2009-12-21 13:30 yuletide Public

Dear yuletide writer, I'm about to take off for the holidays, and my computer access might be less than access-y. (I know I say this every year, but this year is a bit different from the others!) I may not be able to read and comment on the story you've written for me until about the 27th. So if you don't hear from me before then, it's got nothing to do with the wonderfulness of your story, it's just that I'm trapped in an internetless world.

Dear everyone else, I'd tell you I'm going away, but given how often I post, can anyone tell the difference? Happy holidays to everyone who has a holiday, anyway. :)

(I can't belive I made it all the way here without a single "yuletide, yay! yuletide, halp!" post. Fascinating.)

2009-11-24 19:23 tmi - too much imagination Public

The thing about reading large amounts of reboot trekfic and large amounts of Wodehouse at the same time is, not only do you start picturing Jeeves with pointy ears, you also picture Spock in a bowler hat etc. Reginald Spock. Although if Spock shimmers from place to place, there's probably a transporter involved.

2009-11-06 22:15 no-longer-placeholder yuletide post Public

Dear Yuletide writer,

I am so glad that you exist! *beams* And I really, really want you to have a fun yuletide experience, and to write a story that makes you happy. If anything I wrote in the prompt makes you come over all funny, please remember that optional details are optional! Fandom and character/s, the rest is really up to you.

I'm hoping, though, that my request inspired you with ideas rather than distress. :) In this letter, I've tried to expand a little on why I love the fandoms and characters that I do, as well as give you an idea of my general preferences when it comes to stories. But please bear in mind that 1, you can safely ignore all this, and 2, if you go the non-ignoring route, I've included a variety of different things hoping that one of them might inspire you, not as a way to get you to include them all!

( stuff wot I like )

( more about the fandoms I requested )

2009-10-26 12:52 Saiyuki: gods and monsters (Homura/Goku, NC-17) Public tags fiction, kink_bingo, saiyuki

Fourth story for kink bingo. Only one more to go and I can call a belated bingo! Although the prompt I have left now is the "double penetration (one hole)" one, and I am starting to have doubts about the wisdom of picking a bingo line based on the reactions of people around me, when I'm the one who has to do the actual writing. I think I'll have to hold an open casting call again, and hope that someone shows up.

Anyway. This is Saiyuki again, but anime-based, rather to my own surprise -- a wee AU in which episode 39 takes a sharp left turn.

You know, the more I look at the combination of kink and warning, the more I wonder if this shouldn't have gone with some other prompt. It does seem to cover several of them.

gods and monsters
a Saiyuki anime story by torch
~1,500 words, Homura/Goku, NC-17
beta by marycrawford

Kink: virginity/celibacy
Warnings: (skip) Noncon, chains and stuff, perceived age difference (because warning for actual age difference seems wacky when both characters are 500+)
Summary: Somehow it seemed that Homura was being even weirder than usual.

( gods and monsters )

2009-10-19 22:40 Saiyuki Gaiden: evil is an exact science (Tenpou/Kenren, R) Public tags fiction, kink_bingo, saiyuki

Third story for kink bingo. Yes, I know the challenge part is over, but I never thought I'd make that, anyway. Amnesty sounds so much nicer. :)

This is clearly set in the same continuity as All the dust in heaven, several book loans (and a lot of other indecent behavior) later.

evil is an exact science
a Saiyuki Gaiden story by torch
~2,600 words, Tenpou/Kenren, R
beta work by aka_arduinna and marycrawford

Kink: penance/punishment
Summary: No clamps, no chains, no leather, no late fees, no court martial.

( evil is an exact science )

2009-08-04 11:07 dvd commentary, Gothic boredom, dangers of spellcheck Public

This year's dvd commentary challenge is up and running, and there's a nifty form for authors to fill out to give permission for other people to play with their stories, including permission for ever and ever and not just this year, if you are that way inclined, which I am. Remix, reupholster, back them up and reverse them, print them and fold them and wear them as a hat, it's all good. :)

Failures in summer reading: Mrs Radcliffe's The Italian. I tried, I really did, slogging along womanfully, but that book just got more and more boring, and there is something seriously wrong with a book when ( spoilers are more than 200 years old )

Further failures in summer reading: some Mary Stewart, which I thought would be light re-reading, except ( spoilers are only about 60 years old )

Other summer reading has included stories where someone was about to reek his revenge, or trying to fit a square peg into a preverbal round hole, etc. I probably enjoy those a little too much.

2009-07-07 21:04 SPN: night shift (Sam/Dean, adult) Public tags fiction, supernatural

Second story for kink bingo. I tried this kink in another fandom first, but plot kept getting in the way, and when I found myself writing the line Everything was going pretty well, and then the moon blew up I realized that no one was getting naked any time soon.

Then I remembered Dean Winchester.

night shift
a Supernatural story by torch
~1,300 words, Sam Winchester/Dean Winchester, NC-17
Strong encouragement by merryish

Kink: Uniforms/military fetish
Summary: "This has definitely given me a whole new view of shoplifters."

( night shift )

2009-06-17 07:44 where is the off switch Public tags dreams, jc

So tonight I dreamed about these auditions/job interviews for a porn musical.

I don't think the porn musical, as a concept, is ever going to catch on, you know?

Also, one of the applicants was a JC lookalike. I'm sure it wasn't really him. Probably.

2009-06-09 08:59 dream a little dream Public tags dreams, merlin

Honestly, I didn't think I was very fannish about Merlin, but I had the cutest dream just before I woke up this morning. Merlin and Arthur were in bed together (in a set of rooms that were completely different from anything seen on the show, but they were Arthur's), and Morgana was sitting on the floor giggling at them and talking to them. Merlin was draped on top of Arthur and they looked very affectionate, and we-the-invisible-audience said, well, it's television, it's a shame we won't get to see anything else. Then they started to rub off against each other, and someone said, "Right, it's British television."

Morgana, meanwhile, had found some children's clothes in a completely un-period dresser, and Merlin held up this little shirt that was mostly lace and embroidery and talked about how cute Arthur must have been as a child, wearing it, and Arthur tickled him, and Morgana said she was going to her rooms in the river because they were being so noisy. (She had rooms in the river. No, I don't know what river, just... rooms in limestone caverns in the middle of a river... it was a dream, okay.)

They heard voices from the outside, Gaius and Gwen trying to stop Uther from coming in. Merlin got out of bed and started running around like crazy, trying to find his clothes, and he asked Morgana to find something for Arthur, and she got a beautifully evil look on her face and was just about to bring him something entirely inappropriate when, sadly, I woke up.

2009-06-05 22:47 M7: Wanting (Ezra/Vin, adult) Public tags challenges, ezra/vin, fiction, kink_bingo, m7

Today I wrote my first story for kink bingo, which was also my first story since yuletide, and it's a story in a fandom I've never written before. That's a lot of excitement for one day.

elynross and aka_arduinna were staunch cheerleaders (and told me that no, I should not add any bank robbers).

Wanting
a Magnificent Seven story by torch
~2,500 words, Ezra/Vin, NC-17

Kink: Facials.
Summary: An unconventional approach to a number of things.

( "Think you'd like it," Vin said. )