Somewhere Over The Rainbow

Welcome to my journal. I don't update often except in the early part of the year (by June you'll be lucky to see a post). Most of it isn't friends-locked so feel free to take a look around.

I'm here and can be found on LJ, Ao3, & Twitter by the same handle. I'm on LJ & DW about the same amount now, but some things are only updated in one place. Twitter rarely gets updated and it's usually just me responding to someone else's Tweets. There's a fic list accessible through the sidebar, but it's not entirely up to date, so just search through tags or come see me on Ao3.

Fandoms I'm currently writing for:
All for the Game (Nora Sakavic), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (occasionally some Angel might find it's way in), Desert Hearts, Firefly, Game of Thrones, Gotham, Hockey RPF, Indiana Jones series (specifically Raiders of the Lost Ark), Justified, L.A. Confidential, Life, OZ, Prodigal Son, Queer as Folk (UK), Resident Alien, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, The Big Bang Theory, The Departed, The Fast and the Furious series, The Godfather, and Top Gun: Maverick

I'm hoping to start writing for Star Trek: Enterprise at some point in 2025.

Transformative works statement is here.

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Thanks for stopping by!

Written for the Weekend Challenge prompt "when I fly toward you". Title a play on a line from "Both Sides Now". Entirely dialogue.

( Memes and Dreams and Circus Clowns )

Challenge #9

Rec Us Your Newest Thing. Post your answer to today’s challenge in your own space and leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

Last February, I made a Women's Hockey Primer for halfamoon (returning this February, join us!). In the section on "Leagues", I wrote There has been much discussion over the years regarding the need for one women's hockey league in North America. With the two sides (PHF & PWHPA) as they are, they are never going to agree on how to do things.

Little did I expect that a group of investors would buy out the PHF in June and begin the development of one unified women's hockey league in North America, the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). It came together very quickly- a CBA ratified by the players was the first thing. After that, it was announced that the league would consist of six teams - Boston, Minnesota, Montreal, New York, Ottawa, and Toronto. Then came a free agency period which allowed each team to select three players- some of the biggest names in women's hockey were signed as free agents. After that was a fifteen round draft, and to round out their rosters, teams were allowed to invite players to the training camps which began in November.

The PWHL brought a couple of interesting rules with it:
-Standings, which in the NHL are 2 points for a win (any scenario), 1 point for an overtime or shootout loss, and 0 points for a loss, have been modified to 3 points for a regulation win, 2 points for an overtime or shootout win, 1 point for an overtime or shootout loss, and 0 points for a regulation loss.
-The "Jailbreak" goal - unlike the NHL or international hockey, when a shorthanded goal is scored in the PWHL (for a minor penalty only), the penalized player is sprung from the penalty box. It makes for a more interesting game than just having a team ice the puck to kill off the two minutes.
-There are differences in the shootout as well. The shootout is at least five rounds and teams can repeat shooters as much as they'd like. So, if you're PWHL Montreal, you could have Marie-Philip Poulin handle all five shootout attempts.

Physical play has been heightened from the rules in women's international hockey. Referees are more inclined to allow physicality in board battles, but they want to prevent dangerous open ice hits, so there are a lot more scrums than people are used to seeing in women's hockey.

Players to watch-
Boston - Hillary Knight, Alina Muller, Aerin Frankel
Minnesota - Taylor Heise (1st overall draft choice), Grace Zumwinkle, Lee Stecklein
Montreal - Marie-Philip Poulin, Erin Ambrose, Ann-Renee Desbiens
New York - Abby Roque, Ella Shelton, Emma Woods
Ottawa - Jincy Roese, Daryl Watts, Mikyla Grant-Mentis
Toronto - Sarah Nurse, Emma Maltais, Renata Fast

Official Website
PWHL YouTube Channel

I've done challenge 1 (updating my fandoms list with All For The Game) and 2 (Jan 2 post with goals actually done the day before the challenge came out). Here's challenge 3

Challenge #3

Create a wish list of fandom things (podfic, graphics, playlists, canon recs translations, research help, vids, sky's the limit!) that you'd like to receive. Post your answer to today’s challenge in your own space and leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

1) More participation at hardtime100. This writing community for HBO's OZ has been chugging along for a little over 20 years. There are over 300 drabble prompts and over 100 fanfic prompts that participants can tackle and the word counts are fairly relaxed. Gone are the days of strict 100 word drabbles so if you've ever dabbled in the OZ fandom, come on back and give it a whirl. And if you don't feel like writing, I'd be happy to have some new prompt ideas.

2) Icons of strong female characters

3) Book recommendations - standalone fiction. I like a lot of mainstream/lit fiction, books with a lot of humor throughout would be nice, but I can also handle heavier material. Would like to read more books by women and/or BIPOC and/or LGBTQ authors.

That's all I have at the moment.

Challenge #5

In your own space, tell us about 3 creative/fannish resources, spaces, or communities you use or enjoy.

1) Hockey-Reference.com & CapFriendly.com - For a hockey fan, these two sites are invaluable. Hockey Reference has been delivering all kinds of stats in a much easier to access format than the NHL's stat pages for longer. From box scores dating from yesterday's back through the 1967 expansion era to a listing of every player taken in every round of the NHL entry draft to a listing of which players wore a specific uniform number, and a whole lot more, this is the site to go when you want to figure out how many times Jordan Eberle's and Taylor Hall's paths could have crossed after Hall was traded from Edmonton or how many goals Sidney Crosby has scored against Philadelphia. CapFriendly is great for speculating which teams will be making moves, which players are in danger of being traded, and also for finding the real answer when the NHL's says "terms were not disclosed".

2) TV wikis I use most frequently:
The Oz TV Wiki for HBO's Oz
Resident Alien
Game of Thrones

3) YouTube - Have you ever been caught in a YouTube vortex? Like you follow a link to a how-to video you want to see and then two hours later, you're only a quarter of the way through the Aaron Tveit song catalog? That happens to me quite frequently. It's also a place with a ton of videos to help stoke your creativity, awake your muse, or just feed your inner procrastinator. Just be prepared that if you jump in, it might take a little while for you to get back to what you were doing.

Written for the Weekend Challenge prompt "I really want to kiss you right now" at 1_million_words

Spoilers ahead.

( A Day for Miracles )

In your own space, Interact with someone.

When I saw this challenge, the first thing I thought of was doing an AMA. So throw me a question in the comments and I'll do my best to answer.

Title: You'd Be Surprised
Fandom: Game of Thrones
Characters/Pairing: Podrick Payne/Sansa Stark, Brienne of Tarth, Arya Stark
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 1480
Summary: Sansa wants to gain some more experience. Brienne suggests Podrick as a solution.
A/N: For the Songfic Challenge at 1_million_words.

( You'd Be Surprised )

Challenge #4

In your own space, make a list of things that you wish existed in fandom or elsewhere, and/or that you'd like someone to create or do for you.

1) Fanvids - I'd love to see more of them. I think it was something that was once bigger in the fandom than they currently are and I'd just like to see someone create something out of a series of clips that maybe has us look at canon differently.

2) More fic centered on female characters (and fic that passes the Bechdel test)- Granted, it's easier to do this on a show like "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" or "Game of Thrones" than something like "OZ" or "Justified", but it's something I'd like to see.

3) OZ fic centered on minority characters- I'd read the hell out of Adebisi/Said fics. Tell me about Wangler learning to read or Poet & Pierce recovering in the hospital. Maybe something about Raoul Hernandez or Chico Guerra. These are minor characters who made the show richer for being there.