The Brink of Fantasy

Jack Frost, you little troll.

fateofshadow — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 02:38:09 GMT

What. Why? It's March. There was next to no snow all Winter and now I've got hailstones the size of golf balls hitting my window. It's a literal BLIZZARD out there, I can't see anything but white swirls every way I look. Did we get all of Russia's weather dumped on our heads?

Fuck this shit, it better at least have the decency to lie until a decent time tomorrow because if there's not enough to make at least a snow puppy by the time I get up, I am going to be very displeased.

That Awful Moment...

fateofshadow — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 23:46:56 GMT

When you realise your entire premise for the next three chapters is based on a 4-season climate instead of the 2-season climate of canon.

Major edits and note shuffling ahoy. Yay.

Avatar world, why your equator climate screwing with my Britishness?

Zombie Rec List

fateofshadow — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 18:51:57 GMT

As usual, mostly crossovers. I'll be adding more to this as I dig and suggestions for this list, old lists and any category you'd like to see in the future are welcome.

A Brief Account of Life With Zombies
Fandom(s): BBC Sherlock.
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6253167/1/

Crossing Paths
Fandom(s): Supernatural, The Walking Dead.
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7533573/1/

Highway to Hell, Michigan
Fandom(s): Supernatural, Zombieland.
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6257583/1/
One-shot but I'd dearly love to see more in this verse.

The End of the World As We Know It
Fandom(s): Resident Evil, Supernatual.
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5310625/1/
Only two chapters, last updated 09.

ZSyndrome
Fandom(s): Harry Potter, High School of the Dead.
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6864220/1/
Mostly like this one because it brings some logic to the HSotD fandom, very AU non-magic Harry Potter verse.

Even my thoughts are thinking in circles...

fateofshadow — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 01:03:42 GMT

So, I've been collecting books on trees, herbs, nature survival/cooking and the like for a few years now. It's fascinating how many angles you can approach even just the British plant lore from. Some of these books have purely religious or historical outlooks, others concentrate on modern survival, nature and community preservation and the like. I love reading them and linking all the avenues of study (also possibly preparing for a food industry dystopia where our invaried diets of monogenetic crops take a knock when the few mass-produced breeds of crops can no longer keep up with the evolution of blight and parasites and I will have to forage for my supper in the park next door >_>).

THUS, HERE IS MY DEVELOPED WORLD, WHITE GIRL PROBLEM:

I can't work much or any of what I've learned into the stories I am currently writing. Not even my HP/Airbender survival fic because Harry is pretty ignorant of anything that doesn't grow in an English suburban garden or get chucked in a cauldron (I wish there was more herbology in the books, rather than made up or mutated plants). I'm trying to work some stuff into the background as Harry stumbles about, but then I start thinking about how vastly different the flora could be in the Avatar world, considering that the fauna is seven shades of screwed up.

OBVIOUSLY I NEED TO WRITE AN ORIGINAL NOVEL.

So yeah, wrote 700 words of aforementioned fic and am working it into the 1200 words of that chapter I have so far. Previous chapter needs another scene because it's too short and choppy. I really love being able to go back and edit shit I've not put online yet. *GuiltGuiltGuilt* ^^;;

Status update on A Reason to Live: I'm working on a serious overhaul. The funny thing is very little of the published story will be affected. Desperately want to rewrite the (wangsty as hell) prologue but other than that, I'm just shuffling my headcanon. I'm working on the next chapter and once that's up I'll go back and edit existing chapters. Not much change but hopefully it'll be the kick-start I need to get the ball rolling again. That being said, I'm not making any promises.

Egawds, my eyessss

fateofshadow — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 21:53:12 GMT

I love crossovers. There is a limit however. Two and a half is my limit. Two interacting fandoms with some elements of a third. That's all I think you can handle in any given story, either writing or reading.

It's hard enough melding two verses into a fusion or having one cast meet another, why do people insist on throwing every character from every fandom they've ever encountered into a single story? All at the same time? Without explaining things properly? Some of the stuff I've read tonight might have even been good if they expanded every 500 words into 50,000. Not naming names, that's just mean.

