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Sunday, 11 February 2007

Buffy Fanfiction With A Twist...

Twisting The Hellmouth http://www.tthfanfic.com/ is a great Buffy fanfiction site that houses literally thousands of crossovers involving other fandoms.

Okay, so some of it is a bit shit, yes, but if you've ever thought that Spike would make a kick-ass Defence Against The Dark Arts teacher, that Anita Blake could take Buffy in a fight, or that Oz had the soul of a Jedi, there's something out there for you!

Latest Fanfiction News

There have been updates to the Buffy and Spike sections of The Ultimate Buffy Fanfiction Pairing List, with two new Spuffy sites added, and Sugar And Spike a Spike-centric site (well,duh) thats won lots of awards.

And also there has been a raz-de-maree of girlslash! And if you love femfic, you'll know how hard good girl-slash is to find.So without further ado, these sections are also updated!

Cordelia
Darla
Dawn
Drusilla
Lilah

Wednesday, 7 February 2007

Anne Hathaway-Secretly Gay?

Scarlet magazine's online weekly, Harlot featured this juicy tidbit in their gossip column:

"Which young Hollywood actress is a closet lesbian? She's been trying to make her image a bit racier by wearing semi-transparent dresses on the red carpet, and is rather worried that her orientation may affect her career. Who would have known the devil wears sensible shoes?"

Is that a glaring hint that the starlet in question could be The Devil Wears Prada actress Anne Hathaway? Excuse me while I pray to my big lesbian goddess in the sky (yes, Gina Gershon!) that it is so!

And judging by that dress, it is...

This article is running away with me.Originally it was just what you see above, but then I decided to do more research, and I throwed up this:

http://celebrities.netscape.com/story/2006/12/29/anne-hathaway-hangs-out-at-a-new-york-gay-bar-after-being-turned-away-at-another-club/

Well, the URL kind of gives that one away! To save you the trouble of clicking on it, the meat of the story is "Anne Hathaway spent the Friday night before Christmas living it up at a New York gay bar", which does at least go to show that even if she isn't queer, she's queer-friendly.

Although, one could say she's already proved how gay-friendly she is by playing the wife of a gay man in Brokeback Mountain (in which she gave a stellar performance, in my opinion).

All of which looked quite promising for my hopes, until I found out that her brother is gay, which explains why she might be so pro-LGBT.

But then I found this quote from The New York Post:

"This actress was always the goody goody.

She has worked hard to change that image by doing less family friendly films and making sure to wear enough see through dresses on the red carpet.

She wanted to lose the squeaky clean image to get better roles, but also to sell the idea that she was sexy and desirable to men.

She has no desire for men, just wants the world to perceive her as a sex symbol.

Everything was going according to plan until her last movie for which there were raves.

There she met another actress and love was in the air. They were inseparable for the entire shoot and even got an apartment to share.

Once filming ended, our actress decided to end the relationship for fear it would damage her career.

The new lover who has been quietly out for sometime and is quite the scene stealer thinks our actress should get smart and stop pretending and start living."

Most of this is just confirming the snippet from Harlot, but the reference to a romance with a co-star intrigued me, so I thought I would do some more digging.

Emily Blunt, Anne's co-star in The Devil Wears Prada starred in My Summer Of Love (http://imdb.com/title/tt0382189/) as a sexy, precocious young teenager who indulges in a lesbian romance, which makes her a possible candidate.

However, Heather Matarazzo (The girl Anne is hugging on the right) who appeared in both of The Princess Diaries films has a massive list of queer credentials.

She played a journalist from lesbian magazine Curve in (very) lesbian drama The L Word (double the lez!), appeared as herself in Fabulous! The Story Of Queer Cinema, has been interviewed on The Rosie O'Donnell Show, oh yeah, and her IMDb profile (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000525/bio) says that she is actually gay!

"In April 2005, she was the keynote speaker at the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network of Boston's 15th annual conference, at Brookline High School, where she described her struggle to gain acceptance of her sexuality. "It was such a burden, because I had to pretend to be this person that I wasn't.""

AND, tellingly:

"Became great friends with Anne Hathaway during the shooting of The Princess Diaries (2001). They still call each other frequently and hope to be friends for the rest of their lives."

