I was a saint; I wed the breaking dawn

Reveals are up!

I wrote we were empty chapters, maps not filled in (Derek/Stiles, Teen, 8k) and drew sweaty sheets and an ocean view (Derek/Stiles, G).

I made a thing! Thanks to monkey_pie for listening to it & assuring me that it did indeed work ♥



fucked up to broken up to back together in 11 songs
(stream)

Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt by We Are Scientists
Oh My God by Ida Maria
What I Say and What I Mean by The Like
Living Cruel & Rude by Races
No Oath, No Spell by Murder by Death
Hail, Lightning by Mount Moriah
When Winter's Over by Torres
Get Lonely by the Mountain Goats
Faraway Lightning by Moonface with Siinai
You Are a Runner and I Am My Father's Son by Wolf Parade
You Are the Moon by The Hush Sound

( Further notes )

Instead of making a real post I'm going to do the first lines meme. Some of these songs are covers or have many cover versions; you get extra points for guessing the correct version ;)

1. I've just had the craziest week / Like a party bag of lies, booze, and then deceit
2. I'm everyone, I feel used / I'm everyone, I need you
3. You don't answer my call with even a nod or a wink / But you gaze at your own reflection, alright
4. Walk tall beneath these trees, boy / You monolith, not scarred by fallout
5. Ooh, it's so good, it's so good / It's so good, it's so good, it's so good
6. As I was going over the Cork and Kerry mountains / I saw Captain Farrell and his money he was counting Whiskey in a Jar, guessed by coyotegestalt
7. My first love, he went away Hell's Heroes by Empires, guessed by alpheratz
8. Skating by the blue line, that's when I saw your green light / So I took my windup for [song title]
9. I knew I was never gonna talk to you tomorrow / And oh the birds, how they sing
10. Tell me, baby, tell me / Are you still on a stoop, watching the windows close?
11. You've been followed / And now there's nothing to say for yourself
12. I walked across an empty land Somewhere Only We Know by Keane, guessed by tanisafan
13. And I found a flower in a field / A field of cars and people
14. I can show you the world A Whole New World from Aladdin, guessed by coyotegestalt on DW and tanisafan on LJ.
15. There was a time our happiness seemed never-ending / I was so sure that where we were heading was right
16. It was pretty bright upon the rainbow bridge tonight / I could see into your window
17. Please don't let the mystery end / So I won't be forgotten
18. I sit and think about the day you're gonna die / Your wrinkled eyes betray the joy with which you smile
19. I have such envy for this stranger lying next to me / Who awakes in the night
20. Up, up and away she goes / Now I know that I know she knows

Last night I went to see Dessa and thoroughly enjoyed myself. I need to seek out more rap/hip-hop/R&B shows; in my limited experience they have an energy & showmanship that you don't get from most rock shows. (My limited experience: Black Cards, Patrick Stump, Bad Rabbits, Gym Class Heroes.)

In a weird fandom-is-everywhere twist, Dessa is a member of the hip hop collective Doomtree, which I had never heard of before reading RAP WON'T SAVE YOU (neither will hockey) by best liar a month or so ago. I know almost nothing about Zach Parise but I liked the story, in which he does not play hockey but is an indie rapper.

( some Dessa songs )

One of the openers was playing their second-ever show and were both earnest and adorable. They don't have any music up yet and no one's posted video (I am very sad ;____;) but keep an ear out for Sylvan Esso. They reminded me of tUnE-yArDs a little. (ETA: Was poking around the internet, trying to find a track, and found someone who agrees with me about the tUnE-yArDs comparison! *fist pump of validation* They're just teasing about the SoundCloud tracks, though, there's nothing up yet.)

During inventory we got a little bit punchy while scanning the paint. I was scanning Reaper paint by myself and J & S (owner and old warehouse manager) were scanning Games Workshop paint.

Reaper paint has fairly sensible names such as "Blues, Bright: Brilliant Blue" and "Greens, Camouflage: Swamp Green" but Games Workshop paint is named with an eye toward trademark, which leads to paint names like "Evil Suns Scarlet" and "Waaagh! Flesh."

J & S finished their paint rack and moved on to a clothing rack, where they were mystified by a Charlie Brown shirt with Charlie Brown, a tricycle, and the caption "It's a fixie."

So I explained why it was a hipster joke.

Which obviously led to Warhammer Fantasy hipster jokes.

"I was into rotting flesh before it was cool!"

All vids may contain canon-typical gore and violence. Season 2 spoilers ahead!

