| you're shaking my confidence daily |
[Dec. 2nd, 2008|11:53 am] |
The fandom-as-relationship meme, gacked this time from ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) minim_calibre:
(Is this about sources or about fandoms? Because my responses might be different. Um. And I added one, which I mentioned in my comments last time I did this.)
The one who seduced you and fucked you over and broke your heart in a million pieces and laughed about it: X-Men Movieverse, I think, even still. Because by the time HP killed off Remus, I'd already moved on. But I can't even enjoy rereading my XMM stuff. I get queasy thinking about it. And I've never even seen X3. I could also put Gilmore Girls here, because wow, I am STILL bitter.
The old flame you don't see very often any more but whom you still really enjoy getting together with for a few drinks and maybe a pleasant nostalgic romp in the sheets: HP. Firefly. BtVS/Angel. West Wing. Sports Night. What? I have a lot of fandoms!
The mysterious dark gothy one whom you used to sit up with talking until 3 a.m. at weird coffeehouses and with whom you were quite smitten until you realized ze really was fucking crazy: Veronica Mars.
The one you spent a whole weekend in bed with and who drank up all your liquor, and whom you'd still really like to fuck again although you're relieved ze doesn't actually live in town: Dark Angel.
The steady: Supernatural. It's not the healthiest relationship, but it's happy-making when it's working, and oh, boy, has it been working this season.
The one you repeatedly cheat on your steady with: Ocean's Eleven. Iron Man.
The one you find yourself too tongue-tied to do anything but stare at adoringly, clinging to hir every word: Battlestar Galactica. I really want to write BSG fic, but all my brain wants to do is go ZOMG KARA IS AWESOME. So.
The alluring stranger whom you've flirted with at parties but have never gotten really serious with: in terms of writing: Bones. I'd like to write Bones, but I just can't get motivated. Mostly because the show is giving me what I want re: Booth/Brennan. I still need to write that SPN crossover, though.
The one you hang out with and have vague fantasies about maybe having a thing with but ultimately you're just good buddies 'cause the friendship is there but the chemistry ain't: again in terms of writing: Chuck. I love watching it and talking about it, but I have almost no interest in reading or writing fic for it. Same goes for Pushing Daisies.
The one you think you might marry, but you need to spend some more time together: Friday Night Lights (though again, not necessarily from a writing standpoint) It was rocky last season, but wow, it pulled itself up out of that rough patch beautifully.
The one your friends keep introducing you to and who seems like a hell of a cool peep except it's never really gone anywhere: Life. I just never actually remember it's on.
The one you slept with on the rebound who still smiles at you, yet you have no interest in any more: House.
The one who's slept with all your friends, and you keep looking at hir and thinking, "Hir? How the hell did ze land all these cool babes?": SGA
The one your friend has fallen for like a ton of bricks and whom ze keeps babbling to you about on the phone for hours, and you'd be happy for hir except you just know it's going to end badly: Heroes. Well. It kind of already has, no?
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And I know it's not funny, really, but the more I read about the whole Plaxico Burress thing, the more hilarious I find it. He used Harris Smith as his alias in the hospital, and told them he got shot at Applebee's. (source) I can't even... I don't have words for that level of WTFery.
Apparently Mad-Eye Moody was right and you shouldn't shove a loaded gun into your sweatpants: YOU COULD LOSE A BUTTOCK!
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[eta] From the AWESOME files: ZOMBIE HAIKU:
Zombie Haiku by Dylan Thomas
Do not go gentle
into that zombie plagued night.
And take the shotgun.
*dies*
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| Fandom Thanksgiving |
[Dec. 2nd, 2008|11:31 am] |
Hope everybody had a good Thanksgiving who was having one. My brother, sister-in-law and I went to the Botanical Gardens on Friday to see their train expedition. They have all these buildings from the New York area made out of trees, twigs etc. with trains running through them. Of course Friday was the worst day to go--we had to wait for far over an hour to get in, but all the kids waiting were pretty patient.
I read something yesterday that for some reason I keep thinking about--I guess it's like getting a particularly memorable fortune cookie. And it kind of leads to a "Thankful for Fandom" idea. You wouldn't expect to get that in anything related to ( Left Behind: The Movie ) |
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| Fic: If You Ask Me Why |
[Dec. 2nd, 2008|10:02 am] |
Title: If You Ask Me Why
Author: Don't ask us who!
Giftee: proftlb
Word Count: ~6820
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Harry/Snape
Warnings: Death (not a main character), M/M sex scene, possibly chan with Harry as 16, angst.
