Oh they keep the LOLs coming. I love it!



I think I've found my OTP - Arthur/Pudsey. LOL.

Plus the Arthur/Merlin scenes - OMG, for a second I thought they really were going to go there. Or maybe I just have a dirty, slashy mind.

And LOL @ Uther's mobile call. "You were CC'd in on the email!" LOL.

Run of the interesting and the random continues. While shopping at Covent Garden, I discovered that Angel Coulby and Bradley James were going to be at a book signing. So, like a fangirl half my age, I got their autographs.

Unfortnately I joined the line pretty late (ie. I got there on time), so by the time they got to me we were limited to autographs only. Oh well.


Angel Coulby

Angel was super nice, I asked her how she was and she seemed taken aback but replied very sweetly that she was doing fine (what, people don't go through the niceties anymore?) She is much prettier and sweeter in person than as Gwen.


Bradley James

Bradley and his scruff. He was very deadpan. I asked whether I could take a photo and he's all, "Yes but I warn you, I'm not very photogenic." Without thinking I bounced back with, "Oh but dude, you are so very photogenic. Say cheese!". And then he laughed. The lady behind him guffawed. (Oh come on, he must know how cute he is).

Irony is that he's right. He's much better looking in person than this horrid photo would suggest. Looking forward to watching Merlin tonight!

I'd forgotten how gorgeous and thoughtful the lovely Mr Armitage was. If only there is such a man like this in real life! (Albeit he is supposed to live two tube stations down from me). *sigh*

Spooks star on his army of female fans

I'm posting this early b/c I think this is one of those fics that would benefit from um, feedback. Plus it's a new fandom so it's always good to see whether I'm hitting the mark on characterisation, etc.

Rating: PG-13
Characters: Merlin/Morgana, Arthur/Gwen (implied)
Summary: Merlin’s horizons broaden after Morgana discovers his secret. Takes place a while after 2.03.
Spoilers: Up to and including 2.03.
Notes: Dipping my toes into the fandom with my first Merlin fic! But really, after 2.03, Merlin/Morgana was begging to be written.
Disclaimer: Nothing is mine, just borrowing from BBC and the show’s creators. I am not profiting financially from this.

( They stare at each other, lost in the breathless silence that accompanies revelation. )

+ Back on the fanfic horse, but I've put the Paire fic on hold for ... Merlin/Morgana. I need a new icon or something.

+ How adorable were the boys' mash up on Glee? The girls were good, but the boys were so adorable in all the amped up glory. Finn especially, when he's usually so adorkable and earnest. I found myself rewatching them for more than a few times!

+ That's right, I'm not dead! I've just been so reluctant to think about certain things the past few weeks, so I've been avoiding talking/posting/thinking about it. You know what (or rather, who) I mean! So I've been trying to distract myself by doing all sorts of things I wouldn't usually do. I'm sure you know how it goes.

+ Belated reaction post, but I loved last week's Merlin (2.03). I really liked the Merlin/Morgana interaction. I think they may be my new ship. It's probably a knee jerk reaction to the artificial Arthur/Gwen that's been sprung on us, but I don't care.

+ This week's Heroes was rather blah, I even found myself skipping the Noah and Claire moments, which ... I don't know. When the make Noah boring, I don't know whether the show is over for me or not. 4.04 was all right, just didn't grab me. Ok, what the hell, it was boring. No development of character that I can get excited about. The best bit was the Peter/claire hug. Yes. I watched that about 5 times. I might even write something about it!

+ Have been doing heaps of RL stuff, so I'll bore you guys with that later. Man. I'm in purgatory or something.

From the kind people over at merlin_tv. Is it wrong that I am looking forward to Merlin coming back so much more than Heroes?

Obviously, spoilers for Series 2.



LOL @ Arthur and Merlin's conversation by the lake - "We can't do anything about it." "You can do whatever you want when you're KING." I know they were probably referring to any Arthur/Gwen shenanigans but the way it was cut, it was like they were talking about Arthur/Merlin. LOL.

And who is Merlin kissing? I really want it to be Morgana but other than hair colour and general colouring, it doesn't really look like her.

Series 2 looks fantastic!

So much fandom stuff to catch up on, but I've finally made a start. Needless to say, my comments contain spoilers.

