Picspam: Parker (Leverage)

[harriet-spy.livejournal.com]

I'm a bit behind on Leverage episodes, but I did want to post something Leverage-related, so...Parker! "Ten pounds of crazy in a five-pound bag." Feral tomboy thief who finds most human behavior stupid and inexplicable, and her facial expressions show it. Love of her life: cold hard cash. She doesn't even like to spend it! This is not a role typically cast with a woman, which is one of the reasons I love her. (And while she has a thing tentatively going with the geek on the team, I think there are great femslash possibilities with the glamorous grifter...)

( I take that personally. )

Icons: Battlestar Galactica (2003)

[50mm.livejournal.com]

Hello again! Tonight I bring a large batch of Battlestar Galactica icons, 60 altogether, of various characters.

~ please credit 50mm in your userpics keywords
~ do not hotlink!
~ please do not alter; textless icons are not bases
~ comments make me happy :)

preview...


( so say we all )

Picspam: Fiona (Burn Notice)

[autumnjoy.livejournal.com]

Burn Notice's Fiona Glenanne tends to shoot first and ask questions later. She may love to shop, but she can also mix up explosives in the kitchen the way some people can mix up cakes.

( How's it coming, Fi? // Dangerous... unstable. Remind you of anyone? )

Fic: Cmdr. in Chief, Firefly, Forever Knight, Harry Potter, Hex, Will & Grace.

[fickitten.livejournal.com]

I don't usually rec my own stories, but I wanted to contribute something to this awesome challenge and I only discovered it today! If I'm lucky, I'll be able to write something new and squeeze it in before tomorrow, but just in case I can't, these are a few of the fics I've written that are female-centric.

Some femslash, some not; some old, some from the last few days :)


Reflections (Commander in Chief, Jayne-centric)
Your inner child wants to cry and protest the actions you've taken and the people you side with, but your older self has long since locked down your allegiances. 819 words.

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Inevitable (Firefly, Inara/Nandi)
Nandi smiles in a way that doesn't reach her eyes and lays her fingertips against Inara's cheek. Nandi's touch still makes her skin tingle and Inara steps forward to close the distance between them, her hands resting at Nandi's waist. 2,421 words.

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Unfinished Business (Forever Knight; Natalie, Janette)
Janette places her glass on the table and moves to sit next to Natalie on the couch. It was Natalie's choice to hide her transformation from them but Janette knows from experience that never-ending life can get boring without companionship, and this woman has always intrigued her. 1,000 words.

Hiding Out At The Raven (Forever Knight; Natalie, Janette)
Natalie gives her a thoroughly exasperated look, which Janette counters with her best imitation of an innocent smile, sipping her blood wine and waiting patiently. 3,202 words.

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People Only See What They Expect (Harry Potter, Lily/Narcissa *NC-17*)
They aren't good for each other, she and Lily; or rather, Lily's good for her, she's just not so good for Lily. Before her, Lily was the embodiment of red and gold, but now the colours don't suit her -- clash where before they blended -- and yet she isn't anywhere near cold enough, or dark enough, for green and silver. 2,197 words.

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Figuring Out A Path (Hex, Thelma/Cassie, Thelma/Ella)
Ella talks about resurrecting Cassie as though it'll have no impact on either of your lives. As if she doesn't understand what kind of position it automatically puts you in, even though you know that she does; that she must do, has to. 1,372 words.

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Appearances Are Deceiving (Will & Grace, Grace/Karen)
Appearances can be deceiving, and no one understands this better than Karen, who's been deceiving people for longer than she can remember. That 'as long as she can remember' only goes as far back as yesterday has something to do with that, but even if she could remember last week clearly, it wouldn't change her basic belief that she's still right. 1,000 words.

Something Like That (Will & Grace, Karen-centric)
Karen would love to pretend she doesn't remember what her childhood was like but, despite the drugs and alcohol, those memories remain persistently clear. 1,728 words.

