leodragon1

I AINT DEAD

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:13:08 GMT

I'M BACK!

Did you guys even know that I was gone? Probably not. *huffs*

To make a long and aggravating story short - I've been offline for three weeks. IT WAS HORRIBLE. I couldn't access the internet from home AT ALL, and I nearly went spare at how long it took to get the situation fixed. My god! How it went offline was my fault, but the incompetents on the other end managed to stuff it up a couple of times and TURNED THE WAIT INTO WEEKS. I'd get a text on my mobile to say that I was reconnected, and then I'd try to get online, and find out that IT WAS LIES, ALL LIES. I'm not getting over that any time soon.

Man, the stories and posts in my inbox has been piling up, and I don't know what to catch up on first! There's comments to reply to, feedback to leave, friends to catch up on. What to do first? *spins around in circles and falls over*

I lie, I knew that the first order of business was to post that I've been away, so that when I start commenting on posts or stories that are three weeks old, it might be obvious why. I've been sneaking online at work, but I couldn't do that much. I mean, what if someone managed to catch me just when I was reading a really hot, steamy sex scene? Erk. My back is sore from how tense I got from trying to get away with reading at work. I need a massage now.

Ah, but now I've got all night, in the privacy of my own home. That sounds almost dirty, doesn't it? *smirks*

Bye now!

Just call me Miss Crankypants

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:34:37 GMT

Headache.

Tired.

Can't funtion.

Uuugh.

What's worse is that I can't even read to cheer myself up, because that would only make me more naseaous. I'VE BEEN LIKE THIS ALL DAY AT WORK TOO.

*falls into bed*

Merlin recs

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:36:39 GMT

I've just discovered that my brain twin (aka nachekana) and I have a mutual love of a relatively new fandom - BBC's Merlin, and the pairing of Arthur/Merlin. Yay yay! And it was my BBF dominiondreams who got me onto the Merlin bandwagon in the first place. *smish!* Since that's two people I know that are into it, I've decided to rec my favorite stories so far, and spread the love.

Note: Most of these fics are of the longish persuasion, which is my preferred reading.

The Crown of the Summer Court
"The king sent me to get you," Merlin said, with a tone that implied strongly that he wasn't rolling his eyes where Arthur could see, but just wait until his back was turned. "He said you're to get changed into formal clothes and meet him in the Great Hall, there's a delegation coming from the Summer Court."
I don't think I'm giving anything away when I say that it's about elves, and challenges and Arthur being an impulsive prat. After you've finished reading this one, go and read all the other Merlin fics by astolat, especially Favorite, where Arthur and Merlin can't keep their hands off each other. *chortles*

Truth is a Whisper
Words can also be mightier than the sword
I really love Arthur in this one, who struggles against a different kind of enemy, and Merlin, with his loyalty to his prince. I've read it three times already. Again, once you've read this one, go and read all the other Merlin fics written by seperis. You'll be v.v. happy.

Three Tasks
Arthur is the Royal Arbiter for Suitable Suitors' Disputes. He (and his trusty companion, the golden-dragon-tasselled hat) alone can determine who is fit to woo royal servants and other assorted courtiers in Uther's court.
This is not as cracky as it sounds. The first part has Arthur mediate a dispute, and in the second part, Arthur has to mediate a dispute that Merlin is involved in. How does he feel about that, and does he go with duty, or love? I love how it plays out.

The above fics were set in the same kind of Camelot as in the show. But I have to also mention the ones that are complete AUs, but still give us the Arthur and Merlin we know and love:

Drastically Redefining Protocol
In which Prince Arthur of Wales meets Merlin Emrys of Windmill Hill, and all hell promptly breaks loose.
This is a modern day AU, and it's been recced everywhere already. It contains awesome banter between Arthur and Merlin, much like canon, as well as being a wonderfully funny story. I love it to bits. It has four extra stories after it as well. Not as long as the first one, sadly, but some are v.v. porny *g*

Two Weeks Notice
As you might have guessed, this is based on the movie Two Weeks Notice with Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant. I wasn't that impressed with the movie, but I LOVE this version so much! Miles better, with spot on characterisations. Arthur works for his father at Pendragon Corporation where Merlin becomes his long-suffering assistant. My kind of romantic comedy.

