tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-11:39058we're all stories in the endAmyAmy2012-01-19T21:49:17Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-11:39058:372284signal boost: urgent note - pickup, north minneapolis?2012-01-19T18:22:29Z2012-01-19T21:49:17Zpublic0Reposting from <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://thingswithwings.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://thingswithwings.dreamwidth.org/'><b>thingswithwings</b></a></span>'s journal. (<a href="http://thingswithwings.dreamwidth.org/167882.html">original post</a>)<br /><br /><blockquote>Hi, this is Toft posting for Megan. Megan is stuck somewhere in north Minneapolis with a broken car. She has to stop at a garage but has nowhere to go after that. Is anyone able to pick her and her dog up and take them somewhere warm? Her number is [redacted] - please call her direct, don't reply here. Thank you so much.</blockquote><br /><br /><b>eta:</b> all is well! <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://sophinisba.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://sophinisba.dreamwidth.org/'><b>sophinisba</b></a></span> reports having talked to Megan, and someone is on their way. \o/<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=such_heights&ditemid=372284" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-11:39058:268738festibility!2010-07-10T17:02:44Z2010-07-10T17:02:44Zexcitedpublic1<span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://access-fandom.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png' alt='[community profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://access-fandom.dreamwidth.org/'><b>access_fandom</b></a></span> is hosting <b><a href="http://access-fandom.dreamwidth.org/19828.html"><span title="Festibility announcement post">Festibility</span></a></b>, a fanworks fest to celebrate disabled characters (whether canonically disabled or not). There is a <a href="http://access-fandom.dreamwidth.org/20136.html"><b><span title="festibility prompt post">prompt post here</span></b></a> which already has loads of great ideas featured. Prompts are open for fills from next week and then through the next two months.<br /><br />YAY.<br /><br />Also, <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://thingswithwings.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://thingswithwings.dreamwidth.org/'><b>thingswithwings</b></a></span> has <b><a href="http://thingswithwings.dreamwidth.org/113817.html"><span title="disability recs post">some great recs for fic with disability themes</span></a></b>.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=such_heights&ditemid=268738" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-11:39058:257131this is a brand new day2010-05-24T21:37:04Z2010-05-24T21:37:04Zpublic14+ Signal boost: <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://lgbtq-recs.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='16' height='16'/></a><a href='http://lgbtq-recs.livejournal.com/'><b>lgbtq_recs</b></a></span> <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/lgbtq_recs/28180.html">wants YOU</a> to sign up to rec some queer media sometime in the month of June. It's been a fabulous, fun resource the last two years, and year three should be as good as ever! Check it out.<br /><br />+ Thank you, anon who sent a vgift my way earlier today! I feel duly sparkled up. :D<br /><br />+ A thingy borrowed from <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://heathershaped.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://heathershaped.dreamwidth.org/'><b>heathershaped</b></a></span>:<br /><br /><i>Give me the name of a fictional character from any fandom and I will write them a short love letter.</i> (Whoverse, HP, Merlin, T:TSCC, Seeker, Firefly, SGA, BSG, or anything else I know.)<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=such_heights&ditemid=257131" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-11:39058:74861such_heights @ 2010-04-08T01:27:002010-04-08T00:27:40Z2010-04-08T00:27:40Zpublic6Recommended reading for the day - <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://iambickilometer.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://iambickilometer.dreamwidth.org/'><b>iambickilometer</b></a></span>: <a href="http://iambickilometer.dreamwidth.org/159858.html">Five+ Ways Being Transgender in Fandom Really Sucks, and Why I Stick With It Anyway</a>. An excellent privilege check, especially re. 'genderswap' fic.<br /><br />---<br /><br />Totally unrelated, two clips from the next Doctor Who episode (<a href="http://syntaxed.tumblr.com/">previously tumblr'd</a>) that made me squee!