random ramblings of nothing and everything

An assortment of my pixels:

( My babies… )

Random Ramblings: The ‘it’s time to slim down apparently’ edition, but crap there’s a couple of really great new shows this season, so maybe not.

Bandom: I think I’m done with bandom. I’ll tinker away and finish Jericho (which is multimedia, not just bandom) mostly for myself, and most likely the girl!Frankie universe, but for anything else I’m pretty much done. I don’t believe I had anything else in progress, at least no one’s harassing me for more of anything so…

I’m still reading a little, mostly My Chem with a little Pete Wentz and Ryan Ross (though no one appears to be writing him) in there to mix things up. But the current incarnation of Panic! doesn’t interest me (anyone who knows me, or reads this LJ knows I was with Panic for Ryan) and I think after this length of time that it’s not going to suddenly sink its claws into me. I think this is a long time coming, personally. Most of the authors that I liked, that wrote pairings that I would read have moved on (either to other pairings or fandoms) and I’ll keep an eye on my favorite authors, of course, some of them still have WiP’s that I’m waiting on updates for or have been talking about things that might theoretically be coming in the future but I’m pretty sure that I won’t be hunting out anything new.

Supernatural: I’m mostly sure that I’m done with this show, in fact I think that’s pretty definite, I’m DVRing it but I haven’t watched an episode yet this season. I stayed last season for Misha and because Jensen is pretty. But Misha’s gone and Jensen being pretty is not enough to keep me watching the show when I don’t really understand (or even like) the characters anymore.

Ringer: This is the first show in a long time that I’ve wanted to write for which is saying something. I’ve got the third story of ‘Version, Update’ in progress. And I’m completely shipping Bridget/Andrew (a het pairing, who would have thought?), I don’t know if that’s who I’m supposed to be shipping but of the character interactions that I’ve seen SMG and IG have the most amazing chemistry.

Once Upon A Time: I’m adoring this show, it’s one that I watch with my sister (we also watch Criminal Minds and NCIS together as well). I don’t know if fic is in the future for it, but there’s a few ideas bubbling around. Just a couple episodes in and I’m shipping Snow White/Prince (James) Charming. Snow White kicks butt; Mary Margaret is still growing on me I think. I’m also really liking Emma and though I have some ideas of what I’d like to see for her, I think I’ll hold off until the show gives us a little more on her. I’m glad that next episode we’re going to branch out a little from the Snow/Prince/Emma/Regina/Henry stuff and introduce other characters.

Summary: Andrew sees things quite a bit more clearly than people give him credit for.


( Siobhan, Version 3.0 )

Hmmm… I’ve got nothing. The last 20 pages or so of Jericho about killed me, so I wrote something fluffy-ish.

Always a girl Frankie and the boys of My Chem.

There will be more of this, eventually.

Summary: The length of Frankie’s skirts don’t have any direct ties to how many times and how strongly Gerard insists she’s ‘just one of the guys’ except when they do.

With bonus Pete Wentz

( Just One of The Guys )

I guess I’m not quite done with T:SCC yet.

SUMMARY: He stays far away from them. A part of him wants to cling, this is his father and his uncle, this is the only family he has left. But the questions that they would ask. The answers they would demand if they knew.


( The Indivisible Reese Boys )

Concert:

I have tickets to the Boston show in May of next year! Oh My God, you guys! I’m going to get to see My Chem in concert, finally!

Is anyone else going to the Boston show? Is anyone familiar enough with the area to point me in the direction of a good hotel that’s within walking distance of the House of Blues? I’ll probably be flying in the morning of and then back out the next day, so I’m game for a meet up if anyone else is.

Bandom/Fandom:

Every time I think that I’m pretty much done with Bandom something pulls me back. I’d been getting to that point recently; I’d thought, I’ll just finish up what I’m working on quietly post it somewhere and then move on to something else.

You see Panic and Ryan Ross were my gateway into Bandom and while the split made it hard I was still excited to see what directions the bands would take, two bands, more music, hope that eventually maybe they’d all come back together into one band. Fast forward to a year later and The Young Veins have practically disappeared, Panic! doesn’t have an album out and they’re just not happy making for me in the same way (the lack of Ryan Ross I’m thinking) and the possibility of them all coming back together is so unlikely that hell will freeze over and Lucifer will become the king of Iceland first.

Fall Out Boy was my second entranceway and now they’re all split as well and while I’m loving what I’m hearing from the Black Cards it’s kind of hard to be excited about a band that doesn’t actually have an album out that I can listen to.

My Chemical Romance was sort of one of those peripheral bandom bands for me at the beginning, I knew their music, loved the stage antics and everything, but they weren’t it for me. They were like that best friend, you know, steady, kind of reliable (drummer changes not withstanding) that you fall in love with so slowly that you don’t even realize that you’ve fallen in love with them until it’s a done deal. I ordered the box set and I don’t even care whose gun I get, I love them all. I can’t even remember the last time I’ve been this excited about an album or the prospect of seeing a band in concert. See above with regards to the fact I’m going to see them in concert in May, I’m calling it my birthday present to myself since my birthday is on the 10 of May anyways.

Side note: I’m kind of bummed that our ray guns aren’t coming with our box sets next week, but, hopefully they’ll come shortly after.

Writing:

Things that I’m working on:

Bandom - The Perfect Collar: In case anyone was wondering or cares, I’ve pulled down the first three chapters of this, it’ll go back up eventually in its entirety once I have it finished. It’ll be a while.

Bandom/Mixed Media - Jericho: Continues to be my happy place, I might actually participate in Bandom Big Bang if they do it next year and finish it.

