Post of happy things, and claiming my DTH fic

[birdsofshore]

All kinds of good things are happening today.

First, I'm happy to be able to claim my dracotops_harry fic, yay! I wrote something quite absurd, but I had such fun doing it. I understand the consent warnings may be offputting; all I can say to reassure you is that it's a humorous fic and not angsty in any way.

I also have to own up to possibly being a bit naughty. I love top!Draco, it's a real favourite for me, but knowing that I *had* to write top!Draco set off my mischievous streak. I wondered if I could write a bottom!Harry while somehow subverting the situation. Anyway, my brain came up with this:

Title: Be Prepared
Author: birdsofshore
Summary: Draco was just trying to have a quiet bath. Now Potter has some explaining to do.
Rating: NC-17
Warning(s): Major consent issues, although everyone has a mighty fine time. Sneaky!Harry. Voyeurism. Ridiculousness.
Word Count: ~3600
Author's Notes: Dear traintracks, you leave the best prompts. I am not quite sure this was exactly what you had in mind, but I very much hope you'll enjoy it anyway. Many thanks to my lovely betas, zeitgeistic and omi_ohmy.

Another very gratifying thing about dracotops_harry reveals is that I could find out who wrote Let's Go Outside. This was a monster hit with me, and I was delighted to find it was by the charming barefacedbandit. We have only been friends about two weeks (I realise now that her friend request was prompted by my rather effusive comment, LOL) and I am always thrilled when an excellent writer sproings suddenly onto my radar like this. I don't know much about anything else she has written, but I intend to find out, and follow her around making whining noises until she writes in all the fests, I can tell you.

In non-LJ news, today I went to see Andrew Scott in Birdland. It was pretty fabulous. Very intense, unsettling, great cast, and Andrew Scott appears to have the most delightful dimples near his arse, which he shimmied for us most agreeably at one point.



Even better than Andrew Scott was my companion for the day. She was the delicious who_la_hoop and she sends her love. I am hoping she's going to show her face round these parts again here soon, because even though it is extremely lovely to sit next to her at the theatre, I miss her ludicrously hot and funny fic, and her general wondrousness

On the way home on the train there were young men getting changed into pirate and Jedi outfits. I was AGOG. They're probably telling their friends right now about the narrow escape they had from Scary Train Lady. There were floppy shirts and eye liner and knee-high boots. Good job they got off at my stop or I might be sitting there still.

I could go on, to be honest, but that's probably enough happiness for one day. Some annoying things did happen, too: it rained quite a lot, and the bit of the Circle Line I wanted to use was closed, and I think I had PMT because I was reading Jon Ronson, who is jolly funny, but it made me want to cry with the pathos of it all. Oh, and at the theatre I asked at the desk to buy a programme, but what I hadn't realised was that there weren't any, and what they were selling was actually a copy of the play instead. And I was too embarrassed to say I didn't want it, LOL! So I now have a slightly dog-eared copy of Birdland. And no programme. It will make a nice memento. :D

I hope you all had happy days, too, full of piratical boots, dimples, and friends new and old.

Comments

[digthewriter]

I don't know much about anything else she has written, but I intend to find out, and follow her around making whining noises until she writes in all the fests, I can tell you.

HAHAAHA... ♥♥

[birdsofshore]

You approve of my plan, yes?

[digthewriter]

It's a great plan.

It's what I would do.

[birdsofshore]

I just read your reply to her on the comment thread for Let's Go Outside, and my heart is swelling at how gracious and lovely you are! It was just such a nice way that you put it. <3

[digthewriter]

*grins*

Life is too short to fuss over a little orgasm denial ♥

[barefacedbandit.livejournal.com]

my heart is swelling at how gracious and lovely you are

This exactly. DIG, you are a star ♥

[digthewriter]

♥

I went and re-read the doing it in the bed part w/ the walls being paper thin...and all that bit towards the end.

SO HOT.

♥

[capitu]

She wrote an awesome AU for hurtfest. OH MY GOD, she wrote priest!Harry. You should read it and then we can fangirl like fiends about it as well. :D

You can send the rain my way now, my roof is fixed so I can take it!

<333

[firethesound]

You should read it and then we can fangirl like fiends about it as well.

Seconding that. OH MY GOD indeed, that fic was fantastic. Definitely an all-time favorite. I want to say more about it but won't because Birds hasn't read.

[capitu]

We'll poke her into it and yes, yes, yus. I'll never forget that fic.

I want to talk about it!

[birdsofshore]

I'm just too much of a wimp, sorry. If barefacedbandit could write for HAPPYFEST, EVERYBODYFEELINGMIGHTYFINEFEST, or even FEELINGSLIGHTLYSADFORAMOMENTBUTTHENOKAYAGAINFEST, then that would be great.

[firethesound]

Lol, I would totally be interested in HotPornFest. Thought I feel like DracoTopsHarry pretty much filled that role this year. So much lovely smut. <3

I shall keep poking at you about this. A Multitude of Sins is just phenomenal. (And look! I've linked it for easy clicking!) It's really beautiful, and beautifully written. I really am not that into non-magical AUs, but this is one of the best I've ever read.

[birdsofshore]

Oh, you naughty poker, you. I've still got people poking me about YOUR hurtfest fics, and you do come above barefacedbandit in the pecking order of crushes, you know. My crush on you is of longer standing, so if I'm going to tear my heart out over anyone, it'll be you first, missy ;-)

[firethesound]

Oh gosh. ::flails:: I do think that maybe barefacedbandit's fic might be safer. I made everyone cry, which I still feel sort of awful about.

