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You heard me. No way. No how. Posting to purge from my brain. Lol

(  SG-1 and Leverage, sitting in a tree, K-I-C-K-I-N-G ass and taking names... )

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)

( WTF, Eureka? )

( Leverage! )

I'm still three or four eps behind on Burn Notice and the fact that I can't work up the energy to watch them is scaring me. Oh, Burn Notice. What has happened to you this season?

So have we decided that Rizzoli and Isles is not worth an attempt? Boo!

+It's possible I just made myself cry while writing a scene. *breaks out the tissues*

+Summer is a lifetime away! Damn you, Leverage! You make me love you with your awesomeness and brilliance and joy and TEAM=DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY OF DOOM, and then leave me to live without you for months on end? WHY?

+Getting bored of Olympics. I *never* get bored of Olympics. What is wrong with me? Hm. Maybe I'd rather be watching Burn Notice. Must get hands on season 2 DVDs.

+I've started saving up Lost episodes rather than watching them as they air. That show is way too annoying to watch in one hour increments. I can appreciate it's awesomeness better in five hour chunks. (Why don't we watch all TV on DVDs instead?)

+Mmmm. Girl scout cookies. I think I'll even forgive them for the high fructose corn syrup. Just this once. *throws thin mints in the freezer*

+What in the world has happened to In Plain Sight, Eureka, Royal Pains, and Lie To Me? Dear network ptb, Making me wait a year between seasons makes me start to forget exactly why I love your show and get distracted by new shiny. Please to be adopting a predictable, regular schedule, m'kay?

+I've been watching White Collar and generally enjoying it. But there is something bugging me about it, like I feel embarrassed about liking it. Can't quite put my finger on it yet, but I'm sure it will seem embarrassingly obvious once I wrap my mind around it.

+If you're into Austen and don't mind WIPs, I'm following a fun fic over at the Pit. Miss de Bourgh in Bath. Darcy's poor cousin Anne de Bourgh leaves Rosings and finally gets her chance to actually, you know, live. Great slow awakening, and gentle evolution of Anne's decidedly warped view of the world when she finally gets to step out of Lady Catherine's dominant shadow. I'm not an expert on historical details of this period, but this fic seems to miss the major pitfalls of most Austen-era romances. At least so far!

+Speaking of Austen, nothing bothers me more than fanfic that hyper-sexualizes this period. I mean, sex between married people, whatever. (Say, Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife) But having Darcy and Elizabeth running around making out in shrubbery when they aren't even engaged, let alone married? No. (I'm looking at you, Abigail Reynolds and your Pemberley Variations.) For me the pull of Austen is the subtlety. The tension drawn so tight and subtle in glances and word play and dances and the flick of the fan. The capacity for minsunderstandings and constraints of propriety and the inability to just be able to say, "Hey, wait. I like you. A lot. Let's go out on a date." There's a place for smut, but I so appreciate the slow burn. So that when one tiny kiss or hand hold at the end finally happens, man do you feel like they've earned it.

Because I think we've had a bunch more converts, and in case you missed them as I scattered them along--here are my favorite Leverage fics. I will add them as I find them!

( Leverage Fics on my Must Be Read list... )

LEVERAGE RENEWED FOR THIRD SEASON!

Captain Tightpants Fillion on Xkcd

Castle fic, Castle and Alexis goodness!

het_reccers  A great way to find fic in new fandoms without having to dig through The Pit. Right now the challenge is to rec a het pairing not yet in their tags! Go give it a go! (I added Lorne/Novak)

OMG AND DID I MENTION LEVERAGE THIRD SEASON??!?!eleventy!1!!

ETA: Dr. Rodney McHorrible bwhahahaha

For anyone not reading the Kung Fu Monkey blog, you might be interested in this snippet from the latest post. A fan asked:

"@619: I personally HATE fanfic so I was wondering..... 1)How do YOU feel about fan fiction? 2)Does it irk you that so many people "borrow" your characters and use them in their own crappy stories? 3)Do you think of fanfic as a form of flattery? 4)Do the other writers and the actors feel the same way?"

John Rogers' answer is interesting, particularly since he has made little to no effort to hide his awareness of online fandom in general.

