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Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
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2:04 pm - I Hear They Ride On Silver Moonbeams.
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If Dean needs him, Sam explains, he just has to shoot a rainbow across the sky, like a gay Bat-Signal. Dean immediately resolves never to need Sam’s help again.
I'm supposed to be writing an essay on 'feminine texts', whatever those are. You know what I'm not supposed to be writing? Fanfiction about Dean Winchester turning into a unicorn. This is all your fault, ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) wanttobeatree.
Also, you know what would be an incredibly cruel fanfic premise? If Sam and Dean swapped bodies and then were hit with amnesia. And then fell in love. And then switched back. Don't mix your crackfic clichés, kids; the Winchesters have enough to worry about without adding identity issues and accidental incestuous narcissism.
(It's probably already been written. This is the first time I've been involved in a fandom so large that practically every idea of which it is possible to conceive has already been written several times, and I find it a little disconcerting. Seriously, I wasn't the first person to come up with the idea of crossing Supernatural over with High School Musical. I wasn't even the third. It makes me wonder how Harry Potter writers feel, living in a fandom where being truly innovative is, presumably, more or less impossible.)
Right! Working on the essay. Yes. Go away, unicorn!Dean.
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| Sunday, May 11th, 2008
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3:26 pm - You'll Be Okay.
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Oh, man. I was feeling inexplicably morose this morning, and then I discovered a Supernatural video set to 'Gotta Go My Own Way' from High School Musical 2 and suddenly my day is so much better. I wasn't sure what I really wanted to happen in the finale, but now I know: I want Dean to sing this. Because it would be amazing. And then I want Sam and Dean to discover a little-known demonic legal clause saying that all their problems will be solved if they swap bodies and train Pokémon for the whole of the next series.
Are there any fanvids that bring you infinite joy?
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| Saturday, May 10th, 2008
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3:37 pm - Maybe He's Reading Your Supernatural Fiction Right Now.
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Dean Winchester is such a Hufflepuff. And Sam is either a Ravenclaw or a Slytherin; I'm leaning towards the latter at the moment. Bela is pure Slytherin, obviously. Bobby Singer needs a new House all to himself; it is called Bobbyland and the defining trait of its members is that they are made entirely of awesome. Were Auron to join Hogwarts, he would also go to Bobbyland. John Winchester is a crazy mixture of all four Houses and would probably blow up the Sorting Hat.
I bet Sam 'ships Harry/Ginny. DEAN'S GOING TO FIND YOUR FANFICTION SOME DAY, SAM. HE'S NEVER GOING TO LET YOU LIVE IT DOWN. PAYBACK FOR THAT TIME YOU DISCOVERED ALL THE HERMIONE/LUNA FANART HE SAVED ONTO THE HARD DRIVE.
You know it's true. Sam Winchester is totally an active member of fandom. And he only ever writes for canonical het pairings, but he finds himself secretly reading slash in the dead of night.
(Spoilers for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in the comments, if you've somehow managed to remain unspoiled until now. Also, I invite you all to share your own theories on fictional characters and their involvement in fandom!)
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| Thursday, May 8th, 2008
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7:51 am - Public Service Announcement.
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DEAR SPOILERPHOBIC SUPERNATURAL FANS: DO NOT READ THE LATEST ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) fandomsecrets POST. THERE IS A SPOILER IN IT FOR THE SERIES THREE FINALE.
*cries*
I should really have known better, shouldn't I? Sigh. I've removed the temptation from my flist, but, alas, too late.
I feel I should probably add something to this post to make it more than just a warning to my fellow fans. Here is a tiny snippet of something that may or may not be continued. It is about Jared and Jensen, making it my first attempt at actorfic, and it is a crossover with Supernatural, because I love it when the real world crosses over with the fictional one.
( Snippet! P.S. DO NOT READ FANDOMSECRETS. )
The problem with writing for actors is that it's so difficult to arrive at a clear idea of how to characterise them. How do you manage it, if you write actor RPF? Do you base your characterisation largely on interviews? Are you heavily influenced by the writing of others? Do you find aspects of the characters they play creeping in, even if they're not being possessed by them?
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| Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
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12:44 pm - Let It Never Be Said The Romance Is Dead...
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I've watched 'Sin City', and so I am now Officially Caught Up with Supernatural. This distresses me a little. No more episodes! Well, until there are more episodes. But no more episode backlog through which to work! Alas!
