darkhavens

I have just spent a glorious weekend with 11 totally insane people. The usual suspects were there: eatenbyweasels, esmerelda_t, gingerpig, lonelybrit, madders, princess_s, ruric, vampirefever and the newly betrothed vic_amy_z. We also had some fresh blood in the forms of sometimeredhead, a woman with a prodigious caffeine habit and a disturbing knowledge of government lube guidelines, and ok2nv_theoracle, this year's token male and token American! He did us proud. ;)

My liver may never forgive me. I consumed about 70cl ( around a fifth) of scotch, and almost a third of a similar-sized bottle of bourbon. And then there was the bottle and a half of ginger wine that was my main 'mixer'... ;)

( Let me tell you more! )

( Horbling #6 iconic quotes )

( I can has laptop! What it is? )

In conclusion: I AM BACK, Y'ALL! Whatchoo been upto?

Today is my 6th LJversary! On this day in 2003, darkhavens came into this world on wobbly legs with a shifty look in her eyes. And in almost no time at all, there was porn. :D

In celebration of this auspicious occasion, I decided that I should revisit my first love, Spander. I didn't quite manage porn, but there's sexin' in there, if you squint. ;)


Author: darkhavens
Title: Five Things Xander Harris Gave Up After Getting Involved With Spike
Fandom: Pairing: Buffy: Spike/Xander
Rating: PG13
Words: 500
Concrit: Please. If you spot a typo or a grammar glitch, feel free to tell me in comments.
Disclaimer: Not mine, never will be. No harm, no foul, no money made.
Warnings/Squicks: None
Summary: Some things are worth the sacrifice.
Notes: Written as part of my participation in mini_nanowrimo this year, and also for prompt #228 at slashthedrabble: 'Left'.


( Five Things Xander Harris Gave Up After Getting Involved With Spike )

Why are so many people such utter f*ckw*ts? And why do I have to work with them?

One of them left a box of bananas in a narrow hallway out back at work - a box of bananas that I had already moved out of the way twice so it wasn't a hazard.

I'm sitting here now with a bloody and bruised neck and shoulder, a bruised elbow, middle finger, knee and ankle, all on my left side, because when I closed up shop an hour ago, I grabbed my cash drawer and one of the scratchcard lockboxes and headed for the office.

I'm laden, I can't see the floor as I come round the door, but I know I cleared everything out of the way not an hour ago... So, I trip, go sideways, rolling my ankle. I totter into the office, hit the wall, which shoves the scratchcard lockbox (open tubular steel piping aimed for my throat!) into my neck and shoulder, at which point I lose verticality and come down on someone's effing scooter that should never have been in the office in the first place, scattering cash all over the place, wrenching my wrist, landing hard on my knee and scraping a load of skin off knuckle, neck and shoulder.

No gaping wounds, thank god, but christ, I'm not going to be able to move tomorrow, and I can forget about putting on a bra. And probably nodding. I can feel my neck muscles tightening as I type. I'm going to be black and blue and scabby. Lovely. I may take pictures. (Why should I suffer alone?)

Oh, and the f*ckw*t thought it was hilarious. It doesn't seem to occur to her that IT'S HER FAULT for moving the banana box from where I'd put it safely out of the way. She didn't even put any bananas out!

So, In conclusion: OW.

In other news, I have 660ml of 5.3% pear cider and two Jaffa Cake muffins.

But I'm still fuming.

*SMISHES YOU ALL (CAREFULLY)*

Is it me, or does someone have their finger on the fast forward button of life? I can't believe it's September already!

For anyone who's wondering, I'm still in love with my Buffy boys, and my Supernatural boys and my SGA boys and the rest of my menagerie, I'm just completely obsessed with the guys in tights and spandex right now, so most of my ficbrain is focussed in that direction. Most. ;)

If any of you are tempted to take the fandom 'research' poll that's out there, I'd advise you to read this, this, this (links taken from metafandom) and follow a few of the links in those posts before you get drawn into their asshattery. (Not that I'm biased, or anything, but the reason for their 'research' is a contract to write a book entitled: 'RULE 34: WHAT NETPORN TEACHES US ABOUT THE BRAIN.')

rounds_of_kink is asking for prompts again here. And remember, 'kink' covers a lot of ground, from something as simple as enjoying playing with someone's hair (or someone playing with yours) through to auto-erotic asphyxiation, scat, bloodplay, etc. So go and prompt. You could end up with some delicious new fic that hits your buttons.

