A Lar by any other name

Do you remember that I said awhile back that I wanted a real life person to use as Kate Bishop when I write her/visualize her in a medium other than comics? I have found her.

Caroline Dhavernas


Yes, she's not 19 but there are some older pictures that have her looking a little more youthful than others. Yes, she's in Hannibal but I don't watch Hannibal. From her IMDB list, I don't believe I've ever seen her on my TV or movie screen. While others will look at her and have preconceived notions, I won't!

At Clint's apartment (although those red lamps are a bit horrid)
A bit dressed up
Sometimes you have to prove to those around you that you aren't a little girl anymore and that you can handle being a superhero, the same as them
Yeah, I can hit that even in this breeze
(I don't even have anything to say to this one because this is her with Ryan Phillpe and that is more than enough for any one picture to handle)

And now I'll get back to that fic...

Gacked from mierke:

Give me 2 names/titles/options for the following categories & make me choose between:

Show: ___________ or ___________
Ship: ___________ or ___________
Band: ___________ or ___________
Actor: ___________ or ___________
Actress: ___________ or ___________
Singer: ___________ or ___________
Movie: ___________ or ___________
Character: ___________ or ___________
Book: ___________ or ___________

Don't feel you need to give me two choices that you think I might like. Make me choose between your favorites! I have Wiki!

(I didn't take either of these pictures)

Today was the day that I caught a real life glimpse of Felicia Day.



Even from a distance, she is GORGEOUS. Flawless, I would say.

Now, I decided not to spend on autographs mostly because I didn't want to spend yet more time in line than we already spent. But I really wanted to lift that rule once I saw Felicia Day.

Another gorgeous woman? Clare Kramer.



Time has been kind to Clare but there has still been a lot of time between today's panel and her days as Glory on Buffy. Still, she seems like a really nice human being.

Another hero that I got to see up close... Georges Jeanty! He went to some of the same panels I went to... like he's a normal person or something! I completely forgot to bring one of my Buffy comics to have him sign. Oh well. Tomorrow or Sunday, I'd like to walk up to his table and tell him how much I love his work. We'll see.

I did see some amazing art! I tried to go up to the female artists that I saw and take the time to look at their work and compliment them. I'll have to dig out all the cards I picked up but there was some amazing stuff there!

Carrie Vaughn is listed as being there tomorrow in a few panels so now I feel as if I must find out if she has a table of some sort. I didn't take the time to look at any of the book tables since I was intent on finding "Batman New 52 Number 4 first edition but only if it's under $20" for our UPS guy that geeks out with me when he stops to deliver our boxes. But now I'm going to have to go find books!!! Because I need them! I do!

Okay, SGA friends, I have a connundrum for you. Granted, it's been awhile since I've seen Enemy At the Gate so I'm not completely sure what I remember correctly about that particular show. I went to Todd's wiki to get some info for a story I'm writing and came across this bit under 2009:

Later he contacted Atlantis revealing that, though the process was extremely painful, the Iratus bug had completely cured him of the horrid disease, also reversing the gene therapy causing him to turn back into a normal Wraith. He also told them that he had been defeated by one of his crew, who had gotten his hands on several Zero Point Modules, a vast power source that can strengthen a Hive Ship greatly. He was allowed back to Atlantis, but was held in a cell. The Wraith who had betrayed Todd was on his way to Earth having received the coordinates from a subspace transmission from an alternate reality. Therefore, Todd provided the expedition with two ZPMs so it could fly to Earth and battle the Hive before it attacked. Atlantis landed on Earth after the Hive had been destroyed and Todd was still in custody. (ATL: "Vegas", "Enemy at the Gate")

After putting Todd into stasis to keep him alive without dealing with the ethical issue of whether or not to feed him, he was released after the expedition had returned to Pegasus and were investigating reports of a new Wraith Queen, known as 'Queen Death'. When studying a holographic projection left by Queen Death, Todd appeared to be slightly attracted to her image, but he was recovered by Wraith responding to the message's activation before Sheppard could question him about Queen Death's implied status in Wraith mythology.

I'm confused by that second paragraph... that isn't from Enemy At the Gate, is it? Is that from one of the books? Is someone just messing with the wiki? What am I missing?

That I collect books is a given. If I could live in a room constructed entirely of books, I would be so happy.

It's not just a blind collection, though. In and among my legions of books, I have several collections. I collect different editions of Little Women, the first book I could call my own (it was a gift) and the one that first inspired me to try writing my own stories. So far, I have about six editions, including one bound with Little Men. I'm working on getting all the Trixie Belden books. I have some original editions, some mass production editions from when I was young (and first read them) and some of the new bindings they came out with a few years ago.

But I'm most enamored by my collection of Madeleine Brent books. I started reading these only a few years after the last one came out. In fact, Golden Urchin was one of the first paperbacks I bought with my own money. I've been trying to find decently priced hardback first editions (it's weird to call them "first editions" when they came out in the early 80s) and I thought I had them all. THOUGHT. Today, I went looking to see if there was any audiobooks (sadly, no) which led me back to Amazon where I discovered that there is one of the collection that I don't own! I know that I read Heritage of Shadows because I read through them in the library one summer, but I don't own it. How sad!

