#elizaria

[elirandom]

20 questions for fic writers

stolen from @lamardeuse back in 2023 and languishing in my drafts forever

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

39

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

124,445

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Right now I'm adding notes to a possible Soapghost fic, I've ideas for an H50 fic I never know if it'll see the light of day, and bits and pieces of unfinished things in every fandom I ever been in i think.

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

I've yet to be the king of my castle (911, Buck/Tommy)

On this road I'm crawling (H50, McDanno)

Cause I keep runnin' from my heart (H50, McDanno)

I want to hurry home to you (NCIS LA, Sam/Callen)

Playing favourites (Torchwood, Jack Harkness/Ianto Jones/Gwen Cooper)

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

Of course! Why? Because it's fun, I might be late replying because of handwave everything in my life rn

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

An old Torchwood, Jack Harkness/Ianto Jones, MCD fic; As I die (Reaping through the truth, Life becomes untrue)

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Difficult question, but possibly Cause I keep runnin' from my heart.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Lol no. I'm not the type of writer people get up in arms about, I'm the casual read when you're scrolling a tag

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

I'm so tame these days I hardly reach the Explicit rating. But there's bdsm, blood play etc back there since I used to write Spike/Angel and Riddick AUs.

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?

I've a couple I think, the one I remember is Torchwood/Angel the series.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Doubt it

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Once! That was so cool actually.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Yeah, nothing saved but back in Livejournal days and before that on message boards rooms, kinda like discord.

14. What’s your all time favorite ship?

Writing wise I think Spike/Angel, it used to be so easy to write a ficlet here and there. They've got such massive shared history to dig into.

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

The Dom/Brian werewolf AU. There's also a Spike/Angel that's nearly finished and something gets stuck every time I try and finish it. But hey, I finished my NCIS LA fic series, it only took me 10+ years so who knows. I just need my brain back, there's too much in ny life rn.

16. What are your writing strengths?

Character's voices? I have no idea but that's how every story starts in my head, these dialogues that I then have to build around which isn't my strong suit. But just cause I feel like I've got their voices right doesn't mean they ring true in someone's else's ears.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Plotting and research. The overarching idea for a giant plot always falls apart on the nitty gritty for me. Either I lose momentum and start hating the story, or the nitty gritty becomes like reading a factual add-on. And research stumps me because see previous, I've a hard time picking out what the reader's need to follow along the story and not take them out of the story with too many facts.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

I don't know if I ever have?

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Pitch Black I think. Or Angel/Spike.

20. Favorite fic you’ve written?

I still think the old SGA McShep ficlets Rainy days/When the rain lets up but that could be because it was such good fun to be apart of that fandom and I remember enjoying writing that.

[momo-de-avis]

Lista de alguns dos nomes mais "interessantes" que encontrei até agora em registos

É longa, fica abaixo da linha

Vou actualizando à medida que prossigo na pesquisa. Divirtam-se.

Cesinado

Benevenuta

Barliza Anastácia Melchiade

Escholástica (nome extremamente popular)

Romualdo Ricardo

Bebianda

Elizaria

Simpliciano

Eufrázia Maria Joaquina

Brianda

Sempriano

Gatinar

Podenciana

Ethelinde Gracietti (não, não era italiana)

Ubaldina

Clemencia Rosa Cigarro

Basalisa

Nicolina

Lbertário

Sinfrónio

Izidora Mónica (em 1864)

Valdomiro

Corália

Romesito

Afonso Henriques Gama de Jesus (de longe o mais patriota que encontrei)

António Miguens Nabo

Nominata

Supriano

Orminela

Carolenta

Presilenta

Clarimundo

Premitivo

Chrizagno (super popular numa terra, não me lembro agora onde)

Portásio

Joaquim Ferreira Matafome

República de Carvalho (sim, apareceu depois de 1900)

Mamerta

Melitão

Ximenas

José dos Papos

[zero-insignificance]

DND RECAP: Self Reflection

Cast Includes: Rose the DM, Yours truly (Bob and Alfie), Cream (Cassiandris and vice DM), Rascal (Zara and the Cat Girls), Brick (Truk and Bragar) and Digi (Mark of Haus Brisket)

First of all ALFIE GOT A REDESIGN!

Elizaria entrusts Astrea’s soul in Alfie’s care. He steven universes it to his pocket dimension. He has so many precautions. One of which is a pendant he left with La’far that he has to say a code word to gain access to. The code word is “Home diggity doggy doo” and Alfie hates saying it. She thinks it’s funny. The pendant isn’t required to enter his soul chamber. It is required to leave.

Zara stumbles over the sewer grate leading to her tunnels and Cassiandris asks one of us to lift the lid.

Bragar tries to pick it up with one hand, and fails. Alfie is like “dammit lift with your knees not your back” and Bragar lifts with both hands and his knees and succeeds.

Cassiandris sent out a duplicate ahead of the party.

As far as Zara and Truk are aware the only things done to the catacombs are renovations.

The walls are lined with skulls

And there’s a door.

And Zara can hear hearts beating and machinery churning.

