cosmic_llin: (WRITING SJ typing)
I wrote a little thing, as a treat for myself since I've been writing so many Big Things.

Title: An Understanding
Fandom: Star Trek: The Next Generation; Vorkosigan Saga
Wordcount: 1200
Rating: PG
Characters: Lwaxana Troi, Alys Vorpatril, Deanna Troi, Ivan Vorpatril
Summary: Two kindred spirits meet at the Barrayaran Embassy on Betazed. (No big spoilers for either canon.)


An Understanding (on AO3)

o.O

May. 21st, 2012 07:14 pm
cosmic_llin: (Default)
So, um, yes, I sort of forgot I had a Dreamwidth. Or a LiveJournal. Or a, y'know, most of the internet in general. To be fair I've been quite busy. Sometime this evening I plan to go back over my sparse DW reading list (what is it even called? I know you're not supposed to say "friends page") and find out what I've missed! But for now, an update.

Health - Went for an MRI - it was noisy and a bit scary but I got to see a picture of my brain and it looked... like a brain. Apparently as far as they can tell it is a normal brain, doing what normal brains do, which is a relief as apparently especially in people my age TN can be caused by cysts and tumours etc. But apparently I just have the regular "we don't know WTF causes it" kind. Anyways my medication seems to be calming down a bit and I'm seeing a neurologist soonish.

Writing - I was all "Ta-da! I have finished my second draft and now it just needs polishing and tinkering!" and then I pulled at a loose thread and half of it unravelled, so, fun and games with that but I'm getting there, I think...

Adventuring - We went to Croatia for a few days! Much fun was had. Everyone else had lots of ice creams and since I can't I pulled off the grand feat of three candy flosses in one day. Also did you know you can dip chips (ie fries) in chocolate sauce and it really, really works? ALSO the other day we  went on the Harry Potter studio tour for a friend's birthday and it was, dare I say it, magical. If expensive. But mostly magical! :D

Work - I'm looking desperately for something new, I'm heartily sick of my job, but in the meantime I'm working from home again permanently after JUne 11th. I'll go in on Wednesdays but that's it. And now I really want to find a new job before they install all the extra computer equipment they've promised me...

Speaking of computer equipment - My laptop is off with the insurance's repair people to verify the fact that she's dead as a doornail. I'm keeping my fingers crossed I'll get a payout for a new one. In the meantime Cara is being incredibly generous with hers. <3

Avatar/Korra - I am so sad that I finished Avatar because I wanted it never to end. But I'm really enjoying Korra so far! I love how Korra's journey is so different to Aang's - it's not just a new setting and time, they're both in completely different places and need to learn totally different lessons. Also Lin. Lin!!

cosmic_llin: (CROSS Picard pout)
So apparently I may have this thing called trigeminal neuralgia. I'm not 100% convinced because the doctor diagnosed it pretty quickly (although the other main candidates, sinus infection and dental cavity, had been pretty much ruled out by that point) so I'm going to get a second opinion etc, but it does sound very like what I've been experiencing. And apparently if it is that I will have it my entire life YAY.

So that kind of sucks. But I got given some super-strong stuff for it that seems like it might be helping. It's making me super-woozy but also I typed this whole thing so far without a break to go 'AAARGH MY FACE PLEASE GOD MAKE IT STOP' which is an improvement on how my week has been going so far.

Hmm, I was going to do a separate post but what the heck, now I'm typing. I finished watching Huge and I have some thoughts:

ExpandNO SHOW WHY DID YOU HAVE TO END?!?!?! )

Also [livejournal.com profile] carawj and I caught up on Once Upon a Time. OMG it is so much fun. I'm actually kind of sad that we caught up because now we can't marathon it, but at least now I will actually know what [livejournal.com profile] damelola is talking about all the time. ;D

Right, off to eat porridge very gingerly!
cosmic_llin: (HAPPY moogie approved)
Festivids was really exciting this year! I got not one but two vids, both of them fabulous, and both of them by the awesome Nancy Blackett.

This absolutely perfect and wonderful dinnerladies vid, and this cute and fun and fabulous Nyssa vid.

I made a MASH vid, which was quite a challenge because it's a big canon and I'm not as familiar with it as I used to be, but I worked hard on it and I'm really pleased with how it turned out. It's here. I may make a proper vid post for it at some point.

