"Where id is, there shall ego be." -- Freud.

Title: Wrong Place, Right Time
Author/Artist: measuringlife
Rating: PG at very most.
Warnings: lots of making fun of Sanada. It’s not bashing, it’s more like mocking with love.
Prompt: - Prince of Tennis (Yanagi Renji/Kirihara Akaya): in the wrong place at the right time (claimed)
Word count: 2726
Summary: Through shared lunches, practices and after-school lessons and Lao Tzu, Akaya tries to figure out Yanagi-senpai
A/N: Vague hints of other Rikkaidai pairings, (Yukimura/Sanada, Jackal/Bunta) though they can just as easily be read as being non-romantic/friendship. In fact they all came off as kind of friendshippy. Oh well

( Wrong Place, Right Time )

Okay, so J-pop had announced they're going to reprint 'X' in Italy.
Why anyone out of Italy should care about this?
Apparently J-pop had been assured by Kadokawa and CLAMP's manager the series will be finished soon, or at least in time not to force J-pop to pause while printing it (which would mean, according to the tentative schedule given, that they need the new volumes ready for 2012... end of the world anyone? -_-).

Now, although this is a great new, I would like to know if someone can confirm J-pop's declaration about CLAMP being finally ready to end 'X'.
So, does anyone know something?

I'm not sure if this post is allowed. If not I apologize.

Okay, so J-pop had announced they're going to reprint 'X' in Italy.
Why anyone out of Italy should care about this?
Apparently J-pop had been assured by Kadokawa and CLAMP's manager the series will be finished soon, or at least in time not to force J-pop to pause while printing it (which would mean, according to the tentative schedule given, that they need the new volumes ready for 2012... end of the world anyone? -_-).

Now, although this is a great new, I would like to know if someone can confirm J-pop's declaration about CLAMP being finally ready to end 'X'.
So, does anyone know something?

I'm not sure if this post is allowed. If not I apologize.

Somewhat spoilery, but nothing 'new'--- The 2nd Tsubasa artbook was released this week. The bloggers have confirmed the 2 extra comics included in the artbook are the 2 Horitsuba omakes that were released in Shonen Magazine's Dragon Special; the Xmas cake and New Year's stories. :/

I don’t hate you at all, and you’re not a terrible writer. However, your approach to writing and reading fic can get annoying.

( No, you are not too special for proper punctuation. )

( What part of “I’m not interested” don’t you understand? )

Dear brand-new addition to my list of authors to avoid,

( OOC and stereotypes galore )

Meditating on Sturgeon's Law,

Del

IT IS TEN AFTER FIVE IN THE MORNING.
THE METAPHOR IS NOT EXTENDED. THE METAPHOR IS BLOWN. THE METAPHOR IS FUBAR. THE METAPHOR HAS NO HOPE OF EVER RETURNING TO NORMAL SIZE.
THE METAPHOR IS THE GOATSE MAN.
I HAVE QUOTED NIETZSCHE. IN THE ORIGINAL GERMAN. AND TRANSLATED IT. I ONLY NEEDED TO LOOK UP ONE WORD.
I HAVE INVOKED CLIFFJUMPER.
I HAVE INVOKED MY RIGHT TO A TWO-SENTENCE THESIS TO KEEP THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE FROM CRYING.
I HAVE SLIPPED IN A FALLOUT BOY REFERENCE.
I HAVE MADE FUN OF THE LIONS. BECAUSE THEY SUCK.

I WOULD MUCH RATHER BE WRITING GAY ROBOT MPREG. THAT IS THE CURRENT TITLE OF MY PAPER. I SHOULD CHANGE IT.

COLLEGE SUCKS. I AM TOO OLD FOR THIS. I'M GOING TO CATCH SHIT FOR PULLING AN ALL NIGHTER ON SATURDAY FOR A PAPER DUE TUESDAY.
I HATE MY TEACHER AND IF SHE KNOCKS ME POINTS FOR NO HEADER I WILL DRIVE TO MINNESOTA AND BEAT HER TO DEATH WITH HER KEYBOARD. HER INABILITY TO OPERATE HER COMPUTER SHOULD NOT BE MY PROBLEM.
THIS PAPER IS A MASTERPIECE OF BULLSHIT. IF I DO NOT GET FULL POINTS, I AM CALLING SHENANIGANS.
THIS PAPER SUCKS AND WAS CLEARLY WRITTEN IN ON MASSIVE COKE-BINGE.
NOT THAT KIND OF COKE.
IF I WAS A TEACHER, I WOULD ONLY GRANT POINTS FOR THE SHEER AUDACITY OF ACTUALLY TURNING IT IN.
MY SHOULDERS HURT FROM HUNCHING SO CLOSE TO THE SCREEN. I HAVE TO, BECAUSE I TOOK OFF MY GLASSES BECAUSE MY EYES HURT.
I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M PAYING FOR THIS SHIT.

THE KID'S NAME IS SUNDANCE. BECAUSE THAT'S HOW I ROLL.

Title: Impromptu
Author/Artist: grrlzombie
Rating: NC17
Warnings: Overall, just m/m sex.
Prompt: Final Fantasy VII: Reno/Rufus, secret relationships - His father would be furious if he knew
Word count: 1797
A/N: This is a few days late. I'm sorry. :( Also, if your name is Clarice, I didn't mean any harm.

