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zinke  has written cracktastic awesomeness: The Last Stand of the Morphemes (Multi-Fandom; PG-13), wherein the "United Federation of Kick-ass Female Characters" take on shippy portmanteaus. Bwahah! 

Sort of reminds me of that insanity in my journal a few years back: Never too late to jump on the cutesy train.  Fun times.

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Oh, and while I am here, something not cracktastic, but still so worth a read: 

Unhappily by lyrstzha  (Sleeping Beauty, PG-13)
I don’t care what you’ve heard; there were never any fairies involved.
An awesome retelling of the Sleeping Beauty fairytale, only this time with snark and human error and ZOMBIES. I love the narrator's voice, and the story is just great. I like that idea that when you peel behind the disney-ification of fairytales there are much darker and grittier things hidden underneath. This fic is short and fun. Definitely give it a read. And feed the author!

I did it! I finally finished reading through the 85 pages over at the Awesome Ladies Ficathon. Here's the rest of my recs!

Bible
The Apple by kitausu  (Bible, Eve)
We Laugh Indoors by martyr4mylove4u  (Bible, Lilith [/adam, /lucifer])  SO AWESOME.

Firefly
Meta (for) by yeomanrand  (Firefly, River Tam)

Friday Night Lights
There are Roads Left in Both of Our Shoes by hateable  (Friday Night Lights, Julie Taylor)

Glee
an offer of me you politely refuse by hyacinthian  (Glee, Terri) Who knew someone could make me kind of like Terri?

Harry Potter
A Poet's Spirit by mollivanders  (Harry Potter, Luna Lovegood)
It's Not a Joke by trovia  (Harry Potter, Tonks, Moody)
blow me bluebell bubbles by chaletian  (Harry Potter, Alice Longbottom)
The Black Family Garden by aplenacalle  (Harry Potter, Adromeda Black)

Inception
daytime language by rhap_chan  (Inception, Ariadne)

Mulan
My Story is Not Like Yours by moirariordan  (Mulan, Mulan)

Odyssey
Hid By Night and Every Fault Forgiven by kitausu  (Odyssey, Penelope) OMG, so awesome.

Romeo and Juliet
a fleck on my porcelain skin by martyr4mylove4u  (Romeo and Juliet, Rosaline[/Juliet]) Love.

Star Trek Reboot
The Years Pass Over You by ishie  (Star Trek, Amanda[/Sarek])
I could have danced all night (but only while high) by chaletian  (Star Trek, Winona [+team])
I remember, I remember, the house where I was born by chaletian  (Star Trek, Joanna McCoy)
You and I Are Born (Start Again, Start Again) by kitausu  (Star Trek, Winona, Winona/George)

ST: Voyager
Some Other Girl by alicamel  (ST: Voyager, Miral Paris) Oh, man. It's not easy being the daughter of heroes.

Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego
the catch is you stay and see what becomes of us by anythingbutgrey  (Carmen/Waldo) I'm not kidding, guys. read this.

Wizard of Oz
poppies stretch for days by falseeyelashes  (Wizard of Oz+ZOMBIES, Dorothy, Dorothy/Tinman) I mean, zombies. Do you need another reason?

Oh, and because I am sick like that and clearly need serious intervention, here is the list of unanswered prompts I collected along the way. I can't possibly have meant to write any of them, right? But if any spark your muse, I would be eternally grateful to read any and all of these!! :)
( Orphan Prompts Need Good Home! )

Don't know how much reading you guys have been doing over at the Awesome Ladies Ficathon, but I am in a mere 20 pages of 85(!!!!) and am already so floored by the awesomeness. I thought I would share my favorites so far. All comment length and amazing. I am sure I will be back with more.

Star Trek
Language Like Rain by raphaela667  (Star Trek, Amanda)
and keep your powder dry by penknife  (Star Trek, Gaila)
til i wake your ghost by walksbyherself  (Star Trek, Winona Kirk)

West Wing
This is Not a Short History of Feminism (it isn't over yet) by black_eyedgirl  (West Wing, CJ)
Home by tosca1390  (West Wing, Ellie Bartlett)
neighbors throwing stones by martyr4mylove4u  (West Wing, Amy Gardner)

Lord of the Rings
Hail The Queen by snowyofthenight  (Lord of the Rings, Eowyn)

Firefly
from the place it occurred by heylittleriver  (Firefly, Zoe)
your absence has gone through me by last_snowfall  (Firefly, Inara, Nandi)

Glee
What It Means To Me by bluerosefairy  (Glee, Mercedes)
Basic Equations by ts_soliloquy  (Glee, Brittany)
sometimes the american dream is written in spanglish by littledust  (Glee, Santana)
carry on, carry on by cynthia_arrow  (Glee, Rachel, Quinn, Mercedes)

