{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:joanne_c","title":"You People And Your Quaint Little Categories","subtitle":"A Little More Flexible When It Comes To Dancing","author":{"email":"luchenbackoutlaw@gmail.com","name":"You People And Your Quaint Little Categories"},"link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/joanne-c.livejournal.com\/"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/joanne-c.livejournal.com\/data\/atom"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"service.feed","type":"application\/x.atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/joanne-c.livejournal.com\/data\/atom","title":"You People And Your Quaint Little Categories"}}],"updated":"2016-04-13T13:57:05Z","entry":[{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:joanne_c:809860","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/joanne-c.livejournal.com\/809860.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/joanne-c.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=809860"}}],"title":"Dear Jukebox 2016 Writer","published":"2016-04-10T15:22:33Z","updated":"2016-04-13T13:57:05Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"dear 3 ships writer"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"dear yuletide writer"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"yuletide"}}],"content":"Once more, I am so very sorry for the lateness.

First, you are awesome for signing up for one of these canons. I love them all equally, and would adore to get a story in any of them.

For my general likes and dislikes, please see my Yuletide letters, which you can find on the tags in this entry.

Please note: Length of sections are not indicative of preferences. Some fandoms I have more ideas for than others, but some I'm just into the song and would love to see what you can come up with, but I try to give you some ideas and guidance for everything, even if some are shorter.

Specific fandoms.



My main love for the video itself is the wonderful \"Old Hollywood\" feel to it, it's like something out of the 1950s, like something out of an old movie like All About Eve or Elephant Walk or even the more recent Out Of Africa.

Prompts! I'd really love anything, a moment of their time together filming, knowing it's going to end but it's so good they can't resist each other. Angry sex, or make up sex or sex that will be the last time.

Was Robert already married? How does he justify that to himself or Marjorie? Was it a real marriage or for other reasons? Does Marjorie know if it was for other reasons? Did Robert get married on the rebound from Marjorie? Was the premiere of the movie the last time they saw each other? Do they somehow make their way back together? Cheating isn't a squick per se so something where they can't keep away from each other even though they should would be interesting. Also I wouldn't be opposed to her ending up pregnant by Robert.

Mostly-gen ideas.

Marjorie moving on and forging her career in Hollywood. Does she marry many times, does she remain single? Does she work with Robert again, as an actress or as his director or producer? I'd also love something where Marjorie and Robert as old people are dictating their memoirs to the same person and their takes on their relationship and how and why it ended.

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This one is a bit of a unique case. My interest in fic for this is more the dialogue at the beginning. It could be a werewolf story, or it could be a flirty dirty talking session. Which one of those might it be? Is he dangerous in ways she doesn't know? I would also be open to making the two people of the same gender, either m\/m or f\/f.

With the song, I'd love it to be about someone's feelings for their partner, the way they can talk and say what they were thinking.

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Okay, the reason I love this is very simple, tentacles. I would love tentacle porn or tentacle gen inspired by the title sequence, and the song is more than welcome for inclusion as I actually like it. I don't have many tentacle plots, but I would prefer them to be consensual.

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I feel this song is very much about the relationship. It could be non romantic as well if you prefer that, but this is a love song. I could see it being about a same-sex pairing, preferably m\/m, but m\/f is also welcome. Do they see each other again? Does he cross his partner's mind all those years later? How do things turn out for them both?

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Honestly, any of the lyrics from this song could make a fic I'd be interested in. Is it about the end of a relationship? Is it a romantic relationship? Is it about someone dying? I can see many possibilities, and anything you come up with will be loved. Same-sex pairings welcome, always.

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I love this song so, so much. Every time I listen to it, I feel I discover something new about it. It is definitely a romantic song to me, about a relationship that didn't work out. I could see them meeting up again, years later, after whatever caused her to run made her able to stop. Or meeting up after both had found other people. Or maybe she was gay and couldn't face telling him? So many ideas. Or he sees the same - or an extremely similar - dress in a store and tries to find her, whether or not he succeeds is up to you and I would love to read any take on it.

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Why are they leaving LA? Has a dream shattered? Were they movie stars or were they trying to make it and it didn't work out? Was one - or both - caught up in addiction and they have to leave LA to try and control it? Is leaving all they can do if they are a same-sex couple and they aren't able to make that work with the industry's prejudices? Is the LA a metaphor? Are they leaving LA, but in another business?

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Why did it end? Was it something they couldn't have prevented? Did one of them die? If it's m\/f, was the woman pregnant, so that is why she would have loved him anyway? If you're into mpreg, that would be acceptable as well, but I know not all writers are. Still, if you are, go for it! Or is it a relationship that just can't work out - is one or both of them married to someone else? Is it ideological differences? There are so many conflicts it could be, this one I am really open to so many interpretations for. Was it a first love type of situation? Or was there something else that prevented their being together? Or in some way, can they still be together, even if it's years later?

<\/a>"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:joanne_c:809491","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/joanne-c.livejournal.com\/809491.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/joanne-c.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=809491"}}],"title":"Dear Yuletide Writer","published":"2015-11-02T13:19:40Z","updated":"2015-11-08T01:24:04Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"dear yuletide writer"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"yuletide"}}],"content":"My first and only major DNW for this year is fic not focusing on death, due to RL reasons. There is one fandom where I have given a prompt that can involve death, but there will be more details in the specific fandom section. I would also prefer a lack of downer endings in general for the same reasons.

I trust you to write me an interesting and enjoyable story based on one of these canons. You can also find more specific DNWs in my past Yuletide letters under this tag - I have not changed in any of those tastes since those letters were posted.

But mostly? Go ahead and have fun with these canons and characters.

I am open to porn, as long as it fits the story you want to tell.

Now for the specific fandoms.



Revenge - Nolan Ross.

I love Nolan Ross more than I can say. He is one of my all-time favourite television characters. A fic, gen, het, slash or poly with him would be awesome.

I do not ship Nolan\/Emily alone. I am absolutely fine with poly fic with them being involved with each other, but I would not like a ship of just Nolan\/Emily. That's why I didn't request Emily. I don't have any firm NOTPs for Nolan, but I would prefer post-canon fic if possible.

Completely optional, but the ship of my heart for Nolan is Nolan\/David Clarke. Obviously, as David wasn't nominated, this can't be an official request, but if I can't put in an obscure ship request into Yuletide, where can I? I would not mind David's canonical fate being mentioned, but I am also all for AUs where he does not meet that fate.

I love gen fic. I'd love post-canon Nolan and Emily somehow meeting up again, or what Nolan gets up to once canon is over.

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Wildest Dreams - Marjorie Finn, Robert Kingsley

I'm going to admit to preferring the ship for this music video. I will be giving some more gen prompts with both characters as well, but I do ship the characters very much. Gen won't disappoint me or ruin Yuletide though, which is why there are gen prompts.

My main love for the video itself is the wonderful \"Old Hollywood\" feel to it, it's like something out of the 1950s, like something out of an old movie like All About Eve or Elephant Walk or even the more recent Out Of Africa.

Shippy prompts! I'd really love anything, a moment of their time together filming, knowing it's going to end but it's so good they can't resist each other. Angry sex, or make up sex or sex that will be the last time.

More ideas.

Was Robert already married? How does he justify that to himself or Marjorie? Was it a real marriage or for other reasons? Does Marjorie know if it was for other reasons? Did Robert get married on the rebound from Marjorie? Was the premiere of the movie the last time they saw each other? Do they somehow make their way back together? Cheating isn't a squick per se so something where they can't keep away from each other even though they should would be interesting. Also I wouldn't be opposed to her ending up pregnant by Robert.

Also it would be interesting if Marjorie turned to women after Robert (preferably already being bi), and maybe how she came to that decision.

Mostly-gen ideas.

Marjorie moving on and forging her career in Hollywood. Does she marry many times, does she remain single? Does she work with Robert again, as an actress or as his director or producer? I'd also love something where Marjorie and Robert as old people are dictating their memoirs to the same person and their takes on their relationship and how and why it ended.

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Rock Of Ages - Drew Boley, Patricia Whitmore, Sherrie Christian, Stacee Jaxx

This is one of my favourite movies. I love all of the characters in it. I love all of the potential ships with the four nominated characters, up to and including a foursome. I also would love gen. I love the canon pairings, I love non-canon pairings - I really do love this fandom.

I would love anything gen about any or all of the characters. There is nothing that you could write me for this movie that I would not enjoy.

I would also be fine with gen about one of these characters, or maybe two. Or a shipfic focusing on a pairing or moresome from the group.

Some character ideas.

Patricia - so much could be written about her. How does she change from the conservative back to her rock loving ways? Was it all her husband or did she feel she 'should' be that person? Is it as easy as it seems to change? I ship her with Sherrie, Sherrie\/Drew and Stacee, possibly with Sherrie\/Stacee as well, but Drew is welcome to join them. Also is it so easy to go back to being a groupie? Does she go back to that precisely?

Stacee - oh my goodness. How did he get clean? Was it only a potential relationship or was he just ready? How does he get inspired? Is he still around in the 2000s singing and playing? I ship him mostly with Drew and Patricia, or Drew\/Sherrie.

Sherrie - How did she find herself as a singer? Is she still on the road and recording? Do she and Drew have kids? Does Drew stay home? I ship her mostly with Drew and Patricia, including as a threesome, I could also see her in a threesome with Stacee and Drew.

Drew - How much did he change coming from the worker to the rock star? Does a part of him ever miss being a 'regular guy'? Do he and Sherrie have kids if they end up together? Does he surpass Stacee in superstar status? Does he have a downward spiral like Stacee's? I ship him with Sherrie, Sherrie\/Patricia and Stacee, as well as with Stacee\/Sherrie.

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Avengers: Age Of Ultron RPF - Robert Downey Jr, James Spader

Up front, I will admit that I ship it. A lot. However, I also love their long term friendship just as much. So I am extremely good with any story written about these two of any kind.

Some ideas, all completely optional. Most can be shippy or gen.

Something set in the past, maybe relating to something in the present. Robert having to deal with thinking of the dark side of his past when James is around. How filmmaking has changed (doesn't need to go into detail on that). How they are older, how that affects them.

More shippy ideas.

James' voice has always turned Robert on, and that hasn't changed. Robert would approach James but they're not single. They both think the other wouldn't want anything any more because of Susan and James' partner, but it is an option (your call on how it is an option).

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Forever - Any Character

I really do love any and every character in this show, or I wouldn't have requested any. I ship the canon or mostly-canon ships - Henry\/Jo, Henry\/Iona|Molly, Henry\/Abigail, Henry\/Nora (not quite as much, honestly, but I do enjoy their storyline), Jo\/Isaac, etc.

