A Lifetime of Firsts
bandslash, Bert McCracken (includes Bert/OMC, Bert/Quinn, Bert/Katie, etc etc)
R, ~7,000 words, thanks to octette for the beta and secrethappiness for the quick read-through
For sinsense in the usedfic challenge. Ended up working with Bert/Quinn and “stories from the road.” Um. There are SOME road stories in here? It’s basically a big Bertfest.

( Bert can remember most of the important firsts, at least as far as what other people think matter. )

modern grrrl
bandslash, Jamia Nestor/Amanda Palmer, riot grrrl AU
PG-13, ~4000 words, thanks to neverneverfic and secrethappiness for the beta.
This came both from the riot grrrl conversation I had with kylieq and this comic for the Unofficial XKCD Challenge. All song titles are listed at the end of the fic.

Posted as a part of 14valentines [Day 3] Women and Health

( The first time Jamia hears “Rebel Girl,” it’s 1997 and she’s seventeen and sitting in her friend Sammy’s basement, listening to a mix tape that he just got in the mail from one of his friends from Boston. )

once in a lifetime
Gerard/Lindsey/Jamia, PG-13, ~3,500 words, law school AU

Thanks to octette and arsenicjade for betaing. I tried to run it by someone with a passing understanding of lawschool and combined it with my own (passing) understanding, so all remaining weirdness is my fault.

Posted for 14valentines, [Day 2] Transgender Issues

( Lindsey always thought that she was going to be a rock star. So it was more than a little weird the day that she passed the bar. After all: who ever heard of a rock star lawyer? )

Just Jump

Sports Night, Dana Whittaker, PG-13, ~1,000 words

For kudra2324. Thanks to octette and arsenicjade for the betas and for telling me that this could have been a much longer story and putting up with my stylistic weirdness when it comes to tense, respectively.

Posted for 14valentines, [Day 1] Body Image

( Dana is terrified of heights, but she jumps anyway. )

So this year, I'm kind of helping shepherd 14valentines, a writing project/concept that is based on the idea of fandom as a community that is comprised largely of women and our allies and the possibility of relationship there. It's meant to raise awareness and, hopefully, increase participation in groups and issues that directly affect women. 14 Valentines will run for two weeks (14 days) for the first half of February, ending on Valentine's Day, also Vagina Day, Victory Against Violence Day and is in a large part inspired by Eve Ensler, The Vagina Monologues, and the organization that grew out of that movement, the V-Day foundation.

The mission of 14 Valentine's isn't to solicit money for the cause -- as anybody who has worked at a nonprofit knows, money does not fix all or even some of the problems -- but instead of remind everybody that there is a cause, that it touches each of us every day and that we should embrace the agency we're lucky enough to have and do something good with it. We're all global citizens -- we're a global sisterhood, too. That said, if you want to contribute money to some of the organizations we feature, that's awesome too.

14v was envisioned to be a place that's focused on women, their accomplishments, and the problems we face. Anyone is welcome to participate. To find out more, go to this post.

I would love it if members of my flist wanted to participate or spread the word. If nothing else, keep an eye on the community in early February - there's a lot of cool icons, fic, knitting projects, essays, and projects to be found there.

So, beyond the announcement? I need HELP. I've volunteered to write 4 essays for the community, which aren't going to be a problem, but I also signed up to do 14 days of fic.

Yes, again. But this time, I'm going to DO it.

SO. I want to write 14 days of fanfiction centered around female characters, ideally 14 different characters. Problem is? I don't know the characters.

So! Give me prompts. Any fandom, any character. Even if you've never seen me write in it, give me ideas. PLEASE.

a sorta fairy tale
Jeph/Quinn, Jeph/Bob, Bert/Quinn, R-ish, 6500 words.

For turnyourankle in the usedfic Multimedia Exchange, who requested unrequited angsting or angsting in general; Jepha/Quinn, Jepha/Bob, or Bert/Quinn. I kind of managed all of that? I dunno. Apologies for being a day late – I wanted to make sure that this hit the beta shop right. Thanks for your patience!

