the stormy petrel of crime

Mon, 21 Nov 2022 23:28:50 GMT

Very, very sad to learn of baranduin's passing.

She was one of the first fans I connected with on the LOTR YahooGroups when I discovered fandom at age 19, and was such a warm, enthusiastic supporter and friend. I valued her encouragement so much as a baby fan, especially one who wasn't used to feeling supported and valued!

On my first international solo trip when I'd just turned 21 I crash landed at her place in Seattle literally the day before Thanksgiving. I'd felt a little queasy from the travel and wonder of wonders, she produced a jar of vegemite so I could have vegemite toast! I still tell the story of her saying to me, "I haven't tried it, but I sometimes open the jar to just sniff it!"

The next day she threw a Thanksgiving meal at her house for her friends and I and I got to try amazing US feast food (pumpkin pie! green bean casserole! sugary bread!) for the first time. For the rest of the week she showed me around her favourite sites of Seattle and I snuggled with her kitties every night.

She was truly a hobbit in spirit, warm and loving, a homebody with a passion for justice. The world will be less without her, though in my heart I know she's at peace.

The icon I've chosen is a picture of the plant she had delivered to me as a housewarming present in my second ever sharehouse. I called him Frood and he lived a long life <3

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Free The Faculty stuff

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 07:55:13 GMT

Hi friends!

I recently did another big clean out of old fandom stuff I no longer have room to hold onto.

Are you or is anyone you know still big into Elijah Wood / The Faculty?

I have:
- Movie poster signed by him and many of the cast
- Early version of the script
- CD of promo material around the release

Happy to mail to anyone who is up for paying postage costs!!

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2020 Fic Review (!!!)

Wed, 30 Dec 2020 02:16:41 GMT

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Sun, 22 Nov 2020 05:35:38 GMT

OK, so THEN I wrote an 80k epic of the Sleuth fandom's OTP, and that was an excellent 6 weeks or so of escapism!

One sheet, thirteen lines

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Tue, 06 Oct 2020 08:28:35 GMT

So then I watched Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty which is classically slashy (though apparently also based on what was originally a BL novel?), completely different genre to The Untamed despite also being a costume drama, but also I love it a lot. The fandom is tiny and the longest fics are like 8k words, but of course I want to write an epic 60k fix-it story. So anyway I finished watching it last week and re-started it this week so I can immerse myself and not let this fic idea drift away, as well as reading all the Wikipedia entries about the Ming Dynasty and their various govt departments. Because this fandom is HISTORICAL and doesn't have its own wiki, whoops.

Fandom is contributing a great deal to me surviving this year, HBU??

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Tue, 04 Aug 2020 07:21:29 GMT

I wrote even more. *eyes emoji*

Dawn, a missing scene from a different POV for the last fic, and You Can Grow Your Own Way, a silly romance and misunderstandings story with the fandom's OTP.

Writing is fun!!

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I finished my fic!

Sun, 26 Jul 2020 00:48:25 GMT

31k+ of The Untamed gen!

Brightness Returns

Summary:
On their way back from Qishan, Wen Ning and Sizhui encounter something from Wen Ning’s past. It takes them much longer to get home than they expected.

This story carries on directly from the events of The Untamed, and is an attempt to explore what might have happened before the events of The Living Dead.

:D

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Ahhhhh

Wed, 15 Jul 2020 02:05:10 GMT

I am writing fic again.

But I am very rusty.

And while I've written 9k+ words, none of it feels like it's very good. I think because none of the writing has been done while I'm in flow, so it feels very stilted and contrived.

But I guess... in the last 10 years... I have learnt how to just do it anyway?

Anyway, I'm feeling very unsure of its quality, but copracat has agreed to beta it when I'm done, so I trust her to tell me if it truly is terribly stilted and awfully paced and written like a resume.

*eyes emoji*

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Oops

Fri, 10 Jul 2020 08:09:54 GMT

I seem to have found a fandom again... 8 years since I was properly last in one, and 4 years since I last wrote fic!

I guess desperate times call for desperate measures...

But my goodness, kids on the AO3 these days! Do you have to tag every single element of your story and sex scene?? Leave some things to be pleasantly surprised!!! gosh I am a fandom curmudgeon now.

Anyway, the fandom is The Untamed, which is a Chinese high fantasy drama based of a M/M novel, and while there is nothing explicitly romantic/sexual in the live-action show (which is on Netflix, just sayin), the OTP is still canonically soulmates who love each other 5 EVA! It's not even subtext.

