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Off LJ Links
"Doctor Who: The Stalker of Norfolk" comic has been updated.
Den of Geek has an interview with Rob Shearman which includes interesting facts about Dalek. (link via thehornedgod)
The Doctor Who News Page reports on and briefly analyses the viewing figures for Waters of Mars.
Bleeding Cool has a spoiler/rumour concerning a throwaway TW line that's apparently resolved in the specials. Spoilers!
Io9 reprints the spoiler/rumour above and has some opinions based around it.
Io9 quotes Michael Moorcock's recent responses to questions about his forthcoming Doctor Who novel.


Discussion and Miscellany - general
greenpear found something very TARDIS-like in an old episode of Superboy.
bemkah has the Australian airdate for Waters of Mars.
hammard posts the final viewing figures for Waters of Mars on BBC1.
sue_denimme posts a picspam, Celebrating Ten #6b: School Reunion
shinyjenni reviews Terror of the Zygons.


Discussion and Miscellany - the Christmas specials - Spoilers, duh!
ukraine_girl has scans of TV & Satellite Week with a preview of Xmas viewing.
myvampireeyes has some speculation about what might be returning.
skydawnjade has a 'stupid' question.
bardingtide has some thoughts on the regeneration.
magicallaw has some issues with the Bleeding Cool/io9 spoiler/rumour.


Challenges/New Communities
best_enemies announces the prompts for Drabble Challenge #10.
500year_diary announces Challenge #3.25.
dwaustralia is a new community for discussion, flails and Australia-flavoured news.
mattsmithstills is a new challenge community dedicated to icons of Matt Smith.
iconsofrassilon posts a reminder for Challenge #23.


Fanfic

Completed/Single Part fics
Ficlet: Silent Pages by onthetardis (The Doctor, Donna | G)
Let Nothing You Dismay by nylana (Ten/Rose | G)
Vitalis Metuo by persiflage_1 (Martha/Jack, New TW team, Eleven, Amy, Tom Milligan | NC-17)
Paradise Found by the10th_rose (Ten, Rose | PG-13)
Dreamscapes Nightmares & Post it Notes (3/3) by emraldeyedauter (Martha, Tom Milligan, Tenth Doctor | PG)
Of Inappropriate Awakenings by karenor (Ten/Rose | Adult)
Hurt me by finmagik (Six/Peri | R/NC-17)
Frail in the Kill (3/3) by estas_absentis (Master/Lucy | R)
For A Long Moment by hermionepadfoot (Rose, the Tenth Doctor, the TARDIS | PG)
Lie by malicehaughton (Jackie/alt!Pete | PG)
Bricks and Mortar by shinyjenni (Sarah Jane Smith, Romana | All ages)

Works in Progress
Doctor Who and the Star of Arcadia (9/16) by gogo_didi (Jack/Ianto, The Doctor (10), OCs, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Benton, Johnson | PG-13)
Watching (1/3) by the_tenzo (Ten/Rose/Ten2 | Adult)
Water Music (10/17) by azriona (The Doctor, River Song | PG)
Heart of the TARDIS (15/?) by jhumor (The Doctor, TARDIS, Jack, Martha | teen)
Mind Melds (1/2) by anomoly_fetish (Ten!Doctor/Simm!Master | PG-13)


Icons & Graphics
eyeconic has 43 new series icons
ibishtar has 25 new series icons, including some from Waters of Mars and some of the Eleventh Doctor.
dongpeiyen1000 has 13 DW icons.
jai_23 has 23 icons of Doctor Who and cast.


Fanart and Creative Endeavours
gigs_83 got bored at work.


Fanvids
slightlyjillian has found an Eleventh Doctor/companion vid, Life is Short, on YouTube. Spoilers!



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With all the excitement of John Simm's up and coming reprisal of the role of the Master in Doctor Who I'm opening a new daily comm dedicated to the actor's various roles and projects. There will be daily pictures, small picspams and quotes so if you're a fan of Simm's career please feel free to join or watch the comm.

There will be spoilers for any trailers for the upcoming Christmas episodes but as of right now I'm going to be putting those under cuts for those who don't wish to be spoiled. Any questions can be directed to myself, fancynewgin.

join / watch

Hi guys! I have lots of One Piece (and other series) collectibles for sale over on my journal. I have some of the styling figures, the VS gashapon figures, and some other things as well. If you're interested, check it out!

