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New Chapter: The Changeling (Harry Potter)

annerbhp — Fri, 17 Apr 2015 15:58:17 GMT

I've finished the fifth chapter of my Ginny Weasley is a Slytherin fic. As it is silly long, I am not even going to try to post it here. But here's a link to the new chapter on AO3:

Chapter Five: Fifth Year

And now off to try to wrangle chapter 6 into submission. Ha. (See you next year.)

annerbhp — Thu, 16 Apr 2015 00:42:43 GMT

I had one of those dreams last night, where it's like you've been dropped in the middle of a particularly awesome shippy fanfic, and there are all these feelings, but you have no idea how the plot got there or where it is supposed to go after, but all day you keep getting triggered right back into that story that doesn't exist. I'd be tempted to try to write it down, but it's really more of a feeling than anything. Still, I can't stop thinking about it! I just want to see the next ep, please. Lol.

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Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries continues to delight me. I'd almost forgotten what it was like to watch a show while keeping a constant eye out for any Touching or Looking or one-sided lingering Glances. It reminds me of the good old Sam/Jack days. I must say I haven't squee'd outloud quite this much at a show since then!

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And while I am here, a fic rec in the Lizzie Bennet Diaries world:

Turning Page Productions Series by cnell (LBD, canon pairings, ensemble cast)
It's a great series of fics (even if the first is a little strange, the rest get more traditionally narrative), following all of the characters into the challenges that are inevitable as they all try to figure out their lives post-series. There is fabulous Lydia, sister bonding, in-character and yet not purely evil antagonists, Lizzie struggling with dating someone like Darcy, Darcy struggling not to slip back into old habits. Charlotte and Gigi and Fitz just continuing to be their awesome selves. Just a really great series!

Miss Fisher s2 ep8 - The Blood of Juana the Mad

annerbhp — Sat, 11 Apr 2015 16:45:58 GMT

Reasons I love this show #eleventy billion:

Doc Mac: What's up with Jack and his manpain?

Phryne, dismissively: Oh, TV Tropes Anger Born of Worry and now he doesn't want to be around me.

Doc: Coward.

They are both so over Jack's manpain. Hahah! Phryne refuses to feed into the drama.

Also, refusing to marginalize Beatrice, and Phryne finding that some of Beatrice's seemingly strange coping mechanisms are actually rather helpful.

This show.

Miss Fisher Season Two: Predictions

annerbhp — Mon, 06 Apr 2015 15:06:58 GMT

I finished season 1 last night, so now I am going to predict season two, a la Mark Watches. Please, no spoilers for season 2 in the comments, no matter how small (Even if you liked it or not!). I am a spoilerphobe! Also, assume spoilers for season 1 below.

My predictions (so I can mock myself later):

Jack's Divorce:
There are few common ways this could go, many of which scare me.
1) Jack gets a divorce. The impediment with his relationship with Phryne then becomes her disinterest/unwillingness/inability to commit herself to one man as communicated to Mr. Lin. The show has done a really great job of in no way judging Phryne for her varied sexual encounters. This is what makes me a little leery of this possbile plot. How do you deal with in a way that doesn't fundamentally change Phryne's characterization or focus on the trope of "she just hasn't found the right man yet." It'd be cool to see this dealt with in a new interesting way. Of course, off the top of my head, I'm not sure what that could be. (Acknowledge her struggle with monogamy without turning her into a vicitim?)
2) Jack's divorce gets dragged out for some reason. Possibly Phryne ends up helping Jack solve a few things to get the divorce to go through. Having come so close to getting his divorce, Jack stands even firmer in his moral high ground, and much eyesex and almost kissing happens.
3) Jack's attempt at a divorce somehow brings his wife back around (she doesn't want to lose him, doesn't want to be disgraced by a divorce, gets forced to try harder by her family, has something she wants to get from Jack, etc, etc, etc). This one scares me the most. Hopefully she would be a sympathetic character, not just a shrill, pushy harpy for people to hate and blame for the lack of Phryne/Jack sex. Best case scenario, Phyrne ends up helping said wife with some mystery, maybe clearing the name of the wife's secret wannabe love, tying the whole thing up nicely. Worst case scenario, the wife ends up a victim of murder or turns out to be evil/insane and goes to jail/mental ward.
4) Jack doesn't get divorced. Which either means the eyesex and almost kissing continues, with added levels of angst. Or they learn to create a relationship on their own terms. (Phryne would probably have an easier time of this than Jack.)