And there are many other tasty nuggets of characters, and heartbreak, and glee, and sooooooo much prettiness.

So I am enjoying that and maybe even writing a little bit of fic.

Can definitely recommend this show to anyone who enjoys slash, or just high drama fantasy. It's so much fun (and pain).

Oh, and if you do start watching it - be aware that the first few episodes are really confusing as they dump you in the middle of all these characters' complicated relationships without explaining much. Then they go into flashback for like 30 episodes. Then everything makes sense as you return to the present (i.e. the timeline where the first episodes were).

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moar fic

Mon, 25 Jul 2016 04:34:12 GMT

Blue Moon (Captain America/Torchwood, Jack/Steve, Explicit)
Sequel to I Ain't Got Nothin' (but the Blues)

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FIC: I Ain't Got Nothin' (but the Blues) - Jack Harkness/Steve Rogers

Sat, 02 Jul 2016 23:49:13 GMT

I Ain't Got Nothin' (but the Blues) (Captain America/Torchwood, Jack/Steve, Explicit)
Steve and the rest of the USO troupe have a night off while passing through DC. Unfortunately, it's hard to relax and enjoy himself when there's a British special forces guy with an American accent hitting on all of Steve's friends.

:O I FICCED

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Tue, 08 Jan 2013 10:17:23 GMT

I have a Teen Wolf fic idea!

Well, I've had it for a while. But it's been evolving as I've been turning it over, and I think I just had the first moment of figuring out what structure/POV/etc the story will actually be! Which means I might actually be able to WRITE it!

SO MUCH EXCITE! Both because WRITING! and because the idea is AWESOME and I need it to exist. WOO.

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Annual Fic Review Meme 2012

Mon, 31 Dec 2012 02:20:33 GMT

I wrote one story this year and posted three. So this year's meme is kind of redundant - just decided to do a very truncated version:

Stories posted this year... (with wordcount)

Jan
The Very Important Quest (24500)

Feb
After the Storm (2000)

April
Four Seasons in One Day (35000)

The end.

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Bye LJ

Sat, 03 Nov 2012 11:08:44 GMT

So, I've not been journaling (or fannish) much lately - which isn't a permanent state of affairs - but it has allowed me to finally sever the anxiety that was keeping me tethered to livejournal.

From now on I won't be cross posting to livejournal. angstslashhope will remain as it is (no lockdown or deletion), but if you want to follow my shenanigans in future you'll need to read hope.

(If you're a LJ friend who wants to read/comment on dreamwidth with openID, let me know and I'll grant you access so you're not suddenly locked out of my life.)

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ahem

Tue, 29 May 2012 10:00:39 GMT

Does anyone have the Gareth David-Lloyd trashy with-dinosaurs Sherlock Holmes movie? That they could pass on?

Comments screened.

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Happy birthday to me

Fri, 18 May 2012 00:55:11 GMT

Yesterday was my TEN YEAR LJ(/lj-clone-journalling) ANNIVERSARY!

I wish I had it together enough to post some mathoms in the tradition of my first fandom, but alas, an acknowledging post is all it's going to be.

\o/

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Fic: Four Seasons in One Day (Merlin, Merlin/Arthur/Morgana/Gwen, AU)

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 06:18:10 GMT

Title: Four Seasons in One Day
Author: hope / angstslashhope
Fandom: Merlin (BBC)
Wordcount: ~35,000
Rating: NC-17
Pairings: Arthur/Merlin, Merlin/Gwen, Merlin/Morgana, Merlin/Gwen/Morgana, Merlin/Arthur/Gwen/Morgana, Merlin/Gwaine
Genre: modern university AU
Notes: Thank you to copracat, nixwilliams, emeraldwoman and eyebrowofdoom for reading and cheering me along.

Summary: Estranged from his dad and determined to work out life on his own, Arthur lives with his boyfriend and his boyfriend's girlfriends in a sharehouse in Melbourne. This is their (unfinished) story.

WARNING: This is an unfinished story. Granted, there are complete arcs within the 35K of it that there is, but there is no grand conclusion and it hasn't had the beta it deserves. However, given the meandering style of it, I decided it was worth posting anyway. Considering I've drifted out of the Merlin fandom, this will never be completed.

