On board the SS Karimloo

[doctor_jehane]

So, I have the vague idea that it's the done thing to assemble a ship manifesto, before one embarks upon the vessel in question? And I am nothing if not a keen adherent of The Done Thing.

As such, I present you the following evidence of that tantalising luxury cruiser that is Ramin Karimloo and Will Swenson:

Comments

[spikedluv]

I know nothing of what you post, but I was like *double-take* when I saw your name as I scrolled down my f-list that I had to comment, but then I saw that bottom photo and had to scroll up and read the entire post. *g* My goodness, it's lovely to see you here, and bringing pretty goodies, too.

[doctor_jehane]

hey, bb! i know it's been ages! How've you been - how is the family; which fandoms keep you engaged now, are you still writing?

I fell off the fandom radar a while back; had a couple of unsettled/stressful years at work, and, you know, I'd felt written out. I'm back, though! and it would appear my well is slowly filling again, albeit for a different fandom! come stalk my AO3 (where I'm jehane18), if you were so inclined ;)

do you still see maerhys? Please send her my best, if you do. I hope she's well ♥

Thank you for stopping by, sweetness! I promise to be more active from here on in! if you tumblr, come follow me: iberiandoctor.

[spikedluv]

I've been well! Quick family update: Pip was diagnosed with celiac back in Sept 2014 after nearly dying (not joking), and this past Sept I started eating low-carb due to blood sugar numbers and have lost 30 lbs as of March 1. We lost two puppies (they were both 15) and have gained two new puppies, Beau(regard) and Ti(condaroga). (I'm cutting diet talk by request if you hang around LJ and that's something that triggers you.)

I am still writing, but it has slowed down over the years because my muse sucks. When I write, my main fandom is Teen Wolf, with some Clint/Coulson thrown in for good measure, and a bunch of small fandoms. (I haven't written any Steve/Bucky, but I love to read it. I can't wait for Civil War!!) I spend a lot of my time moderating my small fandom communities, and talking about tv.

Mae is still around, a little bit. Sadly, not enough. *g*

I am on Tumblr (spikedluv there, too), but mostly for the Teen Wolf meta (though not so much lately) and the Steve/Bucky pretty.

[doctor_jehane]

hon, I am so sorry to hear about your family's health scare. hope all's well now? and glad to hear about your weight loss and diet - i do low carb myself, and find it really helps me, together with pilates. exercise is key for us older girls! (and, no triggers at all, dont worry.)

you must tell me about small fandombang, I'm not sure I know much about it, and what qualifies, and i should! i will be there for Bucky/Steve, though ;)

please send mae my love, and tell her she's missed <3

[spikedluv]

All is very well now! The doctor (we ended up going to the ER) told him that he was the worst case he'd ever seen, but once we cut out gluten, he was fine. He'd lost about 20 lbs in 2-3 weeks and looked like a skeleton (he couldn't afford to lose any weight because he could never ~gain weight -- now we know why), but he started putting weight back on pretty quickly as his intestines healed. He was 155 on a good day, and he's now ~185, so he's put on 50 lbs since getting out of the hospital (30 lbs from his normal weight). It's been weird having to buy him larger and larger clothes, lol! (If he's not careful, he's gonna end up on the ~other side of the weight spectrum. I told him that one day I might actually weigh less than him if we both keep going the way we are. *g

[clover71]

[sorry for butting in]

I hadn't heard of that small fandom flash fiction. Glad you mentioned it here :D No more than 7K fics to qualify? Does this mean K (anime & manga) qualifies? It was denied for smallfandombang. I need to check out smallfandomflsh (erm, as soon as I'm done editing my small fandom bang entries :D).

[spikedluv]

Hi! Yep, I created a bunch of small fandom comms around the same time. (There's also smallfandomrecs, but that didn't go over so well. o_O)

It looks like that would qualify! There's no qualifying list for the flashfic comm like there is for the fest/bang, it's mostly honor system.

Yes, check it out, please! There's not nearly enough posting going on there! And there's a lot of past challenges you can check out. I've also created a mirror comm on DW for it (as I have with the fest, bang and nb comms).

[doctor_jehane]

oh man, that sounds so serious. was Pip always gluten intolerant, or did he develop the issues later in life

[spikedluv]

We think that he was gluten intolerant for a large portion of his adult life, anyway, but we didn't know what those *coff* particular symptoms meant and he was not one to go to a doctor unless he was dying. (Not so funny anymore. *g*) (Once he got diagnosed, his mother's doctor was like *head desk* because she had the same thing, but to a much lesser degree at that time

[doctor_jehane]

What is your icon? I must know

[spikedluv]

My icon!!! (I had to check which one I had used. *g*) That is Sol and Robert (Sam Waterston and Martin Sheen) from the Netflix show Grace and Frankie (Jane Fonda and Lilly Tomlin). It's about two married men who were law partners (and lovers for 20 years), who finally confess to their wives that they want a divorce so they can get married. To each other. Technically, it's about their wives, who are wonderfully funny and heartbreaking, who are dealing with divorce and change in the 70s. I did a bit of a fandom pimp for the show for Fandom Snowflake this year, if you're interested. Here.I looked up classes in my area, which are both limited and more than I expected, lol. I want to see if one of my sisters will go with me. PIP? No way, lol

[doctor_jehane]

Aw, this sounds like an awesome show - I love Sam and Martin, and am all about sexual portrayals of later love! I wonder if there's fic ;)

And, I'm back, having stalked through all your Grace & Frankie links. How lovely is that? I'm hooked!

I am totally not judging your "Make Me A Supermodel RPF". I just hope said supermodel was extremely hot ;)

[spikedluv]

Yay, I'm glad you're hooked! *g* The second season will be airing soon, and they've already renewed it for a 3rd, so no worries about cliffhangers that aren't resolved, yay!

Sadly, there is very little fic, but that one in particular I linked to is really good.

(This icon is also of Sol and Robert and I just *clutches heart* They're holding hands! *sighs*)

(I wouldn't say ~extremely hot, but it was a case of a gay boy rooming with a straight boy and the straight boy not being afraid of getting a little touchy feely. A few of us ran with that. *g*)