Title: Top Secret
Author: jill_dragon
Rating: Hovering somewhere between PG-13 and R
Warnings: Non-explicit: slash, pornography, BDSM, sex toys, bestiality and a whole wack of other kinky shit - none of which is meant to be taken seriously.
Prompt: [Nov.14] Transformers (G1), multiple Autobots; embarrassment - "How is it that when Ravage breaks in here, the Decepticons get all sorts of valuable information, but when we break into their base, we only come back with their porn?
Word count: 2,498
Summary: The Autobots discover the perils of poking around in Soundwave's private files. Pure and utter crack. I'll warn you right now that the pr0n is very bad, but I deliberately wrote it that way so hopefully it'll make a few of you guys laugh a time or two. ~_^

( In MS Word this was filed under Really_Bad_Pr0nz.doc )

1. Finished the shoulder snuggle! I ended up just using the one skein because the thought of two more feet of 2x2 rib finally made me admit I wanted to die because I want to make a hat out of the Peacefleece and the miraculous way it sheds water like a duck, and just finished washing and sewing up the sides. The back hangs a little funny -- kind of a thing with shrugs, I think, but by god my shoulders are toasty. Pictures as soon as I find cell phone.

2. So last night I said to myself, it is four pm, I will take a nap, and sleep until seven or eight.

Well, I sure did. Seven in the morning.

orz

3. flamebyrd gave me an AO3 invite! usual name, nothing there yet but I mean to at least toss up the Star Trek shit.

4. Did you know, when you have two showers done in a row, your body temp shoots up? I was almost 100 degrees and I usually run about three degrees lower. It was actually kind of awesome.

It's amazing how a movie with humanoid dolls can have sexual tension, much less badly executed tension.

( cut for mentions of spoilers )

Title: I wouldn't go there without you
Author: uglytidings aka causticcupcake
Rating: PG-13
Fandom: Katekyo Hitman Reborn
Pairing: 8059
Summary: I took a ride, I took a ride, I wouldn't go there without you, let's take a ride, we'll take a ride, I wouldn't leave here without you.
Words: 250
Notes: Title, summary and cut text lyrics from Mountains by Biffy Clyro. Set TYL. Might become part of something bigger but I just missed writing 8059.

Title: The Effects of the Gum Gum Flower
Author: Bat
Rating: NC17
Warnings: Femslash, smut, frottage, underage.
Prompt: [Nov. 11th] Final Fantasy XII, Penelo/Anyone: seductive - You make me wanna dance/Can we take it to the floor/You have no idea what I have in store
Word count: 1,731
Summary: On their way to Eruyt Village for the first time, Penelo stumbles into something that causes unusual side effects.
A/N: Probably didn't do the best with the 'seductive' part of the prompt, but I came as close as I could. The name of the flower is partially inspired by my missing watching/reading One Piece (been so long!). Hope the OP doesn't mind femslash. ^^; (Apologies for the late entry!)
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( Golmore Jungle, once one got past the monsters, was a pleasant and peaceful oasis. )

Title: Wonderland
Author/Artist: grungust
Rating: R
Warnings: Underage sex, possessiveness
Word count: 2129
Summary: Kamui tries to be a patient, understanding boyfriend. He's still working on it.
A/N: A day late and a dollar short. I apologize profusely.

Character A gives Character B some DVDs and says they (A and B, not the DVDs) are made for each other, just like Han and Leia. Very nice. Except the story is set around 1976.

DVDs hadn't been invented yet.

Theatrical films were only just beginning to be released on video. There was a limited selection and they were expensive. Hard as it is to believe, there was a time when people did not own all of their favorite movies and watched them whenever they liked. They had to wait for them to be shown on TV. Horrible, I know. My parents still have nightmares about it.

Star Wars hadn't been released yet. Even if the story takes place a year later than I've guessed, only the first one had been released, it wasn't on video, and the Han/Leia relationship didn't exist yet. (I'm sure some people 'shipped Han/Leia from the beginning, but Character A was clearly trying to give examples of established couples, not his personal, not-yet-canon OTPs).

It's such a brief, minor scene, but it completely threw me out of the story. I don't expect authors to do in-depth research on the history of home video, but at least know what technologies were available and the release dates of any movies referenced.

Helloooo~

Hope this is okay to post (I know there are fellow Gin/Ran fans in this comm). Over at ginran I'm organizing a Thanksgiving Drabble Exchange. Full details are here. It is not necessary to commit to writing a drabble in order to request a drabble; and it is not necessary to request a drabble in order to write one (though naturally I hope the numbers will be about even!). The call for prompts ends tonight, so if you're interested check it out now!

Cheers~ ^_^

Dear Fanfic Writers, Yes, Even You Otherwise Good Ones,

There are a few words that I regularly see used wrongly, mostly past tense words.

Examples I've see Lately:

Lied

This word is not past tense for resting on a horizontal surface. The correct past tense is "Lay".
It is past tense for telling something that is not the truth.


Drug

This is not past tense for "drag". The correct word for that is "dragged".
"Drug" is however the correct word of chemicals of medical and recreational purposes, used as a noun, and the correct verb for the usage of such chemicals in the present tense.

Glew

WTF? This is now not even a legitimate word! As such it is also not the past tense for "glow" - the correct word for that is "glowed".

Now I do not profess to being an expert of grammar, but I know enough to know these and suspect there are plenty of other mistakes of a similar nature that regularly happen.

I beg the fanfic world to try to remember these examples and heed any similar cases - or find a beta reader who understands them.

Cross-posted to wrongworddammit.