Forgivable Expectations Update

Do your eyes deceive you? No! This is indeed an update of my ridiculously long-term WIP, Forgivable Expectations ! A cruel joke, you say? No! Not this time! Title: Forgivable Expectations Fandom: Harry Potter Genre: Romance/Drama Rating: T Pairings: Draco/Pansy, Dean/Pansy Summary: Being a Slytherin is tough work these days. With the war brewing around her, Pansy has to deal with inner-house politics, unexpected rivals, and an undesired attraction to Dean Thomas. Includes an artistic Snape and... read more

Huzzah! At 32 pages and just short of 12,000 words, the damn thing is finally finished. And it's the longest FE chapter I've written in years. Here be the latest chapter of Forgivable Expectations : Chapter 9: Deadlock . Summary: Deadlock: a standstill resulting from the opposition of two unrelenting forces or factions. Pansy has to lose part of herself in order to find herself again. Pansy and Padma finally have their confrontation. Yes, indeed.

Art: Gen - Young Lions Series, Dean by thanfiction (Dean; PG) G to PG-13 - Facepaint by Linnpuzzle (Dean/Seamus; G) - Kisses That Last For Days by kath_ballantyne (Dean/Seamus; PG) - Tell Me a Secret by spacefragments (Dean/Seamus; PG) - Late Nights By The Fire by a_real_phony (Dean/Seamus; PG13) R and NC-17 - Landscape Lessons by twilightsorcery (Dean/Luna; R) - Hide by bruni (Dean/Luna/Seamus; R) Fics: ...

Oh, I've hit a summer vacation LOW, my friends. My little sister, young teen that she is, loves the Canadian, teen-drama show Degrassi . I've mocked her mercilessly for this, as is my way, but this past weekend found me planted in front of the television with her during a marathon for lack of anything better to do. It was presumably to mock, but you know you've hit rock bottom when you turn to ask your 'lil sis a question only to realize that you've been watching Degrassi ALONE for ages. And...

Had a random conversation with an aging hippie musician in Starbucks today. The experience was charmingly disconcerting, like an organic core inside a mass consumerism peel. If that makes any sense. I feel like this is the first time in ages I've been free to take a breath. So, naturally, I'm going to use this time to attempt finishing FE 9 once and for all. In order to speed up the process, I think I'm going to cut a large section devoted to Millicent/Pansy power struggles and save it for the...

Since it's very possible that I will be incoherent with grief and rage tonight after the death of a certain most favorite character in all the world . So, before I descend, here is a bit of happy in the form of my favorite Hark! A Vagrant! comic: R.I.P John Paul II. You were so much better than Ratzinger. I finally cracked the hell out of the Pansy/Dean scene in FE that's been kicking my ass for months. This scene has been a large part of the reason the fic has gone so long without an...