Tremendulent!

March 13, favorite "horror" stories, however you define horror. For redbrunja

Ooooh, there's a short story by Stephen King called the Man in Black Suit. That's the kind of horror I 'like'. It's that kind of unsettling feeling where you know something is off, but you can't quite figure out what it is. I much prefer that to slasher films.

Things that have flat out scared the crap of me include: The Ring, Aliens, Jeepers Creepers and the Shining.

For redbrunja - repeated romantic dynamics in your shipper history.

I shall list them!

1. Respect between the two romantic leads for their respective capabilities. They may not like each other or be attracted to each other at first, but they darn well appreciate how hard they work.

2. Snark. Give me some fun dialogue and I'm a happy Seren.

3. Equal footing. I always try to make sure that if one person has one kind of advantage over the other, the other person has another type of advantage. For example - with my Primeval pairing of Jess and Becker - Becker may be a serious badass of a soldier and can take out a man 40 different ways with a teaspoon, Jess can run rings around his computer skills. I like a level playing field amongst the characters.

4. I like tall guys and petite ladies. I can't help it. I'm a rather petite lady and le husband is 6", so there's a thing there.

5. Jenny Crusie once mentioned that in Moonstruck the two leads are utterly wrecked by each other in a fantastic way. I like that. I like the leads to have to throw out all previous preconceptions about love, people and themselves and just have to go with it.

6. They need to learn from each other. They hold each other up and NEVER bring each other down EVER.

7. Oh, heck - THEY HAVE TO LIKE EACH OTHER. There was a post going around tumblr about how some pairings are all 'Oh, we will defeat this evil together because we are MEANT TO BE', but would they enjoy sitting down and watching a bad sci-fi movie together and going grocery shopping? I like my pairings to enjoy grocery shopping together. I fully expect them to bicker over whether or not to get ice cream or cake or pie and end up with all three.

I think that's the lot. :D

Meme! Snagged from the lovely redbrunja.

Pick a date between March 1st and March 15th and give me something to talk about. Give me a question or topic-- absolutely anything fannish goes: TV, movies, books, comics, fandom, ships, fictional characters, actors, writing, arting, whatever strikes your fancy...

Also, feel free to suggest multiple topics/dates or to just leave a topic and no date, I'll fill it in. ;)

March 1st
March 2nd hiddencait: What's it like living as an American abroad/expat/however you categorize yourself?
March 3rd redbrunja: Chapel/Mccoy seems to be a pairing that's really sticking with you - what is it about that pairing that keeps you interested?
March 4th
March 5th redbrunja: repeated romantic dynamics in your shipper history.
March 6th
March 7th
March 8th hiddencait: What's the fandom of your heart for the moment and/or has something shown up and surprised you with how excited you are for it?
March 9th
March 10th
March 11th
March 12th
March 13th redbrunja: favorite "horror" stories, however you define horror.
March 14th
March 15th

Ooh! Meme-time! I have a bunch of WIPs, but this one will be from my original stuff.

FIRST — the first two sentences of my current project
LAST — the most recently written two sentences of my current project
NEXT — the next line. meaning i will finish the sentence I’m on and write a new one, which you’ll get.
[insert prompt here] — you post a prompt, and i’ll write three sentences based on that prompt, set in the same time/setting as my current project
THE END — i’ll make up an ending, or post the ending if i’ve written it
BEFORE THE BEGINNING — three sentences (or more) about something that happened before the plot of my current project
POV — something that’s already happened, retold from another character’s perspective

Day 5 - hiddencait - favorite movie and favorite fic/art for that movie

Oooh, SO HARD. I'm going to go with The Mummy because it is one of my favorite movies and always makes me smile.

My favorite fic for it is: Never Spellbound by a Starry Sky. Shenanigans, capers and it's just lovely and makes me smile.

Day 3 - velvetmouse asked: tell us about (one of) your bullet-proof kink/trope, why you love it so much, and who your favorite characters/pairings for it are

Mysteries! Adventures! Pretending to be married to solve crime and then falling into bed with with other and then Oh NO! I've developed FEELINGS!

Seriously, give me two (or more) people on an adventure and I'm there. I love people working together, using their individual strengths and then their combined strengths to fight crime!

Favorite pairings: ALL OF THEM! Darcy/Clint, Darcy/Steve, MCCOY/CHAPEL, Pepper/Tony, Doctor/Companion (mostly Nine/Rose).

Utterly random fic recs: Donna the Vampire Slayer The West Wing - Donna Moss is a vampire slayer. Yep. You read that right. It's awesome. I love it. Guess who's her Watcher. It's not Josh, even though he's fantastic in this.

A Judge of Their Characters - Pride and Prejudice - It's a mystery and it's Regency!AU from the get go. Lizzy and Darcy solve a mystery. There's a fair bit of violence, just to warn!

Number 84 - In Plain Sight - Mary and Marshall, y'all. My FAVES for this kind of fic. Start with this one and then read EVERYTHING this author has written. Seriously. You don't need to know the 'verse, they're brilliant.

Don't You Get Me High - McCoy/Chapel as Sam Spade and Effie Perine. It's gorgeous. It's sadly a WIP, but read it anyway!

Um, so, I have a thread at the Holiday Love Meme? It's here, if you wanna?

Let me know if you have one!

To take my mind off, well, everything, here's a fun meme:

I currently have 26 works archived at the AO3. Pick a number from 1 (the most recent) to 26 (the first thing I posted there), and I’ll tell you three things I currently like about it.

I've seen this around so:

Ask me about my OTP! Any of them! Or ones you think I'd be into. Go for it! ♥

This is Show #2 based on actor/actress prompts by the utterly fabulous halfpenny_press.

The Aching City

The city moans, it lunges up right from the ground
The seething earth, it opens up and spits us out
This vicious child, nature never wanted us
This vicious child, a cancer burning black into its heart
~Above and Below - The Bravery

( sidewalks will tremble )