dragons_shadows

Mon, 05 May 2008 09:06:19 GMT

One word time passer
You. Can. Only. Type. One. Word.

Not as easy as you might think. Remember: one word answers to the following 34 questions.

1. Where is your mobile phone? ------------ charging
2. Your significant other? --------------------- nonexistant
3. Your hair? -------------------------------------- brown
4. Your mother? --------------------------------- cooking
5. Your father? ----------------------------------- traveling
6. Your favourite thing? ----------------------- water
7. Your dream last night? --------------------- forgotten
8. Your favourite drink? ----------------------- tea
9. Your dream/goal? --------------------------- completed
10. The room you're in? ----------------------- warm
11. Your ex? -------------------------------------- never
12. Your fear? ------------------------------------ forgoten
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years?----------- elsewhere
14. Where were you last night? -------------- here
15. What you're not? ---------------------------- loud
16. Muffins? --------------------------------------- Rachel’s
17. One of your wish list items? ------------- manga
18. Where you grew up? ---------------------- Melbourne
19. The last thing you did? ------------------- flist
20. What are you wearing? ------------------- socks
21. Your TV? ------------------------------------- kitchen
22. Your pets? ----------------------------------- Maydah
23. Your computer? ---------------------------- slow
24. Your life? ------------------------------------- full
25. Your mood? --------------------------------- content
26. Missing someone? ------------------------ sometimes
27. Your car? ------------------------------------- white
28. Something you're not wearing? -------- skirt

29. Favourite Store? --------------------------- minotaur
30. Your summer? ------------------------------ lonely
31. Like someone? ----------------------------- no
32. Your favourite colour? --------------------- blue
33. When is the last time you laughed?---- today
34. Last time you cried? ----------------------- forgotten

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:13:42 GMT

Torchwood

Reach Out and Touch Someone

http://tanarian.livejournal.com/13683.html

This is a fic I read a long time ago and loved that I just recently found again. The idea is that the Doctor does to Jack’s phone the same thing he did to Mather’s (universal roaming? I don’t remember) so Jack calls Ianto. Set wherever Ianto is this is a brilliant fic, and quite fun to read.

Pocket watch boy

http://mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com/286944.html

Another fic in which Ianto is a timelord. I love the way it deals with what it would feel like for a timelord to be around Jack.

That Old Black Magic

http://paperclipbitch.livejournal.com/51353.html

A coffee fic. Snippets of Ianto’s life, each in the presence of a different kind of coffee. Longish but definitely worth reading.

Passing Notes

http://www.whofic.com/viewstory.php?sid=14463

The Master leaves post it notes for the Doctor around the TARDIS. (the post it notes are included in the fic)

This Is How The Universe Ends

http://googlebrat.livejournal.com/505772.html

Jack flirts with DEATH. And hold up the end of the universe by existing.

A Dicsworld/Torchwood crossover.

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:29:40 GMT

I hardly believe my own eyes.

I just saw an add for the Death Note anime on TV.

I never thought I would see it on Australian TV, let alone the ABC.

(I’m over my shock enough to nitpick, it’s daubed and Lights voice sucks. I think they were trying to play up the ‘he is an evil psychopath’ rather than the ‘he is charming and attractive young man’.)

9:30 Mondays on ABC2

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 03:09:35 GMT

Doctor Who

Decision

http://becky-writing.livejournal.com/57974.html#cutid1

AU. Jack/Professor Yana, Jack//Master. Jack has lived through everything and reaches the end of the Universe, and he’s ready to live though it all over again.

Torchwood

The Torchwood Account

http://plotbunniesinc.livejournal.com/6847.html

The first part of a series that looks at Torchwood from an outside point of view. This one is that of the drycleaners they use.

http://leofuller.livejournal.com/4673.html#cutid1

This part looks at the place they get the SUV services and upgraded.

http://leofuller.livejournal.com/5189.html#cutid1

This one is from the perspective of The Crown (the local pub).

