Corning Glass Museum where my father and I stopped on our trip back from Chicago.

5. A purple Hello Kitty notepad.

6. My wallet—many years old and a bit overfilled. It’s pink and has the Sanrio character My Melody on it.

7. Bath & Body Works vanilla scented anti-bacterial hand lotion. I can’t use regular anti-bacterial gels because they dry my skin out but this works well.

8. Something my sister got for me this summer at G-Fest (a massive Godzilla collectors show). I think it’s some sort of a cell phone ornament from Japan of a Kewpie in a panda suit.

9. Condoms. Just because I haven’t had sex since 2002 doesn’t mean I shouldn’t be prepared.

10. Pens.

11. A crumpled tissue.

12. A zip-loc snack bag containing 3 quarters. Left over from when I was in an apartment and had to go out to the Laundromat to do my washing every week.

13. My leopard spotted Hello Kitty checkbook.

Title: Owl Post
Rating: PG
Word Count: ~200
Pairing: Severus/??
Disclaimer: Not mine. They belong to JKR.
A/N: Written for adventdrabbles, Dec 1: candles. Going to try to make this into a series. We'll see how it goes. ;)

( Owl Post )

I rec'd this fic last year and I will again because it's my favorite holiday fic bar none. If you haven't read jadzialove's Humbug I must insist that you do sometime between now and the New Year. It's an absolutely perfect take on A Christmas Carol. I'll refund the purchase price if you don't enjoy it. :P

As everyone's mentioned the fests are starting. I have three anon fics out there in the universe-snarry_holidays, daily_deviant's Kinky Kristmas, mini_fest over on LJ. I will write a drabble for anyone that guesses any of the three fics which are mine (and I think at least two are so obvious anyone that regularly reads my fic could figure them out). I will put up a true screened guessing post later on but keep this in mind if you are interested in a drabble (likely written in late January).

ETA: Oooh!, I meant to mention that shadowess completed the table of WTP warnings. You can find them here. Over 23K worth of Snarry in all!

Here are the drabbles/ficlets I wrote in November. I wrote quite a bit more this month but those entries will have to wait until after the fest reveals in January. ;)

Bedfellows Severus/Harry, PG, 200 words
Send a Message Severus/Harry, PG, 100 words
Tiger by the Tail Severus/Harry, NC-17, 400 words
Man Enough For You Severus/Harry, R, ~400 words
Second Chance Severus/Harry, PG, ~1275 words
No Pressure Severus/Harry/Draco, NC-17, 400 words
Recompense Severus/Harry, PG-13, 100 words
In Vitro Harry, Kingsley, Severus, PG, 600 words
Second Chance Severus/Ginny, R, 100 words
Good Thing Going Severus/Harry/Draco, PG, 100 words

ETA: Gotta love the same title used twice about a week or so apart. So creative. :P

Druella is trying to bring the niceties of pureblood society to Crazytown, Madkingsland, by organizing tea parties and soirées and whatnot. I am actually not kidding. She's already at work deciding how to manipulate people with just the invitations alone, right alongside patiently replicating a few of Dorea's favoured playthings while Dorea describes them.

Where does she intend to host such things? Why, Grimmauld Place, of course. *facedesk* SHE DOESN'T EVEN WANT THE DAMN HOUSE (I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT THE ~TOKEN OF BLOODLINE WAR~!), but she's decided it's a pretty useful pawn to getting things she wants. Plus, it's the principle of the matter, and goddamn, apparently Druella Black is not going to halfass the principle. She pretty much has refused to go more than a foot outside that house since the EPIC "YOU ARE NO BROTHER OF MINE" stuff (only if Cygnus is still inside it and if it's necessary, like meeting Dorea outside to bring her in the house) and so is PAYING PEOPLE IN SHINY MAGIC GOODS to run her errands for her.

That said, AM needs to stop swallowing my soul because I have SO MUCH other stuff to DO. I wanna play at TOS, omg. :/


VICKIE. TWO QUESTIONS, the first just my curiosity, the second more logistics.
1) Where the heck is Wally at this point, the Three Broomsticks?
2) WHEN did she leave? Dani said Cy's pretty much ignoring her after that last response to him, so did she pack her toothbrush and leave yesterday? And was there shrieking/a throwdown because Druella barricaded them in earlier, or only until Druella dropped what was keeping her in?

adventdrabbles first prompt is up!!! For those that haven't played before you can write one drabble a day or pick and choose the prompts you like. You don't even have to use the prompts. It's not just for HP either. Your fics can be true drabbles of 100 words or mini-ficlets. Oh, and I always forget drawbles. I might try to do one or two this year-that's always embarrassing. :P I had a blast last year-I wrote every day plus I did a 14 day series to finish it off. Not sure whether I'll manage that again but I do want to at least write every day.

