Where the spirits live

 Oooooh, spoilers/chapter for HOLiC is out and... dawnduskdancer, I think you were right about that thing where the shop is based in the past.
(But gah, I now want to know why there isn't a kind of circle for drawing the power of belief of those who want wishes granted to sustain the shop.) Unless of course, Watanuki, Doumeki, Himawari and all that are going to be roped in to provide the base for a new shop tied permanently to a time/place with Kohane as the new Witch. (What? Don't look at me that way, I was totally expecting Yuuko to tell Kohane that the price for her happiness was to sacrifice it later on to become the Witch of the Dimensions. (I so want to write that.))
It looks like Yuuko, Maru and Moro might not be getting their happy ending... 

Mweh, I've also been persuaded to do a OT3+ blogcrew sometime. Yay for OT3s!

Thank you google blog for sharing such wonderfully witty people like Tom Lehrer. Of course, there's also the element song and the letter 'e'.
Sigh, so fun. 
His song about smut

 Dark Horse, an American publishing company who mostly publishes comics and the occasional translated manga, has confirmed it's going to publish Clover.
[ANN link]

Dark Horse isn't a publisher whose publications are distributed massively in New Zealand, except through comic stores, but this means Clover's being republished YAY!

 ETA: The Haruhi manga and novels have also been liscensed and due for release NEXT year.
Also, a new animation for Dragon Ball will be released in JUMP related event.

 Whee! Ep 8 of Zombie Loan.
I still hold love for it, just I wish that there wasa definite second season plan. *has watched the last episode in part and is disappointed over the epic cliffhangerness*

Title: understanding

Series: Bleach
Character/Pairing: Ichigo/Orihime, Ichigo/Rukia
Rating: PG
Genre: Sentimental (possibly General, possibly romance)
Spoilers/Warnings: IchiOri? Dead/mysteriously disappeared Rukia?
Wordcount: 250
Author's Notes: I wrote an IchiHime. I know. The world must be imploding slowly. I need to go finish some nice fluffy kids!IshiHime. This writing makes me angsty.

( There had only ever been one person who had ever understood... )

 Still looking for names for that icon community to be shared with dawnduskdancer and shadowsinfire.

However... writing comm names is another matter.
Since my favourite words are probably all gone (not including spaciotemporal) I think another play on my name is in order.

forever_verdant/foreververdant anyone?

The forever bit comes from the family motto, which translates into something like: "Forever joyous" or "Always happy" (points for anyone who does not know my last name who guesses correctly! And a laugh, 'cos I always get a crack out of using my name inappropriately.)
Verdant is simply another meaning of Chloe.


*reiterates the icon comm name possiblities*

lycoris_icons
moebius_icons 
spaciotemporal
wiggly_icons

Apart from the fact I'm in minor pain, I'm quite fine and dandy. Halfway through a proofreader/QC test for Moob scanlations as well.
However, that's not the point of this post. 

Naming help wanted for writing archive and icon community

What I'm looking for is names for a writing archive journal and an icon community.
The writing archive will be for my use only, so just suggest away (I like the words 'mora', 'elan', 'peripeteia') and I'll choose one I like or totally ignore them.

The icon archive might be shared between me,

shadowsinfire and dawnduskdancer , so we'll have to confer on the name. Something with 'icons' or 'graphics' is not compulsory though.

I quite like the sound of something flower related though.

 

Suggestions will go here

lycoris_icons
moebius_icons

 YEAH, OUR ICHIGO IS BACK!

Oh gods, I missed the "Must. Save. Friends." Ichigo.
TAT

I also have to admit I got a kick out of seeing Ulquiorra step into the space of Aizen's chair. Not because he's out of the sugar cube of doom, but because it's symbolic or something.
Yeah, something like that.

(Oh gods, I've been staring at DVD covers for too long)

What I do when my internet is not working well or particularly fast. Watch something.
In this case, I feel like bleach and not Tsubasa (which is one of my current DLs) nor Spice and Wolf or Zombie Loan (the Spice and Wolf OST also being DLed).
I'm way back on 149.