Oh, and the encounter with so much bad fic was due to my attempts to find a particular trope: video game conventions in serious fic. Like, the protagonist is able to pause his/her progress, experience life as a series of quests and level up as a result. I've stumbled across a couple of stories which do this but they were either complete crack of not done very well (or both).

Any recs would be much appreciated. Alternatively you could ask me for fic, goodness knows I've probably read about 85% of all the fic on the internet by now. The other 15% is fandoms I'm not a part of. U_U

(Coincidentally, I think this is one of the few triple crossovers that could work. Then again, SuperWho is practically it's own fandom. Silly me.)
(No, I don't know who made this, I never bother to save the name of the artist. I am a horrible, fan art stealing person.)

OC Rec List

fateofshadow — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 03:13:35 GMT

A Cage of Blood and Circumstance/Naruto/WIP : http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6749873/1/
You've been inserted into the body of someone in Konoha. Do you become a Ninja; killing others and likely dying, or run and live? An OC-insert into one of the worst possible people in the Narutoverse – Hyūga Hinata. AU. No Bashing or Serious Relationships.
((This is the one I was talking about in my previous post.))

A Very Good Neighbor/Batman/Complete : http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4686303/1/
Rita is a little bit of an ugly duckling, a lonely teen, but her new neighbor proves to be very interested in her. How was she to know he would become the most wanted man in Gotham? OC/Joker.
((I can't decide if this story is sweet or creepy. Probably both. Mostly creepy. Warnings for age difference, grooming of a young adult (I can't remember if it was legal by US standards) and the Joker being... the Joker.))

Aberration/Naruto/WIP : http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6278468/1/
The second she realized she was in the world of Naruto, Rae swore she wouldn't interfere. Even so, looking at the shivering 8-year-old before her, she couldn't help but hold him close. It's not like one friend will change anything, right?

Alone in Anórien/Lord of the Rings/WIP : http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3978670/1/
A girl 21 unknowingly enters Arda through an old Native American site. What secrets and danger await the traveller? How will she survive lost in the White Mountains? Join her on a fantastic journey a few years before the start of LOTR. Non-MS! Edited
((I don't think this summary does it justice, this is a slow-growing plot with beautiful descriptions, wonderful characterisation and a believeable survival element.))

Can't Get You Out Of My Head/Batman/WIP : http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4428854/1/
Out of Arkham and out of his mind, the Joker hits the town with an intangible companion who might be dead but isn't nearly departed. He can't touch her, she can't get away from him, and so they have to make the best of it.
((I can't remember how many times I've read this story- thrilling plot, rich characterisation of both canon and OC characters, believeable.))

Dreaming of Sunshine/Naruto/WIP : http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7347955/1/
Life as a ninja. It starts with confusion and terror and doesn't get any better from there.
((This story pulls you in and is very addictive on top of being long and updated often. Somehow Silver Queen has even managed to make me read filler arc- done well I might add. Egawds.))

Fakes & Fiends/Yu Yu Hakusho/WIP : http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6183483/1/
Chiyo, a teenage matchmaker, is constantly approached by girls pining for Minamino Shuichi's love. She routinely turns such clients away, but Saiyuri isn't looking for romance. She's merely after revenge for the hell Shuichi unwittingly made of her life.

Freelance/Yu Yu Hakusho/WIP : http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7271291/1/
A tabloid journalist snaps a rather unfortunate picture of Seto Kaiba. Though she might not know it yet, she just messed with the wrong trillionaire. Very eventual KaibaxOC.

Home with the Fairies/Lord of the Rings/WIP : http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6024634/1/
We've all seen the horribly butchered and cliché girl-falls-into-Middle-Earth stories. So is it possible to make a realistic one? Well, that's exactly what I'm trying to do.

In Arms of Red and Blue/Superman/WIP : http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3028997/1/
Superman saves a girl and stays for a cupcake.

Just a Face On a Train/Spiderman/Complete : http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2093771/1/
After rescuing a train from Doc Ock's attack, Peter Parker found himself unmasked and indebted to those he had just saved. 4 months later, a train passenger again crosses paths with the young hero. Based on events from SpiderMan 2.

