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 I was tagged by @annerbhp to post the last sentence on my current WIP. I wrote this, it seems, back on May 31. (Which seems like a very long time ago…)

“Ground rules later, got it,” Emma said.

It’s from the friends-with-benefits fic I started to write pre-finale, but it doesn’t address Emma’s kid and I can’t quite decide if I just want to ignore that she has one or incorporate the baby into the fic…

I’ll tag @ussjellyfish@arafaelkestra@allthisandtea if they want to participate.

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 annerbhp replied to your post: I am so bored
if you could bring one Dead Character back in any fandom and give them their own story line, who would it be and what would their story line be?

Oooh. Good question. Janet. I’d give her a story line where she was replaced by a clone for a while and it turns out she’s alive and fighting for her life in the galaxy somewhere, and SG-1 comes across her and they have to figure out if she’s really the original Janet or an impostor

Meme

Aug. 14th, 2017 08:54 pm
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Meme

I was tagged by the lovely @gabolange​ - what do you mean she didn’t actually write my name there it’s clearly addressed to me!

One insecurity:

  • that people are only pretending to like me. (mostly I don’t believe this anymore, but sometimes it sneaks in for a little while again)

Two fears:

  • Bees
  • Being left alone when I really need someone

Three turn-ons:

  • a good sense of humor
  • long, rambling discussions
  • hair pulling

Four life goals:

  • write a book
  • see Machu Picchu
  • organize my house
  • be more involved in the world

Five things I like:

  • the ocean
  • early mornings
  • chocolate
  • smutty fanfic
  • the kudos email from ao3

Six weaknesses:

  • really good books or fanfic that make me stay up later than I should
  • my right knee
  • smutty fanfic
  • blondes
  • curiosity
  • sugar

Seven things I love:

  • a clean and organized house
  • finishing a project
  • posting fanfic
  • 90s syndicated TV shows
  • being moved to cry
  • children
  • being delighted by the unexpected

Tag eight people

@its-rowark@knightedrogue@arafaelkestra@tomthefanboy@caraina@soulofsilence@annerbhp@ussjellyfish


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So the last time I did this, I inadvertently stacked the deck. So I thought, “Self, why not do it again… with villains!” So I did. (I actually had to ask for help thinking of villains, but my friends are awesome.) I promised I’d tag @knightedrogue on this one for her help.

Rules:
1. Go to this website: https://www.random.org/lists/
2. Pick 15 characters from any fandom
3. Tag a few people

1. Your mom/dad: The Evil Queen. (HONESTLY COULD BE WORSE.)
2. Your sibling: Ba'al. OH NO.
3. Your grandma/grandpa: Peter Pan (from Once Upon a Time). That… that… that… okay then.
4. Haunts you: President Snow. What did I do to deserve this!?
5. Your boyfriend/girlfriend: Rumplestiltskin. Yeah, so I know I have only myself to blame here. 
6. Your ex: Catwoman. I bet it lasted way longer than it should have.
7. Your best friend: Cruella DeVil. OH HONEY.
8. Proposed to you: Loki. But what animal was he at the time?
9. Your boss: Mr. Parker (The Pretender). I hate going in to work. I always feel like someone is going to belittle me. Also, the elevators are inexplicably creepy.
10. The random person you met at the bar: Darth Vader. Sexy voice, but the all black is a little strange…
11. Your rival: Anubis. Well, then. I’m screwed. Unless I can convince my other boss Daniel Jackson to help.
12. Gave you your first kiss: Carmen Sandiego. I swear I put this through the randomizer!
13. Drunk and singing karaoke with: Zelena. (SHE STILL COUNTS AS A VILLAIN.) And that would be AWESOME.
14. Played 7 minutes in heaven with: Lex Luther. EW EW EW.
15. Gave you your favorite dessert: Umbridge. OH GOD DON’T EAT IT.

