Title: The Dangers of Aunts
Author: Peak in Darien
Rating: G
Pairing: Jeeves/Wooster
Summary: When Aunt Agatha calls, Bertie needs Jeeves to haul him out of the soup.
Disclaimer: These characters belong to P.G. Wodehouse. This is a fan work, and not for profit. I make no money from this.


( I don’t know about you, but the last thing I like to put my hand on in the morning is a telegram. )

Tags: fic, gen, jeeves and wooster, jeeves/wooster, rating: g, slash

Title: Get Off Me, You Idiot
Author: Peak in Darien
Fandom: Junjou Romantica
Pairing: Egoist
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Hiroki isn’t the most effusively affectionate lover in the world, and neither does he have the best memory...
Disclaimer: I don't own this characters. This is a fan work and not for profit.
Notes: This is the first fic I’ve squeezed into my academic schedule in some months, so it does seem appropriate that it’s about a grumpy lit nerd. I miss being able to fic whenever I like! I hope to make up for it as soon as I can. :S
Many thanks to wonderful Ally for the beta and Junjo related advice.


( I do *not* need daisies! )

Tags: fic, junjou romantica, rating: pg-13, slash
Glittering mood: relieved

My Yuletide fic this year:

Kenneth's Friends
Fandom: RPF (Stugh)
Pairing: Fry/Laurie
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Stephen and Hugh just can't help teasing Kenneth on the set of 'Peter's Friends'. But Kenneth is becoming suspicious of their double act.
Notes: Written for Michelle in the Yuletide 2008 challenge.

A few words about writing for yuletide this year...

My assignment included a request for Kenneth Branagh featured in some form as well as Fry/Laurie. I freaked out! I hadn't written Branagh much before at all, and didn't think I could write a fic like that. But at the same time, I wanted to write something that fitted the request.

As it was, that turned out to be the most fun bit of the challenge. It was exciting to do something a little bit different, and forced me to think. This is one of the things I love about Yuletide: the request details which guide you into doing something you might not otherwise have thought of. Yuletide is really about the challenge and the fun.


And now for some thank yous to my two wonderful santas. The yuletide fic written for me was Summer of 1967 by zellieh (Jeeves/Wooster, G). The fic deals with a what-if situation: what if Jeeves and Wooster could actually have a relationship? It takes us on an interesting ride through their interactions. There is a bit of a surprise ending which tops the fic off nicely.

Thanks very much for stepping in and writing this at the last minute! I was so happy to receive my gift. :D

A second thank you to kahvi who wrote my Yuletide Treat fic: Your Sweetness Is My Weakness (The Colbert Report, PG). This is one of the funniest shorts I have read in a long time and will be sure to give you a cackle if you are a fan of TCR slash jokes. Way to make my Yuletide!

Tags: fic, hugh laurie, rating: pg-13, rps, slash, stephen fry, stephen/hugh, stugh, yuletide
Glittering mood: content

To my Yuletide Exchange santa...


Thanks for being my santa! Whatever you write me will be great. :) As you could probably tell, I was squeeing just filling out the request form.


I got my assignment for Yuletide today, too. Hurrah.

Tags: yuletide

Title: The Intros Round
Author: Peak in Darien
Rating: PG
Pairing: Simon Amstell/Mark Ronson
Summary: Based on Buzzcocks episode 22.01. Mark has bad taste in pyjamas, and Simon is not a graceful drunk. May contain mentions of trumpets.
Disclaimer: 100% fiction, intended as a harmless a fan creation. :) I make no profit from this.



( You could put it on your CV. Musician, composer, power producer, lap dancer. )

Tags: fic, never mind the buzzcocks, rating: pg, rps, slash

24 icons of Doctor Who quotes with a Hogwarts houses theme.
From New Who S3&4.


Teaser:





( Who'd have sonic? )

Credit would be appreciated so others know where to find them, but I'm not going to fuss about it.

