screaming loud enough to turn back the wind

[Poll #1879793]

Here are the first paragraphs of fics in the works.

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The first time Blaine touches Kurt’s hand, that very first day, the innocent spy on the stairs, he wonders, What do you think I am?

If Arthur had the choice, he'd lock himself in his grandfather's library and teach himself magic.

Kurt Hummel is possibly the least fragile person Sue Sylvester has ever met. He’s got this core of steel in him, tempered in the heart of a volcano, and the way he looks at people, sometimes, like he could rip out their throats and keep walking – well.

All Lucy ever wanted was to be beautiful and lovely and happy. Of those three, beautiful was the most important, so she worked hard and begged her parents and remade herself as Quinn - beautiful Quinn all the boys want and all the girls want to be.

Because of his bloodline, Blaine was allowed to wear a hat in class. He usually didn’t; at his old school, he hadn’t been able to because of the equality laws. Before high-school, he hadn’t needed to. It wasn’t until the bullying really took off, right before the Sadie Hawkins’ dance, that his bloodline kicked in.

The first class with Professor Umbridge went well enough, Emrys thought. He copied down the course aims and read the assigned chapter quickly. No one wanted to draw Professor Umbridge’s attention because her shouting match with Harry Potter had already made the rounds.

“Let me guess,” Blaine says, slumping down next to Kurt on Alec’s couch, “this week, we’re, uh, stealing the Crown Jewels to feed orphans in – um, some war-torn country somewhere?”

WHY THE HELL AM I WRITING A FIC WHERE BLAINE IS THE SON OF THE DEVIL AND KURT'S MOM WAS AN ANGEL?

Like, I have no idea where the story is going or what the plot is, and so far the only thing that's happened is Klaine meeting along with, you know, centuries of backstory writ large - I don't even know if it's a Supernatural crossover or not.

I just started writing it about an hour ago - why?

So, I'm working on Merlin's second year at Hogwarts.

If Umbridge dies a month into Harry's fifth year, how is canon changed?

If the author of a book called The Anatomy of Evil mentions a terrible event you've never heard of, DON'T LOOK IT UP.

Title: a storm whereon they ride
Fandom: Glee
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Byron
Warnings: canon up until Never Been Kissed; serial killer AU; dark; death of canon characters and OCs; violence/bullying/homophobia; canon sexual assault; threat of rape; non-con; implied and actual bad things happening to animals; a few things from seasons 3&4 incorporated; a whole lot of implied kink; frequent outside pov; disturbing fluff; lots of discussion and thoughts of coldblooded murder; some pre-series stuff; lots of future!fic; a bit of gore; bad weather; talk of homicide/suicide; disturbing imagery; zombies; assumed domestic violence
Pairings: Kurt/Blaine, unwanted and unrequited Karofsky/Kurt; Kurt/Blaine/OMCs; unrequited Sebastian/Blaine; Kurt/OMC, Blaine/OMC; Burt/Carole; Finn/Rachel; Finn/OFC; unrequited Puck/Kurt; Zizes/Puck; Blaine’s mom/Blaine’s Dad; Cooper/OFC; Santana/Brittany; OCs/OCs; unrequited OFC/Kurt
Rating: R
Wordcount: 24470+ - WIP
Point of view: third
Prompts: vary by chapter


Klaine serial killer AU. Blaine's good at being adorable. Kurt's even better at appearing helpless.

(Be warned - mentions of thoughts of self-harm. I'm better now.)



Hey, y'all.

So, I think the last time I went this long without posting, I had fallen off a horse. This time, it only felt like it.

The day before I took the GRE, I received a comment on one of my fics. That comment really bothered me. My immediate reaction was to either grab a knife from the kitchen and slice up my arms or delete everything I've ever put on the internet.

Instead of doing either of those, I called my older sister and she talked me down.

The next day, I took the GRE and finished two hours early. My preliminary scores, so helpfully given by the computer, didn't bother me because I knew I'd kicked ass on the essay.

A couple weeks later, before getting my final scores or my acceptance to grad school, I learned that I'd applied to the wrong program: I applied as a non-degree applicant because it doesn't require the GRE, and I'd been told that my employers would pay for it, anyway.

Nope. The same lady who told me that informed me that I was mistaken. So, I had to reapply, pay the fee again, and the late fee, too, because it was after the deadline.

Then I got my GRE score: one point too low for anything but probation in a degree program - which means no financial aid, and no assistantship where my employers pay for almost all of it. And I got a three out of possible six on the essay, which made me wonder if I’m not as good a writer as I thought.

I realize that if this is the worst thing I ever have to deal with, I am a supremely lucky person. But October has been a bad month.

