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ao3 versus lj
Lately I've been linking fic to AO3 rather than crossposting it to LJ. I was wondering: should I go back to crossposting, or is the AO3 linking all right?
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fic: crossing the heartline (dishonored)
crossing the heartline
Dishonored || PG-13 (Low Chaos) || Corvo, the Outsider || ~840 words
He tells himself that he doesn’t kill every goddamn target because she wouldn’t have wanted him to. He reminds himself that Emily shouldn’t begin her reign on a foundation of corpses infected by something much more ruthless than plague. Truth is: it isn’t true. Not entirely.
[AO3]
In which I tried to justify Low Chaos to myself and thought, hey, let’s share.
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sob
In which I am once again struck by how much I miss hanging out with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
chofi, artimusdin, arin_rowan, and tir_synni, and how much I miss marathoning SPN and generally being dorks with fateofshadow.
chofi, artimusdin, arin_rowan, and tir_synni, and how much I miss marathoning SPN and generally being dorks with fateofshadow.
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fic: too daze gone (ff7, aeris/tifa)
Too Daze Gone
FF7 || PG-13 (language, innuendo) || Aeris/Tifa pre-slash || 4,100 words
Aeris is a witch, a sort of go-to advisor and supplier to hunters of all types and skills that drift in and out. It gets rather lonely after a while, though, with only a stubborn rhododendron and a few vinyls for constant company, so she's going to take any chance she can to get back on the road and get to know this Tifa better.
FF7 || PG-13 (language, innuendo) || Aeris/Tifa pre-slash || 4,100 words
Aeris is a witch, a sort of go-to advisor and supplier to hunters of all types and skills that drift in and out. It gets rather lonely after a while, though, with only a stubborn rhododendron and a few vinyls for constant company, so she's going to take any chance she can to get back on the road and get to know this Tifa better.
- Fusion with SPN (i.e. a modern AU with monster hunting)
- Part of the Black Magic Woman series, which includes god put a song on my palm (Aeris/Tifa, established relationship) and This Isn't Going to Wash Out (Zack/Cloud/Sephiroth, backfired spells and tentacle/wing/anthro sex, idek)
- Originally meant to be a longer fic for the
![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
femmeslash_bang challenge, but the community seemed to die before the challenge was ever finished, so I'm posting part of what I had as a oneshot in an ongoing series.
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fic: untitled 'carol danvers + back-from-the-dead!Steve' (Avengers, gen)
untitled 'carol danvers + back-from-the-dead!Steve'
MCU || PG - post-Civil War || Carol, Steve || ~480 words
For captainsmarvelandamerica, who wanted a take on the background convo between Carol and Steve on his miraculous return:
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fic: lessons learned (avengers, gen)
Lessons Learned at a Crucial Point in Time
MCU || PG-13 || Tony Stark, the team || ~4,860 words
Several times Tony had no one to save him but himself, and one time he did.
( And Tony, he’s a smart fucking guy, he learns: your enemies teach you the best tricks, that people see what they want to see, and that if you have get stuck with someone else then at least make sure it’s another scientist or two. )
MCU || PG-13 || Tony Stark, the team || ~4,860 words
Several times Tony had no one to save him but himself, and one time he did.
- Warnings: suggested underage sexual activity, emotional manipulation
- Written for dante_s_hell for the Avengers Holiday Exchange
( And Tony, he’s a smart fucking guy, he learns: your enemies teach you the best tricks, that people see what they want to see, and that if you have get stuck with someone else then at least make sure it’s another scientist or two. )
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all these years and i'm still finding room for cloud feelings
Writing fic the other day, it occurred to me that Sephiroth calls Cloud by his first name while all ~Jenova'd~ but would've used "Strife" (or Private Strife, Cadet Strife, whatever) when sane. Like, during his puppet mindfuckery it'd be a perversion of the intimacy that comes with using a personal name, but while he's actually capable of human interaction there'd be distance with the use of the surname Strife and most likely an awareness of their differences in authority.
Crazy-->fucked-up version of intimacy
Sane-->surnames and more professional distance
I think there's something sad and ironic in all this.
i just found this interesting in terms of, well, intimacy and its issues, idk
Crazy-->fucked-up version of intimacy
Sane-->surnames and more professional distance
I think there's something sad and ironic in all this.
i just found this interesting in terms of, well, intimacy and its issues, idk
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fic: dreaming electric (avengers, steve/tony)
Dreaming Electric
MCU || NC-17 || Steve/Tony (Tony/Pepper breakup, bawww) || ~48,000 words
New York City is still rebuilding in the wake of the Chitauri army when the biotech virus Extremis is released, upgrading a lone domestic terrorist into a posthuman threat. Tony would’ve been happy to keep going on playing with alien tech in his lab, saving average citizens as Iron Man, and pretending not to notice these other people moving into his tower, but sometimes a person just can’t have nice things.
My artists: waferkya (link pending) + angelicfoodcake. Please give them some well-deserved love.
( "I wonder what counts as AI porn?" Tony wonders out loud. "Shoving a plug into a socket? Siri and her filthy little dirty-talk?" )
- Dedicated to
- Warnings: referenced past child abuse; some disturbing and violent imagery; a very small amount of subtextual internalized homophobia; a few mentions of anti-Semitism, racism, and political extremism.
- Spoilers for Marvel’s oneshot Item 47.
- Movie-verse with the substantial use and abuse of 616 canon (see endnotes for more specifics).
- Questionable use of science, programming, a couple non-English phrases, and too many references to pop culture and science fiction.
- Some characters get little to no face-time because I ran out of time and, since this is technically for the Cap and Iron Man community, I wanted to stay focused. I’m working on companion bits for Rhodey, Natasha, and Pepper in particular.
- If anyone’s read my FFVII stuff, a couple asides might be familiar. Whoops.
- Have a music download.
- Posted to AO3 because I don't have the time to fight LJ's word limits right now.
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fanmix: dreaming electric (big bang fic)
I'll probably have stuff to say about my choices later but SO MUCH TO DO TODAY FUUUUUUUUCK.
(graphics by me; I took the screenshot in the first, but the second image is ripped straight from this post about the HUD development)
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updating the vinyls
Having been introduced to big bangs through the SPN fandom, I've been mulling over a soundtrack for my Cap/IM bang. Except I'd like some input.
The fic itself deals with Extremis and sort of-transhumanism, so I'm leaning towards an industrial/synth/tech/sampling feel. Unfortunately, for all that I like to think I have something for everything, my default tends to run towards grunge, metal, alt rock, or downtempo (if I'm actually listening) or movie soundtracks (for when I just need background noise). I've been vaguely considering songs from artists like Depeche Mode, Neuroticfish, Tryad, and Infected Mushroom, and I want to keep to a thematic and lyrical cohesiveness rather than carelessly throw together completely different genres, but I feel woefully underprepared. The last time I was really into anything resembling industrial, I was an even scrawnier, self-obsessed teenage goth that played Skinny Puppy and Marilyn Manson on repeat. (I also have a tendency to listen to the same few songs obsessively for weeks and then forget all about them for several years before stumbling across old music files or actual mix CDs again and IT'S LIKE CHRISTMAS IN JULY.)
So, any recommendations for songs or artists along the lines of industrial, techno, dubstep, and/or darkwave (and maaaaaybe trip-hop, idk)? Also willing to take differing opinions or ideas, bawwww.
ETA: Political shit and whatever is awesome, but I'd like to avoid anything racially charged. As much as I love Tricky and Martina Topley-Bird's cover of "Black Steel," a quick consult withchofi reaffirmed my opinion that doing so for a story featuring a rich white guy would be...somewhat disingenuous.
The fic itself deals with Extremis and sort of-transhumanism, so I'm leaning towards an industrial/synth/tech/sampling feel. Unfortunately, for all that I like to think I have something for everything, my default tends to run towards grunge, metal, alt rock, or downtempo (if I'm actually listening) or movie soundtracks (for when I just need background noise). I've been vaguely considering songs from artists like Depeche Mode, Neuroticfish, Tryad, and Infected Mushroom, and I want to keep to a thematic and lyrical cohesiveness rather than carelessly throw together completely different genres, but I feel woefully underprepared. The last time I was really into anything resembling industrial, I was an even scrawnier, self-obsessed teenage goth that played Skinny Puppy and Marilyn Manson on repeat. (I also have a tendency to listen to the same few songs obsessively for weeks and then forget all about them for several years before stumbling across old music files or actual mix CDs again and IT'S LIKE CHRISTMAS IN JULY.)
So, any recommendations for songs or artists along the lines of industrial, techno, dubstep, and/or darkwave (and maaaaaybe trip-hop, idk)? Also willing to take differing opinions or ideas, bawwww.
ETA: Political shit and whatever is awesome, but I'd like to avoid anything racially charged. As much as I love Tricky and Martina Topley-Bird's cover of "Black Steel," a quick consult with
chofi reaffirmed my opinion that doing so for a story featuring a rich white guy would be...somewhat disingenuous.Entry tags:
oh fuuuuuuuuck
ladies and gentlemen
for the first time ever
i have managed to meet a big bang deadline
And even then it probably wouldn't have happened if I hadn't spilled yakisoba all over my bag in NYC, which happened to have been carrying one oftir_synni's notebooks, and I was thus consumed by soul-sucking guilt and I promised I'd finish this thing. (For the record, no Unexpected Side-effects was lost in the process, and arin_rowan made it better with some sparkly FFVII stickers she found and shared. :DDD And now I'm missing them and 
chofi and artimusdin and The Strand's inventory of $5 hardcover comic collections.)
anyway
EXTREMIS
IN THE MCU
You know you want it.
i hope you do oh god the pressure
I'LL FINISH A LONG FIC FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE I WAS SIXTEEN
jfc
for the first time ever
i have managed to meet a big bang deadline
And even then it probably wouldn't have happened if I hadn't spilled yakisoba all over my bag in NYC, which happened to have been carrying one of
tir_synni's notebooks, and I was thus consumed by soul-sucking guilt and I promised I'd finish this thing. (For the record, no Unexpected Side-effects was lost in the process, and arin_rowan made it better with some sparkly FFVII stickers she found and shared. :DDD And now I'm missing them and chofi and artimusdin and The Strand's inventory of $5 hardcover comic collections.)anyway
EXTREMIS
IN THE MCU
You know you want it.
i hope you do oh god the pressure
I'LL FINISH A LONG FIC FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE I WAS SIXTEEN
jfc
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fic: this grey house where I come from (avengers, steve/tony)
You know how people sometimes try emotional catharsis through fic? Well, there wasn't much of a catharsis, but here you go. I honestly no idea what the answer is to this sort of thing, whether Steve is right or Tony is, so take away your own interpretation. Thank god for relative anonymity on the Internet ahaha.
this grey house where I come from
Avengers MCU || PG-13 || Steve/Tony, past Tiberius/Tony || 3,900 words
There was never any actual violence, nothing dramatic or traumatizing, so Tony doesn’t know why ancient history can occasionally make him feel nauseous, or why some of the most innocuous and nonthreatening things that come out of Steve’s mouth can make his breath stutter.
( “How about Coneheads. Wait, you haven’t been introduced to Saturday Night Live yet, have you?” Tony finally turns off the torch and flips up the visor. “The nineties’ episodes, thanks, those’re the good ones. Dear god, man, we’ve been neglecting your education, Coneheads is a cornerstone of subgenre culture.” )
this grey house where I come from
Avengers MCU || PG-13 || Steve/Tony, past Tiberius/Tony || 3,900 words
There was never any actual violence, nothing dramatic or traumatizing, so Tony doesn’t know why ancient history can occasionally make him feel nauseous, or why some of the most innocuous and nonthreatening things that come out of Steve’s mouth can make his breath stutter.
- Warning for seriously dubious sexual consent, emotional manipulation, and underage sex (for both parties).
- Totally disregarding almost all canon concerning Tiberius Stone except for his creepy ability to string Tony along without Tony ever seeing it for what it is. (While Sunset Bain and Kathy Dare would've been other options, I have Reasons Left Unexplained for going this route.)
- Also on AO3.
( “How about Coneheads. Wait, you haven’t been introduced to Saturday Night Live yet, have you?” Tony finally turns off the torch and flips up the visor. “The nineties’ episodes, thanks, those’re the good ones. Dear god, man, we’ve been neglecting your education, Coneheads is a cornerstone of subgenre culture.” )
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life update because i don't believe in regular communication
I often get the question: When are you going to update/finish Eir's Tomorrow? And the answer is: I don't know, because honestly I'm kind of burned out on the FF7 fandom for the first time in, what, seven years of poking at it, haven't read other people's fic for it in like four or five years anyway, and I just. It isn't fun writing it anymore? I'll finish it eventually just because I've spent so much time on it by now that it'd be stupid to let that all go to waste, and there are only like one chapter + epilogue left, but there you go.
Psych medication hasn't been helping my ~creative drive~ either. :(
Psych medication hasn't been helping my ~creative drive~ either. :(
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podfic: hell is fine this time of year (spn, sam/dean)
on_verra podficced Hell Is Fine This Time of Year, in which demon!Dean talks Sam into taking up the role of Boy King of Hell. Zie did an absolutely wonderful job and deserves all the praise in the world, fa;sldkfja;slkdjf;slkadjf what did I do to deserve this.
You can download it here (LJ link, Sendspace hosting).
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fic: and you wonder why we ain't got nothing to say (avengers)
Because apparently smoking pot is a thing I write, idk.
