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31st December 2010

8:49pm: Friends Only
Hey,

Somehow, you have stumbled across my journal.  Good for you.  



Umm...that's it, I think.  I do reserve the right to put restrictions on friending and stuff in the future.  At the moment, I'm open.  Don't make me regret it.
Current Music: Bach- Sonata in C Major for flute and piano

30th December 2010

6:51pm: Shows and Comics I'm offering/requesting and the FAQ
Shows )



Comics )




FAQ )



Thanks for stopping by. I hope I could be of help and spread the joy and the fandoms around.
Current Music: some really annoying LOUD techno crap from a neighbor

19th June 2009

3:08am: Fic: Lost and Found 3/? , Heir Series, Rated: PG, Seph McCauley, Leander Hastings, Genevieve LeClerc
Title: Lost and Found 3/?
Author: [info]in_excelsis_dea
Fandom: Heir Series
Characters: Leander Hastings, Seph McCauley
Summary: A fluke accident brings father and son together. But no one ever said it was going to be easy.
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: The characters are not mine. I am merely borrowing them and do not intend to make a profit.
Prompt: [info]firstline_fic week 32: "You're kidding...Right?"
AN: I know it's been ages since I updated this. Sorry about that, but I got a bit hung up researching various aspects (that didn't even come up in this chapter…). Comments and constructive criticism are appreciated, as always.


This isn't exactly the reaction Leander is hoping for. )

16th June 2009

1:46am: Fic: Flight *Unbeta-ed*
Title: Flight
Author: [info]in_excelsis_dea
Fandom: Heir Series
Characters: Leander, Seph, Jack, Becka, Genevieve, Will
Summary: Sometimes you can't always listen to books.
Rating: G
Prompt: thermodynamic miracles
Disclaimer: The characters are not mine. I am merely borrowing them and do not intend to make a profit.
AN: This is set in an AU that I created for [info]5_changes, but really haven't written about. The basics are that Linda told Leander about her pregnancy and agreed to marry him – but only if they settled in Trinity. This is set about six and a half years later. Comments and constructive criticism are always appreciated.


I don't think it's a very good idea. )
12:20am: Fic: Longing, Fandom: Heir Series, Rating: PG-13, Characters: Linda, Leander, Seph, Genevieve
Title: Longing
Author: [info]in_excelsis_dea
Fandom: Heir Series
Characters: Linda/Leander, Genevieve, Seph
Rating: PG-13
Summary: A dream is a wish your heart makes
Prompt: 3. illusion
Disclaimer: The characters are not mine. I am merely borrowing them and do not intend to make any profit.
AN: Written for [info]5_times. Takes place pre-series. Comments and constructive criticism are always appreciated.


Her head hurt. )

12th June 2009

5:24pm: Fic: Miracles, Fandom: Heir Series, Rating: PG, Characters: Linda/Leander
Title: Miracles
Author: [info]in_excelsis_dea
Fandom: Heir Series
Characters: Linda/Leander
Rating: PG
Prompt: 4. blessing
Summary: Linda receives her miracle.
Disclaimer: The characters are not mine. I am merely borrowing them and do not intend on making any profits.
AN: Written for [info]5_times: five times Linda told Leander that she loved him. This takes place during the conference on Second Sister, in Wizard Heir. I don't know why this pairing has me so obsessed – their entire family, actually – but it does. These are written in reverse order because that's the way they came to me. Any comments or constructive criticism are appreciated. And if you want to make me really happy, write Heir Series fic.




He is dead and isn't coming back. )

3rd May 2009

7:04pm: FicL Element, Fandom: Original, Rated: PG-13, Genre: Fantasy
Title: Element
Author: [info]in_excelsis_dea
Characters: Danny
Fandom: Original
Genre: Fantasy, maybe a bit of horror mixed in
Rating: PG-13
AN: Written for [info]31_days prompt May 3rd: One is company. This is a bit...odd, and it ended up twisting on me at the end. I seem incapable of writing anything without some kind of fantasy element. Constructive criticism is always appreciated, as are comments in general.


'Go to Hell,' she swore, with as much ferocity and malice as she could summon up. 'Die.' )

6th April 2009

1:45am: I seem to be on a fic writing roll...
AN: Written for [info]linebyline prompt "came out in the wash". No title, genre seems to be fantasy and I have no idea where this is going.


