so i don't know how people on my f-list feel about twilight- and people really do seem to adore or loathe the book. there are the buffy fans, who aren't used to vamps that sparkle. even for people who don't care about the vampire mythology, there's still the whole issue of edward cullen's sometimes stalkerish qualities.

at the same time, the books are so popular. to be honest, i read (almost) all four of them (i stopped paying attention mid breaking dawn), at first so i could argue why i didn't like them beyond "they're not buffy!" and then jacob even grew on me a little before he became a hormone monster.

why do i bring this up, you ask? well because one of my RL friends who's newish to lj (sovietmarina) is doing this amazing, amazing twilight rewrite. basically she took a lot of things that bugged her about the novel and either got rid of them or made them better. for example:


Edward frowned. "Honestly, my skin sparkles."

"Like diamonds?" said Bella, barely stifling the giggles that were threatening to overtake her.

"Fearsome, masculine, deadly diamonds, yeah."

"Ah. Like a rapper's bling," she laughed. "Street cred. I get it. Can I call you Ed-dizzle?"

"Absolutely not," he cried, his voice getting more English by the second. "My skin isn't like bling." He enunciated the last word in a way that made it sound completely hilarious through his accent. "It's like...a diamond-bladed chainsaw."

"I still don't believe you," said Bella, now giggling freely. "Glittering fairy princess Edward...that's way too funny to be true."


...so yes. you should check it out, it's posted at fanfic.net. and to prepare to write this, she also made a parody edward interview on youtube that i sort-of helped edit.


aside from pimping the completely awesome, i have a question...

Poll #1480030 twilight = ?
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 21

how do you feel about twilight?

...and why do you feel that way?

...aka, I'm not dead, really! Just devoured by homework!

I'm sorry I've been AWOL from lj for so long guys! School is really, really busy this semester, I'll post about it soon. But I wanted to post more of my fic (that I AM still working on). Anyway I miss you all tons and I hope (against hope) to have more spare time soon!



Title: A Tale Of Two Tylers (Part Four: The Animals Have Eyes)
Fandoms: Doctor Who and Wonderfalls
Characters: Ten, Rose, Jack, Jaye, Eric, Sharon and a few others
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Not mine!
Summary: Finally, some answers! Which come with new problems, of course...
Beta'd by: osprey_archer , and shah_of_blah. plus thanks to wildalyss , who offered as well.

Title: A Tale Of Two Tylers (Part Three: And Harkness Makes Three)
Fandoms: Doctor Who and Wonderfalls
Characters: Ten, Rose, Jack, Jaye, Eric, Sharon and a few others
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Not mine!
Summary: Reunions and discussion, plus the team gets down to work.
Beta'd by: osprey_archer , and shah_of_blah. plus thanks to wildalyss , who offered as well.

( 'Oh God. I’m so screwed up that they had to call in reinforcements.' )

as promised:

Title: Ah, But Underneath
Fandom: Dollhouse
Ship: Claire/Boyd
Length: 414 words
A/N: Inspired by xfirefly9x 's "Back To The Days"



and, for myself mostly, an lj to-do list:
-ninth doctor drabble for escaperouge
-final 5x5 post
-"a tale of two tylers"

two claire/topher ficlets. a claire/boyd ficlet is on its way, for the other half of my f-list. : )
...victor/sierra people/everyone else, i'm still working on that...

Title: White Roses
Fandom: Dollhouse
Ship: Claire/Topher
A/N: Written for whedonland. I know this is kind of bizarre but the idea of Topher reading fanfic popped into my head and really wouldn't leave. : )

( He can blame the entire thing on Adelle, Topher realizes. )

Title: For The Dolls
Fandom: Dollhouse
Ship: Claire/Topher, mention of Victor/Sierra
A/N: PURE AND UNADULTERATED FLUFF, if you're into that thing. Written for whedonland, as a present for thelake. I think she liked it...

( 'So, how is this a good idea again?' )

i'm going to try to get that last 5x5 post up today, although i really ought to be packing for school. but lj is so much more fun, you know?


