29 November 2025 @ 10:27 pm
small fandoms & icons  
Signed up for [community profile] smallfandomfest for two fandoms so far, namely Moonlight (Beth/Josef) and Bastard Son & Devil Himself (Annalise/Nathan/Gabriel). Now out of the two fandoms, I've most recently rewatched BS&DH like this summer (thus it's a little fresher in my head although I'm a little nervous writing for the fandom) and Moonlight I don't remember rewatching anytime recently but I knew I loved the pairing so I figured I'd try that. I was also interested in a few Alcatraz, Birds of Prey, Being Human (US), Charmed (2018), Ghost Whisperer, Nancy Drew (TV 2019), The GatesNine Lives of Chloe King, and Sense8 of course so if I finish up the two claims I might go into those if they are still available. I didn't think to post prompts for fest, so a few of those fandoms have less choices for me to pick from but at least a few have "writer's choice" for characters/pairings.

So I'm currently doing a rewatch of Moonlight in preparation of writing for the prompt which was "What if Beth never met Mick and asked for Josef to provide her protection?" Which if you're rewatching the series for the first time like since that premiered or bought the DVD (which I did), the series is not very helpful in that regard because I think Josef is in some sort of financial business stuff, not quite bodyguard/protection type stuff. And there's a lot less Josef than I remember. But maybe I'll get more inspired as the series goes on or I'm just gonna ignore canon all over the place. Also I really hate the slow motion scenes... And there is a lot of those. Not great. Honestly the rewatch is harder to like? Like the series is rooting for Mick/Beth I know, and I know I liked that pairing the first time around although I always loved Beth/Josef too (made a LJ community about them after all) but this rewatch? Meh. Although I do see moments I would love to icon, lol. I just finished episode 8 of 16 so we shall see. Also another reason why I picked Moonlight, mostly to get back into the fandom so I could finish my table for Beth/Josef (only 3 prompts left!) and I wanted to see it again so I could fandom pimp it on [community profile] vampiremedia. I did end up uploading my Moonlight fics (along with a few other fandoms) to AO3 since last post (13 fandoms to go). 

I just finished a rewatch of The Gates as well, because I was in the mood for vampires & werewolves and I remembered loving the series so I figured I'd try it again, mostly so I could fandom pimp it on [community profile] vampiremedia & [community profile] werewolvesden which I will definitely do soon. I ended up shipping mostly the same things I did the first time around, but this time, I see all the queer-ness of the series. Granted, not canon gay but still holy shit I was oblivious to it the first time around. Now I know most people shipped Nick/Dylan and Brett/Lukas mainly 'cause the little fandom there is, it was filled with those pairings but yeah now I see them & ship them along with Nick/Dylan/Claire, Nick/Dylan/Claire/Sarah, Claire/Karen, Brett/Lexie/Lukas, Charlie/Brett, Brett/Charlie/Lexie (pairings I also like & originally liked was Dylan/Claire, Nick/Claire, Nick/Leigh, Brett/Lexie, Lukas/Lexie, Charlie/Lexie). If only we got another season, I'd love to have seen more scenes between everyone. I found only a few things dragged for me, and I wish we got less of certain characters & more of others but that's basically the same of any show or film I watch. Anyway I don't have a lot icons for this show so I just reuploaded the Claire icon I saved (see post's icon). 

Also SUPER funny to realize that Frank Grillo (actor behind Nick) eventually ended up portraying a werewolf in Werewolves (2024), although granted that was not a great movie to watch. I was oddly bored through most of it (the movie that is, not The Gates). Anyway also fun fact that he appeared both in the MCU and DCEU. Also Colton Haynes (actor behind Brett) would become a werewolf again on Teen Wolf and joined Arrow as Roy Harper. Janina Gavankar (actress behind Leigh) would go on to portray a shapeshifter on True Blood and a witch on TVD and also appeared in ArrowPaul Blackthorne (actor behind Christian) went on to join Colton & Janina in the Arrowverse, but so far I don't think any other type of supernatural creature. Funny enough Rhona Mitra (actress behind Claire) portrayed a vampire in Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (I really need to watch that again) and also appeared in Supergirl. Skylar Samuels (actress behind Andie) portrays a cat type-shifter in Nine Lives of Chloe King and she went on to portray the Stepford Cuckoos in The Gifted and the most entertaining news I've learned going on wikipedia to check out the cast, was finding out that Skylar ended up marrying Lucas Till (aka Havok in the X-Men films). So now all I want is Havok/Esme or Sophie or Phoebe. I was going to go through the rest of the cast to check if they ended up portraying another supernatural creature or ended up in the Marvel or DC worlds, but meh, I think I got lucky with that last bit of information and I think I'm good.

