Digital Eclipse

Today, I'm rambling again. This time... Werewolves! \o/ Why am I rambling? BECAUSE. :P Okay, well, honestly, it's because work is slow, and I can only do so much on Halloween plans right now. So far I have 2-ish slots remaining to figure out. There might be three fics posted next week—so much for variety. Whoops! We shall see how that goes. I have a feeling this weekend is going to be an exercise in cramming lol. I CAN DO EET.

Also, just to nudge people over to the Halloween drabble request thing. I only have two? D: This is sad. The drabbles are due to be posted on the 29th.

So! Werewolves. So many types. I'm going to use "wolves", but remember: anything that's applied to a werewolf has almost certainly been applied to other lycanthropes.
( The good, the bad, and the furry )
Did I miss any?

(flail) D: D: D: D: I finished outlining 29 scenes of possibly-plot. D: D: D: D: So I... guess this means... I'm doing NaNoWriMo next month.

(FLAIL)

What this pretty much means is that I now am in a RACE AGAINST TIME (dun dun duuuuuun) to finish up all of my danging threads of this, that and the other, and also to flesh out the notes on those 29 scenes, because that's assuming I manage 2000 word scenes, which... HA. Yeah, that's below my norm. So adding in a few scenes wouldn't be a bad thing. Also, catching up on Ults Canon is now a priority 1 concern. I have TPB 1 & 2 (\o/) (hey, that looks like wings), but I'm now on a MYSTIC QUEST for the others. I'll get 'em. (Fist Of Determination)

Halloween fic will be posted sometime closer to Halloween—I'm trying to decide if it's a trick or a treat, and the figure out what I'll do for the other option. That's also on the to-do list. (Opinions, thoughts, ideas and cookies always welcome. :D)

In the interests of getting everything done, I managed to get FIVE short fics uploaded to the fic comm. Most of them had been sitting there for months and only needed to be tweaked. (is lazy) dieewigenacht was a wonderful beta on the 3490 fics. The only things left after this are notably longer than 1000 words, and so are going to take a little longer.

Do I have an SPN & Tony fangirl in the LJ who'll look at one for me? ;a; Pleeeeeease?

Here's the list of what was posted. They'll be nudged over to their various comms probably later. The Marvel 3490 fics are in the same universe, but they're at different points in the timeline (noted in the headers). Characterization and relationship changes are very notable.

FFXII: A Call for Volunteers. The young Lord Larsa has a special trip he wants to go on. His guards are, very naturally, not pleased at this. ~1000 words, 100% OCs

Marvel 616: Both One and the Other. Steve can't choose. ~300 words of PG identity porn.

Marvel Adventures: Beginner's Mistakes. Tony gets taken hostage and the Avengers get a show. Tony is not amused. (Many of you may recognize this from a certain locked post.) ~1000 words

Marvel 3490: First Encounters. Meet Natasha Antonia "Toni" Stark. If you're lucky, you might even survive the experience. ~1000 words, genderswitch, Year 0

Marvel 3490: TMI. Steve really didn't need to hear any of this. Really. ~1000 words, genderswitch, Year 2

Flail flail angst angst is it naptime yet? (curls up in her office chair) It was cold this morning! D: That means it's this faery's hibernation time soon. Waking up is always so hard when you know it's freezing cold beyond the blankets. It's really way too easy to justify "just another five minutes", until you end up shoving a bagel in your mouth on the way out the door because you said "five more minutes" a total of six times.

Halloween cometh! And it cometh soon! Which means, costume choice time. I'm definitely doing girl!Cap (though it will have to be a variation of girl!Cap because my cousin/stylist will kill me if I bleach my hair and wigs don't get along with me). Just out of curiosity, why do girl!Cap shields fail to look remotely useful? Ideally, the shield should look concave, but have a flat back and a secret compartment for storing candy/ID/monies (assuming you have monies after spending $20 on a piece of plastic). In this scenario, bigger would definitely be better. 12"? NOT BIG ENOUGH. And it's seriously wrong that the larger version costs almost as much as the costume itself in one place, and the cheapest I've found it elsewhere is $26.99. (headdesk) Which happens to be out of stock ATM, by the by. There's a metal one for $55.99 that is only attractive because it's metal. That seems to be a "save up for" item though. *hum*

Looking at other female!hero costumes, they seem equally useless. WTF thought it was a good idea to give a Spider-Girl a skirt? Hello, webslinging anyone? Even Supergirl would be safer, since it's presumed she doesn't do many sudden turns or flips. Also, I'm finding the tagword "sassy" offensive for reasons I can't quite pin down. I feel like I should, theoretically, get a men's costume and alter it on order to make a statement, but in the end, laze wins and I'll just buy what shows up. I may end up needing to buy a bra, though, since I don't think I have one that wouldn't play peek-a-boo with 2/3 of those costumes. (shrug)

I have the incredibly powerful urge to turn Cap into a chick solely to address the costuming issue. "I am not wearing a dress. No. No. No—That's not even clothing! It's underwear! No. No. N— TONY!"

In related news, Halloween!Fics still stymied. Oi. I want to do the Ults. So so so badly. But when I ask the characters, I get a big shrug all the way around. I suppose I could take the basic idea of the Ults, edit out the How It Happens (which is what causes plot, trufax) and then run with it... probably straight into Porn. (facepalm)

I blame Tony. (points) It's his fault. He can't keep his hands to himself.

Thoughts: Should I purchase my costume in time to wear at WinCon? (muses)

LJ is slow. Work is slow. (A slow Monday, can it be true?) And I'm shivering hard enough that even my pretty rainbow wrist warmers don't make typing easier. So I figured, why not ramble a bit and give the poor people in LJ Land something to read?

And then I realized I have nothing to ramble about. D: Truly, this is a slow day indeed. So, I'm going to babble about vampires (which are always relevant to my interests, blood-sucking being what it is). This is actually kind of topical, since Halloween is just around the corner, and it's my favorite holiday.
( Because I hope this is going to be long )

In other news, I'm going back to my regularly scheduled layout. (clutches it) I need to tweak it a little one of these days... Hmmmm....

Anyone else have any Halloweeny topics they want to babble at me about?

ETA: I missed my layout! Now if only the people who inspired it would update that fic... (Lol, not likely, I know. Hope springs eternal!)