• Straight White Male: The Lowest Difficulty Setting There Is
  Dudes. Imagine life here in the US — or indeed, pretty much anywhere in the Western world — is a massive role playing game, like World of Warcraft except appallingly mundane, where most quests involve the acquisition of money, cell phones and donuts, although not always at the same time. Let’s call it The Real World. You have installed The Real World on your computer and are about to start playing, but first you go to the settings tab to bind your keys, fiddle with your defaults, and choose the difficulty setting for the game. Got it? Okay: In the role playing game known as The Real World, “Straight White Male” is the lowest difficulty setting there is.

  (tags: nonfic rl humour games )

• waketosleep - Discovered Check
  Spock discovers that Kirk has been holding out on him.

  (tags: startrek kirk/spock gen short pg )

• rhaegal - Compatibility Test
  A curt nod that was almost a bow, and then Spock was gone. The door swooshed closed behind him, and Jim could only stare after him, astounded. He wasn't sure – it was quite possible he'd been at McCoy's liquor cabinet and his mind was playing cruel tricks on him – but it seemed that he had just been maneuvered into asking his first officer out on a date.

  (tags: startrek kirk/spock medium nc17 virgin xeno )

• Jenna Hilary Sinclair - Dawn
  Spock slowly comes back to himself after the fal-tor-pan.

  (tags: startrek kirk/spock short pg amnesia h/c )

• Jenna Hilary Sinclair - Celebrations
  Spock receives a holiday gift each year from his captain.

  (tags: startrek kirk/spock short pg holiday )

• Jenna Hilary Sinclair - Communication
  It takes a war with the Tholians for Kirk and Spock to start talking truthfully with each other.

  (tags: startrek kirk/spock long pg epistolary )

• Jenna Hilary Sinclair - Down and Out and Under the Table
  McCoy inadvertently discovers Kirk and Spock's relationship, from an unusual vantage point.

  (tags: startrek kirk/spock medium nc17 outsidepov )

• Jenna Hilary Sinclair - Freely Given
  Kirk and Spock go to a planet where a kiss is acceptable between men. Also, the complicated tradition of gift-giving.

  (tags: startrek kirk/spock long nc17 holiday )

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• esama - French Flair
  They none of them knew what to do with the egg found from a French fort they had been set out to destroy. Though the fort had been destroyed, the egg had been naturally saved; it was a large, impressive looking specimen, and even in the infantry they knew that the larger species fetched a handsome prize, if captured whilst still a shell, so there had never been any concept of leaving it behind, to be blown up along with the fortifications. But after wards, once they had moved on with their men and equipment, they none of them knew what to do with it. "Well," John's assistant, Murray said while the surgeon examined the egg thoughtfully. "I suppose we will have to hope that we make it to the port and can hand it over to the Navy, to be taken to England and harnessed. Aside from that, I have no idea."

  (tags: sherlock gen short pg au notquitehuman crossover temeraire )

• ART: cannedebonbon - Shouldn't have waited this long to make an art post but oh well
  OMG the cuddle buddy applications.

  (tags: startrek kirk/spock nc17 art humour au )

• ART: dooiepierlala, cannedebonbon, reezoo - T'hylight
  An excerpt from T’HYLIGHT, the newest novel from up and coming novelist T’Smeyer. lzdxkshfk jnhfgh

  (tags: startrek kirk/spock pg short art humour crossover twilight favourite young )

• lally loo - Good, right?
  “Jim, are you sure this is sanitary?” “Spock, don't ruin the moment.” Kirk sighed in exasperation. “It's fine, you know it's fine.” “Fine has various meanings--” “Spock! In this case fine means perfectly clean and sanitary and hot and awesome. Now just enjoy it!”

  (tags: startrek kirk/spock short nc17 rimming )

• twisting_vine_x - A Canadian Winter
  Three years into their mission, shore leave happens to coincide with Christmas. The entire bridge crew is spending time with their families, so Jim decides to rent himself a cabin in northern Ontario, resigned to spending the three weeks alone. Fortunately for Jim, a certain pointy-eared officer is also lacking in Christmas plans.

  (tags: startrek kirk/spock long nc17 holiday )

• Notboldly50295 - A Shot of Courage
  As Enterprise’s unofficial chaperone, Spock was familiar with the human tendency towards intoxication. However, he had not expected Kirk to be susceptible.

  (tags: startrek kirk/spock short nc17 holiday alteredstates )

• kenshincha - Not So Friendly Nectar
  Jim wakes up in the morning not quite feeling like himself. also: http://kenshincha.livejournal.com/13202.html

  (tags: startrek kirk/spock alteredstates short pg bodyswap )

• Elise Madrid - Family Matters
  Lt. Spock is sent to the Vega Colony to recuperate from an injury sustained on Rigel 7. While there he helps a lady in distress and is befriended by her family.

