Fic recs will be back next week -- thought we could all use a good laugh this morning. This picspam, by gidget_zb, had me actually laughing out loud at my desk (luckily I work at home on Wednesday mornings). The fandom_bitches were shameless AR shippers and it's so much fun. I so looked forward to their weekly picspams.

An awesomely amusing look at 'The Ties the Bind', with lots of AR shippiness:

The Ties that Bind Picspam

Enjoy!

Ok so back in March, I posted about a possible fic challenge this summer. 11 of you agreed that you'd like to participate if we had one. I'm here today to see if that is still the case? Tentatively July, and run for 4-6 weeks. (That's how long you'd have to turn in your stories. Not drabble length, but they don't have to be an epic, either.)

Poll #1919804
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 11

Would you participate in a fic challenge next month?

Fic:Grapevines, Twisting Tight (One Wild Ride WIP)
By: fragrantwoods

We haven't done this for a while! Behind the cut you'll find a few select screencaps. Give us your best captions!

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Have fun!

Hello fellow stirrers. This is just to let you know that because of... reasons, this week's episode of Wooden Spoon Thursdays will now be airing on Friday.

EDIT: Owing to bigger, angrier reasons, some of whom have teeth, we will be returning to scheduled programming next week. Sorry about that, but it will feature a scene you all like.

So in the meantime, you can all go and weigh in on michiruwater's important question of the day regarding COTTLE'S FIRST NAME. Always a topic that merits more discussion and probably indignation, etc.

THE POST. Get ye thither.

I realize this isn't purely Adama/Roslin, but as this question came out of the year or so I've spent now reading fanfiction of the two of them...

..Why did the fandom apparently collectively agree that Cottle's first name was 'Jack' before his first name was ever said? It's ubiquitous across all the fanfiction pre-2009 and I've always wondered how on earth the whole fandom apparently decided that was it. How did it happen?

Episode spackle has to be one of my favourite things. So much was left unsaid. I've been reading a book about fandom, and the author poses that writers, especially women, are drawn by interpolation and extrapolation, the 'what happened after? what was she thinking? what happened in her early life that spawned that reaction?'

This amazing example of episode spackle was written in 2007. Warning: it's a bit like candy, once you start... :D

Title: Conflagration
Author: Rowen
Warnings: mild MA -- sex, but not too graphic (the author marked where it is, so you can skip if you want)
Chapters: 13
Author's original notes: A relationship, like a fire takes time to develop. It doesn't spring fully formed but grows in intensity over time.

Why check this out: I remember reading this story as it was posted. Each chapter has a wonderful emotional build to it, adding detail and depth to some familiar moments and then taking them into unfamiliar territory. It has 13 chapters, but don't let that turn you away. Despite the build, each part is fairly short and stands equally well alone, and can be read at odd times, when you have time.

Conflagration

Enjoy!

Because I'm sick as a dog. (Although I really just want to write some fic. Grrr. Stupid muse.)

Happy Monday! I thought a fun, light-hearted video might be a nice way to start off the week!