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... )

( 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.

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

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. ;)

PEOPLE. There was only one Sam/Jack fic posted to LJ over the last week. And it was a chapter of a WIP. I mean, as much as I appreciate my debrief tagging job being so easy, I'd really rather have a crap load of FIC. (Hey, turn your pointed stares somewhere else, those hurt!)

In related news, I should never have mentioned that I was working on the next installment of the DC Series. I haven't written a single word on it since that day. You think I would have learned by now. Which is why I won't mention that I've been working on something else--D'OH.

I've noticed a distinct difference in my Stargate reading habits vs. my Leverage reading habits. In Stargate, I have always turned to fic to read what I don't get on the show, primarily shippy stuff. I didn't really want anymore episode, team type stuff, because I got that on the show, right?  Yet, with Leverage, I don't really have any interest in purely shippy fic, because that ship is getting in the way of my team! I just want more show, more teamy, dorky, cheesey, have no sense of personal space team fic. I don't want angst, or introspective stuff. I just want MY TEAM, people!  Which is sort of strange for me and certainly a change.

In other news, ( I have been watching the commentaries on Leverage season 1 DVDS... )

My LOCI obsession seems to have died a quick and inexplicable death. I'm still scratching my head over that one. I feel like I must have taken a wrong turn somewhere.

And I finally saw the Harry Potter movie and have once again found myself reading a lot of HP fic.  Highlights:
And the Clock Ticks by Lirazel (Molly Weasley, beautiful angst)
Multiplicity by Lirazel (Trio, gen)
sweet and half forgotten by She's a Star (Harry/Ginny, missing scene from DH)
Harry Potter and the Insert Title Here by opalish (Harry/Ginny, CRACK, humor)

That's all from my schizo fannish brain. Laters.

I keep telling myself to make a master fic rec list, but then I sit there for a little while and it's just an overwhelming prospect. Maybe I'll save that for when I need to procrastinate on my next ficathon. (Oh yes, you heard me. I'm signing up for the rarepairings ficathon even if it kills me. I'm a glutton for punishment!!!)  But, fic recs. Yes. This is why we are here.  Ahem. Just a few today.

More Than This by 6beforelunch  (SG-1, Daniel/Vala, Cam/Carolyn, Apocafic, PG-13)
Apocafic! Yay! And add this fic as another one of the few--Daniel/Vala that I believe. I love Vala's POV, the snippets of their lives post-Ori take over of Earth, and most of all, a Daniel who has lost his original team, and who is more than a little lost and angry about that. Wonderful.

The Greatest Exception by gabolange  (SG-1, Sam, Team, Jack/Sam, PG-13)
This is "Four Times Sam and Jack Didn't Get Married, and One Time They Did." While centering around the relationship of Sam and Jack, and the various permutations that could have happened, this is a Sam fic that highlights her relationship with all of the people in her life.  Great Cam, Vala, Teal'c, and Daniel voices as a bonus to an otherwise fulfilling fic that will make you cry and laugh and sigh with stupid cute appreciation. I am most impressed by how plausible each and every situation is.

Butterfly Kisses by annakarrennina  (SG-1, Sam, Jacob, Sam/Jack)
Because I have been in a 'Threads' mood lately, here is an oldie but goodie. *sigh* If only annaK still wrote for SG-1.

The Pants Chronicle by syxp  (SG-1, Sam/Jack)
The commentfic Queen strikes again. Drink warning on this one, folks. Don't read unless uncontrollable laughter won't get you in trouble. You've been warned.

A Time to Heal by wildcat88  (SGA, McKay/Keller)
Set during "The Last Man", this fic offers us the build up of Rodney and Jennifer's relationship that we didn't get in the ep.

How to Win Friends by scarletts_awry  (Leverage, Hardison, Nate, Team)
I love, love, love the Hardison voice in this fic. Everyone is at their absolute best. (omgalmostleveragetime!!!!!)


eta: I've also updated the clicheathon masterlist of commentfics. Be sure to check them all out!

Like most I have reached terror level red with all the ficathons.  Why do I do this to myself?

Mostly, though, I have been suffering from major writing burnout.  Not too surprising, I guess, the way I was punching out a new chapter a week there for a while.  But, yeah. Burned. Out. (Just in time for the ficathons.)  What's interesting is that when I get burned out I walk away from fandom as a whole for a while (a very short while, granted), and then I wander back, and generally start reading voraciously again until I get to the point that I feel like writing again.  I actually read very little fanfic these days, never wandering outside my fabulous flist, but every once and a while I get in one of those great reading phases where I consume fic like no tomorrow. Some new stuff, but also a lot of revisiting old favorites.

A partial reading list of what has grabbed my attention this week. (All Sam/Jack)

Noticing by Claira.
This is classic team Sam/Jack UST at it's best. I love how this one short fic can ecapsulate so many of the things I love about this USTy pairing, and fits so well with the way I see them in my head.

Out Go The Lights by pepper_fieldI'm surprised I haven't read a hole in this fic yet. It doesn't matter how many times I read it, it always hits home for me. Sam and Jack and storage closets. What else could a fangirl need?

And one I hadn't read before, Let Go and Hold On by Rachel500, which is a long nice read about SG-1's final mission together and how quickly everything tumbles apart. Nice look at all the changes after season 8 and before season 9 and the political in-fighting and Landry adjusting to his new command. And, of course, Jack and Sam trying to get their stupid cute act together.

I also read a lot of other things I'd never read before, but...yeah. I'm trying to pretend I hadn't.

Oh, and a Leverage rec just for kicks.  We're All Mad Here by entangled_now. Gen. Short and sweet and totally awesome. (And why am I so hopelessly inlove with Eliot's view of everyone? I just am.)

The Underwire Job by brown_betty  (Hardison/Parker)
Parker decides she wants to have sex with Hardison, so what does she do? Enlists the incredibly reluctant Eliot as her expert. Together they turn it into a job that is absolutely hilarious. Parker is pitch perfect and the Eliot POV is just out of this world wonderful. Hilarious and stupendous all around.

Sometimes by circadienne  (Hardison/Parker)
Parker dates sometimes. Short, sweet, and the last line just nails it. Great Parker voice.

I could resist no longer.

Teasers:


The rest over here.