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You can also find a lot of this information on my sidebar, but not all because I like to keep it somewhat cohesive and simple to navigate. Since my profile page is a bit...shall we say...eccentric in style, I decided to make a post that might give people a hint about what actually goes on here and where to find the important stuff. Or possibly to run away. This is your last warning. Mwhahahahaha.

Council Law

This journal is governed by The Evil Genius Council and does not conform to the normal rules of society, the internet, or the universe. Council Law is as follows. • Respect others and respect yourself. If you cannot disagree without being rude, don't post a comment. • COMMENT if you download or read something. It helps us know what is of interest to you. It's not necessary to comment on every post, but an occassional "Hey, nice set of updates" is appreciated. • Visit so_out_of_icons to view Lionchilde's graphics that are for use by other users. This journal was created for me to monitor my own growth and there are older posts here that I would prefer people not to snag from. • DO NOT re-upload Aruna7's fanvids to YouTube. Epecially do not re-edit her openings and call them your work. • DO NOT post Lionchilde's graphics as your own. People will know anyway and you will be mocked mercilessly. • There will be no fandom bashing. Similarly, ABSOLUTELY NO Lucas bashing. We don't always agree with his decisions, but Star Wars is his baby. If you don't like his decisions or his direction, make up your own universe and film your own movies. • You were a newbie once too. No matter how much you know about your fandom, there will be someone somewhere who knows more than you. Violations of Council Law are punishable by frying pan and mockery.

Other Important Posts

A list of key posts which will guide you on the path to insanity. Some are on my personal journal; others are on my communities I run (or co-run). • FAQ • Ships List • Tunes List • Writing Schedule • Awesome fictional characters list: Female|Male • Index of completed fanfiction claims: 2007|2008 • Daniel/Vala Fanfiction Index • One Path • Land and Sky • The Other Me • Vader's Cat • aruna7 (French side of the Evil Genius Council) This list will be updated as needed.

Table code thanks to ReversesCollide

Title: Of Earth and Stars
Author: Lionchilde
Characters/Pairings: Darstar/Terra
Summary: A few months after the destruction of E-Protectorate’s Aquabunker, society is in chaos as the Protectorate’s power-base crumbles and an economy based on water-trading now contends with ecological changes and the availability of open water. Darstar and the Solarbabies are safely at the Eco-Warriors’ Oasis, but Darstar isn’t sure he wants to stay. Terra doesn’t like the idea of his leaving, but what can she do about it?
Rating: PG
Length: About 2000 words
Category:Romance
Fandom: Solarbabies
A/N: The story is written for mercscilla, who turned me on to Solarbabies in the first place. She’s right. Darstar is much more interesting than Jason. I’m not a big fan of AU stories where the author just decrees that one or another character isn’t there, and I do like Jason, though I’d prefer he wasn’t with Terra. (There’s just no chemistry and the whole relationship seemed to be mostly based on the fact that both of them were in a sort of displaced parental role with Daniel and the fact that they were together all the time than any real connection on a psycho-emotional level. ) My first idea was to have Jason not survive the jump over the bridge and then do a partial re-write of the movie from there, but the more I thought about it, the more I was uncomfortable with the trauma that would have caused Daniel. So what I ended up with was a story set a few months after the film.

Solarbabies falls into the category of “bad movies I like anyway.” I just don’t happen to like it as much as I like certain other ones. Actually, I don’t usually like post apocalyptic anything, but the elements of fantasy in this appeal to me, and the Eco-Warriors remind me of the Fremen The film strikes me as something with a marvelously interesting premise and annoyingly poor execution. The characters could have been interesting, but there isn’t much development of their personalities. A lot of things either don’t make sense or require further explanation. For example, roller skates do not work in the desert for any length of time in a sandy, rock-strewn environment. Yet the kids were on their skates in the desert for day without any problem. Distilling TIRES for water? And how exactly does a glacier get trapped under a lava flow? I have some ideas both for character development and explanation—or at least re-imagining—but I’m not sure I want to invest that kind of effort. One Path needs to be finished before I undertake any more major fanfiction projects, and currently my original work is my priority. So, for now this is a one-shot.

