Fandom: Stargate (both series)
Title: A Mountain Of His Life
Category: Cam/John; AU, drama/angst.
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: none.
Summary: He's learned not to ask.
A/N: So the ever lovely kimberlite was nice enough to give me prompts the other day when I was all happy and giddy. And, oddly enough for me, I wrote something based on them, just... er, not happy and giddy type of stuff. Because of that, I didn't post it, but I couldn't quite bring myself to delete it either, so, wth, it's not HEA, but it's not horrendously sad, either, and y'all can just deal with it already. *snork*

For the title I went old school this time, with The Fixx.

~*~

( Cam supposes there's a physics equation that could explain why soap bubbles float the way they do. )

Enjoy... sort of! ;)

and, apparently, I will never get over making random quotes from early Val Kilmer movies (hmm, tempting, but no!). ;) But the reason I'm both happy and sad for me is that I had something good happen today, better than anything that's happened in, well, just about freaking forever! And yet the shiny's already been taken off of it to a degree because people keep trying to give me advice on what to do now. And I don't mean like just once and let it go, no! On and on, and, criminy, just shut up already. ;)

On my side, though, is the fact that a company called So Delicious makes non-dairy 'dairy' products using coconut milk instead of moo milk, and they're damn tasty (though a little coconuty, so not exactly a substitute, really), and let's just say that the little banana split ice cream sandwiches they make are, er, so delicious (hey, they set the pun up, not me :P) that I could almost ignore the unending advice. *snork*

But in the meantime, I have intermittent happiness to deal with, and I'm not really feeling the two fics I'm working on, so if someone has any suggestions or prompts, hit me with them... and it might produce intermittently happy fic. ;)

Fandom: X-Men Origins: Wolverine (other X-Men movies as well)
Title: We Fall Out Of It
Category: Logan/Remy; AU, drama/angst.
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Not particularly, though one scene has angry!sex in it, if that bothers you guys. ;)
Summary: Whatever he'd been, this is who he is now.
A/N: More story notes, darn it. ;) This time let's start by saying Happy Birthday, cool_tre_cool! I'd actually outlined this fic after watching the movie the first (highly illegal) time, and had worked on it more after watching it the next (very legal) time, but it probably would have (and very well might should have *snicker*) died after that if I hadn't thought about making it a birthday fic.

In its first incarnations, it was strictly movie!verse, but somewhere along the way it morphed into this kind of odd movie!verse comic!verse mix (and fanon), so I've classified it as AU, even though it (should) never directly contradict movie!verse canon. ;)

Title taken from Our Lady Peace (Theif, which I thought appropriate on several levels *snork*).

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( He's in an abandoned shack just over the New Jersey state line when he smells him coming, senses he guesses are far better than normal tracking the kid as he cautiously picks his way through the trees and overgrown brush that surrounds the place. )

I didn't go looking for this, really, but it was one of the top cards on someecards.com today, so the link was right there, and... well, really, how could you resist clicking on a link with that description? ;)

Though the one that said I wish just once you'd send me an email filled with as much passion as a Family Values governor has for his Argentinian mistress killed me, too. *snicker*

Fandom: Torchwood
Title: Treasures and Flesh Never Few
Category: Jack/Ianto, Jack/John/Ianto; Um, sex and some humor and some eensy bits of angst.
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Okay, dubious consent, sort of. You'll see. ;) And, yeah, sorry about the humor, too. *snork*
Summary: Jack had warned any number of people over the years that he wasn't always a nice person. In all that time, though, and with all those people, Jack had never really come across anyone he'd warned after he'd already been not very nice to them.
A/N: This one's for asatomuraki, kind of based on a request she gave me. Probably not what she was expecting, though. ;) Happy Birthday, anyway, missy. :)

Quick historical note: Mold's Golden Cape is one of the many items that the British Museum houses that's under claim by a country that would like it back (not that the BM is the only museum with this problem by any means). In the case of the cape, it's Wales which claims it, which is why I used it here. The other allusion, Thomas Bruce, is because he was the Earl of Elgin who brought the Elgin Marbles to the museum, and Greece has been a might testy about it ever since. *snicker*

Title from Tool again, as mentioned, this time from Jambi.

~*~

( There had been something familiar about Ianto the first time Jack met him. )

Enjoy!

