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Just bits and pieces friends-locked, so if you want to hear all of that, feel free to friend + comment here. Or wherever, I'm not fussed. All fic is unlocked.

I don't normally do fic recs, because I kind of suck, but I'm hoping to change that since, hey! I like fic, you like fic, we could do something awesome by sharing the good stuff around.

( Bandom, Gossip Girl and Star Trek09 RPF )

It’s Ekka week! I love the Ekka, and I spent the day there yesterday, which was fabulous. I may do a recap about it later, but it involved me hugging a lama, which is basically the single greatest experience of my life.

Other news:
- The ‘What a Catch, Donnie’, video breaks my heart. I feel like the one thing I’ve never been able to complain about with FOB is the quality of their videos. I love that they’ve never really had that ‘here we are playing our instruments in a dark and seedy room’ video; they’ve always had a story to them, or behind them. They’re always exceptionally well-made videos that reflect the state of the band when they’re filmed. WaC,D is really, really true to this trend. I feel like in particular, it reflects the state of Pete and Patrick’s relationship, or rather, it reflects Pete’s interpretation of their relationship. Patrick, first and foremost, is a musician. However reclusive from the outset, it’s from no shortage of love to give, and love he does give, first for the seagull, and second of all to everyone else. He saves people, he saves the fans and he saves Joe and Andy, and everyone on Pete’s label, but he doesn’t save Pete. One day I’ll do a post on this thematic consistency in their videos. We’ve seen it before in the ‘Sixteen Candles’ video, and even ‘Saturday’ to an extent. It’s really interesting; sad, but interesting.

- I’ve started watching ‘Dollhouse’! However belated, I’m really, really enjoying it. I continue to be surprised at the Australian actors popping up throughout international film and television though, because omg, they’re everywhere. You should’ve seen my face when Sierra in the ‘Stage Fright’ episode said “Wait until I tell everyone back in Brisbane about this!” Seriously, I actually said, “That’s where I live!” Brisbane’s never mentioned on TV, it was fab. I also want epic amounts of Echo/Sierra fic, because they are so cute. And also sexy, but mostly cute.

- I’m reading ‘The Outsider’ by Albert Camus for my fiction course. It’s a very interesting novel. I don’t really talk about it on this journal, but I have a long standing fascination with mental disabilities. I’ve read a lot of books, both fiction and non-fiction, on things like Autism, Aspergers, Huntington’s Disease, Down Syndrome, OCD, etc. And it’s really interesting to read ‘The Outsider’, because the tone of his narration reminds me so, so much of the tone of ‘Look Me In The Eye’ which is a memoir I read a while ago of a man who grew up with Aspergers Syndrome. It’s something that fascinates me, since Aspergers is something that was only diagnosed formally in 1944, and, prior to that, was treated as a form of Schizophrenia which, omg, no. Anyway, my point is that ‘The Outsider’ was published in 1943, which was a year before Aspergers was understood, even marginally. We’ve talked about it quite a lot in our seminars, and I’m not sure why I’m posting about it, I just find it fascinating.

- Lastly! Brendon and Ryan need to stop talking, because the more they talk, the more I think the Panic! Break-up was a legit response to their deteriorating romantic relationship, and then I just want to write an epic, angsty break-up fic, and omg, no. I am meant to be done with wanting to write you guys. People should rec me Panic! Break-up fic, so that I can assure myself that someone has written it already and done a better job of it than I could do.

And, because I am a sheep Ask me my fannish Top Fives. Any top fives. Doesn't matter what, really! And I will answer them all in a new post.

Music rec? I’m really into this Aussie band Sneaky Sound System. The lead singer, Connie Mitchell sang on five of the songs on Kanye West’s album ‘Graduation’, so if you don’t know her from the band, you might recognise the voice from there. She’s the female vocalist on ‘Flashing Lights’ and ‘Can’t tell me Nothin’ for reference.



( Come on, you know you're interested. )

On a completely different note, I signed up for getyourwordsout with the intention of posting 20.8k words a month. Lol. Ah, well. Watch me try to get back into the swing of frequent writing.

And yeah, this is kind of an excuse to use my new icon. *g*

( FOB van ficlet thing. )

So, what? 20,340 words to go before the end of the month. Haha, alright then.

In which I objectify everyone in bandom! Yay! Really not safe for work.



( Let's not bother pretending we're here for the ~music )

There is drama all across the interwebs today, and I combat this by picspamming.

( The Cash and Alex Band. Now With Added Ian. )

Rip Her To Shreds.
R. FOBgirlverse. Trish/Peyton.
Written for Bandombigbang. 22,533 words.

Brilliant art and fanmix here.

( Officially, it starts with Jo. )

So! I'm gonna start the long haul in posting my bandombigbang which is like, mega, mega exciting!

First and foremost! I got art! And it's awesome and amazing and really really works for what I had in mind, so! moondarri  thank you! Thank you so, so much. :)


Also, to top it off, I got the most beautiful fanmix ever from turnyourankle  . She also did brilliant cover art which, again, under the cut. 

 
Also, I just want to give both of them massive, massive props for turning out something this beautiful when what I actually had done at the point of sending was really insanely not-done. The fic was still a skeleton in many places, and the fact that, yeah, they managed to make this sorta stuff makes me squeal like the freak I am. Ahah. Thank you.

Two ficlets. I'm trying to train myself into conveying more in less. Does that make sense?

 

Torn.
post-best buy. Patrick/Pete-implied. 1,171 words.

( All Patrick can see is Pete’s tiny frame, the slope of his shoulders and the curve of his spine. He can see every inhale, heartbeat, blood pulse beneath skin and muscle and Pete could do anything right now and Patrick isn‘t sure he‘d care so long as he keeps breathing. )

Title: Poets Come To Life. (3/3)
Rating: MA-15.
Fandom: Bandom. P!atd. FOB. THS. (Brendon/Ryan, Pete/Patrick, implied Spencer/Pete, Spencer/Ryan, Spencer/Greta, past-Pete/Ashlee) 

( “You’re sorta beautiful,” Brendon says. “And I say that like, totally superficially.” )

Title: Poets Come To Life. (1/3)
Rating: MA-15.
Fandom: Bandom. P!atd. FOB. THS. (Brendon/Ryan, Pete/Patrick, implied Spencer/Pete, Spencer/Ryan, Spencer/Greta, past-Pete/Ashlee)

Many thanks to dawn_afterglowfor the beta.

( If this story were to ever start with once upon a time, it would start here. )

Title: Lines On Palms (1/4)
Rating: R
Fandom: FOB (Patrick/Pete)
 ( Three guys walk into a bar. )