riding out tonight to case the promised land
Wow, so ten years ago Buffy the Vampire Slayer premiered. I came in right at the beginning, but didn't realize it was the first episode for some reason. A lot of who I am as a fangirl I owe to BtVS fandom - atbvs to be exact. The foundations of my fannish behavior were laid by alt.tv.homicide, but I was never very active there, whereas I was quite a voluble poster on atbvs (and alt.tv.angel) for a couple years. I showed up a few weeks after "Becoming 2" and stayed for a good long while.
I loved my time in BtVS fandom - I met a lot of lovely people, some of whom I'm still in touch with, and who have found their way here.
The first piece of fanfic I ever started as an adult, with the intention of posting, was for Angel, actually, in June of 2000 (it remains unfinished, though you can find it in my memories here).
I didn't rewatch any BtVS eps today, but I certainly loved the show - especially the first three seasons - with a deep and abiding love few shows have matched.
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Today is also Remus Lupin's birthday. I wish I had some hot new Remus/Sirius porn to celebrate with, but I don't. I do have two older stories I wrote that are about Remus's birthday, though: The Habit of Wishing, which is porn set during OotP, and The Ninth Beatitude, which features passive-aggressive teenage!Remus.
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So in that Friday five from last week about imaginary vids, I didn't list the one that I'd really love to see, except there is no footage to make it, but I keep thinking about it.
How awesome would it be to have a John/Mary vid to Thunder Road? The story that "Summer's Here, and the Time Is Right" was originally going to be was based on "Thunder Road," but it didn't work out the way I expected, so I still have the idea in my head, of John and Mary as high school sweethearts, but when he goes off to Vietnam, he breaks up with her, tells her not to wait, and so when he comes back, she's like, "You told me not to wait," and then he has to win her back, and prove that he still loves her, and man, one day maybe I will write that story, but I covet the vid, too. Think about how cool it would be:
The screen door slams
Mary's dress waves
Like a vision she dances across the porch
As the radio plays
Roy Orbison singing for the lonely
Hey that's me and I want you only
Don't turn me home again
I just can't face myself alone again
Don't run back inside
darling you know just what I'm here for
So you're scared and you're thinking
That maybe we ain't that young anymore
Show a little faith, there's magic in the night
You ain't a beauty, but hey you're alright
Oh and that's alright with me
Mary in a sundress, hem swaying in the summer twilight above her bare feet on the silvery grey wood of the porch, and John in his white t-shirt and jeans, leaning against the Impala, hands shoved into his pockets.
*hearts*
They need to give us a flashback episode so there can be footage for this. *nods firmly*
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Speaking of John Winchester, you've all seen this awesomely hot manip by slodwick, right? Superpsych! Hee! I totally want the story now, where John and Dean are bumbling detectives and Sam is the brainy, leggy secretary who actually solves all their cases and rolls his eyes when they take the credit...
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There's still time to vote in my poll...
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Back to writing now.
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I loved my time in BtVS fandom - I met a lot of lovely people, some of whom I'm still in touch with, and who have found their way here.
The first piece of fanfic I ever started as an adult, with the intention of posting, was for Angel, actually, in June of 2000 (it remains unfinished, though you can find it in my memories here).
I didn't rewatch any BtVS eps today, but I certainly loved the show - especially the first three seasons - with a deep and abiding love few shows have matched.
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Today is also Remus Lupin's birthday. I wish I had some hot new Remus/Sirius porn to celebrate with, but I don't. I do have two older stories I wrote that are about Remus's birthday, though: The Habit of Wishing, which is porn set during OotP, and The Ninth Beatitude, which features passive-aggressive teenage!Remus.
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So in that Friday five from last week about imaginary vids, I didn't list the one that I'd really love to see, except there is no footage to make it, but I keep thinking about it.
How awesome would it be to have a John/Mary vid to Thunder Road? The story that "Summer's Here, and the Time Is Right" was originally going to be was based on "Thunder Road," but it didn't work out the way I expected, so I still have the idea in my head, of John and Mary as high school sweethearts, but when he goes off to Vietnam, he breaks up with her, tells her not to wait, and so when he comes back, she's like, "You told me not to wait," and then he has to win her back, and prove that he still loves her, and man, one day maybe I will write that story, but I covet the vid, too. Think about how cool it would be:
The screen door slams
Mary's dress waves
Like a vision she dances across the porch
As the radio plays
Roy Orbison singing for the lonely
Hey that's me and I want you only
Don't turn me home again
I just can't face myself alone again
Don't run back inside
darling you know just what I'm here for
So you're scared and you're thinking
That maybe we ain't that young anymore
Show a little faith, there's magic in the night
You ain't a beauty, but hey you're alright
Oh and that's alright with me
Mary in a sundress, hem swaying in the summer twilight above her bare feet on the silvery grey wood of the porch, and John in his white t-shirt and jeans, leaning against the Impala, hands shoved into his pockets.
*hearts*
They need to give us a flashback episode so there can be footage for this. *nods firmly*
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Speaking of John Winchester, you've all seen this awesomely hot manip by slodwick, right? Superpsych! Hee! I totally want the story now, where John and Dean are bumbling detectives and Sam is the brainy, leggy secretary who actually solves all their cases and rolls his eyes when they take the credit...
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There's still time to vote in my poll...
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Back to writing now.
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