One night in the grocery store/Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Complete : http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1837901/1/
A Sunnydale night from the pov of a grocery clerk.

Plausibility/Batman/WIP : http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5727231/1/
The Scarecrow doesn't care who you are, where you hail from, or where you're going. He just needs a ride. OC but no romance, I can guarantee you that.
((Dark fic with eventual happy ending. Warnings for torture of the body and mind. Not for the faint of hearted. Strong characterisation.))

The Secrets Of Scary People/Batman/WIP : http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4979784/1/
There's something living in that chest. It's been in there for two hundred years. Don't fool yourself. The lock isn't broken. It just doesn't work... from the outside.
((So much love for this fic. A beautiful read of the Asian horror genre and lots of well researched Japanese culture woven in. The best Nolan!verse pre-movie Jonathan Crane I've ever read.))

Therapy for Shinigami/Bleach/WIP : http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2474909/1/
Soul Society has a therapist! Witness the pain and horror of all of the unfortunate Shinigami who end up in her office. It starts with Hitsugaya...the newest victim is KUROSAKI ICHIGO. series of therapy related oneshots.
((Not read this one in a while, from what I remember I liked the main OC. Oh, and it was complete crack.))

Touched/Yu Yu Hakusho/WIP : http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6516704/1/
A dollmaker bites off more than she can chew when she uses a bag of discarded clothing to dress her new creations. Tantei who, now? Eventual YusukexOC.

Self Insertion (That's What She Said)

fateofshadow — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 23:11:13 GMT

I read self-insert/OFC/OMC fiction. Here's why:

1) They can bring a new perspective to an existing universe. Yes, this is usually a white, heterosexual, middle class perspective but I don't think this is always a bad thing (some deviation on this would be nice though), provided the canon characters don't start adopting everything the OC does/says/thinks/feels- a little cultural bleed is nice, a lot is just colonial fiction. I love to see the clash when a character with modern values (and laziness, reliance on technology, low pain threshold, etc) finds themselves in a completely foreign land. Naruto, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Inuyasha- these are all universes are chock-a-block with civil war and it's great to see OCs dealing with the moral ramifications of that (Kagome kinda counts as the outsider perspective though, I wish I could find a good rewrite of the manga- the premise was good but urg, characterisation and shipping...). Yes, OCs, the magical powers that you received on arrival to this verse are very shiny but what are you going to do with them?

2) Language barriers. I freaking love language barriers. I love how much interaction there is (and misunderstandings) when two characters have to mime and communicate with tone, music, code, etc. When the two parties start to understand one another with prolonged exposure or come up with their own bastardised half-way language in order to get things done. Characters shoved together in extremely adverse circumstances that have to learn to get along despite linguistic separation... yesssss.

3) I do like the 'oh I know this fandom inside out, I can solve all these major problems so that everyone's happy :DD' premises. I especially love when they go wrong. Not leading to character death or the end of the world, nothing like that. I just like it when the verse in question is so much more complicated when it's brought to life outside of the anime/TV series/book/whatever. Shattered fan assumptions followed by learning from their initial mistakes (and likely making any more as they continue to acclimatise to reality) FTW.

4) In many fandoms, it's difficult to find good female characters who get enough screen time and don't become nothing more than 'the romantic interest'. Unfortunately it's very hard to find gen OFC fics. And yet there's so much potential for feminist insight in an OFC fic, especially in fandoms that have so little female influence (silly FOS, fic iz for shippin). There's a Naruto fic (which I have alerted but can't find right now) where an OFC ends up in the body of a young Hinata around about the time of her failed kidnapping. It offers a lot of insight into the Hyuuga clan and it is not a lovey-dovey fic. In fact it's rather dark and (aside from the body possession thing) could be completely canon. Showing the kind of person Hinata could be (when she is a sweet yet ineffectual, vaguely stalkerish wallflower in canon) is really interesting and makes for a rather good fic in my opinion.