+ Glee: It's not half bad - the more I think about it, the more I quite like it. Definitely more than Highschool Musical b/c that was just too sugary sweet. I liked the pace and tempo of this one, balancing the more dramatic moments with light hearteded comedy (loved Jessalyn Gilsig's character). Liked Jayma Mays, who rocked as Charlie (in both Heroes and Ugly Betty) and the kids are cute, of course. Will definitely watch the series when it comes out.

( Torchwood, Fringe, Dollhouse )

So the results are up at heroes_het_fic and despite virtually no fic activity this year, I've managed to squeeze in a respectable 3rd for Best Threesome Fic. LOL, considering how squicked I was writing threesomes at the beginning, it is not too shabby! Big thanks to everyone who voted for me.



Congrats goes out to my flisties who highly deserve their placings and wins, especially to sinverguenza and quirkysmuse (paynesgrey) for their multiple placings/wins. Well deserved, as you gals deftly move from character to character and ship to ship without a moment's notice and do each one equally well! ;-)

I will say that these awards have really made me question my current level of inactivity, both fanfic and original fic wise. I've been distracted with RL issues and haven't written more than two sentences stuck together, which is terrible and annoying as I do love my Paire and Nathan/Peter/Claire but nothing really springs to mind. It's as if I've burnt out and/or written everything that I can, which is bollocks b/c I've got about 5 WIPs on my hard drive without an ending. I have zero inspiration atm which doesn't bode well for my immediate writing prospects. Ack. I should just bite the bullet and make myself write, b/c I know that, as with anything, writing is an art best practiced!

+ Just came back from a weekend away. Was good to get out of London for a while and the weather was perfect, or as perfect as volatile English weather can get. We went to Portsmouth on Saturday which had a great factory outlet complex. But best of all we visited the HMS Victory, Lord Admiral Nelson's flagship during the Battle of Trafalgar. It was too awesome, particularly as a fan of the Hornblower series. We were able to walk up and down the Victory which is the only way you can appreciate how enormous this frigate was. It was a bit rainy but it only added to the atmosphere. Awesome.

+ Then we drove around the Cotswolds yesterday, the weather was perfect. We drove through tiny little countrysides which were really cute, including Lacock Village which is where they film a lot of the BBC period dramas (eg. Pride & Prejudice, Cranford, etc). The only downer was that there were so many people around, which kinda spoilt the atmosphere.

+ Finally, random pic of the day - how weird is this David Tennant photo? It's a pic from the set of St Trinians 2; I don't know anything about it but why have they done to my man? I have no words. Except: Crikey! And he looks way more 38 now than he does normally!

( Prepare yourself )

+ Confidence: What has really struck me lately is the battering my personal confidence has taken. It's something I haven't noticed before but, for me at least, a lot of my self-confidence, my self-worth, is tied to my work and before that, my academic record.

It's perfectly normal. While on the relationship front I have an abysmal confidence level and atrocious taste in men, I have adapted to these conditions. What I haven't adapted to is what happens to my actual self-confidence when you take away all that makes me a competent person - my work. I'm great at what I do, I'm confident and adaptable and yes dammit, smart. I delight in my talent. But what happens when I lose such a badge of honour? Common sense dictates that nothing has changed; I am who I am, with or without a job. But the endless rounds of implicit rejections are getting to me, even though I've been assured by all and sundry it's purely the workings of an evil recession, but still. I'm starting to question my worth not just as a professional but as a person.

Which is silly, and wrong and I'm working hard to correct it. But there you go!

+ Tummy tricks?: Completely different topic, but can anyone suggest a good exercise/diet routine for getting rid of tummies? I've got heaps of time on my hands so I figure it's now or never - I've gained heaps of weight (about 6%) since I started working hard core hours at work and suspect most of it has gone to my tummy. ;-(

While most of my clothes still fit, they're getting a bit tight. So, any suggestions as to where to start?

Booyah! I just changed my ticket to return to London on Friday. Next Friday.

It must be the right decision, b/c I'm over the moon. So happy! All the stupidity of the last couple of months is already melting away.

*punches air some more*

Title: For Whom The Bell Tolls
Characters/Pairings: Nathan/Claire, Peter/Claire (implied)
Rating: NC-17
Written for: sinverguenza, as part of the Spring heroes_exchange.
Wordcount: 1,350
Spoilers: Season 3, but AU from 3.24
Warnings: Angst, Incest
Disclaimer: Do not own Heroes, because Tim Kring and NBC do.
A/N: It was a battle to get it done, but it's done. Hope it didn't disappoint sinverguenza too much!

Summary: "Her life is burning before her eyes, but Claire knows she’s powerless to stop it."

