By aorin107

Though I'm still going to keep my posts/memes/essays for fandom public, I'm now going to friends-lock most of my other journal entries, including those that involve RL issues, fanfic requests/snippets/commentary, drabble posts, personal photos and general squeeage/wailing. If you'd really like access to any and all of those things, please comment to be added! I'm friendly and I keep my nibbling discreet. ;)

Below is a list of... well... pretty much I've ever written, ever. What I personally am most proud of is marked with with the [Personal Favorite] tag. I hope you enjoy perusing!

( Disclaimer )

( Final Fantasy XII Fandom Works )

( Little Women Fandom Works )

( Naruto Fandom Works )

( Bleach Fandom Works )

( Miscellaneous Fandom Works )

( Picture Posts )

And comments, corrections and criticism are, as always, completely welcome and loved! After all, a little encouragement never fails to add a bit of inspiration...

A one shot for my lovely beta-in-chief, Elisabeth Harker, with lots of thanks to the terrific elizabethisboss for her help in reviewing and editing this beast! This one-shot, which initially was only meant to be a short snippet of Jo and Laurie being trapped in a short-enclosed space together, simply grew and grew, until it encompassed practically a tiny novella. (Over 7,000 words! Gah, crazy.) Ah well... them's the break. And if enough people hold a fancy and I get interested in continuing, it may or may not have a follow-up. But for now, I can promise nothing!

Thanks again for all your help and devotion to the cause, my dear Eliza. I hope you enjoy your story! And once more, I love and thrive off of reviews, questions and concrit. I'm currently trying not to be seduced away by the Demon's Lexicon fandom and, er, think of it as reinforcement for keeping me here. ;)

Title: Close Quarters
Fandom: Little Women
Characters/Pairings: Jo/Laurie, Cast
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Jo. Laurie. Trapped in a very small larder. Surely nothing good could come out of their circumstances currently... One-shot, complete.

( 'Please tell me,' Jo gritted out as Laurie's face hung perilously close to hers and she got a far closer look at his chin than she had ever thought possible, 'that the sound of the door slamming shut didn't mean what I think it means.' )

All right, time for a little bit of fic reorganization. Instead of putting every short chapter of this long-running series up on my livejournal, I've decided to update this periodically on my fanfiction.net account and post up every 5 entries into LJ, if only to avoid spamming the bound_to_befall comm more than I already have! (Ah, mod, let me know if you want me to make myself scarcer...)

In any case, here are the first five chapters of the fic. They're all fairly short and about the size of a 'regular' fic chapter in any of my other series, so they shouldn't be too much to hack through if you wanted to try doing so in one go. In any case, I hope you enjoy the series and, as always, I would love to receive comments, questions and constructive criticism. Please feed my writerly ego if you liked reading this! It leads to more fic. ;)

Title: 20 Different Ways to Leap Through the Minuet, Chapters 1-5 (Out of 20)
Fandom: Little Women
Series: 20 Different Ways to Leap Through the Minuet
Characters/Pairings: Jo/Laurie, Cast
Rating: R for allusions to sexual content
Summary: He has always know that she would be his downfall one of these days; he simply hadn't understood how deeply strange would be the attending circumstance. 20 different looks into Jo, Laurie, and the marriage that could have been.

( 'Maybe you were-- ah-- sleep shaving,' sputters Jo, giving the least convincing explanation he had heard from a woman since Eve had tired to justify biting into an apple by talking up the health benefits of fresh vegetation.  )

Written mostly because I wanted to toy around with a canonical one-shot that features a very unhappy Laurie. I'm simply playing around with characterization so if you enjoyed this version of him, please let me know. Fic about Laurie being a right bastard in Europe over Jo might very well be forthcoming. ;)

Title: Only Of You and Me
Fandom: Little Women
Characters/Pairings: Jo/Laurie
Rating: R
Summary: A life never lived is not a life never dreamed.

( She has never looked at him this way before until now. As though he were all she wants beyond the edge of anything. )

Sorry for not updating this series for an entire month, especially given the way the last chapter left off! I've been really busy with the end of the spring school semester but now that it's summer, I'm looking forward to finally wrapping up this series which is-- egads-- over 30,000 words already. That's a lot of words to spill on one deflowering so after this and chapter 6, this mini-series will be wrapped up completely.

