( The Pirate, The Professor, and the Ruin of the Empire 2/2 )

Title: The Pirate, The Professor, and the Ruin of the Empire
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 13,260
Summary: Britain is in the grip of the Emperor, while the rightful ruler Lord Albus hides in exile in Scotland. Small bands of pirates form some opposition but it’s going to take a spectacular strike to bring the Empire down for good.
Thanks: drachenmina for the fabulous beta.
Notes: Fantasy Fest entry (yes, a little late), from this prompt: Steampunk universe. R is an airship pirate. S is a scientist/inventor. S is kidnapped by R's crew. Love/hate relationship forms between R and S. S ends up helping R's crew escape capture from "evil empire of doom". Bonus if S joins with the crew in the end.
Thanks, mystery prompter. I had fun!

( The Pirate, The Professor, and the Ruin of the Empire 1/2 )

The Mystery of the Missing Miss
A Snupin Holmes Mystery

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Rating: PG-15
Word Count: 3011 (this part) 11498 (total)
Summary: A new case for wizarding detective Severus Snape: a missing girl. Elopement, abduction or maybe murder? Follow him and his trusty companion, Doctor Remus Lupin, as they find trouble on the streets of Victorian London.
Warning: may contain deductions that Adam West’s Batman would find a step too far.
Beta’d by the ever marvellous and eagle-eyed drachenmina.

Dedicated to the lovely red_day_dawning

Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three

( Chapter Four )

The Mystery of the Missing Miss
A Snupin Holmes Mystery

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Rating: PG-15
Word Count: 2367 (this part) 11498 (total)
Summary: A new case for wizarding detective Severus Snape: a missing girl. Elopement, abduction or maybe murder? Follow him and his trusty companion, Doctor Remus Lupin, as they find trouble on the streets of Victorian London.
Warning: may contain deductions that Adam West’s Batman would find a step too far.
Beta’d by the ever marvellous and eagle-eyed drachenmina.

Dedicated to the lovely red_day_dawning

Chapter One
Chapter Two

( Chapter Three )

The Mystery of the Missing Miss
A Snupin Holmes Mystery

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Rating: PG-15
Word Count: 3613 (this part) 11498 (total)
Summary: A new case for wizarding detective Severus Snape: a missing girl. Elopement, abduction or maybe murder? Follow him and his trusty companion, Doctor Remus Lupin, as they find trouble on the streets of Victorian London.
Warning: may contain deductions that Adam West’s Batman would find a step too far.
Beta’d by the ever marvellous and eagle-eyed drachenmina.

Dedicated to the lovely red_day_dawning

Chapter One

( Chapter Two )

The Mystery of the Missing Miss
A Snupin Holmes Mystery

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Rating: PG-15
Word Count: 2504 (this part), 11498 (total)
Summary: A new case for wizarding detective Severus Snape: a missing girl. Elopement, abduction or maybe murder? Follow him and his trusty companion, Doctor Remus Lupin, as they find trouble on the streets of Victorian London.
Warning: may contain deductions that Adam West’s Batman would find a step too far.
Beta’d by the ever marvellous and eagle-eyed drachenmina.

Dedicated to the lovely red_day_dawning (aka it's her fault!)



( Chapter One )

So, having not long posted this set of pictures, someone requested icons. And I'm a nice person, so here you go.

( Our favourite boys reduced to 100x100s )

So, I've been a bit quiet lately.
Apparently snow isn't just fun white stuff ... it's bastard cold frozen stuff that shuts airports and causes people to make claims on their travel insurance. Bastards.

Anyway, I've done some doodling lately. Some Snupin, some solo Snape, even a Sirius Black.

( Including the 70s football AU and something remarkably like a certain pair of detectives... )

Just thought I'd check in really. Realised I haven't posted on here in .. um, well. Haven't checked my flist since the beginning of the month either so apologies if I haven't kept up with anyone. Haven't read a single Snusa thing yet either, which is fairly fail of me.
I think I've got nearly all of my deadlines done ... I have one thing left to finish (re-finish?) but I've been utterly stuffed up with a cold the last few days (you don't want to know how many snotty tissues I've already gone through).

So, yes, still here, still plodding on. What have I done lately?
A few choir concerts.
Watched a lot of Strictly. (OMG, final on Saturday. Go Team Cola!)
Been to see Potted Potter again. (Is it because I is ginger?)
Written fic for a fest. (I know, WTF)
Sat around staring into space.

Currently I'm watching poncy ballet on BBC4. In the Spirit of Diaghilev. (Of course, in the spirit of Diaghilev means sleeping with as many other men as possible, from my research...)
Very well-formed men dancing to Satie? I'm not complaining.
Though some of them I'm wondering if they forgot their PE kits and the teacher's made them do it in their pants.
(Not quite as epic as Dorian Gray in ballet form though ... simulated man-sex in ballet form is something else!)

Anyway, you don't have to listen to me warble about stuff and nothing. Have a picture instead.
Something I drew a little while ago (I just wanted to draw something not fest-related, I think).
Severus Snape ... as per usual.
And you can decide for yourselves whether the skull's eyesockets behind his head look like eyesockets or fluffy little ears.

( Insert clever title here )

*steals the meme off the Chart*

The problem with LJ/IJ/DW: we all think we are so close, but really, we know nothing about each other. So ask me something you want to know about me. Something that should be obvious, but you have no idea about. Ask away. Then post this in your journal and find out what people don't know about you.

