Fannish fun

I loved The Avengers.

Loved.

More than I can express properly in text, even. It led me to finally seeing and adoring Iron Man and Captain America, and appreciating Thor more than I had when I saw it the first time without realizing it was connected to anything. It is even making me consider watching the Hulk movie at some point. It has also opened me to new fic, art, vids, etc.

I have basically been diving into a sea of Avengers fanstuff nearly exclusively for months. This was entirely uncharted territory for me, having zero prior knowledge or exposure to this fandom.

I also love cleolinda and her Movies in Fifteen Minutes over at m15m. Always good for a chuckle and reliable in brightening my day.

What do you get when you put these things together?

The Avengers in Fifteen Minutes

And a very happy me.

An excerpt from the work can be found below:

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If anyone has suggestions for fic, vids, art, etc, I would love any and all recs. I ship pretty much everyone with everyone and love gen too. I could also use some suggestions for avengers/marvel LJ icons, so help in that area would also be fabulous :)

I've been somewhat battling with my thoughts on Sherlock/John bromance vs romance (or smut, even). I've read sadly little Sherlock fic so far (and would LOVE some recs, if you please) and most of what I've read and enjoyed has been friendship and preslash, more than smutty or established relationship stuff. Not sure if that is how I prefer the pairing, or it's more a matter of the stories I've stumbled across.

That aside, when I was recced this fic, I was greatly amused by it and completely fell into the relationship as presented.

Diplomatic Relations by Coragyps (link goes to fanfiction.net) is a Sherlock/John fic, rated adult, and the listed genres are friendship/romance, though I would add humor as well. The character voices are excellent and the fic is greatly amusing me tonight.
Summary: John explores the narrow boundaries of Sherlock's sexuality.

Excerpt: Sherlock frowns. "No talking." He knows this annoys John, who likes to say that good communication is the key to good sex (Sherlock can't imagine what dime-store sex psychology John has been reading; obviously corresponding genitalia is the key to good sex).

I don't know how I missed this when it was posted but I did. Fortunately it wasn't lost to me forever. Check out this lovely Kirk/McCoy fic by checkerboxed and written for the prompt: "First time they slept together and then slept together (as in stayed in the same bed all night instead of one leaving as soon as the sexytimes are over)."

You Could Stay (link leads to jim_and_bones which is restricted to comm members)
You Could Stay (alternate link to author's journal, unlocked)

Today's happy: fanvids! My previous short fanvid post can be found here.

I love fanvids. They've helped support my love for fandom, introduced me to new music, introduced me to new fandoms, shown me how to love characters, made me laugh and cry, and told me stories that canon never even let me dream of. Some I love for the song and vid clip choice, some for amazing editing, some for clarity and color, some for overall theme, some because they've just hit me right where I need them to.

Indulging in fanvids definitely makes me happy :) If you feel inspired, do please rec me more! The more the merrier!

Just some samples of fanvids that I have saved, DLed, or put into my memories.


Doctor Who/Torchwood:
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Star Trek:
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Stargate Atlantis:
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Firefly/Serenity:
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Other:
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*Looking for all these vids has sparked memories of others that I've adored in the past and cannot find now. I am on a mission to track them down!

I've been feeling a bit down lately, so in an effort to perk myself up I'm going to try to post something that makes me happy every day this month.

Today's happy? Two of my absolute favorite fanvids. The first is a Star Trek tribute video celebrating all of the television Trek series as well as many/most of the movies (I still haven't seen all of the Next Gen movies, so can't say for sure). The music is the orchestral piece of the beautiful flute song Picard plays from "The Inner Light" so in addition to a vid that I love, there's a piece of music that I adore here as well. I have the song on my ipod and it never fails to give me a sense of peace and relaxation.




The second vid is likely one of the first fanvids I ever watched and loved. Sadly, it isn't streaming online, but can be downloaded from the Killa's DW here. It is a TOS/movies vid with a Kirk and Spock focus (I suppose you can look at it either a shippy vid or a friendship vid, depending on which glasses you prefer) but also with the whole ensemble appearing as well. The music is "Dante's Prayer" by Loreena McKennit, yet another song that I adore (though this one I started to love mostly because of this vid). Yes, I have mentioned my adoration for this vid before.