  (tags: startrek kirk/spock au long nc17 angst )

• Grammar Glamour - Just Desserts
  It should be a sign of deep trouble when Spock drops his spoon and says, “Captain, what is the main ingredient in this dish?”

  (tags: startrek kirk/spock short pg alteredstates )

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• ART: cannedebonbon - Trololol I don't even
  Fanart. Porn. Depraved porn. Porn that parodies children's picture books. Just keep an open mind.

  (tags: startrek kirk/spock art nc17 au )

• VID: obliviousfilms - Crueler Heads Prevail
  48 Hour Film Project winner. Fun story.

  (tags: nonfic fanvid games wow pg )

• Fic Rec List: Tarsus IV
  I am attempting to create the definitive list of Star Trek fics that deal with Tarsus IV, as I am a Tarsus junkie. I have TOS and Star Trek XI, gen and NC-17, kid!fic and flashbacks, and lots and lots of angst.

  (tags: startrek links tarsus )

• lazulisong - Graduate Vulcan For Fun and Profit
  It really does take a village to raise a Jim. The one with the OC Vulcan who takes custody of Jim after Tarsus IV.

  (tags: startrek gen young deathfic humour pg long h/c tarsus )

• Rusting Roses - Marching On
  From the day his father died, he gains understanding as to why people choose to die. From the day he stood on the bridge as Captain of the Enterprise, he gains an understanding that there were people for whom he'd die. But there is the second moment to be considered still, and this moment defines him as much as the others do. Tarsus IV. From Tarsus IV, he gains the understanding of what he would do to keep people alive. That, perhaps, was the most dangerous understanding of all.

  (tags: kirk/spock startrek noncon angst long r deathfic h/c young tarsus )

• ART: cannedebonbon - Surprise art post before running to NYC
  Pooorrrnnnn. Character Death. And blasphemy. (And bubble baths and adorableness.)

  (tags: startrek kirk/spock crossover nc17 art holiday deathfic au toys favourite )

• mijan - Secret Garden
  Captain Kirk has a garden. Like Kirk, there's more to his garden than his crew might imagine.

  (tags: startrek gen angst tarsus short pg )

• ART: Are you wanking?
  Very helpful flowchart to help you determine if you are unintentionally drawing out a discussion that should be left to die.

  (tags: nonfic humour fandom art )

• schweinsty - the long cold river
  Jim. Food. The aftermath of Tarsus IV.

  (tags: startrek gen short pg young angst tarsus )

• Raining Ink - Full of Empty
  The smell hits him first. The smell of human bodies bleeding, rotting, burning. The bit of potato sliding down his throat tastes like Tarsus, tastes like death, and Jim is on his feet and out of the mess hall before anyone can even register the stark terror on his face.

  (tags: startrek gen short pg medical tarsus )

• Anonymous - Maxium Warp
  Romulans are the first who landed on Tarsus IV to rescue the survivors. The Romulan leader falls in love with much younger Kirk because he is pretty even starved to death, and the smartest thing ever. Unfinished.

  (tags: startrek kirk/other medium pg wip au young tarsus )

• waketosleep - The Secret Sits in the Middle
  Spock ponders Kirk and the effects of harmful secrets.

  (tags: startrek kirk/spock short pg tarsus )

• kyliselle - Reviving Methuselah
  A story set in San Francisco; after the defeat of Nero, but before the Enterprise once again took flight. SpockPrime/Kirk/Spock

  (tags: startrek kirk/spock medium r threesome earthside )

• ragdoll987 - Bragging Rights
  “So let me get this straight – if I hold off on my, ah, womanizing for the four weeks leading up to New Year’s, you’ll cough up a bottle of Saurian brandy and cater to all my partying needs for the winter term with no fuss, no muss? What’s the catch?” “No women, no booze,” McCoy reminded him.

  (tags: startrek kirk/spock au long nc17 earthside )

• laylafic - A Second Chance
  An incident during a shore leave gone disastrous leaves Spock with a link he never expected with his captain—a bond he needs but which he suspects Jim never wanted. The consequences of how he deals with that belief change everything for them.

  (tags: startrek kirk/spock long nc17 bonding h/c )

• a_cook1 - Proving a Theory
  It wasn't obsessive. It was barely noticeable, really. It was all due to a theory. Jim Kirk had to grin when he thought about it. He had a theory, he was utilizing his powers of observation to build on it. Spock would approve. Unless, of course, Spock knew what the theory was.

