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2014 Scrapbook

quick_ly — Wed, 01 Jan 2014 03:07:24 GMT

BOOKS:

001. North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
002. V for Vendetta by Alan Moore
003. Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
004. The Beautiful and the Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald
005. A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
006. The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
007. Hamlet by William Shakespeare
008. Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
009. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
010. What in God's Name by Simon Rich
011. Ghost World by Daniel Clowes
012. Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
013. Play It as It Lays by Joan Didion
014. The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
015. The Awakening by Kate Chopin
016. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
017. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
018. Macbeth by William Shakespeare
019. A Room with a View by E.M. Forster
020. Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
021. Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
022. As You Like It by William Shakespeare
023. The Contender by Robert Lipsyte
024. Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life by Bryan Lee O'Malley
025. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World by Bryan Lee O'Malley
026. Scott Pilgrim and the Infinite Sadness by Bryan Lee O'Malley
027. Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together by Bryan Lee O'Malley
028 Scott Pilgrim vs. The Universe by Bryan Lee O'Malley
029. Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour by Bryan Lee O'Malley
030. Othello by William Shakespeare
031. Zelda: A Biography by Nancy Milford
032. The Tempest by William Shakespeare
033. Hawkeye Vol. 1 & 2 by Matt Fraction
034. Ms. Marvel 1 - 4 by G. Willow Wilson
035. Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
036. My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf

FILMS:

001. The Misfits, 1961, John Huston
002. Thelma & Louise, 1991, Ridley Scott
003. Lady of the Night, 1925, Monta Bell
004. Dance, Fools, Dance, 1931, Harry Beaumont
005. Possessed, 1931, Clarence Brown
006. Duck Soup, 1933, Leo McCarey
007. Admission, 2013, Paul Weitz
008. Before Sunrise, 2004, Richard Linklater
009. Austenland, 2013, Jerusha Hess
010. Harold and Maude, 1971, Hal Ashby
011. Fight Club, 1999, David Fincher
012. Flowers in the Attic, 2014, Deborah Chow
013. Philomena, 2013, Stephen Frears
014. Mr. & Mrs. Smith, 2005, Doug Liman
015. The Internship, 2013, Shawn Levy
016. Blackfish, 2013, Gabriela Cowperthwaite
017. We're the Milers, 2013, Rawson Marshall Thurber
018. DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story, 2004, Rawson Marshall Thurber
019. Evil Dead II, 1987, Sam Raimi
020. Frozen, 2013, Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee
021. Last Vegas, 2013, Jon Turteltaub
022. Army of Darkness, 1992, Sam Raimi
023. Balto, 1995, Simon Wells,
024. Clue, 1985, Jonathan Lynn
025. Violet & Daisy, 2013, Geoffrey S. Fletcher
026. Touchy Feely, 2013, Lynn Shelton
027. The Iron Lady, 2011, Phyllida Lloyd
028. Blue is the Warmest Color, 2013, Abdellatif Kechiche
029. Cabin in the Woods, 2012, Drew Goddard
030. Marty, 1955, Delbert Mann
031. Danny Deckchair, 2003, Jeff Balsmeyer
032. The To Do List, 2013, Maggie Carey
033. The Spectacular Now, 2013, James Ponsoldt
034. Spring Breakers, 2013, Harmony Korine
035. Short Term 12, 2013, Destin Daniel Cretton
036. Before Midnight, 2013, Richard Linklater
037. Léon: The Professional, 1994, Luc Besson
038. Designing Woman, 1957, Vincente Minnelli
039. The Maltese Falcon, 1941, John Huston
040. Dallas Buyers Club, 2013, Jean-Marc Vallée
041. Veronica Mars, 2014, Rob Thomas
042. Stories We Tell, 2012, Sarah Polley
043. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: The Secret of Ooze, 1991, Michael Pressman
044. The Act of Killing, 2012, Joshua Oppenheimer
045. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 1953, Howard Hanks
046. Rapture-Palooza, 2013, Paul Middleditch
047. Silence of the Lambs, 1991, Jonathan Demme
048. The Punk Singer, 2013, Sini Anderson
049. The Giant Mechanical Man, 2012, Lee Kirk
050. Woman of the Year, 1942, George Stevens
051. Don Jon, 2013, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
052. But I'm a Cheerleader, 1999, Jamie Babbit
053. The Normal Heart, 2014, Ryan Murphy
054. Of Human Bondage, 1934, John Cromwell
055. Blue Jasmine, 2013, Woody Allen
056. Pumpkin, 2002, Anthony Abrams and Adam Larson Broder
057. The Pretty One, 2013, Janee LaMarque
058. As You Like It, 2006, Kenneth Branagh
059. Greenberg, 2010, Noah Baumbach
060. Jersey Boys, 2014, Clint Eastwood
061. Happy Christmas, 2014, Joe Swanberg
062. They Came Together, 2014, David Wain
063. Begin Again, 2014, John Carney
064. I Am Divine, 2013, Jeffery Schwarz
065. The Way He Looks, 2014, Daniel Ribeiro
066. Guardians of the Galaxy, 2014, James Gunn
067. Kinky Boots, 2005, Julian Jarrold
068. Looking for Alibrandi, 2000, Kate Woods

Television:

001. My Mad Fat Diary, 2013-???, started on 1/10/14
002. Brooklyn Nine Nine, 2013-???, started on 1/14/14
003. Supernatural, 2005-???, started on 2/3/14
004. The West Wing, 1999-2006, started on 3/4/14
005. Broad City, 2014-???, started on 3/9/14
006. America in Primetime, 2011, started on 3/11/14
007. Political Animals, 2012, started on 5/3/14
008. True Detective, 2014-???, started on 5/30/14
009. The Sopranos, 1999-2007, started on 6/2/14
010. In The Flesh, 2013-???, started on 6/25/14
011. From Dusk Till Dawn, 2014-???, started on 7/7/14
012. The Leftovers, 2014-???, started on 7/15/14

(Please note that rewatches/re-reads are not included on this is.)

2013 Scrapbook

quick_ly — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 03:26:01 GMT

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BOOKS:

001. A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Reptile Room by Lemony Snicket
002. Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
003. A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Wide Window by Lemony Snicket
004. This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald
005. The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta
006. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
007. The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham
008. An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
009. The Hours by Michael Cunningham
010. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
011. The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
012. Room by Emma Donoghue
013. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
014. A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Miserable Mill by Lemony Snicket
015. A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Austere Academy by Lemony Snicket
016. Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg
017. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
018. Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
019. Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
020. Complicated Women by Mick LaSalle
021. Maus by Art Spiegelman
022. The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx
023. A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
024. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
025. Hollywood Babylon by Kenneth Anger
026. The Abstinence Teacher by Tom Perrotta
027. The Comic Book History of Comics by Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey
028. MetaMaus by Art Spiegelman
029. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
030. Little Children by Tom Perrotta
031. Major Barbara by George Bernard Shaw

FILMS:

001. Dark Passage, 1947, Delmer Daves
002. Bright Star, 2009, Jane Campion
003. Clerks, 1994, Kevin Smith
004. Cocktail, 1988, Roger Donaldson
005. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 1992, Fran Rubel Kuzui
006. Showgirls, 1995, Paul Verhoeven
007. His Girl Friday, 1940, Howard Hawks
008. Brokeback Mountain, 2005, Ang Lee
009. The Painted Veil, 2006, John Curran
010. Strictly Ballroom, 1992, Baz Luhrmann
011. The Impossible, 2012, Juan Antonio Bayona
012. The Girl, 2012, Julian Jarrold
013. Reservoir Dogs, 1992, Quentin Tarantino
014. Analyze This, 1999, Harold Ramis
015. Love Actually, 2003, Richard Curtis
016. Larry Crowne, Tom Hanks
017. Damsels in Distress, 2011, Whit Stillman
018. The Great Mouse Detective, 1986, Disney Team
019. Far From Heaven, 2002, Todd Haynes
020. All Dogs Go to Heaven, 1989, Don Bluth
021. Gone With the Wind, 1939, Victor Fleming
022. The Rescuers, 1977, Disney Team
023. The Rescuers Down Under, 1990, Disney Team
024. Drive, 2011, Nicolas Winding Refn
025. Trainspotting, 1996, Danny Boyle
026. Safety Not Guaranteed, 2012, Colin Trevorrow
027. The Perks of Being a Wallflower, 2012, Stephen Chbosky
028. She Done Him Wrong, 1933, Lowell Sherman
029. Silver Linings Playbook, 2012, David O Russell
030. Argo, 2012, Ben Affleck
031. Top Hat, 1935, Mark Sandrich
032. The Divorcee, 1930, Robert Z. Leonard
033. Riptide, 1934, Edmund Goulding
034. Kramer vs. Kramer, 1979, Robert Benton
035. Strangers May Kiss, 1931, George Fitzmaurice
036. Baby Face, 1933, Alfred E. Green
037. Friends with Kids, 2011, Jennifer Westfeldt
038. It, 1927, Clarence G. Badger
039. Diary of a Lost Girl, 1929, Georg Wilhelm Pabst
040. Schindler's List, 1993, Steven Spielberg
041. The Hours, 2002, Stephen Daldry
042. It Happened One Night, 1934, Frank Capra
043. Wreck-It-Ralph, 2012, Rich Moore
044. The Five Year Engagement, 2012, Nicholas Stoller
045. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, 2012, Lorene Scafaria
046. Carnage, 2011, Roman Polanski
047. The Muppet Movie, 1979, James Frawley
048. Anastasia, 1956, Anatole Litvak
049. Norma Rae, 1979, Martin Ritt
050. Monkey Business, 1952, Howard Hawks
051. The Lady Eve, 1941, Preston Sturges
052. Sadie Thompson, 1928, Raoul Walsh
053. Lars and the Real Girl, 2007, Craig Gillespire
054. Saving Private Ryan, 1998, Steven Spielberg
055. A League of Their Own, 1992, Penny Marshall
056. How to Marry a Millionaire, 1953, Jean Negulesco
057. Hit and Run, 2012, Dax Shepard
058. Persuasion, 1995, Roger Michell
059. Iron Man 3, 2013, Shane Black
060. The African Queen, 1951, John Huston
061. There's No Business Like Show Business, 1954, Walter Lang
062. Billy Elliot, 2000, Stephen Daldry
063. Broken Embraces, 2009, Pedro Almodóvar
064. Chasing Amy, 1997, Kevin Smith
065. Mulholland Drive, 2001, David Lynch
066. Kill Bill Volume 1, 2003, Quentin Tarantino
067. Kill Bill Volume 2, 2004, Quentin Tarantino
068. I Was a Male War Bride, 1949, Howard Hanks
069. Like Crazy, 2011, Drake Doremus
070. Marley, 2012, Kevin Macdonald
071. Manhattan, 1979, Woody Allen
072. River of No Return, 1954, Otto Preminger
073. Warm Bodies, 2013, Jonathan Levine
074. Django Unchained, 2012, Quentin Tarantino
075. Chaplin, 1992, Richard Attenborough
076. Heart and Souls, 1993, Ron Underwood
077. Pussy Riot - A Punk Prayer, 2013, Mike Lerner and Maxim Pozdorovkin
078. High Noon, 1952, Fred Zinnemann
079. A Star Is Born, 1937, William A. Wellman
080. Red Headed Woman, 1932, Jack Conway
081. An American Tail, 1986, Don Bluth
082. A Dangerous Method, 2011, David Cronenberg
083. The Great Gatsby, 2013, Baz Luhrmann
084. Blazing Saddles, 1974, Mel Brooks
085. Magic Mike, 2012, Steven Soderbergh
086. Star Trek, 2009, J.J. Abrams
087. Star Trek Into Darkness, 2013, J.J. Abrams
088. Valley Girl, 1983, Martha Coolidge
089. Liberal Arts, 2012, Josh Radnor
090. Stranger than Fiction, 2006, Marc Forster
091. The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer, 1947, Irving Reis
092. To Sir, with Love, 1967, James Clavell
093. Notorious, 1946, Alfred Hitchcock
094. Celeste and Jesse Forever, 2012, Lee Toland Krieger
095. The Station Agent, 2003, Thomas McCarthy
096. Double Indemnity, 1944, Billy Wilder
097. Private Lives, 1931, Sidney Franklin
098. A Royal Affair, 2012, Nikolaj Arcel
099. Hysteria, 2011, Tanya Wexler
100. Farewell, My Queen, 2012, Benoît Jacquot
101. Sunset Boulevard, 1950, Billy Wilder
102. A Free Soul, 1931, Clarence Brown
103. Red Dust, 1932, Victor Fleming
104. Rust and Bone, 2012, Jacques Audiard
105. Night Nurse, 1931, William A. Wellman
106. Rain, 1932, Lewis Milestone
107. Out of Africa, 1985, Sydney Pollack
108. The Animal Kingdom, 1932, Edward H. Griffith
109. Torch Singer, 1933, Alexander Hall
110. Cleopatra, 1963, Joseph L. Mankiewicz
111. The Truman Show, 1998, Peter Weir
112. The Birth of a Nation, 1915, D.W. Griffith
113. Snow Falling on Cedars, 1999, Scott Hicks
114. Design for Living, 1933, Ernst Lubitsch
115. The Deep Blue Sea, 2011, Terence Davies
116. Punch-Drunk Love, 2002, Paul Thomas Anderson
117. Pollyanna, 1920, Paul Powell
118. Metropolis, 1927, Fritz Lang
119. Lawless, 2012, John Hillcoat
120. 10 Years, 2012, Jamie Linden
121. Pan's Labyrinth, 2006, Guillermo del Toro
122. American History X, 1998, Tony Kaye
123. The Gay Divorcee, 1934, Mark Sandrich
124. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, 1967, Stanley Kramer
125. Rocket Science, 2007, Jeffrey Blitz
126. Ladies of Leisure, 1930, Frank Capra
127. Day for Night, 1973, François Truffaut
128. Drinking Buddies, 2013, Joe Swanberg
129. The Last Emperor, 1987, Bernardo Bertolucci
130. ParaNorman, 2012, Sam Fell
131. End of Watch, 2012, David Ayer
132. Take This Waltz, 2011, Sarah Polley
133. What to Expect When You're Expecting, 2012, Kirk Jones
134. Save the Date, 2012, Michael Mohan
135. Camp, 2003, Todd Graff
136. This Is the End, 2013, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg
137. Hotel Rwanda, 2004, Terry George
138. Doctor Zhivago, 1965, David Lean
139. The First Wives Club, 1996, Hugh Wilson
140. Cold Mountain, 2003, Anthony Minghella
141. The Women, 1939, George Cukor
142. Tess of the Storm Country, 1914, Edwin S. Porter
143. Smashed, 2012, James Ponsoldt
144. Shopworm, 1932, Nick Grinde
145. Bottle Rocket, 1996, Wes Anderson
146. Rebecca, 1940, Alfred Hitchcock
147. The Miracle Woman, 1931, Frank Capra
148. Rushmore, 1998, Wes Anderson
149. He Who Gets Slapped, 1924, Victor Sjöström
150. Before Sunrise, 1995, Richard Linklater
151. Beasts of the Southern Wild, 2012, Benh Zeitlin
152. Memoirs of a Geisha, 2005, Rob Marshall
153. Circle of Friends, 1995, Pat O'Connor
154. Repo Man, 1984, Alex Cox
155. Somewhere, 2010, Sofia Coppola
156. Mata Hari, 1931, George Fitzmaurice
157. The Poor Little Rich Girl, 1917, Maurice Tourneur
158. Broken Blossoms, 1919, D.W. Griffith
159. Zero Dark Thirty, 2012, Kathryn Bigelow
160. Hugo, 2011, Martin Scorsese
161. Grand Hotel, 1932, Edmund Goulding
162. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, 1917, Marshall Neilan
163. Rebel Without a Cause, 1955, Nicholas Ray
164. Sex and the Single Girl, 1964, Richard Quine
165. Marjorie Morningstar, 1958, Irving Rapper
166. Gypsy, 1962, Mervyn LeRoy
167. Bob & Carole & Ted & Alice, 1969, Paul Mazursky
168. Anna Karenina, 2012, Joe Wright
169. Getaway, 2013, Courtney Solomon
170. The Phantom Menace, 1999, George Lucus
171. Scary Movie 5, 2013, Malcolm D. Lee
172. Miss Representation, 2011, Jennifer Siebel
173. The Dictator, 2012, Larry Charles
174. The Bling Ring, 2013, Sofia Coppola
175. Much Ado About Nothing, 2012, Joss Whedon
176. Ruby Sparks, 2012, Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
177. Strangers on a Train, 1951, Alfred Hitchcock
178. The Master, 2012, Paul Thomas Anderson
179. High Society, 1956, Charles Walters
180. Tiny Furniture, 2010, Lena Dunham
181. Dirty Pretty Things, 2002, Stephen Frears
182. Newsies, 1992, Kenny Ortega
183. Martha Marcy May Marlene, 2011, Sean Durkin
184. Swing Kids, 1993, Thomas Carter
185. Pacific Rim, 2013, Guillermo del Toro
186. Crumb, 1994, Terry Zwigoff
187. The Last Days of Disco, 1998, Whit Stillman
188. Donnie Darko, 2001, Richard Kelly
189. Bling: A Planet Rock, 2007, Raquel Cepeda
190. Apocalypse Now, 1979, Francis Ford Cappola
191. Life of an American Fireman, 1903, Edwin S. Porter
192. The Great Train Robbery, 1903, Edwin S. Porter
193. Christopher and His Kind, 2011, Geoffrey Sax
194. Cheerful Weather for a Wedding, 2010, Donald Rice
195. Hocus Pocus, 1993, Kenny Ortega
196. The Grapes pf Wrath, 1940, John Ford
197. Anna Karenina, 1948, Julien Duvivier
198. Metropolitan, 1990, Whit Stillman
199. The Jazz Singer, 1927, Alan Crosland
200. Populaire, 2012, Régis Roinsard
201. Rent, 2005, Chris Columbus
202. The Sapphires, 2012, Wayne Blair
203. The Great Gatsby, 1974, Jack Clayton
204. Thor: The Dark World, 2013, Alan Taylor
205. Romantics Anonymous, 2010, Jean-Pierre Améris
206. The Queen of Versailes, 2012, Lauren Greenfield
207. Frances Ha, 2012, Noah Baumbach
208. The Philadelphia Story, 1940, George Cukor
209. Citizen Kane, 1941, Orson Welles
210. Some Like It Hot, 1959, Billy Wilder
211. The World's End, 2013, Edgar Wright
212. Waterloo Bridge, 1931, James Whale
213. Three on a Match, 1932, Mervyn LeRoy
214. Life of Pi, 2012, Ang Lee
215. Female, 1933, Michael Curtiz
216. On the Road, 2012, Walter Salles
217. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, 2013, Francis Lawrence
218. The Way Way Back, 2013, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash
219. Ninotchka, 1939, Ernst Lubitsch
220. Queen Christina, 1933, Rouben Mamoulian
221. Lovelace, 2013, Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman
222. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, 2013, Peter Jackson
223. Butter, 2011, Jim Field Smith
224. Into the Wild, 2007, Sean Penn
225. Bernie, 2011, Richard Linklater
226. Death Becomes Her, 1992, Robert Zemeckis
227. Jeff, Who Lives at Home, 2011, Jay and Mark Duplass
228. The Sword in the Stone, 1963, Wolfgang Reitherman
229. Romeo and Juliet, 1968, Franco Zeffirelli
230. Inside Llewyn Davis, 2013, Coen Brothers
231. Holiday Inn, 1941, Mark Sandrich
232. The Bells of St. Mary's, 1945, Leo McCarey
233. Meet Me in St. Louis, 1944, Vincente Minnelli
234. I Give It a Year, 2013, Dan Mazer
235. The Iron Giant, 1999, Brad Bird
236. A Separation, 2011, Asghar Farhadi
237. Being John Malkovich, 1999 Spike Jonze
238. American Hustle, 2013, David O. Russell
239. The Descendants, 2011, Alexander Payne
240. Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, 2013, Adam McKay

Television:

001. The Thick of It, 2005-2012, started on 1/5/13
002. Garrow's Law, 2009-2011, started on 1/26/13
003. The Tudors, 2007-2010, started on 1/30/13
004. The Americans, 2012-???, stared on 1/30/13
005. Black Books, 2000-2004, started on 2/1/13
006. Middlemarch, 1994, started on 2/9/13
007. The 10th Kingdom, 2000, started on 2/17/13
008. The Buccaneers, 1995, started on 2/18/13
009. Any Human Heart, 2010, started on 2/28/13
010. Parade's End, 2012, started on 3/2/13
011. Being Human, 2009-2013, started on 3/15/13
012. Bomb Girls, 2012-???, started on 4/5/13
013. The Riches, 2007-2008, started on 4/16/13
014. Slings and Arrows, 2003-2006, started on 5/25/13
015. Suburgatory, 2011-???, started on 6/5/13
016. Orphan Black, 2013-???, started on 6/14/13
017. Wonderfalls, 2004, started on 7/6/13
018. Orange is the New Black, 2013-???, started on 7/16/13
019. Parenthood, 2010-???, started on 9/10/13
020. The Art of Film, 2011, started on 9/22/13
021. The Bletchley Circle, 2012, started on 11/3/13
22. Top of the Lake, 2013, started on 11/12/13
23. Sons of Anarchy, 2008-???, started on 11/13/13
24. Death Comes to Pemberley, 2013, started on 12/28/13

(Please note that rewatches/re-reads are not included on this is.)

