Through the Looking Glass

Pictures on the BBC news site show wedding photos from China that were being taken when the quake struck. Compare picture 1 and picture 4, of the same building.


Yesterday morning, when I awoke to NPR's PRIMARY PRIMARY PRIMARY coverage, I couldn't believe that my first thought was "Oh thank God we're back to the political stuff." Two weeks of waking up to unrelenting tragedy from the cyclone and the earthquake does tend to shift one's viewpoint a bit.

(Mind you, this morning I was back to being annoyed at the political stuff. Relief at it can only go so far.)

One of the people I watch over on DA just posted a work in progress, and the second comment received was this (line breaks and spacing preserved):

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Hrm. I'm looking at the stats for the Project Blue Rose website, and as always (same with magatsu.net), there's a few hits from a crunchyroll.com group called "The Deliciousness of Men." Poking about crunchyroll leads me to believe it's a secret group - one that's invite-only and that you can't see the info for unless you receive an invite - which annoys me because I'm not sure if the PBR stuff is getting credited. The doujinshi on magatsu.net being hotlinked is less important than the fact that I think PBR things may be hotlinked without credit so that we can't, y'know, sell these things to people. Anyone here happen to be a member of that group who can tell me? (Long chance, I know.) I may have to resort to making a special image for hotlinkers like I did with Kenpachi-chan that contains sample pics and an ad telling people to go to projectbluerose.com. Or to invite me into their group. :)


And for amusement sake, I present the top 20 search strings that got the Project Blue Rose site this month. (Note that the vast majority - 2/3 or so - are from image searches.)
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Author: Gildedmuse/Stephanie
Title: Way Out Here
Chapter: Two - Trade Line
Characters/Pairings: Mal/Simon (River, Jayne, Zoe, Kaylee, Inara)
Rating/Warning: PG-13
Word Count: 5,970
Summary: Set after the BDM. Simon is an ass, Mal is a child. Everything's going along just great.
Author's Note: Many thanks to monjinator who not only betad, but also put up with more whining than one person should be forced to endure.
Other Chapters: One

(Chapter Two: Trade Lines)

Title: Correspondence Course
Author: ellenscult (aka the_proofreader)
Rating: 17, NC-17 overall.
Pairing: Mal/Jayne
Disclaimer: This is Joss Whedon's sandbox. I'm just playing!
Spoilers: None really. Set a few months after Objects In Space, but before Serenity.
Summary: Mal can't get Jayne off his mind. Consequences ensue. Jayne explains, and takes matters into his own hands.

Quotations taken from 'Naming of Parts', by Henry Reed, 'What The Bullet Sang', by Bret Harte, Sonnets III and XX, by William Shakespeare and 'At The Mid Hour Of Night', by Thomas Moore.

Cross-posted to shiny_hats.

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Title: Correspondence Course
Author: ellenscult (aka the_proofreader)
Rating: 17, NC-17 overall.
Pairing: Mal/Jayne
Disclaimer: This is Joss Whedon's sandbox. I'm just playing!
Spoilers: None really. Set a few months after Objects In Space, but before Serenity.
Summary: Mal can't get Jayne off his mind. Consequences ensue. Jayne explains, and takes matters into his own hands.

Quotations taken from 'Naming of Parts', by Henry Reed, 'What The Bullet Sang', by Bret Harte, Sonnets III and XX, by William Shakespeare and 'At The Mid Hour Of Night', by Thomas Moore.

Cross-posted to fireflyslash.

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The copies of Project Blue Rose: Human Touch are heeeeere!

Note that this does not mean I'm sending pre-orders out now, because that takes a not-inconsiderable amount of time that I don't have before A-Kon. :D

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Is there anyone out there with a copy of the American edition of rachelmanija's All the Fishes Come Home to Roost and a scanner who could scan the front cover for me tonight? I need a higher resolution version than I've got right now. I've got the book and a scanner, but the scanner's hooked to a computer that's on the fritz and fixing that would require me popping the case open and transferring its card over to the new computer and rearranging my desk so that it will fit with the cord and that's Just Not Happening tonight.

I have a Plan B if this fails (it's for business cards for her), but it'd be nice to have the actual cover.


Off home now - the UPS website says the Human Touch boxes have been delivered to my apartment office! :D

News
Can't Stop The Serenity 2008
Jewel Staite To Appear at Shore Leave Convention (Baltimore, MD)

Fic
Standalones
Annoyance [Jayne/Simon, River] PG, by little_dumpling
Of Mountains and Molehills [Mal] G, by this_weirdness
The Slower Path: Ain't Never So Bad It Can't Be Worse [Mal/Inara, Zoe] PG, by browncoat_2x2 & terimaru
The Fragrance of Forgiveness [Kaylee, Inara] G, by this_weirdness
Don't [general, Mal/Inara] by gilliebeans

Series and WiP
Crime and Amusement (1/7) [BSG crossover: Mal/Kara] NC-17, by _mal_reynolds_
Correspondence Course (17/38) [Mal/Jayne] NC-17, by the_proofreader
Leftovers (8/9) [Chuck crossover: Chuck/Casey, River/Jayne] NC-17, by ru_salki99
Beautiful Gift: Two of a Kind (drabble) [Mal/Simon] R, by alydhe
The Old That is Strong: The Guns of Yamenmiao (5/?) [general, Wash/Zoe, Kaylee/OC] PG, by rangersebulba

Misc
DollhouseForums propose guerilla fan-marketing for Dollhouse
Nathan Monkeys Around!


