The Philosophy of Composition

Alright, magical plot bunnies, I suppose you win. I'm adding an extra disclaimer to this. I haven't read the book yet so my only source of canon is the movie. Don't flay me alive if I screw this up. Oh and also, this is something of an early birthday present for a friend.

Title: Choke
Fandom: The Hunger Games (movie)
Rating: M
Genre: Tragedy/Angst
Pairings: Katniss Everdeen, Peeta Mellark, KatnissxPeeta
Warnings: spoilers for the end of the movie/book even though the fic is an alternate ending, also there is suicide
Summary: Katniss always knew she was going to choke when the pressure was on.


( She figures she might as well just eat something and get it over with )

So apparently LJ might be down right now so I don't know how well this cross-post thing is going to work. Anyways, since most of my TV shows have shown their season finales, I thought it would be a good time to do a yearly rundown. Be warned, there are spoilers.

( The List )

Usually I have a lot of time in between seasons of a show in case I want to write about stuff but this time I don't. I figured I better get this out while I can.

Title: Defrost
Fandom: Young Justice (cartoon)
Rating: K+
Genre: Romance/Angst
Pairings: Artemis Crock (Artemis), Wally West (Kid Flash), ArtemisxWally
Warnings: None
Summary: Last time Artemis checked, a tigress couldn't change her stripes. Right?


( I think you're corrupting me )

shini02's birthday is on Friday so I finally got around to writing her present.

Title: Intellectual Freedom
Fandom: Batman (Arkham City)
Rating: T
Genre: Angst
Pairings: Edward Nygma (Riddler)
Warnings: None
Summary: Arkham City isn't as much of a prison as people think it is. Then again, nobody is smart enough to know that besides the Riddler.


( Riddle me this if you dare )

1. Leave a comment to this post!
2. I will give you a letter.
3. Post the names of five fictional characters whose names begin with that letter, and your thoughts on each. The characters can be from books, movies, or TV shows.

( shini02 gave me a H )

mlina now has a present and I am finished early for the year. Hope everybody has a merry Christmas or whatever you celebrate during this time of the year.

Title: Christmas Wishes
Fandom: X-Men Earth-626 (not as 626-y as I would've liked though)
Rating: T
Genre: Angst
Pairings: Cessily Kincaid
Warnings: None
Summary: She makes the same wish every Christmas but it never comes true.


( Always the sister, never the girlfriend )

So this is the official notice for Christmas presents. If you want to write me something then write me something. If you want me to write you something then let me know either in the comments or IM me. Prompts are welcome if you have something in mind. Have at it.

I got my car back today. Turns out the water pump went bad and it had chewed up the timing belt. Robert replaced the belt and the pump and I drove it home without any problems. So yeah, good news there.

I went to the doctor today to talk about the results of the blood tests I took when I was there on vacation a couple weeks ago. It turns out that my cholesterol isn't that great and that my thyroid levels are a little lower than normal. It's not low enough that I need to take medication (like my mom does for hers) but the doctor said he wants to watch it and make sure there won't be any further problems. I had to talk to him about something else though.

You know how sometimes when you're sitting down and you get up really fast you get kind of a head rush? Well lately when that happens to me I end up getting really dizzy and I have to lay down for a couple minutes until it goes away. It doesn't happen all the time but it happens more often than I'm comfortable with. I had written this off as a number of things. Maybe I didn't eat enough at dinner, maybe I didn't get enough sleep, etc. Anyways, it happened twice last night, which is the most times in one day it's ever happened. So I decided (actually my parents decided) that it was time to talk to the doctor about it. He said that since my blood pressure was completely normal, it doesn't sound like I have any sort of disease or physical ailment that he's aware of. He drew some more blood just to run it through a general screen so he can check my blood sugar, my electrolyte level, all that stuff. He said he doesn't expect there to be anything abnormal during that screen and said it was probably just a case of anxiety with a little hyper-ventilation.

So yeah, I kinda have an anxiety problem, which I've sort of always known. Knowing what causes this is helpful though because now I can manage it better. At least I know it's nothing crazy serious like a blood clot in my brain or something so maybe now I can get some good sleep without worrying about dying or anything crazy like that. So yeah, that's my Thanksgiving. Hope everyone had a good one and didn't get killed by any of the crazy people during Black Friday.

