brennanight

09:46 am: Death of a computer
It died a horrible death, and everything went with it.  I cannot stress the everything part enough.  I do have a new computer now, wouldn't be posting if I didn't, but this one doesn't have a disk drive in it.  Couldn't get one at the store without money I don't have and priority wise, it's not that important.

Fic wise, the stack of green floppy (don't know why I still call them that, they haven't been floppy in ages.  I guess habit) disks I used to save my fics, planned ideas, and whatnot on are collecting dust for the moment.  The computer's death took with it my character profiles for each fic, random ideas and scenes, and research.  This means a lot of things are going to take even more time than they usually do and characters will be not quite right as I recreate and rewrite everything that was.  

I do have a lot of things printed out, but now that I've gone through them, I know most of what I have are drafts with ideas and corrections scribbled in the margins.  My notebooks, except for things like Snapshots and Connections, are even further back and less helpful.  Connections and Snapshots aren't really written in order, and while I have an old outline for Snapshots printed out, the rough outline I finally created for Connections was on the computer.  

So...yeah.  That's the state of things here at the moment.  I'm probably going to be writing a lot of little short, random things as I put things back together and try to recreate what I had before, but updates on my main stories will be slow for a while.  Please be patient.  

Thanks,
Kelly

Tags: fic status, rl

09:39 am: Fic: A Search's End
Title: A Search’s End
Disclaimer: I don’t own Harry Potter or Final Fantasy VIII
Summary: Laguna Loire wasn’t what Ginny expected. Or who.
Pairings: Past Harry/Ginny, past Laguna/Raine, hinted at Neville/Luna
Warnings: Angst, mentioned character death
Universe: A Flip of the Broom
Author’s Notes: I never thought I’d write in this universe again. If my computer hadn’t died, I wouldn’t have. This came to me as I was copying everything from the net onto this computer. I began to wonder what would happen if someone went looking for Harry and what the effects Ultimecia’s time compression spell might be, and this was born.





Tags: ffviii, flip, harry/ginny, hp, laguna/raine

02:30 pm: Fic: Family Reunion

Title: Family Reunion
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
Summary: “I’m not allowed to date outside my species.”
Characters: Angel, Xander, Harry
Warnings: crack, past Harry/Voldemort, tipsy Harry.
Author’s Notes: This is the type of story that gets written when I’m on a sugar and caffeine high. If anyone else sees potential here, feel free to take the bunny and run with it. I’m still trying to figure out how my NaNo bunny birthed this bunny to do anything more with it. I don't even know how Spike got his hands on Harry, just that he and Dru had a falling out somewhere in Surrey and Spike was lonely, drunk, and bored, making kidnapping a wizard seem like a good idea.

Tags: au, buffy, crossover, epb, gen, hp, one shot

09:56 am: Side Effects Drabble
Side Effects Tidbit: Chicobo Grooming
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
Timeline: Takes place during the Winhill side quest.
Characters: Selphie, Harry, a chicobo
Warnings: Fluff

01:36 am: Fic: Side Effects, Chapter Seven
Title: Side Effects
Disclaimer: I don’t own Final Fantasy VIII or Harry Potter
Summary: After killing Voldemort, Harry had planned on taking a long overdue vacation. However, Harry is Fate’s favorite toy, and she has plans. Two hexes and an accidental portal later, Harry finds himself dropped in the middle of another reality where people fear magic and a Sorceress is intent on taking over the world.
Pairings: one sided Quistis/Squall, hints of future Irvine/Selphie
Warnings: Swearing, death, violence, and eventual slash as the main pairing.
Author’s notes: *does the happy dance* I finished the breakout! I finished the breakout! I finished the breakout! Okay, I’ll stop now. What you really need to know is I played around with Quezacotl’s summon, how Squall’s gunblade work, and the effects junctions have on weapons. It will affect all weapons in the story, the gunblade just happens to be the first example that came to mind when writing this chapter. Oh, a squinch is a cross of a squish and a crunch.
Chapter Notes: Harry and Quistis have a mini-clash, Irvine feels like an idiot, Squall has weapon attachment issues and scares the shit out of everyone. And of course, a creepy teleporting dog and a game of Hit the Pedestrian. 