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I got tagged by @pepperf

Rules:
1. Go to this website: https://www.random.org/lists/
2. Pick 15 characters from any fandom
3. Tag at least 5 people

1. Your mom/dad: Jarod. (The Pretender). Well, that might be… okay? Weird, but okay?
2. Your sibling: Jack O’Neill. Mysterious family connection! Who knew?
3. Your grandma/grandpa: Alex Cabot. This makes me feel weird.
4. Haunts you: Rory Gilmore. Oh, no. It’s just incessant pop culture references and obscure lit references all the way down.
5. Your boyfriend/girlfriend: Regina Mills. I think I should stop writing out this list right here. A bit difficult to live with, though.
6. Your ex: Ruby Lucas. Glad I kept going.
7. Your best friend: Emma Swan. Does that mean I’ve got all her darkness then?
8. Proposed to you: Inigo Montoya. Um.
9. Your boss: Daniel Jackson. “So I was just wondering if we could order a new stapler–” “Did you ever hear how the stapler was invented? It’s fascinating.” “I’m sure it is, but I really need to get this order in before 5–” “You see, it all started…” *internal screaming*
10. The random person you met at the bar: Sam Carter. Well, well, well. Seems I’m popular with the ladies tonight.
11. Your rival: Elizabeth Bennet. That dastardly dame.
12. Gave you your first kiss: Buttercup. (At this point, even I think I stacked the deck a bit.)
13. Drunk and singing karaoke with: Rumplestiltskin. Wow. That doesn’t seem… wise.
14. Played 7 minutes in heaven with: Miss Parker. This is my favorite meme ever.
15. Gave you your favorite dessert: Parker. The other one. Hah!

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@geneeste​ tagged me on this fanfic meme a LONG time ago. I finally got that far back in my drafts. Unless otherwise noted, all stats are from AO3, which isn’t totally fair, but I’m lazy.

1. Your 3 fanfics with the most comments:

Just from AO3 comment threads: Close to Perfect (SG-1), It’s a Nice Day to Return a Wedding Dress (SG-1), and A Long Time Coming (OUAT). But back in the days of LJ, I think the fic with the most comments was Echoes (SG-1).

2. Your 3 fanfics with the most kudos:

Measure of a Scoundrel (Star Wars), A Long Time Coming (OUAT), The Great Costume Swap (OUAT)

3. Your oldest fanfic:

Okay, AO3 lies about this because I apparently did not set the dates correctly for the earliest fics. But this is positively the earliest fic I wrote and posted: Ordinary Encounters: Miss Parker (The Pretender). I actually wrote and posted that one when I was still in high school, possibly before the turn of the century.

4. Your latest fanfic:

A Long Time Coming (OUAT)

5. Your proudest fanfic:

I’m really proud of Echoes (SG-1) still. I’m also proud of Four Walls and a Blaster (Star Wars) because of how I tried to incorporate elements from the EU into my little weird AU.

6. Your longest fanfic:

The Glass Falcon (Star Wars), which is a noir-inspired detective story that comes in at a whopping 14,786 words.

7. Your 3 fanfics with the most bookmarks:

Measure of a Scoundrel (Star Wars), The Great Costume Swap (OUAT), and Friday Night (Iron Man)

8. Your favorite character to write in fanfic:

Whichever one I’m writing at the moment. I have loved Sam Carter, Cam Mitchell, Miss Parker, Han Solo, Jack O’Neil, Tony Stark, Emma Swan, and Regina Mills, among others.

9. 3 fanfics you love that aren’t already listed:

Temporary Deadness (SG-1) always makes me laugh, even though I wrote it. It even comes with a terrible fake PDF medical form I worked way too hard on.

Operation Eyrie (OUAT), because it’s an OT3 that gets no love (Outlaw Swan Queen) for reasons I understand but mourn anyway. This fic started as idle wondering if the secret passage of OT3 could possibly work for these three and consumed my brain. I still want to write the sequel, despite the current bad timing.

Passing & Morning (Star Wars), which is a series of connected drabbles in a strange AU where Luke and Leia both grow up on Tatooine. I know it makes no sense, but I was always very fond of this AU.

And one more, because I’m terribly greedy: Honeymoon Suite (SG-1), because although it wasn’t the first Sam/Vala fic I wrote, it’s the one that I did the most work on and because my beta on it was particularly vicious and good. @splash-the-cat​

Bonus Round: Your 3 favorite fanfics not posted yet.