*whirl churn whirl churn whirl churn*

And she opens the door and we see a machine

And Zara is overwhelmed with the power of 3 demigods.

Zara is terrified. This is the handiwork of The Lady. She lurches away.

Alfie softly goes “oh” and Zara shouts for Alfie to come over to her and he guides her through some breathing exercises.

And after pulling herself together she examines the machine. And she sees the remaining siblings cut apart and fused into the machine. Still alive. This is the divinity machine.

“She always talked about it… The divinity machine. I never thought she’d do it…”

Like this.

Alfie and Bob are examining it in an autistic clinical sense. Bob especially loves finding out how stuff works and he is fascinated in a morbid grotesque way.

We’re told to role perception. And those who get above a 20 see the massive mirror on the eastern wall. Zara investigates the mirror and is told to roll investigation. Nat 20. There’s nothing wrong. Except for her face. They’re not showing any emotions.

Zara tries to move forward and Cassiandris grabs her. Cassiandris’s reflection isn’t moving Cassiandris smacked the mirror with her sword. The mirror is shattered Rose: I so love it when you help me, Soda.

And Alfie face palms so hard it knocks his hat off. Bob took off one of his pins. Alfie pockets his hat and pulls his hair into a messy but still aesthetic bun (He’s been letting his curls grow out for the last 50 years so it’s down to his booty). This way Bob and Alfie both can tell they are them.

The clones have such names as “not zstinky” for Zara, “Fake Twink” for Bob, “Merk the merkenary” for Mark, “Alphie” for Alfie, “Trucker” for Truk, “Plastic Bag” for Bragar, and “fake Card” for Cassiandris on the owl bear map.

Mark tackles Merk into another room and they’re just aura farming. Mark is critiquing Merks fighting style. (digi couldn’t attend session 2 of the fight) Cassiandris uses her new magic item. And Fake Twink and Merk have slow cast on them.

And Cassaindris shreds her clone as Bob does the guitar riff from thunderstruck and we watch as the false cassy shatters into glass.

Not Zara sees this and gears up a 8th level spell. Everyone hears something tailored to them. Bragar hears screams of the fallen soldiers of Russia. And it is crushing. He’s the only one to fail.

Alfie hears the screams of the last attack on Ponyville Bob hears discord’s voice saying that he’s disappointed in him. Bob flips off the smoke. Truk is hearing the sounds of his parent’s screams.

We hear the sound of glass cracking from Fake Truk. And we can feel the scream more than we can hear it. He is raging. And he goes to attack Zara

Cream: Shadow martyr you’ll have to do the attack against Zara. Wait never mind, I got better uses of my reaction. And fake truk says nevermind and pulls out dazbolg. 42 to hit on Cassiandris.  Two attacks, one is critical. Divine smite.

Fake Bob and fake Bragar are slowed. And fake bob just gives fake Zara a bardic inspiration

Real Alfie walks over to where he remembers Bragar being and gives him fatherly encouragement. Advantage on the next thing they do plus 10 temporary hit points

And Then walks out of the smoke where he remembers nobody being. And casts fireball on fake Zara, Bob, Bragar and Alphie. Fake Bragar rolls two natural 1s. This gets past the fire resistance and then Rose used counterspell.

I fucking hate rose rn and i’m SO HANGRY. But at least Fake Alfie has no 9th level spell slots. 

Cut to the other party. Ingrid’s legion of bears is swarming one of Thozall’s legions like that one scene in The Fellowship where Arwen summons the water horsies.

And Truk tries to pinpoint where exactly Fake Truk is. And he knows what he sounds like and he hears a distorted version of himself but in reverse He charges and goes to tackle them

I got food finally and i'm eating when Bob's turn comes up and I'm like "hang let me finifh-"

Bob is facing off with himself and guiding bolts to his duplicate because you should really take out the supports and gives real Zara bardic inspiration.

Bragar rages. His entire body explodes in golden flame. He is a glow stick. And he roars.

He attacks Alphie. Rose tries to bitch her way out of it but takes the hit. "i teleport as a reaction" "nuhuh TELEPORTS DON'T WORK IN RUSSIA RIGHT NOW. YOU SAID SO" He slams his hammer into one side then the other. And the glass shatters and melts pooling around the clone’s feet.

Zara casts true sight and finds out that the clones have advantage on saves on spells cast by a creature other than the copied creature 

Fake Alphie casts psychic lance on Bragar and Bob and does Fatherly Glare on Truk. Frightened and 4d6 psychic as a bonus action

Cassiandris runs past Bragar doing something to undo the incapacitation and goes to attack NotZara.

Fake Alphie is desperately trying to counterspell what Cassiandris is doing. Succeeds. Bob uses Luck Point. Reroll and Alphie fails. Last 7th level spell slot wasted.

Fake Zara casts Mental Prison on Cassiandris.

Mark yeets not Mark back into the room through the wall. (Digi was here for session 3 of the fight!)

Alfie looks at his clone and goes “God I haven’t looked that dead inside since I was an alcoholic.”