RUBY ♥. I love her a little more with every episode I see her in. Seriously, after 'Sin City', all I want is filthy filthy Sam/Ruby sex. You know, apart from the fact that I'm not a porn person. In theory, I want filthy filthy Sam/Ruby sex. I want Sam/Ruby sex to occur offscreen and Ruby to say 'HYPOTHETICALLY, WERE THERE ANY PERSONS WATCHING OUR LIVES AS IF THEY WERE PART OF A TELEVISION SERIES, I WOULD ASSURE THEM AT THIS POINT THAT THE SEX WE JUST HAD CERTAINLY WAS FILTHY'. It would be marvellous.
I would also not have an objection to filthy filthy Ruby/Bobby sex. Or Bobby/Bela. What? IT WOULD BE HOT AND YOU KNOW IT.
Also, he'll deny it if you ask him, but you know Dean totally had sex with Casey. Yes.
Also also, Sam continues to be the cutest person in the world, and I thought for some time that the mirrored-ceiling motel room Sam and Dean had checked into had only one bed. You were using deceptive camera angles deliberately, weren't you, Supernatural? I'm still not entirely clear on how I feel about the Sam/Dean pairing - sometimes I'm intrigued, sometimes I find it hot, sometimes I want to flail around and go NOOOOO NOOOOOOOO THEY'RE JUST BROTHERS - and I tend not to think about incest when I'm actually watching episodes (unless one of the two is possessed, in which case I am totally up for some wrong and twisted sex), but there are times ("This is my... sister." "This is my brother. AND THIS IS OUR MIRRORED-CEILING MOTEL ROOM THAT APPEARS TO HAVE ONLY ONE BED") when I swear the writers are encouraging it.
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| Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
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5:52 pm - "Giselle doesn't seem very demonic." "She made me dance, Sam!"
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Blatantly stolen from the_funmonkey, because I am a thief and ridiculous crossovers are awesome:
So, zombies attack Mr Darcy's estate? Torchwood get stuck inside the Crystal Maze? Holmes and Watson investigate the mysterious singing epidemic at East High? Write me a few sentences of a properly nonsensical crossover in the comments.
To start us off, have the snippet I wrote in response to her entry:
It was a cold morning, and the fog was thick in the wood. Pooh was a little afraid. He thought that perhaps Piglet would make him feel braver, but he knew that Piglet had gone, although he couldn't remember where.
The trees seemed unfriendly and unfamiliar. Sometimes he would hear strange noises in the fog, and he thought that perhaps there were Heffalumps hiding there, watching him as he toddled through parts of the wood he didn't recognise. There was no wind, and the sky was darkening.
He was looking for Christopher Robin, but Christopher Robin wasn't there. Christopher Robin was too old for toys.
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| Thursday, May 1st, 2008
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9:40 pm - Oh, Come On.
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'BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK': POSSIBLY THE CUTEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE. THE ENTIRE EPISODE IS JUST THE BIGGEST SAMMY SADFACE IN THE WORLD AND IT WAS SO ADORABLE I NEARLY FAINTED. The expressions! Amazing!
Also, I am totally in love with Jess and Bela and Ruby ("Don't be such a racist." AMAZING. Why, yes, my allegiance can totally be bought with a single brilliant line. It's how Bela got me, too). And Sam and Dean, but you already knew that. This moment is dedicated to the girls, because the Supernatural girls are fantastic.
...yes, all right, my love for Jess is completely inexplicable, given how little time we spend with her in canon, but I really do adore her a slightly worrying amount. SHE'S AWESOME, OKAY. I would love to see her as the third member of Team Winchester (although it would obviously have to be some sort of AU where she travelled with them from the Pilot, because Team Winchester really doesn't have room for a third member now). And Sam/Jess is so cute.
I was going to suggest Ruby and Bela teaming up to FIGHT CRIME, but then I remembered that they are far, far more likely to commit it. AS RUBY AND BELA: CRIMINAL DUO WOULD ALSO BE AMAZING, I DO NOT THINK THIS IS A PROBLEM. Imagine it!
DID I MENTION HOW RIDICULOUSLY CUTE 'BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK' IS? HEARTS HEARTS HEARTS. I KEEP REWATCHING BITS AND GRINNING MY FACE OFF.
Oh, dear, I'm such a hopeless fangirl.
