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Author has written 27 stories for NCIS, Sky High, Harry Potter, Inception, Freaks and Geeks, James Bond, Avengers, Pride and Prejudice, Batman the Animated Series, Misc. Movies, Upstairs Downstairs, Being Human, Miami Medical, George Smiley series, Sherlock, and Misc. Tv Shows. "Great art is not that which creates something utterly new, but that which takes something we have seen before and forces us to look at it in a new way. Fanfiction, therefore, is not the lowest form of literature, but, indeed, the highest." (If you write fanfiction, please copy and paste this into your profile.) Fanfiction is what literature might look like if it were reinvented from scratch after a nuclear apocalypse by a band of brilliant pop-culture junkies trapped in a sealed bunker. They don't do it for money. That's not what it's about. The writers write it and put it up online just for the satisfaction. They're fans, but they're not silent, couchbound consumers of media. The culture talks to them, and they talk back to the culture in its own language. —Lev Grossman, TIME Magazine, July 18, 2011 Where I Am Right Now (What/When/Where you can expect me to be writing): I am now on Archive of Our Own (*Applause*), this means that almost all of my stories are going to be cross-posted there soon (*Cheering*). My nomen operationis is TrivialPursuit. I'm watching Mr Selfridge and am madly in love with Henri and Agnes (Oh my good god! *Fans face*) and it is quickly becoming my favourite period drama (Downton Abbey having fallen out of favour due to the rather trigger-happy nature of the writing staff). So expect more on that front. In other news, Of Hills and Cable Television is somewhat stalled right now so that might take a while to come out. The Triviaglass Avengers 'Verse is a collaboration with glassfacet. There's some stuff posted on her profile so check it out. I am the founder and sole member of Lackeys, Minions, and Henchpeople Anonymous. We strive to honour those nameless minions whose entire life is relegated to a shot or line depicting their death, and whose sole purpose is to make the hero look awesome against a bunch of commando/evil minion-types or make the villain look more dastardly by the mass carnage he has inflicted upon the hero's ranks. So we seek memoriam for these fallen martyrs to plot, recognition for all they have suffered at the hands of the more important characters in the name of a good story. For any of you who haven't figured this out, I'm a sucker for a good romance, preferably passionate, forbidden, and unlikely to end well. My heroines will be at least slightly unhinged and, more likely then not, violent. None of these things mean, however, that I'm anything less then what I am, and that is a stickler for grammar and spelling (Only British please, no pajama or mold). So if you see any mistakes in my writing please feel free to PM me and point them out to quell my inner neurotic self. My feelings won't be hurt. I promise. Here's me ranting to the Powers That Be for a moment: Can you please make the Doc Manager accept Pages documents for those of us who hate Word with the fiery passion of a thousand suns that makes us own computers that dislike Word as much as we do? Please? Rant Number 2: I just saw the American version of Being Human and was reminded forcefully of not only why Watching American Remakes is a Very Bad Idea, but also but of covers of songs, you know the ones. Most of the time it's a goddamn Classic that shouldn't be touched with a fifty meter pole, yet some moron decides that 'Yes, let's remake this Classic Piece of Musical Brilliance'. And sometimes it's not even that bad, yet you know, compared to the original, the cover is a sham. But I digress, the American version made me weep into my tea, it is an abomination, an aberration that must be culled from my memory to keep my beloved Being Human intact in the lofty spot it holds in my estimation of television entertainment. Aidan is in no way, shape, form, or fairground mirror a suitable replacement for Mitchell, he is, to paraphrase one watcher, 'the Football Player of the Damned to Mitchell's Don Juan [of the Damned]'. Sally is a slightly mind-numbing ditz, though she could easily grow the proverbial beard and become monumentally less painful to watch. Plus there are so many improbabilities and general ridiculousness (A recovering blood addict a surgical nurse, really? Vampires with super-strength and super-speed who don't need to eat, does this not remind anyone of an equally torturous series of teen books from a few years ago?). I felt sorry for Lauren in her situation, but I find myself cheering at Rebecca's misfortune, she's a bitch, not a weak and scared young woman who's been tossed unceremoniously into a world she does not understand by someone who uses then abandons her. The show is lacking all the amusing clichés the vampires used that made them so hilarious yet much scarier they they would have been, instead they come off as being slightly pseudo-bondage chic