Tags: crossover, ff viii, hp, side effects

11:48 pm: Letters to No One 2 of ?
Title: Letters to No One
Disclaimer: I own nothing. I don’t own Harry Potter; I don’t own Gundam Wing, and I’m sure I’ve seen this idea somewhere else, (I think one was Harry/Draco and the other Sirius/Remus) so I don’t own the basic plot, either. The only original biggie plot type thing in this is that the relationship between the writers is completely platonic.
Summary: Harry needs a diary, Heero needs a shrink, and Hedwig likes stirring up trouble.
Warnings: Spoilers for the books and the series, swearing (who didn’t see that coming?), character death (ones that were in the books and series), and a too smart Hedwig.
Timeline: It starts towards the end of Harry’s fourth year and after Heero and Trowa begin the search for Noventa’s family. It skips around a lot, and the timeline of the Gundam Wing series and the Harry Potter books have been shifted around some so everything fits.
Characters/Pairings: Heero, Harry, Cho, Relena, Petunia, Duo, Wufei, Quatre, Trowa.
Author’s Notes: This Cho knows the importance of keeping secrets, even from friends and family. I’m going to try to keep her as close to her canon self as possible while adding this into her personality.  
Chapter Notes: This chapter has quite a bit of filler. Interesting filler, but still filler. 





Tags: au, crossover, gen, gw, hp, letters

07:23 am: Huh.

Okay, who broke Insane Journal?  Anybody want to fess up?

11:36 pm: LJ's latest policy change
http://community.livejournal.com/lj_biz/

Well, it looks like their policy has improved, but I'm not optimistic.  There are non-fanfic communities that have clearly violated the TOS, have been reported more than twice, and are still here.  While I'm glad they finally learned how to somewhat do PR, they aren't fairly enforcing their TOS.  

I might not delete my journal, but I will not renew my paid account come January.

06:51 pm: Fic: Wishes Revisited
Title: Wishes Revisited
Disclaimer: I don’t own anything in here except the most basic concept, and I’m sure someone else has at least thought about writing something similar, if not already written it.
Summary: AU: Looking at the small child clinging to the tree, Halfrek decided Vernon and his sister were going to die slowly and painfully and perhaps be introduced to her friend Bubba the Chaos demon before she was finished with them.
Warnings: a pissed off vengeance demon, child abuse.
Sequel to: Unfulfilled Wishes
Characters: Irvine, Harry, Halfrek
Fandoms: Harry Potter, Final Fantasy VIII, Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Author’s Notes: Thank God, I finally finished it.






Tags: au, buffy, ff viii, hp, wish verse

03:18 am: LJ rant
First, I will never post or reply to anything after being up for 48 hours straight during a heat wave again. I randomly babble way too much.  Case in point, my reply on the news post earlier today.



Tags: lj ranting, rant

04:25 pm: Fic: Plushies and Frogs
Title: Plushies and Frogs
Disclaimer: I don’t own Card Captor Sakura or Harry Potter
Summary: “I am not a plushie!”
Author’s Notes: I’ve been trying to work with Ron more when I write. After a little playing around, this is all I’ve got and it’s more Neville than Ron.






Tags: au, ccs, hp, one shot

03:39 pm: Here we go again

http://liz-marcs.insanejournal.com/260277.html


You think some people would learn from their mistakes.  Fandom is so massive and communicates so well little lurkers like me will find out about this.  I guess it's time for me to get off my butt and make some time to post on my other journals.

03:03 am: Fic: Cold Chicken
Title: Cold Chicken
Disclaimer: I don’t own Yu Yu Hakusho or Harry Potter
Summary: Hiei might be stuck as a kitten, but it will take more than a few pieces of chicken to make him purr.
Timeline: Takes place during the summer before second year.




Tags: au, hp, one shot, yyh

09:48 am: A Good Finish
I'm trying to avoid spoilers, so this all behind a cut.  Though I don't think there's anything too book ruining in here...



I'm going to bed now.  I hope you people enjoyed it as much as I did.  Good night and sweet dreams.

ETA:  The caffeine's slow in leaving my system so I'm checking out ffnet, just for giggles to see if there's any DH fic yet...I've already come across four, in two minutes, four separate stories based of chapter thirty three and six twin fics.

