i am the sword in the darkness

I keep telling myself I'm done with the GoT Kink Meme, but I also keep finding prompts that demand my attention. Like this Robb/Theon tattoo!kink prompt that has been haunting my sleep. I want this fic in my life. Badly. At this point, I think I haven't written it because I don't trust my own brain. Instead of shameless inkporn, I'd probably end up with something along the lines of my 4,000 word fill with not too much steamy porn but a lot of pining, fapping, and creepy internal monologues about possession (I'm looking at you, Robb); let me show you it.

Speaking of Game of Thrones, workswithwords is hosting a Robert's Rebellion comment ficathon, for all your pre-canon character/shipping needs. Which, yes. As much as I love reading and writing about the younger characters, there is also a gaping hole in my life where all the Ned/Catelyn first time/early marriage/curtain fic should be.

Also, sign-ups for the next got_exchange are open until next Sunday. I'm slowly bullying themostepotente into doing it.

As far as the Game of Thrones tv show goes, season two starts tonight, and I'm still... divided. I'm upset that I won't be able to watch it as it airs, because season one was amazing, but at the same time, I'm kind of relieved that I can put off watching Theon destroy my soul for another year. I was telling themostepotente on the phone last night¹ that I recently looked at some screencaps from the season two trailers and featurettes, and there was one that nearly killed me, because it pinpointed the exact moment when the tv!fandom will turn on Theon like a pack of cannibals.

I finally got my hp_beholder fic sorted, two days after the deadline. I now need to worry about springtime_gen and Remix.

The last two years I did remix, I ended up with a finished product I actually liked, but I had a really hard time getting there. This time, my Remix fic is practically writing itself, which is awesome, because I'm pretty sure my springtime_gen fic wants me to die in a fire. Which is weird, because my assignment is more or less exactly what I asked for.

frontbits is coming over shortly. I do hope she brings tacos.


¹ I probably should have some kind of macro/keyboard shortcut for this phrase, at this point.

Today's fannish5:

Top 5 reunion scenes

( my thoughts; let me show you them )

I finished the last four episodes of Game of Thrones last night, which was brilliant. I cried about Ned, but I knew I would, and I also cried when Sam & Co. brought Jon back to the Wall, and I knew I would there too, because I love Jon so much, and something about the Night's Watch vows always makes me shiver. Also, the guy playing Jeor Mormont is absolutely brilliant, just perfectly gruff. I'm more irritated than ever that I don't have HBO though, because I won't be able to watch season two as it airs, and the wait for the DVD release will feel endless, I'm sure.

Speaking of Game of Thrones, I was telling themostepotente last night that someone should write a ridiculous crossover where a bizarre Time-Turner incident dumps the Marauders in Westeros, mainly because I want some shameless Jon Snow/Sirius Black porn. It could also include James fighting with Robb Stark's army, and Peter having dinner with Littlefinger, and Remus hanging out at the Citadel while he tried to figure out how to get everyone home, but. Mostly, the Jon/Sirius porn.

This post on Pete Wentz's blog pretty much sums up my life for the last week. I quit my job last Sunday¹, and since then I cannot be persuaded to leave the house with a cattleprod. What's that, we need groceries? Call Pink Dot. Son needs a ride home from the mall? Take the bus. Friends are going to the movies? I'll wait for the DVD.

Since I have you here, allow me to recommend some things I read/looked at this morning:

A Trinket, A Trifle by thistlerose. [Hunger Games; Effie Trinket, Mrs. Everdeen, gen]

This is very well done. It nicely explores one of my pet theories about Effie -- that over the years, she eventually began to realize that the Games were wrong on some level, maybe because losing her tributes every year started to wear her down, but she chose not to examine it too closely, because it was easier that way, because she was from the Capitol and so much of her daily life was tied up in the Games.

This also manages to make Mrs. Everdeen slightly sympathetic, something I'd never thought I'd say in a million years.

Denude by faithwood. [Harry Potter; Harry/Draco, adult]

Everything about this is delightful -- the atmosphere, the imagery, the different things and ideas that turn Harry on, the whole idea that their mutual obsession is a naked, obvious thing reaching an inevitable conclusion.

Also, smoking hot.

--

And now for some art -- all Harry Potter, and all distressingly work safe.

Concealed by achen089. [Sirius]

This House is Not a Home by viria13 [Sirius]

Lupin by ullakko. [Remus]

The Marauders by jackpot-84 [Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, Prongs]

Spinner's End by ullakko. [Snape, Bellatrix, Narcissa]

I also found this gorgeous piece of Harry/Draco art on the fuckyeah-harrypotterfanart Tumblr, but I can't figure out who drew it because of reblog drift. Alas. [ETA:] faithwood to the rescue! It's an older piece by reallycorking -- which, yeah. I should've know, based on how pretty it is.

--

So, my hp_beholder fic hates me like I murdered its mother in cold blood.

( cut at the dotted line )

Speaking of the Hunger Games, where is all the Haymitch/Effie fic? Seriously. I'd read the hell out of that.

I was telling themostepotente on the phone last night that I'd also read the hell out of some Robert Baratheon/Ned Stark, set right after Robert wins the Iron Throne, and Robert is all loud and enthusiastic about it, and Ned really is kind of into it, but admitting that wouldn't be honorable, or whatever, so on the inside he's like oh fuck, yes Robert, harder, but on the outside he's all *sigh* whatever pleases you, My Grace.


¹ It's a ridiculous, super tl;dr story. Suffice to say I did everyone involved a favor, including myself.

So, I was flipping through parts of Prisoner of Azkaban earlier, and I suddenly remembered that it has always kind of bothered me that Remus... forgot to take the Wolfsbane potion that night. Granted, it was a pretty crowded evening. Remus was in the middle of having a large chunk of his world-view turned inside out, what with presumed!dead!Peter not really being dead, and escaped!murderer!Sirius actually being innocent. I also accept that Remus transforming precisely when he did was a narrative diversion -- Peter needed a means to escape, otherwise that entire plot arc would've gone very differently -- and that book!Remus probably didn't feel every twist and shift of the moon cycle in his bones the way fanon!Remus does¹, but still. Werewolf. Full moon. You'd think he would've noted it on his calendar, or something.

I don't know why I'm thinking about this right now. I'm working on outlines for two different fest fics, and neither of them have anything to do with Remus.

--

Good lord, Tumblr is a timesuck. If I stuck to just checking my dash, it would be one thing, but the I start spasmodically clicking tags, and then I end up losing whole hours of my life.

I'm trying to decide if I want to take a nap or watch the second half of The Fellowship of the Ring. I watched the first half last night, and by the time my DVD player asked for the second disc it was almost midnight, and I had to be up early. Oh, Frodo. I'm pretty sure you and Sam are still my favorite OTP.

Two or three days ago, I was on the phone with themostepotente, and we were talking about ASoIaF, mainly about how much we both ship Littlefinger/Sansa, and from there we drifted into favorite OTPs, and I said mine was either Frodo/Sam or Merry/Pippin. I asked her about hers, but then I was like 'never mind, it's probably some dead elves from the Silmarillion', and we lost twenty or thirty minutes talking about Orcslash and the sons of Fëanor while we tried to remember the name of the sword Maeglin stole from Eöl², and at some point I started laughing hysterically, because we were seriously having the geekiest conversation in the history of geeky conversations.

♥






¹ I'm terribly guilty of this one myself, so. I'm not casting any stones, or anything.
² Anguriel, as it turns out. Sigh.