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[laeria]

The time of sweat, tears, exams, and hc_bingo cards! They're especially pretty and green this year and my prompts are LOVELY, especially the second row. And the fourth column. And, mmm.

kidnapping	torture	apocalypse	tyranny / rebellion	learning to be loved
whipping / flogging	forced marriage	Stockholm syndrome	slaves	making deals with demons
unrequited pining	wings	WILD CARD	job-related trauma	sacrifice
orphans	archaic medical treatment	first transformation	dungeons	homesickness
hostages	combat	blackmail	atonement	cages

Also, I have intense Game of Throne feelings and the gist of them is "SHAE, PLEASE MARRY ME (TOO)." What are your Game of Thrones feelings and general life-type feelings?

Edited later, because realisation I ALSO have intense Avengers feelings, of course, and most of them are Bruce-Pepper-Tony shaped. Let's discuss this. Anyone else eyeing Avengers fandom with wary interest?

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[jessalae]

Ooh, making deals with demons! Learning to be loved! Unrequited pining, omg, I love that that's a square. One of these years I'll have to play hc_bingo.

I haven't watched any of this season of GoT yet since I just got back from study abroad -- the next couple of weeks are going to be one MASSIVE catch-up-on-TV session. But Shae, omg! I can't wait to see her. And of course you know I have Avengers feelings, mostly of the STEEEEEEEEEVE and BRUUUUUUUUCE varieties (with some Tony and Pepper thrown in in both cases). I am working on writing fic that goes along with those feelings, but it's slow going so far. Aaaaah too many things to do.

[laeria]

Oh my god, DO DO DO! Come to the dark side. I love the idea of kink_bingo, but hc_bingo is laxer (they've never enforced the penalty-for-not-doing-anything thing yet), so it fits my very commitment-phobic soul more. Plus, you know, "unexpected consequences of planned soulbonding" <3. Also, you can veto things and change things that upset you, so that is awesome too.

GoT OH MY GOD. So, like, like, spoilers!! they did very very very new things to Shae, and to Dany, and to Jeyne Westerling, and, frankly, I am so much in love with their brains and the way they're fixing GRRM's gender issues. And some of his race issues. (And I was extra-delighted about the Shae characterisation in the ep GRRM wrote himself. It's like he's... fixing the things he now realises he ruined originally. It's awesome. Awesome.)

Also, you get Asha (whose name is Yara now) and you get Brienne and Ygritte and you get dangerous woobie Cerseo. So many women, dude, and all of them awesome, in all kinds of ways.

About Avengers - is there a fandom? Of course there's a fandom. I dunno. I have so many fic ideas too and I actually feel like I'm getting the wherewithall to write them. Some day. Is it very hard writing Tony? You did an excellent job with his voice, but I kinda imagine it's difficult getting the correct balance of banter, vulnerability and pop culture references.

... though, really, probably it's a lot like writing Buffy, except with more physics.

Do you have Steve-Pepper feelings? Because suddenly I really like the idea of seeing them talk. I'm slowly gaining Steve feelings too, as described here:

http://laeria.livejournal.com/4178.html?thread=56658#t56658

[jessalae]

Maybe I'll do hc_bingo next year? I am kind of overwhelmed with all the things I want to do right now, I can't take on another bingo challenge. And even if the community doesn't care if you finish things, I get irrationally annoyed with myself if I flake out on challenges, so. Pacing myself. (Although unexpected consequences of planned soulbonding fic sounds wonderful, I can't wait to read some of that!)

There is definitely an Avengers fandom, and it is HUGE. My Avengers fic was the most popular thing I've ever written (in terms of hit counts and feedback) within like two days of being posted, it kind of freaked me out. Writing Tony was lots of fun for me -- my strategy basically boiled down to "Just write down whatever ridiculous things pop into your head!" and I think it worked out pretty well. I do have Steve-Pepper feelings, definitely, and the Steve fic I am trying to write is supposed to be Steve/Tony/Pepper but may end up being more like Steve/Pepper + Tony. It's still just taking shape, though, so we'll see how it works out.