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Jan. 15th, 2011 05:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
turpsLike many other people in bandom I've been glutting myself on no_tags stories. So much glorious, wonderful fic, and I still have so many stories open in tabs to read. I'm so impressed by the variety of stories, and many interesting and clever AUs. What I especially like is that while there are a lot set in the Killjoys verse each one has their own spin. Really, I just want to put my arms around everyone involved in no_tags, the writers, commenters, beta readers, everyone and squish them hard while saying, you're fantastic ♥
It was another good mail day today. I got my My Chem tickets \o/ and also a very lovely letter from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
sillyfax complete with Mikey pics :D Thank you so much for what you said, bb, your letter really did make me feel wonderful ♥ always.
Corey started his first paper round this week, which has meant getting up at 6 so he can get to the newsagents on time. I suspect you may guess my thoughts on this matter. For a while I thought it was a seven day a week thing but thankfully he doesn't deliver on a Sunday, and believe me, that makes me happy. Going to bed tonight and not setting the alarm will be a beautiful moment.
For fun only, anyone think they know what I wrote for no_tags? Did you read a storywhere Mikey was hurt/sick, Pete turned up in a random cameo and lots of hand holding went on and think, that's by Terri?
It was another good mail day today. I got my My Chem tickets \o/ and also a very lovely letter from
sillyfax complete with Mikey pics :D Thank you so much for what you said, bb, your letter really did make me feel wonderful ♥ always.Corey started his first paper round this week, which has meant getting up at 6 so he can get to the newsagents on time. I suspect you may guess my thoughts on this matter. For a while I thought it was a seven day a week thing but thankfully he doesn't deliver on a Sunday, and believe me, that makes me happy. Going to bed tonight and not setting the alarm will be a beautiful moment.
For fun only, anyone think they know what I wrote for no_tags? Did you read a story
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Date: 2011-01-15 06:39 pm (UTC)Tickets, yay!!
Arrrggghhh!! What a horrible time to have to get up! You should totally get a part of his earnings for having to get him up for it :-D
I don't think I'm allowed to guess, right? ;-D
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Date: 2011-01-15 06:44 pm (UTC)They're in front of me right now :D
Ahahaha, I can imagine his reaction if I told him that.
Nope. Sorry. Listening to me moan and no guessing come as a joint package.
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Date: 2011-01-15 07:06 pm (UTC)You totally should! Tell him that he's got to get himself up otherwise ;-D
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Date: 2011-01-15 07:10 pm (UTC)Oh, and thank you for the otter. It looks so adorable, and so perfect for you to gift <3
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Date: 2011-01-15 07:31 pm (UTC)I usually don't care about the free v-gift LJ keeps foisting on paid accounts but there was no way I could resist a baby otter! I just had to send a bunch of them :-)
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Date: 2011-01-15 05:56 pm (UTC)(PS totally stealing that icon. Fuckin' GUH, Mway.)
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Date: 2011-01-15 05:57 pm (UTC)Or not as I'm too lazy plus would feel like an idiot commenting on my own fic after reveal *g*
I still have so many stories to go. And that's after I've been reading like a crazy person.
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Date: 2011-01-15 06:00 pm (UTC)Guh about sums it up.
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Date: 2011-01-15 07:19 pm (UTC)I hope you and Spencer's shiny, shiny hair are having fun *g*
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Date: 2011-01-15 07:23 pm (UTC)I don't know if I have a favorite, they all just merged together in adorkable hotness.
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Date: 2011-01-15 07:26 pm (UTC)But yes. that's the one.
It was so nice to read about them again. Adorkable hotness is the perfect description.