Now I have a mission. Find a copy of the book.

And forever, I will try to find another author who can write a Gothic Romance like Madeleine/Peter.

Title: Right On The Edge (Part 2)
Prompt: Princess of China lyrics:
Once upon a time we're burning bright
That all we ever seemed to do is fight
Once upon a time on the same side
In the same game, now why'd you have to go
Have to go and throw it all in my flame
Word Count: 852
Rating: PG
Original/Fandom: Hawkeye comic!verse
Pairings (if any): none
Warnings (Non-Con/Dub-Con/Underage): mild swearing
Summary: Clint wants an explanation for Bobbi's invitation

( Bobbi’s expecting the visit )

gacked from mfirefly10

Do you see the blood on my chest? It's from the spikes of perfection that this song stuck into my heart, twisting around and around until I'm not sure if it's blood or tears on my cheeks.



(Yes, I'm really rather sappy about this fusion right now!)

It's the long Memorial Day weekend in the US. We've already made our annual (if the second year on the same weekend can be called annual) trip to Yellowstone Bear World (otherwise known as Yellowstone Lite) and the nephews were ECSTATIC! You drive through a preserve with bear, wolves, elk and other random animals along the path. If you can't get to Yellowstone or are too young to fully enjoy the park (we're in the second category with the boys right now), it's a pretty cool place.

Say what you will about the wilds of Idaho, Montana and Wyoming but we have pretty amazing animals and vistas. You want to see some of the coolest mountains around? Come to my area of the North American Rockies (specifically, the Sawtooths) and check out some pretty cool mountains. Talk about seeing Plate Tectonics up close!

I've been tasked with overnight care of Nephew The Youngest and our sleep last night was fitful. His because it always is and mine because I was snapped back to awareness every time he moved. I had an audio book playing softly when I first went to bed and either the talking soothed him or it soothed me and kept me from hearing him quite so much so I turned it back on about 3am.

Here's hoping we both get some good sleep tonight! I don't have time for a nap like I did this morning!

Today, I was going about my business, doing work-type things. You know, just everyday, run of the mill work stuff. All of a sudden, my brain explodes with this phrase:

STATE OF GRACE

And my muse says, rather smugly, "That's what the title of your Avengers angel fic will be called."

Funny how that happens.

I really should work a lot more and see if this doesn't happen all the time. *grins*



Also, I am so happy with the response to my last story. I have to tell you guys that I was really, really worried about it. I'm still nit-picky about the way certain parts came out (but I won't tell you what parts those are unless, well, you work with me and then it sort of all comes out when I'm bored and I tell you, ad nauseum, what I don't like about my stories) but that's water under the bridge because my motto is "You Can't Change What You Post On AO3 After You Post It". Seriously considering getting that on a crest or a tattoo or something.

But I was also scared of writing this because it's probably the closest I've come to putting myself in my stories. I'm that girl in the corner, struggling to look like she understands but she really doesn't and so she goes along with whatever is dragging her downstream and she's too afraid to scream, "STOP for a minute and let me catch my breath and UNDERSTAND." She lets people put labels on her that aren't true and there isn't anyone around to answer her questions because she can't just ask anyone because what if they get offended.

I didn't write any on the second story today because I was tired and this story is going to take a lot out of me. I want it to be as real as this one was. In a way, all three of these story ideas hit me upside the head and said, "WRITE TRUTH" and so I shall.

The internet is an amazing place. I'll never be at a place in my life where I will fit in. Oh, I'll mash my square peg into the round hole of this existence but it will never be an easy fit. It's what I've chosen and so I've only myself to blame. But the internet... man, you can show things here that you never show in real life. Not that I'm a different person but I'm more real on this screen than any other place. It's both scary and exhilarating. I wouldn't have it any other way.

I've completed my first of three stories for queer_fest! Hooray!

Title: Initiation Into This Life (or: 5 times Clint told the truth and one time she didn't)
Fandom: Marvel movie!verse
Pairing/Characters: main: Clint Barton (female), Natasha Romanoff - secondary: Nick Fury, Phil Coulson
Rating: Teen and Up
Word Count: 5202
Prompt: Everyone else thinks Clint is a guy. Clint doesn’t really bother correcting them. for queer_fest
Warnings: hints at Clint’s less-than-happy beginnings

Author's Note: I saw this prompt and wanted to write it. I started writing and found myself in a darkness, wondering that I'd ever considered it. I asked hufflepuffsneak what she thought of the story so far and she liked it. Without the quiet encouragement, I would never have finished this.

Summary: Clint Barton has the Black Widow in the cross-hairs of her bow but stays her impulse as she realizes that this woman has seen things, in this first meeting, that not even the people who know her best have ever realized. I was told you were one thing, yet I see you are completely another.

Here at AO3

Part of this story was inspired by this art by Lettie (from Tumblr)