Journal of Mistress Kat

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Well, this is a lot of hypothetical sex I'm having this month. Anyway, next in line for this meme are Shane Madej, Ianto Jones, and Jack Harkness as suggested by mxcatmoon 


One Night Stand: Ianto Jones





I'm in Cardiff for a conference and end up losing my workmates accidentally on purpose halfway through the night and just head back to my hotel bar for one last drink before bed. He keeps looking at me and then looking away and I've got a bet going on with myself whether he'll come over before I finish my drink. I lose, because he does. He is incredibly polite and incredibly direct and I definitely get the impression that this isn't the first time he's picked up people in hotels for guaranteed no string attached one and done deal. But who am I judge people's coping methods. Besides, he is also incredibly attractive and my paper isn't until tomorrow afternoon so... Not a decision I regret, by the way, in case you're wondering. My papers goes wonderfully. Something about me feeling particularly relaxed and confident I guess.


Vanilla Fuckbuddy: Shane Madej







The Namjoon Clause applies again. I read him as a demon kinky fucker but in a similar slant to mine. But he ticks a lot of my preferences both in terms of physical looks (minus the god awful mustache he sported a while in a vain effort to stop fans calling him 'daddy' but my man that ship has sailed, just accept it) and general demeanor: geeky, a bit gawky and awkward, hot but doesn't really believe it, funny af, can pull off both the hipster dork look and the... well, we're gonna call it a daddy look for want of a better word. Anyway, we probably met because I was doing a parapsychological research seminar and he came to heckle me except it wasn't what he was expecting (no, I don't really believe in ghosts either) and instead ended up buying me a drink so we could keep talking. Which we did. We talked until the bar closed and then we talked in the taxi and then at his flat and then, somehow, we were literally still discussing how to design a scientifically robust experiment to measure poltergeist activity by the time his back hit the bed. I'm actually not sure we stopped for very long. I call him up when I'm nearby and he does the same when he swings by my end of the country. It works.


Kinky Fuckbuddy: Jack Harkness






The first time we met I hit him with a shovel. In my defence we were in the middle of an alien invasion and I didn't stop to look too closely who fell into my back garden before taking measures. Turns out it was an alien, but the not the kind trying to eat my cats, but the kind who (after we did some running and world saving and had a hot foursome with another attractive alien and what I assume was that alien's human girlfriend except it seemed 'complicated') is willing to teach me all the sex secrets of the universe. You just don't turn down that kind of opportunity.


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For pushkin666 who is having a bad day and asked for hugs!

( Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeze tight! )


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So I wake up deciding to definitely, maybe, sort of, have a proper sick day. Three hours later I've: washed the dishes, done some hand-washing, cleaned and changed cats' litter day, checked flist and left/answered comments, done a tiny little bit of thesis work and drank two mugs of coffee. Um. I should maybe also eat something? And like, find the cold meds? (For those of you interested, my voice is slowly returning, today I can actually make some sounds, though they are not particularly melodious).

Anyway, there was point to this post and it was RECS!

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Here is another extremely mixed bag of recs of the 'I've read/watched these recently and enjoyed them' variety. I made some attempt to group them by fandom, but that's about it. Old and new stuff both.

Fics:

After the Nile (LJ link), Due South, Fraser/RayK. Every now and then I return to this fandom to wallow in the epic fic it produces. This takes the typical 'post-canon quest for Franklin's hand' premise, but makes it something almost lyrical, but in the funny, gritty, foul-mouthed pov of Ray Kowalski. Hugely enjoyable.

Flowers Can Grow Between the Cracks in the Sidewalk, The Fast and The Furious, Mia/Letty. Here's a fandom not especially known for its femmeslash, but this fic does an excellent job at correcting that in a very believable way. As usual, it's the women who are left to clean up and get on with things after the dust settles.

The History of Two Conversations (On Paper). Merlin, Arthur/Merlin. I have such a soft spot for epistolary fics; here Arthur and Merlin scribble notes on the margins of a spell book. Adorable.

Distraction and its sequel My Object All Sublime, Sherlock, John/Sherlock. Sherlock wears a collar, but it doesn't mean anything if he puts it on himself. Good thing John is there to take over that bit. Oh god, oh godddddddd. This, this is how you do collar and discipline kink. So, so hot, and not really about sex at all (except in the ways it sort of is). Highly recced.