( Of Earth And Stars )

Dedicated to all you smart people out there. ;) Aruna and I had the idea to re-write "Princes of the Universe" tonight. (Aka, the Highlander theme.)

( Oh, I am I moron! I have inside me blood of fools )

There hasn't been much interest in the stuff related to Obi-Wan's family thus far, and I've been busy, so I kind of dropped the ball on this. Finally putting together a link table. Each memory is set up as a chapter so there will be ten if it cooperates.

Star Wars: Land and Sky-Places Brothers Go

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Okay. Let me preface this by saying it's sincerely a QUESTION and not a gripe or a reason to make anyone uncomfortable or defensive or whatever. I post this fic on other places besides LJ but this happens to be the place where I can interract with groups of readers, so you guys tend to be the ones I hit with with questions and such. I care about reader response because it's the only way I have to gauge whether the story's intent is being undertood by the audience. I try really hard to address the concerns brought to me by reviewers, whether positive, negative, or something in between.

I feel that we laid a considerable amount of groundwork for the Cloud City duel and what would take place there in terms of a certain line spoken by Vader. There were several scenes (albiet short ones) that dealt with Vader feeling that his life had been taken from him; that he was angry with Obi Wan for it; that he felt Padme and her children should have been his. There was even a scene in which he was alone, brooding about this, and the narrative of his thought process specifically mentioned that he intended to turn the boys against their father with a lie.

Two or three times now, I've received comments essentially saying "What on Earth? Why would Vader say 'I am your father' to Luke?" As the author, it's blatantly obvious to me why he would say it and what he wants to accomplish. Especially given the fact that he is CLEARLY delusional and has been growing more delusional ever since the night of the siege on the Temple. In my mind, even the stuff he said to Luke in the rest of that exchange of dialogue explain why he said it. Judging from this reaction, his reasons are apparently not so obvious to others.

I get the fact that the line produces a "I can't believe he said that!" response. However, that's different from "Why did he say that?"

I know One Path's Vader a lot better than anyone else reading the story, so it's possible that his motivations make sense to me because he lives in my head rather than because the story makes his thought processes clear to others. Honestly, though, the only other way I can see would have been to have him sit there like "And once I've taken care of Ani, I'll tell Luke I'm his father...mwhahahahaha!" which to me feels like an insult to the intelligence of the audience.

Are there a lot of people out there who are confused about this right now? Do I need to do something to make Vader's goals and reasoning more apparent? (If the answer turns out to be yes, I'm going to need to hold a major pow-wow with aruna7 and polgarawolf before continuing, so...be warned you two.) What exactly is missing in regard to Vader and how does it need to be addressed?

Apparently, some people thought that One Path had been abandoned. Let me assure everyone it hasn't been, although I'm currently unable to post updates every week as I was in the habit of doing. Please bear with me as I'm having a very difficult time writing due to RL issues and health stuff right now. Most of my attention and energy is therefore focused on my original work at the moment.

Also,yesterday I finally got the DVDs I need to do adaquate research for a fic project called Guardians of Grayskull which has been in the back of my head for more than ten years. --Yes, before I had any notion of the shows being released to DVD. So, I will most likely be off making notes and re-acquainting myself with the people of Eternia and Etheria.

As I mentioned in my recent "Hi, I'm still alive" post updates to my SW AUs will be made, but not as frequently as One Path readers have been spoiled into come to expect. ;)

Most of the Executor/Cloud City rescue stuff is still out of order, but I've decided to post a few chapters.

Also, I finally got the DVDs I need to do adaquate research for a fic project called Guardians of Grayskull which has been in the back of my head for more than ten years. --Yes, before I had any notion of the shows being released to DVD. So, I will be off making notes and re-acquainting myself with the people of Eternia and Etheria.