I'm not going to touch the Mary-Sue topic. Except to say that I'm sick of hearing that canon female charcters are MSs when their male counterparts can pull all the godmodding they like out their arses and get no flack for it. And I'm talking about female ninja, magic users and superheroes for goodness' sake. Heaven forbid that anyone with ovaries be awesome.

Going to throw together a list of good OC fics tonight. Any recs?

Not looking at the pink elephant.

fateofshadow — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:56:44 GMT

I am so behind on my dissertation, it's not even funny but instead of working on that like I should be (lalala, not listening~) I've been procrastinating by reading shojou and yuri manga.

WHY ARE THERE NO GOOD HEROINES!?! IF I HAVE TO READ ONE MORE COMIC WHERE THE FEMALE PROTAGONIST GETS MOLESTED BY A NEAR STRANGER FOR BEING 'TOO CUTE' I WILL JUST SCREAM, ESPECIALLY IF SHE DOES NOTHING ABOUT IT, ESPECIALLY IS SHE HAS NO SKILLS OUTSIDE OF CUTENESS AND PRACTICALLY NO PERSONALITY. URRRRRRG!!!

True, not all manga are like that, I rather like shoujo and josei manga on occasion, I finished reading 'Girl Friends' a few days ago which was an adorable shojouai manga with real personality and a good grasp of emotions without being omgtheangstitburnsssssss.

Just, urgg, rampant mysogyny and bad writing, I want to stab it in the face.

EDIT: I have discovered 'Code Breaker', though I'm only 4 chapters in right now. Why is it that a shonen manga has more interesting and independant women in it than those manga aimed at women?

JAPANESE LOGIC. YOU MAKE NO SENSE.

Holding Out For an Update / I don't have a leg to stand on here

fateofshadow — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 01:30:01 GMT

Yeah, I have no excuse and any court in the land would convict me of being hypocritical liek whoa but when you start daydreaming about what the next update might be like, imagine horrifying, sticky ends for the writers (who are dead, in comas, or abducted by aliens, obviously) then you know you've got it bad for a fic.

I won't mention all the fics I'm currently hung up on (I'd be here all day) but just the ones I either want like burning or are from authors who seem to have fallen off the edge of the interwebs.

Blood by Artemis Luna Diana. Harry Potter. I think this fic got me into time travel fic. And vampire fic (for however long that lasted). Despite the clichés, I think this started a lot of them in the fandom, or at least got to the party earlier than most. No noise since 2004 from either fic or author and this makes me sad. The next chapter would have been a major plot turning point too. ;_;

Gemini by SilverLily AKA Blood Moon. Yu Gi Oh. It's cheesy and dormant since early 2004 but ho boy, nostalgia trip. Still one of the sweetest Puzzleshipping stories online and I have a soft spot for it the size of a pyramid.

History of Magic by Lizeth. Harry Potter / Yu Gi Oh crossover. With intricate parallel plotlines and the golden trio running around trying to figure out what the deal is with that spikey haired and mildly awesome history teacher. The best part of the mystery is I already know but I'm just waiting for the HP cast to get clued in. UNF for Puzzleshipping seen through my slashy goggles. No update since 2004.

One Whole Star by Amazom Ziti. Buffy The Vampire Slayer / Harry Potter crossover. Updated 2006. A short, sweet story which deals well with a young Harry's abuse and neglect- by making the recovery more painful to read than most stories dealing with the Hurt part of Comfort. It hits the nail with a lot of the reactions for me and is believable considering Harry's age. Willow is OOC for me but we never see her dealing with young abuse victims in canon, so...

Relative Truth by Becky Tailweaver. Detective Conan. Not updated since 2003, I've been avoiding a re-read because it is physically painful. I'm a sucker for good family fics with amazing characterisation while avoiding shmoop... it still manages to make my toes curl though. Yeah.

The Wizard of Gotham by Skysaber. Batman / Harry Potter crossover. Read this story before it stopped updating (oh my god, I feel so oooold) which was back in 2007 and the pangs to read more have recently come back with my latest DC verse revival. Also Batman is wrong, wrong, wrong for once in his life and this make me lol. I want a Batman/Ivy custody court battle. I may implode if I don't get one.