Title: Forgetting Sarah Marshall And Getting On With The Present
Author: Peak in Darien
Pairing: Russell Brand/Noel Fielding
Rating: R
Summary: PWP. Shortish, pointless, and I should not be allowed to watch movies.
Disclaimer: 100% fiction, completely made up, not for profit, no offence meant, intended as harmless fun.

( Forgetting Sarah Marshall And Getting On With The Present )

Tags: fic, noel fielding, rating: r, rps, russell brand, russell brand/noel fielding, slash

I seem to have arrived at the computer late again, and any fic is still chugging away slowly, so instead I give you recs. Yay, recs!

House MD
Waiting on a Friend
House/Wilson, PG, by soda_and_capes.
Very hot, very tense, and most importantly, very them.

“You know,” House says, as he tries to tug Wilson’s tie off, “I’m not lonely.” It’s a lie, sort of, and Wilson probably knows it, but that’s not the point. You have to say these things.

Wilson tilts his head back, clearly relishing the way the tie digs into his neck. “Maybe it didn’t occur to you that I might be.”

The Mighty Boosh (RPS)
Green Hours
Noel/Julian with Russell Brand, NC-17, by eggshellseas.
Beautiful writing. The Russell voice is very well done, as is Julian's internal voice. It's satisfying as a fic whether you're after pr0n or not.

"I'm just helping you compartmentalize," Russell says, drawing out the word. "Selfless, ain't I?"

Julian is suddenly cast adrift, unsure of everything, finding that nothing is as structured or ordered as he thought. He can think of nothing to say, the words all sticking in his throat. Russell hums to himself and looks out the passenger window, leaving Julian to his turbulent thoughts.

And Echoing
Noel/Julian, Noel/Russell, R, by justwolf.
The voices are nicely done. Also nice is that a lot is *not* said, but skilfully implied. The two different relationships are played off against each other.

“Where do you want to go?” Julian said. “Something different this time. You’re crap at this game. You always say the jungle.”

“Don’t you want to go to the jungle? Where it would smell like pollen and dead gazelle and eyes would blink at us from inside giant red flowers…” Noel yawned.

“Yes, yes, we’ve established that the jungle is wonderful,” Julian said.

Heroes
The Dioscuri
Nathan/Peter, PG, by roseganymede.
I broke my rule of not reading deathfic for this, and I'm so glad I did, because it's beautifully tragic. The fic runs a comparison between Vincent and Theo Van Gogh, and the Petrelli brothers. Contains spoilers.

“This is how I want to die,” Peter whispers, remembering the poem from English class. Swallowed by a dark, swirling sky, peppered with its own light. Eleven stars, he counts.

“What?”

“Nothing.” Peter turns and smiles at his brother, their eyes lingering a moment too long, not enough, on each other.

Stugh
These aren't fic recs but links to posts about interviews:

Hugh shunned by England? - posted by ant_bug. Definitely some food for thought.

Hugh would 'love to do anything' with Stephen - posted by jouse. Capslock and not safe for brains, but fun.

Multifandom - icons

Some icons I've enjoyed lately:
Aubrey/Maturin and Heroes icons from iconzicons.
Ayumi Hamasaki icons from lazyday_designs.
Big Fat Quiz of the Year icons from conspiracyicons.
Jpop icons from panonychus.
Life on Mars icons from bad_penny_icons.
Never Mind The Buzzcocks & Torchwood icons from miss_jaffacake.
Torchwood icons from fizzlingwhizbee.

Tags: boosh, heroes, house md, house/wilson, icons, julian barratt, nathan/peter, noel fielding, noel/julian, noel/russell, rating: nc17, rating: pg, rating: r, recs, rps, russell brand, slash, stephen/hugh, stugh

Title: The Birthday and the BMW
Author: Peak in Darien
Rating: PG
Fandom: House MD
Pairing: House/Wilson
Summary: Wilson gets back from a holiday and is surprised to find House remembers his birthday. Some dialogue-heavy H/W, set as a general piece rather than related to any episode.
Disclaimer: This is fan fiction, I make no profit from it. Characters owned by FOX.


