Title: Clueless
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Minerva McGonagall, Severus Snape
Prompt: #82--If
Word Count: 545
Rating: PG
Summary: Minerva tries to help Severus figure out the secret to interacting with women (or, rather, people in general). He is not encouraged. Set a bit after my response to the "Friends" prompt.
Disclaimer: All things Harry Potter are the product of JKR's wonderful mind, not my pathetic, disorganised one. *tear*
Author's Notes: Yep, still alive and writing. I swear. Just drabbles, though.

 

( Clueless )

Title: Prenatal Exam
Fandom: The Dresden Files (tv-verse)
Characters: Justin Morningway, Hrothbert
Prompt: 35. Doctor
Word Count: 2,490
Rating: PG
Summary: Justin shows an interest in family.
Disclaimer: The Dresden Files do not belong to me. Just passing through.
Table: Here There be Ghosts

( Prenatal Exam )

Title: Potato, potahto
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Characters: Cadman/Lorne
Prompt: #017 Brown
Word Count: 2.973
Rating: K+
Summary: Dusty Mehra knows one thing for sure: It never gets boring on Major Lorne's team.
Author's Notes: So, remember the "Strange Bedfellows"-verse from "I hate you" and "True anarchists"? This is a prequel to it (and I'm sure sgteam14283 will like it since she expressed the wish to read about a certain mission mentioned in "Purple") and I hope you like it. mackenziesmomma assured me that it was fine but I'm a little doubtful because the whole story feels a little... off. What do you think?

Also, this is the fault of my friend koboldmaki who gave me the prompt "You can never have too many cormorans." ages ago and I was resolved to write her a story for it.

And here's the LDT.

( Potato, potahto )

Christianity is a syncretic religion. That is, it tries to combine different traditions and schools of thought as a means of reconciling disparate beliefs. For example, the Hebrew scriptures are quite emphatic about there being only one God, but that gave the early Christians problems when they tried to assert the divinity of Jesus. The answer: there is only one God, who is a trinity of persons, but only one God. Perfectly clear to the believer, perfect nonsense to the infidel.

We find the same merging of traditions when looking at other divine or semi-divine entities, such as angels. The Hebrew scriptures describes an angel as a messenger of God. Tradition added names, roles, and ranks. So we have Metatron, the Voice of God from the Talmudic tradition, an angel second in rank only to God himself. Christianity gave us Gabriel, who spoke to Mary and Mohammed. There’s Michael the Archangel, general of the hosts of heaven. And there’s Raphael, the healer, and Uriel whose role is unclear but you need four angels if you want to have one for each of the cardinal points of the compass.

When I was a Christian, I thought belief in angels was at best irrelevant; at worst idolatry. If you posit an omnimax God (omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, omnibenevolent), helpers and henchmen are insignificant. If you worship angels, you’re contravening the First Commandment. In this, I was definitely in the minority. According to a Harris poll on religious belief, 68% of American adults believe in angels. (76% of Republicans believe in angels.)

Just in time for Christmas, with its Annunciating Angels and Hosanna-ing Hosts, comes a new study on the subject of angelic flight. According to Professor Roger S. Wotton, professor of biology at the University College of London, angels simply cannot fly. No way, no how, no can do.

Wotton looked at all available representations of angels, fairies, dragons, and putti (putti are those chubby little cherubs we find hovering about the fringes of much Christian art). Unlike birds, which are evolved reptiles whose forelimbs changed over the aeons into wings, angels are just humans with human skeletons and musculature. Bird wings are tacked on as an afterthought. There’s no supporting skeletal or muscular structure to support wings, and they are far too small to lift the weight of even a chubby cherub. Wotton’s essay can be found here, and it’s delightful.

Of course, it won’t persuade a single believer. Their faith is iron-clad and impervious to either science or humor. For the rest of us, it’s a fun holiday read. If angels do fly, after all, it’s because they take themselves lightly.

