Fortress Of Good Fortune

Hi, luvs! Check out my latest essay, Superman Returns: A Gay Sensibility, posted over on superhero_muses today! :)

Hi, luvs! October looks to be a bizzy month! In addition to profic, my fanfic list looks like this:

1. Work on my Steve/Tony marvel_bang fic. I just got my beta copy back. :) My posting date is November 16th.

2. Start posting my multi-chapter TDKR Halloween story for my 2012 DCU Fic/Art Halloween Challenge and saavikam77's 2012 DCU Free_For_All Autumn Challenge.

3. Continue writing the first draft of my Clex story for the clexmas 2012 Super Sexy Scary Challenge. Posting date: October 31st.

4. Start writing my story for the 2012 Bruce/Dick Fest. BTW, prompts are being claimed now! My story is due by November 15th and posting begins on November 20th.

5. Start thinking up what prompts to send for the 2012 World's Finest Gift Exchange! :)

6. Post my two essays for superhero_muses.

Not out of the woods yet. High winds are expected. A large branch fell and tore off part of the porch railing. Oh, joy. Dozens of branches scattered around.

So, in an effort to keep my sanity (ha, ha, so says she with the Joker laugh), I'm tossing out a question: if you read Steve/Diana, what do you love about them? I just had my first food of the day about an hour ago, so feed me intellectually! ;)

This page will be for all my non-fiction works. They are posted to my LJ, superhero_muses, and guns_fedoras.

( Non-Fiction works here )

Hi, all! I’ve been musing on the nature of Big Bangs and how I’ve ‘stretched’ my writing muscles in 2011. I could wait and write this at the end of the year, but everything gets so crammed then that I think I’ll do a little reflection now in the heat of the summer.

( Cut for length )

Hey, luvs! I just posted my essay on The World's Finest (Introduction To Superman/Batman) over on superhero_muses. Go check it out and have fun discussing! :)

Watching Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer is always fun. The message of accepting differences is a good one, too. As a five-year-old seeing it for the first time, it made a big impression on me, though admittedly, I wondered why a red nose, difference or not, was such a big deal.

( Homophobia in Christmastown? )

Thoroughly enjoyed yesterday’s angstfest E! episode, Virus. Johnny falls ill to a mysterious virus that’s brought down others, too, but the virus is a new strain no one’s ever seen before. Roy does some wonderful worrying and emo’ing over his partner. ;) When he finally has to go back to work and leave Johnny's side, he’s told his replacement partner’s waiting for him out in the squad. “My temporary partner,” he says.

Roy and Johnny are the paramedics of Station 51’s A-Shift, and the four other firefighters work off the engine (Big Red). All six spend 24 hours at a time with each other, sharing meals and sleeping in the dorm at night when they’re not called out. Roy and Johnny sleep about two feet away from each other. ;)

They really are a family instead of just paying lip service to that fact. All six guys are friends, bicker, squabble, and save each other’s lives in fires or on other dangerous rescues. Chet and Johnny share a Spock/McCoy relationship: eternally bickering but always there when the chips are down. Chet is Johnny’s closest friend after Roy though both would rather die than admit it. Within the family of six are Roy and Johnny, partners and Old Married Couple. ;)

In honor of one of E!’s finest emo episodes, enjoy some slashy moments between the guys throughout the series!

( Old Married Couple Moments (Spoilers Included) )

So last weekend I finally got the chance to see the 1922 silent film classic, Nosferatu. Thoughts when I first saw it was playing? That the Batman Elseworlds was based on this, a companion to Wonder Woman's Blue Angel and Superman's Metropolis. So I automatically think fannish connections? Wait, it gets better! :)

( That was my second thought )

So, since I've been discussing my Fedora Fandoms lately, it got me to thinking...what periods of history do you enjoy? Ancient/Classical, the Middle Ages, the Enlightenment, Colonial (in America), Victorian, 20th century, etc.? Any decades within the 20th century that draw you in? And if you are historically-inclined, do you ever use that interest in your creative works of fiction, art, fanmixes, etc.?

( My thoughts )