(fake cut to my journal)

(cross-posted a few other places, sorry if you see this more than once!)

*starts up a new Seisen file*

Title: Three Things (A Thanksgiving Story), Chapter 3
Disclaimer: Alas, these characters are not mine.
Rating: G.
Pairing: Josh/Donna
Category: Holiday, romance, AU.
Feedback: Always appreciated.
Archiving: Please ask.
Timeline: Thanksgiving right after the first election, before they're
actually in the White House.
Acknowledgments: Thanks to Rick, as always.

( Thanksgiving morning... )

http://sue-denimme.livejournal.com/182810.html

Not dialup friendly.

Over the last year or so I've been reading through the Bible at the rate of about a chapter a day. I just finished Jeremiah yesterday, which is a really emotionally tough book if you identify even slightly with Jeremiah*, and as I was reading the first chapter of Lamentations I was struck by a thought that's been creeping up on me for a while.

Grief is not a sin.

Well, duh, you may say. Of course it's okay to grieve. We lose people or hear terrible news or suffer disappointment, we feel sad, it would be monstrous if we didn't react that way. And I think most people would agree that this is the case.

And yet it's easy to fall into the trap of expecting that grief, or lamentation, should only last so long or go so far. Just a nice neat little grief, not too long, something you can swallow back and force a watery smile and then put your chin up and keep marching with a smile on your face. Especially if you call yourself a Christian, because Christians are supposed to be full! of! joy! and count themselves blessed when they suffer tribulation, etc.

And for this reason people -- especially religious people, it seems -- can be amazingly cruel and dismissive toward others who are hurting, by trying to pep them up with positive talk and encourage them to stop focusing on all that negative stuff, or even (the worst) condemning and shunning them if they go on grieving and lamenting past the generally accepted time period for such things.

( Where does this come from? Not the Bible, that's for sure... )

Sin, and all the things that have gone wrong with our world because of sin, may be the ultimate cause of every grief we suffer, and it's true that one day all tears will be wiped away forever and that will be a very good thing. But until that happens, grieving and lamenting and suffering over sin and hardship are not just tolerable or permissible to a certain limited extent -- they're actually good and right.

So the next time you're genuinely upset over something terrible that has happened to you or someone you love, and somebody comes up to you and chirps, "Oh, well, praise the Lord anyhow!" You should feel free to punch them in the face** hand them the book of Lamentations.


--
* Actually, I keep thinking there has to be a YA novel in there somewhere, because God called Jeremiah to be a prophet when he was just a young teenager. I'll keep you posted if I ever figure the plot of that one out.

** See, that's why I usually talk myself out of writing serious blog posts without spending a week editing them first.

*** No belittlement is meant by the use of this term, believe me; I would gladly have used "Tanakh" instead except that some of my non-Jewish readers wouldn't have understood what I mean by it.

One Piece - Strong World Chapter #0 (Cover & Color)
Naruto
Bleach
Beelzebub
Nurarihyon no Mago (Color and Anime Announcement)
Baku-man
Neko Wappa!
Reborn
Kanata
Inumaru
Kuroko no Basket
One Piece
Kochi Kame
Hôkenshitsu
Gintama (Color)
Ane Dokî
Sket Dance
Toriko
Rilienthal
Psyren
Medaka
Jaguar

Looks like the bottom 5 spoiler wasn't entirely accurate. Beelzebub is much higher and Sket manages to make bottom 5. Ane Dokii is still relatively low and so is One Piece due to the double chapter.

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Two fantastic book prize packages are being given away soon, and my book is in both of them!

First, my fellow fantasy authors over at enchantedinkpot are running the First Annual Inkies Giveaway Extravaganza, with prizes including three bundles of eight books each -- one focused on Fairy Tales and Folklore (that's mine!), one on Adventure and Witchcraft, and another on Ancient Curses, Modern Ghosts, and Post-Apocalyptic stories. These prize packages contain a couple of droolworthy ARCs and some bestselling titles, so head on over and check it out! Contest runs until December 9, 2009.

Second, the stupendous Debs Library contest is still running over at debut2009! If you're a library professional and would like to win 46 free books by the debut authors of 2009 for your school or public library, zip on over and enter while there's still time -- the draw will be held on January 1, 2010.

Just a quickie. The BARB figures are in W\E 15/11/09 and Waters of Mars got 9.94 million viewers. Which means the average viewing figures for this year so far average at 9.74.