( Copied and pasted so you don't have to dig through the long post... )

Interesting. At once sort of very common sense, but also sort of...snide about us people wasting our time and over-inflating ourselves instead of actually doing something real (and up, apparently). But the core is really here: We write for different reasons. Very much yes. Some might argue fanfic, writing done for nothing more than personal pleasure, might be more pure because of lack of interest in profit, etc. Or I could just be over-rationalizing. Heh. Because if there is one thing true of fanfic vs. original writing, it's that there is little to no risk in fanfic writing, where silence is often the most harsh criticism you will hear. And even then, no one begrudges your right to post whatever you want.

Happiest of birthdays to my fellow ship whore binkii822, the lovely a_loquita, and beanpot, who insures I am never without interesting links, lovely fic, and proof that puppies make all the bad in the world go away. I hope you all have a great day!

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While I'm here, how about some fic recs? Not to be missed:

aurora_novarum  wrote Leverage/SG-1 crossover fic! 'Wargames' Didn't Play Out Like This. Hardison gets an unexpected close encounter with Area 52. Just so much fun. Tag to "The Three Days of the Hunter Job"

A Hand to Hold by jedibuttercup  (Eureka, Jack/Tess)
The first Jack/Tess fic I've managed to find, and it's short, but lovely. Tag to "Ship Happens"

Then, lucky us, there is birthday fic that we all get to enjoy!
Dimensionless Quantities by mrspollifax  (SG-1, Sam/Jack, adult)
A beautiful look into what it takes to be the one waiting to see if the other one is going to make it home this time. Tag to SGA's "The Return"

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Also, do you ever read a fic that is so detailed and lengthy and well written that you have a hard time not thinking of it when you once again read/watch the original source material? This is normally one of the things I love about fanfic, but this rare time I have major issues with the fic that, while being ambitious and well written and solidly plotted, simply lacks characterization I can believe in, and creates a much darker background plot to the original that sort of undermines it, and throws the main protagonist in bad light. It's a really weird side effect to reading fic, and why i rarely read fanfic for books, I think. Though that's not strictly true, as I have read more published fanfic in the Pride&Prejudice fandom than you would believe. Lol. Anyway, it's just something weird that happened to me this last week. (And it totally was not a fic in any of my usual fandoms, this what I get for straying. ;)

Dear holdouttrout send me to watch scifi_tv_addict's 'Wake Up Call" which is an awesome, hilarious, well put together vid about Teal'c not particularly dealing well with other men touching his Sam and Vala. You gotta see it! So funny.

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How about some fic recs?

Delicate Dancing by weesta_fic (Leverage, Eliot, Sophie, Hardison/Parker)
Short little look into the dynamics of all these characters. Sophie observing Eliot with Hardison and Parker. Very fun.

Just a City Boy by anr (Glee, Finn/Rachel, Finn/Quinn)
I'm still wondering how I can be so excited about fanfic for a show that's only aired one ep. Lol. But this is a great fic, dealing with Finn's crazy, confusing, frightening, and yet somehow sweet relationship with Rachel. I just hope this show can live up to the fanfic it's inspired!

And if you are somehow still not reading mhalachaiswords' Physics of the Spin, why, I  ask you? WHY? The latest chapter, Pegasus Law of Disaster, has completely blown me away and made me fall in love with the story all over again as the author deals with the impact of the bigoted, cluster-fuck-waiting-to-happen insanity that is the American Military's 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' policy. (SGA/Gilmore Girls Crossover, some Rory/John)

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aurora_novarum pointed out this awesome online comic, and the more I read, the more I  feel like I am watching my own geek life! Haha.

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I'm also enjoying reading through John Roger's posts on Kung Fu Monkey blog, lots of behind the scenes Leverage goodness!

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Oh, and random PSA  to the universe? Stories posted to LJ in multiple parts? Be a kind, thoughtful author and take the five seconds it requires to add a link to the next chapter at the bottom of each previous entry, pretty please? Otherwise the reader might not be arsed to search around your journal to find the next bit and give up trying to read it all together. Just a thought.

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So, people, what's your glee these days? How is Project More Glee in 2009 going?