caffeine diary

More clues now here. Aaaand all guessed.

[no spoiler warnings given for obvious reasons. I'll amend when guesses come in. BSC # 59, Mallory Hates Boys (and Gym), Harry Potter#7 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Farscape - "Losing Time"]

Pick up to 15 OTPs.
Describe them in 15 words or less.
Have your flist guess the OTP.

( fifteen otps under the cut )

One of the fics in the 2008 Pretty Lights Actor Ficathon archive was written by me! Can you guess which one? If so, I will probably not write you a story in the coming year. But I will think about it and feel guilty if I don't!

Comments are screened.

I didn't get a chance to dive into Remix till late last night because I had religious and family obligations, but I was delighted to discover that the Remix I wrote was well-received by its recipient *squee!* and that Behind the Curtain (The Kaleidoscope Remix), a remix of Theories of Divination was written for me. Both pieces are basically Giles gen; the remix is from the point of view of an original character and expands nicely on the character issues that raised in the original. (I really need to write more gen before next year so that the next time a noromo comes to my oeuvre, they'll have something with which to work other than three thousand crackfics that conclude "and then they done sex.")

I am a Remix Purist and insist on reading the originals before reading the Remixes, so I may be at this for awhile before I emerge with recs, but I fully intend to enjoy myself in the archive.

Can you guess which fic I wrote? Some sort of reward may be in order (to be added to the list of gift-fics I owe!); comments will be screened in one minute.

ETA: Comments are now screened.

Yuletide guessing game is here! I wrote ten fics in nine fandoms.
+Five fics in book fandoms
+Three fics in TV fandoms
+Two fics in "other".

+Seven are in fandoms I've written in before.
+Three are in NEW FANDOMS! (This fact makes me giggle a bit.)

+Two are girlslash.
+Two are boyslash.
+Five are het.
+One is gen! What is that?

And my Secret Slasha guessing game is here. I wrote two fics. I feel they should both be pretty easy to find (if not as easy as my three ships fics will be!)

And I should probably get to bed.

(None of them are Blackie/Sean, but that would be nice, wouldn't it?)

+All the stories can be found here.

First, the fic written for me: Joyce Summers' Calendar: July 1998. Joyce/Pat. I really enjoyed this. It's a time of in Joyce's life when she needs some happiness and some distraction, both of which Pat supplies. The fic is whimsical without being silly and understated without ignoring the difficult emotions. And the slash is both completely natural and a complete break from reality as Joyce knows it. All in all deftly done. A++ would request Joyce/any again.

And all the rest:
Long Winter's Nap. Xander/Oz. The writing is very good, with strong characterization. Oz who's not understated, Xander who's not overstated, and the OTP arises naturally from their circumstances. Like Oz himself, these men and their relationship just feel right, nothing excessive or overdone.

Rome, 16:42. Faith/Buffy. Terrific Faith and a Buffy I love. The resolution of their relationship doesn't feel forced, but the angst is at a minimum. Terrific.

Watching Strawberries Lose Their Shape. Buffy/Fred. I read this fic at 2ish in the morning when I was starting to lose coherent thought, and the babbling cuteness of these women cuddling made perfect sense to me. This fic makes me feel so smiling and hopeful for the future of them and their relationship. Wondermous.

Ruin Me. Dana/Faith. What a terrific idea. This is a terrific Faith-fic; she's absolutely in her element here, really astute and totally in control, and the observations that she/the author make please me a lot. The slash makes perfect sense, but the story goes deeper than that.

Last Kiss Before Leaving. Cordelia/Buffy. This is mostly a Cordelia character study, although the slash fits nicely. As a Cordy-fic, though, it's excellent. Some giggle-worthy lines, and a Cordelia-voice that's lots of fun without losing sight of her humanity.

Sign of the Apocalypse. Cordelia/Willow. Another great Cordelia fic. The pairing is not one I appreciate, usually, but this author has sold it in these circumstances. More than a replay of Xander/Cordy, but builds on those dynamics, and never loses sight of either girl's character. It's mostly about Cordelia, but what we do hear from Willow is terrific, and the last line is lovely.

And finally what will probably be the official guilty pleasure of 2007, After All, Buffy/Dawn. I love the way the voices sell it, the way it feels like the Buffy and the Dawn I know although they're doing something I imagine they wouldn't. Perfect incesty mix of oh-so-wrong/feels-so-right.

There are several other good-to-great stories in the archive, and several that I'm sure you'd enjoy If You Like That Sort of Thing, but the stories above are probably my favorites.

+There are two fics of mine in the archive. For each that you can correctly identify before the reveal, I will write (if you choose) a Buffyverse slashfic in the pairing of your choice*. Sometime before next year's Secret Slasha. (And I remembered to screen comments, so you can go ahead and guess.)

Now. Where is my Yuletide! And why have I not started attempting quiche, muffins, and other breakfasty foods? Besides coffee. Coffee I can make. Perhaps I shall make myself some right now.


*With the caveat that you could request, e.g., Xander/Angel, but it would totally suck, so I don't know why you'd want to.

I've made a list of 5 characters, and assigned them all numbers. Ask me questions about the characters ["is 3 gay?" "Who's hotter, 4 or 5?" "What would 2 do if ze discovered buried treasure?"] and I'll answer. Your mission is to discover which character is which. I've done two versions, one easier (all Buffyverse FPF characters) and the other hard (anything goes.)

5 Buffyverse characters
1. Faith
2. Buffy Summers
3. Fred Burkle
4. Rupert Giles
5. Tara Maclay

Five Multifannish Characters
a. River Tam
b. Ducky McCrae
c. C.J. Cregg
d. Martha O'Dell
e. Aeryn Sun

[ETAs
+going to bed at 1:05 am Saturday morning EST. Will answer more questions in the morning.
+2006-11-26: all characters have now been guessed! Yay! Game.Over.Let's.Play.Next.Game?
]

likeadeuce played the 25 favorite characters as a guessing game. I like guessing games. Can you guess my favorite characters from these 25 shows?
( now, let's see if I can think of 25 shows. )

I should have said "let's see if I can think of 24 shows that don't prove I watched nothing but public television during my formative years." But the answer would have been no.