Thanks once again to all the lovely, lovely readers who have reviewed and told me what did and didn't work for them in the series-- I truly wouldn't have stuck to writing it if it weren't for you all. ♥ And special thanks to the wonderful Elisabeth Harker. She beta'd this tenaciously and made Laurie a great deal more in-character than he'd previously been. Thanks again, lovely!

Title: A Night To Remember, Chapter 5
Fandom: Little Women
Series: A Night to Remember
Characters/Pairings: Jo/Laurie, Amy, Fred, Cast
Rating: Hard R this chapter, NC-17 later
Summary: With a wedding day comes a wedding night. But who on earth could have predicted that Jo and Laurie's one could have proceeded quite *this* madly? Jo/Laurie and a night that they'll remember for the rest of their lives... no matter what they might try to erase from memory. Slight AU, strong sexual content.

( 'Not... so much,' she admitted, her lips thin with courage. 'But there's some ribbons in my vanity drawer if we need them. I'm assuming you'll tie me and then have your... your way with... me...?' )

Good lord, I can even now hear my generous readers cry. What is this wittering mad woman doing starting another series for the Little Women fandom when she's got two already, one (A Night to Remember) nearing completion? Well, it's pretty much summer for me, which means that I've finally got time on my side to write and write as much as I please. And since I dearly love Jo/Laurie and am rather put-out when people argue that they'd be disastrous in a marriage together because they argue a lot (because marriages must be completely frictionless to be considered decent?), I wanted to start a new series of drabbles and short stories to write about how Jo and Laurie's married life could have gone on, adventures, arguments, child-births, and creative differences included.

There's not too much married!J/L fic out there (although the excellent Rese has some great pieces-- I especially love her 'Fumbling in their Passion') so I thought it would be nice to trace how their life together could have gone from beginning to very end. And although I have twenty snippets planned out, only about 15 of the snippets have definite plans. If you have any ideas for what could be included in this fic, please let me know about them! I could really use the help.

(Incidentally, I also wrote Chapter 7 of the round-robin fic Rigmarole, beta'd by the amazing Black Magic Woman. If you're interested in seeing Jo and Laurie come to an understanding about marriage without having either of their hearts broken completely, you might want to check it out. ♥)

So without further ado... let's get to the story already. This has been a very weighty introduction to a tiny beginning fic!

Title: 20 Different Ways to Leap Through the Minuet, Part 1/20
Fandom: Little Women
Series: 20 Different Ways to Leap Through the Minuet
Characters/Pairings: Jo/Laurie, Cast
Rating: K+, Later R for allusions to sexual content
Summary: He has always know that she would be his downfall one of these days; he simply hadn't understood how deeply strange would be the attending circumstance. 20 different looks into Jo, Laurie, and the marriage that could have been.

( In his dreams, they dance and keep on dancing, together until the end. )

This will, sadly, likely be the last time I update this fic until the summer releases me from the burdens of schooling. But at the least, I finally, finally got to write some smut and got comfortable with Laurie's POV. It's odd-- it's as though the character suddenly started talking right into my ear and wouldn't shut up until I had finished off this chapter for spring break. It's almost as though he was willing to nag and nag until I let him do as he pleased... ;)

In any case, thanks again for all the lovely, lovely constructive reviews for chapter 3. They helped a ridiculous amount in fashioning my characterization for Laurie! Special thanks have to go to Dream's Sister, whose beautiful missives on Laurie helped with my break-through, and Elisabeth Harker, who actually helped me roleplay this and the follow chapter. Some of Jo's dialog comes straight from her mind and if you aren't reading her new fic, Braver Than We Are, you're missing out!

Thanks again and please drop a review if you liked the chapter. It really thrills me as both a writer and fangirl of the series. ;)

Title: A Night To Remember, Chapter 4
Fandom: Little Women
Series: A Night to Remember
Characters/Pairings: Jo/Laurie, Amy, Fred, Cast
Rating: Hard R This Chapter, Later NC-17
Summary: She had told him: "I can't betray my sister like this." And he had looked at her with those dark, frantic eyes and whispered: "You are going to be the death of me." Jo, Laurie, and what could have been and might still be.
Note: The long-promised sex finally rears its head in this chapter, albeit not all that explicitly as of yet. Beware delicate sensibilities!