Unicorn Child by Felinity. Harry Potter. Another one of my first fics and major nostalgia trips from 2004. Also the one that jukeboxhound won't let me live down. Harry gets raised by unicorns, makes magical forest friends and is kidnapped by dastardly wizards who want him to be a boy instead of a unicorn. (oh the humanity!)

Does anyone have any long hiatus fics they are dying to read more of? I may do a post later specifically for authors who have disappeared and/or deleted all their fics...

Obscure Fic Wish List / Girls Getting the Short End of the Stick

fateofshadow — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:45:09 GMT

Why can't I find any Narnia/Captain America crossovers out there? I mean, okay, they're set in different countries even if at the EXACT SAME time (WWII for LtWatW, subsequent books also during or not long after) however, Steve did spend a lot of time in Europe and Movie!verse Susan did go to America so interaction between the characters (never mind the long distance impact they could have on one-another) is plausible. ~~Also there could be epic bonding over premature leadership positions~~.

Hell, I'd love to see Susan take charge of a situation that the green rookie CM doesn't know how to handle, probably something that involves more experience than brute strength: crowd control, organising resources, complicated battle logistics, guerilla warfare against an enemy force far superior to your own because Susan is an archer and by Aslan, archers know how to do the most damage to the enemy while taking no hits themselves.

No pairings, just awesome character interaction with Steve floundering as he goes in way over his head and Susan all 'uhuh, I ruled over a scarily diverse nation for over a decade, let the experts handle this, 'kaythx.' Don't tell me that Lucy took over the running of the kingdom when the boys were off playing war with the giants. I will laugh.

It always rankled me that C.S.Lewis got rid of Susan for no reason, except that he wanted seven rulers instead of eight at the Last Battle and Susan fit an Eve caricature well enough for him to demonise. Plus, Lucy is Aslan's favourite, Peter the golden boy and well, Edmund's too obvious and everyone loves a reformed man. Susan was the only choice really and besides, she was already written off as the serious one. Growing up too fast in a time of war, probably a lot of pressure on her from all sides (young girls had more pressure to participate in Home Front activities than boys so for all of Peter's efforts with the family, Susasn was looking after the clan and helping with the war effort) and actually cared more about the lives of her siblings than complete strangers *le gasp* how dare she! No, Lewis. If you're going to shove one of your characters out of the picture, you'd better give a damn good reason for it and as much as that big furball represents God for you, I know it's just as much his fault as it is hers. More so since, you know, he's a cosmic being and she is a (relatively) young woman.

I want to see fic where Susan's siblings choose her over Narnia or stand up to Aslan and tell him 'not cool bro, we're a set, Take all of us or none of us'. Shutting Susan out because she 'lost faith' always irritated me because we never saw Aslan or anyone else try to help her find her way back. Edmund gets a Jesus-style sacrifice in his name but Susan? Barely a footnote: "My sister Susan... is no longer a friend of Narnia". Urg! No! Just because she chose not to pine, because it was too painful to remember, because she was told she could never come back does not makes her a traitor. "Once a king or queen of Narnia, always a king or queen of Narnia" - Unless you're a woman. Because girls don't get second chances. Aslan forbid your loyalty wavers ~~if you've got a uterus~~.

So yeah, if anyone can point me in the direction of some well written Narnia AU focusing on Susan/the quartet. Hopefully very AU if Susan gets to stay with the rest of them in the club.

~~I think I might sell my soul to get a Narnia/Captain America story. Or a feminist, non-racist reboot of the Narnia series.~~

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fateofshadow — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:13:17 GMT

Originally posted by cantarina1 at post

Originally posted by electricdruid at The fiasco continues

ACTA in a Nutshell –

What is ACTA? ACTA is the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. A new intellectual property enforcement treaty being negotiated by the United States, the European Community, Switzerland, and Japan, with Australia, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Mexico, Jordan, Morocco, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, and Canada recently announcing that they will join in as well.

