Heading out to case the promise land

Joy! And also ficklets!

2014-01-09T22:55:35Z

Still don't know how many people are still reading on LJ/DW, but since it is More Joy Day, if you would like a ficlet, drop me a comment with a prompt and a pairing/character, and I'll write something. Probably won't be today, but it will happen!

Things I could write (off the top of my head so I might be missing some obvious ones) are Supernatural, HP, Firefly, O11, Sports Night, The West wing, Friday Night Lights, Sherlock, Avengers, and that Thor/Loki thing I seem to have taken a liking to. If there's something else you want to ask for, feel free. I'll let you know if I can't do it!

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Fic - Benevolent - Loki/Thor

2014-01-03T17:43:59Z

I did a thing. mollyamory is entirely responsible. Also, I appear to be writing a series. She's responsible for that, too. Also also, she has spent the last hour tormenting me and would like you to know that I have a tumblr, where I am also laurificus. But it scares me!

Anyway...

Benevolent (940 words) by laurificus
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Thor (Movies)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Loki/Thor
Characters: Thor (Marvel), Loki (Marvel)
Series: Part 1 of Rehabilitation
Summary:

Thor returns to Asgard to put an end to Loki’s rule. But Loki’s rule is not quite what Thor expected.

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laurificus @ 2013-12-24T20:39:00

2013-12-24T20:44:08Z

I don't post here often enough these days, but happy holidays to all those who celebrate. And to all those who don't -- may your day be full of joy (and potentially wine) no matter what you do.

This is still my fannish home, and you guys are still the best, even if I'm a terrible posting failure. ♥ ♥ ♥

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Dear Yuletide Writer

2013-10-14T19:54:00Z

Hi, fabulous person!

Let's do the important stuff right away.

First, thank you so much for writing me a story! I am already thrilled you're doing it, and I'm excited to read whatever you come up with. Don't feel like you have to follow the prompts I gave -- I want you to have fun writing it. And the same goes for this letter. this is your story, so write it how you want. With the possible exception of the next most important thing.

( Things I love. And a couple things I don't )

( O11 )

( The Newsroom )

( Farseer Trilogy )

( New Girl )

That is all! Really, mostly I just want you to have a good time writing it.

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Fic: One Complication Less (Sam/Dean, Adult)

2013-10-01T21:43:47Z

Oh, final five minutes of season 8. How you are the gift that keeps on giving to me. Written for salt_burn_porn, in response to cherie_morte's prompt, "But this has to be the last time."

One Complication Less (2156 words) by Laura
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Supernatural
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Dean Winchester/Sam Winchester
Characters: Sam Winchester, Dean Winchester
Summary:

"And in the third place, we're going to have sex."

You can also read it ( Here on LJ/DW )

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laurificus @ 2013-09-29T18:11:00

2013-09-29T17:34:25Z

Over here, musesfool is asking what may be the most important question of all time. You should go vote. If I can find it in my heart to overlook that she has no soul and doesn't think Into the Mystic is the best Van Morrison song, you can too. (I am enclined to agree with her on Thunder Road, but that just makes her Van Morrison betrayal all the worse.)

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Ficlet - Saying Something Stupid (Supernatural, Sam/Dean)

2013-09-16T19:31:08Z

This story was nearly called Near Death Experiences and Incest. Not coincidentally, that could also be the show title.

Saying Something Stupid
Sam/Dean, 666 words

( 'You're really tall,' Dean says. )

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Ficlet - Already Taken (Supernatural, Sam/Dean)

2013-09-15T17:42:19Z

It's day 3, and I'm only on season 2. Is anyone surprised by this? Regardless, here is today's ficlet, set after All Hell Breaks Loose Part 2. (The ep that still wins for my favourite Sam speech ever. Probably.)

Already Taken
Sam/Dean, 469 words

( Dean keeps them driving, right into the new day. )

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Ficlet - Keepsake (Supernatural, Sam/Dean)

2013-09-14T15:18:00Z

Generally, I don't really enjoy writing for past seasons, but I love seeing so many other people write a story for each season, so here goes. Set during Faith.

Keepsake
Sam/Dean, 380 words

( Sam can't lose him. )

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What is all this fannishness!

