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You guys. I have finally brought one of the three Guardian WIPs of Doom to first draft, and sent it to solo. It's called Something Wicked, is around 30k long, not an AU although it definitely seems like one, and just, OMG.

I've long since reached the stage where I can't tell whether the story works in any way, so I can't speak to the quality - it's possible it's completely confusing and incomprehensible. But I am so glad to get it into some kind of finished state. It's been over a year with this thing. Seriously.

Other good things have also happened!

DontStopRun created a podfic of Dangerous Knowledge, my Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty OT3 story! I am super thrilled - it's the second ever podfic for one of my stories, and I love it to bits. :-)

Also, Ominous_Rain wrote a pre-OT3 story for Sleuth, and named Dangerous Knowledge as their story's inspiration!

I am totally fine with being the founder of Sleuth OT3 fanfic. ;-) Although I honestly don't know how fans have been avoiding writing stories about these three all along.

( In less good news )

Here is a random Something Wicked Snippet, to celebrate the story reaching first draft stage!

"It's okay. I have a plan." Zhao Yunlan carefully detached her hand from his arm and gave her his best reassuring smile. He didn't think it entirely worked, but that was the benefit of being the boss. You got to do stupidly risky things, and wiser heads didn't have the authority to stop you.

( Da Qing followed him into the entrance hall. )

My excellent exchange luck has held true! I was lucky enough to receive an amazing story by blathering_kat as my Sundial gift. It's an intense post-canon glimpse at Shen Wei struggling to cope with what he's gone through, all (of course!) while feeling that there's nothing actually wrong; he doesn't need much sleep anyway. Lovely h/c, and an amazing atmosphere, and a perfectly Shen Wei-ish understated intensity of emotion.