*Jumps up and down in excitement*She could well be Anne's secret co-star lover! If indeed Anne is actually gay.But I think the facts speak for themselves.And even if she isn't gay, she is still of course a good actress and a pretty nice person.

My apologies for the sloppy structuring of this article.It was originally quite short, but the idea ran away with me.My research was throwing up so much good stuff, and I wanted to get it up as soon as possible.

Thursday, 1 February 2007

Lacey Online!

Tammy Lynn Micheals (The L Word's Lacey and Mrs Melissa Etheridge) has her very own blog right here on Blogspot!

http://hollywoodfarmgirl.blogspot.com/

It's mostly written in Haiku form, which is...interesting.

I love how she lists Melissa Etheridge as one of her favourite musicians!

Also, I found this quote from Teen Vogue - Spring 2001, which really backs up Tammy Lynn Micheals' Dykon status:

"It was only the fourth or fifth episode of Popular, and I was in the hair-and-makeup trailer, going over my lines for the next scene."You have to lose weight," Betty ordered, rolling up the tape measure. "You've gotten very heavy, Tammy."
My jaw dropped. My heart raced. I began to sweat icicles. ...
Even though I had heard about Hollywood's obsession with thinness, I never though I'd be seeing the issue face-to-face --- especially at size 4.
So instead of dutifully striving to meet those unrealistic standards, I challenged them. I spoke to one of our producers, a woman who was visibly angry.She told me not to lose the weight and to forget Betty's remarks. Betty didn't come back after the first season. I got support. It was so great."

Friday, 26 January 2007

Cute Lesbian Overload!

Yep, thats Kate, Leisha and the Spashley girls from South Of Nowhere (http://www.afterellen.com/archive/ellen/TV/southofnowhere.html), Mandy Musgrave and Gabrielle Christian at Sundance. I wonder if they went to see Teeth (http://allthatsbestofdarkandbright.blogspot.com/2007/01/be-afraid-be-very-afraid.html) ?

Monday, 1 January 2007

Willow

Willow-centric fics
Near Her Always
Shadows & Dust Collective

Willow/Anya
Willow and Anya - Shadows & Dust Collective

Willow/Buffy
Willow and Buffy - Shadows & Dust Collective

Willow/Fred
Willow and Fred - Funnier In Latin

Willow/Giles
http://willowgiles.com/" target="_blank">Willow and Giles - Bright Minds And Dark Magics

Willow/Kennedy
Willow and Kennedy - Shadows & Dust Collective

Willow/Spike
Willow and Spike - Pavlovs Bell
Willow and Spike - Shadows & Dust Collective

Willow/Tara
Willow and Tara - Shadows & Dust Collective

Willow/Xander
Willow and Xander - Shadows & Dust Collective

Spike

Spike-centric fics
Fists And Fangs
Shadows & Dust Collective
Sugar And Spike

Spanya
Spike and Anya - Moving On

Spuffy
Spike and Buffy - Sinister Attraction
Spike and Buffy - Shadows & Dust Collective
Spike and Buffy - Nautibitz
Spike and Buffy - Tales Of The Slayer

Spangel
Spike and Angel - The Adventures Of Captain Peroxide And Dead Boy
Spike and Angel - Shadows & Dust Collective
Spike and Angel - Squashduck
Spike and Angel - Slashing The Angel

Spike and Angel - Eternal Nightcap

A comical take on the Spike/Angel 'ship, with the boys themselves actually introducing each section of the site. I particularly love the gallery where they're taking the piss out of crap photos of each other, and a big thumbs up for the Toys R Us ad of Puppet!Angel!

Spike and Angel - The Clockwork Vampire

Spike/Andrew
Spike and Andrew - Funnel Cakes And Flying Monkeys

Tucker's Brother
Okay, I know right now someone wants to hit me for reccing an Andrew/Spike fic,Tucker's Brother but is so good that it breaks my little heart every fucking time.

It's not set in Season Seven on their little roadtrip as you might expect, its set way back in Season Six when Spike is still messed-up over Buffy and Andrew is just messed-up over his life.

