Well, as always I'm never that good at keeping up with the updating. But today I am sick with bronchitis and not a lot to do, so it seems like a good time to say hello to all of you (who probably barely remember me at this point!) before I fall asleep in a pathetic, phlegmy heap.

So, the last I posted here, I was wibbling hardcore about the realisation that I did not, in fact, want to do a PhD, and what that means for my whole life as I had planned it. Y'all were so helpful and supportive, so thank you for that &hearts &hearts So I decided to really think about what I want to do with myself, what I like and what I love, did some research...


( And here I am in Toronto. )

Title: Things We Said Today (1/2)
Pairings: Teddy/Bill, mentions of Teddy/Victoire, past Remus/Bill and Remus/Sirius
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: ~19000
Warnings: Some dirty talk, some bondage, some D/s
Summary: A discovery in Andromeda Tonks' attic sends Teddy Lupin on a quest to find out the truth about his father. He is led to Bill Weasley, and he gets more questions than answers
Author's Notes: This was written for violet_quill in the 2008 hp_summersmut fic exchange. A big thank you and a dozen candy necklaces to thescarletwoman, who not only beta'd this fic, but ran the whole fest brilliantly. There is a sequel in the works, which will be entitled "Bill and Teddy's Excellent Adventure" because I cannot help myself...

( The Great and Daring Bill Weasley Who Couldn't Be Bothered to Answer His Mail was here )

Title: Things We Said Today (2/2)
Pairings: Teddy/Bill, mentions of Teddy/Victoire, past Remus/Bill and Remus/Sirius
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: ~19000
Warnings: Some dirty talk, some bondage, some D/s
Summary: A discovery in Andromeda Tonks' attic sends Teddy Lupin on a quest to find out the truth about his father. He is led to Bill Weasley, and he gets more questions than answers
Author's Notes: This was written for violet_quill in the 2008 hp_summersmut fic exchange. A big thank you and a dozen candy necklaces to thescarletwoman, who not only beta'd this fic, but ran the whole fest brilliantly. There is a sequel in the works, which will be entitled "Bill and Teddy's Excellent Adventure" because I cannot help myself...

( The scars, which had seemed so commonplace all Teddy's life, stood out livid against Bill's skin now, set into sharp relief by their history. )

Title: Other Ways to Celebrate the Last Match of the Season
Rating: NC-17 liek whoa
Pairing: Charlie/Hermione
Word Count: ~ 3200
Summary: Charlie finds Hermione in the Gryffindor locker room and uses the situation to his full advantage
Warnings: blink-and-you-miss-it knifeplay
A/N: Written for luvscharlie for the 2008 hermione_smut. Thank you to my beauteous beta thescarletwoman for putting up with my whining and for fixing 'er up right good for me!

(  Yeah, that definitely didn't want to go in there )

Title: Reddo Lacunum
Pairings: Oliver Wood/Salazar Slytherin, Oliver Wood/Marcus Flint, mentions of Salazar Slytherin/Godric Gryffindor, and past Oliver/Percy
Rating: Hard R
Warnings: dirty talk, mentions of light bondage
Word Count: ~4145
Summary: Oliver Wood leaves Marcus Flint a sharply worded note, only it isn't Marcus who answers him
Author's Notes: Written for violet_quill's Slash Superchallenge! I just couldn't make the Arthur/Scrimgeour that I was originally working on get to smut because Arthur insisted on being faithful to his wife, so I switched over to this rather unlikely pairing instead. Thank you to thescarletwoman for the beta!

( You really are the most imbecilic scoundrel, a blackguard amongst the innocents, and thick in the head. )

Just occurred to me that I haven't re-posted this fic in my personal journal. Better late than never!

Also, I'm now all moved in at IJ, and can be found under the same username there, if anyone wants to look me up! ( http://rose-whispers.insanejournal.com/ )

Title: Persistence of Memory
Author: rose_whispers
Rating: PG
Warnings: DH-spoilerful
Summary: In the life that should have been the perfect fulfillment of her dream to live in Australia, Monica Wilkins struggles to understand why she feels so empty. In the past, Susan Granger sees a whole new world just waiting for her daughter to claim.
A/N: Originally written for the 2007 femgenficathon, based on this prompt:
I want to be a free rover on the breezy common of the universe. -- Harriet Martineau.
Thanks so much to thescarletwoman who hand-held me through a very long bout of writer's block and beta'd this at the very last minute for me-- any remaining mistakes are mine.
First posted: September 30th, 2007

( Persistence of Memory )

Title: Pig Rectums and Other Ratings Grabbers
Rating: PG-13
Fandom: Mythbusters
Word count: ~2000
Pairing: Adam/Jamie
Summary: The Mythbusters are disgusted to learn that they have to do a mindless sex-themed show to boost their ratings. Adam and Jamie go above and beyond the call of duty.
A/N: This is a gift-fic for thescarletwoman. She mentioned the UST between Adam and Jamie, I threatened to do something about it, she dared me to follow through on my threat, and this is the result. Thank you to my patient (if somewhat horrified) gentleman caller for the beta!
DISCLAIMER: While this is based upon the show Mythbusters, the characters herein are FICTIONAL and bear no actual resemblance to the actions (that we know of) of any of the people who work on Mythbusters. This is a work of fiction and silliness, and I beg your indulgence and forgiveness for it.