I would be more than happy with a shippy story involving only a couple or a few of the requested\/nominated characters. Or a gen story with Henry and dealing with the changes in his life\/the world. If you only want to include one or a few characters, that's fine - I know I said any but I'm happy to have focus on a few characters as well.

A gen casefic story would also be wonderful, I loved the way the show often combined elements of Henry's past with the present day case.

I also ship Iona|Molly\/Jo if you'd be into adding them, or a threesome with Henry would also be of interest.

I ship Adam\/Henry and Adam\/Abe as well.

I'd love some scenes from several of Henry's relationships, too, either canon or including Henry\/Jo.

This fandom is hard to prompt because I really, truly, just love it so much that I'm not picky about fic details.

But I wouldn't hate a fic focused just on Henry in any way if that would be something that would work for you.

For Adam, Adam and Henry or Adam\/Henry, something focusing on the similarities and differences between them. Did Adam have an Abigail like figure? Was she earlier in his life, or almost as recent? What turned him evil? Was it WW2 and the camps or something else?

Also generally with Henry and\/or Adam, any backstory would be wonderful. Flashbacks are good too.

Something with Abe, adjusting to aging while his father doesn't would be interesting.

I also do ship Henry\/Abe so if you had ideas of that nature. Or Henry\/Abe\/Adam as well.

I'm super flexible on this fandom, I really meant the any request here.

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The Good Wife RPF - Christine Baranski, Julianna Margulies

Again, this is something I would welcome shippy fic for. However, this is also something I would love gen fic for.

While I have, for reasons I'd rather not go further into, requested no deathfic, this is the one fandom I would make a slight exception for. While I would not want it focused on, I would be fine with any fic you choose to write incorporating Christine's widowhood and her adjustment to life as a single woman, with Julianna helping her in that. However, I would prefer the focus to be on Christine moving on, than dwelling on her late husband's death.

I'd also be interested in things that deal with aging in Hollywood, neither lady is a twentysomething model any more but they are beautiful and vital women.

Shippy stuff I'm open to almost anything for, but I would love something where one maybe introduces something new into the relationship of some kind.

I'd even love something with Christine and Julianna doing karaoke or something equally fun - especially if Abba songs are involved (Mamma Mia is unironically one of my favourite movies ever and I love Christine singing in it).

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Funny this is what draws me out of almost complete lurkerdom due to RL being so busy, but then again, Lou is important enough to me to be worth posting about, even briefly.

Love and miss all of you, hope to get back to journalling more soon.

Some links of interest. So many tweets from people I like\/love or find interesting.

http:\/\/www.heraldsun.com.au\/news\/singer-lou-reed-dies-in-new-york-age-71\/story-fni0fiyv-1226747932345<\/a>

http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2013-10-28\/veteran-rocker-lou-reed-dies-at-71\/5048712<\/a>

http:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/news\/lou-reed-velvet-underground-leader-and-rock-pioneer-dead-at-71-20131027<\/a>

http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2013\/oct\/27\/lou-reed-velvet-underground-dies<\/a>"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:joanne_c:806241","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/joanne-c.livejournal.com\/806241.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/joanne-c.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=806241"}}],"title":"Dear yuletide writer","published":"2011-12-09T13:37:17Z","updated":"2011-12-09T13:37:17Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"dear yuletide writer"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"yuletide"}}],"content":"First, I know this is horribly late. I apologise sincerely for that. It may even be technically irrelevant if you've uploaded the story but I'm hoping it won't be.

If you are working on the story, though, I hope at least this will help you to avoid any major DNW things for me.

First of all, have fun, and write the story you want to write. That's the most important
thing to me. I'll be so happy with a story in any of these fandoms.

My only bulletproof squicks are scat, vore, vomit (in a sexual context), mental cruelty (outside of canonical limits), non-public figures (not publicly known beyond dating the celebrity is my personal guideline) and cheating (again outside of canonical limits).. Any of these would make me a little less happy with my Yuletide story.

My kinks include well-negotiated poly fic, pegging, bisexuality as a concept, rimming, incest, unusual but interesting sex scenes (that is so open to interpretation), queer characters whose queerness isn't necessarily a big issue in the story (though it can be about them coming to terms with it, that's good too), OT3s and OT4s are also good things in my fic. I really like pairings\/moresomes who are all into each other rather than a couple bringing one person in for a night. I am also absolutely fine with gen or light romance. Honestly, as I said, a story in any of these fandoms would be so amazing, the type almost doesn't matter.

But because I like some guidance myself, a few (COMPLETELY OPTIONAL) details for the fandoms I have requested.

In no particular order at all.



If we matched on this fandom? You are awesome! I never expected to enjoy this show as much as I did, and I really liked the contestants. I have picked the four contestants I would most like to see a story about, and I would love slash or het with any of these characters. I really can't offer a lot of plot bunnies as I'm most interested in seeing what you would come up with for these characters. I am also open to the other contestants being included in the story but I would like to ask that if there are sexual or relationship elements that you please only use the four requested characters.

A few ideas - completely optional.

Cameron was concerned about cheating on his girlfriend by kissing another girl. Does it feel like cheating when it's a boy he kisses?

I'd adore a threesome or foursome (romantic and\/or sexual) in which Marissa is the one who initiates things with at least one of the guys - or all of them).

If at all possible I would like Samuel to be slashed - but gen is completely fine.

I would also enjoy something music-related, slash, het or gen. Something as cliched as singing to each other, or someone coming to someone else's concert or first appearance on Glee if it's one of the winners.

I really am interested in what you come up with, dear writer - that's why I'm quite vague on plot bunnies.

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If we matched on this fandom? You are awesome! While I am most interested in femslash between the characters played by Liv Tyler and Alicia Silverstone, I would be interested in gen with them, exploring the type of friendship they have, if you want to write about them in a non romantic situation. I'm really not all that interested in pure het with the young farmer, though if you would like to have him as part of a threesome, that is fine. Jason London's character can be paired with either of the girls too, or perhaps he is the boyfriend of one of them. I'd also be interested in something femslash based on the strip club scene, perhaps even some gender play. But if you write anything about this music video I would adore it. Please feel free to name the characters, but please don't use their portrayers' names.

I am just really interested to see what you will come up with from this fandom!

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If we matched on this fandom? You are awesome! I really love this music video and think it could provide a great deal of fic options. I have always thought that the best man (Slash) was in love with the groom (Axl) though if you would like to write him as being in love with the bride (Stephanie) I could see that as well. If you would like to write the Slash and Axl characters as simply having a deep friendship, that would be wonderful too. I would love some comforting after whatever it is that happened to the bride (we don't know) happens. I would also be completely fine with her not actually being dead - there's some talk and controversy about where the video fits into the trilogy of videos around that time and if you would like to make it a delusion, dream or something else, I'm completely fine with that.

I just want to see what kind of story you can come up with from this video. I understand that it's not really possible for a happy ending, but I would like it to be as hopeful as possible, given the limitations. If you can make it happy, though, that would be lovely, as long as it works within the story of the video.

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If we matched on this fandom? You are awesome! I love the RPF in Glee fandom, and there's nothing I love more than an unusual pairing or combination, which is the reason I picked the four characters I did, I'm very curious to see which of them you'd have interact with the others romantically or otherwise. I'm completely fine with slash, het, femslash or OT3 or OT4 with these four characters. I am very happy to see other characters interact with these four but I would like any romantic or sexual interaction to be confined to the four characters I chose. No unreuited feelings for other people (though I'm fine with a brief previous relationship and\/or experimentation with characters outside of the four I chose, just no one having unrequited feelings).

I'm into cliche scenarios with RPF, something like an unexpected kiss in rehearsals, or someone taking care of someone else because they've had a little too much to drink, or because they're sick. I also know that Darren helped Matthew launch his album, so something related to that would be wonderful as well. Maybe Lea and Naya rehearsing one of their characters' confrontations and laughing about it.

I am just looking forward to seeing what you come up with with this combination of characters! Please have fun.

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Please have fun and enjoy writing, most of all."},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:joanne_c:791636","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/joanne-c.livejournal.com\/791636.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/joanne-c.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=791636"}}],"title":"Drive-by update","published":"2010-12-11T04:25:15Z","updated":"2010-12-11T04:25:59Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"fannish"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"update"}}],"content":"Just to let everyone know, I am in the part of Australia that is very affected by flooding and unseasonal rain. Right now it's not at all bad, but we're still on alert. This is very weird for the summer!

Fannishly I'm... not doing much, but it's not a bad thing. I'm more into watching shows lately than writing. I'm really looking forward to <\/a>yuletide<\/b><\/a><\/span> (matched on a fandom I've been dying to write in and there's another I may manage a drabble or two for as well, for once! Yay!).

Due to the weather I've also only just got my Yuletide letter up and I know people like reading their flists' letters, so here's mine for anyone who is curious: http:\/\/joanne-c.livejournal.com\/790632.html<\/a>

I hope you are all doing well and my New Year's resolution is to post more, let's hope I can keep it up :D"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:joanne_c:790632","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/joanne-c.livejournal.com\/790632.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/joanne-c.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=790632"}}],"title":"Dear Yuletide Writer","published":"2010-11-18T13:32:02Z","updated":"2010-12-11T04:20:53Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"dear yuletide writer"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"yuletide"}}],"content":"First and foremost, I am so<\/i> sorry this has taken so long. I am in Australia and right now the area of the country I am in is in disaster mode, there are floods and rain and other awful things, but where I am personally is not as bad as other areas, it's just a bit scary and we have to be on alert. Anyway, that's why it has taken me longer than I wanted it to to get this up.

First of all, have fun, and write the story you want to write. That's the most important
thing to me. I'll be so happy with a story in any of these fandoms.

My only<\/i> bulletproof squicks are scat, vore, vomit (in a sexual context), mental cruelty (outside of canonical limits), non-public figures (not publicly known beyond dating the celebrity is my personal<\/i> guideline) and cheating (again outside of canonical limits). Any of these would make me a little less happy with my Yuletide story.

My kinks include well-negotiated poly fic, pegging, bisexuality as a concept, rimming, incest, unusual but interesting sex scenes (that is so open to interpretation), queer characters whose queerness isn't necessarily a big issue in the story (though it can be about them coming to terms with it, that's good too). I really like pairings\/moresomes who are all into each other rather than a couple bringing one person in for a night. I am also absolutely fine<\/i> with gen or light romance. Honestly, as I said, a story in any of these fandoms would be so amazing, the type almost doesn't matter.

But because I like some guidance myself, a few (COMPLETELY OPTIONAL) details for the fandoms I have requested.

In no particular order at all.