What Cassiandris saw was too much and she is knocked out. Slowed and silence are dropped. (Soda wasn’t feeling good at the start of session 3 of this damn fight)

The fight stops as the Napsack lashes out some tentacles and slowly drags Cassiandris’s unconscious body into its gaping maw. Reminder that the Napsack is a subspecies of Mimic that feeds primarily on dreams and acts as a guard dog for the party when they are asleep inside it. The hotel section is one of two stomachs. That one is specifically for dreams. The other stomach is for meat. If you are not a friend of the party or have malicious intentions upon entering the Napsack it will just eat you.

Trucker pulls out Dazbolg. 29 to hit. MIss. The second attack hits. Truk uses Monstrous form as a reaction.

44 damage. “That the best you got?” and Trucker just stares at Truk with those empty eyes.

Fake Twink casts Tasha’s Hideous laughter. Fails.

Fake Zara and Merk get disintegrate twinspelled. Fake Zara starts melting like Gallium would in your hand turning into a puddle screaming “OH WHAT A WORLD” in shattered glass language and Merk is melting but still standing.

Bob is begrudgingly singing “I'm still standing after all this time” to the Merk clone because he’s filling in for Banjo the Frog.

Plastic Bag casts starfire havok. It hits Bragar and Alphie. They have no allegiance to each other, only to destroy us.

Truk uses Monstrous anatomy. He is going to try to grapple Trucker with his tail.

Wings rip out of his back and he takes flight and grapples him. He’s allowed to attack. Flying further up and then drops him from the ceiling, barrel rolling in the air and throws them down. 20d6. 61 damage. 

Bob looks at his clone and shouts “SO YOU’RE THE MOTHER FUCKER THAT’S BEEN RUINING MY LIFE” and chucks a level 9 guiding bolt at his clone. I have advantage because of my guiding bolt last session and the rules have been changed so we do advantage on our own clones. I got a nat 1 and a nat 20. 126 damage total.

And BOOM.

Fake twink is looking rough.

Bragar uses starfire havok on plastic bag. And his fist goes through their stomach like butter. And radiant flames burst out. Everyone in a 30 foot radius of Bragar has to roll a dex save.  That includes Alphonse, Bob and fake twink. Bragar goes “SORRY” and Bob shouts “ FORGIVE YOU I LIKE A LITTLE PAIN” Bob succeeds with a nat 20 Alphie got a nat 1.

After everything is settled not Bragar is gone. Just a puddle of glass and a dent in the ground. Fake twink is dead.

Merk got mental prisoned by Zara and explodes.

Me: I have the peaches song stuck into my head The chat: peaches peaches peachespeaches peaches- PEACHES PEACHES PEACHESPEACHES PEACHES- Digi: *belting* I LOOOOoOooOVE yuOOOOOO OH-

Alphie and Trucker are the last ones standing of the clones.

Bragar takes 18 radiant damage because sickening radience.

Mark runs past Alfie. They high five like “WE’RE BESTIES!” and then rips Alphie in half. Mark thinks an imitation of his best friend is a cardinal sin “Don’t imitate my friend”

Brick asks if Alfie and Truk can swap turns because they have something cool planned, I agree.

And Truk screams “LET ME SHOW YOU TRUE DIVINE POWER” diving down at Trucker mouth open. Not enough damage to kill Trucker and we want this done WE’VE BEEN AT THIS FIGHT FOR 3 SESSIONS and my family is going to see the minecraft movie tonight.

So we team up together and shatter the final clone.

“No one can imitate me.”

Bonus!

the notes for the campaign reached 102 pages

haha i'm the only one taking notes!

[jerakeenc]

Rambly and fluffy.

[h50fics]

On this road I'm crawling

by elizaria

Maybe it's hard living in a house of memories. Maybe it's easier to feel you're leaving it over for someone you care about. It was never much of a home without the people inside it.

And maybe home is the place where they have to take you in, when you find you can't run from it any longer. Sometimes you have to tear things down so you can build something new in its bones, and maybe accepting help isn't riskier than anything else.

Words: 3262, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Hawaii Five-0 (2010)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Gen, M/M

Characters: Steve McGarrett, Danny "Danno" Williams, Catherine Rollins

Relationships: Steve McGarrett/Danny "Danno" Williams

Additional Tags: Post-Episode: s10e22 Aloha (Goodbye), Steve Angst, Pre-Slash

via AO3 works tagged 'Steve McGarrett/Danny "Danno" Williams' https://ift.tt/HTf6tdM

[thetorchwoodarchive]

Playing favourites by elizaria ( GwenIantoJack, GwenIanto, JackIanto | Complete | 3277 | E )

Jack knows he plays favourites but he can't help it, nor stop it. He couldn't pinpoint when he realised it, when the two of them had become the teacher's pets, and not because of their own volition. "I came back for you ... all of you".

[livlepretre]

Vicarious: The Buffy-in-the-Mix Remix by lynnenne, Love is... by elisi, Troika by Rahirah, Idle hands are the devil's workshop by elizaria, Love in Full Color by bluspirits, Overdone by Settiai, To Work Its Will by NotASong, The Lady Diminishes by useyourlove, Closer and Further Still by Foxinator, A Crazy Gorram Story by Herself_nyc, Vampire Winter by Glassdarkly, Those Things by Foxinator, Mating by Herself_nyc, Too Easy by kally77 (2)

EVERYONE GO READ AND ENJOY THE B/S/A fics!!!