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| Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
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3:21 pm - Fanfiction: Not the Music in Me (Supernatural/High School Musical)
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Oh, man, I've got no excuse for this whatsoever.
Title: Not the Music in Me
Fandoms: Supernatural/High School Musical
Rating: R
Word Count: 4,000ish
Summary: You know how at the end of High School Musical you found yourself thinking 'You know, someone really needs to write a Supernatural bodyswap crossover with this'? Wait, you didn't?
Disclaimer: These characters do not belong to me.
( Not the Music in Me )
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| Sunday, April 27th, 2008
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7:54 pm - Bloody Hell, That's A Lot Of Tags.
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There is a Female Characters Drabble-a-thon going on at the moment! If you're like me and feel that you don't write about female characters nearly often enough, here's your chance to redress the balance. (Sadly, there are almost no videogame prompts.)
Also, a rather fun meme. Stolen from eva_kasumi:
- Arrange the characters in your icons in alphabetical order.
- Pair the first character up with the second, the third up with the fourth and so on.
- Write a mini-ficlet about every pairing.
- Profit!
The results of my attempt at this are under the cut in varying degrees of cop-outness. It starts with Albus Dumbledore/Allison Cameron and goes downhill from there.
( Perhaps I shouldn't have included the Pokémon. )
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| Friday, April 25th, 2008
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4:35 pm - We Could Never Kill Such Attractive People.
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Okay, so the meme in the last entry has basically immediately become my favourite meme ever. I may end up reposting it every few months. Or possibly days, but I'll try to restrain myself. Totally still open to questioning!
On a serious note: SOMEBODY PLEASE STOP ME FROM WRITING THIS SUPERNATURAL/HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL BODYSWAP FIC. IT WILL ALL END IN TEARS. Or suggest even more stupid Supernatural fic ideas in the comments so I can feel less ridiculous. Unless, of course, I end up writing those, which, let's face it, isn't as unlikely as one might hope.
(If anyone does suggest a ridiculous fic idea in the comments and you find yourself inspired, you are highly encouraged to write a snippet.)
No spoilers for yesterday's episode in the comments, please! I've seen it, but others haven't. If you absolutely have to say something about it, say it in Al Bhed or something.
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| Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
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12:35 pm - When Worlds Collide. Or Not.
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This is an exercise that struck me as being incredibly interesting, but which I couldn't really repost myself because I'm not involved in any roleplays. So! It is Slightly Modified Meme Time!
The original meme:
Ask any of the characters I roleplay a question and I'll reply in-character as them with an answer. Feel free to ask them ANYTHING, regardless of whether you know their canon or not. Feel free to also ask them as your own character. They will respond accordingly.
The Non-Roleplayer Remix:
Ask any character you think I might be able to manage a question, and I'll reply in-character as them with an answer (or possibly reply as myself going 'WHAT THE HELL, I CAN'T DO THIS'). Feel free to ask either as yourself or as another character.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS HIGHLY EXPERIMENTAL AND I MAY WELL FAIL MISERABLY. My experience with roleplaying is largely confined to, um, the roleplaying boards on Neopets, many years ago.
Yes.
So this is probably not going to leave you with a sense of 'I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'S FICTIONAL ANY MORE', but it should be fun, at least. Or a disaster! I am hoping for 'fun'.
(I think someone should host a meme where anyone can offer in-character responses, possibly anonymously. I contemplated it, but I'm so bad at self-promotion that it'd probably never get off the ground.)
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| Monday, April 21st, 2008
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3:27 pm - And She Had A Fiery Sword That She Couldn't Put Down.
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IT IS TIME TO SHARE EMBARRASSING OLD FANFICTION. I shall start us off by quoting a few paragraphs from the Final Fantasy X self-insertion I wrote a few chapters of between the ages of thirteen and fourteen. Please join in by sharing your own shame-inducing fanfiction in the comments, because otherwise I'm just going to hide in a corner for ever.
THE STORY SO FAR: Riona, who has an embarrassingly large crush on Tidus (ACTUAL QUOTE: She hit the ‘New Game’ button, and watched as the opening scene played out. She grinned to herself at the close-up of Tidus on the cliff. Wow, he was a bishounen (bolding of appalling fangirl Japanese-use mine)), has just woken up in Zanarkand at the beginning of Final Fantasy X, having been ~mysteriously transported~ into the game. Her reaction to this is essentially 'I've been sucked into the videogame I was playing? How peculiar. OH MAN I'D BETTER WARN DREAMY TIDUS ABOUT SIN.' (Come to think of it, I never did learn to write realistic reactions to clearly absurd events. But I like to think I'm at least a little better than 'Huh, I'm in Zanarkand. Wonder how that happened. Well, as I'm here, better go and warn a fictional character about the upcoming fictional disaster.')
