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[02.08.2009] |
Hello all. Long time no see. I've more or less dropped out of the fandom. I don't write fic anymore (except for a single OC piece I'm working on as a prize on ravelry), I don't do all that much reading, and I'm rarely on either IJ or LJ. So it should come as even more of a shock that I'm here to rec.
I'm sure you're all watching the Snarry Games, but just in case you're not...
A firm and fair hand by ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) ponderosa. Rated R, with implied spanking. Probably the prettiest, hottest piece of fanart I have ever seen. Go and lust after her Snape. And her Harry. And her wineglass, for that matter. Go.
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| Well written Legolas romance - a needle in a haystack? |
[28.02.2009] |
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I've been fic searching. I should have known when I started that looking for a particular Legolas romance was like looking for a needle in a whole field of haystacks. I'm fairly sure I'd never read a fic involving ' the shieldmaiden Rowannen' but beyond that I'm stumped.
However, I'm going to put the description out there just in case. I know the following.
- I read it around 2002-2003. A long time ago.
- It was probably a sequel, or failing that, a very long fic.
- It was pretty explicit, especially for poor innocent fourteen year old me back then.
- It was het (gasp!)
- I think Legolas and his mystery woman (I think she was a woman - she definately wasn't an elf or dwarf. Perhaps a maia of some sort?) were staying in Gondor
- There was a balcony involved
- There was jealousy at some point, but I can't remember why
- They were married or about to get married.
- It was not by Nebride. I reread all hers, sure that the woman in question was Alede, but no luck.
And just in case this turns into a lucky day and someone knows what this is, I also started reading a fic on legolasgreenleaf.com before it went down. The guy writing it said it would go up on ff.net but I never found it. It started off with Legolas and Gimli in Mirkwood, about to go off on an adventure, and a woman (enter love interest) trapped in a pit somewhere by an unnamed evil presence, being eaten by rats. The fun never stops :D
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| Rec me |
[24.02.2009] |
First of all, hello all. Not been around much lately :D
I've been snooping on eeyore9990's journal, and I want everyone to rec me their favourite fic. One that they've written.
If it's Snarry,I will read it. If it's funny, I will read it. If it is written by the_con_cept, eriador117 or ilye_elf, I will read it. In fact, all those will be rereads :D Go forth and rec.
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| 50bookchallenge sticky #2 |
[01.01.2009] |
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I would like to take a moment to say it is amazing how much reading one can get through when confronted with an essay/reading deadline or an imminent book release.
68 / 100 (68%)
I'm trying for 100 books this year rather than 50. I think I can do it, too.
![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/community.gif) 50bookchallenge for 2008.
( The List )
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[26.09.2008] |
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Passed my driving test! Very happy. Need an L plate icon. Dancing Snape will have to do.
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| Walkers Crisps Competition |
[09.09.2008] |
I've certainly had some odd subject lines lately, haven't I?
I entered the Walkers Crisps new flavour competition about a week ago, and it has finally come up on the site. So go on over there and vote (preferably for me!)
Site: http://www.walkers.co.uk/flavours/default.html?ver=high
Reference: 7KRG9
Flavour: 5-Spice Salmon
Being unusual is very tricky in this sort of thing :D
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| Tom Felton on ITV |
[07.09.2008] |
So are people aware that Tom Felton is playing in the England vs. Rest Of The World match on ITV right now? It's to raise money for... something. I don't know, I haven't been watching long enough to find out.
Anyway, I thought I'd let the fandom know. Wouldn't it be lovely if England finally won something?
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| Translated |
[27.08.2008] |
Hello all *waves* I know I've dropped out of fandom for a bit. With the exception of a couple I'm still reading, I've more or less migrated over to the LotR fandom again. I'l be back, I'm sure.
Anyway, I'm dropping in to say that lococo has finished translating The Path of Second Chances into chinese. So if anyone wants a look, it is here. Actually, can anyone tell me if it actually is there - my computer doesn't register chinese. Thanks.
Let me know if anything interesting happens :)
-Daughter_Moon
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[16.06.2008] |
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I have just had a message from lococo, saying that (s)he wants to translate The Path of Second Chances into chinese. This is enormous! No one has ever asked me anything like this before. I'm kinda hyper now :D
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[08.06.2008] |
Just dropping in to let you all know I'm still alive :D With exams and end of year assignments and my driving test (failed again!) and the various DIY projects in my house, I have basically dropped off the IJ radar. And I don't think I'll be back any time soon, to be honest. If anyone has anything they think I should know (amazing fic, fandom explosion, JKR announcing canon Snarry, that sort of thing) drop me a line here and I should get it in the emails :D
Other than that, you'll probably see me in July, when I announce that me average 1st has dropped down to a fail due to lack of revision lol
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| Back to knitting |
[18.05.2008] |
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lilyseyes, I thought you might want to see what I made with the yarn you sent me for Christmas.
