{"@attributes":{"version":"2.0"},"channel":{"title":"Epeeblade","link":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/","description":"Epeeblade - LiveJournal.com","lastBuildDate":"Sun, 08 Mar 2020 01:29:12 GMT","generator":"LiveJournal \/ LiveJournal.com","copyright":"NOINDEX","image":{"url":"https:\/\/l-userpic.livejournal.com\/1942722\/597863","title":"Epeeblade","link":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/","width":"65","height":"100"},"item":[{"guid":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/686717.html","pubDate":"Sun, 08 Mar 2020 01:29:12 GMT","title":"Attention Stargate People","author":"epeeblade","link":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/686717.html","description":"Don't know if anyone is left on here, but someone is trying to save links to the old Area52 fansite. They are looking for authors to give permission to link to their old stuff. <br \/><br \/>Info on tumblr here: <a target='_blank' href='https:\/\/epeeblade.tumblr.com\/post\/611981173783216129\/olderthannetfic-thanks-to-viddersadmin-for' rel='nofollow'>https:\/\/epeeblade.tumblr.com\/post\/611981173783216129\/olderthannetfic-thanks-to-viddersadmin-for<\/a>","comments":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/686717.html?view=comments#comments","category":"stargate"},{"guid":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/686395.html","pubDate":"Tue, 06 Aug 2019 18:43:31 GMT","title":"Endgame theory","author":"epeeblade","link":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/686395.html","description":"Ok, buckle up because I had this idea right before I took a nap, but it basically fixes everything about Endgame.<br \/><br \/>I'll put it behind a cut in case any of you haven't seen it yet. <br \/><br \/><br \/><br \/>I've been thinking about the theory that creating a change in the timeline creates it's own pocket universe. That's why they had to be careful about putting the stones back. <br \/><br \/>However, the moment that Thanos from the past is killed, the events that take place in Endgame become stripped from the main timeline and end up in their own pocket universe. That means the original, which I will call Prime, universe continues on without Thanos ever invading Earth or forcing the Infinity War.<br \/><br \/>That means in the Prime Universe Tony Stark is still alive. I need to get the dates right, to see if this makes everything after Black Panther not-canon to the Prime Universe....<br \/><br \/>The proof of this? When Nebula shoots her past self, her present self doesn't wink out of existence. They are already diverged enough from the Prime Timeline that she continues to exist, because she killed the Nebula of the Prime universe.<br \/><br \/>I have no idea what this means for Cap yet. If he created yet another pocket universe, or if he realized when he went to put the stones back that he was already in a diverged timeline, so decided to fuck it all and go for Peggy.<br \/><br \/>If I write fanfic in this world I'll tag it AvengersPrime. Please feel free to use this theory as you see fit;)<a name='cutid1-end'><\/a>","comments":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/686395.html?view=comments#comments","category":["avengers: endgame","fanfic opportunity","avengers","time travel"]},{"guid":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/686219.html","pubDate":"Mon, 06 May 2019 17:21:54 GMT","title":"Fic: Five Things (Avengers: Endgame Spoilers)","author":"epeeblade","link":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/686219.html","description":"Thanks everyone for helping with my title crisis.<br \/><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/archiveofourown.org\/works\/18734266\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>Five Things<\/strong><\/a> (3115 words) by <a href=\"https:\/\/archiveofourown.org\/users\/epeeblade\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>epeeblade<\/strong><\/a><br \/>Chapters: 2\/2<br \/>Fandom: <a href=\"https:\/\/archiveofourown.org\/tags\/Marvel%20Cinematic%20Universe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Marvel Cinematic Universe<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archiveofourown.org\/tags\/The%20Avengers%20(Marvel%20Movies)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Avengers (Marvel Movies)<\/a><br \/>Rating: General Audiences<br \/>Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings<br \/>Relationships: Pepper Potts\/Tony Stark<br \/>Characters: Pepper Potts, Peter Parker, Thor (Marvel), Morgan Stark (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Happy Hogan, Clint Barton, Nathaniel Pietro Barton, Hulk (Marvel), Bruce Banner, Scott Lang, James \"Bucky\" Barnes, T'Challa (Marvel)<br \/>Additional Tags: Avengers: Endgame (Movie) Spoilers, Post-Avengers: Endgame (Movie), Feels, 5+1 Things, Self-Indulgent<br \/>Summary: <p>Full title is a spoiler, see Author's Notes for the summary as well.