A Torchwood Costume Party

http://bookwrm89.livejournal.com/5831.html

In which everyone keeps a secret from Jack, Owen talks in CAPSLOCK, and Ianto crossdresses.

But One Man Loved The Pilgrim Soul In You.

http://lannamichaels.livejournal.com/611975.html

‘Ianto has never believed in luck. If he survives this, he'll start.’

A great fic, it has been a while since I read it so I can’t really describe it adequately.

Three Lives, Five Kisses

http://lucy-fic.livejournal.com/160070.html#cutid1

The fic in which jack returns from ‘the year that never was’ to an alternate Cardiff in which Torchwood doesn’t exist. Jack/Ianto, Ianto/Owen

Dinner Date

http://lucy-fic.livejournal.com/163707.html#cutid1

this author writes very pleasant Owen Ianto interaction (pleasant to read, the interaction is snarcy as it should be) and written before second season came out and Owen proved he could be something other than annoying, which is something that mast have taken a lot of creativity/imagination.

The Next Time She Sees Them

http://audrarose.livejournal.com/119798.html

Gwen observes a moment between Jack and Ianto more personal than the last one she interrupted.

Access Denied

http://such-heights.livejournal.com/92835.html

Set as part of fragments, it deals with how Jack cut ties with Torchwood One and shows how Suzie came to work at Torchwood Three. It’s very convincing.

http://fodian.livejournal.com/20300.html

Humorous torchwood meta. It analyzes, line by line, every conversation between Jack and Ianto in the first four episodes

http://electrictoes.livejournal.com/18481.html

Electrictoes has made a batch of icons that answer the question, Why Torchwood?

Of all of these (because I linked to too many) the best are

Access Denied

The Torchwood Account

But One Man Loved The Pilgrim Soul In You.

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:18:07 GMT

Fire in the Sky

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2835364/1/The_Fire_in_the_Sky

The dragonriders fic that should be read on its own merits.

What Lies Within

http://community.livejournal.com/torchwoodslash/370539.html?#cutid1

It was made to read as an episode, but it ended up getting a bit long (for an episode, not for a fic). Well worth reading, the plot fits and everyone is in character (even the tentacle porn).

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 04:01:01 GMT

Dates for Manifest & Minifest

http://www.manifest.org.au/index.php

I think it’s the third item on the page.

Nightrunner

Hand of the maker

http://community.livejournal.com/nightrunner/47893.html

Haven’t read it yet, but this is the long one I spoke of. It’s set directly after Stalking Darkness.

Torchwood

Ghost in the hub

http://heretoutopia.livejournal.com/31911.html

‘Something's not quite right at Torchwood Three, but it's taking the team a while to get to the bottom of it.’

Post Torchwood Stress Disorder

http://smallwaldo.livejournal.com/58189.html

A fic regarding the survivors of Torchwood One, you can guess the rest from the title. (directions) There is no easy way to get to all the links (it has 7 chapters) but this is one of the simpler. They can be found in the reply to the sixth comment on this post, it has a picture of a gingerbread Dalek for a icon.

Supernatural

Fish is a four letter word

http://caffienekitty.livejournal.com/52680.html

Dean meets sushi. Sushi wins.

Personally I would have thought that Dean would be up to eating anything but it’s still a humorous fic.

SPN icons

http://community.livejournal.com/alazysod_icons/22344.html#cutid1

The icons are of quotes from a fic entitled “20 Things Sam Winchester Is Not Allowed To Do”

meta for Mystery Spot

http://spiderine.livejournal.com/286889.html

You didn’t mention looking for any but this is worth reading just for the last two paragraphs.

Bless the Oceans

http://apreludetoanend.livejournal.com/66386.html

Writen in september07 but quily relevant given what we saw in Mystery Spot.

