The Lady In The Tower

blows the dust off

2023-06-21T18:02:42Z

Haven't been here in... God knows how long, OK.

Time to start making use of this again!

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Fic: We're Given and Denied

2013-01-03T02:22:02Z

Well, I've been gone forever, back now with a new fic and a new fandom.

Title: We're Given and Denied
Fandom: Avengers
Series: At The Touch Of Your Hand
Pairings: Tony/Pepper, pre-Pepper/Tony/Steve, past-Steve/Peggy
Notes: Part one of a soulmate AU where people bond at first skin-to-skin contact
Summary: Steve never wanted a soulmate - he always figured he'd be dragging them down. Tony secretly didn't want anything more than to find his. Pepper, well, she just wanted to bond to someone who wanted to know her before they got sucked into being bonded. When Tony and Pepper bond, they realize they're incomplete, but there's no way to find their missing third - until Tony does, and then it all becomes a mess because, really, none of them know what to do now.

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In The Days of Auld Lang Syne, Chapter 2

2012-01-27T08:19:37Z

Title: In The Days of Auld Lang Syne
Chapter Title: Going Down In An Earlier Round
Series: Lyrical 'verse
Fandom: Axis Powers Hetalia
Rating: PG-13
Characters: (In this chapter) England, Ireland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Hong Kong, Canada, Sealand, Kugelmugel, Austria, Portugal, America
Pairings: America/Portugal, England/America/Portugal (possibly only on England's part, possibly one-sided Ireland/India and Austria/Wales; France/Scotland, Cornwall/Brittany, Canada/Prussia, and other pairings yet to be revealed
Summary: New Year's resolutions lead to so much more. Some are seeking answers or absolution, some are making confessions, and others are just trying to help. For the British-Celtic family and those tied to them, 2012 will be a very important year.
Chapter Summary: Resolutions are made, but no one knows just how momentous they will turn out to be.
Disclaimer: Nothing's mine but the OCs, and the headcanon. Chapter title, cut text, and song quote from Fall Out Boy's Sugar We're Going Down.
A/N: Too long, see bottom of the page.

( I'll be your number one with a bullet )

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Another Bill In Congress (Not Online Piracy But Don't Skim By)

2012-01-24T02:01:20Z

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hzpr7bL1Iw4

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h112-3166

Above is a link to Congressman Charles Dent's (R-PA) video where he discusses the bill he is co-sponsoring, the Enemy Expatriation Act (H.R. 3166), followed by a link to the bill's text. The bill, if passed, is meant "to add engaging in or supporting hostilities against the United States to the list of acts for which United States nationals would lose their nationality." (Quote from govtrack.us) Now, Dent says that the bill is meant to take away American citizenship from terrorists, presumably to make the American people safer.

I respect the intention to stop terrorism and protect innocent people. I'm one of the people being protected, I very well should. But things like this scare me. Why? Well, for one thing, the bill doesn't specify how this is to be determined. Someone will lose their citizenship for engaging in or supporting "hostilities" and hostilities in this context means "any conflict subject to the laws of war". It makes no mention of how this is to be proven. I'd like to be optimistic and believe that very strong proof of involvement or support will be needed to strip someone of their nationality, but... This bill gives no indication one way or another.

It's not this bill that is the truly frightening thing, though. The issue here is the precedent it could so easily set. This bill talks about hostilities. But could someone use this bill to write another one where "hostilities" is replaced with "dissent"? I honestly don't know, and I'm not trying to start a panic, but I feel like there needs to be something more concrete. At least tell us what, precisely, counts as support. Tell us how this will be determined, tell us what proof there will need to be before an American citizen loses that title. Because I read this and I wonder if it will end here.

I support anti-terrorism measures. I don't want another terrorist attack to happen in the US, or anywhere else for that matter, not ever. I just wish this bill was more specific. Engaging in hostilities is obvious, but what constitutes support? Sending money, most likely. But what else? Directly saying that you believe in al-Qaeda? Or saying something that runs counter to "America's ideals", a phrase Congressman Dent uses in his video? The former is supporting terrorism, and I can live with that, though I still don't like the precedent it sets. But the latter, that isn't terrorism. That's dissent. "We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty." Edward R. Murrow, considered the father of broadcast news, said that in the 1950s, and it's still true.

I would like to think that our government believes that. I would like to think that they would never have that confusion, and will not be tempted to move against those who do not support terrorists, but merely disagree with their country. As American citizens we're allowed to disagree. If that disagreement leads to threatening the safety of others directly or indirectly, then measures should be taken to protect that safety. But if it does not, then there is no justification for punishment.

I've been trying to find a media report on this from a trustworthy source, some sort of report that will hopefully go more in-depth on this issue, perhaps with an interview from Congressman Dent or one of his co-sponsors. I can't find anything, and the news I have found comes from outlets I'm not familiar with and can't be sure are on the level. I tried the New York Times, I tried the Washington Post. There are no articles on either website. I can't say if that is a good or a bad sign. I hope that I'm reading too much into this, and that the intent behind this bill is exactly what Congressman Dent says it is, and that only true supporters of terrorist organizations will be targeted by it should it pass. I just can't find enough reliable information to be certain of that.