[nataliesnews]

A day in the life of Palestinians 21.8.2022

5 What are delays, arrests or prevention of coverage

80 cases of physical assault

65 cases of attack by settlers backed by the occupation forces.

 the occupation forces

1. Deir Nizam northwest of Ramallah

The occupation army stormed the village during the night and clashes started there. No injuries were reported.

2. Hussan west of Bethlehem

The occupying forces invaded the settlement and clashes began there. The army fired rubber bullets and tear gas canisters. No injuries were reported.

3. Beta south of Nablus

Settlers accompanied by occupation soldiers invaded Jebel Al Arma on the town's lands. Clashes started there. The settlers and the army retreated. No injuries were reported. In the past they tried to establish an outpost in the place. The place has a strategic advantage in terms of the continuity of settlements in the Valley and the intention to interrupt the Palestinian continuity.

4. Kalkilia

3 Palestinian women were arrested at a checkpoint near the city with an improvised weapon of the Carlo model and a will in their car.

5. Silwad northeast of Ramallah

Firing at least 8 bullets at a shielded Israeli bus. Damage to the bus. no casualties.

At this time, the occupying forces close all entrances to the settlement.

6. Eastern Elizaria

to Jerusalem

The occupation army set up a roadblock that prevented the passage of a groom's convoy on the way to Kufa and near Ma'ale Adumim.

7. Khirbat Abu Falah northeast of Ramallah

The occupation army arrests 14-year-old Alaa Ihab Hamail.

8. Umm Al Khair from Safar Yata

The occupying forces tried to stop drilling works and confiscate the drilling equipment but found out that these works were part of the village's master plan and had to retreat.

9. Hebron

Cessation of construction work and confiscation of equipment from Ayman Kafisha's house near the Ibrahimi Mosque.

10. Ramallah

The Episcopal Bishop of Jerusalem condemned the onslaught of the occupying forces, on Thursday, on the St. Andrew's Church compound in Ramallah, for two hours they occupied: the community hall, the church offices, the rectory and the medical center, claiming that they needed to get to the El Haq offices. But the entrance to them is separate. Damage was caused to the entrance. The diocese claims damage to a religious complex.

In the same context, the European Union expresses concern about the invasion of the offices of human rights organizations in Ramallah and El Bira. and announces that he will continue to support these organizations.

11. I'm hungry again

Halil Awauda was transferred to intensive care after 161 days of strike. Despite the announcement of the suspension of the administrative arrest, his wife reported that she was not allowed to visit him. The administrative detainees are organizing to start a general hunger strike.

12. Bir Zeit north of Ramallah

The student union organized a protest over the arrest of the coordinator of the student youth movement and the representative of the Islamic bloc last week.

f.

 Settlers

1. Jerusalem

Jews threw stones at Palestinian vehicles on Bar Lev Boulevard

2. Turmusa'ya north of Ramallah

Settlers cut down 150 olive trees.

3. Umm Al Khair from Safar Yata

Settlers from the Ma'on farm tried to encroach and evict shepherds from the village's grazing land but retreated in the face of resistance.

4. A-Dich west of Salafi

Settlers destroyed agricultural buildings belonging to Palestinians.

5. Hebron

Settlers accompanied by occupation soldiers marched through the streets of the old city.

6. Pasail northwest of Jericho

Activists of Looking at the Occupation with their Eyes repaired the water pipe that was damaged by settlers and cleared blockages. After exerting pressure, the RTG (finally) gave permission to the Palestinians to repair the pipeline

7. Ras a Tin east of Ramallah

Activists look at the occupation through the eyes of those who repaired a water collection pit that was destroyed by settlers for the benefit of the residents of the Ras al-Tin community, many of whom abandoned it after years of abuse by settlers and the occupation army.

8. Givat Assaf east of Ramallah

Stone throwing near the settlement.

9. Dir Istia east of Salafit

4 cows belonging to the resident of the town that disappeared were found in the herd of a settler from an outpost near the valley. After an attempt to hide, they were returned to their owners.

[sunnydaleherald]

The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Thursday, August 2

WARREN: I didn't make a toy. I made a girlfriend. BUFFY: A girlfriend. Are you saying ... are you in love with her? WARREN: I really thought I would be. I mean, she's perfect. I don't know, I ... I guess it was too easy. And predictable. You know, she got boring. (Buffy rolls her eyes) She was exactly what I wanted, and I didn't want her. (laughs crazily) I thought I was going crazy. BUFFY: Really? You? WARREN: Then something happened. (sits next to her) Katrina was in my engineering seminar, and she was really funny and cool. You know, she was always givin' me a hard time, real ... unpredictable. She builds these little model monorails that run with magnets, and ... (pauses, looks at Buffy) Anyway. (shrugs) I fell in love with Katrina. BUFFY: Swell. Romance and magnetic trains. But first you decided to take April out of the box... ...play with her for five minutes, and then what? You got bored, decided to dump her, tell her to go away? WARREN: Kinda.