My attraction to this song is the younger man\/older woman dynamic. I'd probably enjoy a story from either the narrator's or Desiree's POV (feel free to name the narrator, please!) and I'd love to see glimpses of their lives later, both remembering their time together. Beyond that, I would love to see the narrator in an m\/m relationship or Desiree in an f\/f relationship but that's totally up to what you feel comfortable with - they could be in no relationship or a heterosexual one as well. Honestly, with songs, I love the things other people come up with almost more than the things I can come up with sometimes so go for it if this is the fandom we matched on!

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Honestly, if we matched on this fandom? I clicked Any on the character list because I am seriously, totally interested in any pairing or gen combination in this fandom. I love all the actors and as long as you want to write anything, slash, het or gen about them, it's all good. I do like Joe Quinto (that's actually the reason I picked Heroes RPF rather than Star Trek RPF - he was included in the listing of characters) and would love to see him make an appearance in the story if it is at all possible, perhaps interacting with characters other than Zach, because that would be really interesting to see, I do enjoy Zach\/Joe incest if you are comfortable with that, but if not I love their relationship as brothers without sex just as much. I'd also be happy with either of them with Kristen Bell. If you have other actors\/combinations in mind, that's completely fine, as I said, I chose Any for a reason. I have no issue with significant others having a role in the story as long as they are public figures (eg, Natalie Maines, Adrian Pasdar's wife, Beth Touissaint, Jack Coleman's wife, or Dax Shepard, Kristen Bell's fiance) in some way. This can absolutely include sexual involvement in these cases. If they are not public figures, I prefer<\/i> they be acknowledged and mentioned, rather than take a large part in the story, and I would definitely like them not to have any sexual role in the story. I also don't mind if the story is set before, during or after the cancellation.

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Honestly, if we matched on this fandom? I clicked Any on the character list because I am seriously, totally interested in any pairing or gen combination in this fandom. I love all the characters (except those we're not really supposed<\/i> to like), and as long as you want to write anything, slash, het or gen about them, it's all good. I tend to prefer more recent characters but honestly, if you want to set this story in any time period, I'll love it. I'm very into the idea of a love triangle being resolved as a threesome, and would love to see that, but if it's not something that fits into your story, that's fine too. I'd also like to see more queer characters, or written-as-queer characters, this show is set in the fashion industry. If you could put in an appearance from Sergei, I'd adore it, but if that doesn't fit your story idea, that's completely fine too. Really, in this fanodm, anything and everything would be so wonderful to see. I like all the canonical pairings, so if you just want to give me a scene we haven't seen with them, that's wonderful as well, this really is a fandom I'm interested to see what a writer would come up with.

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Honestly, if we matched on this fandom? I clicked Any on the character list because I am seriously, totally interested in any pairing or gen combination in this fandom. I love all the characters (except those we're not really supposed<\/i> to like), and as long as you want to write anything, slash, het or gen about them, it's all good. I do dream of a really good story with Zoe if you'r familiar with her storyline, and I think I'd like something focused on the canonical queer characters, but if you have other ideas, that is so very fine by me, I'm actually only just getting into this show and am loving all of the characters and actors. I'm very much into the idea of a love triangle being resolved as a threesome and I would love to see that, but if it's not something that fits into your story, that's fine too. I like all the canonical pairings, so if you just want to give me a scene we haven't seen with them, that's wonderful as well, this really is a fandom I'm interested to see what a writer would come up with.

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This is a link to the sign up post. If you or anyone you know can write the pairings\/bands in red<\/i> or would like to read the pairings\/bands listed in orange<\/i> and they have time, please let them know the exchange exists?

http:\/\/xmas-rocks.dreamwidth.org\/1081.html<\/a>"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:joanne_c:780582","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/joanne-c.livejournal.com\/780582.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/joanne-c.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=780582"}}],"title":"Merry Month Of Masturbation time again - prompts welcome! :)","published":"2010-05-03T06:35:36Z","updated":"2010-05-03T06:36:06Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"mmom"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"prompts"}}],"content":"So it is May, again, and I am doing the <\/a>mmom<\/b><\/a><\/span> challenge, again.

And last year I would not have made the 31 days without a few prompts from my flist, so I'm asking again.

Prompts could be a person (to do the, er, wanking), a pairing (may be only fantasy) or moresome, and if you'd like to include a lyric\/phrase for inspiration, that is fine too.

Fandom list of things I might\/could write: Classic rock slash (Stones, Beatles, Velvet Underground), Harry Potter (*maybe*), CSI (original - and I'm a little rusty on this one), Days Of Our Lives, Dr Who (probably not up to writing Eleven era yet, Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys, Trixie Belden, Heroes (preferably S1 only) Star Trek (Reboot and I may be able to summon up a Voyager muse), Spiderman (movieverse), X-Men (movieverse), Torchwood (I don't do Jack\/Ianto generally but will likely mention them as existing), RPF for most of the above (not Star Trek: Voyager). For Trek Reboot RPF I'd like non Zach\/Chris prompts because I've already got about ten from the kinkmeme for them and have stuff written for two (why I haven't posted yet, they haven't gelled to a finish). Zach or Chris with others is totally welcome, even encouraged :D. I can do Heroes RPF with people in later series too, the S1 restriction is for the characters only. And yes, in general, I do incest."},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:joanne_c:780368","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/joanne-c.livejournal.com\/780368.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/joanne-c.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=780368"}}],"title":"You know you've been in fandom too long when...","published":"2010-04-28T12:28:30Z","updated":"2010-04-28T12:28:30Z","content":"You see BNP on an entry and misread it as BNF

(no, they're not all going to be gems)"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:joanne_c:777333","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/joanne-c.livejournal.com\/777333.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/joanne-c.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=777333"}}],"title":"Someday I will find time to update more often, with meaningful things.","published":"2010-02-09T23:47:04Z","updated":"2010-02-10T01:35:39Z","content":"But for now, have some pretty pictures of my varied interests list.

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Create your own!<\/a> By <\/a>ga_woo<\/b><\/a><\/span> using Web Services by Yahoo!<\/a><\/div><\/a>"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:joanne_c:774854","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/joanne-c.livejournal.com\/774854.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/joanne-c.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=774854"}}],"title":"Annual Yuletide challenge","published":"2009-12-26T04:12:08Z","updated":"2009-12-26T04:12:08Z","category":{"@attributes":{"term":"yuletide"}},"content":"The one where you get to guess which two stories I wrote in the archive.

Details:

If you guess one of my stories, I will write you at least a comment box sized ficlet in the fandom and pairing of your choice (or gen if you want gen).

If you guess both of my stories, I will write you at least a 1500 word story in the fandom and pairing of your choice (or gen if you want gen).

Naturally this is restricted to fandoms and pairings I can actually write, and excludes squicks and things I won't do :)

And no, you don't get a hint. This is a guessing game.

Comments are screened - I'll unscreen any I get after the author reveal."},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:joanne_c:774641","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/joanne-c.livejournal.com\/774641.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/joanne-c.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=774641"}}],"title":"Happy Christmas\/whatever you celebrate, everyone!","published":"2009-12-26T04:08:39Z","updated":"2009-12-26T04:08:39Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"star trek"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"yuletide"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"christmas"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"update"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"holidays"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"zachary quinto"}}],"content":"I've been quiet, and I have so many unanswered comments, but I had to post holiday greetings (even if I'm a day light by my time).

So yes, Happy Winter Holiday to you (as I know not everyon celebrates Christmas).

Had a lovely day - it finally<\/i> rained a decent amount, which is really, really good, the only bad part was that it was too rainy to go out to my cousin's farm for the evening, which would have been nice, but we'll catch up so it's okay. Had a lovely lunch with friends and family :). And got to see some very important online people because of not going out, so it was a win\/win in the end.

As for my gifts, see under the cut. Mostly DVDs as I didn't have much else I wanted or needed as I tend to get those things through the year as needed.



On DVD:

Life On Mars US (because I liked it, and I really like Jason O'Mara's Sam a lot, even if he's different to John Simm's - plus I adore Chris Skelton no matter the version).

Heroes Season Three (also known as the season I fell head over heels in love with Zachary Quinto, long before I started writing RPF about him. I got S1 and S2 for my birthday in September btw).

Torchwood Children Of Earth (which I am, actually, looking forward to watching. I want some new canon and it has Lucy Cohu, who I truly adore, and she's playing Jack's daughter, and though I know how things end up, I still want to see that so very much. I'm actually interested to know my reaction to the big issues - I won't go into detail in case there's anyone out there who'd like to remain unspoiled - when I actually see them, don't just react to hearing about them. That said I'm not likely to watch it for a bit, I need to be in the right mindset for it and that's not where I am right now).

Forgetting Sarah Marshall (this has one reason - I've developed a huge, huge girlcrush on Kristen Bell and she plays the said Sarah Marshall. Also I like Jason Segel from How I Met Your Mother. These two, plus a reasonable price - I got this one for myself - are more than enough to get past my \"I don't like you very much\" with Russell Brand - mind you I don't think we're supposed to like his character in this).

GI Joe: The Rise Of Cobra (yes, of course, at least half of this one is Chris Eccleston, omg he's good in this. That said, I really liked the movie when I saw it and asked for it. I just like the whole movie, it's cast well - I'm still never going to be head over heels for Channing Tatum but he's not bad in it, and I love the rest of the cast. I'm one of a few people I know who actually likes<\/i> Sienna Miller, and I adore<\/i> Rachel Nichols (aka Gaila the Orion in Star Trek) in this so much, and it has Ray Park who is amazing - he's also got some great moments in the \"Making Of\" documentary, which kinda made me fall in love with him all over again. Awww. And then there's the rest of the cast - I just love everyone, it's that simple. This is not a movie I'm very objective about. And I am so in love with Ray Park now - more than I was before - in that omg I want to watch so much more of his work way).

The Rolling Stones Live At The Max (concert DVD of the Stones - bought for having Honky Tonk Women, Ruby Tuesday, You Can't Always Get What You Want and others not on the other Stones DVD I have. Plus this one was before Bill left and I kind of like Bill).

John Denver The Wildlife Concert (this one's half my Dad's and half mine, lol. I love John Denver's music, which I know is daggy (or nerdy if you're American), but I really do, he wrote some amazing songs. And this is a nearly two hour DVD with all of his best songs, and some others. So it's all good if you like him :))

And a Dusty Springfield CD - I love her and have been wanting a comprehensive CD of hers for a while and this one has all that I wanted, so yay!

I also got candles, one in the shape of a cupcake that is almost too pretty to burn (almost!), the others pretty green floating ones. An embroidered hand towel with a bear head hanging piece. A coat hanger with lace and lavender scented. Some lotion with a lovely scent (Imari by Avon, it's very nice). Some bath products - frangipani (plumeira) scented bubble bath, olive and honey bubble bath and sparkling bubble bath. All good.