Anyway my other fandom/prompt is for The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself (Annalise/Nathan/Gabriel, Hold Each Other by A Great Big World).... I love the characters and ship so much, and I've literally lost count how many times I've rewatched the series so I know I can write them but I can't help feel kinda intimated? There is just a lot of good fanfiction for them, plus I just wish we got just a little bit more canon for the show, I need more. I'm going to try and work on that this week and hope for the best. Plus I need to listen to the song a bit more.

In other news, I did two icon colors (so far) for [community profile] lgbtrainbow both of SkyMed characters. If I get any more done for the challenge, I'm going to probably use SkyMed as the fandom because I need more of it out there. The fandom is tiny, but I did find out that there will be a Season 4 which I'm completely happy to find out! Season 3's finale was kinda a great ending to the series, so I was afraid there wasn't going to be more. And [personal profile] wickedgame got me Episode 1 screenshots so that's excellent news for iconing and I managed to save a bunch of caps from Paramount+ website. Seriously I love this show, I've rewatched it at least once every few months since I stumbled upon it last year (? Season 1 and Season 2 was definitely out by the time I saw it but I don't remember the exact time I found it, maybe sometime after Season 2 was released?). Hayley/Wheezer is my OTP but so is Lexi/Stef and Milosz/Tristan. 

I also participated in challenge 30 of [community profile] screen_icons - which were all fairly simple, but I love them. I was going to do all different fandoms but I just loved those two Ghosts (US) pictures. Participated in Round 61 of [community profile] fandom10in30 along with the [community profile] vampiremedia's 20in20 challenge (combined old fandom loves and new ones).

Muse-Insanity.org/Icons has been updated a bit more. I finished renaming all my old icons (minus the crossover ones) so I'm currently working on making the fandom pages for each, I think I have most if not all the icons already uploaded to the site so I just need to write up the individual fandom pages really. My problem is I keep making more (or I also get distracted by something else), so it slows me down, lol. 

I also need to make a list on what to tackle on the [community profile] fandomtrees this weekend, or at least by next weekend. Also signed up for the Sapphic Stocking Stuffers, my thread is HERE.

Added "Writing Prompts" posts to basically all my communities:
[community profile] angelrogue[community profile] bethjosef[community profile] brucebarbara[community profile] brucekara[community profile] gargoyles_fic[community profile] karaflash[community profile] karaoliver[community profile] legion_fic[community profile] scottandemma[community profile] scottandkitty[community profile] scottandrogue[community profile] superville[community profile] nciscrossovers[community profile] xmen_heroes[community profile] zatanna_dc 

New header here at my journal (featuring Madelyne Pryor) and over at [community profile] svpromptstables.

 
 
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meridian_rose[personal profile] meridian_rose on November 30th, 2025 10:16 am (UTC)
You've been busy! :)

I loved Josef, I think I focussed more on him when I was reading and writing fic in "Moonlight"! He was in finance but in an AU he could be whatever you wanted, I'm sure he's done many things over the years.

You mention werewolves and Lucas Till - have you seen "Wolves" 2014? It's not the greatest but it also features Jason Momoa aka Aquaman.

Good luck with all the smallfandom fest prompts. I haven't prompted or filled there in years, but I do keep looking at it and thinking 'maybe'!
Stephanie: Polaris[personal profile] flareonfury on November 30th, 2025 09:59 pm (UTC)
I like keeping busy, lol.

Maybe that's what it is? I think a good chunk of fandom was about him, so I kinda absorbed more of that than what's seen in the show. That is true it's going to be an AU but I was hoping for more canon stuff to throw in. But thank you for the encouragement! ♥ I think I'm just nervous to write something. But yes you should check it out again if any prompts call you! I wish I thought to make prompts, maybe next time.

I have not heard of "Wolves" 2014! Oh I need to find that!
maevedarcy[personal profile] maevedarcy on November 30th, 2025 11:58 am (UTC)
So busy!!!

Yippee for more TBS&TDH content!!!

Also, Moonlight sounds like something I might watch... Much to ponder.
Stephanie: Hope Mikaelson[personal profile] flareonfury on November 30th, 2025 09:55 pm (UTC)
Yes you should definitely check out Moonlight! I have the DVD set, but I think it's on Tubi? I'm not sure where else to stream it from. It's only sixteen episodes/one season but definitely filled with vampires. ;) It's kinda like Angel in a way and I don't mind the vampire powers are portrayed.
maevedarcy[personal profile] maevedarcy on December 1st, 2025 01:57 am (UTC)
I'll add it to my list for after finals! it sounds like I would be prone to binge watching it lol
merricatb[personal profile] merricatb on November 30th, 2025 06:07 pm (UTC)
I still need to check out Bastard Son & Devil Himself. It is definitely on my list.