Well, it's double birthday time again, and, miracle of miracles, I actually got both of them done on time! ;)

Fandom: Velvet Goldmine
Title: This Form I Hold Now
Category: Arthur/Curt; angst, drama
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Hints of past nastiness.
Summary: Deegan had pulled Arthur aside when he'd brought Curt home. "It was a bad one," was all he said, though.
A/N: Okay, we'll start with siriala again, since she's in the earlier time zone. ;) Happy Birthday, missy, I hope you like. I actually had another story going for you, that was, oddly enough, a VG/X-Files fusion, but this came out instead.

Set in the same universe as Dis Manibus.

Title is from Tool this time (Parabol), as is the next story's, too. I know, gods save you from micehell and her themes, right? *snork*

~*~

( This Form I Hold Now )

Enjoy!

Fandom: The Beast
Title: Boss At Denial
Category: Ray/his hand, implied Ellis/Barker; mostly humor (though, er, Ray does have a pretty kinky imagination, so pr0n-ish, too ;)
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: umm, no
Summary: Ray thought he just wanted to forget.
A/N: The last one, at least for today, of the unpublished entries in the 5th Annual MMOM Multi-Fandom Wank Fest.

This one is actually a sequel to my other The Beast story, Best At Forget, so, yeah, once again we go with Bush for the title. Even the same song, though this lyric comes right before the other, even though the stories definitely go the other way. ;)

~*~

( Ray stood outside the Chicago FBI offices, taking deep breaths, trying to talk himself calm. )

Fandom: Supernatural
Title: Dancing With Myself
Category: John/his hand, hints of John/OFC; humor-like, wee tiny snippets of angst
Rating: R-ish
Warnings: Set in the year 1989, so Wee!chester to a degree.
Spoilers: For 4x19 Jumping the Shark (many a reference ;)
Summary: Sometimes even the most dedicated of hunters had to take time for romance... even if it was just with themselves.
A/N: The next in the unpublished 5th Annual MMOM Multi-Fandom Wank Fest. There'll be another tonight, but I'm still not sure about the other two. On those we'll have to see.

And for a surprise, the title's from Billy Idol this time. ;)

~*~

( John was as dedicated to his job as the next hunter. In fact, the next hunter was likely to say that John was a little too dedicated to his job (usually followed by a story about what they'd do the next time they clapped eyes on him...) )

Enjoy!

PS: My tiny snippets of SPN news that some of you might not have seen:
1. The boys have contracts for six seasons, so Kripke's saying there would only be five might not be the final word on the matter, yays.
2. Both the boys made AfterElton's Hottest 100, with Jensen in the top 10 (5, I think), and Jared at around 12. As I was telling someone else, considering Doogie Howser is #1 on the list, I have to wonder at their criteria (obviously being out openly gets you more play), but still. *snicker*

Okay, so last month was May, as in 5th Annual MMOM Multi-Fandom Wank Fest, and I had been doing some stories for the occasion. Which I actually did for once, yay me. But I had set them aside, figuring they were kind of dumb, and thinking I'd give them a little breathing room and see how I felt in a couple of days... only apparently I forgot all about them. ;) There are five of them in all, but some of them might really just be that stupid, so I'm not sure if all of them will survive the cut. However, in the meantime, I'll spam you over the next couple of days with the ones I thought were at least readable.

Fandom: Stargate:Atlantis
Title: Rolling Faster
Category: John/his hand, hints of previous Rodney/John and current Rodney/Jennifer (plus some nebulous John/OMCs in the past); angst
Rating: R-ish
Warnings: Not a happy-ish story, see pairings for more of a hint ;)
Summary: I would change my direction, and save myself before I drown.
A/N: This is set after the last episode, and is inspired by the squeamish feeling I got watching Rodney ignore his boyfriend in favor of his beard... er, that is, the sadness I felt that it was over. Not to mention the wrench in the works I think Atlantis being on Earth could be. ;)

Title is Three Days Grace this time, so still not Bush, yay me.

~*~

( He'd lived there before... )

Enjoy!