Fandom Stocking was lots of fun too! I got an adorable Ace/Mel drabble, a delightful Team Crawley Sisters ficlet, fabulous Cybill icons, and cute beautiful happy-making DS9 fic that makes my pupils turn into little hearts! (Cleo and others still watching, don't click, may be spoilery!) Plus lots of nice good wishes! :D

I wrote eight ficlets in Deep Space Nine, Next Gen, Doctor Who, Vorkosigan Saga, Downton Abbey and SJA, and they're here.
cosmic_llin: (STAR TREK well behaved women)
Song: I Am What I Am, Linda Eder
Fandom: Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Characters: Lwaxana Troi
Length: 3.05
Size: 66 Mb
Download: http://www.sendspace.com/file/378d3j
Warnings: None

cosmic_llin: (STAR TREK DS9 fangirls)
At long last, our dear [livejournal.com profile] silly_cleo is watching DS9. Unfortunately she's only on Season 2, and she's almost run out of Kira/Dax fic that she can read without being spoiled for later seasons.

So I turn to you, dear flist. First of all, recs? Particularly things that can't be found in the appropriate tag on AO3?

Second of all, drabbles! Ficlets! Epics, if you feel like it! Write them, post them in the comments! Or leave prompts! Either respond to prompts or just write whatever you feel like!

The only rule is it must have some Kira/Dax element, and NO spoilers past Season Two! Have fun!

(long overdue real-life post and comments etc forthcoming once I'm actually back from work...)

Yuletide!

Jan. 1st, 2012 05:23 pm
cosmic_llin: (HAPPY lady cora)
So, I really lucked out with a recipient who basically requested everything I love to write, and so I had lots of fun coming up with ideas and lots of angst trying to choose between them!

In the end I came up with:

Another Woman's Stairs (Downton Abbey, G, Mrs Hughes, with a bit of Carson and some mention of Cora)

And also I wrote a little something for Madness:

Want (Jam and Jerusalem, G, Susie/Caroline)

On the subject of Jam and Jerusalem, I received:

Changes Rung on an Old Theme by Ishie, a beautiful fic that gives everyone a few wonderful lines and a gorgeous scene between Sal and Eileen at the end. So exciting because there is barely any J&J fic, and this just did everything that I hoped it would do!

Other than that, I'm so behind on reading because I was in Wales until the 28th and then we got back and our carbon monoxide alarm went off and the emergency guy came and switched everything off and there's no engineer until tomorrow so we've been staying with [livejournal.com profile] silly_cleo, [livejournal.com profile] minihannah, [livejournal.com profile] jakera and Kirstie, who while generous have no internet! ;D (At the moment we're camping in our freezing living room so we can all catch up on email...)

Hope everyone else had a good Yuletide!
cosmic_llin: (HAPPY toksvig)
Sorry for the spam, this will be my last entry today. ;)

This is mostly a post to say I've signed up for [livejournal.com profile] fandom_stocking again this year - it's a delightful and low-pressure festive fandom exchange, and the last two years I've had lots of fun doing it. If you'd like to stuff my stocking, it's HERE. I would love to stuff yours! Let me know if you have one! :D

Hmm, what else? I am looking forward to Christmas, shopping two-thirds done, Christmas concert with the choir imminent, Christmas tree going up sometime this week probably, aaaall the fandom things to be doing this month, been to some theatre (including Sharon Gless in A Round-Heeled Woman, OMFG), going to some theatre (including BONNIE LANGFORD IN SPAMALOT AAAAAAAHHH MY HEART), work driving me mad, writing going well on and off...

How are you, flist? I've been a bit busy and offline-y recently so let me know if anything's going on with you!
cosmic_llin: (HAPPY moogie approved)
Since I'm supposed to be spending this time doing aaaaall the things, here is a procrastinatory post! I just wanted to rec a few of my favourite fandom things from 2011 - bearing in mind that I will probably forget a lot of things and the list will be weighted in favour of the last few months, but yes, anyway, here is some awesome stuff that I liked this year!

Fic:

Sanity Will Be Graded on a Curve (M*A*S*H) - BlueMorpho - I don't read a lot of M*A*S*H fic these days, but this wowed me. I suspect it's probably still quite interesting even if you don't know the show, but it especially is if you do!

I Get That Line All the Time (Star Trek) - Thistlerose - OK, so, this one's cheating a bit because it's a remix of my own fic, but I love the way Thistlerose took the brief scenario I'd written - Uhura and Lily Sloane meeting - and ramped the awesome up to eleven.

Mutual Attraction (Star Trek) - Oparu - I. Just. Lwaxana Troi. And Kate Pulaski. This story makes me ridiculously happy.

Theoretical Principles (Star Trek) - sophiegrace - This story not only has one of my favourite pairings (Seven/B'Elanna), in it they work exactly the way I see them working - they're funny and snarky and hot and adorable.

