It really doesn't feel like six years since I read my first Spander, Alexandria Brown's Waiting Here. Now, six years and countless fandoms later, I've never been happier and had so many wonderful friends. *smooches you all*

And so I celebrate with fic. :D

Author: darkhavens
Title: Five Things Spike Gave Up After Getting Involved With Xander Harris
Fandom: Pairing: Buffy: Spike/Xander
Rating: R for grue
Words: 560
Concrit: Please. If you spot a typo or a grammar glitch, feel free to tell me in comments.
Disclaimer: Not mine, never will be. No harm, no foul, no money made.
Warnings/Squicks: **non-graphic reference to possible alcoholism; non-graphic reference to possible child abuse; non-graphic reference to child murder; eyeballs in a bowl; non-graphic reference to turning Xander**
Summary: Some things are worth the sacrifice.
Notes: Written as a sister set to Five Things Xander Harris Gave Up After Getting Involved With Spike. Also as part of my participation in mini_nanowrimo and findyourwords (count for the year so far: 41,205/50,000).


( Five Things Spike Gave Up After Getting Involved With Xander Harris )

I have just spent a glorious weekend with 11 totally insane people. The usual suspects were there: eatenbyweasels, esmerelda_t, gingerpig, lonelybrit, madders, princess_s, ruric, vampirefever and the newly betrothed vic_amy_z. We also had some fresh blood in the forms of sometimeredhead, a woman with a prodigious caffeine habit and a disturbing knowledge of government lube guidelines, and ok2nv_theoracle, this year's token male and token American! He did us proud. ;)

My liver may never forgive me. I consumed about 70cl ( around a fifth) of scotch, and almost a third of a similar-sized bottle of bourbon. And then there was the bottle and a half of ginger wine that was my main 'mixer'... ;)

( Let me tell you more! )

( Horbling #6 iconic quotes )

( I can has laptop! What it is? )

In conclusion: I AM BACK, Y'ALL! Whatchoo been upto?

In about 5 hours, I have to get up, to catch a bus to catch a train to catch a lift to a wild weekend of debauchery, good food, good porn and good cooking.

I will try and check this post before I stagger out the door, but I make no promises. Mornings and I do not get on.

Smooches and hugs to you all! See you when I get back! And if you do something I really really need to see, please drop a link here. I'd hate to miss anything!

Today is my 6th LJversary! On this day in 2003, darkhavens came into this world on wobbly legs with a shifty look in her eyes. And in almost no time at all, there was porn. :D

In celebration of this auspicious occasion, I decided that I should revisit my first love, Spander. I didn't quite manage porn, but there's sexin' in there, if you squint. ;)


Author: darkhavens
Title: Five Things Xander Harris Gave Up After Getting Involved With Spike
Fandom: Pairing: Buffy: Spike/Xander
Rating: PG13
Words: 500
Concrit: Please. If you spot a typo or a grammar glitch, feel free to tell me in comments.
Disclaimer: Not mine, never will be. No harm, no foul, no money made.
Warnings/Squicks: None
Summary: Some things are worth the sacrifice.
Notes: Written as part of my participation in mini_nanowrimo this year, and also for prompt #228 at slashthedrabble: 'Left'.


( Five Things Xander Harris Gave Up After Getting Involved With Spike )

So, way back in March, a Microfic Meme appeared on my flist and I snagged it. The idea was to write ten sentences in ten genres for a particular fandom - Angst, AU, Crack, Crossover, First Time, Fluff, Humor, Hurt/Comfort, Smut, and UST.

I did it for John/Rodney (Stargate Atlantis) and then forgot about it until yesterday, at which point I went a little mad and also did the meme for Spike/Xander (Buffy), Bruce/Wally (DC Comics/Toons) and Sam/Dean (Supernatural). Today, I finished off the set with Jack/Nathan (Eureka).

This is what happens when I want to write but can't choose a fandom, let alone a genre. *g*

Author: darkhavens
Title: Microfic Meme: Ten Genres in Ten Sentences (x Five Fandoms)
Rating: G to NC-17
Fandom/Pairing: John/Rodney (Stargate Atlantis), Spike/Xander (Buffy), Bruce/Wally (DC Comics/Toons), Sam/Dean (Supernatural), Jack/Nathan (Eureka)
Disclaimer: Not mine, never will be. No harm, no foul, no money made.
Warnings/Squicks: **Mention of non-graphic character death (twice), incest, bondage, fetish wear, voyeurism.**
Word count: 2304

( Stargate Atlantis: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay )

( Buffy: Spike/Xander )

( DC comics/toons: Bruce/Wally )

( Supernatural: Sam/Dean )

( Eureka: Jack/Nathan )

Why are so many people such utter f*ckw*ts? And why do I have to work with them?