Dr. Mac:
1) Finds a new girlfriend. Can we see a kiss?
2) Maybe gets Phyrne involved with a sex slavery case? Or a stealing medicine racket. Dunno. I just want more Mac.

Jane:
1) helps solve another case with picking locks, lifting things from people's pockets, or making people forget she's there with an innocent child act.
2) brings a case to Phryne's attention

Dot:
1) has to dress up in disguise in one of Phryne's exquisite outfits
2) crosses herself eight times
3) ties Hugh to a chair

Aunt Pru willingly helps Phryne with a case using deception and the power of gossip.

Phryne has sex with four men who are not Jack.

Hugh tries to buy Dot jewelry. Hilarity ensues.

There will be a plot at a weekend houseparty.

Cec or Bert will go undercover in another house or a place of business.

There will be a death in a bank or bank vault.

There will be a murder where there is no body, but Phryne is still convinced took place.

Absinthe.

Phryne's household will adopt at least one more stray.

There will be a plot involving WWI.

Phryne's mother or father will come for a visit.

Okay, that's enough for now. I'll come back when I'm done and mock myself.

annerbhp — Fri, 03 Apr 2015 17:09:10 GMT

For the record, if you haven't watched Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, you should.

Historical murder mystery. Awesome female characters. People being competent. Interesting minor characters. Outfits! Women not giving a shit about conventional roles! And so much potential for slow burning romance, as well as stupid cute side romances. Just my cup of gin. (Thanks ever to gabolange for directing me in Miss Fisher's direction.)

(How many times can I post in a week after not posting in years? I dunno. Let's see.)

can you hear me now?

annerbhp — Fri, 03 Apr 2015 02:24:12 GMT

Who else misses that show called Stargate SG-1?

Where my Sam/Jack peeps at?

Rain of Toads

annerbhp — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 21:33:12 GMT

Strange times. Awesome, but strange.

syxp wrote Sam/Jack fic. Angsty and awesome.

I actually finished a rough draft of the next chapter of The Changeling. All 42,500 words of it. Now to hunt down a beta to help me make sense of the doubtlessly hot mess this fic is after two years of poking at it.

Fun times!

Also, I feel like I maybe broke up with TV while I wasn't looking. Haven't even turned it on to watch anything in the last three weeks other than Elementary, which continues to be beautiful and amazing and capable of holding my attention. Everything else, not so much. Been spending a lot more time reading and writing than consuming TV. I am sure this will change again and then I will be annoyed trying to catch back up with all the TV I missed. Such is the fangirl's life.

I am loving the hell out of Mark Watches writing about Leverage and Star Trek TNG. I miss Parker. And I am remembering my simultaneous and confusing girlhood crush on Weasley and Picard at the same time. Lol.

And....I'm out. Hopefully not for six months again this time. Love you, livejournal!

Steve/Darcy Recs

annerbhp — Thu, 04 Dec 2014 00:00:26 GMT

I Climbed The Tree To See The World (When The Gusts Came Around To Blow Me Down, I Held On As Tightly As You Held On To Me) by sarcastic_fina
The path to self-discovery, including becoming Coulson's assistant-slash-liaison-slash-bff, Captain America's lady love, and rating fourth on the SHIELD BAMF scale, was like the yellow brick road; it was chaos and confusion around every bend.
Long fic, Darcy becomes an agent fic.

Five Things Darcy Loves About Working for SHIELD by teand
The Bronx was up, the Battery was down and thank freaking Thor that SHIELD provided housing or Darcy suspected she wouldn't have been able to afford to live closer than Vermont.
Another great, long Darcy becomes a SHIELD agent fic

pay no attention to the girl behind the camera by nessismore
Steve finds that filming a "Day in the Life of Captain America" segment isn't so terrible after all.
Love this. Nice to see Darcy not in SHIELD. I love when she seems to be the only one who sees past Captain America

sushi pajamas (and other weapons of mass destruction) by sevenfoxes
Seven times the Avengers' weapons have liked Darcy better (and one time the Avenger liked her even more). Because who the hell wouldn't?
Ha, a little cracky, but pretty fun!

