And I am hoping to do 12dayschristmas as is my wont. So if anyone has any requests, let me know - I don't mind if you're doing the challenge or not, I just want suggestions ^^ My fandoms remain as usual, and I can't promise to fulfil everything but I will try!

1: Logic Gates - Portal (G)
Doug Rattmann finds his own arrows.

2: Circuits - Blake's 7 (PG)
Vila doesn't see why everyone's so surprised about his reading habits.

3: Real World - Lewis (PG)
Another successful conclusion to a case.

4: London - Ashes to Ashes (G)
Alex has always known the mind leaves clues.

5: Dust to Dust - Battle Royale (PG)
Akamatsu and Mayumi only really spoke once.

6: Signposts to the Subculture - Jet Set Radio (PG)
Beat prepares to embark on a campaign of skate-based vandalism.

7: Complacency of the Learned - Homestuck (PG)
Rose was always ambivalent about school.

8: Long Fall - Portal/Malory Towers (PG)
Alicia escaped the fire pit. She doesn't intend to let anything else catch her out.

9: Terminal - Portal/Battle Royale (PG)
Shinji has given up on hacking or flirting, but that doesn't mean he's out of ideas.

10: Mapping - Portal/Harry Potter (PG)
Sirius knows there might be no one left to follow the signs, but he leaves them anyway.

11: Perseverance - Azumanga Daioh (G)
Osaka and Chiyo are both learning to drive.

12: Long Life - Esio Trot (G)
Actually, Mrs Silver always knew.

13: Static - Torchwood/Doctor Who (PG)
Toshiko hears the news of Japan's burning.

14: Wisdom of the Ages - Ghost in the Shell (PG)
Batou never intended to start a library.

15: Veracity - The Demon Headmaster (G)
Ian/Dinah. Their dates aren't what other people would think of as such.

16: Leftovers - Akira (movie) PG-13
After Tetsuo and Kaori get attacked, Kai takes Kaori home.

17: Bare Bones - Portal/Doctor Who (G)
Chell and Rattmann escaped with the Tenth Doctor. Chell isn't sure how she feels about it.

18: A City of Angels - Death Note (PG-13)
In the afterlife, Mello meets a familiar face.

19: Life Support - Repo! The Genetic Opera (PG-13)
Shilo went to find the Graverobber.

20: Driven - Cruel Intentions (PG)
Annette wonders whether or not Sebastian's car should come to college with her.

21: Broken Mirrors - Malory Towers/His Dark Materials (G)
Aren't your daemons supposed to be the same when you're twins?

22: Group Theories - Death Note/The Demon Headmaster (G)
Dinah thinks Light wasn't bad, for a prefect. The rest of SPLAT aren't so sure.

23: Friends with Benefits - Death Note/Ayatsuri Sakon (PG)
Kaoruko/Matsuda. Kaoruko's not totally sure what he is to her, but she kind of likes him anyway.

24: A Problem Shared is a Problem Solved - Detective Academy Q (PG)
Ryu tells Kyuu a bit more about how Pluto operates.

25: Embers - Doctor Who (classic series) (G)
Jamie/Zoe. The two companions wait for the Doctor to return, and catch fish in the meantime.

26: Shadows - Harry Potter/Malory Towers (PG-13)
The Carrows make everyone do terrible things.

27: That's What Friends Are For - The Sarah Jane Adventures (G)
Clyde is keen to make sure Luke isn't taken advantage of.

28: Healing Hands - Firefly (G)
Simon thought he'd miss hospitals, but it's not that easy.

29: Answers - Blake's 7/Saw (PG)
On Gauda Prime, Blake meets a new ally.

30: Happy Home - Chicago (G)
After it all ended, Amos didn't think he'd marry again. (Amos/OC.)

31: Great Responsibility - Watchmen/Saw (PG)
Dan and Rorschach discuss Jigsaw.

32: On Their Way to an Adventure - Blake's 7/Baccano! (PG)
After Gauda Prime, Vila is rescued by a pair of familiar faces.

33: Believing - Lewis/Afro-Ken (PG)
There are some things that happened after his wife's death that Lewis won't tell anyone.

