Fandom updates (PMMM, TDS/TCR, Olivia, Aasif) May 30, 2012
Posted by Erin Ptah in Fake News, Madoka Magica.Tags: Aasif Mandvi, Ellen DeGeneres, Olivia Munn, writing
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So I have just over 28K words of PMMM imprisonment!fic, maybe half to two-thirds of the way through the plot, and my brain decided that instead of making any more progress on that, it was going to churn out a sudden 8K of PMMM slavefic.
I’m simultaneously surprised/pleased, and really hoping the momentum lasts.
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Fake news fandom is so amazingly quiet lately. The latest Moments of Zen contest has extended the deadline once (that’s normal) but still only has one entry on the day before the new deadline (that’s not). Maybe the theme didn’t grab people this time around? IDK.
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Olivia’s appearance on Ellen is filling up her tag on Tumblr. This is excellent for multiple reasons 
Now can she just be back on TDS a bit, please? Also, can The Newsroom please be awesome?
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Got Aasif Mandvi’s Today’s Special out of the library; watched it this evening with stellar_dust. (Both of us reeeeally hoping it would be good, heh.)
I thought it was fantastic. The plot follows a standard arc (Westernized professional learns that what he really needs to do is get back in touch with his cultural roots, in this case with Indian cooking), but you’re not watching for a revolutionary storyline. You’re watching because it’s funny. Packed with great lines and amazing little character moments — even the background characters with only one or two jokes aren’t just spouting off generic snark, they have personality and the humor grows out of it. A couple of serious scenes make it in too, the kind that make you realize, “Hang on. Aasif Mandvi can act.”
And then there is this cooking sketch with one of his co-stars, in which he’s in full TDS!Aasif mode and I desperately want a Produce Pete crossover.
This Week, through 11/20 November 21, 2011
Posted by Erin Ptah in Art, But I'm A Cat Person, Fake News, Fic, Hellsing, Madoka Magica.Tags: "Stephen"/Jon, Aasif Mandvi, Castle Down, Jason Jones, John Hodgman, John Oliver, Jon Stewart, Kristen Schaal, Kristen/Olivia, Lewis Black, Olivia Munn, Samantha Bee, Stephen Colbert, Wyatt Cenac
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But I’m A Cat Person
Doll Bianca and Sparrow (art | what it says on the tin | worksafe)
Fake News
Castles In The Sand, chapter 1, chapter 2, chapter 3 (illustrated fic | Jon/”Stephen”, Kristen/Olivia, ensemble | R)
Team of Many Hats (art | Sam, Jason, John Oliver, John Hodgman, Jon, “Stephen”, Olivia, Wyatt, Kristen, Aasif, Lewis | worksafe)
Castle Crossing (fic | Jon/”Stephen”, Jon, “Stephen”, Olivia | G)
Hellsing
Knight Integra – Red (art | Integra, dragon!Alucard | worksafe)
Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Sprinkles (art | Charlotte | worksafe)
Next Week in Shine:
Nothing.
…How ’bout that.
Next Week in But I’m A Cat Person:
The wrap-up of chapter 4, and perhaps an invitation for guest strips…
This Week, 9/12-9/18 September 18, 2011
Posted by Erin Ptah in And Shine Heaven Now, Art, But I'm A Cat Person, Doctor Who, Fake News, Fic, Hellsing, Miscellaneous, Mixes, Sailor Moon.Tags: "Stephen"/Jon, Aino Minako, Alucard, drag, Expecting, Fourth Doctor, genderplay, Integra Hellsing, Olivia Munn, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Tad/Bobby, tiny Jon, Tsukino Usagi
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But I’m A Cat Person(, Madoka Magica, Sailor Moon)
Sexswapped Scrappers (art | Reseda, Patrick | worksafe)
Ota 2011 sketchpile (sketches | Cybele, Kara Lynn, Reseda, Homura, Makoto, Ami | worksafe)
Fake News(/Doctor Who)
Open Heart (fic | Jon/”Stephen”, Jon/Tracey, Tracey/Charlene, Tad/Bobby, Olivia, families, OCs | PG)
Not A Southern Belle (art | Jon/”Stephen” | worksafe)
Tiny Cuddles (sketch | tiny!Jon/”Stephen” | worksafe)
Would You Like A Tiny Jon? (sketch | Stephen, tiny!Jon, Four | worksafe)
Hellsing
By The Sword (sketch | Integra | worksafe)
Raise Your Glass (art | Alucard | worksafe)
Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Till Human Voices Wake Us, And We Drown (mix | Kyoko/Sayaka, Oktavia | PG)
Sailor Moon
Pretty Guardians (sketch | Minako, Usagi | worksafe)
Next Week in Shine:
Rip’s imminent defeat at the hands of Lupin &co., and the answers to more of your burning questions.
