shallowness: Margaret Hale of North and South adaptation sitting at desk writing (Margaret North and South writing)
As seen on [dreamwidth.org profile] smallhobbit’s DW

From your AO3 Works page, look at the tags and find the answers to these questions. I'm [archiveofourown.org profile] shallowness on AO3.

1. Under what rating do you write most?
General (219)
Teen (39)
Mature (5)

2. What are your top 3 fandoms?
Dark Angel (TV) (39)
Sky High (2005) (28)
Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling (23)

3. Which character do you write about most?
Alec McDowell | X5-494 (28)
Max Guevara | X5-452 (26)
Layla Williams (21)

4. What are the 3 top pairings you've written?
Max Guevara | X5-452/Alec McDowell | X5-494 (21)
Warren Peace/Layla Williams (18)
Selina Kyle/Bruce Wayne (12)

5. What are the top 3 additional tags?
Comment Fic (37)
Drabble (24)
Future Fic (20)

I imagine that hasn’t changed much since I last did this meme, IF I’ve ever done this exact meme. If I had posted all my fics to AO3, perhaps some of the numbers would change, but not the positions.
shallowness: Margaret Hale of North and South adaptation sitting at desk writing (Margaret North and South writing)
I’ve reposted the ‘Photographs and Memories’ collection of ficlets here (and on AO3) over the past month.

Details and thoughts )
shallowness: Margaret Hale of North and South adaptation sitting at desk writing (Margaret North and South writing)
In July 2007, I wanted to commemorate having 500 posts memorised on my Livejournal. So, I wrote five ficlets, none rated higher than PG. See below for title, fandom and other details. The overall title and theme for the collection comes from the ER episode, 'Photographs and Memories'.

Disclaimer: None of the characters are mine, and I make no profit from this fan-written fiction.

Photographs and Memories one: we'll cross the seven seas
Swallows and Amazons, Universal. 358 words. Nancy, gen, post-series future fic.

Photographs and Memories two: paint it black
ER, Universal. 389 words. Neela (Neela/Ray), spoilers for all of season 13.

Photographs and Memories three: greet the day
Harry Potter (book canon, but with a nod to the movies), Universal. 504 words. Luna, gen. Spoilers for Deathly Hallows, but set during Chamber of Secrets.

Photographs and Memories four: superabundance
Sky High, Universal. 146 words. Warren, gen. Set post movie.

Photographs and Memories five: dressed in our finest scarlet and gold
Harry Potter, PG. 432 words. Angelina, (Angelina/Fred). Angst. Set post Deathly Hallows.
shallowness: bright flowers in vase against green background (flowers that remind me of Layla)
As I haven’t been watching any TV that I’d post about (I will get around to it, and with the bank holiday, this week will be lighter), I reposted a fic yesterday!

Sweet (I could be your favorite girl), The O.C. PG. 368 words. Kaitlin/Spencer. Summary: Over the years, she’s been getting better and better at having things her own way. Fluff. Established relationship. Future fic. (First posted in April 2007.

I only lightly edited it, although I wanted to do something about the first two paragraphs and all the uses of ‘nibbling’, but it would have been too much. Wow, that was only a month after I last reposted a fic.

Apparently The Wheel of Time is cancelled (is it my fault for not getting around to watch the third season yet?) :( In possibly good news, I saw that pictures from Zootopia 2 were released. Admittedly, sequels don’t have a great record (especially of original properties), but I am excited about more adventures with Judy and Nick and exploring the world further. It will all come down to the script. While I get it that they won’t be developing the ship, and that's fine, that's what fic is for, I don’t want to see any love interests for either.
shallowness: Natasha looking down smiling (Natasha Endgame)
I reposted a ficlet yesterday: That Cooper Family Christmas Feeling, The O.C. PG. 280 words. Kaitlin, gen. Summary: Alt!world Kaitlin’s Christmas Eve night. AU. Post 4.07. ‘The Christmukk-huh?’ (March 2007)

Very seasonal! (Or not.) Very niche, as it expands a bit on the alt world Ryan and Taylor visited. Lightly edited from the original version.

Étoile 1.1 The Swap

Me a few weeks ago: Why is YouTube promoting this trailer at me?

Me last week: OH, it’s an Amy Sherman-Palladino project about ballet (never did get to see Bunheads) on Prime.

Me after watching the trailer: Oh, I am so watching this.

This is me after watching the first episode.

Read more... )
shallowness: Kira in civvies looking straight ahead (Neville and plant)
As seen via [dreamwidth.org profile] smallhobbit, part 2 of the AO3 meme. Questions 1-6 here.