Read on the AO3

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ALSO: eyebrowofdoom wrote fanfiction of this fanfiction BEFORE I EVEN POSTED IT. So I’m making her post it now. READ IT ALSO FOR IT IS DELIGHTFUL AND PORNY AND THERE ARE WRENS: The once and future Kinglake.

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Thu, 15 Mar 2012 07:31:42 GMT

Hi mcsheplovers!

Thanks for your PM. I can't reply or leave a comment on your journal because your privacy settings won't allow it. But I think the story you're looking for is Widdershins.

Can you let me know when/if you see this?

(Note to anyone else who has mcsheplovers on their flist: can you point hir here?)

Cheers,
Hope

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Super-wiki sadness

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:46:34 GMT

As missyjack mentioned, the Supernatural Wiki is have lots of technical issues at the moment, resulting in tonnes of 500 errors.

Sorry for the suckiness - the perils of growing enormous! We have a tech looking at it this week.

Thanks for your patience and messages of support!

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Melbourne fannish get-together on Sunday

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:31:01 GMT

3pm at Libation on Brunswick St, come and hang out and chat with other fans. Bring your knitting/craft if you've got it!

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Fic: After the Storm (Gwaine/Merlin)

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:28:52 GMT

Title: After the Storm
Author: hope / angstslashhope
Fandom: Merlin (BBC)
Wordcount: ~2000
Rating: PG
Pairing(s): Merlin/Gwaine
Beta(s): Thank you to the lovely trianne!
Summary: Set a little while after the climax of 4x13. Gwaine is recovering. Merlin is freaking out.

Read on the AO3 or:

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2011 Fic Review

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:32:53 GMT

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merlin_holidays has deannoned!

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 14:34:41 GMT

Whee! GUESS WHAT STORY I WROTE? THIS ONE:

Title: The Very Important Quest
Rating: NC-17
Pairings: Arthur/Merlin
Word Count: ~25,000
Warnings: Veg*n warning: Gory death of animals within. Also taxidermy. (These two warnings are unrelated.)
Summary: On a Very Important Quest, Arthur and Merlin share clothes, beds, bathwater and secrets.
Author's Notes: Written for amysthystluna in merlin_holidays (original post). My awesome betas and cheerleaders: eyebrowofdoom, doro, copracat & nixwilliams!)

Read on the AO3 or on the merlin_holiday community.

AND NOW TO ANSWER ALL THE DELIGHTFUL COMMENTS! :D

And yay! tsukishirou wrote the lovely furor scribendi. for me! ♥

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Meep.

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 04:41:56 GMT

Do I want to sign up for paperlegends Merlin Big Bang?

I have a couple of epic canon story ideas that could easily be 30K+. But I don't know if I'm very good at writing at the moment.

Maybe I'll sign up and see how it goes...

Sign ups don't start for another month or so anyway.

But it would be nice to actually sign up for and COMPLETE a big bang for once, especially seeing as I know I'm actually capable of writing that much.

Hrrrrm.

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Fandom snowflake challenge - Day 1 - self-reccing!

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 05:53:51 GMT

Fanworks I am proud of creating:

EVP: Supernatural Fic Podcast
I put this together back in 2006, organising and editing together an issue every fortnight for a handful of months. In hindsight, whoa. (I was writing a thesis, running a wiki, vidding and writing at the same time.) That was fun. Wish I had the energy to do something like that again!

SupernaturalWiki
While missyjack basically runs this now, I still host it and am so proud of how far it's come since I set it up. The wiki gets over 300K visitors per month, at about a 50/50 split of new and regular visitors, and has over 2000 articles. And no wank! It's a pretty damn awesome community and site.

Firefly fic: Stroke of Luck
I still love this epic Jayne/Simon AU I wrote. In hindsight, I cringe a bit that I didn't even have it beta read, but I still have a great fondness for and proudness of it.

Merlin fic: Along a Wandering Wind
The longest thing I've every written, and I think I worked harder on this fic than any other I've ever written. At this point in time, it's definitely my favourite of all my fanworks.

Torchwood fic: We Happy Few
The second-longest thing I've written, that also had a lot of hard work go into it. It was so satisfying to write this - the culmination of a million shit-talking story-telling conversations had with friends about the adorable ridiculousness of team Torchwood.

Torchwood/pulp novel mashup fanart
I love making fanart, I don't do enough of it. These still make me so happy to look at, and make me pine for doing more art like this.

(FYI: Day 1 Snowflake Challenge)

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