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Because ontd_startrek is infecting my brain...

I am now making inspirational posters...



STOP ME!!!

ETA: ( MOAR )

Because my latest crushes must all be treated equally...

( Chris Pine is welcome aboard my ship any time )

I know I should feel ashamed for going after the papz pics but... I cannot bring myself to care.

*feigns outrage at photogs in bushes*

So I've never done it before but I decided to go and auction myself for Sweet Charity.

I'm up for two 5,000 word fics in Merlin, Heroes. So, here's hoping someone wants me for something. :) I considered adding Smallville but chickened out. I still might edit it...

Title: Water is Taught by Thirst (sequel to When Trust is a Thing Not Given)
Author: aelora
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur
Rating: NC-17 (one brief sex scene)
Word Count: 10,195
Summary: Arthur realizes that whatever Merlin may be to him, there is no point in fighting it.
A/N: This one is from Arthur’s POV. I really hope I did him justice. It’s also longer than its predecessor because apparently Arthur thinks he’s more important. IDEK. Beta’d by icalynn and mkitty3. Whatever doesn’t work is solely my own fault.



( Fighting against whatever it was that Merlin was to him made about as much sense as fighting the need to breathe. )

Title: When Trust is a Thing Not Given
Author: aelora
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur
Genre: pre-slash, angst, slightly dark
Rating: M15
Warnings/Spoilers: Slightly dark; vague spoilers season one
Word Count: 6131
Summary: Arthur just wants Merlin to trust him. Merlin thinks that he does.
A/N: Special thanks to my betas, transtempts and icalynn. And to my cheerleader, mkitty3, who is the only reason I am posting this at all. First fic in this fandom. My apologies that things aren’t quite right just yet.

Sequel - Water is Taught by Thirst


( He’d always felt it, he supposed, from the moment they’d first met.  )


Sequel - Water is Taught by Thirst

Okay, so he only has a cameo role in this, but Dan's daddy, Floyd Abrams (one of the most respected First Amendment lawyers of the 20th century) plays the Supreme Court judge. And Dan did get to write his own lines for his brief bits.

And I have to say, even without Dan and Floyd, I'd want to see Nothing But the Truth (it's based loosely on the CIA leak with Valerie Plame) because I love everyone in the cast and the topic is fascinating to me.

Dan appears at 1:35 (yes, I squealed when I first saw it because I didn't expect him to be there!) and his daddy shows up toward the end.




Sadly, it's not on a wide release, so I must wait until DVD. *sigh*

*sigh*

I find I am not even taking pleasure in ripping this episode apart. When things become this easy, when writers obviously consider me this stupid, when they blatantly care this little for the show they're working on, it's difficult to drum up any kind of real anger or sorrow. Honestly, I'm not even feeling disappointment. No, it's more a general emotion of... awe.

I really didn't believe it was possible for people to so utterly and completely disassemble the very universe they created...

( My awe. Let me show you it. )

Okay, even though the holidays in our household this year are going to be severely scaled down (as in, Charlie Brown's Christmas tree is looking pretty fancy to me!), I still have to celebrate it in some manner, so I am going to do what I can. Hopefully if I cut out a few lunches out, I can still send some Christmas cards, so, comment with your mailing addy if you want a card!! All comments are screened!

Now, for the Christmas Wish list meme!

STEP ONE
# Make a post (public, friends-locked, filtered... whatever you're comfortable with) to your LJ. The post should contain your list of ten holiday wishes. The wishes can be anything at all, from simple and fandom-related ("I'd love a Snape/Hermione icon that's just for me") to medium ("I wish for _____ on DVD") to really big ("All I want for Christmas is a new car/computer/house/TV"). The important thing is to make sure these wishes are things you really, truly want.
# If you wish for real life things (not fics or icons), make sure you include some sort of contact info in your post, whether it's your address or just your email address where Santa (or one of his elves) can get in touch with you. Your home address is not required!
# Make sure you post some version of these guidelines in your LJ, or link to this post (it'll be public) so that the holiday joy will spread.

STEP TWO
# Surf around your friends list (or friendsfriends, or just random journals) to see who has posted their list. And now, here's the important part...
# If you see a wish you can grant, and it's in your heart to do so, make someone's wish come true. Sometimes one person's trash is another's treasure, and if you have a leather jacket you don't want or a gift certificate you won't use - or even know where you could get someone's dream purebred Basset Hound for free - do it.
# You needn't spend money on these wishes unless you want to. The point isn't to put people out, it's to provide everyone a chance to be someone else's holiday elf - to spread the joy. Gifts can be made anonymously or not - it's your call. There are no guarantees with this project, and no strings attached. Just... wish, and it might come true. Give and you might receive. You'll have the joy of knowing you made someone's holiday special.

( My Wishlist )

The rules are simple:

1. Sign up on this post
2. Make a public entry between now and October 31, 2008 so that the other Fic or Treaters can come by and comment.
3. Check back on this entry on October 31, 2008 to see who is participating.
4. On October 31, 2008, leave a "Fic or Treat" comment on the public entry of those participating.
5. Reply to each comment on your entry with a fic or some other kind of treat, like a music mix, icon, picspam, etc.
6. Pimp this thing like mad!




So Happy Halloween, everyone! I might not finish this all today, but I will try to get it finished by the first week of November.

If you want a drabble of some sort, please leave fandom/pairing, and I will see what I can do! If it's listed in my interests, I will make an attempt to write it! Otherwise, you will get an icon/pic/music, etc.

I'm going to start off by saying I really, really enjoyed this episode. Besides having one brief Smallvilleesque moment of wondering if the writers are going to start having as many problems with keeping continuity as the Smallville writers have.... I otherwise loved everything else. So if you didn't, you're welcome to move on. :)

( I still say most of fandom deserves royalties this season... )

As for the latest spoilers, I am torn between YES!!!! and NOOOOOO!!!! It's a conundrum.

Okay, so I've decided to follow the lead of some and give to Obama the best way I can - offering up fic for donations.

So here's how it's going to work... A couple of different levels are listed below. For your donation, I will write a fic specifically for you according to the terms listed. Fandoms include:

Heroes
Pundits - Specifically AnderDan but could be convinced to write pretty much anyone associated with MSNBC. Anderson is the only person outside the sphere of MSNBC that I am comfortable with.
Smallville - I can't believe I'm throwing this one in. Only early SV. I haven't watched enough recently to give later seasons a fair shake.
Hudsonverse - Past, future. Lex, Batman, AU's. Whatever.
Firefly
Chuck
Babylon 5
Stargate: SG-1
Stargate: Atlantis - I haven't watched any of this season so... yeah.
Doctor Who - Nine, Ten, Rose, Martha, Jack, etc

Donation levels:

Author's Choice
$5.00 - 1000 words. You pick the fandom; I pick the rest - pairing (if any), prompt, rating, etc.

Collaboration
$10.00 - 1000 words. You pick the fandom and pairing (if any). I pick the rest - rating, prompt, etc.

Donor's Choice
$15.00 - 1000 words. You pick the fandom, pairing (if any), rating, prompt, etc.

Donor's Choice - Supreme
$20.00 - 2500 words. You pick the fandom, pairing (if any), rating, prompt, etc.

This donor is crazy and has nothing better to do with their money
$100.00 - 10,000 word full fic. You pick the fandom, pairing (if any), rating, prompt, etc.



If you want two fics (or more) at $5 each, we can talk. :)





Fine print: I reserve the right to have until Obama takes office on January 20th, 2009, to complete some of these.