In the midst of this sea and on the edge of this desert.

I've been a busy fangirl lately and I have some fic and some recs and other things to share. <3

It was Bring Back the Porn day on IJ on Tuesday and I submitted two fics. One of which is a Mansfield Park, Fanny/Mary fic which will probably get very little love but which I enjoyed writing so much. I've just been away with my family on a Jane Austen themed holiday and my book to present on was Mansfield Park. We shared out all the books and gave talks and made films and songs and quizzes, had debates about Darcy's dubious moral code, played murder mystery games (I was Lady Catherine!) and cooked regency dinners and dressed up. It was the best family holiday!!! Anyway I came home and wrote porn which I won't be sharing with my family but am happy to share with you!

The Bed We Loved In was a Spinning World, NC-17, 2600 words, An afternoon by the lake - for one day Mary and Fanny are the masters of Mansfield Park.

I also wrote Spartacus (TV) fic, about Season 2 Lucretia lusting after pregnant Ilithyia: Cherish, NC-17, 1100 words, Lucretia hates to bathe alone.

I also want to recommend some fics that were submitted which I really enjoyed:

4 Spartacus fics by Aldiara - a saxa/belesa fic, a Barca/Pietros fic that totally broke me; and one sweet and sexy and one angsty but sexy nagron fic. Enjoy!

And for anyone that fancies some Eagle fic, of Esca/Marcus ironing out the kinks in their happily ever after, then Spaghettitoes's Status and Position is for you!

I haven't had a chance to read much of the femslashex fic yet but I did a Bletchley Circle pinch hit that was a little Millie/Susan fix-it.

Title: The Sheltering Tree
Fandom (pairing/characters): The Bletchley Circle, Millie/Susan
Rating: Gen
Word Count: 2464
Summary: Susan gets an unexpected visitor in Mumbai.

I also posted a little Nashville schmoop while waiting for the new series to get started.

Title: That name, which is no part of thee
Fandom (pairing/characters): Nashville, Deacon/Rayna
Rating: Mature
Word Count: 1622
Summary: Rayna at 16

It was nice to do some writing-y things!!

 It's been a while for me since I've posted and now I find myself with lots of things I want to say. Mostly, hope you're all well!! 

( Under the cut: Canada! Renaultx! Rarewomen! )

In your own space, post a rec for at least three fanworks that you have created. It can be your favorite fanworks that you've created, or fanworks you feel no one ever saw, or fanworks you say would define you as a creator. 

Hmmm, 

Silent, Greet The Dawn - I've been feeling very fond lately of the Nate/Ray, Ray/Batman, Generation Kill Fic I wrote for we-pimpin's boys of summer exchange a year or two ago. I guess because I didn't move it onto AO3 (basically because I couldn't be bothered to recode the way it's laid out) it never gets those out of the blue kudoses that tell you someone somewhere's still appreciating it. But I kind of feel it deserves it. *resolves to archive it properly* 

Speaking of things I wrote for we-pimpin, I'm also super proud of a little Brad/Ray ww1 drabble for the prompt, Old Photographs. The sense of them in that time really appeals to me. 

I think I need at least a year before I can look back and be pleased with the things I've created. Nothing from this year seems to be cutting it. 

Choosing a fanmix for my third: Don't Tell The Beloved was a massive expiation of some very belated Remus/Sirius feels. I loved making it and I love listening to it. 

 Oh ho ho, but there's been a good haul this year! 
Christmas here has certainly been a bit chaotic what with a hospitalised grandfather, a stroppy uncle, a leaky roof, a brother getting married and almost-step-siblings turning up all over the place but I've at least managed to read all the lovely fic written for me. I'm still making my way through the excellent Generation Kill fic over on the YAGKYAS comm but I am taking note of everyone else's Yuletide recs with great interest! 

I am so happy to have received, not one but two GK stories this year! It totally makes up for last year when I only pinch hit so didn't have a story written all for me. Both stories were Eric Kocher-centred and all kinds of awesome. 