~~I Was Made to Love You~~

[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

Here We Go Again (crossover with Eureka, Willow, Buffy, FR-13/PG) by tvashti

Abby Normal (crossover with NCIS, Xander, FR13) by jerseyfabulous

Closing the Barn Door (crossover with Escape Plan, T/PG-13) by jedibuttercup

Revelation (crossover with Walking Dead and Flashforward, Buffy, Willow, FR15) by shieldage

They Made Profiles Where? (crossover with The Avengers, Dawn, Andrew, FR13) by indraleigh

Gently Used (crossover with Harry Potter, Xander, G) by twisted_slinky

Second Home (Buffy, Giles, G) by badly-knitted

One Truth (crossover with Stargate SG-1, Buffy, FR-13) by mmooch

I Love Livin' in the City (Joyce/Ripper, T) by thewiggins

Envy (crossover with Iron Man, Oz, T) by Vashti

Collection of fandom poetry things and ficlets (Spike/Buffy, Angel/Spike/Buffy, Angel/Spike, Not Rated) by elizaria

[Chaptered Fiction]

Anima Telorum Chapter 7 (Angel/Buffy) by Mrs Gordo

Lust Games Chapter 2 (Faith/Buffy, M) by ZzZzZzZZuzuZzZzZzZzZ

Surprise! I'm Your Sister Chapter 3 (crossover with Law & Order: SVU, Faith, M) by btvscharmedgirl

this cold heart never bleeds Chapter 3 (crossover with Sherlock (TV), Spike/Drusilla, E) by Mentalguerilla

Change of Destinies, Again. Chapter 5 (crossover with Charmed, T) by btvscharmedgirl

Save the Last Dance For Me Chapter 71 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Passion4Spike

My Kind of Love Chapter 6 (Faith/Buffy, T) by Chlo88

Feeling Something Chapter 7 (Spike/Buffy, M) by Chandrian. COMPLETE!

[Images, Audio & Video]

Artwork: pretty soon he’s going to realize that he wants more than just #bubblebuffy (worksafe) by tarastheory

Artwork: Spike wearing an "I'm a Cat" hoodie (worksafe) by shadowsfandomhellhole

Video: Buffy & Angel | Rush (Bangel, ) by

Artwork: Banners (Buffy, Anya, worksafe) by betta

Artwork: Banner (Cordelia) by Nina

[Reviews & Recaps]

PODCAST: Pop Culture Role Call S04E22 - Fever Dream - Restless

PODCAST: Still Pretty #43. Nightmares (S1.10) by Lani Diane Rich and Noelle LaCroix

PUBLICATION: How ‘Buffy’ Slayed the Musical Episode by Miles Surrey and Kate Halliwell at theringer.com

PODCAST: Once More, With Feeling - Euer Buffy Rewatch Podcast 120 – Apfel. Baum! (6×16) (in German)

[Recs]

More Links Than A Bag Of Sausages by petzipellepingo

Fanvid Buffy & Angel | Rush by haley bob recced by jbuffyangel

[Community Announcements]

Contest Week, Day 4: Three or More Characters at fic-promptly

Final wrap of 2018 at summer-of-giles

[Fandom Discussions]

Who are your top three favorite BtVS/AtS characters? by multiple participants at sunnydalescribe

When did you first become a Bangel fan ? by buffy-angel-and-co

When did you first become a Bangel fan? by dingoes8myrp

When did you first become a Bangel fan? by royalweirdonj

Re: Why does fandom view Cordelia's tendency to go out of her way to be mean... as awesome "sass" and admirable honesty? by we-pay-for-everything

Ever since someone headcanoned Willow as a Slytherin, I like her again by millennialslayer

[The Twilight symbol] by millennialslayer

Re: I know you don’t ship any of Buffy’s canon ships, but if you absolutely had to pick... by baumanhp

When did you first become a Bangel fan? by mrsgordo84

Spike - why Buffy changed her attitude in S7 by thetopher

Roux discussed by multiple participants

Discussion of s6 Spuffy and Spike in "As You Were" by multiple participants

A Question About Death & Souls by UnsureAndWondering

Portents of Dawn by Aggrajag68

Question: Looking for Spike - which comics to read? by ketzelboo

BTVS' Storylines Which Are Still Relevant [Discussion focused on the bathroom scene in Seeing Red] hosted by Ahm Shere

[Articles, Interviews, and Other News]

PUBLICATION: How Joss Whedon's Buffy reboot could (actually) work by Sam Ashurst at digitalspy.com

PUBLICATION: Why The 'Buffy' Reboot News Has Original Show Star Emma Caulfield So Conflicted by Emma Caulfield Ford at bustle.com

PUBLICATION: A revamped Buffy could rectify the original Slayer’s problem with race by Patricia Pender at theconversation.com

[thenewbuzwuzz]

I made my first post on Pillowfort, and I am STOKED. Thanks for the nudge, @buffyversetop5! :))

(I did also make the same post on buffyversetop5.dreamwidth.org, for those of us whose taste in sites is only moderately hipster.)