I haven't actually read all 52 titles in DC's new 52, nor did I plan on doing so. I've actually read Red Lanterns, Teen Titans, and Suicide Squad. I thought all three were decent but they were mostly just there to set things up and introduce us to the new status quo of things. To get a little bit more in-depth on things.

Red Lanterns: This is my first foray into regular reading of a GL-related title. I think this was a good introduction to things. It's weird because some corners of the DCU got a really hard reboot while other corners didn't. This issue just deals with the fallout from War of the Green Lanterns but from the point of view of Atrocitus. It's going to be interesting to see how he keeps his corps under control considering that he has a potential coup on his hands. I'd like to see where this book goes so for now I'll keep reading.

Suicide Squad: I think Harley Quinn turns into a much better character without the Joker around and she's perfect for this book. Unfortunately, this book is written by someone not named Gail Simone. Harley and Deadshot are the only characters that interest me. I didn't even really know who most of the others were aside from King Shark and Black Spider. Probably not going to follow this book unless something amazing happens.

Teen Titans: Scott Lobdell's signature is all over this book and it's in big, red ink. I'm going to assume that the Kid Flash in this is Bart Allen but if that's true then where does that leave Wally? Regardless, I liked the characterization of both Kid Flash and Red Robin in this issue. It's weird seeing Cassie behaving so differently but I'm willing to give it a go. If Lobdell starts writing this like he wrote Generation X then expect lots of interactions and drama between the team members once the team gets formed. Also expect tons of quirkiness if he decides to go the GenX route. I'm on board for the moment but I'm waiting to see how this goes.

Aside from those three books, the rest of what I've heard about the 52 is from other people. So far, Green Lantern seems to be the best of the books. Like I said, the Lantern corner of the DCU didn't really get a reboot at all and this issue seems to pick up right where the previous one left off. The Batverse is another corner of the DCU that got kinda softballed with the reboot. They definitely changed some stuff around like Barbara being Batgirl again but it doesn't really feel like a reboot for them aside from a couple major changes. I heard Detective Comics and Nightwing were both good (I think it was Detective Comics, it was whichever one crosses over with the Nightwing issue) so that's nice. I took a pass on Red Hood and the Outlaws but I've heard lots of stuff about it (mostly about Starfire and mostly negative). I admit that it's nice to see Roy back to his old self again. The bionic arm and all that crap just didn't do anything good for him. I might pick up Aquaman and give it a try since I have a friend who's a huge Aquaman fan. Honestly though, I don't see myself reading much of these new DC books. Part of that is due to my disinterest in the whole thing and part of it is because I have a feeling some of these books won't be around by this time next year.

So yeah, there was all this big hype for the new 52 but I haven't heard anything beyond that. For one month, DC outsold Marvel by a wide margin. Was it worth it? Only time will tell but I don't think it was. I don't think it was worth screwing up your whole universe's continuity just so you could get an article in USA Today and all the crazy press coverage that this gimmick got. Yes, it was a gimmick. Let's be honest with ourselves and realize that. DC came up with a gimmick that they thought would help them sell more comics and it worked . . . for a month. Now the true test is whether or not they can keep that momentum going for the next month and the month after that and so on and so forth. Frankly, with the current crop of titles I can't really see that working and there are still lots of wrinkles in the continuity that they need to address. For example, I'm not pleased that there are characters who have existed for the past 10+ years that now probably don't exist. So for me, the jury is still out on this whole grand experiment. I guess we'll have to wait and see what happens.

I decided to write this a couple days ago after all the post-Schism stuff was revealed. I think it's important to show some spotlight on the generation that the X-Men seemed to have forgotten.

Title: AWOL
Fandom: X-Men, specifically New X-Men
Rating: T
Genre: Angst
Pairings: None
Warnings: Spoilers for Schism stuff and stuff about the NXM kids you may not know.
Summary: Because when parents fight, it's always the kids who are caught in the crossfire.


( Should we stay or should we go? )