Lizardbeth's Tale

y'know, because I haven't been in this fandom long enough *kof* I've been thinking about doing a rewatch from the beginning. Back when it restarted on BBCA I was intending to watch it then, but Saturday is always a terrible day to watch t.v. so I haven't done a total rewatch in ... a long time. And I realized I've kind of forgotten things and maybe I'd be more inclined to finish my WIPs again if I watched it all again in order, not random eps.

Also, this LJ has been pretty quiet. Even when I do have something to write about I don't, so in the spirit of the Blog About A Hundred Things challenge, I think maybe I could at least blog about something I actually know.

[Poll #1836296]

So I don't know if it'll be daily or sort of daily or whatever, but I do know that if I have some other people sort of waiting on it (even if you aren't, feel free to lie, because that's motivating), I'll do it.

It has come to my attention that several of you may possibly be woefully uneducated UNFORTUNATELY DEPRIVED of learning about

THE AWESOMENESS OF DANA KATHERINE SCULLY
- FBI agent, medical doctor, genius scientist
- packed heat (for the girls-are-hotter-with-guns contingent)
- had heart and soul
- put up with Mulder for almost ten years
- flawlessly beautiful
- kidnapped by aliens, experimented on by humans, whatever, she never ever gave up on looking for the truth

Do you like Olivia Dunham? Scully's her fictional ancestor.
Do you like Kate Beckett? Scully was the rational half of the wacky-boy/rational-girl pair before it became trendy. She was also referred to by her partner by her last name.
Do you like Sam Carter? Scully's thesis rewrote EINSTEIN
Do you like UST relationships? Scully/Mulder kept it going for... a really long time.



MAKE IT HAPPEN!

THE OFFICE (of all things!) is being EPIC in FMM. It's staying neck and neck, Jim and Kelly. And Kirk and Bones (behind Spock, but still, tied.)
I'm glad Sue isn't trampling everyone in Glee this year!

Was Pacey always that beloved in Dawson's Creek, or is he getting a bump because of Fringe?

and... some categories have WAY TOO MANY characters listed. scroll,scroll...

But anyway, as it stands right now thirty minutes ago yesterday ...
( the theoretical ROUND ONE seedings for the SF/Fantasy bracket )

YES I AM A DORK OKAY

It's raining again! Good thing I have my new phone so I can update from Noah's ark!

I have my Fic Roundup of 2010 ready to go, now to wait for Yuletide reveal so I can post it all together.

In that spirit, I have two things which I could buff a bit and post another chapter, and I'm curious if there's a particular preference. They are both infrequently updated crossover WIPs and neither would be finished with this post, just so you know.

Their first chapters, if you need a refresher:
A Shadow on the Pattern , BSG/B5 Crossover

Another New Hope , BSG/Star Wars Mashup crossover

SO, TO THE POLLS, MY FRIENDS!
[Poll #1662086]

Given that I want to write something original for NaNo I still have great heaps of ideas, half-formed scribbles, and fanfic to rub the serial numbers from to use *g* So I need your help to narrow it down, flist!

To stave off the obvious "just write what you feel most inspired to write" -- yes, I know, and I may very well do that anyway. BUT, since this is, at least in theory, something I would like you to spend your cold-hard cash on, some day, input at which sound the best/most interesting would be helpful!

These are the four I have some characters and some plot already figured out.
1.Romantic thriller with SFnal elements. A scientist trying to invent a new method of space travel meets a concert pianist, and together they have to fight off terrorists who want the scientist's accidental weapon.
2. Alternate History/Fantasy. The walls of Byzantium have to hold against the not-exactly-Mongol Horde (they have dragons, y'all. Things get grim), even as its leaders face internal pressure in this cosmopolitan, political place and a coup in Roma. Yes, it's fucking epic with a cast of zillions stretching from Scotland to Damascus.
3. Fantasy. History comes back to bite not-Earth Epicland in the ass when an archaelogical expedition turns up an artifact that breaches the Veil to the abyssal plane where the demons lurk. People start getting brutally murdered, and the wizard's council is too busy failing at leadership. Thus three plucky students have to investigate and get in lots of trouble.
4. Fantasy. Four friends at college are surprised to find out that one of them isn't a human at all, when another falls through a portal to another Earth where the Sidhe now rule. The others go through to rescue, and the human friends have to fight their way through a dark, dangerous world they know nothing about to rescue their friend.

[Poll #1631823]

I'm not going to bother with a NaNo filter, I don't think. Any bitching will be behind a cut, and I probably won't' post more than some snippets, anyway. The only thing I would ask is that nobody be less than encouraging, if I end up posting any of the draft.

If anyone else is doing NaNo, I'll be buddies! I'm lizardbeth

You'd think I'd be done with the crack after the crack fic yesterday, but NO!

Today we have a Very Important Poll. This obviously relates to the Castle/V Epic Crossover of Epicness I'm still writing (because I have no Big Bangs or anything else to do, nope). Lest you all get TOO excited, the Leverage part of it is not much more than an Easter Egg, but it's fun.
[Poll #1570087]
(btw, I didn't forget Maggie. She was actually my first choice -- given Meteor Storm, it seemed obvious -- but then I remembered she and Nate had a kid together. So, she doesn't work. It doesn't work that well for Nate either, but at least there's be some canon precendent).

If you have any particular reason for your choice, I'd love to hear it.