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Yay, I'm back!

J.P. is now an official high school graduate. It's odd and disturbs me and makes me feel old. Also I'm pretty sure I have problems because I spent most of the graduation ceremony wondering why nobody ever taught these people how to speak into a microphone properly. *pokes them*

Also Joshua's hair is somewhere between "emo kid" and "bad British rocker" and it frightens me.



I logged onto the LVI forums for the first time in a long, long time. Because I got a PM. Truth. Now I'm poking around, sticking my nose into all the things that have been posted since I last logged in so so long ago.

Well. Not all the things. But lots!

Also, to the LVI fen on my flist: do any of you know why it is apparently physically impossible for me to login to the forums through Firefox and I have to go and open Internet Explorer which annoys me?



And now memes.

Meme snagged from kawaiispinel:
WIP Meme

If you happen to be working on some new writing project, fanfiction or what have you, post a sentence or snippet from each of your current work(s) in progress in your journal. It should probably be your favourite or most intriguing part so far, but what you choose is entirely your discretion. Mention the title (and genre) if you like, but don't mention anything else -- this is merely to whet the general appetite for your forthcoming work(s).

The WIP I've been talking about longest.

Today, the press had waited out the trial; there were a good dozen reporters waiting when Brendan and Havvah stepped out of the courthouse.

And they were all shouting questions about Charlotte Everett.

Brendan chose to direct his answers to a twitchy Perseid this time, knowing that everyone else would pick up the words, knowing it would play better if he wasn't talking to them as a group. "Charley did what she had to. I don't blame her," which was the first barefaced lie he'd told to the press, he wanted to murder Charley slowly and painfully, "and all I can do is wish that she'd made different choices. Too late now. Self-interest can be a powerful motivator for some people."

"But not for you," the Perseid prompted.

He shrugged. "Has been, in the past. I've done stuff I'm not proud of, that I had to in order to survive. But home's a more powerful motivator for me than self, always has been. I'd rather die trying to save Boston then live knowing I've sold her out…that's just me. I'm not most people."

Havvah was waiting, impatient.

"Mr. Lahey," from the Perseid again, "Are you hurt by the betrayal from one of your own?"

"Hell yeah. But that's the way life goes."

Havvah stepped in, as per usual, took him not so gently by the elbow, apologized to the press again, and pulled him off to the waiting aircar.

Also snagged from kawaiispinel:
1. Choose a few of your own characters/muses. Five at the most.
2. Make them answer the following questions
3. Then tag three people. (If you want to do it, then do it. I'm not going to tag anyone.)


1) How Old Are You?
TASHA: 21. How old are you?
SULE: 28.
SHANE: I'm 26.


2) Height?
TASHA: Five foot...
SULE: Six feet, two inches.
SHANE: Five-nine.


3) You got any bad habits?
TASHA: I may get slightly overdramatic sometimes. And maybe I flirt a little too much. But some people consider those pluses!
SULE: I don't let things go.
SHANE: I tend to shut people out. And, uh, I tend towards depression. And I smoke too much.
TASHA: Oh, yeah. I smoke, too.
SULE: I don't.
SHANE AND TASHA: ...
SULE: What?
TASHA: You don't think shooting people is a bad habit?
SULE: ...it's a job...


4)You a virgin?
SHANE: I wasn't even a virgin when I got married.
SULE: I was a virgin I got married! Didn't stay that way...
TASHA: Not since I was seventeen. What's the next question?


5)Who's your Mate/Spouse?
TASHA: No one, at the moment. *pout*
SHANE: Catherine.
SULE: Eva, but...she's dead. *sad face*


6)Have Any Kids?
ALL THREE: No!


7)Favourite Food?
TASHA: Steak and lobster. I have a taste for the expensive, sue me.
SULE: Ice cream, to be perfectly honest.
SHANE: I don't have one. Can I have another cigarette now?


8)Favourite Ice Cream flavor?
TASHA: Chocolate-strawberry.
SULE: Mint chocolate chip.
SHANE: French Vanilla.


9) Killed anyone?
TASHA: Not that I know of...
SULE: Er. Yes. Fairly often, actually.
SHANE: Not...literally... *o.0 face*


10) Hate anyone?
TASHA: Absolutely not.
SULE: Everyone who has ever tried to kill Heddra maliciously.
SHANE: The world.


11) Any Secrets?
TASHA: No, I'm an open book.
SULE: What about--
TASHA: Shut up, k?
SULE: There's a few things that I've done and seen that are nobody's business but mine. Especially because they would likely land me in jail.
SHANE: ...my secrets don't involve felonies being committed. Am I alone in that?
TASHA AND SULE: ...