Drawing Me In by nessisimore
Darcy doodles, Steve doodles back, and a friendship is struck up in the form of stick figures.

Break the Ice by fade_like_starlight
After Steve is photographed at a publicity event with a woman who is 'almost' wearing a dress, Fury demands that Coulson fix it. Rather than shutting down the entire tabloid magazine industry (which really is outside SHIELD's parameters), Coulson takes a different approach and decides to find a girlfriend for the Captain.
I have a thing for the fake girlfriend trope.

Of Coatrooms and Closets by nessismore
Darcy hates these fancy parties, but things start to look up when she finds Captain America in the coatroom. And keeps finding him.
Every fandom needs coat closet fic!

Extra Credit by Jadzia_Bear
Darcy Lewis makes a horrifying discovery--Captain America has no idea what an ipod is. She rectifies this situation. Also, other things happen.
Another great Darcy gets Steve caught up on the 21st century fic

faster than a bullet coming out of that gun by twistedingenue
Darcy wakes up with the absolute knowledge that today is the day she is going to die.
This is a cool, atmospheric, dark little fic. Bit more of a cool backstory for Darcy than the usual normal 21st century girl.

Trickster by inkandash
This is the story of Darcy Lewis. From where she ends, to where she begins, and beyond.
This is a unique little fic with a very interesting premise. Can’t really say more without spoiling!

Poisoned Dates by katertots
She’s going to kill Tony for this. “I need you go to some hoity-toity fundraiser dinner for me,” he’d said. “You know how much I hate those things. Get a new dress on me and enjoy the free booze,” he’d said. Things he absolutely did not fucking say? Tonight is really a blind date. With Steve Rogers. Dead. Murdered. Stabbed.
Great blind date fic. I like fics where it starts out bad and they misunderstand each other.

Pictures of You by katertots
They're best friends, nothing more. So why are they doing this?
This is a fun, they start out as best buds until something shifts. Nice long, slow burn. Sexual tension!!

Hey There, Stranger (Wanna Fall in Love?) by sarcastic_fina
New to New York, Darcy was just trying to adapt and find her place when a stalker sends her right into the seat across from Steve Rogers, a stranger struggling with his own journey in life. In each other, they find both friendship and so much more.
I love Darcy meeting Steve and having no idea who he is fic. This one is great.

Window Shopping by twistedingenue
This is another short but sweet Darcy and Steve meeting as strangers.

Principles of Fluid Dynamics by hannasus
There’s no such thing as the Avengers. Not according to SHIELD, anyway. They’re not a superhero team, they’re not part of the agency anymore, and they’re definitely not sitting around waiting to save the world again, so don’t go getting any ideas about that.
More of a team bonding fic, but with some nice Steve/Darcy in there too.

There be porn:

Button Up Your Overcoat by musesfool
Darcy instructs Steve in the finer points of safer sex. The conversation doesn't go exactly the way she expected.

your will is not your own by merideath
Agent Lewis is sent to collect Captain Rogers from the wilds of Alaska. A snowstorm is brewing and Darcy's ride abandons them to the elements... or a tiny log cabin. She's pretty sure she watched that movie. It didn't end well.
Ungh. Cabin!porn with mountainman!steve

lay your hands on me by merideath
When people needed her help, it generally involved coffee, hacking or a heavy dose of sarcasm. Steve didn't usually need a hand.
kink, pwp

Robot Pants-Off Dance-Off by lallybroch
This is a sex pollen fic, but from Tony’s point of view with some hilarious team bits.

Captain America Knows What You Do Online by becisvolitile
Jesus was hardly weeping for the state of her sex life. It wasn't even that bad and so what if, from time to time, she felt more like a jockey than a consenting adult making love to the world's most desirable man (two years running)?
Kink. Steve learns he isn't giving Darcy everything she wants.

annerbhp — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 00:47:16 GMT

Things I have been reading:

Let Me Grow Young by Vera (Guardians of the Galaxy, gen)
Between heroic deeds and misadventures, Gamora accidentally does the things she missed out on in childhood.
Really really nice Gamora piece. But mostly the friendship and understanding between Gamora and Rocket is just...sublime. So wonderful.

