electricalgwen

I was fortunate enough to win longsufferingly's fic auction for help_japan. I suggested a few prompts, including J2 AU inspired by Asimov's Caves of Steel series. She took that one and ran with it and did her usual phenomenal job, despite never actually having read Asimov. Look What They Made has a fantastic Jensen POV, good plot, and exploration of some classic sci-fi ideas. I love it. :)


madame_meretrix is clever. (She's also kind and funny and makes a great tour guide, but that's not quite as relevant right now.) Her fics often have a reality to them that set them apart. You may not be able to put your finger on exactly what gives them that ring of truth, because she doesn't beat you over the head with gender theory or identity issues or what have you; rather, she tells a compelling story and lets the characters unfold themselves naturally. (You may realize, later on, that you learned something, but it will be a pleasant surprise.)

She does self-discovery particularly well. If you missed Take the Hit last year, in which Jared learns that everyone has some kind of baggage, it's just a matter of how you learn to let it go, you should remedy that. And this year, her spn_j2_bigbang story Don't Hide Your Light gives us a Jensen who's known Jared all his life, but doesn't really know himself. It is a lovely read and has it all: good characterization, moments of hilarity and delight, enough angst to be real and interesting, enough schmoop to satisfy [me, anyway], hot sex, and a fun supporting cast (which, naturally, includes JDM since this is Meretrix we're talking about. ;)

I haven't had a functional computer at home for almost a month. I still don't, and am not certain when that's likely to change. As I don't access LJ or its related email from work (or any computer that requires my real ID) I'm pretty much totally out of the loop. If you've commented on something and I have apparently rudely ignored it; if you've posted something amazing or personal and I haven't commented; or if you're waiting for more (any?) story, I do apologize. (If you'd forgotten all about me, as I hadn't been that active even in the months leading up to the Great Computer Crash of '09 - that's cool. I still apologize.)

Also, it means I haven't been able to work on a couple of WIPs, including the one I had originally hoped to post for a very special birthday. But I couldn't let it go by without getting on here somehow to wish madame_meretrix Many Happy Returns of the Day! I hope you have/had an awesome day, and I look forward to being back around reasonably soon. And if you haven't seen the pattern for these BSG Viper Socks, I hope it's a little something to brighten your day. :)

*cough* unless we're talking about overdue fic deadlines, in which case I am hiding under the bed *cough

I couldn't stand my state of ignorance, and begged Erin to send me the secret questions meme so I could discover why I showed up three times (second only to one Sam Winchester). In doing so, I promised to post my own answers. Take with salt. I have barely slept in days.

1. entrenous88
2. In LJ terms, cordelianne
3. savoytruffle, apreludetoanend
4. windandsummer
5. nashmaveric, and it makes me smile.
6. eyezrthewindows
7. crazydiamondsue
8. madame_meretrix
9. ubiquirk, tdj
10. iadorespike, missmurchison. Nash, you were born for it. *g*
11. Gwen Cooper
12. witling
13. rm
14. Captain Jack. I leave it to you to decide which.
15. This does nothing for me.
16. brunettepet
17. All capable, consenting adults here. Yup.
18. crazydiamondsue in that pink dress.
19. ubiquirk, apreludetoanend
20. tabaqui
21. Erin, I did Google it. That didn't help.
22. Ditto. I'll say kaygrr so she doesn't feel left out. Kay, if you know what it means, don't hit me.
23. reremouse, but only about once a year.
24. kita0610. And I'd never see her coming.
25. Draco Malfoy, if you believe the gossip.
26. madame_meretrix is my bitch.*
27. cordelianne
28. rm. You can never have too much Jack.
29. The guy who drops by here every so often to find out what his wife's up to.
30. Don't fuck with the pancreas.

*KIDDING, JUST KIDDING. Really she belongs to thatotherperv.

Last night I got stung on the elbow by a wasp. I was kneeling down and leaned forward, and put my elbow down right on something that stung it. Hard. I think it was a wasp but I didn't get a good look. It really hurt, still does!

Also, one of our fish, the male pineapple swordtail, died a couple of days ago. By the time I noticed the following morning, much of his biomass had been recycled back into the aquarium (in other words, somebody had eaten him), but fortunately so far everyone else still looks healthy. That was an interesting lesson/discussion for my son - much like the time there were (very unexpectedly) baby fish in the aquarium one morning, but by suppertime they were gone despite my efforts to protect them...

On a happier note, the other night madame_meretrix posted some awesome fandom haikus, which triggered a whole impromptu evening of Fan-Ku (TM). Go check it out for a mix of fun, weirdness, beauty and porn mostly about SPN, J2, Spike, and accountancy (yeah, really). I missed it, being asleep at the time (darn time zones), but wrote a spur-of-the-moment thing the next morning:

( only for her would I write Spangel )