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... At some point, I really should start making real entries again.

Since I have zero impulse control, I'm offering drabblets for a dollar in help_nz's lightning round. (Seeing as how I still owe toriko_roller 2500 words of Dragon Knights fic, I'm not going to participate in the 'real' auction. But. I can manage drabblets, surely?)

Fandoms offered are: The Big Bang Theory (S1-S2), Burn Notice (S1-S2), Chuck (S1-S2), Hustle (S1-S4), NCIS (S1-S5), Oglaf, Primeval (S1-S3), White Collar (S1), crossovers between aforementioned fandoms and any other fandom I know and, if that's your cuppa, Kradam.

In unrelated news: I posted On and Off the Record (NCIS/Pundit RPF crossover aka Anderson Cooper bringing Gibbs coffee), and I snatched prompts for Boston Legal and The Big Bang Theory over at dark_fest.

all journals mentioned are at lj

... and the very next day, I gave it away some more?

In alphabetical order of fandom, I wrote: ( Bite Me, Blades of Glory, Borderland series, Burn Notice, Bus Gamer, Chuck, Crossfire, Dark Angel, Digimon 02, Dragaera, Eight Days of Luke, Eureka, Fastlane, Hustle, Johannes Cabal, A Knight's Tale, Kris Allen Band, Ladyhawke, Oglaf, Primeval, Tour of the Merrimack, Vorkosigan Saga, War for the Oaks, White Collar RPF and Zombie Powder )

... gifts that people gave to me, that is.

For Yuletide, a brave pinch hitter wrote Of Depth Perception, Muscles and Coping (Quarters-series by Tanya Huff), which shows Bannon and Benedikt coming back home and jumping into bed together pretty quickly, without a lot of useless moping about and angsting. It's fluffy like a fluffy thing. No porn, just fluff, which is lovely and okay, I have nothing against porn, but two characters caring about each other and being attracted to one another and just getting together? Yes, please. *squishes fic*

peroxidepest17 wrote Like-Minded, a crossover between Reborn! and Eyeshield 21 that's every bit as cracktastic as you'd expect it to be. <3

Lastly, oxoniensis wrote The Nine Lives of Bryce Larkin (crossover between Chuck and Chronicles of Chrestomanci by Diana Wynne Jones) which contains a delightful helping of Bryce/Chuck and many more assorted awesomeness. <3 <3

Also: merry Christmas! (I know mine is.)

- although I really hope I can get through to sign up before the 19th, given that none of my attempts to sign up so far have met with success. Still, early days yet, eh?

No letter yet, although I'm pretty sure what my requests are going to be.

In other news, for xover_exchange, I wrote a Dark Angel/White Collar crossover wherein Neal hooks up with Logan. (What can I say? I couldn't resist the pretty?) Several people have commented on Mozzie being awesome in it, which fills me with glee, because um, hee!

My own gift got posted as well: it's a Chuck/Dark Angel crossover wherein Ben comes looking for food in the trashcan of the Bartowski household and you should definitely read it if you know the fandoms (and I know that's some of you, at least).

Lastly, I posted A Kiss After Killing (cheesy title is cheesy), yet another Chuck ficlet set at Stanford. I labeled it hurt/comfort, although um, it's basically Bryce freaking out and kissing Chuck in the shower? I don't know, really, but I wrote happy-go-lucky!Bryce/Sarah/Chuck today, so that should make up for it?

Anyone wants to brag that they signed up for Yuletide already? *g*

alyse wrote me a fabulous Abby/Stephen/Connor (Primeval) fic on occasion of this round of the primevalathon which you should read here, assuming you're at all into this fandom. Um. Is anyone?

On the occasion of Halloween one year ago, I offered to write people ficlets based on trick-or-treat prompts and I ended up writing, well, none of them. So. Not going to do that again this year.

I did write something Halloween-themed for White Collar (spoilers for first season), which I feel a bit odd about, seeing as how it makes no attempts at being funny.