( So instead of launching into raptures about what the light did to her collarbones or the reflections of her avian eyes, Laurie simply leaned against the door, put his sauciest grin forward, and tried not to let the sudden pooling of desire between his stomach and his spine take over the evening.  )

A few points, before launching into perhaps the strangest fic I've ever worked on so far.

1. Yes, this is a Batman/Little Women crossover. It all began when I ran across a viewing of Batman Begins a few days past, thought Laurie sure did look fetching in a cowl, pictured Jo as an awesome comic-book version of Nellie Bly, and was so taken by the idea that I had to do something with it while I was still enjoying Spring Break.

2. Yes, this probably could serve as proof that I'm completely insane, especially given the fact that I decided to write an action/adventure Little Women fic. But c'mon. Wouldn't seeing Laurie kick some righteous ass and Jo pistol-whip some bad-guys be completely and utterly awesome crack? Even if I do have to occasionally come up with some outlandish anachronisms and comic-book logic to justify it? ;)

3. No, this does not meant that I've abandoned writing A Night to Remember. That mini-series has only two, possibly three, chapters left to be written and most definitely will be completed. Thanks again for supporting that fic with such thoughtful, helpful comments!

4. No, I can give you no assurances that this fic will continue on to a definite end. I would like it to and knowing that people are reading-- especially through reviews, hint, hint ;)-- would help a great deal but this could end up being yet another abandoned WIP from me. I hope not but if you like the story... please review. It would really help in writing!

5. And finally, no, this is not to be taken very seriously. This fic was written very much in the Batman comic-book/movie mold, which means that logic takes a firm and definite back-seat to sheer excitement. I certainly will try to characterize Laurie and Jo as more-or-less themselves, albeit with eight years of hard living and some outrageous back-story to contend with. But the plot will likely be far less realistic and possibly involve secret ninja societies dedicated to the downfall of great cities, as in Batman Begins. Who needs a plausible plot when you have snappy patter, sexual tension, eventual love scenes and Jo pistol whipping someone when she gets very, very upset? ;)

In any case, without further do...

Title: Dark Scribe Begins, Chapter 1
Fandom: Little Women & Batman Begins
Series: Dark Scribe Begins
Characters/Pairings: Jo/Laurie, Amy, Fred, Cast
Rating: R
Summary: It would all begin with a message hastily sent through her kitchen window on an otherwise unremarkable morning. But after a certain gentleman of a darker persuasion moves back into her city, Jo March's life gets all the more dangerous from there...
Note: This is a Little Women/Batman Begins crossover, with all the madness that entails. This is so AU, I almost don't even need to mention it.

( 'Did you know that apparently, some new lunatic in the city have taken to stalking reporters while they sit astride their kitchen table, attempting to peaceably eat?' )

My God. Can you believe that it's been almost exactly a month since I last updated this fanfic series? Or that it took me roughly four weeks of furious writerly struggles to finish up with roughly 10 pages consisting of Laurie thinking about Jo and wondering what on earth happened in their proposal scene? This was probably the trickiest chapter I've had to write so far, though I managed to get through it with the help of very kind Black Magik Woman and plenty of other reviewers for chapter 2 that I stupidly have not gotten back to yet. (Especially geniusgirl and chiana606 and dream's sister-- your reviews gave me so much to chew on, especially where Laurie was concerned.) But in any case, here's chapter 3 of ANtR. Please be kind and review if you enjoyed the story!

Also, as a quick note: I've also written for Black Magik Woman's round-robin Little Women fic Rigmarole. I completed chapter 5 and the fic has enough Jo/Laurie groping and basilisk-like staring from certain rigid, cranky, elderly relative to be a ridiculous amount of fun. Please feel free to check that out if the thought in any way appeals. ;)

Title: A Night To Remember, Chapter 3
Fandom: Little Women
Series: A Night to Remember
Characters/Pairings: Jo/Laurie, Amy, Fred, Cast
Rating: R, Later NC-17
Summary: She had told him: "I can't betray my sister like this." And he had looked at her with those dark, frantic eyes and whispered: "You are going to be the death of me." Jo, Laurie, and what could have been and might still be.
Note: If you can't handle fairly explicit future descriptions of beloved children's book characters having sex, this may not be the fic for you. Not that I blame you for misgivings, naturally!