I can't be bothered to remove the alt text, but I can be bothered to remove the text at the bottom of their cut and paste code. The quiz makers are clever, but I'm cleverer.

Mostly to anticpate if there's going be some kind of shitstorm ahead.

But good news for fanfiction writers: fic containing sexually explicit activities with/between minors is allowed. Actually, any text is.

I feel like commenting on what an ASCII picture would fall under. 

However you do need to say it's NOT a good thing. Guess we'll be seeing new community disclaimers around. 
Possibly. I think bleach_yaoi's pretty much covers everything.

The entry is still under 500 comments though, so keeping an eye on the threads would be a good idea. Here's a comment dealing with anime/manga and how a character may well be over 18 canonically but looks like a kid. *coughHitsugayacough* Another one.

- A question on the heading 'Eating disorders'
- A particularly snipy person commenting on how anime = kiddie porn
- Very humourous comment on chibi and furry art
- About impersonation and RPs
- On adding a section explicitly for fanfiction
- What is a threat to the US president anyway?
- The BJD community had some problems with previous regulations?
- On possibilities for judging ages in fanart
- More on specific points including writing that's graphic and so forth
- If your dog swallows a roll of quarters while you're acting in that two hours before suspension would you have time to take him to the vet?
- More on the images thing
- On libel
- Fincky fan-person on age is just a number (interesting, because they reference a fandom which 'normal' ages don't apply. I think)
- Is songfic an offense?
- On LJ servers being hosted where they are. (Good point, especially since LJ is technically owned by a Russian company now)
- Makes a point about users who may have a mental illness which may incapacitate them to a degree that they can't report content concerning them

If you have to pile on one comment in support of it, here's one which asks that fanworks be recognised in the policies.

Title: words

Series: xxxHOLiC
Character/Pairing: Clow/Yuuko
Rating: PG
Genre: General
Spoilers/Warnings: n/a
Wordcount: 256
Author's Notes: Minimal beta by shadowsinfire and fae_elric
Written because hitsuzen really is a perfect word.


( Words define a person, people define words )

So yeah, I did this one over a year ago but that should be sufficiently a while ago to do this again, right?
Onwards.

List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they're any good, they must be songs you're really enjoying now. Post these instructions in your Live Journal along with your seven songs. Then tag seven other people to see what they're listening to.
tagged by cait_rose

( I ramble a bit as well as giving you a list in a kind-of-order )

The Fanfic-Writer's Meme

Tagged by arathe and lina_kun

1. Which is your favorite fic? I love them all!
But I think, seven days is my favourite currently.

2. Which is your best-received fic? Ame. I haven't posted it to LJ, but it's got something crazy like 20 favourites on ff.net and several warm reviews.

3. Which is your worst-received fic? Maybe. I think it's my worst received. I don't like it either so I say it is.

4. Which is your angsty-est fic? Life is beautiful There are other fics I've written which are angsty and even more which are bittersweet, but this is definitely one of the angstiest.

5. Which is your funniest fic? I personally like "What lies beyond those hills?" Bleach version but I think a few of my FMA ones could also be considered the funniest.
The Wrong Trousers would be my pick.

6. Smuttiest? This one. It's untitled, it's Ed/Roy. Yeah. That's the one I think is smuttiest, although I think I've written a few more fics which oozed sensuality more than that one.

7. Fluffiest? Rainbow socks. Hands down. Again, I havne't posted it to LJ but it does give you warm fuzzies. (It's an IshiHime, it SHOULD)

8. Have you ever made someone cry with a fic? I don't recall any comments like that... I think. I know I've made people feel sad though.
Much better at making people feel happy though.

9. Which fic frustrates you the most? Maybe
Seemed brilliant at the time, not so much later. There are others like a random one with the Elrics and retelling what happened with Cornello, but that one makes me cringe whenever I browse through my completed stuff.

10. Which fic was the most fun to write? Uh... All of them? I think anything with xxxHOLiC, Ishida family, Isshin, Gin or the Disc is fun. But the one I had the most shits and giggles would probably be... Hubble, bubble, boil and trouble.

