Monday Roundup, 5/14 May 14, 2012
Posted by Erin Ptah in Art, But I'm A Cat Person, Fake News, Fic, Madoka Magica, Misc Work.Tags: happyverse, Madokami, Mo Rocca, tiny Jon
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But I’m A Cat Person
Bite-Size Beings (art | Bianca, Patrick, Miranda, Poe | worksafe)
Fake News
A Good Luck Charm (sketch | tiny!Jon, Anderson | worksafe)
Knot Heart (chibis | happy!Stephen, Jon | NSFW)
Correspondents Course – Updated (art | eeeeeveryone | worksafe)
Never Was A Cornflake Boy (fic | Jon/”Stephen” | soft R)
Review: All the President’s Pets, by Mo Rocca (like it says on the tin…)
Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Duet in Ph.D Minor (AO3 Mirror) (fic | Madoka/Sayaka | NC-17)
Magic Knight Kyoko (art | Kyoko | worksafe)
Our Lady of Perpetual Hope (art | Madokami | worksafe)
This Week in But I’m A Cat Person:
The authorities in Boston call in an expert to deal with the attack. Bianca and Sparrow, meanwhile, are catching up on TV and missing all the plot. Don’t they know they’re supposed to be the heroes?
Website Updates
♠ New art and profiles, complete with links, added to Correspondents Course! The headers across the site have a new look to match.
Erin Watches (Up to Eight Days Late) – Korra, Glee, House, Housewives May 13, 2012
Posted by Erin Ptah in Miscellaneous, Personal.Tags: Avatar: The Last Airbender, Desperate Housewives, Glee, House M.D.
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It occurred to me recently that almost all the on-air shows I’m following are available free and legal online. So here’s a roundup. With links!
Avatar: The Legend of Korra (discussion)
Airs on Saturdays; I get around to it by Monday.
Multifandom Recs (weekly) May 13, 2012
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Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica, Homestuck | Mami, Sayaka, Kyouko, Homura, Madoka | T | Witchlocked
In which five young Japanese girls come upon a copy of Sburb and thenceforth stumble gamely through the process of saving themselves and creating a universe.
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Glee | Sue, Kurt, Quinn, Finn, Emma | PG | somewhere between what you feel and what you know
Sue plans to outlive Will Schuester. Sue gets what she wants.
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Batman | Barbara, Dick, Tim, Dent | G | The Mystery of the Bat
Where is the Batman?
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Glee | Emma, Sue, Shannon | PG-13 | Don’t Need You To Say We’re All Right
Emma, Sue, and Shannon have an inebriated and unexpectedly revealing get-together at Sue’s place. Over the course of the evening, Emma lets loose, Sue gets exposed, and Shannon builds a blanket fort.
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Madoka Magica | Homura/other, Homura(/Madoka) | R | Elements of Style
Homura/One of her random nameless fangirls
She pretends it’s Madoka.
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indeedsir: Watecolor / ink art: Hidden
After some time I finally post one larger piece. It can be situated at Totleigh Towers or Brinkley court party. I want draw contrast between dashing,sparkling and light atmosphere of evening celebrations and hidden secret scene in dark.
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Oz | Scarecrow/Scraps, others | K+ | Labor of Love
The Scarecrow & Patchwork Girl find that this romance business is tricky for stuffed folks.
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Oz | Dorothy/Ozma, ensemble | G | The Royal Wedding of Oz
In which Ozma celebrates her birthday, unwanted guests refuse to leave, and there is still a happily-ever-after.
When Obama endorsed marriage equality I was all like May 10, 2012
Posted by Erin Ptah in News Roundup, Personal.Tags: Barack Obama, the gays
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1) keysmash keysmash grin grin grin
2) So the political calculation is that marriage support is now predicted to gain him votes rather than lose them! The depressing news out of North Carolina is a throwback. The national trend is — forward!
(And no, I don’t think he should’ve made the announcement before the Amendment One vote. It would have brought out the kneejerk bigot vote even more than it was already.)