One of them left a box of bananas in a narrow hallway out back at work - a box of bananas that I had already moved out of the way twice so it wasn't a hazard.

I'm sitting here now with a bloody and bruised neck and shoulder, a bruised elbow, middle finger, knee and ankle, all on my left side, because when I closed up shop an hour ago, I grabbed my cash drawer and one of the scratchcard lockboxes and headed for the office.

I'm laden, I can't see the floor as I come round the door, but I know I cleared everything out of the way not an hour ago... So, I trip, go sideways, rolling my ankle. I totter into the office, hit the wall, which shoves the scratchcard lockbox (open tubular steel piping aimed for my throat!) into my neck and shoulder, at which point I lose verticality and come down on someone's effing scooter that should never have been in the office in the first place, scattering cash all over the place, wrenching my wrist, landing hard on my knee and scraping a load of skin off knuckle, neck and shoulder.

No gaping wounds, thank god, but christ, I'm not going to be able to move tomorrow, and I can forget about putting on a bra. And probably nodding. I can feel my neck muscles tightening as I type. I'm going to be black and blue and scabby. Lovely. I may take pictures. (Why should I suffer alone?)

Oh, and the f*ckw*t thought it was hilarious. It doesn't seem to occur to her that IT'S HER FAULT for moving the banana box from where I'd put it safely out of the way. She didn't even put any bananas out!

So, In conclusion: OW.

In other news, I have 660ml of 5.3% pear cider and two Jaffa Cake muffins.

But I'm still fuming.

*SMISHES YOU ALL (CAREFULLY)*

Author: darkhavens
Title: I Really Love Your Peaches, Wanna Shake Your Tree
Fandom: Pairing: Matches Malone (Bruce Wayne[Batman])/"Peaches"(Wally West[The Flash])
Rating: NC-17/Adult
Words: 1600+
Concrit: Please, and if you spot a typo or a grammar glitch, feel free to tell me in comments.
Disclaimer: Not mine, never will be. No harm, no foul, no money made.
Warnings/Squicks: **Cross-dressing, mild restraint, mild spanking, rough sex**
Summary: Even Matches Malone needs occasional companionship.
Beta: outsideth3box
Notes: Written for the 'crossdressing' prompt on my dcu_freeforall BatFlash table.
ETA: Just realised this will also fill the "roleplay/au (misc" prompt on my long out-of-date kink_bingo card. :D


( I Really Love Your Peaches, Wanna Shake Your Tree )

Is it me, or does someone have their finger on the fast forward button of life? I can't believe it's September already!

For anyone who's wondering, I'm still in love with my Buffy boys, and my Supernatural boys and my SGA boys and the rest of my menagerie, I'm just completely obsessed with the guys in tights and spandex right now, so most of my ficbrain is focussed in that direction. Most. ;)

If any of you are tempted to take the fandom 'research' poll that's out there, I'd advise you to read this, this, this (links taken from metafandom) and follow a few of the links in those posts before you get drawn into their asshattery. (Not that I'm biased, or anything, but the reason for their 'research' is a contract to write a book entitled: 'RULE 34: WHAT NETPORN TEACHES US ABOUT THE BRAIN.')

rounds_of_kink is asking for prompts again here. And remember, 'kink' covers a lot of ground, from something as simple as enjoying playing with someone's hair (or someone playing with yours) through to auto-erotic asphyxiation, scat, bloodplay, etc. So go and prompt. You could end up with some delicious new fic that hits your buttons.

Rounds of Kink prompt call

And finally, LJ are offering three extra days of Paid Time to everyone with paid journals for the downtime experienced on Thursday August 6th. You have until September 10th to claim your days. Why wait?