( Her life is burning before her eyes, but Claire knows she’s powerless to stop it. )

Stolen from everyone on my flist.

Name your 10 absolutely favorite couples (het/slash/canon/fanon) and ask people to see what trends they notice about your couples. Try to pick different fandoms.

harry/hermione (harry potter)
peter/claire (heroes)
veronica/logan (veronica mars)
sam/jack (stargate sg-1)
angel/cordy (angel)
mulder/scully (the x-files)
chuck/sarah (chuck)
draco/hermione (harry potter)
justin/rebecca (brothers and sisters)
daniel/betty (ugly betty)

A very diverse list. Go!

Color Genics thingy stolen from a few people from my flist.

This is what it had to say about me. It is, as others have found, freakishly accurate.

You are longing for some love and affection at this time - not that you have been deprived of tender loving care - but there are times when everyone needs to try something new or to go 'somewhere' else to perhaps experience that little extra 'understanding'.

You are a true extrovert, frivolous and outgoing. You need to feel in control of any situation. If matters are not proceeding according to plan you tend to get extremely irritable and perhaps become difficult to live with.

All the problems that you have been experiencing of late seem to have become a part of your life and there is little that can be done to change the situation. Your emotions run high - but even though you feel as if at times you are about to burst this situation will pass. Try to release your pent-up emotions by participating in some extra physical activities like running, swimming, whatever. There must be some favourite pastime, not necessarily strenuous, that can help you to relax.

You are being unduly influenced by the situation that is all around you. You do not like the feeling of loneliness and whatever it is that seems to separate you from others. You know that life can be wonderful and you are anxious to experience life in all its aspects, to live it to the full. You therefore resent any restriction or limitations that are being imposed on you and you insist on going it alone.

You don't like conflict and you endeavour to avoid criticism. You want to do your own thing and to be able to decide what is right for you. You have considerable personable charm - and this is used with considerable effect on those that keep your company.

Crikey! True, true and very true. Hmmmm.

Source

1. I finally got around to looking at the heroes_het_fic courtesy of a link from paynesgrey. (I have been MIA from fandom for a while!). Anyway, I'm taking the opportunity to pimp myself because, you know, I can!

(Running paire_awards means that I could never do or say or squee about anything, so yay for behaving like a normal fangirl!)

2. In other fandom news, I am actually signed up for the heroes_exchange. But I wish to sincerely apologise to the person who is going to receive my story. I'm struggling to get something down onto paper (computer) and it doesn't look good, at all. The more I re-read it the more s**t it becomes. Meh.

3. I saw Wolverine and contrary to popular opinion, I really liked it. I'll review it fully later, but I think I liked it b/c I wasn't a fan of the comics. So the disconnect between them and the movie (which is in keeping with the continuity of the X-Men movies, more or less) didn't bother me at all. I didn't know what Deadpool or Gambit was meant to be like. Heck, I don't care that Wolverine in the comics is a comparative (though musclely) midget.

The most common opinion I hear from girls who've seen the movie though? "Ryan Reynolds. So. Hot." LOL LOL. RR is officially my no.1 fan love! So I'm so psyched to hear about the Deadpool movie. I really hope they make him all pretty and hot (and pretty hot).

4. Star Trek: Wah. No one wants to see it with me. I'm far from being a Trekkie (or Trekker? I have no idea, sorry dudes) but just want to see Zach Quinto and John Cho and spaceships blowing up. Yes I am a geek. Did ye not know that by now?

I'm not convinced that when Bryan Fuller read this Kring-penned script that he didn't go, "Hmmm. I like it, but ..."

Because that's just how I felt about it. As an episode, there was nothing wrong with it. But as a season and volume finale? A little bit lame, especially if you compare it to gems like Chuck vs. The Ring (Chuck's Season 2 ender) (now that's how you do a season final!).

( Anyway, I did like certain parts of it )

This meme sounds super fun. And I am in mucho need of fun these days!

Ask any character I've written for advice, and they will provide it, advice columnist style. Your problems or fictional characters' problems both welcome. Management is not responsible for the results of following said advice (especially if provided by supervillains).

Fire away!

Tagged by rtwofan. Yay for something to do other than stew in own misfortunes! Tagged for Peter Petrelli.

1. Do you like this character?

Are you kidding me? I love Peter. Peter is THE character for me. If Peter disappeared from the Heroesverse, I'd leave, no ifs or buts.

( More Peter questions this way )