salt is a weapon

Okay, last entry? In bad taste. Never mind that. Apologies all around and carry on as you were!

*fidgets*

This obviously isn't my real journal, but I need to protect my identity as this question pertains to my Yuletide fic. Hence, yuletidesock.

I need to know what the topography is like driving into Memphis, TN from the west (in 1987, if that matters). I'm really hoping there's a crest or ridge my characters could drive over and suddenly there's Memphis in the night all lit up--is this possible? Obviously there are probably suburbs and such but I'm hoping that the view, even from a bit far away, is one that will work.

Googled: Memphis topography, driving into Memphis, Memphis from west, and variations on these.

So I did a few google searches and little_details tags and struggling to find the proper keyword to get what I want: Jaw torn off, jaw trauma, jaw ripped off, mandible trauma, lower half of face gone

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Title: It's A Fine Life
Author/Artist:
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: Also none of JK Rowling's original characters or Potterverse belongs to me, I just like to play with her toys sometimes ^_^ No profit is made from this, particularly since I've been putting off writing papers since this is 1000x more fun. Inspirations and credits include: A title borrowed from 'Fruits Basket', 'Sex in the City', specifically Miranda's "jig is up" scene, and some fanon characteristics such as Draco concealing his scars.
Warnings: Mild swears and references to sexin' and a moment of awkward Britsh-ness
Summary: Draco Malfoy loves authentic Indian food, sappy movies, and Hermione Granger's hair. Only one of these will help him solve his problems with the other two.
Notes: I have not seen ‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith’ on principle, so this fic might be a bit more broody than what the request entailed, but hopefully it will be entertaining! I wanted to make this really good since I’m a big fan of the receiver. Thank you for making my Fridays that much more “THANK GOD!”

( It's A Fine Life )

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I have things to do and I don't want to do any of them and everything sucks and WHY DOES NO ONE UNDERSTAND ME didn't I expressively state I wanted the RED M&MS TAKEN OUT OF THE BATCH BEFORE YOU GOT THEM TO ME god now I have to wait and watch you flail and make a mess of everything WHICH IS REALLY NOT HOW I WANTED TO SPEND MY ME-TIME, YOU KNOW. GOD.

Or, you know. Something like that. POOP, guys. When is this week gonna be OVER. UGH.

Diiiiistractions. Gonna tell you about a dream I had! Because I need something to do that isn't staring at me from a word doc. THIS GOES FOR YOU, TOO, FIC FROM HELL. And don't give me that WHAT WHAT I'm just an assignment project document! face, NO ONE'S BUYING IT. Please X yourself within the coming ten seconds or I'll have to do it myself.

Anyway! Dreams. Freaky shit, dreams. The other night it was something about--me, my sister and my dad living in a centre parks like cabin in the woods, only. Yeah. My sister was a ghost and my dad was addicted to--WAIT FOR IT--WEREWOLF PILLS. Which, you know. Made him a WEREWOLF. And I disapproved, but it made him so happy and what else could I do, right? Well, one time something went wrong and he was sort of stuck in that ecstatic dog-like state of mind, and I had to go to a pharmacy to get the anti-werewolf pills, but the only pharmacy was in the next village (visited often by Kate Winslet. I DON'T EVEN). SO WE WENT THERE, but there was this--huge fair thing going on, and the pharmacy was on the street behind where the roller-coaster was, and there was no way around it. SO WE HAD TO CLIMB THE TRACKS, because the cars were only for people who actually went IN the attraction, like Kate Winslet, and it was all very bothersome and I got very annoyed.

ANOTHER ONE! From two weeks ago or something. It was--well, the main story was about me being crap at school and failing everything (ah, don't you love these?), but it was a universe with a different literary canon. AAAND the biggest work of fiction of this century, like. THE novel, THE Oprah Club jewel, was this book about a guy who'd proven God didn't exist. He'd found THE ultimate evidence, indisputable, like, the end. No more doubt, no question to it, GOD DID NOT EXIST. The story itself takes place five years later, after he'd published all his works and been on the news and talkshows and everything, aaaand he wakes up one morning, looks in the mirror and there's this. FLECK. In his eye. Like, his iris. A black FLECK. AND, UM. It's Jesus. The fleck is Jesus, and it starts talking to him. Just, random things. "Hi man, this is Jesus. How are you doing? Hey! By the way! Congrats on your big--you know, the, scientific, yeah, I don't know you guys' speak for that, but man! Awesome. Good for you. GOOD FOR YOU!"

YEAH I DON'T KNOW. There wasn't more plot that I can remember, because I fell asleep (in the dream) and then got woken up by a teacher who was sitting next to my bed STARING AT ME and screaming, 'READ READ READ!'

Hey, what could that POSSIBLY mean!

So, in conclusion, everyone should not indulge me when I'm procrastinating and head over to camelotsolstice and check out the collective awesome posted there. Go! Go and I'll catch up in a week, yes. I'LL SEE YOU THERE IN A WEEK, YES.

Oh, and HERE. Have the best Christmas song EVER. All I want for Christmas? Is a--GETTIN' CRUNK.

Does anyone remember the details of an occasion a few years ago where the leading (male?) singer in a prestigious opera performance was unable to go on and the management asked whether anyone in the audience knew the part and would be prepared to take over? IIRC someone came forward who was a student of opera and knew the role, albeit in a different language, and had to play the part in ordinary evening clothes, but they managed to put together a perfectly reasonable performance and the guy was told that he would definitely have a career to look forward to when he had finished his studies??? I suspect this happened in either Italy or New York where you could pretty well guarantee that you had an audience of the right sort of calibre!

