aubergineautumn

I'm in Honolulu, HI- and you????

2007-11-05T00:54:31Z

Any fans in Honolulu, Hawaii????? I'd love to meet & talk!!!

...or, if you're in fandom, e-mail if you need a place to crash during your visit here!

aubergineautumn @ 2007-08-24T04:25:00

2007-08-24T10:25:41Z

Hey, I know a lot of us like Prostitute!Draco fics. ladycat777 and xanphibian started a writing tag fic over at http://community.livejournal.com/ladycatfic/16852.html#cutid1 . If you've never read tag writing before, it's simple: one of them starts writing, and then the other replies by commenting. This means that in order to read the story, you scroll down and read all the comments.

Readers are locked out of commenting so they don't accidentally insert their comments into the story. When you finish reading, and want to leave praise/feedback, click on the user names (either above or at the story). Please leave feedback for BOTH writers, as both writers write 50% of the story.

I hope you enjoy the beginning of their story, I did!

Pern slash recs?

2007-07-29T00:43:08Z

Can anyone rec me some Pern slash? Anne gave permission for fanfic here: http://annemccaffrey.net/index.php?page_id=20

~~Someone said she wrote a story involving 2 swishy dragonriders, but I don't know which novel that was. Anyone know?~~ Answered in the "tent peg" link below, thanks

Here is some background on dragons picking their riders by sexual preference by McCaffrey:
http://www.dragonridersofpern.net/index.php/The_Dragons_of_Pern:_A_Renewable_Airforce
(exact same article is also here:
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Vault/2726/ammsg.html
or here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impression_(Dragonriders_of_Pern)#_note-0)

Plus, there is her tent peg/gay forever theory, below. This also has one of the best discussions about gayness in her universe I've seen: http://www.gayauthors.org/forums/lofiversion/index.php?t9828.html

...and an ok discussion of dragonrider sexuality and causes of it here by fans: http://forums.srellim.org/showthread.php?t=948

The only good story I've been able to find is this: Green_and_Proud by Eminempern: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2925887/1/Green_and_Proud
, which is neither slash nor het (very gen, so far, plus it might be a WIP that's never finished). Nevertheless, pretty good writing, a definite rec.

If you want more resources about Pern, here is the only other interview by Anne I was able to find: http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Vault/2726/amint.html
from Sabrina's online guide, which is quite useful: http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Vault/2726/index.html

Ladycat777, you should write slutty green dragonrider slash ASAP!!!!!!!

Found this fic: On the Wings of Imagination by xparrot (SGA general) http://community.livejournal.com/sga_flashfic/680544.html#cutid1

Any fandom people in O'ahu?

2007-07-26T10:15:53Z

Hey, are there any fandom people in O'ahu? I am taking a job there, and wanted to know if there was anyone who wanted to meet/chat/hike/write.

Fort Collins, You Crazy Town!

2007-07-06T06:25:44Z

I've never seen such a firecracker crazy town! So, from 1 am to 4 am, starting a month before the 4th of July, at least one firecracker has been set off per night. When I first moved here, I thought it was gunfire (because, mi God!- it was a MONTH before the 4th), but, now I realize they are just a pack of extreme sports crazy kids.

Also, the skategirls per capita is extremely high here. I guess snowboarding=skateboarding.

Latvian President Elected- brainy! surgeon!

2007-06-05T04:32:41Z

Sooooooooooooooooooooo depressing. Latvians elected as their president- an orthopedic surgeon, Valdis Zatlers (even his name is cool). Our president sucks so much in comparison! Valdis's "big" scandal is that he took gifts of money from some of his patients and now their version of the IRS might tax him (gift giving is common in Latvia, the tax policy is hazy).

So whatever Latvia! *snaps fingers* OUR president and VP are intimately linked to big oil and started a war to get more of it!

Some parties fear his independence (he's not affiliated with any party)....well, that sounds a little like some of our earlier political forefathers, but again- are you trying to make us look bad Latvia, with your brainy, independent candidate and actual democracy? Because we willl....welll...OMG, we will declare you have WOMD! Then you'll be sorry, you little upstart democratic EU new-comer!

What?? You say Valdis helped clean up the Chernobyl mess?????? Well...our president...he...AGH. I give up. Latvians are better.

And did I mention? Their last president was a woman, Dr. Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga. Who spoke 5 languages and was a member of their Writers' Guild. We are so behind modern times, America.

How many weddings/funerals have you been to?

2007-06-04T20:52:01Z

I have been to 4 weddings (including my own) and 2 funerals, but 2 of those events were when I was 6, I don't know if they count. I just realized that most of my etiquette during these events actually is derived from movies. Anyone else?