<br /><br /><a name="cutid1"></a><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tFnK5_BCzwE&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tFnK5_BCzwE&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" width="640" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8X_KZb6ksEc&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8X_KZb6ksEc&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" width="640" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />... seriously, is it Saturday yet?<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=such_heights&ditemid=74861" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-11:39058:59458weekend linkspam2010-01-23T14:39:34Z2010-01-23T14:39:34Zpublic2+ <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://sheafrotherdon.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://sheafrotherdon.livejournal.com/'><b>sheafrotherdon</b></a></span>: <a href="http://sheafrotherdon.livejournal.com/470076.html">"It's now time to tell."</a> <strong>trigger warning</strong> for discussion of sexual violence.<br /><br />+ on Angry Asian Man: <a href="http://www.angryasianman.com/2010/01/and-harrison-ford-as-dr-chen.html">... and Harrison Ford as Dr. Chen</a>, in which a real person's life is getting white-washed. <br /><br />+ an AfterEllen interview with Jane Espenson, writer of <em>Caprica</em>: <a href="http://www.afterellen.com/people/2010/01/afterelton-jane-espenson-interview?page=0%2C0">"It's Time for Sexuality To Be Incidental"></a>. Given BSG's track record of evil (dead) queers, that interview does not exactly inspire me with confidence, but, maybe it won't be so awful. We will see! And as we know, I will put up with a lot for canon queer and robots, heh.<br /><br />+ in fannish news, <a href="http://51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com/103254.html">Torchwood/Doctor Who comment!porn battle VI</a> is a go!<br /><br />+ via <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://lazy-daze.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://lazy-daze.livejournal.com/'><b>lazy_daze</b></a></span>, <a href="http://elizah-jane.livejournal.com/55691.html">Everybody's Free (To Be Fannish)</a> by <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://elizah-jane.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://elizah-jane.livejournal.com/'><b>elizah_jane</b></a></span>, which is SPN-specific in places but delightful all over.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=such_heights&ditemid=59458" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-11:39058:58365what in the who now?2010-01-19T16:31:31Z2010-01-19T16:44:29Zpublic41+ In department of 'omg this had <em>better</em> be a totally unfounded rumour': <a href="http://www.thrfeed.com/2010/01/fox-readying-us-version-of-torchwood-.html">Fox to commission a RTD-penned US remake of Torchwood</a>? WHAT. And I am just not thinking about how I would feel if it did turn out that RTD did indeed blow up his old show then go and make a brand new shiny one. May this never come to pass! <br /><br />+ In happier news, <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://queerlit50.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='16' height='16'/></a><a href='http://queerlit50.livejournal.com/'><b>queerlit50</b></a></span> is starting up, similar to <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://50books-poc.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='16' height='16'/></a><a href='http://50books-poc.livejournal.com/'><b>50books_poc</b></a></span>. Read some queer authors! Tell me about them! :D My reading list for the next few weeks includes Sarah Waters' Fingersmith, Mary Renault's The Persian Boy, and Ellen Kushner's Swordspoint, so I will probably chat about those over there.<br /><br />+ Also, <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://oxoniensis.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://oxoniensis.dreamwidth.org/'><b>oxoniensis</b></a></span>'s ninth porn battle <a href="http://oxoniensis.dreamwidth.org/24511.html">is taking prompts</a>.<br /><br />+ <b>eta:</b> Also! The <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://help-haiti.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='16' height='16'/></a><a href='http://help-haiti.livejournal.com/'><b>help_haiti</b></a></span> auction closes in just over 24 hours. There's a lot of things still available over there very reasonably, and everything's all listed and indexed so it's easy to find something you might like.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=such_heights&ditemid=58365" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-11:39058:56790help_haiti auction2010-01-14T02:34:51Z2010-01-14T02:34:51Zpublic0<span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://help-haiti.