Fun links for all! :)

[elisi]

First of all, please do admire this gorgeous new icon.

It came about because Brian Lynch (writer of the Spike comic books and 'Angel: After the Fall') is getting married, and Chris Ryall (Publisher/Editor-in-Chief IDW Publishing) got him *the* most amazing present! (Spoilers for the various comics I guess, but...) Then stormwreath manipped the icon (there are two more if you follow the link). :)

ETA: Lynch's response: I just want to point out that this may be the first time a wedding present has been turned into a homoerotic avatar. Except, you know, if someone gave someone else a book of homoerotic avatars as a wedding present.

In other comic-related news, beer_good_foamy wrote the brilliantest s8 Dawn crack!fic: Let's Sing "Dawn Is A Giant" In D Minor. (This Kenny guy is a complete blank - but what if he was someone we knew already? Keep liquids away - trust me!)

And now to another kind of crack!fic... Thanks to molly_may here is a link to the shortlist for the Bad Sex Awards. Know how porn can be really awkward to write? Well here are some who failed abysmally - but still got published! (You will need a mindwipe afterward reading! ::shudders:: It makes bad!fic look *good*...)

Oh and shapinglight wrote Road Trip which features great Buffy & Cordy bonding. :)

And I have to run again - hope you're all well! *hands out hugs*

Comments

[annabelle528.livejournal.com]

It makes bad!fic look *good*...

Okay, I didn't think that was possible, but wow! Who could possibly read that and do anything but laugh?

[elisi]

Okay, I didn't think that was possible, but wow! Who could possibly read that and do anything but laugh?
Incredible, isn't it? What were these people *on*?

[kathyh]

I just want to point out that this may be the first time a wedding present has been turned into a homoerotic avatar.

Bwahahaha...that's priceless. Those icons and the picture itself are to die for. Can't wait for issue 2!

[elisi]

Bwahahaha...that's priceless.
Isn't it just? The man clearly has the right attitude to the craziness that is shipping. :)

Those icons and the picture itself are to die for.
Indeed. Too brilliant and squee-worthy for words! And I can't wait either...

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the rec!

Jeanette Winterson is a brilliant writer, really, but that bit... ghiaaaa.

[stormwreath.livejournal.com]

Come on. A woman having sex with a robot named Spike? There should be icons! and fic! and detachable silicone-
:-)

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

That reminds me; I've never seen any Buffyverse Spikebot fic. I'm surprised. They've done everything else to the poor guy, and he is canonically at least 1% cyborg with that chip...

[elisi]

Well Nimue over at BAPS has a SpikeBot whose comments are added onto her reviews. Not quite fic, but... At least in the 'Destiny' review, can't remember about the rest.

[elisi]

Thanks for the rec!
People *need* to read it!

Jeanette Winterson is a brilliant writer
A female SpikeBot is made of so much win that I don't know where to start! I wondered why that was on the list, to be honest...

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Personally, I think it's this sentence: "Spike, you're a robot, but why are you such a drop-dead gorgeous robot? I mean, is it necessary to be the most sophisticated machine ever built and to look like a movie star?" It reads like the worst Mary Sue fic ever. It's not a bad idea and I'm really looking forward to reading that book (though I'll probably get to some other Winterson books before that), but some of the sentences in that scene are just... clunky. Of course, the Bad Sex Award was founded by a pretty conservative critic who wasn't just against bad sex scenes but against sex scenes period, so...

(Winterson is something of a slasher, incidentally; her "Weight" is basically ALL Atlas/Hercules subtext.)

[elisi]

It reads like the worst Mary Sue fic ever.
Heh. It does rather. *g*

Of course, the Bad Sex Award was founded by a pretty conservative critic who wasn't just against bad sex scenes but against sex scenes period, so...
That explains a lot!

[shapinglight]

Thanks for the pimp, luv.

Also, I must read Beer Foamy's fic tonight. Haven't managed to get to it before.

[elisi]

Thanks for the pimp, luv.
It's a lovely, uplifting fic. People need that. :)

And BGF's fic is great. Truly inspired!

[stormwreath.livejournal.com]

I keep seeing those icons popping up all over my flist. :-) Where did BL make that comment? I hope he wasn't annoyed; I suppose what I did was kinda rude...

[elisi]

He made it in this post, and he didn't seem upset (thankfully. I *did* worry). Mostly I think he was amused. :)

And the icons are *ever* so pretty, of course people will use them!

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

And the icons are *ever* so pretty

They really really are. Damn the 15-icon limit.

[elisi]

15??? How do you survive? I have 115 and it's still not enough...

[yourlibrarian]

Heh, proof positive Lynch is a real fan ;>

[elisi]

Indeed. He has promised that 'After the Fall' will be as epic as LoTR, and only slightly less slashy! *g*

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

That's not saying much. There's gay porn that's slightly less slashy than LOTR.

[elisi]

Brilliant, isn't it? (And Joss is on record saying that Spike is the perfect woman for Angel. I am SO looking forward to the (sub)texty goodness. *g*

[thatotherperv.livejournal.com]

ETA: Lynch's response: I just want to point out that this may be the first time a wedding present has been turned into a homoerotic avatar. Except, you know, if someone gave someone else a book of homoerotic avatars as a wedding present.

bwahahahahahahaha. niiiice.

[elisi]

He has a very Jossian turn of phrase. :)

[prophcygrl.livejournal.com]

*goes to read *

And that icon is fantastic! :D

[elisi]

*goes to read *
Yay! :)

And I love the icon. (Spike in a suit OMG!)