  (tags: startrek kirk/spock short nc17 bondage )

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• AnimeTake | Direct Download Anime Episodes
  AnimeTake is a website that is up to date with all the current anime series that are being aired in Japan. AnimeTake's Users post direct downloads to every anime episode as soon as it has been released and subbed into English.

  (tags: anime video nonfic links )

• CMM - An Unexpected Journey
  While Spock is still with Uhura, Trelane appears and whisks Jim and Spock away, claiming to want to fulfill Jim's dearest wish. After their forced night together, Jim winds up pregnant. Angry and blaming Jim, Spock decides to take the child from him. With help, Jim runs, hiding with his child for years before circumstances bring him back to the Enterprise, and to Spock.

  (tags: startrek kirk/spock long nc17 kidfic notdead mpreg medical madethemdoit )

• Corpus Invictus - Artistry
  For verizonhorizon's prompt: "You know what would be really erotic for Vulcans? Henna hand art." also: http://corpus-invictus.dreamwidth.org/20045.html

  (tags: startrek kirk/spock short nc17 bondage )

• Devilish Kurumi - A Boy And His Car
  So, hot girl? Check. Loving parents? Check. Bitching Camaro who digs getting his upholstery felt up? Check, check, check.

  (tags: sam/bee transformers pg short )

• Anonymous - Ménage à Trois
  Mirage knows that Trailbreaker is also in love with Hound. He doesn't mind; in fact, he has a plan to resolve the tension and make all three of them very, very happy.

  (tags: transformers other/other threesome short nc17 )

• dorothydonne - Perchance to Dream
  Sherlock has been the voyeur to people's dreams for as long as he can remember. It's why he hates sleeping. That is, until he stumbles into one of John Watson's dreams. Then suddenly sleep isn't so unwelcome.

  (tags: sherlock sherlock/john medium nc17 bondage superpowers au )

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• strokeof_genie - Free Flow
  For the prompt: Derek gives Stiles multiple orgasms from just rimming, just fingering, the whole works.

  (tags: teenwolf derek/stiles nc17 rimming short )

• keelywolfe - Bedside Manners
  In which a poor night nurse has to deal with the kind of persistent guests that John attracts.

  (tags: sherlock sherlock/john short pg h/c outsidepov medical )

• aesc - An Absence Which Could Not Be More There
  Erik discovers how much his preconceived notions about telepathy influenced his relationship with Charles.

  (tags: xmen erik/charles medium r au )

• Hacker Typer
  For looking cool in public and scaring strangers.

  (tags: nonfic humour pg games )

• helens78 - Where There Are Still Gods
  Erik comes from a broken world, eight years after a dark night in the water just outside Florida. He'll do anything to make sure that future doesn't come to pass.

  (tags: xmen erik/charles short pg timetravel au deathfic )

• whatawaytoburn - The Habits Of Cats
  Sherlock can't even fathom claiming to be human.

  (tags: sherlock sherlock/john gen pg au notquitehuman )

• Aelin - From the Beginning
  Spock is drawn to Kirk from the first time he sees him at the Academy.

  (tags: startrek kirk/spock long nc17 au h/c )

• Jenna Hilary Sinclair - Pacing the Cage
  After the five year mission is over, Kirk and Spock find themselves on Earth. Kirk is in a relationship with a woman, and Spock meets a Vulcan woman. It's time for decisions.

  (tags: startrek kirk/spock spock/other kirk/other jealousy angst holiday medical virgin scorching )

• Slashreport - Dictionary
  *heart eyes* So, could you combine these? Swanfucker fishbowling: Pawing sadly at a fandom because you've read all the animal AU fics?

  (tags: nonfic fandom humour )

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• ikeracity - The Line in the Sand
  The CIA agents on the base are bullying the children, mocking them for their mutations. Charles will not tolerate it. Or: Charles has a line, and the agents cross it. Several times. And Erik discovers that perhaps Charles is not so much of a pacifistic pushover as he appears.

  (tags: xmen erik/charles medium pg )

• Unforgotten - Feline Persuasion
  One day, Charles wheels down to the laundry room in his pajamas to check his mail and spends three-quarters of an hour talking cats with the very handsome stranger he spies sitting in the corner with an issue of Cat Fancy.

