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This a little belated, but here's the fic that I wrote for Yuletide this year, along with some squee and meta about the characters, and my usual rambling notes about the writing process:

That's What Friends Are For (8269 words) by geri_chan
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Magnum P.I. (TV 2018)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Thomas Sullivan Magnum IV, Gordon Katsumoto
Additional Tags: Case Fic, Friendship
Summary: When Katsumoto's son goes missing, he turns to Magnum for help.

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OK, sorry for the bad pun--I couldn't resist! A little rant about Sirius follows...

I was listening to the recent Alohomora podcast episode about Sirius (Episode 230) plus the recap episode (which is linked on the Episode 231 page). There was a lot of debate about Sirius, with strong feelings from both fans and anti-fans, about whether he was redeemable and whether he should be forgiven for the Shrieking Shack prank. The consensus among the hosts in the recap, along with many of the fans, was basically, "Teenagers do dumb things because they don't think before they act, but they grow out of it, and the dumb things they did shouldn't be held against them for the rest of their life." (To be fair, they say that the bullying and the prank are not OK, but are trying to make the point that Sirius isn't irredeemable.)

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Yuletide reveals are out so now I can announce the fic that I wrote this year, along with my usual meta rambling about writing the story:

Letters from Nimona (6873 words) by geri_chan
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Nimona (Webcomic)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Ballister Blackheart/Ambrosius Goldenloin
Characters: Ballister Blackheart, Ambrosius Goldenloin, Nimona
Additional Tags: Families of Choice, Post-Canon, Epistolary
Summary: Ballister begins receiving letters from Nimona as the TV news coincidentally--or not so coincidentally--airs reports about shark attacks and abominable snowman sightings.

Notes: Written for Tyleet. Thank you very much to strix_alba, who betaed the story for me. Any mistakes remaining are all my own.


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Reveals are now official, so here is the fic I wrote for Yuletide, plus some rambling thoughts about the writing process:

All Through the Night (and Through the Years) (8831 words) by geri_chan
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Troubleshooters Inc. - Suzanne Brockmann
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jules Cassidy/Robin Chadwick
Characters: Jules Cassidy, Robin Chadwick Cassidy, Roger "Sam" Starrett, Alyssa Locke
Summary: Sam, Alyssa, and their kids throw a baby shower for Jules and Robin, who reminisce about past adventures as they await the birth of their daughter.

Notes: Writen for Frostfire. Also, much thanks to Lawless523 for betaing the story. Any remaining mistakes are mine, not hers.

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I'm sooooo happy! My CD Japan box arrived in the mail yesterday, and the Aibou stuff looks great--the X-Day movie has a bonus disc and booklet, and the Itami book is filled with lots of color photos of my favorite character, plus lots of info about him and interviews with the actor. All in Japanese of course, which makes it rather daunting, but I will try and take a stab at translating some of it when I have more time.

But what I'm over the moon about is the tankobon for Haru wo Daiteita Alive 1! It has the "Love Tanker" story about Yukihito working behind-the-scenes in show business, and Katou dealing with PTSD from his experience during the earthquake in vol. 14. And it also has the "Timeshare" story where Iwaki and Katou go to Hawaii on vacation. (Both of these were previously discussed on the Youka Nitta LJ comm.) But it's the third chapter, "Violence Lyric," that makes me OMG SO HAPPY because it features Onozuka working with Katou in the Nobunaga drama!

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With the release of the second SuBLime omnibus of Embracing Love, I decided to do another comparison between the new version and the old BeBeautiful editions. I did notice that there seem to be less differences/possible mistakes this time around.

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Fluff:
44. How fluffy is too fluffy?

Honestly, I love fluff, so it's hard for fic to be too fluffy for me. I guess the only time it would be too fluffy is when a normally unemotional or snarky character acts excessively sweet without an explanation, but I think that's more an issue of the character being OOC, as mentioned in the discussion for question #42.

Fluff:
42. Least favorite fluffy tropes?

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Fluff:
40. Do you like fluff?

Yes, I do! Which may seem a little strange because I also like angst, but on the other hand, I like angst that eventually has a happy ending, so angst + fluff can be a good combination. But I also like reading fluff on its own--usually short one-shots. Sometimes in a canon where the characters suffer a lot, it's comforting to read fluffy fic where they just get to be happy.

More specifics to follow in later questions.

AU:
38. How do you feel about genderbending? De-aging? Animalizing?
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