( 'Three years, and with the maddening sheen of her lips as she pulled from him, the promise of a dull, respectable, societal redemption at the hands of her golden-haired sister flew away as though it had never been.' )

I'm back again, with part 2 of what may be the strangest-- but most wickedly gratifying-- fanfic I've ever written! A hearty thank you to everyone who wrote, commented and encouraged me when I put up part 1. I was afraid I'd be writing directly into the wilderness but I was really surprised and pleased to know that there are actually some damn kind people-- and damn fine writers-- out there who actually are enjoying this as I stumble along with it.

Furthermore, a great deal of thanks goes to everyone who offered to help me with conceptualizing this story and who gave me so much wonderful, constructive criticism. You have all really helped me realize how important building on the characterization is when penning an AU and I hope chapter 2 really reflects my building on top of that. ♥

So, without rambling on still more, we may as well go on to...

Title: A Night To Remember, Chapter 2
Fandom: Little Women
Series: A Night to Remember
Characters/Pairings: Jo/Laurie, Amy, Fred, Cast
Rating: R, Later NC-17
Summary: She had told him: "I can't betray my sister like this." And he had looked at her with those dark, frantic eyes and whispered: "You are going to be the death of me." Jo, Laurie, and what could have been and might still be.
Note: If you can't handle fairly explicit future descriptions of beloved children's book characters having sex, this may not be the fic for you. Not that I blame you for misgivings, naturally!

( Because the only way I have to measure time is by being and not being with you... )

So yes, I've started writing fic with strange regularity again. And yes, this is "Little Women" (as in, by Louisa May Alcott!) fanfiction. And yes, this is about Jo and Laurie's extremely hypothetical wedding and even more hypothetical (a-hem) wedding night. And yes, it will have fairly explicit sex happening on-screen sooner or later.

Just when I think my fandom life can't get any weirder (terrifying pint-sized bride-grooms, anyone?), I have to go and prove myself wrong. But a watching the excellent 1994 Little Women movie on Youtube (with an adorable Winona Ryder as Jo and a delicious Christian Bale as Laurie) and reading some truly excellent Jo/Laurie fic on Fanfiction.net (check out anything by the Rese or Dream's Sister or Quirky Del!) has probably served as inspiration for naughtier things.

(Especially given Christian Bale's involvement...)

So while I didn't expect myself to come up with this fic even a week ago, I'm very, very happy to find myself in a new fandom and writing this story. And in any case, I do hope anyone who finds themselves curious enjoys the read. Thank you for putting up with me and the contents of my strange brain currently.

So without further ado, we may as well go onto the story!

Title: A Night To Remember, Chapter 1
Fandom: Little Women
Series: A Night to Remember
Characters/Pairings: Jo/Laurie, Amy, Fred, Cast
Rating: R, Later NC-17
Summary: She had told him: "I can't betray my sister like this." And he had looked at her with those dark, frantic eyes and whispered: "You are going to be the death of me." Jo, Laurie, and what could have been and might still be.
Note: If you can't handle fairly explicit future descriptions of beloved children's book characters having sex, this may not be the fic for you. Not that I blame you for misgivings, naturally!

( 'It was difficult to say anything with her heart in her teeth, but something in her eyes must have given it away regardless. Something in her gaze that had made his breath strangle in his throat, that had brought the strange glimmer of hope back to his eyes, that had made him step forward hopefully...' )

I live! And even more amazingly, I write! It might have taken me a record four months (!) to update this story but damn it, it feels good to be back to working on a story again. And contrary to what some people may have feared (and a few others may have hoped ;), this 'fic is back on track. I spent two straight weeks writing and re-writing this chapter, since trying to generate conflict in this story turned out to be a difficult task. (Though granted, starting a multi-chapter story with no real plan was pretty much asking for problems of that nature to pop up...) But in any case, this chapter is finally done and I had a ridiculous amount of fun writing Itachi as a Magnificent Bastard Who Knows All And Speaks Only Cryptically. I'm going to miss him when the spot-light inevitably falls on the other men in Hinata's life that will soon be driving her batty.

In any case, though it's been months, I hope that the wonderful reviewers I've had before are still interested in reading this story. Thanks again to every wonderful person who's read and reviewed this so far! I wouldn't have worked through the writer's block if it wasn't for your past encouragement.

