entirely ruined her disposition with books

I knew there was a reason I keep this icon. 

I have an announcement to make:

Heroes and I are breaking up.

I just can't do this anymore.  I can't invest time and energy into this show when it's going to consistently screw me over like this.

Oh, and by the way?

SCREW YOU, TIM KRING!

That's right.  You heard me.  I'm now officially in hate with you.

( spoilers abound )

So that's why I'm giving up on this show.  I've stopped caring about the characters and I don't have faith in the creator.  So unless someone whose judgment I trust completely comes along and says, "It's gotten good again, you should give it a chance" (which I severely doubt), I'm just not going to waste my time on this show anymore.

Farewell, Heroes.

First off, if you have the slightest affiliation with Heroes at all—if you’ve seen one single episode—you must go immediately and join mugglesandlyle  a.k.a. “the greatest thing that ever happened in the history of things happening.”  That is no misnomer, y’all.  That is gospel truth.  Go. Now.  I command you.

 

Okay, so I never operated under the illusion that Heroes is actually a good show.  Not on the level of my other shows, like anything Whedon or Veronica Mars or Friday Night Lights or Battlestar Galactica.  Often when I’m watching this show, I can’t help but think, “Just imagine what Buffy could have done with a budget like this!”  But then, despite its lower budget, Buffy had charm and wit, a sense of humor (something Heroes seems not to understand) and a way of not taking itself seriously even in the deep, powerful, tragic moments (this seems to me to be the difference between the original Star Wars movies and the prequels, as well.  The not-taking-itself-seriously thing, anyways).  Heroes is just so. Heavy. All. The. Time. 

 

And they aren’t learning their lesson, either.  This season is, admittedly, more entertaining than last.  But I feel like it’s gone too far.  It’s like they’re so ashamed of how slow people thought last season was that they’re MAKING! THINGS! HAPPEN! this season.  Revelations! New characters! More future! More powers! Insanity! Sloppiness!

( so many spoilers through 3.04 that it'll make a California town explode )

The one thing I’d been waiting for since the season started happened this week!

So yeah.  Sloppy, ADHD writing.  But I’ll probably stick with it for a while yet.  We’ll see.

Also, does anyone know of where I can watch Gossip Girl online?  Because I hate having to wait the entire week it takes for the CW to put it up on their website.  Seriously, learn a lesson from NBC and have it up the next day.  Because I'm not going to be able to watch it as it airs, and I don't want to constantly be a week behind.

 

I'm never going to get over my mad love affair with choco_cherries.

Title: Cracked Lightning
Fandoms: Angel/Heroes
Characters/Pairing:  Charles Gunn/Elle Bishop
Rating: PG-13
Wordcount: 300
Prompt: Run
Summary: He's done making excuses.

( he's done making excuses )

Okay. So today I was going through old documents, getting extremely frustrated at all the stories I never finished.  And then I stumbled upon this one, and it was so close to being finished that I sat down right then and furiously started writing.

It's not ideal, posting a story like this in the middle of summer hiatus, but I hope some people read and enjoy it anyways.  This pairing is my ultimate non-canon weakness, and I had such fun writing this.

Title: Salt and Saffron
Fandom: Heroes
Characters: Elle Bishop, Adam Monroe, mentions of Mohinder, Peter, Bob
Pairing: Elle/Adam
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: Through the end of Season 2
Summary: Being good is harder than she thought it would be.

( salt and saffron, electricity and flesh )

A London-y post soon.  But first, this, because I've been working on it forever and am still not satisfied, but I finally threw my hands up in the air and decided to post it.  I hope you enjoy it anyway.

Title:  Requiem
Fandoms:  Supernatural, Friday Night Lights, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly, Harry Potter, Heroes
Characters:  Dean Winchester, Matt Saracen, Buffy Summers, Malcolm Reynolds, Molly Weasley, Adam Monroe
Rating: PG
Word Count:  3,939
Caveat:  Does this really need an angst warning?  Yeah, it's severe.  But the subject matter demanded it, so it's all May's fault.  Blame her.
Dedication:  For May, for the really great prompt.  I hope I do it justice.
Summary:  Six kinds of heartbreak you don't recover from: Dean Winchester, Mattt Saracen, Buffy Summers, Malcolm Reynolds, Molly Weasley, Adam Monroe

( heartbreak )

Finals are done!  *throws confetti and does a happy dance*  So now I can have my life back!

Thirteen days till London!  *throws confetti and does another happy dance.  This will be a lot of confetti to clean up later*  I couldn't be more thrilled!

Life update coming, along with me trying to catch up on my flist, cuz I missed y'all.

Till then:

This is what I do in class instead of actually paying attention.  It's a wonder I make as good of grades as I do.

Personal Canon

Y’all, I’ve gone completely crazy.  Stark raving mad.  There is no other explanation for the crack that is this pairing.  Forgive me in advance.  (oh, and the “drinking forever” idea comes from ava_leigh_fitz.  Cuz she’s awesome like that.  Thanks for the support, mind-twin.).

 

Title: Death Becomes Her
Author: Lirazel (penny_lane_42)

 

 

Fandoms: Heroes/Buffyverse
Characters/Pairing:  Adam Monroe/Drusilla
Timeline/Setting:  1900, China, the Boxer Rebellion (before Spike kills his first Slayer)
Wordcount: 300
Prompt: bridge
Summary:  She could drink from him forever and he would never run dry. 

  ( he's seen so much in the last three centuries that when he realizes what she is, he believes it )

Yay for the return of choco_cherries!

Title: Live Wire
Author: Lirazel (penny_lane_42)
Fandoms: Heroes/Veronica Mars
Pairing: Elle Bishop/Logan Echolls
Word Count: 253
Prompt: Cold
Rating: PG
Summary:   After a while, he stops trying to see someone else when he looks at her (she hopeswishespretends).

( cold )