Question for you...how do you change the heading? I have one I'd like to use but I have no idea how to put it in there.
Stephanie: Nomi[personal profile] flareonfury on November 30th, 2025 09:39 pm (UTC)
Yes please watch it!


And I think it mainly depends on the layout you have, I think for the most part on dreamwidth you could just go here and add images - I think it depends on what style you have. Or what I tend to do was find a layout I liked on the various dreamwidth or livejournal communities and use them as the basics (their .css namely) and then add my own header. Here are two tutorials I think might help: 1 & 2
merricatb[personal profile] merricatb on November 30th, 2025 11:18 pm (UTC)
Thank you so much! That looks a bit more complicated than I was anticipating which makes sense why I couldn't figure it out. I'll have to save your response for when I have more brain function <3
maevedarcy[personal profile] maevedarcy on December 1st, 2025 01:58 am (UTC)
omg pls pls pls watch the bastard son and the devil himself... we are waiting for you on this side!!!
merricatb[personal profile] merricatb on December 1st, 2025 01:45 pm (UTC)
This feels like a trap...lol
maevedarcy: nabrielise[personal profile] maevedarcy on December 1st, 2025 02:06 pm (UTC)
No trap here. Just friendly concern for your future obsession, ehm, not obsession. It's just a show. We're normal I promise.
Stephanie: Annalise/Nathan/Gabriel[personal profile] flareonfury on December 2nd, 2025 05:37 am (UTC)
♥ Completely normal here! It's such a great show though, and sadly quick - damn Netflix.
impala_chick: SV || Clana Talon[personal profile] impala_chick on December 1st, 2025 12:03 am (UTC)
Oh wow the [community profile] svpromptstables comm is so pretty!
Stephanie: Supergirl TV[personal profile] flareonfury on December 20th, 2025 06:31 pm (UTC)
Thank you! ♥ I was hoping the new header would help entice people, lol.
Gaelle: Disney || Arabian Dance[personal profile] heartsfate on December 1st, 2025 12:41 am (UTC)
You have been busy!

Oh man, The Gates! That's a throwback. Forever sucks that it only ever got 1 season. Per usual it looks like we had a lot of the same ships XD.

Sooo many communities I remember seeing in the old days XD. Happy to see your brought them back, even if things might be slow. Also just happy to see you active again!
Stephanie: Duela Dent[personal profile] flareonfury on December 5th, 2025 02:31 am (UTC)
♥ I do like keeping busy and I finally feel like myself for the first time in ages and I think it's because I'm back online, if that makes sense.

Yes, I miss the Gates, it wasn't perfect but damn it had all my favorite supernatural creatures ♥ and it was entertaining. LOL we do normally have very similar interests ships-wise ;D

Yes, I hated them go to waste or completely dead at LJ and as much as I wish I could stay on that site, the ads are awful and it I don't if it's people deleting their own journals/communities or if they're getting deleted by LJ but it feels weird being there.
nondenomifan (formerly angelswilliam or dfasgiles): winter candles by casey28[personal profile] nondenomifan on December 19th, 2025 02:51 am (UTC)
I wish I had your energy to get all these projects done! We have several fandoms in common, so I'd like to friend you; but I live with my elderly mother and don't have much time to do recreational stuff. I mostly do icons, though I did manage to squeeze out one Spike ficlet last month before family descended on us.

Can we be friends if I'm not that responsive or often updating my journal? My icon journal is [community profile] nondenomicon, and my fic journal is [community profile] nondenomific if you want to follow those.

I will probably only post fics that go no further than snuggles or kisses from now on. I've become grey asexual, so I really don't have a taste for writing any more than I would participate in.

Let me know what you think! (I love to write "kick the Ensouled Spike" fics, and I am a Klainer.)
Stephanie: Spike[personal profile] flareonfury on December 20th, 2025 07:57 pm (UTC)
I just do it 'cause mostly it makes me happy (happier?) when otherwise I would just sit on my couch and watch TV (or doomscroll through tumblr or facebook) after work or just go pass out in my bed after work after working like 12(or more) hours. I kinda cut myself from working that much (well, for most days of the week anyway) within the last year and started using dreamwidth more to kinda balance my work/life balance (which might not make sense to people in RL) but I feel like my mental health is much better than it has been in years. I don't have a lot of social interactions outside of work since my only friend that lives (fairly) close to me is usually busy so I don't have much a social life so once I'm out of work I'm kinda free to do stuff again.

No worries if you don't comment a lot or update your journal - sometimes I get lost in my own head and just focus on communities (so I may be late on commenting on posts anyway), so I might not comment a lot either. My icons/graphics are usually posted to [community profile] harpieicons (and my site Muse-Insanity.org/Icons) and my fics are [community profile] harpiewriting (which honestly are usually rated general to teen {mostly for language or situations}, I rarely write more than kissing, at least not for years now).

I do love Spike ♥