Lovestruck
Modern London AU. On the day that Arthur swore he'd never take the tube again, he met a student called Merlin.
I'm really fond of this one, it's just so sweet and funny with a prat!Arthur and a bemused Merlin. I think what I love most about it is Arthur's pursuit of Merlin, almost despite himself.

The Pendragon Guide to How Not to Date
Morgana sends Arthur on some blind dates that don’t go quite according to plan.
I love how Merlin and Arthur meet in this one. This is another one I love to read again and again.

Okay, I never used to read RPS, and I still don't for the most part. The only guys I ever wanted to read was Jared/Jensen. And now I'm suddenly into Colin/Bradley. It's a slippery slope.

(For the uninitiated, Colin Morgan plays Merlin, Bradley James play Arthur, and they both seem to be lovely boys by all accounts. Not fair.)

Teaching the Indie Kids to Joust Again
This is how it starts off: The thing with Bradley starts (more or less) in broad daylight one afternoon three hours into filming a scene where they have to climb a giant beanstalk.
Yes, I like my fics dashed with humour. I like it even better when there's teasing and gay epiphanies too.

And Nobody Wears a Crown
A story about a summer in France, in which Bradley finds himself intrigued by Irish names, Colin reads a lot, Angel and Katie are their usual innocent selves, and a few moments change everything.
A bit more angst in this one, but very much enjoyable nonetheless.

These are where I discovered most of the fics above, with plenty more I haven't mentioned:
Merlin Trope, AU, Crossover, RPF fic recs
Born to Crash and Burn

Plus some communities you have to check out:
The Merlin Big Bang Challenge
Reel BBC Merlin
Merlin_Finders

Enjoy! And now I think I'll read one of these stories again. *trots off*

I'm not ded.

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:35:41 GMT

Happy birthday to me!
Happy birthday to me!
Happy birthday to dear Leodraaaagon.
Happy birthday to me! *sings very off-key*

Hey, hey! *waves champagne glass* I know I haven't been posting, but really, how many people are that interested? Anyway, I've been busy reading all the big bang fics that I can handle. DROWNING IN THEM, IN FACT. And wow, so many talented people out there in the spn fandom! Lucky us. I haven't read them all yet. That's gonna take me a while, egads.

So yes, been too busy reading to write any stories, and I know a couple (alright, SEVERAL) of you having been asking me if I'm going to write more stuff after that dragon epic. I will, I promise! *facepalm* I've got a few story ideas, actually, including a couple of potential co-writing projects. Watch this space!

Anyway, it was my birthday yesterday. Turned thirty two and all. Must remember that number, because I just forget how old I am these days. Most of the time I feel a lot younger, sometimes a little older... but never the actual number. Jensen Ackles is the same age as me though, ha ha! *iz smug*

Which is also kind of weird, because all my celeb crushes used to be thirty years old when I was fifteen. Now they're still thirty. I'VE OVERTAKEN THEM AND CATCHING SPEED, ZOMG.

Not all of them though. Jeffrey Dean Morgan, you hunky man you! Actually, how old is he? Nevermind, he's older, THAT'S ENOUGH FOR ME.

And alright, yes, I might also have a crush on Zac Efron. So sue me.

D'awwww

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:15:01 GMT

queenklu posted this meme, and I loved it, so why not? I swear, I'm not all about the memes! It just so HAPPENS that my last two posts have been on them. I'll be back to normal tomorrow.

01. Anyone who looks at this entry has to post this meme and their current wallpaper at their LiveJournal.
02. Explain in five sentences why you're using that wallpaper!
03. Don't change your wallpaper before doing this! The point is to see what you had on!