18 The Waters of Mars
6 The Tenth and Eleventh Doctors
1 Tenth Doctor and TARDIS
1 Tenth Doctor, TARDIS, Jane Austen quote
Preview:


OVER HERE!

Title: Lile the Redeemer
Fandom: Wicked bookverse
Characters & Pairings: Elphaba/Glinda
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I don’t own Greogorie Magoire’s Wicked
Summary: Set after SON OF A WICH. (Assumes Elphaba’s death was faked) Liir decides he can’t be a father.

Here @ my journal

Title: Lile the Redeemer
Fandom: Wicked bookverse
Characters & Pairings: Elphaba/Glinda
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I don’t own Greogorie Magoire’s Wicked
Summary: Set after SON OF A WICH. (Assumes Elphaba’s death was faked) Liir decides he can’t be a father.

Here @ my journal

A Rob Shearman interview from Den of Geek, revealing what would have happened in the Time War if the BBC hadn't come to terms with the Terry Nation estate:

( Read more... )

I got bored at work, so I did this:

( Pic within )

I wanted to take a silver Sharpie and paint it on, but since technically the thing isn't mine - it's the company's - I figured some paper and tape will work just fine. :)

Oh my god. Oh my god.

I just opened a necklace box and instead of finding one necklace, I found two. The second was a necklace I thought I lost TWO YEARS AGO. I got it in New Orleans at the Jazz Fest 2007. It (and a skirt) was my souvenir from the festival. I was heartbroken that that I couldn't find it.

But now, the mystery is solved! Past Rashaka was really smart, and put away the necklace and sent it back to California instead of dragging it to various states. Past Rashaka was so clever she plain forgot how brilliant her plan was. YAY PAST RASHAKA. I LOVE YOU, PAST SELF. *HUGS*

I'm admiring it now. If it weren't so heinously late at night, I'd take a picture of it to show you guys.

Announcements & Contests
manonlechat in ginran: GinRan Drabble Exchange: Bring Out Your Drabbles!
bleachness: Oy fandom (on recent drama)

Fanfiction
Oneshot
Eyes On Me by kitsunemoonstar (Gin/Matsumoto, PG)
But Come Back To Me by vionaxinyi (Ruri'iro Kujaku, Yumichika, PG-13)
Lily of the Valley by elliot_san (Ulquiorra/Orihime, K+)
In All the Littlest Ways by nendo_chan (Shuuhei/Hinamori, T)
More of You, Less of Me by netsrikeel1 (Aizen, Ichigo, T)
What Flour Bags Can Do To You by chappylovesme (Ichigo/Rukia, T)
Multipart
The Quiet Before The Storm, Chapter 1 by silawen (Kenpachi/Nanao, Matsumoto, PG-13)
Taking that Long Road , Part 1/2 by sr625sw (Ichigo/Orihime, Renji/Rukia, R)
Intrigue, or How Curiosity Killed the Cat, Chapter 1/13 by sakurabiyori_nh (Grimmjow/Ichigo, M, bleach_yaoi-locked)

Fanart
Amerian Girl - Rukia, WS by mochavalentino
Hirako Shinji fanart - NWS by thepinkrabbit (bleach_yaoi-locked)
Ichigo/Renji art - WS by pb_cookie

Icons & Graphics
8 icons by jupiterk (MFP)
52 icons by vampire_spirit (MFP)
16 icons & 1 banner by pompcat (MFP)

CAPSLOCK DISCUSSION
383 SPOILERS
EPISODE 247 'CAPS

Miscellaneous
Spoilers for 383 are out!
Have a [pre-release] Merchandise Post!
AkonxShuuhei doujinshi scanlation (bleach_yaoi-locked)
Hunting for anime RAW downloads (bleach_fact-locked)
Kubo might actually like the pairing ... Nnoitra/Tesla
RenIchi doujinshi sale!
Musing on Gin

Additions & corrections welcome =)

I have a stupid quesiton concerning spoilers/thoughts I have read about The End of Time. Be careful if you look under the cut, it can contains spoilers!!

I am new in the Doctor Who world and this probably explain why I don't udnerstand something.

( last warning about spoilers... and stupidity )

Title: Lullaby
Characters: Garp, The D Clan (sans BB)
Genre: family, angst
Summery: Garp through the years with one recurring song that haunts him.
What is that joins those strange people with D in their names?

Another shameless piece of fluffy angst. Again Garp centered. I'm becoming quite a D-clan groupie.