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='16' height='16'/></a><a href='http://help-haiti.livejournal.com/'><b>help_haiti</b></a></span> is letting people offer a whole plethora of goods in exchange for donations to various emergency funds dedicated to helping Haiti in the aftermath of the earthquake. There's a number of ways to get involved and a lot of very talented people offering up their skills; see the comm for more details. <br /><br />I have three items up for auction: <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/help_haiti/1823.html?thread=215583#t215583">a fic</a>, <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/help_haiti/822.html?thread=184886#t184886">a vid</a>, and <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/help_haiti/1526.html?thread=162550#t162550">a podfic</a>. There are more specifics about what I'm offering at the links.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=such_heights&ditemid=56790" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-11:39058:43012links2009-11-11T00:55:58Z2009-11-11T00:55:58Zpublic11+ <a href="http://standpointmag.com/node/2298/full">Julie Bindel brings the transphobic fail once again</a>. This link comes with a blood pressure warning, for it is full of offensive vitriol. Get off my team, Bindel, you make us look awful!<br /><br />+ Via the New York Times, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/11/06/business/economy/unemployment-lines.html">not all groups have felt the recession equally</a>. It's US stats, but i suspect relevant across other countries too. In any case, illuminating and rather dismal.<br /><br />+ <a href="http://disabledfeminists.com/2009/11/06/guest-post-disability-and-asexuality/">Disability and Asexuality</a> by <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://kaz.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://kaz.dreamwidth.org/'><b>kaz</b></a></span> on FWD/Forward, a really great new-ish feminist disability blog. Highly recommended reading.<br /><br />+ Also on FWD, <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://avendya.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://avendya.dreamwidth.org/'><b>avendya</b></a></span> posts <a href="http://disabledfeminists.com/2009/11/04/guest-post-to-whom-it-may-concern/">To Whom It May Concern</a>.<br /><br />+ <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://ressie-noldo.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://ressie-noldo.livejournal.com/'><b>ressie_noldo</b></a></span> writes <a href="http://ressie-noldo.livejournal.com/123294.html">on the monstrous other; for the asian women blog carnival</a>.<br /><br />+ Lastly and unrelatedly, <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/who_daily/352029.html">who_daily</a> and <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/torchwood_three/286605.html">torchwood_three</a> are looking for new newsletter editors. I'm stepping down from my position as a back-up editor due to time constraints, but I do recommend it unreservedly to anyone who likes being part of the cogs and gears of fandom - things are quiet at the moment, too, so it's a good time to step in and get to grips with things.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=such_heights&ditemid=43012" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-11:39058:42946sunday night links2009-11-08T23:45:41Z2009-11-08T23:45:41Zpublic1+ <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://copperbadge.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://copperbadge.dreamwidth.org/'><b>copperbadge</b></a></span> is hosting an <a href="http://copperbadge.livejournal.com/2896236.html">online job fair</a>, which is bringing forth a host of resources in any number of different fields and countries. Go see if you have some advice to offer, or something relevant to you. If anyone wants to chat to me about UK law conversion, NGOs or think tanks, <a href="http://copperbadge.livejournal.com/2896236.html?thread=57155180#t57155180">please do</a>.<br /><br />+ Recs!<img src="http://such_heights.icons.ljtoys.org.uk/mi/dot.gif" border="0" alt=""><br /><br />-- <a href="http://thingswithwings.dreamwidth.org/83103.html"><b>A Beginner's Guide to Vulcan Sexual Practice, by Captain James T. Kirk</b></a> by <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://thingswithwings.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://thingswithwings.dreamwidth.org/'><b>thingswithwings</b></a></span> [Star Trek Reboot, Kirk/Spock, explicit]<br /><br />Hee! Okay, so this is based on the crazy non-kink community that was doing the rounds for a few days, and the result is delightful. It is beautifully characterised and hot and Uhura is very much there, which is always a requirement for me with Reboot K/S fic, and basically I love it lots.<br /><br />-- <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/miafic/15150.html"><b>Here Comes The Sun</b></a> by <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://miakun.