Tags: hp, rl

09:09 pm: Evil, evil, evil habit...
I have this horrid habit of reading the last page or two of a book before I start.  It's something I picked up when I was young and only had fifteen or twenty minutes to find a book to read.  I would read the last page to see if what was there would make me want to see how the story got to that point.

I just did it with the seventh book...

And one thing I really did not want to happen, happened.

Why?  Why?  *sobs*  

He's just so...and she...and the...Ehhh!

I'm going to get back to everyone who read LtNO, and then I'm going to sit down and read the seventh book, and pray the romance, if there is any, doesn't come off as some bad love potion fanfic hook up like it did in the sixth.

Tags: hp, rl

12:25 am: Fic: Letters to No One 1 of ?
Title: Letters to No One
Disclaimer: I own nothing. I don’t own Harry Potter; I don’t own Gundam Wing, and I’m sure I’ve seen this idea somewhere else, (I think one was Harry/Draco and the other Sirius/Remus) so I don’t own the basic plot, either. The only original biggie plot type thing in this is that the relationship between the writers is completely platonic.
Summary: Harry needs a diary, Heero needs a shrink, and Hedwig likes stirring up trouble.
Warnings: Spoilers for the books and the series, swearing (who didn’t see that coming?), character death (ones that were in the books and series), and a too smart Hedwig.
Timeline: It starts towards the end of Harry’s fourth year and after Heero and Trowa begin the search for Noventa’s family. It skips around a lot, and the timeline of the Gundam Wing series and the Harry Potter books have been shifted around some so everything fits.
Characters/Pairings: Heero, Harry. 




Tags: au, crossover, gen, gw, hp, letters

09:52 pm: Ahhh! Damn it, I'm running out of bandaids!

**Rant Alert**

Dear Jackass Next Door,

The Fourth of July is a great holiday (one you used to get drunk and scatter beer cans burnt out fireworks all over my backyard) and I understand you're very patriotic.  However, it's not the Fourth now.  It's the SEVENTH!!!!   One more firecracker that scares the hell out of my cat and sends him running this way and climbing up my legs so Mommy can protect him is going to result in me calling the cops on you.  Put the beer away, give your loving, sane wife the matches, and GO SLEEP IT OFF!

Sincerely,

Pissed Off Neighbor

**End of Rant**

Tags: mini rant, rl

11:33 pm: Fic: Side Effects, Chapter Six
Title: Side Effects
Disclaimer: I don’t own Final Fantasy VIII or Harry Potter
Summary: After killing Voldemort, Harry had planned on taking a long overdue vacation. However, Harry is Fate’s favorite toy, and she has plans. Two hexes and an accidental portal later, Harry finds himself dropped in the middle of another reality where people fear magic and a Sorceress is intent on taking over the world.
Pairings: Ron/Hermione, hints of Squall/Rinoa and one sided Quistis/Squall
Warnings: Swearing, death, violence, and eventual slash as the main pairing.
Author’s notes: I like to think the wizarding world is less prejudiced than the muggle world. Realistically, my best guess is the only stupidity they don’t share with their muggle counterparts is hatred based on skin color. Unfortunately, they’ve replaced it with hate based on bloodlines. So, um, yeah…as much as I’d like Ron in this story to be the open minded person I wrote him to be in ‘A Polyjuice Mishap’, he’s not. Although Ron’s not as bad as I thought he was going to be.
Chapter Notes: As I’m trying to work the little glimpses of the HP verse into the story instead of having them as intermissions or breaks, this chapter starts off with Ron and we find out who made the photo album, then it goes back to the prison where Harry’s presence creates the first major hiccup in the FFVIII timeline (which allows me to tackle two of the things that always bug me when I play the game).





Tags: ff viii, hp, side effects

09:52 pm: Fic: Life's Constants
Title: Life’s Constants
Disclaimer: I don’t own Kingdom Hearts.
Summary: He’s not her Sora.






Tags: kh, one shot

01:48 pm: Fic: Snapshot Sixteen
Title: Snapshots
Disclaimer: I don’t own Yu Yu Hakusho or Harry Potter.
Notes: This isn’t what I wanted when I originally plotted this one out, but it introduces Yumiko and she’s turning out to be a semi permanent fixture so I’m sticking with it.
Snapshot Sixteen: Explosions




Tags: hp, snapshots, yyh