So, I am sick. I've been sick since mid-Monday. I've missed 2 days of work, was feeling rather craptastic during my parents wedding ceremony (Why yes, it was adorable, thanks for asking :D ), and am not getting better yet. This last bit is unusual for me since usually any ill feelings this time of year is generally allergy-related and goes way once I start medicating myself properly. Well, I'm medicated and still feeling crappy. I'm kind of concerned that I'm headed in the direction of a sinus infection (or am perhaps already there, but in denial - don't take my denial away from me!)

Anyways, the main reason for this post, despite the wordcount of the above whining, is to rec an excellent fic that I adore and want to hug and squee over endlessly. It is Corresponding Shapes (Kirk/McCoy, R) by savoytruffle. In fact, I'm going to make tea (or take a nap, or both) and take some more meds and then reread it. Because once through cheered me up, twice through can only improve upon the effects, right?

It's been an excruciatingly painful process, but I've actually been getting a bit of writing done. It's been entirely in fandom_stocking rather than my WiPs of doom (or would it be W(s)iP?) but it's still writing. I've been greatly helped in the process by a friend who recommended the following sites:

Write Or Die
13 Tips For Actually Getting Some Writing Done

So, these have helped me to sit down and just write something. I'm trying to sit and write and just do it without psyching myself out about the general suckiness of whatever it is I'm working on. I guess the current motto is: At least write something and if it sucks, you can delete it. But at least you did it. We'll see how this works as an MO for me.

My very first post using my shiny new laptop. So wonderful. It actually works, and tends to actually do what I tell it to, a novel concept, I assure you. What is not so wonderful is the process of transferring everything from my old laptop to this new one. Oy, headache.

In honor of my birthday, and to christen the new computer, I had wanted to write a new fic, however the muse has not been kind to me of late. I can do the next best thing, however, now that the reveal for remus_reads has occurred :)

First, however, I would like to pimp out the fic that I received in the exchange: Raindrops on Noses by nohwrah. I've linked you to the posting at her journal, rather than the community's journal so that should you want to comment on it, she will receive it more easily. This story is a lovely fic written from my prompts of: teasing conversations and hopeful endings. It is Remus/Sirius, G, MWPP-era, and quite enjoyable.


My contribution to the exchange is below, but before I get to that, a bit of background... It was written for nohwrah (Funny how that turned out :) ), with the prompts: smoking!sirius and unrequited love being requited. The minimum word count for this exchange was 200 words, however once I got started I couldn't stop. It just got completely out of hand :-D I think the prompts given were perfect - enough to give me a starting point without being restrictive of my imagination. I'm sure there are still rough spots in there, so feel free to point out any errors, or question anything you'd like - I love constructive criticism. I also had a second beta, rissabby, in addition to the always-wonderful amor_remanet, whose comments and suggestions were added to the version of the fic I'm posting now, so... thanks to wonderful, lovely, understanding, and patient betas!

Title: Sheer Madness of the Marauder Sort
Rating: PG
Pairing(s): Remus/Sirius
Warning(s): Hmmm, heights and smoking?
A/N: This fic was written for nohwrah for the remus_reads fic exchange to celebrate Remus Lupin's birthday. It was-betaed by the ever-talented amor_remanet and rissabby, whose help and humor are invaluable.

( It was the smoke that gave Sirius away... )

shackinup_sesa authors have been revealed :) I encourage anyone interested in Remus/Sirius and good fanfic to go take a look - there are some masterful stories collected there this year. I especially want to pimp out lorrainemarker, who wrote Love in Darkness from my prompt wishes. A real treat to read, and very moving.

Also, blanketforts is up and in full swing (or so my ages long friend's list tells me. This is the first real chance I've had to do any real LJing since starting work (oy - the exhaustion is unreal, I get home and collapse), however since I work 12 hour night shifts, I have the next four days off, and lots of time (theoretically) to fill :) I'm hoping to catch up properly. So... yeah, back to the point - go check out blanketforts for your month of January Remus/Sirius needs.

The newest chapter (24) of shoebox_project is up :) It is verreh, verreh amusing, and I strongly urge going and reading it (as well as all of its predecessors). I have also made a few text icons from it. Should anyone wish to use the icons, that is cool, but please remember to CREDIT shoebox_project for the material. It is theirs, they are geniuses, they deserve it :)