Bandon – Disney!Panic: I’ve been kind of flitting around in this, it started off as a series of comment-fics that I wrote for nev-longbottom, that then kind of got expanded. It’s mostly gen with hints of possible Ryan/Brendon, Ryan/Spencer, possibly going towards OT3 or OT4.

Supernatural: I’d like to finish the Jason Dean Winchester series off at some point and I’ve been getting feedback on Journey’s End which is just fantastic, and kind of bizarre because it’s been a while since I’ve written anything for that series and I’m not sure if people are just wandering through the stories that I’ve written and finding it or if it’s been recced someplace.

The first part of this doesn't have anything to do with DW so if you're reading this on that site disregard (unless DW has lost their minds as well, which I think is unlikely, but...)

To be a lemming and follow everyone else, but also because I don't want this happening because I didn't say explicitly not to.

PLEASE, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, COPY ANY OF YOUR COMMENTS TO MY POSTS TO FACEBOOK OR TWITTER.

I don’t think this will be an issue, but I’ll put it out there just to be on the safe side. I will defriend for this. Also, if anyone cares, my really informal friending / defriending policy is thus:

Friending – If you have the same fannish interests that I do or have posted fic that I absolutely adored, I have friended you. I rarely, if ever, friends lock anything. So honestly, if I haven’t friended you in return you aren’t going to miss anything but if you feel that I haven’t friended you back in error and am missing stuff on your journal feel free to send me a PM and I’ll rectify it. As long as the Facebook/Twitter thing doesn’t become an issue I don’t see posting behind a friends lock happening.

Defriending – As long as you don’t make derogatory comments in regards to any of my favorite people or pairings, I won’t defriend you. I tend to be really laid back but I have my favorites and I’ve seen some inflammatory stuff that just twigged me the wrong way. Sometimes I’ll defriend if fannish interests begin diverging, but mostly if I’ve friended you for fic or fandom interests you’re not going anywhere. Favorite people and pairings (in case you were wondering) can pretty much be found by clicking on my fic masterlist.

Random Ramblings:

1. Ryan and Brendon got photographed together over the weekend. They neither one look completely thrilled to be sitting next to the other, they both look tired and I’m not sure what the heck was up with Brendon’s hair but… my OTP is still kind of shiny. :D

2. My GH fic has sucked out almost all my brain. Stories that move this smoothly almost always scare me because I’m forever waiting for a roadblock to slam up in front of me. But… it’s almost done, it’s going to end up being almost 90 pages in Word and I completely adore it. I just wish there was a bigger fandom for GH slash, is there a LJ community for soap slash? Would anyone be interested if I created one on DW, I have a bunch of codes, I could totally do that…

3. I have DW Invite codes, does anyone still need one? Let me know. Also, do we have any idea if DW is going to do a Permanent account sale in the near future? If LJ is going to continue attempting to fail like this, I’d like to have a more permanent fallback space.

4. Fic is moving along, I’ve got a bunch of things I’m fiddling with. Sequels to Six Years Ago & The Brother’s Way, as well as a new one titled Jericho, one that fits into A Bat By Any Other Name (DC Fic).

a. Six Years Ago is from Spencer’s POV, still no pairing as of yet and it’s looking to be a bit longer then Ryan’s POV
b. The Brother’s Way introduces P!ATD to the universe – Ryan/Bob
c. Jericho is a Sci-Fi/Fantasy/bandom fusion and there’s a bunch of bandom people of course, Panic, FOB, but there’s also a bunch of non-bandom people front and center with them. Jake Gyllenhaal, Misha Collins, Jensen Ackles, Jessica Alba, Chad Lowe, General Clooney! I’m having fun with Jericho and I can’t get disclose the main pairing because it would give away a main plot point of the story.
d. A Bat By Any Other Name – Luthor kidnaps young Conner Grayson-Harper. Hell hath no fury and all.
e. Dragons!Universe – My latest entry into Ryan/Bob. It’s nowhere near close to being ready to post yet but I’m really enjoying where it’s heading at the moment; I’m not even really giving Ryan a hard time in it.
f. A GH What-If: Olivia had told Sonny she was pregnant with Dante instead of lying. Not sure of the pairing, if any, though I’m having fun with the Lucky/Dante pairing for Forgotten Friends so it might end up carrying over. Will most likely be published at fanfiction.net like Forgotten Friends when I get it somewhat ready to go.

Something completely self-indulgent while my other stories refuse to play along. There may, eventually, be a companion piece from Spencer’s POV.


Summary: Where Ryan goes home to help his dad and wakes up six years later to find the world a much changed place.

( Six Years Ago )

So I started going to the gym, one of the things they have there is a row of TV’s that you can plug in headsets and watch whatever channel suits your fancy. Yeah. I got hooked on GH again. Mostly because Jonathan Jackson is back as Lucky and Tyler Christopher is back as Nikolas (if Amber Tamblyn were to return I’d have three of the reasons that I watched the show in the first place back again.) And there’s Dante, who’s very pretty. So new GH fic and maybe this will be what I need to kick me in the teeth and get my other GH WiP done.

Lucky's almost gotten over the betrayal of Elizabeth and Nikolas, he's got a new life, a new best friend and a new job that is going to bring him face to face with his past.

( Forgotten Friends )

Completed, finally. And just in time for big bang season to begin. *grins*

Part 1 | Part 2


He hits the ground running. Gabriel’s little stunt has put him hours behind schedule.

( With These Broken Wings (Take Flight) 3/3 )