"....few creatures on earth are so paranoid as the writer who believes, deep in his heart, he is slumming." - Stephen King (1408)
"I say fall. Fall hard. Fall in love with whomever that person is, wherever they are — office, grocery store, wherever. It hurts. For sure it hurts not to be loved in return, but it's love, right? It’s worth it. Especially when it works out. In my mind, it is absolutely, unquestionably worth the attempt to just... see" - TJ Thyne
"Don't choose to be a writer unless you have no other choice. Love it." - Bob Cochran
"Remember that there is no line so inspired that it can't be read painfully badly." - Jane Espenson
Between February 2009 and May 2011 this journal experienced an unexpected and unexplainable hiatus. If you've found yourself back tracking through my posts then feel free to continue. No doubt you will soon come to realise that my past posts, probably much like my current posts, are a mixed bag of all kinds of things. However I specifically recommend checking out my fanfiction.
If on the other hand you've stumbled across this post completely by accident then here have this image of TJ Thyne looking all sexy and adorable! Cause that image in it self pretty much sums up what 90% of this journal is about.
And if that doesn't float your boat how about some dinosaurs instead? RAWR!!
Over the last few days, I've seen quite a few people on my friendslist doing these kind of posts, and I figure it'd be interesting at the end of the year to see just how much I've watched, read, created, gigged and travelled. So here's my take on the stuff of 2009 post.
[Television] 001. Demons 1.01 - 'They Bite' 002. 24 7.01 - '8:00a.m - 9:00a.m' 003. 24 7.02 - '9:00a.m - 10:00a.m' 004. Bones 4.10 - 'The Passenger in the Oven' 005. Cold Case 3.17 - 'Superstar' 006. Bones 4.11 - 'The Bones that Blew' 007. Scrubs 6.01 - 'My Mirror Image' 008. Scrubs 6.02 - 'My Best Friend's Baby's Baby and My Baby's Baby' 009. Scrubs 6.03 - 'My Coffee' 010. Walker Texas Ranger 9.05 - 'Winds of Change' 011. Scrubs 6.04 - 'My House' 012. Scrubs 6.05 - 'My Friend with Money' 013. Scrubs 6.06 - 'My Musical' 014. Scrubs 6.07 - 'His Story IV' 015. Scrubs 6.08 - 'My Road to Nowhere' 016. Scrubs 6.09 - 'My Perspective' 017. Being Human 1.01 018. Torchwood 1.01 - 'Everything Changes' 019. Short Stay in Switzerland - 1/1 020. Scrubs 6.10 - 'My Theraputic Month' 021. Bones 4.13 - 'Fire in the Ice' 022. Scrubs 6.11 - 'My Night to Remember' 023. White Chapel - 1/3 024. Being Human 1.02 025. Scrubs 6.12 - 'My Fishbowl' 026. Scrubs 6.13 - 'My Scrubs' 027. Being Human 1.03 028. Bones 4.12 - 'Double Trouble in the Pan Handle' 029. Bones 4.14 - 'The Hero in the Hole' 030. Bones 2.07 - 'The Girl with the Curl' 031. Bones 2.08 - 'The Woman in the Sand' 032. Scrubs 6.14 - 'My No Good Reason' 033. Numb3rs 5.15 - 'Guilt Trip' 034. Being Human 1.04 035. Scrubs 6.15 - 'My Long Goodbye' 036. Scrubs 6.16 - 'My Word of Wisdom' 037. Scrubs 6.17 - 'Their Story' 038. Doctor Who 2.12 - 'Army of Ghosts' 039. Scrubs 6.18 - 'My Turf War' 040. Scrubs 6.19 - 'My Cold Shower' 041. Red Dwarf 7.03 - 'Ouroboros' 042. Red Dwarf 7.04 - 'Duct Soup' 043. Law and Order UK 1.01 - 'Care' 044. Being Human 1.05 045. Scrubs 6.20 - 'My Conventional Wisdom' 046. Scrubs 6.21 - 'My Rabbit' 047. Bones 4.15 - 'The Princess and the Pear' 048. Bones 6.22 - 'My Point of No Return' 049. Being Human 1.06 050. Cold Case 3.02 - 'The Promise' 051. Bones 1.01 - Pilot 052. Cold Case 3.06 - 'Saving Patrick Bubley'
[Webisodes]
001. Being Human - 'Mitchell' 002. Being Human - 'Annie' 003. Being Human - 'George'
[Movies]
