I'm primarily fannish and I'm pretty much a spoiler whore. I love them, unless I hate them. I consider my journal to pretty much be a spoilerzone, under cuts and in comments. Thus, even if an entry isn't marked for spoilers, tread carefully. If you want to tip me off, though, I prefer links to "Oh, did you hear (spoiler)?" But don't worry, I'm not too tetchy about that.

My fic in my tags under "my fic" and I'm always happy to be friends.

Also: I'm a foreign teacher living in China. Expect fairly regular complaints about my students.

I made it back safe and sound(thanks to everyone who wished me a good flight!), if extremely exhausted because I didn't sleep on my first flight. Hence being dead to the world yesterday. It turns out that I've got all sorts of fun things I have to do right away here in the US -- such as as add pages to my passport. I can't believe how few they put in them. I've only even had a passport for three years, and I need more pages to fit visas onto. Methinks the American government doesn't plan on people actually traveling. Although, TBF, just going to China the very first time took up around 10 of the little visa slots (two whole pages of four slots for the Z visa and residency permit and another two of stamps for entrance and exit).

Also: I signed up at the new round of heroes_exchange, although who knows if my prompts are actually anything that would inspire anyone else. I don't have a great track record at kink memes of actually inspiring fic, so I tried to keep it fairly broad to include a lot of characters (and because I do like a lot of characters, really, I do; I just obsess over a far smaller percentage of them).

Also also: Have been keeping up with the spoilers, and comments will be forth coming for them. So far, they make me happy. (Slight spoiler warning for discussion in the comments.)

It's been a busy couple of days here at the ranch. I thought I'd be able to store my stuff at my apartment through August, since that's when my contract is up, but since I'm not re-signing, they wanted me to move out before my flight tomorrow. This, actually, was not a big problem, since storing my stuff at the_reda's place makes it easier for when we move into an apartment in the city in August. Only one trip for the movers. Still, this meant a lot more packing than I was actually anticipating.

Today my boss swung by to make sure I wasn't, you know, stealing everything not nailed down to sell to the lowest bidders and I had lunch with another of the very nice, very insane teachers (she tried to convince me that dinosaurs and people lived at the same time), before heading down town to check out a possible apartment. And WOW were the students currently living there getting ripped off. It was big, but not in a good way. In a poor use of space way. And they paid their heating bill upfront and it still didn't get warm in the winter. I smell a scam.

Anyway, tomorrow morning I have my flight back to the US, kicking off a two day fiesta of airports, planes, and lengthy car rides before I get back to a computer-having place. So, talk to you on the other side.

Title: Prom, And Other Disasters
Characters/Pairings: Peter/Nathan
Rating: NC-17
Wordcount: 29500...ish
Warnings: incest, sexual abuse of a minor, implied physical abuse, drug use
Disclaimer: Heroes belongs to Tim Kring, NBC et al
A/N: Thanks to my wonderful betas mimesh and miss_miso! Seriously, I wouldn't have come near finishing this monster without you guys! Direct sequel to this story.
A/N2: The absolutely gorgeous pieces of art in this story were created by the incredibly talented mimesh who I cannot gush over enough, either for making the art or for honoring me by creating it for my story. :D


Summary: After Peter publishes a near disastrous article in the school newspaper about Nathan's illicit affairs on campus, Nathan plots revenge. But with both prom and the anniversary of their father's death coming up, the plot quickly becomes twisted for both of them, emotionally and psychologically. HIGH SCHOOL AU

Part: 1 2 3 4 5

( Part 1 - The Problem )

I was going to make this into a poll, but I realized that I don't actually know the entire gamut of common fic cliches out there, and so it would have been pretty futile. And then I tried to write some meta on it, but that sucked too.

So, anyway, what are the fic cliches you shamelessly adore?

Despite having now written a high school AU, I'm generally not that fond of them, or of no-powers AUs. Super powers/super science are part of the fun, and it's also totally easier to write a plot where you can have big fights and power melt downs. Without them, you have conversations and... that's less fun to write, from my perspective.

( Cliches I have known and loved... )

The unpopular fandom opinions meme:

Name a fandom, and I'll give you the scoop on at least three of my unpopular opinions related to that fandom.

And although the range that I write in is pretty narrow, I watch a lot of stuff, so you can probably name just about anything.

I've finally hit up against the hardest part of writing a high school AU. Who do all the characters take as dates to the prom? And, more importantly, what do they wear? I get the feeling I'm going to be spending a lot of time at over Net-A-Porterthe next few days...

miss_miso this is all your fault. If you hadn't linked me to that Jess/Dean fic, I wouldn't be reading and watching Gilmore Girls again. >:(

(Okay, okay, amathela's lovely GG fic may also have had something to do with it.)

I should probably give up, since it was never that big a fandom and I've pretty much read everything that interests me there. But while searching I turned up the early pages of a TWoP recommendation thread and I've been working my way through that, by turns clicking and rolling my eyes.

( Why the eye rolling? )

If you aren't reading Ta-Nehisi Coates over at The Atlantic... uh, why? You need to be. Seriously one of the best blogs out there, with thoughtful comments as well as a smart, gracious, and geeky host. Lately a lot of posts have been focusing on the Civil War, and I think this one from yesterday is particularly brilliant.