Golden lights go dark tonight

http://pixel-0.livejournal.com/87494.html

I’m having difficulty describing this fic and doing it justice, but it’s endings and beginnings and really in character a scarily believable.

Reverse Polarity!

http://community.livejournal.com/lightontheblue/13092.html

Placed here to counter the angst of the previous fic, this one is really cute in places.

‘Dean thinks he's getting younger. As it turns out, Sam really should start listening to Dean more often.’(I used the first line as the summary, it works).

mayachain_recs

http://community.livejournal.com/mayachain_recs/

One of the better rec communities for SPN that I’ve seen.

I’ll link to more Nightrunner fic next time, this post it getting too long and I still haven’t learned to use fake cuts yet.

Sat, 01 Mar 2008 02:21:10 GMT

Nightrunner

The latest Japanese nightrunner cover art scans.

http://community.livejournal.com/nightrunner/70821.html#cutid1

I particularly like the look of Alec in the black and white one.

Nightrunner fanart

http://blue-phlox.livejournal.com/43849.html

Pictures of Seregil, Thero, Alec and Micum during an argument between Seregil and Thero. I love their expressions.

Torchwood

The Torchwood Workplace Dresscode

http://johanirae.livejournal.com/227182.html

A two page comic by Johanirae addressing the issue of why Ianto wears suits when cleaning.

Torchsticks

http://community.livejournal.com/torch_sticks/

Torchwood comics done with stick figures.

(I Wonder) If I Can Trust You

http://marag.livejournal.com/696965.html

The Batman/Torchwood crossover I mentioned.

Oblivion

http://nhj28.livejournal.com/4851.html

Just a quick coffee fic.

Ianto at Work

http://fajrdrako.livejournal.com/852023.html

Part of Ianto’s work with the information booth is to answer stupid questions from tourists.

Ianto’s Desktop

http://community.livejournal.com/iantos_desktop/

An invaluable resource in the torchwood fandom. It gathers in one place all the cannon bits and pieces that can be found on the net after each episode, such as messages between characters, pamphlets from Torchwood 1 (on things like mind reading or paradoxes), access passes, photos and the Captains Blog.

Links

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:05:32 GMT

Doctor Who

Light Bending Backwards

http://trolllogicfics.livejournal.com/25602.html

An absolutely brilliant, mind bending fic. Involves Jack, the Doctor and the Time Agency.

Supernatural

(this fic doesn’t have a title)

http://boonies.livejournal.com/180907.html

A gen fic in which Sam and Dean end up looking after a child. Very, very cute. I would recommend anyone read it even if you don’t know anything about Supernatural.

Torchwood

Coffee Routine

http://samantharichter.livejournal.com/326174.html

Crack fic, in which Ianto doesn’t… yes, well.

Buddy Falling

http://community.livejournal.com/owenharper_fans/41257.html

Owen accidentally ends up in Jack’s head.

Just Saying Hi

http://phoebonica.livejournal.com/79795.html

Torchwood/Death Note crossover

It wasn’t in the way I expected but it’s done very well.

An Illustrated Life

http://overchay.livejournal.com/95985.html?mode=reply

A fic written in post it notes and other such things. Nothing spectacular but worth a look at.

Captain’s Blog

http://www.bbcamerica.com/content/262/s2_captainsblog.jsp

An official report from Jack after the events of each week’s episode.
Released a few days after it has aired in America, so that’s about two weeks late.

Links

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:23:35 GMT

Nightrunner

The Japanese Nightrunner Gallery

http://pics.livejournal.com/alice_montrose/gallery/00031ayq

Picture 6 is the questionable one I was talking about.

Others of note include:

8 (Madus)

13 (Lady Gwethelyn)

10 (Because it is one of the better we see of Seregil, in some of the others he looks a bit dazed.)

Torchwood

All the Jack/Ianto bits taken from one of the websites.

http://capulet-rose.livejournal.com/1606.html

Pay attention to entry 8, the comment has something to do with breaking the stopwatch while “moving a desk”.

