julianlee

1. I don't know that I necessarily believe this theory I'm about to expound. It's just an idea I had.
2. I doubt this is a new theory. But please humor me and don't tell me how many other places you've seen it, and how much better they did it.

( MAJOR HBP SPOILER WARNING for the 2 or 3 of you who are as behind as I am and haven't read it yet.Collapse )

Hey, cool. My journal's still here. *looks around* Still got the same crappy paint job, too.

I haven't been around in ages, which is how I missed perpet_fic demanding a "Boondocks" drabble from me at the beginning of June. She's so pushy. Which is part of her appeal.

And so, with great aplomb, I deliver the goods!

TITLE: Stud
FANDOM: The Boondocks
PAIRING: Huey/Caesar
RATING: PG
DISCLAIMER: Aaron McGruder draws them sitting on couches together, and Universal Press Syndicate publishes it. I just stow away under the cushions.
NOTES: If you've been following the strip lately, you know Huey and Riley spent a week mocking Granddad when he got his right ear pierced. From there, the drabble wrote itself.

STUD

Caesar's earlobe tingles when cold air hits metal where Huey's lips have just been. He shivers.

Huey laughs, flicks his fingers against the earring post. "You know nobody does that anymore. Gets their right ear pierced to show they're gay."

"I was being nice to your granddad." The look on his mother's face sure sold it, too. "Showing him having your right ear pierced doesn't always mean you're gay."

"But you are gay."

Caesar settles more securely between Huey's legs. "No reason for him to know that."

Huey's breath ghosts warm over Caesar's ear. "No reason at all," he whispers.

TITLE: Something I Owe You
FANDOM: The Boondocks
PAIRING: Huey/Caesar
RATING: PG-13 for language
DISCLAIMER: All hail the genius of Aaron McGruder, and the perserverance of United Press Syndicate. I don't make any money off this; I'm just along for the ride.
SUMMARY: One day can change an unremarkable life forever - if you let it.
NOTES: A futurefic which was written for perpet_fic on the occasion of her birthday, which was in the past. Also vaguely related to the Bordello's lyric wheelie-dealie. Oh, yeah - there's character death in here.

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I wanna be just like you when you grow up!

You are a Butterfly.

If you aren't already, you simply must - and when I say "you," what I mean is, "every single person who is reading this journal for any reason whatever, especially if you are a Harry Potter fan" - to become a devotee of babb_chronicles. To plagiarize the immortal words of the gang at Bright Shiny Objects, she reads shit so we don't have to. And then she brings it to us.

In short, babb_chronicles is a journal in which we as awestruck and horrified readers are offered, for consideration and mortification, the worst quotes the Harry Potter fandom has to offer. Words simply cannot describe how unforgivably awful some of this stuff is. And it is, no kidding, folks, so funny you will snort ginger ale out your nasal passages, alert your coworkers to your inherent mental instability, and scar the cat for life.

Go ye forth and read.

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I had another fannish dream last night - a crossover fannish dream. For reasons having to do with aliens, government conspiracies, & state secrets he was rumored to have but really didn't, Will Bailey got kidnapped by Fox Mulder. Wacky (& probably slashy, though I can't quite remember) hijinks ensued. I do recall that at one point Mulder had to stash Will in a stasis chamber before the spaceship took off. Damn, but it makes my head hurt.

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Cox is still being awfully protective of J.D., and I like that a lot.

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My Intense Fandom Peeve of the moment is generefic. You know what I'm talking about. Some earnest & secretly Mary-Sue-inclined writer posts a 'shipper fic that contains no names - just a confusing tumble of pronouns and overuse of the phrase 'his/her lover' (or even, gods protect us, 'your lover' - ugh!). The 'PAIRING' header of the fic contains a note reading: "I kinda had one in mind, but I left out the names so you could picture whatever couple you like best."

NO! No, no, and again, no!!!

Uh-uh.

If the writers of the show, movie, book, etc., that your fandom revolves around are doing their jobs correctly, every character is distinct. They have recognizable ways of speaking, acting, and reacting. If you've produced a fic so vague that your readers could envision any characters in the ones you're presenting, you're doing something wrong. It's especially irritating for "West Wing," where (at least in the early seasons) just one well-chosen line of dialogue could be instantly attributed to its correct character. If you give me a story where the 'he' you refer to with increasingly convoluted repetitiveness could as easily be Percy Fitzwallace as Sam Seaborn, rest assured that it is one story I will not read.

Well, now. If last night's "Scrubs" wasn't the slashiest thing in, well, ever. That was totally Perry working himself up to making a move on J.D. His asking Elliot about sleeping with J.D.? Um, yes. "Is there spooning? Because I don't do spooning." When Dan stood up in the tub & Perry looked to be checking him out? He was trying to get a rough idea of how big J.D. is. And of course, at the very end, when Perry oh-so-subtly sneaks his arm behind J.D.'s shoulders? Come on. Which of us hasn't had a guy (or girl, if that's your thing) try that on us? Confidential to Perry Cox: dude, that's the least subtle move in the repertoire! Lucky for you J.D. doesn't care about subtlety.

Mainly, though, the whole ep was all about Cox being there for J.D. & finally admitting what a crucial part of J.D.'s life he is. And that makes me happy, happy, happy! I was also pleased that they actually dealt with John Ritter's death. I'd been waiting for that.

"Stop it! I do not have gay jungle fever!"

Snippets I overheard (as nearly as I can remember them) from the tail end of Zach Braff & Bill Lawrence's interview on NPR's "Fresh Air." ( More than you ever thought you wanted to know about Zach Braff.Collapse )

TITLE: My Haberdashery
FANDOM: "Scrubs"
PAIRINGS: J.D./Cox; Elliot/Molly
RATING: PG-13
SPOILERS: "Her Story"
DISCLAIMER: "Scrubs" and its characters belong to Touchstone, Bill Lawrence, and NBC. I make no money off of this endeavor.
SUMMARY: Ass words! They're all we've got to go on!
NOTES: A fic inspired by this week's ep, "Her Story." Unbetaed, dashed off during slow times at work. Humblest apologies to Tom Stoppard for the summary. For the dear, nonslasher friend who watches Elliot and Molly every week and says, "They so need to start making out!"

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