Title: Sentinel
Fandom: The Dresden Files (tv-verse)
Author: Cyloran
Characters: Bob, Harry
Prompt: 45. Stare
Word Count: 852
Rating: G
Summary: Harry is a bit late.
Disclaimer: The Dresden Files do not belong to me. Just passing through.
Table: Here There be Ghosts


( Sentinel )

So it's been a while since I've posted, but I wanted to update a bit, and add / change a few things...

1)       Live in Chicago for at least a year.

2)       Live in Virginia Beach for at least a year.

a)       Work in an art gallery or cafe while living there

b)       Possibly attend EVMS for grad school after getting state-citizenship.

3)       Live in Utah (not sure how long).

4)       Work as a freelance photographer.

5)       Have a gallery showing.

6)       Find “the one.”  (Thought I had this one, but not yet...)

7)       Get married.

8)       Make my own wedding dress.

9)       Own my own house

a)       Have a craft room in that house for painting, sewing, etc.

i)         Decorate this room with my VanGogh theme (my old bedroom).

b)       Have a darkroom in that house.

10)   Find a job that uses my degree, and I actually like, with a decent schedule.

 

( And on it goes.... ) 

Title: A Warning Sign
Fandom: Ashes to Ashes
Characters: Alex/Gene
Prompt: #35 - Sixth Sense
Word Count: 1356
Rating: PG
Summary: Danger looms...
Author's Notes: three days after 'A Token Of Respect'
My Table: LDT

A Warning Sign

At 12:47 this afternoon (Eastern Standard Time), the North Pole will be angled furthest away from the sun. That is, the axial tilt of Terra relative to Sol will be at its most acute. For the Northern Hemisphere, it is the shortest day of the year. Here in New Saint Botolph’s Town, the sun rose this morning at 7:10 a.m. and will set at 4:14 p.m - just a little over nine hours of daylight. Bad news if you’re an office cubicle troglodyte with Seasonal Affective Disorder. It is also the official beginning of winter, but those of us who shoveled snow yesterday already had a pretty good idea of the season.

Our ancestors lit fires today to encourage the sun’s return. It’s not that they really believed the sun would go dark. Primitive doesn’t mean stupid. But if you lived in northern latitudes, it was a darned good excuse for a party. The cider that was put by in October was developing into a pretty decent tipple, and there were other potent beverages to keep you warm. Animals that you didn’t want to keep through the winter were slaughtered and smoked, salted, dried, or roasted. The offal was minced for sausages, haggis, and puddings, and pies. The deep midwinter was almost upon us, we hoped we’d make it through to the spring.

The Solstice has always been a significant date for religion. The forces of darkness have to be battled back, and the forces of light encouraged. Even after the early bull-and-cow cults were supplanted by mighty gods like that preached prophet Zoroaster, elements of the old beliefs still crept through. Ahura Mazda was represented as light and fire; the evil Ahriman was darkness. The bull and sun gods were translated into another form, to be worshipped by the far-flung Roman legions as Mithras and the Unconquerable Sun. Sol Invictus later became an official Roman cult.

The Romans collected religions like some people collect Beanie Babies. The turning of the year was a great time to celebrate the god Saturn. Invented to raise morale after a military defeat around 217 BCE, Saturnalia stretched from a one-day celebration to a whole week by the time of Caesar Augustus. Social strictures were eased and even reversed. Drinking, eating and merrymaking were the order of the day.

Later Christians sought to stamp out the drunken revelry of Saturnalia by claiming the day to celebrate the birth of their God. It took a while, since the earliest Christians were Jews who saw the celebration of anyone’s birth as a pagan custom. But, several hundred years after the event, which certainly did not take place at the Solstice, Christians were able to stomp out Sol Invictus, Saturnalia, and heathen festivals in favor of a new holiday.

Personally, I’m tired of these people trying to take Saturn out of Saturnalia. When you go to the Forum, what do you hear from merchants? Not “Io, Saturnalia.” No, now it’s “merry christmas.” This is a Roman nation, and we worship Roman Gods. If the christians don’t want to celebrate Saturnalia, let them exile themselves back to the Provinces where they came from.

Title: This little light of mine.
Fandom: It's Been a Bad Week.
Characters: Hugh Dennis, Steve Punt.
Prompt: 073, Light.
Word Count: 178.
Rating: PG.
Summary: Fluffy.
Dislaimer: All of this story is a complete fiction and does not reflect on the people whose public images I have misappropriated thus.