A set of drabbles in which Jack proposes to Ianto.

The fist time I read this I didn’t get it, but I won’t say more for fear of spoiling someone.

http://community.livejournal.com/torchwoodcoffee/625688.html

Supernatural

These are the stories (in order I think) in which Sam gets the life he wanted and keeps in contact with Dean.

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2884971/1/Area_Codes

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2901399/1/A_Beer

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3131275/1/Time_for_a_Visit

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3132231/1/Insurance

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3152904/1/Middle_Ground

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3826217/1/Unfurl

Supernatural Themed Recs

http://community.livejournal.com/spn_themes/

Half of them are winsest, but that means half of them aren’t. I haven’t checked it recently but from memory there’s a lot of good things in there and most of it is well labeled.

Thu, 03 Jan 2008 04:11:35 GMT

Nightrunner

Nightrunner Fanart
http://zoisite.darkkingdom.ru/original/seregil.jpg
seregil

Lynn Flewelling released another snippet as a Christmas present to us all.
http://otterdance.livejournal.com/tag/snippet
Judging by this Alec has been alone for a while, and for some reason I can't imagine Seregil is coping as well as he is. I can't wait until they find each other again.

Supernatural

39 Flavours
http://henchgirl.livejournal.com/11208.html
Good Omens/Supernatural crossover. Adam instructs Sam on being an Antichrist.

The Supernatural Drinking Dame
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mTUN18AFP4
I had the good fortune of seeing this when I first came to the fandom, so as I’ve been watching the series I’ve been doing the "oh, that's where that bit is from" thing. The maker has a great voice/interaction with the characters, and it's set to the chicken dance.

Mon, 31 Dec 2007 06:38:05 GMT

I was wondering if anyone would be interested in going to the city on Wednesday?

(wow, that's a really short entry)

Mon, 24 Dec 2007 13:44:44 GMT

Merry Christmas!

Mon, 24 Dec 2007 12:25:25 GMT

Adelaide, the younger of the girls I baby sit, named one of her Bratz dolls after me. I know I should take it as a compliment, but it's a Bratz doll.

Tragedy! Maydah got the Christmas cake.
i never cared much for it so she's welcome to it as far as I’m concerned, but mum's reaction was quite entertaining.

We’re watching carols by candle light, by candle light (I’m typing with just my right hand 'cause my left holds a candle) in the lounge room. I suppose we were tempting fate, but we had a plater of biscuits on the coffee table. As I’m sure you can imagine Maydah went for them and they ended up all over the floor. We kept her from them but she could still smell them afterwards and spent awhile sniffing all over the room, then she tried to eat the sheep from the nativity seen. We did feed her tonight, I swear

we had a Carols for Kids service tonight. I only found out yesterday that I was leading it, but the practice was this morning so that was fine. When not speaking I was seated next to the flutes, which meant that during the songs I couldn't actually hear myself sing, I’d open my mouth and flute would come out.

More to say but it will have to wait! We're heading off to the middnight service now.

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:03:02 GMT

64.95

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 20:54:53 GMT

Goodbye everyone, have a great week. I’ll be back on the 15^th. I hope everyone has a great time at Vicky’s on the weekend!

And have to post this, it's a link to the cover art of Shadows Return.
http://otterdance.livejournal.com/133345.html
I'm far more impressed with it than with any of the other western covers, but I’m a little worried by what I see in the blurb. Separated and both sold into slavery? I really hope it’s better than it sounds.

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 08:01:46 GMT

Theoretical question

What would happen if a werewolf bit a vampire?

(Whose poison would be more potent?)

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 09:40:03 GMT

My forays into the Thunderbirds fandom must have at some stage irritated everybody. However if you feel inclined to check out any fic the ones here are worth reading.