I’m rather skittish about providing details on fic I’m working on, but we’ll see what we can do.

I have a Swan Queen fic that needs a little bit of work and needs to sit for a while on the back burner for other reasons anyway, but it’s a pretty straightforward ship fic.

I have another Swan Queen fic that involves sex magic that’s actually basically done but needs a second part that’s eluding me because leaving it where I did is cruel and pointless.

Oh! the best idea I have is a Welcome to Night Vale/OUAT crossover fic. It’s still in early stages yet and may not ever get finished, but if I can find the right hook, it’ll be funny and cute and definitely one of my favorites.

I guess I’ll tag anyone else who feels like it, but especially @knightedrogue because she should have to suffer and read through some of her stuff again.
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pepperf said: I don’t know this game, but… Daniel and Cam.

I ALMOST picked Cam just because he tends to lose his pants. But Daniel wins because of the following:

He creates an interpretive dance to help depict a UAV.

image

Even when it looks like he’s going to become a snack, he keeps trying to find a way to connect with his captor.

image

He loses so much but continues to see wonder in the universe.

image

He’s… kinda hot.

image

He knows how to take advantage of a time loop.

image

He has the worst German accent of all time.

image

He dies but he keeps coming back.

image

He knows just how deep Teal'c is. So deep.

image

All caps from http://www.stargatecaps.com/

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This is why I almost never have a good character assignment in my friend groups. You know, when your friends are talking about a fandom and they try to decide who is like which character? Yeah, I'm nearly impossible, and this quiz seems to agree. :-) My thanks to [livejournal.com profile] pepper_field for the link!

Results below the cut )
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Via [personal profile] rydra_wong and [personal profile] executrix: The Up Goer Five meme in which you describe your canon, using only the ten hundred most common words (and their derivatives).

See Up Goer Five and the Up Goer Five Text Editor.

I should probably have done something else, but I couldn't help thinking that Stargate would be delightfully challenging.

Star Door Team One )

Notes:

1. "Earth" is not allowed. This surprised me.

2. It took me forever to realize that "human" was allowed, so at first I was using "people of the type that live on our ball of ground and water."

3. I'd love to see what other people did for both Stargate and other fandoms.
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Okay, I finally finished all the meme requests, so I figured I should take a break from the Olympics and do a roundup. I had so much fun with this one--thank you all for playing along. Links below go to the thread for each request, so you can see which prompts I couldn't fill, just for fun. *g*

[livejournal.com profile] mrspollifax asked for Sam/Caldwell.

[livejournal.com profile] jafacakes asked for Sam/Rodney.

[livejournal.com profile] macgyvergal asked for Jack/Janet.

[personal profile] ultranos asked for GLaDOS and the Bird.

[personal profile] sixbeforelunch asked for Darcy/Elizabeth.

[personal profile] besyd asked for Hailey/Grogan.

[personal profile] zats_clear asked for Daniel Jackson/Dana Scully.
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Guys! I haven't done a meme in a while. Want to help me play?

Give me a pairing that I have never written, and I will give you at least 100 words about them, either meta or fic. If I don't know the pairing in question, I'll make something up or give you another shot.

Note: If you're not sure which pairings I have written, don't feel like you have to devote your afternoon toward research--unless it's Sam/Jack. Because really.

I can't even believe how much posting this is stressing me out. Hello, Trout! It's a MEME.
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The meme post was over here, and I finally finished tonight! :-)

[livejournal.com profile] kedd wanted Helen/Nikola )

and Parker/Hardison )

[livejournal.com profile] annienau08 wanted Han/Leia )


[personal profile] kayim wanted Sam/Daniel )
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Snagged from [livejournal.com profile] annienau08

Give me a pairing and I'll tell you:

1. When or if I started shipping them:
2. What I think their challenge is:
3. What makes me happy about them:
4. What makes me sad about them:
5. What moment I wish had never happened:
6. Who I'd be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other:
7. My happily ever after for them:


Here are some ideas for fandoms: Stargate SG-1, Sanctuary, Fringe, Lost, CSI, Star Wars, Iron Man (movie), The Pretender, Leverage.

Meme!

