Warning: rambling induced by insomnia

[castalie]

Today is the birthday of a girl I love on my flist so let me start with this: Happy Birthday, auster. I guess that you might have a bit of a difficult time today so I'll just hope that you'll have as peaceful and happy a day as possible *hugs*

So the second news I was expecting yesterday turn out to be kinda bad. I definitely didn't expect that so it was a bit of a shock and I didn't have the best of night, ie I kinda didn't sleep. I took advantage of this new bout of insomnia to take a little trip down memory lane and read - for the umpteenth time, though I realised it'd been a long time since I did - the Life From the Ashes series [AU extraordinaire, great mother of sci-fi XF epic] which is a favourite of mine.

And I also realised that, come to think of it, I might have a sort of guilty pleasure after all. Except okay so I don't feel guilt as such, but sometimes I'll be reading it and stop to think "wow, some people would call this fic the grand-mother of crack!fic" and it makes me cringe immediately because, seriously, I think there's so much more to that series series than just that but still; it has immortals, sorcerers, clairvoyants, aliens and seraphims, kings and princes and warlords. It has mpreg - loooooooooooooots of mpreg - and so many other things that would make it to the Fandom Kink list. It actually hits most of my kinks - so yes, btw, that would be a warning of sort, ie it contains rape. It's also a sort of comfort fic for me. Which in turns makes me smile because I tried to make a list of my comfort fics and they usually are on the darker side of the road... Go figure.

Speaking of trips down memory lane and BDSM, alinewrites recc'ed two HL fics today, namely Hades Followed After Him and its sequel The Deep and wow, but those two stories are two of my favourite HL fics ever! The former is also one of the first fics I've read. Babycakes if you're there? Remember the line "I think your dick has a date with that sink"? That's the one *giggles at a Babycakes/Mouse souvenir regarding that fic* Yeah anyway, I love me some trips down memory lane. Also er, if you decide to click on the links and read the fics? Heed the warnings, okay?

And since I'm on the subject of the down and dirty, I'll keep with the theme. Except not. I zigged when I should have zagged yesterday when I was working on Charlie - and boy, giving names to your computers sometimes makes for very interesting sentences! - and I found myself in a folder that had a file I'd completely forgotten I had. It's a song, a parody and it's hilarious! So if you're into prison!stories and parodies, I uploaded Prison Bitch by Rodney Carrington for you. It's a dialogue between a prison bitch and his owner and man, just thinking of the song makes me laugh, which incidentally is exactly what I need today, so yay?

ETA: SPN - Shadow Promo Pic, ie Spoiler *has been killed ded by the sheer power of that pic*

Comments

[thelana.livejournal.com]

Life From the Ashes, I remember that one. It was amazing and impressive in its sheer *vastness*, but it was also very, very insane. :D

[castalie.livejournal.com]

Ohhhh someone else who read it? I'm not the only only, yay!

And I love your description lol Pretty accurate. I'm still in awe of the whole thing, I'll admit. I mean, writing an epic? Not even in my wildest dreams. Thank god other writers are here to do it lol

[thelana.livejournal.com]

I loved the beginning. Like, the first 10 chapters or so? But after that it became a bit too out there for my taste. Also? I'm not really much of a chapter story person. I lose interests in those really quickly.

The X-Files produced some amazing epics though. Some great gen ones too (Oklahoma, Leviathan). Sigh, I really miss the fandom.

[castalie.livejournal.com]

I've ever read each chapter of every book that JoB wrote, til the very last one. It was like crack to me. When it was completed, I didn't know whether to be happy because getting 'closure' is always nice or being sad that there would be no more. I love a fic that makes me feel that way :-)

I remember a time when I read new fics on a regular basis; I paid a visit to Slashing Mulder all the time, it was a treasure that site. I also remember when I first discovered the MTA site - oh boy, it was heaven! *happy sigh*

[thelana.livejournal.com]

I worshipped Mulder Torture Anonymous. There should totally be Michael Torture Anonymous :)

[castalie.livejournal.com]

Oh man, just thinking about it... *shivers*

[fraught.livejournal.com]

*schnuggle* Thank you! :D

And I don't watch Supernatural (if I should, gimme download links! :P), but that's one fiiiiiiine picture *ogle*

[castalie.livejournal.com]

You're quite welcome :-)

Ohh you should watch SPN, you SO should! It's pretty! It's angsty! It's kinda scary sometimes too *nods* And it has two pretty brothers and a father who have issues to end all issues! It rocks, I love it *g* It's also a series that improves with each new episode and that is something to be grateful for lol

If you want to give it a go, I find all my files at Mininova (http://www.mininova.org/search/?search=supernatural).

[sockich.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry you had bad news and insomnia. *hugs* But at least you got something good out of it. It's always nice visiting fics you haven't read in a while.

Also, that pic? Killed me dead, it did. *is ded*

[castalie.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Kaja *hugs back*

It is nice, and those first fics are always even more special somehow *nods*

That pic... there's no words to express the love I have for it!

[moimoietmoi.livejournal.com]

Hey, I hope the bad news wasn't too bad! *hugs*

Re: ETA: OMG! So pretty!!!! I need SPN slash NOW!

[castalie.livejournal.com]

Thanks *hugs back*

Isn't it the PRETTIEST PROMO PIC you've EVER seen, isn't it??!!

[babycakesin.livejournal.com]

eeeeek yes, I remember that line oh so well lol - I was in my dorm room in Texas when you told me about it lol

[castalie.livejournal.com]

Lol It was quite a memorable line, wasn't it? *eg*