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tsukinofaeriiAnother "I LIVE DON'T LEAVE ME ALOOOOOOOONE" post lol. I have no idea where my will to babble went. Can I blame Holmsian fandom? I've been reading a lot of Holmes/Watson fics. Hm.
In RL, there's a few things happening. I turn another year older soon (awkward; will be less awkward if coworkers manage to forget the date). But I'll get my tax refund about the same time, so yay! (You! Money! Into savings! Okay, maybe some of you goes to bills, but the rest into savings! *cracks whip*) I'm due to upgrade my phone soon, and am considering this hot little number. I may get this baby instead, if I can get over my squirms of spending more on a phone than I do on my monthly car payment.
Work is running surprisingly smoothly, other than a few drama llamas,Turnitin being annoying and the usual intrigue. (eye roll) Seriously, students, if you go a month unable to login and don't tell anyone, do not expect me to be very supportive when you wind up in your Dean's office in tears. When I say, "I'm very sorry, but if you don't call we can't know there's a problem", just know that I am facepalming at you behind my phone. ♥
In fic, I'm selling out to the Blamevaltyr culture. I have signed up for two big bangs. This is all her fault!
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comicsbigbang I'm doing the Amnesia Tony fic. That one's minimum is only 10k though, and the first check-in is end of February, so it's been shuffled a little. (pets it) After having written a bit of it though, I think I'm going to do it in first person. oO Which... IDK, it bugs me a bit. First person is hard. It's difficult to manage the details, and having an interesting voice is so so so so important, since you're basically staking your fic on your character's internal monologue being catchy. But third person would be doing the fic a disservice I think. :\
Forau_bigbang, I'm falling back on my love of cliché. Always a girl Ults Steve. \o/ This is interesting, in the "fighting the characters back with a spoon" sort of way. Seriously, Gail is stomping her foot dangerously close to my muse's head. She's a persistent sort; I've actually had to not write a scene because I couldn't think of a way to keep her from taking it over. YEEK. Jumbling up the opening/backstory for artistic reasons is going to be pain though. Le sigh.
Finally, to apologize for long silence, I give you all something truly amazing and a pony.
In RL, there's a few things happening. I turn another year older soon (awkward; will be less awkward if coworkers manage to forget the date). But I'll get my tax refund about the same time, so yay! (You! Money! Into savings! Okay, maybe some of you goes to bills, but the rest into savings! *cracks whip*) I'm due to upgrade my phone soon, and am considering this hot little number. I may get this baby instead, if I can get over my squirms of spending more on a phone than I do on my monthly car payment.
Work is running surprisingly smoothly, other than a few drama llamas,Turnitin being annoying and the usual intrigue. (eye roll) Seriously, students, if you go a month unable to login and don't tell anyone, do not expect me to be very supportive when you wind up in your Dean's office in tears. When I say, "I'm very sorry, but if you don't call we can't know there's a problem", just know that I am facepalming at you behind my phone. ♥
In fic, I'm selling out to the Blame
valtyr culture. I have signed up for two big bangs. This is all her fault!For
comicsbigbang I'm doing the Amnesia Tony fic. That one's minimum is only 10k though, and the first check-in is end of February, so it's been shuffled a little. (pets it) After having written a bit of it though, I think I'm going to do it in first person. oO Which... IDK, it bugs me a bit. First person is hard. It's difficult to manage the details, and having an interesting voice is so so so so important, since you're basically staking your fic on your character's internal monologue being catchy. But third person would be doing the fic a disservice I think. :\For
au_bigbang, I'm falling back on my love of cliché. Always a girl Ults Steve. \o/ This is interesting, in the "fighting the characters back with a spoon" sort of way. Seriously, Gail is stomping her foot dangerously close to my muse's head. She's a persistent sort; I've actually had to not write a scene because I couldn't think of a way to keep her from taking it over. YEEK. Jumbling up the opening/backstory for artistic reasons is going to be pain though. Le sigh. Finally, to apologize for long silence, I give you all something truly amazing and a pony.
Re: O RLY
Date: 2010-02-02 08:16 pm (UTC)Yes! Because he was so afraid for Steve!Pony that he took bad risks. :( And so Thor!Pony (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y84/tsukinofaerii/thorpony.png) will have to fly out to find them!
... the same way they play trombones?
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Date: 2010-02-02 08:20 pm (UTC)PONIES. YAY.
Re: Here! Have a suggestive Pony.