This is the artwork for the fic Put That Thing Back Where It Came From (or so help me) by vorpalblades, which is based on the movie Monsters Inc. The fic is gorgeous and funny, and I LOVED the artwork for it. This is pretty much my picture of what Sam and Dean should be like when they're being all *cough* COZY. Or Jared and Jensen, either way. Seeing this whenever I turn on my laptop never fails to cheer me up.

Yes, I'm a huge sap. And?

I swear I don't post memes very often...

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:43:27 GMT

And it's totally up to you if you want to answer these questions. I did the meme for house_of_lantis and I'm passing it forward, but this is not one of those chain emails where you will get bad luck if you don't. All in good fun, right? *nods*

1) Are you currently in a serious relationship?
A.
2) What was your dream growing up?
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3) What talent do you wish you had?
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4) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
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5) Favorite vegetable?
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6) What was the last book you read?
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7) What zodiac sign are you?
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8) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where.
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9) Worst Habit?
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10) If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride?
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11) What is your favorite sport?
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12) Do you have a Negative or Optimistic attitude?
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13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
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14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?
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15) Tell me one weird fact about you.
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16) Do you have any pets?
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17) What if i showed up at your house unexpectedly?
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18) What was your first impression of me?
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19) Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
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20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
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21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
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22) What color eyes do you have?
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23) Ever been arrested?
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24) Bottle or can soda?
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25) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it?
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27) What's your favorite place to hang at?
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28) Do you believe in ghosts?
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29) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
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30) Do you swear a lot?
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31) Biggest pet peeve?
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32) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
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33) Do you believe/appreciate romance?
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35) Do you believe in God?
A.

Rambling

Thu, 28 May 2009 12:03:59 GMT

I've only JUST gotten home. I stayed back late at work, and then I decided to pick up dinner on the the way home. I plan to do nothing but veg for what's left of the night.

TIRED.

At least I have tomorow (Friday) off. And Monday is a public holiday, so that's a four day weekend. Yay!

Blah blah blah

Mon, 25 May 2009 07:38:16 GMT

I've heard all about clinical depression, the can't-even-get-out-of-bed kind. But is it possible to suffer a really mild form of it that's just not obvious?

A kind of depression where you're pretty much fuctioning normally, but with a general feeling of antipathy. Like I'm just going through the motions.

Because, to be honest, I find it REALLY hard to summon up any good or bad feelings about anything. I've been coasting on a general disinterest about everything for a long time now. I honestly can't remember the last time I actually got excited. Even when I got the news about the rest of season 4 for Supernatural finally coming back on the air (and about time too!), I swear to you that I flailed about it for exactly a minute and then the mood was over, and I was back to a general state of blah, as if the news had never happened. That really can't be normal.

I'm even more blah about work. Yeah, most of us hate our job, but I'm becoming the worst employee in the world, turning up late (though I do stay back a bit to make up for it), and being really slow to get started with things, and taking a lot of breaks. I'm usually a real professional when it comes to work, but one of co-workers keeps having to take up the slack and that is just not on. I used to take a lot of pride in my job, but lately...

And yeah, I've been thinking of looking for another job, but I haven't made any moves towards that. It's like I'm stuck in a feeling of inertia - I want to leave, but I can't make myself do anything about being able to leave. And it's like that in other parts of my life. I can't make myself change anything or MOVE ON.

And I'm putting on weight, because I haven't been in the mood to cook, or even go shopping for meat and vegs. So it's all been takeout lately. Halp.

I've got all these ideas for stories too, but I haven't written anything since the Dragon AU was finished.

*sigh*

P.S. I posted this during one of my breaks at work, 'cos I'm putting off having to do something.

Dude, it was going to happen eventually

Tue, 19 May 2009 14:04:44 GMT

I've just set up a dreamwidth account (under leodragon1 again, I'm not giving myself whiplash, alright?) AND a twitter account, in the space of an hour.

God, what am I DOING? I tried to resist, I really did! How many tabs am I going to have open on my computer by the end of the year?

*sigh*

*grins*

Anyway, I'm staying on livejournal, no worries there, but I decided to give DW a go, in case livejournal somehow folds up on itself one day. What? It could happen.