Plus, under the motto 'beter late than never', I finally wrote most of those ficlets I owed people. Go me?

for crsg
( Gravitation, Yuki/Shuichi, dress-up )

for alice_montrose:
( Coldfire, Gerald has a sweet tooth )

for jaebi_lit:
( Vorkosigan, Ivan/Byerly, costume party )

for chomiji:
( Samurai Deeper Kyo, Yukimura and Kyo, 'Do you want to know a secret?' )

for: purkledragon
( Weiss Kreuz, Schuldich/Aya, broken glass )

for: whomever would like to read it
( Chuck, Bryce and Chuck, scary movies )

Before it slips my mind: Kind of Maybe Not Exactly (The Big Bang Theory, Howard/Raj) got posted elsewhere, as it seemed long enough to get a post of its own.

Title: The Hundred Dollar Man
Prompt: magdelena1969 - NCIS, DiNozzo/Gibbs, bachelor auction
Rating: PG
Summary: Where the hell was Ziva when you wanted her in a purely platonic, 'can I have some support here?' kind of way?
Word count: 304 words
( There'd been a few small bids, nothing major, which was just insulting and maybe even hurt a little bit - )

Title: Our Closeness and This Woman
Prompt: sans_grace - House MD, House/Cameron/Wilson, they understand the risks of the intensity of man, of the obsessions of men
Rating: PG
Summary: "I'm the one she likes best, you know."
Word count: 106 words
( 'Woman,' House proclaimed solemnly, 'is a mystery.' )

Title: Alea Iacta
Prompt: ezazahaz - Supernatural, gen - Dean, Sam, and Cas (at least; other characters are welcome!) playing D&D
Rating: PG-13 for language
Summary: "I do not fornicate with dragons."
Word count: 645 words
( 'Look, Cas, I don't mean to be rude here, but don't you think it's a just a <i>little</i> bit strange you roll a ten, like, six times in a row? Like, do you think that's normal?' )

Title: The Heart's Cry
Prompt: moon_destiny - Psych, Shawn/Lassiter, tap dancing toward your love
Rating: G
Summary: Didn't mean he had to be impressed or anything.
Word count: 100 words woohoo!
( 'This is the most ridiculous dream I have ever had,' Lassiter said flatly -  )

Title: A Good Plan
Prompt: a second Chuck/White Collar drabble for bookchan, this one based on a prompt kindly provided to me by daria234
Rating: PG
Summary: "Ah," Mozzie said. "The fairness of life."
Word count: 336 words
( 'It has occured to you, I assume, that all of this could have been easily avoided if you'd simply decided not to seduce Keller's girlfriend.' )

Title: Her Blue Eyed Boy
Pairing/characters: Neal Caffrey/Lauren Cruz
Warnings/notes: This was written with no knowledge of the second season. As such, it may divert from canon beyond the first season's ending Set three or four years post-series.

( That first year, she lost count of the number of people who asked her 'do you miss working in a team?' )

On the occasion of help_pakistan, I also offered to write 'little somethings' for people who bid on me but didn't win and so -

- for myr_soleil, requesting something Casey/Sarah (Chuck) delving into the hostility between these two in 1x01, I wrote Simple Truths

- for captanddeastar, requesting something Bryce/Chuck (Chuck) set at Stanford around the theme of Bryce wanting to tell Chuck the truth, I wrote The Truth Will Set You Free (So I'll Just Keep Lying)

spotting a theme in titles here?

- for bookchan, requesting something Chuck/White Collar not involving either Neal or Bryce, I have written nothing at all yet (but suggestions for character combinations would be welcome?)

- for chrysa who actually won, I wrote the little something below. She wished for Adam Lambert to appear on a Chinese variety show hosted by Zhou Mi - in the real world, by preference. Had it been in my power to do so, I would have gladly obliged her; as it is, I think Zhou Mi is pretty and shiny and that I do not want to play with him (although I'll happily fangirl and squeal at people who do, in fact, play with him and write fic).

