Dear Femslash12 Author,

First, I want to stress that I am excited to read whatever story you write. I love girl slash and women being awesome and these fandoms, and I can't wait to read your story.

In general, I really love stories about women being awesome. I also like werewolves, stories about families being loving and protective and a little snarly with each other because they trust each other to always be there, and smart flirtations. I like stories of all ratings, I'm a fan of consensual kink, and I love stories about oral sex and pegging and women who really love sex. I love poly stories, threesomes and foursomes and moresomes, as long as it is consensual and not cheating. I adore intricate plots and mysteries to solve and friends teaming up to save the world. I like straightforward prose, lyrical pieces, and experimental work. I love adoption stories when adoption is treated as something totally normal and not a BIG DRAMATIC SECRET to up the tension. I love siblings as friends and families who are super tight and friends as family and created families. I love the ocean, full moons, surfing, autumn, Halloween, horror movies, and long roadtrips.

I love motorcycles and mechanics and beaches and surfing and Hawaii and Washington state and woods and camping and full moons. My favorite time of year is October 1 through February 1 because it encompasses all sorts of things I love, from the month long festival that is Halloween movie marathons and Halloween episodes of tv shows to spending time with loved ones and openly talking about what makes us thankful at Thanksgiving (though Thanksgiving itself, highly problematic) to the December holidays with all their lights to birthdays to New Year's Eve. Good times, even though I hate winter and the cold and snow.

I love bisexual characters (particularly women) treated with respect, happy and healthy polyamory, characters of color treated with respect, people having adventures, and apocalypses.

I adore crossovers, the more twisty and complicated the better.

I dislike embarrassment/humiliation, rape, non-con, misogyny, racism, ableism, sizeism, character-bashing, and women feeling guilty about enjoying sex. I am particularly frustrated right now by depictions of mental illness and crazy = bad and dangerous. I dislike misogyny and Man Angst, especially White Man Angst.

As for my specific requests:

Marvel Avengers Movieverse: Darcy/Jane, Darcy/Sif, Darcy/Pepper, Darcy/Jane/Sif, Darcy/everyone, all the ladies/all the ladies

Avengers poly family is one of my favorite things right now, and Darcy's snark and good humor, Jane's science brain, Pepper's competence, and Sif's perserverence in the face of a society that doesn't view women as warriors make me so, so happy.

Disney: Nani/anyone

Nani Pelekai is amazing. Lilo & Stitch is my favorite Disney movie, and Nani my favorite character, as she struggles to take care of her sister and hold her family together and then, oh yeah, aliens.

Buffy: Veruca/Faith, Veruca/Nina, Veruca/Willow

Werewolf. Women who are werewolves are often presented as a sexual threat, and Veruca is no different. I love stories that take her and show us more.

Never Cry Werewolf: Loren/anyone

Never Cry Werewolf is the fandom I keep requesting because someday someone else will love it like I do and want to write it. Basically, a new neighbor moves in, deaths start in the neighborhood, and Loren proves what a badass she is by trying to save the world. I want to see more of her being awesome.

Ugly Betty: Betty/Amanda, Betty/Alexis

I haven't finished the last season of Ugly Betty, but am particularly fond of the time when Betty and Amanda lived together, and particularly right after Amanda got the second job and comes home to find Betty has cooked her dinner. Their dynamics, their friendship, the way Betty was both taking care of her and teaching her to take care of herself -- I love them and want to see more of them.

I also think there was quite a bit of potential to Betty and Alexis, though they didn't spend nearly enough time interacting. I would love to see more of them together, too.

Roswell: Maria/Isabel, Maria/Isabel/Liz

I only started watching Roswell a couple years ago, about a decade too late, but good grief, Roswell poly fandom was basically canon by the end. Maria and Isabel are my favorites, but I love all of them bunches and bunches. In all the fandoms, but in this one in particular, I would hate to see the guys bashed or written off, because they are so integral to this family that was created, alien and human, and I love it.

(I've just realized that a Lilo & Stitch/Roswell crossover could be amazing.)

Thank you, author, for writing me a story. You are awesome!

I have some free time, so I'm catching up on responding to comments (so if you receive a response to a comment you left months ago, I'm really sorry, I'm bad at replying in a timely manner) and on entries I said I would write.

This is a continuation of the Give Me A Title, I'll Tell You A Tale meme which went around awhile back. I'm still finishing titles from the second round I did. (I think I still have titles to do from the first round, but I'm working my way back to it.)

+ Give Me A Title, I'll Tell You A Tale Redux
+ "Mistakes We Knew We Were Making" [Blue Crush] and "House Meets His Match (Fire At the Tip and Burn On Down)" [House/BtVS]
+ "Love the Skin You're In" [XMM]

from invisionary, Coming Out of the Dark

(Supernatural)

( Coming Out of the Dark )

from bluestargirl6, Slouching Toward Bethlehem, X-Men (any variety), Bobby/Kitty (Spoilers for X3)

( Slouching Toward Bethlehem )

from peri81,

"Trippin' the Light Fantastic" [BtVS] Dawn post Chosen on her own, maybe a little Xander.

( Tripping the Light Fantastic )

"Registered Simulcast" [Anita Blake/BtVS] Nathaniel, Jason, Faith. Jean Claude started a new venture featuring some of his best strippers.

( Registered Simulcast )

"Transparent" [Ugly Betty] Daniel, Betty. They have both reached their breaking point.

( Transparent )

There are so many things conspiring together to make today go slow. Oy.

First, I am tired. I just want to go back to sleep, but I cannot.

Second, I am sore from my workout last night. Mostly this is a good sore, but still, it adds to the way this day is dragging. I am looking forward to going back to the gym tonight and working on my lower body, so tomorrow both will be sore. Joy. Glee.

Third, it is the first full week after a month or so of short holiday weeks. Lately at this time on day four of a week, I'd be four hours from going home for a long weekend. Not this week, oh, no. This week I have nine more hours tomorrow and four hours Saturday. Fun. So I go from weeks of four days or less to two five and a half day weeks in a row. Nice.

Fourth, we're dead right now. We stayed pretty busy through the holidays, which was a bit of a shock, but we've finally hit our winter slump. I hate this part of the business.

Fifth, Ugly Betty and Supernatural both have new episodes tonight, so I am filled with glee and anticipation, but have to wait. I am not so good at waiting.

Of course, I'm taking a five day weekend for my birthday. (Two days off normally, then I'm taking Monday and Tuesday to go out of town, and since Tuesday is my birthday and I intend to go out that night, too, I'm taking Wednesday off to recover from the alcohol. I want Mexican food and tequila shots, local people. Or maybe Applebees and Coronas, I'm not sure.) That's not for two more weeks, though. I work this Saturday, the Saturday after (and that Saturday is also a gaming event), have the next weekend off for my 30 January birthday, and then work the following Saturday. It's going to be a long month.

(Then the month will be over, though, and it's going by way too fast. I'm not ready yet. Yikes. There's too much to do still. /vague cryptic)

Entertain me? I've been reading my flist most of the day but have only made it back to Monday or so. I'm still going, but I'm sure there are other people out there squeeing over Supernatural tonight. Yay, Supernatural!

Sign-ups for Yuletide are open until November 2. This was so much fun last year, and I think many of you would enjoy it. Lots of room for girl slash (including Fast and the Furious this year, I added Letty and Mia to the character options). It's a good time, you should sign up now.

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I continue to enjoy Ugly Betty despite my reservations.

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Supernatural makes Thursday nights enjoyable, and it's not even half over yet.