So, I'm playing Sims again. It's a thing I seem to go back to periodically, and have done so since Sims 1 with no expansions. This time, it's Sims 3... with all expansions except the newest (and the stuff packs). I am, of course, doing a Harry Potter themed neighborhood, loosely based on the RPG [or, as more people would probably know it, loosely ( Read more... )

1) My phone auto corrects "Voldemort" to "cold emote." I find this utterly hilarious.

2) My kids' mad love of all things Disney have led to Ava walking around saying "How exasperating!" And Shawn saying "Aw, t'weren't nothin'." I find their choice of phrase quite appropriate as Ava is totally Donald Duck and Shawn is completely Goofy.

3) Shawn is ( Read more... )

Oh my God, it's actually done! Took a little over two years, but... here you go. Thank you as always to Andacus for her cheerleading, beta and concept-building contributions. Also, thanks to kileaiya for forever influencing how I see James. The link for the last chapter goes to ffn because it's FAR too large for LJ to put in one post. If you'd rather read it from ( Read more... )

Recap:
Meme: Step 1: Write down the names of 10 characters. Step 2: Write a fic of [at least] twenty five words for every prompt, using the characters determined by the numbers. DO NOT read the prompts before you do step 1.
( Characters )( Prompts )

Previously:
( 1. First Time (James Potter and Darcy Lewis) )
( 2. Angst (Natasha Romanov) )
( 3. AU ( Read more... )

Recap:
Meme: Step 1: Write down the names of 10 characters. Step 2: Write a fic of [at least] twenty five words for every prompt, using the characters determined by the numbers. DO NOT read the prompts before you do step 1.
( Characters )( Prompts )

Previously:
( 1. First Time (James Potter and Darcy Lewis) )( 2. Angst (Natasha Romanov) )( 3. AU ( ( Read more... )

I had zero writing time earlier today. I'm going to try to finish my fifth prompt and MAYBE my sixth tonight, but just in case I can't get to it... Here's number four

Recap:
Meme: Step 1: Write down the names of 10 characters. Step 2: Write a fic of [at least] twenty five words for every prompt, using the characters determined by the numbers. DO ( Read more... )

Writing meme stolen from clair_de_lune

Since I'm going ridiculously long on some of these, I'm posting three a day (in theory) for a week.

Meme: Step 1: Write down the names of 10 characters. Step 2: Write a fic of [at least] twenty five words for every prompt, using the characters determined by the numbers. DO NOT read the prompts before you do step 1.
( Characters )

If I've ever recced you any Harry Potter fic then you already knew this would be on my list somewhere. Arguably my favorite fanfic in twenty years of reading fanfic (shit that makes me sound older than I am!)...

( Ninth of 100 Fanfics I Have Loved - A Feast in Azkaban by NyxFixx (Harry Potter) )

Yeah, two in one day. Lots of lost time to make up for...

( 8th of 100 Fanfics I Have Loved [Red Means (Don't) Stop by mousapelli and victoria p.- Harry Potter] )

First day back at work since having to be out all week because of a family emergency (my grandfather is very ill so my mother flew back to take care of him for a bit leaving me without childcare. He's a couple weeks from 90 and while he's sort of doing better for the moment, we pretty much know that this threw him for a loop and he won't ever ( Read more... )