001. Underworld (2003) 002. P.S I Love You (2007) 003. Role Models (2008)* 004. Underworld Evolution (2006) 005. Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009)* 006. Cass (2008) 007. Rock n Rolla (2008) 008. Seven Pounds (2008) 009. The Punisher: War Zone (2008)* 010. Friday the 13th (2009)* 011. The Unborn (2009)* 012. Juno (2007) 013. Rec (2007) 014. Drop Dead Fred (1991) 015. WALL-E (2008) 016. Watchmen (2009)*
Title: Snap Author:willowwood Rating: G Fandom:Bones Pairing/Characters: Jack Hodgins, Angela Montenegro. Dedication: For callieach, just because. Disclaimer: If I owned Bones, I probably wouldn't have to write this drabble lol. Prompt: #64 – Sharp (tv_100) Summary: A little something inspired by the final Jack/Angela scene at the end of 4.01 - Yanks in the UK (So obviously spoilers for that ep!).
Ok guys, so I’ve been meaning to do this post for what feels like forever now and after just working my way through yet another batch of 800+ posts or so, and bookmarking over half of them, I definitely thought it was time to bite the bullet and get it out of the way......Yes I’ve done a friends-cut, like I said it's something I’ve been meaning to do for a while now because in all honesty, what with having two jobs, wanting to keep in touch with my really close friends, and still being a little sociable I just don’t have the time anymore to read so many posts on a daily basis, and even less time to comment on them. As those of you who know me well, will already know, I really am kinda anal in the fact that I just can’t ignore a post – seriously! even if it’s something I’m not even all that interested in I’ll still read it and I honestly do read every single post over on my f-page eventually...even if it does turn out to be months after it was originally posted. Therefore, the only way I can see to rectify this, and to stop myself from not actually being able to comment on the posts I am interested in, is by getting rid of the ones that perhaps aren’t as important to me anymore.
Don’t get me wrong it’s totally nothing personal, and it’s mostly just communities I’ve gotten rid of, but if it does turn out that I have cut you it’s mostly cause we just haven’t talked for ages, or our interests have diverged severely to the point where we don’t really have anything to talk about anymore.
Nevertheless, if you do discover that I have cut you and yet still have an overwhelming urge to want to stay put then why don’t you leave me a message and I’ll no doubt add you back. Similarly, unfortunately some of you are stuck with me *laughs maniacally* cause even if our interests have diverged, maybe I just love readings your posts to damn much to get rid of you lol, and if that is the case and you would rather not stick around then again leave me a message and we can negotiate deletion lol.
Title: Unfinished. Author:willowwood Fandom:Bones Character(s)/Pairing: Jack/Angela Rating: PG Words: 719 Disclaimer: Not in this lifetime. Spoilers: Minor references to 1.17: The Skull in the Desert but nothing major-ly spoiler-ish…I don't think. Authors Notes: Yet again this was originally intended for the prompt, of the same name, over at tv_100 but we all know how those turn out now don't we *heads desk* Summary:"…I guess…this is just one of those times when something goes unfinished, and we'll never know how it was supposed to turn out-"
Title: If Wishes Were Horses. Author:willowwood Fandom:Bones Character(s)/Pairing: Angela Montenegro Rating: PG Words: 590 Disclaimer: Not in this lifetime. Spoilers: Set during Episode 3.15 – The Pain in the Heart. Authors Notes: With many thanks to callieach for making it look as though I know what I'm doing ;) ;) ;) *massive hugs* Summary:“She wishes that she would wake up tomorrow and this would be nothing more than a horrible nightmare”.