Rubs hands together greedily

2007-05-16T09:55:38Z

My condo price is increasing! The last 2 condo sales (same layout, same building) were 10,000 and 20,000 more than what we bought our condo for! Hurrah! My furniture buying spree has been paid for/justified!

More fanfic pimpage

2007-05-16T09:53:42Z

Half of A Dueling Range By neutral
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1148804/1/
"In a universe where Harry went to live with his godfather and Remus at the age of 7, a twelve year old Harry stumbles upon the facts of life. In which the obsessively overprotective godfather crashes some last minute plans to salvage his godson’s innocence. In which the potions master reads a very odd essay on sexual intercourse."

Humorous

Pimp It!

2007-05-16T09:19:17Z

1) Established writer I just discovered: mystwriter (no lj). She has a long running series called The Hogwarts Series she describes as:

"It’s after the war and Voldemort is defeated. Draco Malfoy has been forced to live as a Muggle after his trial two years ago, but when he runs into Harry Potter again, he finds unexpected hope from his former enemy. What will it take to get Malfoy on the right road…and will Harry ever tell him how he feels? With Harry’s first year teaching and the rebuilt Hogwarts ready to open, the past might be forgotten at last, but there are some who can’t let go and Harry may be in danger again."

It's sweet, well written, and long. It begins with Aftermath http://www.freewebs.com/mystwriter1/aftermath.htm
and has a multiple sequels. Hurry to download it, because she has made noise that it will be removed at some point, as she might be published, and some of her original writing is based on her h/d fanfic.

She also wrote the Correspondence series http://www.freewebs.com/mystwriter1/correspondenceseries.htm ,

and a short flufflet story called Catspaws about Animagus!Cat!Harry who spies on Draco as he repairs the cabinet (bestiality, beware). http://www.freewebs.com/mystwriter1/favoritehdslash2.htm

2) New writer: oceaxe. Not sure she even pimped her best fanfic, which (at this point) is a smutlet piece called Intrusive Thoughts. Harry is cooped up at Grimmauld Place during the war, and boy, are his thoughts deviant. Smutastic! http://oceaxe.livejournal.com/7409.html

I also liked her series What Best Friends Do. After the war, Harry is checking things off his to do list. Married by 25? He's working on it. Part one: http://oceaxe.livejournal.com/9430.html#cutid1 and part 2: http://oceaxe.livejournal.com/9597.html#cutid1

Then she has a 3 part h/d roommate series called House Booty is Bad Booty. Start here: http://oceaxe.livejournal.com/10882.html#cutid1

3) Lost in the anvils of time and buried in the annuals of fanfiction: neppie. http://www.fanfiction.net/u/628741/

Classic Stigma. "Scars from the last battle leaves Harry uncomfortable with himself and with Draco as they try to take their relationship deeper."

I think I actually read this a long time ago, as I knew the story already, so it must have been recced several someplace elses. The ANGST is more AnGst than angsty stories you've read in the past, and when you're finished you are on a high. Neppie can write, and she is an artiste of angst.

Just Another Recollection was also good- Harry hits Draco with a spell that causes Draco to lose his short term memeory.

So, what are you reading?

The Crack That Dare Not Speak Its Name

2007-05-01T10:48:28Z

So, it's 4:14 in the morning, and at 4:14 in the morning there's really only 1 kind of fic you should be reading: CRACK!

The fic you can't admit you read to OTHER slashers? That kind of crack.

So I was reading Snake Boy by Random Dispatcher: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2388245/1/

Of course, the story is located at the source of all crack: fanfiction.net. Really, no lj can compare to the amount of crack housed at fanfiction.net.

So, forget all that canon crap! Harry is a snake. That's right, an actual snake. His main hobbies are lying coiled up in trees, hanging with the family, and reproducing! After that, all pretense of holding true to canon is thrown out the window, and Draco marries Harry's snake sister.

Surprisingly well written, despite the premise.

So I ask you- What kind of crack have you been reading?

You know it's not going to end well when.....

2007-04-18T22:50:21Z

any of the following phrases or words are used in a conversation:

The ends justify the means.

I thought I had locked the....

has changed.

....just a few changes, nothing major.

and last (and most horrible): Pastiche.

Just die and get it over with when this word enters the conversation.

Combine and mix and you've got a hangover worst than anything a Cosmopolitan could throw at you.