7. Seventh Most Common Relationship:
Original Female Character(s)/Original Male Character(s). Figures.

8. Eighth Drabble Posted:
I Love You In MPH (ER) Neela/Ray future fic.

9. Ninth Most Common Character:
Neville Longbottom (Harry Potter)

10. Tenth Mature and/or Explicit Fic:
Not applicable.

11. Eleventh Most Recent Completed Fic:
Cub (Sanditon) My ‘how Leo got her hair cut’ story.

12. Twelfth Most Recent Story in Your Sixth Most Common Tag:
My sixth most common tag (Three Sentence Ficathon) only has 11 fics in it, which goes to show I’m erratic in my use of tags.

I skipped question 13 because it was about titles.
shallowness: Margaret Hale of North and South adaptation sitting at desk writing (Margaret North and South writing)
Over the past few weeks, I’ve posted nine three-sentence fills in four batches, all rated Universal or PG at most. Links and a little bit of meta. )
shallowness: Side profile of BTVS's Tara looking upwards with text reading 'grace notes' above (Dark Tara grace notes)
I was saddened to learn yesterday of Michelle Trachtenberg’s passing at only 39. I hadn’t watched Gossip Girl, so she’s always been frozen as Dawn, the youngest Scoobie, in my mind. And now, if the Buffy reboot ever gets off the ground, she won't be able to be a part of it in any capacity. But obviously for the people who knew and loved her, the loss is greatest.

The AO3 meme, as seen at [dreamwidth.org profile] musesfool

1. Most Hits: Comprehension Mansfield Park - Jane Austen, Henry Crafword/Fanny Price. His marriage and his sister's wedding help Henry to see more. 9,685 hits. Still absolutely the fic that I've written that's had the most impact.

2. Second Most Kudos: Extreme Action Sky High (2005), Warren Peace/Layla Williams. Fake-out make-out. (Layla’s idea.) 591 kudos. The film is 20 years old! Must rewatch this year.

3. Third Most Comments: As above. 22 comments.

4. Fourth Most Bookmarks:
When we were strangers (or five ways Layla and Warren never met)
Sky High (2005), Warren Peace/Layla Williams. Five ways Layla and Warren never met. 42 bookmarks.

5. Fifth Most Words: Be Careful…Always Dark Angel, Max Guevara/Alec McDowell. Two phrases. Two speakers. Different universes. 3.577 words (for me, that’s unthinkable these days.)

6. Fic With Fewest Words:
distance in your eyes Dark Angel, Logan Cale/Max Guevara, 51 words (it’s poetry!)

Aaand that reminds me that I still have fic that I need to repost here and at AO3, and before that I should probably post my three-sentence fills, none of which are over 3,500 words.
shallowness: Kira in civvies looking straight ahead (Zoe Hart of Dixie)
There’s no point in doing the fic writing meme separately. The only fanfiction that I posted last year can be found here. About that. )

My version of the fandom meme

Read more... )
shallowness: Kira in civvies looking straight ahead (Default)
Monday was a bank holiday, so I reposted a fic: Career Day, Sky High, G. Magenta, Layla, Warren, Larry, Zach. Canon pairings, Warren/Layla implied. Magenta’s POV. 2,348 words. Summary: ‘Plan for a Super Tomorrow…Today!’ Magenta-style. (February 2007)

I added a clause for clarification and deleted a couple of spaces. In the notes from 2007, I had written, ‘This is another case of a ficlet becoming something longer.’ Now I’m boggling at the ‘another case’. As it’s over 2,000 words, I’m delighted this will bump up my word count average on AO3. Rereading it, I was pretty happy with it, as I think I used Magenta’s POV effectively, although I suppose my notes don’t reflect how important Magenta and Layla’s friendship is to the fic, but I was able to add a tag for that at AO3.

Also, I watched Fallout 1.1 The End

Read more... )I only really care about a third of it, feel middling about a third and am unenthused by the other bit.
shallowness: Margaret Hale of North and South adaptation sitting at desk writing (Margaret North and South writing)
On the bright side, I wrote more fic than last year! I wrote a Hart of Dixie ficlet, a Harry Potter three-sentence fic and posted a one-shot for Sanditon in March. (It makes for a total of 2,694 words.)

On the Table, Hart of Dixie, AnnaBeth/Lavon, post 2.13 ‘Lovesick Blues'. Summary: After AnnaBeth, er, went into Lavon’s place. Teen, 290 words.
Read it here on DW
or at AO3

we rise together. Harry Potter, Luna, Ginny, Neville, set during ‘Deathly Hallows’). Written for the threesentenceficathon prompt ‘any, any OT3, thinking, feeling, doing’. 120 words.
Read it here on DW
or at AO3

Cub, Sanditon, Leonora Colbourne, Mrs Wheatley, Alexander Colbourne, Augusta Markham. Set before season 2, assume season 2 spoilers. Summary: How Leonora came to have short hair. Universal, 2,284 words.
Read it here on DW
or at AO3.