Edit: While I'm thinking about it, I'll share what small amount of SGA/Joe Flanigan news I have for anyone who hasn't seen it yet.
1. Mr. Flanigan is going to be on an episode of Warehouse 13. I wasn't going to watch this show, and I probably still won't, but I'll at least be getting one episode of it. ;)
2. The SGA movie that is still in the will they or won't they phase of production is now titled at least: Stargate Atlantis: Extinction. Yays for progress. *snicker*
3. Mr. Flanigan is filming a movie for January (and it might just be the SGA one, but it didn't seem to be, so perhaps something new!).

She had a link to a really amazing video today featuring the song Stand By Me. It's part of the Playing for Change project (one of two Song Around the World bits I saw), which I had never heard about, but it brought even a died in the wool cynic like me to almost cry, and to move me past just admiring the vision of it, into thinking that maybe it might work... to a degree, at least. ;) But, really, it's a lovely example of the universality of both music and emotion, no matter style or culture... plus, you know, it sounds great.



All of it was great, really, but Clarence Bekker, the guy from Amsterdam was awesome. Off and on through the day I've been trolling the internet looking him up and have found the following:

1. An album under the name CB Milton.
2. That he is either gay, lesbian, or bisexual. Which, if true (and if the lesbian thing is true, then he really is impressive), makes me feel like I have some kind of homing signal or something. *snicker* (but, really, how, oh how, do people come up with this stuff? Is there some kind of newsletter? Secret hand signals? And who's been holding out on me all these years? ;)
3. That the people at Playing for Change think he's awesome, too.

Now I haven't had a chance to listen to the album to see if it really is him, or even listenable, but it if turns out to be more than just potentially odd speculation about his orientation or an affirmation of my own superior opinion, then I'll let you guys know.

Well, it isn't betaed, and it'll be jossed to hell as soon as I watch tonight's episode (which is, er, you know, going up as we speak... even though the SPN episode has still not really, er, come down, oi), but for all one of you who will likely read it (Fandom of Two, missy!), here's a little The Beast fic. ;)

Fandom: The Beast
Title: Best At Forget
Category: Barker/Ellis; drama, angst, tiny amounts of humor
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: References past nastiness, with implied non-consensual situation; no beta
Spoilers: Right up to episode 12, with a tiny bit of speculation for episode 13
Summary: Ellis has always been good at denial, and best at forget. Until Barker came into his life, anyway.
A/N: For kimberlite, though it's not got the hot factor I'd been hoping for. ;) Ah, well, we all take what we can get, I suppose. This is the apartment story I'd mentioned on the fic master list, but it morphed from where it started, so no real spoilers in having read the list.

Title (and the summary, somewhat) from Bush. Again. What's up with that? *snicker*

~*~

( Ellis pushed the door open to his apartment, a list in his head. )

Enjoy!

I just had the last of my open orders with Amazon fulfilled a couple of days ago, so no way to show extreme displeasure except by signing the petition, oi.

Proving once again that she is just the bestest thing ever -- better even than Ben & Jerry's ice cream! -- kimberlite has done wonderful The Beast fic. A knife edge on one side, and a tender touch on the other, it is just made of awesome. So hie you forth to read Trust Me, 'cause you'll be very happy that you did.

And yet I still kind of want it. ;)


But, no, flash drives shouldn't look like that... they should look like this instead.


Though, okay, I'm not even sure what that one's supposed to be, so I guess the panda wins after all. *snicker*


EDIT: OMG, jedi_diplomat knew an even cooler jump drive! I wants one!

EDIT... AGAIN!: So bbm_got_me_good knew a really good one, too. Now I'm so torn... and broke, so this is all pointless. But still. ;) And am I the only one that thought of the SPN episode where they're teddy bear doctors when I saw that? *snicker*

Okay, he might have been added for PR reasons, but Omar Benson Miller's character was just so... cute. ;) All 6' whatever of him. He might get irritating later, because they might run some of his quirkiness into the ground (the wikipedia thing could easily become an example), but right now he's so, just, cute. *snork*

Oh, and totally an aside -- though also Thursday show related -- the guy who played Mitchell on Jericho was on CSI last night, too. Coincidence? I think... well, yeah, okay, but still. ;)

Fandom: Supernatural
Title: Headful of Ghosts
Category: Gen; drama, angst, humor (the holy trinity ;)
Rating: PG-13 for language
Warnings: I like John, I really do, but I can't help but think he's also something of a bastard in many ways, so if you can't take a less than entirely sympathetic portrayal, don't come here.
Spoilers: Yeah, they're mostly vague for S4, but they're there, and the seasons before that, as well.
Summary: The first thing Sam said to his father after he died was, "What the hell are you?"

