because paitac did it, and it looked like too much fun to pass up.

Everyone has fics that they love to read over and over. Sometimes, it is because the fic is just so damn good, every character is spot on, every word is perfect, that you are just drawn back to it. I want to know what your top five THIRTEEN favorite fics to reread are- any length, any ( Read more... )

OMG OMG SO I WAS ALL READY TO HANG OUT ON LJ ALL WHINY-LIKE ABOUT LIFE AND MY FACE AND SCHOOL AND MY TWIT OF A PROFESSOR IN GENERAL AND HOW I ONLY SLEPT 2 HOURS YESTERDAY BECAUSE I AM ALL STRESSED ABOUT SHIT, OR WHATEVER, BUT THEN! THEN!

LIKE A BOLT OUT OF THE BLUE, MOTHERFUCKING ASTOLAT--

WHAT'S GOING ON IN COOK'S HEAD IN TIME OF YOUR LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!! ( Read more... )

so you know that feeling you get when you're in the middle of reading amazing fic and it's so good and perfectly in-character and is somehow managing to hit all your kinks within the same paragraph? this is that story.

(ETA: in popslash. in american idol, this is that story. and also this, and its sequel. and then there's this and this, not ( Read more... )

i love fic, but i'm usually pretty picky about what i read. the one thing that i am not picky about, though? aus ( Read more... )

you guys. you guys. i can't even - this is just -- it's like CHRISTMAS COME EARLY, OKAY. because astolat is genius, and also maybe god, and sometimes i worry about my sanity because it CANNOT BE HEALTHY TO BE THIS EXCITED OVER FICTION.

but then there is this - above water - sequel to like the second most perfect story in the universe, and it is so ( Read more... )

3 reasons today is one of the most awesome days ever:

1) this. just, every time astolat posts fic, my heart does this crazy wild dance, because in my head this is cookleta, and her boys are made of both win and sheer brilliance. and she NEVER DISAPPOINTS. i want to write like her when i'm all growed up, like i live in my character's heads.

2) this. ( Read more... )

sometimes i can't believe how amazing my dad is. it's easy to forget, but sometimes it just hits me, and tonight it hit harder than ever. if i go into the specifics i'm sure i'm going to start bawling again, but he's just the bravest, sweetest, most generous man i know, even if he can be cruel with his words. and i feel like the world's worst ( Read more... )