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: “If you ask me why, I couldn’t answer. I don’t know what possessed me to do it. It just happened.” A love story.
Author's Notes: Thanks to B, E, and Y for the beta. This was inspired from a recent death in my family, my grandmother who passed away recently. I was quite close to her and so dealing with that was hard. In a sudden hit of inspiration, this came out of me. I don’t quite know how, but it did. So I hope you enjoy it, and Merry Christmas for 2008.
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( If You Ask Me Why ) |
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| Why look: it's transformative government :) |
[Dec. 2nd, 2008|05:26 am] |
I just saw this on the feed for change.gov (i.e., the website of the office of the President-Elect). Link to the full story here.
President-elect Obama has championed the creation of a more open, transparent, and participatory government. To that end, Change.gov adopted a new copyright policy this weekend. In an effort to create a vibrant and open public conversation about the Obama-Biden Transition Project, all website content now falls under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License: [...]
Change.gov has incorporated additional features designed to make the Transition more accessible and its content more open and re-useable. For every video posted – from the weekly addresses, to press conferences, to speeches, to “Inside the Transition” pieces – there are links to high-resolution QuickTime video files beneath embedded videos (these are also available via the Transition’s podcast), so that the video can be saved to a computer and edited at will. The Obama-Biden Transition Team is continuing to explore ways to use new media to create a more transparent Transition. This is part of an ongoing planning process to create a 21st century government that is more transparent, participatory, and effective.
(I wonder if Obama and Co would like an account with the OTW's Archive of Our Own? *g*) |
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| Fic for meeeee! |
[Dec. 1st, 2008|10:08 pm] |
I got fic today! TWICE!
*has luckiness OMG*
I'm about to point at them both, but it's going to sound like I loved one more than the other, but it's just more, it's got the unusualness factor and all, and I want to overcome all y'all's likely resistance to the pairing, okay? Because I did like them both bunches and I am not wanting to make one author feel less loved.
Okay, so.
At Snapely Holidays, I got fic which says Snape/? and there is whiteout that says the pairing. I wouldn't want to subvert the author's intent there, but I promise it's not a scary ?
The header says
Title: Where the Heart Is
Pairing: Severus/do I have to say?
Rating: NC17 - eventually
Warnings: Live Severus, but otherwise fairly canon-compliant
Summary: Flora's prompt that I chose was, "Snape fleeing without any friends after surviving and starting his new life; maybe eventually someone find him, or maybe he really seriously starts from scratch." This is a bit of both.
Severus makes himself a home and a new life in a place he knew long before Hogwarts. Eventually someone from the wizarding world joins him in both.
I was possibly a little dubious about the amount of backstory, because there is a fair amount to open the fic, but it was okay, because how can you not like a Snape who learns to be content, and to be content with someone?
So, yay to that one. Also, Severus talks to a cat, and has a great-aunt, and works with his hands and has a good life.
And then, tonight, there was this:
Title: The Fisher King
Rating: NC-17
Pairing(s): Percy Weasley/Alastor Moody
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended. All characters engaging in sexual activity are 16 years or older.
Summary: In which quests and grails are overrated, and virtue is not.
Warnings: n/a
Okay, yes, I did in fact ask for this pairing, and this fic knocks it out of the park. Do not fret about the Moody. I asked for, IIRC, Moody to be taken seriously, warts and all, and to be a figure that is loved, and dudes, they made me cry. And yes, I am often a giant sap, so in some regards that's not hard to do, but still. There is personal history all woven in, and there is a Moody who is coherent and complex and interesting and a Percy who needs him. And there is a cameo I adored, and there is family and it's complicated and you all know how I am about the complicated, yes? And just, *flails*
Go read. Seriously. Go read both, but the other one you won't have to get over the Moody, and just, yes, go. |
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[Dec. 2nd, 2008|12:05 am] |
Happy Birthday, goseaward, and shadowskye!
Happy soon-to-be-birthday to my dearest spiderine!
May you each have a superannuation which makes you pleased to remember it!
Cheers, ladies. |
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| seven years of macgyver finally paid off |
[Dec. 1st, 2008|09:04 pm] |
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I realize I never posted about last week's Bones. ( spoilers )
Then tonight I watched Pushing Daisies. I am still incredibly SAD that it's been cancelled, because its AWESOME CANNOT BE TEXTUALLY RENDERED. ( spoilers ) I am going to miss the show so much - it kind of hurts to watch knowing there is so little left - but I will be looking forward to the dvds.
