'tis the season

[hermionesviolin]

Damn, it’s that time of year when all the fandoms do secret gifty things. Must think about what i want. Secret Slasha reminds me just how many het pairings i like, which is always odd to remember. btvs_santa allows me to request any kind of fic, but it’s a multimedia thing so i need to come up with fannish requests that aren’t fic too, which is difficult -- icons? vids? fanart? Must think on this. And the deadline for both of these is Nov. 30, bugger. (I suppose my life is made easier by the fact that i only really circulate in one fandom.)

I almost never buy gifts for people, but i do like writing fic, so the season provides a way for me to be nice to my friends and also exercise some writing muscles. You’re limited to Jossverse, and i make no promises about quality, but i will do my best to fulfill all requests. No, you don’t have to be a close personal friend to make a request; heck, you don’t even have to be on my friendslist. Requests will be filled by order of how easy a time i have writing a piece, not by how much i like you. Requests can range from vague to specific.

You don’t have a deadline for requesting and i don’t have a deadline for complying, fair ‘nuff? :)

And those who don’t do Jossverse fanfic? Um, i don’t really know what i can give you. I’m getting better at LJ icon making. I can do OC [original character] ficlets if you have a certain idea you want me to write. And if you go to Smith i can bring back baked goods after the break. I’m open to suggestions for nice things i can do that don’t cost me money :)

P.S. Slashers? Go help the nice English major with her research.

[There is so much i would rather be doing than my HR paper. And i so know there isn’t enough time to do it all over the break. Today has been a good day, though, and tomorrow i see lilithchilde again and then i go home and the break should be lovely even though it won’t be anywhere near long enough - not that i need such a lengthy break from school, just that there’s so much i want to do (fic, icons, current events research including write-ups, etc.) that i don’t have time to.]

Oh, and i’m not doing the 10 unpopular fannish opinions meme because i would be qualifying and elaborating and explaining everything far too much and would end up writing about everything (all the ‘ships, the trajectory of all the characters, the way all the problems got resolved, etc.) plus i’m really only on the peripheries of fandom, so i can’t whine about common fic tropes because i don’t read enough to know. (And of course, my umbrella qualifier, as with everything, is that your opinions are popular in some circles, unpopular in some.)

Oh, and a bit more fannishness:

One more comment about “Destiny” (Angel 5.08). I thought putting Death Valley in Nevada sounded somehow off. (Have i mentioned i’m geographically challenged?)

Also, brighidestone says (in an entry with spoilers for “Destiny”) of Spike:

But when his own monstrousness reared up and made his stop, fall back ... he tried to do the right thing.

He went out and got a soul.

I guess i’ve heard similar rationales for why Spike did what he did in the bathroom in “Seeing Red,” but something about the way she phrased it -- “his own monstrousness rearing up” -- makes it almost convincing to me.

Okay, i’m really going now.

See why i take forced hiatuses from posting when i have work to do? Though of course everything bottling up inside makes me jittery because of course i can’t take a hiatus from everything so i always have lots i wanna write about and take work breaks to work on LJ entries.

Comments

[rhipowered.livejournal.com]

Damn, and I was all ready to request fic. But I LOATHE Jossverse. LOATHE.

Ah well, will settle for bakedgoods.

*looks for non-Jossverse icon to use in comment*

[hermionesviolin.livejournal.com]

I float in the peripheries of other fandoms, so i could possibly write fic in other fandoms, it just seemed worlds easier this way since i'm hardcore Jossverse and know i can't do anything near as well (loved TNG as a kid, for example, so i probably have a decent handle on the characters, but i don't have any kind of coherent timeline of canon -- is one of those shows i want to come out on DVD so i can just watch from beginning to end all summer) plus i didn't wanna try listing all the shows/movies/books i feel familiar enough with to attempt fic for.

But yes, baked goods are of the good.

Sometime we should discuss Jossverse -- or, um not.

Re: *looks for non-Jossverse icon to use in comment*

[rhipowered.livejournal.com]

TNG's just finished coming out on DVD. You can now get all seven seasons, for a rather lofty price. I'm going to buy season five (my favorite) at some point.

Re: *looks for non-Jossverse icon to use in comment*

[hermionesviolin.livejournal.com]

Implied in any "I want the existence of DVDs" is "And i want a Minuteman library (http://www.mln.lib.ma.us/info/index.htm) to acquire them so i can watch for free" because i am a cheap library whore :) [Plus, i'm not big with the rewatching, so purchasing stuff would usually be a waste of money.] But thank you for informing me that all the DVDs are out; good to know. *checks Minuteman catalog* *sees one library was has all 7 seasons* *is pleased*

[lilithchilde.livejournal.com]

Oooh! You're sweet. :) Write me Buffy/Faith or Gunn/Wes or Angel/Spike (in order of preference) and you will earn even more of my adoration . . . however, only do so if if IF you have time, for honestly sweetie, I myself may be forced to do a common card this year. For which I apologize in advance/in case. ;_;

[hermionesviolin.livejournal.com]

I know i'm sweet, but i'm not necessarily talented ;)

I'm adored? *blushes*

The idea of doing an individual drawing for every friend seems to me an intimidating prospect, so especially given how much else you have to do, i think a single common card is more than enough. But then again you're speaking to the bitch who does almost nothing in terms of gifting anyone on designated dates, so my standards are a bit skewed.

[hedy.livejournal.com]

What is your scedule for break?

[hermionesviolin.livejournal.com]

Got the interterm class booklet today and will likely be back for all 3 weeks of j-term. I hope to be working some during the 2 weeks i'm home, but i don't have any real plans.

[hedy.livejournal.com]

I meant tg, actually.

[hermionesviolin.livejournal.com]

*feels dumb* We can tell i have so written off T-day as any sort of real break, huh?

We have a lot of family visiting, so i'll mostly be home hanging out with them and hopefully getting some homework done, though i may run away to the library Friday or Saturday if i started feeling family-overload.

I'm taking the bus back tomorrow afternoon and coming back sometime Sunday, not sure if that'll be bus or a family member driving me.

[hedy.livejournal.com]

ok.