Sanctuary
Jack the Ripper's Lady by velvet_midnight  (Sanctuary, Helen)

Leverage
Sync by alicamel  (Leverage, Parker)

Harry Potter
Gryffindor by uptheapples  (Harry Potter, Ginny)
On the nature of hatred and its uses by aplenacalle  (Harry Potter, Hermoine)

CSI
see, the luck i have by weatheredlaw  (CSI, Catherine)

Inglorious Basterds
smoke in the blood by lesaut  (Inglorious Basterds, Shoshanna)
the stars are made of fire by penny_lane_42  (Inglorious Basterds, Shoshanna)

omg, you guys. I'm still alive, I swear. My life has just been...insane. Work's been a whirlwind, been flying out places most weekends, got in a minor but highly aggravating and time consuming car accident, dealing with family health insanity, cat health issues, and I just...GAH. I've been lurking around a tiny bit, just trying to keep myself sane, but most things have collapsed by the way side. I feel like I've missed a thousand birthdays (yo, birthday girls, leave me a prompt, maybe that will kick my muse back into gear). And I think I owe my first born to abyssinia4077  in fannish blood payment at this point.I don't even have any energy left to flail over LJ's most recent attempt to make my fannish anonymity as tricky as possible (facebook has been completely isolated in its own dedicated web browser, I don't trust it to play well with others). Someone please tap me before we all completely abandon LJ. I don't want to miss the last boat.

I'm staring at a pile of fic that desperately needs to be finished, especially with NaNo breathing down my neck. (What is up with all these sequels? I've got the third and FINAL installment in the porn universe, I've got a mini!otp sequel (?!?!), not to mention Down Here Among the Wreckage that people must be assuming I have abandoned (I haven't, I SWEAR!). Plus, I have just finished posting my dayofindulgence  uber slavefic of doom over at ffnet. But...it sort of ends evilly and requires a sequel that I have not nearly finished yet. *is evil* (I will post said evil fic here at some point. Probably.) And let us not even speak of the Thirty Characters meme from ages ago. Oy.)

I have been stealing moments here and there late at night when I can't sleep and have been surprisingly obsessed with Star Trek Reboot fic. I know. WTH? ( Star Trek Reboot Fic Recs (Awesome Women Rule The Future) )

I am out of my mind busy at the moment, but had to stop by to drop a link to my Sam/Jack Shipper Manifesto over at het_reccers .

(Not so secret message to abyssinia4077  and rowan_d . I'm still working, I swear. If I can just survive the week. Oy.)

+The Great Porn Experiment of 2010 seems to finally be tapering off, thank god. (Damn you, porn battle!) I've started a third installment, but so far it is porn-free. Well, mostly. Lol. There's just all this...talking! I think the insanity has passed. Phew.

+het_reccers  is hosting their biannual Shipper Manifesto challenge this month. They are still accepting sign ups until the 20th! Basically you pick a pairing, write a blurb about why they are awesome, and then rec at least ten fics. I have snagged Sam/Jack and have been having a lot of fun coming up with recs and such. It's a great comm because it's the place to hit first when you have interest in a new pairing but don't even know where to start. (I still need a great Aliens Made Them Do It fic for my manifesto though. Suggestions?)

+There's great Food Makes Them Do It fic though in case you somehow missed it. Safe Distance by holdouttrout  Go read now! (Sam/Jack, Mature)

+I also read an awesome CJ Cregg runs for president with an all woman campaign team fic, but I have totally misplaced the link! Anyone? Here it is!

+Haven! I love Audrey Parker like whoa. Where is all the Audrey/Duke fic? They haz chemistry, yo. And I know this probably sounds funny coming from a ship whore like me, but I like the platonic partners relationships. Mary and Marshall on In Plain Sight used to be my favorite platonic partner couple until the show screwed that to hell. I am sure Audrey and Nathan won't last either. Lol.

+Watching Rizzoli and Isles and quite enjoying it. They are both such interesting characters!

+Saw Scott Pilgrim last night. I laughed so hard. It was really well done, but Wallace and Knives really stole the whole damn show. (Ok, time for Wallace taking Knives under his wing and taking over the world together fic.)

+Rented 'Dirty Pretty Things' last week. I mean, Chiwetel Ejiofor? I'd watch anything with him in it. Throw in Audrey Tautou, and an awesome performance by Sophie Okonedo? I mean, it was a weird movie, don't get me wrong. The whole thing was filmed like a tv commercial or something, with no music or cinematic scope, but it sort of fit the gritty subject of the underworld of illegal aliens in London. Plus, the line at the end makes the whole damn movie worth it: "How come I've never seen you people before?"  "Because we are the people you do not see. We are the ones who drive your cabs. We clean your rooms. And suck your cocks." I love it when a plan comes together.