This is set in an AU based on the “All That I Got” ‘verse. You probably don’t need to watch the video to have this make sense, but it wouldn’t hurt. Many many thanks to 7iris, secrethappiness and chiromancy for the speedy betas. All remaining mistakes are my own.

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( Once you’re in a fairy tale, you’re in until they want to let you go or you can trick them. They’re not fools, though. And they never want to let you go. )

live through this and you won’t look back
Pairings: past Bob/Jepha, MCR gen
Other Stuff: PG, ~2,500 words
This is a gift for octette with a playlist here. Thanks to gl0ry_gl0ry for the beta. All remaining mistakes are mine. Oh yeah. It’s not real, it didn’t happen, probably. Though it should have, GERARD WAY. Refers to this NME video.

( “Was it like this before?” Bob didn’t really expect to say that out loud, but he’s not sorry that he did. )

The mix for live through this and you won't look back (posted in the next half hour), both as a gift for octette.

( Download here )

1. Stars - Your Ex-Lover Is Dead
2. This Is Ivy League - This Modern World
3. Iron & Wine - Naked As We Come
4. Luna - The Slow Song
5. Imogen Heap - The Moment I Said It
6. Murmurs - Smash
7. Tegan & Sarah - Walking With the Ghost (Live)
8. The Gossip - Eyes Open

made me that much stronger
always-a-girl!Jepha/Dan, AU, The Used
~4500 words, R.

Warnings: Kink (domination/submission), het, slash and drag. Sort of.

Notes: This is for sinsense with a beta by secrethappiness. Because they’re TERRIBLE ENABLERS.

It’s not real, it didn’t happen. Mostly because Jepha Howard has a (presumptive) penis – we’ve at least heard enough about his cock sleeve that I would assume it is true. I’d go through the “don’t Google yourselves” schtick, but really? If you’re reading this, I hope you enjoy it, Used Boys.

( Jepha’s always been strong … You learn to hold your own in the face of men who won’t. )

you’re not in this alone
Vital Stats: Bert/Gerard, Bert/being fucked up, Bert/Brian friendship, Bert/Quinn friendship, ~4,000 words, R.
Notes: I don’t know these guys, I don’t know that this happened, but if it did … well, it happened to someone. Kind of. Somewhere. But I’m convinced their names were different. Also, the “better than your broken fucking heart” line is directly inspired by octette.

Completely impossible without secrethappiness and octette for the betas and making me make this longer and kicking my ass around incomplete stories. All remaining mistakes are my own.

( Bert's still in survival mode, even after he's survived. )

I did this meme on my non-fannish journal and then realized that a bunch of ya'll aren't on that journal! And, um. I'm bored.

SO.

Give me a character from any of my fandoms, and I'll give you three facts from my personal "fanon" for that character.

Please?

You'll sell more records if you (dumb it down)
bandom (The Dresden Dolls & pop), Amanda Palmer & Ashlee Simpson, PG, ~1200 words.
Title by Lupe Fiasco, beta by algernon_mouse and secrethappiness. All remaining mistakes and the hate-on for L.A. are all mine. It’s fiction, it’s not real, it didn’t happen.

Posted as a part of 14valentines [Day 14] V-Day, International. I didn’t make it all 14, but I tried.

( The best thing about being Ashlee Simpson is that people are always amazed at how articulate she is in private. )
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and i said no, no, no
bandom, Amanda Palmer/Katie Kay, R, ~1200 words
Amanda Palmer is the lead singer for The Dresden Dolls and is really getting vocal node surgery in March. Katie Kay is their tour manager, an amazing dancer, and toured with the Gaymos(!) at the Disco in 2006. Thank you so much to kissingchaos9 for her encouragement and thinking out of all of this.
Title from Amy Winehouse, thanks to secrethappiness and bunnymcfoo for the betas.