Where the Air is Rarefied by Siria (Captain America: TWS, Darcy/Sam)
When Sam met Darcy.
I am realizing that Darcy is pretty much my little black dress of shippping. But this....oh my. I WANT MORE. Darcy and Sam Wilson. What could be more amazing?

Everybody Eats When They Come to My House by MoreThanSlightly (Captain America: TWS, gen)
“You’ll ruin your dinner,” Sam says, gesturing with Steve with his spatula.
Post-ep around the theme of food. Steve and Sam, Steve and Natasha, Steve and Bucky. Just such a nice look at the ways these people interact.

A Tune Without Words by Niobium (Captain America: TWS, gen)
As he and Sam prepare to begin searching for Bucky, Steve gets various offers of help—some more unexpected than others.
I really like the Steve and Thor friendship in this one. Plus, any Sam Wilson is always a bonus for me.

Sucker Punch by intagible_girl (Captain America: TWS, gen)
Bucky feels like his new life is pretty good, for the most part. Steve and Sam don't hit him, they don't make him kill anyone if he doesn't want to, and they don't treat him like an animal.
God, this fic. Exactly what the title says. Great look into Bucky's point of view, and the casual cruelty he may have come to accept as normal.

Fic: The Changeling-- Year Four (Harry Potter)

annerbhp — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 21:29:07 GMT

Title: The Changeling
Author: Annerb
Summary: Ginny is sorted into Slytherin. It takes her seven years to figure out why.
Categorization: Drama, angst, AU, Ginny-centric with a side of Ginny/Harry
Warnings: Older teens for adult themes (mentions of sexual assault, violence, underage sexuality and drinking)
A/N:Part of my ‘Five New Fandoms in 2011’ pledge. This lodged in my brain and grew from a Rewriting History prompt: Harry Potter, Ginny, she’s sorted into Slytherin. Special thanks to ziparumpazoo , Pepper, Trout, and K. for their beta work. Any remaining errors are my own. In progress series.

Year Four

Read it on AO3 or FFNET

Dear Author Letter

annerbhp — Fri, 27 Dec 2013 21:00:22 GMT

I signed up for the Galentine's Day fic exchange. (Optimistic of me, I know.) Here is my letter to my dear author!

Dear Galentine’s Day author,

First off, thanks so much for offering to write me a story! I am sure I will enjoy whatever it is you chose to write. But to offer a little guidance if you want, I can tell you a few things I like. If they spark your muse, great, if not, equally great. Certainly don’t try to squeeze them all in or something!

-I like stories where characters are underestimated in some way. Either other people underestimate them, or they underestimate themselves. It’s great to read about them overcoming that, or, you know, just having an awesome BAMF moment with their brains or brawn or skills or calmness in a storm, etc, getting a chance to shine and/or save the day.
-I love stories about secondary or minor characters, giving them more in-depth background or just hearing their point of view of events and/or major characters. The more misunderstood or generally ignored a minor character is, the more I love it when someone takes them on and gives them their own story.
-I like friendships that start off rocky or full of misconceptions or even with animosity that then evolve slowly from there. I like the evolution and process of learning to see someone differently.
-I am totally cool with crossover stories. In fact, that would pretty darn awesome. I love that possibility of “What in the world would these two characters think of each other?” I always like to think of it as, if they were locked in a closet/elevator/spaceship/etc with each other, what in the world would they say?
-I’m a fan of Five Things type formats if that is your thing. Or small snippets over vast time.
-I like to stick to canon ships for the most part, but if you strongly feel the inspiration for some femslash, that’s fine. In that case, I would prefer smut-free, pretty please. I’ve always preferred the pre-ship, USTy stuff.