I reserve the right to answer in an utterly non-serious manner should the fancy take me.

Here's something to cheer you folks up - have a laugh at some of my older fanarts.
Below the cut lurk strange and miscellaneous things ... from HP to LOTR to Doctor Who and comics. I've been sorting through my room (yes, it's a mess) and going through papers. I have a couple of folders of unfinished/unposted drawings. I pulled out a few.

Enjoy!



( Including probably my oldest Harry Potter fanart ever! )

Works like this: Reply to this meme by yelling "Words!" and I will give you five words that remind me of you. Then post them in your IJ and explain what they mean to you.

I can't guarantee I can give decent words.

I shouted words at the lovely Chart, who gave me the following...

( Bristol, sketch, uni, giggle, sex ... this should be interesting/utterly dull )

Obligatory boasting post as I went to London yesterday to go and see the first episode of series two of Merlin in the British Film Institute.
And it was exciting.
And Prince Arthur spent a surprising amount of time with his top off. To the accompaniment of a theatre full of fangirls whooping.
There will be jousting in series two. Jousting!
And then there was a Q & A in which Bradley James was bloody fun and Anthony Head giggled like a faintly hysterical girl (and got called Giles by a questioner).

All in all, good times.
And the London Merlin fancrowd seem actually rather sane and sensible.

Red Serpent: the DVD extras

Chapter One: M's Man - Chapter Two: A Bar With A Reputation - Chapter Three: Dinner For Two - Chapter Four: Small Spaces and Close Encounters - Chapter Five: The Howl Of The Wolf - Chapter Six: To Travel Lustfully... - Chapter Seven: Arrival At The Truth - Chapter Eight:'You Damn Traitor!' - Chapter Nine: A Cold Final Kiss - Chapter Ten: Gunpowder Against Curses - Chapter Eleven: The Serpent's Head - Chapter Twelve: An Unexpected Pair of Boots

( DVD extras! )

Title: Red Serpent (12/12)
Author/Artist: skitty_kat
Rating: R
Warnings: death, destruction, sex, violence, torture and a gratuitous explosion or two. Yikes.
Disclaimer: Harry Potter and associated characters belong to JK Rowling. James Bond was created by Ian Fleming.
Word Count: 2100 (31881 overall)
Summary: Remus Lupin is a spy, one of British Intelligence's finest, and this may be his most deadly mission yet. Armed with only his native wit and courage and assisted by the enigmatic and magnetic Severus Snape he must penetrate deep into Communist Russia to bring down the powerful Lord Voldemort.
A/n: This fic contains illustrations, set in the appropriate places within the text. Love to drachenmina for the fabulous beta.
Chapter One: M's Man - Chapter Two: A Bar With A Reputation - Chapter Three: Dinner For Two - Chapter Four: Small Spaces and Close Encounters - Chapter Five: The Howl Of The Wolf - Chapter Six: To Travel Lustfully... - Chapter Seven: Arrival At The Truth - Chapter Eight:'You Damn Traitor!' - Chapter Nine: A Cold Final Kiss - Chapter Ten: Gunpowder Against Curses - Chapter Eleven: The Serpent's Head

( Chapter Twelve: An Unexpected Pair of Boots )

So, having fought my way through all the sodding U2 fans...
(I hate gigs in the Millennium Stadium, especially when they re-route the buses up my road)

Anyway, my High School Musical/Little Shop of Horrors comics crossover extravaganza is done, my snapelyholidays and Snupin Santa sign-ups are in ... and then someone starts campaigning another ship.

For the lovely snapelike...

( you wouldn't be expecting any nautical shenanigans, would you? )

Oh my, she replied!

That's not quite what I meant! Your normal English is practically perfect! I mean your posh english such as old bean and things like that y'know? Oh if you watch jeeves and wooster then you can be absolutely spot on! Best show ever.

Aside from the 'practically perfect' (in every way)...

I think Penni would be a little offended that a sixteen-year-old (British) girl is impugning her expertise on, um, 'posh English'.
I think I'm about to reply with and if you read P. G. Wodehouse you can be even better there's more to public schoolboy-speak than Wodehouse. And my beta is the bloody expert.

I'm starting to feel patronised. By a sixteen year-old. Now I feel old...

I just had a review, from a 16 yr-old, for my High-School-Musical-British-boys-school extravaganza which included this line...

You're not quite up to scratch with the old english but you're doing darn well if i say so.

I'm not sure that I shouldn't be slightly offended.
(I may also have replied with a thanks-but-I-should-be-doing-rather-well-with-the-English-being-as-I-bloody-well-am-English)

I am a little bemused as to why there is a fire engine crane thing going up outside my window.

I'd rather expect if the flats were on fire I'd know about.
I hope.

Thank god I've got clothes on.

ETA: Caught the fireman (unhunky) going down the stairs. People directly upstairs locked themselves out and left the cooker on. They had to get a fireman (more hunky but not that great) in through a window.
DRAMA!

You've all heard of Banksy?
Anonymous Bristolian graffiti artist with a wicked sense of humour.

I went off to Bristol Museum this weekend to see his exhibition.
*snort*
Well, some kids got an education.
Goodness knows how, but the combination of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, *ahem* improved art and willies made me think of just one person.
Chart, my sneezing/snorting darling, this one's for you. Feel better soon, darling!

And now I'm going to picspam you all into madness. (dial-up users beware!)



Posted at my LJ.
Part One
Part Two