Fandom: Harry Potter
Genre: Fluff, Romance
Characters/Pairing: Albus/Scorpius
Rating: K+
Warnings: male-male relationship
Summary: Albus thinks Scorpius smells nice. Scorpius thinks Albus is insane.
Notes: It's official. I'm obsessed. Also, this was written because I've seen too many fics where they wax romantic over smells. It's just...too girly for how I see them.

Fandom: Harry Potter
Genre: Fluff, Romance
Characters/Pairing: Albus/Scorpius
Rating: T
Warnings: mentions of a physical, male-male relationship
Summary: Because Albus and Scorpius are above asking like normal people.
Notes: I have a confession. I have neither read all the books, nor seen all the movies. I in fact don't really go about this fandom at all, but I recently discovered this pairing, and I think it's the cutest thing on the face of the planet. (Also, they're called the AS/S pairing. HOW COOL IS THAT.) So, er, um, yeah.


( Give It A Shot )

Fandom: Cantarella
Note: From the chain drabble thread on la_cantarella , which can be found here. Please visit and make it active?


Prompt: Vanilla (from yu_an )
Genre: Angst, Romance-ish
Characters/Pairing: implied one-sided Chiaro/Cesare, mentioned Chiaro/Lucrezia
Rating: K+
Warnings: Lots of angst, hints of shounen-ai

( Vanilla )


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Prompt: That Man (from insanitygirlx )
Genre: Angst
Characters/Pairing: Chiaro
Rating: K+
Warnings: More angst

( That Man )

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Prompt: Pulcinella (from insanitygirlx )
Genre: Fluff, Humor-ish
Characters/Pairing: Chiaro, Cesare
Rating: K
Warnings: None

Fandom: Cantarella
Genre: Angst, Romance
Characters/Pairing: Chiaro/Lucrezia, Chiaro/Cesare
Rating: T
Warnings: Angst, hints of shounen-ai
Summary: To Chiaro, Cesare was only the one greatest regret he ever had.

Fandom: Cantarella
Genre: Angst, Romance
Characters/Pairing: Cesare focus, one-sided Cesare/Chiaro
Rating: T
Warnings: Angst, hints of shounen-ai
Summary: It's useless to love you.

Fandom: Cantarella
Genre: Angst, Romance
Characters/Pairing: Chiaro focus, mention of Chiaro/Lucrezia and one-sided Cesare/Chiaro
Rating: K+
Warnings: Angst, hints of shounen-ai
Summary: They both loved him, in different ways.


( Their Own Ways )

Fandom: Cantarella
Genre: Angst, sort-of Romance
Characters/Pairing: Cesare focus, one-sided Cesare/Chiaro
Rating: T
Warnings: Angst, shounen-ai
Summary: Here sweet darkness falling, embrace me every day.


( Sweet Darkness Falling )

Ok, so, I've recently been following the popular BBC series Merlin.

It's like...a high school fic for Arthurian Legend, except still in a fantasy setting and without the school thing. And, even though they TRY to pair Arthur with every single female character ever, somehow the gigantically slashy atmosphere between him and Merlin just won't go away.

For example, there's an entire episode where Merlin drinks poison to save Arthur's life, followed by Arthur disobeying his father and going on an epic quest of doomy darkness to a really far away place to find a really rare flower (whilst battling an evil sorceress) in order to save Merlin. In the meanwhile, Merlin lies unconscious and calls out Arthur's name. And then some sort of weird connection happens and Merlin somehow sends Arthur a guiding light. Er. Yeah.

Or, the episode where Arthur and Merlin are given two cups, one of which supposedly is poisonous, and Arthur is told he has to drink one, and Merlin will have to drink the other. So...Arthur's first thought is to drink both and save Merlin.

Or, the first season's finale, wherein Arthur is about to die, and Merlin goes to exchange his life for Arthur's.

And, of course, the end of "Beauty and Beast" a couple weeks ago, which scribblemoosementioned in her blog. You know, the one where Arthur and Merlin have a not-hug-awkward-moment.