She can't just magic this away. She can't just let the stain come out in the wash- it won't. No matter how much she scrubs, no matter how much the visible stain fades, the stain on her soul will always be there. She killed someone. The blood will always be on her hands, even after she scrubs it, even after she burns the clothes she is wearing - she can never wear them again.

She feels his presence behind her; doesn't need to turn around to know he's there, leaning against the door, watching her. Waiting for her. He's done this before, he knows what it's like. She continues scrubbing her hands and the shirt, not caring that her hands are red, that the shirt is nearly stain free.

It doesn't matter.

"You'll hurt yourself," he finally speaks with a gentle, soothing voice. Doesn't he get that it's the point? That if she bleeds, it will maybe, hopefully, somehow cover the blood on her shirt, her hands, her soul?

"This isn't the way to cope," he suddenly is behind her, his hands grabbing her waist, pulling her against him in an embrace. "He was going to kill you- and our child with you. You did the right thing."

Then why does she feel so dirty? Why does she feel so defeated, even though she is clearly the victor? After all, she is alive and the wizard is not and there is no going back. She is safe- her child is safe. All should be well.

But it isn't. And suddenly she can't hold it back anymore, the waves of despair and exhaustion and worry and guilt overtaking her, reducing her to a shaking, sobbing pile of something that used to be innocent and human- but no longer is.
12:46am: Fic: False Teeth. Fandom: Original Rated: G
Title: False Teeth
Author: [info]in_excelsis_dea
Fandom: Original
Rating: G
Warnings (if any: None
AN: Written for the [info]berlinwriters group and edited and rewritten for the [info]genrechallenge challenge for April, cliche. I'm not entirely sure if this counts, but I got it from the Not-So-Grand List of Overused Fantasy Cliches, so I figured it counts as a cliche.

Walking into the room, the first thing she noticed were his false teeth in a glass by the bed. )

28th January 2009

9:16pm: The Boy in the Stripped Pyjamas.
I knew nothing about this movie except that it was based on a book and that it involved a boy in WWII making friends with a little boy in a concentration camp and passing him food. This info was all thanks to [info]50bookchallenge and I figured that after watching the movie I'd read the book.

But now?

I don't want to spoil the movie, but oh God at the ending. Seriously, I had no idea that it would end the way it did. *blinks* I'm numb, really. There are movies I will cry at because the ending is sad. But this movie doesn't evoke tears from me- all it evoked was me sitting through the entire credits going "oh God, oh God, did they really end it that way?"

I totally need to watch something happy now. Like majorly happy.

25th January 2009

3:44am: Fic: Interrogation Evil!Tim Verse.
Title: Interrogation
Author: [info]in_excelsis_dea
Characters: Tim/Cassie
Rating: PG-13
Prompt: [info]31_days prompt Jan. 24: oh how could anyone not love your cold black heart? and [info]64damn_prompts prompt 64: turpentine kisses and mistaken blows and [info]firstline_fic week 15 "Excuse me, I must have misheard you."
Disclaimer: Not mine.
AN: Written for [info]angel_gidget who asked for Evil!Tim/Stockholm!Cassie. So lovely to be writing DC again. Also, the title could be better.


Excuse me, I must have misheard you. )

15th December 2008

8:25pm: Fic: Tapestry 2/?, Fandom: Star Wars/Triad, Characters: Kyran, Rating: PG
Title: Tapestry 2/?
Author: [info]in_excelsis_dea
Characters: Kyran Josel, OCs
Fandom: Star Wars/Triad
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Star Wars is not mine and neither is Triad, which belongs to [info]layrenelement and Neon Star.
AN: Because the bunny morphed on me... I should totally be going to bed now, but I promised [info]layrenelement this after I finished my law homework. Which I just did. Enjoy.

The first thing he sees when he wakes up is a pair of blue eyes right over his face. )
2:49am: Fic: Lost and Found 2/? , Heir Series, Rated: PG, Seph McCauley, Leander Hastings, Genevieve LeClerc
Title: Lost and Found 2/?
Author: [info]in_excelsis_dea
Characters: Leander Hastings, Seph McCauley
Fandom: Heir Series
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Not mine.
Prompt: [info]firstline_fic week 23 A____, a______ and a____ walk into a bar.
AN: You can find the first chapter here. Spoilers of Seph's parentage, obviously. I've never been to Canada, so thank MapQuest, Google and the Ontario Parks website along with the Mattamy Homes as an approximation of where Leander and Seph started out (about ten or so minutes past Stouffville, Ontario). Oh hyperfocus, how you make me anal about miniscule details in my fiction... Enjoy.