Updates to my SW AUs will be made, but not as frequently as One Path readers have been spoiled into come to expect. ;)

Title: One Path: Chapters 181-182
Author: Lionchilde
Summary:Following the duel at Cloud City, a new journey begins as the Kenobis endeavor to rescue their own.
Rating: PG
Length: Around 2000 words each.
Category: Gen
Pairings/Characters: Obidala, Han/Leia, others...
A/N: One Path Chapters 138-152. Set after an alternate ANH and into ESB. New chapters are 181-182

Link table to Chapters 1-60 on shipper_asylum

Link table to Chapters 61-120 on shipper_asylum

Link table to Chapters 121-180 on shipper_asylum.

Link table to Chapters 181-current on shipper_asylum.

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Note: There are also a ton of new cartoon icons up on so_out_of_icons I will try to make a proper list this week. Ferngully, X-Men, Charlotte's Web and Disney are included.

Title : The General's Journey
Pairing/Characters : Mainly Sunder and Sunder/Malley, appearances by the Rebels and Hordak.
Music : The song is "World Without Heroes" by Kiss
Summary : Sunder's journey from a Horde general to a Rebel hero.
Notes : I'm not entirely happy with the timing on this vid. The song proved to be a bit tricky. Overall, though, I am happy with the vid, and I'm glad I could do it because Sunder is my favorite of the Rebels besides Adora. I wish they'd done more with him.
Links : Filefront | YouTube | HQ version of the vid should also be available from my webpage later in the fall.

I made this for my sister and uploaded it for her so I decided to post it. This is my first vid in the fandom, but now that the rest of my DVDs have shipped, I'm sure I'll be doing some about Teela soon too. ;)



Title : Truth Be Known
Pairing/Characters : Mainly Adam, Adora, and Hordak
Music : The song is "No More Lies" by Krypteria
Summary : Adora's struggles to come to terms with the lies told to her by Hordak and Shadow Weaver and the cost of all the years she spent not knowing her family.

Notes : When I decided to vid this song, I planned to use clips from Secret of the Sword, but I realized I didn't have quality clips, so I got a little metaphorical.
Links : Filefront | YouTube | HQ version of the vid should also be available from my webpage later in the fall.

Oh. Also, I've decided to post more caps since there seems to be some interest. I was just wondering whether folks would be more interested in the crossover episodes or if I should just post in the order I cap things?

Okay, this is the first and possibly only time I will be posting screencaps. I make them occassionally, but usuallly the stuff is available from a better capper anyway. I may post further caps if there is enough interest. It depends on the number of comments I receive.

I have FINALLY gotten the DVD boxsets of She-Ra and He-Man and I've only seen screencaps posted once. I thought there might be a few 80s children left who would like some caps.

Samples and Download info @ so_out_of_icons

1x33-A Talent For Trouble *crossover episode featuring Orko and He-Man (YAY!)
1x34-Troll's Dream* Ahgo the Troll King, Scorpia, and Shadow Weaver
1x35-Black Snow*Frosta episode
1x36-The Unicorn King *The title says it all *GRIN*
1x37-The Anxious Apprentice*Castaspella and Scorpia
1x38-Zoo Story*Kowl gets a girlfriend.
1x39-Into the Dark Dimension*The obligatory "hero and villain work together" episode.

>_< The following post may seem rant-y. I've had a rough last few days. More bad news, this time involving an accident and one of my oldest friends. (Known each other since 3rd grade.) Also sick again, so, so please excuse cranky-ness. Ahem.

Some days, I really wonder if I speak the same version of the english language that others do. I recently posted a vid called "Heart of Steel" on Youtube. It's an AU vid based on One Path and basically it's about the way that the family remains constant and true to one another through all the damage and suffering inflicted by the two wars in the SW saga. So, I received a comment tonight like "I love this vid. It's so cute and sweet."

