Fandom love, art flail, cake, and more art flail

[birdsofshore]

On Saturday I was lucky enough to meet a lovely bunch of fandom people. vaysh11 was in town and I was very excited to meet her for the first time, along with writcraft, melusinahp, and llaeyro. They were all jolly nice and as clever and interesting and funny as you would expect from their online presences. As for who_la_hoop, she is so delicious I wanted to put her in my pocket and keep her forever. This was the first group meet up I have been to, and I was nervous, but having dear omi_ohmy there helped, and everyone was super-lovely and friendly. I did not want to leave, but Mr Birds was struggling at home, so leave I did.

AND. raitala was also among these fandom lovelies, and she was very generously giving away some art, and she let me sit next to her and gibber at her. Well, to be honest she had very little choice in the matter :D I tried to keep a lid on what was basically me being rather overwhelmed by the loveliness of it, but basically f(l)ailed, and now I have raitalart to KEEP for my VERY OWN. They are even more perfect and wonderful in real life. I was really bowled over. This is the one I have managed to find a frame for so far, even though the frame doesn't fit properly, but I needed to display it RIGHT AWAY. A better frame will be obtained shortly.




I am sleeping with it under my pillow.

I couldn't stay for the evening, but I contributed some carrot cake. :D Yes, you can buy edible cake toppers of Nicolas Cage from the internet. FRIGHTENING. By the time they got to the meetup his face had kind of bled into the icing a bit. REALLY FRIGHTENING. Did anybody try some? I had some of the same batch with No Added Nic when I got home and it was very good, though I say so myself.



Well, that was a lot of excitement, but the other thing I want to tell you about is also quite amazing, and that is fandomaid for Typhoon Haiyan. Many writers and artists are offering their services in a fundraiser for relief work HERE .

__hibiscus, whose art I adore but who we hardly ever see around these parts lately, offered art commissions for a donation, and I leapt like an uncoordinated but enthusiastic leaping thing. I have hoped for art for my fic for so long, that I am now completely stumped as to what to choose. __hibiscus' style and colours are so gorgeous, I think she could make any scene look absolutely beautiful. Here's a reminder of her lovely work. So. What the devil shall I ask for? I thought of a few things. Or please suggest your own if you have read my stuff and have any ideas.

BEWARE SPOILERS FOR VARIOUS OF MY FICS.

[Poll #1943005][Poll #1943005]

 If you'd like to donate to the relief efforts and win some glorious fanworks at the same time, have a look at fandomaid.


I hope you are all having a great week?

Comments

[phoenixacid.livejournal.com]

Nic!!!!!!! In dragonhide!

*dies laughing*

[birdsofshore]

ahehehe! You naughty thing. You know what, why don't YOU draw that? C:

[geneva2010.livejournal.com]

wow, a meetup! Thanks for filling us in, even though we get no cake. That must have been nerve-wracking and wonderful at the same time!

[birdsofshore]

I spent a lot of energy fretting over it, both before and after, but I am a bit of an idiot like that. Everyone was charming and I'd love to do it again sometime!

[who_la_hoop]

HARRY IN LEATHER PANTS.

Also, what Huey said :DDD

Before I go in your pocket, I need to know just how much fluff is in there.

[birdsofshore]

So far it is Harry in leather, by a small margin, narrowly followed by Harry AND Draco in leather.

Well, I don't actually have a pocket today! Can I carry you in a handbag like a little dog instead?

*fully expects a slap here*

[who_la_hoop]

...how much fluff is in your handbag? :DD

[birdsofshore]

Not so much fluff. More old receipts and biscuit crumbs?

[knowmefirst.livejournal.com]

Oh, so many lovely choices and so hard to choose.

Glad to hear you gals have so much fun :D

[birdsofshore]

The obvious first choice was Harry in the leathers, but whether on or off the flying bike, I don't know. And I can really see the scene where they are stuck in the lift,in __hibiscus' lovely style. Ah, I don't know!

[knowmefirst.livejournal.com]

Or maybe we can all pinch-in to get her to do them all :D

[birdsofshore]

LOL, I'd be cool with that :DD I have been thinking through the day... Maybe I can afford TWO? NO! No, no, I can't!

[knowmefirst.livejournal.com]

If only our wallets could afford them :'( imagine the delicacies we would get :D

[awickedmemory.livejournal.com]

Amazing art. ♥ Also, ahahaha at the nic-rolling. ;D Although, really, edible cake-toppers of a celeb's face... especially NC's face... D: -dies-

[birdsofshore]

I could not believe it when I saw the Nic cake toppers. I can't even remember what I was searching for when they came up, but, I knew they had to be used :DD

[writcraft]

The cakes were delicious!! You're such a star - don't you want your container back? I know how handy they can be - sounds like an excuse for another meet if you ask me :D

[birdsofshore]

I'm all for an excuse for another meet :D But don't worry about the container. If I see you and you have it, that's great, but I have other ones, so no problem.

[meglw0228.livejournal.com]

Wow, that meet up sounds like it was amazing fun! And the art is truly beautiful...and I'm so inspired by it!

I gotta say I was a bit biased on the poll, and had to choose Hungry, but that might only be because I haven't had a chance to read Rarely Pure and Never Simple yet...which sounds so amazing!

[birdsofshore]

Aw, I like Hungry, too. A few people have picked that one, now, and I can imagine it in __hibiscus' style.... UGH, so hard to choose! What a nice problem to have C:

The art is amazing. It's from a longer piece called The Department of Mysteries: http://hd-holidays.livejournal.com/248330.html?nojs=1&page=2

[reijamira]

OMG, the meet-up. I couldn't handle the nervousness. I'm always shy meeting new people. lol

Also, the NIC cake? WOW! Can't say which piece looks more delicious. Mhh, I think I'll take the first one from the left on the second row. :D

[birdsofshore]

You're a brave woman if you think Nic looks delicious. I'm sorry I can't share carrot cake over the internet! That would be a fabulous superpower.

I was nervous, but people were jolly nice about it. I knew I would kick myself if I didn't go and meet them.