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I see that marvel_bang is gearing up. Will anyone from my flist be participating? I would love to, but I don't have any ideas at the moment. Brain deadness is my current state of being.

I did however find and read a real roller coaster of a Spider-man and His Amazing Friends fic.

One Final Night (55916 words) by scionical
Chapters: 19/19
Fandom: Spider-Man - All Media Types, Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends (TV), Marvel (Comics)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Angelica Jones/Peter Parker, Bobby Drake/Angelica Jones/Peter Parker, Felicia Hardy/Peter Parker/Angelica Jones
Characters: Peter Parker, Mary Jane Watson, Angelica Jones, Bobby Drake, Ben Grimm, Rhino (Marvel), Flint Marko, Eddie Brock, Harry Osborn, Mysterio, Max Dillon, Luke Cage, Felicia Hardy, Chameleon (Character)
Additional Tags: getting old sucks, Peter Likes Icy Hot, Sometimes Super Powers Suck, Quipping is 9/10ths of Writing Spider-Man, Feels for the Fantastic Four, The Avengers Need to Get Home, Harry Osborn Makes Badass Infomercials, Angst and Humor, Bitterness, Cynicism, Hope vs. Despair
Summary:

After twenty years of spinning webs, Peter Parker has lost the joy he once had. After life kicks him in the teeth, repeatedly, he has grown cold to the world around him, only taking joy in the occasional contact he gets to share with his daughter.

But when the preeminent super hero teams of New York are taken out of commission, a crime wave like the city hasn't seen in decades sweeps across the Five Boroughs. Teaming up with two amazing friends, Peter has the chance to reclaim his spotlight and maybe break out of the rut he's lived in for so long.

Just... wow. It carried a lot of punches. I read it all in one day, ignoring more pressing things to finish. But... punches. So, go in carefully.

Also, including trigger warnings for death, illness, homophobia, and rape. They are parts of the plot, but read at your own risk for sure.

In your own space, put some favorite characters into an AU, fuse some favorite canons together, talk about your favorite AU/fusion tropes, or tell us why AU/fusions aren’t your cup of tea.

This question threw me for a loop as I tried to differentiate between fusions and crossovers. I don't know that I have a good working definition for each, but... crossovers were my jam at one point. I still love one that's really well done.

Generally speaking, I don't read a ton of straight up Alternate Universe fics. I don't go for the coffee-shop/college/cooking show thing that I see a lot of right now. I don't dislike them, but they don't usually grab my interest.

I *adore* a good "divergent universe" fic where Character A makes a different decision and this is what happens.

I don't read a ton of gender-swap. I will read slash, het, ace, etc. without even a pause and it doesn't pull me from the canon, so to speak. If I have a strong pairing bias, I may skip stories that pair one of those characters with someone else, but I don't think that's usually a problem.

All this said, I've written a ton of crossovers.

I'll link to some of them that are on AO3, but this isn't even close to my list or even my favorites.

Lessee:

Spy Smut - An Offer of Friendship - Burn Notice/James Bond. This was written for a porn battle and kicked off my interest in this particular pairing. I have a much longer story that I've not moved to AO3 yet, but will eventually!

This one is more a fusion, I think. Darwin Awards (The One In a Million Remix). I wrote this one recently and it's very much a "knock the rust off piece" for me, but it was fun! X-men: Alternate Universe Movies/Jurassic World Trilogy.

I'm kind of appalled that's all I have on AO3. I have a lot left to move, clearly.

I wrote a lot of Psych/X-men, too. I also have a Big Bang fic that was Supernatural/X-men Movieverse (loosely). And I wrote an X-men Noir AU that I really thought was on AO3 and isn't. So... I guess I'd better buckle up and get busy moving stuff over.

I am interested in finding places seeking submissions. If anyone has any suggestions (any genre, anything goes), please let me know?

Thanks!

Today has been awesome. My sister got into town last night and we chilled at the house while I made pies and destroyed cakes. I'm sure that's deep on other levels, but superficially... it smelled good. :)

We got up early today and went and ran in a 5 K that benefitted a local food bank. I ran the race in 39 minutes, unofficially. I'm still waiting on my "official time," since I wore a tracker with the insane idea that I will be qualifying for the Peachtree Road Race.

On that note, there's a resolution run on Jan 1 and race on St. Pat's weekend, if anyone wants to run with me. :) I'm thinking of doing both.

Of course, I got an invite to go to Las Vegas over New Year's Eve and I'm considering it. I probably will pass, since I don't really have the money, but it could be a lot of fun. I shall ponder.

We had dinner at home tonight, once V got done with work. OMG. It was a lot of food. We still haven't had pie yet, either. M rejected all Tgiving food in favor of chicken nuggets. *shrugs* He'll learn. :)

We had turkey, mashed potatoes, baked sweet potatoes, green bean caserole, asperagus caserole, corn on the cob, rolls, devilled eggs, and probably something that I'm forgetting. We have left overs forever. Please come here and eat. LOL.

The plan is to go shopping tomorrow, early. Like 5 am early. I am not feeling it yet, but I'm sure I will be happier once we get moving. I got 95% of my Xmas shopping done last year on this day. This year, V, S and I have sort of adopted this woman and her baby. She was homeless, and between us all, we've got her in an apartment. She got herself a job and is working really hard. But, it's not easy and we want to make sure that she and the baby are okay, so I'm guessing we'll hit up quite a few things for her.

V is trying to convince me to buy one of the really cheap laptops at BestBuy or Target as a "back up." LOL.

I spoke to my family and wished them well, but I'm really glad that I didn't go home this year. It's just too much... whatever.

I need to work on my LJI entry. I have an idea. It took me a while, but I think/hope I can pull it off. :)

I also need to write articles this weekend, because next week at work is going to SUCK. A LOT. I'm dreading it already. XD

Anyway, I'm thankful to have a job. And be doing so well this far into it. I'm thankful for friends. I'm thankful for my family, who all love me. I'm thankful for my furry babies, that remind me that I'm awesome on a regular basis. I'm thankful that I've found the courage to step out of my comfort zone and try new things. I'm thankful that my health is so much better now than it was. I'm thankful that I can afford/can obtain the meds that I need to keep me that way.

I'm also thankful that there is a whole pumpkin pie waiting for me on the stove. Yummy.

♥

I'm excited that today's 3w4dw non-fannish topic is writing. This has been something that has been brewing in my brain for a while and I'm hopeful that perhaps people will have thoughts (that they'd like to share with me) on the topic.

I've been telling stories since I was an itty-bitty child. I remember dictating them to my brother, who would write them down for me. I remember taking the writing assignments in school very personally, because I often would wander away from teh stricly assigned topic to go wherever my imagination took me.

But it just didn't seem practical to want to be a writer. ( So I did other things. )

And now I have to go and finish writing the two articles I have due today. Cheers all!

Note: This is the first time I've written a semi-fictional entry for the contest. I say semi-fictional, because I think that the emotions inside are real. Also, while I did remember large parts of the tale from my own education, I credit wikipedia with reminding me of some details.
Warning: This may be triggering to some. Please read with caution and take care of yourself.

( I'm going out of my mind with boredom. )

This entry was written in response to the therealljidol Challenge 7: Hope. There will be voting for this week's entries. I will make sure to link to the poll once it is put up and I would appreciate it if you would vote for me if you enjoy my entry. As always, feedback is welcome and appreciated.