Ohh man, you guys. Team Fortress 2. If you know about it, please feel free to tell me how much you love it. It is a game that deserves loving.

..it is a crazy crazy fandom though. If I suddenly become very loud and annoying, it is because I am trying to show off my superpower that is Being Like Scout.

( ART: Spy, Pyro, Viper&Surgeon being.. themselves and totally unrelated to TF2 )

A few pages from issue 22 of Transmetropolitan.

( Warren Ellis makes me believe in people. )

Go hug someone you love now.

Wow, okay.

So due to my Planetary withdrawal (it's just over a month, what is this), today I started reading Transmetropolitan.

Another addition to the list of People You're Not Supposed To Be Attracted To: Spider Jerusalem.

...

Coincidentially he is also the latest addition to the list of People Jess Would Do In A Heartbeat.

Here is your random slashy moment of the day:

( Page 15 of Slingers #11, possibly one of the best series published by Marvel *ever*. )

These are Ricochet and Prodigy, aka Johnny and Ritchie. Aren't they cute?

Now you're all going to go to your local comic shop and look through the back-issues bins for Slingers comics. I kid you not, this series is amazing-- it's only 12 issues long (13 if you're counting the preview issue 00, 16 if you're also counting the storyline-variants of issue 1, ahem), but it is quite frankly fabulous.

How fabulous, you ask? Well, if someone asked me what my favourite teenaged superhero team was, I wouldn't tell them Young Avengers.

okay, maybe it's a tie. It's like, this close. *holds up fingers*

In clipnotes, the past few days:

- Friday was rather awesome. I dressed up as Cillian Murphy's Scarecrow (my mask was amazing, seriously, I doubt this costume will be retired any time soon) and flaunted the full outfit at school. During class I wore nerd glasses along with the suit and tie, and rather than explain the fact that I was Scarecrow dressed up as Jonathan Crane, I declared myself to be a disgruntled spy. But honestly-- I have never recieved so many compliments in less than an hour in my life. It gave me warm fuzzies. (Unfortunately I did not find a Joker, or even a Batman, because apparently people are too cool for that in 2009.)

- Saturday was, of course, even more awesome. I went out with Alaina, who dressed up as a devil wearing a blue hoodie, and Jasmine, who dressed up as our chaperone. There was no rain. <3 Afterwards, Jazz came over to my house and we watched Freddy vs Jason. I feel kind of weird shipping these two, oh god oh god

- Today has been spent recovering my feet and watching the insane squirrels of the neighborhood. There are a black and a grey squirrel that have been tormenting each other mercilessly-- I'm fairly sure they're the same ones because the black one is rather tiny, and the grey one is pretty pale. This morning, black squirrel bit grey squirrel's tail and caused him to fall off the fence. Later in the afternoon, grey squirrel claimed ownership of the front maple tree and spent a good five minutes waving his tail at black squirrel in revenge.

Naturally I've named them Black Spy and White Spy.
 

shut up my fandom is awesome.

Ways to procrastinate: memes. (I promise to follow through this time. Dx)

Pick a fandom, any fandom I'm in. I will tell you:
1. One True Pairing Ship:
2. Canon Ship:
3. "If this happens I'll stab my eyes out with a spork" Ship:
4. "You are one sick puppy" Ship:
5. "I dabble a little" Ship:
6. "It's like a car crash" Ship:
7. "Tickles my fancy but not sold just yet" Ship:
8. "Makes no canon sense but why the heck not" Ship:

My fandoms are, okay, very very many. If I've mentioned it in passing, if you've talked to me about it, if I've participated in a conversation where someone else is talking about it-- it's all fair game. If I know about it, I probably have an opinion on it, and thus, ships. Ask away. x3

Hi, internet. You and I haven't been talking much lately-- I know, it's been over a month, but you'll have me back, won't you?

- Back in school, having fun.

- Watching too much TV and reading too many comics. As usual.

- Apparently I know this guy who knows this guy who wanted to create a comm for a Scottish dude and an evil genius who sometimes sleep together. It's called nanomites, if you're interested.

(Now that things are kind of evening out, life-wise, I promisepromisepromise I'll post more often. I STILL LOVE YOU GUYS. <3 Now you should tell me all about how much you love me in the form of, idk, squee. You know who I haven't heard enough of lately? Bill and Byron. Someone tell me about their zillion puppies and utter devotion and lack of ability to control the washing machine.)

So sometimes this works. I've been having trouble writing things people actually want to see lately-- of course there's the pile of crack and smut that somehow never seems to collect dust, but, you know, plot? Fics that exist in actual canon? That's not really happening. So instead I'm going to post snippets from the middle of my WIPs.

( Sigma 6: Snake Eyes/Kamakura if you squint, quiet moments in Japan )

( The Batman: Ragdoll/Riddler, the morning after )

More relevant to your interests: some scribblydoodles.