Squared Up  is an Eric Kocher/Doc Bryan story that is utterly glorious. It's full of anger and sensuality and an unwillingness to put up with bullshit. Sections of it sent shivers up my spine and made me want to cry with how beautifully their relationship was painted. There was also bonus Kocher & Colbert friends-chat which sealed the deal on this being the best thing ever. 

The Exiled Prince is a GK/Avengers crossover of awesome. Ray as Iron Man. Nate as Captain America. Brad as Thor. Seriously. :DD I love that the author kept to the GK characterisations despite putting them in the Avengers world, that made this really special as well as a really fun read. It's written from Kocher's perspective but with a side of Brad/Nate that is quite delicious. 

And for Yuletide!!!! My first time participating has been really fun and I got a fantastic Dance Academy story that really played into lots of things I love about the show, particularly the Kat/Abigail friendship that is the theme of the fic. 
Making The Name Fit is a brilliant story about Kat learning to do away with her self-sabotaging habits with the help of Abigail's unique brand of friendship and honesty. I heart this story so much!! 

Lovely weekend activities:

!! I joined the library finally near my new place and it had exactly the issue of Sandman that I've got up to, Go Tiny Library Go! (By which I mean, stay forever, back off Tories on the local council, back well off).

!! I watched Rush, and I loved it. ( Sure, there were a couple of overdone pumping sex to pumping car iron transitions )

!! Had a lovely roast dinner with my sisters, and contributed excellent yorkshire puddings! 

!! Decided it was high time to move on the kink bingo card and tried to start small with the "tickling" prompt. So I wrote Les Mis, Jehan/Bahorel and there is a brief mention of tickling. So, yay?! A prompt is a prompt wherever it takes you right? I'm kind of liking it as an excuse to get to know Les Mis characters though. I also posted it to my tumblr because it felt like a transient kind of fic and also I'm ridiculously pretending to myself that I exist over there. 

Well this is some silliness. I've driven myself into a little frenzy of feelings about The Squad from The Lost Prince and have written fic about the two named members of it fighting in the first world war. Thanks so much to surexit for looking it over and smartening it up. 

I got part of the title from The Weakerthans' song, Left and Leaving, which also has the lyrics:

I’m back with scars to show.

Back with the streets I know

Will never take me anywhere but here.

Not really relevant for the fic but still very Squad-feelsy, I feel!

Anyway, the fic is at AO3 or here:
( Barrack Remnants: All That You Gave Us )

Posting my Drabble Day drabbles for archiving purposes in all their glory. ;)

The idea is a new prompt is posted every hour for 24 hours and you have the whole 24 hours to fill as many as possible. Sleep is a problem, as is working weekends! But I still made a respectable 17 fics mostly due to a last minute surge. Although nowhere near the winning 31!

They are all exactly 100 words and the prompts are tropes. :DD

I really enjoyed writing for some fandoms I don't usually write in, like Ship of Magic, Misfits, Slings and Arrows, and My So Called Life. Also fitted in Teen Wolf, Elisabeth, Merlin, Alles Was Zahlt, Supernatural and a little Hockey RPF that creeped everyone out.

( Enjoy! )

Title: I'd Left Him Dreaming (*steals from Laura Marling* idk titles - just had it saved as doppelganger fic)
Author: amoama
Fandom (pairing/characters): Generation Kill, Brad/Ray/(celebrity appearance by Eric Northman)
Rating: R
Word Count: 2000
Summary: Ray's current boyfriend looks identical to his undead-ex. Apparently this could be conceived as problematic. Basically smutty Brad/Ray with Voyeur!Eric potentially along for the ride.
Disclaimer: Not mine, not true, not possible.
Author's Note: I think this was originally sparked by a prompt on a comm somewhere but it was so long ago I can't remember and didn't save it anywhere. :C It's been lying forgotten as a WIP for ages because I kept thinking there was way more to do but when I re-read it the other day it was more complete-feeling than I remembered. :D


( I'd Left Him Dreaming )