And then there was Chuck. ( spoilers )
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| Fic: The Day Severus Snape Woke Up In Hell and Spent Seven Minutes in Heaven Before Life Interrupted |
[Dec. 1st, 2008|06:18 pm] |
Title: The Day Severus Snape Woke Up In Hell and Spent Seven Minutes in Heaven Before Life Interrupted His Happily Ever After
Author:
Giftee: gatewaygirl
Word Count: Including the Title? One Miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiillion! Not including the Title: 8665
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: …Is this a trick question? *glances suspiciously at mods* Snarry and a little bit of Ron/Hermione.
Warnings: DH spoilers, massive sentient objects, the tiniest bit of exposition, Hermione's bag of tricks, EWE, slightly-out-of-his-mind!Snape, and shocked-speechless!Harry
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction set in the Harry Potter universe. No person or corporation is profiting from this story; it is for entertainment purposes only.
Summary: When Hogwarts throws a hissy fit, it's up to Harry to awaken its Headmaster. However, nothing ever goes as planned when Harry is involved.
A/N: Heartfelt thanks to all those without whom this fic would not have been finished. You know who you are. More heartfelt thanks to L for the beta and to E for the title. gatewaygirl, this actually started from one of your prompts (Harry and Snape have to work together) and then took on a life of its own. I sincerely hope you enjoy it! Happy Holidays.
( The Day Severus Snape Woke Up In Hell and Spent Seven Minutes in Heaven Before Life Interrupted His Happily Ever After ) |
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[Dec. 1st, 2008|05:46 pm] |
The Primeval is still not finished, but at least I've written most of it, and I'm hoping to finish it soon. |
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| Enemy of the Bane (part 1) |
[Dec. 1st, 2008|09:39 pm] |
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Oh, this was brilliant!
( spoilers )
It'll be hard waiting for next week... |
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| it wasn't you who held me down |
[Dec. 1st, 2008|11:08 am] |
I can't believe it's December already. Wasn't it just February? What the hell happened to this year? I guess that means it's time for the monthly wrap-up.
Top 5 songs - November 2008
5. Handle Bars - the Flobots
4. Dilaudid - the Mountain Goats
3. Devil's Playground - Gram Rabbit
2. Deep Red Bells - Neko Case
1. It's a Shame About Ray - Lemonheads
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Monthly writing round-up – November 2008
Riddle Me This
Supernatural; Dean and Sam; pg; 1,020 words
Sam and Dean meet a sphinx. Hijinks ensue.
I've never been too good with names (but I remember faces)
Supernatural; Sam and Dean; pg; spoilers through 4.08; 8,330 words
Dean's glad that Sam is focusing on the case and not what Dean can't or won't say about what he remembers.
Angel Radio
Supernatural; Dean/Anna; spoilers through the promo for 4.10; adult; 2,545 words
"The world could end tomorrow."
Tale as Old as Time
Supernatural; Dean; g; no spoilers; 1,880 words
"You're the one who's so great with kids, or so you keep telling me."
A Moveable Feast
Supernatural; Mary, John, Dean, Sam; g; 2,675 words
Five Winchester Thanksgivings
Opposition Research
Supernatural; Dean/Bela; adult; 1,080 words
"You know, when this is over, we should really have some angry sex."
Considering all my bitching about not being able to write, it was a pretty good month. I guess I am just frustrated with a number of my wsip, and also, I keep forgetting to forward myself the catchallathon document so I can work on that. I am pretty happy with these stories, though, especially "I've never been too good with names," which turned out almost exactly like I wanted it to, even though I didn't realize that while I was writing. Thanks again to everyone who's commented. I really appreciate it, more than I can say.
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I also updated unfitforsociety this morning with 22 recs for November 2008:
* 13 Supernatural
* 3 Dark Angel
* 2 Iron Man
* 2 Crossovers
* 1 each Friday Night Lights and Anne of Green Gables
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the "Be Pete Wentz" meme:
1. Put your music player on shuffle
2. The first lines of twenty songs = a poem; the first line of the twenty-first song is the title
( breathe it in and breathe it out )
Huh. That's not half bad. I didn't write down the songs, but I think most of them are obvious. I suppose if I were more ambitious, I'd have uploaded each of them, 'cause it's not a bad mix, either.
It's only Monday. I do not know how I am going to survive this week. Wah.
