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So I got my invite and have signed up over on Archive of Our Own (which looks to be a vast improvement over any of the other fanfic hosting sites I've seen). Now, however, I have a (very) minor dilemma: to group or not to group?

On ff.net, I started collecting all my one-shots into chaptered fics, simply because it's easier than having to agree to their guidelines every single time I post. Plus, at the volume I've been writing I'd have a ridiculous profile, and it seems a tad silly to make a whole new fic entry for something that is under 1000 words. Then there's the fact that by having all the smut in one place, I only have one fic for anyone to complain about. On the other hand, grouping them means whatever timeline I mentally construct is shot to heck, and it makes it harder for people to find a given one-shot. Not to mention the whole 'complete/incomplete' thing. There are some fandoms where I won't even consider reading a story -- particularly if it's got lots of chapters -- unless it's finished, as there are so many abandoned fics hanging around. (Pushes her own incomplete fics under the bed and whistles innocently.) Drabble folders are incomplete until you stop writing all together, so how many people skip over them because of that?

*ponder ponder*

Thoughts? When reading fics, do you prefer to have all the one-shots in one place, so you can just 'next' through them? Or do prefer being able to search for 'Cloud gets drunk' and have that story come up immediately?

Item the first: I love the Eurovision Song Contest. Is that weird for an American to say? Because I really really do. Then again, I also love ABBA, so there you go. Some ESC-related music recommendations (keeping in mind that ESC songs are generally mainstream pop):


Item the second: does anyone else remember the song Obscene Phone Caller by Rockwell? 'Cause for some reason, I've got this strange idea for a FFVII video put to it. Kadaj can be the caller. And Cloud is complaining. With additional complaints lodged by any FFVII character we've seen using a phone. Maybe it's the bursitis meds...

Item the third: I did it! I responded to all my feedback on ff.net! Now I can post my updates. Wee!

Item the fourth: Bursitis still sucks.

I had a springkink prompt do the 17th (yesterday) and another due the 18th (today) and they're just not gonna happen. =( Bizarrely, my muse is stuck on phone sex (to the extent that it has latched on with both hands and now wants me to write a Kenshin/Kaoru phone sex fic), and refuses to have anything to do with the prompts I'm supposed to be writing.

*bangs head on desk*

My husband thinks I'm nuts, but I feel horribly guilty I'm not finishing everything I signed up for... so if these were your prompts... sorry? (Will you accept phone sex instead?)

Another springkink prompt, and only a few days late. ^^;

Title: Boat Swain (not to be confused with boatswain)
Rating: NC-17
Prompt: Final Fantasy 7, Cloud/Tifa, Oh my!, “We’re in plain eyesight, no one will see.”
Word count: 1800
Summary: The Shin-RA cargo ship is not the fastest mode of transportation. They've got time to kill.

Tifa stood on the deck of the cargo ship...

So... way back in February, I asked what was happening in this comic, and elanor_pam kindly shared (turns out Cloud was as taken aback and confused as we are). However, there are four more pages... would anyone be kind enough to translate the rest?? Pretty pretty please?

And, to sweeten the deal, I'll let you prompt me. How does that sound?

Subsequent pages are linked from the above.

Thank you thank you in advance!

Title:  Hunger Persists (3/?)
Characters (this part):  Cloud, Reeve
Rating (this part):  T
Notes:  More of yuenmei 's (very belated) birthday prompt.

( Hunger Persists Part 3/? )

 

What is being said in this cartoon? Pleeeease??



ETA: I'm not positive, but I'm thinking this may be the following page?

http://pics.livejournal.com/sekiharatae/pic/00057tqd

To all my writer friends: do you ever find stuff on your hard drive (or in your notebook) that you have no memory of writing and no idea what you were thinking at the time? O.o

I found these today, and I'm just flabbergasted... where was I, when my fingers typed these out?

These are incomplete in a BIG way, but maybe someone will tell me what I was thinking...? (Was I prompted and forgot?)

Hello all... was wondering if anyone could direct me to:

1. A Youtube video of the pro-'Tifa' (and pro-hanky panky) version of the Highwind Scene?
2. A visual aid for Cloud in all his glory.  Actually, I don't need the 'glory' part, but I'm having trouble picturing his legs, and it's bothering me.  (I don't NEED to picture his legs, but my inability to imagine anything but something cartoony and bowlegged must be corrected.)

Note to anyone who is interested:  never start wondering (just for curiousity's sake) what's under those baggy pants Cloud wears 'cause it might break your brain. I wasn't even focused on the INTERESTING bits!

