After having written nothing since March(!), I finally posted fic this month - six, to be exact, in five different fandoms, plus a crossover. I also updated As You Like It, which has been languishing since 2007, taking my total word count this month up to about 10,000 words - something I'm definitely not unhappy with.


Love's Not A Competition (But I'm Winning) (Dark Angel - Alec/Max - R - 1487 words) A little friendly competition never hurt anybody, right?

Homecoming (Doom - John/Samantha - R - 2216 words) He doesn't sleep.

Should Fall Apart (The End Is The Beginning Is The End Remix) (Firefly - Mal/Inara - PG-13 - 100 words) It isn't at all the way she imagined it. Spoilers for the entire series, including Serenity. A remix of Should Fall Apart by trialia.

Is There A Box For "I'm Totally Gay?" (The Cover Girl Remix) (Gossip Girl - Blair/Jenny - PG - 100 words) She thinks about kissing the gloss right off Blair's lips. A remix of Not Your Girl by sionnain.

Confessor (The Intergalactic Communication Remix) (Stargate SG-1/Farscape - Cameron, Aeryn - PG - 100 words) She is only a soldier. A remix of untitled by kernezelda.

Boredom Fades, But Infidelity's For Keeps (CW RPF - Alona Tal/Danneel Harris - PG-13 - 1348 words) She fucking hates these things, she really does.


Coming up: Doom meta! I know you're all really excited about that ;)

[#1] remixthedrabble authors have been revealed! I ended up writing three fics:

Should Fall Apart (The End Is The Beginning Is The End Remix) (Firefly - Mal/Inara - PG-13 - 100 words) It isn't at all the way she imagined it. Spoilers for the entire series, including Serenity. A remix of Should Fall Apart by trialia.

Is There A Box For "I'm Totally Gay?" (The Cover Girl Remix) (Gossip Girl - Blair/Jenny - PG - 100 words) She thinks about kissing the gloss right off Blair's lips. A remix of Not Your Girl by sionnain.

Confessor (The Intergalactic Communication Remix) (Stargate SG-1/Farscape - Cameron, Aeryn - PG - 100 words) She is only a soldier. A remix of untitled by kernezelda.


And I got five remixes written for me, which is totally awesome:

Know Thyself (Battlestar Galactica - Sharon - G - 100 words) by juliet42. A remix of Eight.

The Hard Prayer (The Sacrificial Wolf Remix) (Battlestar Galactica - Helo, Sharon - PG - 100 words) by paperflowered. A remix of After Me Comes The Flood.

The End Of The World (In 5 Steps Or Less): The Dubious Remix (Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Xander/Buffy - PG - 100 words) by crevanfox. A remix of The End Of The World, In Five Steps Or Less.

When I Grow Up (The Blood And Gore Remix) (Farscape - Aeryn - PG-13 - 100 words) by crevanfox. A remix of When I Grow Up.

Delegation (Lost Souls Remix) (Dead Like Me/Reaper - Gladys, George, Sam - PG - 100 words) by lotus0kid. A remix of Lost Souls.


[#2] I wrote fic for oxoniensis' porn battle:

Boredom Fades, But Infidelity's For Keeps (CW RPF - Alona Tal/Danneel Harris - PG-13 - 1348 words) She fucking hates these things, she really does.

I meant to write more, but I got some bad news last week and went MIA for a few days. Anyway, I'm still happy that I participated.


[#3] bsg_pornbattle prompts are up! It doesn't start until the 26th, but I already can't wait. I missed out on writing anything the last round, so I'm going to try to get a jump on my remaining fic obligations to make sure I've got the free time this round.


[#4] I got my fic in for bsg_remix (on time!), and I'm 99% sure I know what I'm going to write for remixredux09. And it's awesome. I can't wait for the BSG Remix fics to go live!

Title: Is There A Box For "I'm Totally Gay?" (The Cover Girl Remix)
Fandom: Gossip Girl
Pairing(s): Blair/Jenny
Word Count: 100
Rating: PG

Summary: She thinks about kissing the gloss right off Blair's lips.