in the most forced way imaginable. In most cases the delivery of any possibly redeeming lines is flat and lifeless, almost as if the actors are simply reading off cards. Most of the lines and shots are direct or almost direct lifts from the original series, and yet they still manage to turn this thing into a pseudo-soap opera/Vampire Diaries/Twilight type show instead of a search for what it means to be human. It's actually kind of painful to watch. Ignore the remake. Watch the original, Love Annie, Mitchell, and George. Don't judge a series by its remake. My results for What Do the Harry Potter Adults Think of You? (This isn't alarming...) Albus Dumbledore wonders how you managed to get through Hogwarts. (Don't know where he got that idea, I'm in Ravenclaw) Lord Voldemort even questions your sanity, but thinks you're a great Death Eater nonetheless. Minerva McGonagall gets the shivers when she thinks about you. Severus Snape tries to avoid you. Rubeus Hagrid is terrified of you. Horace Slughorn always knew you were insane. (Oh Sluggy, Sluggy, Sluggy, you don't know half of it...) Sirius Black curses the ground you walk on. Remus Lupin secretly loves you but would kill himself if anyone ever found out. Bill Weasley sees you as a threat to the Order and thinks you should be locked up in Azkaban. Lucius Malfoy thinks you're good in bed. Bellatrix Lestrange thinks you're great. Peter Pettigrew cowers in fear around you. I apparently have to put this in for legal purposes, so here it is: I will not pursue legal action in the instance that my plot/original character(s) or something resembling my plot/original character(s) appears on the media outlet I am writing fanfiction for. Also, I don't own any of the fandoms I write for. | |||||||
1. Mama Who Raised MeElizabeth Proctor plays Ivor Novello when she cleans the house. Guadalupe Fernandez meets Alberto Zambrano when she's seventeen and he's twenty. Melissa Warren didn't go to university, instead, she got married. Emily Silva gets pregnant with her first son when she's sixteen.Miami Medical - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,508 - Published: 4-27-13 - Complete2. Golden HoursOf Ivor Novello, circling the drain, and halcyon days.Miami Medical - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 903 - Published: 4-25-13 - M. Procter & Eva Zambrano - Complete3. Your Ex-Lover Is Dead » reviewsEventually, they all had to move on.Avengers - Rated: K - English - Romance - Chapters: 6 - Words: 3,631 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 4-6-13 - Published: 3-29-13 - Black Widow/Natasha R. & Hulk/Bruce B.4. Shapes in Windows reviews'A girl,' Mitchell says and Ivan knows he means 'The girl'.Being Human - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 678 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 3-28-13 - Ivan & J. Mitchell - Complete5. Of Hills and Cable Television » reviewsMisadventures in diners, hometown tourism, blood loss, designated driving, broadcast standards, and entirely too much dancing.Avengers - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 4 - Words: 2,268 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 3-27-13 - Published: 3-25-13 - Agent Maria Hill & Captain America/Steve R.6. What To Expect When Your Assassin's Expecting » reviewsThe Black Widow is pregnant, Fury's doing some uncharacteristic boot-quaking, and Tony's taking bets on the whole shebang, what could possibly go wrong? Part of the Triviaglass Avengers 'Verse.Avengers - Rated: T - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 4 - Words: 5,652 - Reviews: 9 - Updated: 3-27-13 - Published: 2-25-13 - Black Widow/Natasha R. & Hulk/Bruce B. - Complete7. Crowning Jewels reviewsIt still hurts. Ten years later it still hurts just as much as it did.Upstairs Downstairs - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,034 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 3-18-13 - Complete8. Better Living Through Plastic ExplosivesRemember, remember the fifth of November/ Gunpowder, treason and plot./ I see no reason,/Why gunpowder treason/ Should ever be forgot.Crossover - Misc. Movies & Misc. Tv Shows - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,338 - Published: 3-18-13 - Complete9. Harlequinade reviews'She's not okay, not by a long shot, but she will be.' A select few of Gotham's luckiest citizens are there for what will be one for the history booksBatman the Animated Series - Rated: T - English - Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,342 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 3-18-13 - Complete10. Regarding Mr Bond » reviewsAfter the dust had settled they had to get on with their lives. He wasn't coming back.James Bond - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 7 - Words: 3,041 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 3-16-13 - Published: 2-22-13 - James Bond/00711. Memini reviewsIn memoriam.James Bond - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 518 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 3-3-1312. There's