[mayberrycryptid]

oh these two idiots🥺

Wip Wednesday

I'm currently a bit stuck, probably because my brain is drowning in work. And it's still a rough draft because I'm trying not to hate the text too much before the rough draft is done, I'm already scrolling up and down in it as is. I know there's a lot of Steve's in these sentences but it's 9 pm and I've been up since before 5am, I'm not editing more now.

[...] Steve gestures with his coffee mug, the breeze from the ocean bringing over the scent of fresh coffee. "No Steve, I'm not moved in. I stayed till I was better, then till you came home. Now, here you are."

"Right." Steve goes quiet, concentrating on his breakfast for a minute or three. "You going back to work?"

"Only the office so far, I haven't decided if I want back in the field again. But sitting on my ass while my team endangers their lives, not sure I can do that either." Danny's frustrated with the whole situation but what else is new, he's had weeks to rack up his annoyances. His body's been completely unhelpful but there's nothing wrong with his brain.

Steve keeps shoveling eggs into his mouth to not argue, it's obvious in his jerky movements. Danny can give him that, they're both a bit restless and Steve's only been home a day. Except then he opens his big mouth. "Can you wait to decide, a little while?"

It's a good thing Mary had decided to buy new sturdy coffee mugs the way Danny slams his into the table. "What Steven, you mean give you consideration as my partner?"

At least he knows when not to evade, "I know I earned that Danny, I'm sorry."

"For the right thing this time?"

"I felt like I was endangering you guys okay, that I was a liability with psychopathic criminals coming out of the woodwork at any given time."

Sometimes that tall-ass miscreant really made you wanna crush him up into a hug while shaking some sense into him at the same time. "Steve, you could have told us that."

"So you could deny it, cause you would. Don't tell me you wouldn't."

"Stop waving your fingers at me, of course we would. Wo Fat and his ilk is not your fault Steve. There's no long list of bad choices that you checked."

"Oh really?"

My problem with these two is to get them to stop arguing, this part is quite a few more paragraphs but I'm stopping here. Good night.

[ao3feed-spangel]

Time moves without us

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2OyIZLX

by elizaria

[originally posted on my LJ 2005-07-28] Title: Time moves without us Fandom: BtVS/AtS post both series Status: Finished - 3041 words Genre: slash Spike/Angel, Spike/Xander implied, angst, loss, character death Short summary: written for SUMMER_OF_SPIKE. How do you continue to exist and find a place for you in life, when you no longer have someone to connect with? -- A Spike and Angel point of view on life years after Not Fade Away. When people around them age and die, and they are left alone outside of everything.

Words: 3010, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Angel: the Series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: M/M

Characters: Angel (BtVS), Spike (BtVS), Xander Harris

Relationships: Angel/Spike (BtVS)

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[zero-insignificance]

DND Recap: The Red Tide

Cast Includes: Rose the DM, Yours truly (Bob and Alfie), Cream (Cassiandris and vice DM), Rascal (Zara and the Cat Girls), Brick (Truk and Bragar) and Digi (Mark of Haus Brisket)

Alfie is cooking omelets, waffles, bacon and some vegan options of course. Zara is shotgunning 16 shots of espresso with a bit of sugar

Alfie asks Mark to make the orange juice.

Digi: Like padderton? Brick: PADDERTON- Me: Yes. Like Padderton. Soda: Papa Alfie makes mark squeeze juice Me: That's going in the recap. Mark is aura farming and making orange juice like paddington 2

Cassiandris bumps into Bragar

Bragar: just the person i wanted to see. I don’t know why I wanted to talk. But you wanted to talk.

Cassinadris: So you’re the light bringer now? Bragar: ye. Also if you hurt Zara i will burn you until there’s nothing left.

Zara has a headache. Mark gives her a cup of water with a bit of salt in it. Mark: look. It’s pacman. Wacka wacka. *sprays orange juice into Zara’s face* Zara: WHAT THE FUCK-

That was a joke it didn’t happen

Alfie whistles for Truk like a dog with a hunk of venison. Truk scampers in on all fours, tries to grab the venison and Alfie is like “NO. HEEL.” and Truk heels.

Zara is eating an omelet. Many years ago in russia Alfie was cooking with his own eggs cuz afab and waste not want not and Zara stole an omelet while he was wrangling a very young Truk. And started eating it

Nobody in the party, let alone russian kingdom ever questioned where the large blue mottled eggs come from every month.

Alfie: Those are my eggs. Zara: I know. Alfie: You don’t understand. I laid those. Zara: really? These are some good eggs!

Bob trudges in, hiding his slight limp very well. 

Zara keeps interjecting with “DAMN THESE ARE GOOD EGGS.”

Emere shows up, floating a foot off the ground.

