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The Daily Recs 01/28/2012

Erin Ptah — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:31:12 +0000

DinPattern – Free seamless patterns

All patterns available here are free to use both commercially and non for the web and screen.

tags: resources:web design

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The Daily Recs 01/27/2012

Erin Ptah — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:30:28 +0000

Madoka Magica | Madoka/Homura | T | Memory

Her eyes remembered.

tags: fic:one-shot pairing:homura_madoka yuri series:puella magi madoka magica
Doctor Who | Master/Doctor, the Rani, Drax | A | Paean

This is basically all of my asexual!Master headcanon, in run-on sentence form.

tags: fic:one-shot series:doctor who pairing:doctor_master
Sarah Jane Adventures | Clyde, Rani, Luke, Mr. Smith, K9 | PG | It’s not always the fate of the world

Rani likes to win, Luke cheats at board games, and Clyde doesn’t have a crush on anyone.

tags: fic:one-shot series:the sarah jane adventures
Fake News | “Stephen”/Tad, Tad/Bobby | PG-13 | A Cabin in the Mountains With You

A pleasant weekend with the boss, then back home quick sticks to cuddle with your favourite stage manager. Nothing could possibly go wrong there, right?

tags: fic:one-shot series:fake news pairing:’stephen’_tad pairing:tad_bobby
Magic School Bus | Arnold, the Frizz, ensemble | R | On The Ice

They are on a field trip learning about the tundra when it all goes horribly wrong.

tags: series:magic school bus fic:one-shot awesomesauce apocalypse
Star Wars | Luke, Vader | K+ | Missing In Action

When a mission goes wrong, Luke Skywalker crashes on an uninhabited planet. While waiting for rescue, he makes an unexpected discovery.

tags: series:star wars fic:chaptered

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The Daily Recs 01/24/2012

Erin Ptah — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:31:04 +0000

Fake News | Jon, “Stephen”, staff | PG-13 | Truthiness and Bakery

Jon says Stephen isn’t useful around the house. Stephen goes overboard and starts a show like Martha Stewart’s to prove that he is wrong.

tags: series:fake news pairing:jon_’stephen’ fic:chaptered
Sailor Moon | Rei/Minako, team | T | Guardian

Minako Princess of Venus is turning 18 in seven days and, according to tradition, must choose someone to marry by her birthday. Unfortunately, the one she wants is the one she can’t have: her common born Martian body guard.

tags: yuri fic:chaptered pairing:rei_minako series:sailor moon
Star Trek (2009) | Chapel/Gaila/Uhura | NC-17 | Stress Relief Session

In which Dr. Chapel and Nurse Gaila have prescribed some relaxation time for the overworked Lieutenant Uhura.

tags: yuri fic:one-shot series:star trek pairing:uhura_gaila_chapel polyamory
Sherlock | John/Lestrade, wee!Sherlock, wee!Mycroft, others | PG-13 | Ain’t Seen the Sunshine

Written for a prompt on the Sherlock fic meme where John is Sherlock and Mycroft’s nanny. It’s also somehow warped into a massive retelling of Hound of the Baskervilles.

tags: kidfic pairing:watson_lestrade series:sherlock fic:chaptered

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The Daily Recs 01/23/2012

Erin Ptah — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:30:29 +0000

Are anime characters caucasian or japanese – YouTube

tags: video resources:fandom
Island of the Colorblind – Part 1 of 6 – YouTube

Oliver Sacks visits the Pacific atoll of Pingelap to visit an isolated community of islanders born totally colorblind.

tags: video resources:drawing
The Story of English episode 1 – An English Speaking World – Part 1 / 7 – YouTube

An English Speaking World is said to explore the development of modern English, and it illustrates English as the language of choice for technology, diplomacy, business and popular culture for many nations. Brief piece on a conference of French speaking countries to create French words for invading English words. At the end of the video, they promote the idea of English bubbling up from below.

tags: video resources:writing

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The Daily Recs 01/21/2012

Erin Ptah — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:30:38 +0000

Jeeves & Wooster/Sentinel | Bertie/Jeeves, families, OCs | NC-17 | Jeeves and the Uncommon Senses