<\/p>","comments":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/686219.html?view=comments#comments","category":["avengers endgame","spoilers","my fic"]},{"guid":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/685982.html","pubDate":"Fri, 03 May 2019 22:46:06 GMT","title":"Halp - spoiler in my fic title","author":"epeeblade","link":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/685982.html","description":"So I'm writing a fic that's post-Endgame and the title is kind of spoilery. It's a five things fic, so I had to be \"Five things that *spoiler character* needed *Spoiler*....\"<br \/><br \/>What should I do?<br \/><br \/><br \/><br \/><div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dreamwidth.org\/poll\/?id=21937\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">View poll: Fic Title<\/a><\/div>","comments":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/685982.html?view=comments#comments"},{"guid":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/685762.html","pubDate":"Sat, 30 Jun 2018 20:09:11 GMT","title":"If I've ever written a fic for you please read","author":"epeeblade","link":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/685762.html","description":"I am participating in the Clint Coulson Remix and I have a few fics I've written as part of other exchanges. If I've written a fic for you and you wish it NOT be remixed, please comment here, ASAP.<br \/><br \/>Thank you.","comments":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/685762.html?view=comments#comments"},{"guid":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/685544.html","pubDate":"Tue, 29 May 2018 01:22:48 GMT","title":"Angels","author":"epeeblade","link":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/685544.html","description":"Hey, if you've been waiting for the third Heaven Corp book, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Angels-Rising-Heaven-Corp-Book-ebook\/dp\/B07CW4XTVB\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1527556909&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=angels+rising+cc+bridges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"> Angels Rising, it's out now!<\/a>.<br \/><br \/>More updates soon.","comments":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/685544.html?view=comments#comments","category":["angels","my writing"]},{"guid":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/685120.html","pubDate":"Sun, 29 Apr 2018 01:16:15 GMT","title":"Black Panther","author":"epeeblade","link":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/685120.html","description":"I still have not seen Infinity War. Please do not spoil me.<br \/><br \/>We just came back from seeing Black Panther in the theater.<br \/><br \/><br \/><br \/>I really enjoyed it. It's a fabulous movie and I loved how the women just stole the show. I adored Nakia. She was my favorite, followed by Shuri, then  M'Baka. <br \/><br \/>I had to scramble to find a theater still showing it, and you know what? All the seats were sold out. <br \/><br \/>There were these two older black women sitting next to us, and I told them to stay until the end that there was another after credit scene (one of them was going to have words with her husband afterward about missing it) and then I had to explain who Bucky was.<br \/><br \/>And I was so close to saying \"he's Captain America's boyfriend.\"<br \/><br \/>But god damn he looked good. <br \/><br \/><a name='cutid1-end'><\/a><br \/><br \/>We just have Guardians of the Galaxy 2 to watch and then we are ALL CAUGHT UP and can go see Avengers. As long as we find a babysitter.<a name='cutid1-end'><\/a>","comments":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/685120.html?view=comments#comments","category":"black panther"},{"guid":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/684846.html","pubDate":"Sat, 07 Apr 2018 01:58:53 GMT","title":"Jelsa?????","author":"epeeblade","link":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/684846.html","description":"I have fallen down the rabbit hole, omg.<br \/><br \/>First, watch this: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6QfMPWG_Gao\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6QfMPWG_Gao<\/a><br \/><br \/>Then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YtfHEtH93kU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">this<a target=\"_blank\">. (Sidenote: Love the music here, downloaded it, made a mix...)<br \/><br \/>I am in LOVE with Elsa\/Jack Frost. I absolutely loved Rise of the Guardians (not surprisingly, Jack's voice actor is Chris Pine, my internet boyfriend...)<br \/><br \/>I suppose I should watch Frozen, huh?