As for specific fandoms and favorite characters, it’s embarrassing to admit that I can’t remember which fandoms I signed up for specifically. (Give me a big ole fail for that one.) The thing is, no matter what fandoms I signed up for, the sad truth is that most of them only have a handful of women in them, and I am not the sort of person to dislike or hate any of the women in my fandoms—evil, marginalized, hated by fandom or not. For example, I’m pretty sure Harry Potter was on my list. When I started listing all the characters I’d like to read about, I realized I had written everyone down. Like, I love Luna until the end of time, but then I was thinking how much I love Molly and how little is written from her POV. And then I thought of every female character only mentioned once or twice and thought it might be easier to list the characters I would rather not read about, but couldn’t think of a single one. I’d love to read about Narcissa or Bellatrix or Poppy or Moaning Myrtle or Petunia or….I could go on. It’s the same for me in Stargate or Elementary or Person of Interest or Fringe or The West Wing or Leverage or anything else I singed up for. I guess the only slight preference I have, and this is not a do or die thing, is that I slightly prefer female characters that are not the lead. But that is a very slight preference.

If I was forced to write a squickination list, I would prefer not to read: smut, first person POV, incest, adultery, or babyfic.

That’s pretty much it. I hope this helped and did not in any way make this process any more difficult. Happy writing! May our muses cooperate!

-Annerb

Take Back The Fandom Squee

annerbhp — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 05:09:21 GMT

So, I'm noticing a lot of people popping back up on livejournal lately with a lot of "Hello, anyone still out there?" There seems to be a little interest in fandom and/or nostalgia and/or reaching out. It seems to me we should maybe try to do some sort of low-key Take Back the Fandom Squee mini-fest. Like all take a pledge to post for seven days straight, maybe leading up to Winter Solstice. Fill those darkest nights of the year with squee and awesomeness. (Or brightest days of the year for our southern hemisphere buddies.) Maybe we could write little Winter Solstice wishlists with things like: "I'd love to see a post about why Parker is awesome" or "I want a picspam of Karl Urban to drool over." or "I want to see a post about fantasy bizarre pairings that just might work" or "Tribute to all the shows/characters that died too soon!" Maybe people could throw up fic recs, or just "This is what I am in to these days." "This is what I miss most about fandom." Or, hell, let's go crazy and post comment fics or whatnot! The possibilities are endless.

Possibly I am being to ambitious and optimistic here, but I thought I would at least throw the idea out there. After all, I have a fic in beta and just signed up for a ficathon, so I am feeling simultaneously elated and foolish. So why not?

BRING ON THE FANNISH GLEE.

Thoughts?

annerbhp — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 06:21:14 GMT

Just deleted Person of Interest series pass off my DVR. We're all done here.

F UUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!

annerbhp — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 06:30:57 GMT

Watching S.H.I.E.L.D. reminds me a lot of watching Stargate Universe back in the day. You want to like it so bad, its part of a larger awesome franchise, and every once and a while you see these glimmers of what the show could be, but you're still just waiting for that potential to come together into something great. It's kind of wrenching and exhausting and completely inescapable. (I'll never quit you, Coulson.)

Beta needed!

annerbhp — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 17:58:00 GMT

Yes, you read that right. I'm particularly looking for someone willing/able to Britpick a Harry Potter fic for me. Also, it's not a short fic. No....it's clocking in at about 27,000 words at the mo. Hell, that's half a NaNo! It just took me two and a half years to write. Lol. (I am not complaining! I am pretty much ready to kiss the ground in thankfulness for having any words in my life.)

Anyway, yeah. Beta needed desperately.

Off to wrisomifu.

annerbhp — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 22:02:16 GMT

Can anyone point me to a shipping meme? I'm looking to some shiny ship wallowing. Thanks!

Fanfic squickination. (It's a word. I just made up.)

annerbhp — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 02:28:17 GMT

So, there's a lot of fic out there that bothers me. Poor grammar, bad spelling, improbable (even anatomically impossible) porn, absolutely terrible characterizations, etc, etc. These bug me, sure, but they don't really upset me. It's just par for course. And it's not like I pay for fanfic. It's a place for experimentation. A place to get better, if you want. Or not. It's a giant awesome playground.

