( I don't even know. )

The only productive thing to come out of this was finally figuring out how to color correct Heroes screens in that useless preview.

...Wait, no, still not productive.

OKAY TIME TO SLEEP

Pirated Downloaded Illustrator CS4 and played around with it, but for the same reasons that I've never used it before, it confuses me so much and skfhaksjafa the following masterpiece is the most I was able to churn out of it.

( THE EPIC TALE OF DARKFUTURE )

also holy shit whyyyyyyy am I still up

Whyyyyyyyyyy is it that after I announce "I QUIT HEROES" I'm suddenly all MACKIN' ON IT?



I HATE/LOVE THIS SHOW BAAAAHHH. And now back to apps.

As my family recently subscribed to Netflix, I now have the opportunity to watch movies I would have never gotten my paws on before. One of the first I rented was Near Dark.

Near Dark is a 1987 vampire flick about a country boy who gets a quasi-creepy crush on a vampire girl and then gets – surprise – vamped by her. He's then kidnapped by her crazy hillbilly vampire family and they try to get him to become one of them.

This premise would be undoubtedly dumb and unappealing if it weren't for the fact that said country boy looks like this:



OH YES. THIS WORK OF 80'S CINEMA WAS A TRUE TREAT TO WATCH. And here are the choice spoils from my 121.1 MB's-worth of manual screencapping and also a bonus clip! (Trust me, you haven't really lived until you've seen the young face of Nathan Petrelli desperately sucking blood from someone's wrist. NO SERIOUSLY IT'S REALLY HOT did I just type that)

WARNING: SUPER INSANELY IMAGE-HEAVY. SORRY, COULD NOT RESIST SHARING AS MUCH SEXY AS I COULD. D:

( Picspam: Adrian Pasdar in Near Dark )

Did I just waste like four hours doing all that? Yes, yes, I did. WORKED SO HARD ON THIS JESUS It's time to shift-change and finish my homework, auuugghh.

...On an added weird note, this movie came out two days before I was born. ERIN, GET TV CRUSHES ON PEOPLE NOT OVER TWICE YOUR AGE PLZ o hay wait I've actually got one for once mmmmmmmmmmm <33333

This is the most awesome meme ever, srsly. Anyway, started this as a writing exercise since I wanted to do this thing again and burningvigor suggested I do it for our Heroes/Supernatural post-apocalyptic future that pretty much only exists in our heads. I normally wouldn't post something like this, since it's pretty much just based on indulgent ramblings and a fic that never actually happened, but I remember that a few people were interested in reading said crossover, and since we never delivered on that... I figured I'd post these drabbles publicly instead of keeping their quasi-embarrassing contents to myself. And since it's more satisfying to post non-privately even if no one reads it. \o/ I'M PROUD OF MY CRACK KIND OF okay not really.

1. Pick a character, pairing, or fandom you like.
2. Turn on your music player and put it on random/shuffle.
3. Write a drabble related to each song that plays. You only have the time frame of the song to finish the drabble; you start when the song starts, and stop when it's over. No lingering afterwards!
4. Do ten of these, then post them.

WARNING(S): Lots of Nathan/Peter (#s 1, 4, 7, 8), some Dean/Claire, and generally weird and overly dramatic since hey, it's an AU crossover.

( Drabble Meme: Dark Future AU, Heroes/Supernatural )

I know everyone including me ekasjhds is freaking out over Dark Knight, so I figured I'd supplement the joy with some old-school hilarity.



THE END.

Seriously, Bruce and Harvey in the cartoon? G.A.Y.

THIS GAME REKINDLES MY FIERCE AND UNDYING LOVE FOR LIQUID/SNAKE, OLD MAN BODIES BEDAMNED

I GO TO MY OLD FANART FOLDER TO SATISFY MY NEED



...CURSES, IT JUST MAKES IT SO MUCH WORSE

( Picspam of my favorite ever hotass LiqSnake fanarts from my favorite ever MGS fanart site. Absolutely NO MGS4-related art or spoilers, but quite a lot of pining for indulgent A/U. And making a goofy fool of myself. )

My bottom line is that I fucking adore Liquid in any way, shape, or form for reasons I can only partially explain, and I am ecstatic that my previously only vaguely founded, indulgent ideas of his characterization have been constantly and concretely reinforced during the course of this game.

