Well, I'm still alive, mostly. This whole new full-time, supervisory thing at work has been wearing me out, and for the past few weeks I feel like all I've done is work and sleep. XD; Though the week that I got to spend with my girlfriend was absolute bliss, so at least I have that to look back on.
So... I know most of the people who read this are yaoi fans, much like myself, but I know there's a few yuri fans out there too. Out of curiosity, is anyone planning on attending
Yuricon's 2007 "Yurisai"? It's on September 29, in Newark, NJ. It's close enough to me that I'll probably drive there and back for the day. I've never been to a specialized event event like this, and considering that Yaoicon is on the other side of the country, well... I figured I'd get in what I could.
And 'cause I promised
perkygothiam that I'd post this, here's a meme:
When you see this, post a little weensy excerpt from as many random works-in-progress as you can find lying around. Who knows? Maybe inspiration will burst forth and do something, um, inspiration-y.
1] A Jango/Fullbody that is so long overdue that I should probably be shot. XD;
He quickened his pace; the scrape of shoe leather over hard-packed earth growing louder as he glided backwards towards the dock and the lovely Captain Hina’s armada. Ignoring the occasional bizarre looks from passersby, he gathered the plainly wrapped package stuck under his arm closer.
2] A Chopper/Sanji crackfic of the worst sort, which was started to tease somebody with and will most likely not see the light of day beyond this post, haha.
His steps growing increasingly awkward, the little reindeer shuffled closer. Sanji wouldn't mind if he just touched, would he? One tiny hoof ran gently over the curve of the blonde's ass...
3] An Ace/Sanji and Nami/Robin AU set in a dance club.
Slim fingers wrapping themselves in his hair and tugging him down to his dance partner’s level finally drew Ace from his reverie. He grinned sheepishly and leaned close to offer an apology, but the redhead’s words, barely heard above the din, cut him off. “Distracted, aren’t you?”
4] Zoro/Sanji with an excuse for manly cuddling.
Grandline weather fucking sucks, Sanji grumbled to himself as he stiffly climbed down the ladder to the guys’ quarters. A brief downpour soaked him thoroughly before bone-chilling cold had settled over the ship like an icy blanket, and that was over an hour ago. Usopp probably didn’t deserve the wake-up kick he got; Sanji was too miserable to care.
5] Luffy/Usopp with a prompt of 'issues'.
Luffy puffed out his lips in a pout. “No *fair*.” After a few more failed attempts at dislodging the torn picture from his hand, he gave up, instead slopping more glue down onto the stiff paper Usopp had given him as a backing. Usopp watched in morbid fascination as his glue reserves were suddenly halved.
6] An Ace/Sanji AU fic set in the
Devil's Paradise universe, where some of our favorite characters work in a strip club.
But he couldn’t relax, couldn’t shake the feeling that something wasn’t quite right. Something he was sure he could get a handle on, if… if the haze surrounding his brain would just go away.
7] A general fic with tones of Zoro/Sanji, based on the prompt 'squirm'.
Three heads popped out of Nami's mikan trees in eerie synchronization. Usopp shook his head sadly, tears welling dramatically from his eyes as he turned to the other boys with a pitiful sigh. "It sounds as though our galley has been infested with a nest of the Tentacled Refrigerator Monsters of the South Blue, known for torturing their sorry victims with bouts of painfully intense tickling that, sadly, leaves no survivors..."
8] A Zoro/Usopp fic, based on the prompt 'beach'.
“Yeah.” The swordsman plopped down to the sand to tug off his boots. “Looks nice. But I bet it’ll feel even better.” Clothing fell piece by piece to the ground like discarded autumn leaves, soon baring Zoro’s toned body to the night. Short strands of hair the color of sea foam stuck out in all directions, rumpled and sweat damp. Broad shoulders, thickly corded with muscle, melded down to the strong back covered in a morbid spider-webbing of pale, almost delicate scars from long-ago wounds. Usopp’s gaze drifted lower to the taunt, well-defined curves of Zoro’s butt. He swallowed. Yup. Looks nice, indeed.
9] An Ace/Sanji/Luffy fic, for
luco_millian.
There was… heat. Behind him, above him, and radiating from his own skin to warm the remains of the sweet liquid dripping down his exposed chest. Almost too much heat. Sanji moaned and writhed, trying only half-heartedly to escape it.
The pair of amused chuckles that rang softly through the galley at his movements did nothing to cool it, either.
And that is probably a good personal reminder of all the things I want/need to get done. Oh my. XD;