A preacher, a rabbi and a monk walk into a bar. )

11th December 2008

5:43pm: Fic: Dead to be Alive, Fandom: original, Characters: Isabelle Haydon
Title: Dead to be Alive
Author: [info]in_excelsis_dea
Characters: Isabelle Haydon
Fandom: Original
Rating: PG-13
Prompt: [info]firstline_fic week 14 I didn't realize for a long time that I was dead., [info]31_days Dec. 11 dying is what, to live, each has to do and [info]64damn_prompts prompt 32 linger.
AN: This sort of got away from me and this is probably the prologue/first chapter.


I didn't realize for a long time I was dead. )

8th December 2008

3:17am: Fic: Tapestry, Fandom: Star Wars/Triad, Characters: Kyran, Rating: PG
Title: Tapestry 1/?
Author: [info]in_excelsis_dea
Characters: Kyran Josel, assorted OCs
Fandom: Star Wars/Triad
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Star Wars does not belong to me. Kyran and Ke'dran and the Triad belong to [info]layrenelement and Neon Star. The rest of the OCs are mine.
Prompt: [info]64damn_prompts prompt 56 the beginning is the end is the beginning and [info]31_days December 7th did you find enlightenment in the Western Paradise?
AN: I offered to write [info]layrenelement a 3000 word fic if she managed to get the last 3000 words of her NaNo done in time. She made it, and finally today delivered her fic request. Here's trying to keep it within 3000 words...


The attack came out of nowhere. )

4th December 2008

6:40pm: Fic: Sanctuary, Fandom: Heir Series, Rated: PG-13, Leander, Linda
Title: Sanctuary
Author: [info]in_excelsis_dea
Characters: Leander/Linda
Fandom: Heir Series
Rating: PG-13
Prompt: [info]31_days Dec.4 making love in the temple
Disclaimer: Not mine.
AN: Pre-series.


Quick! In here! )

3rd December 2008

12:21am: Fic: All Through the Night, Fandom: Heir Series, Seph, Linda, Dr. Longbranch, rated: PG-13
Title: All Through the Night
Author: [info]in_excelsis_dea
Characters: Seph McCauley, Linda Downey, Jessamine Longbranch
Fandom: Heir Series
Rating: PG-13
Prompt: [info]31_days Dec 2. make him tame so he can live in peace with the world, [info]64damn_prompts prompt 41. tragedy, [info]5_nevers and [info]firstline_fic prompt 10 Hello? Have we met?
Disclaimer: Not mine.
AN: AU. Like way AU. And I twisted the daily prompt.


Hello? Have we met? )

22nd November 2008

3:34am: Fic: Addiction, Fandom: Heir Series, Rating: PG-13, Characters: Linda Downey, Leander Hastings
Title: Addiction
Author: [info]in_excelsis_dea
Characters: Linda Downey, Leander Hasting
Fandom: Heir Series
Rating: PG-13
Prompt [info]31_days Nov. 21 kissing is like drinking salted water: you drink and your thirst increases. and [info]64damn_prompts 20. explode.
Disclaimer: Not mine.


His lips are soft, supple, moist, pressing against hers with an intensity that makes her weak in the knees. )

20th November 2008

1:02am: Musings on Family
So I'm browsing LJ and there's a comment about someone's math teacher having a student who claimed she couldn't complete homework, because her grandfather died. Eight times. And that made me think.

I have/had seven grandfathers. I do have eight grandmothers though. I only acknowledge five of them and have only met four of them, but...

Grandma and Grandpa (mom's parents)
Grandma and Grandpa Clouse (fall in the realm of not acknowledged anymore)
Grandma Stuck (dad's mom)
Grandpa Stuck and Jeanie(dad's dad and his new wife/girlfriend. I think girlfriend, but she wants wife)
Oma and Opa (psycho step-mom parents- also no longer acknowledged)
Michele's parents (nice step-mom parents...whose names I can't remember. Sort of acknowledged. The dad at least.)
Richard and Gundi (Detlef's dad and his life partner or whatever- common law wife?)
Almuth and Hermann (Detlef's mother and her husband)