About that. Not long. Skipped the questions again. )
shallowness: Margaret Hale of North and South adaptation sitting at desk writing (Margaret North and South writing)
I have managed to repost more fic here and at AO3 over recent days, and to update the text on LJ and ff.net where necessary.

What agents do Jake 2.0, G. 228 words. Jake Foley. Vague spoilers for ‘The Ultimate Human Upgrade’. Summary: Jake's clearance was low, now it's high, really high. (June 2006)

How to hurt Mr Invulnerable Sky High, G. Will Stronghold, (Layla Williams/Warren Peace). Post-movie double drabble. Summary: Mr Invulnerable? Will Stronghold’s not that guy. (June 2006)

A flyer expects Sky High, PG-13. Josie Stronghold (Josie Stronghold/Steve Stronghold). Pre-movie, 1,576 words. Summary: She literally floated through her pregnancy. (July 2016.)

Parallax Firefly/Harry Potter, PG. Jayne, Luna, River. Spoilers up to 'Objects in Space' and for HBP. 432 words. Summary: Simply put, it is the apparent shift of an object against a background due to a change in observer position. [Wikipedia] (September 2006)


About that )

Doings

Aug. 14th, 2023 10:05 am
shallowness: Beautiful blue alien in front of colourful background (Zhaan Farscape wonders I've seen)
I reposted a ficlet over the weekend. Home (Smallville) G. Whitney Fordman (background Whitney/Lana, Clark/Lana). 250 words. Summary: Whitney never got to find out who sent him the copy of The Torch.

I’m on holiday and realised I should try to repost some fic here and at AO3 (past experience tells me I might run out of steam before I run out of fic to repost. I’ve been trying to do this since I joined Dreamwidth.) This ficlet is from the time when I was posting way more fic (June 2006), but it’s only been available on my LJ and ff.net. I probably said on the former that, because I was shipping Chloe/Whitney then, in my mind, it was Chloe who sent Whitney the copy of The Torch, but there’s no canonical justification for that, and it would have been a nice gesture for anyone from Smallville to do so.

In other news, Sanditon series 3 will be on ITVX this week! Despite its ridiculousness, there’s no denying I’m invested.

Over the past few weeks, I watched In The Heights (on Amazon Prime), and I enjoyed its energy and dancing a lot, but…there wasn’t really a standout song, and it was probably too long with too much crammed into it. Did it need the framing device AND the timestamp? spoiler? )

I loved Everything, Everywhere All At Once. It's a multiverse movie about a Chinese-American mother with a grown daughter and caring for her father living a disappointing life! And, obviously, MICHELLE YEOH stars in it. (I bet everyone doing a fight scene in this film practiced very hard.) I was so impressed by how clear its throughlines were (Ke Huy Quan did a particularly fine job) and delighted by how odd it was examples ) It’s surely one of the oddest Oscar-bothering movies ever.

I also watched Dune, and while it is a movie best seen on a big screen, I couldn’t when it was out, and that’s that. I enjoyed it a lot and hope to see part 2 (in the cinema). The production values were immaculate and it did a fairly good job of keeping the plot strands clear given that visions played such a big part. I've always avoided 'Dune' in the past because of a gut reaction to the concept of sand worms. spoiler? ) I simultaneously liked how Villeneuve handles communication and thought there were some mumbly bits. If I watch it again, I’m putting on the subtitles (and delighting in the fact that that’s an option for me.)

And then I went and checked and, yeah, Rebecca Ferguson isn't old enough to biologically be Timothee Chalamet's mother. Oscar Isaac is barely old enough to biologically be Timothee Chalamet's father, and even if Chalamet was playing younger than his age and blah de blah far future ageing technologies for the Great Houses, that's just typical Hollywood.

I’ve also just read and really enjoyed ‘From Darkness Into Light’, the follow-up to The Memoirs of Lady Trent. I loved that it wrestled with the implications of the big reveal in ‘In The Sanctuary of Wings’ for the generation after. Audrey was a chip off the old block (i.e. Grandmama Isabella. I could have done with more of her mother.) I enjoyed the narrative device of telling the story via various media – especially the translations (and the footnotes/commentary). Having been slightly disappointed by ‘In The Sanctuary of Wings’ (not the big reveal, but the scaffolding around it, I suppose), I loved how this follow-up expanded the world.
shallowness: Esther holding a parasol and Babbington standing on the beach twisting a little to look at each other (My Lady Disdain on the beach)
I posted two fics last weekend!

we rise together. Harry Potter. PG. Luna, Ginny, Neville. Set during ‘Deathly Hallows’). Written for the threesentenceficathon prompt ‘any, any OT3, thinking, feeling, doing’. 120 words.

