charts, facts, figures

It's finally the magic day where we get to find out who wrote what (and perhaps why). I wrote:

In Case of Emergency, Head Towards the Nearest Exit
Eureka; Jack and Nathan; PG; 2,861 words
Everyone's set to celebrate Stark's miraculous return to Eureka. But nothing, even a simply party, can actually go as planned in Eureka.

My recipient wanted what everyone secretly wants: a chance for Nathan to be back in Eureka and solve things with Jack, snarking all the way. They also spoke of a love of all the made up science (overly cold ice cores that take over Eureka! Intelligence draining chicken breasts? I mean, come on!) that they have. So, having Fargo's computer program somehow merge with Henry's building program? No problem! I have a huge fondness for writing Jack (I can totally see his hand gestures and facial expressions, it's bizarre) and gosh, he and Nathan were amazing together. Go, read! Enjoy! If you read my other fic (with the amazing snowstorm! It was awesome!) I continue my theme of all the ridiculous paperwork that Jack has to no doubt fill out after all of these (because every government agency has paperwork, even in Eureka).

It's set in the gap between the end of season 3 and the beginning of season 4 (clearly in watching canon there has to have been a time gap between the two) so it doesn't require any rewriting of canon (though you know that Stark and Grant would be soooo amazingly snarky at each other too! It would be something Jack and Nathan could bond over!)

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I received:

Unmasking
V for Vendetta; Evey/V; R; 3,117 words
Evey and Finch are going through papers connected to V’s life and legacy, and it makes Evey think back to an evening she never told anyone about.

I love this! It takes all the twisty, complicated stories that people tell about each other and places Evey and Finch in V's compound going through his papers. The memory that Evey is reminded of (and the resulting Evey/V) is fascinating and I can totally see this as a deleted scene from canon.

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So many good fics, so little time. A few recs:

Ever wanted to cross Anthony Bordain with Narnia? Well, now you can: No Reservations: Narnia. PURE GENIUS.

cooking shows + Cooks Illustrated + Muppets = awesome. Otherwise known as Cooks llustrated vs. the Holidays; or Science: It Works

A plethora of gorgeously creepy and terrifying stories set in the Gaiman universe of A Study in Scarlet: here

What You See Is What You Get (If You're Looking Hard Enough): a stunning Mentalist steampunk AU with witches, wizards, empaths and telepaths, oh my!

A story that slots in perfectly with the rest of the Chronicles of Amber, in all their backstabby, coniving, convoluted glory - Breaking Patterns. And, more cracktastically, A Unicornmas Dinner with the Amber Royal Family. OMG so funny.


Hoping everyone had a lovely holiday--mine was full of family stuff (dramatic and otherwise) and trying to catch up on sleep. I've been working super long hours both at subbing and tutoring AND application reading, so my LJ presence has been kind of crap. Hopefully that will change, because I need to squee with everyone about Hawaii Five-O (go read the hotness at kissemdanno)! And finally catching up on Criminal Minds! (sheesh, they've gotten so CREEPY)

Happy beginning of 2011, all!

Christmas morning was late in the Flyakate family household, which worked out just fine. We also took the time to watch everyone else open up a present so that it stretched out the actual present-opening time quite nicely. I am greatly excited because not only did I get a lovely new messenger bag (that I had picked out from Macy's known about) and Bones season 2, but a hilarious spatula shaped like a gingerbread man, a "Cookie Field Guild" and "Muffin Bible" from Older Sister, one of those awesome plunger measuring cups (though not this one) and a pastry board from Younger Sister, an "Interactive Sherlock Holmes mystery" from Older Brother and...

A KITCHEN AID MIXER!!! See how pretty?

I already have made cookies using it (or rather, using Mom's, so mine can stay in its box for the trek back North when I go) and made delicious gingerbread cookies ALL BY MYSELF (though Younger Sister was instrumental in optimizing the cookie cutter spacing and insuring that I had a system for chilling the dough the longest (she likes to organize things, what can I say?)

