My latte sister, the distressingly multi-talented Kalima, has started to write up the Buffy fiction we outlined back in the summer of 2002. It's a WIP, which I don't normally rec, but on the other hand it's lovely and funny and she's taken the snippet I wrote and turned it into something with much more depth and wit. So go read Time Travel for Pedestrians and give her warm fluffy strokes of feedback.

At one point this was called Hot Kinky Vamp Action despite the fact it was a proposal we were working on for 'proper' publication. On account of us being 'proper' writers by day. Well, by night on account of writing not paying enough to buy pins and us therefore having the equivilent of DMP day jobs to pay the actual bills. Maybe that's why we both love season 6? We can relate to Buffy's realisation that her calling is never going to get her a bank loan but she just can't give it up. Plus, obviously, all that hot sex with Spike. HKVA did not have any actual HKVA due to the restrictions of the Buffy books' range. When we discussed reviving the project as fanfic, the first thing to be brought back was the sex. My calling means my nights are being spent patrolling the graveyards of prose, slaying bad grammar and trying to avert the apocalypse (i.e. get a novel in by the deadline) so Kelly is writing this herself. Please read - it's going to be a beauty.

You are an Elementalist. Your magic stems from the
forces of nature. You might be a forest
nuturing Druid, a storm-creating Weather-Wizard
or any of the many Elementals, but one thing is
sure-- your bond with nature is strong. You can
rely heavily on nature to support yourself
aesthetically or physically for it lends you
both comfort and strength. Your instincts
rarely fail you. You are vibrantly passionate
but are sometimes carried away by your own
emotions.


Which Magical Order Are You In?
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Fic rec: Hers to Remember by cousinjean {via All About Spike}

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New fanfic uploaded: Kali Dances

This was started back in December 2003 and was then called Pure Shores, based solely on the opening scene. It's only just been finished off, with all this Kali business popping up. I mention some songs in the author's note, although none are actually quoted in the text. Here are some extracts of the lyrics which I hope reveal where this fiction came from.

• Madonna Ray of Light
  
  Zephyr in the sky at night I wonder
  Do my tears of mourning sink beneath the sun
  She's got herself a universe gone quickly
  For the call of thunder threatens everyone
  ...
  Faster than the speeding light she's flying
  Trying to remember where it all began
  She's got herself a little piece of heaven
  Waiting for the time when Earth shall be as one
  
  This was one of those 'ooh' moments when I heard the song just after watching Chosen.




• All Saints Pure Shores
  
  Many faces I have seen
  Many places I have been
  Walked the deserts, swam the shores
  (Coming closer to you)
  Many faces I have know
  Many way in which I've grown
  Moving closer on my own
  (Coming closer to you)
  
  full lyrics here




• PJ Harvey Down by the Water
  
  That blue eyed girl, she said "No more"
  That blue eyed girl, became blue eyed whore
  Down by the water, I took her hand
  Just like my daughter, I'll see her again
  
  less pleasant, and probably tied to the whole Angel/Dru/Spike stuff.




• Moloko The Time is Now
  
  You're the first thing
  And the last thing on my mind
  In your arms I feel
  Sunshine
  ...
  On a promise
  A day dream yet to come
  Time is upon us
  Oh but the night is young
  ...
  And the atmosphere is charged.
  In you I trust.
  And I feel no fear as I
  Do as I must.
  
  There is no good reason to include this, I just did




• Kula Shaker Temple of Everlasting Light
  
  Will I ever see the pleasure that will never end
  Hidden in the misty forest that desire send
  Mesmerised like fireflys falling through a flame
  If I wait I'll be too late to holler out your name
  If I wait another day to travel to the east
  Time may prey on me, dance upon me with it's feet
  Hidden in the temple they are building to the sun
  
  pretty obvious in terms of influence on the story.

I also have someone say "Instant karma's gonna get you" which is from, erm, Instant Karma by John Lennon.