34: Make-up, Make-out - Jet Set Radio/Battle Royale (PG-13)
Hirono's getting tired of the Love Shockers. (Mention of Hirono/Shinji.)

35: Treasure Hunt - Harry Potter (G)
Luna goes on a treasure hunt around Hogwarts.

36: Through the Looking Glass - Malory Towers/The Handmaid's Tale (PG-13)
Alicia reflects on being on the winning side.

37: Cracked - Bugsy Malone (G)
As the gang war hots up, Tallulah receives a phone call.

38: Pairings - Jet Set Radio/Jet Set Radio Future (PG)
JSR!Gum and JSRF!Gum talk about boys, girls, and staying chill.

39: Bringing Her Out of Herself - Malory Towers (G)
Mary-Lou is nervous about going to boarding school.

40: Greater Good - Through the Dragon's Eye (G)
The Veetacore Guardians lose a friend.

I am intending to try and complete the 12dayschristmas.livejournal.com/ challenge again this year, so I would welcome any requests/prompts to spur me on to writing 78 fics by the time January 6th rolls round! 

Feel free to request something whether or not you are doing the challenge/write fic/are in regular contact with me.  All suggestions are welcome and I'll try to fill all the ones I get (I can't promise, but I'll try!)

Fandoms I am happy to write for include Jet Set Radio, Akira, Battle Royale, Death Note, Portal and Portal 2, new!Doctor Who, and Malory Towers. 

Fandoms I will have a go at writing for but don't know so well/feel so confident in/know all the canon for include Ashes to Ashes, Jet Set Radio Future, Merlin, Harry Potter, and Sarah Jane Adventures.  I am in two minds about whether to add Homestuck to that list, as I am feeling pretty fannish about it but also SUPER-INTIMIDATED about attempting to marshall my knowledge of its vast sprawling canon.  So.  Yeah.  Feel free to request, anyway! ;)

I also have a penchant for crossing over far too many things with Saw, if that's what you're into, and don't mind requests for sex and/or violence ;)

So, as is my wont, I am hoping to do the 12dayschristmas challenge again this year. For those of you not aware of this, it involves writing 78 fics by the end of 6th January, on themes set to a bastardized version of The Twelve Days of Christmas.

As this is a lot of fics, I am once again taking requests. Please do say if there are things you'd like to see me write! I have managed to fill most requests in past years so there's a good chance I'll do it ^^ Also, it doesn't matter if you want to do the challenge, or don't - or write fic, or don't - or if we hardly ever speak or whatever. I'm not looking for reciprocal offers. This is, rather, a plan to reduce the amount of thinking I need to do ;)

Fandoms I am generally happy to write in: Death Note, Battle Royale, Akira, Jet Set Radio, Malory Towers, Doctor Who, Portal (1 only)

Fandoms I will make a game attempt at (but may not know all the nuances of canon for!): Harry Potter, Azumanga Daioh, Merlin, Jet Set Radio Future, KareKano, Detective Academy Q, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Torchwood (S1-3)

I will also do Saw crossovers on occasion >_>

Happy (usually) to write R-rated fic; and feel free to ask for fandoms not on the list. I CAN ONLY SAY NO :p

Once again, I feel like being Christmassy. (Dear gods, when will this feeling pass?) I would love to send y'all a Christmas/holiday card, if you would like. If you do, please leave address in the screened comments below! (Please leave address even if you have left it before. I worry otherwise :p)

Happy to send cards overseas, although make no guarantee they'll arrive on time ^^

Also, still taking fic requests for 12dayschristmas. Do feel free to leave a suggestion or two if you haven't yet!

*jingle jingle* *sleigh bells* *etc*

Theme table for 12_stories, which I intend to join and... write stuff for.

TABLE TWO COLOURS

01.	Red.	02.	Blue.	03.	Black.	04.	Green.
05.	Yellow.	06.	Orange.	07.	Purple.	08.	Grey.
09.	White.	10.	Pink.	11.	Brown.	12.	Silver.