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| Longbottom Weekly: December 1, 2008 |
[Dec. 1st, 2008|09:31 am] |
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Fic (201 words and over)
Anonymous wrote Disintegration for hp_darkfest. The war is over. Let the battle begin. (Harry/Ginny, Neville/Ginny, Tom/Ginny, Ron/Hermione, warnings, R)
Anonymous wrote Vindico for hp_darkfest. Neville's on a mission to get Draco out of the office. (Neville/Draco, R)
chimbomba wrote The Hunt. Foreigners have intruded upon this sacred ground. (Alice/Bellatrix, PG-13)
snarkysweetness wrote You Won’t Take Away My Pride. Alice and Sirius share a very dark secret and Alice is having a hard time dealing with her sin. How exactly do you keep a secret so big hidden? (Alice/Sirius, references to Alice/Remus and Frank/Alice, R)
cariel wrote Battlefront Ireland: The Last Crusade Against the Forces of Darkness. Although Voldemort defeated Harry the first time around, it didn’t stop his friends from rallying to his cause. Seamus and the Irish faction have something else up their sleeves, while in Scotland, Neville falls in love with a Muggle and has to make a difficult choice. (Neville/OFC, Seamus/OFC, Ron/Hermione, PG-13)
enchanted_jae wrote A Chance Glance. Returning to Hogwarts for a reunion of his Year, Neville Longbottom is dismayed to see one of his favorite professors being ostracized by the others. (Neville/Remus, PG)
captainpookey wrote Tutoring. Neville needs tutoring and, for this particular class, Luna's the perfect one to help. (Neville/Luna, AU, PG)
WIPs
thanfiction completed Sluagh with Chapter Seventy-Four, Chapter Seventy-Five, Chapter Seventy-Six, Chapter Seventy-Seven, Chapter Seventy-Eight, Chapter Seventy-Nine, Chapter Eighty, and Epilogue. Five years after the battle, Neville is at last an Auror like his father, but now he must hunt down one of his own dearest friends for crimes he cannot truly condemn. (Neville/Hannah, Neville/Seamus, Seamus/Dean, NC-17) Complete
Drabbles (200 words or less)
coffee_n_cocoa wrote Bitten. (Neville/Draco, PG)
angela_snape wrote Special Order. (Neville/Bill, PG)
severed_lies wrote A Juicy Reward. (Neville/Draco, PG)
alisanne wrote Well Matched. (Neville/Draco, G)
Art
guad drew Carrying Colin. (Neville, Colin, PG)
rossellaohara drew Our Song. (Neville/Blaise, G)
Various and Sundry
![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/community.gif) xnevillelovingx’s latest Question of the Week: What story elements do you like and dislike most in Neville-fic?
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| Fic: Coming Back |
[Dec. 1st, 2008|10:07 am] |
Title: Coming Back
Author: Dreaming of a White Christmas...
Giftee: perverse_idyll
Word Count: ~12,200
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: The obvious plus past Harry/Ginny.
Warnings: Epilogue compliance
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: Harry's been looking for Snape for a long time. Snape doesn't believe him.
Author's Notes: This has been scary and exciting and educational and I'm so happy to be done. Love and thanks to my dearest Elizabeth, who spoke of My Fair Lady when I was stressing and gave this fic her much-demanded attention, and to Emily, who was a last-minute angel and is owed a ton of H/D wallsex. I really hope you like it!
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[Dec. 1st, 2008|09:54 am] |
Hi, folks. Many of you will have read back in October (on Making Light and other blogs) about Scraps (Soren) DeSelby (aka, baldanders), a freelance copyeditor who suffered a hemorrhagic stroke.
The most recent updates say that he's progressing in his convalescence (starting to walk again, etc.), but as he had no health insurance, money is a problem - and will likely continue to be for the foreseeable future.
I only know him by reputation, but many of his friends (and friends of friends) have been involved with fund-raising efforts to help defray the costs of medical treatment.
One of my own friends - sykii - is selling prints of her [quite wonderful] photos for the first time as part of this fund-raising effort. If you get a moment, please visit her journal (here), and see if you might be able to help out with this worthy cause. |
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| Boys will be... LAME. AND GIRLS TOO. AND EVERYONE IN BETWEEN! |
[Nov. 30th, 2008|09:38 pm] |
A few more student quotes from an essay on gender in The House on Mango Street.
As always the quotes are precisely as my students submit them to me at my lovely university. All mistakes are theirs. All sarcasm is mine and damned theraputic.
Women actions before today were made solely to please others around them. Today women make choices for themselves.
Because yesterday, I was a total pansy. But today, GIRL POWER!