This had already been posted to the ficathon, ff.net and A03, but I wasn’t sure if I’d have more three sentence ficlets to post (not so far) and so held back on posting it here.

And: Cub. Sanditon. Universal. Leonora Colbourne, Mrs Wheatley, Alexander Colbourne, Augusta Markham. Pre season 2. 2,284 words. Summary: How Leonora came to have short hair.

Yeah, I can’t believe the length either. Read more... )

I watched the delayed Kylie and Ghosts sketch for Red Nose Day. It was amusing, never LOL funny, but true to character, Read more... ) [Edited for typos 30/5/25.]
shallowness: Kira in civvies looking straight ahead (Rogue X-Men Films)
I watched The Masked Singer last night, and was totally surprised by the reveal (so it’s one out of three), but I have a guess I’m sure of and am noting it for posterity. Spoiler/Guess )

Before that, after all I’d said about how I hadn’t written anything postable for months, I wrote and posted
On the Table
. Hart of Dixie. Teen. AnnaBeth Nass/Lavon Hayes. Post 2.13 ‘Lovesick Blues’. 290 words. Summary: After AnnaBeth, er, went into Lavon’s place.

Yes, it’s a ficlet, for a minor pairing for a show that aired a decade ago that I’m only watching now. But it was my authentic response to the set-up and how it had played out. I wrote it after my first draft of my reaction post. I waited to watch the next episode (I’ll post about it eventually) to check that I hadn’t got jossed and added one word (I edited others but not because of having seen the next ep). I’m just chuffed to have written and posted something this year, even if it wasn’t what I was meant to be working on and has missed its audience by several years.
shallowness: Margaret Hale of North and South adaptation sitting at desk writing (Margaret North and South writing)
Happy new year! This will be a shorter post that in past years. Read more... )
shallowness: Kira in civvies looking straight ahead (Wives and Daughters Molly/Roger)
I posted fic! Finally! (I haven’t posted any new fic since May 2021, and nothing of comparable length since January 2021.)

The name on his lips. DW/AO3. Sanditon. Spoilers for ep 2.1. Sidney Parker/Charlotte Heywood, Sidney Parker/Eliza Campion, OFC. Second person POV. 673 words. Universal. Summary: A servant is not paid to notice everything, but of course you do.

About that )

Sanditon 2.2

I watched the opening episode on catch-up and almost watched this one live, but it was easier to watch it a few minutes before it aired on ITVHub than switching to ‘Watch Live.’ My intention was to try to stick to watching it weekly around the time it airs, but I think I’ll have problems with that tonight.

Read more... )

[Edited for typos 29/1/25.]
shallowness: Kira in civvies looking straight ahead (Rogue X-Men Films)
On Sunday, I reposted With those lips (it'd be a waste) (Dark Angel. PG-13. Max, OC, Original Female Characters, Alec. Max/Alec. Words: 2,929. Summary: Girl talk. Flirtation. Realization. Response.)

I wrote this back when I was capable of writing fics above the 2,500 word mark, and it was first posted in May 2006. It was the next fic to be reposted (the old version is up on Livejournal, but this version can now also be found at AO3 and ff.net too. I went back to it that weekend my plans changed at the end of February. Apparently, I’d been editing it in September 2021, although when I read through it in February, that seemed to have involved introducing more punctuation errors. I think I set about editing more on this go around. My sense in doing so is that this fic says more about me then than I realised.

I’ve made a list of all my fics that are currently only available on my LJ or ff.net, so at least I know the scale of it. None of them are Dark Angel fics. I can’t promise to repost these fics any faster than I have done. I know I ought to try importing again (I don’t think I did back when I started on Dreamwidth) because there are reviews and meta that probably only exist there, but I haven’t minded editing old fics before reposting them, it’s just everything else that goes along with that and the time and energy for it. On the other hand, I’m not really writing fic now.

Well, I wrote a three-sentence fill. Original, OFC/OMC, fluff. Ice-cream melt But there isn’t a sff twist or anything to it.

Then I watched the BAFTAs Read more... )

And then, during the week, while watching The Ipcress File (I’ll get to that) I saw that Sanditon is coming back…to Britbox. Oh, ITV etc, that’s not enough to make me subscribe to it. I wonder if it was only after Bridgerton that they got the second series.

[Edited for typos 26/12/24.]

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