Fests--santas_lap is already up and running. daily_deviant's Kinky Kristmas, snarry_holidays and mini_fest (this one over on LJ) all begin posting tomorrow. No doubt other fests do too but these are the ones I am participating in! *dances* I will mention mini_fest again because the only requirement was 500 words so there should be some little gems in there; bit sized morsels for when you only have a little time. I'll be trying to rec from all of these and others. Sleep? Who needs it?

Everybody ready for some awesome holiday cheer? :D

A couple of days ago I finished reading Jean Plaidy’s Rose Without a Thorn, a historical novel about Katherine Howard (5^th wife of Henry VIII—beheaded) and I’ve just started Cornelia Funke’s Inkdeath, the 3^rd and final novel in her Inkworld trilogy. Inkdeath is going to take me a while to read. It’s 663 pages long and even though it’s a young adult novel the prose is dense and rich like liqueur.

Funke’s Inkworld series is all about books and reading. One of the characters, Fenoglio, is an author who is magically transported into his own book. However another character, Orpheus, has the ability to rewrite Fenoglio’s book and alter the reality therein.

Fenoglio wonders, “…was there any worse fate than having to watch something else twist your own words, adding colorful touches—in very bad taste—to the world you’d made?” Reading this I couldn’t help but feel a twinge of guilt as a writer of fan fiction. Like Orpheus, I delight in messing about with other people’s imagined worlds and adding lurid elements to their stories. I’ve always considered it quite a creative enterprise however Fenoglio’s dilemma does make me look at it from another perspective.

One thing I can take some consolation in is the fact that nothing in the Inkworld series is clean cut. Fenoglio, with his sense of authorship towards the world around him, is a very ambiguous character not nearly so much in control of the world he created as he would like to be.

When I finish Inkdeath, I’ve decided that I’m going to reread Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy. I read it for the first time back in the fall of 2004 but I really plowed through it, I’d like to go back and do a more leisurely reading taking in more of the details.

Title: Good Thing Going
Word Count: 100
Pairing: Severus/Harry/Draco
Rating: PG
harry100 Challenge Prompt 59: Quidditch, draco100's Prompt 68: Giving Thanks, and snarry100 Challenge 190: Flourish and Blotts.
Disclaimer: Not mine. They belong to JKR.
A/N: A hat-trick of prompts! :)


( Good Thing Going )

DEAR INSANEJOURNAL,

I would really love to get my notifs soon after the comments are made, not three hours after the fact, as now I'm missing Important Things unless I refresh everything obsessively.

NO LOVE,
ME.

Anyone else having this problem?

Title Second Chance
Word Count: 100
Pairing: Severus/Ginny
Rating: Soft R
Warnings: (Impending) rape, set during DH-Ginny is 16
snape100 Prompt 310: The Unwritten Pairing
Disclaimer: Not mine. They belong to JKR.
A/N: I'm sort of surprised I never wrote this pairing before, especially like this.

( Second Chance )

So I've been a very busy bee the last few days.

~I helped alisanne by tagging some of the adventdrabbles from the last two years (which starts again on Tuesday--mark you calendars!! *\o/* ).

~I finished (FINALLY) my Kinky Kristmas fic for daily_deviant (thanks to jadzialove for her expert beta skills ♥)-will email that in tonight.

~I just uploaded a bunch of fic to AO3. I have to say AO3 is pretty shiny. I haven't tagged my fics properly yet. But I did put up my collection of last year's adventdrabbles for example.

Here's my list of works I've added so far. It's really cool to see the variety of fic all in one place. From fluff and romance to chan dub-con incest or bestiality. *vbg*

I was really behind in friending people from AM but I think I've gotten most everyone I would likely to be plotting with/talking about the game with on a more-than-once basis, so if you've clicked over to figure out who this is because the contact list isn't handy, HI! This is Jessi at AM (Lily, Druella & Owen).