3) Time to run off to make a week’s worth of same-sex marriage Daily/Reports From Last Night 
3) Ooh, look! It inspired a marriage equality bill to be introduced in Israel! START THEM DOMINOES FALLING.
5) …aaaaand the tearing-down has already begun.
I’m not talking about the freakout from the right, mind you. I’m talking about the left.
I hate it when this happens. Any time we make progress, any time an initiative comes together to do some good, out comes the head-shaking and the eye-rolling about how it’s not enough good. “How dare he only be the first sitting president to say he approves of same-sex marriage? Why can’t he also declare it a constitutional right, and make it instantly legal in all fifty states, and personally send a bouquet of flowers to every couple who ties the knot as a result? And he should have done it three years ago!”
Look, lots of things should have happened. The last President should also have been in favor of same-sex marriage since the beginning of his term. For that matter, the last forty-three Presidents should have been. Do people think the folks appreciating Obama’s announcement don’t know that? Were they not even following the Amendment One vote? Do they not realize that LGBTQ rights are a struggle, that every step forward has been clawed out of the grip of bigots and fundamentalists and centuries of ignorance, that milestones like this can’t be taken for granted?
In a perfect world Obama’s support of same-sex marriage would be a nonstory, because the rest of the country would be so far ahead that it wouldn’t even bear saying. But in the real world it isn’t, and we aren’t, and any progress toward our global acceptance is still cause for celebration.
Monday Roundup, 5/7 May 7, 2012
Posted by Erin Ptah in Art, Fake News, Fic, Madoka Magica, meme, Misc Work, Sailor Moon.Tags: Dorothy/Ozma, Harry Potter, Mimete, The Wizard of Oz, tiny Jon, YKYLHTMW
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Fake News
The Littlest Maid (art | tiny!Jon | worksafe)
Yoink (art | Jon/”Stephen” | NSFW)
The Hogwarts Question (meta/essay on which characters go in which Houses)
Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Mami’s Muscles (sketch | Mami | worksafe)
Mami, Don’t– (art | Homura | worksafe)
Sailor Moon
Venus Versus Mimete (art | Sailor Venus, Mimete | worksafe)
The Wizard of Oz
The Marble Monuments of Oz (fic | Dorothy/Ozma, others | worksafe)
General/Miscellaneous
30 Days of Writing Fanfic Meme (answers to a list of fic-related questions, finished)
…licious (chibi | Justin Bieber | worksafe)
A Chick For All Seasons (chibis | misc. chicks | worksafe)
Big Ears, Small Mouth (art | fennec fox | worksafe)
This Week in But I’m A Cat Person:
There’s a giant rabbit wreaking havoc in the subway (and her Master is none too pleased).
Website Updates
♠ What’s this? More YKYLHTMWs?
High time for another roundup of silly geek stuff. April 30, 2012
Posted by Erin Ptah in News Roundup.Tags: astronomy, Comics, copyright, Internets, Neil Gaiman, Neopets, writing
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Brackets for the 2012 iNternet diCkbAg chAmpionship tournament: Guy Who Thinks Anything With More Than Three Sentences Is Too Long To Read vs. Woman Who Thinks You Don’t Go To Heaven If You Don’t Spend 90% Of Your Waking Life Being Furiously Outraged At Something
Neil Gaiman talks online piracy, and how it’s made his book sales go up. No surprise here (I’m one of the fans who discovered his writing when a friend lent me Good Omens, and have bought that and other works of his since).
Tons of red giants have rocky planets at the right distance to possibly have water. Tens of billions of habitable possibilities!
Grouchy scribes leaving comments in the margins in medieval manuscripts
Student writes his dissertation on comics (the degree is in interdisciplinary studies)…in comic form. Awesome. (I did the final papers for capstone classes in both my majors in comic format. Good teachers.)
The addictive powers of “stupid games”. For me, it’s Mafia Wars, plus a couple of Neopets games including Destruct-O-Match. (Though let it not be said that I don’t appreciate my Tetris.)