Why should you care about ACTA? Initial reports indicate that the treaty will have a very broad scope and will involve new tools targeting “Internet distribution and information technology.”

What is the goal of ACTA? Reportedly the goal is to create new legal standards of intellectual property enforcement, as well as increased international cooperation, an example of which would be an increase in information sharing between signatory countries’ law enforcement agencies.

Essential ACTA Resources -

Read more about ACTA here: ACTA Fact Sheet
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With flist as my witness...

fateofshadow — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:09:44 GMT

I'm currently standing at 2656 for GaAF (HP/A:tLAB) chapter three. I go back to uni on Monday. I'm gonna get to 5000 words/finish the chapter before then if it KILLS ME.

Wish me luck (and feel free to kick my butt if I don't make good on this)!

Edit: It's not really Monday until I fall asleep. Really. >_> Got 4155 words, gonna keep trying until I conk out, even though I feel like this kitty here.

Phoenix Fic Rec List

fateofshadow — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:42:03 GMT

Been writing at bit of GAaF which is obviously pretty heavy on the phoenix themes. Here's some of the fics that inspired me or are just really good reads. Harrry Potter fandom, with a couple of crossovers.

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3315493/1/A_Whole_New_World
Author: fuzzy-christmas-socks
Crossover with Lord of the Rings. A little angsty and potentially melodramatic but not dripping in woobie either. Set after Return of the King. Eventual Harry and Legolas slash pairing.

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3933843/1/Child_of_Fire
Author: Hiira
Crossover with Naruto. Somewhat angsty beginnings but I rather like the interactions. General premise of Harry finding himself in Konoha and becoming a part of the community, not a ninja though which is a nice change. Set before the timeskip, for now.

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1881821/1/Dark_Phoenix
Author: SofiaDragon
A must-read story for the genre which has been kicking around for years with erratic updates. One of the longest 'Harry in phoenix form' stories. While not the most realistic (shh, it's magic), it's cute while not glossing over the Big Plot Issues.

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6841502/1/Wild_child
Author: esama
This only has one lovely long chapter, I really wish she would update, this is probably the story that inspired me the most and I will be giving credit when the first chapter comes out. Also has a SURVIVAL ELEMENT, which I'm all over like white on rice. Nomnomnom.

I feel like I'm missing a few so I'll probably add more later. Feel free to point me in the direction of any others you know of.

Reorder Time And Turn the World Upside Down

fateofshadow — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:19:32 GMT

I've been working like mad on research for my last two assignments this term, getting up at nine and spending 6 hours + in the library for the past week. Now? The day before submission? Can't be arsed. Practically ready to type everything up and I can't be bothered . Wow, self.

Fuck, fuck, fuck.

LIKE A BOSS >:3

fateofshadow — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:35:28 GMT

A cocktail in a can plus 400 words and counting of my Avatar: The Last Airbender / Harry Potter crossover, chapter 3.

Considering all the shit I've been going through at uni (and all that's to follow *lalala, not listening*), I think I deserve a night of ficcing. Yaay~

Yeah...

fateofshadow — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 22:31:44 GMT

I completely should not be this happy that I managed under 300 words of A Reason to Live chapter 4. But I kinda am.

I should have known my old plunnies would come out of the woodwork when I went back to uni. Screw Harry's birthday (my self-set deadline), it was obvious that a dissertation on the horizon would have given me a bigger kick then scheduled writing time during the summer break.

Current word count is 2633 and has the tentative title 'The Players Assemble'. Currently trying to work in Hiei and Kurama, plus Harry being a little kickass, the SDF with actual names and (gasp) some plot. \o/ ....... U_U

I'm going to go back and try to write more. Bah, fight scenes. I suck at them. *Patches them over with introspeciveness and purple prose*.

How do people feel about me editing the previous chapters? Nothing plot-wise, just some stuff that I and ffdotnet screwed up in equal amounts as far as typos and formatting issues go. I would probably edit either right after or right before I publish chapter 4 (which, I'm hoping will be done soon but hey, I'm not going to give a date, I was pretty sure about the 31st of July thing but that never happened).

