Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings

Whee! I've reached 20,000 words on my Big Bang Blackout fic! It's not finished yet, but at least I can be reasonably confident that I'll meet the deadline next month.




Whee!

Thank you so much! Your parcel arrived today, and a cool-ass postcard is in the making.

I'd have loved to give you an Aziraphale/Crowley drabble, but I haven't started reading the book yet, so here's just a traditional cross-over to say, "Thank you".

( Much too long for a drabble, because I haven't slept for 24 hours now and my brain won't cooperate the way it should. )

Man in the Mirror, the fic I wrote for the mwppfqf, is based on an interpretation of MWPP as a group which had to fight more internal difficulties than generally assumed. Regardless whether one likes them and writes fun-oriented MWPP stories or whether one likes Snape and writes stories where MWPP gang rape all that moves, they are most often portrayed as a closed group. I think that from all we know about them, MWPP can be also interpreted in quite a different way.

( And I felt the need to write down my ideas. )

Part one is here.

( Part Two. )

Having already missed makesmewannadie's smutty words challenge, I wanted to make sure to contribute to nimori's Pushbutton Words Challenge. I used all up to 'dragul'. Yes, including 'dragul'. Very silly at times.

It's Sirius/Remus and I'd say it's PWPBWLOD - Porn without plot but with lots of dialogue. They just wouldn't shut up.

I realised that there is a good reason why I don't write Sirius/Remus. I don't have the right feeling for them. While writing Sirius/Severus I feel very confident about interaction and dialogues ("I hate you!" - "I hate you more!" - "I'll hex you!" - "I'll hex you first!" - bitelickmoan), my feel for the interaction between Sirius and Remus is rather wobbly. I don't think the fic's actually bad, but it's so - blah.

But there's fluff and sex in it, okay?

Title: Panic
Rating: R
Summary: Serious talk and silly sex.
Disclaimer: Not mine. Although I'm getting there...

( Panic )

Three fics I enjoyed recently. Remus in in all of them. So not surprised.

Of Monsters by nitroxa is a haunting, desperate take on the confrontation between Severus and Remus after the Shrieking Shack Incident in sixth year. Some of the best sensory writing I've ever read. By far the best confrontation fic I've ever read. Nitro's characters feel exceptionally real, and both Remus and Severus are written as teenagers who are too old for their age in many respects, but at the same time clueless and insecure when it comes to personal interaction. The dialogues are spot-on, absolutely in character (there's a brilliant conversation about potions) and the sex is awkward adolescent fumbling and - most importantly - doesn't seem out of place. Remus' subsequent confrontation with Sirius is almost non-existant, and therefore exactly like I picture it. Unlike in most fics I've read, I don't imagine Remus and Sirius to have been very eloquent on that matter. Remus, because he didn't want to let on how hurt he was and because it was easier to ignore than to confront Sirius, and Sirius, because, well, he was being Sirius. Rated R.

Pomfrey’s body blocked most of the procedure from view but Severus watched anyway as she dressed wounds he couldn’t see (and what on earth could have so badly hurt a werewolf?), held Remus’ head at an angle and slipped a spoon into his mouth, wiped his face and hair with a wet cloth, made soothing nonverbal sounds at him. She hadn’t been as warm to Severus when Potter had dragged him in. She had clucked and patted his head and called him dear and given him a warm drink and a pill. He envied Remus’ bathrobe. His robes were damp-gritty like unwashed sheets and still smelled of the tunnel, and of his sweat.

stellamaru wrote a Sirius/Remus fic I like (and for which I owe her feedback, um...). Still Be All Right explores the often-discussed and oh so obvious possibility of Sirius' drinking the Polyjuice Potion to leave Grimmauld Place and go shopping with Remus. Stella's characterisation of these men happens to correspond with mine, and the fic appeals to me so much because it's based on the assumption that Remus and Sirius have never really talked about the things that stand between them.

Sirius focused his hard gaze on Remus. "Go to hell, Remus Lupin," he said, pushing Remus away with a hard blow to the chest.

Remus shook as he caught his breath. "Say that again, and I'll send you there," he choked out, rushing at Sirius and pulling back a fist.

"I've been, thanks," Sirius said

Heritage by Seeker made me laugh. It is a highly original take on the good old the-Malfoys-have-Veela-blood scenario, focusing on Lucius. Now, I am not a Lucius fan, but Seeker writes him just the way I imagine him to be (and which isn't often explored): not overly intelligent, but displaying a clever, calculating, no-nonsense, to-the-purpose approach to problems, especially when his life is in danger. An original idea, dry and witty dialogues, combined with a characterisation that is rather over-the-top and yet so very canon, and of course, oooh, shiny! I like muchly.

"Father?" Draco asked tentatively. "What happened?"

"Disaster," Lucius told him bluntly, but with a kind edge that visibly frightened Draco.

In RL news: I'm invited to a party and can't be arsed to go. Yet, I promised. There was a party two days ago. And last weekend. And the weekend before. And before. And... Anyway, I'd much rather stay at home and watch TV. I already decided to drive so I don't get tempted to drink (too much). How the hell have I acquired the reputation of being a party girl? *whines*

( I like Harry Potter )

( My brother is a sexy bitch )

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( Padfoot/Buckbeak )

To finish this highly chaotic post on a completely different note: I decided to enhance my friends list tonight by adding a number of people whose LJs I've been checking frequently because I like:

a) their fics
b) their recs
c) their artwork
d) their opinions
e) their interests
f) them

'kay?