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Wrote something. Lights Out (4139 words) by kyburgChapters: 1/1 Fandom: Iron Man (Movies), The Avengers (2012)Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Pepper Potts/Tony Stark Characters: Pepper Potts, Tony Stark, Jarvis (Iron Man movies) Additional Tags: Pepperony, PTSD, Schmoop, Not smutty enough for a warning label but smutty anyway, Missing Scene, IM3, Iron Man Three Spoilers, Iron Man Three, Inadvertent Musical, go the fuck to sleep - Freeform, Avengers mention, Bad Parrot Jokes Summary: The classic function of fan fiction - write the 'missing scene' - in this case, the 'sleeping downstairs NOW' after the Mark 42 attacked Pepper (that jerk). I just sat there in the theater going 'there's no way.' So here it is - the way I saw that could have gone if the cameras hadn't changed angle. Enjoy! ========== *^^* Hi! I'm not here right now, but sending you love from Dreamwidth.org - where you should be, if you want some love too. Come on over, the water's fine!Tags: fan fiction, iron man three, look ma no hands, no clues either
Current Mood: accomplished
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I'm up in Maine, on an island, sitting in Feste's train room, listening to a) the rain b) the chickens and c) the National. I, of course, woke up at 6:30, and so far the cats have come to visit, but everyone else seems to be asleep. (why yes, I will be taking a nap today). There's a monstrous adolescent cat, buckwheat honey in my tea and Feste handed me a pile of comics to consume last night. 12 hours later, and I'm curled up on a couch, half listening to people play some complicated territory-acquisition game and half-listening to a bad horror movie. There's dogs and tea and I had a nap, and played timeline and chronology and taboo and factor five and they played something else with cards and there were waffles for breakfast and if we stacked all the boards games amassed, it would be so very much taller than I am. This house is full of nooks and crannies (like an english muffin) and while I like my aesthetic (though I'm not sure what I'd call it. Cozy-pet owning minimalism? Compromised country?), there's something very compelling about themed rooms, and all this space, and all the almost-matched art. There's a lot of furniture to curl up on, all the ceilings are angled and I'm charmed. (though I'm also a little intimidated, this is all feels like the very curated life of a Famous Person). This is kind of what I want much of the time, people I'm interested in doing something that interests them in the next room over, who I can (re)join when it suits me. Well that and a lot of nude fishnet stockings, ideally some with backseams. There's all these things I'm thinking about putting into my life, to take away some of the free time and hopefully then some of the loneliness. I have an edx course I'm sort of taking, and there's readercon business, and I'd like to try to take a decoupage class, and find something in the fall semester at the extension school, and going to baltimore to see Wings, and maybe have girlbiscuit up north. I want to learn how to drive, babysit Coolidge, take Delight to the King Arthur Flour store, go to the cape with becoming and curmudgeon to play all the arkham horror. I want to volunteer for Carl Sciortino and start trying to design a leg or an arm sleeve. I want to go eat burgers cooked on the grill that I gave Mech and his lovely bride to be and go see the landscape exhibit at the Isabella Stewart Gardner, and the Dead Sea Scrolls at the MoS and the samuari armor at the MFA. Bespoke made noises about hanging out, I've already got tickets to Gaiman's Make Good Art at the Oberon, I've signed up for poly speed dating (again). For now, however, a friendly german shepherd and still more tea.
You're welcome to comment on LJ, but I'd rather you leave a comment on the Dreamwidth version of this entry. The current comment count is  .
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When I first moved into my house there was an industrial size drum of liquid malt extract in the basement. Over the past decade or so, it's sat there, starting to rust, and I really want to get rid of it. I think that because it's food stuff, it may have different rules applying to it. Thoughts? I also have over a decade's worth of various crap, including odd scraps of wood from projects, screens & storms from windows that have been replaced, etc. I know I can get a dumpster, but are there people who will come and clear all this crap out for me? If the price differential isn't that great, it may be worthwhile for me to hire someone to take care of it for me. Mods - I tried the garbage tag & it didn't lead me to anything relevant, if there's another tag I should check, let me know. Tags: garbage
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I guess this Stanislavski quote explains how, at its best, method acting can strike me as so self-reflexive but also manages to look outward and seem in-the-moment: thoughtful but present and awake.