Originally, it was going to be socks. I gave up on those and ripped them out. Then I made Kiri, which is the shawl behind the cut. I love it. Loveitloveitloveitloveit. I feel spring in the air when I look at it :D I do have a bit of yarn left over too, so I might reknit those socks yet, but this is the main project. Again, thank you so much!
( Lookie! )
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[28.04.2008] |
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I'm new kinds of exhausted. I've managed to read 12 books of criticism and one games fic. I've written two essays and made a plan for the third. I've started revision notes for Things Fall Apart. Wake me up if Eriador117 posts part 15 *sleeps*
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| Text speak |
[17.04.2008] |
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Okay, this 'Im in ur serverz' thing, with the scary dogs. Where did it all start? I know it is animal related, and I know it inspires bad spelling, but why? It mkaes my brain hurt and at the moment it is everywhere. Posters, icons, a huge great freaking thread on ravelry. I just don't get it. Someone explain?
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| Some general comments |
[06.04.2008] |
1) Happy birthday accioslash!
2) The owners of McKelvey have my deepest sympathies. The poor horse...
3) Last night's episode of Dr. Who was wierd.
4) I'm so sick of DIY. Let's just finish!
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| Bribe |
[03.04.2008] |
If I pass this year with a first (I have to give myself a challenge), then I will buy two skiens of laceweight yarn from handpaintedyarn.com. One in the Cortezas Ic colourway and one in Mediterrania Ic. I wish I had the money and time to just buy and knit it all now...
EDIT: I caved and bought it :D One skien of Mediterranian and one skien of bonbon. Yay for lovely colourways.
This turned into a reward for finishing all those essays on the slave trade and feminism. For heaven's sake, ears are not sex symbols *grumbles*
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| Driving test |
[02.04.2008] |
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I failed on manouvers :( Mixed up my 3/4 and full lock turns and ended up on the wrong side of the road. Only 9 minors, though.
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[01.04.2008] |
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So. Driving test tomorrow. My instructor is picking me up at 7.20. Am sick with nerves.
I've never dealt well with pressure.
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[30.03.2008] |
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Y'know what's tricky? Having given up on ff.net, I've found that there is not a great deal of Sweep fanfiction out there. Or there is, but it is very difficult to find. Sweep or Wicca brings up wikipedia, amazon, ebay and sites about the craft. Hunter/Morgan brings up sites on irish names and fox hunting. Giomanach brings me back round to wiki. It's not good.
This is all broken up, of course, by fan sites without fic. Sigh.
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| New fandoms are tricky |
[30.03.2008] |
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The problem with dropping into a new fandom is that it is difficult to ferret out the bad stuff at first. So, notes to spazzysassyangel (yes, I know the name should have tipped me off):
1) Please start using some punctuation
2) If Morgan were really pregnant, she would tell Hunter, Bree, Robbie or even Alyce. Sky, I am pretty certain, wouldn't be her first choice.
3) Why on God's green earth would she be afraid to tell Hunter?
4) Sky does not have green eyes. Check your text. Hunter has green eyes, Sky has black.
5) Going back to punctuation, it's Mary K., not Mary-K
6) The family love Aunt Eileen (Not Ellen) and didn't kick her out for getting pregnant. She's gay - she never was pregnant!
7) Morgan's parents don't even mind Hunter so it is incredibly unlikely that they'd be pissed off about her having coffee with Sky.
*grumbles* I got all this annoyance from a chapter and a paragraph.
EDIT: Okay, so I've been through 13 pages of fic and there just is no good fic in this fandom. Seriously. No one can spell, no one can remember anything about the books, no one can punctuate and for some inexplicable reason people have started pairing Hunter/Bree. Mùirn beatha dàn has apparently lost all meaning.
EDIT II: Names. Get them right.
ROWLANDS, not Richards.
NIALL, not Niel.
EVENTIDE, not Eventine.
Also, ATHAR and GIOMANACH. I'm not sure what you were doing, anon.
If you can get the car right, you can get the names right.
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| Urgh |
[27.03.2008] |
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Easter holidays start tomorrow. I'm not going in. Why? Because I'm really, horribly ill. I feel sick, headachy, stuffed up and generally crap. I have the following to do in the next couple of weeks:
1) 3 driving lessons
2) Driving test
3) 4 books to read for various modules
4) 4 essays to write for the above modules
5) Sweater to finish for Dad
6) Meeting up with Emma/Anna to revisit St. Leonards
I need a hug.
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