Basically the fact that Hunger Games doesn't have a fandom to rival HP is very disappointing to me. In my soul. And all my feels are belong to Peeta.

Whatever, have a story. Title and cut text from Gretel in Darkness by Louise Glück.

This Is the World We Wanted - Hunger Games - Katniss/Peeta - 430 words
( We are there still and it is real, real )

I finally managed to write something for the cuddling meme! But I Still Think That We're In Love. Arthur/Eames and a typical morning. Um. It is ridiculous. But cuddling.

Title totally stolen from, uh, IDK, I was listening to Darren Criss at the time and really just wanted to go to bed. But this is a totally important point, okay: Darren Criss is too awesome for words. I'm blind from the heart eyes!

I was going to try a little Puck/Kurt thing next, but IDK, you guys. I have the hardest time with Glee fic. WHY IS IT SO HARD?

Um. Um. WHAT DO YOU THINK I SHOULD WRITE NEXT?

1) Last Monday, I told aredblush that obviously the only way to really celebrate Danger Days coming out was with, will art. (Art is the weapon!) And she drew me killjoys! So amazing, guys! So amazing!

2) In exchange, she asked for the killjoys from the girl's POV. So this happened:

The Same Old Story - Killjoys - gen - 405 words
( Girl you got to be what tomorrow needs )

3) A few days ago gyzym and I were talking about an Oregon Trail AU, because we crack ourselves up. And because Inception is possible! aredblush just DREW IT AND IT IS GLORIOUS AND YOU SHOULD ALL GO LOOK AND ADOOORE HER BASICALLY, OKAY

4) UM TO THE AWESOME PERSON WHO HAS BEEN STUCK WITH ME FOR YULETIDE: I fail at letters, so, so, let me just say, I enjoy happy things, banter, pining, banter, seeing how two people are with each other, banter, friendship, banter, cuddling, banter, and even ridiculous AUs. You should feel no obligation to follow my optional details, and write something you like. I'm sure it will be fantastic. Happy writing, and thank you so much!

5) Speaking of cuddling, a poll!
[Poll #1650216]

Happy Thanksgiving! Have a random reposted ficlet thing from the last round of the fluff meme since I fail now at writing, updating my LJ, and responding to comments and emails in a timely manner.

But you all are wonderful, and have the incredible habit of making even the shittiest week better and more hilarious, and I adore you. ♥♥♥

I AM SO SORRY, YOU GUYS, PLEASE STILL LOVE ME?

Ice Capades - Arthur/Eames - 745 words - Cuddle or Die
( banter and cuddling and possible hypothermia, oh my! )

title: Ride On With the Light On
fandom: Inception
pairing: Arthur/Eames
rating: PG13 all for talk instead of action
words: 4180
summary: Beer is deep fried, Zero Gravity is more than a euphemism, and Arthur is totally just in it for the blow job. No, really. That's all.
notes: This is for aredblush because she drew it, so I had to write it. Blame can, as always be placed with her and gyzym for encouraging me every step of the way. Extra bonus points to musesfool for finding me a title without even reading it.

Totally fantastic art by the amazing aredblush can be found here. GO LOOK. GO LOOK AND FALL IN LOVE WITH HOW WONDERFUL IT IS.

( Ride On With the Light On )

True story: today I got a text message from an unknown number. This same unknown number had sent me birthday wishes, and I thought it would be sort of a dick move to answer "Happy birthday!" with "Thanks! Who is this?" Oh, how little did I know. Today, the unknown number texts me, and asks me to be a bridesmaid in their wedding.

There's a very thin connection between that story and the one to follow. I... don't really like weddings. I wrote this for gyzym and aredblush because they are crazy people who encourage me to be crazy at every turn. Also, seriously, gyzym did everything shy of holding me at gun point to make me write it.

title: Everything Is Coming Up Rainbows
fandom: Inception
pairing: Arthur/Eames
rating: PG for language
words: 3580
summary: Arthur kisses Eames on his stupid fuzzy cheek, then interrupts another drawn out "awww" from Ariadne to say, "We're married, by the way," over his shoulder, "in real life. Did you guys not know that?"
disclaimer: I do not own Inception or Care Bears, and I cannot be held responsible for tarnished childhood memories.
notes: This is the prequel to Let the Fun Shine In, but if you haven't read that one, then this one probably won't make a lot of sense. Sorry! Again, all blame should be directed at gyzym. Thanks to musesfool for the short-notice beta.

Art (which is so much more adorable) to go with this story by aredblush can be found here and here. ETA: And here!!!!!!

( Everything Is Coming Up Rainbows )

OH MY GODDDD PROGRAMMING, I HATE YOU AND ALL YOU CHOSE TO BE.

I am going to fail this test so fucking hard. It might just be a thing of legend. Fuck.

