Vid rec

The first time I heard The Special Two by Missy Higgins I immediately thought of Sam and Dean. In fact that song was what I used as a basis for my entire S4 fanmix. LOL! I started there and worked backwards.

Anyway, somone has done a rather amazing vid for it. Interestingly whenever I listened to the song I had it as a Dean POV piece but she has totally sold me on it being about Sam now

The Special Two

OH HAI!

Note to self: Staying up until 1am because you want to finish the scene you're writing is stupid when you only got 5 hours sleep the night before and need to get up for work the next day

*collapses*

In other news a very big WELCOME to all my new friends from writerconuk

*waves to* kitty_poker1, quinara, vampiegirl, darkhavens, wildecate_alt and ningloreth

Fic recs

My final spn_j2_bigbang rec post

Title: Life in a Cubicle: A Guide to Dating a Co-Worker
Author: villageidiot
Summary: There are ten rules about interoffice dating and Jared Padalecki pretty much fails at all of them. It happens like this: Jared works in a cubicle. Jensen is the oblivious engineer. Jared meets Jensen. Jared falls in love with Jensen. Jensen… needs a little coaxing. Also starring Chad the Maintenance Guy, Danneel in Payroll, Tom as the mildly disgruntled Mail Room Guy and Mike in HR. And Misha the Receptionist? Still ruining lives. Mostly Tom’s. And Jared’s. But mostly Tom’s (who deals with it like any rational person would: mail bombs and spiked coffee).
My comments: This is one of the cutest big bang fics I've read yet. It's funny and lovely with just the right amount of angst and conflict to keep it interesting

Title: Here's Fragging You, Kid
Author: purequicksilver
Summary: The Professional Gamers AU: Jensen "Frakles" Ackles' is the most successful Quake 3 gamer ever and Jared has always been his biggest fan. Now Jared has followed in the footsteps of his idol and become a professional first person shooter gamer himself – but Frakles retired from professional gaming before they could meet. Now Frakles is back and – thanks to Chad, who is working for a popular gaming show on TV - Jared finally gets the opportunity to meet the man who has been his idol since he was nineteen…
My comments: You know, this series of big bang fics has made me realise that I have a bit of thing for reading fics where the boys are geeks. I know nothing about professional gaming but it doesn't matter, this fic just works and it's cute and sweet and funny

Title: This Course We Plotted
Author: mickeym
Summary:Jared Padalecki has a life he loves: friends, family, a good job and plans to make it as a writer someday. All that is shaken up when he meets Detective Jensen Ackles one night, while working an overtime shift. Jensen is smart, interesting, fun to hang out with, and Jared's drawn in like a moth to a flame. They go from friends to lovers, to something even Jared didn't know he was looking for: partners. But Jensen's never done relationships, and he's not sure he can now. Will he realize his job is just a job, but Jared is his everything?
My comments: There's just something charming about this one. The build up to the relationship is natural and the background characters are all great

Title: Each Day's A Gift (And Not A Given Right)
Author: soledadseraph
Summary:January 1998; two lives become irreversibly tangled together when rookie cop Jared Padalecki gets caught up in his first big case; seventeen year old misper, Jensen Ackles. Young and naive, he's not prepared for the emotional impact of Jensen's plight and finds himself getting sucked into a world he never knew existed; a world of pain and friendship and broken trust. Eleven years later, youth and innocence long since left behind, the one thing Jared can't forget is Jensen. That inability is the one thing that's going to turn both their lives upside down.
My comments: This is a rare one for me because I don't normally even touch fics that have scenes of non-con but I read this one and it's pretty amazing! Bucketloads of angst so be prepared for that but it's worth the read I think.

Well, I'm kind of sad it's over because I have read some amazing fics (and some really bloody bad ones too) over the past couple of months

Still, now I have boxofmagic and Renegade Angels to read and rec *g*

Photo post

Final batch of my Forest of Dean icons. flickums your party pics will be next

( The Labyrinth of Gedref )

Oh, Misha

Dear Universe,

What did we do for entertainment before Misha Collins got a Twitter account?

I wanted in on Obama's "cash for clunkers" program but the dealer refused my car-even though it runs great- just because of cosmetic issues.

My attorney (depicted here) and i, have vowed to fight this injustice with everything we've got.

( Pic under here )

I seriously think I need help. When his first tweet popped up I actually yelled HI MISHA at my laptop. I can't remember the last time I had this amount of serious love for an actor. Usually it's the characters I am more interested in and I read stuff about the actors but only as a byproduct. I'd take Misha over Castiel any day of the week

*goes off to sigh happily in the corner*

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I AM GOING TO SAY TO THIS MAN WHEN I MEET HIM!

Oh, and check out my new cute!Misha icon. Look at his little crinkly nose

Photos

hesadevil very nicely took some photos of my panel at writerconuk and said I could share

( Canon vs Fanon )