  (tags: xmen erik/charles au nopowers short pg )

• tartancravat - Stay awake, don't rest your head
  The first time John falls asleep on the sofa while Sherlock is in the room, he realises exactly why no one has ever trusted him enough to want to sleep in his presence. also: http://archiveofourown.org/works/373551

  (tags: sherlock sherlock/john gen short pg )

• sineala - Stars Apart, Shine the Same
  It is the third mission of his command, and Captain James T. Kirk suspects he is going insane. also: http://archiveofourown.org/works/4922

  (tags: startrek kirk/spock medium nc17 bonding )

• dogpoet - Immutable Things
  Spock once told you that the universe is made up of parallel worlds, that every choice you make creates two branches on the crooked line of your life.

  (tags: startrek kirk/spock short r )

• dogpoet - Still Life
  Traumatized by his experience on Tarsus IV, Jim Kirk runs away to Vulcan to undergo kolinahr. Reboot AU.

  (tags: startrek kirk/spock long r young au bonding h/c )

• pearl_o - of the night for the morrow
  Erik will fuck someone else if it makes Charles happy, but his attention is always going to be on Charles.

  (tags: xmen erik/charles threesome short nc17 bondage d/s )

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• Beta Testing 101: How to stream your beta sessions
  Today, I'll go over some of the tools and techniques for streaming so that your viewers can watch a polished live stream of you and your activities.

  (tags: nonfic video wow tutorial )

• Inception Explained - An interactive animated infographic
  Very cool animated infographic explaining the movie Inception. Don't be alarmed when scrolling your mouse wheel down suddenly makes the screen go up, just carry on.

  (tags: nonfic inception art pg gen )

• Writings - The Betrayal of Yes
  When aliens make them do it, Rodney's always the one who gets done, whether he likes it or not. Usually not. Ronon notices and decides to make a change.

  (tags: sga mckay/ronon medium nc17 noncon madethemdoit mckay/sheppard mckay/other )

• Saucery - Always Shall Be
  The Vulcan ambassador has this kid, all tall and gawky and serious, with shoulders so stiff they might as well be two knobs on a plank of wood. His name's Spock, and he has the dorkiest hairstyle Jim's ever seen. It's like a helmet, smooth and shiny, and Jim wonders if it comes right off, like the plastic hairpieces on those antique Lego sets he used to play with when he was five.

  (tags: startrek kirk/spock pg short young )

• ART: celadonite - Daemon
  A pair of daemon and their owners, and something of a fic rec.

  (tags: xmen au crossover hisdarkmaterials pg gen art )

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From fuckyeahfanficflamingo on tumblr: http://fuckyeahfanficflamingo.tumblr.com/post/20007423592/favourite-author-leaves-fandom



I did this once with a fanvid. It was an early one, full of fail, and I just wanted it to go away and never have anyone see it again. Then someone emailed me asking about it and saying how sad they were that it wasn't available anymore, and suddenly I felt like a jerk.

I gave this thing to the fandom community to enjoy (or not as the case may be). Then I get a case of nerves/ego and say "Oh, wait!" and take it away. I disappointed someone by taking away something that they enjoyed.

So, yeah, I put the vid back up and since have never removed any fanwork I've published anywhere. If there's a particular piece I don't want anyone new to see (and there are several *cringe*) I just don't port them over to new archives or link them anywhere else. The original url remains valid, though, for anyone who happened to like it.

Everyone says that fandom is a gift economy. If that's true then snatching away a gift after it's been given seems like a kind of dodgy thing to do.

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How freaking gorgeous is this?
Some screenshots of the upcoming expansion World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria.




I'm riding a glowing purple dragon; your argument is invalid.



Why, yes, the world is on the back of a giant turtle.



I can't wait. XD

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• Cesare - Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation
  "You can't walk on that," says Erik, annoyed. "A cab would be overkill," Charles explains finally, "I only live three blocks away. Worst comes to worst, I can hop that far," and that's so ridiculous that Charles completely deserves the alternate solution that Erik insists upon.

  (tags: xmen erik/charles short pg au medical happy )

• Saucery - Shadowcraft
  A shadow makes no movement of its own. A shadow mirrors its master.

  (tags: startrek kirk/spock wip au slavery noncon )

• Anonymous - Once More with Mutants
  Written for the prompt: The singing/dancing demon Sweet from BTVS-verse accidentally lands in the x-men world when summoned. Charles: I’ve got a theory, that it’s a mutant, A frightened mutant child who needs our help and kindness Hank: I’ve got a theory that it’s an implant The evil CIA designed to make us mindless Alex: I’ve got a theory we should fix it quick, Cause when Sean sings I want to hit him with a brick. Sean: It could be Erik, evil Magneto… [He glances at Charles] Which is ridiculous cause Erik he was persecuted Mutant strength and brotherhood, And I’ll be over here.

  (tags: xmen crossover buffy erik/charles hank/alex short pg humour music )

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