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This year at Dragon*Con, we are going to hold a trial for various villains of literary science fiction and fantasy. Fun, right? Unfortunately, I'm having trouble deciding which villains I should suggest to our fearless leader, vampry. Any ideas, peanut gallery?

I would say Satan figures (like Sauron, the White Witch, etc.) are out mainly because they're not meant to be ambiguous - and also because we would have a lot of trouble role-playing an unblinking eye. *g*

ETA: And just to clarify, we're looking for villains from books, as we are the literature programming track. *g* (The number of media suggestions makes me wish we could collaborate with the media track, though.)

housenonshipper

This is definitely silly on my part, but I feel like we non-shippers need a space. This is not intended to be a dig at 'shippers, though - please don't be insulted, 'shippers on my flist!

(Indeed, 'shippers are certainly welcome to join so long as it is understood that we will be discussing other things.)

I'm well aware that this community will get very little draw, but that's okay. Even if there's only, oh, three members, we can all have some fun.

john_adams_hbo

That's right - I've finally succumbed.

Now, because I know jack about LJ layouts, I'm going to need a co-mod who can handle the design aspects of the comm. Any takers?

As decreed by sg_fignewton, today is Gen Fic Day. Alas, I became informed of this event far too late to prepare for it properly, so instead of a fic, I bring you a fic rec in keeping with this week's Star Trek kick:

Keeper of the Katra, by Chris Dickenson

It's eighteen years old, but for me, it's the only thing that justifies the existence of The Final Frontier. It is the most fascinating and pitch perfect piece of gen fic I read as a teenager, and believe me when I tell you that it still holds up years later. If you haven't read this novella already, go forth and do so without delay!

(Posted publicly for outside surfers.)

ETA: I just realized they're only doing SG1 fics at the above link. But hell, why can't we make this multifandom? There can never be too much gen, says I.

Gacked from nentari:

Gather all your RP journals and list the characters and any AU versions you RP. Open the doors to the public side so even lurkers can ask the muses questions. Respond with that RP account - or if you don't have accounts, just to the question given.

RP Journals Past and Present by Fandom

Babylon 5

Vir: vir_cotto_tm
Timov: timov_of_algul
Shiv'kala: londos_torment (Note: I can no longer get into this account, so the response will come from me.)

M*A*S*H

Radar: companyclerk
Sidney: army_shrink

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Still writing! In the meantime -

Have fun!

NaNo, as you may have noticed, is stalled for the moment. I've been re-thinking the thrust of my project, but I hope to be getting back into the swing of things this week. In the meantime, have some St. Elsewhere spam, in which I noodle with Elliot's voice in honor of tonight's re-run:

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Untitled

“Hey, Shirley – you know where Elliot went?”

Don’t tell him. Elliot thumped his hot forehead against the bathroom door. Please?

It was the first day of gross anatomy all over again – only this time, the patient was alive – and bleeding – out there, and Elliot himself was still conscious. In other circumstances, the second might’ve been recognized as a sign of personal growth. In other circumstances.

Stars started to twinkle at the edges of Elliot’s field of vision, and he quickly backed up into the tiny bathroom, sitting down hard on the toilet seat. With slick, trembling fingers, he tried to loosen his collar. He was suffocating.

Then, just as suddenly, nerves and self-loathing propelled Elliot back onto his feet, and he started to pace the enclosed space, wringing his hands. “What’s wrong with you?” he muttered aloud. “You’re not supposed to panic, Axelrod. Pull yourself together.”

“Elliot?”

At the knock on the door, Elliot froze, a brand new crimson flush crawling up the back of his neck. This was it. He was going to throw up. He was going to die. He was going to be barred from practicing medicine before he’d even begun.

“It’s okay, Elliot. You can come out now. They just took the patient up to surgery.”

Was Dr. Fiscus amused?

Elliot drew in a deep breath and, bracing himself, opened the door.

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Now - I have combed the internet doggedly for STE fic and have found none. NONE. Does this mean I've given birth to a whole new fandom right here? Can there be such a thing as a fandom of one? *g*

(Posted publicly to allow outside response.)

Previously discussed: the Stacy arc.