The Death and Resurrection of the English Language, Sherlock, John/Sherlock. This is the way I like my Sherlock; twisted but so very aware of it; knowing what is Fine and what is Not Fine to want, but wanting it anyway, and working out the way to get it. And by 'it' he of course means John Watson. All of him. In every way possible. Forever. This is a fascinating trip inside Sherlock's head; dark and intense and full of absolutes. A raw, visceral, scorchingly hot fic. Can't recommend it enough.

The Shape I Found You In, Sherlock, John/Sherlock. Sherlock goes to Stockholm on a case. He and John exchanges texts and emails and talk about some things it's high time they talked about. This is the epistolary fic of my heart. Have read it a couple of times now and it makes me melt into a puddle of happy goo every single time. Highly recced.

In Which We Change, Star Trek Reboot, Kirk/McCoy, AU. An interesting take on werewolves. I was left wanting more, though I can also appreciate why the author finished where they did.

Unwritten, Star Trek Reboot, Kirk/McCoy, AU. Jim is YA author who also works for a publishing house. Leonard McCoy is a recluse author who is about to be rediscovered whether he likes it or not (spoiler: he doesn't). I came for the pairing, but stayed for the excellent meta on writing.

Office Hours, Star Trek Reboot RPS, Pine/Quinto. College AU. Zach is young adjunct professer. Chris is his student. Kat enjoys this fic probably way more than she should. Nnggaaaah, such a guilty pleasure fic but oh god, could not put it down. Hot. Hot hot hot.

hit it hard enough and even skin will tear, Bandom, Patrick/Pete. Nnngghhh. One of my all time d/s favourites for this pairing. Filthy in the best of ways.

Nightingale (And Not the Lark), Bandom, Patrick/Pete, background Brendon/Ryan and Jon/Spencer. CSI AU. There is something both very unnerving and yet beautiful about the way the author writes Pete and Patrick here. I was equal amounts fascinated and uncomfortable, and not sure whether to be relieved or disappointed when the fic didn't go to the dark place I was fully expecting it to end up in.

Overheard ("Less Talk, More Rock"), Bandom, Patrick/Pete, some others. Omg how have I not recced this before? This 35,000 words of dirty talk and it never gets boring, not once. Pete tells the world that Patrick has no game. Pete, it turns out, is very, very wrong. Unf unf unffffff.

Put Down Your Weapons, Bandom, Patrick/Pete. Patrick stops talking, because it's just easier like that. Lovely.

Chiaroscuro, Bandom, Patrick/Pete. Art school AU. Utterly delightful. Pete is an idiot but he gets the clue eventually. Loved the photography details and cameos of everyone.

Walk The Line, Bandom, Spencer/Ryan. Oh the the other BFF pairing of my heart. Boys feeling their way from 'experimenting with a friend' to 'boyfriends'. Slow and gorgeous.

this year’s love, Bandom, Spencer/Ryan. Mmmm ust. Plays beautifully for that 'suddenly seeing someone in a new light' cliche that I'm very fond of. Also, Spencer is devious.

planes mistaken for stars, Bandom, Brendon/Shane. Achy and realistic. Sometimes wanting to be with someone isn't enough.

Conversational Japanese, Plus Frogs, Torchwood, Jack/Ianto, but really this is about the friendship between Ianto and Tosh. Absolutely delightful, great character study of both Ianto and Tosh, funny and touching in equal measure.

The Assist, Torchwood, Rhys/Ianto/Gwen. Author summarises this as: "Three adorable Welsh people have sex." which is exactly what happens. And 'lo it is indeed adorable and hot.

Eight Crazy Pilots Serenity Didn't Keep, Multi (Firefly, Farscape, SGA, SG1, Star Wars, BSG). Title says it all. Funny, heartbreaking and absolutely brilliant.

Ten Song Drabbles, Supernatural, Bandom, Stargate Universe. I'm pretty sure the author didn't bother pimping these anywhere *glares at her*, which is a crying shame as they are all excellent and well worth checking out.



Vids:

Rock Star, (download link) NCIS, ensemble. Rock on, the NCIS team! I've grown unexpectedly fond of this show and the vid is just relentless and action-packed.

Rabbit Hearted Girl, Supernatural, the Harvelle women. Strength, sacrifice, love. All the meta you ever wanted about how the show treated Ellen and Jo, in a 4 minute video that will make you bawl your eyes out.

