sara's writing and recommendations.

• Post ten of any pictures currently on your hard drive that you think are self-expressive.
• NO CAPTIONS!!! It must be like we're speaking with images and we have to interpret your visual language just like we have to interpret your words.
• They must ALREADY be on your hard drive - no googling or flickr! They have to have been saved to your folders sometime in the past. They must be something you've saved there because it resonated with you for some reason.
• You do NOT have to answer any questions about any of your pictures if you don't want to. You can make them as mysterious as you like. Or you can explain them away as much as you like.


Oooh ~self expressive~ okay...

( click for randomness... )

OH GOD THEY'RE SO OLD. That's right, I'm still following HP art these days. Just...lazily.


"The Sectumsempra Scene" (Draco) by raitala

Bill, Fleur, and Victoire + "Swept Off Her Feet" (Harry/Ginny) by glockgal

"Frolic" (the Marauders) by ani_bester

"The Death of Narcissa Black" (comic w/ Narcissa and Andromeda) by winkout

"Masochism" (James/Lily and Remus/Sirus) by spacefragments

"Spinner's End" (Snape) by cluegirl

Harry + Draco + "Fire In the Belly" (Harry/Draco) by lillithium

HP vs. Twilight showdown by Empressfunk

"Shelter From the Cold" (Snape/Hermione) by _odella_

Hermione + Dementor + Fleur + "In the Dungeon" (Snape) + Lily and Severus by MirrorCradle

Remus/Sirius by ericahpfa

"Potter Calling the Snape Black" (comic w/ Sirus, Snape, and Harry) + "That Filthy Sign" (DH illustration of Xeno Lovegood and Krum) by tomscribble

Harry, Neville, Hermione, Draco, and Ron by hey_madeleine

"Bella's Pride" by Emily427

Art dump with various multi fandom stuff (The Trio, Hermione, Draco/Hermione, Draco/Harry) by andreanna [post is NWS]

"Draco and Mom" by Dvervzimu

"Sirius Drops His Book" (Sirius/Remus) by Alirodina

"One Night" (Snape) by Katigerclaw

1. HEY FIC COMMENTARY POLL

Several people on my f-list are doing this and it's made me realize the last time I wrote a commentary for anything it was for my Brokeback Mountain fics literally ages ago. And while I'm stuck on like five different plot points for the Star Trek XI gen fic I'm working on I need something to do. So even if you haven't read any of these you can just pick one. Unless you think writing fanfic commentaries is narcissistic and silly, which it is.

Poll #1425956
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All

If I do a fic commentary, what should it be for?

2. Sharing these just for the hell of it. At ontd_startrek everyone's been asked to draw a picture, however terrible, of themselves as a Starfleet officer so we can make a big collage of all the members' submissions. So here's me as a reboot-universe redskirt:

( Ensign Chapman )

I also did one for ninety6tears because her art skills are even less remarkable than mine. She wanted to be a mirror universe Vulcan, which is infinitely more fun.

( Lieutenant Laay'la )

1. The 7 unpopular fandom opinions meme. Or is it supposed to be 5? Whatever... ( Read more... )

2. Icon meme:
1. Reply to this post, and I will pick six of your icons.
2. Make a post (including the meme info) and talk about the icons I chose.
3. Other people can then comment to you and make their own posts.
4. This will create a never-ending cycle of icon glee.

eumelkeks assigned me:
1:2:3:4:5:6:

( In which I talk too much as usual... )

Bones and Kirk + Sulu and Chekov + Spock and Uhura by glockgal

Kirk and Spock comic by noxie

Reboot art meme + "Thank you, Dr. McCoy" (Kirk, Spock, McCoy) + "Hmph. Some Party." (AU high school Bones and Uhura) + "Trek High" (everybody in high school) + "Food Fight At the Mess" + "Nightmare" (Spock, McCoy, Kirk) + by turntap2

"McCoy Eats Lunch Alone. FML." by Tocanaco
Aw, poor Bones. :(

"Best Friend" (Kirk and Spock comic) + "Stars" (Spock and Uhura) + "Spockblocked" (Comic w/ Spock/Uhura, Kirk, McCoy) by Irrel

Nero + 2 of Bones + Spock + Kirk and Spock + Uhura (scroll down) by sidhefaer

"Mind Meld" (Kirk/Spock) + Spock by jou
GUH SO GORGEOUS.

"Admit it, Spock" (Spock/Kirk/McCoy comic) by 09bang

Another art meme + Kirk/Spock/Chekov comic by whenisadoor

Spock/Uhura by Absynthia

Various hilarious art of Scotty + others + more funny arts of everybody + several comics by midnight_city

"Subtle Things" (Spock/Uhura) by Swinkkat

"That Pointy-Eared Bastard" (Spock) by dreamlittleyo

Young Kirk/Spock by llamacicatrice

"Spock Badge" by Majime

Various silly sketches by hamano_ayumi

Fluff-ish Kirk/McCoyby kilala10

Okay...So I may or may not have started some STXI gen fic. And I may or may not be planning to write meta about why Spock/Uhura isn't necessarily unbelievable, OOC, an unforgivable offense against the holy canon, etc. And I may or may not still have approximately fifty old playlists finished for various fanmixes and general mixes that I need to throw together album art for and share already.

But overall my summer is proving to be mostly totally unproductive since I'm too busy watching Heroes and hanging around kink memes and so instead of working on any of those things I'm posting a bunch of hilarious Star Trek shit because I feel like it.








