Several of my post titles since April are quotes/snippets that have compelled three of you to wonder, "Who's Simon?"

Simon 'Templar' Drake is from Shadow of the Templar series, which some of you probably have heard about from 's rec last year. The series follows an FBI team and a world-famous jewel thief in a series of cases. The main pairing is ( Read more... )

1. And the Americanization of this batch of second generation Asian Americans is complete.

Two weeks ago, my friend--let's call her Sara--offered a group of preschoolers-and-older children black sticky rice pudding. Sara gave each kid a spoonful and asked them to "just try it."
Girl #1: *diplomatic grin* "We don't like this. Can we have goldfish ( Read more... )

( [Wide picture under the cut] The Demon's Lexicon Japanese cover, for ref. )

:♥: The Evil Devil Child and the Perfect Gift by who_la_hoopNC-17, ~16,500 words ( Read more... )

Originally posted @ IJ as part of Meta-Friday on March 20, 2008.

Disclaimer: This is my own observations on androgyny and the Japanese genre of Boys' Love ( Read more... )

Give me a character and a fairy tale/folklore. The first 10 people who respond get a drabble/flopsy/poem (because I'm unpredictable that way).
In return, they have to rec me a post-DH/alternate-DH/AU fic where Snape lives. Snape doesn't have to be the main character, as long as he lives/cheats death. Self-plugs are totally fine. And no, Snarry ( Read more... )

1. People sometimes accuse me of "gliding." Plebeians. It's a pity that people no longer take deportment lessons.

2. I surreptitiously check my food for poison every time I eat in public. It's this handy little spell that Severus came up with. That boy will go places with his enormous talent. It is to my advantage that nobody else seems to realize ( Read more... )

CAVEAT: The site does have some mistranslated words. So double-check your dictionary when something doesn't seem right.

This language site is teh AWESOMEST =DDD ( Read more... )

Did this last year, had loads of fun =D

Summarize/give vague clues to 10 of your fandoms in one sentence, then see who can guess each fandom.

(Clue: One is a book, two are TV fandom, three are books-turned-into-movies, four are manga/anime.)

1. Caress a cheek, kiss a man, watch your best friend turn evil. Smallville guessed by nessime_lisen.

2. Beautiful ( Read more... )

I wrote LOTS at writing_game! :-D
Will post everything sorted into appropriate plotbunnies.

Below are for my original fic universe, Santa Olivia. Please give it a try even though it's not fanfic ^^;; And comments = much <3
Will compile all the cultural explanations when I'm feeling less lazy.

santa_olivia 200-word cookies, in chronological order. Please read the ( Read more... )