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And of course it is <\/a>yuletide<\/b><\/a><\/span> I got two amazing stories - someone picked up one of my requests for Yuletide Madness as well.

http:\/\/archiveofourown.org\/works\/34066<\/a> Where He Belongs is Star Trek (Reboot) RPF - Zachary Quinto\/Karl Urban and Leonard Nimoy\/Bruce Greenwood (which I didn't know I wanted until I read it, omg and now I so want more!) and is hot, sexy and everything I could want from a story involving these four (I went character specific with these four guys, because much as I love Zach\/Chris, I wanted something different if this was the <\/a>yuletide<\/b><\/a><\/span> request that got picked up and I'm glad it was because it's just wonderful!)

http:\/\/archiveofourown.org\/works\/37987<\/a> Wilson Green is based on the song What's Your Mama's Name? and it's exactly what I wanted from a story based on this song. It's bittersweet, sad, and delves into characters we only hear about for a few lines so, so perfectly. Just beautifully done and captures the song amazingly well.

Also because of the song\/album interest in <\/a>yuletide<\/b><\/a><\/span> I'm considering making a comm for music-based stories. I'm not sure it'd be high traffic but it's one of those things I'd like to see, so I'm thinking of making it. I'd prefer LJ to Dreamwidth at this point, though, and I don't know if that is likely to make a difference.

See next post for your chance to guess what <\/a>yuletide<\/b><\/a><\/span> stories are mine (I wrote two).

And a few requests. I've heard some songs on TV\/in movies that I've really liked, and I was wondering if anyone might have the MP3s (or M4As) of any of them and might be willing to upload? Any version - this is just the artist Google gives me when I search the lyrics, and in one case I have Issues but would be happy to take the original as I really like the song.



My Back Pages - The Byrds (I know it's a Dylan song. I have Dylan Issues. Other covers would be great and I will listen to the Dylan version if it's all anyone has).

Thank You For The Years - Shirley Bassey.

Dead Man's Curve - Jan & Dean

Dream A Little Dream Of Me - I'd actually like versions that aren't Cass Elliott - I have her version and love it but was wondering if there were any others out there.

What I Did For Love - from A Chorus Line - any version would be lovely for this one.

All Around My Hat - Steeleye Span

Let Me Tell You About Love - The Judds

Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout The Good Old Days) - The Judds

Lucky - Jason Mraz

Acid Tongue - Jenny Lewis

I don't know the name of this one and only have the snippet of the lyrics and that it's probably by Stephen Stills (or Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young or Crosby, Stills & Nash). It's the song with the lyrics: \"Something's happening here, what it is ain't exactly clear\" - at least that's what I hear when I listen to it.

The First Cut Is The Deepest - I get several versions when I google, so any would be cool. :)

The Vault Of Heaven - Michael Ball. I know this one only from a concert CD - it's Andrew Lloyd Webber so there may be other versions available, and any would be wonderful.

Mexico - James Taylor.

The Way You Look Tonight - Frank Sinatra or Michael Buble or any other that may exist :)

What's Another Year - Johnny Logan (don't know if there's covers of this one)

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And that's the list. Now to make the other post :)"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:joanne_c:772565","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/joanne-c.livejournal.com\/772565.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/joanne-c.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=772565"}}],"title":"Because I will forget if I don't do it - my Star Trek reaction post.","published":"2009-11-22T08:32:03Z","updated":"2009-11-22T08:44:23Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"star trek"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"star trek movie"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"jason brooks"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"zachary quinto"}}],"content":"It's just a play by play running commentary.

There is mention of RPF and I think I know some of these things now (though I still don't know who the bald Captain is). And Joe is Joe Quinto, Zach's brother, a photographer and a stuntman who also was one of the many Romulans. I don't think I put last names terribly often... so there may be Chris confusion lol.



Bald captain.

The guy at the console looks like Chris Pine. I know he isn't. It's not the other Chris either.

And there is<\/i> the other Chris.

Creepy message. I hate creepy messages in Trek. They are never<\/i> good news.

The hole thing reminds me of the DS9 Wormhole with spidery tentacles. This gives me very weird ideas. Not that I would ever write such a thing.

Aww bald captain giving command over to George. Awww. He knows. So does George.

I need to learn bald captain's name, he rocks<\/i> even in one scene. Character, not actor. Both really would be nice :)

Well my<\/i> heart rate would be elevated if I was walking into clear and present danger. Of course, this is presuming I would ever be on a starship. Given my usual reaction to flying? Probably not ;)

I wonder if the Romulan with the gun behind bald captain is Joe? Will I be wondering that about every non speaking Romulan who looks kind of big? Likely, yes.

Nero's SpokesRomulan has a sexy voice.

Awww. poor bald captain. I knew it would happen and yet... *sniffs*

Sighs<\/i> Chris Hemsworth is amazing. That is all.

Still want to know who cute console guy is too.

Poor Winona! What a time to be having a baby.

Oh god, the look on George's face. He knows.

Damn. Don't ever let anyone tell me Jennifer Morrison or<\/i> Chris Hemsworth can't act. They had chemistry over the bloody comm link!

*cries a bit* I don't care how cliche it is. His saying \"I love you\" and... then. Argh. That will always get me.

This looked awfully like a first child, but as I remember it's never confirmed that Jim has a brother in the movie. Still...

Completely amazing pre-credits sequence. Wow.

Rebellious Jim is sort of cute.

Love the car.

Love that the hitchhiker is supposed to be Sam.

Awww, all the cute baby Vulcans. I want one!

Awww, Spock!

Hmf. If someone called my mother that, I would push them too!

Oh GUH Sarek. I love Sarek. Ben Cross is so<\/i> challenging the wonderful Mark Lenard.

Logical. Hmf. He loves Amanda.

Zach! :D

Though I swear<\/i> if we didn't know Winona was playing Amanda... that's a very affectionate<\/i> look ;)

Wonder who the old gray-haired Vulcan is (actor, not character). He looks slightly familiar.

Oh but the way he said \"Live long and prosper\" - lol. He conveyed \"Piss off!\" incredibly well ;)

And Zach still has that five o'clock shadow. Guh.

Uhura!

Huh, Cardassia's at least known at this point. It's so confusing when they retro things like that lol. I thought they'd have had Bajor occupied. But maybe this was before or something...

And I wonder if that big alien is a homage to DS9's Morn. I liked Morn.

Also Jim is cute. Obnoxious but cute.

And I don't care what anyone says. She's flirting. Maybe not with intent<\/i> but nevertheless.

LOL Jim does seem to land on his feet. Or with his hands in the right wrong place ;)

Poor Jim.

Yay! Captain Pike! :D

Chris looks too gorgeous all bloody.

Oh and Captain Pike just knew what to do to get Jim to join up didn't he?

LOL - Jim, keep an eye out (though don't I remember... no, I think it was Scotty did that in a movie, or it might've been Kirk but I'm nearly sure it was Scotty - he said \"I know this ship like the back of my hand\", and promptly hit his head like Jim did there.

And here's Bones lol...

He looks so fierce and yet vulnerable. LOL. Sounds like a romance novel.

*starts pondering Bones\/Kirk*

Oh the tentacle-y thing was the Romulan Ship. I see.

Love Jim & Bones in the cadet uniforms.

Wow. Gaila is sexy.

Any woman, hearing those words after she says \"I love you\" would totally go, \"hey, what's going on here?\"

Oh and yeah, Chris is very hot in just his underwear.

*giggle* Mouth breather.

\"You can hear me breathing?\" LOL!

*starts pondering Uhura\/Gaila*

And Jim beats the Kobayashi Maru - much to Pike's (and Spock's, no matter how well-hidden) surprise.

Of course Spock has to bring Jim up on charges. I do see why but... I still don't think it's cheating.

LOL! \"Who was that point-eared bastard?\" \"I don't know, but I like him.\"

*starts pondering Bones\/Spock*

Jim looks so upset when Bones leaves. I don't think it's all<\/i> that he can't go.

Gaila is so pretty.

Uhura is upset. I know why, of course.

I do actually think Spock has a point re: favouritism. Maybe not a good point, but a point.

Bones infecting Jim. LOL.

The Enterprise. Historic moment! :)

Sulu! John looks so much younger than he does on Flash Forward. Like five years instead of two or three.

Poor Sulu *pets him*

Pretty blonde nurse - could be Chapel? I hear she's named but not shown.

Oh lordy Chekov's super adorable.

Poor Jim with the swollen hands.

But still he figures it all out.

Spock looks surprised and Not Happy At All.

And Jim is very bright *nods*

I love that he only got to hear about the Klingons because he was fucking Gaila (but, really, who wouldn't? Yes, I have a crush).

LOL! \"Hi, Christopher, I'm Nero.\" I... am oddly amused by Nero.

Pike knows he's heading into a bad situation. Reminds me of George a lot. And I bet Jim's wondering if this is how his mother felt.

*starts pondering Pike\/Jim*

Olsen was an idiot for not pulling his chute in time.

Sulu and his sword, yay!

It's so wrong of me to want Joe to be the one who's beating Chris up isn't it?

Sulu saving Jim's life, awwwww.

Oh shit, the red matter sounds like Bad News.

Oh holy hell the chute breaking.

I swear if they don't land in the transporter room without someone saying they were told not to move, I will... be far less amused than if they do.

Yay Chekov!

*starts pondering Kirk\/Sulu and Sulu\/Chekov*

Oh poor Spock!

Still holding out his hand as he's transported.

Poor Sarek too.

And Chekov.

*has very wicked idea about Chekov bonding himself to Sarek as penance*

Eee-yipes. That's a destroyed planet all right.

The kiss was all right. Fitted the moment.

Well Nero's insane. Not that I'm surprised or anything.

No wonder Pike ends up paralysed with that thing eating his brain. Ew.

Spock telling Jim to get out of the chair *g*

And he only took him down with the Vulcan Nerve Pinch of course.

And then he strands poor Jim on an icy, snowy planet!

Oddly enough Jim Is Not Happy.

Eww I do not like that creature.

Urgh the Big Red Bug is worse.

I was so sure something would come up from under the ice and attack Jim. Am glad it didn't.

Ooops. Tentacles. Ick.

Yay! I will lay bets this has to be Spock Prime who saves Jim.

Shockingly yes, it is.

Leonard looks good for his age.

I love the \"I am Spock,\" \"Bullshit,\" exchange.

Mind meld! :) I love mind melds.

Romulus didn't have as pretty an effect as Vulcan to destroy it. Yes I think Vulcan's destruction was pretty. Or at least the effect was.

Poor Spock.