I'm planning a story in a fantasy world with Victorian era steampunk technology levels, and one of the locations is a city-state ruled by necromancers. All the unkilled labour is done by zombies, and to increase their "lifespan" (and for hygiene issues), they're all embalmed before being animated. I've tried searching "embalming methods", "embalming side-effects", and "how flexible is an embalmed corpse", but can't find any information on whether an embalmed corpse would be able to move its joints and muscles. Can anyone help?

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Title: Familiar Surprises
Author/Artist:
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: Characters and places from the Harry Potter universe don't belong to me. Trust me. I'm getting nothing out of this except enjoyment.
Warnings: Mild language; EWE
Summary: Twelve years ago, Hermione Granger disappeared, and nobody ever knew why until now.
Notes: fangirlyness, I really hope you like it! I'm not sure this is entirely what you were looking for, as your prompt was very open, but I hope you'll find things in it that you enjoy. I had lots of fun writing it for you. :D

( Familiar Surprises )


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I just finished rereading Crown Duel again and came online to see if anything else was published with those characters. I was thrilled to find the scenes from Vidanric's perspective, especially that first one with Russav. I loved seeing Vidanric's side of the writing exchange, since that's always been one of my favorite parts of the book. I also found a link here, and I'm very glad I did. It's so nice to find other people who like the same books.

I also have a quick question. I really love the Wren books, they're the first Sherwood Smith books I ever read, and I was delighted to see that there was a fourth book that had been published online, but I couldn't seem to find it. Does anyone know if it has been taken down or is still available, and if it's still available, where? Thanks very much in advance.

Does anyone know if late 18th century (circa 1795) English medicine had anything to say on what we currently think of as adrenaline? My character is sitting on the ground following a fist fight and he's shaking. My knowledge tells me he's shaking from the adrenaline rush and the abrupt end to the fight (they got caught by the steward of the estate) that left it with nowhere to go. The word 'adrenaline' wasn't coined until 1901, however, so I can't say it in those terms.

My usual resource for Georgian medicine (Google Book search with "return content published between" set to no later than 1815--fantastic resource for looking at period medical books BTW) is failing me because I can't think of what to search for.

This is a really small detail, but I think it would add to the texture of the story if I could address this in period authentic terms. Anyone have any ideas?

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Fanfic: Sam/Dean
Crossing the Bridge by rivkat (NC-17)
Come Home (5/?) by corri_kun (R)
Comfor and Joy by mithrel (PG-13)
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Setting: A character from the early 60s is injured in a setting with medical technology slightly more advanced than modern Earth. He's not a heavy smoker - maybe a couple packs a week - but he's been without them for a bit and shouldn't smoke for another month or so because his lung was punctured 4 times. Given the technology he's familiar with, he doesn't know about things like nicotine gum or patches to help his mood.

On top of that, he's on strong painkillers (someone I talked to said hydromorphone, but specifics on that aren't too important) and I'm not too sure if that would affect the irritability from stopping smoking in some way or not. I'm not sure how I'd go about Googling this, and I'm mostly looking for anecdotes if anyone's been in a situation similar, so any help would be great!

Okay, I'm just starting a story about a young theater actor who gets cast in a modern, fairly successful British TV show. Unfortunately, I know very little about how TV show auditions usually go. The actor hears about the auditions from a friends who has already been cast, but when he shows up to the audition, would he have to sign in with somebody? Would they expect him to have prepared something to show, or would they want him to read from a script? If script, would they give him a few minutes to look over it before his turn, or would they just hand it to him and have him read it cold? What is the likely hood that the director would have the other actors there, to see how my actor works with them?
I realize the process is probably different for every show and every director, but just some generals would be really helpful. Also, the story is set in modern times and its a medium budget family TV show. How many people would you expect to turn up to an audition, if most of the parts have been cast, a few dozen? A hundred? A few hundred?
And for any Brits, is there a specific place where things like auditions happen in England (like English Hollywood)? I just assumed London, but I could be totally wrong. If London, in what area?
I already tried searching things about casting, but all I'm getting is the casting to particular shows, speculation about future casting and unhelpful things like that.

Title: Belonging
Author: Eustacia Vye
Author's e-mail: eustacia_vye28@hotmail.com
Rating: NC-17 for sex, descriptions of war and language.
Pairing: Katie Bell/Marcus Flint.
Disclaimer: They're Jo's, and I'm borrowing without permission. I'll return her toys when I'm done with them.
Spoilers: This takes place during DH, but doesn't really reference the events in it.
Summary: Marcus Flint takes Katie Bell as a war prisoner, but doesn't plan on actually caring what happens to her...

Belonging



Two – Opening the Door

Title: Glass House
Author/Artist:
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: harry potter is not mine and I’m not making any money off this.
Warnings: none
Summary: This is the story of Snow White, complete with omniscient mirrors, a very charming prince, and a whole lot of evil.
Notes: for atalanta84: pretty much every part of your request was something I didn’t know how to write, so I took it as a challenge, but let’s just say … think I’ll stick to angst in the future…

( Glass House )

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Setting: 1890s, on an ocean liner travelling from England to China. AU
Googled: Dining arrangements, seating arrangements, Victorian dining etiquette, Captain's table, dining saloon, Emily Post's Etiquette, Mrs Beeton.

Now, we are on board an ocean liner in the 1890s and this is the first night of the journey. The jolly old friendly captain wishes to dine with his most prestigious passengers and has set up a 10-seater Captain's table, placed in the center of the dining saloon. Invitations has been sent out and... I'm a little lost at the seating arrangements.

From my understanding, during a formal dinner, the seating is usually determined by the hostess based on the importance and congeniality of the guests. But this is the Captain's table and while the man knows his passengers and their background, he doesn't know them too well. So how will the seating arrangements be in such a case?

( The Right Seats for the Right Character? )

Thanks and all help and suggestions are appreciated.

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