Baby Baby
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2373409/1/Baby_Baby
International Rescue finds a baby in the Danger Zone and the brothers take turns looking after it until the mother is located. It’s a good introduction to everyone’s personality and makes it easy to tell them apart.

I would recommend anything by this author
http://www.fanfiction.net/u/309641/Purupuss
This author writes mostly humor or drama, and in length anything from short one shots to epics.

Especially these stories

Fish in a Bowl
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3392710/1/Fish_in_a_Bowl
Gordon is trapped at the bottom of the sea and can’t remember the last line of a limerick that’s stuck in his head.

Brussels Barnacles
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3350292/1/Brussels_Barnacles
Scott deals with burocrasy and has to be rescued with nothing less than a King’s Pardon.

The Tracy Celest
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3865024/1/The_Tracy_Celeste

Gordon Tracy is like any set of redheaded twins you can think of, a trouble maker and a prankster, except that he doesn’t have a twin. Not that he isn’t enough of a handful on his own. Stuck up on Thunderbird 5 over Halloween you’d think Tracy Island would be safe, wouldn’t you?

A common theme in the fandom is to have the International Rescuers (one or more) in need of rescuing. Quite often with the piece of equipment that would be needed in that situation either with them or out of order. Usually their trapped under ground/water or in space. Two (I can’t find any others at the moment) of the best I’ve come across are Fish in a Bowl (as mentioned above) and

Blind Ambition
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1453880/1/Blind_Ambition
Scott and Virgil are trapped underground. It really makes you appreatiate your eyes. It comes with two sequels, depending on weather you want a happy ending or not. The author has put a lot of work into this fic and I shows.

Two fics that broke me.

Letters
http://community.livejournal.com/fab_1/29404.html#cutid1
Letters home and back to Scott when he’s with the Air Force. Set pre IR, it might be AU but I don’t know the canon well enough to tell.

All I want for Christmas
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2697528/1/ALL_I_WANT_FOR_CHRISTMAS
A story about the Tracy family’s first Christmas after the death of their mother.

Something good to end with

Near Miss
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2707719/1/Near_miss
I keep trying to describe this fic and failing. But I think I can say this, it’s short and sweet and it’s in the spirit of the (next) season.

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 05:37:00 GMT

I just realized that I don't actually know anything about Richmond station.

Where is the kiosk? Circle one (Flinders street end/school end) (river side/not river side)

More precise directions would be appreciated but those should stop me from getting completely lost.

And are we still meeting at 10?

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:37:44 GMT

Our English exam finishes at 12:15 on Friday.
Meat out the front of the Library at the start of lunch?

Y/N

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 12:14:49 GMT

Happy Birthday to Kiri Dalek!
Some StarWars links for you,

StarWars

Petite Doll
http://www.fanfiction.net/u/777627/Petite_Doll
has several quite good fics (all of which are slash), of which I would rec:

Communication Or Lack Thereof
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2345661/1/Communication_Or_Lack_Thereof
in which Obi Wan gets sick and doesn't think Anakin would want to take care of him, Anakin proves otherwise.

A Simple Change
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2433237/1/A_Simple_Change

A Matter of Time
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2399948/1/A_Matter_of_Time
Save the best till last, this one is wonderful and I refuse to spoil it.

There is also:
Targets of the Dark Force
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2445474/1/Targets_of_the_Dark_Force
this is a Holliday fic, meaning it is epic and shouldn't be approached without a lot of time ahead of you, that being said it is worth reading.

In other fandoms in which people might find interest

Hikaru no Go

End Game
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2868111/1/
It has the best Sai revelation sequence I have seen.

Harry Potter

Gabriel
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2695781/1/
It updated! Yay

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 07:32:12 GMT

His Freedom
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2949663/1/His_Freedom

Wonderful Renji/Byakuya interaction and eventually slash.
Gets off to a slow start but it's definitely worth it.

Honorable defeat can only come after human endeavor has been completely exhausted

Sat, 29 Sep 2007 08:08:49 GMT

Go Geelong!