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://miakun.livejournal.com/'><b>miakun</b></a></span> [Merlin, Gwen/Morgana, R]<br /><br />This is futurefic with OT4 in the background and a pregnant Gwen and it is made of sunshine and happiness. ♥<br /><br />-- VID: <a href="http://kaydeefalls.livejournal.com/573568.html"><b>Spaceman</b></a> by <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://kaydeefalls.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://kaydeefalls.livejournal.com/'><b>kaydeefalls</b></a></span> [Doctor Who/Torchwood]<br /><br />This is beautiful. It's full of visual parallels and rarely-used shots and gorgeous musicality. The vid is full of so much heart that it made me fall in love with both shows all over again.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=such_heights&ditemid=42946" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-11:39058:41950miscellany2009-11-04T01:40:11Z2009-11-04T01:40:11Zpublic5+ Signal boost: <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://yuki-onna.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://yuki-onna.livejournal.com/'><b>yuki_onna</b></a></span> is stranded far from home without funds. <a href="http://reannon.livejournal.com/1785169.html">More details here</a>.<img src="http://such_heights.icons.ljtoys.org.uk/mi/dot.gif" border="0" alt=""><br /><br />+ Some stories I enjoyed recently:<br /><br /><a href="http://community.livejournal.com/heygirlfriends/9820.html">Twitterpated</a> by <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://fled-music.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://fled-music.livejournal.com/'><b>fled_music</b></a></span> [Supernatural, slight Dean/Castiel, Sam]<br /><em>Castiel insists that Dean and Sam start using twitter as a means of communication (seriously).</em><br /><br />I clicked on a whim and was totally charmed!<br /><br /><a href="http://netgirl-y2k.livejournal.com/338072.html">A Cautionary Tale About Tomatoes (and zombies)</a> by <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://netgirl-y2k.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://netgirl-y2k.livejournal.com/'><b>netgirl_y2k</b></a></span> [Merlin, team Camelot, gen]<br /><em>Armed with two swords, a slightly dented helmet and a wooden spoon, our heroes fight zombies.</em><br /><br />Hee, this is delightful and brilliant! Not to mention exactly how a zombie invasion would go down on the show.<br /><br /><a href="http://51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com/86826.html">The Assist</a> by <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com/'><b>51stcenturyfox</b></a></span> [Torchwood, Rhys/Gwen/Ianto, R]<br /><em>Three adorable Welsh people have sex.</em><br /><br />The summary nails it, really - this is sweet and fun and well-characterised, and reads like a breath of fresh air.<br /><br />+ Ahahahahaha. Ha. Um. So I just did a stupid thing, namely count up approximately how much writing (academic, fannish and otherwise) I have to do over the next month or so by word count. And, well. Let us just say that frankly, I might as well be doing NaNo based on how it breaks down for words per day. D:<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=such_heights&ditemid=41950" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-11:39058:36499disparate list is disparate2009-10-04T21:31:29Z2009-10-04T21:31:29Zsleepypublic6+ <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://touchyerwood.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='16' height='16'/></a><a href='http://touchyerwood.livejournal.com/'><b>touchyerwood</b></a></span> (*snicker* ... *is twelve*), a new Torchwood anon kink meme, is <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/touchyerwood/910.html">open for business</a>.<img src="http://such_heights.icons.ljtoys.org.uk/mi/dot.gif" border="0" alt=""><br /><br />+ A new anthology, Headcase, is <a href="http://hopeisreal.blogspot.com/2009/09/headcase-submissions-accepted-now-for.html">accepting submissions</a> for non-fiction pieces by LGBTQ writers & artists about mental illness.<br /><br />+ I still have not watched Merlin. I may not do so before tomorrow evening. Woe!<br /><br />+ People. I see this all the time and it pains me in my soul just a little. 'Discrete' and 'discreet' are two different words with two very different meanings. Discrete means 'separate and distinct'. Thus, even if Arthur and Merlin (hypothetical example!) are keeping their relationship on the down low, I rather doubt that they'd feel particularly discrete about it.<br /><br />/end friendly PSA!<br /><br />+ Lastly, <a name="cutid1"></a>some vid & fic recs!<br /><br /><a href="http://10leaguesbeyond.livejournal.com/14445.html">Once and Future</a> by <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://10leaguesbeyond.