The Tradëscan Codex

So tinypinkmouse linked some of her podfics of my stories to my originals on A03, including some she did over the summer--and which I'd had no clue even existed! This post at amplificathon includes links to podfics (and, of course, my original texts) for "Four Times Tony Stark Met Erik Lenscherr (And One Time He Didn't)" (Iron Man/XMM, Tony & Erik, minor het pairings), "Master and Commander" (Sarah Connor Chronicles, John/Allison), and "The Myrrh-Bearer's Gospel" (Biblefic, Mary Magdalene/Joanna). I'm especially excited about that last one, because I don't even know how to describe it, but there's something about tinypinkmouse's reading that just works for me (I think part of it is the congruence of her non-American accent with the non-American characters), and I'm not ashamed to admit that I choked up at a couple places as I listened to the podfic.

Plus she recorded Road to Emmaus (Firefly, Book, gen), which I did know about before, but can't remember if I mentioned in this journal or not.

And which reminds me that eosrose also recorded a couple of my stories over the past year, and even though I did know about those, looking over my recent entries I never pimped them here. So let me point out that she recorded Fatherhood (Parent Trap, Nick, gen) and Last Day on Earth (Ender's Game, Val & Peter, gen).

Lastly, recent acquisitions in technology related to present-giving on Christmas Day mean that I'm once again able to record podfic, so I spent this morning recording and then editing a podfic (link is to sendspace; it's a 23:40 mp3) of "Tiens, Voilà Dix Sous, pour la Salle-de-Bains" [text] (Buffy, Buffy/Darla).

So, the actress who played Mezoti (the Borg little girl) on Star Trek: Voyager? Apparently played "Girl Student" in Serenity. Which, if you remember, was also the name of the role played by Demetra Raven, aka Jenny Grimaldi, aka the baseball girl from "Chosen," the Buffy series finale. What, did Whedon only hire extras for that scene if they had the appropriate geek credentials? (Except not, because the actors playing the other kids don't have anything interesting to be said about them.)

(Also, !Mezoti's IMDB page picture? Guh, although not exactly subtle. If only there were a way to AU canon enough to get aged-up Naomi/Mezoti. But Naomi's accelerated aging would be a pain in trying to get that to work, not that canon ever really remembered that detail anyway, not to mention that when the relevant subpart of canon ends, they're in opposite quadrants of the galaxy. Maybe one could abandon the pretense altogether and just write Scarlett/Marley RPF. I don't know, at a con or something. Whatever.)

(And Demetra's web site makes me wince. Just, no. Please, God, no. Jenny Grimaldi would have better sense. And also be too busy fighting vampires and/or playing baseball.)

(Now I really want to buy Scarlett's EP, because, I don't even know why. I do love one of the reviews, though: "I must say that she isn't well-known here in germany and the place where i live." Yeah, and everywhere else on the planet where people don't have encyclopedia knowledge of Star Trek: Voyager. Well, either Star Trek  or Reba. So pretty much everywhere.)

Rescuing myself from the parentheticals, this reminds me that Mesektet (aka White Room Girl) from Angel is the star of the new remake of Fame, the one that Stacey Shirk claims "is better" in her song "Ten Dollar Solo" from Commentary!: The Musical. (I learned this when both the old and new versions of Fame showed up in my Netflix suggestions.) And also apparently the Fame remake "was directed by Kevin Tancharoen, brother of [Commentary!] co-creator Maurissa Tancharoen." Who is in the new season of The Guild.

(My embarassment squick caused me to pause Guild 5x01 about two-thirds of the way through, so I haven't seen it yet. Am sad that the season probably won't have any Venom/Riley content in it, though. Can they get a spin-off? I really just want to watch Michelle Boyd and Teal Sherer play evil bisexual gamers now. Because, yeah, awesome.)

(And somehow I've landed myself back into the land of the parentheticals. Boo.)

Also I have the vague recollection that Mesektet turned into one of those ubiquitous Disney Channel starlets, and that her older sister dated Sam Winchester?

Title: Full-Course Meal
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Pairing: Darla/Tara Maclay, Tara Maclay/Willow Rosenberg
Summary: The first time Tara saw the impossibly gorgeous blonde vampire with a chip in her head, Tara's heart began beating so hard she thought it would break her chest. AU.

A03 Link.

( Full-Course Meal )

Fred/Drusilla for femslash_minis

Title: The Vampire in the Attic
Fandom: Buffy/Angel
Pairing: Fred/Drusilla
Summary: "Of course, Fred realized, it made perfect sense that the vampire would identify with mad old Mrs. Rochester." While Wolfram & Hart keeps Drusilla captive, Fred works to try to cure her insanity.

( The Vampire in the Attic )

Title: A Little Fall of Rain
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Characters: Rupert Giles, Dawn Summers, Faith (BtVS), Kennedy (BtVS), Xander Harris, Willow Rosenberg
Summary: The most highly-recommended nephomancers and mazomancers known to the Council all assured Giles the sun would be shining on the Slayers' party. They were wrong.

FNORD.

AO3 Link.

( A Little Fall of Rain )

Title: It Isn't Even Past
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Characters: Willow Rosenberg, Jesse (BtVS), Amy Madison, Xander Harris
Summary: Willow relives a memory from her middle school days.

AO3 Link.

( It Isn't Even Past )

Title: I Don't Know Why You Say Goodbye, I Say Hello
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Pairing: Wesley/Xander
Timeline/Spoilers: Post-"Graduation Day"; spoilers through BtVS Season 3 with foreshadowing for AtS Season 1.
Summary: A meeting and a parting.

A03 link.

( I Don't Know Why You Say Goodbye, I Say Hello )

Title: Life Is Just This
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Pairing: Buffy/Willow
Summary: Buffy's not sure that Willow has figured out, even after all that's happened, why she knew she wasn't able to live without Buffy, why she had to resort to ripping Buffy's soul from heaven itself.

( Life Is Just This )

Title: Fever
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Pairing: Buffy/Faith
Rating: Worksafe
Summary: Faith turns to Buffy for help as she struggles with a demonic fever.

( Fever )