I haven’t really missed posting to LJ, either. I’ve been working on one fic for the past few weeks and updating it at Ao3 and ff.net, in-between freaking out about grad school and getting a second job. (And traveling three hours for a game that got cancelled. That was a fun day.) My favorite part of LJ, at the moment, are all my icons. I’m in a sort of funk, I think.

Anyway. Whether or not my employers pay for it, I am going to grad school next spring. I was accepted into the non-degree program and I have an upcoming appointment with someone to talk about classes. My excitement has waned due to all the drama, but once I get past that, I’m pretty sure I’ll be excited again.

So, yeah. The reason I didn’t post anything for most of the month was due to that comment; I’m not sure if it was to punish myself or prove that I could, and I’m not sure what that reviewer wanted to achieve except to make me feel horrible. If that was her aim, she hit it out the ballpark, and I’m glad my older sister answered the phone; my mom and little sister didn’t, and I was increasingly hysterical.

Next, I’ll post the header and link to the fic I’ve been working on. But I’m not sure if I’ll posting anything but links to Ao3 from now on.

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Title: three meetings
Fandom: Avengers movieverse
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: mentions of animal abuse, bullying, violence
Pairings: pre-Bucky/Steve
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 280
Point of view: third
Prompt: Captain America, Steve + Bucky, first meeting


( James Barnes and Steve Rogers met on a cold winter day, when Steve was about to get pummeled into the ground by a bunch of boys who'd been tormenting a three-legged dog and Jimmy (not Bucky, not for two more months) shoved his way to the middle of the confrontation and stared down the ringleader. )




Title: Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun
Fandom: Supernatural/Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from WH Auden
Warnings: a fair bit of crack? AU. Picks up towards the end of season 5.
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 495
Point of view: third
Prompt: Supernatural/Percy Jackson, Sam + Dean (+ Adam), Sam and Dean find out (or AU already knew) that they're sons of Hermes (bonus for Luke!Adam)



(  Mary Campbell's father was not Samuel Campbell. )



Title: how hard the wind was blowing that day
Fandom: Inception
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Ruark
Warnings: mentions of violence
Pairings: Arthur/Eames
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 360
Point of view: third
Prompt: any, any/any, you don't need to agree with your partner about the things you love when you simply coincide in the things you both hate



( In the beginning, Arthur was a soldier betrayed by his country and Eames was a thief betrayed by his employer. )



Title: writing is hard
Fandom: Supernatural
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: pre-series
Pairings: gen
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 100
Point of view: third
Prompt: Supernatural, Chuck, how he decided to be a writer.



( Chuck can't remember a time when he wasn't a writer. )





Title: Your candle burned out
Fandom: Glee
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Elton John
Warnings: character death/suicidal ideation; AU during season 3; a sociopathic, possessive fire elemental
Pairings: unrequited Karofsky/Kurt; Blaine/Kurt
Rating: PG13
Wordcount: 735
Point of view: third
Prompt: any, any, "I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next." (Gladiator)


(  Kurt and Dad are Dave's only visitors . )

Would someone please make me an icon of this picture? I really REALLY want it, and the computer is totally thwarting me. I've tried from two different computers.








ETA: has been taken care of! *bounces*

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Title: you'll escape in the final reel
Fandom: Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Jesus Christ, Superstar
Warnings: mentions of violence; character death
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 165
Point of view: third
Prompt: Highlander, Methos, the world was always ending but for a thousand years it happened at his command


( Each human believes their little speck of dust is the whole world  )



Title: a storm whereon they ride
Fandom: Glee
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Byron
Warnings: AU; dark; character death; violence/bullying; sexual assault; threat of rape
Pairings: Kurt/Blaine, unwanted and unrequited Karofsky/Kurt; Kurt/Blaine/OMCs
Rating: R
Wordcount: 925
Point of view: third
Prompt: Any, any, "I would butcher {the} whole world, if only you would love me!" (Quote from Gladiator.)


( It didn't start out like this. )




Title: sunlight in the broken places
Fandom: Glee
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: takes place in 2.6
Pairings: pre-Klaine
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 50
Point of view: third
Prompt: any, any, revealed in the light.



( Kurt is always ice and steel. )





Title: fruit from the rotten tree shall ever be rotten
Fandom: Greek myth
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: dub-con, incest
Pairings: Hades/Persephone, unrequited Hades/Demeter
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 50
Point of view: third
Prompt: Greek Myth, Hades/Demeter, stop haunting me



( Persephone has her mother's beauty and her father's temper. )



Title: my missing puzzle piece
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Katy Perry
Warnings: future!fic, fluff
Pairings: Kurt/Blaine
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 50
Point of view: third
Prompt: Any, any, our song


( Dad's playlist always repeats an old Katy Perry song before going to the next. )