Journal of Mistress Kat

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Have some links to articles etc that I've collected to pass on:

• The ‘perfect body’ is a lie by Lindy West


• Time to Uncover, Alicia Keys talks about going without make up


• Project Naked, women talking about their bodies, full of really interesting essays


• For the Record, Jennifer Aniston on media scrutiny of women and their bodies


• Why stuntwomen are in more danger than men, never thought of it but makes (horrible) sense!


• The fight to celebrate great women on Britain's streets, an interesting look at female statues and sculptures


• Revealed: Cambodia's vast medieval cities hidden beneath the jungle - another example of how we really know only a fraction of even our own past

And now for some more visual stories, two adorable and gorgeous comics for you.

First this charming, f/f tale of mermaids and tattoos by charmingly antiquated. See the full thing on artist's Tumblr post but here's a first panel as a taster.




And second, Scaredy Cat, a wonderful story of a little kitten's Halloween adventure by Heather Franzen. Again, the full thing can be seen on the artist's site but have the first panel to get you hooked.



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I'm emptying my 'to post' list of links and stuff, enjoy!


LOTR reunion. Oh the feels! A couple of more pics in this post.



Speaking of LOTR, here's an awesome fanvid done in the style of Suicide Squad trailer. I love mashups like this and this is fantastic!





( Marauders and actors and POI and polyamory oh my! )

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First, a couple of fandom links

• Why fandom is for all ages, excellent commentary.  - WORD


• Cross Whedonverse universal Slayer Theory - This was awesome. Head canon ACCEPTED.


• Neil Gaiman to Adapt Good Omens as a Miniseries With Terry Pratchett’s Posthumous Blessing - I AM BOTH EXCITED AND SCARED. Can it be nearly as awesome as my imagination??


• 5 Superhero Powers Nobody Realizes Could Save The World - interesting!

Then for the pretties!

Adorable felt dragons! Buy them from this talented Etsy seller (check their sold gallery for more of these and other beauties!)




( Shiny things! )


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Randomly encountered in the land of interwebs tonight: Richard Armitage, tied up, bruised up, wet and writhing (incidentally, how I really like my men *g*) - god bless whoever made a gif of this Spooks era scene.




Can't. Stop. Staring. Ugh... that's a wet,clingy pair of trousers you're wearing there Richard. Not, uh, leaving a lot to the imagination... *mesmerised*

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monkiainen tagged me a while back

Rule 1: Always post the rules 

Rule 2: Answer the questions the person who tagged you asked with gifs, and write 11 new ones or don’t, whatever~

Rule 3: Tag 11 people and link them to the post. 

Rule 4: Actually tell them you tagged them. NAH, DO IT IF YOU WANT :D

I did change the questions a bit because I don't as a rule get on with 'favourite' type of decisions - I like too many things! Also I cut out some because I included more than one for each questions... Basically, this meme is a flimsy excuse to post some GIFs. I assume no one has a problems with this.

( Didn't think so... )

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Today I have done a little thesis work, maintained relations with family and friends, baked muffins and cookies, and washed dishes twice. So there.

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A meme about icons, zellieh asked about these 5 of mine.



by puka_pudge

This is grouped under my kink icons and sits at the darker/harder end of the spectrum. I tend to use it on those rare occasions I post fic with darkwrongfilthyevil themes, discuss such things in general or am experiencing 'i will take you apart slowly and enjoy it' levels of rage/ubertoppiness :D



by hovercarracer

Ah Dr. Watson, peaceful until provoked indeed. I really love BBC's Sherlock and can't wait for the second series. Dr. Watson here also demonstrates my fondness for the 'it's the quiet once you need to watch out for' cliche as Dom/BAMF Watson is one of my favourite things. Unf.



by mortgraphics

A cat icon! It's necessary for me to have at least one cat icon at all times. The picture makes me smile because many of the cats I've had and known have done the exact same thing of drinking from a tap and looking supremely ridiculous whilst doing it.



by stormfronticons

Oh Lewis <3 My favourite small fandom at the moment and the one I'm actually actively involved in what with helping to lewis_challenge (posting soon! PIMP PIMP PIMP!). Beyond the Hathaway/Lewis otp'ness of this icon, I really like the saturated, slightly smudged colours.



by marty_moriarty

I've been on a bit of Harry Potter kick lately so recently uploaded some relevant icons. This is from one of my favourite scenes in Half-Blood Prince, where Draco breaks down in the bathroom right before his almost fatal confrontation with Harry. Apart for the obvious emotional impact of the scene, I loved the way the scene uses the mirror to show what is supposed to be private (a gimmick I'm hugely fond of anyway).