Posted for 14valentines, [Day 8] Domestic Violence

( Amanda can deal with this vocal node shit … but the thing that Amanda can not accept, the thing that is not fucking okay with her, is giving up sex. )
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simple when it is sweet
bandom, ~1400 words, PG-13, Travie McCoy/Victoria Asher
This is a sequel to the haves and have-nots and an AU. You probably need to read the previous fic for this to make much sense. Unbetaed - sorry! If anyone wants to beta this, I'd be happy to reupload.

Posted as a part of 14valentines, [Day 7] Sexual Assault

( Victoria doesn't go home with Travie the first night they meet. )
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the differences and the space between
bandom, Alicia/Pete, Alicia/Mikey, PG-13, ~1500 words
Many thanks to kudra2324, neverneverfic, and kissingchaos9 for the super-fast betas. Any remaining mistakes are mine.

Posted as a part of 14valentines, [Day 5] Motherhood

( If she is going to be brutally honest about things, her only excuse is that she wants it. So she takes it. Because she can. )
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you’d be forced to face yourself
bandom, R, Frank/Gerard/Jamia, ~3200 words.
Written for withoutmaps because we both have boundary issues and a kink for threesomes. Title drawn from a line in The Dresden Dolls’ “Modern Moonlight” which shaped the backbone of the story: “stripped of your equipment you'll be forced to face yourself…”. Oh, and not insubstantially inspired by this photo from Projekt Gaymolution, but not really set during PR. I swear to god, I don't normally do POV-switches, but it REALLY works best for this fic.

Thanks to bunnymcfoo for the beta. Posted as a part of 14valentines. [Day 5] Sexuality

( Gerard and Frank pretend better than she does, pretending because they don’t know or can’t see it or some fucking thing. )

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YA'LL! secrethappiness wrote the Bob/Ray backstory for the i see the girls are out universe and ... so amazing.

The Only Thing We'll Hit is Sunset

i see the girls are out, a lot of freaks in the house, part 2/2
bandom, Lyn-z/Gerard Way, Alicia Simmons/Mikey Way, Lyn-z/Jamia, Gerard Way/Frank Iero
Title from Le Tigre’s “TGIF,” thanks to secrethappiness and idyll for the betas. This part ~4500 words. Posted as a part of 14valentines. [Day 4]

Part 1

( So Lyn-z would never say that all of this was destined to be, not her life here, or Gerard, not even all of these insane people who are her friends. But she can kind of understand for the first time why people might say shit like that. )

i see the girls are out, a lot of freaks in the house, part 1/2
bandom AU, Lyn-z/Gerard Way, Alicia Simmons/Mikey Way, Lyn-z/Jamia, Gerard Way/Frank Iero
Title from Le Tigre’s “TGIF,” thanks to secrethappiness and idyll for the betas. I fudged some ages (Lyn-z is actually older than Frank), but whatever, it's an AU. This part ~3700 words.

Part 2 is written, I swear, and will be posted tomorrow, once it’s back from the betas and I’m done with finishing touches.

Posted as a part of 14valentines. [Day 3] Health

( At college, Lyn-z finds a place, a name, a whole person. She finds a life. )

the haves and have-nots
bandom, ~1700 words, R for language, Vicky-T-centric, hints of Vicky-T/Travie, lots of Panic boys
Thanks to kissingchaos9 and secrethappiness for the betas and to The Dresden Dolls for the title. Expanded from what was previously known as the “Lonely!Vicky-T AU,” this is just a snippet of a universe, but I think it stands alone as a ficlet, too.

Posted for 14valentines. [Day 2] Hunger

( Victoria isn’t looking for anyone … yeah, maybe sometimes she ends up in the elevator with one of the two guys from 4b and can’t think of anything to say. But it’s not because she wants to or because she is longing for something or because she sees the way that they touch each other – small and public and easy – and feels something ache. )