11. Who is your favorite OC you've ever created? Uh... Ume? Who technically isn't an OC but a name I thought of for a character who has never been named? (In this case, Ishida's mother)
If that doesn't count, Wilson who I am SURE appears in Lancre somewhere but I can't be bothered to go look up.
If original fic counts, I like Ascot and Thomhas of the Delvewood estate.

12. Are you better at oneshot or mulitpart? ONESHOT. I can't keep a consistent plot for my life. Well, I possibly could, but yeah... I just burn out.

13. What character do you think you're the best at portraying? Yuuko. I think.
She's very fun to write and also very fun personality wise and kind of jumps around the place around a lot, except when she's being serious. When she is serious though, it's beautiful.

14. What character is the most difficult to portray? That I've tried... I think Hollow Ichigo. Everyone from FMA is dead easy, same with InuYasha and a whole load of my old fandoms, CLAMP in general is on the easy side, Discworld is just a plain walk in the park (except for Susan. But she's contrary anyway) but Bleach proves a challenge. Mostly because there's a lot of characters, but also because an awful lot of them are guys and keep to themselves. Hollow Ichigo is just a complete mystery. Ishidas' are a bit hard too. I dread Touya as well.
I forgot. Dream (Morpheus) is a terribly drag as well if he isn't around any of his siblings.

15. Tag five other authors! I tag... _debbiechan_, shadowsinfire, fae_elric, stark_black and danwduskdancer
Basically, anyone on my flist who does write fanfic and hasn't already done this and appears regularly.



I really need to make that writing journal and archive EVERYTHING.

http://grass-angel.livejournal.com/77445.html
That entry. I was commenting on how I was still alive and needed to know what people wanted in their sandwiches.
I listed two combinations that sounded weird and wacky based on what I knew we had. Tomato and marmite; CHEESE AND PEANUT BUTTER
Two weeks later I discover they do make a good combination.

Yes, peanut butter and Edam/Mild cheese is good. 

 I FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED WITH WATANUKI.

Or at least when his memories were removed.

It was during that 'dream volume' the twelve or so chapters which were all a dream. In one of the he meets with Sakura and I believe he says something along the lines of "I wish the best for Sakura-chan"

aASDFDHGASKHlgvsaddgs

It was then! 

EDIT: NO! Yuuko's gonna die! But Syaoran's still short. *snicker*

EDIT2: Kurogane can always find Tomoyo because of those damn hair jingles.
Voluminous robes: not just handy for hiding your feet, can also be used to hide seven foot long swords! 

I'm still boggling over how Tomoyo and Kurogane are about the same age. HE'S GIANT and seems so much more mature than her.
I think his name is supposed to be something like Ōō or Houou or Ho-ho (if you want to use the Pokemon romanisation) except with a y instead of h.

EDIT3: Uh... I thought they didn't have their original clothes because they had to flee a country before changing back to them after donning the local ones. Or that they had sold their clothes in a country for other ones.

This photo post gets a special entry.

( Mokona abound! )

http://gallery.aethereality.net/download.php?id=8611
It's Tokyo Babylon, but WTH?!

Also, RG Veda, RED RIBBONS OF DOOM.

http://gallery.aethereality.net/download.php?id=15612
I don't know what's up with the shooting stars/gold streaks.

Title: Not saying 'I love you'

Series: Cardcaptor Sakura
Character/Pairing: Sakura/Syaoran
Rating: PG+
Genre: Fluff, Romance
Spoilers/Warnings: End of manga?
Wordcount: ~160
Author's Notes: Cuts right to the middle of it, so er... I apologise if it seems too abrupt? Do tell me if you've got any reasonable suggestions.


( Standing in front of him– )

Title: the future is a goldfish

Series: Twilight
Character/Pairing: Alice, Edward/Bella
Rating: PG
Genre: Light, Fluff
Spoilers/Warnings: None
Wordcount: 123
Dedication: for cait_rose
Author's Notes: No beta. Title and cut text have nothing to do with the fic.
Written because the word hitsuzen kept echoing in my head while reading Alice's explanation of her powers.



( The future is uncertain, like a goldfish seen in water disturbed )