<\/a><\/a>","comments":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/684846.html?view=comments#comments"},{"guid":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/684778.html","pubDate":"Wed, 28 Mar 2018 16:56:26 GMT","title":"Insane journal","author":"epeeblade","link":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/684778.html","description":"Just went and deleted my insanejournal. I was shocked that I remembered the password. <br \/><br \/>So. Hey. What's everyone up to? Crossposting this to LJ, but just to point out I don't check LJ any more, unfortunately.","comments":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/684778.html?view=comments#comments"},{"guid":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/684516.html","pubDate":"Sun, 31 Dec 2017 21:45:16 GMT","title":"2017 books in review","author":"epeeblade","link":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/684516.html","description":"<a href=\"https:\/\/epeeblade.dreamwidth.org\/2016\/12\/31\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">2016 list is here<\/a><br \/><br \/>As I do every year, I post my favorite and least favorite reads of the year. Note that this year I've been reading for an ALA (American Library Association) committee, which has affected what I've read this year. I've read 78 books this year, which is my personal best.<br \/><br \/>Without further ado, <br \/><br \/>Favorite books of 2017<br \/><br \/>I will have to say that I got lucky in my reading. Most of the books I read this year were fantastic, it's made it difficult to choose only 5. (I skimmed my list and there are so many other good books there, so if you follow me on goodreads, please check out my 2017 shelf!)<br \/><br \/>Honorable mention: Last Seen Leaving by Caleb Roehrig, mainly because I had picked it up intending to read only 100 pages, but instead could not put the dang thing down until I had finished it, and gave myself a case of eyestrain in the process.<br \/><br \/>5. Sunstone Volume 5 for giving a lovely satisfying conclusion to the series.<br \/><br \/>4. As I Descended by Robin Talley. This author can do no wrong. I've loved everything of hers that I've read. But. Lesbian version of Macbeth? How can I not?<br \/><br \/>3. The Rogue Not Taken by Sarah MacLean. I met the author at Book Expo last year, and this of course, is a road trip book, which is something I love.<br \/><br \/>2. Ramona Blue by Julie Murphy for wonderfully portraying a teen figuring herself out and finding a place in the world.<br \/><br \/>1. The Red by Tiffany Reisz. Takes all the things I love about erotic fanfic and puts it in original fic. This book is dirty and wrong in all the right ways. <br \/><br \/>Least favorite books of 2017<br \/><br \/>But when I disliked something, I really disliked it.<br \/><br \/>Honorable mention:  Ancient Ties by Marie Johnston - for hitting all the wrong buttons for me. Example of why while I like the concept of shifters, I have yet to read a book about them I like.<br \/><br \/>5. Been Here All Along by Sandy Hall - for having the girlfriend be the bad guy, and then redeeming herself by being the matchmaker for her boyfriend and his best friend.<br \/><br \/>4. Truthwitch by Susan Dennard - because I didn't believe the shoed-in hetersexual love interest.<br \/><br \/>3. Alan Cole is not a Coward by Eric Bell for hitting every single one of my triggers regarding abused and bullied children and making me so fucking angry that I honestly considering emailing the author to tell him he's a horrible person.<br \/><br \/>2. In other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan - I could not get past 175 pages of this crap. I hated that it got so much love on goodreads for being a novel of nothing more than slightly interconnected anecdotes and featuring a main character who was an asshole and a bully. <br \/><br \/>but hold your horses for number 1:<br \/><br \/>Dying for Chocolate by Diane Mott Davidson. Holy shitballs. This book made me HATE reading. I literally could not pick up another book for two weeks after I read this piece of shit. I picked it up because someone on my tumbler feed had said it was a quick light mystery, and I thought, oh cool, something to read at the end of the summer before I go back to reading my lists.<br \/><br \/>Spoiler alert, it was not cool. <br \/><br \/>I hated the main character. She was an idiot and a bitch. AND she was a victim of domestic violence which the book PLAYED FOR LAUGHS. What in the fucking fuck fuck????<br \/><br \/>spoiler alert for the end - someone has been poisoning people, so heroine is too smart to eat the food, but OH WAIT, she makes espresso for herself. which she does every fucking day. So OF FUCKING COURSE the bad guy knows and has poisoned it.<br \/><br \/>She is literally the too stupid to live heroine. OH MY. GOD. So much hate. So much seething rage.<a name='cutid1-end'><\/a>","comments":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/684516.html?view=comments#comments","category":["book reviews","books","read in 2017"]},{"guid":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/684101.html","pubDate":"Mon, 25 Dec 2017 13:39:59 GMT","title":"Happy Yuletide Christmas","author":"epeeblade","link":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/684101.html","description":"Happy Christmas to those who celebrate.