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( fan comics (SGA, Angel, The X-Files) )

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Leverage Fanart:

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Fullmetal Alchemist fanart:

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( SGA fanart: oneshots ) (all oneshots collected in a single post here)

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( more oneshots (Bones, XF, Angel )

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( orginal art )

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NOTE: I'm always fine with linking to any of my posts, but please don't upload my fanart or original art to other sites (like tumblr) without permission. (However, feel free to snag the thumbnails.)

See Yourself As Part of the World by Spatz (Avengers)
Gen; Clint/Natasha friendship; commentfic, 973 words
Summary: For some reason, it was always robots in Amsterdam.

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tell of a lesson that failed by summerstorm (Leverage)
Maggie/Nate pre-canon; PG-13; 7314 words
Summary: There's no need for her to be out of bed yet. Not for another hour. She runs a hand through her hair, rubs her fingers over her eyes. They feel like craters, the skin underneath soft and inconsistent and sunken. She sips her coffee, which is still scalding hot, and takes a look around the room. It looks the way it's always looked. She's doing what she's always done.
Maybe that's the problem.

I love this story for the subtle and sensitive way it deals with the painful breakup of their marriage from Maggie's POV; one can entirely emphasize with her, and yet the the story isn't about taking sides... there are no bad guys here. The story feels very real.

Originally posted at Dreamwidth. Comments:

still officially lost by pollyrepeat (Avengers)
Gen; Characters: Hawkeye, Coulson; Genre: AU, origin story; 11913 words
Summary: “Barton has clearly imprinted on you,” Fury starts, and keeps talking right over Phil’s knee-jerk, horrified, “He has not,” to seal Phil’s doom by saying, “so I’ve decided that you’re going to take primary responsibility for him from now on.”
“Oh, god,” Phil says, faintly, before he can stop himself.

I liked the fic I rec'd yesterday so much that I checked out what else the authors have written, and found this great origin fic: Coulson finds it his assignment to socialize a cagey teenager with people after his head. Loved both the plot and the characteriztion, the way the two slowly get used to each other.

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well, let the drum beat drop by jonesandashes, pollyrepeat (Avengers)
Gen; team bonding; 4357 words
Summary: Pepper leaves, and there’s no more pizza, and Thor’s already talked about Jane, and Tony suspects all of them realize, abruptly and simultaneously, that they actually have no idea what to do now. He is, in fact, pretty certain that they’re just a few minutes away from someone deciding to say something about the weather. It’s probably going to be him.

This fic is really hilarious, the Tony voice delightfully snarky with a dry humor.

note 1: AO3 seems to be having server issues right now... if it doesn't load right away try refreshing, that worked.
note 2: After browsing and reading for a bit I find my story kink in this fandom is funny teamy gen. If anyone has more recs for just that, I'm all ears. (Doesn't need to feature the complete team each time.)

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I finally watched Avengers last night. I'm really not big on superheroes, nor on gadgets and explosions, and the movie came so highly praised that I feared there was no way but down - but this movie absolutely worked for me. It was entertaining, it was funny, it had lovely character interaction and the kind of ensemble I love, and the dialog rocked. ( Read more... )

Well, I might check out some fic. Maybe something with Bruce or Natasha, or some ensembl-y gen... mmh.

Originally posted at Dreamwidth. Comments:

A tip I got from my parents to modify the traditional German (Westphalian?) asparagus recipe of boiled white asparagus and potatoes with melted butter or sauce hollandaise on top: The potatoes and asparagus taste at least as good if instead of the butter or sauce you sprinkle some olive oil on top and add a generous amount of freshly ground parmesan cheese.

(An especially good alternative if one happens to have forgotten to buy boilded ham and it happens to be a public holiday and all the shops are closed - the parmesan adds so much aroma that we didn't even miss the ham.)

Originally posted at Dreamwidth. Comments:

fanart medley: 'Calvin and Hobbes' Mashups with Everything from 'Watchmen' to 'Walking Dead'

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snagging from rydra_wong: The New York Times has done an article about Ashima Shiraishi, the 11-year old climber from NYC. The article itself is really interesting and there's a video right at the top with some great footage, among other things one of her first climbs on a rock in Central Park, and then her recent climb up Crown of Aragorn which is so hellishly difficult only few grownups have managed it.

... I could watch that kid climb all day!

Originally posted at Dreamwidth. Comments:

The federal state I live in (North-Rhine Westphalia) has voted yesterday. Huge losses for the conservative CDU. Their partners-in-crime FDP did surprisingly well but without the CDU to power them they can't do that much damage with their antisocial attitudes.

The Pirates did really well and I'm actually pleased about that. I wouldn't have voted for them because they're nowhere near getting their act together, but I'm glad they will be a small presence in parliament, adding their POV.

Look at this picture of Ministerpräsidentin Hannelore Kraft of the Social Democrats and Sylvia Löhrmann of the Green party. A happy pic, is what that is. :)

Originally posted at Dreamwidth. Comments:

You know the recurring wank that flares up once-yearly about how fanfic isn't *real* writing? Right now there's the fanart equivalent going on tumblr: "I also don’t think you can really be an artists and be immersed in Fandom at the same time, because (for me) in order to make art you have to view the world critically."

The OP's post manages to be in equal parts pretentious and naive and the person right behind him seems to have a contest going on how often they can stuff their foot in their mouth: "Fanartists can do incredible work too, but as a consumer of art it’s as significant as the difference between eating a meal and eating someone else’s vomit." -- (What, you find that insulting? Alex saiz: "Last, if you’re reading some kind of personal insult into it, then that might be your own guilt speaking.")

Lots of nicely argued rebuttals, of course. (I finally figured out how to follow a discussion on that site... that took only a year.)

ETA: OP has posted a clarification with apologies. I still don't agree with some of his points but he's phrasing everything a lot better now.

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found on facebook...
Politician's Election Campaign: BEFORE / AFTER

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Buildering - A Climbing Story
A human interest piece on the sport of buildering.

A pretty good intro video for those interested in the sport of buildering (aka urban climbing). Most of the vids I link here are by advanced climbers and many of the routes in them are really pretty freaking scary and not necessarily something that would've made me think "I gotta try that!" But the sport itself is no more dangerous than you want it to be, and it's great fun to experience an urban environment in an entirely new way.

Originally posted at Dreamwidth. Comments:

Without a Clue by sholio (White Collar)
Gen; Neal&Peter; humor; 323 words

"Neal, what are you doing? You can't get into the library that way. There's no door."
"I went over the wall."
"You can't do that."
"I used the rope. See?"

Originally posted at Dreamwidth. Comments:

Finished my art for casestory. Think it turned out nicely. :O)
Bed now...

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A First Time for Everything by wontquitmydayjob (Leverage)
Gen, PG; team/friendship; 3856 words
Summary: They say you never forget your first time.

The team's very first jobs...

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The Crowley Job by epeeblade (Leverage/SPN)
Gen; PG-13; team; 850 words
Summary: Nate gathers his team together for a briefing in a universe very different from our own.

Fusion fic: the Leverage gang in the world of Supernatural... and the result is pretty cool. I'd wanna read more about this version of the team!

eta: already taken care of; three card monte
stupid question: can anyone tell me which Leverage ep the scene in this icon is from?

Originally posted at Dreamwidth. Comments:

The New York ComicCon Con by epeeblade (Leverage)
Gen; Rated G; Characters: Hardison, Parker, Eliot, OC; casefic; 3728 words
Summary: Hardison, Elliot and Parker steal ComicCon for a young hacker.

Neat casefic in a geeky setting with an impromptu con job, lots of bickering and a well-fitting OC. Great fun.

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