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Nobody that we know of ever defeated a Balrog without being slain at the same time,

Have a mini snek with a party hat

happy birfday

It's been... a really really long time. Yikes.

Today has been a bookish sort of birthday (of course). In addition to the actual books, my pin badge collection has been expanding...

And off-screen to the bottom, a very nice book in black and gold, inscribed in flowing script with the fabled incantation:

GO AWAY

I'M BUSY.

^_^

hS

This feels like a test of the "hmuaan's cnan raed any wrod wihch bigens wih te firt ltter and edns whith the lsat lteter" thingy - legible, but barely

Also, as a warrior cats nerd, anger

This week is already turning out rather tiring as well, somehow, though thankfully less hectic so far (so far >.>) so I'm just going to drop in a collective thank you before I look up and realize it's the middle of the week and this thread is getting buried.

Can't promise any further responses here, but I leave you with this: the Percy Jackson Musical (aka the Lightning Thief--the soundtrack image seems to have both names on there) is...surprisingly good, if you give it a chance to play? The trailer I saw of the actual show looks a bit underwhelming, but the soundtrack seemed that way at first, too, so...who knows! Anyway, if you liked the books and enjoy musicals, it might be worth giving some of the songs a listen.

Edit: here's a link to the soundtrack on YouTube. The bonus songs are fun, too--I like "Pick A Side". Obviously, spoilers all around for the musical and the first Percy Jackson book (not sure if it works in anything from later books, as it's been a while since I read them and I haven't seen the musical or even heard the full soundtrack yet, but just...assume there are spoilers ahead, especially in the later songs. From what I remember of the book, the first song just covers the first chapter or two, though--even mimics Percy's narration to a certain extent).

~Z

I'll start:

(Sung to the tune of "Rasputin" by Boney M) StarGleamStar

There lived a certain Sue, in fanfic long ago

Her fur was almost urple, her eye color was rainbow

Most agents looked at her with terror and with fear

But to the Suefluenced canons, she was such a lovely dear

She could preach the Bible like a fundie

With homophobia and misquoting

She was the kind of Cat-Sue

Agents would abhor

Star, Star, StarGleamStar, lover of her great-grandpa

Didn't want noone to be gay

Star, Star, StarGleamStar, forest's greatest love machine

'Till she realized she wasn't straight

Go wild with your own filks! This is like the Christmas Filk Game, only less seasonal.

throws confetti

All bolded quotes were directly from the fic, so the 'r&r' bit was an actual A/N. :P But I'm glad you enjoyed this! I think the anime glasses joke is my favorite part of this mission.

Have some confetti!

Have a wonderful birthday, hS! Also have a knitted washcloth in a color/colors of your choice. (:

-Claire

What about different coloured Saibamen? Or Cell Jrs?

Have a bleen birthday hat!

But not for me, it is in fact hS's birthday.

We did some back-of-the-envelope calculations this morning and decided that he has now been a PPCer for more than half his life. He joined us as a sarcastic geeky teenager and has now emerged from his chrysalis to become a sarcastic geeky adult, and throughout he has loved this place like one of his actual children.

Happy birthday to hS, you beautiful sarcastic geeky butterfly.

There were a lot of funny moments, like the anime glasses gleam, the fire alarm wailing, and the spirit saying "R&R" like in an a/n!

~Ozzielot

badfic number 3 - I should stop browsing AO3, but eh

https://archiveofourown.org/works/9135979/chapters/20759761

read if you wish, SMUT alert, legomance alert except there's a thing with Thranduil too... ice witch...

Why yes, I am patting myself on the back! Well, actually, I pondered adding short excerpts of each chapter to the Table of Contents page on the Wordpress site where I'm hosting this project, but given the sheer amount of episodes I'm planning for this thing, I felt like it would make the page rather hard to navigate. So I'm putting them here instead. Consider this a teaser if you will, to show you whether it's your kind of story or not. (WARNING: scary. I will not post anything containing Blacklist items, language or potential triggers, but if any kind of spooky imagery tends to affect you - which I understand, that's not everyone's kind of genre -, this post might... get to you a little. These are not the actual scariest parts of chapters, just very short quotes that I feel represent their theme and imagery as a whole. Make of them what you will.)

Chapter 1 - "When Beth looked up, the kitsune mask was standing in the same place, motionless, the tilt of her head almost mocking as she stared at Beth from behind that unreadable fox face. Slowly, she raised a thin, bony brown hand out of her pocket, and beckoned."

Chapter 2 - "So like I said, there was growling, and it didn’t… sound like a dog? More like a human voice pretending to be a dog, if that makes any sense."

Chapter 3 - "And then a spot of white shifted into the edge of my vision; it was gone when I turned my head that way, but it left an imprint."

Chapter 4 - "That was when I felt its eyes on me… no, not its eyes, its attention. Like noticing it made it notice me, too."

Chapter 5 - "The door remained closed. From somewhere in the city, a siren’s wailing could be heard, muffled by distance and cold walls. That was all."

Chapter 6 - " “Think about the mission, is my suggestion. If it’s your first, you want to be ready for anything.” "

Chapter 7 - "Finally the tendrils relented and let go, slithering away into the darkness, and they took the noise with them."

Chapter 8 - "The water stains on the walls around me had turned into ice, branching out in strange patterns that really shouldn’t have reminded me of long fingers, because that meant I was starting to let that place get to me. But… yes. They did."

Chapter 9 - "The reason I made that cliff comparison was because I had this feeling that if I looked up I would see something dreadful, something I never, ever wanted to see, and that if I looked at it, if I acknowledged it, it would be like… an invitation."

Well, that is all for now. Chapters 9 and 10 are plotted and underway as of right now. I'll try to stick to a chapter-per-week schedule with this project as long as the inspiration lasts, so hopefully at least chapter 9 will be out in the next few days. Cheers.