So I'm posting this entry on dreamwidth, and hoping this will turn up on my lj post like they said it would. Fingers crossed.

ETA: After it failed the first two times, I finally got the crossposting to work. What is it about things happening in threes? Weird. But yay, my journals are linked!

No more angst, please!

Fri, 15 May 2009 16:34:10 GMT

Every single Sam/Dean or J2 fic I've read lately has managed to depress me. How do I keep finding all the angst fics that don't end happily? I need some schmoop so bad right now.

I'd go through my bookmarks and read old favourites, but with my radar lately, I just know I'll click on the only one that that isn't sweetness and light. 'Cos I won't remember it properly, dammit.

*sigh*

Anyone read any good Sam/Dean (before season 4) or j2 fics lately that'll cheer me up?

CAN'T TAKE THE SKY AWAY FROM ME 20/20

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:18:04 GMT

Header by apieceofcake
I'm so excited to finally post the conclusion! I've had such a lousy day at work, but thinking of this kept me going. Thanks for giving us such wonderful feedback everybody.

Title: Can't Take the Sky Away from Me (20/20)
Fandom: CW RPS, with some ideas lifted from Pern (the Firefly title is a red-herring)
Authors: leodragon1, pekover
Pairing: Jared/Jensen, some others
Rating: NC-17
Warning: Some het (not too graphic); violence, but not graphic either.
Summary: Dragons and their riders have always protected the land, but they have also been used for destruction and war. Can Jensen and Jared's love overcome everything that keeps them apart, and can they find a way to keep another apocalyptic dragon war from occurring?
Authors' Notes: And we reach the end! nachekana sort of inspired us to write this fic, because she and I were moaning one time about how few creature fics there were in the spn fandom. So when pekover and I were talking about plot bunnies, and what fic to write that hasn't been done to death, I mused that fics with dragons had only been done once, as far as I knew. One epic fic later... you know who is really to blame now! *hugs* And of course, thanks apieceofcake for making our awesome header! *smish*

Chapter 20

Master Post, Cast list and Glossary

Chapter nineteen

Sun, 26 Apr 2009 11:22:24 GMT

Header by apieceofcake
Finally, you get to find out what happens to Jared...

Title: Can't Take the Sky Away from Me (19/20)
Fandom: CW RPS, with some ideas lifted from Pern (the Firefly title is a red-herring)
Authors: leodragon1, pekover
Pairing: Jared/Jensen, some others
Rating: NC-17
Warning: Some het (not too graphic); violence, but not graphic either.
Summary: Dragons and their riders have always protected the land, but they have also been used for destruction and war. Can Jensen and Jared's love overcome everything that keeps them apart, and can they find a way to keep another apocalyptic dragon war from occurring?

Chapter 19

Master Post, Cast list and Glossary

ANZAC DAY

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 03:50:56 GMT

To my fellow Aussies and Kiwis, celebrating Anzac Day today.

Lest We Forget.

CAN'T TAKE THE SKY AWAY FROM ME 18/20

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:20:49 GMT

Header by apieceofcake
Hey look, we actually know how many chapters it finishes at. And pekover called it... twenty chapters! Wow, that's a lotta words.

Title: Can't Take the Sky Away from Me (18/20)
Fandom: CW RPS, with some ideas lifted from Pern (the Firefly title is a red-herring)
Authors: leodragon1, pekover
Pairing: Jared/Jensen, some others
Rating: NC-17
Warning: Some het (not too graphic); violence, but not graphic either.
Summary: Dragons and their riders have always protected the land, but they have also been used for destruction and war. Can Jensen and Jared's love overcome everything that keeps them apart, and can they find a way to keep another apocalyptic dragon war from occurring?

Chapter 18

Master Post, Cast list and Glossary

Chapter seventeen

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 11:58:24 GMT

Header by apieceofcake
Two posts in the one night! This is the one that you were really looking forward to, wasn't it? Don't lie...