Close Your Eyes by blathering_kat

"Tell me what you see when you close your eyes," he whispers into the dark.

~~~

My story was for the lovely enviropony, who (perhaps unwisely? *g*) showed interest in a certain character in her prompts. I'd had an idea involving that character a while back, and, well. This was the perfect excuse!


The Dixing Lord's Virgin Captive. A Romance of Ancient Dixing, set to writing by A Gentleman of Noble Lineage.

The cover depicted a bare-chested man wearing a hooded black cloak, a mask chased with silver, and thigh-high boots over extremely tight leather trousers. He held a swooning woman clad in equally impractical attire in one arm, and brandished a sword with his free hand. The woman was clutching a lollipop, and both figures were buffeted by particularly dramatic gales of wind as streams of lava flowed past their feet.

“I’m afraid I’ll have to confiscate this publication,” Shen Wei managed, sounding slightly strangled in his own ears.

A new romance genre takes Dragon City by storm. Shen Wei does not approve, and Zhao Yunlan is both ruthless and cunning.

Title: Lost Kittens
Author: Sylvia / rheasilvia
Fandom: Guardian (TV)
Rating: Gen
Story Notes: Betaed by solo. Thank you again!

Summary: For such a rigid and inflexible man, Chief Zhao could be surprisingly capricious. Why would he send a distinguished cat like Da Qing to deal with his drunk, wayward and entirely objectionable offspring? Humans, seriously.

OR:

Da Qing and Zhao Yunlan's first meeting. (For a certain value of "first".)



Lost Kittens

When Da Qing found him, the kid was pretty much wasted. Given the furrow of Chief Zhao's brow when he'd pulled Da Qing aside earlier, it wasn't that big a surprise – although it was still odd to see anyone related to the Chief spread out in his chair like that, every limb flung in a different direction.


The story on AO3.

My website is back online! By the Pen is now here. It has a less pretty URL, but is otherwise completely unchanged.

I've changed all links to point to the new site - or at least I think I have. If you come across any broken links, please do let me know.

Title: The Fall of Magneto
Author: Sylvia / rheasilvia
Pairing: Charles/Erik.
Rating: Not rated.
Disclaimer: Not my characters.
Story Notes: Mild crack based on X-Men First Class; story length ~1,400 words. Inspired by analise010's prompt "fall".

Summary: Erik falls. Charles is there to catch him. And it all ends up on Youtube the next morning.


The Fall of Magneto

"Pathetic," sneers Erik. The Mutant Control forces down on the street have found even more guns to point up at him.

He turns a little more into the wind, making his cape flare out dramatically. "Pathetic, vicious little creatures. Do you really think your weapons can help you now? We are the future of this world, and you are its past."

It's a good speech, and he knows for a fact that at least two cameras are recording him right now. The MC routinely record all encounters… as do the X-Men. Which makes it a particular pity that Erik never gets to finish.

"If you will not adapt," Erik intones sonorously, "then you must d–"


Story on my website / Story on AO3

Title: Trials of a Teenage Deity
Author: Sylvia / rheasilvia
Pairing: Christ/Christ
Rating: PG-13
Note: This cracky ficlet is the result of a conversation I had with glitterburn about one of my pet peeves - that fannish authors will persist in using "mein Leib" as a translation for "my love". I feel like I should apologize. Uhm. Sorry?

Warning: Do not read if you are Christian and likely to be offended by irreverence.


( The worst part of incarnating was puberty. )


A note of explanation:

Though frequently used as the translation for "my love", "mein Leib" actually means "my body", and is part of the ritual words spoken during the Eucharist in Catholic Mass.

Incidentally, "mein Lieb" does not work as a translation of "my love", either.

randomicicle has made an awesome podfic of First Things First! Yay! I am ridiculously flattered.

You can find it here, even if (like me) you don't have an ipod. :-)

Or: Nishikido Ryo's Life as a Korean Drama. Featuring an annoying cast of practical jokers, Eito with an unhealthy interest in other people's love lives, and compulsive snugglers.

Disclaimer: This is pure fiction.
Pairing: Taguchi Junnosuke / Nishikido Ryo
Rating: NC-17 for explicit sex
Betaed by: solo____. Thank you again!
Story notes: Originally written for the je_fqfest 2009 for diamondsofsix. Slightly less than 8.000 words.

Summary: It's all Pi's fault... Pi and his stupid pranks. Because instead of Ryo's bag and Ryo's bed, Room 8 holds a horde of loud and drunken KinKi Kids and Arashi members, none of whom are in any state to question, although the loudest and most drunken one does try to get Ryo in a headlock and/or offer him some sake.

A Comedy of Errors

What is it about sparkly dancing boys? Not only have I abandoned my traditional, neatly linear style of writing – I am also fragmenting in other ways! I currently have six (in numbers: 6!) unfinished stories pending in JE fandom.

My insanity, let me show you it. There is:

1. The Epic, which is over 100.000 words long so far but is currently resting because of:


2. The would-be PWP AU (because, seriously, every fandom needs an "undercover in a gay bar" story), which has considerably more plot than a PWP should and which started out as:


3. The FuQFest story (mark two, because the above-mentioned story got away from me), which so far coyly insists on being all plot and no porn. And which is slightly further along than:


4. The random story idea that ambushed me the other day, which features sparkly dancing boys being bad at sex, and which followed:


5. The random story idea that ambushed me a couple of weeks ago, which features sparkly dancing boys being good at some non-sexual things and bad at others, but for which I have mysteriously found no time so far (gee, I wonder why??). And lastly, there is:


6. The "Highlander" Crossover (because that is another staple every fandom needs), which I rediscovered on an USB stick today, much to my surprise, because I had forgotten about it.

… gah?

In an effort to reduce the madness at least slightly, I have declared the HL crossover a Snippet That Will Go No Further. So, without further ado:


Highlander. The Sparkly Years.

( Featuring KAT-TUN. No sparkly boys were (permanently) harmed during the writing of this fic. )

Disclaimer: This is pure fiction.
Pairing: Taguchi Junnosuke / Nishikido Ryo
Rating: G (all audiences)
Word count: Slightly over 5,000 words; written for the fanfic-a-thon at iridetaguchi.
Note: The Taguchi methods are statistical test methods used to analyze and optimize the quality of products, processes and systems. However, this story is not about them.

Betaed by solo____ and k_julia, who helped very much. Thank you again! You are dedicated enablers.


Junno falls in love the way other people catch the flu.


Feedback of all types - positive and negative - is much appreciated.