Too Much to Be Thought [LBD fic, Lizzie/Darcy]

quick_ly — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 00:19:04 GMT

So instead of sticking to my plan to write AD fic, I spent the entirety of yesterday rewatching and then writing kind-of-crappy fic for The Lizzie Bennet Diaries. I'm not really at all sure what I think of this; I don't think it comes off that good, but I really love the idea of it happening in one of the videos. Anyway, I thought I'd post a link here since I'm not where else on LJ to post it (I'll likely post it on Fanfiction and on tumblr, but LJ is my main fic place.) Plus, it seems like a ton of you are catching up with the series, which is awesome!

Title: Too Much to Be Thought (and felt and said and all the other things)
Author: quick_ly
Fandom: The Lizzie Bennet Diaries
Pairing: Lizzie/Darcy
Rating: PG-13
Summary: The first time Lizzie and Darcy have sex, they inadvertently make a sex tape. Spoilers for the book, I guess (is it really possible to spoil someone for P&P?)
Disclaimer: I do not own The Lizzie Bennet Diaries or Pride and Prejudice.
A/N: Yes, I wrote Lizzie Bennet Diaries fic. I was going to spend the weekend writing Arrested Development fic or working on a Parks fic that I’ve been writing since March, or actually studying (because I do in fact sometimes do that), but instead I rewatched all of The Lizzie Bennet Diaries and decided to write a thousand or so words about Lizzie and Darcy getting together, because I really can’t wait for it to happen (seriously – I’m so happy that we’re at the point in the story where her opinion of him only improves). Fair-warning: this was written in like a day and without a beta, so all mistakes (and I’m sure there are many) are mine.

(Jane and Bing announce within a week of their reconciliation that they’ve decided to move in together.)

Literary Ladies We Love: Elizabeth Bennet

quick_ly — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 00:42:40 GMT

A Love Letter to Elizabeth Bennet:

(Images taken from grande_caps)

This is my post for the awesome Literary Ladies We Love: A Celebration of Women in Literature. I was lucky enough to pick the lovely Elizabeth Bennet from Pride and Prejudice, one of my favorite characters in literature, and this is me talking about how she's basically the coolest lady ever.

(I ask you to excuse my coloring skills; I have only recently acquired Photoshop, and I haven't have that much practice.)

(I chose to use Jennifer Ehle’s portrayal from the 1995 mini-series, since she’s not only my favorite Lizzy, but it’s also my favorite Pride and Prejudice (and I also have a suspicion that her smile could cure cancer). That is not of course to say I haven’t loved the others portrayals of her, because I have. I thought Keira Knightley’s performance was stellar and brought something very new to the character. Aishwarya Rai’s Lizzy, from the Bollywood film Bride and Prejudice was actually my first introduction to the character, and remains a favorite in my mind. And I think that Ashley Clements, from the web-series The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, has been doing a great job doing a Lizzy who is both modern and true to the character.)

A part of me finds it really hard to talk about Lizzy, just because she’s a favorite of so many and has been overanalyzed for years. People love her, usually more than any other heroine, and it’s not surprising. Lizzy has this quality about her that makes her almost pop whenever you read or watch her. She is witty and smart, but also greatly faulted, in a way that I think is very original and not something you find in fiction all that often.

While I love all of Austen’s heroines, there’s something about Lizzy that is incredibly… unique? Not better or worse, just very different from anything else in literature. (Well, it might not seem that way today, since she’s had such an influence on fiction, but I do think Lizzy’s personality as a concept is pretty unique). Outside of Austen, I do think it’s very rare to have a female protagonist who is likable within the story but not preachy. For example, Katniss from The Hunger Games is a likeable character because she is complex and not black-and-white. She cares about her family, but she also has kind of terrible social skills and doesn’t always understand when others are being nice to her. When we read the books, we don’t always sympathize with her, because she sometimes does things that we don’t agree with, and that makes her interesting. But while she is a fascinating character who I like, it doesn’t mean I’d want to be friends with her. (This is the same idea behind liking a villain; just because you like them as a character doesn’t mean you’d want to hang out.) In contrast, Cinderella (let’s say from the Disney movie) is a conventionally nice person, who cares about others and puts up with shit, but she isn’t necessarily real. No one is that nice, or if they are they aren’t that nice all the time (ex. Queen Leslie Knope, Jane Bennet). If you were to meet Cinderella in real life, you might like her for being a good person, but as a character she leaves a lot to be desired.

I feel like Lizzy falls somewhere in between. You read the story and you like her, not just as a character but as a person. She is loving and cares and feels angry when good people get pushed around, but is also incredibly frustrating. From the beginning of the novel till little more than half-way through, she lets her original prejudices about Darcy dictate how she perceives him. She refuses to believe he’s just awkward and decides that he must be out to embarrass her. When Wickham tells her his story, she is quick to believe and make excuses for him. Of course, Darcy is kind of a dick at some points, first when he snubs Lizzy at the ball, but specifically when he manipulates Bingley into leaving Jane (and his entire proposal, which is fill with assholery), but his reasoning is not without merit, even if it doesn’t excuse him. His pride is a major fault, but her prejudice doesn’t help. That’s actually one of my favorite things about the novel; they are both the reason things start off so bad. It’s not as though one of them is perfect and the other fucks up; they both have big problems and faults, and it is not until they can admit it that things start to move in the right direction.

When we read or watch or experience Pride and Prejudice, we want Lizzy and Darcy to end up together, despite their faults. And even though we know Lizzy is wrong in hating Darcy, we still love her. She is smart and witty and savvy, all not only good attributes but also things that were not encouraged in young ladies at the time. She is nice but not preachy, classy but not pretentious, loving but capable of seeing the faults of those she cares for. And what really makes her so special is that she does have faults, and big ones. She not just some perfect, causal cool person; she feels like a real person, and that’s what makes her so awesome.

Basically, Lizzy’s the girl we all wish we could be, or were friends with. I’m sure someone will read this and go all Joe Biden, i.e. that’s malarkey, but we all know it is true in our hearts. Lizzy is the coolest girl at the party. She makes quips about all the right people and respects those who deserve it (well, excusing all those times she totally trash the guy she’s end up marrying, but I think we all know at the time he deserved it a little bit). Her witty personality doesn’t stop her from caring very deeply about her family (specifically Jane and her dad). And the fact that she is not perfect and has very large faults only makes the audience enjoy her more.

And so ends my giant love letter to Elizabeth Bennet. She is one awesome lady, and it’s not surprising that everyone loves her so much. I know I do.

Everyone remember to check out Literary Ladies We Love: A Celebration of Women in Literature this Sunday when a masterlist of everyone's posts will be made.

We Love the Women Fandom Hates Day 7: Favorite Amy Hair

quick_ly — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 01:24:05 GMT

For the final day of womenlovefestlet's all just take a moment to appreciate Amy Pond and her incredible hair.

We Love the Women Fandom Hates Day 6: Favorite Amy Cap

quick_ly — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 01:58:41 GMT

One of my favorite Amy caps. Done for womenlovefest.

We Love the Women Fandom Hates Day 4: Favorite Amy Scene

quick_ly — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 00:09:20 GMT

So, I really can't pick one moment, because there have been so many great ones, but that one scene at the end of "Vincent and the Doctor" will always have a special place in my heart, just because it is so nice and pretty and the ending is really happy. Amy wishing that Vincent hadn't ended his life is so sweet, and everything the Doctor says is right.

(of course I can't find a gif of the scene, so this will simply have to do.)

We Love the Women Fandom Hates Day 3: Favorite Amy Episode

quick_ly — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:17:41 GMT

For womenlovefest.

It's super hard to pick a favorite Amy episode, just because she's so awesome in all of them (or, most of them), but I think I'm going to have to go with "The Eleventh Hour", just because it's such a great intro to Amy and this new doctor, and really makes us care about this new girl even though we hardly know. Also, the hair.

(Gif taken from typicrobots)

I will never get over her hair in this episode.

We Love the Women Fandom Hates Day 1: Favorite Amy Quote

quick_ly — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 23:56:35 GMT

It's the first day of womenlovefest; Yay! It's time to spend the week posting about one of my favorite ladies, Amy Pond, and I thought I'd start off by citing my favorite Amy quote:

"When I was a kid I had an imaginary friend. The Raggedy Doctor. My Raggedy Doctor. But he wasn't imaginary. He was real. I remember you. I remember! I brought the others back, I can bring you home too. Raggedy Man, I remember you and you are late for my wedding! I found you. I found you with words like you knew I would. That's why you told me the story. The brand new ancient blue box. Oh clever. Very clever. Something old. Something new. Something borrowed. Something blue." - Amy Pond, The Big Bang

Mini Hiatus

quick_ly — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 05:21:54 GMT

Just wanted to let everyone know that I'll be on a mini hiatus from now until the 13th, as I'll be away on vacation and will have limited acess. If you contact me in any form, you'll likely get no reply until I get back.

Have a lovely week, everyone :)

It's not you, it's me

quick_ly — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 19:40:08 GMT

Friends Cut

As I've never done a friends-cut, this is somewhat overdue, especially since I've had this journal for a couple years now and fandoms have changed (correction: I've gone from It's cool to have a variety of interests to PARKS PARKS PARKS PARKS PARKS!) Getting cut could have anything to do with not having fandoms in common to a lack of posting, and yes, it's quite possible that I originally friended you and didn't make the proper effort to keep the friendship alive, and if that is your case, I'm really, really sorry.

If you can see this post, you have not been cut. For the rest of you, I am truly sorry it didn't work out, and if you feel like you were accidentally cut or want to try and make things work, please comment.

