look at all these lovely writings! :D i do love gift fics. *winknugdehint* :p
if i'm forgetting anyone, feel free to thwap me. this post will be updated with any new fics.



• And Yet Nothing Better by riekadevolka. Link/Sheik, PG-13.
"Against what fairy tales say, Love doesn't imply endless hapiness: (...) It's a work that never ends, but they have yet to come up with something better." ~Myself, for the prologue of my Xena/Hercules Series, "As Good As It Gets", you can find the complete quote back at my ff.net account somewhere along the looong profile.
• Forest Lights by riekadevolka. Link/Sheik, PG.
"What ever our wandering our happiness will always be found within a narrow compass, and in the middle of the objects more immediately within our reach." ~Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873) British politician, poet and critic.
• Kohelet by riekadevolka. Link/Sheik, PG-13.
"To live is to hurt others, and through others, to hurt oneself. Cruel earth! How can we manage not to touch anything? To find what ultimate exile?" ~Albert Camus (1913-1960) French novelist, essayist and dramatist.
• Untitled by oddsbobs. Remus/Harry, G.
Prompt: Saltwater.
• Spell Damage by lazy_neutrino. Remus/Sirius, PG.
Remus discovers something unexpected at Grimmauld Place. Set late in OotP.
• Gift by gryffindor_j. Remus/Sirius, NC-17
Comment porn :p
 
 

ooggaaaaahhhh i completely forgot i had done this thing like, 2 months ago.


( another retarded hp art meme )

and because i had to...

( two icons from the gifs from the last post )

& hello to all the new people from the r/s friending meme! :D
 
 

note to cat: the door isn't that hard to push open. why are you taking so long to grasp the concept of "pulling the door with your paw"? your predecessor did it in like, a day!
but you look v. cute with the pale lime green collar i just bought for you, so you're forgiven.

ok, now onto the important news: rs_games winners and reveals are up! AND WE WON!!!! :DDDDD

i want to thank fangirl the following people, since they wrote my favorite stories from this round. if you haven't read these, i highly encourage you to do so. there's a bit of everything, canon and AU, from comedy to heartbreaking angst.

from team PH:

nashnaveric, who wrote Aftermath
last_radio, who wrote A Good Stumble Is a Symphony
midnightblue88, who wrote Camera Obscura
thescarletwoman, who wrote Denouement, a Story in Six Acts
rian219, who wrote Dissonance
chichiris_chica, who wrote Glow
iheartbowie, who wrote Letters to a Friend
lupinslittlesis, who wrote the line in the sand
aras_fixation, who wrote The Rest Is Not Your Business
childofiluvatar, who wrote Stars
oddsbobs, who wrote Trial by Fire
gryffindor_j, who wrote What Is (And What Can Never Be)

from team MWPP

mindabbles, who wrote Anticipation and Never Say Anything Right
loony4lupin, who wrote Come in from the Cold
penknife, who wrote Cooler than Frogs and Glass Houses
comtesse_sin, who wrote Detached and Precious
purple_chalk, who wrote Guttersnipes
gorthead, who wrote Here We Are in Space and Time
rev02a, who wrote How McGonagall Came to Hear the Tale of the Transfigured Skunks, the Mouthless Black, the Yummy, Chocolaty Cake, and Remus and Sirius's Sex Life: A Memoir
midnitemaraud_r, who wrote Like the Moon, and the Stars, and the Sun
crooked, who wrote Resistance is Futile
a_merry_chase, who wrote Times When Silence Has the Loudest Voice

as to who wrote what, i guessed three correctly: comtesse_sin's, oddsbobs's and midnitemaraud_r's (wasn't too sure, but i got it right in the end, which surprised me). three out of... 60-something... haha... ha.

And now for the DURRRRR OBVIOUS DURRRR part: my entry!


Life In My Hands

( full image under cut if you're lazy + some tl;dr about this piece )

well, now to friend some of these people, update the r/s reclist with the awesome AUs written for the games, reply to comments and then study for tomorrow's final exam. haha, what priorities.

ps. ready for round 2!!

was going to make more with my photos, good idea y/n?






( and now the harry potter ones (16) some nws. )

PREPARE FOR AWESOME.

insolence by trailingoff

so, after reading the prequel, the r/s shippers thought "what about remus?" trailingoff has an answer to this question: he's the one tearing the shirt off sirius, of course!!

the years before you came by minnow_53.

some of the crackfic out there is so bad it's embarrassing. but minnow will NEVER write bad crackfic, as as i'm concerned. not only is it funny, but also very clever. and i say this as someone who is REALLY hard to please when it comes to crackfic.

i've also been reading some great RE0 stuff over at billy_x_rebecca by sexgodclari. if you're interested in the pairing, look up the posts. the comm gets almost zero activity, so they should be easy to find.


technomology question: i was typing a reply to a post earlier and my keyboard went all weird, like... i tried to type a > and it gave me a / instead (the > was nowhere to be found, same with the '). the letters and numbers were normal, but the symbols were all switched around. I tried disconnecting and reconfiguring the keyboard, but the only thing that fixed it was rebooting the computer.
halp?
 
