I'll Laugh My Whole Way Through the Hurricanes and Fire

So, when anna_daae was up here last, she introduced me to some new music. Mainly, Postal Service and Cobra Starship. I already knew Cobra Starship from the Snakes on a Plane song, but that was all I knew them from.

Turns out their other music? Is pretty damn good. And Postal Service reminds me of Death Cab For Cutie, which is a very good thing. So I went and snagged two Cobra Starship albums and one Postal Service Album.

Here, sample some of their music. These are the songs that got me hooked.

Guilty Pleasures - Cobra Starship

Nothing Better - Postal Service

So, sort of in relation to my last post, I've realized why I never bother to keep up with fandomsecrets. Over half the 'secrets' posted, I don't see why they're secrets. I've been watching it for a week - because in the recent past there were two secrets posted that were directly relevant to my interests - and I find myself reacting mostly with 'why is this something that can't be admitted with a name attached?'. Which leads me to the only conclusion I can think of: a lot of people in fandom are douches, if so many people feel they can't admit to liking a pairing or disliking a show or not enjoying the work of a particular author or fangirling a particular RPer.

And that just makes me all the more thankful for my Flist, who mainly doesn't give a flying fuck what I like or don't like. (With a few small exceptions involving television shows.) And it's amazing, really, considering how massively huge my Flist is. But it is full of polite disagreement, and agreeing to disagree, and gentle teasing about more whacked out interests. As attilatehbun once pointed out: that is the secret to true, lasting friendship.

And! I have not forgotten about fics owed! They will be written! You'll just get surprise fics at some point in the near future!

I need to find clothes and take a bath, because I am being dragged to the pub this afternoon.

Title: A Lancre Hosgwatch Eve
Fandom: Discworld
Pairing: N/A
Characters: Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1,000
Written for: being_of_water
Spoilers: All the witches novels
Summary: There was no right way to celebrate Hogswatch Eve. Just as long as it got celebrated.

( A Lancre Hogswatch Eve )

Title: For Molly's Sake
Fandom: Heroes
Pairings: Matt/Mohinder and Sylar/Mohinder
Rating: R
Word Count: 1576
Spoilers: For season 2
Written for: inthevast! Look, you did bunny me massively! ;)
Warnings: Dark, gritty, angsty
Summary: Everyone had their secrets. But families weren't supposed to hide things from one another, and Matt only wanted to make sure they were doing what was best for Molly....

( For Molly's Sake )

Title: Speaking Between The Lines
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Severus/Remus
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1142
Written for: arionrhod!
Warnings: Minor angst?
Author's Note: takes place somewhere during the sixth book.
Summary: Remus was too tired and on edge to try and figure out what Severus was thinking. But he couldn't help but feel there was something he should be picking up on....

( Speaking Between The Lines )

Title: What Never Happened One Late Night In Chicago
Fandom: Due South
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: RayV/RayK
Word Count: 1221
Warnings: Dirty talk?
Written For: attilatehbun! Here's some bickering!smut for you!
Summary: God, Ray hated that smarmy bastard. All he wanted to do was punch him in his smug face. Somehow, somewhere after the third punch, something went horribly wrong....

( What Never Happened One Late Night In Chicago )

Title: Unexpected Consequences
Fandom: HBC
Pairing: Valyn/Shana, Valyn/Shadow
Rating: PG-13
Written for: chaneystarr
Word Count: 1,274
Author's Note: Part of my epic AU! One day I'll put all the pieces together in order...
Warnings: Um. Incest. Like...major incest. Seriously. Like... A Song of Fire and Ice level incest. Ahem.
Summary: There were some things that just couldn't be prepared for. Not really.

( Unexpected Consequences )

Title: A Memory Of Potential
Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist
Pairing: Roy/Hughes
Rating: PG-13
Written For: burningvigor!
Spoilers: N/A
Summary: Hughes was too young to be thinking an old man's thoughts. But when the cold came creeping in colder than the year before, the mind tended to wander....

( A Memory of Potential )

Title: Old Traditions and New
Fandom: HBC/damned
Pairings: Allusions to Shadow/Valyn/Shana
Word Count: 1,317
Rating: PG-13
Written For: chocomimi! Who requested the prompt 'winter traditions'!
Summary: No matter how their dynamics changed, some things would forever remain the same.

( Old Traditions and New )

Title: Flirting With Intent
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Bill/Tonks
Rating: PG-13
Written For: ragdoll, prompt - chocolate!
Word Count: 1,276
Summary: Tonks could never tell if boys were flirting with her just to flirt, or flirting with her because they liked her. Bill Weasley was no exception.

( Flirting With Intent )

Let's get this party started! Special thanks to kanara and nijawial, for putting up with my insane ramblings while trying to write this, and all their input!

Title: The Temptation Of L
Pairing: L/Naomi
Rating: NC-17
Written For: redbrunja, who got me into this pairing in the first place. Last year, actually, with last year's Advent Fics.
Prompt: Intense smut in an alley behind a church. ;)
Word Count: 2846
Warnings: Um. Religious overtones? Religious discussion? Smut?
Summary: Which weighed more heavily on the mind, and occupied it to the point of obsession? The temptation, or the surrender to it?

( The Temptation of L )