Title: Protective Urges (The Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon Remix)
Author: meinterrupted
Summary: Mal had always been there to protect his Kaylee, and he always would be.
Fandom: Firefly/Serenity
Pairing: Mal/Kaylee
Rating: General adult; PG-13
Disclaimer: Joss is god, I am but a mere worshiper.
Spoilers: "Out of Gas"; Serenity
Original story: Protective Urges by bluflamingo
Notes: Written for remixredux08. Many thanks to my beta reader, roguewords, for awesome support, getting this beta'd in record time, and for coming up with my funky remix subtitle. And also, much love goes to the remixfreakingredux AIM group, for all your support and half-nekkid pictures of pretty people, and Vic and all the mods for putting this together. And of course, thank you to my original author, who gave me such a rich story to work with in the first place. Chinese translations and story-specific notes at the end.

Mal had always been there to protect his Kaylee, and he always would be.

Title: Spring Fever
Author:  Fireflyfaninnc
Summary:  Mal is day dreaming instead of doing his school work on a warm spring day. Another "Young Mal" story
Rating: G
Disclaimer:  Joss is boss.  I'm just playing.
Author's Note: Today was warm and gorgeous and this just sort of wrote itself.  Didn't have a beta so all the mistakes, spelling and otherwise are mine

 

 

 

Title: What I Want to be When I Grow Up
Author: SunnyD_lite
Fandom: Firefly – post Ariel
Rating: G
Wordcount: 1013
Disclaimer: I am the mighty Joss, look on my works and oh who am I kidding. Written for fun not profit. I own NOTHING!
A/N: And a huge hug to spiralleds for brainstorming and flyby betaing.
Summary: Simon always knew what he was going to do when he grew up.

BOOK
Yes, I'd forgotten you're moonlighting as a criminal mastermind
now. Got your next heist planned?
SIMON
No, but I'm thinking of growing a big black mustache. I'm a traditionalist
- War Stories, Firefly

( He'd craved order, something he'd accepted as an illusion here in the Black )

Title:  The Cruelest Lie    3 / ?
Characters/Pairing: Mal/Jayne
Spoilers: Post BDM
Rating: PG 13

Word Count: 3,300

Title:  The Cruelest Lie    2 / ?
Characters/Pairing: Mal/Jayne
Spoilers: Post BDM
Rating: PG 13

Word Count: 2,800

 

Okay, so thanks to many concerned parties giving me information in the earlier thread about locking the comm, we've managed to clarify that some of the more worrisome aspects of LJ's TOS are specified for photos/art, and not for text/stories. However, due to the craziness at LJ lately, it's hard to 100% trust in anything they say. So I have decided that no matter what we need to lock the adult material down. It's safer for the comm's maintainers; it's safer for all the authors, and it's just safer for the comm in general. However, I don't necessarily think that EVERYTHING needs to be locked.

So here's the deal. We have a script that will allow us to automatically comment on all unlocked posts asking for locks. It's been tested on a dummy comm, and it passed with flying colors. This same script will help us search out unlocked posts for deletion should it come to that. Basically, by using this script, doing a full-comm lockdown will be fairly easy and stress free, and it won't require a bunch of extra help from you guys (other than the simple act of locking any stories you get comment notifications on).

But just locking the adult fic? That makes everything MUCH more complex. That requires people to go through and check each month, evaluating each fic on a case-by-case basis to see if it requires locking. Sure, we can modify the script to look for certain trigger words like R, NC17, adult, CSI, Tamcest, etc. However, that isn't 100% guaranteed, and should only be used as a way to get us started. Also, even after all the past stuff is sorted, what about the future stuff? We'll need to have people continually checking to make sure the guidelines are being followed.

Basically, to lock the whole comm, we won't need much (if any) help. But to only lock adult fic, we need help. Serious help.

So here's the poll. Please vote honestly. If you want only adult fic locked, but you can't help out at all, then say so. Do not promise help if you can't give it. And be honest about the amount of help you can give. Don't say you can help a lot, when you can really only help a little, if at all.

I know I asked some of this before in the old poll, but please indulge me by voting again. And don't sign up for more than you know you can do.

And just to be clear, if I don't get enough of a response, I'll be locking the whole comm. This isn't a threat or anything; it's just facts. If I don't have enough people to help, the task becomes too monumental for me to undertake alone.

Thanks for your input! And I promise that this will all be sorted out soon.

Poll #1042468 Locking the Comm, Take 2
Open to: All, results viewable to: All

Should we lock the whole comm or just the adult stuff?

How can you help?

