there will be a fish

So, posting fic notices to LJ a couple of weeks late is apparently how I roll now....

Fandom: Mission: Impossible (inclusive of all four movies and the TV show, but mostly the MI4 team)
Rating: PG
Pairing/Characters: Ethan Hunt/William Brandt, Jane, Benji, cameos from all over the canon
Word Count: 28394 (whaaaat)
Summary:
After their meeting on the pier in Seattle, the team goes their separate ways. But Ghost Protocol left the IMF in turmoil, so Will, Ethan, Jane, and Benji team up to take on the Syndicate, a mysterious and widespread criminal organization. Will has to adjust to being a field agent again, and learn how to work with his team when the world isn’t on the line -- all while dealing with attack cheetahs, unexpected amnesia, train robbery, master thieves, and more.

Falling in love was not part of his scenario.

Notes: Written for smallfandombang Round 3. A ton of thanks go to ignipes for her wonderful beta, and to doitninetimes for all the cheerleading! I would also like to thank spatz for being fun to co-write spy shenanigans with, but especially for not strangling me in my sleep over the hyphens argument. ♥

And thanks to Tarlanx for the awesome big bang art! She made us not one but two different pieces, available as cover art and wallpapers; I especially love the photo manip, in which she managed to make use of a set photo from MI:4 that I adore. You can find them all here.

( on AO3 )

Oops. I just realized I forgot to cross-post this here! I was basically falling asleep as I posted AO3, though, if that's any excuse.

Fandom: Hawkeye (comics), Marvel Cinematic Universe-ish
Rating: G
Pairing/Characters: Kate Bishop, Clint Barton, Phil Coulson; Clint/Coulson-ish, but largely ampersand-fic
Word Count: 5519
Summary: In which this whole dungeon thing really isn’t working for Kate Bishop, there are far too many nicknames from the Victorian era, socks are vitally important, and Clint insists he is Han Solo in this situation.

Notes: This was written using only canon through Hawkeye #7, so apologies if anything clashes horribly for you. I am also ignoring all of Secret Avengers. So it’s basically Hawkeye, plus some MCU, plus whatever random Marvel trivia I’ve absorbed by osmosis over the years. *jazzhands* A million thanks to my beta extraordinaire, spatz, who is my very own Katie-Kate. ♥

Written for bendingwind for New Year’s Resolution 2013, because I defaulted last Yuletide (OH THE SHAME).

( "Okay," Kate Bishop muttered to herself. "This looks bad." )

1. I wrote two stories! There was the Sherlock Holmes (/Due South/Numb3rs/House/Psych/Castle) fic The Sincerest Form of Flattery back in September, and then I wrote Life fic for Yuletide: Taking The Stairs, which has received many lovely comments that stroke my ego. I also wrote a smattering of Twitterfic in February for a whole bunch of fandoms.

Speaking of Yuletide, I also beta'd my sister's Life fic, Precession, which is excellent (and hilariously the only other Life fic to come out of Yuletide other than mine). I also received two gifts: In Uniform (B13) by Val Mora, and A Madcap Proposal (Lost In Austen) by 7iris, both of which are wonderful and make me super happy.

( other things )

...I guess that's it. This year felt like it went by pretty fast, or at least uneventfully. 2011 seems to have been The Year of Mediocrity for me. I'm not particularly happy, but life isn't awful. I'm just sort of drifting, is all.

I think I might take a break from the internet for a while, just FYI. We'll see.

1. I saw this collection of James McAvoy gifs on tumblr, and a) HIS HANDS, and b) okay, Sports Night fans, be with me now: doesn't he look uncannily like Dan Rydell here? Complete with impassioned, hand-gesturing speeches about integrity and principles and all that. ♥! I kind of want a Sorkin-esque XMFC AU now. Like, Erik and Charles as anchors on a political commentary show, or something. Raven is their badass producer! Hank is their Jeremy! Darwin is the best damn editor around! They all argue about politics and public policy on mutants together! COME ON. IT WOULD BE SO GREAT. :D?