And so, without wasting any more time, we may as well get to the fic already.

Title: Lords and Ladies, Chapter 5
Fandom: Naruto
Series: Lords and Ladies
Characters/Pairings: Itachi/Hinata, Sasuke/Hinata/Gaara, Cast
Rating: R
Summary: Hinata had expected that her life would change after being married to Sasuke in a sham marriage meant to throw off the chains of their respective families. But she had no idea that the greatest of worries was only now coming...
Note: This chapter features a few traces of a dubiously consenting sexual situation. There's nothing graphic, but please tread lightly if it's a personal trigger.

( 'And here I thought you were more attracted towards blonds,' Itachi responded dryly, sending another rush of blood circulating to the tops of her cheeks. 'Or have your romantic peccadilloes changed so quickly? If you keep changing your mind from one man to the next, you might be accused of faithlessness quite easily.' )

I'm putting this chapter up a little sooner than expected but I've got something to celebrate. Thanks to the magic of Jewish holidays, I've got two whole weeks of school off, which makes me incandescently giddy with glee. Life is good and gave me just enough time and inspiration to finish this chapter early. ♥

Admittedly, this chapter does have a major about-face in terms of tone as compared to earlier, more explicitly comic chapters. But Itachi does have a rather interesting sense of humor and I had a ridiculously good time penning Hinata's show-down with him. As adorable as she and Sasuke are together, I have a feeling that Itachi/Hinata is turning into my evil OTP...

And thanks again goes to all the kind people who have been reading and reviewing so far. I'm still in a state of grateful shock over how many reviews I received for the last chapter! Thank you so much for being such a wonderful audience and I hope this chapter lives up to my previous teasing. ;)

Title: Lords and Ladies, Chapter 4
Fandom: Naruto
Series: Lords and Ladies
Characters/Pairings: Itachi/Hinata, Sasuke/Hinata/Gaara, Cast
Rating: R
Summary: Hinata had expected that her life would change after being married to Sasuke in a sham marriage meant to throw off the chains of their respective families. But she had no idea that the greatest of worries was only now coming...
Note: This chapter features a few traces of a dubiously consenting sexual situation. There's nothing graphic, but please tread lightly if it's a personal trigger.

( He was tracing a simulacrum of the Uchiha fan into the tender skin of her neck, she realized, the knowledge seeping into her slowly. As though he were marking her for something grander than what she already had here. )

The deformed fruit of my heedless imagination manages to continue to grow at alarming rates. And after taking in some very good criticism suggested by kind reviewers who noted that chapter 2 of L&L went nowhere fast, I'm trying to revamp the fic to include more plot momentum. And thus we have chapter 3, which hopefully ends in a cliff-hanger important enough to set up not one or two but three major story lines. Here's hoping people enjoy reading as much as I did writing!

And as always, much love goes to the very kind reviewers of past chapters and to anyone else who drops me a line telling me what they think of the fic. It makes me very happy to now that there's people out there who enjoy my ridiculous scribbles and every time they leave me a comment or constructive criticism, my reviewers are doing me a great kindness. ♥

Title: Lords and Ladies, Chapter 3
Fandom: Naruto
Series: Lords and Ladies
Characters/Pairings: Sasuke/Hinata/Gaara, Neji, Itachi, Naruto, Sakura, Ino, TBA
Rating: R
Summary: Hinata had expected that her life would change after being married to Lord Sasuke in a sham marriage meant to throw off the chains of their respective families. But she had no idea that the greatest of worries was only now coming...

( I was starting to think that maybe Sasuke had blackmailed you into getting married to him after all and you accidentally fell into a coma after realizing that it was really *Itachi* that had married you and now you were being shared by two brothers and you're trying to get out by seducing a more powerful man to take you away from your erotic prison of sex, sin and salacious seduction! )

Oh wow. First of all, a very big, hearty thank-you to everyone who was kind enough to leave me a review for the first chapter! I thought I was going to be largely ignored for writing something this unapologetically soapy. But ridiculous heaps of thanks goes to my reviewers. I would probably not have bothered to write this second chapter without the knowledge that someone else is enjoying this besides me.

(Or at least, I wouldn't have bothered to post this up. Proof-reading forever haunts me.)

