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Title: Brotherhood Author: ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) scouredRecipient: Karabair/ likeadeuceRequest Used: Scott has a brother who's not at the school. What happened with that? Rating: PG Summary: Scott has to help out his younger brother, Alex, who is in totally over his head. Alex, on the other hand, is not in over his head, his brother just needs to butt out. Notes: Thanks to Aaron for the beta. Brotherhood | |
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Title: Cost Plus Author: smirnoffmuleSummary: A Christmas shopping trip turns eventful, and no one cares about the retail guy. Set post X2. Recipient: lilacsigilRequest Used: The Xavier School is a dangerous place to be. Is it really a haven for mutant kids, or is it just making them easy targets? Rating: PG Notes: Huge thanks to handyhunter and wizefics for their help and encouragement. Cost Plus | |
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Done! Yay me! That was far less painful than I'd feared. In today's heartwarming David Cook story (shut up, I know I'm obsessed, 'kay?), Lindsey Rose was at last night's show. (For those not following Idol: Background story here. BYOT (Bring Your Own Tissues)) ( Can we get an 'awwwww'? )In other Idol-related news, I'm really grooving on Adam's performance of 'Whataya Want From Me' at the Letterman show. It's stunningly beautiful and vulnerable. I like the understated and vulnerable Adam an awful lot, yes. More of that, pls! - Mood:accomplished
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[15]Dazzler [35]Inhumans [58]X-men SPOILERS for New MutantsPreview:    Find 'em here | |
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[15]Dazzler [35]Inhumans [58]X-men SPOILERS for New MutantsPreview:  Find 'em here | |
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Title: The Education of Mr. Toad Author: redfiona99Summary: Even if he didn’t go to school anymore, it didn’t mean that Toad wasn’t learning. Recipient: theghettocyborgRequest Used: Toad (as a member of the Brotherhood) and the X-Men grow up fighting each other during their teen years. Ratings/Spoilers: PG-13/12 for swearing. Pre-movies so no spoilers. Added Notes: I’ve tried to fit this into X1 and X3 canon, so Hank isn’t blue and furry during this. ~~~~ ( The Education of Mr. Toad ) | |
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Title: Round's On Me Author: iambickilometerSummary: Two mutants walk into a bar. One turns to the other and asks, "So how did you end up working in a school?" Recipient: smirnoffmuleRequest Used: Logan, Nightcrawler. Loser buys the beers. Friendship or slash. Rating/Spoilers: appropriate for most ages/ X-2 spoilers. Notes: Thanks to xturncoatxiii for the beta. I had grandiose plans for a post-X3 story about coping which would involve all three requests, but when I sat down to write, this more humble approach is what happened. ( Round's On Me ) | |
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I was thinking of this in connection with an upcoming Yule visit to one of my daughters, and the way she picked up on one of my annoying 'habits' which I think has a physical cause and she thinks is a tic.
It came to me that it's not that they micromanage; it's that they notice such incredibly petty minutae of behavior! The classic being an episode from the old sitcom "All In The Family," where Archie goes off on the order in which Meathead puts his pants on.
Now, it came to me that if people notice minutae, perhaps they're hard-wired to do so, like the person who can describe every tiny detail of, say, herbs of New Mexico, and can go on for hours about the difference between aloe vera and other aloes.
Perhaps it's the same sort of thing as our own sensory hypersensitivities!
How many of us have been told, irritably, that we're "just too sensitive" and "why are you even bothering to notice such a trivial thing?" And how many of us are thinking the same thing about the tendency of our relative, connections, and coworkers to nitpick our petty habits and tics?
Same difference? - Mood:curious
 - Music:Everyday people
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Grading constitutional law papers is SO MUCH EASIER than grading administrative law papers. Mostly because they're shorter. Like, a third of the size at the most, and it just doesn't take as much time to read through 2 pages as it does reading through 6. Therefore, I think I'm going to get through them all today, yay! I only have 9 left of the 35, so it should be completely doable. Know what that means? That means I get a day off tomorrow, yay! Maybe I'll even get around to doing the laundry! Oh the excitement that is my life...