Am I not attractive to gay guys? by mitsucat2010
This is like Stiles Stilinski: Greatest Hits of Season One.

Young Blood by Heathyr Shea
This vid is supposed to be a tribute to the cinematography of Teen Wolf. I don't think it adds anything to the canon TW narrative but dear lord it's gorgeous.

Suddenly the Air is Cold by Loki
My notes on this are "sad angry scared lonely teenagers in over their heads: THE VID." The vidder's notes are much more coherent. I love the coloring, especially with Scott's storyline.

And then there's you by WeepingStarGazer
This is a great Derek/Stiles vid. It ends a little abruptly but I like the framing device. This is one of the "troubled with angsty backstory" takes on their relationship (that is, canon-accurate!).

welcome to the new age by ChemAttaction
An ensemble vid with amazing cuts. I have a giant ~thing for vids with a good bass line where the cuts match perfectly so this vid was basically tailor-made for me. Also 0:25-0:27 is GENIUS.

Animal by Zee
This one comes with additional warnings, so please read the notes. It focuses on Lydia's season 2 storyline and does a much better job of it than the actual writers, IMO.

Meaning by newkidfan
Ugh this is so so good. I highly recommend downloading it so that you can watch at a larger size. The entire vid is split screen, with Derek's POV on the left and Stiles' on the right. It's gorgeous, the song is perfect, the editing is great, you should go watch it now.

accidental baby acquisition	sharing a bed	day at the beach	slavefic	animal transformation
rivals to lovers	au: apocalypse	au: fantasy	au: magic	locked in
bodyswap	au: steampunk	FREE ★ SPACE	kidfic	au: cop / detective
food porn	au: neighbors	forced to marry	au: historical	secret child
au: other	celebratory kiss	fuck or die	telepathy / mindmeld	cross-dressing

I actually have ideas for some of the squares! Most of them are for Teen Wolf but I also might have a hockey idea. \o/

Thank you for offering one of these fandoms! I'm super excited to read your story. If you already have a great idea for one of these fandoms, go for it! If you'd like a prompt I hope this post helps.

I read pretty widely across fandoms, tropes, and ratings. My Pinboard is here. I have a gigantic pan-fandom kink for urban fantasy, fairy tales, and Monster of the Week casefic.

( So Runs the World Away )

( Hark! A Vagrant )

( Fairy Tales )

I guess I'm back again? I just sort of...stopped reading on LJ or DW three or four weeks ago :/ I need to come up with a better way of dealing with downswings. The only way I could face up to backreading was by picking an arbitrary date to backread to, so I picked Monday.

I had an awesome time with Team DC at the end of April! We saw Avengers at midnight and I had shwarma the next day, which, \o/! Then there was the first fun. show of awesome, Cinco's delicious birthday brunch, and the second fun. show of awesome (with bonus unexpected line buddy).

Unfortunately, my state decided to suck shortly after I got back to NC, and then the internet decided to suck in response, which led to my self-imposed exile. Suffice to say I have a ton of feelings about the coverage of and reaction to Amendment 1 in NC and how that contrasts with Amendement 8 in California, and how that says a lot about the privileges and prejudices of the people covering and reacting to the votes and aftermath.

Other Things What I Have Done include:

• Played an extra in a trailer for a local steampunk convention.


• Seen five Hitchcock films, which is five more than I'd ever seen before. Vertigo, The Lady Vanishes, Rope, Spellbound, and Psycho. I'm catching Rebecca with my mother tonight.


• Stressed over the many potential ways my garden can die! I've diagnosed my one tomato plant with a nitrogen deficiency and applied fertilizer to the problem. I'm incredibly relieved it's a deficiency because one of my housemate's tomato plants had blight. DNW!


• Determined that said housemate is definitely moving out at the end of July.


• Found a potential show buddy in the form of the DJ who goes on after me.


• Fallen (more) into Avengers fandom, and also into hockey RPF and (oh god) Teen Wolf. IDEK.


• Learned the HTML to make an unordered list.

Con.txt is coming up (YAY!) and the weekend after that is Heroes Con, which I will be attending because ♥BECKY CLOONAN♥ will be there.

Quick post to say I just tried to clean up my flist a little bit. If we're mutual friends on both LJ and DW and you crosspost regularly, I've probably defriended you on LJ. If you prefer to read on your LJ list and I just defriended you, please let me know and I'll add you back! I just found that I was scrolling pretty fast past entries I'd already read on one or the other and became (probably irrationally) afraid that I'd skim past a non-duplicate post.