Everybody else, nothing to see here. :P

So Lily ripped Alice's face off, and it's a small thing compared to the Epic Drama and not even close to the one Lily RAWR attack on the former Hermione, but it's pretty significant to me, as sometimes even I forget she can be a hot-headed snot who overreacts, so I'm always HEY NOW STOP THAT and kind of want to hide when she does it.

Also, I realize this is kind of silly and whatnot, but it keeps happening and I don't get why and I'm still assimilating WHAT ALL IS GOING ON IN CRAZY TOWN and needed a five minute break, so: I REALLY DON'T GET WHY CHARACTERS KEEP CONFUSING DRUELLA WITH WALBURGA AND VICE VERSA.

ETA: OH MY GOD REGULUS CONFESSED TO LILY *FLAILS*

Title: In Vitro
Characters: Harry, Kingsley, Severus . . . after a fashion
Word Count: 100x6
Rating: PG
Warnings: Unexplained plot, vaguely creepy
Disclaimer: Not mine. They belong to JKR.
A/N: Originally intended for snarry100 but it got weird. Too weird.

( In Vitro )

To all my dear friends celebrating Thanksgiving I hope you have a wonderful holiday!



"If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, 'thank you', that would suffice." ~Eckhart von Hochheim

Current Mood: thankful

So I caught wind of this post/essay/meta on Lily tonight.

What struck me most was not the content itself (though it makes me happy, because I love Lily and it's annoying to see people tear her apart rather than embrace both her humanity and flaws alongside her strengths), but that fact that 1) it's necessary for fans to defend against such a wide range of misogynistic bashing of female characters (I can remember Anti-Narcissa essays back in the day that made me SEETHE) and 2) I can only recall a handful of essays that cover a somewhat sane positions on canon/interpretation, but I can think of comms full of the Lily-bashing/female-character/any-character bashing. I'm sure the reality is not so uneven, but in my mind it very much is.

Ultimately, it always comes back to this - why do some fans, fanfic writers, roleplayers, etc feel the need to tear down everyone around a character just to make their own more sympathetic? We may not always agree with the creator, but we were still provided with toys to play with that have depths we can explore simply by logically assessing the canon. Is is that people are insecure about their ability to rewrite characters as they are in canon, is it just laziness, or is it speaking to a need to make their character one hundred percent right?

For me, something that has always put me off a fic or a character bio is the moment they make someone the convenient villain to get what they want, without any thought for how it demeans their own character to do so. Be it tortured!Sirius or ignored!Andromeda or beaten-by-Ron!Hermione or delicate-flower!Draco or whatever, in the end it always feels like it's taken away from or trivialized that character (Sirius escaped to save his life, rather than it be because he was not being treated as a person with opinions and feelings of his own, Andromeda ran away because her family didn't love her and Ted was the only one who did, instead of it being she changed her purist mind for one man and retained other prejudices, etc) rather than make them sympathetic and layered.

Ugh, and I should so be sleeping, family things to do in a few hours!

[ as of 3 a.m. EST. ]

FIRST COMMENTER TO OWEN'S JOURNAL: MALE.
EVERY OTHER COMMENTER TO OWEN'S JOURNAL: FEMALE.

We need some testosterone up in here, plz. *DYING*

What is the meaning of life? Why is life so complicated sometimes?

( fears and concerns behind cut )

Current Mood: contemplative

About two weeks ago I watched an episode of the television show Criminal Minds for the first time.

I usually avoid police procedural show but I was interested because rock star Gavin Rossdale was guest-starring as a sort of strung-out vampire rock star (not that I’m exactly a Gavin Rossdale fan, but I liked him well enough in Constantine).

Watching the show I ended up being pretty impressed by androgynous boy genius Spencer Reid (Matthew Gray Gubler) so yesterday when I saw there were reruns showing on several channels I ended up watching a couple episodes.

When not ogling Matthew Gray Gubler’s cheekbones, I was pleased to discover that Mandy Patinkin was on the earlier episodes of the show. I’ve had a thing for Mandy Patinkin for about 20 years—when I was in high school I listened obsessively to his recording of the musical Evita. Patinkin was gone in more recent episodes of the show, but I found myself surprised and unexpectedly pleased by another character, an FBI computer technician called Penelope Garcia (Kristen Vangsness).

Now I’ve always loved support staff type characters, from secretaries Marilyn (Northern Exposure) and Elaine (Ally McBeal) to sour techie Chloe (24) but in addition to her behind-the-scenes sort of position the thing about Garcia that really endeared her to me was that she was a female character on a mainstream television show who was not skinny. She was cute and sexy and curvy and plump and voluptuous. I don’t follow a lot of television shows but I honestly can’t think of the last time I saw a not skinny female character. Probably teenaged Sara Rue on Popular (she ended up slimming down for her own show Less Than Perfect).

