Because shapinglight asked for it:
Two more vids by 1ravenrayne, who produced the vid I posted the other day. I don't know where the additional footage in the first vid comes from, but it fits very well. I am not that fond of the second one, among other things I don't like the song, but it's always nice to see the G/E footage again. :) I wish we had seen a bit more of Ehan. Oh well, that's what we have vids and fanfic for... Which makes me wonder: Has anyone ever produced a Spike/Ethan vid?

I haven't posted a chapter in years. *feels guilty* But I have often pored over this fic. I suppose when you lose the initial impetus, it's hard to get back on track. When the wrong side of the brain takes over, you analyze (and edit) everything to death instead of just running with the bunny for the sheer fun of it.
This isn't my favourite section of the story, but since I dumped Ethan and Giles in the middle of bloody nowhere I had better make sure they don't freeze to death...,.

TITLE: Broken English Part 11
PAIRING: Giles/Ethan
RATING: will eventually be R
SPOILERS: Set after 8x04 The Long Way Home (comics); set in Germany, btw
PROMPT: a vacation or roadtrip, magic, slash
WRITTEN FOR: spikendru 
Sorry, unbeta'd.
PREVIOUS PARTS: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10


( Part 11 )

REC: Halfway There by Indri
http://notanothersite.com/indri/halfwaythere.html
Giles during S7 - canon

Summed up like that, one feels sorry for poor jet-lagged Giles. I particularly like the way Indri brings in regional details. She very firmly grounds the story in reality. kudos for that. And her Ethan had me totally fooled. Indri is a terrific writer!

You probably know this story already (shapinglight acted as beta), but I only found it yesterday. The reassuring thing about this fic is: she started it in 2004, recommenced writing it in 2009 and finished 2010. Maybe there's hope for me yet....

I just finished the next chapter of Broken English. And now I'm torn. Should I post, or shouldn't I? If I post it, it stops me from going back and changing it. Again. For the zillionth time. The chapter after that is still a construction site, but the boulders are already there, they only need assembly and a bit of mortar....

Crossposted to open_on_sunday
I am so out of practice, when it comes to writing in English, and my memory of the show is getting hazier, but I thought: Let's try a little drabble anyway...
Set during S2.
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Earning Giles’s forgiveness was harder than turning lead to gold. Ethan knew, he’d tried both.

Trying to blow Giles after Randall’s funeral had been a mistake, he knew that now, but it’s not like Ethan had had any experience saying sorry. He’d never wanted, never needed anyone’s forgiveness before. He’d considered himself a free man: free to go where chance took him, without looking back.

How do you say you’re sorry to a man who cannot bear the sight of you?

You don’t.

All you can do is treat every punch, every kick, as the caress that might have been.

Another lucky find! I love love love Ethan stories about his time in Initiative custody.
This one is terrific. No surprise there, after all it was written by Indri.
http://www.notanothersite.com/indri/vamerica.html

Found this more or less by accident. Love it. Funny how I like the pitched music better than the original

Oh, a dragon! I got a dragon from brynspikess ! Yay! Thank you. What a marvellous surprise!

I know, I know, I've been away again. A lot of private stuff is going on, not all of it good...
At least I got to attend a poetry writing workshop, yesterday. We tride to write haibun. I say "tried" because I didn't exactly end up with one. BUT I wrote a little snapshot poem and a short prose piece based on Giorgio de Chirico's Secret and Melancholy of a street.
Not sure why, but I'm still in my poetry / original stuff phase. Did I really write all those fanfic? I had so much time when I wasn't working.... *sigh* I wish I had the time to read my friendslist for a few hours...

Oh. My.
That's a really creepy show!
ETA: I don't think I'll ever sleep again. *cower*

We saw the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain in Hannover yesterday. Awesome! If you have a chance to see them, grab it. They are on a world tour. They'll even play in Sidney.

My favourites: Life on Mars, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, and Anarchy in the UK.
The amusing thing about Life on Mars is that the bass player Jonty looks a bit like John Simm... :-)

Finally, our internet is back. Hubby bought a new router and needed a new password to set it up, so the providers turned the internet off on Saturday and sent the new pw by snailmail. The horror! Luckily, the pw was in the mail today - so I am connected again, but two days without easy internet, well, that sucks dead toads through bendy straws.

I am so used to googling stuff, checking my emails, checking facebook etc, that I feel strangely bereft, even naked, when I don't have intenet. o.O

A belated Happy New Year to you!
I was away from LJ for the holidays, because of 2 family b-days, and also because Starwars The Old Republic ate my brain. Sorry.

Anyway, I am catching up with TV stuff and just watched Sherlock S2E1. Have to say: this is TV at its most brilliant. Love love love it. For so many reasons. Perfect dialogue, brilliant visuals, brilliant acting, awesome cast. IMHO this is the best series currently running.
*sighs happily*
Stuff like Once Upon a Time is fun, and satisfying, but Sherlock is so much more. *another happy sigh*

I wish you guys a very merry Christmas with lots of nice food, lots of prezzies and a happy family.
*hug*

I'm finally over that abysimal cold. And now I'm scrambling to get all the things done, that I should havwe sorted out last week - like going to the dentist, eye doctor, nail studio, doing my xmas shopping. Only 10 days left. *flails*

Hmm, big spoilery clip about the next epi and the question what fairy tale character Sheriff Graham represents.
http://tv.ign.com/articles/121/1214257p1.html
That is a question? Really? I thought it's very obvious, who he is. *shrug*
( spoilers )
Still, I'm looking forward to the next episode.

No new drabble today. I'm on sick leave. I'm hiding under my duvet and waiting for this blasted cold to go away.
Brain is all fuzzy.

Do you sometimes have a chunk in a story that you know doesn't work there, but that you're reluctant to throw out? *sigh* I find throwing things away extremely hard. Must be because my gran brought me up. She couldn't throw stuff away, either. Probably because of WW2 and because she lost her daugher at such a young age. Remarkable, how we are shaped by the past....

*blows nose*
*crawls back under the covers*