ficsnark

wtf? pwp fades to teacup poodle methos convinced duncan is going to leave him soon, then duncan convinces him with a few sentences that his insecurity is unfounded and the story closes with: And as they kissed again a pair of night-hunting hawks flew silhouetted across the moon. uh... well... good for them? the weird thing is that last night i read two really good stories by esjay, the same author--the marrying kind and straight and low, the latter of which was truly outstanding, well-characterised, hilarious and wicked and unfolding perfectly--in short exemplary story-telling. like... what happened?

this icon is a group effort, the result of mace_m's couch and highlander eps and comments by everybody present, more or less. as the eminent master chi has said, who cares that you can barely read it?

highlander rec

decisions, by chris. nc-17 d/m. the methos pov is delightful, and delightfully in-character. also, miracles have been worked with duncan, making him far closer to his canon self than one would think possible while keeping him from becoming more irritating than he is. introspective and rather dramatic with a sort of abrupt, but fitting, ending.


"It won't weigh anything like that much," he protested. "Besides, you owe me a favour."

"I do?" I gave a snort of disbelief. "Since when?"

"Last night. Amanda wanted you to help her out with a scam at the British Museum. I told her you were in Sydney and she's gone off to track you down."

I shuddered. "Are you sure?"

"Watched her board the plane. I could really do with your help," he pleaded.

happy valentine's day!

here are a bunch of cards for you from some of my favorite pairings couplings people who have sex pairings and one threesome*.  it's not all the pairings i adore.  i just sort of made them until i stopped.

( 10 valentines )

selected downloads from my highlander playlist + highlander icons post

( eleven songs and about a million icons )

grammar policing

there's this big ... i don't know. trend. not just in fanfiction, on the internet. to make intransitive verbs transitive-- i drift my gaze over his face for instance.

cim's verdict: NO.

eta: it goes the other way too! auugh! help! the seeping penis. a seeping thing is something that is coming gradually out of a container in small amounts. usually, liquids seep. a seeping thing is not a container that has things coming gradually out of it. for that matter, nothing SEEPS out of a cock in the first place, except if it has a wound on it. well, i suppose you could say sweat was seeping from pores, but to me that sounds a bit... awkward and redundant.

eta2: that's not really the opposite of transitivising intransitive verbs because 'seep' IS intransitive, and she hasn't tried to make it transitive; she's done something similar, though, because the fluid (or other emergent substance) which is supposed to be the subject of 'seep' becomes--not an actual object but--sort of a mental, implied one. a usual phrase would be "the seeping fluid."