Before I Go (Star Trek) - carawj - Yeah, I know she's my girlfriend but Cara writes awesome fic. Doctors! Worf impressions! Enjoyable drunkenness! :D

Vids:

Born Too Late (ST: DS9) - Bironic - This vid is the soundtrack to my life right now. It is absolute perfection when it comes to the folk of DS9 being adventurey and teamy and wonderful.

If You're the Captain (ST:VOY) - thingswithwings - I giggle every time I watch this because it so perfectly explains the way Captain Janeway and her crew work.

Suddenly I See (Firefly) - purplefringe - This is just a ridiculously lovable and joyful and sweet Inara/Kaylee vid and it makes me smiiiiile.

Suzanne (Doctor Who) - such_heights - Of all the flurry of Doctor/TARDIS stuff that came out this year, this for me is the one that feels the most true. It's the perfect mixture of wistful and loving and delighted.

Christmas in the Delta Quadrant (ST: VOY) - touchdownpossum - This is just super-cracktastic, awesome Christmas fun!
cosmic_llin: (Default)
ExpandBehold my Yuletide letter thingy! )
cosmic_llin: (WRITING first draft)
So, [livejournal.com profile] mini_hannah, [livejournal.com profile] silly_cleo, [livejournal.com profile] carawj and I set ourselves a challenge to post more regularly, so here's my stab at it. Although I actually posted fairly recently. ;)

* Second draft of the novel is coming along bit by bit. I was stuck on a bit that didn't work because of things I changed late in the first draft, and it took me forever to figure out that the whole problem could be solved by the scene in question taking place indoors instead of outdoors. *headdesk* So now that's sorted out - onward!
* Also working on a new project, a website for kids... still in the planning stages, watch this space...
* Bit frustrated that I suddenly have a lot less writing time, since I'm back working in the office, which means three hours commuting every day. On the flipside that's three hours reading time, but it's not the sort of commute where writing is really possible, or I could alternate. I'm really not enjoying being in the office. Working from home really suited me and going in every day stresses me out and makes me unhappy. I'm going to try to find something else.
* But yes, silver linings etc, I achieved my aim of reading a lot in September partly due to my stupid long commute. It was only ten books, but three of them were the insanely-long Tawny Man Trilogy, which I quite enjoyed but which annoyed me in places. Before that I read some factual books, mostly feminism-related, some good short stories and a couple of new-ish fantasy things I'd been meaning to get around to. Next up are a couple of quick little Star Trek tie-ins before Snuff comes out this week.
* [livejournal.com profile] silly_cleo and I joined a choir! It's lots of fun so far and I really have missed singing.
* We went to the Entertainment Media Show (Collectormania) the other weekend, which was a thoroughly disappointing experience, but at least I got my picture taken with some guy dressed as a Klingon? So it could have been worse.
* Spent yesterday having Yom Kippur dinner at [livejournal.com profile] carawj's grandparents' house. I've been there a few times before but this was the first time I've been invited to Jewish Stuff, so I was very pleased (and nervous) to go. I had a nice time and now we have lots of leftovers, hurrah!
* Life shows no signs of getting any less busy - theatre trips, stays with my dad, visits from various friends and family, outings, innings... lots of fannish things coming up over Christmas... not going NaNoWriMo this year so I'm sort of looking forward to a bit of a quieter November than usual...

Shiny!

Jul. 18th, 2011 11:57 am
cosmic_llin: (HAPPY Deanna squee)
Lookit, I got podficced! Twice!

http://podfic-project.livejournal.com/11503.html

Both [livejournal.com profile] cantarina1 and [livejournal.com profile] nickelmountain did lovely readings of my fic!

Also, that thing that everyone's been doing, because why not:

Give me a pairing and I will tell you:

1. What they most commonly do during sex
2. Who has prettier hair
3. What they argue about most often
4. Who'd cope best if the other one died
5. The happiest plausible happily-ever-after I can think of for them.
cosmic_llin: (PAIRING cagney and lacey)
Welcome to the Femslash Drabbleganza, in celebration of International Day of Femslash 2011! The aim of the game is to write drabbles for any and all fandoms, with as many different femslash pairings as possible - in a chain in which each drabble must use one character from the pairing in the previous drabble, and one new character.

Tell me more?

* Each fandom will have a different thread. No worries if there's no thread for your fandom, just start one! The person who starts the thread gets to choose any femslash pairing.
* The next person in the thread should choose one character from the first pairing, and pair them with someone else for the next drabble
* The person after that should take the newest character from that drabble, and add yet another new character.