And You Wonder Why We Ain't Got Nothing to Say
Avengers || PG-13: drug-use || Tony+Bruce being SCIENCE BROS || 1,550 words
"You really have got a lid on it, haven't you? What's your secret? Mellow jazz? Bongo drums? Huge bag of weed?"
( It figures that during the week Pepper is gone to the West Coast for some business thing, and both Tony and Bruce are missing from a formally-arranged Avengers meeting in SHIELD, it's because they're getting stoned on the floor in Tony's lab. )
And You Wonder Why We Ain't Got Nothing to Say
Avengers || PG-13: drug-use || Tony+Bruce being SCIENCE BROS || 1,550 words
"You really have got a lid on it, haven't you? What's your secret? Mellow jazz? Bongo drums? Huge bag of weed?"
- Warning for movie spoilers, for Coulson having gotten better via deus ex machina, and for essentially being disjointed word-vomit. Because of reasons, mostly just that it was fun to write.
- Title from WHY?’s “fatalist palmistry.” Summary from the actual movie script.
- Draci = Lojban, meaning “drama.”
( It figures that during the week Pepper is gone to the West Coast for some business thing, and both Tony and Bruce are missing from a formally-arranged Avengers meeting in SHIELD, it's because they're getting stoned on the floor in Tony's lab. )
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fic: while everyone's lost (the battle is won) (avengers, steve/tony)
When in doubt with FF7, write Avengers instead.
While Everyone's Lost (The Battle Is Won)
Avengers (Earth-19999/movie-verse) || PG-13 || Steve/Tony || 6,900 words
Steve closes his eyes in 1945 and wakes up in 2012. Well. They certainly didn't put that on the recruiting poster.
( He meets Tony Stark. He hadn't expected it to go so wrong, but then, he hadn't expected someone who seemed to have all the worst parts of Howard Stark and the best parts of Bucky. )
While Everyone's Lost (The Battle Is Won)
Avengers (Earth-19999/movie-verse) || PG-13 || Steve/Tony || 6,900 words
Steve closes his eyes in 1945 and wakes up in 2012. Well. They certainly didn't put that on the recruiting poster.
- Warnings: talk of politics, mental illness, PTSD, the Holocaust.
- Title from The Killers' "All These Things that I've Done."
- Companion to The Minor Fall, the Major Lift, heavy on the 616 canon and the Smithsonian scene from Captain America: Man out of Time.
( He meets Tony Stark. He hadn't expected it to go so wrong, but then, he hadn't expected someone who seemed to have all the worst parts of Howard Stark and the best parts of Bucky. )
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happy spring equinox, too.
Comic store: Oh by the way we're having a sale the weekend before your birthday with coupons and shit.
Me: ...
Me: Yesssss.
Avengers Assemble #1
Marvel Adventures: Iron Man vol.3
Locke & Key vol.1
Hellblazer vol.1
The Invincible Iron Man vol.8
Tank Girl vol.1
The Sandman vol.10
I'm on first name terms with everyone who works at/owns the comic store by now, by the way.
And since St Patrick's Day is just three days beforehand,canopy_walker and I raided my dad's 'Irish' cookbook and likely made my immigrant ancestors roll in their graves.
Have some bonus spring equinox science.
Me: ...
Me: Yesssss.
Today's Total Birthday Haul
Avengers Assemble #1
Marvel Adventures: Iron Man vol.3
Locke & Key vol.1
Hellblazer vol.1
The Invincible Iron Man vol.8
Tank Girl vol.1
The Sandman vol.10
I'm on first name terms with everyone who works at/owns the comic store by now, by the way.
And since St Patrick's Day is just three days beforehand,
canopy_walker and I raided my dad's 'Irish' cookbook and likely made my immigrant ancestors roll in their graves.Have some bonus spring equinox science.
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fic: the minor fall, the major lift (avengers)
The Minor Fall, the Major Lift
Avengers (Earth-19999/movie-verse) || PG-13 || light Steve/Tony || 4,800 words
This is how they piece it together and make it work.
( They're not even doing anything, just acting stupid, like strangers assigned to the same dorm room who haven't quite figured out each other's quirks and tics yet. )
Avengers (Earth-19999/movie-verse) || PG-13 || light Steve/Tony || 4,800 words
This is how they piece it together and make it work.
- Warnings: PTSD, past comic-canon child abuse, mention of the Holocaust, language.
- Title from the song "Hallelujah," mostly because I've been listening to it and thought the line was appropriate.
( They're not even doing anything, just acting stupid, like strangers assigned to the same dorm room who haven't quite figured out each other's quirks and tics yet. )