October Recap and FIC
October was another mixed month for me.
My boy missed school because of anxiety issues. Some of that was related to seeing his dad last month, and my grandfather having passed away. Some of it was because of a bullying situation at school. See, my boy has chosen not to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. He's very aware of the problems in our country right now and he doesn't want to pledge himself to something he doesn't believe in. I can't fault him for that. But some of the other kids do. And one boy in particular threw him against a wall and threatened him, and four of his friends were plotting via social media to jump my boy in the hall the next day.
The principal handled the situation well. The one boy was suspended from school, and he talked to the other four individually about how you can't give someone freedom and then tell them how to use it. There haven't been any other incidences but my boy stopped eating lunch with the others and eats in the principal's office.
I had a nasty headcold at the beginning of the month, and still have a bit of a cough. And I think I did something to the tendon in my foot, so that's been fun. I also broke a tooth, which had to be fixed, and had a wisdom tooth pulled.
On the upside, my boy has been a lot more social. He want to a Halloween party - and won best costume as the Joker - and has been doing D&D all month and spending a lot of time with his friends after school.
As for myself, I've started digital scrapbooking again. Here's one of the pages I made:
It's been nice to have another creative outlet for the days when the words aren't forthcoming. Although in my frenzy to finish a scrappy album project my words dropped off at the end of the month.
Still, it was a very productive writing and posting month for me, mostly due to Monster Fest at . That's always been a great motivator to me. Here's what I posted, if you're interested:
Title: By the Grace
Challenge: Monster Fest: angels & demons
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Series: My Demon Lover
Pairing: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Characters: John, Rodney, Evan
Warnings: plotting the porn
Summary/Prompt: Stargate Multiverse, any, Behind Blue Eyes (The Who)
Rodney has a confusing meeting with one of John's more angelic counterparts.
Title: Very Closely Encountered
Challenge: Monster Fest: aliens
Fandom: Original
Series: After the Eclipse
Characters: Brian and Becky Dolge
Warnings: domestic dispute
Summary/Prompt: Brian had a fight with his wife and went for walk, and had a wholly unexpected encounter.
Title: Harvest at the Festival
Challenge: Monster Fest: folklore; story_works Harvest Festival Flash Challenge
Fandom: original
Series: After the Eclipse
Characters: Harvest Balcom, Sally Everly
Warnings: body issues, fat shaming, verbal abuse
Summary/Prompt: Harvest was happy when she started losing weight, but things took a strange and unexpected turn.
Title: Just Under the Skin
Challenge: Monster Fest: shapeshifters; h/c bingo
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Pairing: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Characters: John, Rodney
Warnings: captivity
Summary/Prompt: Titan is a rare breed, the offspring of a female tiger and a male lion. He doesn't know what else he is until a new big cat comes to the animal sanctuary, a jaguar named John.
Title: A Significant Anomaly
Challenge: Monster Fest: evolutionary throwbacks
Fandom: Midsomer Murders/Primeval
Characters: John Barnaby, Ben Jones, Sarah Barnaby, George Bullard, Connor Temple, Abby Maitland, James Lester
Warnings: snakes
Summary/Prompt: For DCI John Barnaby, it starts with a murder victim and ends with a creature well out of its own time. Just another day in Midsomer.
Title: Not-Quite-Absent Friends
Challenge: Monster Fest: ghosts
Fandom: Original
Series: After the Eclipse
Characters: Sheriff Ramly, Sally Everly
Warnings: ghosts
Summary/Prompt: When Sheriff Ramly started acting happier than normal, Sally was dispatched to find out why.
Title: I Dream of Djinni
Challenge: Monster Fest: mythological; whatif_au Supernatural
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Pairing: pre-John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Characters: John, Rodney
Warnings: shirtless Rodney in harem pants ::grins::
Summary/Prompt: John never expected to find a bottle, or the cranky genie who lived inside, on the ice fields of Antarctica. Now his life, and the lives of everyone on Earth, is about to change.
Title: Midnight at the Body Shop
Challenge: Monster Fest: undead
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Pairing: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Characters: John, Rodney, Kavanagh
Warnings: zombies, body parts
Summary/Prompt: Rodney wasn't thrilled to be at the Body Shop, where body parts could be purchased by very specific segments of the supernatural community, but it worked out well in the end.
