and before you know it, you are walking on air

Hello lovelies! I'm currently camped out on my comfy armchair and enjoying the winter wonderland that landed outside last night :)

( Ain't it pretty? )

And speaking of cool things, here's a handful of recs for you!

• Hello, I Love You (Won't You Tell Me Your Name?) by sarahyyy
In which Arthur falls in love with the stranger from the cafe outside the train station and they talk. Via messages. On his window.
A while ago I was waiting for a train (and I knew exactly where it would take me :/) and to pass the time I decided to bother my tlist with a silly idea for a train station romance. Darling sarahyyy grabbed that prompt and run with it and wrote the most charming story <333 I have such a love for epistolary fics, you don't even know, and this one is just so darn brilliant!

• Bandom people who are also dWellers! Come to bandom_meme and join the fun! Round 1 is already up! :D

• Princess Zelda by Haawan is the prettiest Custom MLP everrr! Be sure to check out her gallery for more custom ponies (so pretty omg)!

And now that you're all distracted by the beautiful art up there, I can sneak in these doodles I did a few days ago and no one will notice >:)

( power doodling on company time: Inception, XMFC, Avengers )

Hello my lovelies! And hello to the new people around here, too :D Um. I don't have an intro post... so, um, we can have an impromptu get-to-know-me Q&A? Just ask away, I promise not to bite :)

Sooo. BBB 2nd wave is about to start (how excited are we? A LOT! Also, if you follow me on twitter I apologize for all the wining I dumped on you while I was finishing my assignment :() Anyway, it looks like the Big Bangs gates have opened and it is now time to sign up for lots of other brilliant challenges :D bandgirlsbang (yay girls \:D/) is running again this year! I am extremely happy about it *cartwheels* inception_bang (woohoo!) is here again! If you had fun last time, you should definitely sign up again :D (I know I will!) and now, my darlings, please pay attention because we have a new entry! eagle_bigbang! I am most excited about this because this fandom needs all the longfics! ALL OF THEM! *urges you to sign up*


Speaking of fics, here's a rec for you all TSN peeps

Pangaea by princewardo
They have the island, the enclosures and labs and hotels and gift shops and all the little monetizing pieces that Eduardo bullied Mark into letting him get away with. They even have the first of the population: tiny baby stegosaurus that Dustin insists on carrying around and nursing to the point that even he, their so-called reptile specialist, has to admit they’re getting a little on the chubby side for three month old herbivores.

Mark has somehow managed to charm a trio of their velociraptors.

I must have read this story at least once a day for the past week and I still can't get enough of it. As the author says, this is practically dinosaurs kidfic. How can you resist the call? Spoiler: YOU CAN'T! Go click on the link, read the story, and then come back here to tell me that drawing Dustin riding a triceratops is a bad idea and I should desist at once!


Also, these past few days my flist has been swamped in delightful fic memes of all shapes and forms, but I haven't seen a single one for fanart :( so I decided to tweak this one! :D?

The Hypothetical AU Meme: Take any one of the fandoms you know I write doodle AND give me a type of AU (space opera AU, pirate AU, superhero AU, etc) or another time period (Ancient Rome, Regency England, etc). I will then explain what story from that fandom I would AU in that era doodle something quick based on your choice.


Ion, I've spent all of Monday marathoning Ouran Host Club (and then getting scarred on FF.net D:) What anime should I obess over next, my dear flist?

Hello hello flist! :D *hugs you all* how is everyone?
I'm afraid I've managed to fall into the dreaded RL Black Hole these past two weeks, and everything can be summed up with work work work blah blah blah house got flooded blah blaa cleaning all the things blah out with uni friends blah blah blah more work blah blah. Exciting, yes? Right.

Anyway, in between all that blah blah blah I was able to cram some reading and browsing while manning the front desk and so I come bearing links and stuff for you :D

The lovely airgiodslv offered to write a bunch of one-year-after timestamp ficlets to celebrate Inception first anniversary and I asked one for the Kissing Meme Ficlet (because I want all the timestamps from that 'verse) and of course she wrote the most awesome timestamp ever and everyone should go read it and tell her how great she is! Oh, I also made a doodle for it! Just scroll down the thread :)

In more fandom art news, time has come to reveal what the fifth card I drew for ohohstarryeyed as part of my help_nz offer :D
It is a tiny illustration for her story Be on the Stars (all of you should check it out!) which she wrote for BBB, so that's why we had to wait a bit before making this one public :)

( Spoilerish doodle under the cut )


In case you're not aware, Bandom has a Golden Trio of its own! ohohstarryeyed, sunsetmog, and hermette have been writing the most delightful of hogwarts!AU chatfics! What are you doing still here? Off you go to read Roar and What are these feelings. Go go go!

