Eight Days of Happiness: Original Fiction on the Internets

[thefourthvine]

The One with Magic Horseradish. Beat That, Harry Potter. Why Is This Night Different?, by Janni Lee Simner.

This one might only make people who have celebrated Passover happy, but as it so happens, I am one of those people! And we are talking about things that make me happy, so

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[dzurlady]

But sometimes I want the other side of vampires, where they are not sexy, not deliciously homoerotic, not pretty pretty princesses with body glitter, but rather, you know, crazed undead killing machines who probably smell like old blood, which those of you who have smelled it will know is not a supersexy aroma likely to be heavily featured in the next BPAL set.
Well, BPAL does have a blood note in several scents, so you never know. That is the joy of BPAL!

[thefourthvine]

Oh my god. Does it seriously smell like old blood, or does it just smell like the metal tang of new blood? Because I guess I could see the latter as a minor note in a scent, but the former? NEVER EVER EVER.

I will probably have to put a cold cloth on my head just from imagining it. Ew.

[dzurlady]

I was actually wondering how many times Beth has used it, so I went and did a search of the GC and LE scents. As far as I can work out, it's about 14 scents that have a blood note in them, and another 3 or 4 with 'blood musk' which may or may not be releated. So not all that many when you think of the size of the catalogue and number of LEs we've had.

I haven't tried anything with a blood note myself, but I have seen people say they really love it and will try anything that has that note in it, so I don't think it smells too bad? It depends on your personal taste and body chemistry, I guess.

Here are some reveiws from the BPAL forum of scents with blood in them:

There's several from Carnaval Diabolique line, which is appropriate for an evil carnaval series ("Carnaval Diabolique: No weapons, no cameras, no holy water").
The Blood Garden: Blood accord, bitter clove, English ivy, Tempranillo grape, red currant, oak, leather, blackberry leaf, and ginger lily.
The Chapel: Black incense, bitter wine, brimstone, and blood.
The Grand

thanks!

[laceymcbain]

I haven't had a ton of time for reading fic lately, but I have to say, I've always, always enjoyed both your recs and the headers for the recs. They always makes me laugh/smile.

Re: thanks!

[thefourthvine]

Thank you! And I have noticed that you've been crazy busy lately. Life will do that to you. *g*

Passover Trauma

[ratscoat]

At my family Passover Seder we read in English, and when I was three no one could figure out why I was crying until I stopped long enough to yell "They're killing babies!" and everyone looked at what passage we were at.

This year someone gave the little children finger puppets for each plague to wave as the adults read. The Death of First born puppet was a baby with X X for eyes. It was waved enthusiastically.

So I'm looking forward to mustering up the courage to read your rec because I have a bit of Passover related trauma to work through first. Your recs are always worth it though, I'll manage somehow. :)

Re: Passover Trauma

[thefourthvine]

I think people honestly forget that the basic storyline in Passover is really, really disturbing. I mean, after you've heard it twenty or thirty times - okay, I still cry, but I can see how someone might get inured. But at first exposure, it's BRUTAL.

And I don't even know what to say about the dead baby puppet. Either that's awesome or disturbing, and I really don't know which.

As one Passover trauma victim to another, though, I think this story will do you good.

[thefourthvine]

I think I love it just from the description. I must read it immediately! *clicks*

[flambeau]

*taps your shoulder* Excuse me? I can't get this fork out of my ear. Help help.

[thefourthvine]

People with forks in their ears probably deserve said forks for reasons of Unfortunate Song Choice. There will be no help coming from me. But consider the bright side: your fork will serve as a warning to others!