Gems of Memory

Panda fic is finished.  Even though I'm still not sure what to make of Ultimates Steve coming in and taking over the fic, it is now finished and probably a little under 30k.  So yay for that.  Also, there are pandas.  And feels.  And 80's songs that I still totally want to name the fic after (you guys are not doing a good job of convincing me otherwise).  Anyway, it's done now.  I just have to type it up, which is annoying, but hey.  Hopefully this one will work for the BB.

So I've just gotten back an email from the mods saying my Big Bang is too team fic.  It makes me a sad, sad panda, but it's not unexpected really.

But hey, it means you get deaged fic sooner, since now I've got no reason not to post it.  Well, I still need to finish this scene with Natasha and I'll probably send that to Nar to look over as well, but after that I can just post it.  Sadly, there will be no art of Little Tony giving Cap a teddy bear, but I'll survive.

I've still got time left, so I might try and see if Steve and the Panda will measure out to 25k.  I have a scene or two which I can pad it out with if I need to (Because Tony should totally twist his ankle on the Great Wall.  No, I'm not projecting.  Okay, maybe a little), so we'll see.  It does pretty much negate the point of making a poll the other day, but hey, go ahead and vote anyway if you haven't already.

We'll see what happens I suppose, and I have gotten permission to post previous BB to the com, since it's pre-slash.  So you can find it there when I do get things up. 

So the BB fic is typed and now beta'ed, sent to the mods to approve of provided it is Steve/Tony enough.  I'm still debating on adding a scene with Natasha, but we'll see.  I might wait on that until I'm done with History Lessons sequel, which I admittedly haven't been working on as religiously as I might be.  It's probably nearly finished, but my interwebs are currently restricted to the office, and that's when I usually write.

I did find an awesome title though.  And by awesome, I mean 'This could not be any more perfect than it is' sort of awesome.  I'd gone through like, three or four that I didn't really care for, before Nar got the fic.  Then she was trying to find a good title and I figured I might as well look at a few poems to steal from.  Then Edna St. Vincent Millay happened, as she is wont to do.  Despite the fact I was looking for another poem by her entirely, she did give me the perfect title.  I knew she was one of my favorites for a reason.

Also, I had the awkward fandom conversation with my room mates.  It's a lot harder when they've never heard of fandom.  There's a reason I tend to avoid this conversation, and it's not because I'm ashamed of fandom or anything like that.  It's just so bloody annoying having to explain everything.  Yes, I like cartoons.  No, that's not childish.  Yes, I write stories.  No, they can't be published and you probably wouldn't understand them since you're confused by my Cap and Iron Man plushies.  Trust me, you don't want to wander into fandom by yourself because you will be scarred.  Just all the hoops you have to jump through when talking to someone who has no idea that fandom even exists.  It's exhausting, and I could be spending that time reading or doing other things.  -_-;;;

It was rather weird talking to someone who had never even heard of Marvel and its superheroes though.  Granted, it's probably not as big a deal in China as it is stateside, but the movies have been kind of hard to miss, I thought.  Then again, she's also sitting there calling me out on how unfeminine I am, since I don't like dresses, pink, half a dozen other things, and yet I like action movies and scifi.  I swear, it's like they've never heard of a tomboy here.  I shake my head at you sometimes, China.  I really do.

In the mean time, I'm still contemplating Steve and pandas for fic.  I haven't done pure crack in a while, though this will probably end up as Unicorn sort of crack rather than Roleplaying Time Lords crack.  I'm also contemplating a return to Whovian fic with the next Amy-verse (though I should really wait until the next Amy-verse gets back to me since it's still not posted).  I might throw up another poll just for kicks.  We'll see how it goes.  XD

So, first of all, I have finally listened to all the audios in the main line of Big Finish.  All current 172.  It only took me a few years.  I feel accomplished though.  Silly thing to feel accomplished about, but hey.  I fully recommend them, should you get the chance.  Also, the Destiny of the Doctor so far has been lovely.  Oh, Eleven.  Totally worth the $40, so don't just take my word for it.  So are the Fourth Doctor Adventures, btw.  The main thing is that I don't know what to start on next.  I've got three big choices, and I figured I'd ask you guys your opinion.  And hey, poll!

[Poll #1909080]

So, yeah, there's that.  On to the second fannish thing.  Sadly, I think this one will be mostly ignored since I don't think many people share the fandom.  Still, it's worth a shot.

Basically, I've been re-playing Chrono Trigger, as you do, and have gotten to the Kingdom of Zeal and all the lovely bits the game doesn't really fill out.  And for the first time I thought I might like some fic of this.  Except, I really don't want to spend my time searching through Chrono Trigger fics because I'm not that big on the fandom.  Which is where you guys come in.  Rec me good Schala and/or Magus/Janus fics.  Heck, I'll probably take a good fic even if it doesn't have to do with them, but those are the ones I'm mainly looking for.  Time-y whime-y is totally an added plus.  One specific game ending aside though, I'm really not sure I can handle Crono talking, so keep that in mind.

Thanks for the input! 

narwhale_callin seems to think that I've used the quote "Now I do not know whether it was then I dreamt I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man." before on some fic.  I'm also decently sure that I haven't and that Avengers long fic is the first time.

So, ye people of the internet who read my fics, which of us is correct?  Have I used the butterfly quote before?  Or is Nar just making things up?

Also, to be a not complete waste of space, the next Amy-verse is finally awaiting beta.  It only took me how many months after finishing it?  Yeah, let's not go there.  And Avengers long fic has two more chapters an an epilogue for me to type so I can send that to Nar.  So new fic for you guys is in sight, I promise.

Because not only are you killing off my favorite characters, but you're making Five angsty again.  But sometimes, Big Finish, you do have your moments.  Especially when the conversation went something like this:

Female one off: "But Doctor, I took your pulse! You were dead!"
Seven: "I was merely pining for the fjords."

I love you, Seven. I really, really do.  Especially since he just said it so casually.  I had to pause it till I stopped laughing.  XD

Also, since I promised and completely forgotten to post it here, have my China lj.  Yeah, it's been fun times.  Up till I got bronchitis, but that's a whole different story...

Okay, since this week sucked and is still sucking, I've decided to hell with responsibilities today.  Procrastination is the way to go.  Mostly because I've given up caring for the day. 

That said, I've posted at least twenty more fics since the last time I did this meme, have twenty more first lines from my fics.  I dread to think what they say about me. Extras added for drabbles.

( More first lines... )

So nemaline was playing around with The Universal Mary Sue Litmus Test.  I asked her what she was talking about and she linked me, then I decided to run Lizzie Mathews through it to see if she passes.  XD  Here's how she held up.


( So many of the questions didn't apply to her at all... )

It doesn't come out very often, and certainly not for most things people consider chick flicks, but every so often Mem gets a little gushy and likes things romantic.  Either that, or the world is ending and hell has frozen over.  Take your pick. 


( The end of the world as we know it. )