(I say poor x a lot)

Jim figuring out that Vulcans feel. Yay.

Awwww. Jim asking about his father. Awwwww.

That he lived to see Jim become the Enterprise captain. Awwww.

Spock and Bones yay.

\"Are you out of your Vulcan mind?\" I love it.

OMG that conversation about stallions could have a few layers ;)

\"Green-blooded hobgoblin,\" LOL.

And yay, Sarek again. God he's. Guh.

Who will be at the outpost I wonder?

Oh it's Scotty! Simon Pegg does a pretty good Scottish accent.

Montgomery Scott indeed.

Admiral Archer's beagle? LOL.

Scotty wanting to know if they still have sandwiches, lol.

Oh dear, Scotty talking about the Enterprise's ample nacelles... um.... I always knew he had a thing for her ;)

Transwarp beaming. Spock cheating a little too.

I wonder what Spock Prime's destiny is? I hope we get to see more of him...

He certainly must be emotionally compromised.

Jim figuring out Spock was cheating. \"A trick I learned from an old friend,\" indeed.

I could so see Spock Prime\/Jim. Or Leonard\/Chris for that matter. Sort of hot.

Uh oh, Scotty in the pipes. Oh dear! I'm sure Jim will get him out.

I hope Jim will get him out, those blades look lethal! It's Scotty, he has to survive.

And he does. Wet, but alive and not sliced up. That's all right!

Oh dear, Cupcake. That could be iffy.

Jim's totally baiting Spock.

Oh I like Scotty's answer about taking sides :)

Jim's really baiting Spock. Must insert joke about Jim being a \"master baiter\". I know it's terrible.

Fuck Jim's eyes are gorgeous.

A fight scene and a half!

I can sort of see Kirk\/Spock chemistry but I like Kirk\/Bones better really.

Sarek thank god.

The make up can't hide Zach's stubble.

Scotty's \"I like this ship, it's exciting!\" is so true.

I'm glad Jim hopes he knows what he's doing.

Sarek always makes me so damned happy when I see him. I really like him.

*ponders Sarek\/Winona in the future*

Awww. \"I married her because I loved her.\" Awwwww. I love it.

It's official. I love Zach's Spock.

\"We are gettin' to know each other.\" LOL.

Jim clicking as he sees Spock and Uhura and then the kiss (which I like better than the turbolift one - I see more chemistry there).

Spock Not Commenting. Hee.

Why do I get the feeling there is no common sense in the design of the enemy ship?

Because there is none.

Oooh I wonder if the Romulan with the muscular arms is Joe? Yes, I am wondering it about every Romulan who doesn't speak.

Or the one Spock is mind melding with?

Spock and the ship, awww.

Spock calling Jim Jim! Yay!

And \"please tell Lieutenant Uhura...\" awwwww.

Oh dear, I don't think that was the best thing for Nero to say.

Yay, Spock destroyed the drill.

Nero's just slightly OTT.

Jim killing the Romulan, yay.

Spock sending the ship into the Romulan ship.

Oh the Enterprise (yes, I had forgotten!)

Yay Pike! Shooting the Romulan.

Jim just following orders, lol.

Yay they got them back!

Yay Scotty!

Don't think it would do much good to hail the Romulan ship at this point...

Love the Kirk and Spock talk.

And love the \"you got it\" from Jim.

Nero has amazing eyelashes (yes, I notice weird things).

That was a close call, but they made it :)

Spock Prime! Yay!

Spock Prime friendship matchmaking - awwww.

That really was a lovely scene.

Yay Jim as captain.

And relieving Pike. Awww.

Yay. His father would so be proud.

I'm in love with Spock Prime. Which, really, is my default anyway. But really. I adore him.

Jim coming on board.

LOL - \"Bones, buckle up.\"

Oh, yay, the little alien came with them!

And Spock as first officer as it should be :)

Leonard doing the voiceover at the end - again, as it should be :)

And as much as I know it's PC - I'm glad they went with where no one has gone before and not where no man has gone before.

So yes.

Reading credits. Jason Brooks<\/i> was the Romulan with the sexy voice! Why did nobody tell<\/i> me Jason Brooks was in the movie? He is so gorgeous! Of course he's not that well known but still... And don't I know the name Paul McGillion from somewhere too? It's terribly familiar. I'm not sure which admiral he was.

Oh and yay, Joe's name in the credits. :)

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In short:

I loved it! It has everything I loved about the original, and TNG and DS9 and Voyager. Wonderful characters, played by wonderful actors and lots and lots of possible ships and writing. I'm hooked.

Now to go sift through lots of fic, lol."},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:joanne_c:772219","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/joanne-c.livejournal.com\/772219.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/joanne-c.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=772219"}}],"title":"Quick not-a-real-update","published":"2009-11-21T16:58:10Z","updated":"2009-11-21T17:03:49Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"star trek"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"update"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"fandom"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"fun"}}],"content":"Yes, my last two posts have been Dear *insert exchange* writer letters.

Yes, I'm incredibly busy (this always<\/i> happens in November\/December).

Yes, I've been sick. This has not, sadly, diminished the being busy. It's just made me way more tired.

Yes, I have seen (and utterly loved and adored<\/i>) Star Trek XI (there is a long rambling play by play post in the future).

Yes, I am doing <\/a>mini_wrimo<\/b><\/a><\/span> again this year. It's hard but I'm managing.

Yes, it is incredibly<\/i> hot where I am right now. This is supposed to change tomorrow. Please let it.

Yes, I do love and miss all of you very much! I try to comment where I can and hope to have some more posts here soon.

New (some renewed) loves\/obsessions: Ben Cross, Bruce Greenwood, NCIS LA (at least the slash part, still iffy on the show itself), Christopher Eccleston, Karl Urban, Kristen Bell (new girlcrush!), Heroes. I'm sure there are others.

Also my <\/a>yuletide<\/b><\/a><\/span> source! I'm not saying what it is, but my god, I couldn't have picked a more perfect assignment for me if I'd given myself the assignment. And it has renewed my love for it so very much. My assignment is probably the best I've had since doing <\/a>yuletide<\/b><\/a><\/span> - not that the others haven't been good, I just really, really like this one.

And now to bed. I have napped and need more."},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:joanne_c:771949","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/joanne-c.livejournal.com\/771949.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/joanne-c.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=771949"}}],"title":"Dear Three Ships Writer","published":"2009-11-21T16:44:41Z","updated":"2009-11-21T16:44:41Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"dear 3 ships writer"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"3 ships"}}],"content":"(yes, I'm dreadfully<\/i> late, for which I apologise.

Honestly, I'm just so happy you've signed up to write one of my threesomes! I'm very excited about all of them and am sure I will love anything you can come up with.

While I know V relationships are permitted, my preferences definitely lean toward a relationship of three equal people. That's probably more important to me in this challenge than anything below the cut.

Just a few quick details on the pairings\/fandoms\/requests.



Heroes

Claude Rains\/Noah Bennett\/Sandra Bennett

My prompt for these three is \"memories of the past\" - I'd like them to be good, or at least fairly non-traumatic memories. Sex is a plus but not required, I'd prefer more a sense of the relationship being ongoing.

Heroes RPF

Adrian Pasdar\/Natalie Maines\/Milo Ventimiglia

My prompt here is \"an exchange of jewellery between the three of them\". This does not have to be rings. It could be collars (or a collar and something to wear keys on) or any other kind of jewellery. I'd be most interested in Adrian and Natalie bringing Milo into their lives, or with something established perhaps an affirmation of commitment.

Almost Famous

Russell Hammond\/Penny Lane\/Jeff Bebe

Simple prompt here, music. To me, Russell's most important relationships (aside from William which is different) were with Penny and Jeff. I'd like something about how music brought them all together, and future fic (perhaps even set in Morocco?) would be wonderful.

Star Trek XI RPF

Zachary Quinto\/Karl Urban\/Christopher Pine

Another simple prompt, bonds. I don't necessarily mean this to mean ropes or cuffs (though if you would like it to, I'd be very happy to read it). I'd be interested to know how they formed their threesome, and I have a massive infidelity squick - I don't mind if Karl is married in the fic or if it's an AU where he isn't married, but if he is married, there must be an understanding between himself and his wife, or whatever else you need to do to make it not cheating."},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:joanne_c:770301","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/joanne-c.livejournal.com\/770301.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/joanne-c.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=770301"}}],"title":"Dear Yuletide Writer","published":"2009-11-05T12:03:20Z","updated":"2009-11-14T04:30:39Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"dear yuletide writer"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"yuletide"}}],"content":"First of all, thank you so much for offering to write in one of my fandoms. You are awesome just for that. And for many other reasons. Most importantly, have fun. Please :)



Things I like in my fic: Bisexuality, where it's not just a convenience to make a slash story happen (I actually love bisexuality in gen where it's not even an issue of pairing), poly (especially threesomes or group things where maybe not everyone is involved with everyone else but they all respect the various relationships), drinking (where appropriate), a sense of hope, reasonably happy endings, discoveries, unusual pairings, dancing, sex toys, past relationships (including friendship) being re-established, slash, het, gen and a sense of the canon. I also love crossovers.

Fandom specifics:

What's Your Mama's Name (Child)? (song)
Any.

Request detail: I'd like something with the child finding out about her father later in life and going through the events of the song to find him.

More details: I would also be very happy with a story exploring how the child came to be, or exploration of why the mother left the father. Or a story about the son of the child creating his family tree (this one may also give the option for a slash story - perhaps the grandson identifies with his grandfather because he was also an outcast). Threesomes\/moresomes are also always welcome, if that sparks in your mind. There's so many layers and generations that a story based on this song could explore - these are just a few of my thoughts on it, and I'd be happy with absolutely anything based on the song, it's one of my favourites :) Also if you were considering a crossover, perhaps with a procedural show for the investigatory plotline, I'm familiar with the Law & Order universe (particularly SVU and CI), Cold Case and CSI (particularly Vegas and Miami). I'd prefer a crossover to focus on the song universe but crossover pairings are always good.

RPF - Star Trek.
Bruce Greenwood\/Karl Urban\/Leonard Nimoy\/Zachary Quinto

Request detail: I don't mind if you include other characters, but these are the characters I really would love to see in my story. I'd be up for a slash story (not an orgy but two pairings maybe) or a story with them all sitting talking, maybe Leonard telling them some stories of the past?