And Pete the cat got catnip and was hilarious.

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But I also got yuletide stories! Not one. Not even two. THREE WHOLE STORIES, which I will tell you about:

* Comfort (Lie to Me, Gillian/Cal, PG-13) is a lovely look at the true affection that the two of them have for each other and how they lean on each other after a hard case.

* Unwind (Lie to Me, Loker/Torres, PG-13) is a companion story (eee!) where Loker and Torres have a very in-character discussion about why they do what they do with some UST (which might become resolved, hard to say). Very cute and I loved it too!

Also (because the world and Yuletide writers love me):

* can't steal happiness (Mary Russell - LR King, Holmes and Rusell, G) which explains how Mary learns how to pick pockets and hold her own in a discussion with Holmes. The author seemed worried that it didn't fit the timeline, but I have no problem believing that Holmes would let Russell help on a case, even early in their relationship. Lovely and sounds like a lost bit of the novels.

Also, my recipient liked their story! Woo!

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So, anyone want a muffin recipe? Or short drabble of your choice in the fandoms I know? (Relatedly, apparently sga_santa is having drabble madness until January 1st, open to all! Perhaps Elementary!verse boys will have to make an appearance...) I am open to suggestions!

:o) Happy holidays!

Somehow I never actually posted links to these, but in all the buzz of signing up for yuletide (you have until tomorrow! Do it!) I realized that I never posted the fics that I received in past years. How ungrateful of me!

2007: Unfinished (PG-13, It) A post-novel pitch perfect story where Ritchie tries to find some answers and does, of a sort. Gave me chills and a case of the creeps, which is about perfect, really ;o)

2008: At Old Tom's Place (G, The Stand) I love the universe of this book, despite the obvious depressing nature of the post-apocalyptic setting. Set post-novel, this story deals with Tom's friendship with Nick and Stu and how the things we leave behind are more than just stuff. Adorable and a little eerie.

I've successfully signed up for Yuletide... now I just need to write a "Dear Yuletide Writer" letter. Excited to see what I get!

Title: First Monday
Words: 847
Summary: Everyone was happy, really happy, which would have made John happy too, if they weren’t so, well, manic about it. It was kind of creepy.
Notes: For sheafrotherdon on her birthday.


( First Monday )

Thanks to lots of traveling over the holidays, it took me until now to finish this. A belated holiday present for musesfool, who wanted one. Whee? Happy holidays, musesfool! I love this fic (like many of your others) to itty bitty pieces. As you'll see in more detail. This is the fic by itself, if you'd just like to read it. Click on the cut to read with my own rambling. Let me know if there's a missed tag; coding is a bitch sometimes :o)

( Climbing Hand Over Hand to Get In, with Commentary )

Wow, about a million years too late, I finished it! Clearly, more important that actually doing homework while I was home sick *facepalm* Anyways, hope you like it. It's a "caper fic" because I also was writing it for musesfool's birthday, of a sort. Oh yeah, and for her Firefly-West Wing Title Challenge. Oops? Without further ado, I bring you the REALLY LONG (ooh, yay me!):

Title: Posse Comitatus
Fandom: Firefly
Characters: Kaylee/Simon, River, Mal/Inara, Jayne, Zoe
Summary: The job never quite runs smooth, especially when Mal and company try to be bad guys.
Word Count: 8,537
Rating: PG. Although there's some bad language is in Chinese.
Spoilers: Multiple episodes and the movie.
Author’s Notes: Written belatedly for musesfool’s Firefly-West Wing Title Challenge. The Latin phrase "Posse Comitatus" (able men of the county) is a reference to the tradition allowing local sheriffs to deputize a group of citizens as a temporary police force, known as a posse.
Disclaimer: The television show Firefly and the film Serenity belong to Joss Whedon and his posse, while I suppose the titles of West Wing episodes belong to Aaron Sorkin and NBC, or something. No money was made in writing this, only pure clean fun.

( In the future, if you're wondering, 'Crime. Boy, I just don't know.' is when I decided to kick your ass. )