Plunnies, plunnies everywhere (but not a wink of sleep)

fateofshadow — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 23:36:13 GMT

The Harry Potter / Avatar: the Last Airbender plunnie I was talking about here ( http://fateofshadow.livejournal.com/13905.html ) is eating my braaaaain.

I sat down today, after finishing reading THIS http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5398503/1/Embers which is without a doubt the best AtLA story on fanfiction dot net and realised I needed more than just what the cartoon shows to really make this story sparkle.

Sure, I'd thought about commerse and faming techniques, even the cultural blend across the Earth Kingdom (correct me if I'm wrong but Ba Sing Se has a lot of Manchu fashion but the rural girl Zuko stole the ~~chocobo~~ Ostrich Horse from wore traditional Korean dress) but once Vathara's dragon plotline started to worm it's way in I had to counter it ~~even though it's kinda my head canon now~~ with something else.

A Wild Dragon Appears.

FOS Counters with Phoenixes Mythology. A Whole Shitload of Phoenix Mythology.

Is it Super Effective? O_o

Doushiyou... mou taku!

fateofshadow — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 16:54:31 GMT

*Currently flailing*

I shouldn't do this, it happens every time I put a new story or chapter up- even though this is just my own shameless version of Toil and Trouble, The PlayPen and Odd Ideas, etc and I've so far only published one crossover idea (Home For Now, which was on this site for a little while though this is a slightly longer edited version), I can't help but stare at my inbox (I think it got worse when I actually got a couple of Alerts and one Fave- now I believe there might be more).

I should go outside. ;_;

Or failing that, work on current fic. That was the whole point of Phoenixes of a Feather- to shove ideas out of my head for a bit while still getting feed back.

Need to work on ARtL, dammit. *slinks away*

The Pizza Man Learned it From Me

fateofshadow — Tue, 31 May 2011 00:41:28 GMT

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Just in case you didn't get the reference.

In other news, made a terrible batch of oatmeal cookies which I didn't think was possible until today. That'll teach me to use the dark chocolate in the cupboard instead of just going across the road for something already sweetened. No, adding more sugar to balance it out does not work, apparently.

The aftermath of bad baking somehow led to me writing lesbian porn.

Logic. I has it.

And as for writing actual fic... er, I wrote up lots of ARtL notes in Ireland? And some for L? Yes. Yes I did. *Stares at notebook* Write yourself, dammit.

'Playing with Progress Bars' Or 'What I Need to Work On in May'.

fateofshadow — Sun, 01 May 2011 18:05:00 GMT

The High Road (SPN Big Bang):

37.76%

7552 / 20000 words

My super procrastination skills were at play again in this one, I think I could have pulled it off if I hadn't looked at the conditions again, stating the story needed to be complete with the first draft.
Looks like this is one for next year.

A Reason to Live, Chapter Four:

L, Chapter Four:

Just Another Day: UWAAAAAAAHiwantmymummy Edition

fateofshadow — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 15:23:53 GMT

Decided to help out my dad and earn some money this weekend. Cleaning out the storage room/potential guest bedroom, about two hours in and my collarbone gets itchy so I scratch it...

THERE'S A FREAKING HUGE SPIDER THERE AND IT FALLS DOWN MY TOP AND I FLICK IT TO THE GROUND AND SCREAM AND I CAN'T EVEN FIGURE OUT IF IT WAS IN MY SLEEVE OR UNDER MY CHIN THE WHOLE TIME AND I'M SCREAMING MY HEAD OFF, SHRIEKING BECAUSE IT WAS ON MY SKIN AND THEN IT'S TWITCHING ON THE FLOOR LIKE SOMETHING FROM THE EXORCIST AND I CAN'T PLUG IN THE HOOVER FAST ENOUGH BECAUSE I'M DANCING A JIG I DIDN'T KNOW EXISTED AND DAD COMES IN AND STARTS LAUGHING AND- AND-

i will never feel clean again. ;___;