More details: When I say I wouldn't mind other charactes included, I mean it, but I have very specifically excluded one character, not because I don't love stories with him, but because there is one pairing<\/i> in Star Trek RPF\/S that I do not consider rare, and therefore not within the Yuletide spirit. That character is Chris Pine. While I would be very happy to have him show up in a gen\/supportive friend\/part of the group context, I do not<\/i> want him paired with Zachary Quinto for reasons already said. It's certainly not because I have anything against the pairing in the normal scheme of things at all :)

That said, any inclusion of Reboot and\/or Classic Trek actors not mentioned would be wonderful if that inspires you :)

As for what I'd like in more detail - anything with these four men. Seriously. Have them sit around and read the phone book to each other and if it's in character I'll love it. I really wouldn't care who you paired with whom in a slash story, or who you had relating to each other in gen. A threesome or foursome would be absolutely loved (if you can write either), too, but optional details are optional.

RPF - David Essex
Any

Request detail: I would love to read David interacting with any of the characters nominated (I'm the one who nominated this non existent fandom). I'm a huge fan of David's and of the casts of several of his projects. Or there's his ex-girlfriend, Catherine Zeta Jones, which could be interesting to explor

More details: Yes, basically I would love anything with David Essex. I have recently fallen in love with his music and him as a performer, and I know this fandom is nonexistent, but I had to at least try at Yuletide. I really am happy with slash, het or gen here, and anything would be wonderful. Also threesomes\/moresomes are always welcomed.

Evita (movie or musical)
Any

Request detail: I'd just love to read some fic for this fandom in general. I'd really enjoy any of the characters, though I love Evita and Che. I'm into Evita\/Che, Evita\/Peron, Peron\/Che and any combination of the three as far as pairings go. Wouldn't mind if someone wanted to include Peron's mistress in some way though I didn't nominate her as a character.

More details: I recently found out that in part, Che is supposed to be Evita's conscience, as well as anything else he's been said to be. I'd prefer<\/i> to see him treated as a regular character as it lessens the options for writing if he's not (at least as I see it) but if you want to add that, I would be most interested. Pairings don't need to be romantic\/sexual (excepting Eva\/Peron being canon of course) but I am interested in the character dynamics here above all. Of course an Evita\/Che\/Peron threesome would be most intriguing, but I really would just love to read what you come up with :)"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:joanne_c:766441","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/joanne-c.livejournal.com\/766441.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/joanne-c.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=766441"}}],"title":"Music meme from karaokegal and filthgoblin","published":"2009-09-16T03:33:54Z","updated":"2009-09-16T03:33:54Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"meme"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"music"}}],"content":"Because I am so confident in my knowledge of music, ask me about 5 of your favorite bands, and make me list my favorite songs by each of them and why, but the catch is you must post this in your journal too! You know you want to! Make it so!

Personal note---I know it's says bands, but as far as I'm concerned, that can include individual performers. (in my case it might have to, as I'm not sure I could name five bands I have<\/i> a favourite song by - or at least I might max out at five)."},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:joanne_c:765974","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/joanne-c.livejournal.com\/765974.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/joanne-c.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=765974"}}],"title":"RIP Patrick Swayze","published":"2009-09-15T03:37:46Z","updated":"2009-09-15T03:40:43Z","content":"I knew this was coming, but I didn't expect it to hit me as hard as it did. I mean, we knew he had cancer, knew it was pancreatic<\/i> cancer... but it's just. Damn.

From The Outsiders (I loved him as Darry), to the movies between (Grandview USA was so much fun), to North & South (a pre-slash slash fandom in that much as I loved the m\/f love stories, the relationships between the men were what really drew me in - and the women too), to Dirty Dancing (nobody puts Baby in a corner) to Ghost (ditto... just ditto) to everything else, he was one of my first major crushes. I loved his dancing, his acting, his love for his beautiful wife.

The world is a little bit less bright today."},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:joanne_c:765377","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/joanne-c.livejournal.com\/765377.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/joanne-c.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=765377"}}],"title":"It's been forever!","published":"2009-09-09T02:37:48Z","updated":"2009-09-09T02:37:48Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"star trek"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"movies"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"birthday"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"doomed otp"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"james dean\/sal mineo"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"fandom"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"zachary quinto"}}],"content":"Or at least a really long time since I updated here.

There hasn't been a lot going on beyond fannish love, and there have been so many other things to do (RL is being very, very RL-ish) that updating here has slowed down.

So a short list of numbered points.

1. I watched all of Merlin. I am madly in love with Anthony Stewart Head as Uther. I am not so much slashing Merlin and Arthur - in that I really don't see myself writing them, though I've read a bit. My ships are apparently Uther\/Morgana (because omg, hit all my kinks at once except the slash one) and Uther\/Gaius and, er, Uther\/Arthur <\/a>. I'm also fond of Uther\/Merlin and Gwen\/Morgana but a lot of my fondness is more going awww about what's onscreen - that's how I am with Merlin\/Arthur too, really.



2. I will be catching up on everything I need to do (owed beta read, fixing up a meme back a ways so new people can guess the unguessed, closing out the \"OTPs\" meme) as soon as I can. Apologies for how long it's been, but this week looks good for things happening.

3. I'm going to see Cliff Richard in February. I adore<\/i> him. So this is all for the good.

4. Weirdly, I have somehow or other fallen insanely<\/i> in love with an RPS fandom. No, that's not the weird part. The weird part is that I have not seen the source of the RPS fandom (it's Star Trek Reboot). I know (oh how<\/i> I know) it's not necessary to see the source or even listen to the music for music-based RPS, but it feels weird somehow (and yes, there is a DVD purchase in my future, of course, plus the novelisation is waiting for me to pick it up). But there's so much lovely fic and I do at least know most of the actors from something<\/i> - Karl Urban (LOTR and Xena), Zachary Quinto (Heroes), John Cho (was in an episode of The Magnificent Seven<\/i> and one of House<\/i>, plus other things I have apparently seen), I actually did buy a movie Chris Pine was in for research (plus, I actually wanted to see it before I had an interest in Chris - Just My Luck<\/i> with Lindsay Lohan - I actually like her acting), Leonard Nimoy (er, well, do I need to say where I know him<\/i> from?), Ben Cross (who there should be fic about, dammit!), Chris Hemsworth (Home & Away, oh my faily but lovely show, how you reward your long term fans), Zoe Saldana (Pirates Of The Caribbean), Simon Pegg (Spaced and Doctor Who), Jennifer Morrison (House) and all the rest I haven't mentioned. But I'm writing madly in this fandom, and loving it! I ship everyone\/everyone as usual and wish the women who weren't Zoe (who I do like) would get a bit more action in the RPF.

5. It's nearly my birthday - well, in a couple weeks. I'll be forty. I'm okay with that.

6. I have apparently acquired an RPF OTP. An actual<\/i> OTP. A \"I don't want to know about them with anyone else except under very specific circumstances\". A DOOMED<\/i> OTP. Well, actually, an Already Tragic OTP is probably more like it. Who? See icon. Yes. I am Officially OTP about James Dean and Sal Mineo (very specific circumstances - I don't want them with anyone else as long as both are alive but I can accept Sal with someone else after Jimmy's death). I blame the Peter Lawford hosted documentary on my Rebel Without A Cause<\/i> DVD where Sal says he can still feel Jimmy around sometimes. It's just... so epic. And doomed. And James and Sal.

<\/a>"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:joanne_c:757168","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/joanne-c.livejournal.com\/757168.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/joanne-c.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=757168"}}],"title":"Dreamwidth and Wank (no, not wank about Dreamwidth)","published":"2009-05-01T17:03:19Z","updated":"2009-05-01T17:03:19Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"mmom"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"dreamwidth"}}],"content":"First, I has a Dreamwidth journal! You can find me over there as coneyislandbaby (it's a Lou Reed song) and I can't wait until I can add phrases from the song as my journal title and all that.

I'm not going anywhere journal wise, as I've said, but it's nice to have it. I'm not planning on crossposting except maybe to crosspost my fic over there from my fic journal. I'm mostly using it to keep in touch with people who have moved - it's easier.

As for the wank part, I'm doing the Merry Month Of Masturbation challeng <\/a>mmom<\/b><\/a><\/span> for the second year in a row, and I'd love prompts. Character, fandom, song lyric, word... give me a prompt. Pairings optional.

Go here for fandoms: http:\/\/joanne-c.livejournal.com\/755494.html<\/a> That's more than enough of a cross section for you all to prompt from."},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:joanne_c:756359","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/joanne-c.livejournal.com\/756359.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/joanne-c.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=756359"}}],"title":"Out Of Context Remarks At Work FTW","published":"2009-04-29T03:32:31Z","updated":"2009-04-29T03:32:31Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"john barrowman"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"threesomes"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"out of context"}}],"content":"Someone yelled out \"Titans trio!\" for some reason or other (I believe it's a snack food of some kind) and my mind went: John Barrowman\/Perry King\/Casper Van Dien? Yes please!

Context for those who need it, Titans was a show the above actors were all in in 2000 - I was very fond of it, but it didn't last. For the best, in the end, because if it were still going there would be no Captain Jack and that would be bad."},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:joanne_c:755818","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/joanne-c.livejournal.com\/755818.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/joanne-c.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=755818"}}],"title":"Last post from me tonight - community promotion!","published":"2009-04-26T13:48:08Z","updated":"2009-04-27T11:47:19Z","category":{"@attributes":{"term":"community promo"}},"content":"I've started quite a few communities out of need or because I thought they would be fun to have existing. I haven't promoted very many of them as it's been a hell of a last few months but I thought I'd mention them.



<\/a>1941_jack<\/b><\/a><\/span> - a community for discussion, fic and fanwork posting, and simply drooling over Matt Rippy and the character he played in Torchwood, 1941 Jack Harkness. Any ship fic or gen is welcome and it's definitely a place living on that river in Egypt. RPF friendly.

<\/a>brit_actor_rpf<\/b><\/a><\/span> - exactly what it says on the tin - RPF about any British (originally) actor or actress. Slash, het and gen friendly. There's a bit of a Life On Mars (UK) RPF focus but there's nothing wrong with that. We welcome anything that fits in with the community rules (on the profile page).

<\/a>david_and_john<\/b><\/a><\/span> - For RPF or character fic about characters played by David Tennant, John Simm and John Barrowman. Made mostly because the two Johns thing amused me but fic with just John and John or Master\/Jack, or Sam\/Jack etc is welcome too. Fic must have at least one character played by one of the three actors in it, or have at least one of those three actors in it to be posted there.

<\/a>dw_tw_roleplay<\/b><\/a><\/span> - I have mentioned this on here but it was a while ago and there are new people on my flist who might be interested. Anyway, it's a comm to hook up with people interested in RPing in the Doctor Who\/Torchwood universe. There's ads for games, people posting to find people to RP with privately and other things. It's a lot of fun.

<\/a>dwtw_pornbattle<\/b><\/a><\/span> - After hosting two very successful Doctor Who\/Torchwood porn battles in my journal, I decided to make a comm for them rather than have it in my journal. I'm preparing for the first community battle which should be in either late May (how did I write March?) or early June.