The pressure of never living up to his sibling, of being a nobody, just "Tucker's Brother", all comes pouring out onto the page.PWP this is not.The feelings of hopelessness and self-loathing and, yes, godammit, wanting to be wanted are just so raw and sincere.Beautiful.Bonus points for the ending that makes me want to cry.

Quote: "It makes me feel like I'm... I don't know... part of something. Like it matters if I'm around." Andrew speaks fast, the words rushing over his tongue.
"Sometimes I feel like I'm not even here. Like- like I have to make people see me or I'll just disappear."
"I get that," Spike says reflectively.
"No, you don't," Andrew snaps. "You don't know what it's like to be me."
Spike chuckles. "I *was* you.

Spike and Dru
Spike and Drusilla - Love Lies Bleeding
Spike and Drusilla - Shadows & Dust Collective

Spander
Spike and Xander - S/X and Violence
Spike and Xander - Shadows & Dust Collective

Spaith
Spike and Faith - Warm Champagne
Spike and Faith - Shadows & Dust Collective

Spawn
Spike and Dawn - Shadows & Dust Collective

Spike/Lindsey
Spike and Lindsey - Legal-ease

Looking At You is my personal favourite.

Cover Art By Laura Shapiro (Used with permission)

Oh yeah, Lindsey comes to Sunnydale in search of Darla, but meets up with a different blonde vampire...They fuck, they fight, and they bitch about Angel. Quote: "Christ, just like Angelus. First he buggers you, then he hits you." I froze. "What did you say?"

Spike/Lilah
Spike and Lilah - Decadent

Spike/Wesley
Spike and Wesley - Peaches Wont Be Happy

Spike/Willow
Spike and Willow - Pavlovs Bell
Spike and Willow - Shadows & Dust Collective

Spike/Fred
Spike and Fred - Flesh For Fantasy
Spike and Fred - Shadows & Dust Collective

Spike/Giles
Spike and Giles - Shadows & Dust Collective

Spike/Riley
Spike and Riley - Shadows & Dust Collective

Spike/Tara
Spike and Tara - Shadows & Dust Collective

Lindsey

Lindsey-centric Fics

Legal-ease

Lindsey/Angel
Lindsey and Angel - L.A
Lindsey and Angel - Shadows & Dust Collective
Lindsey and Angel - Legal-ease
Lindsey and Angel - Slashing The Angel

Lindsey/Buffy
Lindsey and Buffy - Legal-ease
Lindsey and Buffy - A Life Less Ordinary

Lindsey/Darla
Lindsey and Darla - Legal-ease

Lindsey/Faith
Lindsey and Faith - Rocky Road
Lindsey and Faith - Shadows & Dust Collective
Lindsey and Faith - Legal-ease

Lindsey/Gunn
Lindsey and Gunn - Legal-ease

Lindsey/Lilah
Lindsey and Lilah - Ace Of Harts
Lindsey and Lilah - Legal-ease
Lindsey and Lilah - Tainted Love

Lindsey/Oz
Lindsey and Oz - Legal-ease

Lindsey/Riley
Lindsey and Riley - Legal-ease

An unlikely couple, and normally I hate Riley-fics, but
Indiscretions is so hot and so well-written that it doesn't matter.In the summer before basic training a future Marine has an encounter with a law student, and Riley's mixture of awkwardness and need is so palpable that-well, you'll have to read it for yourself.
Quote: "Riley knew he was leaning against the door, even without visual confirmation because that’s what he was supposed to do. Just like Riley’s role in the scenario was to nervously perch on the edge of the bed like the anxious virgin that he was"

Lindsey/Spike
Lindsey and Spike - Legal-ease

Looking At You is my favourite.

Cover Art By Laura Shapiro (used with kind permission)

Lindsey goes to Sunnydale looking for Darla and finds a different blonde vampire.Ooh yeah, evil, sexy, bad-ass lawyer meets evil, sexy, bad-ass punk rock vampire.They fuck, they fight, and they bitch about Angel.Quote: "Christ, just like Angelus. First he buggers you, then he hits you." I froze. "What did you say?"