But I can also say that this quote speaks to me in terms of priorities and trying to be present in other senses and settings. Sometimes, I feel like the best I can do in a given situation is to plot the best route toward future events that I desire. You know, figure out what I "wilt" and then try to make it happen. There's that Zen Buddhist idea of complete commitment coupled with complete detachment, but I suck at trying that, at least lately.
"An actor must work all her life, cultivate her mind, train her talents systematically, develop her character; she may never despair and never relinquish this main purpose: to love her art with all her strength and love it unselfishly." Constantin Stanislavski
[Gender pronouns switched from the original quote because I had a certain female actor at a time of transition in mind when I posted this.] Tags: acting, becoming awake, beloved, bookishness, creativity, inspiration, sara murphy, writer's block
Current Location: United States, Massachusetts, Framingham
Current Mood: mindful
Current Music: night vale radio
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On May 23, the Boy Scouts of America voted to end their policy excluding gay youth from the organization, a decision which officially takes effect on January 1, 2014. They did not vote on their policy excluding gay adults from accepting leadership positions, nor did they change their policies on atheist and transgender individuals.
 The Boy Scouts were an important part of my life growing up. I eventually quit the organization in part due to their bigotry and discrimination. When my son was six and wanted to join Cub Scouts, my wife and I were torn. We eventually let him join, and at the end of the year, we had a long talk about scouts and what it was about, the positives and the negatives, and our own conflicts. The three of us decided together not to sign back up.
I’ve already watched one of my Facebook friends quit the organization in protest, complaining about how a “vocal minority” had “bullied” a private organization into this decision. She also explained that she’s sick and tired of people accusing her of bigotry, and that she doesn’t care about sexual orientation; her concern is for the boys. She wrote a long post about the Scout Law, talking about how openly gay youth violated the ideals of that law.
Bullshit.
This person is so concerned about the safety of the boys. Which makes me wonder, would she support allowing lesbians to serve as den leaders? Because right now, that’s forbidden by the BSA’s discriminatory policies. My mother, a straight woman, was a den leader for many years. If the “logic” of excluding gay men is because they could be potential predators (as a result of being attracted to men), how is that any different from straight women, who are also attracted to men?
Unless you’re buying into the bullshit belief that gay=pedophile/rapist, in which case you are not only a bigot, but an idiot.
She went on to talk about her fear that the boys might go off alone, and who knows what might happen? What if an older gay scout pressures a younger one into something he doesn’t want? Once again it’s not consensual sexual activity she’s afraid of; it’s the “gays as predators” boogeyman.
The Girl Scouts of America have been open and welcoming of all girls, regardless of sexual orientation. Oddly enough, I’m having a really hard time finding stories about the rampant same-sex assaults that presumably permeate the organization as a result of their decision. Weird…
According to the Scout Law, a scout is:
- Trustworthy – I would love to trust this organization with my child. That means trusting them to welcome and accept him as he grows up, trusting them to help him become a better person. A policy of discrimination and bigotry is a violation of that trust.
- Loyal – Many boys have no concept of sexual identity when they first join Tiger Scouts. As they grow older and continue in scouting, some of those boys will discover that they are not, in fact, heterosexual. Should the BSA show loyalty to their own members, or should they kick them to the curb?
- Helpful – Yet when gay and lesbian adults offer their help, scouting rejects them. In my personal experience, scouting was tremendously helpful to me in many ways. Why would the organization want to refuse that help to certain boys?
- Friendly – What’s so friendly about rejection and discrimination, about teaching kids that it’s okay to exclude “those people”?
- Courteous – How is it courteous to tell someone they’re not welcome here, simply because of who he or she loves?
- Kind – See “Friendly.”