In this segment, I tackle Vogler (under the working sub-head: “The Problematic Quest for Moriarty - House and His (Imperfectly Written) Antagonists”):

“Gregory House is a symbol of everything wrong with the health care industry: waste, insubordination, doctors preening like they're kings and the hospital their own private fiefdom. Health care is a business. I'm gonna run it like one.” – Edward Vogler, Babies and Bathwater

(Note: Spoiler warning for the end of the first season.)

Next up: Tritter!

(Posted publicly to allow outside response.)

The fourth season premiere is tonight - and I still have not finished the Epic Essay of Doom for idol_reflection. So here's what I'm going to do: I'm going to post the parts of my rough draft I have finished in the hopes that encouragement from the general public will push me to complete the blasted thing before I am jossed by the new episodes. Beat me with sticks, please!

First up, Stacy Warner:

"How do you think this is gonna end? We'll be happy for what? A few weeks, few months. And then I'll say something insensitive, or I'll start ignoring you. And at first it'll be okay. It's just House being House. And then at some point, you will need something more. You'll need someone who can give you something I can't. You know I’m right. I've been there before." – House to Stacy Warner, Need to Know

(Note: Spoiler warning for the first half of the second season.)

( click here for 1,910 words on the Stacy-arc )

*****

As I said, all comments/criticisms/scoldings are welcome! Talk back below!

Pearls

Edna O'Reilly and an infant Radar. Happy (Belated) Mother's Day!

Where do the conscientious members of House fandom go to get a medical beta? I need to run a scenario by someone who knows all those fancy Latin words.

Still, here is some required reading:

President Clinton - Loyalty Day 2000
President Clinton - Loyalty Day 1999
President Clinton - Loyalty Day 1998
President Clinton - Loyalty Day 1997

I could go on, but I think you get the picture. Loyalty Day is, essentially, a Cold War relic that is marked these days by all presidents (no matter their party affiliation) with one innocuous public declaration of patriotism, then promptly forgotten. Each president puts his own spin on his Loyalty Day address, of course, but if you're imagining that we Americans somehow become extra jingoistic on May 1 - or that President Bush is somehow unique in his observance of this "holiday" - you are profoundly misinformed.

(Made public because I'm sick of the Loyalty Day bullshit being repeated every year.)

Poll #961409 House MD Fandom - Schools of Thought
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All

House is a cipher; he should not change.

House is a dramatic character and should change as such.

I like it when House is an ass.

I like it when House shows vulnerability.

I dislike Cameron.

One Day, One Room?

Currently, I 'ship (check all that apply):

Give me one of my own stories, and a timestamp sometime in the future after the end of the story, or sometime in the past before the story started, and I'll tell you what happened then, whether it's five minutes before the story started or ten years in the future.

(gakked from astrogirl2)

This is simply irresistible, but given the current state of my health, I can't guarantee that actual fic will be produced immediately. If you reply, tell me whether you want just a quick and (hopefully) clever summary now, a fic at some undetermined point in the future, or both.

What follows is a list of links to fics I've written since my invitation to LJ:

(made public and added to my memories for future reference)

Babylon 5
(all Vir-centered gen unless otherwise indicated)

Missing Light: Five Things that Never Happened to Vir Cotto
After Horrors Seen
Fathers and Sons (Londo)
Meetings in the Green
Memory
A New Assignment
Vigil (Vir/Lennier)
Formative Years
Habits
Silk and White Lace
Blood Is Thicker
Wishing
Crisis Point
To Tear the Veil
Vices
While Bathing (Adult)
Departures
Pawn
Enthusiasms
Counting the Living
The Last Place
I Travel
One (Adult)
Masquerade (added Oct. 2007)

M*A*S*H
(all Radar-centered gen)

Pearls (added Oct. 2007)
In the Woods
The Horse
Arrival
Without Their Whispers
Mother's Day
Mail

Farscape
(all Stark-centered gen)

Shreds of Heaven
And Still You Live

St. Elsewhere

Untitled

In the Woods

The Horse

Arrival

Without Their Whispers

The internet's back! It's the perfect time for porn!

One

It's probably crap. But it's Vir! And porn! With tentacles!

The Last Place

lizamanynames, this one's for you! ;)

Mother's Day

( 100 Vir Icons )

Want, Take, Have. Feedback is delightful.

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