Leverage Fic: Hoarding That Sky (Sophie & Parker)

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Title: Hoarding That Sky
Author: voleuse
Fandom: Leverage
Characters: Sophie & Parker
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Not mine.
Summary: And a jingly tune has smothered the wee abattoir in my heart.
Notes: Set after "The Juror #6 Job"

LINK: 661 words

Story Rec: As The Starling Said (long version) (Mansfield Park, Mary/Maria, R)

[hafital.livejournal.com]

I had plans to write and make icons and do other fun stuff for halfamoon, but real life intervened in specatularly dramatic fashion. So, all I have time for is a story recommendation:

As The Starling Said (long version) by mctabby
Jane Austen, Mansfield Park, Mary Crawford/Maria Bertram (Rushworth)


This story is the story I've been waiting for since I first read Mansfield Park ages ago. It is my opinion that Mansfield Park is Austen's greatest novel -- it's not her most brilliant, nor her most favored, it's not even my favorite. But it is wonderfully uncomfortable, her best writing (imo), and the must unvarnished and difficult of her novels. And no less so for her female characters, flawed in very real and honest ways, and incredibly shaped by their environment and society. I get into arguments with other women all time defending Mary Crawford and Maria Bertram, and to a lesser degree Fanny Price and Julia Bertram as well. People are bound and determined to dislike them, but I feel if you peel away the layers in Mansfield Park, one can find a wealth of information about what it means to have been a women in Regency England, how greatly our current society and female interactions are still influenced by the past, and also the quiet horror of having no real choice and no real say or control over one's life.

Anyway, I can go on and on about Mansfield Park, but instead I'll step back and let this really fabulous story do the work. :D If you want further reading, Minerva has a fabulous post about Mansfield Park here.

Icons: Halo, 11th Hour, ST:TNG, SGA

[yappichick]

70 icons total: 40 Halo Icons, 5 Eleventh Hour, 15 ST:TNG icons, 10 SGA icons
--Comments are awesome! :D


         

The rest are here.

2 fics: Batman Begins; Battlestar Galactica

[schiarire.livejournal.com]

These are fics I wrote which are not new but which I think are appropriate for halfamoon. I do wish I had new things written just for halfamoon -- anyone for a drabble-off? I'd definitely be up for it!

For now, though, here's what I have already:

+ Rachel Dawes (Batman: The Dark Knight) -- The Chances -- AU -- 2119 words

He was in the room when the best-loved, best-looking, best-hearted D.A. Gotham City ever had opened her unbandaged eye and said, "Bruce, I can see you pacing."

+ Laura Roslin (Battlestar Galactica) -- A Philosophy of Right -- backstory -- 1132 words

Ethics sounds like (mathem)atics because the two are alike.

Icons: Alias, CSI, Due South, NCIS, Stargate, West Wing

[nomadicwriter]

68 icons in total: 20 Alias, 4 CSI, 4 Due South, 12 NCIS, 8 Stargate SG-1, 8 Stargate Atlantis, 12 West Wing.

Samples:



The rest are at my journal here.

Comments are appreciated, but I'm not particularly fussy about being credited.

FIC: Forever Knight, Smallville, The X-Files, The Border

[abby82.livejournal.com]

I had fully intended to create some new stuff but alas that was not to be. Instead I offer a few of my female centric fics.

Rogue Vampire
[Forever Knight, Janette, Alyce Hunter, 2941 words]
an unlikely fledgling vampire requires Janette's immediate attention


Man Bites Dog
[Smallville, Lois Lane, 976 words]
one fantastical headline, a grouchy editor, and an aspiring journalist all in one room.


Cutthroat Business
[Forever Knight, Janette, 834 words]
An unconventional evening for a Toronto realtor and his mysterious client. Origin story for a certain Toronto club.


Crackerjack
[The Border, Maggie Norton, 624 words]
"Her interrogation skills are legendary; she once reduced a vicious serial killer to a sobbing six year old, begging her forgiveness."


Nacida y criada
[The X-Files, Monica Reyes, 968 words]
Mexico was always home. It called to her.