Date: 2010-02-02 08:20 pm (UTC)Re: O RLY
Date: 2010-02-02 08:21 pm (UTC):O is Tony!Pony burned? Will Steve!Pony have to take care of him? hee Thor!Pony. Does he have magic horseshoes that produce lightning when he stamps his hooves?
this is a fair point. Sometimes I don't think they thought the pony civilization all the way through. Perhaps they enslaved those tiny dragons to build things for them?
Re: Ewww Motorolla
Date: 2010-02-02 08:24 pm (UTC)Re: Ewww Motorolla
Date: 2010-02-02 08:26 pm (UTC)Do the phones have trial periods? Some will do returns, so you could get one and see if it suits.
Re: O RLY
Date: 2010-02-02 08:32 pm (UTC)Only singed! Steve!Pony cradles him in his... erm, he cradles him, okay? We'll skip anatomy. Tony!Pony is cradled, and the rain is coming down and there's thunder and lightning and it's all very scary! And then out of the clouds... THOR!PONY!
And yes, Thor Pony has hammer!hooves, because he is awesome that way.
IDK, My Little Ponies were about friendship and love and happiness. Enslaved mini dragons don't seem to dovetail into that. A barter system, maybe?
Re: Here! Have a suggestive Pony.
Date: 2010-02-02 08:33 pm (UTC)I don't know why the doll maker allowed to do such an atrocity. Ponies aren't supposed to be suggestive.
Re: Ewww Motorolla
Date: 2010-02-02 08:47 pm (UTC)Re: Here! Have a suggestive Pony.
Date: 2010-02-02 08:48 pm (UTC)Yes, it was scarring.
Re: O RLY
Date: 2010-02-02 09:04 pm (UTC)Steve!Pony is a great big Percheron type, and Tony is something sleeker like an Arab, so he can lie down and Steve can curl round him and nuzzle him comfortingly. It is almost worth coming out in a storm and getting singed for.
Thor!Pony is such a showoff! :D
My Little Pony darkfic?
Re: O RLY
Date: 2010-02-02 09:12 pm (UTC)If Steve!Pony is a Percheron, the Thor!Pony is one of those giant 22 hand Belgians with dinner plate hooves. And Tony!Pony is very much like an Arab. Smart, but hot blooded, and prone to biting. So yes, Tony!Pony is cuddled protectively, and Thor!Pony protects them from the storm while they wait. And then they go home and Jarvis!Pony makes them drink tea and rest, while all the other Avenger!Ponies say how worried they were. Pepper!Pony tells Steve not to get lost in storms again, because Tony!Pony will go after him every time. And then there is more snuggling and they lived happily ever after.
... possibly. There is such a thing as My Little Pony Porn...
Re: O RLY
Date: 2010-02-02 09:25 pm (UTC)Steve!Pony didn't mean to get lost in the storm. But he was also very worried about Tony!Pony, so he will be extra careful in future.
Your photo fic could end in pony porn. Which would basically be a picture of one plastic toy horse mounting another, but it's the thought that counts, right?
The Cylons: Now in your pocket
Date: 2010-02-02 09:33 pm (UTC)OK, so the Droid phone terrifies me. I have Verizon, and they keep sending me ads for it, and JESUS, Verizon, I've seen "Battlestar Galactica" and "2001" and "Terminator," ok, I KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GIVE A PHONE SENTIENCE. AND CLEARLY IT IS SENTIENT SINCE IT HAS A LITTLE RED EYEBALL. Don't doooo iiiittt, it will come alive and become an abusive boyfriend and chase away all your friends and claim that, no, no one's calling, no one loves you, even as it drops your calls into Voicemail Limbo.
See: Sentient Armor (http://pics.livejournal.com/cursor_mundi/pic/0000rh72/g15) for the comics edition and Armored Adventures (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Iron_Man:_Armored_Adventures_episodes) for the kids-safe (but still creepy) version. (It's episode 14.) PROOF!
Re: O RLY
Date: 2010-02-02 09:43 pm (UTC)Steve!Pony seldom means to get Tony!Pony into trouble. Really, it's not his fault Tony!Pony is apt to throw himself in front of the Beastie of the Week for Steve!Pony. Pepper!Pony would yell at Tony!Pony, but experience has taught her that doesn't work.
It is indeed the thought that counts, though I suspect my artistic integrity would never recover. Well, if I had any, that is. It would take some work to bend the pony legs for believable porn, but I'm sure it can be done.