Notes: A remix of Not Your Girl by sionnain. Written for remixthedrabble.

( And my hair will shine like the sea )

I posted four fics in February, in four fandoms; two I'd written in before (Battlestar Galactica, Veronica Mars), one I'd only written as part of a crossover (Gossip Girl), and one completely new fandom (Legend Of The Seeker).


Mutiny, I Promise You (Battlestar Galactica - Lee/Racetrack - R - 1653 words) Galactica's lack of privacy wasn't exactly news to Maggie. Spoilers up to episode 2:4 - Resistance.

Elevator Love Letter (Gossip Girl - Jack/Blair - NC-17 - 1335 words) She's well bred, cultured, and she has a good education. It's not that hard. Spoilers up to episode 2:15 - Gone With The Will.

Destroy Everything You Touch (Legend Of The Seeker - Richard/Kahlan - R - 1522 words) This isn't just dangerous, it's potentially catastrophic. Spoilers up to episode 1:8 - Denna.

Down Again (Veronica Mars - Lamb/Veronica - PG-13 - 29,290 words) When one of her sorority sisters is killed, Veronica's second year at Hearst promises (threatens?) to be just as exciting as her first. Sequel to What Goes Down. AU from episode 3:2 - My Big Fat Greek Rush Week; potential spoilers up to the end of season three.


As for the next few months ... well, purimgifts is due in a few days, which is awesome. And after that, I've signed up for two Big Bangs: thelittlebang (She's The Man, Olivia/Viola) and boxofmagic (Merlin, Arthur/Morgana). I know, crazy, right? But in my defense, the minimum word count for both challenges is only 15,000 words, which means I've signed up to write at least 30,000 words in three months. And since my fics posted this month add up to around 34,000 words ... I'm not really worried. I didn't take advantage of February to plot and ouline my thelittlebang fic like I planned to, so I'll have to do that over the next few days, but I'm very excited. Yay, epic rom-coms!

I ended up writing three fics for oxoniensis' Porn Battle VII, none of which fit into a single comment. Um, oops? But I did have a lot of fun, plus I got to practice writing smut. So, yay!


Elevator Love Letter (Gossip Girl - Jack/Blair - NC-17 - 1335 words) She's well bred, cultured, and she has a good education. It's not that hard. Spoilers up to episode 2:15 - Gone With The Will.

Picking Winners (Veronica Mars - Lamb/Veronica - NC-17 - 2576 words) Who wanted to be indoors studying when the alternative was spending an hour or two watching the fine men of the Balboa County Fire Department? Spoilers up to episode 2:13 - Ain't No Magic Mountain High Enough.

Try This Trick And Spin It (Veronica Mars - Lamb/Veronica - NC-17 - 3077 words) "Veronica Mars is smarter than me." Spoilers up to episode 3:12 - There's Got To Be A Morning After Pill.


Two days until J and I go up to Sydney for his brother's wedding, which is turning into a complete mess. Well, not the wedding part, but the getting up there part. His parents are (supposedly) organising everything, and ... well, let' just say it's a good thing they're not organising the actual wedding.

Title: Elevator Love Letter
Fandom: Gossip Girl
Pairing(s): Jack/Blair
Word Count: 1335
Rating: NC-17

Summary: She's well bred, cultured, and she has a good education. It's not that hard.

Notes: Written for oxoniensis' Porn Battle VII. Spoilers up to episode 2:15 - Gone With The Will.

( Goodbye apathy )

I've been really slow in catching up with TV, but I finally got caught up with Gossip Girl :D

( Gossip Girl; also The O.C. season four spoilers )

Also, I was thinking about how I'm really loving the second season of Gossip Girl, and I was trying to remember what other second-season show it reminded me of in terms of improvement, and realised it was Chuck. Which is funny, but also, after the way The O.C. steadily declined over the course of seasons two and three, I think it shows that Josh Schwartz has really learned something. And given that season four of The O.C. was one of my favourite TV seasons ever, and possibly one of the best transitions of a high school show to the year post-graduation, I'm cautiously optimistic about season three of Gossip Girl, should it continue.

prettylightsfic stories went up a few days ago (author reveals are on the 6th), and I received an awesome fic:

Step Into My Parlor (Jared Padalecki/Lauren Graham - R - 1681 words) Jared's a good kid. Lauren's a bad influence.