Fic: The Education of Donna Noble (DW/TW)

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Title: The Education of Donna Noble
Author: amand_r
Fandom: Doctor Who/Torchwood
Characters: (alphabetically) Donna, Eleven, Gwen, Ianto, Jack, Jenny, Martha
Timeline: Almost immediately after Journey's End.
Author's Notes: Does anyone get out of this fandom without doing this theme? Also, for some reason, in my TW future, Ianto leads TW London. Dunno why, but every fic, there he is. Also, I stole terminology from Firefly. Also, I seem to have a love affair with Jenny.
Summary: They'd all made a pact. They'd never actually said anything concrete about it, just a quiet conversation that had contained a few sharp glances, nods, two pair of eyes locking into place like the slip of tumblers in a lock. Oh, and a load of Chinese take-away.

Audiofic: A life of joy and peace (Martha Jones)

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I didn't have time to write the ficlets I wanted, so this is a new podfic of one of my Martha stories.

Title: A life of joy and peace [link to text]
Author/Reader: jadesfire2808
Fandom: Doctor Who. Set between 'The Sound of Drums' and 'Last of the Time Lords'
Rating: PG
Pairing: Gen
Length: 13:05 mins / 5.25 MB
Link: Megaupload

Summary: In the ruins of the world, Martha walks. But sometimes, she has to stop.

Self-Plug: Final Fantasy VII, Rome, Spider-Man, Smallville, Silent Hill, Star Wars, X-Men

[bofoddity.livejournal.com]

So, since everybody is sharing their stuff, I though I'd share some of mine too. Most of my stories tend to be ficlet/drabble-length due to my amazing ability to concentrate, but hopefully there's something to enjoy. English isn't my first language, so there might be some odd quirks.

Sometimes I Hear My Voice
Final Fantasy VII, Tifa.
After Nibelheim, Tifa learns to live again.

Three Incidents In Which Cloud Isn't The Hero
Final Fantasy VII, Tifa/Aeris. AU. Mild sexual content.
Three ways Tifa and Aeris could have met.

Mo(u)rning Will Come
Final Fantasy VII, Tifa/Aeris. Ficlet-length, mild sexual content.
Tifa, Aeris and a moment in the dark.

A Shadow Is Cast
Final Fantasy VIII, Rinoa. Drabble.
"It's just a painting.

Forge Anew
Final Fantasy IX, Beatrix/Steiner.
Steiner, Beatrix, first date. Starting new lives.

Rest beneath the cut.

( Rome, Spider-Man Movieverse, Silent Hill, X-Men )

Doctor Who fanart

[alias_sqbr]

Hello!
Every time I've come across this comm my train of thought has been "That's a great idea! What would I post to that? I could do that Martha fanart I've been pondering! No, I don't have time to draw :(. But.." and then I decided to walk away before my muse got violent.

Well, today, with hardly any time to spare for the challenge, my muse won and I drew the picture, even though I REALLY didn't have the time :)

Martha Jones on a stroll.

Because everyone else got to dress in pretty period costumes (the stuff she wore in "Human Nature" was too plain and sensible)

And now that I can read the comm without any danger of being bitten by the art bug I shall go peruse your archive :)

Fic: "Daughters" [Naruto]

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Title: Daughters
Author: redbrunja
Fandom: Naruto
Rating: PG
Author’s Note: written for halfamoon  and rilina_fic .
Summery: "Tsunade learned all her best jutsus on the battlefield." Tsunade and her daughters.

Daughters

Everyday Ghosts, Fiction, The X Files, Dana Scully

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TITLE: Everyday Ghosts
AUTHOR: memories_child
FANDOM: The X Files
SPOILERS: William
RATING: PG
CHARACTER/PAIRING: Scully
WORD COUNT:
DISCLAIMER: They're not mine, I'm borrowing them. But CC, if you're reading this, I could do with a job...
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( Friday the 13th, when she was younger, was about black cats and halloween. )