- Obedient – I’ll admit, this is one I’ve struggled with over the years. There are times for obedience, and there are times for disobedience. To me, it’s important to obey one’s conscience, as hundreds of Eagle Scouts have done when they returned their medals in protest of the organization’s discriminatory policies. One could argue that the youth and leaders trying to ban homosexuals from scouting are following their consciences, and that’s probably true. It’s also sad and depressing as hell.
- Cheerful – I mean, come on. Gay means cheerful and happy and merry, for crying out loud
- Thrifty – Um … okay, I got nothing for this one. Except maybe that an organization looking for a stable and solid budget, one which relies in part on donations and popcorn sales, shouldn’t enact a broad policy of exclusion?
- Brave – People keep talking about how the vocal minority bullied the BSA into this decision. I think this is a ridiculous abuse of the word “bully,” but setting that aside, it takes tremendous courage to be in the minority and to speak up for what’s right.
- Clean – If you buy into stereotypes about homosexuals, doesn’t that include the one about gays being exceptionally clean and hygienic and well-dressed? After living through those week-long summer camps, the BSA could use an influx of gay men and boys! (Note: I don’t actually believe this, but for those who discriminate based on stereotypes, shouldn’t this be a point in favor of admitting gay youths and leaders?)
- Reverent – This ties into the BSA’s discrimination against atheists, but in terms of homosexuality, do you want to hear something shocking? Not all religions condemn homosexuality! For some devotedly religious individuals, duty to God means loving and welcoming all people.
This continues to be frustrating and painful to me. Boy Scouts did so much for me as a kid, and I believe they do a lot of good. And this week’s decision was a good first step. But it’s only one step. The organization still has work to do if it means to live up to its own stated ideals.
Mirrored from Jim C. Hines.
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So, just in passing, some of the indies I’ve enjoyed lately:
L.M. Ironside has put out her sequel to The Sekhmet Bed; the sequel, The Crook and Flail is the story of Hapshetsut’s journey to the kingship. This was accessible, enjoyable historical fiction set in Egypt; I’m not an Egyptologist, of course, so I don’t know how accurate it is, but then again, how accurate is anything that far back going to be when half the time we’re not even clear on the lives of people we’re contemporaneous with? But I digress. In this novel, we return to meet Hatshepsut as she’s just about to reach her majority; she was raised by a mother who believed she has a boy’s spirits but a girl’s body, and Hatshepsut sometimes believes this and sometimes isn’t sure, and sometimes is attracted to women like a man, and to men like a woman—sometimes dresses like a man and sometimes like a woman. I couldn’t help but think this story would speak to a lot of my readers. If you enjoy historical fiction, Egypt, or gender issues, I encourage you to check this book out, and its prequel, The Sekhmet Bed . At $2.99 each they’re quite affordable!
I heard about Captive Prince from Webfiction Guide’s forum, because apparently this story was a Livejournal serial that just (a few days ago) got picked up by Penguin. It’s advertised as romance/erotica, which isn’t something I usually read, but I was curious about a story that could make the transition. And… I would never have thought of it as romance or erotica. The plot—younger prince sold as slave by older brother during a coup—sounds like a set-up for the typical “blah, blah, learns to become a good sex slave” sort of thing. But it never becomes that story. Instead, it’s about politics, and two extremely different and fascinating personalities interacting: this prince-turned-prisoner and the man he’s given to, also a prince, but of an enemy country, and one so tangled up in deceit and treachery that it has produced an heir to the throne who trusts no one and can think ten or twenty steps in front of his enemies. There was a touch of the Sherlock vibe to it, I thought, though eventually (a book and a half later!) we do get to the romance.
Whatever the case, it was supremely well-written. The characters in particular were brilliant, I thought. There’s a volume 1 and 2 up, and I’d snag them before Penguin jacks the price up from $3.99 each. If you like political intrigue, (eventual) male/male romance, or just like character studies, go pick this one up. (And if you’re on livejournal, the author’s there at freece.)
And that’s what I’ve been reading on my downtime. As always, if you’ve got a recommendation, I’m all ears!
Mirrored from MCAH Online.
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