picspam: Pride & Prejudice (1940)

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Pride & Prejudice
Greer Garson ... Elizabeth Bennet
Laurence Olivier ... Mr. Darcy



Austen fans might be surprised that this adaptation does not have period-accurate dresses; you'd think that the costume department had raided Scarlett O'Hara's wardrobe. This would be because they actually did. (Or so the rumor goes...)

I absolutely love Greer Garson's interpretation of Elizabeth Bennet. She's so utterly self-possessed; she's mastered the art of being poised and charming while saying the most outrageous things. This started out as a picspam, but ended up including vidspam as well, because stills simply cannot do justice to this movie--the banter, oh my God the banter! ♥

( Greer Garson as Elizabeth Bennet )

This version is probably not for Austen purists. Aside from the non-period costuming, the ending also takes a number of liberties with the plot and (in one case) characterization. But for anyone who wants romantic comedy, fantastic banter, and a heroine who manages to be fierce as all hell in 20 yards of tulle and a flutter of eyelashes, I highly recommend this movie!

The movie is available as a torrent, just search! It should also be available through more legal means--I actually do possess a legal copy! ;)

Macross Frontier: Galactic Fairy [A Sheryl Nome Picsapm]

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My love for Sheryl Nome is pretty crazy. I wouldn't have loved Macross Frontier half as much as I did if Sheryl hadn't been in it. She won me over with her music and her passion for everything around her. And when she broke a little, I wanted to hug her and cheered like a crazy thing when she picked herself up and came back a little sadder but stronger. This picspam is epic and doesn't even begin to cover how awesome Sheryl is, for that you'll have to watch the anime.  

( Click for the shiny )

Fic: (Stargate Atlantis) "Schemes" - Elizabeth, Teyla

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Title: Schemes
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Rating: PG
Length: ~750
Characters: Elizabeth, Teyla
Setting: Season 3-ish
Summary: Elizabeth helps Teyla remain sneaky. Gen.

Read fic here

Badass Females Music Video

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I made a video tribute to some of my favorite tough girls in fandom - from warriors to, er, out-of-work hairdressers. ^^'

(Fake Cut)

Command (Babylon Five, fanfiction, Ivanova, rated G)

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This is my entry for halfamoon  this year, in response to queenbookwench 's prompt, Susan Ivanova--command/leadership. Six drabbles with an overarching theme...

Title: Command
Fandom: Babylon Five
Rating: G
Length: 600
Characters: Susan Ivanova
Setting: S2-S4
Summary: Five Times Susan Ivanova was in Command (And One Time She Wasn't)

Additionally, here is a link to a list of my female-centric fics for 2009, from last year's halfamoon entry to this one. Nine stories, mostly B5, mostly gen (with a little femslash scattered in there): Women of the Year

Three stories (Sentai and Dr. Who)

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Title: Steps Along the Journey
Fandom: Boukenger
Character/Pairing: Nishihori Sakura
Rating: G
Summary: Sakura reflects on her decision to join SGS. Gen fic, pre-season.


Title: Ten headings fic meme
Fandom(s): Various sentai
Rating: G to PG-13
Summary: The aim of this meme is to take the ten fic genre headings and write a paragraph or so in each style. Usually I stay within a fandom for this but it was fun to just make it about the girls across sentai instead. :) There's a couple of gen drabbles but it's mostly femmeslash.


Title: The Continuing Adventures of Winifred and Ancelyn
Fandom: Dr. Who (7th Doctor). Post-Battlefield.
Characters/Pairing: Winifred Bambera/Ancelyn
Rating: G
Summary: In which Bambera's life is hard and Ancelyn does not help.

Fic: Small Umbrella (Fullmetal Alchemist, Mei)

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Title: Small Umbrella
Author: tiamatschild
Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist
Rating: K
Characters: Mei, Xiao Mei
Summary: A girl and her panda talk ethical philosophy.
Warnings: None.
Notes: Written for cornerofmadness’s Impromptuthon prompt: Mei, “Means to an end”.

( Small Umbrella )

Harry Potter Drabble: Matrimony

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Title: Matrimony
Author: nancybrown
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Ginny, Harry
Rating: G
Summary: Drabble. It's a long shadow.