2013-07-29T18:12:30Z

So, 18 years after everyone else, I have joined twitter. I am laurificus. Who should I be following! What are your usernames! So far I am only following Jeff Daniels, and that can't continue. I want all the fannish talk ever!

...the lack of frightening SSDC spoilers has nothing to do with anything.

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Is the apocalypse back on?

2013-07-20T14:12:14Z

Guys, something strange and frightening is occurring. It has been nice here for days. Not just not raining, but sunny and incredibly warm. I have an actual tan! There are lunches outside and barbecues, and yesterday I worked from home and sat outside all day. I don't know where I am or what's happening!

Clearly, I should do some writing, because that always seems like a good idea in the sun. I have a few hours before the next prosecco adventure!

I hope you're all having a good Saturday, whatever you're doing. ♥

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laurificus @ 2013-07-15T22:50:00

2013-07-15T22:53:28Z

Here are some terrible things.

First, I am watching the second half of season 8 of SPN (naturally missing out much of the first half). Not only am I watching, but I am...actively enjoying it. They have a home! And they still hunt! And Dean is no longer drunken despairing Dean! He is recognisably the Dean of the earlier seasons to me. And! I am pretty sure he has lost the Batman voice, which, praise Jesus, is long overdue.

I like the Men of Letters stuff, which was a totally surprising new direction but still feels like it belongs in the SPN universe, and the plot this season is much more tied to Sam and Dean than the leviathans ever were. More to the point, Dean walks around telling his grandfather how Sam is the only family he has left and he will sacrifice anything (grandfather included) to save him. He does this apparently with no irony. Also, Sam getting a happy ending is Dean's happy ending. And Sam says utterly insane things like, "I'm sorry you can't see the light at the end of this. But if you come with me, I can take you to it." I did not believe this was a real thing. I accused mollyamory of having a psychotic break when she told me about it, but no. It seems it is an actual thing that actually happened.

( I might be back aboard the Sam train. A bit )

Secondly, the first ep of season 2 of the Newsroom was actually good. I mean, I think. My expectations for that were pretty low, too, but many of the reviews seem to back me up. Not Sports Night or West Wing good, obviously. But a show I could watch because it's mostly enjoyable, rather than watching it because there are flashes of what Sorkin's capable of, and I keep hoping they'll turn into more than flashes. I dunno. But the women were far more competent, and a lot of the smugness was gone, and there appeared to be an actual overarching story. Who knows! It's Sorkin, so it could revert to horrendous by next week, but I am kind of hopeful.

Thirdly, I have to go back to work tomorrow after nearly 2 weeks (and a Barcelona trip) off. The part where you have to go back to work nearly makes the time off not worth it. Ugh.

And here is a potentially good thing. Maybe? LJ is pretty quiet, so I'm not sure how much interest there would be, but a round of Silverbullets schmoopiness seems in order. I will put out feelers soon, and if there is interest, it shall happen! Maybe just a lightning round, so it's quick and pressure free.

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There's a first time for everything

2013-06-24T19:14:27Z

Look, a hurt/comfort bingo card for me! 3 guesses whether I will tend more towards hurt or comfort? Also, it is like a month until Comic-Con. What are the chances there aren't spoilers of doom and I end up writing H/C about, I dunno, Nadal/Federer?

( My hc_bingo card )

Actual skeletons in the closet of the Batcave, anyone?

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This Monday has turned quite unexpectedly into a Tuesday

2013-06-24T17:43:31Z

So...that'll be my interest in Wimbledon largely done for the year, especially while Serena is being such a tool. jesus Christ, look at my unhappy face.

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The E Street Band - they might fuck up once. They might even fuck up twice

2013-06-18T23:15:53Z

I really have to go to bed, on account of the ungodly hour I must get up at in the morning, but OMG, OMG, BRUCE! I think that might have been the most amazing thing I have ever seen. He played for 3 and a half hours! The band are still a really incredible group of musicians, and he still knows how to entertain a crowd. (There was a point, actually, where I thought the atmosphere was a bit subdued, but he fixed that. As he does.)

