Erotica Critique

I made myself one for my LJ (this is being crossposted to LJ and IJ) here and one for my IJ here.

I can make one in that style if anyone wants it or I can do one with a banner at the top, with or without section headings. Personally I would *not* recommend the style I have unless you really want to faff around with the text for ages to get it to fit exactly (too short and it looks silly, too long and it protrouds from the top and bottom of the layout and also looks silly), but that's your decision :D

Depending on what you want you may need to provide me with pictures. You'll get the graphic bits and the code and just have to paste your own bio text into it and if you really have issues I can probably talk you through it :D

Gil is technically first in the queue but until her internet comes back on I can't really get into what she wants lol.

More icons for everyone :D There's still loads of these to go. I got carried away downloading images lol.

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HPFandom.net... account suspended... any information to be had?

Per darlinggirl1263 on LJ: The account was suspended for "excessive CPU usage". The mod is working to get things back up and running. We'll just have to wait it out.

ETA: Had a couple of people asking for an older fic - meaning the ones I have not tagged here on IJ yet - so, I figured I'd just link you my LJ tags.

Jesus. I gotta make myself get those old tags done. I mean, it has only been two and one-half years, right? *hates that kind of stuff*

To be honest, I hadn't intended on posting anymore about BDSM. Not outside of fic, anyway. But someone asked the difference between kinky sex and Lifestyle. And the answers to this are endless. Especially if you try to use nothing but serious, technical type jargon.

Good thing we all know I'm not so great with sticking to the technical, huh?

So, let's look at this like a bowl of ice cream. ( Because, really, who doesn't like ice cream? )

Yet more icons. Am I boring you yet?

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Now that I've actually seen the new Star Trek movie, I feel comfortable recommending jemisard's Spock/McCoy trilogy (rated PG.)

It begins with Before You're Old, in which TOS!Spock seeks out STXI!McCoy in an attempt to set right an old regret. The prequel Time Enough shows us the last days of TOS!McCoy's life, which he's chosen to spend with Spock (character death, obviously.) The last part of the trilogy is the sequel Bloom of Youth which takes place almost immediately after the events of Before You're Old. STXI!McCoy discusses with STXI!Spock the conversation just concluded with his counterpart and what impact it has to their comradeship.

This trilogy is one I'd consider a must-read for Spock/McCoy shippers, and would reccomend to non-shippers for the same reasons; jemisard's strong grasp of characterization makes the interaction between all characters a delight to read. She maintains the classic interaction between TOS Spock and McCoy, the more antagonistic and shaky version of the same with their XI counter-parts, and in doing so subtly illustrates both the similarties and differences between the four characters. Her plot is also a joy, fitting easily into the cracks between series and movie in such a way that I could easily see this happening.

Ok, dry pseudo-professional tone aside; you should totally read this. I read the trilogy when jemisard first posted it, and made the choice to see the new Star Trek movie because of how well she'd written in that 'verse. This fic convinced me to spend actual money guys, I am a skinflint this is a big deal!

*looks @ fic*

*looks @ scratch notes*

It really takes a special kind of geeky OCD to turn "how are we going to transport these aliens" into a convoluted dimensional analysis problem and then try to turn that lovely long string of Imperial-to-metric-and-back conversions into (hopefully) believable dialogue.

Have also finally chiseled out something vaguely resembling an outline. Sort of. Considering the extremely minimal say-so I appear to have in terms of what is actually happening with this damned thing, I'm sort of pleased to have managed to contain it in 13 chunks/eps/chaps/whatever. For now. This is, after all, The Fic That Wouldn't Stay Dead, and "if I can't kill you, I can contain you" turned out to be canonically (and predictably) untrue. *facepalm* Which isn't to say that they're all written, by any means. Very close to crossing the 60K mark though. *boggles*

Finally finished my S2 rewatch Friday night at work. Amazing how differently some bits come across the second time through.

Also periodically listening to audio of GDL's panels from The New England Fan Experience, which I briefly considered running up to Boston for last week (before deciding that was insane, as it would mean leaving directly from work Saturday morning to have even a prayer of catching his panel that day). Dear Gods, this fandom really has kidnapped my brain. *facepalm*

Oh, and I watched "The Rescue" last night. I don't always watch the special features, but I did this time, and it was interesting to learn that those two eps got the highest ratings of any Who story arc until the Baker years. They were all marveling that it was a bigger draw than the Daleks. I'm marveling that "1st introduction of a new companion" was a bigger draw than "1st regeneration." Which reminds me, tangentially, that ubiquirk just drew my attention to the fact the Doctor is apparently supposed to get younger with each regeneration. Huh. Didn't know Gallifreyans had a common ancestry with Orkians. This has slightly tempered my annoyance that Eleven looks like a teenager. (Does that mean Twelve will need to actually be one? LOL)

Ah well, time to do a bit more writing. 76 more words and I'll hit this week's 5_for_five goal. Whee!

Title: Russian Roulette
Author: x-tricks
Fandom: Torchwood, Jack/Ianto
Notes: this is part of the fucked-up universe that Falling belongs to. People are very screwed up here and doing unhealthy things. This story follows Falling. It also fulfills the 'gun play' square on my kink_bingo card.
Disclaimer: These imaginary characters, performing fantasy acts, belong to legal entities and not me - I'm real. More or less.

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Another batch of shinies. Apparently icon making is a great way to procrastinate.