I’ve watched a grand total of 3 ¾ episodes of Criminal Minds, so for all I know Garcia might be a totally stereotypical “overweight” character who does nothing but provide comic relief talk about diets but I don’t think so. It seemed to me like there was some sort of romantic thing going on between her and FBI agent, Morgan, and generally she seemed like someone who was really competent and well regarded by her peers. I’m really curious now to watch more of the show and she how she’s handled.

I thought I'd share my recipe for sweet potatoes with everyone. They are always a favorite at our table.

( Apple Pecan Sweet Potatoes )

Tomorrow my grandmother, parents and I are going to be having Thanksgiving dinner at a neighbor’s house. 

Given my food issues Thanksgiving is always a little uncomfortable for me but oddly I’m not feeling my usual degree of anxiety this year.  I think it helps that I haven’t had to spend the last week dealing with the insanity of holiday crowds at an urban supermarket.  Also I don’t have to work on the holiday itself so I’ll have time to relax and do anything I need to do before hand instead of rushing to work at 7:00 a.m. then having to get to a celebration right afterwards like I have the past few years. 

Yesterday I went to the dentist for the first time in 12 years (I know it’s been 12 years because the last time I went was right before my little brother graduated from college which would make it 1997).  

It’s almost unforgivably irresponsible to let that much time lapse between dental visits. I have lots of excuses.   I hate going to the dentist.   Because I was bulimic in high school I had to suffer through some extensive dental work when I was in my late teens and early 20’s.  Frankly, it was traumatic.  Also I haven’t had dental insurance since 1998 and I don’t like paying out of pocket to be subjected to pain. 

Before I went for my appointment I was absolutely horrified that my teeth would be in such bad shape I’d need hours of expensive dental work to save them (I have recurring nightmares about losing my teeth).  Luckily my teeth were in pretty good shape considering the amount of time it’s been.  I’ll need a filling but that’s it.  Obviously I’m not looking forward to my follow-up appointment after Christmas but it’s a huge relief to know that my teeth are more or less okay.

Three hours ago an old character grabbed hold of my brain and I made the hold (yes, goodbye for the moment Hugo, maybe if I can be awesomely active with my four I'll still app him in a few weeks).

Eight minutes ago I submitted the completed app. No, Louis is still not done. HE WILL BE THOUGH. I just want to be sure he isn't going to infringe on Cassie's niche in the game too badly because I think they are more than a bit alike and wah I am an anxious and fretful person.

So, anyhow, I've potentially unleashed Owen Gibbon upon the world again. This is the character I'm actually embarrassed to be "seen with" and yet I'm playing him again. Craaaazy. It's not that he's going to be mean or violent or visibly purist or anything, he'll be a perfect gentleman and nice to everyone and protective of children and constantly sending little trinkets to the ladies that catch his attention, whether they're single or married. It's that he's such an ICKY PIECE OF WORK underneath it all AND I DON'T LIKE HIM AT ALL. I want to slap a warning sticker on him so characters don't get taken in by him, because otherwise it's likely a lot will because he just SUCKS PEOPLE IN. AND I JUST FLAIL.

But, umm. Yes. Provided he's accepted, hide your females.

Title: Recompense
Word Count: 100
Pairing: Severus/Harry
Rating: PG-13
snape100 Challenge 309: "Wikipedia, Redux!"
Warning: Reference to homophobia/verbal abuse.
Disclaimer: Not mine. They belong to JKR.
A/N: I wouldn't even believe me, but I swear this was the first thing that came up. :) Pornophobia.

( Recompense )

Title: No Escape
Challenge/Prompt: #29 Midnight
Original Fiction or Fanfiction [Name of fandom]: Yu-Gi-Oh!
Characters/Pairings: Anzu/Atemu
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! or it's sandbox. I am just here to play with the toys and create my own alternate reality. :D
Summary: As midnight drew closer, Anzu tries to escape Atemu's possessiveness.
Author's Notes: I have no idea exactly where my muse came up with this one. I can only fathom she wanted something somewhat dark.