But first: Time for my chocolate eclair. I really need the sugar boost right about now, plus, I've totally deserved it. (Also, I'm actually really proud of some of these students, because they're obviously working really hard and it's showing in their papers. Go them!) | |
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Title: Moving Slow Author: joanne_cSummary: Rogue suffers an injury during a mission and gets to know Jean in some new ways. Jean/Rogue UST headed to RST. Recipient: aphrodite_mineRequest Used: Rogue (optional femslash is optional: Mystique, Jean, Kitty) I don't like de-powered Rogue, but I do like to see her suffer. Perhaps something involving a mission gone wrong? Rating/Spoilers: PG-13, no spoilers for the movies. ( Moving Slow ) | |
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Title: Secrets and Lies Author: moficSummary: There’s something Jean never told Scott. Recipient: joanne_cRequest Used: Charles Xavier/Jean Grey or Charles and Jean. Charles teaching Jean how to control her powers and if the author can, his teaching her about telepathic sex. Inclusion of Scott is fine in either scenario as well. Scenario: “Secrets and Lies” draws only upon the first X-Men movie as canon, so the account of Jean’s childhood, family, and entry into the X-Men does not match that depicted in X3 or that of the comics. This story is, in addition, consistent with my X1 fiction and expands upon some events briefly recounted in my series “Canadian Nights,” “Reminiscences,” “Taking Chances,” and “Past and To Come.” Except for the reflection at the end, everything takes place before the events depicted in “I Know What You Are.” Acknowledgements: Many thanks to my betas: talktooloose, niteslayer, lilacsigil, bittenfeld. ( Read more... )======================================== ======================================== = Additional Note on Request Not Used and Why: joanne_c had a Scott/Logan slash request and that’s most of what I write so my first inclination was to do it. The request was “Scott/Logan or Scott and Logan (much prefer slash but is okay if not). Learning about each other after Jean's death in X2, the good and the bad and accepting each other for who they are. I would like for Jean/Logan to have been completely one-sided on Logan's part, please.” I didn’t do it for this ficathon because I decided I’d written that story pretty thoroughly already here and didn’t have anything more to say about it. | |
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Title: Normalcy Author: a_qSummary: Jubilee and Marie ponder their future plans on their graduation party Recipient: Lonelywalker Request Used: Any young mutant who can pass as "normal" - Even with Hank McCoy in politics, the opportunities for young mutants seem to be limited to pulling on leather uniforms and fighting crime. Show one or more of the younger generation struggling with their options for the future. Rating/Spoilers: gen, pg-13. Set after X3, some mentions of all the three movies. Notes: Thank you for the quick beta and helpful suggestions, mofic All mistakes are mine. ( Normalcy ) | |
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Excuse me for a moment, I just need to get this out of the system:
Gruntgruntwhinewhineidontwannaaaaaaaaaaaahmpfwhinewhingegrunt
There. Now it's time to get started on those 32 papers that need grading before Monday. But first, a bath, and a trip to the baker's to pick up some lovely bread (and maybe a cake). A girl needs provisions if she's going to get through all that in one day!
(oh, forgot to mention this, but I just learned two days ago that the professor I thought was going to be my thesis advisor next semester? Is totally not going to actually be available, so I need to find another advisor. And the deadline for deciding on topic and advisor is in two weeks. And there are no other professors currently specialising in the topics I want to write about. No need to panic, though, because I've talked the professor I had for my bachelor paper into being my advisor, even though I'm not going to be writing exactly within his area of expertise. Phew. Crisis averted!) | |
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Title: The Light Gets Into Your Heart Author: st_aurafinaRequest Used: Emma & Jean: after Xavier takes the kids back to the school at the end of Origins - the adjustment period with so many newcomers in Jean's home. Recipient: scouredRating: PG Summary: After Three Mile Island, Emma and Scott don't let their defences down easily. Notes: Set just after the Wolverine movie, at Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters. Title from Simple Minds. Thank you to lonelywalker and lilacsigil for the beta. The Light Gets Into Your Heart | |
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Title: Hide a Hundred Girls in Your Hair Author: lilacsigilSummary: Jean regenerates in the cold waters of the lake. She won't wake up alone, this time. Recipient: brighteyedcatRequest Used: Jean (as Phoenix), Mystique - no idea. They're just my faves and I figure these two alone in any situation would be intense and possibly awesome (gen or femslash). Rating/Spoilers: PG, set after X3. Notes: Thanks to likeadeuce and st_aurafina. Hide a Hundred Girls in Your Hair | |
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Title: So Say Good-Bye, It's Independence Day Author: handyhunterSummary: Three weeks after Alcatraz, Warren runs away from home again. He ends up at Xavier's school and learns a few things about himself with the help of some new friends. Recipient: smaragdbirdRequest Used: Colossus/Angel (if you squint? more gen with slashy undertones) Rating/Spoilers: G, set after the third movie Notes: Thanks very much to harmonyangel and second_batgirl for the hand-holding and beta! Title from Bruce Springsteen's 'Independence Day'. So Say Good-Bye, It's Independence Day | |