Below the cut, you may see Riona's exceedingly smooth attempt at telling Tidus what is about to happen. I have made no changes to it, much though I'd like to.
( In Which Riona Makes A Fool Of Herself. And Overuses Ellipses. And 'Almost Melts', Apparently. )
SMOOTH. What worries me is that I can actually see myself behaving like this today.
(This is by no means the worst thing in my fanfiction folder - it's not even the worst part of this fic; later on you'll find the line 'Agony beyond anything I have ever felt!' used completely seriously, exclamation mark and all - but it's the worst I can actually bring myself to show you. WHY THE CRUSH ON TIDUS, SERIOUSLY.)
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| Sunday, April 20th, 2008
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8:45 am - I Don't Think About Crossovers All The Time, I Swear.
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I've only seen two episodes so far (episodes one and three, because ITV are weird and decided to skip the second one), but I am really enjoying Pushing Daisies! It is adorable and funny and full of character detail and I don't think I've ever seen anything for which 'quirky' was a more appropriate description. Also, its tone is a wonderfully bizarre blend of the morbid and the charming. And I was fully expecting Chuck's aunts to turn out to be Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker figures when they were first introduced, so I'm terribly glad they ended up being Aunt Sweet and Aunt Awesome instead.
Ned the Piemaker is totally one of the 'gifted' children from Supernatural, isn't he? Oh, man, an AU crossover version of 'All Hell Breaks Loose' could work so well. ( Cut for 'All Hell Breaks Loose' spoilers. )
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| Saturday, April 19th, 2008
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7:03 pm - Enjoy Your Ood.
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I haven't said anything about the present series of Doctor Who, have I? I think it's definitely shaping up to be the best of the Tenth Doctor's series so far. Donna is awesome - compassionate and bold and completely prepared to challenge the Doctor - and I think that a companion like her was really exactly what this Doctor needed. I find myself wanting to slap the Doctor in the face far less often when I've got her to do it for me.
I've just realised that I've never speculated on the suitability of Sam and Dean as the Doctor's companions, and that just won't do. I don't imagine the Doctor and Dean would get on at all. In fact, it would probably only work if the sequence of events were something like this:
- The Doctor lands near Stanford and meets Sam. The two of them team up to defeat some sort of supernatural creature.
- Sam and the Doctor travel around in the TARDIS for some months. Possibly with Jess, because this is my crossover daydream and Jess is awesome.
- Eventually, they land back on present-day Earth and get drawn into something weird, as so frequently happens to both Winchesters and people who travel with the Doctor.
- BY MIRACULOUS COINCIDENCE, Dean is investigating the same thing!
- They run into Dean, obviously.
- Dean and the Doctor argue so much.
- Dean goes 'I'M TAKING YOU BACK FROM THIS GUY, SAMMY. How do you hotwire a TARDIS?'
- Sam looks disapproving. Dean ignores him.
- DEAN, SAM AND JESS: HUNTING THE SUPERNATURAL THROUGH TIME AND SPACE IN A STOLEN TARDIS.
- AMAZING.
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2:35 pm - PLEASE EXCUSE ME WHILE I STICK MY HEAD IN THIS FOUNTAIN.
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I am so conflicted when I think about how Supernatural could potentially end. On the one hand, I cannot envision a good ending for the Winchesters; their story is so dark that I don't think it can ever end well. On the other, if they have a bad ending - if they die, or if they're separated in some way (augh) - I will cry for ever.
At heart, I want nothing but good things for the Winchesters. At the very least, I want something good to happen to them. And by that I mean actually good, not just 'seemingly good but actually full of dark implications and quite possibly causing slow death!' or 'good for half a second before everything goes horribly wrong!', Kripke. And all right, perhaps The Happy Fluffy Adventures of Dean and Sam Winchester wouldn't be quite as successful a series as Supernatural, but SERIOUSLY, WINCHESTERS, CAN'T ANYTHING NOT-HORRENDOUSLY-AWFUL HAPPEN TO YOU? EVER?