On an unrelated notes, I've started that Leslie/Ben multi-chapter fic I was talking about, which you can find here.

in the shadow of your heart - (amy/eleven) doctor who fic

quick_ly — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 05:29:13 GMT

in the shadow of your heart.
doctor who. amy/eleven. pg. 551 words.
when amy pond is seven years old, she’s visited by a strange man who opens her eyes to a world she hardly believes. it’s the beginning of the end.
a/n: so, aside from this, i've never written any doctor who fic, so try and go easy on me. i think it's a bit too pretentious, but that might just be me. inspired by the florence and the machine song "cosmic love".
i don’t own anything.

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A falling star fell from your heart and landed in my eyes

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When Amy Pond is seven years old, she’s visited by a strange man in a blue box who says things that can’t be true and shows wonders that can’t be real. In no time at all, this man – the Doctor – opens her eyes to a world she hardly believes (but Amy Pond does believe, every word of it) and gives her hope for a brighter future.

It’s the beginning of the end.

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Fourteen years later, she’s the girl who waited (and waited and waited) and he’s the raggedy doctor who never came.

That never really changes.

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I screamed aloud, as it tore through them, and now it's left me blind

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They have fun, Amy and her raggedy doctor, more fun than you could know.

He takes her places – Venice, France, Rio – everywhere. He allows her to be the person she always wanted to be. With the Doctor, Amy doesn’t have to be that girl – the girl who waited for nothing to come. With him, finally, she can be the one to win, the only human who sees the world for what it really is – a masterpiece.

(But then again, she’s also the one to see the cranks in the universe, the places where things are wrong.

It’s a powerful burden.)

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The stars, the moon, they have all been blown out

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She really does love him, Rory. He was her only friend, the one person who believed everything she said about him. Rory never asked questions, never doubted anything she said, always let her take control. He’s the boy who waited, waited for her to grow up and move on and let her silly fantasies about that raggedy doctor go.

Rory waited 2,000 years for her, and Amy’s pretty certain he would have waited a thousand more.

The Doctor didn’t wait, yet Amy still loves him more. It’s unfair, but then again, isn’t everything?

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You left me in the dark

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He’s selfish, really.

The Doctor sees everything. Anything that has ever happened or ever will. He sees the dreams and fears of every single being out of ever single universe that has ever been.

He’s seen all Amy Pond’s dreams, every last one, but never makes them true.

Amy Pond, the girl who didn’t make sense. She still doesn’t make sense, but it’s not her fault.

It’s his fault for not being able to resist.

She’s selfish too, but only because of him.

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No dawn, no day, I'm always in this twilight

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Rory loves her, Amy knows that. His love is sweet and pure and full of affection. Rory would go to the ends of the Earth for her – and in a way, he has.

The Doctor loves her too, but his love isn’t the same – it’s mystic and complicated, never something you would go looking for, yet strangely what everybody wants.

The Doctor’s love will never die. In the end, that all that matters.

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It’s not healthy, never healthy.

He takes her hand and leads her into a world full of horror and pain and death. A place where nothing is as it seems and nowhere is safe.

She always comes.

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In the shadow of your heart

Man Your Guns, Save the Parks Lady - (Leslie/Ben) a Parks and Rec Fic

quick_ly — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 10:25:38 GMT

Title: Man Your Guns, Save the Parks Lady
Author: quick_ly
Fandom: Parks and Recreation
Pairing: Leslie/Ben
Rating: PG-13
Summary: There are few people Ben would trust his life with more then Leslie Knope, but the whole end of the world theme is starting to freak him out a little
Disclaimer: I do not own Parks and Rec.
A/N: Written for Hiatus Fest 2011 over at leslie_ben</lj> for the bonus challenge, Apocafic! Really, Parks and Rec plus zombies always equals fun times, so how exactly was I supposed to resist?

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When they finally come to Pawnee, Leslie has a ready made, full-proof game plan, (because according to her, seventy-five percent of intercity invasions are due to zombie attacks) that involves a large use of guns, waffles, and Tommy Fresh. The only downside for Ben is that when the apocalypse comes a-knocking, the weakest tend to go first, and aside from Ron, Leslie, and Donna, the parks department isn’t exactly super strong. (In high school, Ben’s nickname was wimpy Benjy, and while he has been taking healthy supplements for the last couple years (because Chris has been fearing the apocalypse for awhile now and wanted Ben to be ready), not a ton has changed.) Of course, there are few people Ben would trust his life with more then Leslie Knope, but the whole end of the world theme is starting to freak him out a little.

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Quickly, they all just start living in the Parks Department’s room, with Donna and Ron barricading the doors. It’s not the Ritz, but hiding out in there turns out too be a pretty brilliant idea, as there’s plenty of space and food for everybody (ever since news broke that zombies were beginning to emerge, Ron has been stocking up on meat, and although Chris doesn’t exactly approve of the lack of vegetables, everyone else is just happy to not be living off rotten Spaghetti-O's like the Sewage Department.)

Leslie has also taken the liberty of assigning everybody jobs (“Tom, if they come in, spray Tommy Fresh in their faces. April, you can scare them with your face. Jerry, try not to screw anything up.”) As it is, Ben never went to camp, so it’s kind of a little fun for him, getting to be Leslie’s assistant. (Apparently, aside from Ann (who has been given the job of nursing any and everybody that might be harmed back to complete health) Ben’s the only one she trust enough to not completely mess everything up.)

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On their third day in hiding, Leslie asks Ben what his shooting experience is, like it’s the most casual thing in the world, which really, since they’re currently trying to escape the clutches of zombies, it kind of is.

With his only memory of using a gun involving water, Ben’s not exactly thrilled when Leslie suggests that she show him the ropes of shooting (Ron doesn’t care enough to want to help), but it does give him an opportunity to flirt with her, because honestly, without Leslie, Ben’s pretty sure he would have died of depression by now.

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Ben spends most of his time trying to think of anything but their current situation, which is kind of hard since not anything in his life can quite compare to the zombie apocalypse. In fact, it gets so bad that he just starts to go over specific moments in his life and kind of reenact them in his head. After reliving his inauguration for the fifth time, Ben’s pretty sure he’s got a problem.

--

Ben leaves Pawnee exactly the way he found it; broken.

They sneak out the Monday after the rest of the government goes under and their big stack of meat begins to shrink (everyone in their group is kind of a stress eater, which doesn’t bode well with limited food supplies.) As they depart, Leslie notes that the city’s original settlers would be proud to see it last so long against such deadly forces, to which Ron says that the only part of Pawnee still intact is the old Sweetums factory. As she watches the ruins of her beloved hometown burn away, Ben kisses her

I have a prestigious blog, sir

quick_ly — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 23:34:52 GMT

Alright, so here it is. A large collection of fic from various fandoms, most of which are the product of this prompt request, and the rest just being random fic I found on my computer that will never be finished. Small warning, some of these are really old, and thus might not be very relevant in their fandom anymore; sorry, but it just seemed like if there was ever a time to post these, it's now.

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30 Rock

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Title: Shut your face
Rating: PG
Pairing/Characters: Jack/Liz
A/N: Written for michellek, who suggested 30 Rock, Jack/Liz, shut your face.

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It’s gotten to the point where whenever he has a problem with the baby, she’s the first person he calls.

“Wait - don’t you have a nanny?”

“She’s on vacation.”

“Okay, well, what about Avery, you know, your wife?”

“She’s reporting a snowstorm on the newly discovered island, ArcoTogo. No cell phone reception.”

“Fine, what’s the problem with Liddy?”

“She won’t stop crying.”

“And you’ve changed her?

“Yes.”

“Rocked her?

“Yes.”

“Already fed her?”

“Lemon, not all specimens eat the way you do.”

“… Shut your face.”

It’s pretty much goes on like this for a while. Not a lot more to it.

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Community

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Title: Movie Monday
Rating: PG
Pairing/Characters: Abed/Annie/Troy
A/N: Written for whirligigged, who suggested A living space, be it Abed's dorm, Annie's run down apartment, or Troy crashing at Pierce's place.

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It’s sort of becomes a thing.

The three of them will pick a place (usually Abed’s dorm room, although that sometimes changes), decide on a movie (it tends to be sci-fi, but again, nothings set in stone), and then they do it.

Together, in that room, they have a secret movie Monday!

(In secret.)

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“Okay, so what are we watching tonight?” Annie asks, sliding into a been-bag with a bowl of popcorn in her lap.

“WarGames.”

“Troy! You said last week that our next movie would be romantic!”

“But Annie,” Abed steps in, “WarGames has a romance between Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy.”

“… Is there kissing?”

“Yes.”

“Fine, but no singing alone with the side effects this time.”

“Dammit!”

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Title: Midnight Phone Calls
Rating: PG
Pairing/Characters: Britta(/Jeff)
A/N: Written after Jeff had Britta be Pierce's second emergency contact.

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She gets a call at 2:30 a.m. on a Saturday morning.

“Hello. This is Linda from the Greendale police center. May I please speak with Britta Perry?”

“Speaking,” Britta mumbles, still half asleep.

“I have you listed here as Pierce Hawthorne 2nd emergency contact. He, along with several other elderly men, was found streaking in the Greendale Mall fountain, and we request you to come and pick him up immediately from the station.”

This wakes Britta up. Fast.

“I’m sorry. What?”

“Pierce Hawthorne was seen streaking, and you, as his 2nd emergency contact, need to come pick him up.”

“I don’t remember signing up to be Pierce’s emergency contact.”

“Your names listed right here ma'am. Britta Perry. Twenty-eight. Resides near and attends Greendale Community College.”

“Okay lady, I get it. I’m Pierce’s emergency contact thingy. It’s just…”

This doesn’t make any sense; when did this happen? Why would this happen? It’s not like she would ever want to be his-

Wait. She’s the 2nd emergency contact. The 2nd emergency contact. The 2nd.

“Who’s Pierce’s first contact.

“Let’s see here: a Mr. Jeff Winger.”

Of course.

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Doctor Who

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Title: Woodstock
Rating: R, but a very light R
Pairing/Characters: Eleven/Amy
A/N: Written for glitterpenguin, who suggested Woodstock.

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The first time is pretty difficult.

He’s resistant – far too resistant for her liking, going on about how it’s not at all wise and she just got married. He even goes as far as to push her on the floor when she attempts to remove his bowtie – but it doesn’t do him any good (Amy’s always been one for a challenge, and getting a nine hundred and seven year old alien to fuck her is a challenge if she ever met one.) In the end, it’s inevitable really; she’s the girl who waited and he’s the raggedy doctor, and whether or not he likes it, sex was always in the cards.

The funny thing is, though, when he finally comes (and he does), the Doctor doesn’t call out her name.

“Woodstock!”

“Doctor!” Amy shouts, climbing off him, “what the bloody hell was that?”