That being said, what really does bother me are the subtler things in a perfectly good fic that just...I don't know. Reveal our cultural/gendered biases? Things that are clearly part of our mainstream cultural brain, but really shouldn't be. And maybe this is a bit Moff's Law and all, but I notice these things. And they throw me out of a fic faster than naming a baby after a dead person. Like, say, a Sam/Jack fic wherein Jack is acting like a perfect gentleman by basically removing all of Sam's agency. She no longer acts for herself, but is taken over by Jack O'Neill. I'm not talking door opening. I'm talking ordering for her, helping her tottle around on her crazy high heels, taking her keys from her and opening her front door for her. Cutting her food for her. Driving her car for her (when she is not drunk), and not because she asked.

Sam. Sam CARTER.

Even putting aside characterization for Jack and Sam for a moment (because the power dynamic issues alone add another insane dimension to this), these little "romantic" things that are actually kind of creepy say a lot about our culture, and the way that no matter how kick ass and independent a woman is, she is supposed to fill a certain role in order to be part of a "romantic" relationship, mostly by completely weakening herself.

I'm not trying to demonize the authors who include stuff like this in their fics as much as I just find it so interesting and kind of disturbing how much this plays in popular media.

What's the creepiest thing you've ever seen in fic or media in the name of Romance? (And let's not even go to the "I raped her because I love her" bullshit, because I will not sully my journal with that fucking insanity.)

Ficlet: Entropy (CSI, Sara/Grissom)

annerbhp — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 18:23:05 GMT

OMG. Words. Not necessarily the ones you wanted, but here they are. Best birthday present ever. :)

Title: Entropy
Author: Annerb
Summary: They’ve been here before.
Fandom: CSI: Las Vegas
Rating: G
Classifications: Sara/Grissom, angst, ‘Forget Me Not’ post-ep

Entropy

It had been this way between them from the beginning—she drawing nearer, him pushing away just enough to snap her back to the periphery until something started slipping again, the distance eroding. She remembered it as dizzying and frustrating, but something almost like breathing.

She wonders if she’d gotten too used to the pull, the moving apart and together. Maybe that’s why she was always running away from him, always the one to slip away, after he’d finally let her in. Maybe she was just trying to relive the feel of it.

Maybe she always assumed he would follow.

But he cut the string between them, and now everything is stillness.

She isn’t so much stuck as rooted. This warped city, this lab, it has become a home for her, a center. Nick and Greg, but also new faces, bringing a freshness and energy to what otherwise can feel like casual suffocation. (She knows this, has been dragged down by broken little girls too many times before.) She feels steady here, strong and fierce and buttressed and invincible. She feels exactly what this place once meant to him.

Once. But no longer.

He’d left because while now he drifts across the world on a breeze of whimsy and opportunity, staying here had been an anchor around his waist in a watery expanse.

He can’t come back. She can’t go. An impasse. Painful, airless stillness.

They’ve been here before.

She survives because she knows that life is never still for long. This job shows her that on a daily basis. She wades through the debris of people’s lives, sees the way human cruelty can tip everything on its axis, shift the steadiest foundation. Knows that breezes shift without any warning.

She waits. She works and waits and listens for that first telltale creak. A shift of air.

So they can begin again.

Oh, Perchance to Twit.

annerbhp — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:55:19 GMT

Wow, work just crawled up and kicked my ass. And then the plague on top of it. Oi, oi. So sorry I am behind on the surprising outpouring of comments in my Is Anyone Alive Out There post. Frankly I hadn't expected that much response. Lol. Glad to know we are not so much all shouting into a void as we are lounging around and watching things change around us.

I did get a twitter account, which seems slightly more capable of interaction with other fan friends than I thought. And way less pressure. Fun, but I have no plans to have it replace LJ. Where else could I whinge on and on and on and on? ;) Oh, I'm @annerbhp. Yeah. Might complain and snark and update about my writing or not writing as applies. And be obsessive about the Lizzie Bennet Diaries.

I did have an entire scene from my 'Ginny is in Slytherin' verse pop into my head on the long commute the other day. Unfortunately it didn't get written down. And now I remember nothing other than Badass!Molly Weasley talking to Woobie!Ginny about the cost of war and killing.