Title: Can't Take the Sky Away from Me (17/20ish)
Fandom: CW RPS, with some ideas lifted from Pern (the Firefly title is a red-herring)
Authors: leodragon1, pekover
Pairing: Jared/Jensen, some others
Rating: NC-17
Warning: Some het (not too graphic); violence, but not graphic either.
Summary: Dragons and their riders have always protected the land, but they have also been used for destruction and war. Can Jensen and Jared's love overcome everything that keeps them apart, and can they find a way to keep another apocalyptic dragon war from occurring?

Chapter 17

Master Post, Cast list and Glossary

Comment meme! I know...

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 10:49:24 GMT

I hardly ever do memes, but since nachekana answered my comments, I have to pay it forward I suppose. *sigh* :-D

Comment on this entry, and I will:

1. Tell you why I friended you.
2. Associate you with something - fandom, a song, a color, a photo, a word etc.
3. Tell you something I like about you.
4. Tell you a memory I have of you.
5. Ask something I've always wanted to know about you.
6. Tell you my favorite user pic of yours.
7. In return, you must post this in your LJ.

Chapter sixteen

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:35:08 GMT

Header by apieceofcake
Sorry this chapter is posted a day late, guys. Or is it still Wednesday for you? Effing timezones. Anyway, I'm on holidays for the Easter break and I haven't had to go anywhere since Monday. Do you know how quickly you can lose track of what date it is? Only a couple of days, apparently.

And then I spazzed out and reposted chapter fifteen. Thank god I caught that one. *facepalm* I've been deleting posts and doing them properly. Enough rambling! Here you go...

Title: Can't Take the Sky Away from Me (16/20ish)
Fandom: CW RPS, with some ideas lifted from Pern (the Firefly title is a red-herring)
Authors: leodragon1, pekover
Pairing: Jared/Jensen, some others
Rating: NC-17
Warning: Some het (not too graphic); violence, but not graphic either.
Summary: Dragons and their riders have always protected the land, but they have also been used for destruction and war. Can Jensen and Jared's love overcome everything that keeps them apart, and can they find a way to keep another apocalyptic dragon war from occurring?

Chapter 16

Master Post, Cast list and Glossary

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 03:32:34 GMT

I stay away from the internet for a day, and something explodes. I'm talking about what Amazon has done recently.

I'm not saying it happened because I wasn't there (I'm not THAT vain!), but just imagine my shock when I got online this morning and saw all the furious blogging in my Inbox about it. I've been catching up on the blogging and news reports, about Amazon suddenly removing the ranking of books from their booklists that they consider "adult", which somehow includes gay and lesbian stories with not one whit of sex in them, but has excluded memiors from straight porn stars that are very explicit indeed, and can still be looked up.

*see angry icon*

Anyway, if you somehow have no idea what I'm talking about, here's a link to get you started:

Go here

And another link, that will make sense if you've read the above link.

Google bomb

Chapter fifteen

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 12:19:17 GMT

Header by apieceofcake
I'm posting this on dominiondreams's laptop at her place, 'cos we couldn't miss the schedule, now could we?

Title: Can't Take the Sky Away from Me (15/20ish)
Fandom: CW RPS, with some ideas lifted from Pern (the Firefly title is a red-herring)
Authors: leodragon1, pekover
Pairing: Jared/Jensen, some others
Rating: NC-17
Warning: Some het (not too graphic); violence, but not graphic either.
Summary: Dragons and their riders have always protected the land, but they have also been used for destruction and war. Can Jensen and Jared's love overcome everything that keeps them apart, and can they find a way to keep another apocalyptic dragon war from occurring?

Chapter 15

Master Post, Cast list and Glossary

Chapter fourteen...

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 23:14:10 GMT

Header by apieceofcake
Check out the rating guys. Can't say we didn't warn you... :-P

Title: Can't Take the Sky Away from Me (14/20ish)
Fandom: CW RPS, with some ideas lifted from Pern (the Firefly title is a red-herring)
Authors: leodragon1, pekover
Pairing: Jared/Jensen, some others
Rating: NC-17
Warning: Some het (not too graphic); violence, but not graphic either.
Summary: Dragons and their riders have always protected the land, but they have also been used for destruction and war. Can Jensen and Jared's love overcome everything that keeps them apart, and can they find a way to keep another apocalyptic dragon war from occurring?