Gilmore Girls RPF! Yay! There are a lot of really great fics in the archive this year, but here are a couple more I really enjoyed:

Sexy/Awkward/Funny (Three People Katee Kissed At The Wrap Party) (Katee Sackhoff/Tricia Helfer, Katee Sackhoff/Jamie Bamber, Katee Sackhoff/Michael Trucco - PG-13 - 1125 words) It's eleven o'clock, and there are five shotglasses on the table.

Unwrapping (Is The Best Part) (Blake Lively/Leighton Meester - PG-13 - 906 words) Leighton is drunk, sort of. Blake is introspective, sort of. Penn's deductive skills are unmatched. Mistletoe may play a part.

Fandoms written in 2008: Battlestar Galactica, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dark Angel, Doctor Who, Farscape, Firefly, Firefly RPF, Friday Night Lights, Gilmore Girls, Gossip Girl RPF, High School Musical RPF, How I Met Your Mother, Miss Match, NCIS, The Office, The Office RPF, One Tree Hill, One Tree Hill RPF, She's The Man, Smallville, Sports Night, Stargate Atlantis, Stargate SG-1, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Supernatural, Torchwood, Torchwood RPF, The West Wing.

Number of fics: 92
Word count: 70,000
Total fandoms: 28
RPF: 7
Crossovers: 2

( The rest of the questions )

( 2008 fic masterlist )

I really need to start posting these more frequently, since they keep piling up. Anyway, TV reaction post, drama/comedy edition:

( Gossip Girl )

( Greek )

( Grey's Anatomy )

( How I Met Your Mother )

( The Office )

I love my fun teen shows :) These are my Monday-Tuesday shows that talumin isn't so much a fan of (except Greek, because Greek is awesome).

( Gossip Girl )

( One Tree Hill )

( 90210 )

( Privileged )

( Greek )

I'm not quite caught up with all my TV watching yet - now that Heroes and HIMYM are back, and with Chuck returning next week, I'm pretty sure I have as many shows to watch on Monday (well, Tuesday, here) as I do for the entire rest of the week. I may end up culling some of my shows as the season progresses, though, so we'll see.

( Stargate Atlantis )

( Gossip Girl )

( Heroes )

( How I Met Your Mother )

So, the house inspection we were supposed to have? Yeah, not so much with the happening. Apparently, the real estate agents tried to send someone else over to do it (who, or why, I have no idea), and then, they just ... didn't. I waited until about 8pm before giving up, putting on my pajamas, and getting dinner. We rescheduled for tomorrow, though, so.

Also, television:

( Stargate Atlantis )

( Gossip Girl )

( One Tree Hill )

( Sarah Connor Chronicles )

The good, the bad, and the very, very pretty:

( One Tree Hill )

( Gossip Girl )

So, TV is back? I think we got off to a slightly uneven start ...

( One Tree Hill )

( Gossip Girl )

( 90210 )

This was a bit of a slow month, as far as fic goes. Partly because I've been vidding, which is time-consuming like whoa, and partly because I've been working on exchange fics for the next couple of months. Anyway, hopefully July will see me write a bit more.

Five fics, in four fandoms - Friday Night Lights, Gossip Girl RPF, One Tree Hill RPF, and Torchwood RPF. (Yeah, apparently it was RPF month for me, too.)


Friday Night Lights

Decent Days And Nights (Jason/Tyra - PG-13 - 2634 words) Scenes from a new life (in no particular order). Spoilers up to episode 2:9 - The Confession.


Real Person Fic

For Reasons Unknown (John Barrowman/Eve Myles - R - 396 words) There are a thousand reasons why they shouldn't be doing this, and every one of them makes her want to laugh.