Samael wrote The Third (H/D NC-17)

2007-04-17T05:35:26Z

Samael wrote The Third. Hmm...if you like the Realistic, the Angst, the Sex, Dom!Harry, and sub!Draco, you're gonna think it's a classic. Highly recommended. http://archive.skyehawke.com/story.php?no=15108&chapter=1. Or leave comments in his lj: http://samaelthekind.livejournal.com/

Bob the Amish Step-father Rocks!

2007-04-08T21:49:57Z

So, my step-father (we'll call him Bob) arrived Friday at 1:30 pm and left Sunday at 1:30 pm.

During that time he:
1) took my sliding glass door off the glide, unscrewed the bottom of it, knocked the bottom off it, pulled out the old gliders, went to Ace hardware & bought new gliders, & reassembled the entire thing, thus Making the Sliding Glass Door Able to Open.

2) Fixed my windows so that they open/close/don't fall out of the frame by popping out these plastic clips and inserting new ones. Fixed 2 windows. That was Friday afternoon.

2) Awoke Saturday and decide to Tile My Bathroom. This involved Removing the Toilet, cutting the tiles, laying the tiles down in thinset morter, grouting (actually, I did that part), installing the new toilet (had to buy some sort of extender as wax ring was too far apart from floor). Also known as Now my Toilet Flushes!

3) My new dishwasher arrived from Home Despot, but the wankers got all priss-priss because my apartment is old and has copper wiring (never buy a condo with copper wiring). So Bob InStalled the Dishwasher (had to go to both the Home Despot and Ace Hardware looking for Right Part).
And, lo! Dishes are now washed! But, even better! Bob decided that he needed to:

4) Install a New Sink and Faucet. Because otherwise a line to the dishwasher would leak(another trip to the Despot).

So, Bob the Amish Step-Father, who is not actually Amish, but definitely deserving of the title as he is able to Remodel a Condo in a Single Weekend, is kind of perfect.

Except that part where a tile broke and he called it a "communist cocksucker!" I've actually never heard that insult before.

And the Mom ORGANIZED my house, and the SO installed a rack to hold our laundry supplies. Very biz-biz weekend!

Online and Real Identies are Merging; Why, Artistically, Plagiarism Online Bleeds Over to RL

2007-03-17T17:17:06Z

This post is in 3 parts.

So, Cassandra Claire published another book and Maya, a well respected HP fandom writer, endorsed it. I was outraged and responded in her journal. To me, Cassandra Claire was my introduction to the Harry Potter fandom. For a long time, I thought that was why I was so sensitive to the issue of her well documented fandom plagiarisms (see here: http://www.journalfen.net/community/bad_penny/8985.html ). And, in large part, it might be. I feel really betrayed. However, when she crossed over into young adult publishing in the "real world", I had issues with people supporting her efforts. And, as I articulated them in Maya's journal, it became clearer to me exactly why I was so angry. Writing sometimes produces greater clarity because you have to organize your thoughts rationally, not just scream "that's wrong!" So my argument starts out pretty emotional, but then I really sit down and analyze why I am having such a strong reaction.

Writing this has given me closure on the issue because I was able to pinpoint exactly why I feel it was so wrong. Maybe it will help others - or maybe it will just provide a more cohesive framework for others on why plagiarism on the net is wrong. I think we are finding that in the cases of artists, especially, the net doesn't provide anonymity so much as it is an extension of their art, both developmentally and commercially. The rules of net etiquette shouldn't be less lax, they should be more stringent.

http://mistful.livejournal.com/98289.html?view=5225201#t5225201 (This s/b read if you want the context of the Byron comments that follow- basically, Maya does a really amusing skit with characters the Bronte sisters wrote, who were heavily influenced by the Byronic hero, as are many writers today)

aubergineautumn
2007-03-16 09:18 pm (local) (link) DeleteTrack This
....while some people are like la!the-plagiarism-was-a-youthful-occurrence-that-hurt-no-one, I take the Benedict Arnold approach: no one who did that could ever have the true meaning of the love of the books in their heart. She betrayed anyone who ever loved to read, or write.

Really, if Cassandra Claire were run over by a car, it would be too good for the likes of her. A big P for plagiarizer should be branded on her forehead. I can't believe that any self respecting publisher would touch her with a ten foot pole. And no, I will never buy one of her books. I'll just read the lj commentary that shows where she "subconsciously internalized" some other author's masterpiece.

She's vermin, and nothing she ever does will ever change that.

mistful
2007-03-17 07:31 am (local) (link) Track This
OK. She's 'vermin', and she should be 'run over by a car'? I understand that this is internet hyperbole, but that's an absolutely appalling thing to say about someone you've never even met.

