not a perfect metaphor

boy you made it just in time

2016-01-30T03:34:30Z

Okay. For real this should be the last time I have to do this kind of post.
( there's good news and there's bad news. )

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minkhollow @ 2015-12-28T15:27:00

2015-12-28T20:27:14Z

Well, I suppose it's time for an update. Unfortunately, it's not a good one.
( We hate to be on this train *again*, but here we are. )

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for your own personal Waterloo

2015-10-14T22:49:40Z

Hokay, so. Hopefully, hopefully this will be the last push, but we still need to make one.
( WE ALMOST MADE IT! )

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this is where we used to live

2015-09-15T18:51:26Z

Another update: Well, crap.
( that about sums it up )

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we took the carpool lane on the road to ruin

2015-09-11T00:01:45Z

Following up from last month. Short version: everything there still applies.
( longer version: We're not out of the woods yet, but hopefully soon. )

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so tell me am I very far

2015-08-03T18:05:17Z

So. It's been a while. I wish I could say I had better news.

( alas. )

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in green pastures

2014-01-01T20:00:04Z

So, Yuletide! Once upon a time I had grand plans of signing up and requesting a fix-it fic for a certain Cold Case episode, because a) it really truly needs a fix-it and b) BOOTLEGGING LESBIANS. And then, even though I nominated the characters, I didn't end up signing up.

But I did end up writing it.

I got my gal (who could ask for anything more) was me - short, sweet, not easy but hopeful. I realised after writing it that it can't be a fix-it in the 'and they all lived happily ever after' style. That would do a disservice to canon, which never shied away from how much humanity sucks sometimes. This is a white girl and a black girl trying to get by as a couple in the '30s; it was never going to be sunshine and puppies.

But it fixes the part of canon where it all went wrong, and gives them a chance. I like to think they make it work, but that wasn't the part of the story that needed telling.

(rosabelle, I confess to wondering if you worked out it was me. XD)

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you're gone now, and did it make you happier?

2013-09-05T05:34:35Z

First order of business: Quinn and I are considering running a Warehouse 13 prompt fest. Watch this space!

Second order of business: We finally watched the last three episodes of S4 over the holiday weekend. Quinn got drunk for it; I stayed sober (more because I don't like the taste of alcohol than anything else).
( SO THAT HAPPENED. You don't want to read this if you're still dodging spoilers. )

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odds are we're gonna be all right tonight

2013-08-21T05:43:15Z

The kind of question I ask at 1:30 AM:

Hey, Warehouse 13 types. I think we've finally outgrown Yuletide, and I know some of y'all got it into Not Prime Time, but I was wondering: Would there be any interest in a W13-specific fic exchange? Not necessarily concurrent with the holiday season, but.

It's one of my favorite giftfic fandoms, and I don't want to lose that. That and it'd give people room to request whatever minor characters/previous-Warehouse backstory they might desperately want to see but can't squeeze into a bigger exchange. I'd be happy to help run the thing, but I'm not going in alone.

:D?

(In other news, finally boarding the Night Vale train. Quite entertaining.)

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they'll fight for your neural walls and plasticities

2013-08-18T21:40:15Z

So you know that Cold Case/Warehouse 13 crossover I started back in February?
Six months and eight thousand words later, it's done. (It's more 'Cold Case with a dash of Artifact'; you shouldn't need deep familiarity with both shows to enjoy it.)

Plasticities

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two of life's best mine canaries

2013-07-14T20:07:14Z

SO, CONNECTICON.

Most of what Quinn and I ended up doing was wandering around looking at other people's cosplay. that was quite a lot of fun in itself, though! Some win: Femme!Sam and Dean (in line while we were waiting to register; I pegged it when Dean flipped open her prop shotgun); Jecht and several Aurons (didn't see a Braska, though); Yuna; X2-flavor Rikku; BLU Medic; lots of TF2, actually; Rincewind and Twoflower, with Luggage; THE TINIEST R2-D2; Coraline's Other Mother staffing a t-shirt booth. (She offered Quinn button eyes, Quinn said they were probably an Artifact, she squeed and asked us for a photo.)

Win we got photos of/with: A gaggle of revolutionaries (they were handing out flyers); Moist and Spike, who we're 99% sure were Rincewind and Twoflower on Friday; Red and Snow.

I went to Neil Grayston's Q&A panel on Friday, which was small but mighty. And he said he would be back on Warehouse 13 (he knows the plan and everything)... IF THEY HAD MORE THAN SIX EPISODES. CURSES. He did also say he'd try to pester the writers into releasing the unfilmed scripts when all's said and done.

After that was the signing booth, and the highlight of my weekend: I strolled up to the table and went "Doug! Long time no see! How you been, buddy?" and he rolled with it. :D :D :D Secondary highlight was him following up with 'actually, I think I saw you around when I was eating lunch.'

So I'm just gonna leave this right here.
( cut for photoness )

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while velocipedes among the weeds will scare you

2013-05-22T15:21:06Z

Oh hey, it's a meme. I'll take it on.

I currently have 146 works archived at AO3. Pick a number from 1 (the most recent) to 146 (the first* thing I posted there), and I'll tell you three things I currently like about it.

*'First' is relative, as I've backdated some things.

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it must be bunnies

2013-05-12T04:03:54Z

Actually, this has nothing to do with bunnies. But I do have a theory. Warehouse 13 S4.5 spoilers to follow.
( in which I make some wild guesses )
No clue if I'll be right, but the pieces just... clicked into place in my head a few minutes ago. So there you go.