“Well I can’t very well call out your name, now can I? Rory might suspect something.”

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Title: The Coming End
Rating: PG
Pairing/Characters: Eleven/Amy
A/N: Written for tasty_kate, who suggested Every tiny bit of her reminds him of Gallifrey.

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When the end finally comes – and it does come, fast and hard and with almost no warning at all (but than of course, she’s with the Doctor, so there was always some warning) – Amy spends her last moments in existents pondering all the things she’ll never get to do (all the while the Doctor goes on about how she reminds him of Gallifrey, which might be sweet if she knew what that was). It’s supposed to work as a distraction of their impending doom, but seeing as she traveled with him, there’s not a whole lot Amy feels she’s missed out on.

“Hey Pond,” he says, looking up at her with a smile that’s really not at all appropriate for the situation (but that’s the doctor for you; lives about to end and he gives her a smile), “was it still worth it, waiting for me all those years ago?”

Yes, she wants to say but doesn’t; she can’t give him the satisfaction, let him know how greatly he’s affected her, how much she loves him. Without the Doctor, Amy would have nothing to show for her life, be just another Scottish girl living in England. She’d go to work and pay the bills and listen to Rory tell her about whatever happened at the hospital that day (it wouldn’t be anything interesting, she assumes.)

The fact of the matter is, the Doctor is her everything, and without him she wouldn’t know what to do with herself.

“I don’t know,” she answers. “I mean, I don’t… no. No, it wasn’t worth it.”

He smiles.

“Liar.”

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Glee

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Title: Milkshakes
Rating: G
Pairing/Characters: Puck/Quinn(/Finn)
A/N: Written back when this ship and show had potential.

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Finn buys you a milkshake.

Its 8:35 on a Saturday night after the football team has just played (lost) a game, and all the players and cheerios are out for pizza. The place is dirty and smelly, and you’re pretty sure that the chances of it having a rat problem are not small, but it’s the same pizza place they always go to when they’ve lost.

You’re just sitting there, being board, twirling your hair, when Finn walks up and gives you a milkshake, saying that he was thinking you might like it.

“Oh, my favorite!” you lie after taking a sip, because Finn got you vanilla even though you are strictly a chocolate girl. It doesn’t really matter though, because Finn’s and sweet and hot, and really, it’s supposed to be the thought that counts, so it shouldn’t matter that you have to suck it up and drink vanilla when you want chocolate.

Right?

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Puck steals you a milkshake.

Its 9:45 on a Saturday night, after the football team has just played (won!) a game, and the Glee club decided to go out for pizza to celebrate. The place is pretty classy and smells nice, and you’re certain they do not have a rat problem.

As everyone is leaving, Puck walks up and hands you a milkshake.

“I stole this when the guy wasn’t looking” he says as you take a sip; it’s chocolate. “I know it’s your favorite and so I thought you might like it.”

You smile.

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Harry Potter

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Title: Pity
Rating: PG
Pairing/Characters: Teddy Lupin
A/N: Written forever ago.

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Pity. That’s all anybody ever feels for him. Not respect or thankfulness or even love. Just a small dose of sadness and a that poor little Teddy Lupin, his parents died in the war is all he’ll ever get, because it’s not like he’s famous or interesting or particularly important; he’s just some kid who lives with Harry Potter for a few days each week.

But really, Teddy doesn’t ever think he should expect anything more. It’s not like he’s The Boy Who Lived.

--

He knows a lot about his parents. More then he wants too.

He knows his father was a Werewolf and his mother was a Metamorphmagus. He knows they fell in love, although his father was against the idea. He knows they were killed in a second, risking their lives to defend friends and family.

He always remembers being told his parents were amazing. That they were kinda like super heroes and went around the world saving people from death all the time.

It doesn’t ever make him feel better.

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Title: Smoking Stillness
Rating: PG-13
Pairing/Characters: Lily/Snape (friendship/unrequited)
A/N: Written back when I was just becoming obsessed with Lily.

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There’s a sense of complete emptiness as Lily inhales her cigarette and tries to gaze at clouds. She can’t; the trees are blocking her view, and even so, there aren’t any clouds to see. Just the same old milky blue sky, occasionally accompanied by a leaf blowing in the wind or a bird of some sort.

She’s not sure why she decided to come down here. Any intention of reading that book (what is it called again?) was non-existent, and it’s not as though she couldn’t smoke somewhere else.

Perhaps it was to see him, but Lily doesn’t think so, because she doesn’t miss him. Or, she does, but not in the way where she wants to see him. She misses him in that she’s reminiscent of what they had, of the conversations they shared and things they did. She misses the moments they had and people they were. But they aren’t those people anymore, and if Severus were to walk up to her now and plea forgiveness, she still wouldn’t want to see him, because that’s not who she misses; Lily misses a Severus who no longer exists.

Though, she contemplates while bringing the cigarette back up to her lips, she probably did come down here in the hopes of possibly seeing Sev, if for nothing else then to tell him to fuck off.

--

He looks much more depressing smoking then she does. Maybe it’s all the black he wears, or that look of pure dislike that seems to have become his only real expression. Either way, when Severus smokes, Lily can’t help but think it makes him look darker, deeper, maybe more mature…

“Why do you smoke so often, Sev?” she asks as he hands her the cigarette. “It’s so bad for you.”

“Why do you smoke?”

“Because you do.”

“Well,” he says, taking it back, “maybe I smoke because you do. You ever thought of that?”

Lily sniggers. “Please don’t expect me to believe that bullshit, Sev. I’m not some stupid little girl you can riddle into believing ever word that comes out of your precious little mouth.”

He just laughs. “Fine, I’m sorry. And you’re right; you’re not a stupid little girl anymore. You’re taller.”

“Fuck you,” Lily says, although she’s smiling.

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Parks and Recreation

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Title: The April Ludgate Song
Rating: G
Pairing/Characters: Andy/April
A/N: Written for nikki_1978, who suggested what happens after their kiss at the shoe shine stand.

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In Andy’s short life, he’s only ever really believed in two things. Number one, if you want a hit song, the lyrics must include either 'Spread your wings and fly,' or 'You deserve to be a champion'. Number two, when a pretty girl who you really like kisses you and decides she wants to be your girlfriend, you must serenade her.

You must!

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“Can I have everybody’s attention, please? I’ve written a song for my lovely girlfriend, April Ludgate, and I want you all to hear it.”

April… A P R I L
Your name is April
A is for amazing
P is for perfect
R is for radical
I is for incredible
And, oh, L is for lovely

April… A P R I L
Your name is April
Spread your wings and fly
Because you deserve to be a champion
And I like you…ohhh

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Title: The Calzone Game
Rating: G
Pairing/Characters: Leslie/Ben
A/N: Written for forgetregret009, who suggested a missing moment when Ben and Leslie went out to dinner together to get calzones... after 3x4.

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“C’mon Leslie, you’ve got to admit, these calzones are pretty fly,” Ben says, taking a giant bite of a big, cheesy one.

Leslie hisses. “Don’t say that.”

“What?”

“Fly,” she makes a barf face when saying it. “Don’t ever say that word.”

“Fine. But these calzones are good, right?”

“Define good.”

It’s been like this for a half hour, Ben asking Leslie if she like calzones and Leslie stalling. He’s taking it as a sigh that she might, possibly, maybe like ~~him~~ them!

“How about this: if you like the calzones nod your head. If you don't, shake it.”

She doesn’t move.

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Title: Ben Wyatt's Love Game
Rating: G
Pairing/Characters: Leslie/Ben
A/N: Written for buffyfan145, who wanted Leslie/Ben.

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When Ben was thirteen, he got his first girlfriend, a Jewish girl from down the street named Casey Kleinworth. They dated for approximately sixteen days, and while the break-up was rather icy, Ben still remembers the time fondly (along with being his first girlfriend, Casey was also his first kiss.) They were both pretty big Bill Murray fans, so most of the relationship was spent talking about Cattyshack, but for those two weeks, it was enough; sneaking behind the bleachers to kiss and discuss different ways to catch a weasel was all Ben really wanted, and if his parents hadn’t forced him to watch a repeat of Reagan’s inauguration, they might have never broken up.

But they did make him watch it, and so they did break up, setting motion a series of events that would closely follow him for years to come:

Ben meets girl, Ben likes girl, Ben takes girl out and things go great, things go so great that Ben starts to talk about his real interest (politics), Ben drives girl crazy and they break up, Ben meets new girl.

And then of course, he met Leslie.

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Title: How Things Work Out
Rating: G
Pairing/Characters: Leslie/Ben
A/N: Written for shornt, who wanted Leslie/Ben, Post-Harvest Festival.

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In the end, it all, kind of works out.

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The Harvest Festival is a huge success, (but honestly, Ben knew it would be), with the payoff being much greater then any of them expected. Leslie gets almost all the credit (as she deserves), with the entire parks department getting a thumbs of from Pawnee Today.

And Ben, well, things turn out pretty great for Ben.

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“Leslie, you wanted to see me?” It’s a few days after the festival, one week before he has to leave.

“Yes Benjamin, please sit down. Some of the boys upstairs and I were talking, and we all agreed that although the government is currently stable, it would be pretty easy for it to slip back into Drags Ville. And so we, we being me and all the boys, of course.”

“Of course.”

“Yes, well, we were wondering if you would possibly consider staying on as Pawnee’s permanent budget handler.” Leslie’s face is flushed, and she’s wearing a giant smile.

“So, I’d have to move here?”

“Yes.”

“And I’d be working here permanently?”

“For all intensive purposes, yes.”

“And you’d pay me?”

“Most defiantly.”

“Well, Ms. Knope, I’m going to have to think about this” he says, smiling.

“You should know, Mr. Wyatt, if you take this position, we promise you won’t be disappointed.”

“We being you and the boys?”

“Of course.”

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Title: The First Time It Happens
Rating: PG
Pairing/Characters: Leslie/Ben, Leslie/Mark
A/N: Written for sometime in the summer.

--

When it finally happens with Mark, they’re drunk.

It was a company party – a birthday to be exact – and, after making the proper rounds (because as Deputy Director, Leslie obviously has several important rounds to make. Obviously.), she finds herself playing Mark’s drinking partner (and yes, Leslie is aware that the role of drinking partner usually goes to a man, but she’s Leslie Knope for god sakes, and therefore refuses to follow the rules of a poor mans stereotype.) He’s being nicer then he is most days: then again, he’s had a lot to drink.

But Leslies willing to overlook that.