Ok so considering my muse is currently being co-operative and I actually managed to accomplish something like sixteen things on my 'list of stuff to do' this weekend, I guess I figure what’s a few more things to have to work on? lol. Besides I've been meaning to post this first Meme for ages!
Meme #1:
Give me one of my own stories, and a timestamp sometime in the future after the end of the story, or sometime in the past before the story started, and I'll write you at least a hundred words of what happened then, whether it's five minutes before the story started or ten years in the future.
[If you need a reminder of my fics you can find them: here (Bones), here (Torchwood), here (Btvs), here (AtS) and here (Tempe Brennan Novels)]
and
Meme #2:
I will write a drabble (100 words exactly)/ficlet for the first ten people who comment and asks for one. In return, you must post this in your journal--if you feel so inclined. You may request the genre, character and/or pairing or just a word/phrase/situation - though I can't promise I will write them in a relationship - for the following fandoms:
i. Bones ii. Torchwood iii. BtVS iv. AtS v. Tempe Brennan Novels vi. Original Fiction vii. Or if you know of something else I love/watch/read and would like me to write something for that, feel free to make a suggestion...after all the worst thing I can do is say 'No Way!' right? ;) ;) ;)
Also if you feel so inclind, why don't you go and revisit this meme and give me another letter to work with?
Title: The Benefits of Misconception. Author:willowwood Fandom:Bones Character(s)/Pairing: Angela Montenegro, Jack Hodgins, Jack/Angela Rating: PG Words: 611 Disclaimer: Not in this lifetime. Spoilers: None, set somewhere mid-S1. Authors Notes: So considering Jack’s reaction to a certain Agent Frost during The Soccer Mom in the Mini-Van, I have to admit that this is probably the last fic I thought I’d write for the prompt ‘Agent’. Nevertheless, who am I to argue with a currently enthusiastic and co-operative muse, and begrudge all you Hodgela shippers some shameless unadulterated fluff? Written for the wonderful callieach who gave me the prompt ‘Agent’ over here. Summary: An FBI fundraiser suddenly gets a lot more interesting for Jack.
Title: Now Arriving at Gate 4B Author:willowwood Fandom:Bones Character(s)/Pairing: Angela Montenegro, Jack Hodgins, Jack/Angela Rating: PG Words: 1,909 Disclaimer: I wish! Spoilers: Minor associations to Episode 1.17 – The Skull in the Desert, but nothing really spoilery if by some strange twist of fate you haven’t actually seen that episode yet. Summary: Five times Jack picks Angela up from the airport.
Title: Eyes are the Windows... Author:willowwood Fandom: Bones Character(s)/Pairing: Angela Montenegro, Jack Hodgins, Jack/Angela Rating: PG Words: 354 Disclaimer: Oh yeah I totally own TJ Thyne’s eyes! They’re in a jar in my bedroom along with the Doctor’s hand that I stole from Captain Jack Harkness. Spoilers: Minor spoilers for ‘The Pain in the Heart’ Authors Notes: So I was really hoping that I’d be able to write the other idea I’ve got for a post 3.15 fic today but I ended up writing this instead. It’s inspired by and was, yet again, originally intended for the tv_100 challenge, for the prompt ‘Blue’ but my muse doesn’t want to write what I want it to write just lately, nor can it write anything shorter than 300 words, apparently. Summary: A little insight into Jack from Angela’s perspective. It’s all in the eyes.