Obviously this isn't everything in fandom. If you have a tip or something you think we should keep a look out for, free to drop us a line at fireflynews[at]gmail[dot]com or leave us a comment - though please, if you've posted something since the last issue, there's no need to email or comment, more likely that not, we'll catch it. If we do miss what you've posted, then please, let us know!

Via the Smart Bitches: Are You British in Bed? Sponsored by KY so not exactly work-safe, requires Flash, requires sound. Hilarious.

I am 86% Italian in bed, apparently.

for A-Kon and this weekend's trip.
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New pic by Feimo on DA: Yin Yang Shi. I don't know if it's supposed to be anyone specific *coughSeimeicough*, or just a random onmyouji as the description is in Chinese. Feimo illustrates a lot of books professionally, so either could be the case. (ETA: greenapple2004 confirms that the descriptions says it's Seimei. :D)

My right eye twitches a bit at all the fanbrats in the comments who are going "OMG IS THAT SAI FROM HIKARU NO GO?!" even though realistically I know that Sai is the only person in Heian costume that they're likely to have ever seen. (although you'd think that checking teh description to see if it's in fanart or in painting would give them a clue...)

*yawn* It's Colonial time again 'round here. The Colonial golf club hosts a huge tournament yearly, so parts of University Drive that I go down every morning are lined with ticket scalpers buying and selling, and many of the parking lots have sprouted NO GOLF PARKING signs overnight.

I am still strung out from lack of sleep, even though I slept much better last night than nights previously. I (and my mother, for some odd coincidental reason) seem to be waking up at 5:30 every morning, unable to go back to sleep. Yesterday I gave up and went in to work at 7. Last night, however, I woke up several times, at first convinced I was still lying awake but then realizing that no, moments previously I had been driving a small red convertible only slightly larger than a Shriner's car, accompanied by two dogs, so I'd most likely been asleep. Other highlights of the night's wacky dreams, which all followed the same pattern of waking up convinced I'd been awake all along until I realized that I'd been dreaming:

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P.S. Also have "Springtime for Hitler" stuck in my head. Aaargh!

Title: Two of a Kind (Part of the Beautiful Gift series)
Author: alydhe
Pairing: future Mal/Simon
Warnings: none, worksafe
Rating: R (for disturbing themes and future content)
Word count: 580
Summary: Two gifted souls meet for the first time and fate assembles the winding path they will someday take.
Two of a Kind


BTW, I realized I forgot to post a summary on what Beautiful Gift was about! I'll put it here and later go back and put in my previous post. This will also serve as a link to the current chapter of the BG.

Title: A Beautiful Gift
Author: alydhe
Pairing: future Mal/Simon
Warnings: angst, Simon-torture, River-torture, Work Safe
Rating: R (for disturbing themes and future content)
Word count: 876
Summary: Simon's ability to heal people runs deeper than most believe. The Alliance discovered this and now he has to find a way to save both himself and River. How will the story change when Simon is barely hanging on to the threads of his sanity?

A Beautiful Gift - Prologue


X-posted to the_pretty_fits and fireflyslash

So ok, it's 4am again. I'm sure I'll be fine......
Kino needs a snap on the jacket, and she's done. *dances*

Fo, I did get your email- I am just a dummy when it comes to time management. I promise I'm not dead yet!

Title: Correspondence Course
Author: ellenscult (aka the_proofreader)
Rating: PG-13, NC-17 overall.
Pairing: Mal/Jayne
Disclaimer: This is Joss Whedon's sandbox. I'm just playing!
Spoilers: None really. Set a few months after Objects In Space, but before Serenity.
Summary: Mal can't get Jayne off his mind. Consequences ensue. Mal confronts Jayne.

Quotations taken from 'Naming of Parts', by Henry Reed, 'What The Bullet Sang', by Bret Harte, Sonnets III and XX, by William Shakespeare and 'At The Mid Hour Of Night', by Thomas Moore.

Cross-posted to fireflyslash.

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Title: Correspondence Course
Author: ellenscult (aka the_proofreader)
Rating: PG-13, NC-17 overall.
Pairing: Mal/Jayne
Disclaimer: This is Joss Whedon's sandbox. I'm just playing!
Spoilers: None really. Set a few months after Objects In Space, but before Serenity.
Summary: Mal can't get Jayne off his mind. Consequences ensue. Mal confronts Jayne.

Quotations taken from 'Naming of Parts', by Henry Reed, 'What The Bullet Sang', by Bret Harte, Sonnets III and XX, by William Shakespeare and 'At The Mid Hour Of Night', by Thomas Moore.

Cross-posted to shiny_hats.

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DO YAH?!

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Ficlet Title: Annoyance (1/1)

Characters: Hinted Jayne/Simon, River.

Rating: PG

Word Count: 515

Disclaimer: I do not make any money off of my writing. Joss Whedon, other individuals and companies own the rights to the Firefly and Serenity characters.

Warnings: Hinted slash.

Summary: Jayne is delighted when Simon thinks of him. (Prompt: Sunflower seeds).

A little ficlet for you!

Ficlet Title: Annoyance (1/1)

Characters: Hinted Jayne/Simon, River.

Rating: PG

Word Count: 515

Disclaimer: I do not make any money off of my writing. Joss Whedon, other individuals and companies own the rights to the Firefly and Serenity characters.

Warnings: Hinted slash.

Summary: Jayne is delighted when Simon thinks of him. (Prompt: Sunflower seeds).

A little Ficlet for you!