I wonder if I could just eat the raspberry leaves right out of the bag

[sabinelagrande]

1. Did you ever have a day where you tried and tried to write, where you wanted to write, but everything you wrote came out stilted and wrong (for the LOVE OF FUCK, I had to rewrite that sentence three times)?

I keep flashing back to my old accompanist; bless her, she really didn't handle the English language or departmental drama real well, so she'd bitch to me about it constantly, since I was the One Sane Man of the voice majors (which is why I have a BA in anthropology). And when she'd get really pissed off, she'd pull at her hair and shout, "This is so suck!"

That's what I feel like today.

1a. Fed up with writing; will produce only Sheppard macros (for he is much like a cat) from now on.

1b. Despite that, I did actually write a little something today, wherein Rodney is a big drama queen and John is long-suffering. Sandwiches are involved. And while you're there, check out the other comments for further awesome. Oh- and I also pinch hat for remixthedrabble, and when you see it, all of you will TOTALLY AND IMMEDIATELY KNOW that I wrote it. Just sayin'. The other three, maybe not so much, but this one might as well have my username all over it.

2. Remind me when I'm feeling less bitchy that I want to do a big thinky meta post about genderswap, mpreg, noncon (the h/c flavor, not the "I'm going to stop pretending people don't get off on this/whoops it was really consent play, lol" kinds), what they say about fandom, and why they can be tools for good rather than overblown angst and OOC behavior.

3. In the category of new shit you should read, Life, the Universe, and Everything is absolutely adorable.

3a. In the category of old shit you should read, I finally read Rebuilding Babel, and holy damn, it's a long time since a fic knocked me on my ass like that one.

3b. Lately, I've been in the mood for a long hard read. I mean, I've got a whole epic-length tag on delicious, but if there's anything I haven't got that you think I should read, hit me up. No character death or unequivocally tragic endings, plz, but h/c wouldn't be amiss; I particularly like the ones where somebody ends up getting fucked up by an Ancient device. McShep preferred, though if you know of any good long Weir/Zelenka or Phoenix/Edgeworth (Ancient devices not necessary, obvs, but certainly welcomed), that would be excellent.

4. For the past three days, I've had a loop of Like a Boss, I'm On a Boat, Too Many Dicks, and Single Ladies stuck in my head.

I totally and utterly blame ontd_startrek.

5. Oh, oh, quick, somebody remind me- what episode is it where Rodney gets shot in the ass and we see his lemony boxers?

Comments

[gaffsie.livejournal.com]

3B: This is my epic (http://delicious.com/Gaffsie/epic) tag. I have other long stories tagged with just the wordcount (http://delicious.com/Gaffsie/50000w%3C100000w) because they didn't register as epic with me. ;)

5: Hmm, Sateda?

[sabinetzin]

5. Aha! Right on the nose.

[beccastareyes]

I know the idea of 'what would happen to a seemingly modern society and 'normal' couples if both sexes could get pregnant?' is moderately interesting to me, not so much for Babies! but because a lot of our family structure is still built on the assumption about women carrying the babies. (It also should affect views on homosexuality.)

[clavally.livejournal.com]

I find it entirely improbable you have a link to a fic by Shaenie and it wasn't Indellible (http://shaenie.livejournal.com/332275.html). Go read!

Also, you should read everything that Auburn has written, starting with In the City of Seven Walls" (http://wraithbait.com/viewstory.php?sid=12047&warning=12), but only if you were serious about a long read, it's a little over 171,000 words.

There's probably more I could link you to, but right now I have to murder a dog for waking me up after only have 3 hours of sleep.

[sabinetzin]

I keep meaning to read In the City of Seven Walls and then forgetting about it. I've already read Ardhanarishvara, which is even longer, but OMG, so worth it.

::runs off to read Indellible::

[coffeesuperhero.livejournal.com]

Did you ever have a day where you tried and tried to write, where you wanted to write, but everything you wrote came out stilted and wrong

YES. YES. THIS. FOR THE LAST, LIKE, TWO WEEKS. FOR THE LOVE. WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME.

This is so epically suck.

[bironic.livejournal.com]

1. A day? I live for the days when I'm not stuck like that.

[pslasher.livejournal.com]

Hello! Rebuilding Babel knocked me on my ass too, it was so very good. You should absolutely read Indelible by Shaenie, it's one of the most brilliant fics I've ever read.

If you like BDSM fics you shouldn't miss the General & Dr. Sheppard series by Xanthe, with the prequel Coming Home, and sequel Hiding in Plain Sight. They are epic, exciting, and full of love. Links here: http://www.xanthe.org/NCIS/hips/hipstitlepage.htm

I keep my long fics under this tag: http://delicious.com/PhantomSlasher/long

Hope you don't mind me popping in!
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