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In The Days of Auld Lang Syne

2012-01-01T04:58:38Z

Title: In The Days of Auld Lang Syne
Fandom: Axis Powers Hetalia
Rating: PG-13
Characters: England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall, Northern Ireland, Hong Kong, Canada, Prussia, Sealand, Kugelmugel, Brittany, Austria, Portugal, America, China, Russia, Latvia, Liechtenstein (not all in this chapter)
Pairings: America/Portugal, England/America/Portugal (possibly only on England's part, possibly one-sided Ireland/India and Austria/Wales; France/Scotland, Cornwall/Brittany, Canada/Prussia, and other pairings yet to be revealed
Summary: New Year's resolutions lead to so much more. Some are seeking answers or absolution, some are making confessions, and others are just trying to help. For the British-Celtic family and those tied to them, 2012 will be a very important year.
Chapter Summary: Resolutions are made, but no one knows just how momentous they will turn out to be.
Disclaimer: Untitled belongs to Simple Plan, Hetalia to Hidekaz Himaruya. All OCs are mine, however. Title and cut text from Daughtry's All These Lives, and so also not mine.
A/N: So, this story will, hopefully, be twelve chapters, not counting the prologue and epilogue, which will of course be New Year's 2012. I think the last chapter will be set around Christmas. But basically, the idea is a chapter for each month of the year, as the various resolutions lead to hijinks and hopefully, people getting their acts together. It should be interesting, I hope. (Even I don't know how all of it will go; I've got some plans but characters tend to hijack my stories, so we'll see how it plays out together.)

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To Walk On Stormy Seas

2012-01-01T04:51:34Z

Title: To Walk On Stormy Seas
Fandom: Axis Powers Hetalia
Rating: PG-13
Characters: England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall, Northern Ireland, Hong Kong, Canada, Sealand, Britannia, and China
Summary:
Disclaimer: You Raise Me Up seems to be a much-covered song, but it's not mine. Hetalia belongs to Hidekaz Himaruya. All OCs are mine, however.
A/N: After my last, sad family fic involving this lot, I decided to try for something more hopeful.

( When troubles come... )

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Not Sure Which Way To Go

2012-01-01T04:33:27Z

Title: Not Sure Which Way To Go
Fandom: X-Men: First Class
Series: These Twists And Turns of Fate
Rating: PG-13
Pairings: pre-pairing for Charles/Erik and Alex/Darwin, past!Emma Frost/Sebastian Shaw
Summary: Charles uses a different argument on the beach, and it changes everything.
Disclaimer: Not mine, except for Chiyo, though her daughter is not mine either. The quote is from a Hoobastank song, as is the title, so also not mine.
A/N: Originally this was section one of my X-Men Big Bang, but writer's block and other things struck, forcing me to drop out. However, I'm not giving up on this 'verse. I'm only posting to my personal journals for now; if anyone knows of a comm I can post to, it would be much appreciated!

( Something To Be Going On With )

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Jericho

2012-01-01T04:24:58Z

Title: Jericho
Fandom: Inception
Rating: PG, maybe PG-13
Series: Genderbend 'verse, which needs a proper name now...
Pairings: pre-Anita(girl!Arthur)/Eames
Summary: "Don't talk to me about Alexandria." This is what happened in Alexandria, in a time before dreamshare, when Anita Casey and Patrick Eames were just a pair of spies trying to do their job.
Disclaimer: Er... Anita is kinda-sorta mine? She's based off Arthur who is not, though. Alex and Aubrey are mine, Eames is not. Song quote is from a Hilary Duff song, and also not mine.
A/N: A prequel to my genderbend fic "Architecture of Your World and Mind".

( This is the right choice. )

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Happy New Year!

2012-01-01T03:06:14Z

So, 2011. For some of you on my flist, it's already 2012, but do remember, dears, I'm on the East Coast of the U.S., I am one of the last to ring in a new year, and it can't come soon enough. Ugh, 2011. There were some high points, like really hitting it off with a couple of new friends, falling into a new fandom (hello, Hetalia) and a couple of other things, but... Well, for the most part, kind of a meh year, with a couple of emotional upheavals along with it. Some of the stress was very much my own doing, I know that, but it's only fueled my New Year's resolutions, which I am keeping to myself in hopes of not jinxing them. I have learned some lessons, and it's time to stamp out this irresponsible side before it becomes more than a flash in the pan of bad side effects. *nods* I'm 21, time to grow up.

But hey, no more doom and gloom. It's a new year, I've got at least one thing lined up for the early summer that has me very, very excited, and I see no reason why 2012 can't be fantastic. For those of you here for fic, stand by for a post blast later tonight - what better way to ring in the new year? I hope at least one of them is to your liking. *bows*

Farewell to 2011, looking forward to 2012, where I fully believe the world will not end in December. ;)

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Merry Christmas!

2011-12-25T05:08:09Z

So, posting from Dreamwidth, though most of you are probably still reading it via LJ. As a side note, I am fae_boleyn on DW too for anyone who would like to follow me there. :D

Anyway. No updates this Christmas, aiming for New Year's instead for what will hopefully be a multi-post. *crosses fingers*

Following Hetalia Bloodbath 2011 for Christmas, it's so exciting and silly, and just a lot of fun.

Anyway, I want to wish everyone on my flist a Merry Christmas, a Happy mid-Hanukkah, or an early Happy Kwanzaa!

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The Lady In The Tower

*blows the dust off*

Fic: We're Given and Denied

In The Days of Auld Lang Syne, Chapter 2

Another Bill In Congress (Not Online Piracy But Don't Skim By)

In The Days of Auld Lang Syne

To Walk On Stormy Seas

Not Sure Which Way To Go

Jericho

Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas!

blows the dust off