<br \/><br \/>And no matter what you celebrate, there is yuletide! I got a wonderful gift written in a fandom I had no hopes of anyone being familiar with. Please check it out <a href=\"https:\/\/archiveofourown.org\/works\/12772212\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a> and give my writer all the hugs and feels. <br \/><br \/>I know I owe comments and fic, but the end of the year has been rough on me. Please be patient!","comments":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/684101.html?view=comments#comments"},{"guid":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/684018.html","pubDate":"Tue, 12 Dec 2017 16:26:45 GMT","title":"Yuletide fic","author":"epeeblade","link":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/684018.html","description":"Need. To. Figure. Out. The Ending. <br \/><br \/>So close to being finished! Maybe a walk at lunch will help.","comments":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/684018.html?view=comments#comments"},{"guid":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/683661.html","pubDate":"Fri, 03 Nov 2017 01:09:10 GMT","title":"Tarot Reading","author":"epeeblade","link":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/683661.html","description":"For my own use, you can look if you like, but....<br \/><br \/><br \/>Eight of Swords Reversed<br \/>Treachery in the past. Difficulty. Hard work. Disquiet. Accident. Fatality. (Doesn't sound like a Blessing. Did I pull a Past card instead?)<br \/><br \/>Page of Coins Reversed<br \/>An unrealistic person. Failure to recognize obvious facts. Dissipation of ideas. Illogical thinking. Rebelliousness. Wastefullness. Unfavorable news.<br \/>(sounds legit)<br \/><br \/>Four of Cups Reversed<br \/>New possibilities. New relationships. New approaches to old problems. New acquaintance. New knowledge. <br \/><br \/>Hmm.<a name='cutid1-end'><\/a>","comments":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/683661.html?view=comments#comments","category":"tarot readings"},{"guid":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/683518.html","pubDate":"Thu, 21 Sep 2017 02:16:58 GMT","title":"Holiday Exchanges","author":"epeeblade","link":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/683518.html","description":"So, which, if any, holiday exchange should I sign up for, considering I'm having a hard time with deadlines?<br \/><br \/>Feelstide (if it runs), CC Exchange, Yuletide?<br \/><br \/>What are you guys doing?","comments":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/683518.html?view=comments#comments"},{"guid":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/683162.html","pubDate":"Tue, 09 May 2017 20:11:17 GMT","title":"Need writing mojo - send me prompts","author":"epeeblade","link":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/683162.html","description":"I need to get my mojo going. For the first five people who ask on this post, I'll write ficlets!<br \/><br \/>Send me fandom, pairing and a prompt, and I'll come up with something!","comments":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/683162.html?view=comments#comments","category":"prompts"},{"guid":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/682942.html","pubDate":"Sun, 09 Apr 2017 02:11:01 GMT","title":"Deleting this LJ","author":"epeeblade","link":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/682942.html","description":"I plan on deleting this LJ by the end of the month. Please find me at <a href=\"https:\/\/epeeblade.dreamwidth.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">dreamwidth.<\/a>","comments":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/682942.html?view=comments#comments"},{"guid":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/682702.html","pubDate":"Wed, 15 Mar 2017 02:03:45 GMT","title":"Writing","author":"epeeblade","link":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/682702.html","description":"Yeah, that's pretty much all I'm doing with my spare time now. <br \/><br \/>I wanted to let you guys know I have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Love-Time-Hurricanes-States-Book-ebook\/dp\/B06WP7DXXX\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1489543284&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=love+in+the+time+of+hurricanes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">new release<\/a> out.<br \/><br \/>I'm currently deep into two novels, one short story, and I owe a fanfic for a charity auction.<br \/><br \/>And then I plan on taking a little break to like read a million things and watch stuff.<br \/><br \/>The only TV shows I'm watching now are Agents of SHIELD, America's Next Top Model (now finished), and Emerald City (also finished.)<br \/><br \/>It's all about the writing...