( The Passion of the Christ? Are you being funny? )

Tags: fic, gregory house, house md, house/wilson, james wilson, rating: pg, slash

Title: Winning
Author: Peak in Darien
Rating: R
Pairing: Noel Fielding/Simon Amstell (with implied mentions of Noel/Julian and Noel/Russell)
Warning: Features "adult" bits, such as sex and taxation. Well. Maybe not taxation.
Summary: Simon and Noel find themselves together after a night out.
Disclaimer: This is 100% fictional and intended as harmless fan fiction. I make no money from this.
Note: Thanks to trickseybird for a spectacular beta which included such structural advice as “lol booty call”.


( Don’t worry your pretty head about it, Fielding. )

Tags: fic, never mind the buzzcocks, noel fielding, noel fielding/simon amstell, rating: r, rps, slash

My Yuletide fic this year:

The Uncomfortable Adventure of the Black Box
Fandom: The Mighty Boosh
Pairing: Howard/Vince
Rating: PG-13
Summary: With Naboo away on a shaman drinking night, Vince and Howard are left to their own devices. It's all fine until Naboo's magical black box is opened, giving them an uncomfortable surprise. Slash, set around series 3 but with no major spoilers.
Disclaimer: These characters aren't owned by me but by Noel Fielding, Julian Barratt and the BBC. I make no money from this.

This was my first go at writing Howard/Vince instead of Noel/Julian, so it was great fun to have the challenge.

Thanks to my secret santas:

gnomad who wrote Of Paparazzi and Context (Stugh)
dafnagreer who wrote Transatlantic (Stugh)
emiime who wrote One Fucking Thing After Another (The History Boys)
tornyourdress who wrote Classroom (The History Boys)

You guys gave me fantastic Yuletide presents. :D

Tags: boosh, fic, howince, rating: pg-13, slash, yuletide

54 plain text icons.

[18] The Mighty Boosh 3.06 - "The Chokes"
[18] Summer Heights High
[18] Stugh shipping

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( it's not disruptive, it's entertainment )

Credit would be cool so that people know where to get more icons. :) Comments are love.

Tags: boosh, icons, stugh, summer heights high

Title: Pants, Paris, and Potted Flowers
Author: Peak in Darien
Fandom: Stugh (RPS)
Pairing: None explicit, but Stephen/Hugh and Stephen/Hugh/Emma of a sort.
Rating: PG
Summary: Hugh’s on a family holiday in Paris while Stephen and Emma are at Cambridge. The three of them exchange letters.
Disclaimer: This is 100% fiction, intended as harmless fan fiction. I am not suggesting any of this actually happened.
Notes: Two things inspired this: the very first post of shoebox_project, and the yuletide fic Emma's Friends which got me thinking about ways Emma could be written. Thanks to notatracer for looking over this.



( I do wish you wouldn’t go gallivanting off to Paris like this )

Tags: fic, hugh laurie, rating: pg, rps, slash, stephen fry, stephen/hugh, stephen/hugh/emma, stugh

93 text icons:
[10] The Mighty Boosh
[34] Heroes
[10] Queer as Folk (UK)
[10] Queer as Folk (US)
[15] Russell Brand on Jonathon Ross
[10] LolCat Wasteland
[4] capslock_stugh silliness/Alan Davies ear-biting incident

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( to the icons! )

Credit would be appreciated. :) Comments are love.

Some of the pretty bases are by neke who didn't require credit but you could check out her lovely work.

Tags: alan davies, boosh, heroes, icons, queer as folk (uk), queer as folk (us), russell brand, t.s. eliot

Title: In The Wake
Author: Peak in Darien
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Stugh (Stephen Fry/Hugh Laurie)
Summary: Cambridge-era. After Hugh and Emma have a break-up at uni, Stephen’s there.
Disclaimer: This is 100% fan fiction and not meant to reflect in any way the real-life actions of the persons discussed. No harm intended!
Notes: This will most likely have a sequel as it sort of cuts off, but I didn’t feel ready for the huge commitment of writing “1/2” on it. *g*



( In fact, I think you should renounce girls altogether until they start making them in larger sizes. )

Tags: fic, hugh laurie, rating: pg-13, rps, slash, stephen fry, stugh

Before I finish this fic that's half-killing me, time for some recs! :) Five from a mixed bag of fandoms.