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Title: Never brought to mind.
Fandom: It's Been a Bad Week.
Characters: Hugh Dennis, Steve Punt plus their partners.
Prompt: 095, New Year.
Word Count: 1222.
Rating: PG.
Summary: It's a love square that makes no one happy.
Dislaimer: All of this story is a complete fiction and does not reflect on the people whose public images I have misappropriated thus.

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Sup, LiveJournal...

Do people on here still care about who I may or may not be?

'Kay, I'll just go back to reading badfic.
<3

I haven't really been watch SVU lately, so has any shippiness happened this season?

Title: Strangers, or, Nicole Sucks At Titles
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Narcissa Malfoy, Andromeda Tonks, Bellatrix Lestrange, Draco Malfoy
Prompt: 025, Strangers
Word Count: 183
Rating: G
Summary: 'Narcissa would recognize the first person to ever break her heart anywhere.'
Author's Notes: J.K.R owns them all.

 

( its Draco's birthday... )

Title: The First Snow
Fandom: Anne of Green Gables
Characters: Gilbert Blythe, Anne Shirley Blythe, Jem Blythe.
Prompt: 99. Writer's Choice
Word Count: 455
Rating: G
Summary: Anne, Gil and Jem enjoy the first snow fall.
Author's Notes: Characters belong to L.M. Montgomery.
LDT: Table

ETA:
Title: About Our Boy
Fandom: Anne of Green Gables
Characters: Gilbert Blythe, Mrs. Blythe, John Blythe
Prompt: 100. Writer's Choice
Word Count: 131
Rating: G
Summary: Mr. and Mrs. Blythe put Gilbert to bed.
Author's Notes: Characters belong to L.M. Montgomery (except Esther Perry). I own nothing. Based off of something that horseflyr and I did when we were younger.
LDT: Table

Title: Baby Letter
Fandom: Anne of Green Gables
Characters: Gilbert Blythe, Anne Shirley Blythe, Jem Blythe. Mentions of Matthew Cuthbert, Captain Jim, Joyce Blythe.
Prompt: 73. Light
Word Count: 267
Rating: G
Summary: Gilbert writes a letter after Jem's birth.
Author's Notes: Characters belong to L.M. Montgomery. I own nothing. Inspired by a post by naboosenator.
LDT: Table

Title: Christmas Letter
Fandom: Anne of Green Gables
Characters: Gilbert Blythe, Anne Shirley Blythe, Jem Blythe, Faith Ford Blythe, Nan Blythe Ford, Jerry Ford, Rilla Blythe Ford, Kenneth Ford, Baby Ford. Mentions Mrs. Blythe, John Blythe.
Prompt: 53. Earth
Word Count: 322
Rating: G
Summary: A Christmas letter from the Blythe household
Author's Notes: Characters belong to L.M. Montgomery (except Baby Ford). I own nothing.
LDT: Table

Title: How Love Goes
Fandom: Anne of Green Gables
Characters: Gilbert Blythe, Anne Shirley
Prompt: 98. Writer's Choice
Word Count: 174
Rating: G
Summary: A quick "summarization" of Anne and Gil's relationship following "Check Yes or No".
Author's Notes: Characters belong to L.M. Montgomery. Song fic to "Check Yes or No" by George Strait. I own nothing.
Table:LDT

ETA
Title: Somewhere in Heaven
Fandom: Anne of Green Gables
Characters: Gilbert Blythe, Anne Shirley Blythe
Prompt: 54. Air
Word Count: 413
Rating: G
Summary: Gilbert misses Anne after she dies.
Author's Notes: Characters belong to L.M. Montgomery. I own nothing.
Table:LDT

Title: prettier than you.
Author: sundaymess
Fandom: Backstage Prince
Characters: Horiuchi Ryusei & Akari
Prompt: 017. Dance
Word Count: 189
Rating: T
Summary: "Akari. What. Are. You. Doing?"
Disclaimer: I do not own Backstage Prince.