Hm, I normally don't do this, but I'll make an exception this time, because I had a rather stressful day and because just thinking of my favourite music makes me feel a bit better even though I'll barely have time to play any today.

So this would be my user name in songs:

Shamelessly snatched borrowed from vaysh

M - Melantroduction by Lacrimas Profundere
Y - Yesterday by Guns n'Roses
   - (hmm, a space would come here normally, if the LJ names allowed it, so let's do this one Space-dye vest by Dream Theater
T - The State by Poisonblack
H - Hope Vol. 2 by Apocalyptica
E - End of The Beginning by 30 seconds to Mars
S - Sleepwalking by Bring Me the Horizon
T - The Dust Storm by Those Poor Bastards
R - Replica by Fear Factory
A - Aerials by System of A Down
L - Living in the past by Jethro Tull

Uhm... I don't have a very girly taste? ;) Damn, I could think of a million songs under certain letters - but the "Y" gave me all the trouble in the world! :)

Oh, my, I'm so busy that I haven't managed to boast some more, imagine that! ;) Namely, my wonderful daleah made me some fabulous icons of a growing up Hugo (!!!) my new fandom love, and they're really gorgeous, check it out:
( Adorable little Hugo a.k.a. Marauder 2nd generation in the making )
( Hugo Weasley, age 11, me thinks )
( Thoughtful Hugo, growing up )

Aren't they great? They totally are! :D Thank you, daleah, dearest, you really know how to make a girl's day special! :)

Sooooo, I guess it's a Fanfiction Writers Appreciation Day - have a happy one, my friends! Thanks to vaysh for bringing it up, and to capitu for reminding me of it with her lovely message, when this geriatric old troll forgot!

Because I'm a terribly busy House-elf in my real-life, I probably won't be able to read all the stories I want to and express my appreciation to all your wonderful works out there, that caught my attention over the years. I can, however, mention - and thank - at least few of you, my LJ life-support team, because sometimes, when a particularly nasty day comes by, you and your stories really are my life-line.

bleedingangel84 - hon, you were not dealt the best of cards in life from the get-go, but you're just taking it in stride like a true hero - I guess you're as close to Harry in real-life as one gets. Thank you for taking good care of your wonderful little plot-bunnies (especially a certain ginger one!) and sharing them with us on weekly basis - it's often one of your cute stories that simply makes my morning! *shamelessly pimps for another one*

candamira - honey, you're as talented as they come, your Black coffee was a total knock-out and if anyone by any chance, missed that one, go on, give yourself a treat and read it, it's magical and the imagery is just...guh... I'm jealous, that's all I'm going to say (well, I am, but in a good way)! :)

capitu - you wonderful Toaster you! ;D You are here-by scolded rather than complimented for sharing too little of your exceptional talent with us and I strongly suspect there's a treasure under a mountain in your homeland, hiding all your collected works! Go on, you lovely kitchen appliance, make us as happy as you did Draco in The Morning After, this pearl of a story - it made me giggle like a loony and for good reasons! :) And please remain your kind, caring self, you just light up the fandom with your magic, you're practically a Lumos in a human form! ;)

digthewriter - you once wrote, in what I like to think of as a moment of your weakness, that you were not a good artist and a writer - and that's just the biggest injustice anyone's ever uttered about their work (I'm tempted to call this statement a load of crap, but I don't want that phrase anywhere near your work ;))! You're incredibly prolific, your pairings are various like no one else I know and you're not afraid to tackle any of it, and with wonderful results as well! I'd be terribly disappointed if I never heard from you again, that much I'm willing to say, so no more self-deprecation or I'm totally ironing your hand... or something, we, the House-elves know no better. ;)

lokifan - your Ron/Draco stories were among the first that introduced me to this pairing (my favourite one since) and even though I know that you like another one of your own works better, for me A Rush of Blood to the Head is always going to be an epitome of all stories steaming hot and sexy - and I've got a bookmark to prove it! :)

nia_kantorka - Nia, you little perfection(ist)! The vocabulary in your stories is so rich it leaves me gawping in awe every bloody time, every word is in the right place and polished until it shines in perfection! There's a small million of your stories that I loved, but Victor and Victims is the one that touched me the most, in spite, or perhaps because of, its the dark glow - oh, you know how we, the Scorpios are - we love it dark! :) Don't leave us waiting for another one for too long, darling!