2. Hey, so I wrote fic the other day! That was pretty exciting; I haven't finished anything in about a year and a half. Of course, I'm pretty sure only about half a dozen people are going to read it, because of the six different fandoms and massively nerdy meta-ness of it all, but I guess that's the curse of being multifannish. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out, though, and I had a great deal of success using my typewriter to pound out the last remaining bits.

3. I put my name in the hat for one of the league soccer teams around here recently, and was just emailed by one of the captains! So I've dragged out my old cleats and soccer ball and sports bag, and will hopefully someday soon get to embarrass myself on the soccer field with my lack of cardiovascular fitness and hopelessly rusty ball-handling skills. It's only been six years since I last played....

4. I would really rather focus on the above than think about the many and various ways that my body is currently screwing me over, because apparently now I might get to add "autoimmune disease" on top of the already-teetering pile. Yet more appointments and labwork lie in my future, hurrah.

Pictures of my typewriter! It is my current favorite thing right now. I found the serial number, and have determined that it is a Royal KMG manual typewriter made in 1950. It's in astoundingly good condition, enough so that I wonder if it was just never used, or if someone got it serviced right before I bought it. That, or it's just a really excellent piece of machinery that was treated well all it's life. I just think it's funny that I now own a typewriter that is the exact same age as my mother. :)

I spent a couple of hours yesterday scrubbing off the type settings with an old toothbrush and some rubbing alcohol, and then adjusted the key touch control (which changes how hard the type hits the paper relative to how hard you hit the keys), and now the letters come out beautifully.

I am turning into such a crazy person.

( the lady herself, a message, and the writer hard at work, Myspace-style )

The subject line, by the way, is something P.G. Wodehouse said when asked how he wrote. ♥

Hi! I would really appreciate being distracted right now, please:

The first TEN people to comment in this post get to request that I write a drabble of any pairing/character of their choosing. In return, they have to post this in their journal, regardless of their ability level.

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Meme yoinked from this lovely Middleman fic:

The iPod Challenge: Put your MP3 player on shuffle and write a flashfic (I refuse to call these drabbles; I am a term purist!) about each of the first ten songs to come up. The catch? You only have the duration of the song to write it in.

I haven't really looked at these since I wrote them at 5am, so hopefully they're not terrible. I also cheated on the rules for a few of them (you will likely be able to tell which, because they are significantly longer).

Also, I have no idea where the serial killer one came from. I kept trying to figure out who the character was, but I don't think she's anybody I've met before. Whoops, accidental original!fic?

1. ( Fringe )

2. ( Generation Kill )

3. ( not sure; any female lead + serial killer, I suppose )

4. ( Supernatural )

5. ( The Pretender )

6. ( Sherlock Holmes )

7. ( Primeval )

8. ( Sports Night )

9. ( Middleman )

10. ( Magnificent Seven )

I had a few things piling up in tabs, so here's some clean-up sharing:

1. Have y'all been reading Ben McKenzie's celeb guest blogs about Southland over at TVGuide.com? He's writing one for every S2 episode, and they're really quite good. He has a clear, direct style, gets his points across succinctly, and quite obviously understands what the show is trying to do, and what he's doing as an actor. I find them very interesting.

Entries for: 2.01 "Phase Three", 2.02 "Butch and Sundance", 2.03 "U-Boat"; all entries listed here.

2. I'm pretty sure most of you have read the AfterElton interview with Michael Cudlitz already, but have the link again. It's not the most highly intellectual interview out there, but is rather blessed with a practical, down-to-earth point of view that I enjoy.

I thought this exchange was of particular interest: ( short Q&A excerpt )

( and then I tangent into Sherlock Holmes again, some more )

Drabble round-up from that meme the other day:


( for trialia, Kaylee/River (Firefly) )


( for shoemaster, Cooper/Sherman, Saturday (Southland) )


( for lordessrenegade, Zuko (Avatar: The Last Airbender) )

Ugggghhh. Home stretch on the thesis, and I have lost all will to write...