While gyzym is blaming me for everything ever, I continue to keep my finger firmly pointed at aredblush. Which is to say, she forced me to write Handsome Bob/One Two. Well, aredblush and a healthy dose of procrastination. Never underestimate the procrastination.



Now, I will return to studying. And wishing for a quick and less-painful-than-programming death.

title: Let the Fun Shine In
fandom: Inception
pairing: Arthur/Eames (sort of. In a gen sort of way)
rating: Way less horrifying than dead mothers, Disney.
words: 1500
summary: The team turn into Care Bears for a job, and no one's life is as hard as Arthur's.
warnings: Crack. So, so much crack. And moving things that should not move.
notes: So aredblush drew adorable Inception ponies, and I said, "Next is CARE BEARS, right?" And then she drew Arthur and Eames as Care Bears. It brought me so much joy, I had to write this to make her post it. You're welcome. Now, blame her for this insanity. Thanks to musesfool for the beta. I'm just going to... go hide now.

Now with more adorable art by aredblush.

( Let the Fun Shine In )

title: Like I Wanna Live Now
fandom: Inception
pairing: Arthur/Eames
rating: Acceptable for General Audiences
words: 5525
summary: Arthur hates Eames' clothes. Mostly for how comfortable they are.
notes: If I still had shame, you guys, I would have it for how ridiculous this. Please place all blame in the direction of aredblush, who is a terrible enabler and a fantastic cheerleader. Many, many, many thanks to musesfool for betaing, and titling, and to luzdeestrellas for helping make this postable, so I can continue to win our contest.

Also with artwork by aredblush!

( In a rare turn of events, Arthur doesn't blame Eames. )

::squints at clock:: Can I call "homework" as the reason this didn't get put up yesterday? Um. Hey, my first real Glee fic! I'm going to post this and crash, so here's hoping it works.

title: New Age Hipster Superheroes
rating: I think there are Disney movies racier than this
fandom: Glee
pairing: Puck/Kurt
summary: Somewhere along the line—and Kurt will go to his grave swearing he doesn't remember where—somewhere between slushie facials, locker room taunts, all night study sessions, and the fourth time Kurt jumped out of a plane with Puck by his side, Kurt started to get used to having Puck at his back.
word count: 2,241
notes: Written for princess_mir for this prompt. I, um, sort of failed to make it even half as cracked-out as I had intended. Many, many, many thanks to musesfool for suffering through two days of "why won't this work," and helping me make it work. ♥♥

( New Age Hipster Superheroes )

Remix authors were revealed today! Due to extreme laziness, I probably will not be reposting mine here. But, for those interested, a fake lj-cut header!

title: The City Is at War (The Can't Stop the Music Mix)
original story: The City Is at War by marksykins
fandom: bandom
rating: general audiences
summary: "I had a dream," Gabe said, only halfway to serious, pointing a finger to the sky, "where a cobra from the future visited me and told me that it was our duty to take the music back. To take it all back, consequences be damned. Cause it may be the end of the world, motherfuckers, but I'm throwing the motherfucking party."

( No one remembers when The Takeover began. )


Random commentary and note things: ( behind the real cut )

title: These Vagabond Shoes
rating: G
fandom: Ocean's Eleven
pairing: Danny/Rusty
summary: Retirement was never really in the cards for either one of them. Post Ocean's 13.
notes: Written for yuletide '09. Many, many, many thanks to musesfool all she did to make this story happen. Originally posted here at AO3.

( It starts with one of those little fake silver collector's spoons from Phoenix. )

Why, yes, I should be doing important things like sleeping, or studying for midterms. But you should all know me better than that by now anyway. This doesn't even let me cross anything off my to-do list.

title: 52 Pickup
fandom: SPN
rating: pg
summary: There was never a time when Dean would say, "don't" and Sam wouldn't, because there was never a time when Dean would say it, until he did.
notes: I actually wrote Sam/Dean. You guys, I've been trying to do this for years, only to have it come up gen every time. Big, big thanks to luzdeestrellas and musesfool for telling me when I'm not wearing clothes, and betaing, and making this better.

( It's not that there's nothing coming for them; it's just that they're harder to find. )

Chat!fic with Sam and Dean and PUPPIES.

Apparently musesfool and I are just bad influences on each other. Or, really, really good influences.

Whatever. This is my new favorite thing ever.

New Supernatural in two hours! Have something that will be jossed afterwards!

title: The Waffle Option Initiative
fandom: SPN
rating: PG
summary: The giant neon sign on top of the building was flickering, just a little, and not doing Sam's pasty face any favors. It said, Lou's Lo-Fi Waffle Wonderland. Underneath that was a billboard that said, Music Minus Misery. Beneath that, it said: Lou's Live Late Nights. Below that it said: Awesome Acoustics, Almighty Alliteration, Wonderful Waffles. And under that, in small font, was: Better than anything else in heaven or hell.
notes: This is all entirely musesfool's fault. She made me do it. She wrote some of the funniest lines, and she betaed. Really, she made me. I'm like an indentured servant to her whims. I cannot get this to code 100% to my satisfaction, so, please, tell me how to fix it.