My boy missed school because of anxiety issues. Some of that was related to seeing his dad last month, and my grandfather having passed away. Some of it was because of a bullying situation at school. See, my boy has chosen not to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. He's very aware of the problems in our country right now and he doesn't want to pledge himself to something he doesn't believe in. I can't fault him for that. But some of the other kids do. And one boy in particular threw him against a wall and threatened him, and four of his friends were plotting via social media to jump my boy in the hall the next day.
The principal handled the situation well. The one boy was suspended from school, and he talked to the other four individually about how you can't give someone freedom and then tell them how to use it. There haven't been any other incidences but my boy stopped eating lunch with the others and eats in the principal's office.
I had a nasty headcold at the beginning of the month, and still have a bit of a cough. And I think I did something to the tendon in my foot, so that's been fun. I also broke a tooth, which had to be fixed, and had a wisdom tooth pulled.
On the upside, my boy has been a lot more social. He want to a Halloween party - and won best costume as the Joker - and has been doing D&D all month and spending a lot of time with his friends after school.
As for myself, I've started digital scrapbooking again. Here's one of the pages I made:
It's been nice to have another creative outlet for the days when the words aren't forthcoming. Although in my frenzy to finish a scrappy album project my words dropped off at the end of the month.
Still, it was a very productive writing and posting month for me, mostly due to Monster Fest at . That's always been a great motivator to me. Here's what I posted, if you're interested:
Title: By the Grace
Challenge: Monster Fest: angels & demons
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Series: My Demon Lover
Pairing: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Characters: John, Rodney, Evan
Warnings: plotting the porn
Summary/Prompt: Stargate Multiverse, any, Behind Blue Eyes (The Who)
Rodney has a confusing meeting with one of John's more angelic counterparts.
Title: Very Closely Encountered
Challenge: Monster Fest: aliens
Fandom: Original
Series: After the Eclipse
Characters: Brian and Becky Dolge
Warnings: domestic dispute
Summary/Prompt: Brian had a fight with his wife and went for walk, and had a wholly unexpected encounter.
Title: Harvest at the Festival
Challenge: Monster Fest: folklore; story_works Harvest Festival Flash Challenge
Fandom: original
Series: After the Eclipse
Characters: Harvest Balcom, Sally Everly
Warnings: body issues, fat shaming, verbal abuse
Summary/Prompt: Harvest was happy when she started losing weight, but things took a strange and unexpected turn.
Title: Just Under the Skin
Challenge: Monster Fest: shapeshifters; h/c bingo
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Pairing: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Characters: John, Rodney
Warnings: captivity
Summary/Prompt: Titan is a rare breed, the offspring of a female tiger and a male lion. He doesn't know what else he is until a new big cat comes to the animal sanctuary, a jaguar named John.
Title: A Significant Anomaly
Challenge: Monster Fest: evolutionary throwbacks
Fandom: Midsomer Murders/Primeval
Characters: John Barnaby, Ben Jones, Sarah Barnaby, George Bullard, Connor Temple, Abby Maitland, James Lester
Warnings: snakes
Summary/Prompt: For DCI John Barnaby, it starts with a murder victim and ends with a creature well out of its own time. Just another day in Midsomer.
Title: Not-Quite-Absent Friends
Challenge: Monster Fest: ghosts
Fandom: Original
Series: After the Eclipse
Characters: Sheriff Ramly, Sally Everly
Warnings: ghosts
Summary/Prompt: When Sheriff Ramly started acting happier than normal, Sally was dispatched to find out why.
Title: I Dream of Djinni
Challenge: Monster Fest: mythological; whatif_au Supernatural
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Pairing: pre-John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Characters: John, Rodney
Warnings: shirtless Rodney in harem pants ::grins::
Summary/Prompt: John never expected to find a bottle, or the cranky genie who lived inside, on the ice fields of Antarctica. Now his life, and the lives of everyone on Earth, is about to change.
Title: Midnight at the Body Shop
Challenge: Monster Fest: undead
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Pairing: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Characters: John, Rodney, Kavanagh
Warnings: zombies, body parts
Summary/Prompt: Rodney wasn't thrilled to be at the Body Shop, where body parts could be purchased by very specific segments of the supernatural community, but it worked out well in the end.