I haven't seen Grandpa Stuck/Tom/whatever since I was seven. I think. Haven't talked to him in that long either. Though Jeanie has mentioned wanting to meet me. Grandma and Grandpa are and always will be Grandma and Grandpa. They are not the best people and they have caused a lot of shit over the years, and I don't completely trust them. But still. Kayla's parents and Gary's parents don't really count anymore- though for this I counted them, because they were, at one time, my grandparents. Michele's mother is supposedly a huge bitch and I've never met her, but I've met her dad and he's nice. Grandma Stuck is... a basket case, really. But she's one of my two grandmothers in blood, so I count her for efficiency's sake. And when I saw her at Lucy's 3rd birthday party two summers ago, she wasn't too psycho to me. So *shrugs* And then there are Detlef's parents and their spouses, all of which I find nice. Though spending long periods of time with them is a bit trying (Detlef seems to have inherited all the bad traits from his parents and none of the good).


In another note, during the summer, my grandfather let slip that I'm related to this relatively well-known ghost (who isn't really a ghost, but whatever). And since he said he wasn't going to do my grandmother's family (he's traced his family back to like 800 AD or something ridiculous- though he says that anything before the 16th century is sketchy and should be taken with a grain of salt, due to lack of records), I'm starting to think I might want to.

I think I'll ask him at Christmas how to do it. Also, I should probably interview him and my grandma, for record's sake- they did that with my great-great grandparents and great-grandparents, so I figure it's my turn with them. And see if my great-grandmother remembers any stories about her family (the family I'd be tracing).


I should technically write more on my NaNo, because, hey- while I made 50k, that isn't end goal for me. But I think I'll watch 90210 instead.

19th November 2008

11:02pm: NaNo
I did it! I did it!

50,048 words.

I didn't write the first week of November either, so I basically did that in 11 days and oh my God, I am so thrilled! I completed NaNo. I won!

Now my goal is 75,000, or 150,000 by Jan 1st. Think I can do it?

*grins*

I beat NaNo. A part of me still can't believe it...

13th November 2008

11:13pm: Fic: Lost and Found , Heir Series, Rated: PG, Seph McCauley, Leander Hastings, Genevieve LeClerc
Title: Lost and Found (1/?)
Author: [info]in_excelsis_dea
Characters: Genevieve LeClerc, Leander Hastings, Seph McCauley
Fandom: Heir Series by Cinda Williams Chima
Rating: PG
Prompt: [info]64damn_prompts prompt 9 connection and [info]firstline_fic prompt the scarlet of blood is a stark contrast to the pure white snow.
Disclaimer: Not mine.
AN: A prequel to Need. No real spoilers except for Seph's history. Character death, but not graphic.



The scarlet of blood is a stark contrast to the pure white snow. )

8th November 2008

9:42pm: Fic: Wishes are Meant to be Broken, Fandom: Original, rated: PG/PG-13, Marian, Danielfan
Title: Wishes are Meant to be Broken
Author: [info]in_excelsis_dea
Characters: Marian Rosenfeld, Daniel Yates
Fandom: Original
Rating: PG/PG-13
Disclaimer: Characters are mine. Do not take without my permission.
Prompt: [info]31_days November 8th A history that threatens to repeat itself
AN: I finally have a plot for my NaNo piece, thanks to this prompt and the fic that resulted out of it. Not exactly sure where this fits into the overall plot, but at least now I have a direction


You're not pregnant, are you? )

5th November 2008

11:05pm: Fic: Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Fandom: Heir Series, Rating: G, Linda Downey, Genevieve LeClerc
Title: Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Author: [info]in_excelsis_dea
Characters: Linda Downey, Genevieve LeClerc, Seph McCauley
Fandom: Heir Series
Rating: G
Prompt: [info]31_days Nov. 5.) but not without considerable regret.
Disclaimer: Not mine.
AN: The song started going through my head halfway through writing this, and I decided that it fit the fic quite well. Sort of spoilers, but sort of not. Takes place pre-series.


If she's found out, she's endangering them all. )

28th October 2008

2:59am: Fic: Too Late, Fandom: Merlin, Rated: PG, Merlin, Guinevere
Title: Too Late
Author: [info]in_excelsis_dea
Characters: Merlin, Guinevere
Fandom: Merlin
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Not mine.
Prompt: [info]31_days Oct. 27 Parting gifts
AN: Trying out a new fandom, because [info]endlesssearch06 asked. I have no idea where I was going with this. Be warned. I also suck at titles.


It is a light kiss, more a whisper against his lips. )
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