Postcards from the absurd side of life

ok, ok... a little late, but well, my work was sort of busy since I forgot my digital pen today. stupid me.

Anyway...

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2011 was horrible in terms of dw and fandom. I started doing so much for my rl and spanish that I sort of fell off the radar. And each year I promise myself I'm not going to let it happen and each year... I let it happen. So, here as to try not to fall off the wagon again...




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So, I said that the Space Cowboys and the Millennium crew were cooperating, didn't I?

Well, here's the next part (and yes, the following chapter is already being betaed by the wonderful otherdeb):

Truths and secrets coming to light

And yes, as the title implies, I'm finally answering a lot of questions you guys have been making about the guys.

(In fact, turlough? Some of the questions you asked way back in chapter one are answered in this chapter and the next)

Ahem. And once that bit is done, I thought.. why not do the Your top ten works on AO3 meme


10.The People's Argument. Popslash. 3,873 words. Chris/Kevin (And yes, it's a sequel to The Defense rests)
9. An eye for an eye, a soul for a soul. BTVS. 4132 words. Xander/Other.
8. The Freaky Four. Popslash. 46,661 words. Chris/Joey preslash
7 The Timberlake Effect. Popslash. 44,732 words. Chris/Everyone.
6. The Defense Rests. Popslash. 5440 words. Chris/Kevin
5. Story of Us. Popslash. 101,123 words. Choey
4. Thoughts. Red Dwarf. 2,157 words. WIP. Lister/Rimmer
3.It's a Wonderful life... or is it?. Popslash. 24,585 words. WIP. No pairing yet.
2.Far away from the Caribbean. PoTC. 10,516 words. WIP. Will/Jack
1.The Sparkly Amazing Race. Popslash/Bandom crossover. 6,014 words. WIP. Choey.


I must say I was a bit surprised. Not about the first place. I figured that being multifandoms that would be my most viewed fic, but... my lonely PotC fic in second place? Wow. I guess I should finish it one of this days. And Thoughts? Wow. That came out of left field. (And the BTVS one? I only uploaded it because I got a mail asking for it. I never thought it would actually get so many hits, so fast)

Oh, well. time to write. The Amazing Race is still on, you know ;)

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Does any one know if Mikey or Gerard way dance? I'm not talking about Dancing with the Stars finalist material, but at least keep the rhythm?

While we're at it, does anyone knows of any allergies they have?

(And ok, I admit, whenever I start doing research for a new fic, I end up feeling a bit stalkerish)

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Ok, so I'm starting to move to dreamwidth, this time for real. I still have the friends's list problem, but hopefully either a) I'll find a new client, or b)Semagic will fix things. If not, I'll have to do it as I did it before, typing code by myself.

Second, yes, I moved my fic to Ao3. The old ones are still in Livejournal, but that's because I don't want to lose your comments. If anyone has any suggestions for that, I'd love to hear them :D

So, I'm luxshine at Ao3, and there you can find all my popslash, as well as some oldies, like my Saint Seiya and Red Dwarf fics that I'll finish one day. The ones I'm finishing are the popslash ones. And well, if you really want to know how the Superhero universe turns out, if Justin is really Justin in It's A Wonderful life, and when the new Sparkly Race episode is posted, you can suscribe :)

But the best news, fic wise, is that finally, Space Cowboys is back up in my list. I'm updating the old chapters, so the new ones will start coming up very shortly.

(Yep, I finally found my muse again. I'm so, so happy!!!)

ETA: Thanks to turlough I figured out how to link my username correctly, yay :D

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Ook. So a couple of months ago, I said I was tackling a huge *HUGE* multi fandom RPS crossover fic and that I was going to need help.

And then I got caught on Space Cowboys, and my new job and... well, logistics.

Anyway, after a lot of wait, I decided to start posting already, even when it will take a bit of time to get finished, because, well, on this one, I totally need yuor help.

See, the fic is basically an Amazing Race season. And to make things *really* interesting, I thought I would put both the elimination and the final three team's places up for vote. So yes, even when my favorite guys *will* get to the final three -mostly because they're my POV characters - the actual winner will be chosen by you guys.

First chapter is

“So, everything we say gets recorded?”

and, under the cut, you get the first poll

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So I hope you enjoy it :)

And now, I'm going back to the Superhero AU and the Space Cowboys to drive Capt. Kevin insane ;)

Oh, dear. I wanted to do this since before New Year's, but family, work, and other headaches prevented me from doing so... Sorry, sorry...

Now, I did this last year, and I loved to give a bit of spotlight to everyone :) And thus, here's again the Sesa Reading List because trust me, every single story deserves to be read twice!

(Yes I included mine again, because at 7 hours before reveal, I still have time to be anonymous)

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And well, this is it for this year. There were a few missing pairings, but we always get next year (Although the many NKOTB fics made me quesiton if next year we'll get a new band in the process). And , well, you only got like, six hours now but... Whoever figures out what story I wrote this year, gets a chibi again ;)

(I know, I still owe you guys a couple of five things, but I'll get to them as soon as I finish nano (and sesa, and a fic I owe to Pen that's halfway done)

But I wanted to do this...