12) Love Anyone?
TASHA: Yeah. Lots of people. Still trying to find that one certain someone, but in the meantime...yeah, lots of people.
SULE: Eva. And Heddra, but not in the way you probably mean.
SHANE: Catherine.


13) TACOS?
TASHA: Yes!
SULE: Uh...
SHANE: What?


14) Ever slept in All day?
TASHA: More than once. It's a nice way to spend the day. Nicer if someone else is sharing it with you.
SULE: Never. It's a waste of time.
SHANE: Yes. Not for good reasons. I just didn't want to face the world.


15)Favourite Show?
TASHA: Torchwood. Lots of pretty people.
SULE: I don't watch a lot of TV...not a lot of time for it in my line of work.
SHANE: Uh. Heroes, I guess.


16)Favourite Movie?
SULE: The Departed.
TASHA: Princess Bride -- I'm a hopeless romantic.
SHANE: Casablanca. I guess I've got a bit of the romantic at heart, too.


17)Favourite Band?
SULE: Death Cab For Cutie.
TASHA: Ella Fitzgerald. *starts singing until the other two shut her up*
SHANE: I like the Beatles.


18)Eye Colours?
SULE: Dark brown.
TASHA: Dark brown.
SHANE: Light blue.


19)Skin?
SULE: Rather tan, I suppose.
TASHA: Deep, rich brown, babe.
SHANE: I guess I'm kinda pale. I've been staying in a lot recently, what can I say.


20)Fat/Average/Slim?
SULE: Average.
TASHA: Slim...I can't help it, I'm naturally small! It's cute, dammit!
SHANE: Average, I guess...I don't really pay attention.


21)Rain, sunshine?
SULE: Rain, always.
TASHA: Either, as long as there's someone with me.
SHANE: Rain.


22)Pool, Beach?
SULE: I like beaches.
TASHA: Again, either. Pretty people in minimal clothing at either!
SHANE: Pool. Controlled environment is gooood.


23)Camping, staying home?
ALL: Staying home.


24)Dog, Cat?
SULE: Cat.
TASHA: Cat.
SHANE: ...damn. Cat.


25)Believe in aliens?
SULE: Not at all.
TASHA: Yeah, absolutely.
SHANE: ...seriously, what the hell?


26)Natural Born, or Clone?
ALL: Natural born!


27)Car or Ship...?
SULE: Car. I like to be in control.
TASHA: Uh. Depends where it's headed.
SHANE: Can't I just stay home?


28)Ever destroyed something out of Blind Rage?
TASHA: Um.
SULE: Well, yes, but I'm not proud of it.
TASHA: It wasn't my fault.
SHANE: No, I haven't.
TASHA: I don't take well to being cheated on!


29)Any Unusual Things about you?
TASHA: I'm into scarification, which tends to freak people out for some reason. And, er, I have bad eyes, not my fault, but I'm really sensitive to strong light.
SULE: I play bodyguard to someone who really wouldn't care if I were dead, is that unusual enough for you?
SHANE: ...Seriously. What the hell am I doing here with these people?


30)How much food/drink do you need a day?
TASHA: Um. About the average, I guess?
SHANE: Same?
SULE: ...I can survive on minimal.


31)Favourite Place?
TASHA: Curled up on the sofa with somebody special.
SULE: São Paulo.
SHANE: At home, in bed.


For the record: Tasha and Sule are from my absurdist-novel-which-will-someday-actually-be-written-and-titled, and Shane the emo boy is from a short story I've almost finished.


And finally, the fic census that's going around metafandom at the moment. I don't actually think anyone will care, but here it is anyway:


Total stories posted to fandomfrom3: 80



Stories featuring exclusively male POV: 40
Stories featuring exclusively female POV: 17
Stories featuring multiple, mixed gender POV: 11
Stories featuring omniscient POV: 12


Stories featuring exclusively white characters' POV: 57
Stories featuring exclusively non-white characters' POV: 4
Stories featuring multiple, mixed race POV: 15
Stories featuring an alien POV: 4


Stories featuring primarily gen content: 26
Stories featuring exclusively hetero relationship content: 31
Stories featuring exclusively gay/bi/curious relationship content: 1
Stories featuring both hetero and gay/bi/curious relationship content: 22

Stories featuring mixed-race relationships: 35


Kinda surprised--obviously, I fit the pattern of fangirl who writes mostly from the POV of white male. But I write a lot more omniscient POV and gen than I thought I did. And, dude, 35/80 fics are mixed-race relationships! Which is really something like 35/54, given that 26 of that 80 are gen.

And I only have one slash story that doesn't have het content mixed in? *blink*