Slip slidin' away

[jedibuttercup]

Interesting weather this morning. The roads apparently froze over while wet, then received a dusting of snow-- but only on the back streets out here, thank God. Once I got to the middle of town and then out to the highway, all was well. I hear there's a winter storm warning starting at 4AM tomorrow, though, which should make tomorrow even more interesting. People in Oregon really don't, for the most part, know how to drive in this kind of weather; while I trust my mad driving skillz, all the other morons out there tend to make me paranoid.

I'd planned to finish up Chapter 8 tonight, but instead I'm being kidnapped by Meadhbha for a showing of Pride and Prejudice. There's no way it'll be as good as the 5-hour BBC version (which I own on DVD), or that the new Darcy will measure up to Colin Firth's portrayal, but I've been a fan of the book since I was 7, so I suspect I'll enjoy it regardless.

If you haven't voted yet to tell me what to write for the finish-a-thon, you only have through Friday! THE VOTING POST IS HERE. Just do a search for "jedibuttercup", or even just "jedi", and it'll jump you right to my section.

If you're curious what you'd be voting on, look here:

(1)
Fandom(s): SG-1, Pitch Black
Description: The Team steps through the Gate onto a world with 3 suns. Set early S7 for SG-1; uses the world of PB but not the characters. Envisioned as 6 parts, only 2 written so far.
Type: gen
Rating: R

(2)
Fandom(s): B:tVS, Star Wars
Description: A novella-length sequel to Diverted Destiny (in which the explosion of the Death Star II in ROTJ threw Luke's shuttle through a Force disturbance to Earth). Post-S7 for Buffy. Intent is to explore Luke's adventures as well as what happens to the SW-verse without him.
Type: Mostly gen, some het and slash
Rating: PG-13

(3)
Fandom(s): Stargate SG-1, The Mummy/TMR
Description: A longer sequel to Where It Began (in which Ardeth Bey observed the rising of the Stargate). Daniel discovers that his father and grandfather were Medjai.
Type: gen
Rating: PG-13

(4)
Fandom(s): Stargate SG-1, Terminator 3
Description: An expansion of Here at the End of All Things (in which Daniel and Sam discuss the end of the world). Daniel did say, "We'll be back"...
Type: Mostly gen, some het
Rating: R

(5)
Fandom(s): Stargate Atlantis, Harry Potter
Description: A longer sequel to Third Life's the Charm (a ficlet revealing John Sheppard's wizarding identity). Would cover his secret being found out.
Type: gen
Rating: PG-13

(6)
Fandom(s): Stargate SG-1, Highlander
Description: A sequel to Moebius Man (a fic where Daniel discovered that he is Immortal... for the second time). Post SG-1 S8. Would cover more of what happened to the past-Daniel, the exposure of the secret, and how that would change the events of S9.
Type: Mostly gen, possible slash
Rating: R

(7)
Fandom(s): Angel, Lord of the Rings
Description: A novella of Wes and Illyria in pre-LOTR Arda. Would explain some of the hints dropped in the ficlets Look On My Works, Ye Mighty and The Courage of Men about the Sauron-won-verse.
Type: gen and het
Rating: R

(8)
Fandom(s): B:tVS, Stargate Atlantis
Description: A novella building on the Uncle John ficlet series (in which Buffy and Dawn find their long-lost uncle). Set post-S7 for Buffy, beginning after S1 of Atlantis. Would cover their correspondence after John goes back, and lead to the girls eventually following him.
Type: Mostly gen
Rating: PG-13

(9)
Fandom(s): B:tVS, Stargate SG-1
Description: A Slayer!Sam novella, set after S6. Would explore how her empowerment alters events in S7. One chapter so far, at Hok Tau'ri.
Type: Mostly gen, some het
Rating: PG-13

(10)
Fandom(s): B:tVS, Stargate SG-1
Description: A novella building on the Smoke and Flame ficlet series. What if Buffyverse characters were aware of, and interfered with, the events of SG-1 S9?
Type: Mostly gen, some het and slash
Rating: R

I know some of you have commented before, on my WIP post, but this will be semi-official, with an actual deadline, so I won't be able to excuse myself out of it. =)

Any and everyone who sees this is welcome to cast a vote, though some of the other people in the finish-a-thon have specified otherwise, so if you get curious and peruse the other polls, do watch out for that.

Comments

[izhilzha.livejournal.com]

You know what? People in Oregon may not know how to drive in that kind of weather (depends on where you live, methinks, as the general resident of the hills around Grants Pass--my hometown--were really good at it), but residents of Los Angeles don't even know how to drive in LIGHT RAIN. I kid you not.

All that to say, I sympathize. :-D