 

things to go in my list of things-that-i-will-probably-never-get-around-to-drawing:

-sirius and james in their dorky order t-shirts (which will look v. awesome and metal, so it's ok)
-sirius with his brains splattered across the pavement because he kept refusing to wear a helmet :[

WUT ELSE??

as you can see from my last post the big bang fics and art are now available to the general public (lol) and i'm reposting mine to this journal (and dA and y!gallery, but idk when i'll get around to do that, i'm kind of bored with those places tbh)

here they are!


( big bang, baby! challenge fic illustrations -- harry/draco -- rated G to PG-13/R )
 
 

it's done!!!!





GO READ THE WONDERFUL FIC AND STARE AT THE BEAUTIFUL ART (EXCEPT FOR MINE OF COURSE LOL)

sneakily sneaking in to post birthday gift doodles for the lovely fera_festiva!

ok, i managed to fit three of you requests in one doodle, and threw in one more because you requested serious heart and that made me lol.

and well, the porn isn't exactly porn because that's not how i roll D: but there's nakedness! and obvious sexy things going on!

ANYWAY. i hope these are at least amusing, or w/e.

WAIT. while i'm at it: if you are starting to forget why you disliked deathly hallows so much, or maybe if you just want to have a laugh go read her deathly hallows uberwank. snark, smartness, spontaneous slash fic... and nintendo and star wars references abound! also alcoholic remus, who amuses me way more than he should, really. i am a fan.

ok, now to the gifts!


( (1) serious heart does not approve of remus/tonks -- (2) r/s, h/d and overly thin walls (not worksafe!) )
 
 

more rs_games stuff. these had to be reposted because of poll errors, so PLEASE, even if you already commented/voted, drop by and show them some love again! we really need it, since the comment count has been very low overall.

team wrinkly bits:

letters to a friend
A series of letters written by Sirius as he attempts to move forward with his life. R, AU. my favorite from these two. painful and moving and with some funny bits and a wonderful ending.
blue alert
Remus is the new teacher on campus, Sirius feels the need to help him find his way. NC-17, AU. what i love the most about AUs are the "first meeting" scenes, and this didn't disappoint me. and the almost-sex scene in the car was hot. :D

and one entry from team backne *salutes gryffindor_j* this is less recent, but i've grown fonder of this story since i first read it.

never say anything right
"So, are you going to tell someone what the matter is, or just keep on like this until you piss off everyone we know, collapse, and end up in St. Mungo's?" PG-13 sirius is lovely in all his confusion and restlessness.


plus, a photo (my stitching sucks)


( crimes against interior design? )
 
 

(i seriously should be working right now, but i'm pissing about on the internet instead. what else is new?)

more stuff from my team at rs_games, posted in the past 3 days:


Beyond the Veil
What happened after Sirius fell through the veil. R
Amid A Crowd Of Stars
Harry is having trouble with his homework. Sirius listens as Remus helps him. PG
Stardust
They’d have you believe war is romantic—with soldiers ready to lay down their lives for Queen and Country and love found in even the darkest of times. But for those caught up in battle—those who watch their lives and loves break before them—it means picking up the pieces, rebuilding what you can and learning to move forward again. PG-13
The Chioce
How might one choice affect your life? Remus POV, canon'compliant through DH. PG-13
Denouement, A Story in Six Acts
Five missed chances, one that is taken. R *my personal favorite from today's list*
Eye of the Beholder
The years, and Azkaban, have not been kind to Sirius, and he no longer recognises himself. Remus, however, knows exactly who Sirius is – and is the one who can show him. PG-13


and because I'm so ~honorable~, here are my two favorites from that other team so far. :p

Detached and Precious
Though I'm frightened by the word, I think it's time that it was heard. NC-17
Like the Moon, and the Stars, and the Sun
Something had definitely changed, and had caught him completely unaware. Well, maybe not completely. More like he simply hadn't been paying attention. Or hadn't quite wanted to pay attention, at least at first… R


and now for a different challenge: i was looking at the art posted on the hd_worldcup and... man, there are only two that actually made an impression on me; this one because both the technical skills and the rendering (if that's the correct word) are excellent, and this one because of the style (at some points i wasn't feeling it, but it won me over in the end ;] ) and because it's funny. the rest... i don't know. with some i liked some parts of it (there were several done in that sort of surrealish comic style, which sometimes was done well, some other times not so much) and wasn't too keen on the others... with others i liked the concept but not the rendering... things like that. there was this really embarrassing thing that happened to me, i was looking at this piece that was supposed to be really emotional and i burst out laughing. I felt so bad about it. ;_; i liked the fic (at least what i've read) much more, the participants did an excellent job.

anyway, i don't know, maybe i have more problems connecting with the pairing, even if i *do* like it, very much (if that's the case, i am worried because i don't know wtf am i doing, drawing h/d myself).
i hope no one gets like, offended if they read this. :[

round-up thingy.
go read dammit. if you do i'll, uhh... draw some porn. maybe.
this reminds me that i should update the au reclist. i have a few fics bookmarked but i haven't been feeling up to it.