( snaaaaake eyyyyes )

Also! I have a new RP journal at yourstrulyblue. Mandrake is a Batverse OC-- thief, magician, patron of the arts, 20-something cynical prodigy runaway. Open for threading with if anyone is in the mood.

Anyway, hope you're all doing lovely, feel free to yammer if you're in a talkative mood. Have a lovely week, folks. <3

Flashpoint 301 spoilers.



( i'll give up all i have just to breathe / the same air as you till the day that i die )

Yeah, I used the word rad.

Jasmine and I spent all of last night and all of today playing Arkham Asylum. Things we learned:

1. Riddler is really hot. And has a really hot voice. (Okay, I think I'm the one who learned this.)
2. Straightjacket fetish? Sure.
3. Auto-erotic asphyxia? Sure.
4. Scarecrow totally asking for it? Happened.
5. Scarecrow not thinking his plans through? ..also happened.
6. Riddler is kind of a voyeur.
7. Riddler also spends a lot of time whispering dirty things in Batman's ear. hey it's dirty in my mind okay
8. This only stops if he needs a coffee break, or gets sleepy. Which is never. Because it's Riddler. Except if by 'sleepy' you mean 'horny'.
9. Scarecrow is kind of like Rex, if you gave Rex hypodermic needle-fingers.
10. He sometimes hides behind Harley, because she has big guns. By guns I actually mean guns. Mostly.
11. But if I didn't mean guns, I'd kind of agree with that too.
12. Ivy is such a HBIC.
13. Scarecrow is still a wimp, but now he's a wimp who controls an entire trippy dream-world.
14. With living skeletons.
15. I am left wondering why no one has written slashfic yet.

Cutting one lil itty bitty spoiler--

( "Are you up for the challenge?" BRING IT ON, EDDIE. )

Now everyone needs to go out and play this game. I will write Batman/Riddler/Scarecrow fic for anyone who wants it. Or Riddler/Scarecrow. Or Batman/Riddler. Or Batman/Scarecrow. Seriously. don't judge

Or, you know, if you just want fic that focuses on the sexiness of Riddler's voice, I am in no position to object.

Went to see 9 last evening. Cried at the theatre. Got home and tried to explain why I was so teary to my mother-- cried some more.

(Don't let that discourage you, though, it's an amazing movie, and they're more happy, aching tears than anything. ;-;)

Set my alarm to wake me up to Signal Fire this morning-- woke up and listened to it in that bleary half-awake state and now every thought I have tugs at my heart a little. D: This movie is wonderful, nothing short of brilliant, but if you're like me and get fond of things very quickly, you'll probably shed a tear or two when it's over.

..gwuh. And it has some seriously slashy moments. I mean really.

;32 Bandom [Panic! at the Disco: Brendon Urie, Spencer Smith, Fall Out Boy: Pete Wentz, misc.: Ryan Ross, Jon Walker]
;44 GI Joe [Rise of Cobra: Snake Eyes, Storm Shadow, Baroness, Duke, Scarlett, Tim Seeley Art: Snake Eyes]



( you found a home in all your scars and ammunition )

. comment & credit . editing is a-okay, but credit accordingly . feedback much appreciated .

easy to find & harder to keep
planetary, elijah/jakita/drummer
522 words
R
summary: The Drummer is cold.
warnings: none

I haven't actually read past issue 3 of Planetary yet, but I love these three so much that I couldn't not write something. Set sometime in the vague future. R for nondescriptive smut.

( i've loved you longer than the sun has known your face, and i always will, long after the sun is gone )

Ack, I apologize to everyone who hasn't gotten comments or responses in awhile-- vacation and Impending School and the occasional computer issue do hinder one's ability to communicate with the online world, apparently. ;-; I'm catching up! But meanwhile, a few updates.

Last weekend, my family went and visited Stratford, followed by a three-day adventure in Frankenmuth, Michigan. Which was-- interesting. Okay, I've been going to Frankenmuth every year for the past four years, but, I mean, it's still wildly disconcerting to see Christmas lights in the middle of summer. It's like being in Florida in December or something.

( Stratford first. )

Frankenmuth was also incredible. We spent a ridiculous amount of money on clothes and fudge and ridiculous little trinkets (I bought a baby seal plushie!). Highlights include going to Old Navy and buying ten Marvel t-shirts, including Captain America and Iron Man, Sara and I wearing said t-shirts, and subsequently hearing Battlefield on the radio and being physically unable to stop ourselves from having a singalong despite standing in the middle of the mall. (WHY DOES LOVE ALWAYS FEEL LIKE A BATTLEFIIIIELD... it is so them, ok, don't deny it. ;-;)

I've been a little behind on comic-buying lately, but as of yesterday I am officially caught up. In re: Batgirl #1-- ( I will not get my hopes up, because DC does not have the best track record with playing nice, but, I mean, GLEE. )