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Title The Fred and Ginger Kiss
Characters Lester/Blade
Fandom Primeval
Rating PG
Prompt #20 Romantic ( 25 Moods )
Series More Delightful Than Wine
Summary Lester teaches Blade to dance.
Author's Note Thanks to fred for a super speedy beta and for letting me use Blade. For Fiona :D

( The Fred and Ginger Kiss )

Title The Thank God You're Not Dead Kiss
Characters Lester/Blade
Fandom Primeval
Rating 12
Prompt Thankful ( 25 Moods )
Series More Delightful Than Wine
Summary Set during the S2 finale. Blade and Lester share a moment.
Author's Note Thanks to fred for the beta and for the use of Blade. Thanks to Luka and Jack for their help as well. As always, this is for Fiona :D

( The Thank God You're Not Dead Kiss )

…and I'm a submissive. As in, a contracted and collared sub to my husband, Matt. D/s, BDSM, leather, lifestyle, call it what you will. It is what it is.

Originally, I intended to post something like an introduction because, as my fandoms branch out, there are new people on my flist. And I tend to be loud and opinionated when it comes to head exploding kink fics. Figured offering some insight to me might help explain the tangent rants I sometimes have. Along with the fact that most, if not all, of my fics have some display of power dynamics, no matter how subtle.

I'm sure those of you who know me best find that to be an understatement. Heh.

This has morphed, through conversations with friends, into not only a hey, this is me post, but also one that, for lack of tact on my part, is a whoa! let's think about this before you write it post. Mainly because BDSM comes under enough fire without having misleading works of fiction floating around out there stirring up more trouble than they're worth.

And, honestly, not trying to be a bitch, but if a piece of fiction disregards the basic principles of safe, sane, and consensual they really are more trouble than they're worth. They set a stage for others, those not in the scene, that can lead to misunderstandings, arguments, and, most important, serious injury.

Not cool.

Not when it takes just a few lines of dialogue, or even implied conversation to lend believability and credibility to the work.

To that end, I've started a list. ( Which is actually quite funny seeing as I despise lists. )

Got questions? Ask 'em. I'd rather you ask me something embarrassing than you make my head go splodey in the next fic I run across.

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Whoa! Additional Lifestyle discussions taking place...

irana is talking about consent, SSC, and RACK. You can read that post here.

snapesgirl_62 is talking about polyamory. You can read that post here.

Your result for What color would your lightsaber be?...

Blue Beam

The Negotiator

Take What color would your lightsaber be? at HelloQuizzy

Also - I have cola! I can't drink the sugary stuff because of my diet (plus diabetes runs in my family) and I used to drink litres of the diet stuff but then I found that the aspartame was causing an allergic reaction. Morrisons though make a max version with no added sugar and no aspartame. I have missed cola and I find I write better with cola.

We are just starting out and it's a bit slow going, but the concept is AWESOME I think.

All we have right now are:

Anne Boleyn
Anne of Cleves (that's me!)
Catherine Howard
Catherine Parr
Mary Boleyn

We lost our Henry and our Katherine of Aragon, so would be nice to have them. But we also need everyone else. Edward, Mary, Elizabeth, Cromwell, Charles, Jane, etc. We also need OCs for court members!

Anyways, check it out! Tudors Reborn!

The second batch of my solstcis and yule themed icons.

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Watching an old Las Vegas rerun and, low and behold, Hal Sparks is guesting on the episode. As a relationship adviser.

Oh, Michael!

*snickers*

This was the most popular choice in the poll, and funny enough, I haven't encountered yet a person who didn't like it, even when initially sceptical towards oatmeal or apples. (Well, unless they have allergies, of course.) I'm going to use °C and metric measurements for the recipe, but converters are easy to find online and also it's not one of those where you have to be super accurate, so that shouldn't be a problem.

What you need:

- oatmeal (I buy the 1 kg package which lasts for several meals)
- 2 to 3 apples
- sugar
- cinnamon
- a bar of butter (I use the 250 g bars -- you'll definitely need less than a pound)
- vanilla ice cream

and a greased baking pan, casserole dish, or similar (if it's fireproof and somewhat flat it'll work).

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Serve fresh out of the oven, in small bowls, with some ice cream on top. Makes for a nice hot-cold contrast. Oh, and you eat the cake with spoons.

Additional info:

- Makes you feel full extremely quickly. I've had huge people who are big eaters laugh in my face when I served them the "tiny" dish, only to see them declare defeat after their second bowl.
- The dough can be kept in the fridge to use it up later, and also works great as a muesli breakfast substitute.

You can't really mess up this one. Trust me.

There must be a book somewhere for writers who need to know this stuff. I've seen them for criminal investigation procedures and medical jargon. Stands to reason there ought to be something similar for guns, if I can just find it. Surely this won't be the only time it'd be useful.

But meanwhile, oh wise and wonderful flist, is anyone up for helping me work out whether this is a reasonable plot device? Pretty please with cinnamon sugar on top?

( Gunpowder and bullets and casings, oh my. )

And yes, I realize the icon is from a different fandom. Still fits. *g*

Off to lecture soon. Topics of the day are STD's, violence, and death. So that'll be an upper of a day.

As you all must know by now, I spend a fair amount of time watching genre based TV/movies and so on; particularly action-y type things (cop shows, sci-fi, fantasy, horror etc). I'm less interested in romantic themed stuff and comedy. Then, I talk about it ( and talk and talk and talk … )

... is definitely one of those things you talk about before doing it. Come on, people. Think before you write.