+Finally saw the Harry Potter trailer. Holy mother of snark, is it November yet? What about now? (Wait, that would mean it was NaNo time. Eep!)

+Oh, oh, oh! And the fourth Lady Julia Grey book is coming out in October! *bounces* I haven't been excited and sitting around for a new book to be released in a while! Eeeeee!

ETA: Go offer prompts at femme_fic  quick! 

Go read openended 's Waves are Universal right now. Seriously. Long, plotty, wonderfully written, great gritty, enjoyable post-apocalyptic AR, what more could you possibly want? Oh, and lovely Sam/Jack, of course. Did I mention that part? Set some time aside and enjoy!

+ Inception was...awesome. Great characters (the most important thing, no?) and interesting world. Go see it. And then read kellifer_fic 's little ficlet 'remember how you got here' (Ariadne with bits of Ariadne/Arthur). I swear, Kellifer is just incapable of getting a character voice wrong.

+ Diana on White Collar officially wins. The end.

+ I still think people should be more amused that I think seven pages can be considered a comment fic, than the fact that I wrote pr0n.

+ I still have Jason Bourne on the brain. Granted, he's one of my Top Ten Fictional Boyfriends, but still. (I think he needs to be moved up from #9. And Peter Bishop needs to be added in. Yes.) I've been reading Bourne fic. And strangely enough, back to Bourne/Marie fic rather than Bourne/Nicki. There really aren't a lot. Here are the ones I liked:

Survivor by .unique.curious.individual. (T, Marie-centric, Marie/Bourne)
She is Marie Helena Kreutz, and she is a survivor.

Breathe by fearlessfan (T, Marie/Bourne)
Filling in the space between.

+ Another random pairing I have had one the brain is Keller/McKay. I really like the idea of this pairing. I'm not sure I was wowed with the way the relationship was pulled off on the show (the least of which was SGA's complete inability to put Keller in a dress/costume that wasn't GOD AWFUL). Someday I'd really like to write my ultimate ode to this pairing as if could have been done, but I doubt I will ever get there. McKay/Keller fic that is light on the saccharine and heavy on the action/adventure is pretty hard to come by, but I'm still searching. I've rec'd Night Ops in the past, which I still love. I found another fic that is really a Keller fic with a lot of McKay in it and potential for more, but it's a great read that does Jennifer justice and really captures the cadence of their conversation. I really enjoyed it. (Yes, I am aware it was written for a genfest, but I see UST wherever I like, thank you very much. ;)

Figurative Hell and Literal High Water by tipper_green  (PG, Keller, McKay, Team)
Rodney's desperate to save his team, and Keller's just trying to keep up, on a planet where hurricanes can last for days.

+ You all need to go read holdouttrout 's Bait of Pleasure. Don't highlight the spoilers, just read it. Trust me. I can't say anything else without ruining it.

+ I may have pulled a loose thread on a 99.9% finished fic and unraveled the whole damn thing. *frantically tries to shove thread back in place*

and lastly....wait. WHAT?

IN THE NAME OF ALL THAT IS HOLY, WHY IS JOJO's FIC NO LONGER THERE??!!?!?!? This constitutes a fannish apocalypse of untold proportions, my friends. The end is nigh. But I'm not sure I want to live in a world without JoJo fic anyway. (This had better be a temporary glitch!)

Those of you who like Jane Austen but aren't fans of WIPs, the excellent fic on ffnet that I've been following is finally complete! Check it out! Anne de Bourgh in Bath by SwordSwallower17. (PG, Anne de Bourgh/OMC)

Honest When It Counts and it's sequel Conversations in a Holding Cell by lears_daughter . These are little Leverage/Lie To Me crossovers that are made of win. Gen.

Make a Deal With God by monroeslittle (Fringe, Peter/Olivia.)
The summary kind of says it all: 
Alt!Livia doesn't like Gene, Walter only wants Peter to smile, that is not Ella's Aunt Liv, Elizabeth Bishop isn't going to pretend anymore, and somebody . . . somebody has to set the universes running right again and bring Olivia Dunham home.

An Act of Outright Stupidity by randombattlecry  (Pirates of the Caribbean, Jack/Elizabeth)
Short and perfect. Read it.

Safe in Magnetic Fields by openended  (SG-1, Sam/Jack, Alternative Realities)
Guy walks into the wrong reality, girl tries to get him home.
Angsty, real, and plausible, and oh so fascinating.

Hey, if you're a fan of Glee, you need to read these fics. The characters are so damn in character I feel like I am watching the show. So awesome.

Predators by miggy 
A little bit of everyone, but it's really Sue at her evil best.

Most Likely To Succeed by miggy 
Rachel and Kurt future friendship fic.

Oh, and if you ever wanted to read an excerpt of Sue's book "I'm a Winner, and You're Fat," she's written that too.