( FUCK THIS SHIT I'M GONNA MAKE A MINT JULEP AND JOIN THE POLLEN PARTY )

A couple ficlets of great McCoy gen written for yahtzee63's ST 2009 drabble challenge. These scenes show how his life can be somewhat lonely and sad, but rather than angsty (God forbid) they're done with a dry humor that's so perfectly Bones and, of course, hilarious.

Title(s): None
Author: damalur
Rating: not given (both probably PG)
1st drabble prompt: "cautionary tale"
Characters & Pairings: McCoy, Spock
Link: "That wasn't a joke, Commander, now was it?"

2nd drabble prompt: "hangover"
Characters & Pairings: McCoy, Kirk
Link: It's Thursday. He never could get the hang of Thursdays...

Tags: st fic recs

I know I'm not the only HP fan who sometimes does the "Let's pick random characters from anything and figure out what Hogwarts House they'd be in" game. In this poll I tried to pick ones that aren't really obvious or that I think there'd at least be a lot of disagreement about. 'Cause you know, we all know Luke Skywalker is Gryffindor...

And for once I wasn't so mean about never using check boxes so you don't always have to pick just one. :)

( Multi-fandom Sorting Hat poll )

So tragic but lovely. This fic has just the kind of "missing scene" from the finale I think I didn't need but still wanted, and when it's written this way it's so easy to believe this was part of the story.

Title: Die a Dawn
Author: Camilla (misscam)
Characters & Pairings: Lee/Kara, some Adama/Roslin
Rating: R
Summary: Sometimes, just before she fell asleep, Kara would try to remember dying. All she ever remembered was the light.
Link: She still brought the light...

Haven't posted one in a looooong time...



( The random theme of the poll today is ANIMATION... )

I watched Caprica a few days ago and wrote up some thoughts about it but have been withholding my comments until it's officially released so I can join the party with everyone else. It started out kind of meh but by the end I loved it and even got kind of teared up in some parts. As promised it's something very new and different that definitely doesn't depend on the viewer being familiar with the world in order to enjoy/understand it, but it also had plenty of things I could geek out about as a BSG fan.

( You can't copy a soul. )

Baltar + Starbuck + Six + Roslin by monstarling

Starbuck by Urdsama
A friend of mine wants to get this tattooed on himself. I really really can't blame him.

"BSG Rocks" psychedelic poster + Anders Pyramid card + "Tigh Noon" poster by Ratscape
Lullllz.

Baltar and Six by Edgyspice

Starbuck and Apollo by Madarivian

"Battlestar Galactica Pinup" (everyone) by Pyrogina

"Starbuck Returns" by Jasonpal

3 Comics (Tom/Laura crack, classic BSG vs. new BSG characters) by ani_bester

Chief Tryol + "Just Kara" by Nastylittlethought

"Viva Caprica 6" by Cunaka

Dropping out of college playlist.
music I've been listening to instead of studying for finals...heh

hanne hukkelberg. berlin.
the who. magic bus.
the dandy warhols. all the money or the simple life honey.
louis armstrong. la vie en rose.
massive attack. man next door.
sons and daughters. blood.
the beatles. lady madonna ("love" version).
led zeppelin. black mountain side.
moby. flower.
the cult. she sells sanctuary.
soul coughing. screenwriter's blues.
bobby darin. splish splash.
the crystal method. trickshot.
spoon. back to the life.
sufjan stevens. the dress looks nice on you.
cat power featuring steve shelley. the sleepwalker.
the the. this is the day.
the yeah yeah yeahs. gold lion (acoustic version).
[zip]

Title: Aerilon Girls Are Easy
Author: Sara C. (flowrs4ophelia)
Characters & Pairings: Lee/Kara(/Zak)
Rating: R
Summary: Without a war to bring them back together, it takes a lot for Kara and Lee to be able to forgive each other. And themselves.
Previous parts: I | II | III | IV
Notes: Thanks are due to ninety6tears for being my very accommodating beta reader even though it's finals time and I've been neglecting a different AU project I'm supposed to be collaborating with her on in order to finish this first. :)
And thanks so much for reading, you guys. <3 I might as well mention that I can just maybe see myself writing a sequel to this eventually, but I really do mean...eventually. And maybe. LOL.

( I'm fallowing your days / this taste of dilution / it's perfect world disorder )

Title: Aerilon Girls Are Easy
Author: Sara C. (flowrs4ophelia)
Characters & Pairings: Lee/Kara(/Zak)
Rating: R
Summary: Without a war to bring them back together, it takes a lot for Kara and Lee to be able to forgive each other. And themselves.
Previous parts: I | II | III
Notes: I was very stubbornly trying to make sure I made the rest of this not get too long to post in one last part, but that was just getting impractical. So once again, just kidding, there'll be one more post of this than I've been saying there will be. Nothing very long, though; it will feel like sort of an epilogue after everything that happens in this part.

( You only play games you know you can win. )

Title: Aerilon Girls Are Easy
Author: Sara C. (flowrs4ophelia)
Characters & Pairings: Lee/Kara(/Zak)
Rating: R
Summary: Without a war to bring them back together, it takes a lot for Kara and Lee to be able to forgive each other. And themselves.
Previous parts: I | II

( Let's just be grateful we're not at war and leave it at that. )