I'm sick of the whole debate, and nobody will ever agree on it, but I will say this: plagiarism for profit is disgusting. It's also not what she did. In a fairly small community where the understood practice was to riff off other books, she did riff off other books. For fun. And then her stories became popular, people who didn't know she was riffing arrived, and the whole craziness started.

Now she's taken her fics down, and her book is the issue. And it's not plagiarised, and I think it's great. You don't have to read it, or to like her. But I have a serious problem with you talking about her like that.

I've got fic!

2007-03-01T00:14:10Z

This is the page I'm going to use to keep track of all the wonderful gift fics that have been written for me! So far, I'm very lucky to have 2 stories written for me, and that both authors wrote not just one story for me, but a series! I'm lucky, lucky, lucky! And even better- both stories are WIP, so there's more to come! *wraps arms about the stories like a dragon guarding it's gold*

In the Harry Potter fandom:

chibidraco wrote the series Harry's Dirty Little Secrets for a prompt I left on thematic_hp:

Summary: "Harry's a successful Quidditch player that enjoys a very casual lovelife.When sudden paternity suits arise and accusations are flying,an old fashioned Ministry decides to auction him off in Marriage to the highest bidder."

http://chibidraco.livejournal.com/tag/harry%27s+dirty+little+secrets

enchanted_jae wrote the series Lupercalia, Hogwarts-style for a prompt I left in her journal

Summary: Lupercalia is the Old Roman holiday that eventually became Valentine's day. Except, uhmm, the Roman Catholic church got rid of the tradition of the sex lotto. Never fear- this story does feature Sex-Lotto!Draco.

http://enchanted-jae.livejournal.com/333191.html#cutid1

Buffy (Spike/Xander):
ladycat777 wrote a drabble for a prompt I left in her journal:
http://ladycat777.livejournal.com/850521.html?view=10725721#t10725721

Relativity

2007-02-17T06:24:03Z

So..............I was watching the latest episode of House. And, as usual, they are sent to the patent's home to gather evidence (really, the show makes it seem like doctors have a side degree in breaking and entering- and, who knows? Maybe they do). Anyway. They are creeping through the house, and they start to comment on the cleanliness of the dining room and kitchen. They describe it as filthy and other adjectives in that vein. As they do this, a small furrow starts to form between my eyebrows- because- BECAUSE- I know it wasn't clean, but wasn't it just a couple of meals the owners or teenagers didn't clean up?

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. It is described as unacceptably filthy, a hog's sty, etc.

So those comments my sister and mother have been making on these years weren't spite or jealousy talking. I always thought it was academia or salary envy. I actually have lower cleaning habits than most people? It seems so.

Why did I never realize this? Well....on Rosanne, their house always looked like mine did.....and! Also, all my friends and associates have houses that are the same or worse, much, much, much, MUCH worse than mine.

Theory: people in academia tend to leave unstapled stacks of unpublished, pre-published, and in the process of being published papers around- everywhere. The backseat of the car, on the toilet, on the desk, on the coffee table, on the kitchen table, at their office, at their in-laws, etc. And what do you while you read said papers? Eat. Mix reams of papers+food=mold. That's what the friends and associates I have are like. Maybe academia=filthy? I mean, it's never surprised me that new books by deceased authors are found a hundred or so years after their death- it's like, look what was found in this old attic (the turn of the century equivalent to the couch)!

So I'm trying to be cleaner- but it's so time consuming! People really do this? Clean more than 2 hours a week? UGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGH.

Marmalade Fic in Harry Potter- Theme Rec List

2007-02-13T09:32:37Z

As anyone who is anyone knows, all the Great HP fandom writers reference marmalade in their fic at least once. Below is a theme list I started to keep track of this phenomena:

Maya, humor authoress extraordinaire, wrote Drop Dead Gorgeous:
http://mistful.livejournal.com/97399.html#cutid1

“I think you may be going overboard with your carefree bachelor lifestyle,” Malfoy said, in a distracted sort of way. “You left your groceries on the floor, and also, I think something crawled onto your sideboard and died.”

“That’s my jumper,” Harry said, looking doubtfully at the sodden orange heap.

“And also, I think your jumper crawled onto your sideboard and died,” Malfoy amended agreeably. “And also, you’ve run out of marmalade.”

“I don’t like marmalade,” said Harry.

“Don’t you? Huh,” said Malfoy. “But people could drop by. Requiring marmalade. And then where would you be, it’d be awfully embarrassing. I counsel you urgently to acquire emergency marmalade reserves.”

“If you want marmalade, Malfoy, it’s in the fridge.”

“You should keep it in the cupboard,” Malfoy said. “People usually require their marmalade to be room temperature. I’ve noticed this."