ETA: also, go check out duh_i_read 's fic "tangerines"- it's very claire/topher, and very cute without being fluffy. :  )

i was tagged, twice, which is rather convincing (once from dontgetanyolder and once from tiger_bri_duck ). i know i still have that last 5x5 post to make, and i actually have my answers mostly lined up, but i still need to hunt down all my pictures (or give up on the pictures thing, that might also work, heh). anyway, here's some randomness to keep you occupied in the meantime, perhaps?

( i got no plans and too much time / i'm too restless to unwind )
i'm not going to tag anyone on this, against the rules, because i just don't tag people on principle. on the other hand, if you're on my f-list and you'd like to answer, i'd love to read your responses!

Title: A Tale Of Two Tylers (Part Two: Things Get Odder)
Fandoms: Doctor Who and Wonderfalls
Characters: Ten, Rose, Jaye, Sharon, etc.
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Not mine!
Summary: Jaye gets the 411, and Sharon gets a bit of a shock.
Beta'd by: osprey_archer and shah_of_blah. wildalyss  is having e-mail problems, but she's amazing and definitely belongs on the list.
A/N: So this fic may end up being 6 parts instead of 5...if that happens I'll go through and change all my mislabeled entries I guess. Also, I know this part is really short, but the next is longer, I promise!

ETA: There will definitely be a 6th part to the fic, if only just an epilogue.

( 'So what do you do to make me normal again? Because, just so you know, exorcism doesn’t work.' )

Poll #1444571
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 12

DOLLHOUSE

because i still need to find pics for my last set of lists, and because the next part of "a tale of two tylers" isn't quite ready to go, and because i'm only halfway done with my next batch of icons (in which there is so much doctor who love, it's a little ridiculous), it seemed as good a time as any to post more ficlets, and some very random whedonland graphics.


Title: Shiny New Australia
Fandom: Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
Characters: Dr. H, Moist
A/N: This is an older fic (which some may remember), but I want to post it here for posterity. : ) It's dedicated to anyone who ever thought the lyric "shiny new Australia" in "Brand New Day" was referring to a car (*cough*). I ran with that idea.

( 'Moist...Really? Again?' )

Title: One Scottish Evening...
Fandom: BTVS
Ships: Spuffy
A/N: Set in season 8; the whedonland challenge was "are you there?" I'm not uber-thrilled with my results, but, you know, it's cute and shippy.

( 'Are you there?' )

and now for graphics! i'm posting anything mildly useful at visualthinker11 , but these were just fun.
( 'they look like this, only eviler' )

Title: A Tale Of Two Tylers (Part One: Information Frog)
Fandoms: Doctor Who and Wonderfalls
Characters: Ten, Rose, and Jaye (for now!), plus a few other cameos
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Not mine!
Summary: The Doctor and Rose know exactly what's wrong with Jaye. Well, almost.
Beta'd by: wildalyss , osprey_archer , and shah_of_blah. I don't know how I ended up with three betas, but they're all amazing.
A/N: You can definitely read this if you've seen Doctor Who but not Wonderfalls; I'm not sure it works quite as well the other way around, but I'll keep my fingers crossed. Also, this is my first solo mulit-part fic, and I'm uber-excited about it. : )

( Dr. Ron eyed the new specialist for Jaye Tyler’s case with not a little bit of suspicion. )

part one is here. ready for more lists?



( top 5 musicals )


( top 5 crack!ships )

one more of these posts left (and it'll probably be shorter than this one, too.)

as a result of this meme (which is still "open" or whatnot), i have been making lots of lists! which is awesome, i like lists. even when the decisions are (if slightly superficial) very hard. this is about 1/3 of the questions, because i ramble a bit on each answer.