roelliej - Roel, your love for Ron is infectious and I simply wish there were more like you out there! We're going to keep on rowing that Ron ship even long after when all the rats are gone, aren't we?! :D There's simply too many of your delicious stories with my Ronnie to point one out, so I'm going to single out to this one that has no Ron in it, but a very cute blond boy (something alike to what I have at home). :)

starstruck1986 - you're by far and large one of my favourite Ron/? authors. The sheer realism of your stories gives the reader that priceless "fly-on-the-wall" perspective, almost as if one was there to witness it, and to me it doesn't get much more magical than that. I just want to say - keep on writing, I couldn't pick my favourite one of yours if my life depended on it! :) All of them, perhaps? :)

this_bloody_cat - I read your work long before we were even LJ friends and you certainly gave the world one of my favourite Albus/Scorpius stories. But I loved this little pearl as well and I just wish you had more time to write more, more, more! :) Go on, make time, steal that time-turner (can I borrow it from time to time?) and make us happy! :)

Eh, I kind of vaguely remember boasting like a rooster on a pile of manure that this journal shall not be neglected any longer, but we Slytherins tend to be a bit shifty when it comes to our promises, erm, you know... it was just a temporary promise, drafted for the purpose and limited to that particular mail! *innocent blink* (How did I do with wiggling out of this one?)
So, yeah, but not to be a complete and utter butt, I decided to at least be half way decent and pimp a next_gen fest which is coming real soon (and which I might take a part in if I finally lose al my marbles).and which is totally going to be awesome. I'm looking forward to reading all of them stories, so go wild, people! :)


come join hp_nextgen_fest!

Art by 8c, Banner by capitu

So the lovely daleah has done it again and got us all these really fancy participation banners for the HP Mental Health Fest ! I'm so waving mine - ain't it cute?! :D if it were any cuter with the feather and the glasses, I'd adopt it! :)

As you might have noticed, I was most shamelessly nominated for reading/commenting on a work of an artist or an unfamiliar pairing that is not my usual cookie, by the one and only praevarus *you're so beta-slaving for me for the next... forever or so! ;)*

First - this is how it works:

1. Find a fanwork that is different from what you normally read. This can be a new genre, pairing, kink, fandom, or even just an author you've never read anything by.
2. Enjoy and leave some comment love for the author/artist.
3. Report back in a post and challenge three other people to do the same.

And because I'm a firm believer in "what better time than now", I went and took on the challenge directly: I read Tired of Pretending by enchanted_jae which is a super-cute little Ron/Neville pre-slash story and I drooled happily over this lovely art piece by digthewriter called Pulled Towards you - which is a mouth-watering Charlie/Draco art, something I've clearly been missing out on! :) How incredibly dumb of me. :) Be smarter than I, go check these two out. ;)

And because the rules of this challenging meme require, that I nominate another three poor souls, I've decided to "hang" the following three (sorry, people!)

1. bleedingangel84
2. lokifan
3. nia_kantorka

I apologize if anyone of you had already been tagged - you can always do with a bit more reading! ;) Nia, if you promise you're very busy writing your fests' entries, I hereby grant you a delay. ;)

Heey!

Just when I thought this day was going to be one of those "if this is the last day before my death, fuck it, just bring in the undertaker already!", my wonderfulest (heh) daleah made me a gorgeou art gift of a thestral !!! :D For obvious reason I was super impressed and my day was saved! :) Thestrals are my favourite HP creatures, beating even dragons (which I admire from afar) and house-elves (whom I identify with) by a fair margin!
Go tell her what a splendid girl she is and how lovely her work is! :)
And she even made me a gorgeous icon, dammit, I'm a lucky girl! :)
*Hugs all fandom in joy!*