*sigh* You might as well say the Mustafar duel or Death Star I was CUTE and SWEET.

I was going to wait until I had the downloadable versions of my recent all up before posting them, but really. Could someone who has read One Path please explain the use of the word cute?



Title : Heart of Steel
Pairing/Characters : Obidala, Han/Leia, others...
Music : The song is "Heart of Steel" by Trixter.
Summary : An ensemble vid based on my AU fanfiction, One Path. The vid spans both OT and PT, dealing with the hardships of war. Eric Stoltz is Ani Kenobi. One Path can be found on
Notes : Thanks also go to Aruna for the use of her SW clips.
Download : HQ version of the vid should be up on my webpage later in the fall.

I came across this article on Yahoo news this morning. Contrary to other things I've seen on the web about musical tastes and personality, this seems to have been conducted by a credible research team. I'm curious as to what such a study would have to say about me, since I don't like only one style of music. I'm going to check out the website and see what I can find. I thought a few other audiophiles on my flist might be interested.

Good news for the 80s children on my flist! (And/or fans of 80s toons). Best buy all the She-Ra boxsets on sale for $9.99 ea. I don't know how long it will last, but at that price, I could afford them, and I have been waiting forever. So, when they arrive, there will finally be screencaps...which means icons and other goodies for you. YAY!

I'd just like to say hello to everyone who's been reading my fics and promise you all that there will at some point be updates again. July and August were rough months for me personally and my writing has suffered. I've been hard pressed to write, and when I have been able to do so, I've had to focus on my original work, which is a priority. So, my writing schedule has been shot to heck. Over the past week, I've been reading through One Path, Taking The Long Way, and RH, trying to get back in the swing of things. I've even made a few vids and some fanart that will get posted at some point. I have lots of ideas for writing and not a lot of...er...words, if that makes sense. I don't want to make promises about when fic updates will occur, so I won't be fixing the schedule right away, but I hope to have a better grip on things in the next week or so.

One thing that I have to say is that I've also been reading through old commentary as I read the posts. Some of them are hillarious, some are thought provoking, and some make me wonder just how much carpet I was smoking at the time they were made. They also make me very aware of the need to thank (or possibly frying pan) my three biggest plot-enablers, aruna7, teddibear, and polgarawolf. I say this with all sincerity-- my fics wouldn't be the same without you.

*sings* I'm getting Lethal Weapon for Christmas...

I'm currently going through a minor obsession with Gurad's First Line. A couple of wallpapers.

-MS as Gurad
-Russell Crowe as Darius
-Winona Ryder as Andy
-Kate Beckinsale as Jill

Apparently I need to make Vader's Daughter icons. It feels weird using this icon, but it's the closest one I have.

Anyway, I am temporarily returning from my most recent LJ exile because the reviews I've been getting on Vader's Daughter are starting to make me feel like a need to qualify my earlier comments about the motivation for writing the drabble cycle.


I don't hate Luke, at least not now. I didn't like him when I was a child first exposed to the Star Wars universe, however the phrase "active dislike" is not the same as "hatred." I just never cared for his stupidity and disrespect, or his whiny irresponsibility. That said, I think his reaction in wanting to save Vader, being able to see the glimmer of humanity that is left in him, is part of what makes Star Wars more than just a scifi movie (or series of them). That idea, that no one is beyond redemption, has meant a lot to me in my life. In my opinion, it has more to do with hope and the need to remember that no one is beyond the possibility of redemption than it has to do with something that was inherently a father/son dynamic. The relationship happened to be father/son, but I see it as a vehicle for a more universal statement about love and what it means to be fallible. Generally speaking, I love father/son relationships. Anyone who reads One Path will get that idea rather quickly. They're all over the place. With Vader's Daughter, I just wanted to address an obvious problem and give Leia a chance to react to the idea that Vader is her father. I didn't want or mean to insinuate that Luke's relationship to Vader is less important, only to make the observation that Leia is never given on screen time to process or address the identity of her father.