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someone came and took the lamp away

2013-05-11T01:02:45Z

( a story from the other night )
Meanwhile, Fic Friday! Leave prompts here if you're so inclined and I'll drop you a couple sentences or so of fic.
( the Twitter-side prompts )

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you don't know what we could find

2013-04-30T03:06:55Z

ohhhhhhhhh my god tonight's Warehouse 13. I have SO MANY FEELS. (And I will cheerfully discuss them in the comments; 'ware spoilers.)
Also, does anyone know what next week's episode is supposed to be about?

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thank the heavens for their elasticity

2013-04-13T00:50:46Z

This plot was the best idea ever. (So was convincing Quinn she'd like Warehouse 13 after all. It only took me four years! Speaking of, dear back half of the season: Please be awesome. ALSO HOW IS [GUEST STAR] I DO NOT EVEN.)
Meanwhile, Fic Friday! Leave a prompt here if you're so inclined.
( in which I was only on Twitter this week )

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love of hate acts as an axis

2013-04-05T17:53:37Z

HOLY NICE WEATHER, BATMAN.

Meanwhile, Fic Friday! Leave shortfic prompts here if you're so inclined.

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let it be printed on every t-shirt in this land

2013-03-22T16:55:46Z

Cool things:
queer_fest prompt claiming is open! I've already got a couple (I, uh, may have one of the stories done already). But go forth, grab prompts, write stories!
Challenge Accepted, in which you can level up D&D-style for doing the stuff you need to do anyway.

Meanwhile, Fic Friday! Leave me prompts here if you like, and I'll write you a short little thing. Or a longer thing if inspiration strikes.
( in which I forget about the cut tag, oops )

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then I will wait for you

2013-03-17T01:15:38Z

Man, this week has not been my friend. I think the time change, allergies and Vikings ganged up on me. (But on the bright side, QUINN IS BACK IN MILLIWAYS. :D)
Meanwhile, Fic Friday! Or... Saturday. Whatevs.
( I *did* actually write some of these on Friday! But my brain was pretty fried yesterday. )

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the wind went and pulled me in

2013-03-11T04:41:54Z

So. Oz the Great and Powerful.
It wasn't great, but it was good. I shook my head at some things, but absolutely loved some others. (NB: I have never read any of the books, so I can't compare this to book canon. I know Garland!Oz and Wicked, but these are three distinct wossnames here. Four if you count the musical.)
Trailers of note first. Iron Man 3: NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE. I won't be able to handle it. After Earth: Refreshing to see two black people carry an action movie, but it's not quite my cup of tea. Lone Ranger:

Dear Disney, would it have killed you to hire a Native American actor instead of Johnny Depp? I mean, seriously. It's not like there was a big-name movie franchise that hired Native American actors or any...
Oh, wait. And Twilight's done filming.
( and now, the spoilery thinky thoughts )
In conclusion: Yes, there are problems. But it's a good story and it has some wonderful moments in it.

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monsters who walk the earth

2013-03-08T19:10:22Z

Brought to you by this week's helping of Cold Case feels: Now I want the fic where HG hears about the '38 War of the Worlds broadcast and wonders why no one seems to've read her bloody book with that plot.
Meanwhile, Fic Friday! Same deal as last week; leave prompts here if you're so inclined and I'll answer them.
( the Twitter side of things )

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it's in vain 'cause the language is broken

2013-03-01T19:00:59Z

Fandom opinion of uncertain popularity: I'm not sure Once Upon a Time has it in it to be more than a three-season show without getting horribly bloated. There are only so many stories and only so many ways to tell them without disregarding everyone else, and sooner or later they'll have to have whatever the final battle's going to be. I'd rather see the show go out on a high note than wonder why it's still going far past when it should have stopped.
(I'm caught up now, at least until Sunday. That was the second least surprising reveal they've done so far - Queen of Hearts takes the full Least Surprising title. But I do like that there weren't easy answers for anyone, and Charming trying to untangle poor Henry's family tree was hilarious.)

Meanwhile, Fic Friday! Now with optional commentfic edition (snagging guidelines from ladyoflorien): leave prompts in the comment section for fics you'd like me to write; they can be anything, anything at all! If you're participating as well, link me to the post where you're accepting prompts so I can return the favor. Since there is no 140 character limit here, the technical limit is whatever will fit in a comment. Prompts will be answered with a fic at least two sentences long, if not longer.
( and now, the Twitter-side fills )

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and things are starting to get strange

2013-02-24T05:31:52Z

Has it seriously been a year since the Allpocalypse? Damn, son.
I've officially gotten quinby into Warehouse 13, and I think it's going to bear fruit come the next app cycle. :D :D :D
Meanwhile, belated Fic Friday! Unofficial theme of horses.
( because I was erring on the side of lazy yesterday )

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anything easy has its cost

2013-02-22T04:03:07Z

Or: Guess Who Fell Behind Again. One-episode-back Once Upon a Time spoilers under the cut.
( so that may be one of my favorites so far this season. )

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that I had not become a cephalopod

2013-02-16T05:27:25Z

This crossover was the best idea ever. Even though it gives me all the feels (soundtrack included - and yes, of course it has a soundtrack). Relatedly: Would anyone be interested in betaing a Cold Case/Warehouse 13 crossover when I've got it done? My usual W13 beta doesn't know Cold Case well enough to carry the weight, so. (I also need to figure out how to share said soundtrack.)
Venturing into Freelance Land of late; it's slow going at the moment, but I did get a nibble yesterday. Oddly, I'm finding it easier than regular job-hunting; go figure.
Meanwhile, Fic Friday!
( small but awesome set, this week )

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