Chases plunnies with chainsaw

fateofshadow — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 03:16:42 GMT

I should NOT be up at 4am writing a brand new story...Even if it's a Harry Potter / Avatar the last Airbender story...I'm probably never going to publish it...I don't even have a title for it...My Big Bang's what's important right now...Goddammit, why does this story tick all my fic!kink boxes!?! (Duh, because I'm writing it)

Pulled directly from my squee-mangled notes:

Survival
Wandless magic
Creature attribute Harry (phoenix/basilisk)
Mistaken identity (flying = airbender)
Language barrier (DO WANT)
Hedwig (is made of awesome)
Adoption/surrogate family (because Harry's so cuuute~! <3)

U_U

4:14am

...

*Keeps typing*

UPDATE: Approx 4000 words of semi-edited -what I hope is believable- Harry!Woobie. So far no Avatar verse, in fact I'm tempted to keep this in reserve as a intro chapter to every single crossover in the history of ever. u_u

Writer's Block: Boldly going

fateofshadow — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 18:43:34 GMT

Final Fantasy VII would be my number one, hands down.
If I had the chance of joining AVALANCHE at the beginning of the game with all my fangirly knowledge... ho boy, major AU. Aeris would live, I'd tell Sephiroth all that was done to him (and hope it would turn him against Jenova, instead of having him chop my head off) and I would love the chance at cultivating my own materia and limit breaks. Plus Cloud needs a hug. I wouldn't jump him, unlike most fangirls (Aeris is more my type actually) but that chocobo really needs a hug without any strings attatched. ;__; Weapon? Probably naginata- I don't like getting my hands dirty but I can't aim to save myself. Katars also seem like a good option- they are an extension of your hands (only pointy) which makes them seem easier to learn the basics of than daggers.

My second choice would be the Hunter X Hunter verse.
I want to know what my nen ability is- it seems to be a reasonable reflection of your personality and I especially want to stop the Insect plotline from ever happening. Kill the queen before the story goes to hell. Not to mention the amalgamation of cultures, langauges and technology is really interesting in that verse, beautiful landcapes and interesting characters. I would mother Gon and Killua, though they might not appreciate it, but I can't stand the thought of little kids becoming professional killers or getting limbs blown off. U_U

Looks out window for four horsemen

fateofshadow — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 23:22:12 GMT

The end must be nigh.

I've officially brought A Reason to Live back to life. Oh title irony.

Wrote 1600 words I didn't hate today. I didn't look at my extensive notes from... how long ago? Neither did I watch any of the episodes. I just skimmed my previous chapters on FF . net and started writing.

My previous attempts at chapter four were failures. I think I got too caught up in the planning stages and forgot that this was the story I could wing with only a few set rules in place. I'm going to stop scanning the YYH episodes for a timeline as well (it doesn't even stick to its own canon) and just write the damn story. If it's not perfectly 'canon' then it's AU. At least it'll get written.

I'll also go back and edit my previous chapters for grammar and formating issues. A few things were FFs fault but a lot were mine.

Btw, if anyone cares, the FMA reference was 'The Slicer Brothers' near the start of the last chapter and no one got it so no omake for you, though some of the suggested scenes might get tied into the plot at a later date anyway. I don't make any promises. Next chapter already has a Naruto ref. I'm not even kidding.

Pretending You Care

fateofshadow — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 22:09:22 GMT

Legend of the Guardians was awesome. Shut up, it so was.

The CGI was amazing- each and every feather looked so realistic and of course I saw it in 3D which made the aerial manouvers simply breath-taking.

The plot wasn't that great, very conventional, especially with the villains personalities and was it so much to ask that there'd be a few more kick ass female owls? I counted one non-antagonist that actually did any fighting and she still got overshadowed by the guys, even the evil!queen was mostly in charge of the owlets and was put down by her mate. What would have made my day was to have the good!queen (who looks like Hedwig, omg, yessss) kick some tail feathers rather than staying behind in the home tree when the fighting starts. Pah.

On another note, what the heck fanfiction . net? Is this a scheduled down time or what? (HOW WILL I PROCRASTINATE ON MY ESSAY NOW?)