Title: It’s Nothing Author:willowwood Fandom: Torchwood Character(s)/Pairing: Gwen Cooper, Gwen/Rhys, Gwen/Owen Rating: PG-13 Words: 392 Disclaimer: I don’t own this show; I just have it taking over my life right now. Spoilers: Set post 1.06 – Countrycide. Authors Notes: This was originally intended for the tv_100 challenge ‘Nothing’ but, as is usually the case when I try to write for these kinds of things I ended up going over the word limit by about 130-ish words lmao, and couldn’t bring myself to edit it. Therefore, you’re getting it in all its glory. Enjoy! Summary:‘The lies roll of her tongue almost as if she believes them herself’
Title: Burn Author:willowwood Rating: G Fandom:Bones Pairing/Characters: Angela Montenegro, Jack Hodgins, Temperance Brennan. Disclaimer: If I owned Bones, somebody else would be writing this drabble. Prompt: #35 – Burn (tv_100) Summary: Jack gives Angela a little comfort when she needs it the most. (post 1.17 – The Skull in the Desert)
Title: Confessions, Regrets and Invitations. Author:willowwood Fandom: Bones Characters: Jack Hodgins, Angela Montenegro. Challenge: 50scenes Prompt: Table #5, #032 – Regret Word Count: 1,471 Rating: G Summary: Jack finally finds out what’s wrong with Angela. Authors Notes: A companion piece to, and yet another scene following the story line that was established during ‘Listening In’ and ‘It’s Just a Bug...or Something’. Disclaimer: I do not own this show, or these characters. I wish I did, but I don’t.
Title: It’s Just a Bug...or Something Author:willowwood Fandom:Bones Characters: Jack Hodgins, Angela Montenegro. Challenge:50scenes Prompt: Table #5, #29 – Waiting Word Count: 821 Rating: G Summary: Jack’s worried about Angela. Authors Notes: A companion piece to, and yet another scene following the story line that was established during ‘Listening In’. Disclaimer: I do not own this show, or these characters. I wish I did, but I don’t.
Title: Listening In Author:willowwood Fandom:Bones Characters: Jack Hodgins, Angela Montenegro, Temperance Brennan Challenge:50scenes Prompt: Table #5, #31 - Watch Word Count: 471 Rating: G Summary: Jack overhears a conversation between Brennan and Angela. Authors Notes: This is the first part of a series of scenes based around the same storyline. Disclaimer: I do not own this show, or these characters. I wish I did, but I don’t.
Title:Cherry Coke Author:willowwood Fandom: Temperance Brennan Novels Character(s)/Pairing: Temperance Brennan/Andrew Ryan Rating: PG Words: 276 Disclaimer: Please, how many world renowned Forensic Anthropologists, with 10 published novels and a TV series based on their life, do you think are spending their weekends posting fanfiction. Authors Notes: Written for the prompt ‘Cherry’ that callieach gave to me over here. Takes place about half way through the most recent novel Bones to Ashes, and is dedicated to the one person I’m hoping will enjoy reading this as much as I’ve actually enjoyed trying to get it right. Summary:“That was all they had left” his tone was neutral – the same kind of tone I was quickly realising I was going to have to get used to.
Title: Valentine’s Day Author: willowwood Fandom: Bones Character(s)/Pairing: Jack Hodgins/Angela Montenegro Rating: PG Words: 495 Disclaimer: If I owned this show then it’s likely you’d be watching this on screen, not reading it in some off the cuff piece of fanfiction. Authors Notes: So what started off as semi-belated-pointless-Valentine’s-Day-fluff, is now very-belated-pointless-Valentine’s-Day-fluff, but then I figure we all need a bit of that sometimes so here you go. With thanks to callieach for the spur of the moment beta *hugs* Summary: “So you’re telling us that the guy who brought you a bottle of perfume worth three thousand dollars, and wrote you a love message using fish bacteria, didn’t get you anything for Valentine’s Day?”
Title:"You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back." Author:willowwood Character(s)/Pairing(s): Jack Hodgins, Jack/Angela (hints of Jack/Clarrisa) Rating: PG Words: 1,213 Summary: Jack's learned from experience. Authors Notes: Written for the second ficathon over at bugs_n_slime. Prompt:"You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back." - Barbara De Angelis Disclaimer: Not mine, not now, not ever.