(For example, the drabbles could go: Sal/Tip; Tip/Queenie; Queenie/Eileen - but not Sal/Tip; Tip/Queenie; Tip/Susie. That way everyone gets a turn!)

Any other rules?

* Although this is technically a drabbleganza, any length is fine!
* If you're writing a drabble but someone else takes your spot, feel free to still post, but the chain continues with the first person to respond - any subsequent drabbles are dead-ends.
* Trigger warnings and ratings in headers, please!
* Tell your friends!
cosmic_llin: (STAR TREK drunk deanna)
So, I've been thinking about Deanna's accent. How it starts out with this cool Eastern-European-y vibe, and then by the end of the series it's this sort of American-ish thing. Sometimes it's even hard to imagine early-Deanna saying the things that late-Deanna says. And I think I've figured out why.

As a child of two cultures, Deanna could well have been raised bilingual, learning English from her father and a Betazoid language from her mother. When it sounds to viewers as though she has an unusual accent, that's when she's speaking English, but with a Betazoid accent since she's lived there for so long and was very young when she stopped having regular contact with English-speaking relatives.

At some point, for some reason, Deanna decides to stop speaking English and speak Betazoid, letting the Universal Translator do the work for her. This sounds to viewers as though she's speaking in a fairly neutral accent, similar to what the UT normally provides. She's also speaking a little more freely and easily, and is happier to use colloquialisms.

This could even explain Lwaxana's comment that Deanna's accent sounds like her father - Lwaxana is presumably speaking Betazoid all the time, so to her ears Deanna's accent sounds different than it does to anyone else.

Anyway, that's what I've been pondering, on this day when I have a million more important things to be getting on with...
cosmic_llin: (Default)
I was inspired by last night's Doctor Who to make a little vidlet:

ExpandSpoilery... a bit, anyway. )
cosmic_llin: (STAR TREK DS9 fangirls)
Song: I Am Not A Robot, Marina and the Diamonds
Fandom: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Characters: Odo
Length: 3.53
Size: 22.35 Mb
Download: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WF0S8CKZ
Warnings: None
Spoilers: Some, for Odo's arc up to the last season, but not including the finale.

cosmic_llin: (RANDOM destinations)
I've been meaning for a while to do a post with some recs and things... I think I've probably forgotten half the stuff I was going to put on it, but never mind, here we go:

[livejournal.com profile] such_heights is running a Female Character Trope Fest, looks like it's going to be awesome, some great prompts for Star Trek and others.

Found this awesome women of Doctor Who vid.

[livejournal.com profile] sophia_gratia wrote me heart-breaking, gorgeous Kira and the O'Briens family(ish) fic which everyone should read.

I still (eventually) plan to do a proper con report for [livejournal.com profile] vidukon, but in the meantime, a few of my favourites included this Jurassic Park vid which is hilarious even if you don't really care about Jurassic Park or about vids, this adorable SJA vid focusing on Mr Smith and K9, a totally cute Nyssa/Tegan vid, a brilliant Cybill/Maryann vid that single-handedly made me desperate to watch the show, and the most happy-making Billy Elliot vid in the world.

Also, someone crossed over Temeraire and Pride and Prejudice. Whee, dragons and frocks!

And this Sarah Jane and Gita fic is fun and sweet.

Ooh, and I almost forgot, my awesome new mood theme is by [livejournal.com profile] ubiquitousmixie!
cosmic_llin: (DOCTOR WHO happy sj)
I still can't quite believe she's gone.

Elisabeth Sladen shaped my fandom life for years, and without knowing it, she had a huge influence on my life in the 'real' world, too. As Sarah Jane, she inspired my wardrobe choices, my writing, and my very first fanvid. I devoted hours, days and weeks of my life to chronicling her appearances in Doctor Who and The Sarah Jane Adventures for my website. I watched her episodes of Doctor Who and SJA whenever I needed to relax, or cheer up, or feel a bit closer to home. I even bonded with the Russian children I taught over showing them SJA in class.

Not only that, but having Season 2 of SJA to focus on and get excited about helped me to deal with my own mother's cancer diagnosis, and watching The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith helped me to come to terms with some of my family issues.

Most importantly of all, through Sarah Jane fandom I met some lovely people, many of whom are now an important part of my life. Including my BFF and Awesome Twin, [livejournal.com profile] ladyvivien, without whom I would never have met my wonderful [livejournal.com profile] carawj, and [livejournal.com profile] silly_cleo who has become one of my very favourite people.

She never knew me, but the gifts she has given me will stay with me for a very long time.

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