Lindsey/Wesley
Lindsey and Wesley - Legal-ease

Lindsey/Xander
Lindsey and Xander - Shadows & Dust Collective
Lindsey and Xander - Legal-ease

Special Mention

Sympathy For The Devil - Sawyer/Lindsey
This is a crossover with Lost but you really don't need to have seen the show to appreciate the hotness of this fic...Sawyer's in a bar, and the Southern con-man catches the eye of a certain Texan lawyer...

Cordelia/Angel

Cordelia and Angel - Bloodflowers
Cordelia and Angel - Shadows & Dust Collective

Cordelia/Anya
Cordelia and Anya - Yes, We've Enjoyed The Spanking

Cordelia/Lilah
http://evil.invisibleflames.com/

Cordelia/Darla
Cordelia and Darla - Seductress

Cordelia/Wesley
Cordelia and Wesley - Shadows & Dust Collective

Cordelia/Xander
Cordelia and Xander - Old School

Angel/Angelus

Angel-centric fics

Angel and Spike - Eternal Nightcap
A comical take on the Spike/Angel 'ship, with the boys themselves actually introducing each section of the site. I especially love the gallery part where they're taking the piss out of dodgy photos of each other.A big thumbs up for the Toys R Us ad of Puppet!Angel!

Andrew

Andrew-centric fics

Funnel Cakes And Flying Monkeys

Home to the pant-wettingly brilliant A Brief History Of Andrew
graphic novel!

Andrew/Anya
Andrew and Anya - Demonology
Andrew and Anya - Funnel Cakes And Flying Monkeys

Andrew/Ethan
Andrew and Ethan - Funnel Cakes And Flying Monkeys

Andrew/Giles
Andrew and Giles - Funnel Cakes And Flying Monkeys

Andrew/Jonathan
Andrew and Jonathan - Funnel Cakes And Flying Monkeys

Andrew/Spike
Andrew and Spike - Funnel Cakes And Flying Monkeys

Tucker's Brother
Okay, I know right now someone wants to hit me for reccing an Andrew/Spike fic, but Tucker's Brother is so good that it breaks my little heart every fucking time.

It's not set in Season Seven on their little roadtrip as you might expect, its set way back in Season Six when Spike is still messed-up over Buffy and Andrew is just messed-up over his life.

The pressure of never living up to his sibling, of being a nobody, just "Tucker's Brother", all comes pouring out onto the page.PWP this is not.The feelings of hopelessness and self-loathing and, yes, godammit, wanting to be wanted are just so raw and sincere.Beautiful.Bonus points for the ending that makes me want to cry.

Quote: "It makes me feel like I'm... I don't know... part of something. Like it matters if I'm around." Andrew speaks fast, the words rushing over his tongue.
"Sometimes I feel like I'm not even here. Like- like I have to make people see me or I'll just disappear."
"I get that," Spike says reflectively.
"No, you don't," Andrew snaps. "You don't know what it's like to be me."
Spike chuckles. "I *was* you.

Andrew/Warren
Andrew and Warren - Down With The Sickness
http://www.no-hero.org/fcfm/indexx.html

Andrew/Wesley
Andrew and Wesley - Funnel Cakes And Flying Monkeys

Andrew/Xander
Andrew and Xander - Shadows & Dust Collective
Andrew and Xander - Funnel Cakes And Flying Monkeys

Tuesday, 19 December 2006

A little ego-boost for you...

Fed up of low self-esteem? Always putting yourself down? Then this is for you! http://www.jobsite.co.uk/youaremighty/index2.html

Believe it or not,that is actually part of a job-finding website and is designed to up your self-esteem, not to make you wet your pants giggling at the cheesiness of it!

And I should really credit this one to RJ, as she sent me the link.

All Thats Best Of Dark And Bright

Sunday, 11 February 2007

Buffy Fanfiction With A Twist...

Latest Fanfiction News

Wednesday, 7 February 2007

Anne Hathaway-Secretly Gay?

Thursday, 1 February 2007

Lacey Online!

Friday, 26 January 2007

Cute Lesbian Overload!

Monday, 1 January 2007

Willow

Spike

Lindsey

Giles

Fred

Faith

Cordelia

Angel/Angelus

Andrew

Tuesday, 19 December 2006

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