( The Waffle Option Initiative )

title: Liberty Challenged
fandom: Psych
summary: Gus is not a BFF-slut, because it's not cheating to think about it.
notes: This was supposed to be Shawn/Gus, but as per my usual M.O. ended up being what totally counts for gen, because the show's writers are way more OTP about Shawn/Gus than I will ever be. Thanks to musesfool for the prompt, and for looking it over. Written for this A Softer World comic.

( Liberty Challenged )

title: Never Slapped Five with God: 44 Lines About 22 Deaths
summary: The brief lives and many deaths of Castiel, Angel of the Lord.
rating: pg
fandom: Supernatural
notes: This is all musesfool's fault, alright, I was sitting around innocently, minding my own business, and then she made me write this. She also gave me the summary, and the structure, and betaed. Also based on the alt tag of this A Softer World comic.

( The brief lives and many deaths of Castiel, Angel of the Lord )

title: The Adventure Starts Here
rating: PG
fandom: Being Human
summary: It's different, but it's not. And these are the things she's been waiting for.
notes: First of all, many, many thanks to luzdeestrellas, as nearly always, for the beta and bonus Brit-picking because I've forgotten everything I learned during my HP days. Second of all, I've seen the two episodes of this that've aired on BBC America, so no spoilers, and also no promises that it fits in with overall canon. Last of all, I accidentally challenged sleepismyfriend to see which of us could write more stories based on A Softer World comics, and this is my first step toward victory, using this comic as the prompt.

( She trails her fingertips up his arm, just to watch him shiver. )

I have painted the hallway, and between that and Wii boxing I may not be able to move at all tomorrow, because I am so very, very out of shape. Ow.

I have listened to New Perspective no less than 40 times, and Changes once. I'm trying really hard not to be mad at Ryan Ross for, you know, deciding it would be a good idea to release these things the same day. It's only kind of working, so I've decided to get back to him when New Perspective loses it's shine.

It might take a while, I'll admit.

The other remix story I wrote! A pinch hit for luzdeestrellas though lord knows I'm not fond of her or anything. Nor am I in anyway grateful for always being able to send her all kinds of ridiculous things about tiny emo boys whose names I bet she wishes she didn't know.

This one was hard to write just because Laura and I tend to write in pretty much the same style (which is probably why her beta-fu works for me so often?) so to try and do it differently was challenging. Plus it was a fandom that, though I've wanted to do for ages, I never actually had. This original, seriously, has one of my very favorite lines ever in J2 fic. It still makes me all "guuuh" after a hell of a lot of reads and stealing it for this one.

Title: Ain't Scared of Lightning (The Beer by Beer Remix)
Summary: If you want to drown yourself in it like it'll replace drowning yourself in him, well, it can be your best kept secret.
Rating: PG
Fandom: SPN RPF
Original Story: Ain't Scared of Lightning by luzdeestrellas
Notes: Lots of thanks to musesfool for all her help, and betaing, and coming up with the remix subtitling, and making the ending not suck.

( Ain't Scared of Lightning (The Beer by Beer Remix) )

Remix authors aren't secret anymore (yay!) so now I can say that I wrote Separation Anxiety (The Zombie Apocalypse Remix) and Ain't Scared of Lightning (The Beer by Beer Remix).

The remix for my story, of course, was written by musesfool who had the fun task of taking 300 words about boys being locked in a closet and making it into a real story. It's so many kinds of awesome and, like the originals of the remixes I wrote, should be read like yesterday.

This here is the first remix I wrote this year, with my actual assignment. I think my favorite part of remix is getting to roll around in someone else's fic for a couple of week, and usually the hardest part for me is picking one. This one, I don't know why, was just it so early on. It's nothing like I had actually planned on making it, but things I write rarely are. Anyway, story:


Title: Separation Anxiety (The Zombie Apocalypse Remix)
Author: angelgazing
Summary: It's just typical. Anytime he and Sam are separated, one of them dies, or sells their soul, or is nearly sacrificed, or starts the apocalypse.
Fandom: Supernatural; Bandom
Characters: Dean and Sam Winchester, Brendon Urie
Rating: PG-13
Original Story: Forty Thousand Men and Women Every Day by ignipes
Notes: Thanks to my awesomesauce betas luzdeestrellas and musesfool, they deserve rewards for al the flailing they have to put up with from me, really. Also, credit for the title goes to musesfool

( Separation Anxiety (The Zombie Apocalypse Remix) )