Commonly associated with the male species, the emotion and ambition of Esperanza are in appropriate for her, since she is female.
She is female, but what species is she? *snort*
Our society as a whole has began to accept the transformation of gender roles from a more conservative outlook to one that is more retro sexual.
Retrosexual as not conservative... right. Cause Retrosexual Code isn't found on the Radical Conservative website or anything.
She embodies the child that never wants to grow up and is divergent to the invasion of her place of margin.
As thegildedmagpie said when I read this to her, "What?"
After the 19th Amendment was passed in 1848, women began to fight more for their happiness and began to take on new roles.
Historical fail.
Boy who play with action figures do not feel the same way as girls because they were all hideous looking.
Uhhh- The girls? The boys? The action figures?
A person who does not match with their gender role will not necessarily be a homosexual a different gender.
Nearly insightful but primarily amusing.
Girls and boys were branded with the colors pink and blue ever since they were young.
"Hey Pa! Get out that there pink brandin' iron. Ma just birthed us another girl." |
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| OMG! They check your teeth?!?! |
[Nov. 30th, 2008|09:25 pm] |
My written exams are done- they went very well. Thanks to everyone for their good wishes! Unfortunately my oral examination which was scheduled for 02 Dec has been postponed as one of my examiners was hospitalized last week. It's now looking like it will be the week of 15 Dec but there's no solid word yet. RAR.
So I'm spending tonight grading essays and have just come across a real gem:
In Cisneros's novel, it i unclear what sex the narrator is, leaving one to assume that the narrator could be either male or female. Taken form this point of view, it is valid to state that the narrator is either a heterosexual or a homosexual.
*blinks* *blinkblink* Er... it's actually really clear that the narrator's a girl, but beyond that, I've got nothing but laughter for this student. |
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| get yourself in position |
[Nov. 30th, 2008|11:26 pm] |
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Oh my god, you guys, it is SO FUCKING HOT in my apartment right now. I am sitting here in my underwear with the window open, but the heat is still banging in the pipes. If I disappear, it's probably because I've been broiled to death. *fans self*
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I was very happy to see the Giants did not, in fact, need Plaxico Burress to win. Let's hope that keeps up. I still am all WTF? about the whole thing. He literally shot himself in the foot leg. *shakes head* The depths of dumbness required for that are best not plumbed.
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This week, Katee Sackhoff is on Law & Order. I may actually watch in first run for that. They're actually advertising her like she's a big star or something. I am a little confused.
I've mentioned the Chuck casting spoiler, right? ( casting spoiler ) Now if they would just get Lena Olin to show up as Chuck and Ellie's mom. That would be so BEYOND AWESOME.
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You guys, I am having trouble writing. I am having plotting issues again. I was rereading some of resonant8's posts on plot, and other stuff about writing I've got in my memories, and I just...I find it really difficult to come up with an external plot that is complicated enough to be interesting, but not needlessly complicated, and something that doesn't rely on Sam and Dean being idiots to work. And obviously that somehow underlines or illustrates something going on with Sam and Dean, which is kind of the whole point, anyway. The plot is just a macguffin, but I'd like it to be one that keeps people reading until the emoporn hits, you know? I recently read something that, well, the whole problem could have been prevented if Sam had just done ten minutes of research, and since it's Sam, not only was it annoying that he didn't do the research if I thought of it, but it was out of character for him to not do it, since, hi, have you met Sam, the walking encyclopedia of weird? But there would have been no story if he had. Or the writer would have had to have come up with a way around the answer research would have given him. And that is the kind of thing I am really really bad at in my own stories (though I can sometimes spot them in other people's).
But I just had a conversation with angelgazing and she made some suggestions, and while it's a lot more complicated now (possibly more complicated than I can handle, as plot and I are unmixy things), I think it's also more interesting and it's got more of a story to hang the emoporn on. It might also take me a really long time to figure out and write, but it's not like I don't have a whole list of other thigns I want to write, too.
In my frustration with that last night, I ended up banging out (no pun intended) some snarky up-against-a-wall Dean/Bela smut:
Opposition Research
Supernatural; Dean/Bela; adult; 1,080 words
"You know, when this is over, we should really have some angry sex."
Because there's no other way Bela got the hand of glory out of his jacket pocket. And I am still bitter we never got any Dean/Bela angry sex in canon.
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Seriously, I think I'm melting.
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| Special Edition: Oliver Wood |
[Nov. 30th, 2008|08:12 pm] |
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