Also, small note. I can't promise that updates for this fic will be consistent. How quickly I update will wax and wane due to my school schedule, my work schedule and interest from readers/reviewers. So if you like this story, please let me know so I have an extra reason to not feel guilty about writing this as opposed to, say, learning more about statistical path analysis. (Ugh.) Reviews, concrit and comments are always welcome and appreciated. ♥

So without further ado...

Title: Lords and Ladies, Chapter 2
Fandom: Naruto
Series: Lords and Ladies
Characters/Pairings: Sasuke/Hinata/Gaara, Neji, Itachi, Naruto/Sakura, Ino, TBA
Rating: R
Summary: Lady Hinata had expected that her life would change after being married to Lord Sasuke in a sham marriage meant to throw off the chains of their respective families. But she had no idea that the greatest of worries was only now coming...
Note: This is a purely silly, frothy, fun modern-day AU that takes place with Konoha and Suna still intact but rearranged in strange ways.

( Such naivety didn't make her an innocent in any way, not even sexually. Members of the Hyuuga clan, after all, tended to be exposed to the facts of life early. It wasn't hard to be a little blasé about something as mundane as human sexuality after the 34th time they accidentally used their Byakugan where they shouldn't have and caught sight of something they *truly* did not wish to see in the bed-chambers of their next-of-kin. If he had lived long enough, Freud would have had a field day with Hinata's family. )

Normally, I wouldn't bother to put this fic up on LJ since it's only one of many ridiculous little projects that I started writing mostly to have a decent creative outlet in the midst of of a very, very stressful period in my life. But somehow, this silly little plot bunny sunk its teeth deep into me and doesn't seem willing to let up anytime soon. So I had no choice but to post a quasi-modern day AU Sasuke/Hinata/Gaara fic that's less about love triangles and more about love three dimensional figures that had points that go on endlessly into space. Is this something to take seriously? God no. I'm writing almost straight from the hip here. But hopefully, this will at least be a great deal of fun for both my readers and myself.

And yes, reviews are very greatly loved and appreciated and likely to spur me on to write even more of this series. So if you like this, please review. You would truly make a sad little graduate student's day here. ♥

Title: Lords and Ladies, Chapter 1
Fandom: Naruto
Series: Lords and Ladies
Characters/Pairings: Sasuke/Hinata/Gaara, Neji, Itachi, Naruto/Sakura, Ino, TBA
Rating: R
Summary: Lady Hinata had expected that her life would change after being married to Lord Sasuke in a sham marriage meant to throw off the chains of their respective families. But she had no idea that the greatest of worries was only now coming...
Note: This is a purely silly, frothy, fun modern-day AU that takes place with Konoha and Suna still intact but rearranged in strange ways.

( Crazed weasels, Hinata told herself, though it didn't sound believable even within her own skull. He looks *far* more like he's been attacked by crazed weasels than-- than--than tossed about in a bed with his head thrown back in ecstasy and some lucky, lucky, lucky girl about to rip his underwear off with nothing more than her *teeth*-- )

Thanks to mad_rex's gentle reminder, I realized I should finally put up an official "notice" of sorts that I'm on hiatus on LJ. Frankly, between worrying about fall classes, cranking out a decent base for a thesis, trying for intimidatingly good graduate schools in Chicago and trying to juggle a new job as a TA, I'm at my wit's end for time and am usually too damn slothful by the end of the day to fit fandom into my life in any meaningful way. Thus, although I'm occasionally going batty and chucking up the silliest fic imaginable* into my fanfiction.net account for stress relief, I'm on an indefinite hiatus as of now. If you need to contact me, catch me on AIM or shoot me an email at mariagonerlj at yahoo.com. Otherwise, I'll hopefully catch you all in a few weeks-- and stalk you if I can see you in the meantime on AIM! (I'll actually try to sign in more, I swear. I just tend to neglect it for enormous blocks on time and then jump on randomly.)

*All of those fics have been grounded in the Twilight fandom but I'm looking for new source material now. I had a minor row with someone about being a hypocrite for laughing at the canon and yet still writing fanfic for it, and it's put me off completely. If anyone else has any ideas for some good, silly fandoms I can write for, I'd love to hear them. Otherwise, I expect there's always sublimating my pent-up creativity into nitpicking studies, or something.

