Here are some things

[thisbluespirit]

Some links and things that I found or meant to post a while back:

1. unconventionalcourtship has started! There is amazing fic already, which you can check out there, or in the AO3 collection. It's only just started so there are four fics, but good stuff already. Ace/Oswin, and an epic Blake's 7 (sort of) pirate AU, which is brilliant. Can't wait to see what other fics turn up as it goes along.

2. Someone has been blogging about their efforts to recreate Downton Abbey as Sims. It would be pretty amusing anyway, but the random werewolves and zombies are definitely a highlight.

3. aralias also made a why you should watch Blake's 7 post. You are probably already feeling more than oppressed enough, but hers benefits from not being a random collection of Tumblr posts and has more quotes. (B7 being what it is, this is always a good thing.)

4. Brilliant (old) Yuletide fic for DWJ's The Ogre Downstairs (one of her oldest, but I love it): Growing Together by kattahj. The tone is perfect. I mean, perfect. Which is all you need to know if you also know the book. Yuletide never ceases to be one of the most amazing fannish things ever.

So those are some things I found and hid, or have only just found. :-)

Comments

[aralias]

\o/ i am also really pleased with how unconventionalcourtship is going so far. i hope everyone who didn't participate is now going 'BUT WHY NOT???' because it is clearly awesome.

also - i do feel a bit bad about saying 'it will be piratey!' and then servalan, the only pirate, barely shows up and doesn't do anything piratey at all. oooooooh well.

[thisbluespirit]

So you should be - well done! :-)

And, ha, worry not. It was great and there were sea battles, and I don't feel short-changed on the pirate front at all.

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

*smishes you*

I have nothing useful or intelligent to say (exhaustion and pain do not make for coherent conversation...)

[thisbluespirit]

Aw. *hugs you*

Hope you feel a bit better in the morning, then! :-/

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

That'll depend on whether the pain in my knee wakes me at 4am as it did this morning (it prevented me from going back to sleep until a more reasonable hour, too.)

Basically I did a full day yesterday at work - just so teh boss could sod off to London (AGAIN!) - and then another 5 hours today. I limped home wanting to cry I was so tired and in so much pain.

[thisbluespirit]

Aw. :-( Well, I hope today was better for you anyway. *hugs*

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

Not really. Woke up at 3am this morning - and didn't go back to sleep. Plus we had 8 hours of bloody SNOW (which the Classic FM newsreader was pleased to call "wintry showers" (understatement of the bloody CENTURY!) on the weather forecast) - which I had to wade through to go to the launderette and supermarket this morning. My left foot slipped twice - when I had a heavy bag of wet washing in my hand. I always get somewhat terrified when that happens - thinking I'll fall down and do even more damage to my knee.

[thisbluespirit]

Aw, I'm sorry. :-?

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

Thanks...

*hugs*

[ladymercury-10.livejournal.com]

That Ace/Oswin fic is genius! Thanks for sharing. :)

[thisbluespirit]

Heh, glad to point you in the right direction! And it is, yes. :-)

[moetushie]

That fic! I haven't finished reading it, but so very excellent. ♥

[thisbluespirit]

It's brilliant, isn't it? I reread the book fairly recently and it just followed on beautifully.

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

I am all for more people watching B7 (I admit, I have just transferred all the episodes from the DVDs to my external hard drive, to make it easier to browse...) and especially for people to love Blake and Avon :)

[thisbluespirit]

Well, aralias and I are doing our best now! It seems to be working. Provided they like it. And aralias has fallen for it (and Blake and Avon) in a big way - and, even better, has been writing lots of marvellous fic ever since she finished the series.

Although I do wish someone would watch it and fall in love with everyone but Blake and Avon, just for more fic variety. ;-p

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

There used to be the Tarrant Nostra on the mailing lists...

[thisbluespirit]

:lol: Okay, cards on the table. I mean: I want fic for all the women!!! And Vila. With background Avon snarking, obviously. And Avon and Vila snarking at each other. And all the AI.

*sigh* I want everything!! And I still can't even read v much, so there's not even any point in me grumbling. *sheepish* :-)

Avon and Blake are pretty darn fascinating, too, though. B7 is amazing.