(  Yeah, that definitely didn't want to go in there )

I know I'm not much around fandom these days, apart from RPing and the very-occasional fic. But today I heard that Norval Morrisseau died on Tuesday, December 4th, and I need to commemorate him here. Norval's work has inspired me for many years. He inspired what has been called by many a renaissance in Aboriginal, and indeed in Canadian art, giving voice to First Nations peoples and cultures at a time in Canada when that just wasn't done. His vibrant, sometimes turbulent, use of colours, strong shapes, and his controversial use of mythological and spiritual Aboriginal themes in his earlier work as well as images from his own personal battles and from Christianity in his later work ignite to create unforgettable, landscape-changing art.




He's been given the Order of Canada and the lifetime achievement award from National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation, and has had many prestigious and important shows both in Canada and around the world. His life was difficult, characterized by struggles with alcoholism and living on the streets, and later in life with Parkinson's Disease, and yet he always strove to be a role model. I was lucky enough to see a huge showing of his work at the wonderful McMichael Gallery in Kleinberg last year, a version of the National Gallery's "Shaman Artist" show. I am someone who can do no more with art than admire it, being wholly unartistic myself, and I cannot find words to say how moving, disturbing, peaceful, violent, spiritual, thought-provoking the show was. Norval is my favourite artist, the pinnacle of creativity, of finding one's own style from within one's heritage, and of breaking cultural barriers to give voice to Anishnaabe art and Canadian art. Migwetch, Norval. Thank you for all you've done.

Title: Is that a Decoy Detonator in Your Pocket, or are You Happy to See Me? (2/2)
Pairing: George Weasley/Severus Snape
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: DH SPOILERS, rimming, dub-con depending on how you read it
Word Count: ~18,000
Summary: George Weasley is struggling to find his place in a new, post-war world. The injured, reticent refugee he discovers in the Forbidden Forest isn't part of his plans.
Author's Notes: This was written for lilyeyes at the 2007 hp_summersmut exchange (originally posted here). It was originally meant to be a fairly frivolous and PWP-ish Harry/George/Fred fic that just wouldn't work for me after I read DH (though I might go back to it some day). Instead, this fic came out of nowhere and helped me break a two-month writer's block from hell. Thank you to my ever-vigilant beta, thescarletwoman, who prevents me from adding kitchens to scenes where no kitchen has any right to be.

( You drove the entire staff mad, Weasley, but you did not pretend to be anything but yourselves. )

Title: Is that a Decoy Detonator in Your Pocket, or are You Happy to See Me? (1/2)
Pairing: George Weasley/Severus Snape
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: DH SPOILERS, rimming, dub-con depending on how you read it
Word Count: ~18,000
Summary: George Weasley is struggling to find his place in a new, post-war world. The injured, reticent refugee he discovers in the Forbidden Forest isn't part of his plans.
Author's Notes: This was written for lilyeyes at the 2007 hp_summersmut exchange (originally posted here). It was originally meant to be a fairly frivolous and PWP-ish Harry/George/Fred fic that just wouldn't work for me after I read DH (though I might go back to it some day). Instead, this fic came out of nowhere and helped me break a two-month writer's block from hell. Thank you to my ever-vigilant beta, thescarletwoman, who prevents me from adding kitchens to scenes where no kitchen has any right to be.

( You hide from house elves? My goodness, Snape, what an interesting phobia. Are you afraid of clowns too? )

Onward to part 2!

Title: Bigger Broomsticks, Crunchier Kale, and One-Eyed Trouser Snakes
Claim: For ladytonks at funnyfest: "Voldemort goes through a mid-life crisis and gets a racing broom and tries on toupees. Bonus Points if you have Lucius try and talk him out of it."
Rating: PG-13 for violence and naughty words
Summary: There's more than one way to topple a dark lord...
Notes: 4353 words. Thank you to thescarletwoman and cocohufflepuffs for the brilliant (as always!) beta jobs, and to my gentleman caller, who was surprisingly eager both to read this fic and to make some very funny observations

( They use a strange sort of magic called 'spray tanning', which leaves one's dignity in tatters )

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I am not flocking this post or any of my fic. Nothing in this journal is illegal in any way, and I will not back down in case someone else's morality does not match my own. I don't think I can form coherent, meaningful thoughts right now because I am so livid, but you've all said everything I could want to say, and you've said it so eloquently. I'm so proud of my flist, and of the way fandom is pulling together and fighting back. Stand strong, fandom!

