There's a Mirror On the Wall

How does "Teen And Up Audiences" equal "coded 'adult'"? And how does "adult" automatically mean sexual content?

This question brought to you by a comment that didn't make sense.

Snagged from ithildin:

I know very little about some of the people on my friends list. Some people I know relatively well. But here's a thought: why not take this opportunity to tell me a little something about yourself. Any old thing at all. Just so the next time I see your name I can say: "Ah, there's Parker... she likes money and cereal." I'd love it if everyone who's friended me did this. (Yes, even you people who I know really well.) Then post this in your own journal. In return, ask me anything you'd like to know about me and I'll give you an answer.

A few things.

- Been a while since I had any real inspiration for an actual proper round of rounds_of_kink. For this round? I have one finished, and another started. Granted, both are the same pairing, and the second follows the morning after the first, but still. Two. And eight prompts listed to possibly make into a linked series. Depending on how generous the muses are.

- Admit Me, Chorus to This History is being a little difficult again, but I know where it's going. And I think I might have an idea on how to get it past the current difficulty (other than simply skipping about a year's worth of time). We'll see how it works, and if it doesn't, then I'll go to plan B. Which would be that skipping of a year.

- I think I need to find a beta for my rounds_of_kink stories. Anyone on my flist willing to beta-read some kinky (but not always smutty) Iron Man movie-verse fic that's Pepper Potts/Ivan Vanko? Or at least, currently Pepper/Ivan, because there's a distinct chance I'll end up with Tony in there as well at some point.

- This weekend I need to do some cleaning of the apartment. And clean my silverware. And probably run a load through the dishwasher. And definitely do some laundry. And cook the apple crisp and the pear crisp that I've been planning. And the duck. And some sausage gravy and some biscuits before either the sausage or the buttermilk have a chance to go south, as they're both open. And do something with the eggs.

Um, yeah. Lots of stuff with the apartment.

- Need to go through story files and figure out what in there is ready to be posted and I'm willing to post. And then email auberus with thoughts on ones we've worked on together and I think are ready to post (or be sent to a beta-reader, possibly, though there's a wide range of fandoms, themes, and ratings on those).

- Should work on the story listings. And the website. May or may not get to that.

- Need to poke at Romana and tag on the sandbox thread. And probably the same with Margaret.

Because it looked like fun, and I am easily amused. Snagged from lferion.

1. Name 2 characters from any of the fandoms in my profile.
2. Name a destination, anywhere in the known or created universes.
3. I'll write you one character's postcard to the other, from that destination.
4. ...because I'm really bored.

... or rather, easily amused and easily distracted.

Snagged from fandom_me and skipthedemon.

Pick a character and I will give and explain the top five ideas/concepts/etc I keep in mind while writing that character that I believe are essential to accurately depicting them.

AU, RP, and canon characters all welcome, and fandom you think I'm familiar with.

Crossposting, easy. Fic-listing for my personal use, easy. Fic-listing on a journal, on hold.

Website updating?

( Um. I'll spare the flist. )

Been a week without internet. Have not written much of Admit Me, Chorus to This History. Have finished my HLH story. Am mostly happy with it, though not as happy as I would be if I'd managed to get the other story done in time. Which I've also worked on, and am aware that it still has at least three plot lines, no end in sight, and I'm still not sure how the three storylines are going to tie into each other yet.

( cut for length and babbling that's almost stream-of-consciousness )

I think that's all for now, and I shall stop babbling and go do some work on a story before I have to get food into the crockpot and ready for work.

Trying to think about updates for what's going on with the writing has been helping me prod at working out things for stories/series/AUs I have, so be aware I'm probably going to start posting a little more often again. And at this point, I'm doing my posting from DW, and crossposting to LJ for my fandom journal. In part, to get myself to use my DW account more.

Right now, working on the AU with a teenage Henry some more, only this time editing the first part, and will continue it through further stuff once done the editing. I'm a bit less fussy about where it's at now, though I'm still trying to figure out how/if this is going to make sense in the context of history. Even a fantasy label only helps me with my headspace so far before I get back to fussy about what I've written, and not being sure it's right (enough).

On the other hand, it does mean I've been doing more research, and have found a useful site to poke at the nobility of the era and their connections and where I'm going to insert certain created characters into the scheme of things. Along with more time-line research because I'm doing some alterations of the timeline, and because I'm just crazy enough to want about every relevant and important event in England and France for the period of the story in the timeline. Even if I don't actually use them in the end. *facepalm*

And Henry is still a very... insistent muse. Though he's been having loud arguments with the chorus of the story, to the amusement and annoyance of any other muse that usually is present. Ah well. At least the arguments usually also mean that I'm going to have something more to write down. I'm a little more comfortable with the beginning of the story now, though I'm not quite sure about the next scene, which should be the last set-up scene before Henry and the female lead meet with the way the new timeline is laid out. I hope. Apparently it might involve putting a loud argument to paper, though at least Henry isn't the second party involved with arguing with the chorus.

I'll have to see, though. Wherever it goes, I'm pretty sure I'm also going to end up with another new character to add to the fun, although all I have for her is an idea who her mother might have been, since I've been prodded by the chorus and company regarding their relations. The chorus has developed serious political ambitions since he first introduced himself to the story.

Anyway. Off to do more writing. Once I separate the muses.

Also, before I forget! hyarrowen, you are wonderful and I'm glad you took on the story to beta-read, because this is going to be better for some of the suggestions you made.