[WIP.]

Hello!

If you're reading this, then we have something in common, and that's wonderful. First of all, thank you! This is my first time doing Yuletide, and I have no doubt it's going to be great!

( General likes/dislikes! )

( Skim: flailing, prompts, pictures. )

( The Bletchley Circle: flailing, requests, trailer. )

( Margaret vs. Pauline (song): song, lyrics, headcanons, requests. )

Once again, thank you! I'm sure you'll do great!

<3 Gil

To continue my Hulk spam:

Look at this! It's kind of Hulk-meets-Winnie-the-Pooh, and I'm probably more into it than I should be, considering I was never really into Winnie the Pooh. 

I've been writing a few Avengers drabbles, which I'll post later, and I just ordered some make up off Amazon, so I'm in a pretty good mood! The make up is basically one green lipstick and some green and purple eyeshadows. Are you sensing a theme here? You should be. It got me thinking, because this is obviously a thinly-veiled, "HEY GUYS DO YOU KNOW HOW INTO THE HULK I AM, DO YOU?" I'm really into The Hulk. Anyway, I was thinking:

How do you guys say you are into things that your RL friends don't necessarily know you're into, without actually saying it?

This could be fandom stuff, or anything really, I suppose! I'm really curious! For me it's definitely clothes and make up. 

This is the make up, in case anyone wanted to see!

( Here, pictures! )

Oh boy, if I knew how to make fanvids, this would so be happening. I think Avengers, and probably Thor-related, you know, because of the hammers. I mean:

You know what I mean? Someone needs to do this.

Title: We Will Run
Prompt: “Seeking solace from the horror of war, they run away together.”
Pairing(s): Lavender/Parvati
Word Count: 4882 words.
Rating: R
Warning(s): Jumping timelines, slightly dystopian post-war Ministry antics, course language, implied shoplifting.
Disclaimer: Harry Potter characters are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended.
Notes: AU in a minor way from half-way through 7th year onwards. All characters engaged in sexual activity are 18. Thanks so much to Rike and Kiss for helping get this fic going and holding both my hands! Thanks Crups for the super short-notice beta, and to the mods for their continued patience! All remaining mistakes are my own. The title (which I have changed) is from Santigold’s ‘Disparate Youth’. Written for hprarefest 2012.
Summary: It’s a fine line between your life falling apart and just beginning.

( We Will Run )

Title: Coping
Pairing: Cho/Neville
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 305 words
Warnings: None!
Summary: The war made everyone more aware of each other, Neville thinks. Or, aware of vulnerabilities, perhaps. Aware of the importance of coping mechanisms.
Author's Notes: Written for the Wishlists thingy-magig at rarepair_shorts for magic_knickers for the prompt, 'methods of coping'. Thanks Kiss - you lovely thing you - for the beta!
Disclaimer: All characters from the Harry Potter series are owned by J.K. Rowling. No profit is being made.

( Coping )

Wings to the Weak, Grace to the Strong by tristesses, Ginny/Cho, NC-17, 2803 words. Warnings for rough sex and PTSD.

Summary: They've left the war behind, but every now and then, it catches up with them.

Why you should read it: So, this was my gift (kind of, but also not really - I had to drop out for health reasons) for the femmefest exchange, so I'm possibly biased since it was written to my prompts, but holy wow this is good fic. The sex is really expertly done, managing to be both rough and tender at once, and the effects of the war on both characters are quietly heartbreaking. I recommend reading it, even if you don't normally go for femmeslash - it's short, easy to read and both chilling and funny.

Excerpt: "I am," Ginny says, and the corners of her mouth curl, catlike, "very threatening."

Midsummer Night's Dream by magnolia_mama, Ginny/Harry, NC-17, 8342 words.

Summary: Midsummer was always the most difficult time of year. There would be moments when Ginny became absolutely convinced someone was standing right behind her, but whenever she turned around, no one was there.

Why you should read it: Okay, so obviously I'm on a bit of a Ginny kick, but you can't help feel for her reading this. She's stubborn, haunted and obsessive, and obviously self-sufficient. The writing is what makes this, really. No two words are heavy-handed, and the atmosphere is so tangible it feels heavy in the air as you read it. I'm also, admittedly, a sucker for the dark, nautical imagery.

Excerpt: Sleep had eluded her, until the pale imitation of night gave way to dawn's grasping fingers and Ginny dragged her taut body and aching head out of bed to cope with the long day that lay ahead.

More to come!

So this kind of sums up about half my interests:

(via ontd_science)



An algal bloom has emerged near Antarctica, so large that it’s not just visible but prominent in satellite images.

The bloom, roughly 200 x 100 kilometers, has shown up in images taken by NASA’s Modis instrument on the Terra satellite. It has emerged off the coast of Mac Robertson Land and was identified by scientists from the Australian Antarctic Division.

The bloom is expected to spark a local feeding frenzy for everything from krill and other zooplankton, through to fish, penguins, seals, and ultimately whales, according to research scientist Mark Curran.

While not certain about the cause of the bloom, Curran notes that small traces of iron in Antarctic snow blown out to sea could partly be driving the event, since iron is a nutrient to algae.

The bloom has been observed for 20 days, and researchers hope it will last long enough to be observed by the research vessel Aurora Australis, which is currently voyaging between Mawson Station and Hobart, Tasmania

source: The Register

Something I found really helpful and challenging over the last couple of days was drawing things friends requested! So, without further ado, I give you horklumps, Agent Dale Cooper, Luna/Cho & Nargles (kind of), sordid_humors' twink, and a couple of other drawings. 


( Sketches! Fandom & Non-Fandom! Image Heavy! )

So, in light of that being fun and useful, does anyone have any requests? They can be fandom related or completely random, whatever!