<br \/><br \/>Miss you all!","comments":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/682702.html?view=comments#comments","category":"writing"},{"guid":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/682345.html","pubDate":"Sat, 14 Jan 2017 21:11:39 GMT","title":"Auction","author":"epeeblade","link":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/682345.html","description":"Hi guys. I'm up for auction over at Fandom Trumps Hate - basically if you donate to an organization, I write a fanfic just for you. My page is <a href=\"https:\/\/fandomtrumpshateofferings.tumblr.com\/post\/155748143332\/epeeblade-fth-contributor-page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a>.<br \/><br \/>I didn't want to put a word limit on it. The last time I did an auction the bidder ended up with a 20k Sex Corps fic, because the prompt they gave me was so good.","comments":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/682345.html?view=comments#comments","category":"fandom auctions"},{"guid":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/682083.html","pubDate":"Sat, 31 Dec 2016 13:48:31 GMT","title":"2016 Books in Review","author":"epeeblade","link":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/682083.html","description":"<a href=\"http:\/\/epeeblade.dreamwidth.org\/2015\/12\/30\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">2015 List is here<\/a><br \/><br \/>I read a lot of good books this year. Narrowing this to my top 5 or so is going to be difficult.<br \/><br \/>I'm gonna do more than 5.<br \/><br \/><br \/><br \/>- City of Blades by Robert Bennet Jackson - I just really enjoy the world building and the characters of this series. Fantastic fantasy with an edge.<br \/><br \/>- \"Beauty and the Blacksmith\" and \"Any Duchess will Do\" by Tessa Dare. Both of these were comfort reads for me in the aftermath of the election. Just sweet happy romances taking on Beauty and the Beast and My Fair Lady respectively.<br \/><br \/>- First Position by Melissa Brayden - It's about ballerinas,what can I say? I absolutely fell in love with these characters and got super invested in their lives. I need to check out more from this author.<br \/><br \/>- Lies we tell ourselves by Robin Talley - A story about two girls in the beginnings of desegregation. At times very difficult to read, but a very important read.<br \/><br \/>- Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin - Story of a gender fluid teen. Amazing book.<br \/><br \/>- The Bourbon Thief - by Tiffany Reisz - I don't even know how to describe this. Anything Reisz writes is magical, and you should definitely check her stuff out.<br \/><br \/>- The Martian - by Andy Weir - yeah I know everyone praised this last year, but I read it early in 2016 and thought it was very clever and funny. And I still haven't seen the movie yet.<br \/><br \/><a name='cutid1-end'><\/a><br \/><br \/><br \/><br \/>- The Third Secret - by Steve Barry - I picked it up because it deals with something prominent from my childhood - the 'secrets' of the Lady of Fatima. Barry just made a mosh of it, and wow, he cannot write women.<br \/><br \/>- The Marriage Contract by Katee Robert - I don't know why this book keeps getting so much praise. I could not stand the characters and I thought it was BORING. It took me months to get back into it and stubbornly finish.<br \/><br \/>- A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness - read this with summer book club, and what's tragic is that there COULD be a good book here. The author had good ideas, but damn she needed to learn pacing. There were definitely things I liked, but I was ultimately so frustrated by the heroine by the end that I hated this book by the time I managed to slog through it.<br \/><br \/>- Mr and Mr Smith - by HelenKay Dimon - Now, I saw this author speak at a conference, and she's a lovely, amazing, funny woman. I didn't know I'd read something by her until I checked my goodreads account late. Perhaps because this book was so forgettable. You have these two male characters involved in spy stuff, and no like, a good third of the book is them spent having angry sex in their safehouse while waiting to send one of them back into danger. Um. They weren't there long enough for THAT much sex. I'd read this looking for romantic suspense, but what I got was poorly paced with little plot. Much like The Marriage Contract, it reads like a setup for a series, but I was so frustrated by the end I had no desire to read any more in the series.<br \/><br \/><a name='cutid2-end'><\/a><br \/><br \/><br \/><br \/>Ah yes, the good old \"DNF\" list. <br \/><br \/>- Fever Pitch by Heidi Cullinan - The characters just read as so young and immature that I felt icky reading. So I gave up.<br \/><br \/>- Circus Escape - by Lilianna Rose - Just didn't have any desire to continue.<br \/><br \/>- Cinnamon and Cigarettes - by Samantha Kate - omg this book made me so ANGRY. I kept reading for as long as I could because - bisexual character who works in a library. However, the main character is such a doormat, and she does the unforgivable sin of violating library privilege. She looks up people's library records to see what they've checked out to learn shit about them (this is how she knows that her love interest is gay, by seeing that she's checkedout lesbian erotica.)