rionaleonhart: final fantasy x-2: the sun is rising, yuna looks to the future. (hope is all we have)
Oh, my goodness, [livejournal.com profile] browntroutblues recorded a podfic of Behind the Curtain, my Glee Kurt/Blaine horror fic! And the recording is perfect. I'm absolutely thrilled. If you like the fic, please do listen and then tell her how great she is. (She is really great!)


In other news, I finished Portal 2 today, and I don't think the ending could have been any more satisfying had it offered me actual real-life cake. What a great game.


Spoilers for the ending of Portal 2. )


I was actually stuck for ages in a late-game chamber because I had forgotten that I could go through portals. I was just thinking about portals in terms of sending other things through them. That's fine, self; who can be expected to remember that you can go through those things? It's only the entire premise of the game.
rionaleonhart: final fantasy x-2: the sun is rising, yuna looks to the future. (hope is all we have)
Dear fanfiction.net: I do not want to come back to an anonymous review telling me I should 'fucking die'! This is a distressing message to receive at one in the morning! But I deleted it and I'm still alive, so nyah.

(I don't think it was personal; I think someone was probably just wandering around and posting impolite reviews at random. Alternatively: someone really, really hates Silent Hill crossovers. Still, I could have done without it, and should any of you feel like saying, 'hey, Riona, I think you are a pretty okay person who does not deserve to die for a Doctor Who/Silent Hill crossover you wrote four years ago, even if it wasn't great,' it would be gratefully received.)


Oh, yes, coming back. I have spent the past week in the south of France with my family, which was lovely, even if the start was slightly inauspicious:

Riona: I've forgotten to pack my swimming costume.
Riona's Father: Don't worry; you can swim in your knickers.
Riona: Oh, God, I forgot to pack any knickers!

In what I can describe only as a sudden mad fit of paranoia, I didn't mention beforehand that I was going to be absent from the Internet. I'm sorry! I hope you are all well and happy.


Here is an exchange that genuinely took place during the holiday:

Riona's Father: I think this is going to be the year you blossom.
Riona: 'Blossom'?
Riona's Mother: He means find your niche, find your place in the world.
Riona's Father: No; I mean get laid.
Riona: augh


Other events of the week:

- I saw a tiny dreadlocked girl and a large dreadlocked man having a dance-off. This pleased me.

- My father named his Panama hat 'Hatty' and sulked because my mother dropped it on the floor. I - I don't know.

- France is full of sexy animals drinking Orangina. It is weird.

- Sitting in the back of the car whilst one's mother listens to [livejournal.com profile] counteragent's podfic of one's Supernatural/High School Musical crossover and occasionally laughs in the front: simultaneously one of the weirdest and one of the most gratifying things I have ever experienced. I have a good relationship with my family, but I'm always very hesitant to show them my fanfiction, so I'm delighted that she enjoyed it. ([livejournal.com profile] counteragent's fabulous reading probably had a good part in that.)

- On Thursday night, I dreamt that I met a Lugia-Mew hybrid. It flew right up to me and looked curiously into my face and it was adorable. Then I watched an episode of Pokémon in which Professor Oak kidnapped Ash and Gary and set them a series of challenges to test their relationships with their Pokémon. Ash and Gary were on fairly friendly terms and also it was a musical.

It was the best dream ever.


If you have posted anything you think I ought to see in my absence, please point me towards it!
rionaleonhart: final fantasy x-2: the sun is rising, yuna looks to the future. (brotherly concern)
Happy birthday, [livejournal.com profile] wanttobeatree! The plan was just that I'd write a tiny drabblish thing and leave it in a comment to you with birthday wishes, but it became a little longer than I was expecting. Whoops. I hope you enjoy it, anyway.

(Also whoops-worthy: it's fairly obvious that I forgot entirely about the what-happens-if-you-try-to-get-out-of-the-deal clause. I suppose this is slightly AU, then. Erm.)



Title: Of Unconventional Dealbreaking
Fandom: Supernatural
Rating: R for language.
Word Count: 2,200ish
Summary: Dean, much to his annoyance, gets turned into a unicorn.
Warnings: Spoilers for 'All Hell Breaks Loose Part Two'.
Disclaimer: These characters do not belong to me.

(EDIT: [livejournal.com profile] saaski_moql has, to my infinite joy, recorded a podfic! It's MP3 format, 9.5 MB, a little over ten minutes long, hosted on megaupload. You can talk to her about it over here. (And [livejournal.com profile] cybel has turned the file into a podbook, M4B format, 5 MB, which you can find here.))


Of Unconventional Dealbreaking )
rionaleonhart: final fantasy x-2: the sun is rising, yuna looks to the future. (oh god (quarkz))
YOU GUYS. I AM NOT SURE I HAVE EVER BEEN SO THRILLED.

You remember the silly Jared-being-possessed-by-Sam fic I posted a couple of days ago? Well, [livejournal.com profile] mercuriazs asked whether she could record a podfic version of it, and I very nearly fell out of a window in delighted shock and said YES, YES, OF COURSE YOU MAY, and she did, and it is brilliant. The way she mimics Jensen's voice! The way she delivers lines! Plus she is a real live American, and I always sort of think in a British accent, so it is terribly exciting for me to hear my writing for an American fandom in the voice in which it should be heard.

The reading is about twenty-three minutes long; there are some tapping noises at the beginning, but they clear up within forty seconds. Here are the download links:

MP3 format (21 MB)
M4A format (31 MB)

If you enjoy it, be sure to tell her how awesome she is! There's a comment from her here that you can reply to.
rionaleonhart: final fantasy x-2: the sun is rising, yuna looks to the future. (brotherly concern)
...asfhdhasjghsdghsdgdsgh.

You know the way you always get hit with two tonnes of fic inspiration when you've got deadlines and exams approaching? Yeah. With any luck, now that I've actually written this, I'll be able to get cracking on my work for university.

It was quite fun to write, I have to admit. I hope you enjoy it!


Title: Occupational Hazards
Fandom: Supernatural (reality/fiction crossover)
Rating: R for language
Word Count: 4,000ish
Summary: Okay, so Jared's possessed by Sam. That's a problem.
Warnings: Spoilers for 'No Rest for the Wicked', the third-season finale.
Disclaimer: The events portrayed in this story are entirely fictional. Sam and Dean Winchester do not belong to me.

(EDIT: [livejournal.com profile] mercuriazs is wonderful and has recorded a podfic version of this story! You can download it in MP3 format here (21 MB) or as an M4A here (31 MB); it's about twenty-three minutes long. If you enjoy it, be sure to tell her how awesome she is! (And [livejournal.com profile] cybel has made a podbook (M4B format, 11 MB)!))


Occupational Hazards )
rionaleonhart: final fantasy x-2: the sun is rising, yuna looks to the future. (what the hell dean seriously)
Oh, man, I've got no excuse for this whatsoever.


Title: Not the Music in Me
Fandoms: Supernatural/High School Musical
Rating: R
Word Count: 4,000ish
Summary: You know how at the end of High School Musical you found yourself thinking 'You know, someone really needs to write a Supernatural bodyswap crossover with this'? Wait, you didn't?
Disclaimer: These characters do not belong to me.

(EDIT: [livejournal.com profile] counteragent has recorded a podfic! You can find it in her entry; it's the third one down. Enjoy!)


Not the Music in Me )
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