Fic: Before Beginning, Prepare Carefully (Lam/Vala pre-slash)

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Title: Before Beginning, Prepare Carefully
Fandom: SG1
Author: bluflamingo
Pairing: Lam/Vala pre-slash/friendship
Rating: G
Word count: 2741
Summary: Literally, a story about kittens (of both the cat and the rabbit variety).

Author's notes: This weaves around 5 ways Vala surprised her team-mates; the title is a quote from Marcus Tullius Circero

Before Beginning, Prepare Carefully

fic: "No Place For A Lady" [24, Renee Walker]

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TITLE: No Place For A Lady
AUTHOR: tielan
SUMMARY: With a gun pointed between her eyes, Renee Walker discovers she has regrets. In spite of them, she's ready to die.
RATING: PG-13
SPOILERS: 8.05 - Day 8: 8:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
DISCLAIMER: Are Jack and Renee having sex yet? Other than the mad crazy eye sex thing? Okay, so they're not. Which means I don't own these characters and am just playing with them for my shits and giggles. Trufax.
NOTES: Prompt #1 in my 'female characters of fandom' celebration for halfamoon: "never really existed"

You might as well kill me now because this deal is the only thing I have.

Fic - Tattered Hearts, Fullmetal Alchemist

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Tattered Hearts
Author – cornerofmadness
Disclaimer- all rights belong to Arakawa
Fandom – Fullmetal Alchemist
Characters - Chris and Roy Mustang
Timeline – pre-series
Warnings – Spoilers for Roy’s relationship to Madam Christmas and spoilers for the third profiles book
Summary – She would have to take care of him now
Word Count – 800
( Tattered Hearts )

Offering for Day 11

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Title: Stars
Author: A. Magiluna Stormwriter
Email: stormwriter@shatterstorm.net
Rating: PG13
Pairings: Ellen Tigh/Elizabeth Corday, mention of Ellen Tigh/Saul Tigh
Date: 11 February 2010
Word Count: 416
Written for: licenseartistic
Prompt: February 2010 :: We do not love people because they are beautiful, but they seem beautiful to us because we love them – Russian proverb.
Written for: halfamoon 2010
Recipient: shatterpath
Prompt: 7 and 9 (giggle, snort) are watching the stars. What do they tell them?
Summary: A little alcohol, two beautiful women, and the stars.
Spoilers/Warnings: Consider this pre-BSG & totally AU for ER…
Website: ShatterStorm Productions – Frisked & Conquered
Link to: http://f-n-c.shatterstorm.net/
Archive: ShatterStorm Productions only…all others ask for permission & we'll see…

Disclaimer: "Battlestar Galactica," the characters, and situations depicted are the property of Ron Moore, David Eick, SciFi, R&D TV, Sky TV, and USA Cable Entertainment LLC. This piece of fan fiction was created for entertainment not monetary purposes. Previously unrecognized characters and places, and this story, are copyrighted to the author. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author. This site is in no way affiliated with "Battlestar Galactica," SciFi, or any representatives of the actors whose characters are involved.

Disclaimer: “ER”, the characters and situations depicted are the property of Warner Bros. Television, Amblin Entertainment, Constant C Productions, NBC, etc. They are borrowed without permission, but without the intent of infringement. This site is in no way affiliated with "ER", NBC, or any representatives of the actors. This site contains stories between two mature, consenting adult females.

Author’s Notes: This is a crack!fic. 'Nuff said. I really don't know HOW I got this particular story out of these two women, or how I even thought I could make this not really crack-y. And the sad part? I almost kind of want to continue this AU… Almost.

Dedication: My muses, because they always pull thru in the end…

Beta: shatterpath

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"Stars"
By A. Magiluna Stormwriter


A little alcohol, two beautiful women, and the stars.

Picspam: The Awesome Ladies Of Princess Mononoke

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There are a lot of really great Ghibli movies, but I decided to focus on this one in particular for a picspam. The reason behind this is Lady Eboshi. ( My reason are spoiler-y so they're behind a cut )

Having said that, this picspam ended up being San-centric.

Warning: Spoilers for the movie.

(Nago fled and the darkness took him. I remain and contemplate my death...)