Dethryl, more canon than thou, wrote They Shook Hands: Year Two http://www.fictionalley.org/authors/dethryl/TSHYT02a.html
"Silence, Elan!" Mr. Malfoy snapped. "You're the eldest. You're supposed to have some form of grey matter between your ears. Instead I discover that your head is filled with marmalade! Little did I realize that when you lost your heart, you lost your head as well!"

Even the NBA loves the HP fandom

2007-02-10T06:09:04Z

Commentator Tom Tolbert announced Kirk Hinrich of the Chicago Bulls as "Harry Potter". hahahhaha. Maybe a grown-up, good looking Harry Potter.

aubergineautumn @ 2007-02-09T12:39:00

2007-02-09T19:41:09Z

Gaspard Ulliel, who plays Hannibal Lecter in "Hannibal Rising," is my kind of boy candy! Because you needed to know that.

Gundam Wing novella challenge entries posted

2007-01-09T21:26:14Z

If you're an old enough fan, you know at some point you followed the Gundam Wing fandom. Once a year, they still have a NOVELLA contest over at gwyaoi. Last year was great....for long reminiscences, go to: http://www.gwyaoi.org/novella/2006NovellaChallenge/Entries2006.php

The Beltane Fic Exchange.

2007-01-04T21:16:38Z

Everyone knows about it, yes? http://hds-beltane.livejournal.com/729.html

Oahu Thoughts

2006-11-23T02:05:01Z

We are back in Hawaii again- the island of O'ahu this time. It's sort of a mixed blessing- the SO is busy and so can't go on any trips- I'm on my own. I really overdid it the first 2 days- I went on a "moderate" hiking trip, but the only people I encountered on the trail were a couple who were training for the Ironman. Yes, read that again: they thought this trail was ideal for training for the Ironman. I could hardly walk after that, but I also went to a botanical garden and watched the surfing tournament going on right now. The next day, I went kayaking and snorkeling. I was so tired the following 2 days, I hardly moved (the perils of thinking you are athletic), although I did go horseback riding. Also, the air-conditioning in our hotel room is necessary because it's the only source of fresh air, but I'm catching a cold because of it.

Memorable quotes so far: "Dig your heels in"- advice from the 12 yr old behind me on the horseback trip, resulting in the only fun part of the ride, a 10 second canter, after which I was sorely chastised by the guide (don't go horseback riding if you go to O'ahu- it's slow and boring, directed towards those who have never ridden before).

"You act like your so important"- teenage Japanese college student in a Starbucks store after I purchased lights for the new house over the internet and consulted my sister about what to choose.

It's amazing the difference culture makes in perception- the Caucasian girl thought I was too shy, the Japanese guy thought I was too bold.

Anyway, O'ahu is faster paced than the Big Island, but amazingly enough, I think I saw everything there was to see on the Big Island in one week, but I won't be able to get to everything here on O'ahu.

Plague Here Plague There

2006-11-14T02:43:16Z

So evidently, to pick up a little plague (YES, PLAGUE), all one has to do is head over to the local pond (i.e., bog), and who knows what applications an enterprising mind can come up with. Annoying boss? Whinging co-worker? Unappreciative spouse? Just feeling vindictive?

Actual conversation:
Me: "Let's walk around the pond."
SO: "ok." (fool, he'll agree to anything)
Me: "Hmmm. This sign says to keep out, there's plague here."
SO: *rattle rattle* Plague *rattle rattle *England *rattle rattle* more historical nonsense

Me: Hmmm.............part of the reason some people don't become infected with HIV is the same genetic marker that saved many Europeans from the Plague....but you have to have both alleles......*thinking thinking*

So yes, Fort Collins, awesome number one city in America, except, you know, the little matter of PLAGUE breakout at the bottom of its foothills.

GW rec, modern day slash fic rec, Condo Buying news

2006-11-10T19:52:49Z

Fic recs:
Ten Weird Things by Matthew Haldeman-Time. Sort of reminds me of those Hero-Duo AU college stories. http://www.matthewhaldemantime.com/1/tenweirdthings.html

In fact, I got the link from reading a Hero/Duo story inspired by it: Cactus Flower by justkat2790. http://justkat2790.livejournal.com/6125.html#cutid1

In other news, I'm in the process of buying a condo. I feel ambivalent about it. On one hand, the home improvement virus I got from HGTV will now be allowed to run rampent, on the other hand, we will not be here long, so all those improvements will be enjoyed by someone else. The realtor says I got an ok deal. Hmm-hmmm. Maybe I will feel differently when I finally get to improve the place.