Notoriety (Like It's Going Out Of Fashion) (Ed Westwick/Leighton Meester - PG-13 - 630 words) Ed's the first to have the article pinned up.

Since The Shakespeare Changed Its Name (Torchwood Ensemble - PG - 374 words) "I could have an evil twin." Spoilers up to episode 2:13 - Exit Wounds.

Your Boyfriend Sucks (Chad Michael Murray/Hilarie Burton - PG-13 - 435 words) She needs a shower, and now.


Decent Days and Nights and Your Boyfriend Sucks were written for random00b for Sweet Charity; the others were written for a couple of RPF challenges (Since The Shakespeare Changed Its Name won second place at tw_cast.)

( Banner under the cut )

Currently working on: Ficathon assignments for femslash08, apocalyptothon, and femgenficathon; Callum/Katee fic for crickets; semi-abandoned Torchwood fic for stagesoflove; (very) belated birthday fic for talumin. And maybe a few longer fics I've been meaning to finish, if I can get back into the writing groove.

Eee! I got my femslash08 assignment, and it's awesome - I love my assigned fandoms/pairings so much, and can't wait to get started. As for my request ...

Dear femslash08 writer:

Thank you so much! Whoever you are, I'm very glad you're going to be writing a fic for me - that's awesome, and whatever you come up with, I'm sure to love to death.

In case you're looking for a bit more information on the kinds of things I generally like, here it is:

( Stuff Zhailei likes )

And, obviously, the most important thing is that you love whatever you write, and that you have fun writing it; I'm absolutely looking forward to whatever you come up with.

Finished (and sent off) my Sweet Charity fic! The thing was absolutely kicking my ass, which is pretty much why I wrote very little last month; I couldn't seem to get my SC fic finished, and I didn't want to write anything else while I was supposed to be writing that, so I mostly ended up writing nothing. But now it's done, and I can relax - and, most importantly, start writing whatever the hell I want.

Also, I finally reposted my fic from fated_addiction's RPF drabble-a-thon:

Notoriety (Like It's Going Out Of Fashion) (Ed Westwick/Leighton Meester - PG-13 - 630 words) Ed's the first to have the article pinned up.

Title: Notoriety (Like It's Going Out Of Fashion)
Fandom: Gossip Girl RPF
Pairing(s): Ed Westwick/Leighton Meester
Word Count: 630
Rating: PG-13

Summary: Ed's the first to have the article pinned up.

Notes: Written for fated_addiction's RPF drabble-a-thon.

( Demolition lovers )

Yay, comment ficathons - an awesome way to try out new fandoms/pairings, without making me feel like I'm abandoning what I should be working on.

Comment ficathon at onetreehillfic. Grab a prompt, write a snippet (or more, if you like), enjoy.

RPF drabble-a-thon hosted by fated_addiction. I wrote Ed/Leighton, and I'm working on more - definitely too much fun.

Also, Gossip Girl. Is awesome. I love Blair like burning. I'm sure I have more coherent thoughts, but not right now.

17 fics written this month: Arrested Development, Battlestar Galactica, Doctor Who, Farscape, Firefly, Gilmore Girls, Grey's Anatomy, Heroes, She's The Man, Stargate Atlantis, Supernatural, and Veronica Mars, including crossovers.

( Take me out )

I didn't participate in yuletide this year, but I did manage to scroll through the archive and read some of the stories posted. These were some of my favourites (22 stories in 17 fandoms).

( I've been a clean living boy, I promise you )

Title: Girls Not In Bars (Girls In Bars Remix)
Fandom: Veronica Mars/Mean Girls/Angel/Gilmore Girls/Gossip Girl/Heroes
Character(s): Lamb, Karen, Cordelia, Lucy, Blair, Elle
Word Count: 1344
Rating: R

Summary: It's a line. "You look like someone I used to know," he'll say.

Notes: Remix of Girls Not In Bars, crossover edition.

( Number three is never say her name )