In 5 days...

[toomuchplor]

Wow, so it's been very much a non-starter year for fandom over here on my LJ. About a year ago I posted warning that this would likely happen and it seems I was right. The crazy thing is that said boss will be returning from his year-long break in five days, whereupon I anticipate I will have a little more free time again.

I've been a fandom lurker the past year, truth be told. There haven't been many weeks (although they did exist) when I didn't skim my flist. I fell upon and devoured many new fics by my favorite authors, and often (though not as often as I should have) even left comments. It seems everyone and their cat is now leaping on the Merlin bandwagon. Last time this happened on my flist, it was SGA, and it took me about a year to catch up. I've tried watching Merlin but can't get past the first half of the first episode before my ADD kicks in and I lose patience. But judging by all the lovely people now migrating there, I can guess it gets better?

In any case, about three weeks ago, working off pre-big-event work-related stress, I sat down and wrote, seriously, like 30 pages of John the gay!virgin porn. So it's safe to say I still have the writing itch. Whether it ever produces anything better than that crap, I can't say.

Anyway -- *waves* Hi fandom! I miss you!

Comments

[toft-froggy.livejournal.com]

Yaaay, John the gay virgin!porn is my favourite. Hope things free up a bit for you soon.

[suzvoy.livejournal.com]

Hi!

[beeej.livejournal.com]

Merlin gets much better. The characters and storyline progress nicely over the 13 episodes. Ep. 2 is very good, and ep. 4 is possibly the slashiest thing in the history of ever. And 10 - 13 are very, very, very good. :)

[thingswithwings.livejournal.com]

hi! we miss you back!

and if you're looking for a new fandom other than Merlin, may I suggest Leverage? It's small, but growing fast, and it's slashy and funny and fun and awesome.

anyhow, I'm looking forward to seeing you around again. :)

[aurora]

Hi! Hi!

And I will so don't mind if you just stay in SGA, at least for a while longer. Not all of us have migrated. :D

[kirvash.livejournal.com]

Hi! *waves*

John the gay!virgin porn! YAY \o/
Hopefully Rodney fits in the sequence too.

And yeah, SGA is really the best fandom. The best.

[goss.livejournal.com]

*waves back*

Hi hi! :D

[beet]

Hey you! I can't imagine the stress of having my boss gone for a YEAR. And then to try and give back the stuff I started--that would be equally hard. I hope it goes well an that you get more time back in your life.

Also, gay!virgin John?? Yay! *makesgrabbyhands*

[toomuchplor.livejournal.com]

Me too!

I don't know if the writing is worth exposing to the universe, it's crazy self-indulgent and just kind of crap, but it obviously served its purpose for me anyway!

[toomuchplor.livejournal.com]

*waves* HAPPY BIRTHDAY! (See, I totally lurk.)

[toomuchplor.livejournal.com]

I suspect I'll give it another try yet...maybe with someone beside me to force me to focus. I'm so ADD when it's just me.

[toomuchplor.livejournal.com]

Never heard of the show but I will definitely check it out!

[toomuchplor.livejournal.com]

Yay for the lingerers! *high-fives*

[toomuchplor.livejournal.com]

Oh, no worries. Rodney hadn't arrived on the scene yet when I kind of stopped playing with the fic, but he was totally slated to star.

[toomuchplor.livejournal.com]

Hee!

[toomuchplor.livejournal.com]

I can't imagine the stress of having my boss gone for a YEAR. And then to try and give back the stuff I started--that would be equally hard.

I think I'm in denial about this stuff at the moment... so many others have missed him so much I'm hesitant to admit that it might not be sunshine and roses for me now he's back. But yes, it'll also be nice to give him some projects I don't particularly enjoy.

Also, gay!virgin John?? Yay! *makesgrabbyhands*

I probably made it sound a lot better than it is. Hrm.

[omglawdork.livejournal.com]

Sorry about butting in, but I too have difficulty focusing on a new show. I like to watch on the computer at the same time as someone, so we can squee together on IM or gtalk or whatever. Works great! Way more fun than watching alone. Merlin IM squee quickly devolves, for me, into all-caps OH MY GOD THEY ARE SO CUTE, rather than any substantive discussion. Still, it's fun. :)

(and yes, it gets better the farther along the season goes. Arthur stops being a total waste of space by ep 2, which is a relief. At that point, if you're me, you fall totally buttcrazy in love with him, which is quite a swing.)

[omglawdork.livejournal.com]

Commented farther up, but just wanted to say hi, and glad you've been around, even if not posting a whole ton. :) And I'm still in SGA! I think a lot of us are, actually, which is a comfort.

[teenygozer.livejournal.com]

We've missed you!

I can't wait to see anything you might post...

...and can I just say, O, PLEASE TO RESIST TEH REN FAIR JAILBAITS!!

Seriously, I cannot get interested in Merlin, it's like watching Muppet Babies instead of a good episode of The Muppet Show. Or something like that.

[teenygozer.livejournal.com]

I love your icon -- I had a sudden flash of how cool it would be to see Jason starring in Pirates of the Caribbean part whatever!

"Where's the rum? I got your rum RIGHT HERE!"

[ariadne83]

Gay!virgin John FTW! It's my favourite trope. Self-indulgence rocks :D

And I'm also on the list of not-yet-converted WRT Merlin. They're just so young!

[runpunkrun]

Hi! If you want to inflict your John the gay!virgin porn on us, I'm pretty sure we wouldn't complain. I mean, I know I wouldn't. *g*

[perfica.livejournal.com]

Welcome back! Glad things are settling down for you.

[suzvoy.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :D

[toomuchplor.livejournal.com]

Yay for SGA! I still have approximately one billion WIPs in SGA so here's hoping I manage to finish 'em!

Hi!

[toomuchplor.livejournal.com]

Seriously, I cannot get interested in Merlin, it's like watching Muppet Babies instead of a good episode of The Muppet Show. Or something like that.

Put that way, I doubt I would ever see the appeal. *g* They do seem a bit young to me, truth be told. So far I've been resisting them effortlessly.

[toomuchplor.livejournal.com]

Gay!virgin John FTW! It's my favourite trope. Self-indulgence rocks

Ah, well, it's really not any good, I promise you. But hopefully it's sort of primed the writing pump, or some other analogy that is far less dirty.

[toomuchplor.livejournal.com]

Haha... honestly, it's pretty awful. I keep sort of poking at it to see if it'll morph into anything better but I think it's just the backed-up writing junk that comes from spending a year without really writing anything.

[toomuchplor.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Glad to be back (ish)!