Title:  Where the Heart Is
Author/Artist: sekiharatae
Rating: K
Prompt: Final Fantasy VII, Cloud/Tifa: Home- Where ever she was... so was home.
Word count: 600
Summary: Cloud's lived in a number of places, but never understood what made a home.  Until now.

Over on Springkink

Two fics in one day, despite being loopy and in pain.  Go me!  (Unless they suck, in which case I have no idea where they came from.)

Title:  The Importance of Being Constant
Pairing:  Kenshin/Kaoru
Prompt: Rurouni Kenshin, Kenshin/Kaoru: Discovering your boyfriend isn't human (anything but a vampire or a werewolf)- Some days it didn't pay to get out of bed, this was one of those days.

There was a stranger in her kitchen, claiming to be her boyfriend.

Second Springkink prompt down!  Hopefully, it suffices for the prompt.

Title:  Resisting Temptation
Pairing:  Cloud/Tifa
Rating:  M (no graphic sex, but plenty of references and innuendo and implications thereof)
Prompt:  Final Fantasy 7, Cloud/Tifa, The trick (an action/catchphrase/item/cue that prompts immediate (sexual) action)

I blame anything that's wrong with it on the pain of bursitis and the loopiness from the meds.  ^^;

Bananas were evil...

Hey!

I just wanted to make a quick post of encouragement to all you NaNoWriMo participants on my f-list.  It's a huge commitment and you're all AWESOME for signing up.  laura_josephsen , yuenmei , genkisakka , and amethyst_key , this means you in particular, but also for anyone else who is participating.

Keep it up! 

Well, one prompt down and I'm off to a great start, seeing as it's both late and less than satisfactory.  *sigh*

Title:  You're My Obsession
Pairing:  Cloud/Tifa
Rating:  NC-17

This is my list of Springkink prompts, all due in November:

1st: Final Fantasy VII, Cloud/Tifa: Obsession. Cloud has a fixation.

5th: Final Fantasy 7, Cloud/Tifa, The trick (an action/catchphrase/item/cue that prompts immediate (sexual) action)

5th: Rurouni Kenshin, Kenshin/Kaoru: Discovering your boyfriend isn't human (anything but a vampire or a werewolf)- Some days it didn't pay to get out of bed, this was one of those days.

7th: Final Fantasy VII, Cloud/Tifa: Home- Where ever she was... so was home.

15th: Final Fantasy 7, Cloud/Tifa, Oh my!, “We’re in plain eyesight, no one will see.”

17th: Final Fantasy 7, Cloud/Tifa, 20 minutes, (left until discovery; time together; until we meet)

18th: Final Fantasy 7, Cloud/Tifa, Dangerous curves, (obsession)

25th: Final Fantasy 7, Cloud/Tifa, Call of the Wild, “I know her and in my mind I dream of her, how she aches without me”

26th: Final Fantasy 7, Cloud/Tifa, Tasty, (oral stimulation/satisfaction)

26th: Final Fantasy VII, Cloud/Tifa: Bondage. Helpless, like an offering, splayed out for pleasure or pain.

27th: Final Fantasy 7, Cloud/Tifa, 24/7, “I like to think we have no time limits”

28th: Final Fantasy 7, Cloud/Tifa, Chilli Chocolate, “It tastes of making love to you”

30th: Final Fantasy 7, Cloud/Tifa, A gift, “It’s a talent”


*thud*

Title:  Two Score Seasons
Pairing:  Kenshin/Kaoru
Prompt:  For quoth_the_ravyn, who asked for Ken/Kaoru and pumpkin patches at midnight

( Two Score Seasons )

Title:  Share and Share Alike
Characters:  Cloud and Denzel
Rating:  G or K
Prompt:  For gloomy_ninja , who requested Denzel's friend envying his father/son relationship with Cloud.

( Share and Share Alike )

 

Title:  Abundant Harvest
Characters:  Cloud/Tifa, Marlene, Denzel
Rating: K+
Prompt: FFVII: Cloud, Tifa, pumpkins on ff_kissbattle

( Abundant Harvest )

Ok, this is a bit of an odd fic rec, 'cause it's a bit of an odd fic.  But the writing is fantastic, as are the details, and the way the author has imagined every facet of how this... time line altering change would play out.  It's a bit slow moving to start, but keep going -- the most recent chapter is amazingly adorable, and full of things to make your Cloud/Tifa heart smile and go "d'awwwwwww!"

Against All Odds

ETA:  It strikes me that I should emphasize that this is not a Cloud/Tifa romance.  This is not a Cloud/anyone romance.  But that doesn't mean the interaction isn't sweet and cute as anything. =)