ETA: I just created a GJ account, so I'll be transferring fic and such over to rose_whispers there soon.

*waves* Ahoy hoy flist! Not only am I not dead (just nearly so from this ebil term), I come bearing fic, which I posted at erotic_elves last week. And I want to wish y'all a very happy Luke Skywalker Day. 'cause it's May the 4th. You know, May the Fourth be with you. *runs and hides*

Title: Sketchbook
Pairing: Dean/Hermione (unrequited), Ron/Hermione
Rating: R
Warnings: mildly angsty
Word Count: 2773
Summary: The artist captures moments for himself that weren't meant to be shared
Author's Notes: For the April Voyeurism Challenge at erotic_elves. Many, many thanks to my beautiful betas, cocohufflepuffs and thescarletwoman.

( Some artists do bowls of fruit or poncy sunsets. Dean draws people. )

Your Famous Last Words Will Be:

"I dunno, press the button and find out."

*snerks* As long as the paper I'm finishing today doesn't kill me first...

Good morning (too damned early for my tastes) flist! A squeeful FYI to those of you who read/write Severus/Remus fics. There is now a new Snupin comm run by the excellent thescarletwoman, called changingfacades. I'll c&p from the user info:

This is a community tailored to Snape/Lupin fics of the 2nd War and Beyond era. For clarification, 2nd War is everything from Philosopher's Stone through the current canon. Beyond... well, beyond are our Post-War fics.

[+] Challenges will be posted weekly. They'll feature either a theme or a word which must be incorporated into the fic or art.

[+] If you can't write fast enough in the week, that's fine! (I know I can't all the time.) Challenges go through the entire month. So at the most, we'll have 4 challenges going on!

[+] The community will feature a weekly rec post, The Friday Five. Five outstanding fics or art pieces posted during the week.

All of the big ships have multiple comms and niches for particular types of fic, so this, imho, is a big, cool thing for our ship :D We've grown so much over the last few years to become one of the major ships! I'm kind of hoping this will inspire me to write again. I haven't written a Snupin fic since May of last year (yikes!) or posted a new fic at all since Halloween. *g* So go join and start posting fic whilst I try to get my stubborn muse to speak to me again ;)

Hi flist! It occurs to me that I really, really don't use this journal much these days, and that's a shame. Outside of my RPG, the addictively active stoatshead_hill, I've been pretty quiet on the fandom side. My muse has folded her arms and refused to speak to me for the last few months, and RL has kept me away from most other aspects of fandom.

But that's just silly, considering how much I enjoy all of you! So I'm going to make a concerted effort to start posting in here more-- quite possibly some RLish stuff too, which will most likely be flocked. You're all too creative and funny and wonderful not to keep up with :D And hopefully being around LJ more will reinspire my dormant muse. You'll be hearing a lot more from me now!

Fandom-wise, in December I had the pleasure of reccing Harry/Charlie fics at crack_broom, and I'm in the queue to rec Snape/Lupin in the near future. inell and I plan to start writing clever_mischief again sometime soon, too. And best of all, if any of you are interested in following (or applying for a character!) a really tremendous RPG, I can't speak highly enough of the group of writers at stoatshead_hill. We have close to 100 active characters and it's set post-war in 2005. It's funny and serious, dark and light, complex and plot-oriented and sometimes smutty and always wonderful. I started out playing Snape there, and for those of you on my flist who are Snupin fangirls, there has been much movement in that direction ;) And this month I also had the opportunity to take on the role of Harry too.

Also, on a personal note to those of you who asked for Christmas cards! I don't quite know why, but I really suck at sending these things out on time, and I never got around to putting them in the mail. So rather than sending out stupidly late Christmas cards, I've sent you all Valentines in the mail :D They've actually been mailed, too, so you'll be getting them any time.

Hey y'all. Just a last chance shout-out that I'm doing my Christmas cards tonight, so should you want a card, either reply to this post or go here. Both will be screened.

Happy holidays!

Hi everyone! I'm getting my Christmas card notice up early this year, as last year many of you didn't get your cards from me 'til January. Sorry 'bout that ;) This year I'm going to be good and they'll be in the mail by December 15th.

So, should you wish a Christmas card from me, drop me your info in a comment within the next two weeks (I'm screening so no one else will see them). Unfortunately, I can't ask for any back, as I live with my mom who isn't comfortable with the idea. But! I do love sending 'em out :D