12/12

Was reading an article in The Telegraph about this guy who's making a TV drama about Myra Hindley, and he interviewed the psychologist who spoke to her a lot when she was in jail. He comments that:

The picture that emerges is of a kaleidoscopic personality, a classic 'hysteric', someone with no identifiable core who selects aspects of others' personalities and reflects them back as her own to make herself more acceptable yet simultaneously more inscrutable.

Which initially made me think of Kazuo Kiriyama, but also is kind of what I was going for with my character Kimiko Kurosaka in Akira Royale. Nice to know (well, not 'nice', more like 'interesting') that people like that do really exist and it's not all BR writers' crazy imaginations.

On another note, I'm joining the chorus of people who wish LJ would make the search function accessible when you're not logged in. Dammit, I want to be able to quickly browse fanficrants without having to spend the extra few seconds logging in! It is my right! *thumps table* Mainly because if I log in, I then feel I have to check my Friends page. And often I am only checking fanficrants to kill time before a lecture. And... yeah. *cough*

( 'fannish5 meme: What 5 fanfic cliches do you hate?' Fandoms: Akira, BR. Some snarky remarks, all my own opinions, no offence intended )

The first 10 people to comment on this post get to request a drabble – ~100 words – on a subject/character of their choosing from me. In return, they have to post this in their journal. Post all fandoms you’re willing to write for.

(Only doing this because I demanded stuff with capslock and menaces from speakwrite_ and I can't disobey the meme orders. Because that'd be wrong and I might die. I'm not trying to be all 'my writing r0xxors and everyone craves it' or anything ^^)

Fandoms I am willing to write for:

Akira
Battle Royale
Jet Set Radio
Jet Set Radio Future I am iffy about but if someone really wanted it I could have a bash
Harry Potter
Rent
Little Shop of Horrors

Whatever. Any requests would make a change from Akira Royale, which keeps trying to change the intricacies of its plot. (Rocks fall, everyone dies...)

And on that note...

( In which Nik and I overuse the 'rocks fall everyone dies' joke to an absurd degree )

First, write down the names of 12 characters. Then read and answer the questions. You can't look at the questions (or click on the cut) until you write down the 12 characters you're going to use.
(Yeah, well, I cheated, but I couldn't remember the numbers properly anyway. Soooo...)

1) Shotaro Kaneda
2) Severus Snape
3) Beat
4) Tab
5) Yamagata
6) Kai
7) Tetsuo
8) Gum
9) Mitsuru Numai
10) Shinji Mimura
11) Ron Weasley
12) Kyoichi Motobuchi

( The Questions. Warning: much slash )

In other news, I did go to the anime and sci-fi club on Friday. I had to leave halfway through to catch the last bus, but I still went! I saw the first episodes of the following animes:
- Azumanga Daioh - which is on crack and features a character so sugary-sweet I almost went into diabetic shock. On the other hand, it is set in a school, which is nice, and if it didn't get more random I would probably keep watching it.
- Nadesico - which has giant robots and which I really liked, because it was very funny, but still had some angst and post-traumatic stress disorder.
- Wolf's Rain - which was extremely solemn after the last two, but has beautiful backgrounds and cityscapes. Also kind of an interesting plot, involving werewolves.
- Magic Children (or something like that - ____ Children, anyway) - the animation in this was quite ugly and also we hopped 159 years in the first episode. I didn't really feel that involved in the story, although it got good towards the end (quite disorientating was when this little kid showed up in it who had exactly the same hairstyle as Kai).
- KareKano (again, I think this was the title) - I really really liked this. It was quite random, with chibifying and super-deformation, but these worked really well to convey the characters' feelings. Also again it was a school-based anime.

Adding up the time this has taken I'm sure there must have been another anime in there somewhere, but I have no idea what it was.

Pinched from disks_smilie.

Look at your LJ "interests" list. If you have less than 50 interests, pick every fifth one. If you have between fifty and seventy-five interests, pick every seventh one. If you have over seventy-five interests, pick every tenth one. If you have fewer than ten, pick all of 'em. List them on your LJ, and tell everyone exactly what it is about these things that interests you so much.

( Jet Set Radio )

( Mitsuru Numai )

( Rent )

( Writing )