Hello (and goodbye)

I've been home from writerconuk for a few hours now but I've been busy catching up on LJ, replying to comments and watching Sherlock.

I really should have gone to bed hours ago. I didn't sleep much this weekend as I was up until the wee hours on Friday and Saturday night chatting and drinking with kitty_poker1

The con was amazing but I'll do a full writeup and posting of photos tomorrow.

Coming home was a bit of a whirlwind of highs and lows.

( Cut for lengthy rambling )

I have stuff to post tomorrow (I'll try not to be too spammmy) but in the meantime let me do the important poll job before I go to bed. I wanted to keep it going over the weekend but the wifi in the hotel really sucked

Who's hot and who's not

Famke Janssen is the next one to be voted off the island



Six down, four remain. Who goes? You decide!

( Pics to help you decide )

[Poll #1603426]

Monday fic recs

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The Tragedy of Life by lizzywinks
The only luck Jensen seems to be having lately is bad – he's accidentally come out to his family and been disowned (sort of), had his lyrics stolen by his best friend (now ex) who he last saw sipping champagne on an episode of CMT Cribs, and is one late rent payment from being thrown out on his ass because apparently no one wants to buy insurance from a guy with an eyepatch (don't ask).
But things finally start to look up when he meets his hot new neighbor, Jared, and of course that's when Jensen has to go and get himself killed.
Turns out the afterlife? Not all it's cracked up to be. And his death coach is kind of a douche, too.
I absolutely adored this. It actually made me tear up in places. A really sweet story

The Play Nice Proviso by qblackheart
When Jensen Ackles first met Jared Padalecki, it was most definitely not love at first sight. It wasn’t even like at first sight. In fact, Jensen hated him, and he had a few good reasons as to why. So what if his new co-star was oblivious to his one-sided warfare? Jensen could deal. Apart from when he couldn’t. So when it came down to picking between Padalecki and his peace of mind, the choice seemed clear. Except for the fact that The Network had his balls in a vice, leaving him stuck with Supernatural, stuck with his idiot co-star, and worst of all, stuck with a ‘Play Nice’ Proviso added to his contract. Well, he could play nice. He would play so nice that the world was going to think that he and Jared Padalecki were the bestest friends in the history of best friends. It was unfortunate then that no one had ever told Jensen what happened when an immovable object met an irresistible force; no one had ever thought to mention that there was a thin line between hate and love; and nothing, absolutely nothing, could have possibly prepared him for Playing Nice with Jared Padalecki.
I feel I should warn for sap in this fic. It's ridiculously sappy and schmoopy but I loved it anyway. Sometimes you just need to read a fic like this and I did. It's a really cute idea as well.

Dean/Castiel
Immigrant Song by trinityofone
A hypothetical season six in which Dean, Sam, and a newly-fallen Castiel encounter vengeful gods, secret societies, a box of dangerous magical artifacts, and something they're all going to pretend wasn't actually faeries. Meanwhile, Dean suffers a sexuality crisis, and Castiel has a secret that could change everything.
I absolutely adore this. It hilarious, sweet and deliberately plays on a lot of the fic cliches out there.

30 days of Supernatural

Day 01 - Your favorite character
Day 02 - Your least favorite character
Day 03 - Your favorite season
Day 04 - Your least favorite season
Day 05 - Your favorite episode
Day 06 - Your least favorite episode
Day 07 - Your favorite Dean crying scene
Day 08 - Your favorite Sam crying scene
Day 09 - Your favorite Dean death scene
Day 10 - Your favorite Sam/other death scene

I'm not sure favourite is the right word but Gabriel's death moved me more than any of the others. Ellen and Jo come a very close second. Both of them made me cry.

It's weird but I can't bring myself to get upset when Sam or Dean die because I know they'll be back. I actually find watching Sam and Dean fighting with each other more upsetting than when they die.

Castiel's death at the end of S5 was so ridiculous that I knew there was no way he wasn't coming back and I figured if Cas was coming back then Bobby was too so neither of those affected me at all.

( The rest under here )

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Contrary to popular belief I do not spend all my time on Twitter talking about Misha. Mostly I use it as almost an IM service to talk to my friends

What I do find perterbing is that when I post about Misha (usually when I'm saying things I'd prefer he didn't see) he seems to log on a few minutes later and tweet.

I have therefore decided he is clearly cyperstalking me ;)

Hehe! In all seriousness I am loving that he's gone all stat geek over his Facebook. I love his brain (and the rest of him too obv)

( Tweet from last night )

WriterConUK: A Write Up

The thing I love about writerconuk is that it's a perfect blend of socialising and actual learning. Every year I come away having spent the weekend with a bunch of people I consider my friends even though I only see a lot of them once a year, but I also come away feeling energised and educated from a writerly perspective

( Wot I done did at WriterConUK this year )

It really was a fantastic weekend and I strongly urge people to come next year. If you want to be kept updated on what's happening as well as the LJ comm we have a Twitter and Facebook page which are both maintained by me