Oh, and I also love him banging Snake, whether it looks like this or this or this.

AWAIT A FULL MGS4 COMPLETE FREAKOUT REPORT ONCE WE FINISH AND THANK YOU AGAIN TO evildrew FOR LIKE A MILLION LIFETIMES

STITCHES
Author: lacidiana
Beta: loreamara, famira
Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing: None
Genre: Drama/Suspense
Words: 3,679
Rating: R; some strong language & violence
Spoilers: up to the end of season 3

Summary: Time causes decay and desperation for even the oldest soul. Nothing stays human after too long; demons and monsters know this, but then, sometimes, they remember.

A/N: This fic is based on an idea by famira. loreamara provided extensive input. Much love to both of them. <3

( The demon had only been sitting there for a few minutes, but in a human's body, it felt like hours. )

Did you guys know I've seen the old Indiana Jones movies more times than I can count, that I can recite some Crusade scenes from memory if I try? That young Harrison Ford holy shit no one can ever compete Indy was my ill-fated, ill-timed adolescent crush?

Oh, yes. I love my Indy.

SO. For Andrew's birthday today (HAPPY (KINDA) BELATED BIRTHDAY, evildrew!!! <3<3<3), we went and saw Indiana Jones and the Plastic Surgery Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls on opening day. Oh yes, watching my Indy--who I had previously considered forever young--with grey hair and wrinkles was painful, and I was suspicious of this old man who had donned the fedora and pretended to be my childhood hero. Soon, however, I realized he had the same half-goofy, half-badass antics, the same cheesy lines, the same crazy escapes and generally the same spirit about him. My Indy! He lived! I sat in glee at the action scenes (Indy's greatest escape yet!), the crazy commies (no moar Nazis? weirdly sad!), the jokes (SNAKES!), and the adorable, adorable character interaction (will not spoil!). Three quarters through the movie, I was thinking "You know? This is actually PRETTY DAMN GOOD, all incredibly unsettling CGI aside!"

AND THEN

AND THEN

( WHAT IN GOD'S NAME-- (SPOILERS) )

Bottom Line: Exceeded expectations even if the climax was "wtf"-worthy. Old!Indy was surprisingly easy to acclimate to after a while, even though I now feel like I need to watch Raiders to get some my hot Indy fix. >_>;

THE REAL QUESTION ON EVERYONE'S MIND?: I hate to betray my beloved Indy and say this, but yeah, Iron Man was better IMHO. D: If you have to choose between the two, GO FOR THE STILL-ATTRACTIVE TONY STARK. But seriously, I forgot to mention how I saw Iron Man, and it really was fantastic. I won't pretent to know the original canon (omgposer) but the movie was super-enjoyable even for someone new to the series.

THE REAL, REAL QUESTION ON EVERYONE'S MIND?: Actually, it's kind of hard to say if it was better than Temple of Doom, considering the ending. The character interaction works in its favor, though. I SUPPOSE ONLY TIME WILL TELL.

Also, one has to wonder why all these ancient civilizations spent centuries building these intricate structures that are DESIGNED TO IMMEDIATELY FALL APART ONCE SOMEONE ACTUALLY SETS FOOT IN THEM.

We need an Indy at Landel's, stat. A young one. 8D

ORITE: Two more things:

CONCERNING SUPERNATURAL

CONCERNING GAY SUPERHEROES

I blame famira for the last one.

Okay, f-list, since like... only two of you I know of have seen this show, I shall tell you of

IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA



This is a show about a group of 'friends' who own a dive bar in Philadelphia. They aren't your usual lovable Cheers crowd, however: They're all a bunch of self-obsessed sociopaths, the likes of which make Jerry and the gang look like Red Cross volunteers. They're bigoted, they're greedy, they'll sell out each other at a moment's notice, and they're fucking hilarious.