An accident triggers unexpected changes in Jeeves’s life — and in Bertie’s.This story is set in a variant of The Sentinel universe.

tags: fic:chaptered series:jeeves & wooster pairing:jeeves_wooster soulbond series:sentinel crossover
Sailor Moon | Chibi Chibi, others | G | A Chibi-Chibi Forever Voyaging

You are hit by a disgusting wave of kawaii. The human mind cannot begin to comprehend how cutesy this room is. Words on a screen cannot possibly cope with how pink and small and sugary and sweet and happy joy joy this room is. Your mind reels in sheer unadulterated horror.

tags: fic:one-shot series:sailor moon
Fake News | (Aasif/)Olivia(/Kristen/Rich), (Evie/Stephen/)Jon(/Tracey) | PG-13 | No Yoda

Sedoretu fic!

tags: fic:bite-size pairing:jon_stephen_evie_tracey series:fake news pairing:aasif_olivia_kristen_rich polyamory
Stargate Atlantis | John/Rodney | M | Control Chair

John and Rodney talk about a fucking control chair.

tags: fic:one-shot pairing:sheppard_mckay series:stargate
Jeeves & Wooster | Jeeves/Bertie, OCs, ensemble | R | Sorting Out the Dance Card

An overheard conversation changes everything. Histories, mysteries, romance, and a dive or two into the soup.

tags: fic:chaptered series:jeeves & wooster pairing:jeeves_wooster
Joan of Arcadia | Joan, family | R | Goodnight, Moon

This story was inspired by a challenge issued on LiveJournal to put characters from different fandoms into the events of the disaster film “The Day After Tomorrow,” in which the world is all but destroyed within days by hyper-accelerated global warming.

tags: fic:one-shot series:joan of arcadia apocalypse
Stargate | Rodney(/John), others | PG-13 | Freedom’s Just Another Word For Nothing Left To Lose

SGC finally stops calling him by December. Rodney celebrates by writing a final exam for his relativity class so difficult that it reduces four students to tears in the exam hall. Upon reflection, he decides to be merciful and offer partial credit.

tags: series:stargate pairing:sheppard_mckay awesomesauce trauma fic:one-shot
Glee, Hunger Games | Kurt/Blaine, Finn, Sue, ensemble | M | Your Heart Outside Your Body

For the Fiftieth Hunger Games, the Capitol required each District to send twice the number of tributes- two boys and two girls. For the boys, District 8 sent Finn Hudson and Kurt Hummel.

tags: fic:chaptered series:glee series:hunger games pairing:kurt_blaine crossover trauma

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Megaupload news.

Erin Ptah — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:33:08 +0000

Megaupload, the Hong Kong-based site I’ve been using for large-file storage (including fanmixes and fanvids), is down. The US government has messed with their DNS info, meaning the URL no longer works, and while theoretically it’s still accessible by IP address, that’s given me nothing but timeout errors.

Several people involved with running and promoting the website have been arrested in New Zealand, to be extradited to the US. It’s still not entirely clear how solid the charges are with respect to (a) US law and (b) our extradition treaty with NZ.

Anonymous has lost no time in firing back, hacking involved sites (from the Department of Justice to the RIAA) right and left.

Here’s a pretty good breakdown of the case as it stands, and this FFA thread is keeping tabs on new updates as they hit. Will probably be out-of-date within the next eight hours, but I’m going to be offline for much of the weekend. If you’re reading this from The Future, do hit up Google to see what’s happened since.

And for anyone who wants to complain that this, like PIPA or SOPA, is part of the Epic Battle between good moral people and Those Darn Pirates, let me drop a few timely links: PIPA co-sponsors and supporters violating copyright on the Internet and the author of SOPA violating copyright on the Internet.

