Merry Yule!

A Merry Yule to all who celebrate! 'Tis the longest night of the year, and hopefully all of you are warm and well-fed and happy! :)

I hope to have a Yule fic up either tonight or tomorrow. It's short 'n' sweet but LJ is driving me crazy, so we'll see. :)

I also hope to have a review of Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows up soon! :)

2011 Winter Holidays Challenge Update!!! (12/21/11)

More entries for the 2011 DCU Fic/Art Silver-'N'-Gold Winter Holidays Challenge! :)

First up is malkavianlove's New Year's Eve story starring Cissie and Roy with gorgeous descriptions of the setting and costumes for a Silver 'N' Gold ball. :)

Next is dylogger's story about Tim teaching Cissie how to enjoy flying, with a bonus of wonderful art!

The complete Master List is here.


Title: New Year's Queen
Author: malkavianlove/Insolentwitch
Fandom:DCU
Characters: Roy Harper/Cissie King-Jones, Dinah/Ollie
Continuity: DCU PreBoot
Genre: Romance and Humor
Word Count: 1472
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I don't own 'em but I'll take them gladly if you're offering.
Synopsis: Dressed in gold, Cissie meets a prince in silver, and all she wants is a New Year's Kiss.
Challenge Inspiration: bradygirl_12's 2011 DCU Fic/Art Silver-‘N’-Gold Winter Holidays Challenge and 2011 DCU Free For All Winter Holidays Challenge
Prompts: Silver and Gold (of course), Holiday Parties (Number 1) and Crystals/Glitter (Number 20)
Author's Notes: This is set pre-reboot, before Roy lost his arm and everything turened darker than when hell froze over. Comments are loved, even if you're just saying that you read.


Subject: I come bearing both fic and art! :D
Title: Red, Gold, and Silver
Author & Artist: dylogger, for bradygirl_12's 2011 DCU Fic/Art Silver-‘N’-Gold Winter Holidays Challenge
Rating: K/G
Date Completed: 20/12/11
Continuity/Spoilers: DCnU Titans. Likely an AU, because what I know of the DCnU is off the Internet and its screenshots/scans. Also, many assumptions about the DCnU are made.
Character(s): Cassie Sandsmark, Tim Drake, Jack Drake
Pairing(s): gen; pre-Cassie/Tim if you want to see it that way
Length: <800 words; 1180x740
Warning(s): Noap. Abuse of canon, maybe?
Genre(s): drama, friendship

Summary: Tim teaches Cassie to fly.

Fic: Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! ;) (1/1)

Title: Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! ;) (1/1)
Author: BradyGirl_12
Pairings/Characters: Steve/Diana
Genres: Challenge, Fluff, Holiday, Romance
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: None
Spoilers: None
Summary: Steve and Diana celebrate Yule.
Date Of Completion: December 15, 2011
Date Of Posting: December 21, 2011
Disclaimer: I don’t own ‘em, DC does, more’s the pity.
Word Count: 447
Feedback welcome and appreciated.
Author’s Notes: Merry Yule, everyone! :)
This story was written for my 2011 DCU Fic/Art Silver-‘N’-Gold Winter Holidays Challenge. Prompt: Silver ‘N’ Gold. ;) Also written for saavikam77’s 2011 DCU_Free_For_All Winter Holidays Challenge. Prompts: No. 11: Candy Canes/Cookies, No. 16: Gifts and No. 20: Crystals/Glitter. And, finally, written for the 2011 Wonder Woman Love Fic/Art 70th Anniversary Celebration Challenge. :)

( The fire crackled as the flames’ light sparkled across the tree that glittered with silver and gold garlands and tinsel. )

LJ Sucks!!!

So THAT'S the plan! LJ wants to silence us! I can no longer use certain communities now with my slow dial-up. All I get is grayed-out areas where it says 'Add a comment' so can no longer reply or create new messages. The icons are INCREDIBLY frustrating to use with no alphabetical list or drop-down menu. All I see on a page like over at vintage_ads is a few messages and then a bunch of blank icons and no messages down the entire page. I guess I'll view the ads over their but won't bother to read the messages anymore. *shrugs*

I think TPTB want this service to go belly up with all these designs that make the site frustrating to use. They truly DON'T care about their user base at all since they hear the complaints AND DO NOTHING!!!

So, happily I am backed-up over at Dreamwidth and they are offering free sign-ups for the rest of December.

LJ, congrats! You're driving one of the last loyal users out. No more sense of community for me. Thank goodness personal journals seem to be okay, or at least most of them!