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Hello! It's still me, the person writing all the fanfiction about various JH characters. If y'all want to add me outside of the Twitsphere, please do!

Well, once again, I'm backing up my LJ to dreamwidth thanks to potential shenanigans. This time, it's political.

 padawansguide linked to this post from an LJ admin in one of her recent updates, which summarizes the major points of interest:

http://siderea.livejournal.com/1330197.html#comments

To wit:

• The LJ servers may now be under the legal jurisdiction of Russia, not the US
• The Russian government may now have unfettered access to all LJ content, especially including friends-locked content
• That LJ users in Russia are at risk of persecution and prosecution for content (e.g. LGBT content, pro-Ukraine content) posted under lock in the previous 10+ years
• That LJ users around the world may find their accounts deleted and their access terminated because of their political sentiments
• That non-state actors - i.e. criminals - in Russia may wind up with access to locked LJ content, in a number of scenarios, ranging from "SUP sells our data to stay afloat" to "disgruntled employee decides to moonlight" to "government agent shares data got by the state with the Russian mafia for kicks/favors" to "hackers".
• That the Kremlin will drive enough Russosphere users off LJ, that it will no longer be financially for SUP, and collapse economically, causing the lights to go out on LJ abruptly

So, yeah. Just in case, I'm on dreamwidth and my journal's up to date. Add me if you want! I'm still lurking and enjoy reading all of your posts, even if I don't comment much. And I paid for a premium account so I can have my goddamn icon space, because if 2017 takes LJ down, I'm at least going to keep my aesthetic!

Title: an island in your arms
Author: wildcard_47
Characters/Pairing: Lane Pryce/Joan Harris, Peggy Olson, Ken Cosgrove, Don Draper, Rebecca Pryce, Roger Sterling, Gail Holloway, Stan Rizzo, Michael Ginsberg
Rating: R
Chapters: 5/?
Summary: In which two friends fall out, fall to pieces, and -- much, much later -- fall in love. AU after 5x07.

Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 4 | Chapter 5 on AO3


Or, read chapter 5 below:

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In which it's the best of times, and it's the worst of times...

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(I promise I'm doing things other than writing fanfic and watching Mad Men. Seriously.)

Work's been a little odd. We had two servers leave this month -- one guy, Matt, who'd been with us ever since we opened, and his girlfriend, Veronica, who'd been there a year and a half. Three new people just got hired to take their place. So it's been a small adjustment period. I don't really enjoy training new people. I can be patient, and don't mind having to go through what they need to learn, but the general awkwardness, plus having to keep up on small talk for most of the evening, is the worst.

I'm also in the middle of writing the town visitor's guide for our chamber of commerce. It was due a couple weeks ago technically, but I was unhappy with the draft I came up with and needed to cut out quite a bit of nonsense from the version I was working off of, so I'm still grinding out new work as of this week. Hope to have that done soon. It's been frustrating, but at least I'm getting paid for it.

Last weekend I got to see dozmuffinxc and several of my old college friends/former professors for J's regency birthday tea at the O'Henry Hotel. We had an amazing time, and it was really lovely to visit with everyone again. There are pictures on facebook and on my phone. I'll edit this post later to put those up here if I can. :)

My cat Goldie is doing better. Thanks to everyone who commented on last week's post. I took him back to the vet for a checkup on Wednesday and the wound on his neck has been healing really well. His energy is up, and I think he's gained a tiny bit of weight, too. All good things.

I haven't really been keeping up with the Boston bombing news, apart from the day of the manhunt, when I got sucked back in. The desperate need of the networks to be the first with "breaking news" has made me beyond frustrated. Plus, every time I looked at the grisly pictures I just felt torn up, and I didn't even know anyone in the event. I got to a point where I just had to stop seeking out those things for my own mental health. So, most of the posts I've been reading about Boston have been of the "goodness of human nature" type -- Runner's World's website has featured plenty of those articles over the past few days.

I'm also glad to hear that my Texas friends are okay, given the plant explosion in West. Honestly, it's been one of those weeks where all of the terrible events have just mixed together in my mind. To quote The Onion: "Jesus, This Week."

I'm lurking around LJ and trying to catch up on previous posts/comments. Let me know if there's anything big I've somehow missed.

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Title: where are we going?
Author: wildcard_47
Characters/Pairing: Lane Pryce/Joan Harris, Don Draper, Roger Sterling, Pete Campbell
Rating: PG-ish
Word Count: 613
Spoilers: Through 5x12: "Commissions and Fees"


Five times Lane imagines going somewhere with Joan, and one time he doesn't.


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Title: the incorruptible exception
Author: wildcard_47
Characters/Pairing: Lane Pryce/Joan Harris, Rebecca Pryce, Don Draper, Roger Sterling
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 11,848
Disclaimer: I don't own Mad Men. Is anyone surprised?
Notes: Originally, I meant for this to be a series of ten drabbles, but ended up with this monster instead. Holy hell! Many thanks to padawansguide for the beta.

( Lane doesn't recall the first time he met Joan Harris... )

...so here it is: THE DOCTOR WHO/TORCHWOOD FIC REC POST (of doom). For many, many people on my f-list.

It's quite giant (that's what she said?), but would likely be larger if my computer hadn't been gutted and re-formatted late last year. I lost quite a bit of fic/favorited items.

Anyway. It's organized, overall, by series/Doctor and then by episode arc, etc. Most of the info I've put down (notes, summaries, etc.) if available, was by author of original posts.

If I've missed a story or a drabble which is utterly fantastic and deserves to be here, please rec me in turn. If not, just enjoy! There is probably enough fanon here to sustain you for years. ;)

( Torchwood Fics )




( Doctor Who Fic: Classic Series )


( Series One )


( Series Two )


( Series Three )


( Series Four )


( Series Five )

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I feel like it's probably very difficult to punish a ghost. I've never tried.

But we can't let a thing like being undead get in the way of justice. :)