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://10leaguesbeyond.livejournal.com/'><b>10leaguesbeyond</b></a></span> [Merlin/Torchwood, Merlin/Arthur, Jack/Ianto, Jack/Merlin, PG-13]<br /><i>Four times Merlin Emrys met Jack Harkness (and one time he met Jack Harkness)</i><br /><br />This has pitch-perfect characterisation and it's a really fabulous series of ideas. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this over lunch today.<br /><br /><a href="http://users.livejournal.com/la_esmeralda_/60606.html">in this state she gallops</a> by <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://la-esmeralda-.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://la-esmeralda-.livejournal.com/'><b>la_esmeralda_</b></a></span> [Merlin, Gwen, Morgana, Merlin, PG]<br /><i>The one where Gwen’s bffs teach her magic. </i><br /><br />MAGICAL GWEN. \o/ \o/ \o/<br /><br /><a href="http://community.livejournal.com/mcsmooch/162343.html">Woot Canow</a> by <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://siriaeve.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://siriaeve.livejournal.com/'><b>siriaeve</b></a></span> [SGA/The West Wing, ensemble, standard rating]<br /><i>This is an SGA/West Wing AU, based on The West Wing 1.15, 'Celestial Navigation.'</i><br /><br />If you've seen the episdode referred to, or even if you haven't, GO READ. HILARIOUS. OMG. The SGA!White House is made of total win. And <i>obviously</i> Rodney is Josh, ahahahaha.<br /><br /><a href="http://kalichan.livejournal.com/190285.html">Dorian</a> by <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://kalichan.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://kalichan.livejournal.com/'><b>kalichan</b></a></span> [Torchwood, Jack/Oscar Wilde, standard rating]<br /><i>"Have I not stood face to face with beauty; that is enough for one man’s life." - Oscar Wilde.</i><br /><br />More Jack/historical or mythical figures! :D This is just perfection - the tone is so aching and gorgeous, and I really like to think that they had these meetings.<br /><br />Vids:<br /><br /><a href="http://yorunohime.livejournal.com/31503.html">The Mystic's Dream</a> [Merlin], by <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://yorunohime.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://yorunohime.livejournal.com/'><b>yorunohime</b></a></span><br /><br />How perfect is Loreena McKennit for this fandom? Very, let me tell you. This is so atmospheric and really gorgeous.<br /><br /><a href="http://users.livejournal.com/la_esmeralda_/59423.html">Destroyer/Lover</a> by <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://la-esmeralda-.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://la-esmeralda-.livejournal.com/'><b>la_esmeralda_</b></a></span> [Merlin, Morgana-centric]<br /><br />I love the cutting style in this, and there are some really lovely shots paralleling motion, especially around 0:37.<br /><br /><a href="http://chaila43.livejournal.com/59109.html">Shelter From The Storm</a> by <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://chaila43.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://chaila43.livejournal.com/'><b>chaila43</b></a></span> [Sarah Connor Chronicles, Ellison/Sarah]<br /><br />This is such a perfect marriage of music, character and editing, it's the perfect vid for this ship and has lots and lots of Ellison being wonderful.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=such_heights&ditemid=36499" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-11:39058:35929Polanski follow-up reading2009-10-01T11:19:45Z2009-10-01T11:19:45Zpublic4+ <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://chrismm.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://chrismm.dreamwidth.org/'><b>chrismm</b></a></span> is collecting <a href="http://chrismm.dreamwidth.org/577422.html">a list of artists who've come out against Polanski and the Free Polanski petition</a>.<img src="http://such_heights.icons.ljtoys.org.uk/mi/dot.gif" border="0" alt=""><br /><br />+ There are 762 signatures and counting on the <a href="http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/art-does-not-excuse-rape-polanski-must-face-justice">Art Does Not Excuse Rape</a> petition.<br /><br />+ <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://sheafrotherdon.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://sheafrotherdon.livejournal.com/'><b>sheafrotherdon</b></a></span>: <a href="http://sheafrotherdon.livejournal.com/440808.html">You are not supporting victims and survivors of sexual assault if...</a><br /><br />+ <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://shaggydogstail.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://shaggydogstail.livejournal.com/'><b>shaggydogstail</b></a></span>: <a href="http://shaggydogstail.livejournal.com/341576.html">Normally I only say I hate the world for hyperbole</a>.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=such_heights&ditemid=35929" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments