traincat

1. Pick a pairing or a character
2. Ask me my particular head!canon regarding something about them
3. Post to your journal to share your own head!canon!

In the meantime, writing angst, writing angst, all day long.

Stump the Writer!

A -- go to the list of my fics (near complete list here, or there's my fic post and meme tags) and pick out a line or three from one of my stories. (Must be a full line, please -- no sentence fragments or speech tags or other such nonsense.)
B -- I will respond with which story of mine I think it's from.
C -- A fic snip to anyone who stumps me.

Also, this. Offer me comfort in my hour of need, while I weep endlessly and browse the internet through my phone?

(I'd prefer it if we stuck to stuff posted under this penname, and you know. Stuff actually posted. If you give me significantly older lines, I'll probably won't be able to guess through my wails of shame.)

title: between the lines
series: Fire Emblem 9/10
pairing: Ike/Soren
rating: PG
notes: For amielleon. h/c coldfic, modern AU, basically 300% schmoop. Seriously, I'm not kidding. It's all either touching or like, longing glances and a lot wanting to touch. Respectable reading, this is not. (Although apparently Ammie says otherwise.) Happy late Valentine's Day, Ammie. ♥

(Also I kind of wanted to read this over a few more times and maybe tinker with it a bit but uh if you've talked to me tonight you've probably heard, but I'm having ~computer issues~, so I wanted this up already in case they got worse.)



( If Ike wanted, he could reach out and lay a hand on Soren’s skinny knee. He did want, but his hands stayed where they were. )

1. So reveals are up, and I can finally talk about what I wrote! Originally I was planning on writing this earlier, but my aunt showed up. :| I think my feelings on her are pretty well known, but just in case anyone doesn't know, here are some things I would have rather spent the day doing: taunting wild grizzly bears while dressed as a giant chicken, retaking my driver's license exam, etc.

The fact that she's hyper-confrontational, especially with me, really isn't helping the HULK SMASH. Grab that phone out of my hand one more time, why don't you.

But anyway! Fic! This gets rambly, and I wish I could say I'm sorry about that, but I am absolutely not. My aunt is downstairs asleep on the couch like ten feet from where I sleep and I still really want to watch the new episode of Sherlock. I have to take my victories where I can get them.

grab a blanket, brother
Young Avengers, PG, mostly gen (slight Eli/Kate/Tommy, background Teddy/Billy and Cassie/Jonas)

Wherein Tommy Shepherd moves in with the Kaplans, freaks out, runs to Canada, goes looking for trouble, accidentally stalks the Avengers and tries to figure out his families. All of them.

This was my main assignment, for Sodajerk and -- okay I think I pretty much said this all in my author's note, but I really did have their Dear Yuletide Writer letter open for treat purposes when my assignment came in. I'd been wanting to write Tommyfic for ages, so getting to do it for Yuletide was fantastic.

all maps lead to el paso
Blue Beetle, PG, Paco & Kon bromance (bonus Paco/Brenda, slight Kon/Tim)
This was how it started: Paco, in Arizona, kidnapped and wearing leopard print.

This is for Victoria_P(Musesfool), and I doubt I would have thought of Kon&Paco bromance on my own, but it was such a blast to write. Seriously, so much fun. And, to top it off, I remembered Paco has sisters, but I couldn't remember their names, so obviously I had to reread half of Blue Beetle until I found the issue they're in, right? Right. And any excuse to reread Blue Beetle is a good excuse.

Seriously, though, the feedback I've gotten on this has blown me away. ♥ ♥ ♥

the lay of your lands
Marvel 1602, PG-13, John Storm/Peter Parquagh
John Storm and Peter Parquagh tell each other stories.

For Mizzmarvel who is probably sick of me jumping on her prompts by now. But best Johnny/Peter prompts you guys. I'm not going to lie, I kind of want all the 1602!Johnny/Peter fic now. And I also want to write a ton of it.

(Plus, writing this made me read Fantastick Four 1602 which I completely loved. The Fantastic Four have to rescue Shakespeare from Doctor Doom? Um, yes please.)

footsteps (and how not to follow them
Tiger & Bunny, G, Kaede-centric gen (with very slight totally married Kotetsu/Barnaby)
Kaede’s first night on the job, she got tossed into a building.

For Suaine, for the prompt "Kaede becoming a hero in her own right." In which it's Kaede's first night out on Hero TV and Tiger and Bunny have some huge boots to fill. (Meanwhile, Kotetsu and Barnaby are just really embarrassing parents.) I love futuregen stories, especially in superhero media (I really want to write the DC fic where Damian Wayne attempts to lead the new Teen Titans, consisting of Milagro Reyes, Lian Harper and Iris West, with totally disastrous results), so I was really excited to get to write one. Also? Everyone in Tiger & Bunny is incredibly fun to write.

