[a, miscellany] an assortment on a saturday morning

[bantha_fodder]

BSG:
I'd like to recommend One Taste of the Apple by Brynn. I hate her because she is so fucking talented. Awesome pre-series Apollo and Starbuck fic.
You know BSG has been renewed for third season, right? Of course you know, because you all watch galacticanews.

DCU:
I can't even describe how awesome this is, but if you're into DCU you should check it out.
I accidentally wrote a treatise on Gotham City and Smallville over here in Kassie's journal, which I reproduce in its entirety for you now:

I made an entire post filled with recs of fic and links to my fic some weeks back ESPECIALLY FOR YOU, so I feel my contribution to this post should consist of nothing but me rambling on about how I love Chloe and Lex and Bruce, and how Clark/Lex is just doom.

And Thus:

Chloe was made for Gotham City. She loves everything about it, from the freaky architecture to the way its villains get in amongst the mess and wear masks and are actually snobs who all have sex with oneanother. Batman is the worst of the lot, being all vigilante and holier than thou when he is CLEARLY fucking Catwoman. Years and years ago, Bruce Wayne had something (something like fucking) (in college) with Lex, but then Bruce disappeared and Lex went to Smallville, and by the time Bruce got back their interests had clearly diverged. They both wanted power, sure, but Lex was far more willing to admit it than Bruce was. Bruce started expending all his energy on cleaning up Gotham, and Lex started nobly: he wanted to clean up the world.

I got distracted. Chloe loves Gotham. She loves being a journalist there, because it's just like Smallville only it's dirtier, has no Lois and Clark, and she gets to have sex with a lot of people.

Have you read medie's post about Chloe that she made yesterday?

In conclusion, Chloe is her own woman, but one day she'll have a lot of sex with Bruce Wayne, discover his secret, and help Lex take over the world. The End.

And for those of you who are not Kassie, and so may not have been paying attention, the post I refer to above of recs and fic is here.

HP:
I hate everyone for seeing GoF before me, but it doesn't open for another two weeks here, so.
Tokyo Press Conference (also here). A whole lot of Katie and Robert and Emma. My favourites are this one and this one. Also this one and this one, because seriously. Katie is still the most beautiful person in the whole world, and I'm glad to see Katie and Robert are OTP again. Also, when LJ goes down at some point this morning, those delightful girls indilime and voodoo_in_tx will be posting updates here.
As you all noticed, yesterday I wrote some HP premiere!fic (linked for those who missed it). Where is all the rest of it? I want to read about Dan in the back of the bus, and Rupert in the toilets and Emma and just. HP FANDOM YOU ARE LETTING ME DOWN.
Also for those who missed it, my new lj layout features the Yule Ball scene from GoF, because it is AWESOME.

Miscellaneous:
There is an anthology coming out about geek life. You can still submit if you'd like.
The Female Gen ficathon. Multi-fandom. Go forth and write about women.
The Simpsons/Neverwhere crossover. No, seriously.
One of the mascots for the 2008 Olympic Games. Yesterday I watched The Cutting Edge instead of going training, because I was sick, and seriously, I need to stop watching movies where they go to the Olympics, otherwise I will make myself sick over the fact I will never get that far in my sport. Anyway, I digress, but I need an icon of this image.

Comments

[maddeinin.livejournal.com]

1. d'you want me to do a weekend GD? If I do one tomorrow evening there's not likely to be much for you on Sunday.

2. I love you for catering to all my Chloe needs. SO MUCH.

3. I have a mascot from every Olympics from 1980 to 1992. Also from most Athletics and Nordic Ski championships from same period. This is Vital Information. Yes.

4. There's been so much talk of Cutting Edge lately (well, in the last year. Like three or four mentions of it!!1!) that I feel I must rent it next weekend. I remember sort of loving it more than I felt was appropriate.

5. Did you see the Doctor Who clip thing??? (I have no idea if you're a Who fan but my squee cannot be contained)

[bantha-fodder.livejournal.com]

1. I would be so grateful if you could do a weekend GD.

2. Chloe is SO AWESOME. I love her so much. It's a shame everyone thinks she's going to die.

3. It is! I love the Olympics.

4. I know! It always surprises me the number of people who loved/love The Cutting Edge. Watching it yesterday made me want to write fic. Hot, argumentative fic, where they don't get a medal at all because of their crap performance the day before, and argue all the way back to the chalet, and then Doug won't let Kate leave because, OMG, he loves her, and then they have hot hot sex in the chalet, and then when Doug wakes up she leaves anyway. And then something else happens, I don't know what, but something, because I don't want to leave it like that, with them all sad and stuff. They deserve to be happy. The dvd is sitting in front of me, because I intend to cap it tonight in the hopes that someone with more talent than I will make icons.

5. I know that it exists, but I am waiting for my partner to wake up so we can watch it together (we are both big Dr Who fangirls).

[maddeinin.livejournal.com]

1. Will do.

2. NOOOOOH! CHLOE CANNOT DIE! Not that I'm watching, because I had to stop after the first episode with teh Marsters because he was OLD and SHORT and had a GIANT HEAD and it made me hate myself. Also, it's a really sucky show. (OMG did you see this future-ep-spoilering cap?? I am SO GLAD I'm not watching.)

[bantha-fodder.livejournal.com]

That's hysterical. I heard a rumour it's just a dream, though.

[maddeinin.livejournal.com]

I laughed for like a week. Well, actually I only saw it a few hours ago, but in a week, IT WILL STILL MAKE ME GIGGLE. It's Clark's dream, right? That would be awesome and maybe make me watch, except it doesn't explain Lex's horrified expression.

[bantha-fodder.livejournal.com]

It does if it's Lex's dream.

[maddeinin.livejournal.com]

But that's just so... boring, especially if it's a sign Lex is falling for Lana (in which case I will CRY and CUT PEOPLE).

[brynnmck.livejournal.com]

Aww, Pen. Your hatred has made my day. Thank you! :)

[bantha-fodder.livejournal.com]

*weeps*

[gobsmackit.livejournal.com]

I love posts like this. Surriously. And those Tokyo pics are awesome! They're standing so close! I need a damned Katie/Robert icon.

[bantha-fodder.livejournal.com]

I love posts like this too! This must be why we get on so well. I look forward to your posts of a similar nature (except when the links are all, "and this is awesome" and I'm all "but omg what is it!").

You should totally have a Katie/Robert icon. Do you have iconzzzz skillzzz, or should I recommend someone to you?

[gobsmackit.livejournal.com]

THAT IS HOW I LURE YOU PEOPLE IN!

...fine, point taken, I'll be more descriptive. :D

Um, my icon skills max out at levels and cropping, so a rec would be greatly appreciated. Or, I could just look at your userpics and see who made yours. So scratch that, unless there's someone who's not represented in your LJ icons. :D

[bantha-fodder.livejournal.com]

Nah, everyone who has made Katie and Robert icons is there, I think.

And now I am trying to make my own. I am FORCING myself to learn how to use the gimp properly, because, what with LJ playing up this morning, I can't afford to wait for people to make icons of Japan! Obsessed, I tell you.

[gobsmackit.livejournal.com]

...the gimp?

[bantha-fodder.livejournal.com]

It's like PSP, only it's open source.

[gobsmackit.livejournal.com]

Wow, it looks kind of cool - I may never have to depend on my brother providing me PSP illegally again. \o/, open source!