I wish I had words to describe how incredibly, incredibly amused I am by the hullabaloo that's been going on in the exquisitely wanky Twilight fandom. If anyone wants a better overview of the events of Breaking Dawn, it might be helpful to look at Cleolinda's look at the book, beginning here.

I think it's very possible to say that in just one gargantuan tome, Stephanie Meyers has managed to:

( Thar be spoilers in this text, as well as deep-sea mythical creatures! )

Knots is dead. Long live Knots. But at the very least, I thought I might as well give an explanation for how it all winds up.

Essentially, I'm sorry to finally have to throw in the towel as far as the Knots, Ties and Tides series is concerned, due to a combination of a lack of time and interest in continuing to write it. And frankly, though I still love the damn thing like a mother might love a deformed child, I honestly think Knots, Ties and Tides was essentially a failure as a piece of fiction. The plot was at least quite unique and the characters were ridiculously fun to write and hopefully to read-- but my pacing for the story was completely off. I spent around 80,000 words to set up the first pivotal event of the story-- Penelo and Larsa heading to Mt. Bur Omisace-- and after 13 chapters, still haven't managed to get them there. Frankly, I think writing any more would have tired both myself and the readers out, so I've decided to wrap up the series once and for all.

But for all that, I know there are a few kind souls out there who want to know how it ends, and for their sake, I wanted to use this time to run down the major events that take place between the end of chapter 13 and the final defeat of Vayne Solidor on the Bahamut. I know this is a little bit of a cheat to do it all in two compress chapters-- but I promise to do this as entertainingly as a summary format will allow me, with bits and pieces of actual scenes sprinkled into the text. And at the least, it would allow me to wrap up the series with an actual epilogue that will catch up with everyone in the series a good ten years after it closes with Vayne's defeat. I'm looking forward to that and I hope you are too. ;)

For those of you who might have gotten a little lost with the series, it might be helpful to read Knots, Ties and Tides in Fifteen Minutes, Part 1, Knots in Fifteen, Part 2 and Chapter 13 to get up to speed.

And so without further ado...

Title: Knots, Ties and Tides, The Lost Chapters, Part 1
Fandom: Final Fantasy XII
Series: Knots, Ties and Tides
Characters/Pairings: Larsa/Penelo, Basch, Balthier, Vaan, Reks, Ashe, Gran Kilias, Vayne
Rating: PG-13
Summary: When Ashe asked Penelo to make a sacrifice for Dalmasca's sake, she had no idea that this was what her Queen had in mind...
Note: Spans the time between the end of Chapter 13 of the series to the end of the game.

( Though I hope you know that I'm expecting a *lot* of compensation from having to now think about the wedding night between you and Emperor Badtouch--- )

I know that prudence should dictate that I actually wait a day before I post the next part of Twitlight up, seeing as how I've put another fic up yesterday. But with chapter 3 finally finished and almost begging me to be posted I couldn't resist temptation... especially not when it finally manifests with Rosalie having not just one but two rather fraught encounters with the Cullens. And for one reason or another, our favorite family of vampires that sparkle in the sun came out just a little bit more sinister in this conception than in the original canon...

And as always, reviews, comments and constructive criticism are very much appreciated. I really enjoy just knowing people are reading this so if you are (especially on fanfiction-dot-net), please review. It truly does help keep me motivated in the writing process!

And much much much much much beta-ing love goes to moontear and especially safire_griffon for their help with dialog between Rosalie and a certain Cullen. Thank you both for making the process of writing this far more enjoyable and far less torturous than it could have been.

Title: Twitlight, Chapter 3
Fandom: Twilight
Series: Twitlight
Characters/Pairings: Rosalie/Edward, Rosalie/Emmett, Japser, Alice, Cast
Rating: Hard R, Later NC-17
Summary: Sometimes it takes a bitch on heels with an axe to grind and an aversion to sparkles and sunshine to get the job done. An AU of the first book with Rosalie being cast in Bella's place—and being asked to solve a mystery that the original book never had.
Note: Beware harsh language, sexual innuendo, later sexual actions, and the possibilities of insatiable vampire hunger being temporarily stopped by hard rubber mouth gags.

( You know, usually people don't have to stalk me to get my name. A simple 'hi, how are you, how do you do' does the trick pretty well, actually... )