Next Week in But I’m A Cat Person:
Patrick and Reseda, facing off? Bianca isn’t going to take this well.
Website Updates
Several years’ worth of backed-up fangirl profiles have finally been laid out in full. (Okay, a few images are missing, but it’s being worked on.)
These Weeks, through August 7 August 7, 2011
Posted by Erin Ptah in But I'm A Cat Person, Fake News, Miscellaneous, Sailor Moon.Tags: Christiane Aman-purr, Fake News Rumble, Firefly, Freakazoid, genderswap, Kristen Schaal, My Little Pony, Olivia Munn, Queen Serenity, Sailor Mercury
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But I’m A Cat Person
Being Ponies (art | Reseda, Poe, Patrick, Kara Lynn | worksafe)
Sailors Bee & Sparrow (dolls | sailor!Bianca, sailor!Sparrow | worksafe)
Fake News(My Little Pony)
When You Love Someone (And/Or Their Giant Head) (fic | everyone and the kitchen sink | PG)
Daily Pony Girls (art | pony!Olivia, pony!Kristen | worksafe)
Sweetness Follows (The Clownfish Files) (fic | Jo(a)n/wife, kids | PG-13)
Ear Nibble (art | Yonatan/Stephanos (FNR) | worksafe)
Feel The Magic, Hear The Purr (fic | Jon, “Stephen”, Tad, Christiane Aman-purr | PG)
Freakazoid
CANDLEJACK GRAB M (comic | Freakazoid, that guy | G)
Sailor Moon(/Firefly)
Mal Loves Serenity (art | Mal/Queen Serenity | worksafe)
Blowing Bubbles (sketch | Mercury | worksafe)
Next Week in Shine:
One werewolf down. One commander to go…
Next Week in But I’m A Cat Person:
Timothy’s backstory continues, and the origins of Lily are revealed.
These Weeks July 17, 2011
Posted by Erin Ptah in But I'm A Cat Person, Fake News, Hellsing, Miscellaneous.Tags: "Stephen"/Jon, George William, John Oliver, Kristen Schaal, Mad Tea Party, My Little Pony, Olivia Munn, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Seras Victoria, transgender, Wyatt Cenac
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But I’m A Cat Person
Characters IV (designs | Cybele, Poe, Miranda, Bennett | worksafe)
Master Bianca (art | Bianca, tuxedo!Bianca | worksafe)
Doggie Paddle (art | Sparrow, Bianca, Patrick | worksafe)
Fake News(/My Little Pony)
It Came From Beyond The Stars And Stripes, part 2, part 3, part 4 (fic | Jon/”Stephen”, Olivia, OCs | through R)
Art Stephen Up: Expecting (manip | Stephen and alters, George | worksafe)
Sweetness Follows; or, The Remarkably Low-Angst Transition of Joan Stewart (fic | Jo(a)n(/Tracey), “Stephen”, John Oliver, Wyatt, Kristen | PG-13)
My Little Pundit (art | pony!Jon, pony!Stephen | worksafe)
Hellsing
Absolute Sera-torry (art | Seras | worksafe)
General/Miscellaneous
Puella Magi Ptah? (goth-loli-ish self-portrait, worksafe)
Mad Tea Party (commissioned artwork)
Next Week in Shine:
Lupin gets recruited, and Seras gets a unique view of the city.