The problem is, with the gap between ESB and ROTJ, there is never any process of adjustment or acceptance shown on film. Vader goes from being the epitome of evil to the idealized father and viewers are just expected to make this big emotional leap. Vader is never asked to atone or be held accountable for the horrible things he's done, and the suffering that he caused to his daughter(along with millions of people on Alderaan and more throughout the galaxy before that) is never acknowledged. The viewer has to just accept that a single, self-sacrificing act--which took him almost the entire battle to make because he couldn't decide whether he loved Luke--settles the debt. I don't mean to minimize the event or imply that Vader wasn't redeemed, but at the very least, more should have been done with Leia's reaction to her father, and the tension between the twins' views of him should have been acknowledged in some way.

As a woman and a writer, I feel a strong deep for and sense of identification with female characters who can be real and compelling rather than being cliched caricatures of "the strong female protagonist." That said, I have nothing against male characters, and I find nothing conspiratorial or misogynistic in the fact that Star Wars gives time to male relationship dynamics, and I had no intention of implying that Luke's relationship with Vader was born of a male-slanted bias in Star Wars. Everyone is welcome to his or her own interpretation, but that's not how I see it. I simply happen to like Leia better than Luke.

I'm in the process of re-organizing my list of resource credits. I had a hard drive crash a while back and although I had back-ups of most of my brushes and stuff, they were not organized by the name of the maker. I've also been going through and discovering a lot of people/stuff that's either gone or that I don't use anymore.

Here is my complete list of resources including stuff that may have been used for old graphics still posted on so_out_of_icons whether I am still using them or not.

Current Resources

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B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

Things I know that I am CURRENTLY using as of this post are being added to the alphabetical list. I am starting with images first because the truth is that most of the brushes and textures I still use are mine, with the exception of the few makers who are already listed on the alphabetical pages.

Please check the first link and look for your name if you see something that looks like your work or your screencaps. I will be updating the alphabetical pages from now on and adding names from the old list as I have time. Comment if you believe I have inadvertently left you off, and I will be more than happy to add you. Just also keep in mind that I may have capped the same films or made simlar textures/brushes myself, and the reason you aren't listed is because your resources aren't the ones I'm using. I try to give credit where it is due, but I won't debate the issue of whose resources I'm using. Also, I'm not planning to check and see whether people have used rename tokens or switched journals. If you're posting under a different name than you were at the time I downloaded things from you and want your credit to be listed on the appropriate page, please leave a note here.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr....okay, so I just checked the remainder of my TNG Season 5 icons. Unfortunately, they didn't save correctly and I've deleted the PSP files already. So, I will finish the season at a later date. Apologies to anyone looking for particular episodes I haven't done yet.

Dear flist...

For those who don't have it yet,

The Complete Series SG-1 Boxset is on Amazon as the deal of the day for $116

I had a burst of random inspiration the other day. Made some big collages and then decided to do matching headers, icons and stuff. The BSG stuff was a late addition. It's not really my fandom anymore. I gave up on it in season 3, so don't expect much more from me in this fandom, but Aruna needed cheering up so I decided to make an Adama/Roslin manip. I figured if I didn't do Kara/Lee as well, someone would ask for it, so I threw that in too. Somewhere along the way, the mess ended up inspiring Aruna's new crack series, Unexpected Ways. This is what happens to sleep deprived geniuses with no opportunities for vidding, I suppose. I can also post the uncolored manip, as well as a simple color treatment on the Apollo/Starbuck promo in case anyone wants to use and/or stare at them.

I'm going to let the icons function as teasers for the entire batch. I forgot the First Knight icons. Sorry about that.



There are textless and texted versions of:
-Headers
-Wallpapers
-F/O banners (Use the textless versions for userinfo if you want)
-Wallpapers
-Forum sig banners
-HUMONGOUS fanarts.
-Promo pics

Post is probably not dialup friendly, sorry.

here on so_out_of_icons.