They don’t talk much, or at least, they don’t talk about anything even close to being important (their most interesting conversation of the night; whom does Leslie resemble more? - Lindsay Lohan or Britney Spears.) They do drink a lot (Mark in particular), and Leslie wonders if he’s trying to forget something or if Marks just the kind of guy that gets wasted for no reason (that would explain a lot.)

When she asks if he wants to come over, the answer is a slurred yes.

A yes!

--

When it finally happens with Ben, they’re drunk. Or at least, they’re on their way.

MouseRat has a gig, and while it’s not technically a ‘company’ party, everyone from the parks department (plus Chris and Ben) turn up, so it certainly feels like one.

“This next one’s called “Nothing Tastes Better Then You” and it’s about a very special girl name April,” Andy said into the mike, causing April to blush, “this one’s for you, babe.”

I have a dream
I dream bout you and me
And I am eating
You
And nothing, baby
In all of history
Tastes bett-er than you, oh

“Wow,” Ben says to Leslie as they accept their drinks from the bartender, “Andy’s really pulling out all the chops, isn’t he.” Ben’s recently become quite attached to Andy, as his job is one of the few that Ben has no control over, thus making him one of the only people Ben feels he can get close to without the fear of being seen as Donald Trump.

--

Weeds

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Title: Copenhagen
Rating: PG
Pairing/Characters: Botwins (Nancy/Andy)
A/N: Written after the finale

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In Copenhagen, they become normal again. Andy goes to work and gets them a place to live (and, it should be noted, this place is not a mobile vehicle.) Silas enrolls in college, although he’ll be the first to admit that it was a lot more enjoyable in Seattle. Shane finally goes back to school

They do miss Nancy, really, but life goes on, and, although none of them will ever mention it, their all kind of relived she’s not around to screw everything up.

Even Andy (especially Andy).

The 12 Steps of Learning How to Care - (Leslie/Ben) a Parks and Rec Fic

quick_ly — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 02:35:18 GMT

Title: The 12 Steps of Learning How to Care
Author: quick_ly
Fandom: Parks and Recreation
Pairing: Leslie/Ben
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 2,013
Summary: The first time Ben knows Leslie is going to be a problem, he hasn’t met her.
Disclaimer: Nope, Parks and Rec is sadly not mine.
A/N: This was written for the lovely zombie_boogie, who prompted corn maze for a Leslie/Ben fic. Well, I tried to write her ficlet, but it was seriously one of the crappiest pieces of writing to ever be, which was wrong not only because she’s awesome and deserves to have quality fic written for her, but also because I actually had some good ideas when first seeing the prompt. Anyway, after reading this fic by cereal (which is without a doubt my favorite Leslie/Ben fic) I got my first shot of inspiration in forever, and ended up whipping this out in a couple hours. Big thanks to fairytiger, who read this over and got it back to me quickly :)

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The first time Ben knows Leslie is going to be a problem, he hasn’t met her.

They’re seventy-five minutes outside Pawnee, eating at some roadside diner that feels the need to call its burger “The Super Cracker” (Ben’s pretty sure that’s supposed to be some kind of pun, but he’s not sure what about). Chris being Chris, and therefore feeling the need to be on top of every aspect in his life (Chris’s words, not Ben’s), he has prepared a little presentation, including thorough information on all the new people they’re going to be working with (aka firing) for the next few months. Nothing surprising: a mayor with more affairs than anything else, a city manager who believes in the tooth fairy more than the city he runs, a parks manager who is also a gun enthusiast; it’s all standard. From the looks of it, Pawnee is just going to be another stop on the Ben Wyatt Redeems Himself Train, and really, Ben Wyatt couldn’t care less.

But than, of course, there’s Leslie Knope.

From the things Chris has apparently learned, she’s nice and cute and good at her job, which is never great news for someone whose plans involve firing them. She’s spent her life in Pawnee, and has worked in the government for the entirety of her career (also bad news – Leslies been there long, she’s likely friendly with people high up.) And then, as he starts to read off her accomplishments (speed bumps on slides, birthday parties for parrots), Ben knows he’s totally fucked. Leslie’s one of those people, the kind that dream a little too big and go out on a limb for things that don’t really matter. Essentially, she gives a shit, and while that’s probably great for the city of Pawnee, it’s not so much for Ben. This is going to be an uphill battle, with him being the bad guy, and although Ben knows that if there were any more joy in budget cutting, he wouldn’t be doing it, having to play bad cop all the time is getting kind of old.

--

As it is, he’s right. Leslie is a fireball of enthusiasm, up until the point you cross Pawnee, and then it’s war. He probably should have expected the yelling, but honestly, Ben’s thankful he got out without getting anything thrown at him.

Still, when Chris mentions that they’ve been invited to a birthday party at some place called Snakehole Lounge, Ben decides to go. It’s just this small part of him – the teenage, Benjy Wyatt part probably – that kind of wants things to go alright with her. Leslies the kind of people who feeds out this positive energy, that brightens a room and makes people smile. There are a lot of jerks in government, and not only is Leslie not one of them, but she also doesn’t let the other assholes get her down. Ben can respect that, and trying to play nice with someone like that can’t really be a bad thing.

(Well, when said person is drunk, it actually can.)

--

Taking her out for the beer is ultimately the best thing he’s done since arriving in Pawnee, seeing as it provides him with the proper means to get on her good side. Benjy Wyatt isn’t usually his first choice when thinking of conversation starters, but with Leslie, it seems like the only option. Plus, it’s not like she could think any less of him (it’s already become crystal clear that Ben is far from her favorite person). In fact, Leslie is probably one of those people that actually remembers Benjy Wyatt as some sort of a hero, and telling her might help.

(It does help. They end up having enough in common to make polite conversation without trying, and when they drive back to the office, Ben feels like this might be new chapter in his and Leslie’s relationship.)

(It is a new chapter, but more on that later.)

And then, of course, the government is shut down, and suddenly they’re back to square one.

--

Ben’s not really sure why he calls Freddy Spaghetti, other than it’ll make a bunch of little kids happy. And yeah, it gets him in Leslie’s good graces, which is a plus, but that’s not even why he does it (at first, anyway.) It’s just that Ben’s been mean-Ben for quite a while now, and really, that’s not who he is. Ben Wyatt is the person who ran for mayor when he was eighteen because he thought his hometown had a crappy skating rink, and even though it didn’t work out, he’s still the same guy. And maybe that’s the problem with making your biggest mistake when you’re just a kid – you end up spending so much time trying to forget the mishap that you end up forgetting who you really are.

Well, Ben knows who he is (Ice Clown and all), and if it takes a children’s musician singing about spaghetti-made dresses to make him remember it, so be it.

(Of course, Leslie’s reaction is pretty awesome, and Ben realizes she might have been part of the reason he made the call.)

--

The next couple months go by pretty quickly. Fixing the budget isn’t easy, but Bens dealt with worse. On the other hand, having to deal with Leslie is not something he’s quite so familiar with.

It’s not the requests that get under his skin so much, just her whole attitude. It isn’t that Ben doesn’t appreciate her positivity and hopefulness, because he really, really does, but having to argue about individual slides and benches doesn’t exactly make this job go any faster.

Still, they make it work, and by the end of the summer Leslie’s getting him his morning coffee and Ben’s going out of his way to pick up extra waffles (he learned early on that the best way to get Leslie to agree to a cut is to feed her a sweet breakfast beforehand.)

--

Sometime between the first and last cut, Ben begins to kind of like Pawnee. It’s not the city’s fault that its history is a shitstorm of racism, nor is the fault of any its government employees. Really, Ben has to applaud Leslie and her fellow workers for believing in a town that doesn’t have anything to believe in. Partridge was no Garden of Eden, but at least its history wasn’t quite so bloody, and the population certainly wasn’t as outspoken. If Ben remembers correctly, the only time anyone in Partridge gave a shit was when they were running him out of office, and even then it wasn’t so much caring as saying things in really load voices.

And Leslie, for all her yelling and annoying positivity, cares more than anyone else. She’s the one that stays up late, making phone calls and writing papers, so that this town can have good parks. Really, if Ben had worked half as hard as she does, Ice Town and his mayorship probably wouldn’t have slipped away so easily.

So, against his better judgment, Ben starts to like Pawnee. And yeah, Ben starts to like Leslie as well, but really, it’s kind if impossible not to like Leslie Knope.

She’s Leslie Knope.

--

In the end, it’s the Harvest Festival that really drags him in. It’s the arguing with people about hay stacks and hours spent working overtime that make Pawnee feel like home (or what he expects home to feel like – Ben hasn’t had a steady living situation in over five years). And after awhile, it becomes less and less about Pawnee (which Ben comes to realize is kind of the place he’d want to stay in), and more and more about Leslie, to the point where she is literally the only thing he really cares about.

It takes Ben a pretty long time to figure it out, but when he finally does, it hits him hard; having a crush, especially on Leslie, is kind of the worst thing that could happen in this situation, and yet a part of Ben always knew this was going to happen. From the first time she yelled at him, Ben was hooked: hooked on her enthusiasm and cheerfulness and promise to do whatever will serve her town best, and trying to pretend anything different was a silly idea.

When he finally accepts that, things become a lot clearer.

--

Of course, because this is Ben Wyatt and not some studly man, things go down in a corn maze. Him and Leslie have sort of gotten to this point, where he likes her and she maybe likes him (Ben can’t really tell): they sort of flirt from time to time, and she’ll occasionally looks at him a little longer (and with a little more feeling) than necessary.

So when Leslie suggests they go into the corn maze, Ben jumps at the idea of being alone with her (whether it’s Tom or Ron or Donna, there’s always someone.)Getting lost wasn’t really the plan, but then again, things have never gone according to plan with Leslie.

“Leslie, we’ve been past that scarecrow six times already. I hate to say it, but I think we’re lost.”

“Oh come on Ben, don’t be so dramatic. We are not lost.”

“I’m not dramatic, and we are”

“You are dramatic, calzone boy, and we are not lost!”

It’s weird, but this is the moment when Ben realizes why he’s fallen for her; Leslie never gives up, never lets the bad guys win, never stops fighting for what she believes in, even when the truth is staring her in the face.

“Okay, you’re right. I’m dramatic and we’re not lost.”

It’s one of his prouder moments, (there’s not a lot to compare it to), and apparently Leslie agrees, because she’s looking at him in this way, the way she looks when things go her way or she’s about to eat waffles, like he’s the most attractive person in the world, and suddenly she’s kissing him, full on the lips, with her tongue diving into his mouth and Ben has lit-erally never felt this free, like every one of those times when she maybe made him smile or blush, all the moments when he thought there might be something there, he was right, it was all working towards something. Out of nowhere, his life makes a little more sense; Ben hasn’t spent the list six months firing people; he’s spent it getting to know a girl who he might actually really like.