And I was probably going to say more on the subject of being absurdly attached to fictional characters, but I have just discovered the Final Fantasy X self-insert I wrote when I was fourteen and I have never been so embarrassed in my life, ashbgdfashgh. SERIOUSLY. THIS IS APPALLING. I was going to quote extracts so you could laugh at my fourteen-year-old self's general ineptitude and, er, inexplicablegiganticcrushonTidus, but I'm not sure I can bring myself to.
I DIDN'T EVEN TRY TO HIDE THE FACT THAT IT WAS A SELF-INSERT. IT WAS ABOUT A GIRL CALLED RIONA. SHE WAS TELEPORTED INTO THE GAME. IT CONTAINS THE SENTENCE 'WOW, HE WAS A BISHOUNEN'. SO MUCH SHAME. Not to mention the fact that it switches viewpoints by going ~Riona's View~. Oh, self.
(I take some solace in the fact that at least she's not SPARKLY PERFECT GIRL; Riona is hopeless at fighting and makes a fool of herself in front of pretty much everyone. I don't know whether that's because I was trying really hard not to make her a Mary Sue or just because I had low self-esteem when I was fourteen.)
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| Thursday, April 17th, 2008
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8:31 am - In Fire And Blood.
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Here is a Supernatural fic rec for you. It is a missing scene from 'Mystery Spot' (with major spoilers, so 'I haven't watched "Mystery Spot"' is a valid excuse for not reading it, but it is the only excuse), and it is so beautiful, and every time I read it it tears at my soul and makes it difficult to breathe. Sam.
in this part of the story I am the one who dies, by wanttobeatree.
I must have re-read the ending twenty times by now.
On an entirely unrelated note, do you think that '[insert character here] acquires a Death Note' is a crossover template with possibilities on the level of '[insert character here] goes to Silent Hill'?
The answer is 'no', of course, because nothing has the possibilities of sending a character to Silent Hill, but it could still be interesting. Different characters would respond so differently to having that power. Seeing how some characters take advantage of the ability to specify the mode of death would be particularly alarming, I imagine.
(At this point in writing the entry, my mind actually went 'I bet Silent Hill is full of Death Notes'. When not even I can follow my leaps of logic, something is clearly wrong.)
Silent Hill is still the king of crossovers, though. amy_wolf is at present trying to persuade me to write a High School Musical/Silent Hill crossover, with Sharpay in Silent Hill and a Maria-esque Ryan-figure and all sorts of creepy incestuous overtones. The horrible thing is that it's actually tempting.
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| Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
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5:43 pm - What Time Is It? It's Alien Time.
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Apparently, I cannot stop thinking of stupid High School Musical crossovers. I'll just be going about my day, and suddenly my mind will blare 'THE CHARACTERS OF HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL AS THE ALL-SINGING, ALL-DANCING ALBUQUERQUE BRANCH OF TORCHWOOD' or 'RYAN AND SHARPAY AS SKY PIRATES'. WHATEVER, BRAIN. (The Evans twins would utterly exasperate Balthier. I think Fran would just be amused.)
Okay, so maybe Troy hadn't expected to be asked to protect Albuquerque from alien invasion when he'd started looking for a summer job, but whatever. He could work with that. SHUT UP, I'M NOT WRITING IT.
For those of you who love crossovers: check out the crossover meme on fandomsecrets. There are forty-one pages of requests, so you'll probably find something to inspire you. Or you could just look at what's already been done. Guaranteed to fulfil all your wartime Pikachu/Harry Potter needs!
I've just been flicking through one of my notebooks and discovered the line 'I think my subconscious may 'ship John Winchester/Bela'. Sadly, I've forgotten what led me to believe this in the dream I was writing about, but John/Bela would be hot. (I still haven't seen the first four episodes of the third series, so if Bela's even met John I certainly don't know about it. I can't even conceive of how it would work if they did meet. 'BELA STEALS ALL OF JOHN'S POSSESSIONS. JOHN IS FURIOUS. SEX MAGICALLY ENSUES.' Still. Hot.)
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| Monday, April 14th, 2008
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2:07 pm - I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Torchwood Op'rative...
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Oh, man, I wish I had a camera or scanner or something at my university lodgings. I just returned after the Easter holidays to find two hand-drawn postcards from draegonhawke waiting for me: one of Jack Harkness serenading Sam Tyler, and one of Sam Winchester as a very annoyed Mew. Amazing.