Fandom: Torchwood
Fic: Daylight (Jack/Tosh), NC-17, by hegemony.
Comments: The only thing I can really say about this fic is "melt". Because that's what it makes me do.

“I’m going to want that a lot more, and you know it,” he grins.

She does.

Fandom: Never Mind The Buzzcocks RPS
Fic: Scissors Made of Glitter (Simon Amstell/Noel Fielding), NC-17, by likecharity.
Comments: The cute tension between Simon and Noel on the show really calls for fic. And this fic delivers! Porn, straight-up, and with a nice rendering of the characters. Yay.

"You're not even fazed by this, are you?" Noel says suddenly, a bemused expression on his face.

"Why would I be?" says Simon smugly, shrugging as if this is the sort of thing that happens to him every day, as if it's every other episode of Buzzcocks that he ends up with someone wanking him off in his dressing room.

He knows Noel wants him to be taken aback, all shocked and scared, and in all truth, he is a little bit, but there's no way he's letting it show. Noel wants to be worshipped, he could tell that much from their first meeting. He wants to be seen as some sort of Sex God, wants Simon to be falling at his feet.

Fandom: Stugh (Fry/Laurie RPS)
Fic: Two Nights, PG-13, by notatracer.
Comments: A dialogue-heavy fic - current-era Stugh. When you read it, you can hear them speaking and easily imagine it happening.

"It's too chilly tonight to wear these ghastly things. I only resort to them on the days hot enough to, you know, spontaneously combust a chihuahua."

Fandom: Aubrey/Maturin
Fic: On The Other Side of the Bulkhead (Jack/Stephen, Stephen/Diana), adult, by missizzy.
Comments: This is one of my favourite A/M fics ever so I just had to rec it. A voyeurism fic that nicely works with the relations between Jack and Stephen, Stephen and Diana. Thoughtful and poignant while also being incredibly hot.

Diana’s voice was also husky. “Let him hear. It’s nothing he hasn’t heard.”

“Diana, you are quite loud; he won’t be the only one.”

“I want you too much to care. Let them hear. After all, they can’t hang us for it. In fact, I think you want you a little louder then usual. You can return to being quiet when you sail off again.”

Fandom: Queer as Folk (US)
Fic: International Brian Kinney Day (Brian/Justin), by eleveninches.
Comments: I never delved much into the American version of QAF until recently (I blame some cheeky enablers... you know who you are!) - and when I did, I was rewarded with this! It's lighthearted and humorous, while still maintaining a realistic perspective on Brian.

Brian pushed past everyone and took a file from the bar counter. "I've already assigned everyone duties." He passed around printed instructions and schedules. "I'll be over-seeing the entire event."

"Why does mine say, 'Four PM, do not take drugs'?" Ted demanded.

Tags: aubrey-maturin, fic, never mind the buzzcocks, queer as folk(us), recs, rps, slash, stugh, torchwood

Title: Surprises
Author: Peak in Darien
Rating: PG-13
Fandom: The Chaser’s War On Everything
Pairing: Craig/Chris
Summary: In an average day filming the War, Craig and Chris get stuck inside a giant plastic chicken.
Disclaimer: This is intended as 100% fiction. I make no money from this, it’s intended in harmless fun as a fan work. None of the people in this story did any of the things described, though Tony Abbott is still a dick.


-->-->-->When Chris thought about it, the whole thing had started with Abbott.


NOTE: The community is friends locked so you have to join to see the fic. Sorry about that, it's just the way this fandom works, so I'm trying to respect the rules!

Tags: chaser, craig/chris, fic, rating: pg-13, rps, slash

Title: Alan?
Author: Peak in Darien
Pairing: Stugh (Stephen Fry/Hugh Laurie)
Rating: G
Summary: A small and silly ficlet.
Disclaimer: This is a work of 100% fiction and acknowledged as such; I do not claim to know these people or to be attempting anything factual. This writing is not for profit and intended as harmless fun.