Re: The Cylons: Now in your pocket
Date: 2010-02-02 09:51 pm (UTC)But— but— IT SAYS IT LOVES ME. D: IT WOULD JUST BE PROTECTIVE AND NOT WANT TO SHARE ME WITH OTHER PHONES. What if I get its little brother, the Eris? No creepy eyeball and it look significantly less likely to become sentient and rip my armor off.
Oh, Marvel, I love your canon crack so much, but how did anyone think that "YOU'RE MINE TONY!" wasn't going to translate into Abusive Boyfriend?
Re: O RLY
Date: 2010-02-02 09:54 pm (UTC)Yelling at Steve!Pony won't work, either. It's not like he lets Tony!Pony get into trouble.
...
SO does Tony!Pony build a set of sentient barding that kidnaps him?
Perhaps they're into pony play? It would be very easy to depict.
Re: O RLY
Date: 2010-02-02 10:06 pm (UTC)And of course he does. He was just hit by lightning, after all.
Pretend I never said Happily Ever After, it's Tony.The barding he was wearing is already trying to think of a way to get Tony!Pony away from Steve!Pony.It would. Especially with careful angles and props. Ohgods, I'm a horrible person.
Re: O RLY
Date: 2010-02-02 10:23 pm (UTC)Tony only ever manages Happily Until Next Time. And even then, it's more like Mostly Okay Until Next Time. The barding glowers at Steve!Pony and polishes itself in the belief that Tony!Pony will be attracted by the shiny. It's not wrong.
You can probably buy saddle and bridle accessories. *googles* Yup, you can.
Re: O RLY
Date: 2010-02-02 11:29 pm (UTC)Sometimes it's only Not Quite Dead Until Next Time. :( Tony!Pony is sadly attracted to shiny things. It's a failing. Steve!Pony puts up with it, because Tony!Pony's joy at shiny things is adorable. But when the barding hauls Tony!Pony off to a deserted island to have its way with him, Steve!Pony will have to step in and save the day. I wonder if he can hurl a shield with his teeth.
Of course you can. I would not be shocked if there's ball-gags available too. Maybe a few simple shots, and then a black page with "
TastefulFade to Black". Fresh elmer's glue would probably be pushing even this level of crack, though.Re: O RLY
Date: 2010-02-03 08:48 am (UTC)Pony!Steve can do anything. He will kick the Sentient Barding to tiny pieces.
I think you should warn for glue in a pony fic.
Re: O RLY
Date: 2010-02-03 08:53 am (UTC)Re: O RLY
Date: 2010-02-03 05:02 pm (UTC)Re: O RLY
Date: 2010-02-03 05:07 pm (UTC)And then he'll carry Tony!Pony home and take care of him some more. And Pepper!Pony will yell some more. Because these things just sort of happen.
I think so too, but it's still horribly tempting.
They ALWAYS say they love you
Date: 2010-02-03 07:37 pm (UTC)real boyfriendteammate in order to survive. But, see, the thing is, once they've started thinking on their own, they just won't stop, and sure, today it's being a bit jealous of the newest model or upgrade, but tomorrow it realizes that you keep all your phonenumbers and contacts and music and whatnot in its possession, and hey, you really are dependent upon it. POWER CORRUPTS, 'faerie, you KNOW this! I mean, look what it did to Bacon Hair, OK? Or the Cylons. It started off (in BSG 2003) as being helpful and turned into a 12 planet nuke-fest and genocide. PROTECT YOURSELF!And I firmly maintain that Quesada knew exactly what he was doing. There're these gleeful little intros at the beginning of the arc--you know, instead of saying "editor" or "artist," it's "the person who let us get away with this" and "co-conspirator" and whatnot. This would also lend authority to the "CW as messy breakup/huge relationship fight" theory. I would also like to point out that this is about the same time that The Authority started up, which in Millar's run (soo...2000, 2001?) had the team essentially encounter the Avengers...the Cap analog does BadWrong things to Apollo, and the Iron Man analog is talked out of violence by the Midnighter offering a hug and the first human contact and compassion he's had in years (implication is that he's not gonna get it on his current team). I don't think this is entirely coincidence, though perhaps The Authority drew on Quesada and not vice versa. *touches finger to nose, nods knowingly* Either way...erm, there might be an f-locked picspam (http://cursor-mundi.livejournal.com/15040.html) about how there is absolutely no way, textually, that the comparison can be avoided. (This is also the lesson I give on parallelism, btw.)