Rounds of Kink prompt call

And finally, LJ are offering three extra days of Paid Time to everyone with paid journals for the downtime experienced on Thursday August 6th. You have until September 10th to claim your days. Why wait?

Anyone else watching Dark Blue and wanting Carter to slam Dean up a wall and eat him alive? No? Just me then. *g*

This is the edited and extended version of my WriterconUK talk on Modding Communities, given on Saturday, 15th August, 2009, at the Ramada Hotel, Coventry.

It contains my own personal views on modding and as such, does not pretend to be the definitive guide on 'How You Should Mod Your Community'.

I'm sure there are things I've missed, and things that people will disagree with, but these are my thoughts on the subject, at this moment in time. Though I refer to fandom throughout this post, the thoughts and ideas here can easily be adapted to other arenas.

( Wearing The Modhat - an Essay )

rounds_of_kink Round 12 prompts are up for grabs!

There's something there for everyone. All of my boys are represented there and many, many more besides. Go and grab one! Grab a handful! Min. word count is 500 words, so no excuses. :D

I have managed to whittle down the 1600+ prompts to a mere 40 that appeal to me. o.O

...and this one's a doozy!

Spike/Xander is losing to Dean/Castiel of SPN and as much as I love the SPN boys, that's breaking my heart. Sherlock Holmes/Dr Watson is losing to Elizabeth Bennett/Fitzwilliam Darcy of Pride and Prejudice too, but Crowley/Aziraphale are beating the pants off Theodore "Laurie" Laurence/Amy Curtis March of Little Women. YAY!

Your boys (and girls) need your support!

Vote at the post and see all the pimping going on in comments
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go directly to the poll and save your bandwidth.

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Poll will close @ 10 PM EST on Saturday, July 11th, 2009

Author: darkhavens
Title: What If... Batman Plays The Game, But Lets Wally Set The Pace
Previous Chapters: A sequel to 'That Which Has Been Seen Cannot Be Unseen.'
Fandom: Pairing: Teen Titans/Justice League: Bruce/Wally
Rating: NC-17 overall
Words: 2060
Concrit: Please. If you spot a typo or a grammar glitch, feel free to tell me in comments.
Disclaimer: Not mine, never will be. No harm, no foul, no money made.
Warnings/Squicks: **Wally is 17. Batman is a manipulative bastard who's obsessed by Wally. Power games. Intense flirting. Non-graphic reference to violent fantasies.**
Summary: What if Batman plays the game, but lets Wally set the pace and choose if and when they take the next step?
Beta: outsideth3box
Author's Note #1: Written for my dcu_freeforall BatFlash table, Writer's Choice prompt #1: Control.
Author's Note #2: 'That Which Has Been Seen…' did not grow the legs that are necessary for a sequel, it grew tentacles. Honestly, this fic has turned into an octopus, with each leg a different 'What If...' scenario. In the end, I stopped trying to chop off the extras and just went with it. This is the first. There will be more.

( What If... Batman Plays The Game, But Lets Wally Set The Pace )

It's that time again. Time to search your psyche for those favourite kinks and setups and put them out there so that someone might write them. Due to my current obsession, I spent a couple of hours last night posting BatFlash prompts. I'll probably end up writing at least one of them myself, but hey, a girl can hope, right? :D



PROMPT HERE
for rounds_of_kink
Round 12

Author: darkhavens
Concrit: Please. If you spot a typo or a grammar glitch, feel free to tell me in comments.
Disclaimer: Not mine, never will be. No harm, no foul, no money made.
Notes: Many thanks to suki_blue and amejisuto for the encouragement, the enabling and the reassurance that I'm not about to embarrass myself in a fandom they're way more familiar with than I am. :D

Title: The Way He Loves
Fandom: Pairing: Justice League: Bruce(Batman)/Wally(Flash), Superman
Rating: R
Words: 1077
Warnings/Squicks: Batman being his usual obsessive, possessive, stalkery self.
Summary: Superman is concerned about Wally's new relationship.
Notes: Written prompt T07; P23: hero worship/idol on my dcu_freeforall BatFlash table.

( The Way He Loves )

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Title: Nooner
Fandom: Pairing: Justice League: Bruce(Batman)/Wally(Flash)
Rating: NC17
Words: 954
Warnings/Squicks: None
Summary: Wally decides to pay a 'surprise' visit to Bruce at Wayne Enterprises.
Notes: Written prompt T01; P41: Wayne Enterprises on my dcu_freeforall BatFlash table.

( Nooner )