<br \/><br \/>But not only is it unethical (and impossible, because most library systems will not keep long term records of what you've checked out) - it really made me dislike the main character. She's a horrible person and I have no desire to see her fall in love and have a happy ending.<br \/><br \/>Hard to Let go - Laura Kaye - was disappointed because I really enjoyed the previous two books in the series, but this one felt annoying.<a name='cutid3-end'><\/a>","comments":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/682083.html?view=comments#comments","category":["books of 2016","book reviews","books"]},{"guid":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/681965.html","pubDate":"Wed, 09 Nov 2016 21:19:06 GMT","title":"thoughts","author":"epeeblade","link":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/681965.html","description":"I lay in bed last night writing this post in my head. But I know in my heart that I can't post it anywhere anyone knows who I really am.<br \/><br \/>Isn't that sad?<br \/><br \/>I went to Catholic school for 13 years. My High School experience emphasized social justice (we even had a year of religion class based on it), and a respect for all people. Our school even sent volunteers to a summer camp for handicapped kids. So I graduated with a core understanding of seeing all people as people. (even if I left with a disagreement on what 'pro-life' meant.)<br \/><br \/>In the year 2000 I entered online fandom. It was here that I met, for the first time, someone who was trans. I met people in committed same sex relationships. I met people who were too disabled to work, sick with mental illnesses that we didn't speak about in Real Life.<br \/><br \/>I learned that not everyone has it easy. That we all have our own struggles, and it's better to be part of a community.<br \/><br \/>I've worked at a community college for the past 14 years. I've had students who were homeless. Students working three jobs and sleeping in their car between classes to try to provide for their family while hoping for something better. Students who were Muslim, Orthodox Jewish, and from places as far away as China.<br \/><br \/>So my experiences have shaped me in wanting a world where we all have a little more compassion, and understanding. That we don't hate the other.<br \/><br \/>I've just seen hatred win. And the thing I can't forgive is people who think that's a good idea. And those people include family members. And I don't know what to do with that right now.","comments":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/681965.html?view=comments#comments"},{"guid":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/681553.html","pubDate":"Wed, 09 Nov 2016 11:09:38 GMT","title":"Not my America","author":"epeeblade","link":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/681553.html","description":"Captain America would be ashamed of us.<br \/><br \/>I'm sorry, Steve. I'm sorry, Peggy. I did what I could.","comments":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/681553.html?view=comments#comments"},{"guid":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/681468.html","pubDate":"Tue, 08 Nov 2016 11:48:45 GMT","title":"Please vote","author":"epeeblade","link":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/681468.html","description":"Guys, if you're American, please go out today and vote if you haven't already. And don't vote for the asshole.","comments":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/681468.html?view=comments#comments"},{"guid":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/681104.html","pubDate":"Fri, 07 Oct 2016 15:06:54 GMT","title":"Birthday prompts","author":"epeeblade","link":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/681104.html","description":"Hi all,<br \/><br \/>As is tradition on my birthday (which is Monday), I put out a request for prompts and I try to write some short ficlets. I'm doing it today because it's Friday and that would give me the weekend to come up with some goodies.<br \/><br \/>Basically give me a fandom, a character, and something fun, and I'll try to give you about 100 words or so.","comments":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/681104.html?view=comments#comments","category":"birthday ficlets"},{"guid":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/680815.html","pubDate":"Wed, 28 Sep 2016 15:39:56 GMT","title":"CC Exchange","author":"epeeblade","link":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/680815.html","description":"Ok, I signed up for the CC exchange. I'm debating whether I should try Yuletide as well, or just stick to one challenge.