<\/a>jack_and_rose<\/b><\/a><\/span> - No, not only<\/i> to do with Doctor Who\/Torchwood. I decided to start this one because I did a search for interests on LJ on Jack\/Rose. The expected Doctor Who comms came up, and so did some related to Titanic. But there was a third Jack\/Rose, one I hadn't even considered shipping, from Lost. And then I found out there was a movie named Jack And Rose, and I just decided that it was too many coincidences of that pair of names to ignore. So any fics, fanworks, or discussion on characters named Jack and Rose in a romantic sense is welcome here. Crossovers are good - I crossoverly OTP Jack Harkness (Doctor Who\/Torchwood)\/Rose DeWitt Bukater (Titanic) - in fact due to them I have a thing for pairing Jack with characters played by Kate Winslet in general.

<\/a>stonesslash<\/b><\/a><\/span> - For Rolling Stones slash (though I'm considering opening it up to het pairings as well - Mick\/Marianne, Keith\/Marianne, Keith\/Patti, Mick\/Jerry etc, no OCs. I've been dreadfully neglectful of that comm but I am going to bring it back to life.

<\/a>tw_rpf<\/b><\/a><\/span> - Torchwood RPF, anything and everything welcome but read the rules about what can be directly posted please.

<\/a>unas_gwen_fans<\/b><\/a><\/span> - Unashamed Gwen fans in Torchwood. Created because every hate comm needs a love\/respect comm. Not terribly active and there is <\/a>house_of_cooper<\/b><\/a><\/span> but there might be enough Gwen love to sustain two comms :)

<\/a>

And that's all of the comms I can think of. Hopefully something will be of interest to some of you out there."},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:joanne_c:755494","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/joanne-c.livejournal.com\/755494.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/joanne-c.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=755494"}}],"title":"Belated 2008 Year In Fic Memes","published":"2009-04-26T13:20:50Z","updated":"2009-04-26T17:09:05Z","content":"Gacked from various places around my flist.

Most of these stories are on my fic journal <\/a>mixedemotionfic<\/b><\/a><\/span>
The stories I wrote in November are on my NaNoWriMo journal <\/a>joannenanowrimo<\/b><\/a><\/span>
If you're interested in reading anything that isn't in either <\/a>mixedemotionfic<\/b><\/a><\/span> or <\/a>joannenanowrimo<\/b><\/a><\/span> let me know and I will either post the fic to <\/a>mixedemotionfic<\/b><\/a><\/span> or let you know where you can read it (if it's one of the Who\/Torchwood porn battle ficlets you can read it on my journal - let me know if you'd prefer the comment URL).

And yes, I know it's late. It's been a busy year.

Please note, there are references to incest and RPF\/S in this post. They are only<\/i> references but if either makes you uncomfortable enough not to read, please do not click the cut.



Fanfics Posted: 109 (yipes!)

RPF: 41

FPF: 68

Looking back, did you write more fic than you thought you would this year, less, or about what you'd predicted?<\/i>

Much, much, much more. Especially considering that I'm still RPing on a regular basis as well, this is a great deal more than I thought I'd written. I'm shocked and kind of pleased.

What pairing\/genre\/fandom did you write that you would never have predicted in January 2008?<\/i>

Oh that's easy - Peter Davison\/David Tennant\/Georgia Moffett. For one, I'm not sure David and Georgia were publicly dating and for another, I honestly thought I would never write father\/daughter incest. I'm still a bit shocked I did! I also never thought I\"d write David Tennant\/Billie Piper but I did that too.

What's your favorite story of the year? Not the most popular, but the one that makes you happiest?<\/i>

All of them...? Gah, picking one is really, really hard! I like The Young Man In The Twenty-Second Row because it's my first RPF\/FPF crossover, even if I did screw up on a timeline detail. But I think the story really works. And it's Jack Harkness not<\/i> screwing every celebrity that he meets, so that's different. I'm also very fond of the Martha Jones\/Lucy Saxon story I wrote, After The Year That Never Was - it's basically my fanon characterisation of Lucy distilled.

Did you take any writing risks this year? What did you learn from them?<\/i>

I wrote quite a few kinks I hadn't even thought of attempting and I also wrote some fic that's really close to original (mostly disguised RPF). I learned that I could write fic for things other than movies or TV shows.

Best story<\/i>

My first Life On Mars story, Things Gene Doesn't Do - it involved Gene, Annie and pegging. I really feel that I captured Gene and Annie there. I'm really proud of that story.

Story Most Underappreciated by the Universe<\/i>

Any that didn't get any comments. I don't beg for fb, but I figure if there weren't any comments there wasn't any appreciation.

Most fun<\/i>

All the porn battle ficlets I wrote. It's really fun to challenge myself to write a story within one comment post.

Most disappointing<\/i>

Preparations, a Lucy Saxon\/Tish Jones story. I don't hate it, but I really don't see Lucy as a Domme, not as she was in that story anyway - I think she could switch in a serious relationship but she's not the type to just take the top role like that. It just didn't work as well as I wanted it to. It could also be that I tried to do a prequel to a story I really liked (Tish\/Master with a bit of Lucy) and I don't think the prequel lived up to it.

Most sexy<\/i>

The First Time Ever I Lay With You, Sophia Myles\/Billie Piper\/(David Tennant) - it's just a story I actually find hot.

Story With a Single Sexy Moment<\/i>

The Gareth David-Lloyd\/James Marsters story I wrote for <\/a>prettylightsfic<\/b><\/a><\/span>

It was three seconds, maybe, before Gareth was being pinned against the wall outside his flat and being thoroughly and completely kissed. The feel of James' arms around him and his lips exploring Gareth's were more than enough to know.

\"You're coming in,\" Gareth said, softly, when James drew back to make sure he was okay. \"And you're going to show me what it's like with a man. I haven't. But I want to. With you.\" He hoped James could tell it wasn't just curiosity, that this was something Gareth wanted because it was James.<\/i>

Hardest to Write<\/i>

My Yuletide story, 28 Months Later, based on the movie 28 Days Later. It was hard for me to find something to<\/i> write, the movie felt complete. But I think it turned out okay.

\"Holy crap, that's wrong, even for you\" story:<\/i>

Peter\/David\/Georgia of course.

Most Unintentionally Telling<\/i>

Anything I've written that doesn't pair Jack Harkness with Ianto Jones. In general, I have no problem with the canon relationship, though I wouldn't have chosen to go that way, but I really prefer to explore non canon possibilities in my writing. And any story in which canonically dead characters aren't dead, whether or not the story takes place explicitly after the characters have died in canon. It's all about that river in Egypt.

This year's theme and the story that demonstrates it most:<\/i>

I wrote a lot<\/i> more solo kinky stuff this year. Probably Darkness, my so far only solely Jack\/Ianto story, which is kink without romance, demonstrates that.

Do you have any fanfic or profic goals for the New Year?<\/i>

Only to complete everything I'd like to. To complete thelittlebang femslash challenge, to write my <\/a>lgbtfest<\/b><\/a><\/span> prompts. That's it so far.

Shortest fic: Wanking, Jack, Torchwood - 100 words.
Longest fic: The First Time Ever I Lay With You, Doctor Who RPF, Sophia Myles\/Billie Piper\/(David Tennant) - 4, 582 words.

Fandoms: 25 -- RPF (counting it all as one fandom), Elizabeth - The Golden Age, James Bond, Torchwood, Doctor Who, Life On Mars, Evita, Jesse's Girl (song), original fic, Grey's Anatomy, Iron Man (movie), Grease 2, Brothers & Sisters, Venus In Furs (song), The Good Life, Days Of Our Lives, Harry Potter, Star Trek: Voyager, Almost Famous, Mamma Mia!, Grease, Inventing The Abbotts, The Princess Bride, The State Within, 28 Days Later, There are also a wide variety of pairings (and even some gen fic) represented in some fandoms, and some fandoms are only present in crossovers.

The actual fics, by month:

January:

1. Promises And Music - RPF, Metallica, James\/Lars, NC-17 (pinch hit for <\/a>xmas_rocks<\/b><\/a><\/span>)
2. Inevitability Of Life - Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Elizabeth I\/Bess Throckmorton, NC-17 (for <\/a>oxoniensis<\/b><\/a><\/a>oxoniensis<\/b><\/a><\/a>oxoniensis<\/b><\/a><\/a>oxoniensis<\/b><\/a><\/a>mmom<\/b><\/a><\/span> for the first time. A story a day for the month of May, all featuring masturbation in some form. I wrote as many different fandoms as I could think of stories for. There are also my stories for the first year of the <\/a>lgbtfest<\/b><\/a><\/span>. I have no<\/i> idea how I managed it.

1. Her Secret Fantasy - RPF, Torchwood, Eve Myles\/John Barrowman, R
2. A Good Wife - Torchwood, Jack Harkness\/John Hart, Toshiko Sato, implied Toshiko\/Gwen Cooper, NC-17
3. Cleaning Up Messes - James Bond, James Bond, R
4. A Fantasy Of The Bedroom - Evita, Evita\/Che, R
5. Bloody Sam Tyler - Life On Mars, Gene\/Sam, PG-13
6. The Point Is Probably Moot - Jesse's Girl (song), Jesse\/Patty\/Narrator, R
7. Nice - Doctor Who, Jack Harkness\/Algy, NC-17
8. Goodbye Heart - RPF, Gene Pitney\/Ricky Nelson, PG-13
9. Voyeur - RPF, PS: I Love You, James Marsters\/Harry Connick Jr, Jill Goodacre Connick\/OFC, NC-17
10. Loneliness - original fic, het, R
11. Anticipation - Grey's Anatomy, Derek Shepherd\/Mark Sloane, NC-17
12. Harry's Hands - Doctor Who, Master (Harold Saxon)\/Lucy, NC-17
13. Reality Trumps Fantasy - Iron Man (movie), Pepper Potts, Tony Stark, Happy Hogan, R
14. Wanking - Torchwood, Jack Harkness, PG
15. A Good Girl - orginal fic, f\/f, R
16. Not Scared - Torchwood, Owen Harper (Owen\/Jack Harkness, Owen\/Katie, Owen\/Suzie Costello, Owen\/OMC) (for <\/a>lgbtfest<\/b><\/a><\/span>)
17. Dear Gwen - Emma Louise Cowell, Gwen Cooper, Jack Harkness (Emma\/OFC, OFC\/OFC, Gwen\/Rhys, Jack\/Ianto and Jack\/Gwen implied) (for <\/a>lgbtfest<\/b><\/a><\/span>)
18. Wrong - Torchwood, Real Captain Jack Harkness (very slight Jack\/Jack), PG-13
19. Alien Vibrators - Torchwood, Toshiko Sato, Gwen Cooper (Implied Toshiko\/Gwen), R
20. Just Keep Talking - Iron Man (movie), Tony Stark, Jarvis, R
21. Old Enough To Know - RPF, Doctor Who, Billie Piper\/Elisabeth Sladen, David Tennant, NC-17
22. The Young Man In The Twenty-Second Row - Torchwood\/RPF crossover, Jack Harkness, Marilyn Monroe, Norma Jean Mortensen, Elton John, Reginald Denny and (briefly) Bernie Taupin. Pairing: Jack\/Norma Jean, R
23. No Ordinary Guy - Grease 2, Stephanie Zinone, R
24. Straight - RPF, Torchwood, Burn Gorman, PG-13
25. A Walk On The Wild Side - RPF, Lou Reed\/various (based on Lou's song Walk On The Wild Side), NC-17
26. Fantasy Isn't Wrong - Brothers & Sisters, Justin\/Rebecca, NC-17
27. Next Time - Iron Man (movie), James Rhodes (implied Tony Stark\/James Rhodes and Pepper Potts\/James Rhodes), R
28. Taste The Whip - Venus In Furs (song), Severin\/Mistress, NC-17
29. A Kind Of Nobility - RPF, James Dean\/Sal Mineo, R.
30. Autoerotic - Iron Man (movie), James Rhodes\/Jarvis, R
31. Innocence And Corruption - RPF, Doctor Who, David Tennant\/John Simm, R
32. In Beautiful Dreams - The Good Life, Margo Leadbetter\/Barbara Good, R
33. Hot Shower - Days Of Our Lives, Max Brady, NC-17

