kriadydragon

All stories listed in the archive are not stories posted on my journal. To access stories posted on my journal, just click on "fanfiction" in "Tags".

All stories are Gen and PG-13 and below. Though I will indulge in the occasional team-fic, my main squeeze... er... my favorite character is one Lt. Colonel John Sheppard :D All CSI:NY stories can be found on my FF.Net page - just click on "Fanfiction" in "Links"

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Goals and I don't seem to get along. I decided to set myself the goal of finishing my original story within the first couple of weeks of July.

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I'm in desperate need of a new author to read, know of several authors and books I'd like to read, but I'm so fed up with wasting my money on stuff that has me setting the book down two chapters in, I'm too chicken to give any of them a try.

( My long-winded request for help )

I finally decided what to do with my Dreamwidth account. I'm currently using it as a sort of mental haven: a place to go where I need to speak my mind when I don't feel comfortable doing so on my LJ (because I don't want to possibly/accidentally offend people, don't want to get into arguments/debates, because I don't want to spam people with my whining;), and so on). Some posts will be vent posts, yes, but those will be locked. Most posts will be discussion fodder; those won't be locked.

I'm also Kriadydragon on DW, so should you stumble on my DW journal, friend with caution (Ex. don't friend if you're just looking for stories. I don't plan on posting stories there. If I do use DW for stories, it will be with a different account. But if you've enjoyed some of the discussion I have (or tried to;)) generated, then it's all good :D)

If I don't grant you access back, please don't feel offended. I'm very cautious with the whole friending/access thing and whether I friend/not friend, grant access/don't grant access has nothing to do with liking or disliking anyone.

Edit: I forgot to say that this is probably going to be temporary as I'm getting other ideas on what to do with this account. The current idea (and friendshipper I'm totally taking this idea from you, I hope you don't mind :S) is to make it a place for stories after all - original short stories - in order to get feedback and critiques while keeping them relatively under lock and key. I don't have a lot of people I can go to outside my family for good, helpful feedback, so would like to have a place where I can get such feedback.

But this is an idea I'm still debating, so we shall see.

Obayifo - African Vampire, drinks the blood of children, can posses other people, its armpits and butt glows in the dark :P

Yeah. :S

Research is fun :D

But have been reluctant to ask considering my stance on pairings and sex. This is strictly out of curiosity.

I always see synopsis and read recommendations for stories that eventually lead to the team - or three of the team, or two - eventually coming together, either to cuddle or for sex or for comfort through sex, etc.

What I've been wondering is if there's stories where the opposite happens. A story where aliens try to make them do it but it doesn't happen. Or one of the team propositions the rest of the team or one of the team for cuddling or sex, but the rest of the team or team member says no. One team member loves the other team member, but the other team member doesn't reciprocate (and not because the other team member is a jerk, or refuses to realize the "connection" between them.)

I recall a story where Rodney was bi-sexual in love with Sheppard, but Sheppard didn't return the love because he was straight and preferred women. I see neither Rodney nor John as gay or bi, and to read stories where they are usually throws me right out of the story. But I was curious to see how the author handled a bi-Rodney in love with a straight John - whether John would be portrayed as the jerk - but I felt the author handled it very well without making anyone the bad guy.

The story, I think, was called Salt of the Earth? I can't remember, and apologize for the lack of link as I have no idea where the story is.

Anyway, something like that, where cuddling or sex doesn't happen but no one's the bad guy for saying no.

I like Merlin, and can see why other people are so head-over-heels in love with it :) It may be far from the actual legend, but who cares! Because it's fun, and it works, and it doesn't make me cringe the way many American sword/sorcery TV shows do. I think this is a show I could easily get into.

But don't expect me to write any fic for it, though. I have officially drawn the fic-writing line at SGA, Thoughtcrimes and Dr. Who. That's not to say a show won't come along that'll inspire ideas, but it will have to be one heck of a show.

I bought SGA season five today and finally saw Whispers and the Queen. I liked Whispers - I mean really liked it :D I know a lot of people didn't but... like I care ;) It was fun, creepy and, as usual, many of what people saw as flaws I saw as reasonable enough (hey, you get smack-downed by a mutant zombie, you're bound to drop and lose anything, especially in the fog.) I think my only nit was the explanation for the fog: I think the writers would have been better off keeping things simple and making the fog the means for the mutant-people to hunt their prey. The fog disorients said prey by limiting visual range, separating "herds" and getting the "herds" to call out for each other - easy pickings :D

But, hey, fic fodder! I'm already getting ideas ;)

The Queen was just cool. Human or altered as a Wraith, you don't mess with Teyla ;)

And that's all I watched for today. I would have watched more but we have family visiting and competing between them talking and trying to hear the show isn't worth the frustration.

Which can be found here...

( Spt! Under here )

Lately I've been called on some of my writing habits, and advised about expanding my horizons beyond the same old, same old.

( However... )

For a reason. Monday is my break/transition day, where I don't get any writing done because I'm switching my focus from fanfic to original, and thus saving my sanity.

I don't think it's working :P

Now to ramble...

( Under here if you're interested. If not, then at least it's hidden :D )

This could probably be just a "me" thing, but do you find the lack of whump more unsatisfactory when the whump's not happening in a book rather than in TV show? And I'm talking within the action/adventure, shoot-em-up mystery type genre or any genre where injury would be likely.

( More on the matter under here... )

The list of links for SGA and Thoughtcrimes for my larger archive is complete. If any of the links do not work or link to another story, please let me know either through this post or through LJ's private messaging.

Next: CSI: NY fics.

Finally, does anyone know where I could find Thoughtcrimes screencaps? Or happen to have TC screencaps - preferably of Brendan and Freya - I could use? I just need one for the archive.

And I apologize for this, but I was feeling on top of the world, and now I'm not.

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I can't take it anymore.

( It is gone...sort of )

I've finally given up on doing an archive where all my stories could be found, and settling for a larger link archive for now. I'd been wanting to create a site where I could post my stories should anything happen to LJ and ff.net (and since so many are boycotting ff.net), but for various reasons I haven't had any luck. Someday, though. Someday...

The site is here...

http://www.freewebs.com/stealthdragonslair/

...if you'd like to check it out. So far I have new stories and SGA chapter fic up. Next will be two-part stories, followed by one-shots. Then I'll move on to linking my Thoughtcrimes fic. Oi, this is going to take a while. But I like the idea of an archive where everything, and I mean everything, is in one place and easy to access :D.

For anyone with any medical know, I need something confirmed.

( Under the cut to cut down on the clutter... no pun intended )

Next topic...

They're trying to be like Peter Pan again, with only three days left until it bites them in the butt :P