Oh, and remember that "a month's worth" just means one month of fic in the archive (i.e. you might be assigned the month of June 2005, for example). To comment on them shouldn't take more than a few hours on average if you sat down and just did the whole month at once. At the most, it might be a job for a couple of nights in a row, I should think. This has yet to be officially tested, but that's my ballpark guess. And all amounts are negotiable. I'm just trying to get a feel for who can help more and who can't.

I went ahead and changed the comm's security settings so all posts default to friends only. So whenever anyone posts from now on, it should automatically use the friends only setting. It still might look like it's set to public when you're writing the post, but when it goes through, it should lock down all by itself.

This does not mean we are for sure locking everything down. It can always be undone. I just figured that since the majority consensus seems to be positive (most people either think it should be locked down, or they don't think it's totally needed but won't be upset if it happens, according to the ongoing poll), it would be better to get started now. This way, if/when we start going through and requesting locks on old posts, there will be a few less we have to worry about. :-)

If, for some reason, we ultimately decide against the f-locking in the long run, I can easily change the comm's minimum security level and let people go back and unlock their posts should they wish.

More information on the proposed lock down and back up archive to come, so be on the lookout!

And please go vote in the poll if you haven't already. While I am obviously leaning more towards locking the comm down, nothing is completely set in stone, and the more people to express an opinion, the better I will be able to make a decision that's best for everyone.

In other news, the comm's new layout is finished! Yay! :-)

y'all see this yet? Interview with Joss Whedon

I know it's not fanfic, but I figured.. you know... it's Joss

Fandom: Firefly
Canon Compliancy: Set anytime after Mal’s bought Serenity
Character: Mal
Rating: G
Genre: Drama
Word Count: ~800
Disclaimer: Not mine; no money.

Summary: Fire marks Mal’s life in beautiful and horrible ways.

Written for general_firefly's prompt: Fire.

A History of Fire.

Title: Drink
Rating: PG
Spoilers: Post-BDM
Word Count: 200
Characters: Jayne/River, Mal, Inara
Disclaimer: Firefly owns me, I own words
Notes: As always  razycrandomgirl  supports and nourishes the muse and  bookaddict43  nudges me to try harder. May their love and support be rewarded! A piece that fits in after Five No's. Same timeline as Finding... A few words from a Tim McGraw song sparked this one...

Concrit is like air....amazing how you miss it when it is not there.

Drink

I thought that more people might answer a poll, since it takes less time than writing out a comment. I'm leaning towards flocking everything at this point, since it really does seem safer, but I do want to get as much feedback as possible. Also, the second question is possibly even MORE important than the first, as it will help me figure out how I'm going to go about implementing things if I decide the flocking is definitely a go. It's all hypothetical at this point, of course, but it helps me plan more accurately, seeing as locking down the whole comm is going to be a HUGE undertaking.

Please, please, please vote! And vote honestly. That is crucial. Even if it's to tell me that you hate the idea of friends locking so much that you'd leave the comm over it, I still want to know. I want as much feedback as possible, good and bad. It's the only way to make an informed decision.

Thanks guys! :-)

Poll #1036003 Friends Only?
Open to: All, results viewable to: All

In light of the recent LJ deletions, do you think we should make this comm friends only?

If we do lock down the comm, would you be willing to help out in the transition? And how much?

Oh, and in case it wasn't clear, on question 2, option 2: when I say "a month" what I mean is a month's worth of fic. Like, you'd be assigned one month of past entries, and your job would be to check and see what fic hasn't been locked and comment on the posts in question requesting that the authors lock them. And then maybe check back in a few days and see if it was done.

It doesn't have to be exactly a month's worth, either. If you felt you could handle 2 or 3 months, that'd be awesome! And if you could only do, say, a week's worth, that would still be very much appreciated. Even a DAY'S worth would be helpful! *g*

ETA: We might not actually need people for question 2, option 2. kernelm is working on a script that might take a lot of the work out of it. But please still answer that question honestly, if you don't mind. For if the script doesn't work, we'll have to go back to plan B and assign months (or weeks or days) to people.

Little darling, the smiles returning to their faces,
Little darling, it seems like it's years since it's been here

The fun has started at two_of_us_fic, the Beatles Lyrics Multifandom Fic Challenge, and you're invited! Like other lyrics-based challenges, we're all about getting inspired by music - and what better source for that inspiration than the Beatles?

All fandoms, writers, pairings and types of fic are welcome - the more the merrier, in fact. Come together, right now - and bring a friend! Signups are now open, so join us and get your inspiration the Beatles way.

Lyrics go out August 23 and stories are due by October 9. See challenge rules and timeline for full details.

And I wanna be a paperback writer...

Note to mods: This is intended only as information for interested writers and readers, and it is not the intention of myself or the community to violate the rules of this comm or harrass members or readers. Please delete this post with my apologies if it is not acceptable.