90% of this is based on Super Junior M's appearance on Variety Big Brother on December 12th and December 19th 2009. (Available on YouTube here and here with subtitles and everything - links provided to me by chrysa.)

( When in China ... )

Four mini-reviews that are, I think, quite free of spoilers.

Subject: Jennifer Crusie - Manhunting (Romance)
Possibly I've been spoilt by Faking It, Getting Rid of Bradley, What the Lady Wants and even Bet Me, all of which had more, well, plot. There is a plot here, too, of course, but no side-plots involving murder-mysteries, suspected hitmen, conniving conmen and what-have-yous - it's just a Girl Makes List of Requirements for Future Husband, Girl Meets Boy Who Does Not, Initially, Appear to Meet Even One Requirement on Said List (Although She Kind of Likes Him All the Same) and things go merrily from there. Fun enough, but less so than some of the other books I've read by this author.
Outcome: keeper, because it's still Jennifer Crusie

Subject: Caitlin Kittredge - Street Magic (Urban Fantasy)
Oh, irony. After fretting about the female lead's name being Pete, it's actually the male lead's accent sinking the book. You see, I have a bit of a thing about accents and slang in written form. Specifically, I tend not to like them. As it turns out, Jack's dialogue is bloody full of all these bloody words that might make him sound a bit like Owen Harper from Torchwood, except not really. I guess me and this book simply weren't meant to be.
Outcome: soon to be offered on BookMooch

Subject: T.A. Pratt - Blood Engines (Urban Fantasy)
Since I was still in the mood for some urban fantasy, I picked up this one from my To Read pile, and I'm rather liking it so far. The book does feel a bit like it should maybe be the second in a series; there's a fair bit of information dunking (no time wasted on contrived conversations about how things work or why; you just get facts presented to you as they are and as they become relevant). Set in San Francisco and vaguely reminding me of John Levitt's Dog Days, possibly solely for that reason, because the main characters definitely don't have much in common (nor does the magic system).
Outcome: keeper, probably

Subject: Derek Landy - Skulduggery Pleasant: The Faceless Ones (YA)
Third book in a series and I think I might be looking forwards to the fourth book almost as much as I'm looking forwards to Sarah Rees Brennan's The Demon's Something. Which is not to say these two series are at all alike in any way.
Skulduggery Pleasant is your average wizard turned skeleton turned detective and, for reasons that, well, don't need exploring at this juncture (the story's in the first book) he takes a girl named Stephanie on as an apprentice. They're kind of awesome together. There's a kick-ass female swordswoman, lots of snark, banter and humor, some serious reflections on What It Means If You Run Around Trying to Save the World at the Tender Age of Thirteen, a happy-making lack of stupid adults (mean or willfully oblivious, yes - stupid, no) and did I mention the skeleton-slash-detective-slash-wizard? He drives a Bentley.
Outcome: keeper

Unrelated: nearing the end of the first season of Dark Angel, kind of shipping Logan/Max a whole lot and really, really curious if Logan's going to be running around again in the second season. (This is not, I think, a request to be spoilt, although you're definitely free to read it as such.) Still not reading any fanfiction so as not to be spoilt for plot otherwise. Am beginning to kind of like Zack.

Title: The Taste of Hope: a Story About Shops and the Young Women Who Work There, Post Offices and the Young Women Who Work There, and How True Love is Really All About Cupcakes
Characters/pairing: mainly Mozzie, with appearances by Neal, Mr Suit and Mrs Suit - about as much pre-OT3 as the show is. (Hur, hur.)
Warnings/notes: Don't look for a plot, or porn, or anything. You won't find it.

( Two years, five months and sixteen days after Neal got caught, it occured to Mozzie that Something Had To Be Done, and that for lack of someone more suitable for the job (such as Neal), the someone who had to be doing the something was him. )