“Wow”, Leslie says when they finally break apart, and he can see it on her face that she’s shocked, that this is a surprise but she maybe likes it. “You know, um, I think I saw the exit over that way.”

“Oh, yeah. I guessed we missed that.” Ben’s still kind of reeling from what just happened. “Hey, um, Leslie.”

“Yes Ben.”

“Do you wanna go get a cup of coffee?”

She just smiles.

--

From there, things kind of work out perfectly. The Harvest Festival is a giant success, and Pawnee’s government is better than it has been in a long time. Eventually, Ben is offered a job as Pawnee’s permanent budget handler, as Leslie says that it would be too easy for things to slip into dooms-ville. Ben’s not really sure he believes she actually thinks that, but he quite likes the idea of staying in Pawnee, and after all, Ben’s not sure he can go back to a life without Leslie Knope.

“Hey,” Leslie says one day in July, when the weather is sunny and she insisted they go for a walk so that Ben can experience the full force of the Pawnee parks, “what do you think Benjy Wyatt would think of his life now?”
“I think he would be horrified to not be president,” Ben says, earning a giggle from Leslie.

“Alright, fair enough, but what would he think of Leslie Knope?”

“Oh, Benjy Wyatt would think Leslie Knope is the coolest girl around.”

“Better than Cindy Eckert?”

“By a landslide.”

Can We Just Agree There's Something Here - (Leslie/Ben) a Parks and Rec EP

quick_ly — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 03:36:48 GMT

Do you want me to write you a rap? I’ll write you a rap. No, you know what? You’re never gonna be able to pull it off. You’re too white. How about a show tune or something?

The Girl Who Didn't Make Sense - (Amy/Eleven) a Docor Who, 5x13 Picspam

quick_ly — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 05:48:54 GMT

Alright, I promise one day soon I'll make a post that has nothing to do with Doctor Who or Parks and Rec. That day, however, is not today. Truthfully, I kind of want to picspam Amy/Eleven for the entire season (or maybe just a bunch of Matt/Karen interviews, because oh my god, those too are so completely ~~in love~~ amazing!) but this scene is one of my favorites and I really wated to focus on it. I just love their looks and dialogue and the part where he pulls her close and it looks like he might be about to kiss her (I know he's not, but a girl can dream.) Basically, this scene rocked and had to be picspamed, and while I won't say it's my favorite Amy/Eleven moment (I rarely pick favorites - it always feels like the kiss of death), this is certainly in the top five.

Amy: Hi.
Eleven: Amy Pond, the girl who waited, all night in your garden. Was it worth it?
Amy: Shut up, of course it was.
Eleven: You asked me why I was taking you with me and I said no reason. I was lying.
Amy: It’s not important.
Eleven: Yeah, it’s the most important thing left in the universe. It’s why I’m doing this.

Okay, I'm just gonna come out and say it; I love that opening line. I mean, they're about to die, along with the rest of the universe, and even though it's clear she feels horrible inside, Amy's trying her best to act all casual. I also really love how Eleven is here, and his line asking if it was worth it. Pretty much, I love the tone this scene has, how it's all very quiet and casual and heartbreaking.

Eleven: Amy, your house is too big. That big, empty house; just you.
Amy: And Aunt Sharon
Eleven: Where were your mum and dad? Where was… everybody who lived in that big house?
Amy: I lost my mum and dad.
Eleven: How? What happened to them? Where did they go?
Amy: I… I don’t.
Eleven: It’s okay, it’s okay, don’t panic, it’s not your fault.
Amy: I don’t even remember.
Eleven: There’s a crank in time, in the wall of your bedroom, and it’s been eating away at your life for a long time now.

Eleven: Amy Pond, all alone, the girl who didn’t make sense; how could I resist?
Amy: How could I just forget?
Eleven: Nothing is ever forgotten, not really. But you have to try.

Okay, can we just talk about that line for a second; how could I resist?. Honestly, the first time I watched this, a small, tiny part of me thought he was coming on to her. Like, I knew that he wasn't, because the worlds about to end and her fiancé, who waited like a million years for her, is here and all, but there's just something weirdly sexual about this. Like, she's alone and doesn't make sense and is essentially broken and he finds that attractive. I don't know, maybe it's just me.

Eleven: There’s going to be a very big bang, Big Bang Two. Try and remember your family and they’ll be there.
Amy: How can I remember them if they never existed?
Eleven: Because… you’re special. That crack in your wall, all that time, the universe pouring into your head. You brought Rory back, you can bring them back too. You just remember, and they’ll be there.
Amy: You won’t.
Eleven: You’ll have your family back, you won’t need you imaginary friend anymore.

I don't care what anyone says; it totally looks like she's going in for a kiss right there. Case closed.

Eleven: Ha. Amy Pond, crying over me, eh? Guess what?
Amy: What?
Eleven: Gotcha.

I really love Amy's finale look, even though it kinda looks like she's been bitten by a vampire.

So that's it. Please don't hotlink or post on tumblr, fanpop, etc. Credit goes to rawr_caps, along with karen-gillan.net

Other Picspams by me:
Quinn Fabray
Andy Bernard/Erin Hannon
Rachel Berry

Rachel/Finn 1x22 "Journey"

Top 10 Blonds

Jesse/Quinn

Quinn Fabray - Fuck Was I

Liz Lemon, Season One

And if you do, will anything happen? - (Amy/Eleven) a Doctor Who Fanmix

quick_ly — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 02:19:06 GMT

Well, that was fast. In little over five days, I've turned into a Doctor Who crazy person! What can I say, it's just that awesome. I mean, there's time travel and aliens and all other sorts of super-crazy-amazing things (they chilled out with Van Gogh, for goodness sake!) And with every new fandom comes a new ship (because I'm just a romantic like that.) Amy and Rory are okay, but the chemistry between Matt Smith and Karen Gillan is undeniable, and let's be honest here, the whole Amy/Eleven ship is pretty damn fun. I mean, Amy wanted him to be her booty call, and his subconscious totally ships them, and she wanted to make out with him at her own damn wedding! How can you not fall in love with that?! Anyway, I could probably go on for hours talking about why I ship Amy/Eleven (and why I ship them over Amy/Rory), but that'll take forever, so I'll just get onto the mix. This has a little bit of everything, or a little bit of everything they are to me. There are a few silly love songs (sort of what I want them to be), a couple songs about love gone wrong or reasons why they might not work, one or two that I just thought sort of fit them, and than "Moon River" which, in my mind, is kind of the perfect Amy/Eleven song. Fanmix title is taken from a Blondie song, if anyone feels inclined to know.

01. gotta have you | the weepies

red eyes and fire and signs
i'm taken by a nursery rhyme
i wanna make a ray of sunshine
and never leave home

02. two birds | regina spektor

i'll believe it all
there's nothing i won't understand
i'll believe it all
i won't let go of your hand

03. i'm just a kid (don't make me feel like a man) | hall & oates

little girl what's your name
now don't you go looking at me like that
you might see i'm ashamed - what's your name

04. the crane wife 3 | the decemberists

and under the boughs unbowed
all clothed in the snowy shroud
she had no heart so hardened
all under the boughs unbowed

05. little lion man | mumford and sons

but it was not your fault but mine
and it was your heart on the line
i really fucked it up this time
didn't i, my dear?

06. lost cause | beck

there's a place where you are going
you ain't never been before
no one left to watch your back now
no one standing at your door
that's what you thought love was for

07. wonderwall | ryan adams

today was gonna be the day?
but they'll never throw it back to you
by now you should've somehow
realized what you're not to do

08. i can feel a hot one | manchester orchestra

I was in the front seat, shaking it out
And I was asking if you felt alright
I never want to hear the truth
I want to hear your voice, it sounded fine
My voice, it sounded fine

09. moon river | audrey hepburn

moon river, wider than a mile,
i'm crossing you in style some day.
oh, dream maker, you heart breaker,
wherever you're going i'm going your way.
two drifters off to see the world.
there's such a lot of world to see.
we're after the same rainbow's end--
waiting 'round the bend,
my huckleberry friend,
moon river and me.

all songs + front and back cover art: download .zip file

Please comment if snagging, or if there are any problems with downloading (because there are always problmes): if you want a individual song off the mix, let me know.

Gif credit goes to duckponds from tumblr.

Parallel Lines - (Puck/Quinn) a Glee EP

quick_ly — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 22:15:54 GMT

Okay, it should be noted that this is kind of a practice mix, because I've never really gotten the hang of this whole 'fanmix' thing - except, well, now I think I have. As a result, the cover art really sucks and the songs are recycled from an earlier mix, only that was before I got the hang of it, so it didn't really count.

1. Is That Love - Squeeze

You won't get dressed you walk about, now is that, is that
A teasing glance has pushed me out, now is that, is that
The tougher, tougher, tougher it gets
The more my lips frequent, now that is love.

2. Hands Open - Snow Patrol

It's hard to argue
when you won't stop making sense
But my tongue still misbehaves,
and keeps digging my own grave

3. Over It Over Again - She & Him

Why do I always want to sock it to you hard?
Let you know what love is like
when I'm keeping all my cards up on the shelf
Where you can't see them

4. Hello Goodbye - The Beatles

You say yes, I say no
You say stop and I say go, go, go
Oh, no
You say goodbye and I say hello
Hello, hello
I don't know why you say goodbye
I say hello

5. Dreaming Of You - The Coral

Up in my lonely room
When I'm dreaming of you
Oh what can I do (wah oooo)
I still need you, but
I don't want you now

6. Kiss With A Fist - Florence And The Machine

You hit me once
I hit you back
You gave a kick
I gave a slap
You smashed a plate over my head
Then I set fire to our bed

7. Momma's Boy - Elizabeth & The Catapult

And then you wanna be the tough guy, with the appetite
Well, I'm not gonna stop you
But if you're looking for a bed to recover on
Go find another one, go find another one

Download .Zip

Comment is snagging, or if there is any problem :)

It's a Tangled Rat’s Nest - (Casey/Henry) a Party Down Fic

quick_ly — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 05:16:31 GMT

Title: it's a tangled rat’s nest
Author: quick_ly
Fandom: Party Down
Pairing: Casey/Henry
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Spoilers for entire series, I guess
Summary: For Henry, being with Casey is his only option.
Disclaimer: Sadly, I don’t own Party Down.
A/N: Okay, I honestly have no idea where the fuck this came from, nor do I really care, though; Casey/Henry are seriously one of my top ships, so the fact that there is pretty much nothing fandomy out there for them is sad. This is pretty sucky, however, so sorry for that. And if you’re wondering, I couldn’t think of a name for said fic, so I just stole a line from MouseRat's "Sex Hair" Please don’t kill me for mixing fandoms…

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The truth is, for Henry, being with Casey is his only option -- the only fucking chance he has at ever finding some sort of happiness -- no, that’s not right; she’s his only chance at not being unhappy, because while he wouldn’t consider his life horrible (seeing as horrible tends to be reserved for people who are, like, raped or attempting to nurse their dying child back to safety), the whole word happiness sort of implies that his world has an all-around good feeling about it, and that certainly isn’t the case, is it? It’s more like his life is really boring, lame, and depressing, and Casey isn’t boring, lame, or depressing (well, she is, but to a lesser extent), so that right there is something to look forward to every day.