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Date: 2011-01-15 07:33 pm (UTC)and i haven't gotten my tickets yet, boo! some of my mail seems to have gotten lost, so i wrote see tickets. my bus pass didn't arrive so they sent me a new one yesterday and it was already in the post today! so i'm thinking something might have gone wrong with none of us being home over the holidays. i hate lost mail >.>
yay for no alarms! ♥
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Date: 2011-01-15 07:36 pm (UTC)DUDE. The Killjoys fic being written KICKS ASS. Interestingly, I think my favorites have been the one Bob/Brian KJfic and ones about non-MCR bandom peeps. Well... maybe that's not true. The Bob and Frank one is killer, and I dig the Lyn-Z as a sexbot one, and the couple with Grace in 'em and... Yeah. *laughs* But the ones that really stick out - the one with Pete and Korse being trapped together's super cool and I LOVE the one about William. That one's actually helped kick the Cobra and TAI end of the TS writing pool in the butt again. The William and Gabe road trip fic posted today helped too. I wish someone would write The Used into this 'verse...
Even though there hasn't been a lot of Bob fic, the stuff that's there is excellent. The Bob/Brian KJ fic has my favorite Bob in that 'verse yet - and I'm including my own stabs at the character here. [I suspect your posting the Barbie Jeep GSF fic will cause me to revise my opinion on this matter. ;D]
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Date: 2011-01-15 07:46 pm (UTC)OH! You have me flailing about all the different KJ stories. Yes to everything you said. The Pete one was amazing, on the surface it was so simple but underneath it was saying so much.
How would you write The Used in? Another group of zone runners? Bert as a rat in the tunnels of Battery City. I can really see him as a scavenger for some reason.
The Bob/Brain was kickass.
Oh man, you're the best saying that. I'm nervous when I think about posting, probably because I've put so much work into the thing. The other day I googled pink Jeeps, and there's a tour company that does pink Jeep tours in the desert. I was highly amused, and imagined Bob in one of them, scowling and bitching at Mikey in the back.
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Date: 2011-01-15 07:53 pm (UTC)Lost mail is the worst. Ours has just started trickling in again. No doubt there was a huge backlog due to the snow, which is frustrating, and doesn't help when stuff is missing.
I hate alarms :(
♥ Hope you're feeling a little brighter now.
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Date: 2011-01-15 07:56 pm (UTC)wow, see tickets already answered my email! i'm impressed. they said my tickets haven't been shipped so far, so at least i know they didn't get lost!
i am, thank you lovey ♥
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Date: 2011-01-15 08:37 pm (UTC)I didn't spoil you for anything, did I? I was pretty vague, but if I did, I'm sorry.
The Pete one was amazing, on the surface it was so simple but underneath it was saying so much.
EXACTLY. I really enjoy it when people dig into the complexity that is Pete. You and Rach are good at this - as is Arsenic, though she doesn't dig into that boy's brain as often. But it really underlies for me how few people are burrowing under, when I hit a story like the Korse one and it's such a breath of fresh air. [I also feel like Pete's not getting written as much - is that true?]
How would you write The Used in? Another group of zone runners? Bert as a rat in the tunnels of Battery City. I can really see him as a scavenger for some reason.
I think you have an inkling of how I'd write them in, personally. >.>
Um, writing them as zonerunners seems to be the way folks tend to handle all the other bands in KJ 'verse. [Are we still calling it Dustverse?] And I can easily see how The Used would overlap and overlap well with the Killjoys. In many ways, The Used's the best fit for KJ 'verse - they are the most similar in feel to My Chem is so many ways, even with the vivid colors and dance beats that go with Danger Days. Well, MSI also - but they are already included in the 'verse canonically.
I digress. The Used.
I can see how working the black market in Battery City would be a good fit. I can see them not just surviving that way, but thriving. Living directly in Bli's shadows difficult, but I think they could manage it. Especially since the Killjoys are off being such a vivid distraction in the desert.
Yes, yes it was. And I am declaring 'kickass' to be the official Killjoys 'verse seal o' awesome. Like 'A++'. :D
I'd tell you not to be nervous, but we both know *that* doesn't work. ;P What I can tell you is all of the bits [AND BOBS HAHA] that I've read over the last few months have been excellent. It sounds like this illustrous Ms. L agrees - and she's a hard-sell, in the best ways possible. So I think you can let go of *some* of the worry. And if not, well, I'm here for hand-holding if needed. :)
The other day I googled pink Jeeps, and there's a tour company that does pink Jeep tours in the desert. I was highly amused, and imagined Bob in one of them, scowling and bitching at Mikey in the back.