A 92-year-old DVD bootlegger…for the troops! (The poor RIAA has no idea how to deal with this.)
Multifandom Recs (weekly) April 29, 2012
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That was the dinosaurs. Anybody fancy a trip to see some saber-toothed tigers?
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Doctor Who | Ianto, Tosh, team | T | Ten things to do at Torchwood when you’re dead
“Tosh, he accidentally vaporised us.”
“Nobody’s perfect.”
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One gets the impression that Torchwood!Jack fell through through the Cardiff rift from the Gamestation Era to the early twentieth century, and has been looking for the Doctor ever since. Thing is, he’s had numerous opportunities to catch up with all the Doctor’s previous incarnations.
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X-Files | Mulder/Scully | R | The Other Man
Something’s wrong with Mulder and Scully goes nuts, a bit. Or does she?
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Being an account of the strange case of the Fourth Deathly Hallow; in which Dr John H. Watson and Mr Sherlock Holmes save a life, discover the true secret of Professor Moriarty, unravel a time loop or two, encounter a femme fatale, imbibe potions, break into and out of a wizarding mansion, hide in a male brothel, go shopping, track down a magical artefact, almost attend a ritual sacrifice, fail to be Obliviated and totally ignore the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy of 1692, all in the company of a lank-haired, irascible but secretly besotted schoolmaster, a bemused aristocrat and an increasingly perceptive and enamoured young hero.
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Hope Phones | Old Phones Save Lives
500,000 cell phones are discarded in the United States every day and pollute the environment with tons of plastic and dangerous toxins. Recycling with Hope Phones reduces hazardous waste in our communities responsibly, while providing a significant public health benefit abroad.
Monday Roundup, 4/23 April 23, 2012
Posted by Erin Ptah in Art, Fake News, Hellsing, Madoka Magica, Misc Work, Miscellaneous, Sailor Moon.Tags: Expecting, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Homura/Madoka, Kristen/Olivia, Madokami, MST3K, Read or Die, Vampire Hunter D
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Fake News(/Sailor Moon, /MST3K)
Kristen Schaal Is A Pegasus (art | princess!Olivia, pegasus!Kristen | worksafe)
Blueberry Ice Cream (sketch | George Colbert | worksafe)
Prompt Ficlets 1 (fics | Jon, “Stephen”, BriWi, correspondents, Frank & Dr. Forrester | through R)
I Have A Flak Jacket, You Know (art | Jon, Anderson | worksafe)
Hellsing(/fake news/Read or Die/Vampire Hunter D)
Shine Now and Forever (art | Alucard/Integra, Seras, Walter, Jon, “Stephen”, Yomiko, Divyendu | worksafe)
Puella Magi Madoka Magica(/Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy)
For Homura, My Valentine (art | Madokami, Anthony | worksafe)
Ickle Magi (art | bb!Sayaka, bb!Kyoko, bb!Mami, Charlotte, Madokami, bb!Homura | worksafe)
…meets an Unstoppable Force (art | Madoka, movie!Marvin | worksafe)
General/Miscellaneous
30 Days of Writing Fanfic Meme (answers to a list of fic-related questions, ongoing)
This Week in But I’m A Cat Person:
What’s so special about Sparrow? And can we schedule a Being battle to investigate?
Multifandom Recs (weekly) April 22, 2012
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Royalty Free Music & Songs | Free Background Music Downloads
Hi, I’m Dan-O and I post my original music as free MP3 downloads on this site. You can listen to the songs online or download the tracks. It’s also legal to use my music royalty free in your video, game, film, presentation, slideshow or website.
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White Collar, Carmen Sandiego, Where’s Waldo | Neal, Peter, Carmen/Waldo | PG | Lost Loves
Neal knows a very sad story about a thief and a sailor. Peter’s still stuck on pirates.
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Stargate Atlantis | John/Rodney | E | All These Places We Have Met
“You take me to the nicest places, McKay.”