I've noticed that every fic I work on has an unofficial subtitle. And if I don't have one yet, then I don't really know what my fic is about yet. The Changeling's subtitle? How Ginny Weasley Learned to Own her Shit and Embrace her Inner Badass. Yeah. Pretty much.

Hello? Anybody out there?

annerbhp — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 18:56:05 GMT

Is it just me, or is LJ dead these days? I mean, I know I'm one to talk, Miss Never Posts. But I'm just curious what's going on. Is it just that LJ is getting old and tired and the overlords seem to want us gone anyway? I would think maybe, but from what I've heard Dreamwidth isn't much more happening these days, even with its benevolent overlords. Then I consider that my fannish circle was built around what is rapidly becoming a defunct fandom (WOE!). Maybe I have not moved with the fannish bandwagon. OR, I think about how fannishness, to the point of actively taking part in something like a community in livejournal, is sometimes just a burst of extreme frenetic energy that burns itself out after a period of time (months, years). I mean, fandom is often about being in a certain place in your life, a certain headspace, where maybe you are functional, but need something to fill some holes around you. And then maybe your life takes a tick up, like you finish school, or your job takes a twist, or your social life spins off in a different direction, or you have kids, or you just find a different outlet. Sometimes your life takes a really bad turn and fandom is just too much to even contemplate. It can be all of these things, I think.

BUT, I'm feeling the need to connect here, people. To see who is actually still out there. So, I'm curious.

Are you out there? Are you fannish anymore? Where do your fannish passions lie these days? Where do you get your fannish fixes if not LJ anymore? Have your notions of fandom changed? Evolved?

If you are someone I haven't interacted with much, I would love to hear how you found your way here, what you're looking for. ~~(And how I have failed to fill that interest for a while now.)~~ Let's say hello!

Old hands, give me a shout out to know you're still here. :) One wonders just how many Worm'hos are still around.

RIP GSR

annerbhp — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 16:18:25 GMT

Well, I've always said that Sara/Grissom is one of the best on-screen resolved ships. That all other shows should strive to do it as well. Because it was done in small glances and tiny scenes and verbal banter and hardly any kissing at all. There was drama, but also understated flirting and secrets and in the end it all worked out. There was a dramatic reveal, there was even Sara's departure from the show due to actor staffing snafus. Even with that they managed a believable exit for Grissom that respected and tied up his relationship with Sara. A nice little bow. And then they went off into the sunset.

Only not.

Sara pops back up in Las Vegas, now married, although long-distance wise. This stretched my belief a bit, but it was still hand-wave-able. Then the episode that shall not be named happened (Oh, William Petersen, you sold your return to the (small) screen far too cheaply. And who knew even Marlee Matlin could be made to suck if the writing is bad enough?! I had to watch every episode of West Wing she was ever in just to cleanse my palette.) And then the awfulness of Langston kicked in and I stopped watching. In my mind, Sara and Grissom were still walking into their sunset.

Then Ted Danson happened. And CSI stopped sucking quite so much. No where near its earlier glory, but worth watching. And Sara is still there, but whatever, handwave, remember?

Until these last few episodes. It was clear that the writers felt like dramatizing Sara and Grissom for some unknown reason. Missed phone calls, Sara being tempted, seeming lonely. Ditching Grissom's "We need to talk" calls. And then this week. A tipsy Sara on her birthday flirting with some dude who ends up dead. I'm wondering if it's awful that I was almost relieved by the reveal of their divorce against the alternative of Sara cheating on Grissom. (I cannot abide adultery as a plot point. HATE IT.) But, yes, off-screen and mostly probably due to the fact that Jorja Fox is still on the show and William Petersen is not, the writers of CSI decided to rip apart what they had so carefully crafted.

Is it believable that a couple might break up? Sure. That a inter-generational couple might break up? Sure. That long distance is tough? Sure. That a couple who worked together might not work not working together? Sure. (If that sentence makes sense. Sure.)

But was it done well? Or just done for DRAMA? With respect for the characters or not? I suppose it was done as well as it could be. But still.

You killed my GSR. I may not be able to forgive that.

Gina Bellman on the Leverage Fandom

annerbhp — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 22:42:01 GMT

As someone who was lucky enough to be there for Gina Bellman's first convention, I found this article by her really lovely. Especially because I distinctly remember her sitting on stage looking frightened for her life. Ha! Nice to know Leverage fans ended up making a positive impression on her in the end!