Speaking of Sam Winchester suffering unwanted transformations, thank you so much for your lovely comments on the miniature-Sam fic! It was enormously fun to write, and I'm glad people enjoyed it. DEAR SUPERNATURAL FANDOM: WHY DO YOU HAVE THREE MILLION FIC COMMUNITIES? I can understand having a separate wincest community, but come on, both sn_fic and supernaturalfic? That's just unnecessary. I try so hard not to crosspost! Stop making things difficult!
Not speaking of Sam Winchester suffering unwanted transformations, I have in my hands right now a copy of High School Musical on DVD. I'm not even ashamed. (HERE IS AN IDEA SO STUPID IT IS ALMOST WONDERFUL: what about a High School Musical world in the next Kingdom Hearts game? I HASTEN TO ADD THAT I DO NOT MEAN AN ATLANTICA-ESQUE APPALLING RHYTHM ACTION LEVEL: JUST, YOU KNOW, HUNTING THE HEARTLESS IN EAST HIGH OR SOMETHING. I haven't read much Death Note, but several people have pointed out the admittedly freakish similarities between Zac Efron and Light Yagami, so clearly Light is actually Rotyx, Troy's Nobody. Yes.
And Sora can become Ryan's boyfriend. Because Ryan needs a boyfriend.)
For the past week, I have woken my brother up every morning by singing 'Heeeeeeeeat of the moment!' at him. I really need to stop being so ridiculously fannish. (Um, he did want me to wake him up; I wasn't just being a git.)
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| Saturday, April 12th, 2008
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1:38 pm - Supernatural fic: Small Worlds
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THIS FIC CAN BE BLAMED ENTIRELY ON nomelon. Were it not for her post about teeny!Jared and her wonderful encouragement, it would never have been written. And hey, I've written a Supernatural fic that isn't angst!
Title: Small Worlds
Fandom: Supernatural
Rating: R, for a tiny bit of language.
Word Count: 3,800ish.
Summary: Sam and Dean are hunting a Gorgon. Which would be annoying enough even if Sam hadn't somehow shrunk to ten inches tall.
Warnings: Set at some point between 'Tall Tales' and 'All Hell Breaks Loose'; very mild spoilers for 'Tall Tales'.
Disclaimer: These characters do not belong to me.
Author's Notes: Dedicated with thanks and love to nomelon. There are no pairings in here, but you're welcome to read as much or as little into it as you like.
( Small Worlds )
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| Friday, April 11th, 2008
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10:55 pm - Some Sort Of Freak MRI Accident, Perhaps?
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Man, I wish all fandoms had a Stig. I'm trying to write a Supernatural fic in which Sam and Dean actually hunt things, but it's occurred to me that I'm probably going to need an explanation for the fact that Sam is ten inches tall for the entire hunt. I suppose 'the Trickster did it' is a similarly versatile excuse, but it seems like such a cop-out. Not that 'the Stig did it' isn't. (Also, my mental Sam will sulk for ever if he doesn't return to his normal height by the end, but the truth is that I can't work out how to revert it. And teeny!Sam is so cute that I'm not sure I want to. Maybe I should just keep writing The Adventures of Dean and His Miniature Brother unto eternity.)
Do other fandoms have these all-purpose crackfic excuses? Whatever bizarre things happen in Top Gear fic can usually be blamed on the Stig's weird alien powers. I haven't read Doctor Who fic for a while; is the sonic screwdriver as much of a plot device in fanfiction as it is in the show itself ("Whoops, left it on the 'genderswitch' setting again")? Harry Potter has magic, I suppose, especially as it's established in canon that Harry is willing to try out an unknown spell just to see what it does. Torchwood can use 'weird alien technology' as an excuse for anything. But you're in trouble if you want to write plausible bodyswap in House.
And I do love that plausible bodyswap fic is perfectly possible in a real-person fandom. Oh, Top Gear.
(EDIT: I HAVE JUST REALISED THAT THE TRICKSTER IS TOTALLY A TIME LORD. THE DOCTOR. THE MASTER. THE TRICKSTER. YOU KNOW IT MAKES SENSE.
HIS INCREDIBLE REALITY-ALTERING POWERS COME FROM HIS SONIC SCREWDRIVER.)
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