( No Escape )

Current Mood: tired

1. Only sesame seed bagels left, and no cream cheese. My life, ladies and gentlemen.

2. Ate a bowl of Oreos for breakfast.

3. There’s a coffee ring stain on my X-men. I know I accidentally burned down Dad’s office, but a man’s comics are sacred.

4. Ryan kissed me to shut me up. Twice. (!!!)

5. Did a Samuel L. Jackson impression under my breath. Was sharing my bucket of popcorn, extra butter, with Ryan, when our shoulders bumped together. It was nice; not Summer-in-a-Wonder-Woman-outfit nice, but getting there.

6. Make out Share kisses with Ryan at the poolhouse.

theswearingkind

remixthedrabble

Current Mood: *shuffle shuffle*

IN ALL MY RP YEARS I'VE NEVER CHALLENGED A HOLD SOMEONE MADE BEFORE ME. Actually, I don't think I've ever been challenged after making the primary hold, but if I was, it must not have panned out. It's really nerve wracking, I don't know how people do it regularly.

So, PB suggestions? I need a PB for Neville Longbottom, age 21. He's an alternate timeline Neville, so there is another Neville already in play, PB'd by Daniel Cudmore. Originally I was aiming for a blonder PB, but with Daniel being dark-haired it won't work to have a dark-haired Neville and a blonde-haired Neville, at least to me. I'd like my Neville to look different, not just because even the dopple characters need different PBs, but because his life was very distinctly different. Someone thinner, serious and nervous looking, but with the potential to not be either in some icons, would be good.

Also, Megan. NOW YOU REALLY NEED TO DO GINNY.

Comment below and I will tell you which of your characters that I've played against are my favorites and why I love them. Then repost this in your own journal.

. . . but until then, more random posts.

severus_sighs posted their interview with jadzialove, who just happens to be my beta. *squishes her*

I must point you especially to her answer to number #5, "What is it about Severus you find sexy?" because OMG it's a great answer (in under 100 words).

I went to the supermarket yesterday.  There were fairly long lines with the pre-Thanksgiving crowd and the cashiers were hauling whole turkeys over the scanners. 

I was very grateful not to be working in a supermarket anymore. 

In fact, the market was always open on Thanksgiving and I started working there in September of 2006 so this is going to be the first Thanksgiving since 2005 where I won’t have to go to work. 

I. Love. Gossip. Girl.


...and want to roleplay it like badly.

Interviews at severus_sighs

Some of my favorite authors/artists were interviewed and now severus_sighs is posting them. joanwilder and accioslash are two of the people they've interviewed so far. I love seeing how different people approach their craft and fandom in general.

Here's the interview tag although of course there is lots of lovely fic as well.

Aziraphale had, on several occasions*, persuaded Crowley to take over his angelic duties. When it is his turn to be Crowley's stand-in, he tempts impoverished students** to make splurges on books at Amazon.



* Rare books & manuscripts auction
** A month down the road, they discover they're the recipient of a small grant that they don't remember applying for.

[ LJ | IJ | DW ]

lilfluffykitten

rapunzelita

SQUEE! Snarry art for me!

atypicalsnowman and I both commissioned swtalmnd to make us a bit of art. You can see both pieces here. Go and leave a comment if you enjoy them! ♥

I think they are both DIVINE! :D

Put my name down on the waiting list for AO3. Why the fuck not? I can decide later whether I actually want to use it or not. I'm number 319 on the list.

Got over 1700 words written today. I might try to do some more tonight after the kids go to bed. We're reading COS again, we're in the middle of the Dueling Club chapter. ;)

Must re-start my Kinky Xmas ASAP so naturally I'm going laundry.

*deep breath*
*opens Word*
Hmm, maybe I should refill my coffee cup before I start.
*gets coffee*
*looks at blank document*
I think the clothes are done. I'll go put them in the dryer. Should I start another load? Yes, lots to do.
*gathers dirty socks*
Maybe I'll have a little snack with my coffee before I get started writing.
*nibbles very slowly*
*looks at computer screen*
*winces*
Oh, I think I'll cross-post my last drabble to LJ, see if anyone reads it.
*posts*
Might as well look at my flist there too
*reads, gets distracted*
Better fold the clothes while they're warm so they don't get wrinkled.
*sorts socks and folds clothes*
*repeat until day is completely wasted*

Procrastination you are a fickle friend.
*head desk*

Current Mood: lazy

( Magistream Creatures (Part 3) )

Current Mood: sore

( Magistream Creatures (Part 2) )

Current Mood: sore