Next Week in But I’m A Cat Person:
Sparrow pulls a Godwin, and our heroes do a little research.
These Weeks, through 6/26 June 26, 2011
Posted by Erin Ptah in Art, But I'm A Cat Person, Comics, Fake News, Fic, Hellsing, Miscellaneous, Sailor Moon, Vids.Tags: Jon Stewart, My Little Pony, Olivia Munn, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Read or Die, Sailor V, Stephen Colbert, Sweetness, the gays
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But I’m A Cat Person
My Little Being: Mastery is Magic (dolls | Patrick, Cybele, Poe, Reseda, Kara Lynn | worksafe)
Fake News
It Came From Beyond The Stars And Stripes, part 0, part 1 (fic | Jon/”Stephen” | through R)
You Laid Eggs In Me? (sketches | Jon/”Stephen” | worksafe)
Tiger Mom and Indigo Child (art | Jon, Olivia | worksafe)
It Came From Beyond The Stars And Stripes, part 1 (fic | Jon/”Stephen”, Olivia, the Word | R)
Sexy, Naughty, Daily (vid | multi-pairing ensemble | PG-13)
Animal Hats (sketches | “Stephen”, Sweetness, George | worksafe)
New York Marriage (comic | Jon, “Stephen” | G)
Hellsing(/My Little Pony)
My Little Vampire Hunters (art | pony!Alucard, pony!Integra, pony!Pip, pony!Seras, pony!Walter | worksafe)
The Waste Land (art | Integra | worksafe)
Read or Die
Don’t Forget to Eat (art | Yomiko/Nenene | worksafe)
Sailor Moon/Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Minako Magica (art | Sailor V, Kyuubey | worksafe)
Next Week in Shine:
Meanwhile, in the future…
Website Updates
Layout tweaked on The Zen and the Damaged. Articles are still there, but the front page is now all about the fanworks.
OH LOOK AN UPDATE. June 12, 2011
Posted by Erin Ptah in Fake News, Hellsing, Miscellaneous, Original.Tags: "Stephen"/Jon, Alexander Anderson, Alucard, But I'm A Cat Person, Captain Hans Guensche, Deadpool, Demetri Martin, Enrico Maxwell, happyverse, Heinkel Wolfe, His Dark Materials, Integra Hellsing, IntegraxAlucard, Jeeves & Wooster, Kristen Schaal, Liberalverse, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Olivia Munn, Pip Bernadette, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Read or Die, Samantha Bee, Schroedinger, Seras Victoria, tentacles, Walter Dornez, Wyatt Cenac
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You skip one week, and suddenly a month’s gone by. Eheh. Here’s what’s gone up in the meantime:
But I’m A Cat Person
Characters III (designs | Timothy, girl!Timothy, Lily | worksafe)
Babies and Plushies (art | Bianca, Patrick, Sparrow, Miranda, Poe | worksafe)
Fake News(/His Dark Materials)
Red String (fic | “Stephen”, Jon/Tracey, families | R)
Red String (art | Jon, “Stephen” | worksafe)
Eight Roads Converged (fic | combinations of Jon, Stephen, “Stephen”, Beck!Jon, happy!”Stephen”, liberal!”Stephen”, and Wyatt | PG)
The DM of +4 Ohana (fic | “Stephen”/Jon[athan], Olivia, Kristen, Demetri, Wyatt, Sam(/Jason) | PG-13)
All Her Original Brightness (fic | “Stephen”/Jon, daemons | light R)
Tentacolbert (art | “Stephen”/tentacles, Jon | NSFW)
Hellsing(/Pet Shop of Horrors/Deadpool, /Read or Die/Jeeves & Wooster)
Paintball Tournament (sketch | Pip, Leon, D, Deadpool | worksafe)
Triptych (art | Heinkel, Enrico, Seras, Integra, Walter, Jeeves, Marian, Maggie, Anderson, Alucard, Schroedinger, Captain, Reseda | worksafe)
Stained Glass Knight (art | Alucard, Integra | worksafe)
Neon Genesis Evangelion/Puella Magi Madoka Magica
You Are NOT Alone (art | Rei, Madoka | worksafe)
General/Miscellaneous
Stained Glass Day (digital stained glass window)
Picspam: Babies! (From the movie of the same name)
Next Week in Shine:
The fangirls peace out and Alucard gets divided by zero, leaving Integra on her own. Or so she thinks…
Website Updates
For the first time in, like, a year, there’s a new Shine poll!