We are Geelong

The greatest team of all

We are Geelong

We’re always on the ball

We play the game

As it should be played

(I could never tell what

this line was meant to be)

Our banner flying high

From dawn to dusk

Down at Kardinia Park

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 23:31:37 GMT

Yay! Links to do with things we had semi coherent conversations about!

DNAngel

Nightscape
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2111332/1/Nightscape
Angst. Disuke reflects on the fact that everyone is using him and hopes Satoshi will be different.

Galatea
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2199646/1/Galatea
Details a relationship (and I don't mean sexual, at least that I remember) between Krad and Satoshi. An epic that was really good, but I probably won't get around to reading it again any time soon. It goes into detail about how the Hikari Tamer's relate to their Curse, including things like children’s rimes that list different ways of stopping Niwa's from stealing their art. In year ten when we were training for the Nationals there was one of these I kept getting stuck in my head.

Deny a Niwa of his wings
So he can't steal Hikari things

I sure that's taking up valuable space.

Hikaru no Go

Solitude
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1616591/1/Solitude
A cute IsumiWaya fic. Waya angsts because Isumi didn’t tell him he was going to China, but surprise phone calls make everything better. (This was my favorite fic for a very long time)

While You Were Away
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2661121/1/While_You_Were_Away
The one with the stones and clothing.

Revenge
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2894988/1/Revenge
The one with the turtlenecks.

In Your Memory
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3134000/1/In_Your_Memory
Imitation is the greatest form of flattery.

Seance de Go
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2295997/1/Seance_de_Go

Random Things

Daft Hands
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2cYWfq--Nw
I don’t know if this is the original, I’ve seen several versions on YouTube.

Good Omens

Polyphobia
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2610897/1/Polyphobia
Possible fears of both Crowley and Aziraphale. Very funny.

Innocence and Experience Redux http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2526727/1/Innocence_and_Experience_Redux
In witch Crowley has far too much innocence for a respectable demon and Aziraphale attempts to rectify the situation at Crowley’s request. Mostly fluff.

Death Note

Act
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2977473/1/Act
L's death was to be Light's greatest performance yet.

Just Dreaming
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3043377/1/Just_Dreaming
To use the author’s summary "Deep inside, Raito knows he's only dreaming...right?"

Harry Potter

Professor Potter's Sorting Hat Song http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3408746/1/Professor_Potters_Sorting_Hat_Song
Every year a different Professor writes the Sorting Hat’s song, you can guess who’s turn it is this year.

D.Gray-Man

Irrationally Competitive
http://asingulargirl.livejournal.com/101129.html

This is the one where Rabi keeps comparing things to cats.

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:36:41 GMT

I swear, whoever translated volume three of D.Gray-Man for TokyoPop didn't even have a beta let alone an editor. You know how I was complaining about the fandom being inconsistent with names? Well, everything is forgiven considering a PUBLISHED MANGA has no consistency. I could accept it if it was, say, one character between volumes, but this is ridiculous.
Rabi is both Rabi and Lavi
River is both Riba and Reever
and Rinali is Lenalee, Linali and Rinari

On a different note, the cover art for the Japanese volume of Traitors Moon have made there way to the internet.
http://community.livejournal.com/nightrunner/66428.html#cutid1
I had forgotten how much Alec was meant to have grown.

Mon, 20 Aug 2007 11:31:49 GMT

Life on Mars/Torchwood

More Things Than Are Dreamt Of
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3677618/1/

Back in 2007 DCI Tyler's investigation is taken on by Torchwood, who (unsurprisingly) leave him with more questions than answers.

(Sorry, I have too much fun making up summaries)
Slightly AU, doesn't explain how Sam got back or why Jack doesn't think Sam is the Master.
Possible spoiler in the fifth paragraph (the paragraph just above the seen change)

I was looking for the Heroes daily newsletter, does anyone know what the community is called?