Embryo of Philosophy

Right, this is just a little late.

Right after b_hallward convinced me to sign up for remixthedrabble, I was struck by a frightening thought. What if if I was assigned to remix her? That would be bad. I would fail. Utterly and completely. Bad.

So, I just hoped that luck and random chance would be on my side. The assignments were sent out... and I got phoebe_zeitgiest. And then I raged at the unfairness of the universe. The whole idea of the remix is "If you wrote this fic, what would what it be like?". The problem is that writing wise Phoebe's and my brains work very differently. I simply never would have thought to write anything like the majority of her stories. Plus there's the whole "Fuck, this is brilliant; what if I mess it up?" thing.

I made a big angsty post about it, and who should comment but Phoebe. This lead to a conversation that was both comforting and rather awkward on my end.

Choosing what to remix was the first hard part. I was both drawn to and repelled by And Not Your Yellow Hair. On one hand, it's one of my favorite stories and I knew it would fascinating to remix. On the other hand, I also knew that it would be really freaking hard to remix. The Way We Weren't seemed the most logical choice. I ship Muraki/Ukyou/Oriya, and it was a subject I knew I could work with. So, there was no reason not to do it. But I felt ashamed for not trying And Not Your Yellow Hair. Was I afraid of a challenge? Was I a coward? I felt like I had to at least try. (Veleda: like a shounen hero in some ways.) So, I did both.

I finished with plenty of time (for once), and asked Dorian if she would beta. She said yes, and I sent the drabbles off. Or so I thought. She never got them. Yeah, my email provider sucks mightily. So, the day before everything was due, I finally worked up the courage to email her again, freaked when I realized the problem, I emailed the drabbles again.

So, Dorian liked them, Phoebe liked them, and I didn't have to kill myself or flee to the Sierra Nevada. Happy ending!

Dorian, would you like to make a drabble request for helping out, especially on such short notice?


Here they are:

Title: And Not Your Yellow Hair (You Yourself Alone Remix)
Pairing: Hisoka/Muraki
Rating: PG-13
Orginal Fic: And Not Your Yellow Hair

( And Not Your Yellow Hair (You Yourself Alone Remix) )



Title: And the Way We Are (Gilded Cage Sampling)
Pairing: Muraki/Ukyou/Oriya
Rating: PG
Original Story: The Way We Weren't

( And the Way We Are (Gilded Cage Sampling) )

( Cut to spare non-fandom people )

( Cut to spare non-fandom people )

Comment to this entry and I'll pick three of your fandoms. You must (or rather, if you want to) then update your journal and answer the following questions:

01: What got you into this fandom in the first place?
02: Do you think you'll stay in this fandom or eventually move on?
03: Favorite episodes/books/movies/etc.?
04: Do you participate in this fandom (fanfiction, graphics, discussions)?
05: Do you think that more people should get into this fandom?


dancing_serpent gave me Count Cain, Merlin, Yami no Matsuei.

( Read more... )

So, b_hallward is writing a series of absolutely gorgeous Merlin AU drabbles in which Merlin is Arthur's guardian angel. Go read them. Even if you've never seen Merlin, even if you don't like angels. They're masterpieces.

( Fandom talk )

Title: Illumination
Fandom: Count Cain/Godchild
Pairing: Cain/Riff
A/N: 250 words long (a kiss). Written for wishkisses on lj.

( Riff is reading by candlelight when he hears footsteps in the darkness... )

Title: Something Like Simplicity
Fandom: Yami no Matsuei
Pairing: Oriya/Hisoka
A/N: 300 words long (a french kiss). Written for wishkisses on lj.

( Oriya resents signs that he's growing older... )

Title: In the Line of Duty
Fandom: BBC's Merlin
Characters: Merlin, Arthur, the silly hat (What? I think it's a character.)
A/N: Merlin has sucked in so many writers; who am I to resist the siren call? Drabble and a half.

( Arthur was in a horrible mood, and for once, Merlin couldn't blame him... )

Three drabbles, for various fandoms.

Title: Pygmalion
Fandom: Yami no Matsuei
Characters: Hisoka, Muraki, mention of Tsubaki-hime
Rating: PG-13? Look, it features Muraki. Draw your own conclusions.
Spoilers: King of Swords arc

( Pygmalion )

Title: Lily of the Valley
Fandom: Saiyuki
Pairing: One-sided Hwan/Gyokumen Koushu
Rating: PG
A/N: This was written for the yuri_challenge drabble challenge. Because the world needs more Hwan fic.

( Lily of the Valley )


Title: Magic Eyes
Fandom: Shoujo Kakumei Utena
Characters: Anthy, Akio
Rating: PG
Spoilers: For safety's sake, lets say the end of the series.
A/N: Double drabble written for ravenbell, who wanted something about Anthy and her glasses.

( Magic Eyes )

Remember when I made the post about the dvd_commentary community, and how I'd never ever actually post a commentary because I'd most likely be horribly wrong, and then I'd have to commit ritual suicide? Well, uh, I lied. Not about being wrong! That's still true. But about not posting a commentary. (I was probably lying about the suicide bit. Probably.)

So, you can find my commentary for ravenbell's story Better the Devil You Know here for part one and here for part two. Remember, I'm probably wrong about everything, and most likely terribly stupid as well. I'm just warning you.