This made me squee - CANON TERRI CANON! - and also go all *___* at the mental image.
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Date: 2011-01-15 11:38 pm (UTC)But it really underlies for me how few people are burrowing under, when I hit a story like the Korse one and it's such a breath of fresh air. [I also feel like Pete's not getting written as much - is that true?
I've always said that Pete's a hard write. A lot of people seem to write him very one dimensionally, but he's so much more than that. I think you're right too, he's not getting written as much. Though I suspect that's because My Chem fic is on the up right now and apart from the Mikey/Pete people he doesn't slot in as easily than with the Decaydance lot. Plus, FOB going on hiatus seems to have dried up the fic for them, which is a shame.
I think you have an inkling of how I'd write them in, personally. >.>
I do :D
There seems to be various ways of describing the verse. But the main comm is still dust verse so I guess that stands.
Yeah, most people do have the other bands coming in as zonerunners, which makes sense. It's something I was tempted to do for the ladies in my fic but in the end changed that to them running a camp for the families.
I can see how working the black market in Battery City would be a good fit. I can see them not just surviving that way, but thriving. Living directly in Bli's shadows difficult, but I think they could manage it. Especially since the Killjoys are off being such a vivid distraction in the desert.
YES! That would work so well. I'm sitting picturing Bert's smirk as he does some deal under the nose of a drone, and it's an awesome mental picture. Also, Jepha, cool and collected, casually dusting a Drac who has the misfortune to walk into the wrong alley.
You're the best ♥
Pink Jeep canon ftw \o/
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Date: 2011-01-16 12:01 am (UTC)I bet I can guess which story is yours *g*
Also? Given your past history, shouldn't that say "Did you read a story where Mikey and/or Ryan was hurt/sick..." Poor Ryan, all those near fatal injuries and yet you forget all about him!
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Date: 2011-01-16 12:09 am (UTC)No cheating, missy! *g*
You're right. That was an unforgivable omission! To make up for it I'll injure him twice as much in the next story!
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Date: 2011-01-16 12:12 am (UTC)Oh hey, you're not allowed to say sorry. It's a long story and it has no deadline so don't even give it a second thought. It'll be done when it's done and anyway, you'll always be more important than a beta ♥
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Date: 2011-01-16 12:22 am (UTC)Firstly, LMAO! Secondly, oh man, why do I get the feeling I've just become responsible for Ryan losing a limb or two. I feel like I should apologise to him for the future hurt I've just brought into being!
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Date: 2011-01-16 05:21 am (UTC)Ion, you have no idea which one I wrote, b/c you commented on it and *giggle* you are VERY different when you do not know it is me. Mwah.
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Date: 2011-01-16 10:12 am (UTC)edit to add: oh and i can't guess about your fic since I've just read the brencer ones for now, but I'll try asap *g*
yay for My Chem tickets :D
oh, what about the Panic show, are you interested, did you get a ticket?
'cause I'm looking for someone to go with :) And if I can't find any italian friend who'll travel with me, as I guess it will be - my gf and my friends will arrive in London just for the mcr show, bad timing - I'll have 1 spare ticket, too. ;)
(I'm crossing my fingers for the m&g as well, since it will go to the first 20 tickets. I got mines in a minute and 7 seconds, who knows if it was quick or not ;p)
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Date: 2011-01-16 10:18 am (UTC)That's because when it's you I can point out all the things I love most. Some stranger may not appreciate me flailing over certain details *g*
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Date: 2011-01-16 10:47 pm (UTC)I didn't get a ticket, and I wish more than anything I could go with you because what an opportunity, especially as it's such a tiny venue. Sadly there's no way I could afford it :(
I hope you find someone to go with you.
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Date: 2011-01-19 11:00 am (UTC)aw, I'm sorry! I don't know why I though that you lived in london and so that you were closer...my memory is really bad! well surely they'll come back so you'll have a second chance.:)