<br \/><br \/>Considering I'm also supposed to be writing a novel and editing a novella during this same period, I think I'd better keep my level of obligations low.","comments":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/680815.html?view=comments#comments","category":["fanfic","cling\/coulson"]},{"guid":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/680273.html","pubDate":"Thu, 22 Sep 2016 23:08:18 GMT","title":"Fic Snippet: The Girl on the Train (1\/1) Sex Corps RPF","author":"epeeblade","link":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/680273.html","description":"Posting this because I'm not sure I'll ever finish the giant new Sex Corps arc that's playing around in my head.<br \/><br \/><br \/><br \/>I noticed her right away, of course. She sat in a group, but as far away from the others as possible. They looked like the typical bunch of rich kids who came out to Harmony for a lark -<br \/><br \/>And who does that? Seriously? I mean, you have to travel months in a fucking space ship. If they wanted to get whipped and fucked, I knew a million places in the UP and the Confed where that was possible. <br \/><br \/>All I know is that they were different from the rest of us. Those of us who came here trying to find something...different. I guess. We were lost. And I don\u2019t mean lost in the galaxy. I mean, lost. Inside. <br \/><br \/>And I could tell that about this girl.<br \/><br \/>She sat curled up on her seat - a few rows back from the others. A douchey looking guy sat on the back of one of the chairs, so he could hold court and face his friends. They were laughing and joking about some shit he\u2019d done to a sub back in Harmony.<br \/><br \/>Course Harmony wasn\u2019t enough for them. They were going to Revel.<br \/><br \/>She smiled, but it didn\u2019t touch her pretty green eyes. Her blondish hair had been chopped up, landing about around her ears, but I could picture it long and flowing free. She had this adorable nose, and maybe, if she really smiled, she\u2019d be pretty.<br \/><br \/>I moved up so I could sit just behind her. I knew what I looked like - hacker chic, dark clothes, heavy eye makeup, black lipstick. I wasn\u2019t just lost, I was hiding. \u201cFirst time on the train?\u201d I asked.<br \/><br \/>She actually looked back at me. \u201cYeah. How about you?\u201d<br \/><br \/>\u201cOh, no. I work at Revel.\u201d <br \/><br \/>Her eyebrows did a thing. They kinda furrowed, and it made this cute little forehead dimple. \u201cAnd...live in Harmony?\u201d<br \/><br \/>\u201cYou can\u2019t get permits to live in Revel, not if you\u2019re from the UP. Not yet anyway.\u201d Sticky thing there - Revel didn\u2019t have any agreements with the UP. It wasn\u2019t all official. And that\u2019s what made it so special. <br \/><br \/>\u201cLike it doesn\u2019t exist.\u201d A half smile lit up her cheeks. Damn, she was cute. Any other day, I\u2019d try, maybe. But we were going to Revel, and she wore a black armband. That meant - in Harmony - that she wasn\u2019t looking to  \u2018play.\u2019 <br \/><br \/>\u201cI gotta tell you something.\u201d Somebody sure as hell did. The assholes she was hanging out with were just going to get her in trouble. \u201cThey don\u2019t do that armband thing in Revel.\u201d<br \/><br \/>She blinked. \u201cNo?\u201d<br \/><br \/>\u201cThe rules...are complicated.\u201d Yeah, that\u2019s one way of putting it. \u201cYou don\u2019t even get in past the first circle unless you sign a form saying you know there\u2019s no rules behind the walls. Dom, Sub, it changes. I mean, yeah, there\u2019s basic shit. Safewords are still the law of the land. But, other than that? Don\u2019t matter what color your eyes are.\u201d<br \/><br \/>\u201cI see.\u201d and she honestly looked thoughtful. I liked that look on her.<br \/><br \/>\u201cYou might want to tell your friends.\u201d I nodded my head at them.<br \/><br \/>\u201cThey\u2019re not my friends.\u201d She said that too damn fast. \u201cJustin\u2019s my sponsor. His family paid for my scholarship.\u201d<br \/><br \/>Oh. A charity case. Yeah, this was not going to go well.<br \/><br \/>\u201cLook, you get in there, things go hairy, look me up, okay? My names Chloe. I work at the Sword and Shield.\u201d<br \/><br \/>She opened her mouth, maybe wanting to ask what the fuck was up with the name. But then the train started to slow down, making that grinding noise that made me wonder why super alien technology couldn\u2019t deal with friction. The Justin guy jumped down and nearly fell on his ass. \u201cStupid fucking thing,\u201d he shouted.<br \/><br \/>Better I make my escape now. I didn\u2019t want to get run over by a bunch of punks on my way to the door. I got out of my borrowed seat and walked to the other end of the car. When the doors opened, I looked back, just for a sec.<br \/><br \/>She looked back too, but she shook her head and followed the rest of the assholes.<br \/><br \/>Well. What the hell did I expect?<br \/><br \/>***<a name='cutid1-end'><\/a>","comments":"https:\/\/epeeblade.livejournal.com\/680273.html?view=comments#comments","category":["f\/f","sex corps maybe","my fic"]}]}}