But the thing is, she’s not his girlfriend, or his wife or even soul mate (defiantly not soul mate), so even though she’s efficiently making his world suck less, he’s not supposed to notice. And the same goes for whenever she makes him smile or happy, or think his life is worth something (anything); like she said when this whole thing started, they don’t owe each other anything.

So when Casey leaves, Henrys not supposed to care, because he doesn’t have any right to.

(But the thing is, he does.)

--

Uda is alright. She’s got her shit, like a kid who doesn’t like him and a job that kind of makes him feel worse about his own (and the whole abrasive thing, because despite what she told him at the wedding, Uda is in fact that abrasive, all the time), but it’s all shit he can handle relatively easily. And with her, Henry doesn’t have to pretend not to notice when she makes him feel good or bad or whatever; it’s all out there! He always heard people talk about how it’s easier when you’re just fucking, because there’s less emotion involved, but for Henry it was the opposite; how are you supposed to know where your relationship stands if you never talk about feelings ever? (Cause even though Henry is a guy, and thus doesn’t want to talk about feelings all the time, he has fully accepted that for a relationship to last longer than a couple weeks, talks about feelings must be had. And the whole thing with Casey most defiantly didn’t change his mind.)

But for a while, the thing with Uda is good. She’s kind of nice and the sex is okay (it was better with Casey, but Henry tries not to read much into it), and for a bit, it’s nice to pretend he’s the sort of guy who watches The Mentalist and has a future full of promise and hope (he knows he doesn’t.)

And than, of course, Casey comes back.

--

His mom always told him never to roll the dice, that it only leads to negative things, and now, mid-thirties and a failed actor, Henry has to admit she was on to something; what did taking a risk ever get him? A job at a failing catering company, that’s what.

But the whole Casey thing is different. It’s defiantly a roll of the dice, Henry can certainly see that, but it’s also the kind of dice that he feels, if not rolled, will be regretted later. Uda is nice and stable, but her kid doesn’t like him and her job makes him feel bad, and dammit!, the whole abrasive, all the time thing is really fucking annoying.

So in the end, it doesn’t really matter that Casey’s clearly got a commitment problem, and that Henry thinks she’s a roll the dice; they both make each others lives not suck, and there’s no use in pretending otherwise.

Burning Up - (Leslie/Ben) a Parks and Rec Fic

quick_ly — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 06:20:36 GMT

Oh shit, I haven't written fic in like, forever! It just the new promo (below, for those of you who have not already seen the awesomeness) it so amazingly cute and awesome and I need it to be January 20th now. NBC, why do you hate me so much?

Title: Burning Up
Author: quick_ly
Fandom: Parks and Recreation
Pairing: Leslie/Ben
Rating: G
Warnings: Spoilers for season 3, specifically this promo
Summary: When Leslie gets sick, Ben takes care of her.
Disclaimer: Nope, Parks and Recreation is sadly not mine.
A/N: I hope this is okay, because I haven’t written fic in like forever and this was written pretty quickly (okay, it was written in a day, but I usually takes longer for me to produce decent fic. But when I saw the new promo, I couldn’t help it (he’s touching her forehead, guys!) Plus, I got season 2 on DVD for Christmas, so I’m kind of on a Parks and Rec high. All I need now is a Leslie/Ben fanmix!

When Leslie gets sick, Ben drives her home. (Yeah, you heard that right.)

6 (crappy) Leslie/Ben Icons

quick_ly — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 03:14:54 GMT

It's been almost a year since I attempted any kind of icon making. As a result, these are a bit (well, more than a bit) crappy.

6 Leslie/Ben

Preview:

See here at leslie_ben

Liz Lemon Season One Picspam, 1 Cap Per Episode.

quick_ly — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 01:07:33 GMT

Jack Donaghy is gonna kill me and then he’s gonna kill you and then he's gonna fold us up in a pizza and eat us.

This is Who We Remain Forever - (Finn/Rachel) a Glee fic

quick_ly — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 18:07:35 GMT

Title: This is Who We Remain Forever
Author: quick_ly
Fandom: Glee
Pairing: Finn/Rachel
Rating: PG-13
Warning: I was listening to Say Anything non-stop while writing this. You’ve been warned.
Summary: When all is said and done, they grow up.
Disclaimer: No, I don’t own Glee. I just obsess about it.
A/N: Written for diva_off. I know this is really similar to another one of my finchel fics. Sorry about that :)

--

As I look back at countless crossroads
and the middle where I stay
right up the beaten path to boredom
where the fakest fucks get laid
by the faux-finest finds
it’s been that way
god damn you, how you stay
with every scummy, crummy hour
of the scummy, crummy day

- Say Anything, “Yellow Cat (Slash) Red Cat”

When all is said and done, they grow up.

She goes on to Juilliard, because it’s big and famous and in New York, and really, where else was someone like Rachel supposed to go?

He spends one year in community collage and another two at state. The whole football scholarship thing didn’t really pan out. Finn sometimes wonders if it was ever going to.

They don’t ever meet up. It never seems like the right time.

--

Broadway’s not fun. It’s exciting and challenging and maybe a little painful, but never fun. It’s nothing like glee, where she had friends and joy and people to love. It takes Rachel a while to get that this is a job, something she does for money and fame and nothing more, and that no matter how many stages she performs on, it’s never going to be as great as when it was for glee.

(At the end of the day, Broadway doesn’t have Finn, and if Rachel’s truly honest with herself, that’s all that’s wrong.)

--

He wants to be better; really, it’s just that it’s a little hard to get better when you’ve spent the last few years working at a paper company where your boss can’t even remember if you’re you or the fat guy from accounting. And maybe Finn’s a little too set in his ways (drinking late and getting up early), so the whole idea of starting his life seems a little daunting and… unappealing?

Of course, if he starts his life, who’s to say Rachel can’t be in it?

--

On opening night of her newest show, he turns up.

There aren’t smiles or hugs or professions of love. He doesn’t come bearing an engagement ring and speech about how his life’s a mess because she’s not in it. There aren’t any flowers or poems, just a single question Finns wanted to ask for a while now.

“You wanna a get a beer?”

She does.

--

They go out to some bar where the lights are dim and the people are quiet and just talk about everything that’s happened and everything they want to happen. It’s all kind of pointless, though, since they both know that when the night comes to a close, they’ll be in each others arms…

“So, you’re a big star now,” he says, trying to set the mood? “How does it feel?”

“I don’t know. The same, I guess.” Rachel’s normal demeanor – the whole I’ll be the star no matter what thing – seems to be gone, replaced by a very clear I don’t know what to do with my life vibe. Finn can see a hint of something in here eyes, although he can’t tell what it is.

“Well, you got everything you wanted. Aren’t you happy?”

Rachel doesn’t say anything.

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They don’t hesitate or wait for it to be okay (it’s never going to be okay.) The moment they enter her apartment, all hope is lost, and he’s suddenly brought back to memories of losing nationals and holding a crying Rachel all night long, and how that Rachel and the one who’s underwear he’s slipping off don’t seem like the same person, like the current Rachel is merely a shadow of what she once was.

Finns not sure how this makes him feel.

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In the morning, it’s quiet. Rachel’s just sitting on his lap, drinking a cup of coffee (black), and Finn is beginning to wonder if this love is going to be his downfall.

Surprisingly, he doesn’t care.

La vie en rose (Life in Pink) - a Glee fic

quick_ly — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 23:56:32 GMT

Title: La vie en rose (Life in Pink)
Author: quick_ly
Fandom: Glee
Pairing: Finn/Rachel
Rating: PG
Summary: In that moment, Rachel knows they completely understand each other.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Glee.
A/N: Written for falafel90 (I said alifab before. Sorry), who requested something Finn/Rachel here. I know this kinda sucks, but I hope you still like it :)

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There’s a small bump as Finn walks out of the changing room and, upon seeing Rachel on the floor crying her eyes out over their loss, abruptly stops in his tracks. It’s a little awkward, because Finns never seen her like this, and aren’t they sort of dating and should he maybe say something? She expects him to talk about how it’s not that bad and say everything is going to be okay, that even though they lost nothings going to change.

In short, she expects him to lie. He doesn’t.

He doesn’t say it’ll be alright or that their love will guild them through. In fact, Finn doesn’t say anything at all, just takes her in his arms and lets the tears fall, because even though losing something horrible that shouldn’t be happening, it is, and denying or pretending it’s not won’t get them anywhere.

So Finn just lets her cry and get all the anger out. Rachel thinks it might be the nicest thing anyone’s ever done for her.

In that moment, Rachel knows they completely understand each other.

.

He takes her to the park, (she’s always telling him that it’s prettiest at night), and they climb into the back of his (well, his mom’s) truck and just talk about everything they’re always been too afraid or embarrassed to talk about.

It’s as though time doesn’t existed, and their failure didn’t happen. The night just goes on and on, and suddenly it’s eleven and he’s dropping something plastic in her lap.

“Here, I made this for you.”

It takes her a moment to fully register what it is.

“You… you made me a mixed tape?”

“Well, it’s actually a mixed CD, but yeah. I got Kurt to help me out with picking the songs,” he says, taking the disk and putting it in the car’s old stereo. “Most of them are, well… okay, but I did kinda like this one.”

He presses play.

Hold me close and hold me fast
The magic spell you cast
This is la vie en rose

And as he sits down next to her, Rachel realizes that she’s never been more in love with him then right now.

“So, do you like it?” he asks eagerly.

“I love it. I love you,” she whispers very quietly.

He doesn’t say it back or kiss her. He looks her in the eye and entwines their hands.

It’s more then enough.

Give your heart and soul to me
And life will always be
La vie en rose