2. Is anyone else having issues with comments on LJ? I mean, aside from the new pages, obviously. I haven't been getting mine e-mailed to me for, um. A while now. At first I thought it was my settings, but I checked those and it's not, so. Anyway, if I haven't replied to anything you think I would've normally replied to, it's probably because I never got it. I changed my LJ settings so hopefully all replies should show up in my inbox there, so I should be receiving everything now.

It's Yuletide, and I have like eighty tabs open. Finally, it feels like the holidays.

And I guess it's Christmas or something too, apparently. (Merry Christmas, to everybody who celebrates it. ♥)

My gift is a super lovely X-23 fic, with a wonderful Laura voice and basically, you know, Laura and Gambit and Logan (and Rogue!) celebrating Christmas, what else could you want.

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X-23, gen. No summary, but I think the above pretty much covers it. ♥

And someone wrote me something for Madness, too, which is super sweet and I can't wait to be able to read it. The suspense, guys.

(Obviously I can't talk about what I wrote yet, but I did write a couple of things, and they seem to be fairly well received so far. Which is good, because I finished a bunch of them in the very early hours of the morning and towards the end there I wasn't even sure all the words were in the right order.)

Also, since, you know, LiveJournal is kind of a trainwreck right now -- I do have a dreamwidth account. It's also under traincat, because I'm lazy. Let me know if you're over there! (Err, here, since I'm crossposting. Whatever.)

The Holiday Love Meme!

In other news, guys, writing is super hard. D:

1. Welcome inkyperspective, be_themoon and hunterwithcause! Nice to meet two of you and nice to friend you, hwc. Fair warning, this journal is 80% memes, 10% fic posts and 10% cryptic whining. I'm trying to be better about that! But NaNo and Yuletide are coming up so it's basically just going to be all kinds of cryptic whining about fic for the next two months.

2. Gonna Be A Better One (A Thousand Miles To Your Door), DC comics, Tim/Kon, PG-13. Total fluffy meet the parents-type situation set during Tim's Robin-retirement that... somehow ended up being 18,000 words? I'm not totally sure how that happened.

For hunterwithcause, for Help Japan, and I hope you like the second half. ♥ Thanks for the awesome prompt and being totally patient and the lovely comment on the first half. You're awesome!

3. I am going to write those replies for the TFLN meme! Really! And if anyone wants to leave more prompts, they'd be totally welcome to -- fandom and pairing repeats are fine, and if you're not sure if I'll write a character/pairing/series, just ask and I'll let you know!

1) HAPPY BIRTHDAY sentienttoaster you are basically the best little brother/talking toaster, and for your birthday I was thoughtful enough to order all my makeup online so you won't have to enter a Sephora tomorrow. I know, I'm so thoughtful.

Also I guess I'm getting you Persona 2 which I... don't know how to feel about? I'M NOT SURE OF THE MESSAGE IT SENDS are you sure you don't want a sexy lady barber instead.

I don't remember what I did when I turned 18, but it probably involved being unbearably smug about it in your direction.

2) somebody forgot to press B and now delicious has evolved into some kind of glitchy abomination that won't let me see what people have tagged my fic as search through endless pages of fanfic links. I just don't know what to do anymore.

3) I'M NOT TERRIBLY INTERESTING RIGHT NOW.

By Any Other Name, Young Justice, Lois Lane and Superboy gen.
“I like journalism,” Conner protested. “There’s a lot more punching things than I expected.”

surely shifted my way, X-Men: First Class, Erik/Charles, modern slightly!AU weddingfic. With doves.
“I don’t understand,” Charles said after dinner. “I leave you alone for an afternoon and you ruin two of the children.”

“It’s a gift,” Erik told him.

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So I was just alerted that one of my fics (aha, babysitting fic, of course it was you) has been stolen and posted on ff.net! Is it bad that I find this all very exciting? It's like I'm back in fandom proper again. Sent the poster (she sounds all cute and young and baby fandom-y) a PM asking her to take it down, but if she doesn't I'll report it. She does have a few stolen pieces on her dA, too, including a piece of fanart for that particular fic.

I think I'm going to leave Fire Emblem fandom.

It's been a hard decision, but it's time -- I've been in this fandom longer than any other, almost 8 years, but there's only so long you can be in a fandom for before it starts to lose its charms. I mean, not even Ike/Soren holds the appeal it used to anymore.

It's tough, but I think it's time for me to move on. I've met so many great people here, and I hope we'll be able to stay friends without Fire Emblem tying us together. See you guys.