Yay, set photos! More specifically, set photos where Hayden's hair looks good! I know! It's almost unbelievable! I really do wonder what the hell she managed to do to her hair that was so awful she had to cover it up with a wig for half the season, but I'm glad it's grown back and looks good again. Aside from aesthetics, someone having really, really awful hair tends to make me wonder about their health. But not only does it look good, it's being blown around probably just to prove to us that it isn't a wig. ;)

Also, I got bored and went looking for video of one of the new cast members: ( uh, do people still care about casting spoilers? )

Title: Risk
Characters/Pairings: Peter, Charles
Rating: G
Wordcount: 421
Spoilers: none
Note: Originally written for cruiscin_lan's Heroes Rare Pair Fic Meme, posted here

( You gotta start somewhere )

Title: Recruitment
Characters/Pairings: Peter, Noah
Rating: G
Wordcount: 559
Spoilers: none
Note: Originally written for cruiscin_lan's Heroes Rare Pair Fic Meme, posted here

( Paranoia is its own reward )

Title: Allies
Characters/Pairings: Peter/The Haitian
Rating: NC-17
Wordcount: 959
Spoilers: The Eclipse 2
Note: Originally written for cruiscin_lan's Heroes Rare Pair Fic Meme, posted here

( Being ditched in the jungle doesn't always HAVE to suck )

Title: Dynamic Field Cooperation
Characters/Pairings: Peter/Noah, implied Noah/Angela and Noah/Nathan
Rating: R
Wordcount: 874
Spoilers: Eh, V4-ish
Note: Originally written for cruiscin_lan's Heroes Rare Pair Fic Meme, posted here

( Noah, you TWO TIMER! )


Title: Fair Trade
Characters/Pairings: Peter/Meredith
Rating: NC-17
Wordcount: 1185
Spoilers: V3, around when Angela wakes up... let's pretend there were more people there
Note: Originally written for cruiscin_lan's Heroes Rare Pair Fic Meme, posted here

( Another pairing Claire won't be please with... )

Title: Coffee
Characters/Pairings: Peter, Hesam
Rating: PG-13
Wordcount: 823
Spoilers: none, beyond Peter's V4 job
Note: Originally written for cruiscin_lan's Heroes Rare Pair Fic Meme, postedhere

( You get the coffee... )

Title: The Idea of Sexy
Characters/Pairings: Peter/Sandra, implied Noah/Angela
Rating: PG-13
Wordcount: 1372
Spoilers: minor Bennet family V4 spoilers
Note: Originally written for cruiscin_lan's Heroes Rare Pair Fic Meme, posted here

( There are some things you shouldn't forget... )

Title: Strange Bedfellows
Characters/Pairings: Peter/Liam Samuels
Rating: NC-17
Wordcount: 801
Spoilers: vague finale spoilers
Note: Originally written for cruiscin_lan's Heroes Rare Pair Fic Meme, posted here

( Or, a new form of political suicide )

Title: Sprain
Characters/Pairings: Peter/Daphne
Rating: NC-17
Wordcount: 717
Spoilers: concept of V4 only
Note: Originally written for cruiscin_lan's Heroes Rare Pair Fic Meme, postedhere

( Speedsters make poor patients )

Title: Love
Characters/Pairings: Peter/Angela
Rating: NC-17
Wordcount: 347
Spoilers: none
Warnings: LOOK AT THE PAIRING. Big honking incest here. Dubious consent, and implied sexual abuse of a child
Note: Originally written for cruiscin_lan's Heroes Rare Pair Fic Meme, posted here

( Wrong pairing is very wrong )

Rewatching DS9 has been sort of strange for me, since I've been realizing that a lot of it went over my head when I was a kid, watching it for the first time. I had a basic understanding of the allegory they were presenting with the Occupation and conflict between Cardassia and Bajor, but I never really got how multi-layered it was and how it switched between being Israel-Palestine, Japan-Korea, China-Tibet, and a host of other real world examples.

( DS9! )

Is anyone else, like, really daunted by the Heroes Het Fic Awards ballot? I sent in nominations, so I was intending on participating by voting, but... it's so long. And there are so many categories I simply do not care about -- as in, 90% of the pairings. I suppose I was figuring it would be more of a poll style, rather than something I had to code myself, since the idea of coding each vote kind of leaves me bored before I even start. I probably shouldn't bother, I guess, since there are so few pairings that interest me enough to read. :/

I've been meaning to do a poll about writing for a while, and since I've been thinking about my own method (or lack thereof) lately, I thought I may as well go for it. This particular one is mostly about fannish writing and how much of an influence you feel canon and fandom are on you. I know, personally, that fandom itself shapes a lot of how I write, because I never bother writing stuff that I feel satisfied by. If there's already the ultimate, most perfect pairing epic out there, I'm not going to try my hand at it. If there's something that niggles at me about how others handle the characters or pairing, then I feel like I have something to say.

So, poll! (And yes, the last three questions do reflect my highly biased opinion!)

( Writing poll )

Title: Prom, And Other Disasters
Characters/Pairings: Peter/Nathan
Rating: NC-17
Wordcount: 29500...ish
Warnings: incest, sexual abuse of a minor, implied physical abuse, drug use
Disclaimer: Heroes belongs to Tim Kring, NBC et al
A/N: Thanks to my wonderful betas mimesh and miss_miso! Seriously, I wouldn't have come near finishing this monster without you guys! Direct sequel to this story.
A/N2: The absolutely gorgeous pieces of art in this story were created by the incredibly talented mimesh who I cannot gush over enough, either for making the art or for honoring me by creating it for my story. :D


Summary: After Peter publishes a near disastrous article in the school newspaper about Nathan's illicit affairs on campus, Nathan plots revenge. But with both prom and the anniversary of their father's death coming up, the plot quickly becomes twisted for both of them, emotionally and psychologically. HIGH SCHOOL AU

Part: 1 2 3 4 5

( The Prom )