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Probably this is insight2's fault, but while I was brushing my teeth last night it occurred to me that it would be interesting (one word for it) to develop an angelic language, now that Skanr has been my practice run for language construction. What I've been thinking of is a language that is Romance-like in the sense that angels use different forms of the copulative (to be) for the created world and the divine, to express the distinction they'd probably make between essence versus state. Or would they just see the entire world as a collection of things in a state of being or becoming or changing? And how would the near-infinite think about the bounded and contained, anyway? *ponders these things*

In similar SPN news, I wrote one more drabble, In terra aliena (In a Strange Land) for the deancastiel drabble challenge.

SUNDAY DRABBLEVENTURES
By executive order, I have decided that on a semiregular basis (maybe every other Sunday, or however often I feel like it), I will contribute to weekend sloth and work avoidance by writing drabbles on request. When requests are open, I will note which fandoms I'm writing in; all you need to do is name your fandom, character/pairing, and prompt, and I will write 100 words of something. This post will be the prompt and response post, for purposes of consolidation.

.drabble prompts: Leave me a fandom/character/pairing and a prompt (SGA, SPN, Bones, and I guess I will take Merlin*) and I will see what I can do.

4.26 DRABBLEVENTURES NOW OPEN

In unrelated news, Iron & Wine's The Shepherd's Dog is completely awesome and I have been listening to it obsessively.

* = I like Morgana a lot and wish something heavy would land on Uther. And I like how Arthur is kind of a jerk, but basically a decent guy. Also, I am deeply amused and, dare I say it, somewhat gratified, by the fact that the incantation languages involve Old English. A lot of this is because the Anglo-Saxons really did not like teh magics.

*le sigh* Sunday is over, alas! Drabbles closed for now.

Some very nice things to post on this Sunday night! \o/

1.) Swim shorts, barefooted, wild-haired (John/Rodney). Written for mcsmooch, but really for tardis80, whose beautiful, lovely postcards (like this one, which was the inspiration) cheered me up so much during the wretchedness of last fall and winter ♥♥♥ It's boys on the pier on a summer day, being lazy after saving the world.

2.) Thank you so very much to everyone who nominated some of my stuff for the McShep Awards! I'm completely thrilled that people come by here and look at things, much less enjoy them and remember them, and really, it's kind of awesomely cool for me. And once the nominations go up, I can guarantee you will have lots of great things to read and look at and be amazed by.

3.) I would just like to say that I really REALLY REALLY REALLY love this cap from "Vegas." Seriously. I have a deep and abiding love for profile shots of John where he's looking up; indeed, one might say it verges on "disturbing obsession." His throat, oh my god. *flails a bit* I put this behind a cut because I can't bring myself to make it smaller than 600px:

( mmmmmmph )

4.) ( SPN 4.07 spoilery remarks, cut just in case and also, yay Castiel! )

Tomorrow: Shall be posted this SGA/SPN crossover fic that I finished some time last year but sort of repressed in my memory. I remember I wrote it terribly fast, and when I write something long and very quickly I tend to be very unhappy with it. So, I let it sit... and sit... and sit... and excavated it the other day. Now it's been edited, canon adjusted for my own benefit, and possibly ready to go.

Just a small happy post, because I've had so much fun this week, and I hope I can keep the cheerfulness going into the second half of the semester. Featuring: yarn, pretty trees, and SRPOINGS.

( happy things of a visual nature )

And how about some more SPROING!? Totally spontaneous and unpremeditated.

( Now is the part where people die. )

.Where the Light Is (John/Rodney) ~5,700
Written for artword's Illustrative Typography challenge. sanami276 did the art for it, and it rocks like wow!



"What would you do if you were free?" Johnny asks, looking out the window onto Afghanistani desert. John follows his gaze out, tries not to think about gravity and the physics of being tied down.

.Nevermind (John/Rodney PG) ~1,500 + art
I was lucky enough to write for the very awesome and talented newkidfan for this month's Reversed challenge at artword, and believe me when I tell you her art will blow you away. And thank you thank you to dogeared for making sure the writing is not entirely nonsensical *smooch* (And for those of you who are interested in artword but didn't have a chance/weren't able to participate last month, the new challenge starts soon! Look for it!)

Because the piece is very image-heavy, the link takes you to a preload page ♥

The last time he lost someone behind enemy lines, John had a single helicopter to get him back. This time he has a warship.

.eta: For a few billion reasons (pollen, allergies to said pollen, having to work in the garden anyway otherwise we will be growing prize weeds), I'm having a terrible, "wow do I feel like shit in more ways than one" morning. And I haven't read it yet because I want to wait for the Zyrtec to work (oh please dear god work), but I know THIS is going to be awesome and will help me feel better. It is beeej's Bar Harbour AU, and I have been praying for wojelah or someone to write it because OMG OMG OMG IT MAKES ME JOYFUL.

Scrap of something for 4.20 "The Last Man," just so I can get it out of my head.

Two Scenes, Missing

( No one gets left behind )

.title: The Home Front (~10,800 words)
.author: aesc
.pairing: John/Rodney
.rating/warnings: NC17 for the sex
.disclaimers: Not belonging to me.

.notes: Tag to 4.15 "Outcast," so spoilers for that obviously. Absolute hugest thanks to dogeared, who not only listened to 8,000 words of this in YM all day yesterday, but beta'ed it too. Yay, angsty men are inspirational.

(Aside to amireal, beadattitude, tx_tart, &c.: This is what I was talking about!)

( what happens right after the cap following the cut )

Tag to 4.11 "Be All My Sins Remembered," so spoilers for that (obviously).

Teyla-centric, with generous side of team and dash of McKay/Sheppard if you would like.

( The shadows make him flat and dangerous, and she thinks that this man in front of her right now is the man most others fear. )

Now I really REALLY need to go to bed, because I am meeting a dogeared tomorrow! Well, in ten hours.

Just a little follow-up to SPROING, in which there is an apology. Sort of, in a way.

( Scale of the agrop )

Very much needed decompression in the form of pornlet, a companion to apple_pi's very very unbelievably hot Thursday porn, from Rodney's POV.

( It hits him when he’s crammed into the claustrophobic slot under the console, when he drags in a breath congested with dust, day-old clothes, the dried sweat and come pulling his skin tight and uncomfortable as he reaches for a wire. )