Anyone else watching Dark Blue and wanting Carter to slam Dean up a wall and eat him alive? No? Just me then. *g*

Author: darkhavens
Title: What If... Wally Had a Plan
Previous Chapters: The second alternative sequel to 'That Which Has Been Seen Cannot Be Unseen'. The first was 'What If... Batman Plays The Game, But Lets Wally Set The Pace'
Fandom: Pairing: Teen Titans/Justice League: Bruce/Wally
Rating: NC-17 overall
Words: 1267
Concrit: Please. If you spot a typo or a grammar glitch, feel free to tell me in comments.
Disclaimer: Not mine, never will be. No harm, no foul, no money made.
Warnings/Squicks: **Wally is somewhere between 15 and 17. Ish.**
Summary: What if Wally was up on the rooftop for a reason when Batman dropped by?
Author's Note #1: Written for my dcu_freeforall BatFlash table, prompt T08; P46: Rooftop.
Author's Note #2: 'That Which Has Been Seen…' did not grow the legs that are necessary for a sequel, it grew tentacles. Honestly, this fic has turned into an octopus, with each leg a different 'What If...' scenario. In the end, I stopped trying to chop off the extras and just went with it. This is the second. There will be more.


( What If... Wally Had a Plan )

This is the edited and extended version of my WriterconUK talk on Modding Communities, given on Saturday, 15th August, 2009, at the Ramada Hotel, Coventry.

It contains my own personal views on modding and as such, does not pretend to be the definitive guide on 'How You Should Mod Your Community'.

I'm sure there are things I've missed, and things that people will disagree with, but these are my thoughts on the subject, at this moment in time. Though I refer to fandom throughout this post, the thoughts and ideas here can easily be adapted to other arenas.

( Wearing The Modhat - an Essay )

I'm back! And I bet most of you didn't even know I was gone. :P

On Friday I trundled off to the Ramada Hotel in Coventry for my first ever WriterconUK Midimeet. Of the 25 other attendees, I had met precisely one before: kitty_poker1, so it was a weekend of dizzying memory blanks and jumbled names/nyms/IDs.

A complete(ish) list of attendees can be found here, as I am really not up to that amount of coding right now. *g*

There were talks and presentations a-plenty, and I got to pretend I knew what I was on about by giving a talk on (my opinion on) how best to moderate communities. It was both terrifying and thrilling. And apparently also educational. (Yay me!)

I had my first ever Thai food on friday night and will now pine piteously because there is no Thai restaurant in my town and that makes me saaaaaaaad. :(

The program of events for the weekend can be found here. With any luck, people will be making posts in writerconuk reiterating their presentations and talks for anyone who might be interested.

Feel free to link me to anything interesting I might miss in my mad scroll through flistdom.

Roll on WriterconUK Midmeet 2010!

*smooches to you all*

rounds_of_kink Round 12 prompts are up for grabs!

There's something there for everyone. All of my boys are represented there and many, many more besides. Go and grab one! Grab a handful! Min. word count is 500 words, so no excuses. :D

I have managed to whittle down the 1600+ prompts to a mere 40 that appeal to me. o.O

Author: darkhavens
Title: Newsflash
Fandom: Pairing: DC Comics/Toons: Dick(Nightwing)/Slade(Deathstroke), Bruce(Batman)/Wally(Flash), mention of past Dick/Wally
Rating: R
Words: 1175
Concrit: Please. If you spot a typo or a grammar glitch, feel free to tell me in comments.
Disclaimer: Not mine, never will be. No harm, no foul, no money made.
Warnings/Squicks: **Physical restraint, mention of voyeurism, non-graphic mention of underage sex**
Summary: Deathstroke delivers some unexpected news
Notes: Written for suki_blue, because she's a gifted emotional blackmailer and a first class enabler. Thanks, darlin'! *smooch*


( Newsflash )

...and this one's a doozy!

Spike/Xander is losing to Dean/Castiel of SPN and as much as I love the SPN boys, that's breaking my heart. Sherlock Holmes/Dr Watson is losing to Elizabeth Bennett/Fitzwilliam Darcy of Pride and Prejudice too, but Crowley/Aziraphale are beating the pants off Theodore "Laurie" Laurence/Amy Curtis March of Little Women. YAY!

Your boys (and girls) need your support!

Vote at the post and see all the pimping going on in comments
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Poll will close @ 10 PM EST on Saturday, July 11th, 2009

In five weeks' time, I'm off to my first WriterconUK midimeet, which this year is being held in Coventry. I'm also going to be presenting a talk on 'Communities, their Creation, Maintenance and Moderation'... or something like that. Does that sound pompous? *chews fingernails nervously* ;)

A great bunch of people will be there, from a variety of fandoms, but there are still a few places open if anyone else wants to join us.