So, anyway, the whole reason for this blog isn't that. I'm actually not really a big fan of Arthur/Merlin slash usually, it's just that it's so BLINDING.

The reason is, I wanted to share one of the newest episode summaries for an episode coming out in a few weeks. It's untitled, as of yet, and this is the official summary:

"Dignitaries from rival kingdoms descend on Camelot for peace talks, but what King Alined really wants is war. He'll do everything in his power to stir up hostilities, even if it means using magic. Alined's jester, Trickler, puts a spell on Arthur to make him fall madly in love with rival King Olaf's beloved daughter, Vivian. Chaos reigns in the palace and Camelot is once more poised on the brink of war. Can Merlin free Arthur's heart before the prince loses his head in battle?"

Am I the only one who thinks that last line is really really REALLY un-straight?

So...I'm totally self-pimping shamelessly.


It's an original story I wrote, and it's shounen-ai-ish. If you don't like that (and I'm fairly sure there are none of THOSE people on my LJ list) you can pretend the narrator is a girl. I figured since most of the people I talk to about shounen-ai things are on LJ, I'd at least give a shout out.


Chocolate Eggs (link)

So...I have made the artz. 

Fanartz, from Weiss Kreuz.

I have a set of Weiss chibis and Schwarz chibis that I doodled a long long time ago, that I decided to upload to dA.  They're not very good, I know, and the heads are kind of off-center, but maybe some of you will be entertained? 

Weiss chibis

Schwarz chibis

So, in one of my Arabic drills today, we're doing dictation of Arabic names.  The second set of four names are supposed to be male.  The second male name comes up.  I click on the button.  I hear the woman's voice read: Rashiiiid.  

I squee a little bit like the Gundam Wing fangirl I am and feel kind of close to Quatre.  

Ok, I just wanted to rant briefly about deathfics. 

Honestly, I don't write them myself.  I rarely use death even in original fiction.  Part of it is that it's hard for me to kill of my own characters, and I dislike screwing with canon for fanfics, but part of it is just that I feel like death is often a cheap way to get angst.  

However, I won't say I refuse to read them, because they CAN work, but I often avoid them because it's very difficult to get right.  And my honest belief is that the best writer is able to evoke emotions even without using death.  If death FITS with the story, I find it acceptable.  It's just that it seems like people write death fics just to be emo a lot of the time, and sometimes it just seems forced and/or illogical. 

I think the fandom whose fics I've read most is "weiss kreuz", so I'll just use that as an example.  I am not ok with suicide fics pretty much ever in that fandom, because it DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, almost EVER.  Most of the other deathfics I've read always sound to me like the author is trying too hard to write something incredibly dramatic and emo, that will make people cry and say "oh what an amazing sad fic", but comes off as abrupt, and generally feels really out of character. 

And I personally WRITE for the Weiss fandom.  I feel fairly satisfied by my own work, and a lot of it IS angst, and IS meant to be emotionally evocative, but I try to write it in a subtly painful fashion, because I feel like it suits the fandom much more.  

Anyway.  My point is, if you want to use death, that's your prerogative as an author.  However, use it carefully and with skill, or it'll just seem like you're trying too hard to get angst. 

Borrowed from a random person on dA. 


Rules of the game:
-Choose a singer/band/group
- Answer using ONLY titles of songs by that singer/band/group
- Tag 6 more people...which I'm actually not going to do, just do it if you'd like

The band I chose was

-------Alice Nine---------

(Did you EXPECT me not to?)

P.S. My answers are really random, because their titles are weird.  


1. Are you male or female?
jelly fish

2. Describe yourself.
SLEEPWALKER

3. What do people feel when they're around you?
[atmosphere]

4. How would you describe your previous relationship?
ZERO

5. Describe your current relationship.
STRAY CAT

6. Where would you want to be now?
cosmic world

7. How do you feel about love?
FANTASY

8. What's your life like?
DEAD SCHOOL SCREAMING

9. What would you ask for if you had only one wish?
Lemon

10. Say something wise.
Gokusai Gokushiki Gokudouka (Brilliantly Colored Immoral Poem)


Yes.  I know.  Total fail.  Blame it on Shou-yan.

borrowed from xxlithiumflower

I'm going to do this twice, because I write original fiction and fanfic differently.


