peace in the struggle to find peace

but i've de-lurked enough to post a thread on the Help Japan auction over at lj.

two thousand words from me may take a month, but i want to give what i can.

So I read in the wiki that in Gluhen, Omi assumes the family codename Persia, and starts a new group of Weißlets; and that it's canon that his father is not Takatori Reiji, but Shuuichi.

I also read that in the last episode, Aya/Ran gets randomly stabbed by a random kid and crawls off into the night to die alone, or some stupid shit like that.

The first thing filled me with warm fangirl pleasure; the second with many rollings of fangirl eyeballs.

But then I wrote this.
(No idea if it jives with the rest of Gluhen, but can't say that I'm really bothered. This was unexpected fun to write.)


( Fic goes here. )

I stole this icon meme from Jenn! Because we have been known to sit about the house and talk about our icons at great length, after all. ♥ (And also because I am home sick, and what better way to spend my time than by messing about with my icons. Really.)

1. How do you feel right now?


2. What is your favourite pastime?


3. Do you consider yourself a strange person?


4. What is your main fandom?


5. OTP?


6. How do you describe yourself?


7. What is your favourite icon to use that is not default?


8. Do you have an icon of your future husband/wife?


9. Do you have a WTF icon?


10. How do you feel towards love?
or

11. Saddest icon?


12. Happiest icon?
or

ganked from Liz!

The first TEN people to comment in this post get to request ~something~ of any pairing/character of their choosing from me. In return, they have to post this in their journal!*

* optional ;) Especially if you are Liz, from whom I've already requested something. ♥

As for what fandoms I'll do, I'm pretty sure anybody here has a good idea of what fandoms I know. Try me?

writing list:

* for temiskou: Bart/Billy Lee; late night desert conversations
* for luckykitty: something PW-y, or Trish/Dante
* for white_aster: cracky steampunk Xenogears AU goodness
* for darthneko: Racquel & Jessie
* for alorian: Yami seeing snow for the first time
* for armistice_day: Jessie & Prim, father/daughter vignette.
* for graymary: Tsuzuki & Hisoka

Our final advent calendar update is a little early, as we're traveling out of town this afternoon, and won't return until Christmas itself.

Thanks for reading, everyone! Happy midwinter to you and yours. ♥

More fic from me, today! Two of my very favorite characters from Apollo Justice, and the way I imagine things happen after all the events of the game have unfolded. This one's been brewing for a long time (we finished the game pretty much this time last year).

As such, it's full of spoilers for pretty much the whole game! (And, the flip side of that, it might not even make any sense unless you've played the game, too.)

So, caveat lector. But, if you read, I hope you enjoy. ♥

...I feel compelled to preface these with a disclaimer, that they are ten and eight years old (respectively). But I hope they stand the test of time, at least enough to still be palatable. :)

( 'the Bible fic' )

( 'the Chaucer fic' )

Today's advent calendar offering is fic from me, something I've been mulling over for a long time: a bit of resolution for two often-forgotten figures from a famous legend.

It's not our usual fare (i.e., not from an anime or videogame), but then again, I did write Chaucer fic and Bible fic, back in the day. If you read, I hope you enjoy. ♥

Presenting, Odessa Castle's Holiday Special, an advent calendar of stories and other goodies to unfold through the month of December (if all goes well!).

[The title here is a reflection of the last two movies I've watched, however unlikely: Ernest in Love (which is a musical adaptation of Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest") and Ernest Saves Christmas (which is actually way funnier to me now that I have lived a good amount of time in the state of Kentucky); both of which have contributed great dolloping helpings to my holiday cheer. That, and the fact that we accidentally wound up downtown just as a horse-drawn carriage came through the Christmas-lit streets bearing none other than Mr. Claus himself! Ho ho ho!]

The link that says "Christmases Past" should go live tomorrow, hopefully-- it'll be reposts of the best of our previous years' holiday offerings. :D

Saturday evening update: YES, Christmases Past is now online.