But wait! There's more! See, I've had a FST for the story in my head for awhile, and this gave me the perfect excuse to post it. It's only six songs, more of a mini-FST than anything else, and certainly not behemoth that my 30 Tortures FST was, but, well, it is what it is.

There isn't a title. There's no point. The Thirty Tortures FST had a title, but I just think of it as the Thirty Tortures FST.

( So, here you go. )

...You know, I was supposed to spend this weekend studying.

Title: For Tomorrow We Die
Fandom: Yami no Matsuei
Characters: Hisoka, Tsubaki (Sort of Hisoka/Tsubaki)
Rating: PG
Word count: 723
Warning: Spoilers for the Queen Camellia arc
Summary: On the deck of the Queen Camellia, Hisoka and Tsubaki discuss life, death, and hope.
A/N: Written for springkink. The prompt was "Hisoka/Tsubaki: reaching - Tomorrow will be a better day, even if we're dead."

( The night air is cold against Hisoka's face and the sea is making a low rumbling sound when Tsuzbaki-hime asks him to stay close to her... )

Your Slogan Should Be

Veleda. Champagne for the Brain.

After some thinking, I have decided that the best way to wake is right next to a very attractive person that you remember having awesome sex with the night before, and they tell you that due to a quirk of fate, you are now a multi-billionaire. However, the second best way to wake up is logging on to livejournal to find that one of your favorite fanfic writers has written a long fic for one of your favorite series, featuring your two favorite characters, and it's really, really good.

Better the Devil You Know by ravenbell. Read it. Now.

Fic I totally want to write:

Watari and Tsuzuki are fuck buddies. Hisoka and Tatsumi are in love. And in denial about it. And horrible repressed. Clearly, Watari and Tsuzuki have to do something.

Ynm/H.P. Lovecraft crossover. It even has a title! And a rudimentary plot! But I think that a writer would have to be far more talented than I am to pull it off.

Fic that shamelessly and mercilessly parodies all those fluffy bunny!Muraki/Tsuzuki fics. Staring Konoe and Oriya.

Fic in which Hisoka has absolutely no interest in Tsuzuki romantically, but has a sex dream about him anyway. I mean, Hisoka is a teenage boy, Tsuzuki is an very attractive man, and they spend a whole lot of time together. These things happen.

Fic in which Tsuzuki and Hisoka have sex, decide that the whole thing was really weird, but decide that they still love each other, just not in a sexual or romantic sense, and they agree to stay partners and friends with no angst about it.

It's scary how many of would have the added benefit of pissing off rabid shippers. I mean, I'd never write anything for solely that reason, but...

You know, I am the very embodiment of this comic. I can't let things go. I have to argue, have to exhaustively point out all the myriad ways that my particular view is the right one. Even when I know it would be smarter and easier to walk away, I just can't. I tell you this so you know exactly what perversion of sense led me to have the following conversation on the ff.net Yami no Matsuei forums.

( For your, uh, enjoyment )

Oh, YnM fandom, I wish I knew how to quit you.

Title: Great King
Fandom: Yami no Matsuei
Characters: Hisoka, Enma
A/N: This is set in the same universe as Sigyn. It was betaed by the most wonderful ravenbell.

( Hisoka kept his back straight as he walked down the darkened hallway... )

Title: Logic
Fandom: Yami no Matsuei
Character: Nagare
Spoilers: Kamakura arc

( Logic )


Title: Life's Precious Jewels
Fandom: Yami no Matsuei
Pairing: Eileen/Tsubaki-hime
Spoilers: King of Swords arc
Author's Notes: They were so sweet before they became horrifically doomed. Written for femslash100.

( Life's Precious Jewels )


Title: Wild, Tame
Fandom: Shoujo Kakumei Utena (Yes! I can in fact write non-YnM drabbles!)
Pairing: Kozue/Kanae

( Wild, Tame )

So, over spring break, I had this plan to write a drabble a day. The plan utterly, completely, and in all other ways, totally failed. But I did get two drabbles out of it.


Title: From One Who Truly Loves You
Fandom: Yami no Matsuei
Pairing: Eileen/Tsubaki
Spoilers: King of Swords Arc

( Eileen creeps into the doctor's room, silent as death... )


Title: Dangerous
Fandom: Yami no Matsuei
Threesome: Ukyou/Muraki/Oriya
Author's Notes: Written for drabble_a_trois.

( Ukyou knows that the men she loves are dangerous... )

And a meme!

a. Post a list of 10 fandoms.
b. Have your friends list guess your favorite character from each one.
c. When guessed, bold the line, include the character name, and write a sentence about why you like that character

1. Revolutionary Girl Utena
2. Yami no Matsuei
3. Saiyuki
4. Firefly
5. Angel Sanctuary
6. Fullmetal Alchemist
7. Sailor Moon
8. Loveless
9. Gravitation (Manga)
10. GetBackers

(For some of these, I have more than one favorite. That makes it easier to win!)

EDIT: Because it made me giggle.

I do intend this to be more than a fic journal, but I'll need some free time. Until then, reposts from lj.

Title: Long Ago and Far Away
Fandom: Yami no Matsuei
Pairing: Kasane/Nagare
Rating: PG
Warnings: Spoilers for the Kamakura arc
Summary: Even they were young once. Set pre-series.
Author's Notes: A million and one thanks to ravenbell for betaing. ravenbell is great and glorious. Remember that.

( Kasane found him in the sakura grove... )