The Daily Recs 01/16/2012

Erin Ptah — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:30:21 +0000

Sailor Moon | Usagi/Mamoru | G | In the Docks

“Do you ever just get sick of it sometimes?”

tags: series:sailor moon pairing:usagi_mamoru fic:one-shot
Hellsing | Alucard/Integra | NC-17, warnings | Dirty Duet

She’d had her suspicions about Alucard.

tags: series:hellsing pairing:integra_alucard fic:one-shot
Sailor Moon | Artemis/Minako | PG | Knight In Shining Armor

Minako is upset that she no longer serves a purpose as the Senshi’s Leader, now that their Princess is in charge, and Artemis comforts her in a most unexpected manner…

tags: !work.in.progrss series:sailor moon fic:chaptered pairing:minako_artemis
Sailor Moon | Usagi/Mamoru, Hotaru, ensemble | K | Oh, Baby!

The trials of Darien when our favorite little meatball head has an ::ahem:: little crisis.

tags: kidfic series:sailor moon fic:one-shot pairing:usagi_mamoru
Sailor Moon | Usagi, ChibiUsa, team | K+ | ChibiUsa Times Two

People should be careful how they wield powerful magic objects. Can Usagi undo the damage she caused?

tags: kidfic series:sailor moon fic:chaptered
Sherlock Holmes | John/Mary, Sherlock/Irene | M | Intemperance

“Intemperance,” a story from the secret journals of Doctor John H. Watson, intimate friend and long-time companion of the infamous Sherlock Holmes: A most curious and instructive report of the great man’s improbable fecundation, gestation, and parturition.

tags: series:sherlock holmes pairing:holmes_adler pairing:watson_mary fic:one-shot mpreg
Red Dwarf | Cat, Rimmer/Lister | PG | The Scent and the Fury

It took time to adjust to the smell.

tags: series:red dwarf pairing:rimmer_lister fic:one-shot
Doctor Who/Black Books | Bernard, Martha | PG | Bernard’s Rules

After the Year That Never Was, Doctor Martha Jones buys a book in a shop she’s Never visited.

tags: series:doctor who fic:one-shot crossover series:black books timetravel
Sailor Moon | ChibiUsa, Inner Senshi, others | K | Adventures of the ChibiScouts

The Sailor Scouts get what some adults dream of — a second childhood, but not everyone is happy about it. How did this happen and will they stay as children?

tags: kidfic series:sailor moon fic:chaptered
Sailor Moon | Usagi, ChibiUsa, ensemble | R | Mama’s Hand

An unexpected evil comes calling. When Usagi discovers a little girl who’s been beaten and claiming to be her daughter, what does she do? And how will she deal with the events that unfold because of the information that comes to light?

tags: series:sailor moon kidfic fic:chaptered trauma timetravel

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These Weeks, through 1/8

Erin Ptah — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 02:46:12 +0000

But I’m A Cat Person
BICP Sketchpile – Earrings (sketches | ensemble | worksafe)
Characters V (designs | Bianca and family | worksafe)

Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Big Bangs and MadoMagi (writing meta)
Warm Feelings (AO3 Mirror) (fic | Junko, Madoka/OFC | NC-17)
Fireworks and Waterfalls (AO3 Mirror) (fic | pre-Kyoko/Sayaka, Yuma | G)

Sailor Moon
Tuxedo Chibi-Mask and Phoebe (art | boy!Chibiusa, girl!Helios | worksafe)

General/Miscellaneous
Cowboy vs. Ninja (commissioned art | OCs | worksafe)
2011 Summary of Art (art meme)

Next Week in But I’m A Cat Person:
New chapter! Woobiness for Patrick, intrigue for Miranda.

The Daily Recs 01/08/2012

Erin Ptah — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 13:30:21 +0000

Fake News | Lorraine/Jon/”Stephen”, kids | through R | Prompts?

