forget your Unified Theory of Everything

A/N: Thanks, as always, to a2zmom. Can't say enough good stuff about her, really.

( Chapter Twelve )

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1. Happy Birthday to violaclaire, who apparently, may share a birthday with Mary Queen of Scots.

2. Did you all know that NC-17 is supposed to mean (according to the MPAA) those under 17 and 17-yr-olds shouldn't be watching/reading? I always thought it was just those under 17.

3. I won an award! Best drama, for the IWRY Marathon, for my fic Bodiless Within The Bodies! ( And omigawd I got cool graphics! ). Thanks again to chrisleeoctaves, canadiangirl_86, and the three mystery readers.

4. Also thanks again to everyone who participated in the IWRY Marathon. I have not read all the stories yet, but I certainly mean to (and I know I'll be rereading many!), and I'm really looking forward to it. Also, another big public OMG I love you to chrisleeoctaves, who made this marathon so wonderful this year.

5. Also, big thanks to terilyn4 who nominated Best Souvenir for best WIP at the When The Sun Sets Awards. It was the first time a fanfic of mine got nominated for anything, and I feel truly honored.

6. I liked S/B on BtVS. Nevertheless, you won't see me reccing Spuffy very often. Now go read stultiloquentia's fic. It's just . . . fun. Like fanfic should be.

ETA: Stulti has just reminded me that we should hassle her non-stop for B/A pr0n. Go. Go hassle. (I've adjusted the link so you guys can read above the cut, the part where she says, "I have B/A pr0n; come hassle me chickies!")

7. ( Dear Granny, I am a slut. )

OMG! The first icon thing ever custom made for me ever! Fancy! Like a fox! Thank you times ten thousand times ten to the twenty third, aloneinthetown. You are a serious rocker of my socks.



It's Celes. The sword swashin' theif lovin' empire betrayin' hawt heroine I wanted to be when I was 11.

Today I was entertained by lillianmorgan's thoughts on writing within canon, as opposed to pre- or post-canon.

She talks about people's preferences, why they would choose to write one or the other, and the freedoms/constraints of each. (Then she asked what would happen if Xander, Illyria, and Lilah were in a room together, and damn, do I want someone to answer that question.)

Well, you see, the sky was so blue today and everything was so green and fragrant I just had to be a part of it. And the Untersberg kept leading me higher and higher until I wanted to go right through the clouds with it...

( Cut for my private parts )

Because there's not enough mindless squeeing going on in them there parts, and we've been having very fine weather.

Because it's almost 5am, and I still can't get to sleep.

stultiloqentia recently posted a drinking game for Spuffy smut fic. It's a list of words you're sure to have seen a time or two (except for, you know, gnomon). Of course, "cold dead seed" makes an appearance.

Also, a while back, kita0610 had an outing for the old schoolers who invented things like Buffy's vanilla scent. They're those things that get used again and again. And again.

And on stultiloqentia's list? I was surprised to realize I don't care how over-used it is, I still find the primal roar/whisper "Mine!" sexy. I also get turned on by Buffy's "tiny hands" (in Angel's broad ones), even though it's in every single fic on ff.net, the unsexiest place in the whole wide world.

I've managed to convince myself I'm not the only one.

So come on. What are those "I don't care how many times I see it, I still like it"s? Okay, it might be more of a "I don't care how many other people misuse it, I still like it if it's done right", but you have one, don't you? You like seeing Spike say "Da" or "Yes, Sire," or "Xanpet". You like Buffy's mossy green eyes and Angel's chocolate ones. You like it when _____'s mouth is like satin and ______'s spunk tastes like honey. You like it when Buffy finds out Angel married her without telling her when he put the Claddagh ring on her finger. You like seeing Angel spelled "Angle". What's your cliché-kink?

"Dear Joyce:

Congratulations! Don't Cry For Me has been selected for publication in the Emrys Journal which will be released in Spring 2006. You will receive a copy of your story, which may include some minor editorial changes, and a contract from us in the next six weeks. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. I look forward to publishing your work.

many thanks,

LB Dishman
Editor,
Emrys Journal"

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I don't know anything about Emrys Journal--I mean, whether this is really a big deal or anything. But omg I'm going to be published! And now I'm off to make fried ravioli and spinach dip for the party. Damn, I need booze.

Oh, and I want to use this line: Excuse me, I have to call everyone I have ever met, right now.

All day I've been trying to think of something clever to say to wish stultiloquentia a happy birthday, and this is what I came up with: Happy Birthday stultiloquentia!!!!!!!

You are, of course, deserving of more wit and less exclamation marks, and for that I'm glad to know you.

I woke up today and thought it was the 23rd. Yes, I was excited about Mole Day. I was prepared to celebrate celebrate things like Avogadro and stoichiometry. Now all I have to be happy about is avocados and Elvis Stojko.

Today I enjoyed this post (scroll to the end), in which yhlee lists reasons why she loves BtVS/AtS characters. One of them is, "Why I love Angelus: it may never occur to him that in all the ways he destroys people it shows how strong they really are." Go read and miss your shows. *sniff*

Lastly, stultiloquentia and I recently discovered that we'd spoken online four years before under different names. That made me wish I hadn't changed my nickname things so much out of sheer boredom. The user name tkp is from the Kora Personality, which wouldn't fit on lj. Kora is another name for Persephone. I was having some twisted, uninteresting thoughts about the woman who spent half her time being queen of the dead and raped by the damned, and the other half frolicking in the flowers with Mama and nymphs. Anyway, I'm guessing this has been a topic of conversation before, so sorry if you've been over it before, but I've been wondering:

Where'd you get your user name?

Even if it seems obvious, I'd love to know. Also: why Joan?