Chapter 14

Master Post, Cast list and Glossary

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 12:49:10 GMT

Header by apieceofcake

Isn't the banner gorgeous? pekover and I love it. Thanks apieceofcake!

Title: Can't Take the Sky Away from Me (13/20ish)
Fandom: CW RPS, with some ideas lifted from Pern (the Firefly title is a red-herring)
Authors: leodragon1, pekover
Pairing: Jared/Jensen, some others
Rating: Eventual NC-17
Warning: Some het (not too graphic); violence, but not graphic either.
Summary: Dragons and their riders have always protected the land, but they have also been used for destruction and war. Can Jensen and Jared's love overcome everything that keeps them apart, and can they find a way to keep another apocalyptic dragon war from occurring?

Chapter 13

Master Post, Cast list and Glossary

Chapter twelve

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:08:01 GMT

You've been hanging out to find out what happens next, right?! Yay for you, the next chapter's here, so you guys can calm down now. :-P

Title: Can't Take the Sky Away from Me (12/20ish)
Fandom: CW RPS, with some ideas lifted from Pern (the Firefly title is a red-herring)
Authors: leodragon1, pekover
Pairing: Jared/Jensen, some others
Rating: Eventual NC-17
Warning: Some het (not too graphic); violence, but not graphic either.
Summary: Dragons and their riders have always protected the land, but they have also been used for destruction and war. Can Jensen and Jared's love overcome everything that keeps them apart, and can they find a way to keep another apocalyptic dragon war from occurring?

Chapter 12

Master Post, Cast list and Glossary

Chapter eleven

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:03:26 GMT

Damn, I don't have a mood icon for headaches, so I've settled on cranky. Notice that hasn't stopped me from posting that the next chapter's out... I can't leave our wonderful readers in the lurch!

Title: Can't Take the Sky Away from Me (11/20ish)
Fandom: CW RPS, with some ideas lifted from Pern (the Firefly title is a red-herring)
Authors: leodragon1, pekover
Pairing: Jared/Jensen, some others
Rating: Eventual NC-17
Warning: Some het (not too graphic); violence, but not graphic either.
Summary: Dragons and their riders have always protected the land, but they have also been used for destruction and war. Can Jensen and Jared's love overcome everything that keeps them apart, and can they find a way to keep another apocalyptic dragon war from occurring?

Chapter 11

Master Post, Cast list and Glossary

Chapter ten

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:57:09 GMT

We're pretty much halfway through the fic now - I can't believe how many words we've done already. *boggles*

Title: Can't Take the Sky Away from Me (10/20ish)
Fandom: CW RPS, with some ideas lifted from Pern (the Firefly title is a red-herring)
Authors: leodragon1, pekover
Pairing: Jared/Jensen, some others
Rating: Eventual NC-17
Warning: Some het (not too graphic); violence, but not graphic either.
Summary: Dragons and their riders have always protected the land, but they have also been used for destruction and war. Can Jensen and Jared's love overcome everything that keeps them apart, and can they find a way to keep another apocalyptic dragon war from occurring?

Chapter 10

Master Post, Cast list and Glossary

Chapter nine

Sun, 22 Mar 2009 02:36:49 GMT

I'm always so excited to post the next chapter. I'm going to miss this when it's finished!

Title: Can't Take the Sky Away from Me (9/20ish)
Fandom: CW RPS, with some ideas lifted from Pern (the Firefly title is a red-herring)
Authors: leodragon1, pekover
Pairing: Jared/Jensen, some others
Rating: Eventual NC-17
Warning: Some het (not too graphic); violence, but not graphic either.
Summary: Dragons and their riders have always protected the land, but they have also been used for destruction and war. Can Jensen and Jared's love overcome everything that keeps them apart, and can they find a way to keep another apocalyptic dragon war from occurring?

Chapter 9

Master Post