A/N: This is one of the six stories I was trying to write back when the block was so bad I was whining about it. ;) It's sort of based on Due South, but only in a mild way, and you don't have to know a thing about that show to follow along. Thanks to the intrepid cool_tre_cool and birggitt for being the victims beta-readers on this. I tried to follow their suggestions, but I don't think I fully succeeded. It should at least be readable, however. ;)

Ooh, and look, we're back to Bush for the title again. *snork*

~*~

( The last thing Sam said to his father before he died was, Yeah, sure, when he'd been asked to fetch coffee. )


Enjoy!

Slipping in just under the wire, ye gods, but here's kimberlite's birthday fic, on time and everything! And considering it wasn't even one of the stories that I'd started out to write, and was pretty much all written today, it should be counted as the miracle it is. I'll annotate some of it later, especially the one 'verse, but in the meantime, I actually finished in time!

Fandom: VG, FNL (kind of SPN, too), SGA, SGA/SG-1, Leverage, Jericho, Farscape, Miracles, Firefly
Title: Heart-shaped Box
Category: Slash and gen, all pairings listed at the start of each ficlet; drama, angst, schmoop, humor, we have it all.
Rating: NC-17 overall
Warnings: Rape, canon character offscreen death (though not all in one story ;)... and written way too fast. ;) I might edit as I go, so feel free to point things out.
Summary: Valentine's isn't all hearts and flour.

~*~

( Be a Mime! (Curt/Arthur -- 'The VG fic that shall remain nameless forever'!verse) )

( Kiss Me Cupid (Eric/Tim -- SPN fusion!verse (some canon characters are dead in this one)) )

( Magnet Tar Pit Trap (Todd/John -- well, I did put it in the warnings) )

( Secret Admirer (John/Cameron) )

( Isn't It Fucking Romantic (Alec/Eliot) )

( The 1,000,476th Best Kiss In the History of Kisses, AKA, The One That Left Them All Behind (Robert/Jake) )

( Lonely Rivers Sigh (Crichton/Everyone -- but in a gen way) )

( Paper Hearts (Alva/Paul -- schmoopy) )

( The Way To a Man's Heart (Mal/Everyone -- in a mostly gen way) )

Enjoy!

It's time for a round of guess that actor. The following photo is of a famous actor... well, okay, he was famous, and I assume he still is kind of, but it's been a couple of years since I've seen him in something, so open up your peepers and see if you can guess who he is with that in mind. ;)



One odd not at all helpful hint -- wow, I'd have never guessed he was that nice looking when he was young. *snicker*

Edit: Okay, another tiny hint -- you might have seen him look like this in a movie or tv show, but only if you have a good memory, because he was a bit older before he got famous. The funny thing about this is once you know who it is, you can see it, but without that knowledge... well, yeah, much harder. ;)


Edit again!: We have a winner! phoebesmum guessed Dabney Coleman and, well, she was right. Like I said, looking at the picture once you know it's him, you can see it, but until then...

Thanks to everyone who played along, and I'm sure Mr. Coleman would be chuffed to know that any number of women (and perhaps some men as well) looked at a picture of him and thought, hey, he's kind of hot. ;)

Most of the Torchwood tie-in books have been so-so at best. Just something to read rather than anything to get excited about. But Almost Perfect by James Goss was, well, almost perfect. Humor and a plot, mixed with all the cracky goodness you'd expect from the show... and this is me saying that, and I don't like gender-switch stories! Or Gwen for that matter. *snork* I even like the way it was structured, with some truly fantastic chapter headings. Even though this is one of the professional tie-ins, it really does read like the very best of fanfic, complete with emoticons. ;)

Hey, I'm the answer now! What's the question?

Edit: siriala gave me much prettiness -- Stephen! Puppies! -- so hie you to her journal to enjoy. And kimberlite provided much, er, also prettiness, but in a abused!Tim kind of way here (heed the rating/warning). This is the bestest birthday since the last one. ;)