Other than that-- Dark Wolverine #77 was a blast, and I'm pretty sure the sexual tension between Lester and Daken is not just subtext anymore, and is very rapidly becoming actual text, many thanks to Daken and his very eloquent way of expressing his feelings. Methinks arrows are not the only thing Lester wants to be impaling him with? Mac is such a dweeb, though, and nevertheless I find myself wanting to smother him in hugs, WHAT IS MY PROBLEM. Gotham City Sirens #3 was a riot, but I am finding myself missing the presence of Firefly in Streets of Gotham, even if he's only been gone for one issue. (Sara is not so impresed with GCS at the moment-- we are, after all, paying to see what will inevitably result in Harley and Ivy seducing Selina for a threesome, and not freaking Tommy Elliot and whatever it is he's doing nowadays, but The-Man-Formerly-Known-As-Riddler will suffice for now.)

Today, as per recommendation of enemyfrigate, I made key lime pie (here have a recipe). It turned out fabulously, and I am actually rather impressed with it. We will be eating it for dessert. :3

But yeah. If any of you have any updates for me that you don't want me to accidentially miss while scrolling through my flist, please do not hesitate to drop a line, because I totes miss you guys. ;-; Hope you're all doing good.

and ps, am I the only one who kind of wants glambert to do a cover of 'listen to your heart', or is that just me?

Ack! Two entries within, like, an hour, I'm sorry everyone. D: BUT BUT BUT. JAZZ WROTE SIGMA 6 FIC.

(for those of you just tuning in, that's Sigma 6 as in GI Joe: Sigma 6, as in the cheesiest cartoon in history, as in one of my guiltiest guilty pleasures, oh dear. ]:)

But! Godddd. SNAKE EYES. KAMAKURA. Total inappropriateness! Angst! Fluff! TUNNEL RAT.

I can die happy now.

Snake Bite on fanfiction.net-- read, love, laugh at the fact that I always manage to pick the dorkiest fandoms. (Seriously, GI Joe and Watchmen, what is this.)

Oh, and then go watch it, if you are so inclined.

For your listening pleasure: a selection of twenty of the best songs of Silent Hill, with special thanks to lillithssfor recommendations. I have been hooked, hooked I tell you, on this music for the past three hours-- it is the type of music that you want to fall asleep to, all haunting piano and slow, quiet beats and ambience, and it's nothing short of fantastic.

I had to share.

The songs are primarily instrumental, with a few exceptions. Most are off the Silent Hill 2 and 3 soundtracks, save the first two (from the original) and Room of Angel, which I couldn't not include. General knowledge and/or fondness of the Silent Hill universe not required.

( track listing & download link over yonder )

Today's project: finish that damn lineart. First time drawing any spandex-clad male besides Spectre. ;-;


wariness by the ounce
quicksilver [ultimate, maybe 18?]
graphite pencils, Photoshop
G

( i thought i was a fool for no one )

YOU GUYS.

I'VE BEEN SAYING IT ALL ALONG.

AND NOW IT'S FINALLY HERE.

WHAT WOULD HJ DO?

wwhjd

NELLY, OBVIOUSLY.



I am a little excited. Post with actual substance coming soon.

My boys are coming back.

I have never missed a band so much as I have missed AFI. I have been distracted from their goings-on for about a year and a half solid-- and oh my, oh my, Davey.

Crash Love will be released on September 25th. You will likely never hear the end of it.

I bought a Captain America and an Iron Man bobblehead today. So far they are proving to be a worthwhile purchase.

( Obviously they're inseperable. )

..if you don't see me for a few months, it's because I've spent too much money and we had to give up cable to compensate. ;-;

Marvel Boy is really wonderful, if in a 'Noh-Varr, baby, what are you doing?' sort of way. Also, those shorts are amazing. Do they not realize that look only works on prepubescent sidekicks? Or is this just fanservice?

Man, I wish I could reroute pain signals to my auditory cortex. You punch him and he hears music, where is the Dark Avengers band AU in this? (Kid's my hero and anyone who thinks this is strange gets fed to the roaches.) I'm barely joking, I want a fic where Daken is the lead singer/guitarist/lyricist to some horrible grungy punk rock band, and he sleeps with everyone, and Noh-Varr is this quiet prodigy who records symphonies in his spare time, and Norman Osborne's label is running out of talent so he hires both of them and forces them to work together. (Lester is Daken's disgruntled tech! They cannot stand each other, but occasionally Daken lets Lester fuck him anyway. Other times this end in hitting and yelling and throwing things.)

On an unrelated note, is mpreg not mpreg when it has to do with Venom? I never did read anything Carnage-related, does it count? Can I write a story about Eddie Brock being a completely pissy pregnant lady?

..never mind, this question just became rhetorical, oh dear.