Feel free to comment if you want me to ask about 5 of your icons.


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In other news, Pete grabbing Brendon's ass:



And really, who can blame him?

More here


Brendon stripping for Spencer:




Happy Sunday!

Things that have kept me sane and entertained and happy lately:

- This delicious James McAvoy picspam

- Interesting musings about fame and real person fandom

- Doing two mixes for the Mixtape Exchange (one for Psych, one for gen theme of 'slow slide to madness/evil' *g*). Also really looking forward to receiving mixes for all three of my prompts.

- Dwarves from The Hobbit

- Reading fic in various fandoms. I think next week is possibly Kat Recs All The Fics: Round 2, so you might want to mentally prepare yourselves for another week of fic recs. Hardship I'm sure.

- Trying to write some fic. Have over 2,000 words of ridic George/Mitchell (Being Human UK) rentboy!fic done that I'm trying to finish... Also, I just found four handwritten pages of Gus/Shawn (Psych) rentboy!fic on a notebook. Apparently I'm working on a theme. And that theme is male prostitution.

- Rewatching all of Glee. I don't even care, it's my happy place right now and I still have ALL THE FEELINGS about Kurt. And Blaine/Kurt. Also Brittany/Santa. My favourite scene of season 2 is the Kurt&Blaine duet at the Regionals, especially because of Puck's/Mark Salling's face in the audience when he's watching it, how unashamedly emotinal he is. I have a theory that it is actually more Mark Sallig being a GIANT SAP WITH HEART-EYES than any acting in character.

- Speaking of Glee... A confession: I'm having a massive celeb crush on Darren Criss at the moment. I can't help it, he's just so geekyandscruffyandhotandhewritessongsohgodiwanttobakehimcookiesandthentiehimtomybedand... Um. Anyway. I may or may not have folder titled in 'Darren Criss Sex Riot' on my laptop, and these may or may not be just some of the photos from there.

( IT'S A DARREN CRISS SEX RIOT )


That's it from me for now. All contributions of recs and sexy pictures will be gratefully accepted and used responsibly for the maintenance of mental health.

Via flist and mikeyway_daily.



My thoughts, in order of appearance:

1. Oh MWay, you utter dork, look at you putting product into your hair like a poser <3

2. Gosh you kneel pretty, now that's what I call good posture... Except feet should be flat to the ground and hands either resting on his thighs or behind his back. The head position (eyes down) is already pretty good, even if it is like that for hair product related reasons. Still, excellent start. With a little training... *g*

Some answers to the Vanilla Fuckbuddy, Kinky Fuckbuddy, One Night Stand meme.

There’s been some discussion going on what would actually qualify as ‘vanilla sex’, and granted it’s a very vague term, the meaning of which varies from person to person. One person’s vanilla is another person’s dirty kink *shrug*. But here, let’s assume it’s sort of ‘no frills’ sex, so no toys or bondage or fetishes or power exchange element – none of which necessarily makes the sex boring or unsatisfying mind.

Okay, onwards to the answers...

snuffkin gave me ( Patrick Stump, Pete Wentz and Gabe Saporta (musicians, Bandom) )



and ( Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles and Jeffrey Dean Morgan (actors, Supernatural) )



trialia gave me ( Snape, Dumbledore and Hermione from Harry Potter. Because she is evil. )


Right, I probably won't get a chance to post the rest of the answer until next week. It's the Manchester Pride Big Weekend and pushkin666 and I have tickets and plan on revelling in it for as long as our energy reserves can take it. Will take my camera so hopefully there will be photos next week too. Catch you on the flipside darlings.

It has come to my attention that Adam Glambert is wearing what look like VickyT originals, as per Access All Areas.

( Tackily quotes self: )


( Evidence: )


Now I want to write a cross-over fic where Adam is one of VickyT's regular models and Kris is his booking agent/BFF.

*sigh*

...why yes, this post was brought to you by 'have spent two hours answering student emails/dealing with teaching admin and not getting any real work done'. Yeah, I'm gonna go and read some essay drafts now, whatever.