These Weeks May 15, 2011
Posted by Erin Ptah in Fake News, Miscellaneous, Art, Fic, Original, Misc Work.Tags: Art Stephen Up, Dorothy Gale, happyverse, Homestuck, Homura/Madoka, Labyrinth, Mina and the Count, Olivia Munn, Princess Tutu, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Read or Die, Revolutionary Girl Utena, The Wizard of Oz
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But I’m A Cat Person
Mahou Shoujo Meme (art meme | Bianca, Patrick, Miranda, Poe, Sparrow, Timothy | worksafe, mostly)
Fake News
Pink Ropes (comic | Jon/happy!”Stephen” | NSFW)
Art Stephen Up – Labyrinth (photomanip | Jareth!Stephen, Sarah!Jon | worksafe)
Tiger Munn and Indigo Jon (art | Olivia, Jon | worksafe)
Vox Populi (fic | Jon, real!Stephen | G)
Hagiography (I), Hagiography (II) (fic | Jon/wife, other/”Stephen” | NC-17)
Mina and the Count
Hula and the Count (art | Mina, the Count | worksafe)
Puella Magi Madoka Magica(/Homestuck, /Sailor Moon/Princess Tutu/Utena)
Homustuck – God Tier Madoka 1 and God Tier Madoka 2 (animation/art | Madoka | worksafe)
Unified Madoka Theory of Mahou Shoujo (sketch | Usagi, Ahiru, Utena | worksafe)
I’ll Rewrite Space And Time For You (mix | Homura/Madoka | G)
All For You (art | Madoka/Homura | worksafe)
Read or Die
Yomiko-Nenene Redrawn (art meme | Yomiko/Nenene | worksafe)
The Wizard of Oz
The Boy in Silver Shoes (art | boy!Dorothy, Toto | worksafe)
Next Week in Shine:
Back to the main(-ish) plot! Reseda and the disguised not-Integra board the Nazis’ head zeppelin.
Good days to be a fan April 27, 2011
Posted by Erin Ptah in Doctor Who, Fake News, Miscellaneous, News Roundup, Sailor Moon.Tags: Kristen Schaal, Larry Wilmore, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Olivia Munn, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Rich Blomquist, Sailor Moon, Sarah Jane Smith, the cake is a lie
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Differences between the Madoka televised episodes and the DVD versions. (Scroll down a bit, there are a ton of screenshots. DVD versions on top, TV versions on the bottom.) A lot of the new artwork is clearly superior, especially when they go and redraw the characters. On the other hand, there are several that aren’t necessarily better, just…different. (At least, that’s how it looks from the stills. Maybe you have to see them in motion.)
Doctors Who pay tribute to Sarah Jane. And for some lovely tributes of the Doctors themselves, The Twelve Doctors of Christmas, a holiday-timed (if not particularly holiday-themed) series of essays.
Mysterious structures on the Moon – weird, pretty, interesting hooks for Sailor Moon fics.
Cracked explains the factors that drive down quality of Hollywood movies.
Larry Wilmore brings the awesome at the Congressional Correspondents’ Dinner.
…and speaking of black guys I know of through The Daily Show, the ever-delightful Neil deGrasse Tyson pontificates on Stupid Design: all the reasons the universe is really not set up for us. (Warning for some disturbing stillborn photos.)
Kristen Schaal/Rich Blomquist porn, as written by the subjects. There is time travel. It’s delightfully ridiculous.
Geeks get the best wedding cakes. Gondor! Zombie invasion! Steampunk! TARDIS! Bonus: spot the Colbert lurking in there.
Just learned that Olivia has a defunct YouTube channel! Most of the content is funny; most of the comments, regardless of the content, involve slavering over her breasts. Sigh.