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When the Doctor wants to express his feelings, he often turns to Star Wars quotes. Sadly, Luke still doesn’t have any clue what in the heck he’s talking about.
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Doctor Who | Doctor & Donna | T | Of Misunderstandings and Alien Semen
Sometimes Donna has no idea what she’s talking about, but at least she says it with utter conviction.
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Doctor Who | Jenny | G | Out of the Dark
Jenny finds the limits of the universe, and keeps right on going.
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Doctor Who | Romana/Four | T | Threads
Romana finds that her tastes have begun to change.
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Doctor Who/Hitchhiker’s Guide | Ford, Arthur, Doctor, Daleks | G | Things That Never Were
It’s a bit hard to believe that something doesn’t exist when it’s threatening to kill you.
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Doctor Who | Doctor & Ace | G | Catalyst
So in 1982, the Doctor becomes, for a week, a chemistry teacher.
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Sarah Jane Adventures | Ten, Sarah Jane, Clyde, Luke, Maria | G | Cheer Up, Emo Lonely God
Time Lords may be above posting bad emo poetry on the internet, possibly, but they’re not above foisting themselves on their friends to complain all about how they have no friends.
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Doctor Who | Sarah Jane, Martha | G | Chance Encounter
Martha meets someone unexpected at the hospital.
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Doctor Who | Jack/Ianto, Doctor/Donna/Doctor | M | Captain Jack’s Adventures In Fanfic
Jack can’t tell you what he’s thinking right now, but he CAN try to write it down afterwards, in copious and explicit detail. What a shame he sucks at summaries.
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Each one offers her his own unique joys and sorrows, and Sarah Jane Smith accepts them all in turn, but Luke Smith thinks they should all be sharing them together.
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Doctor Who | Donna | G | The Moment Has Been Prepared For
Donna Noble’s granddaughter comes to visit her one last time.
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Doctor Who/Buffy | Dawn, Nine, Rose, Jack | G | The Great Bikini Incident (The Key to Time Remix)
Dawn Summers is suspicious of the three electricity inspectors outside her sister’s Rome apartment.
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There are ghosts in the TARDIS, and music in the corridors.
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Madoka Magica | everyone | T | A History of Magic
The stories of Magical Girls throughout history who contracted with Kyubey, and their fates.
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Jeeves & Wooster | god!Bertie, holy!spirit!Jeeves | G | Jeeves and the Mysterious Ways
Jeeves and Wooster belong to Wodehouse; the Trinity presumably belongs to itself. Alba the rabbit was subject to a custody dispute. Gliese 581d doesn’t belong to anyone, as far as I know.
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Stargate Atlantis – To Find the Place Where I Am
John slanted a look at him but held his peace. The fact that he actually did love Rodney had no bearing on their relationship, really, despite what Ronon thought. John couldn’t give Rodney what he needed.
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Animorphs | everyone | PG | Six Days The Animorphs Were Idiots
I have no excuse for any of this. I would like to apologize to KA Applegate, Scholastic, all of our readers, my parents, the English language, and humanity in general.
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Glee | Lauren/Sugar | PG | The Motta Enigma
Lauren’s got a plan. A good plan. Sugar’s got a plan, too, though, and it might be even better.
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Sarah Jane Adventures | Sarah Jane, Luke, Maria | G | we’ll find a new equation
Luke’s third night here, she’d woken at half two in the morning to the sound of quiet footsteps on creaking stairs; her sonic lipstick was in her hand and she was halfway out of bed before she remembered.
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Sarah Jane Adventures | Sky Smith | R | The good girl’s guide to tomorrow (Notes)
It doesn’t matter how special you are. Time will not stop just to humour you.
CISPA follows in SOPA/PIPA’s footsteps April 14, 2012
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Because the US government should totally be able to spy on anyone’s email it feels like. Warrants, what are those?
Reddit summarizes. It’s nasty.
HR 3523 status on GovTrack. If your representative is listed as one of the 106 cosponsors, look them up and contact them. If they’re not, and even if you’re not in the US, have an international petition to sign.
