the lonesome lows don't quite go away overnight

Allison Ponthier has a new song and music video out, Autopilot, introducing four new characters in the Ponthier-verse: 50s Housewife Who Loves Appliances (she marries a car), Aforementioned Sentient Car, Buff Delivery Man, and Sexy Priest - Buff Delivery Man and Sexy Priest may or may not be together. I choose to believe. Also of note, Allison wears a suit, and there are grungy guitars and -- swoon. I love how visually creative and visionary she is. And FUNNY.

Full Album Listen (3/10)
Lizzy McAlpine's five seconds flat dropped, and I'm not impressed. "Doomsday" and "Erase Me" were my favorite singles and they're by far the album standouts, IMO. There's some interesting personal stuff, but not really interesting listening material.

We started rewatching Our Flag Means Death with J without finishing it ourselves. I imagine we'll finish this weekend, and then I can do some deep soul work and figure out if I'm gonna write m/m (joking -- about deep soul work, not writing m/m. I'll probably do that).

We're going on a dinner-and-a-movie date tomorrow! It is gonna be weird!

I'm gonna try to do genprompt_bingo. My card is under the cut. Feel welcome to drop prompts if you are so inclined!

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HI

I super want to write something for DoMAYstic because these prompts fill my heart with joy. 

Do you... want to prompt me?

Bracing for ye olde winter storm - though it could very well still shake out as nothing, knowing the weather here. It doesn't seem fair that the snow day isn't a snow day and I just have to work from home. Having the power go out would suck, but it would be a proper break. Never mind, I'm not invoking that. The kids would riot. The storm, nothing or not, has pushed off, yet again, the big work meeting and kickoff. I have Schrodinger's promotion, or the promotion that fell in the forest with no one around. 

There are far too many events going on for femslash February (and did halfamoon always land this month?) and it would be nice if I were to write something for one of them, but I don't hold out much hope for myself. I'll do my pinch hit and offer a prompt or two and feel bad instead. Here's the ones I'm most keen on possibly trying to do: kimaracretak's bring her bleeding heart for me (dark femslash commentfic meme) and elasticella's femslash find it with a nice variety of prompts. There's more too, of course, but I'm trying to be kind to myself. 

I'm *checks watch* a bit depressed, I think. 

ETA. Will you link me to a place where you've made a request or prompt? (femslash preferred) Alternately, if you aren't participating anywhere, leave me something that would feel good at 300-500 words. If you like. 

Dear femslashex  author,

Thank you for being here and for writing for me! Obviously, the rules of the specific fest or exchange apply, but I'm generally a multi shipper, and love romantic fic. Whether you want to use this exchange as your opportunity to try something new with style, pairing, dialogue, taboo elements, or employ all of your favorite tried-and-trues, I'm so excited to read what you create!

( Likes, dislikes, DNWs )

( Canon-specific )

I want to talk about writing/creating with you! If you'd like to talk with me, leave a link to a bunch of your fic/vids/art/other creative things, and I'll choose one that makes me curious and ask you to tell me about it, with some specific questions. You can do this in a post, or a reply, or however you would like.

If you want to talk with others, you can repost this.

Hello!

My requests are:

• Orphan Black (Krystal/Tony, Beth/Rachel, Beth/Alison, Beth/Krystal, Beth/Sarah)
• Degrassi (Fiona/Declan, Fiona/Holly J/Declan)
• Big Love (Nicki/Sarah, Nicki/Barb, Nicki/Margene/Barb)
• Skins (Tony/Effy, Emily/Katie)

I am requesting both Art and/or Fiction, and as such I'm trying to include prompts that are friendly to both, but as the nature of language I'm sure some ideas will lend themselves more obviously to one form over another. Please don't let that discourage you. I would be happy to answer any questions anon on tumblr (I am aryannagiordan0.tumblr.com) or through the mod.

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There are a LOT of great-looking fic and art to browse through, holy gosh.

I wrote:

Feel the rest out (Fingersmith, post-canon, Sue/Maud)

and

If you're gonna shoot me down, do it gently (Masters of Sex, Lillian/Virginia)

So far, I've really only read my gifts, but am super happy!

scintilla10 (HEY!!) wrote How to Win at Book Club (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Amy/Rosa) which made me laugh out LOUD and clap with glee

and Missy wrote me a sweet little treat, Hey Ballerina (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Amy/Rosa)

Dear author/artist,

Hi! I know my selection of fandoms is pretty widespread, but hopefully you have options, and if you don't I hope where we matched is a delight for you! I've got a few ideas for each fandom, but feel free to go your own way! I've stated when my triggers are hard lines, but generally if something is warned for, I'm okay with it. Have fun! Don't stress! If you have vague questions, you can ask me anon on tumblr (aphrodite-mine.tumblr.com) or through mage-girl on LJ/magicisgreen on tumblr.

To get a flavor for things I enjoy, you're welcome to check out my tumblr or my fic recs. If anything makes you feels weird/stressed, just pretend you didn't see it! Along those lines, I think I've got all of the language fic/art compliant, but if you see something that appears to lean one way or the other, it's a mistake and trust me, I requested what you're prepared to give!

The Requests!
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Some details for you are below the cut, but really all you need to know is that I LOVE ladies. SO MUCH. I also like the idea of the pieces of this exchange as literal mishlochei manot for the characters. Fluff! My particular fluff tropes/narratives include: snowed in! sharing a bed/sleeping bag! cooking together! one character watching another character sleep! kisses! fake dating! being smart and competent at a job or passion! having positive lady mentors! teen au! fusion au! forget the haters, lets do the things we love OUR way!

Several of these fandoms feature Jewish characters, and evil viziers, so feel free to highlight or focus on them in addition to my little notes. I'm not Jewish myself but please don't let that keep you from taking these pieces in whatever direction you'd like. I have some additional notes on some of these fandoms in my Galentine's Day letter.

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Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Everyone is amazing and nothing hurts. I ship Amy/Rosa. 
Bunheads: I love literally every woman on this show. I ship Michelle/Sasha, Michelle/Truly, Michelle/Fanny, Boo/Sasha, Ginny/Mel, Truly/Milly, Michelle/Talia, Mel/Cozette.
Community: Sometimes canon makes me feel iffy, but the potential for AUs and childlike joy keep me coming back. I ship Annie/Britta, Britta/Slater, and Annie/Britta/Jeff.
The Inside: Truly brutal canon. Perhaps, there are small moments of light in this bleak existance? Platonic ships only.
Lost Girl: Mostly, I want an orgy of happy feelings and stupid (read: pretty) faces. I ship Tamsin/Bo, Lauren/Bo, Kenzi/Bo, Kenzi/Lauren, Tamsin/Lauren, Kenzi/Tamsin and brotp Lauren/Dyson.
Masters of Sex: Competent, smart, and daring ladies everywhere! I ship Virginia/Lillian, Virginia/Libby, Virginia/Betty.
Orphan Black: So many ladies its easy to forget that most of the are played by one person. I ship Beth/Alison, Alison/Sarah, Sarah/Helena (in a fluffy way?), Delphine/Rachel.
Pretty Little Liars: Okay, I haven't watched all of canon yet but I'm spoiled I promise. I ship Emily/Paige, Emily/Spencer, Emily/Alison and every threesomey mashup between them.
Runaways: Comic of my heart! I ship Karolina/Nico, Karolina/Xavin, Karolina/Julie Power, and brotp Karolina/Chase.
Top of the Lake: Somewhere beneath the crushing blow of this, there is so much hope. I ship Robin/Johnno.