This seemed to work yesterday (caz963 posted smut! And innerdiction reposted smut!) so let's see if it will work again. *g*

Em Meredith found this cute little BSG/Pirates of the Carribean ficlet today. Only, sadly, the crossover part was the COMPASS and not the characters.

But wouldn't it be AWESOME if Jack Sparrow and Gaius Baltar were running around on Galactica together?

Who wants to write that for us? Pretty please?????


::wishes really hard::

There have been some really good fics in the AU ficathon. The one written for me, in particular, just made me squee with joy. But J/D fics are easy to find and very likely to be read by most of my flisters. It's the non-J/D fics that needed pimping.

So I'm pimping.

This Wartime Morality by black_eyedgirl

Don't be scared away by the characters and pairings (They are listed as: Sam/Toby and background Josh/Donna, CJ/Danny and Jed/Abbey by the way.)

No. Seriously. Read it. Really.

I know, you've clearly all thought I've hit my head on something. A Sam/Toby fic? TOBY? SLASHED?!? What's wrong with you, Christine?!!! That's *way beyond* wrong. Yes, I know, it really is.

But this fic isn't. The slash isn't really front and center. It's kind of swirling in the background of the rest of the story. And the story itself… ::swoon:: It’s the West Wing gang in 1950's Chicago theater, dealing with their art and McCarthyism and…

I know, that just adds to the head-hitting thing, doesn't it? But it WORKS. Trust me. These aren't just characters with the same names and same physical descriptions, which tends to happen in a lot of AU's. These are OUR characters, in every way. Every. Way.

And you know, I think I'm going to shut up now, because I sense that I'm doing that fangirl gushing thing I tend to do. And because I now have to worry about bubblefic and doooooom fic and betaing Bex's latest endeavor. Oh, and a little thing called work. *g*

There has been a dearth of good fics in the WW fandom lately. (Gee, do ya think that could maybe be because canon ended a year ago, Christine? You really need to learn to embrace some other fandoms more fully. Which of course would be a lot easier if fandoms lately weren't so batshit crazy, but… that's not the point!)

Anyways…

This particularly lovely fic -- Inaguration Day -- popped up on the Yahell group the other day and I wanted to share. Sweet and simple.

edited to use author's site addy, because apparently you can't read group messages without being a member? hm.

I'm not going to go into the many reasons why this is not going to happen for me, but maybe some people here might get inspired --

The Less is More Challenge, which goes like this:

Write the hottest fic you can (all fandoms are welcome, as is slash, het, threesomes, whatever) that doesn't involve any actual sexing. Maybe some above-the-waist touching (fingertips on a wrist, breath on the back of a neck), and maybe a kiss or two if you absolutely must, but that's it—we want flirting and longing and proximity and teasing and when-we-get-home-I'm-going-to-fuck-you-through-the-mattress non-explicit HOTNESS.

Please follow the link for more details and/or the master list. There are some awesome examples in the 'more details' post. :)

PHWOOSH!

::blows dust off this thing::

There. That's a little better. Not much, but a little.

So...

Tori wants me to sign up for the West Wing AU ficathon.

I am thinking about it. Maybe. Because it sounds interesting. And has lots of potential. And there is a very good chance we would get one another in it if not many more people sign up.

But then I think… I can't write anymore. I've lost that spark, whatever it was. I want to write. I just… can't. No matter how Bex tries to poke me along or give me prompts. And what if I sign up and then can't write for it?

It's like all thing West Wing have taken a permanent vacation from my brain.

And it's not like there aren't things I've been watching instead. There's been a major re-watching of Buffy and Angel lately. But it's just that – re-watching. And I am absolutely head over heels in love with Torchwood and Who, but as much as I am intrigued by ideas for fics and such, the characters just won't speak to me. And even if they did… what new stories could I tell about them? Case files just aren't my thing. And I refuse to go the pregnant Ianto route. ::shudder::

And there's tons of other stuff I watch but I'm just not fannish enough or invested enough to want to write them, to figure out what motivates, to decide why the characters are like they are. It's enough just to see Starbuck be emo!girl or to read someone else's fic or analysis of her.

I miss having a fandom. I miss having characters in my head chatting to me. And what does it say about me that I miss a television show so much?

So still... ficathon. Should I or shouldn't I? I've got two days to decide.

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Meanwhile, I have been an angst-filled, hope-loving girl in the fic department lately. Not necessarily romantic fic (though of course I love it!) but all kinds of fic.

So rec me something. Any fandom. Any type of story.

(Good lord, last night I was reading Post-series Angel fic and S3 Gilmore Girls fic, so that gives you a clue on how interested I am in just about anything right now.)

Give me a nice juicy emotional story to read!