Some tv stuff

Watched the finale of American Dream Builders - pretty cool, the two guys from Chicago were in the finale, and I loved both so much! I didn't really care who won, but I loved both the final houses.

Now I'm watching So You Think You Can Dance from last week, and the first dude made up his own style that was AMAZING - called puppeteering. SO NEAT! I loved it, and I'm glad he made it to Vegas. Don't think he's got a shot in hell at making it, but I'll be glad to see him again in Vegas.

Lots of other dancers I'm interested in, one quirky brunette lady and a little blonde pixie girl, also quirky. I also loved Mary Poppins, though I don't think she's got a chance in hell at getting on the show.

Can't wait until tomorrow1 :D :D :D

Fanworks meme

Day 1. Discuss something old
Day 2. Discuss something new
Day 3. Discuss something made for someone else
Day 4. Discuss something made just for yourself
Day 5. Discuss something for a large fandom/pairing/character
Day 6. Discuss something for a small fandom/pairing/character
Day 7. Discuss something you're just really proud of

This is hilarious timing! Especially because I've been going back to tag reeeeeeeeeeeeally early posts (imported from LJ) and a lot of them are this weird not-quite-original fic based on a fanfic that a friend wrote. It was this sprawling vampire universe that I still kinda love but needs to be rewritten from the get-go (for the fourth or fifth time now). Even that wasn't written entirely for me, a lot of it was written for or with gayalithiel. Still, it was really inspiring, and I had a hell of a lot of fun.

I generally write for other people (probably half of my fics are gifts), and even when I write fic that comes from my own plot bunnies, it's because I think other people will enjoy it, too. There is one fic, though, that I started writing shortly after my best friend's wife was diagnosed with MS. Between that and my dad dying a few months before (infection finally overtook him; his heart transplant meant he was immunosuppressed) and my aunt dying a few months before that (of ALS), I started a McShep fic where Rodney had MS. I was planning to trace their relationship from Rodney's first symptoms to his death (many years later). I had many scenes in mind that really helped me deal with all those things, and writing that fic was clearly for me, and it was very cathartic. I didn't finish it - it went stale with all my other SGA stuff, but I posted what I got done and an outline for the rest of the fic as part of my Unfinished and Discontinued series:

Unfinished sick!Rodney fic (12721 words) by kisahawklin
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay
Additional Tags: Terminal Illnesses, Angst, Abandoned Work - Unfinished and Discontinued
Series: Part 26 of Unfinished and discontinued fic
Summary: Rodney starts to have trouble at work and John has to figure out what to do.
Author's notes: Started this when I found out my best friend's wife had been diagnosed with MS. Between that and my dad's death a couple of years before, this fic was extremely therapeutic for me. I meant for it to come out the other side - it was going to end on them being reincarnated and toddling around Atlantis - but I didn't get there. Outline of the whole concept at the end.

Ahahahaha - my best friend just called me! His wife is doing well and we're going to dinner in a couple of weeks. :D