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GEN lonelywalker wrote Passing for redfiona99 (Henry McCoy, R) aphrodite_mine wrote Among School Children for st_aurafina (Emma Frost, PG-13) *Wolverine Origins handyhunter wrote So Say Goodbye, It's Independence Day for smaragdbird (Warren, Piotr, G) lilacsigil wrote Hide a Hundred Girls in Your Hair for brighteyedcat (Jean Grey, Mystique, PG) st_aurafina wrote The Light Gets Into Your Heart for scoured (Jean, Emma, Scott, PG) mofic wrote Secrets and Lies for joanne_c (Jean, Charles, Scott, NR) iambickilometer wrote Round's on Me for smirnoffmule (Logan, Kurt, PG) redfiona99 wrote The Education of Mr. Toad for theghettocyborg (Toad, PG-13) a_q wrote Normalcy for lonelywalker (Jubilee, Rogue, PG-13) smirnoffmule wrote Cost Plus for lilacsigil (Rogue, Bobby, PG) SLASH smaragdbird wrote How's your halo for sullensiren (Iceman/Pyro, PG-13) smaragdbird wrote Walk Right In and Out of My Life for sullensiren (Gambit/Logan, Gambit/Various, R) *Wolverine Origins smaragdbird wrote The Only Difference Between Suicide and Martyrdom is Press Coverage for sullensiren (Iceman/Johnny Storm, R) *Fantastic Four x-over FEMSLASH *also tagged with 'slash' joanne_c wrote Moving Slow for aphrodite_mine (Jean/Rogue, PG-13) | |
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Title:The Only Difference Between Martyrdom And Suicide Is Press Coverage Author:smaragdbirdSummary:Johnny's getting outed as bi by the press, Sue is angry because he didn't tell her and Bobby's ex-boyfriend/best-friend/arch-nemesis wanted a word with him, too and the day had started so nicely with sex and breakfast. Recipient:SullenSiren Request Used:Character/pairing request 4: Iceman/Johnny Storm Specific request: Friendship, slashy, crime fighting - whatever you most want to write about. I'd love to see Sue around too, or Ben. Rating/Spoilers:R/ BobbyJohnny and past BobbyJohn The title belongs to the Panic! at the Disco song with the same title. ( Read more... ) | |
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Title:Walk right in and out of my life Author:smaragdbirdSummary:17 years between Logan leaving him and meeting him again gives Remy lots of time and space to meet other mutants Recipient:SullenSiren Request Used:Character/pairing request 3: Gambit (Origins) Specific request: I'd love to see Gambit in the post-Origins years, meeting up with various film mutants. Mystique, Charles, Erik, etc. Any are good, but the older characters especially. Pairings, slash, het - anything is fine. Rating/Spoilers:R/ RemyLogan(main pairing), RemyCreed, RemyJohn, RemyStorm, RemyEmma, RemyPiotr, JohnBobby, RemyJohnCreed, BobbyRogue JeanScott, EmmaScott most of them are only mentioned though, sex with a minor implied Still here? Then enjoy it. The only film mutants I didn't give an explicit history with Remy were Xavier and Hank, I hope you still like it anyway. ( Read more... ) | |
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Title: Among School Children Author: aphrodite_mine Summary: Emma's treatise on schooling, on her own and as a new headmistress of the Xavier Institute. A new threat is on the rise. Recipient: st_aurafina Request Used: #3: Emma Frost, new teacher at the school, new telepath on the team, #4: A new team line up! Rating: PG-13 Spoilers: Post-X3, minor spoilers for Emma’s introduction in Wolverine: Origins and the Emma Frost series of comics. Also, some general comic stuff, but nothing specific. Notes: Thanks to lyssie and distractedone for the beta reading on Emma, and to my sister, fishy73, for the grammar fixes. * Among School Children and it seemed that our two natures blent - William Butler Yeats ( Read more... ) | |
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TITLE: Passing AUTHOR: lonelywalkerFANDOM: X-Men MovieverseRATING: R RECIPIENT: redfiona99REQUEST: Henry McCoy. Set before or during X-Men 1, Hank has to have an opinion on mutant registration. SUMMARY: As the Mutant Registration Act turns friends into enemies and enemies into friends, Hank desperately tries to retain some sense of normality – or what passes for normal, at any rate. NOTES: Many thanks to lilacsigil for beta-reading. Spoilers only through X1, although there are very vague allusions to X3. Passing | |
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Title:How's your halo? Author:smaragdbirdSummary:Bobby promises the newly arrived Warren that the X-Men will free his friend Jimmy from Worthington's labs but is quickly disillusioned when political reasoning counts more than the freedom of a mutant boy. Bobby turns to other sources to hold up his promise and meets an old friend. Recipient:SullenSiren Request Used:Character/pairing request 1: Pyro/Iceman Specific request: Reunion-ating! We usually see Pyro coming back to the mansion, or them meeting from opposite sides. I think it'd be interesting to see a story with a disillusioned Bobby going to the Brotherhood, either with Pyro still there, or with Pyro as the former Brotherhood who's seen both sides and is jaded enough to know they're both bullshit. But really, anything with the two meeting up again, with or without X3 canon! Rating/Spoilers:PG-13/ implied Remy/Logan and implied past Rogue/Bobby and John/Piotr ( Read more... ) | |
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