( Original Fiction )


( Fanfiction )

Tagged by hinazuke

I didn't use a music player, just picked random songs I have or listen to often online. 

1. A song you go to when you don't want know you want to listen to: SLEEPWALKER (Alice Nine)
2. A song that gets you every time: Almost Lover (A Fine Frenzy)
3. A song you put on repeat way too many times and didn't even notice: We (Yu Quan)
4. The song where the live version is better than the studio: Time Machine (Alice Nine, Wonderfilm tour finale)
5. A song where the studio version is better than the live: Shunkashuutou (Alice Nine), but not always
6. A song that caught you by surprise: Number 6 (Alice Nine)
7. The longest song on your playlist: Akuro no Oka (Dir en Grey)
8. The shortest song on your playlist: any of the three Susipe tracks (Capriccio: Meine Liebe OST)
9. Best instrumental/bridge: Cry (Infernal Affairs II OST)
10. A song you openly enjoy contrary to your musical preferences: Rise (The Cult)
11. The song people would never expect to see on your playlist: Around the World (MOVE)
12. The song you know all the lyrics to by heart: most of my songs...
13. A song you wonder why you still keep on your playlist: Faye (Skylar Blue)
14. A song to go to sleep to: Waterfall (Alice Nine), Sweet Song (Xenosaga II OST)
15. A song to wake up to: Run (Yu Quan)
16. A song to dance to: Cosmic World (Alice Nine)
17: A song that requires a music video be made of it (if it doesn't already have one): Atmosphere (Alice Nine)
18. A song that originated as a music video: Gekkouyoku (Alice Nine), because I have no idea what else to answer
19. A song where the music video has absolutely nothing to do with the song: Hana (Alice Nine)
20. A song where the lyrics are all too true: Alone in Lonely (Yu Quan)

Er, yeah.  I actually listen to more than just Yu Quan and Alice Nine, just couldn't think of anything else to put up for these prompts.  ^^; 

Tagging whoever wants to do the meme...

Borrowed from sono_kiseki, thanks to the guy from my office for helping me with some of them. 

Rules: It's harder than it looks! Copy to your own LJ, erase my answers, enter yours, and tag 4 people. Use the first letter of your name to answer each of the following questions. They have to be real . . . nothing made up! If the person before you had the same first initial, you must use different answers. You cannot use any word twice and you can't use your name for the boy/girl name question.

1. What is your name: Amy

2. A four Letter Word: Ankh

3. A girl’s Name: Allison

4. A boy’s Name: Armand

5. An occupation: Attache

6. A color: Apricot

7. Something you wear: Ascot

8. A food: Apple

9. Something found in the bathroom: Astringent

10. A place: Alabama

11. A reason for being late: Alarm clock didn't go off

12. Something you shout: Aha!

13. A movie title: A Beautiful Mind

14. Something you drink: Apple Juice

15. A musical group: ALICE NINE!  (This is the reason I did this meme)

16. An animal: Antelope

17. A street name: Apple Glen

18. A type of car: Audi

19. The title of a song: Akatsuki (because I ish an A9 fangirl.)

20. Activity that requires more than 2 people: Armor-making?

Fandom: Weiss Kreuz
Genre: Gen, Humor (was supposed to be Romance too, but failed)
Characters/Pairing: Crawford, Schuldig
Rating: T
Warnings: references to drugs
Summary: Brad Crawford is having an unusually anxious day.  Luckily, Schuldig is around to distract him out of it. 

Notes: Brad/Schu, only in that I like the pairing and wrote the piece thinking they were together (or whatever they'd call it).  Could still be read without the shounen-ai implications.

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Too lazy to repost, so here it is in link form:

Sparkly Toothpaste and Medicine Cabinets

I was tagged by sekiryu~  I warn you all, this is going to really boring.  The answer is generally "Alice Nine". 

( Jrock + You )