Belphegor

I'd typed a whole update, got curious about the LJ crossposting settings, clicked the link, lost everything. Typical.

Anyway, it's been a while, huh? I can't believe the last post I made here was before my third nephew was born (bringing the total number to four kids!), before plaguetimes, and before 2020 redefined my meaning of "année de merde". Also before I discovered I not only wanted to but also physically could write smut without self-combusting! Whoo-hoo! For some reason it's all been [canon male character/original male character] and canon male character/original male character/original female character], which means I seem to be unable to write smut more than five people and their cat want to read (when I'm lucky). So I tend to treasure these five people (and cat)'s comments. A LOT.

Since I feel I can only post so much canon character/OMC before it gets weird (or I get too self-conscious, either works), I think I'm going to post the next one here. DW allows "anonymous" comments (ie. from people who don't have an account) and since Pillowfort is down until at least late April, it just belatedly hit me that this is a good place to post, Actually!

So I don't know if I'm going to post the entire One-Step, Two-Step, Waltz series; they're pretty snug on AO3. But. I'll probably post the more recent stuff I wrote:

a) Story 1: uncle and (6-years-old) nephew have a nice day out in 1930s Brighton. Nephew makes a friend, uncle makes (discreetly) A Friend; the two adults agree that while the timing is pretty bad they both want to see more of each other and agree on going on a date;
b) Story 2: the date! Uncle and friend go see the aquarium, visit Brighton, have a pint and a nice time - and also find a discreet hotel where they can safely have A Nice Time. My favourite kind of smut, warm and soft and all about the human connection. Contains a passing reference to our point of view character having had a Not So Nice time in the middle of WW1.
c) Story 3: the Not So Nice time in the middle of WW1. For some reason the idea wouldn't leave me alone till I wrote it. I'm almost done with it; it's sad and dreary but I'm determined to make it end on a hopeful and warmer note. And then hopefully I can come back to writing characters connecting with one another on all sorts of levels and making one another happy ^^

Y'know, I'll be celebrating my 39th birthday in a month and a half. If you had told past me from two years ago that I'd be writing fics with characters taking off their clothes, I would have gone bright red and not believed you in the slightest. But life is full of surprises that way :o)

Procrastinating instead of writing - which admittedly can count as procrastination in itself, because there are a hundred things I could should be doing... How sad is that? :o)

Anyway. I'm considering posting a snippet/story or two only here, a follow-up on Bobby, Robert, Pauline and co. (once I finish it, anyway; I'm still working on the first chapter) that consists of six phone calls between the boys/their families. It's post-war, with a lot of original characters, and nothing much really happens, so I don't know 1) if it's good enough, 2) if anyone will be interested in reading it, or even 3) whether I'll see it through. I'll do my best.

In the meantime, the last chapter of Soul Food!

Fandom: Hogan's Heroes
Chapter: Bouillon de Poule (5/5)
Characters: Sergeant Schultz, Corporal Newkirk, Colonel Hogan, Sergeant Kinchloe, Sergeant Carter
Rating: G
Genre: drama, humour
Pairing: none

( January 1945: How Schultz Learned To Stop Worrying And Let Prisoners Make Chicken Soup. )

It's the first time I've ever been able to write "the end" at the end of a multi-chaptered story. Ever. I don't know if it actually counts (if it doesn't, then Into the Woods is the first actual multi-chaptered story I managed to finish) but when I wrote these words, boy they meant a lot.

Writing this story confirmed something, too: I really really like Newkirk and LeBeau. Writing their dialogue (to or about each other) was one of my very favourite things in Soul Food :o)

So... Took this "Which Hogan's Heroes" Character are you" test (which I filched borrowed from rose_of_pollux. I fixed a typo or two (they dropped Kinch's "h" and Schultz's "c") because I tend to obsess about getting people's (and characters') names right. Big surprise, I am...

( This suspense is killing me! ...Okay, no, it isn't :D )

Not much of a surprise, perhaps, but I'm still glad! Plus that description does fit LeBeau to a T (and yeah, I must admit I see a lot of myself in that, too - at least the first two sentences). I'm slightly worried that Klink and Hochstetter are so high up on the list, though... Honestly I thought I was more Carter and Schultz :D

Still, rather fun :o]

(I have no idea how you make the "LJ user" HTML work in the title... ah well. I'll nose around LJ and find out.)

So I lifted this "Strike-through what you've done before" meme from kcscribbler (who in turn "snitched" it from charleygirl), because I found it darned interesting :o) It's rather long, though - 100 questions :o)

( So I LJ-cut it for F-list friendliness. )

58 out of 100 – not bad :o)

Still looking for a job... After a week of eventful holidays. We went to Spain, we went to Agen, and to Bordeaux... Lots of fun, but also lots of driving. I can't wait for the Best Beloved to take his driver's licence so we can split the time behind the wheel :o)

So, someone on this allthingsgood  community decided to create a Secret Santa style love meme (I dropped my name to see what happened - so far, nothing :P) basically, you leave anonymous comments on what you like about the person who posted his/her user name. It got so that they posted a second part, so if you leave your name now we'll know you'll be on the first (few) page(s) :o)

In other news, I finally started Christmas shopping, and can't wait to go and see Megamind tomorrow with the school kids! Unfortunately (maybe), I'll be with the rowdiest bunch of the lot, the 1st graders (we say "CP", for "Cours Préparatoire") of one class (there's two of them) and I hope that I'll be able to enjoy myself in the middle of all the questions and comments and "I want to go to the toilet" :P

... And because much I as love the Joker in every incarnation (although Mark Hamill's animated version and Pierre Hatet in French, although not many people know his actual name - it's very much a case of "Hey, it's that voice!" - will always remain THE version for me), this faux motivational poster I found is just awesome.

( Why so serious, then? )

...I adore Beetlejuice.

So, hi. If anyone stumbles onto this blog, hey, good to see you. I started it (after years of stalling and not doing it) mainly to be able to post into communities and stuff, so I don't know if I'm gonna get very personal here apart from "Bordeaux is a great place - been living in it for 10 years - too bad I'm moving up north next summer" :P

Anyway, I might use this stuff for updates on fics and fanart and whatnot. Yay :o)

Bye,
Bel :o]