Fics (long, but so worth it):

Stars
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Fifteen years after he thought he’d left it behind him forever, Remus Lupin is back at Hogwarts. It is all much as he’d left it in 1978, with one notable exception: where once he’d roamed the corridors of the castle alongside Sirius Black, now he hunts him down. And try as he might, he just can’t stop thinking about the events that led up to this change.
The Line In The Sand
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Everyone does things they know they shouldn't. Sometimes, they even regret them. When Peter confessed to Sirius that he was a Death Eater, the world changed.
(AU, duh)

Art:

Weightless Again
Rating: PG
Summary: About to yield to temptation at Grimmauld Place.
Homecoming
Rating: PG
Summary: Remus comes home after a long day at work.



aaaugh i'm not feeling too good. D: i don't know what's worse, the headache or the nausea D:
 
 

i've been reading this rpg since last year, and it kept me interested for a long while, but now that their draco and remus vanished from the internets, things are much more boring now and i don't even feel like reading it anymore. and the h/d and r/s storylines were my favorite things there. thumbs down. shit sucks.

that's the rpg that got me into james/regulus, btw.


in the end i had to go over to my cousin's to get the pictures out of the camera. annoying, but didn't have any other choice. had to leave the camera with him too, damn it. but the pics look great, and i'll post them as soon as i edit them.


I WANT TO PLAY DONKEY KONG. the 1st snes one and the n64 one. wtf. i might have to reinstall my emulator. and i really want to play quake I and II but only if i can get them for the n64 or the ps2 since there is no hope for me and pc gaming. I WANT A LOT OF THINGS obviously but even if i had all the games i want i wouldn't have time to play right now. :[
did i mention that i bought metroid prime for the gamecube and the damn disc had a huge SCRATCH in it and it won't play? i can't even return it because i only opened the box months after i bought it and the receipt had been long since lost. :[

also, two shooped doodles:


( 1 r/s, 1 remus )

ps. updated the blog again with a video and words. but i mostly pulled stuff out of my ass so it probably won't be a very interesting read.
 
 

rs_games submission: uhhh, i'd say 20% done. background easy, painting the characters will be a bitch. i can already feel it.

big bang illustrations: one down, 4 to go. will do a few more after i'm done, if i have time.


changed this pic with a slightly edited version. going around changing links and stuff is tedious as hell, especially for such a minor change, but remus' long-ass head was bothering me almost to the point of obsession.

here's a sirius i drew weeks ago and posted to my (STILL inactive, i should draw some chan or whatever, just to have something to post there) IJ. i meant to post it here as well but i forgot. no cut because it's a small pic.

the big bang fics have already been posted for us artists to illustrate and omg there's so much to read! i want to read everything, not only the selected scenes. i fear i might go mad. :o i'll see if i can read a couple fics before going to sleep tonight. school continues to kick my ass and free time is scarce.

BUT I'M SO EXCITED ANYWAY \o/

ps. i updated le blog :3
 
 

i should be doing homework.
but i'm drawing stuff instead.





( shippy doodles -- harry/draco, ron/hermione, james/regulus -- rated G )
 
 

bad week. art school is kicking my ass already. god.

i found this marauders meme on deviantart, a rip-off of the famous hp art meme (which is a rip-off of a rip-off and so on...) i started to answer it but i got so angry at the retarditude of the questions and the spelling mistakes that i didn't finish it. but... i did save some of the drawings.

uhh, one of these is probably not entirely work-safe.


( warning: stupidity )
 
 

the idea never left me alone!

So. Given that the diadem has been lost for around a thousand years, Harry begins to feel that perhaps it isn't the horcrux after all; nevertheless, Cho points out that the statue of Ravenclaw in the common room is wearing it, and she can show Harry if he wants. Ginny, who is Harry's soulmate, spits like a cat, pins Cho to the ground and scratches her eyes out. Ah, the power of love. (If you've played Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, you know when wolf!Link rips out a poe soul? It's like that.)

-- from fera_festiva's Deathly Hallows Uberwank: Chapter 29, The Lost Diadem
 
 

the rec list has just gone over 200 fics. (201 in total) :D

the last three added are:



to cling, amidst devastation by iamshadow (pre-azkaban era, PG-13)
the cold grey light of dawn by iamshadow (PoA era, PG)
untitled by gehayi (bring back black, G)

now, some art:


( leash not necessary - r/s - PG? PG-13? you decide )