Emere: Can I talk to you for a moment? Emere: I think I like Oleander Alfie: Well, Oleander is a beautiful name for whatever you wanna be. Zara: I forgot that’s a flower Bob: can i have my book back? Oleander: oh sorry- *hands the book back* Bob: *takes the book* It’s a signed copy. Such a shame I had to kill her. She knew her stuff. Zara: Why…? Bob: She was transphobic. Oleander: Understandable crashout

At one point Mark left the nap sack And then Bob gets a text from his old friend Lothrae. “Bestie I’ve arrived”

Mark watches as thousands of fey soldiers come out of the woods. 2000 of them. Commanded by Lothrae.

“We found something you might want to see.”

Truk walks up and the crowd opens, and we see 40 soldiers in a formation standing around a woman in chains bound together. A pale human figure. We see Astrea the Red Tide. Wielding no armor or sword. In simple clothing. Thozall’s Left Hand. Living and breathing. Unarmed and unarmored.

Bob: Damn talk about girl power.

Lothrea: She kind of… willingly surrendered.

Astrea has a magical Hannibal Lecter mask keeping her from speaking. Truk draws Dazbolg and puts it at her throat

And then there is a thunderous foot fall of four fire giants.

“Is this the right gathering?” “yeah this is the right gathering.” “What’s this? What’s happening? What are we doing with her? Where are we locking her up?” and Bob is like “Ultimately the decision is up to Truk.” “Lock her up? A trial? She made her choice when she sided with him.” “Who said she had a choice?” Astrea will get a trial. To prove that Truk is not like Thozal.

On the horizon there is a chanting. In russian. From what sounds like thousands. 

"Мы вернем себе наш дом. Тирани не удержится." "We will take back our home. Tyranny will not win"

Truk: They finally get to fight for their land again. Bragar: That they do.

Odin stands there as his army approaches. And next to him is an old old friend of his dad. Alfie recognizes them. Eike. And Alfie slams into him and is stimming. Definitely of Scandinavian descent.

Some of the fire giants are wearing robes with bits of armor and the Book of Lanwel.

This is Elizaria the Grand Pyre. She wants to talk to Bragar. But she can’t single him out cuz she’s so big Zara panics when Bragar leaves because she’s scared of the fey. Rose: Wait bob is fey. Is she not afraid of him? Rascal: who said she wasn’t Me: Zara is afraid of Bob, not just because he’s fey but because he has SO MUCH BLACKMAIL MATERIAL ON HER. Rascal: Yes

“I believe we have something to talk about” and Elizaria holds out her hand

Bragar climbs on and she turns to the east to the sun and Russia.

“Our mother in gold has chosen you. This is an honor, lightbringer. I think…” And then it hits him. She meant that it was an honor to meet HIM.

“It’s an honor to meet you too.” “Do you know who I am?” “Maybe?” “I am Elizaria the Grand Pyre. It is an honor but it is a weight that I'd never drop from my shoulders. I don’t know you but I know our mother in gold. But I know she has made the right decision. It is a weight but it is not a weight you bear in vain. Lightbringer… Never let go of that weight.”

Bragar is looking over the city of russia. He has a pretty good view. And Bragar looks over it and sees obvious fires all over the city.

And a white dragon flying away from the capitol.

Meanwhile Ingrid is commanding a legion of bears with the others as they evacuate people from the kingdom. Bragar: Is that a bear?

At some point Alfie snuck his cowboy hat onto Zara’s head Bob turns to Zara and goes “What do you call a gay cowboy” Zara: *fuming* Bob: A jolly rancher. Zara: *foxy jumpscare*

Bob puts Zara in air jail Zara: I FUCKING HATE GRAVITY MAGIC Bragar: What are you doing- Zara: HE MADE THE STUPID JOKE. Bob: The jolly rancher joke. Brick: Bragar scruffs Zara and throws her at Bob. Rose: Roll to hit. Brick: who's behind Bob Me: Alfie. Brick: Alfie gets hit by Zara cuz i got a natural 1. Zara is clawing and Alfie scruffs her and goes “What did I say about throwing people at other people?” Zara: IT’S YOUR STUPID TWINK’S FAULT.

Alfie grabs the spray bottle. Zara gets sprayed and scampers off.

Zara complains about her back hurting. And Alfie roundhouse kicks her spine. Centuries of back pain finally fixed.

Alfie stole an urn from Cassiandris’s family. He didn’t know them and needed some quick cash. He didn’t know it was an urn until later. Rip Great Grandma Agnes.

Astrea is staring at us Truk rolls insight. This person who embodies war. Barely a person. Always two steps ahead. One of the many reasons Russia fell. Something just feels off. Alfie rolls perception. There’s nothing here that concerns him. Which is concerning. Russia is in the same state of disarray. He knows with every fiber of his being that if something was off he’d know.

Mark covers her eyes as Truk approaches. “Casters need a line of sight.” but Alfie knows that Astrea isn’t a caster. She’s a ruthless killer. That’s all Mark knows.

Truk pulls her hair back and is about to slit her throat. A massive hand slams between them. Keeping them from killing her. “CONTROL YOURSELF KING-” She is defenseless. Those chains are antimagic. It’s a precautionary measure. She can’t do anything right now. 