Something About Mary reviewsDelible (adj); the neglected positive of indelible: Forgettable or replaceable; easily removed.Pride and Prejudice - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 697 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 2-16-13 - Mary13. Pearls reviewsShe may play at being the little girl in the red hood but she knows she'll always be the wolf underneath.Avengers - Rated: K+ - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,235 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 1-29-13 - Black Widow/Natasha R. - Complete14. The Legend of Natasha and Bruce reviewsThe Black Widow finds herself revising earlier statements. Third in the Triviaglass Avengers 'VerseAvengers - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,857 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 1-11-13 - Black Widow/Natasha R. & Hulk/Bruce B.15. My Big Fat Stark Wedding reviewsAmerica's number one power couple are getting married. What could possibly go wrong? First in the Triviaglass 'Verse.Avengers - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,056 - Reviews: 9 - Published: 1-3-13 - Pepper P. & Iron Man/Tony S. - Complete16. Deaths and Births reviewsA woman walks into the headquarters of MI6.Crossover - James Bond & Sherlock - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,033 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 12-29-12 - James Bond/007 & Irene A. - Complete17. Her Knight in (Slightly Dented) Armour reviewsWhen Nick tells he and Daniel about their kiss he feels inexplicable rage towards his friend. Rage because Lindsey kissed Nick and not him, because he's loved her since that first 'hello', because her little brother asked him to take care of her, and mostly, even though he hates to admit it, it might just mean that Lindsey likes Nick more then him.Freaks and Geeks - Rated: T - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 766 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 11-23-12 - Complete18. The Last of the Old GuardWhen Christopher Tarr was six months old his mother left he and his father alone in the tiny flat above the grocer's in Covent Garden.Crossover - Inception & George Smiley series - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,829 - Published: 11-21-12 - Eames & R. Tarr - Complete19. All The Unsaid Things reviewsIn the end it was only all the unsaid things that really said anything at all.Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,843 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 10-21-12 - Bellatrix L. & Sirius B. - Complete20. The Amazon Star reviewsWhen Bellatrix is ten she tells her cousin one day she's going to set the world on fire and dance in the ashes. And she will. Bellatrix will do many things but she'll never break a promise.Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 917 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 10-21-12 - Bellatrix L. - Complete21. The Cracks in Her Crystal Palace reviewsHermione Granger believed those of the XY tendencies were far more trouble then they were worth.Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,118 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 10-19-12 - Hermione G. - Complete22. Dog Days reviewsWhen he dies all he can do is laugh.Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 600 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 10-19-12 - Sirius B. - Complete23. Playing The Game reviewsAndromeda Black was not a Good Person, Andromeda Tonks, however, was a saint, a martyr, someone who'd given up everything to be with her One True Love. Despite what everyone thought, Ted Tonks was not Andromeda's True Love. She wasn't even sure such a thing exists.Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,453 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 10-18-12 - Andromeda T. - Complete24. Fallen Stars reviewsThe Noble and Most Ancient House of Black has fallen among the stars, no longer existing except in the legends and legacies their illustrious members have left behind.Harry Potter - Rated: K+ - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 616 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 10-16-12 - Bellatrix L. & Sirius B. - Complete25. The Last of the Bombshells » reviewsEven if she would never admit it to his face, Ziva's father was right, you can't count on anybody but yourself.NCIS - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 6 - Words: 6,824 - Reviews: 7 - Updated: 10-14-12 - Published: 4-24-12 - Ziva D. - Complete26. Bright Young Things reviewsThey say a picture's worth a thousand words...Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 999 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 9-16-12 - Sirius B. & Bellatrix L. - Complete27. Welcome To Hell » reviewsA new girl arrives at Sky High who brings along more questions then answers.Sky High - Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 9 - Words: 9,772 - Reviews: 23 - Updated: 7-10-12 - Published: 6-4-12 - Warren P.
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