The signups so far include:
me!, just_sue, kitty_poker1, suki_blue, bogwitch, kazzy_cee, hesadevil, quinara, ningloreth, miso_no_tsuki, eternal_red, hab318princess, thismaz, lilachigh, hils, curiouswombat, speakr2customrs, and mirasol.

It takes place over the weekend of 14th, 15th and 16th August. Membership closes at the end of July, or earlier if all places get filled.

Latest writerconuk details here, and the membership post is here.

I'm getting to be quite the social butterfly. I need a laptop. Or a netbook. kitty_poker1, why did you let me walk away from that pretty little netbook? I neeeeds it! :D

Author: darkhavens
Title: What If... Batman Plays The Game, But Lets Wally Set The Pace
Previous Chapters: A sequel to 'That Which Has Been Seen Cannot Be Unseen.'
Fandom: Pairing: Teen Titans/Justice League: Bruce/Wally
Rating: NC-17 overall
Words: 2060
Concrit: Please. If you spot a typo or a grammar glitch, feel free to tell me in comments.
Disclaimer: Not mine, never will be. No harm, no foul, no money made.
Warnings/Squicks: **Wally is 17. Batman is a manipulative bastard who's obsessed by Wally. Power games. Intense flirting. Non-graphic reference to violent fantasies.**
Summary: What if Batman plays the game, but lets Wally set the pace and choose if and when they take the next step?
Beta: outsideth3box
Author's Note #1: Written for my dcu_freeforall BatFlash table, Writer's Choice prompt #1: Control.
Author's Note #2: 'That Which Has Been Seen…' did not grow the legs that are necessary for a sequel, it grew tentacles. Honestly, this fic has turned into an octopus, with each leg a different 'What If...' scenario. In the end, I stopped trying to chop off the extras and just went with it. This is the first. There will be more.

( What If... Batman Plays The Game, But Lets Wally Set The Pace )

http://community.livejournal.com/ship_manifesto/231668.html
http://community.livejournal.com/ship_manifesto/231179.html

Get your votes in for your favourites, ladies and gents, before the polls close tomorrow! There are so many pretty pairings on those lists! (And so many of my old shows matched up against my new ones! *woe*)

It's that time again. Time to search your psyche for those favourite kinks and setups and put them out there so that someone might write them. Due to my current obsession, I spent a couple of hours last night posting BatFlash prompts. I'll probably end up writing at least one of them myself, but hey, a girl can hope, right? :D



PROMPT HERE
for rounds_of_kink
Round 12

Author: darkhavens
Title: That Which Has Been Seen Cannot Be Unseen
Fandom: Pairing: Teen Titans/Justice League: Bruce/Wally
Rating: NC-17
Words: 1807
Concrit: Please. If you spot a typo or a grammar glitch, feel free to tell me in comments.
Disclaimer: Not mine, never will be. No harm, no foul, no money made.
Warnings/Squicks: Dark and twisted. **Wally is 17. Batman's fantasies include violence, bloodletting, dub-con/non-con, whipping, biting, a St Andrew's Cross and marks of ownership.**
Summary: Batman watches. And then he sees. And then he fantasizes.
Notes: Written for my dcu_freeforall BatFlash table, prompt T16; P62: quicksand.


( That Which Has Been Seen Cannot Be Unseen )

Author: darkhavens
Concrit: Please. If you spot a typo or a grammar glitch, feel free to tell me in comments.
Disclaimer: Not mine, never will be. No harm, no foul, no money made.
Notes: Many thanks to suki_blue and amejisuto for the encouragement, the enabling and the reassurance that I'm not about to embarrass myself in a fandom they're way more familiar with than I am. :D

Title: The Way He Loves
Fandom: Pairing: Justice League: Bruce(Batman)/Wally(Flash), Superman
Rating: R
Words: 1077
Warnings/Squicks: Batman being his usual obsessive, possessive, stalkery self.
Summary: Superman is concerned about Wally's new relationship.
Notes: Written prompt T07; P23: hero worship/idol on my dcu_freeforall BatFlash table.

( The Way He Loves )

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Title: Nooner
Fandom: Pairing: Justice League: Bruce(Batman)/Wally(Flash)
Rating: NC17
Words: 954
Warnings/Squicks: None
Summary: Wally decides to pay a 'surprise' visit to Bruce at Wayne Enterprises.
Notes: Written prompt T01; P41: Wayne Enterprises on my dcu_freeforall BatFlash table.

( Nooner )