“So then, he pushed me up against the wall and started unbuttoning my pants,” Stephen enthuses, settling his head in his wife’s lap. “And I said, ‘Aren’t you going to bother with my shirt?’ and he said ‘Babe, this is what we call a quickie. We don’t have time.’”

tags: fic:bite-size kidfic pairing:jon_’stephen’_lorraine
Fake News | Jon/”Stephen”, baby | PG | But I Can Carry You

Something about Jon, ftm!”Stephen”, and baby!Marian.

tags: fic:bite-size kidfic pairing:jon_’stephen’
Glee | Sue, ensemble | PG | Up Yours

Sue has some vengeance to administer like the hand of an angry god.

tags: fic:one-shot series:glee awesomesauce
Glee | Kurt, Brittany | PG | It Means No Worries

After the events of Duets, Kurt and Brittany bond over a topic with which they’re both apparently familiar: Disney movies.

tags: fic:one-shot series:glee awesomesauce
Glee | Karofsky, others | R | Unfair

He hadn’t meant to put Hummel in a coma, he hadn’t meant to become a poster boy for bullying, and he definitely hadn’t meant to wind up on the national news.

tags: series:glee fic:one-shot trauma
Glee | ensemble, Brittany/Santana | PG-13 | It Goes On and On and On and On

Kurt makes a deal with a higher power to trade his life for his mother’s. (She never dies, he does instead). Glee Club are the only ones who remember Kurt. And after that…

tags: series:glee fic:one-shot pairing:brittany_santana yuri
Glee | Finn/Kurt, Burt, Carole | NC-17 | Images of Broken Light

Finn and Kurt are kidnapped and put into a room studded with cameras. They begin to learn what it means to no longer be in control of their own lives.

tags: series:glee trauma fic:chaptered pairing:kurt_finn
Fake News | Jon/”Stephen” | PG | [untitled college AU]

College AU, “Stephen” and Jon first meet.

tags: series:fake news fic:bite-size pairing:jon_’stephen’
Fake News | Jon/Stephen | NC-17 | Transgressions

Jon finds himself in a world with different stars in the sky.

tags: pairing:jon_stephen series:fake news fic:one-shot
Fake News | Jon/Stephen | R | Almost

I was wondering if we could meet up at some point soon. I have something I need to tell you that’s incredibly important and

tags: pairing:jon_stephen fic:bite-size series:fake news
Fake News | Jon/liberal!”Stephen”, Jon/”Stephen” | G | Four Cookies

Four prompt ficlets: Santa is real! (any)!”Stephen” and Jon; Liberal!”Stephen”‘s Christmahanukwanzakah party; Jon/”Stephen”, home for the holidays; Jon/Stephen, holiday shopping.

tags: pairing:jon_’stephen’ pairing:jon_’stephen’_lorraine fic:bite-size series:fake news christmas
Good Omens | Aziraphale/Crowley, DEATH, a plant | PG | The Ghost and A. J. Crowley

A heartwarming tale of grisly ghost plants and fearsome floral apparitions. Has Crowley finally met his match? Will Aziraphale come to the rescue? And just how difficult is it to remove dirt stains from white carpet?

tags: series:good omens fic:one-shot pairing:crowley_aziraphale
Doctor Who/Good Omens | Eleven, the Them | G | Playing Gods

He smiled one of his very best smiles at the girl – Pepper, that was it. He found himself liking her in spite of her scowl; there was something vaguely Pondish in the way she folded her arms.

tags: fic:one-shot series:doctor who series:good omens crossover timetravel

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Historical same-sex weddings, fantasy female armor, texting in West African languages, and more

Erin Ptah — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 19:47:16 +0000

How to talk about gender with first graders in a way that gets them thinking and not bullying.

Musings on fantasy armor versus female figures, as crafted by someone who actually makes armor.

A history of Chicago’s underground abortion services in the years before Roe v. Wade.

A cryptographer takes a closer look at Biblical Greek and inadvertently discovers that Paul’s only clear condemnation of homosexuality…was a mistranslation.

Debunking the myth that pre-colonial Africa had no homosexuality. With research!

The tensions faced by a mixed-race family.

How do you keep a language from dying out? Make it available to text in, as is being done with the Mande family of West African languages and hopefully plenty more to come.

Next time someone tells you they support traditional marriage, send them this link: records of Christian same-sex weddings from the 300s through the 1600s.