Ki- ki- kiss me, Supernatural, Castiel/Dean. I'm fairly neutral about this pairing, but I can really get behind by the 'teetering on violent' tension this vid creates. Hot.

This is the Picture, Whedonverse multi. Very, very clever vid. Works better if you're familiar with most of source material as the parallels are pulled forth and laid bare. Harrowing and human.

Alone, Merlin, Arthur/Merlin. Arthur has ~feelings~ that can only be expressed through an 80's power ballad. Genius. I laughed so hard I almost peed myself, for reals. Bonus points for the best use of the slash-dragon ever.

The Tower, Merlin, Morgana character study (from before she got a personality transplant). Gorgeous, the song choice is just perfect. I want this Morgana full of ambiguity, not the one the show insists on giving me.

Brickhouse, (Link goes to vidder's homepage as requested, go to vids, scroll down to miscellaneous fandoms), Multi-source, Gina Torres. A worthy tribute of a smoking hot lady. Unf.

Black Velvet, Glee, Kurt. Inspired song choice. Also, I love Kurt, I really do, and this brings all the sublime tragedy to the fore.

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REMEMBER TO LEAVE FEEDBACK TO THE AUTHORS AND VIDDERS!

Title: the odds are there to beat
Author: Mistress Kat / kat_lair
Fandom: Torchwood
Pairing/Category: Ianto/Jack, character/relationship study, introspective and angsty
Rating: R
Word count: ~5,800
Disclaimer: Not mine, only playing.
Timeline: Takes place during the latter half of season 1 and the very start of season 2.
Summary: Just because you accept the things the way they are, doesn’t mean you don’t wish for them to be different.

Author notes: Written for heeroluva who won me at the auction. Many thanks to my amazing beta readers margaret_r andzeitheist for their invaluable help and comments. Thank you also to pushkin666 for being very patient with my whining and not smacking me on the head even though I know she really wanted to. Title from A Thousand Kisses Deep by Leonard Cohen.


( the odds are there to beat )

Happy Sunday, have some stuff.

-    My cats are playing tag, it’s hilarious. It’s fairly warm today so I have the backdoor open. Basically, they’re running back and forth between the lounge and the back yard, Tricks chasing Perdie one way and Perdie chasing Tricks back the other way. For two such small cats they make enough noise that is sounds like a herd of wildebeest trampling all over my flat

-    That, however, is nothing compared to the continuous screeching from the woman next door. She has three children, who are far less loud than their mother. I swear to god this woman has no normal volume of voice, all she does is shout all the time. I just want to tape her mouth shut.

-    Dear Internet. Last night pushkin666 and I wrote over 4,000 words of angsty porn about Strictly Come Dancing judges (Craig/Bruno). I am so very, very sorry. Except for how it's kind of smoking hot. Still, am frightened about posting it eventually, because, well... Let’s just say that my recent experiences in writing RPS in small non-existing fandoms have left me very protective of my fourth wall...

-    My Torchwood help_pakistan fic is making progress and the end is almost in sight. This is mostly thanks to margaret_r and zeitheist and their invaluable help. Ladies, I will email the finished product to you within a few days.

-    Shout out to my fabulous Finngirls! Yesterday’s post brought me a coaster! With some very, very disturbing and rude messages about Chad Michael Murray, fuck holes and Hardycorn (...which I imagine is some sort of unholy morphosis of Tom Hardy and an unicorn – frightening!). I’m not quite sure what it was all about, but I liked it! Thank you so much, you have no idea how much that brightened my day!

-    It was a good day for post yesterday as I also got my Adam Lambert tickets! \o/

-    The inaugural northwest_fen meet is next weekend the 16th of October. If you haven’t already joined and/or pimped the comm, you should do so immediately :D

-    Let’s finish with some links:

Rewatching 1x12 Captain Jack Harkness and just noticed that there are 'Vote Saxon' poster outside the Ritz dance hall. Hee!

ETA: This episode still reduces me to tears. Need fic now. Any recs?

jdfkgaklgklj Rewatching Torchwood as my help_pakistan recipient wants Jack/Ianto and god I'd forgotten what a fucked up creepy episode Countrycide is.

I have a sudden need for Torchwood icons.

Drabble Fest 9/12 – for insaneboingo. Fandom and pairing/characters as requested.


Velocity – Doctor Who – Jack/Nine– PG
Prompt: "What's wrong with this jumper?"


( Velocity )