Speaking of HP, MY SISTER IS THE BEST SISTER AND GOT ME A POTTERMORE ACCOUNT WHILE I WAS STRANDED IN A 10 HOURS LONG SHIFT AT WORK! I am DreamFeather124 :) what is your magical username?
(Also, Smunchkin just run into the room to tell me that "Fuuuuu! Ovid rocks! OMG Nas! He's a BAMF and Metamorphoses is going to give me effing nightmares :D!" So there, that's your book rec from Smunchkin)

Once your done reading all the things I linked above, you should watch this video! Dad practically sat me down to make me watch it and I can't tell you how much I loved it. (Did I ever tell you how much I adore TED? A whole lot!)

In TSN news, errandgrrl and I want fic of this video like burning. Universe, get on it!

Tumblr keeps being a source of pretty awesome stuff, like this fantastic playlist! I've been listening to it in loop for days now and I can't get enough of it <333 Also also, Beirut's new album, The Rip Tide, is amazing! Check it out!

Oh! I've seen everyone is pointing out what their usernames are on all the other places, which is pretty nice :) So, anyway, in case you were wondering I use this same username everywhere (meaning DW, Twitter, and Tumblr), so I'm pretty easy to find :)

And now excuse me, but I have flist page to go check <333

HAPPIEST BIRTHDAY, photoclerk!!!
I wish you the very best birthday ever, bb! May it be full of delicious cake and pretty presents and all the love you deserve (which is a lot!) ♥

( come see your bday card! )

I also promised unaccompanied_g a doodle for missing her birthday! She asked for Tangled fluff :D

( Swing my hair back and forth )


In other news, I am super behind on everything! I keep meaning to do stuff and then something happens and my fannish plans get derailed :(
Anyway, assorted drive-by recs for you!

Thanks to ohohstarryeyed and her reccing ways I managed to read two BBB today: Cute Girls (Just Wanna Have Fun) and I'd Hate to See You Frown. Both really enjoyable! Check them out :)

This BBB fanart by undeny is gorgeous! The textures in this are so beautiful, you should all click on the link and leave the artist buckets of praises!

themostepotente wrote a bandom ficlet! Go read it now because it is lovely!

A truly gifted anonymous person wrote a fill for a "Hipster!Eduardo" prompt over at the TSNkinkmeme. When I say I want to wrap myself in this fic and never let it go I'm being extremely serious. To be honest, I want to print it and paste it into my notebook and then read it forever and ever.

Pixar released the first trailer for Brave. YOU COULDN'T BELIEVE THE HANDFLAPPING I'M DOING RIGHT NOW :DDD Everyone should watch it and then come here so we can flail together about how gorgeous Merida's hair is!


And now, a question for you, my dear flist: is there a "The Mentalist" fandom? If yes, where could I find all the words about Agent Cho being his amazing kickass self?

YOU GUYS MY FIRST REVERSEBANG PIECE IS POSTED and you should all click on the link, ignore the art and GO READ THE TRULY AWESOME STORIES THAT WERE WRITTEN FOR IT BECAUSE HOLY SHEEP, YOU GUYS! THEY ARE FREAKING AWESOME! I am completely starry eyed over both of them and I can't stop flailing and beaming and clapping my hands in glee! I have them both open in tabs and I keep hopping from one to the other and joyfully flap my hands like a seal gone postal :DDD The sheer brilliance and imagination of someidiothasice and smaragdbird have left me completely stunned and I couldn't be happier. I AM A BIG BALL OF JOY AND GLEE AND IT IS ALL THANKS TO THEM!
Flist, your mission today is to go read their stories and then leave them the highest praises in the comments! Go and spread the love, my mighty flist! ♥

Also also! You should check the other arts and stories that already went up at i_reversebang because they are all so very awesome! Go go go! :DDD

Ion, angelgazing is an evil person who earwormed me with Hot In Herre. Quick! Give me another ridiculous song to stop Nelly from setting up shop in my brain! D:

Oh, and speaking of ridiculous songs, I am putting together the silliest mix-cd ever for my sister! She asked for an "All Girls Pop from the late 90's/early '00" mix because she go tired of the "Boybands mix" I made her last year! Tell me who should be on it flist! :D

First thing first, you should all head over here and read "Four Times Arthur Blushed and One Time Eames Did! It is the most amazing thing ever and includes a lot of the things I love best in fics and it was written for me *clutches story to her chest* and you should just trust me on this and read it and give my anon gifter all the praise they deserve (which is: A LOT!) <3333333

The last couple of days have been kinda rage-inducing due to RL stuff. Turns out that today photoclerk fell victim of the rage too :(
Since I refuse to have my flist be unhappy, I say it is time for a Happy-making Picspam to drown all our mopey faces in and come out with a shiny smile!



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