[barefacedbandit.livejournal.com]

I'm still bloody well crying :'(

I forgive you! *glomps*

[firethesound]

::flails more::

::glomps you back::

[lijahlover.livejournal.com]

Oh you should read her priest Harry fic just do what I did...I keep telling myself it ended happily ever after. :)

It's working as well...

[birdsofshore]

LOL, I'm scared. I'll put it on my 'fics to torture myself with' list, maybe.

[lijahlover.livejournal.com]

Holy mother of god their is a Harry as Priest fic 8woons*

Thank you soooooooo much for the link must read it now :)

[birdsofshore]

I'm not reading anything at hurtfest! Tut tut, you know me better than that. I'd cry. Probably on my keyboard. And the computer would explode.

*shoos rain back to capitu*

[capitu]

But it's priest!Harry! And he's amazing! Aren't you curious? What if I have a really nice fluffy h/d for comfort for afters? :D lol

[birdsofshore]

I'm curious, all right. But *lalala* *fingers in ears*.

HAVE you got a nice fluffy fic for afters? Can't I just have that one first? :DD

[digthewriter]

GOD, I love NON MAGIC AUs... It's on my list to read...I haven't done it yet

[capitu]

You must! You'll love it!

I love Non magicals AUs. There should be a fest! omg!!!!! :D:D:D:D

[firethesound]

This post of yours is just full of lovely things.

Your fic! I loved every word of it. The ridiculousness and humor and hotness, and just, everything. Trying to have a serious conversation while also having sex is one of my favorite things to read. <3

barefacedbandit is lovely and wonderful and awesome and amazing and a whole lot of other very flattering adjectives that I'd have to go get a thesaurus if I wanted to go on. Let's Go Outside was one of my favorites from the fest. ::flails::

I'd like to know what train you were on that there were pirates and Jedis, and where I might buy a ticket for this.

[birdsofshore]

Well, I just feel a fool now, for not having discovered barefacedbandit sooner. But I will make up for lost time, mark my words!

It was a very special train. If only there had been wizards on it, too - gay wizards - I might have stayed on it forever.

Thank you for another lot of kind words about my daft fic! I am fond of it, too ;-)

[zeitgeistic.livejournal.com]

Is sproings a British word?

[birdsofshore]

I think it might be a BIRDS word :D

[zeitgeistic.livejournal.com]

It sounds like something a penis would do.

[birdsofshore]

*nod nod*

Yes. Penises definitely sproing. My ego sproings quite a bit, too. It's a great word. You can borrow it, as long as I get it back in one piece.

[traintracks.livejournal.com]

Now watch all the Americans scramble to write the word 'sproings' into all their fics. ;-) :-)

[birdsofshore]

:DD

[birdsofshore]

It was really good. A bit more depressing than I was imagining, but definitely a striking piece of theatre.

Who_la will be back, I know. She loves us too much to stay away forever ;-)

[lijahlover.livejournal.com]

I miss who_la so much as well. :(

[birdsofshore]

How could we not miss her? She's not gone forever, though, I don't think.

[barefacedbandit.livejournal.com]

Oh my god, my fucking ears burst into flames while I was in the middle of replying to comments. Wtf?!

Birds, I haven't even read your mad fic yet, but the premise put reminded me of this (and I hope this works or I am going to feel like such a tit):



You are all mental and I am really embarrassed and ffs if you're going to read a misery fic read firethesound's and make it worth your while - I can't even think of that bloody fic without welling up :'( but it is absolutely perfect ♥

Oh and I am so jealous of your day! I wanted to go and see Andrew Scott in that play, but I'm skint atm. Did you see him in Design for Living? No sexy wiggling, but he was in pyjamas, trying not to corpse on stage and utterly adorable. Omg, though, that sounds like the best train journey back.

[birdsofshore]

That was my plan exactly. To lure you away from your comments and get you to come here and give me all your attention ;-)

You are all mental

I trust this was not news to you?

I've never seen Andrew Scott in anything before (well, only Sherlock). I was impressed. There were just moments where I think he should have dialled it back a tiny bit, but on the whole, there was such amazing energy and concerted focus and creepiness and insanity to his performance, that I can't begrudge him a tiny little bit of overkill.

I'm trying to work out what Harry's scrotum Patronus has to do with my fic, but I rather like the mystery :DD

[barefacedbandit.livejournal.com]

It worked and I am going to demand the hat re-sorts you back into Slytherin, because clearly...

I trust this was not news to you?
Not really, no.

Andrew Scott, overact? Never!

XD it was the whole why is my cock up Harry's arse thing? Draco's "pinned to my scrotum" - sorry for killing the mystery ;)

[birdsofshore]

Heh, keep it under your (Sorting) hat: I do sort Slytherin at Pottermore. And my flist were divided about it when I asked them, but there was a strong swing towards Slytherin. However, being on Team Hufflepuff this week has been amazing. Puffs are just wonderful to hang out with and they make such good minions. :DD

Well, you know, perhaps this is embarrassing, but I know people often say he overacts as Moriarty, but, really, I think he's pretty much perfect in that role. I probably like a bit of hamming it up. I'd rather I get TOO MUCH of a person, than not enough.

Oh, hahaha. Yes, that makes sense now re: Harry's scrotum. That gif reminds me of those bad lip reading videos, have you seen the Twilight one?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmxSk0wZxss

edited to fix my bastard html

[lijahlover.livejournal.com]

I just have so much love for your fic. It was brilliant and so cute and sexy. :)

barefacedbandit friended me two weeks ago probably after my comment on Let's Go Outside. I squeeeeee's like a mad thing over it.

I agree follow her around make whinny noises until she write in all the fests :))))))

[birdsofshore]

Thank you so much, I loved writing for DTH.

It was impossible not to squee over Let's Go Outside!