June:

1. Untitled - RPF, Doctor Who, Peter Davison\/David Tennant\/Georgia Moffett (incest warning), NC-17 (for the Doctor Who kinkmeme at <\/a>sizeofthatthing<\/b><\/a><\/span>)
2. Untitled - Doctor Who, Master\/Tish Jones, Lucy Saxon, NC-17 (for the Doctor Who kinkmeme at <\/a>sizeofthatthing<\/b><\/a><\/span>)
3. First Times - Doctor Who, Jack\/Rose\/(Nine), NC-17 (for the Doctor Who kinkmeme at <\/a>sizeofthatthing<\/b><\/a><\/span>)
4. The First Time Ever I Lay With You - RPF, Doctor Who, Sophia Myles\/Billie Piper\/(David Tennant), NC-17. (for the Doctor Who kinkmeme at <\/a>sizeofthatthing<\/b><\/a><\/span>)
5. First Time For Everything - RPF, Doctor Who, David Tennant\/Billie Piper, NC-17 (for the Doctor Who kinkmeme at <\/a>sizeofthatthing<\/b><\/a><\/span>)
6. After The Year That Never Was - Doctor Who, Martha Jones\/Lucy Saxon, NC-17 (for the Doctor Who kinkmeme at <\/a>sizeofthatthing<\/b><\/a><\/span>)

July:

1. Preparations - Doctor Who, Lucy Saxon\/Tish Jones, NC-17. (for the Doctor Who kinkmeme at <\/a>sizeofthatthing<\/b><\/a><\/span>)
2. Reminiscences - Master\/Fucking Machine, Ten, NC-17. (for the Doctor Who kinkmeme at <\/a>sizeofthatthing<\/b><\/a><\/span>)
3. What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger - Harry Potter, Nymphadora Tonks\/Hermione Granger, R (for <\/a>femslash08<\/b><\/a><\/span>)
4. An Old Friend - Doctor Who\/Star Trek Voyager crossover, gen fic, Ten, Janeway, Donna Noble, Seven Of Nine, Harry Kim, Chakotay, PG
5. Rehearsing - RPF, Joaquin Phoenix\/Reese Witherspoon, NC-17 (for <\/a>oxoniensis<\/b><\/a><\/a>oxoniensis<\/b><\/a><\/a>oxoniensis<\/b><\/a><\/a>oxoniensis<\/b><\/a><\/a>oxoniensis<\/b><\/a><\/a>oxoniensis<\/b><\/a><\/a>oxoniensis<\/b><\/a><\/a>oxoniensis<\/b><\/a><\/a>oxoniensis<\/b><\/a><\/a>oxoniensis<\/b><\/a><\/a>oxoniensis<\/b><\/a><\/a>oxoniensis<\/b><\/a><\/a>oxoniensis<\/b><\/a><\/a>oxoniensis<\/b><\/a><\/a>oxoniensis<\/b><\/a><\/a>mini_wrimo<\/b><\/a><\/span> - it's a start!

1. Cliche - RPF, Doctor Who, David Tennant\/Freema Agyeman, NC-17 (for the Doctor Who kinkmeme at <\/a>sizeofthatthing<\/b><\/a><\/span>)
2. Ruined - Doctor Who, Ten\/Lucy Saxon, NC-17 (for the Doctor Who kinkmeme at <\/a>sizeofthatthing<\/b><\/a><\/span>)
3. Remembering John - RPF, The Beatles, John Lennon\/Paul McCartney, PG (written for <\/a>karaokegal<\/b><\/a><\/a>sizeofthatthing<\/b><\/a><\/span>)
5. Seems Like Old Times - Doctor Who, The Master\/The Doctor's TARDIS, R (for the Doctor Who kinkmeme at <\/a>sizeofthatthing<\/b><\/a><\/span>)
6. In Another's Eyes - Torchwood (slight Doctor Who), Jack Harkness\/Captain Jack Harkness (Matt Rippy), Captain Jack Harkness\/Nancy, Jack\/Ianto, Jack\/Doctor (Nine), PG-13
7. Fantasies Coming True - RPF, Pierce Brosnan\/Meryl Streep, NC-17
8. Mine - original m\/m, NC-17
9. Lazy Saturday Morning - original m\/m, NC-17
10. Complicated - RPF, Citadel universe, Jack Davenport\/Matt Rippy, PG-13
11. Bathing Fantasy - original m\/m, NC-17
12. A Little Show - RPF, Lindsay Lohan\/Samantha Ronson, NC-17
13. Public Sex - original m\/m, NC-17
14. Punishment And Pleasure - original m\/m, NC-17
15. David, Princess Of The TARDIS - RPF, Doctor Who\/Torchwood, David Tennant\/Gareth David-Lloyd, NC-17 (for the Doctor Who kinkmeme at <\/a>sizeofthatthing<\/b><\/a><\/span>)
16. Darkness - Torchwood, Jack\/Ianto, NC-17

December:

1. The Perfect Gift - Life On Mars, Gene Hunt\/Sam Tyler, PG-13 (for the Life On Mars Holiday Exchange at <\/a>martian_holiday<\/b><\/a><\/span>)
2. A Far From Nodding Acquaintance With Aslan - Life On Mars, Sam Tyler\/Chris Skelton, NC-17 (for the Life On Mars Holiday Exchange at <\/a>martian_holiday<\/b><\/a><\/span>)
3. In Most Cases I Like Unnatural - Life On Mars, Gene Hunt\/Sam Tyler, NC-17 (for the Life On Mars Holiday Exchange at <\/a>martian_holiday<\/b><\/a><\/span>)
4. 28 Months Later - 28 Days Later, Jim\/Selene\/Hannah, NC-17 (for <\/a>yuletide<\/b><\/a><\/span>
6. Knowledge - RPF, Torchwood, Gareth David-Lloyd\/James Marsters, R (for <\/a>prettylightsfic<\/b><\/a><\/span>
7. The Captain Sandwich - Doctor Who, Nine\/Rose\/Jack, R (for <\/a>3_ships<\/b><\/a><\/span>

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I'll also be getting an account there, though I'm not going anywhere - I have a permanent account. But I'm happy to have a journal over there anyway and if I get any other codes I'll offer them up to my flist here :)"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:joanne_c:754291","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/joanne-c.livejournal.com\/754291.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/joanne-c.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=754291"}}],"title":"Warnings are not safewords","published":"2009-04-15T02:43:54Z","updated":"2009-04-15T02:43:54Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"meta"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"rant"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"warnings"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"fandom"}}],"content":"Disclaimer: My only knowledge of kink is from RPing\/writing it. If I get anything wrong let me know<\/i> - I won't be angry about it. I don't think I've made any egregious errors, but one never knows.



I read an interesting post linked from <\/a>metafandom<\/b><\/a><\/span> that I don't entirely agree with about warnings on fic being safe, sane and consensual (link: http:\/\/carodee.livejournal.com\/132055.html?format=light<\/a>). I'm not your (generic reader coming along to read my fic\/rp logs in public games) dom\/top and I don't want to be. Chances are I don't even know you to know if I would want to be your dom\/top (and even if I know you, much as I write them, I don't think I have very dommish tendencies). However, much as I don't entirely agree with the post, it was interesting and food for thought, unlike many discussions of warnings which tend to do my head in more than anything else. For the record? I'm not a great fan of warnings in general - I personally don't care if a character dies in one fic, he's alive in canon and in 99.99% of fics anyway, what does it matter if one writer kills him off? And I will never<\/i> warn for canonical death - that is completely pointless and rather stupid in my opinion. And yes, I live on the Nile as much as anyone for certain characters. I can understand some other warnings slightly more, but frankly? I don't like them and never will. I do put them in where I think it's appropriate, though my other problem is how do I know if I've warned enough? Also, why spoil the surprise of the fic? I've always wanted to write a story in which a character is presumed dead, his partner\/lover moves on, and they come back (and because it's me, there would eventually be an OT3). How would I effectively warn for that if the whole point of the story was that they were supposed to appear to be gone but I didn't want to spoil the fact that they weren't?

Anyway, in the comments of the post above, something was said that made me unutterably furious. Apparently someone who did the \"highlight to read\" type of warning (my own personal favourite way of dealing with all issues above - at least I know that any spoiling for the story is the reader's choice, though I usually just put warnings on my stories when needed) was asked what the point of hiding a death warning was. I was literally sitting here in front of the computer staring in disbelief. Is there no way to please people? I realise this was likely only one person but I'm just... I'm gobsmacked. Seriously. There's no way to deal with this, is there? There will always be someone quibbling about warnings. I mean the warnings debate comes up like clockwork, yes, but that's just completely beyond words ridiculous.

Some days I wonder how people who say things like that manage to go outside. It may be mean of me but I really, really do.

RACK - Risk Aware Consensual Kink - a slightly less safe way of kinky playing. I don't know very much about it but well, if you're going to throw around Safe, Sane and Consensual, it might be good to know that's not the only kink buzz phrase.

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