( Corny as Kansas in August )

I'll be back with more soon!

gakked from penny_lane_42, 


Ask me my fannish Top Five [Whatevers]. Any top fives. Doesn't matter what, really! And I will answer them all in a new post. Possibly with pictures.



because, hey, i love pictures. and being decisive. (well, sorta...) so ask anything!

i have no shame in admitting i'm addicted to my tv. (before the new season starts i should probably make a post with all the tv shows i'll be following, and the ones i've given up.) plus, there are always old series to get caught up on, and movies to see...point is, i spend a lot of my time in front of a tv or computer screen. and though i love my tv, i hate feeling unproductive. so what's a girl to do?

knit.

seriously, it's pretty easy to learn, and great for doing while you watch things. there are tons of free patterns on the interent to play with, and you get the benefit of a new cute little toy or an awesome sweater (or WHATEVER you want to knit) when you finish watching that fifth episode of doctor who. i just started knitting this summer and i've already made lots of cute things to share.

( During times of stress or anxiety, he liked to knit. Since the arrival of the dead girl who was not dead, he found the stockinette stitch relaxing. )

i have a few more craft projects of the summer, some fangirl-y, and some not. i'll post those later. do any of my lovely f-listers do crafts? if so, i'd love to hear about them! (also, if anyone else knits and would like more information on the yarn i used or anything like that, feel free to ask.)

not all that long ago, i did a picspam listing some of my favorite things about firefly. not a single picture in that spam came from the movie serenity. that's because i always considered serenity a lucky epilogue to the series, but nothing really special. or rather, it was special, just not my brand of the stuff. if i had to rate firefly and serenity on a scale of 1 to 10, firefly would get an 11- and serenity maybe a 6.

funny how a single rewatch changes things, however. now i have a whole new list of things i love about the movie, and a few things that still get to me. and of course i had to explain this with pictures, because, well, i'm me.

first, the good.

( I am a leaf on the wind - watch how I soar. )


but there's still the bad.

( At last, we can retire and give up this life of crime. )




on a scale of 1 to 10, i'd probably give this movie an 8 now, if not a 9.

do you guys agree with my issues? think i missed something good about it? i don't know if my views are widely accepted or really controversial, and either way i'd love to hear what you think!

once upon a time, there was a glorious little show called pushing daisies. it starred brilliant actors (lee pace and kristin chenoweth especially), featured well-developed and fascinating characters, told an epic love story, and was one of the most upbeat shows about death that i've ever seen. how could i not write fic?

these four little drabbles (some triple-drabbles and the like, but all multiples of 100 words) were all written for the now-extinct comm "100 daisies." the first two were posted there, but i only finished editing the last two recently- so this is the first time they're being posted online. all have been beta'd by the lovely shah_of_blah.


Title: Four-letter Fruits
Prompt: ‘burnt’ (300 words)
( Read more... )


Title: Conversations with Dead People
Prompt: ‘ghosts’ (100 words)
( Ned eyes the beige-colored room. He blinks. )


Title: Girls’ Night Out
Prompt: ‘waiting’ (250 words…er, so a double-and-a-half drabble)
( Olive never expects Charlotte's aunts to leave the house so soon, and certainly not like this. )


Title: Certain Facts
Prompt(s): ‘charm,’ ‘disaster,’ ‘Lily Charles’ (300 words)
( Dwight Dixon smiled a slow, genial smile, and Vivian wondered if he was going to play another song on the bagpipe. )

so, hello livejournal, having a new journal seems to mean i get to introduce myself again. i have to do something to fill up this blank page, right?

my name is sara, and i am obsessed with tv. ; )


but seriously, if you want to know more about me, i have a much more complete profile written up here than at my graphics journal, visualthinker11. it doesn't contain every detail of my life, but if you want to have a slightly better idea of whose been making all those icons there/will be rambling here, feel free to take a look.

as far as my two journals go, visualthinker11  will contain more of the same- icon posts, picspams, and fanvid posts. radio_silent  will be home for fanfic (and there's some of that coming very, very soon), metas (or me attempting to meta), reviews, memes, and other types of fandom-related posts. i think i'm going to try to make this my main journal, moving my f-list over to this account. hopefully that transition won't be too confusing.

so there you have it- new journal, new intro post. hello, old lj friends, and hi to anyone new! *waves.*