( More about the show. )

SOME CLIPS:

RICK ROLL'D by Dennis
The Gang Runs for Office
Hundred Dollar Baby Training Montage
Clown Baby
Door Marked Pirate
Nightman
Dayman
Baby Tanning Promo
Beatbox Promo
'DeVito Contract' Promo Skit

This is literally up there as my favorite show right now along with Supernatural and Heroes. I WANT TO DRAW/WRITE FANSTUFF OF THESE HORRIBLE PEOPLE. IT'S THAT GREAT.

My brother, by the way, is the one who got me into this show. We watched it every week last fall right after I finished Supernatural. <3 AND YES, I ALREADY HAVE MY MOM HOOKED ON THIS ONE TOO, BELIEVE IT OR NOT she's the one who wanted to buy the DVDs. And we did.

Ttly stolen from burningvigor, who did a matching set from Peter's POV. <3 (Also planning to do a Sam & Dean set from Dean's POV once Court is ready to do a SAMMEH one. :D!)

1. Pick a character, pairing, or fandom you like.
2. Turn on your music player and put it on random/shuffle.
3. Write a drabble related to each song that plays. You only have the time frame of the song to finish the drabble; you start when the song starts, and stop when it's over. No lingering afterwards!
4. Do ten of these, then post them.

NOTE: Kinda cheated and went back through and edited these so they weren't so bad. Generally, though, I stopped writing when the song ended, unless I had to finish a line. (Except for 9. Totally cheated on 9. D:) Also got an INORDINATE amount of OVERLY EMO/MELODRAMATIC songs so yeah, warning on that, and apologies for suck, since um, these were timed, more-or-less, and not meant to be really formal. D8

WARNING(S): 7 is one-sided gay-ish, but the rest are platonic/up to interpretation. Also, again, a lot of these are REALLY MELODRAMATIC and REALLY... not so good. XD;

( Drabble Meme: Nathan & Peter (Nathan POV), Heroes )

Funny story: I screwed up my numbering so much that I did two extra ones, so I just pulled out two that were personal-RP-based/super-short in the end. AHA. XD;;; Also, finally going to do those damned posts I owe everyone. WOOO.

OH, DEAN AND NATHAN. TWO MESSED-UP BIG BROTHERS WHO I LOVE SO. SO SIMILAR AND YET SO VERY DIFFERENT, BUT WITH CERTAIN IDENTICAL PLOT TRENDS THAT MAKE ME GLEE/LOLLER.

It was only after this week's Supernatural episode that I realized. .......YEAH.

( NIGHTMARE TRENDS: !Spoilers for Supernatural 310 & Heroes 205! )

WHY ARE THE TRENDS IN MY FAVORITE CHARACTERS SO GODDAMN PREDICTABLE safkhdflkajs oh well, I don't care. <3333

YESSSSSS. I am so proud.

( Fanart: Nathan, Heroes )

Nathan Petrelli has taken over my liiiiiiiiiiife aughskda

I have been loving on my Photoshop and my tablet so hard lately, unf unf unf. I have my little keys on either side set up AWESOMELY, and I even have stuff set to go back and forward in my iTunes without having to pull my tablet up from the keyboard. 8D Ahahahaha. I love it so. <3333

Apparently, my mom loves my bumper sticker. DUBIOUS WIN? OH AND ALSO I FINISHED THE TRIGUN MAXIMUM MANGAAAAAA YAYAYAYAYAY though I kind of think the ending would have been megacooler if a couple key things had been different but OH WELL WON'T SPOIL.

Wolfwood and Legato were the king wibble-makers INDEED.

As some of you might already know, watching Top Gun and dementedly singing Danger Zone is a beloved pasttime among me, evildrew, and burningvigor. So, imagine my shock when I found out that Iceman (Val Kilmer) and Maverick (now batshit Tom Cruise) weren't the best things to oogle at in that movie.