I think it would be fun to talk about stories, but the usual memes are like, "What happens next?" or "Tell me about Character A?" That isn't so much talking about stories as it is writing more of a story. But you know how sometimes you read something and you're like, "I got ___ out of this story, I wonder if that right?" or "What on earth was ____ supposed to be?" and it's too awkward to ask the author? Now you could totally ask!

I've heard people say that writing is hard because you have to make decisions, but we never really talk about the decisions we make with stories or why we make them. We talk about plot bunnies, but not about how we actually turn them into a story.

And it seems like a lot more fun to do that than to do working.

Ask me questions!

What were you trying to do [here]? Why did you decide to ____? This is what I thought about xyz, is that what you were going for? What made you write ____? And so on.

This comes due to the fact that thanks to nano? There are 4 chapters of the Space Cowboys fic all ready to be betaed and posted. And I think I'll get to do another three or four more.

Oh, dear. I just let this go since I got in Nano and the new job (WEEEE), so I hope it's still useful to you.

First of all, I'm a Chris girl, as you might've guessed from my requested pairings and... well, my icons, and my fics. I love Chris Kirkpatrick, so as long as *he* is in the story, I'm happy (And since all the pairings I asked for were Chris/someone, I think you got the idea). That said, I'm not too fond of the image of Chris as a sugar rushed toddler that was popular in the first years of fandom. The man was almost at his 30's* when he started Nsync, and, if we're going by the 'official' explanation of the origin of the group, was the one who created it, so I love to see my Chris a bit less Ritalin poster child, and more just happy to be alive. (My fanon-mental Chris's song theme would be Always look on the Bright side of life, if that helps any)

I love Joey the flirt but also Joey the devoted father and Joey the faithful husband. Which is to say, if you have to include Kelly, don't make him cheat on her, because that makes me sad. You don't have to include her (Hey, if the pairing is Chris/Joey, Joey can be Chris's faithful husband/partner/whatever), just don't bash her. I like her a lot too. Same goes for Briahna. She's Joey's kid, and it's obvious he loves her, so unless you're writing AU or Early years, just don't disspaear her or make her an obstacle.

Kevin... oh, I could write essays about how much I love Kevin Richardson in his role as den-father of the Backstreet boys. He's serious, and sometimes too strict, but in general, I imagine you can see a very fun-loving man under that facade. Same as with Kelly, I like Kristen. I don't like to see her bashed, so if you must, just say they didn't marry or something. As I said, I love the wives a lot.

(In my mind, btw, Chris/Joey are sort of like Tulio and Miguel from ROad to el Dorado. A pairing that makes sense because there's no other possibility. On the other hand, Kevin/Chris are my Odd Couple. They make sense because if anyone can make it work, it's them. That is to say, both pairings are my OTP, and both pairings are equally loved by me. You won't go wrong by chosing either, there's no 'I love this more than that'. Hey, I've only seen a threesome with them once, and I'm pretty sure it would work too :) )

My favorite eras are, of course, when the guys are together. My favorite Chris-era, looks wise, is the Pinneaple madness time, but as long as he's there, I'm happy. I like the family-like dynamics of both groups, so if the others appear -even if it's just a small cameo- It would be great. My least favorite is Justin, but that doesn't mean I don't like him to appear in fics. If you check my own stories, Justin appears -and is the main character- more often than not.

That said, I love gender-bender (Especially when the guys are still guys at the end. I like the ocassional 'what if X was a woman instead of a man', but I *LOVE* the "X woke up as a woman, then some things happened, then he was back as a man, angst, angst, happy ending. I know, Iknow, I just summarized The Same Inside. I need to find a link to that fic again), I love fantasy and sci-fi AU's, I love angst with happy endings, and I LOVE long stories that you can print and then curl up in your chair with a hot cup of coffee. However, I dislike Mpreg with a passion (Seriously, no mpreg. That's my HUGE no no button), can't stand rape-fics (dubious concent might get a pass, but in general, I like both partners equally agreable to the situation), and sad endings just depress me.

My favorite tv shows are Eureka, The Walking Dead (Which also reminds me: Zombies. With me? You can't go wrong with Zombies), White Collar, Lie to Me, Haven (Also, anything Stephen King-like. I LOVE Stephen King), All the Laws and Orders, Raising the Bar, Psych, Bones, CSI (Except Miami), Dexter, Castle (BIG favorite right now), House.

My favorite videogames are Silent Hill and Resident Evil (did I mention the Zombies? Love them)

My favorite movies are teh Evil Dead Trilogy, the Of the Dead original two movies (Zombies again, see the pattern ;) ), Zombie Land, Shaun of the Dead (Still noticeable), HOWEVER, my cheer up movie of all time is Tootsie, followed up by anything of the Pythons. I LOVE that kind of dark humor (Hell, I forgot to mention Black Sheep in myzombie movies... sheep zombies, and that's a nice concept)

But all in all, if you have a different idea that doesn't fit with anything I just wrote, follow up with it :D As long as I have Chris and (joey or kevin, or kevin or joey, again, no exact prefference for any of the two), I'll be a happy girl come the 25.

So have fun :)

*As nopseud helpfully reminded me, he was 24. Not almost at his 30's. Still, he was not an hyperactive 13 years old.

RL work has finally let me some free time, so I can continue with my Help Haiti offerings.

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