There is more arguing about whether or not to give her a trial. And Alfie agrees to give her a trial. And Truk agrees. A trial will be given by Truk. And Alfie insists on being there for the trial. To make sure that Truk’s actions are not blinded by hate and instead made for the sake of justice. Alfie is of the philosophy that Hate is foolish and that love is kind. Hate is a stupid emotion.

Oleander is deep in thought, staring at Astrea. She wants to talk to her. As someone who had fallen to Thozall’s influence herself. And looks into the distance. And Mark asks what her full name is. Only then will he let her talk to him. Astrea Asedaria.

Mark goes to bob says the name and Bob doesn’t even look up from the small crochet chicken and goes “unfortunately it doesn’t work like that anymore. The rules of the universe got rewritten.” and a tiny rose just goes “I’M SORRY IT WAS UNBALANCED-” And Bob gives them a little sweater vest. It’s mozzarella stick themed. “Oh thank you”

Oleander: I was your failed project wasn’t I? Was it my mind being melded by thozall’s or was it your own? Was it you that thought to fill me with hatred? I want to show them that you are not a dog. You can be better.

And Astrea gives a small smile. Faint smirk. “I know you may not see it. I didn’t see it either. Daughter of war.”

And Astrea looks up at Oleander and smiles. “Then I am sorry for what will become of you.”

There’s an ever so silent beginning of a prayer. A gentle prayer she never learned. In a language she should not know. The first language of the gods. And Alfie and Oleander say it together. And with the final word of the prayer she casts divine word. And she blinds and deafens Astrea until it is removed by an outside force. And there’s the saddest look on Oleander’s face. Mourning. Quiet mourning. Truk puts the muzzle back on and before it latches she says “it’s been a pleasure, king” and finally the finally latch clicks.

Alfie: Do you need a hug? And Oleander doesn’t say anything. But Alfie’s dad instincts say yes they need a hug.

So Alfie hugs her tight with a rub on the back.

She is Oleander. The Hopeful Redeemer.

Oleander puts Astrea in an orb via imprisonment.

Zara and Co are planning an attack as a distraction lord of the rings style while the rest of the party sneaks in.

Alfie is making a map of the castle. Cassiandris marks down which ones are probably no go because of patrols. Zara adds an additional secret entrance that she made herself 

“Soldiers. Former soldiers of russia. Today you swear to me. You will do your best. I expect nothing less. You will defend this place one more time.” And they shout “WE WILL GIVE YOU NOTHING LESS”

“THOZALL WILL FALL. LEAVE AS MANY AS YOU CAN WOUNDED. THEY MUST ALL GET A TRIAL.”

And they chant “THOZALL WILL FALL. THOZALL WILL FALL”

Soldiers stand. Wearing a mix of armor they died in. Fresh armor. Wielding weapons both old and new. Those who would die again. Who only come back to fight again. And they chant again. We will take back our home. Tyranny will not win.

And Alfie’s voice cracks as he says how proud he is of Truk.

“Is everyone ready” “The fire giants are at your command” “The fey army stands ready” “ARE YOU READY, MY RUSSIAN SOLDIERS.”

“YEAH!” And Truk stares at the gates and shouts “ADVANCE.”

[ao3feed-mcshep]

Teeth in tender places

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by elizaria

Blowjob Friday John/Rodney, SGA - bout 1000 words of blowjob pr0n of the McShep variety. Originally posted on my Insanejournal August 24th, 2007.

Words: 1024, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Stargate Atlantis

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay

Relationships: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard

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[a03feed-btvs]

Collection of fandom poetry things and ficlets

by elizaria

Collection of poetry-ish things and ficlets I wrote on Livejournal, mostly in Buffy and Angel fandom, back in 2004-2006-ish.

Words: 650, Chapters: 2/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), Angel: the Series

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/M, Multi

Characters: Spike (BtVS), Angel (BtVS), Buffy Summers

Relationships: Spike/Buffy Summers, Angel/Spike/Buffy Summers (BtVS), Angel/Spike (BtVS)

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As I Die (Reaping through the truth, Life becomes untrue) by elizaria ( JackIanto | Complete | 2241 | NR )

Torchwood's Children of the Earth. I finally saw it. Figured I'd hit it after a weekend of having my BFF here so I had some good mood to walk me through it. Oh yeah. Crying like a fangirl who got her heart ripped out in a good way. So much to do my head in and I won't say more cause I don't know how except fic. As therapy. And not very happy therapy at that. I want fluff, except for some reason TW never fits my fluff part of my brain. Title: As I die (Reaping through the truth, Life becomes untrue) Pairings: canon Jack/Ianto, mentioning Jack/Hart Rating: R? Wordcount: 2247 words Notes: unbeta'd as always, all comments welcomed. Title borrowed from Paradise Lost (music group, not book). Unapologetic love for Jack, Gwen and all Torchwood team. Excerpt: Jack couldn't remember for the longest time if he actually slept while still having someone in his bed. He was a skilled fake sleeper, so he could watch his bed partners with their faces unguarded and their secrets spilled out over his sheets. The way they'd twitch, moan and twist when the dreams came tiptoeing. He was intrigued by it, because Jack wondered if he dreamed like them even if he didn't remember it.