There were many, many awesome things, but My City of Ruins was particularly good--in part because I just love how he performs it live, and in part because it was really explicitly about Clarence. <3 And Dancing in the Dark, because--obviously. And singing Tougher than the Rest with a sign from a member of the crowd in remembrance of his father in front of his mic. Getting a little kid on stage! Twist and Shout! Really, pretty much every song I love.

There was also some really cool thing with trumpets I didn't even recognise but will google tomorrow. And! And! An acoustic version of Thunder Road, right at the end. Have I said Amazing yet? Totally was. He was so good, the entire place went silent, and people who tried to break it were shushed.

Also, dude, the first song the crowd really got into was I'm on Fire. Apparently, nobody else cares that it's incredibly creepy. Or maybe that was the draw, I dunno. My point is. AMAZING! All of it! Even the creepy song!

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laurificus @ 2013-06-14T10:41:00

2013-06-14T09:46:21Z

You know what's better than a Friday and its promise of possibly an early finish and two long lies thereafter? A Friday where you unexpected do not have to go into work because of major power failure in the building. Long weekend for the win! Now to decide what to do with this surprising bonus...

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laurificus @ 2013-06-13T21:43:00

2013-06-13T21:07:17Z

Dan Harmon coming back to Community has made me so very, very happy. musesfool did briefly scare me with tales of his awfulness, but dickishness and self-loathing are a small price to pay if it means getting Abed back. And even if this final season never reaches the awesome heights of seasons 1 and 2, it's Harmon's show, in a way that The West Wing was Sorkin's, and I'm glad he's going to get to finish it off. No outrageously out of character security leaks this time!

I forget what the other thing I was going to say was, but it was obviously extremely important. Josh Ritter tickets will soon be mine! That could have been it, but I don't think it was.

I am extremely tired, which I suppose is what comes of getting up at 6 and going to bed after midnight all week. Possibly, I will read some and aim for sleeping at a more reasonable hour. Sleep is probably the most important thing to talk about, so let's assume that was actually the other thing.

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Fic - The Direct Approach (Supernatural, Sam/Dean, PG)

2013-06-09T19:13:43Z

Good Lord, I have such fic posting angst. How is it done these days! Does anyone still read on LJ? Is crossposting still a thing? Where does AO3 fit in? I have been pondering these things for days. So fuck it. Here is a fic. I have written it precisely 70 or 80 times before, but who cares. This is not the day where I am over all the speech-making and declaring of 8x23.

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Title: The Direct Approach
Pairing: Sam/Dean
Rating: PG
Word count: 1,840
Summary: All the things Sam's done, and this, right here, might be the scariest.

Notes: For mollyamory, who is always wrong about everything. Hopefully, this will be some small consolation.

( The Direct Approach )

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laurificus @ 2013-06-08T12:28:00

2013-06-08T11:34:14Z

It has happened at last! The annual day of summer has arrived. Possibly scurvy will be kept away for another year.

I have writing to do, and now there is sun to do it in. There is talk later of an afternoon wine gathering. It's like living somewhere not terrible!

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Earlier today, there was going to be a post about Hannibal

2013-05-26T22:12:08Z

Ahem. But that will be later. For I have seen the last scene of 8x23. mollyamory tried very hard. She did. But...she could not convey to me its full glory and wonder.

OMG, I can't believe that scene exists in the world. JEREMY FUCKING CARVER!

( spoilery, but not really )

Also, let it be noted, that 1,574 words of fic have been committed in honour, though I have no hope of replicating the magic. WTF?

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Some stuff. Also, god help us all.

2013-05-19T15:33:16Z

So some stuff I meant to say the other day.

1. I spent a weekend in Barcelona. This is noteable for the fact that I actually got to see some sunshine (and drink some sparkling wine while sitting in it, obviously), but most importantly, I got to see my Barcelona boyfriends play! Sadly, they did not win the league then, but they were awesome, and Messi played. It was all very cool.

2. I haven't seen any Dr Who since Christmas. Mostly this is because I do not like the new companion woman all that much. It started out as the perfectly reasonable view that she was not Amy, and therefore terrible. Then it turned out I found her unspeakably smug. Online reviews do not suggest I am particularly wrong about this assessment, but you guys are almost certainly smarter than actual critics. Is it worth catching up with? My RL friends seem pretty mixed about it.