Mar. 23rd, 2012 04:19 pm
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[Comment to this post, and I will list seven things I want you to talk about. They might make sense or they might be totally random. Then post that list, with your commentary, to your journal. Other people can get lists from you, and the meme merrily perpetuates itself.]

My words from [livejournal.com profile] surreallis: earthquakes, cupcakes, holidays, bookstores, tea, yellow, cold )
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[livejournal.com profile] aurora_novarum asked me about five of my icons, which I will blather on about below.

If you want to play,

1. Reply to this post with "tattoine", and I will pick five of your icons.

2. Make a post (including the meme info) and talk about the icons I chose.

3. Other people can then comment to you and make their own posts.

4. This will create a never-ending cycle of icon glee.


Icons Ahoy! )
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First and most importantly, a happy birthday to [livejournal.com profile] pepper_field! I hope it is a fabulous one.

Sanctuary: spoilers for Pax Romana, Hangover, and One Night )

SGU, on the other hand, is making me wish it weren't canceled. These last few eps have been engaging--still darker than SG-1, but with some levity, and I feel like I finally have a good grasp of most of the characters. I haven't even wanted to throw Young OR Rush out an airlock recently! It's a marked improvement. :-)

(SGU, btw, is why I haven't started my Rewatch of SG-1 season two. I had six episodes to catch up on.)


Meme! I haven't done one of these in a while! Snagged from [livejournal.com profile] grav_ity.

Comment with a fandom and I will answer the following:

One True Pairing Ship:
Favorite Canon Ship:
"If this happens I'll stab my eyes out with a spork" Ship:
"You are one sick bastard" Ship:
"I dabble a little" Ship:
"It's like a car crash" Ship:
"Tickles my fancy but not sold just yet" Ship:
"Makes no canon sense but why the Hell not" Ship:
"Everyone else loves it but I just don't feel it" Ship:
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Once again, I find myself needing something to pass the time on a Friday. I thought a meme might be nice, but couldn't decide which one to pick.

Therefore, for TODAY ONLY, pick one of the following three memes and I will comply as quickly as I possibly can. There are no guarantees--if I cannot complete the meme today, it may never happen!

1. Give me two of the most outrageous prompts you can think of: silly, cliche, or just plain absurd, and I'll pick one and write it in three hundred words or less. Previous Memeage.

2. Comment with the name of a female character (in any show, movie, book, comic, etc that you think I'm familiar with) and I'll tell you one thing I love about her. In return, you can do the same in your journal (if you like!). Previous Memeage.

3. Comment with a story I've written, and I will tell you something about the story that didn't make it onto the page.Previous Memeage.
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I totally forgot that once upon a time, [livejournal.com profile] annienau08 asked me about icons! Unfortunately, I don't think I can offer to pick icons for people today; I've got kind of a crazy week ahead and ought to be doing something else right now, but... well, ICONS. And pontification! :-)

Weather, Invisibility is in the Mind, Green is Pretty, Smug Sam/Teal'c, Hip Bumps, and Sam&Thor 4EVER )
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Three things make a post, right?

1. I'm reading The Picture of Dorian Gray, only a decade or so behind schedule, since it's one of those books "everyone" reads in school. It's turning interesting, finally, and I think the ending will be killer. *looks carefully around to make sure no one is fuming at her for spoilers OR bad jokes* Look, it was first published in 1890, people.

The real reason I'm writing about it at all is because the picture on the front of my B&N cheap-o edition totally makes me think about Severus Snape. Yes. I am that deep.

2. [personal profile] pepper is pouring out awesomeness on her DW journal lately, and today she brings us Jack's Quick Guide to Genderswap Grammar, with an account of the incident that prompted it.

3. I was pointed to this: Fictional Love Meme. Basically, you sign up with your username, and then other people write you love notes as fictional characters. I couldn't resist!

MY THREAD HERE

Meme Time!

Apr. 30th, 2010 08:12 am
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I'm feeling the need for a Friday distraction, so...

Give me a show, and I'll tell you 1) One of my favorite things about the show, 2) One of my least favorite things, 3) My favorite character, and 4) My least favorite character.

I suppose if I haven't seen the show, I can tell you why not, or I can answer the above with lies. *g*

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