( It had seemed like a normal phone call, at first. )

Glittering mood: cheerful

Title: Gene Hunt’s Challenge
Author: Peak in Darien
Fandom: Life on Mars
Pairing: Sam/Gene
Rating: R
Summary: Gene can’t resist a challenge, but he’s not quite ready for the consequences.
Disclaimer: The series Life on Mars and its characters are not owned by me. This is a piece of not-for-profit fan fiction.
Notes: Thanks to my betas lo0o0ony_lauren and ailcia for helping this along an awful lot.
Comments loved and welcomed.


( I'm bloody normal, unlike you, sonny boy. )



A general thanks to everyone who's stuck with my journal despite me being slow to write! ♥ I promise I haven't left a single fandom. :) I'm just doing the tortoise rather than hare act. Hopefully.

Tags: fic, gene hunt, life on mars, rating: r, sam tyler, sam/gene, slash

68 text icons

[1-7] Jeeves and Wooster
[8-15] Stugh
[16-25] The Chaser's War on Everything
[26-29] The Mighty Boosh
[30-32] Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt
[33-37] Nathan Barley
[38-48] Evelyn Waugh, "The Loved One"
[49-54] Friedrich Nietzsche
[55-60] I Ching
[61] Chinese Zodiac
[62-68] T.S. Eliot

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Tags: asian philosophy, boosh, chaser, evelyn waugh, friedrich nietzsche, icons, jeeves and wooster, julian barratt, nathan barley, noel fielding, noel/julian, stephen/hugh, stugh, t.s. eliot
Glittering mood: cheerful

Title: Drums and a Storm
Author: Peak in Darien
Rating: PG
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Harry/Draco
Summary: It's raining, and Harry is restless.
Disclaimer: Harry Potter characters are created and owned by J.K. Rowling. This is a not-for-profit fan creation.
Notes: I don't really know where this came from. It just sort of... did.


( The first time he hears it, it’s like a drum. )

Tags: draco malfoy, fic, harry potter, harry/draco, hp, rating: pg, slash

52 text icons:

[13] Stugh
(Stugh shipping, "Hysteria", "A Bit of Fry and Laurie")
[14] Torchwood
(Jack/Ianto, Jack/Tosh, Jack/Tosh/Ianto, Tosh/Ianto, Tosh, Tosh/Mary)
[25] T.S. Eliot
(The Waste Land, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, Conversation Galante, Hysteria, La Figlia Che Piange, Gerontion, The Hippopotamus, Cousin Nancy, Mr Apollinax, Mr. Eliot's Sunday Morning Service, T.S. Eliot/Ezra Pound)

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( Icons )

Tags: hugh laurie, icons, stephen fry, stephen/hugh, stugh, t.s. eliot, torchwood

at the prodding of derien this is being exposed to the public. blame her. blame her entirely. ;)



Today a friend and I saw Eragon - which is, without doubt, the best worst movie I have seen since the Da Vinci Code. It is absolutely awful, but as with DVC, I enjoyed it immensely. In fact, I recommend it to everyone. Here are my thoughts on the movie, which, in a rare depature from the usual insanity, actually take the form of a review.

( Eragon can be best described in four words: )

I apologise for the pictures, but I felt they were necessary to illustrate the artistic depths of the movie.

Glittering mood: amused

My Yuletide fic this year was The Rose-Bandit At Blandings.

Title: The Rose-Bandit At Blandings
Author: Peak in Darien
Recipient: Adina
Fandom: PG Wodehouse - Blandings Castle
Rating: PG
Summary: The modern reader, one hears, does not care for too much about rolling parkland and chirruping birds. He wants action and pace: the thrill of the good chap triumphing over all, the beaning of villains, and all that rot. Shock and awe are the order of the day. How fortunate, then, that the chronicle in question here was full of shock and awe.
Written For: Yuletide 2006



Thanks very much to ladybretagne who wrote my present story, À la recherche du petit pain perdu, an Importance of Being Earnest fic. It was most lovely. :D

Tags: blandings, fic, rating: pg, slash, yuletide