Because no one else was doing it!!

annerbhp — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 04:35:40 GMT

the_lbd the_lbd the_lbd the_lbd the_lbd the_lbd the_lbd

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm just super excited to have fannish energy, m'kay? Spread the word. It's a lonely place at the moment. Maybe you would come play with me? I was thinking of discussion/squee posts for each new vid. Yeah??

HOW ARE YOU NOT ALL WATCHING THIS?!

annerbhp — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 04:42:08 GMT

Holy goodness, Lizzie Bennet Diaries, how are you SO AWESOME?! Pemberley Digital videos! SHOULDER TOUCHES. Charlotte's tweets of ANGST and ALARM. Lizzie's broken phone. AND THIS. Bernie Su, I want your fannish babies.

Also:
Awesome behind the scenes vid.

Hilarious fan vid "I Knew You Were Trouble"

Just, YOU GUYS. MY FEELS.

Is it 9 am yet?

LBD, What Else?

annerbhp — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:39:32 GMT

The Lydia Bennet episode 26:
God, Lydia is looking rougher and rougher. It's really intense to see the writers' 21st century version of "being ruined", here highlighting the corrosive process of being in a manipulative, abusive relationship. I mean, it's not clear that he is in anyway physically abusing her, but does any one doubt that he's emotionally abusing her? And in #26, his manipulation of the camera and obsession with Lizzie made it pretty clear to me that he is actively trying to get back at Lizzie *and* Darcy all at once, which makes it ever worse for Lydia. Man. This is going to get a hell of a lot worse before it gets better. (Do you think Lydia has gotten into drugs? Between how awful she looks and the references to her old habit of stealing prescription drugs from her babysitting clients... Oi, Oi, Oi. How are the days between new eps so looooooooooooong?)

Lizzie Bennet Diaries episode 80:
AHHHHHHHHH! The awkwardness! The geeking out! Darcy's willingness to portray himself! Bringing his own newsie hat! *dies* I like that Darcy, even knowing Lizzie's position perfectly well, still isn't willing to pander to her just to get her good opinion. He acknowledges what he did wrong, but still holds to who he is in his reasoning. And Lizzie is pissed, but you know that will linger, that she's doubting herself too. Man. SO GOOD. And yet so, so, so killing me, knowing the trainwreck that is going on without their knowledge. LYDIA! (God, the thing about this transformative work is that they have made the characters all so much more real, so nuanced and fleshed out. I've never liked Lydia before.)

And now, a bazillion fic recs, because I have been devouring everything I can.

nevermind that we're not touching now by monsterbate (LBD, Lizzie/Darcy)
never mind that we're not touching now, because our shadows are holding hands in the dark behind our backs
Great Lizzie POV of post-ep 78 and the fallout through the upcoming Lydia fallout. Plus, Gigi and Dr. Gardiner!

bridging the schism by abvj (LBD, Lizzie/Darcy)
The details are, undoubtedly, his favorite part of any plan. Or: How Darcy plans to fix this mess. People always underestimate him in these types of situations.
Darcy POV fics are rare, and good ones are even rarer. This one presents just such a perfect glimpse into Darcy, a guy who has his flaws sure, but is also CEO of his own company. I love characters who get underestimated.

Progress by aeternamente (LBD, Lizzie/Darcy)
The day after Darcy's unexpected meeting with Lizzie, he feels strangely happy...
Another Darcy POV with FITZ!!! What more do you need?

like sugar on my tongue by emperessarwig (LB, Lizzie/Darcy)
Wherein Lizzie is kidnapped and forced to sing karaoke.
The slow burn of giving it all a second chance. Plus, Gigi and Fitz!!!

Fitz and Gigi's Excellent Adventure by Anjali-Organa (LBD, Gigi, Lizzie/Darcy)
No one ships Lizzie/Darcy harder than Fitz and Gigi.
GOD, this fic! Yay Fitz and Gigi! There is shipping hilarity, of course, but this is really a fic about Gigi. Oh, and how awesome Fitz is.