3. I am going skydiving! Have I mentioned this before? If I haven't, that was very stupid of me, because I am hugely excited. Not only will there be jumping out of planes, but I have also been promised a motorbike ride to get there. My mother is...less than thrilled by these developments. If anything terrible happens, I would like fandom to mourn me for at least a week. Someone make sure to organise that, please.

4. It seems to me that whether you enjoyed the S8 SPN finale depends very much on whether you want Sam and Dean to grow and be less codependent and crazy, or whether unhealthy craziness from them is all you want in life.

As I told mollyamory yesterday, I have begun daily conversations with her for the past 7 years by saying things like, "Do you think they're getting too healthy? I totally think they might be getting too healthy!" It is therefore perhaps not unsurprising that the finale has caused joy for me the like of which mere words cannot explain.

Suffice to say that I've stopped saying Jeremy fucking Carver in tones of disgust and outrage, and now say it in tones of awe and wonder. I expect this will last until the first ep of S9, but whatever. For the moment, I am so unexpectedly pleased.

And now I must go and socialise with family members. Always the people. Ruining things.

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For the record

2013-05-13T20:42:34Z

I fully accept that Alex Ferguson's retirement was inevitable at some point. But I want it officially noted that I am not happy that that point is now.

There's still one game of the season left. I'm confident he can still change his mind!

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I have heard rumours...

2013-04-30T17:48:55Z

Of this thing, where you post, and sometimes people read it, and sometimes conversation ensues. It seems unlikely, but people assure me it's true.

So work is crazy and weird and full of stuff I don't know how to do, and sometimes pretty exciting, and then OMG terrifying. And there seems to be a troubling amount of social activity going on in my life. You know how it makes me crazy when there is too much people time!

But all that is incidental. Because I am mostly posting to talk of this strange fannish urge I am having. Because I read The Farseer Trilogy, and dear God, dear God in heaven, why is there not Fitz/Fool fic everywhere? I mean, yes, Robin Hobb hates fan fic, blah blah blah. But I have read these books, people, and as I have told mollyamory, if she didn't want fic, she shouldn't have written such ridiculously shippy books. Because they are. Ridiculously shippy. I do not think I entirely believe how ridiculous they are. There's declaring and dying for one another, and actual pining and reunionating, and also world-building and good writing. It is a thing of wonder.

Also a thing of wonder is that the third Gentleman Bastard book might actually be released before I die, and that makes me want to reread the first 2, and wallow in all the awesome Locke/Jean goodness. And I also still want to write Newsroom fic, because apparently the fact that it is a terrible show isn't enough to stand in the way of my desire to ship people who argue all the time. And I am catching up on Person of Interest, and Reese is still winning me over with his violently psychopathic yet sweet ways.

And I find myself with urges to watch that other show I used to like so I can see all the hugging. And them having a home base and...hugging. It's terrible! I was out, and I am being pulled back in! By hugging. There is fic, yes? Of them living together in their home and doing domestic things and then going out to shoot stuff?

Mostly, I am saying. What is this fannish business? Can I give up my job for it? Because it seems like it might be pretty time consuming.

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Signed, Sealed, Delivered

2012-11-07T06:38:19Z

That is all. I call this a good day.

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There's a road going down the other side of this hill

2012-11-06T21:54:04Z

I have the day off tomorrow. I have wine in the fridge. I have fear in my heart. Clearly, I am all set for election night.

Since I can't vote, I send all the good thoughts I have. I can't set things on fire with my mind yet, but that doesn't mean I don't have election changing powers. You just don't know! And a huge chunk of the British population is with me, so that can't hurt.

Also, Bruce is totally right.

President Obama ran last time as a man of hope and change. You hear a lot of talk about how things are different now. Things aren’t any different–they’re just realer. Its crunch time. The President’s job, our job–yours and mine– whether your Republican, Democrat, Independent, rich, poor, black, brown, white, gay, straight, soldier, civilian–is to keep that hope alive, to combat cynicism and apathy, and to believe in our power, to change our lives and the world we live in. So, lets go to work tomorrow, and the day after, and the day after that.. Lets re-elect President Barack Obama to carry our standard forward towards the America that awaits us.

I <3 Bruce. And Obama. And musesfool for the link.

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