( Picspam: Adrian Pasdar in Top Gun )

And that's it! Woo. This is all made about x91283 better due to the fact that Nathan, of course, was canonly a Navy fighter pilot. Yes.

this is exactly why I didn't want to get into live-action series AUUGGHHH WHYYYY FILMOGRAPHIIIEESSS SUCKING UP MY LIIIIFE god I feel like a stalker

Also, sorry, f-list, for ttly spamming you with above-cut pictures as of late. :X I can't help myself.

NIGHTMAN - SYLAR/MOHINDER
(Spoilers up to Heroes 211. Audio from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. NSFW.)


High-quality version here. 10.75MB.
Original Sunny clip here.

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YES YES YES YES YES.

This is what I do when I am out of town with crappy internet.

THE MIDDLE MILE
Chapter 2
Author: lacidiana
Beta: famira
Fandom: Supernatural
Characters: Dean, Newb!Sam
Pairing: N/A (includes Sam/Jess, Dean/Carmen)
Genre: Gen, Drama, Action/Adventure, A/U
Words: 5,802
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: Events up to S2E20 and plot revelations up to S2E22.

Summary: A/U diverging from What Is and What Should Never Be. When Dean realizes that the djinn's world is more tangible than he suspected, he decides to pursue his old life as a hunter and find out the truth of his reality. What he doesn't count on is his civilian brother tagging along, as well as the bridge that gradually grows over the rift between them.

A/N: Chapters 1 & 2 used to be a single chapter until I broke them up to comply with the limits on Fanfiction.Net and DevArt. :X Continued thank yous to Fam!

( 2: Won't Get Fooled Again )

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THE MIDDLE MILE
Chapter 1
Author: lacidiana
Beta: famira
Fandom: Supernatural
Characters: Dean, Newb!Sam
Pairing: N/A (includes Sam/Jess, Dean/Carmen)
Genre: Gen, Drama, Action/Adventure, A/U
Words: 5,047
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: Events up to S2E20 and plot revelations up to S2E22.

Summary: A/U diverging from What Is and What Should Never Be. When Dean realizes that the djinn's world is more tangible than he suspected, he decides to pursue his old life as a hunter and find out the truth of his reality. What he doesn't count on is his civilian brother tagging along, as well as the bridge that gradually grows over the rift between them.

A/N: THANK YOU FAM for supporting me so hard through all of this and inspiring this fic in the first place. <333

EDIT @ 5/26/08: Chapters 1 & 2 were originally posted on LJ to be a single chapter until I broke them up to comply with the limits on Fanfiction.Net and DevArt. As such, the comments to this entry preceding that date are in response to chapter 2 as well.

( 1: Bargain )

Navigation: Ch. 1 | Ch. 2

Still practicing realistic-ish people and still PUMPED about that crossover's dark future.

( Badass!Peter, Heroes )

And to think, I went from demanding Court app Grimmjow instead of Peter to... THIS. DDD:

Was so pumped over possible crossover stuff that I did photoshop doodle... thing.

( Evil!Sam & vague Supernatural SPOILERS in explanation. )

In other news, I downloaded all the tracks used in Supernatural off an awesome site. WOO.

21 VOLUMES OF BLEACH

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I AM A BEAST

....And I have nothing else of interest to report on. :X

EDIT: ALSO, some crappy doodles. No spoilers. ONE IS FOR YOU, endless_abyss!

( WHY DO I TAKE CRAPPY WEBCAM PHOTOS INSTEAD OF SCANNING? Perhaps because I am at Court's. And lazy. And want to screw around with color dodge. )

THAT IS ALL. And I still have no idea who my favorite character is THOUGH I HAVE AN IDEA WHO I WOULD SLASH AND IT HAS TO DO WITH GAY PAIR SWORDS AMIRITE.

Also, it will be a RELIEF to read the Bleach apps this time around and ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO JUDGE 'EM ON OUR OWN. WOOHOO!