Story: "Hairpins" Part 3

This story belongs to the series Love Is For Children which includes "Love Is for Children," "Eggshells," "Dolls and Guys,""Saudades," "Turnabout Is Fair Play," "Touching Moments," "Splash," "Coming Around," "Birthday Girl," "No Winter Lasts Forever," "Hide and Seek," "Kernel Error," "Happy Hour," and "Green Eggs and Hulk."

Fandom: The Avengers
Characters: Phil Coulson, JARVIS, Clint Barton, Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanova, Bruce Banner.
Medium: Fiction
Warnings: This story is mostly fluff, but it has some intense scenes in the middle. Highlight for details. These include dubious consent as Phil and JARVIS discuss what really happened when Agent Coulson hacked his way into Stark Tower, over which Phil has something between a flashback and a panic attack. They also discuss some of the bad things that have happened to Avengers in the past, including various flavors of abuse. If these are sensitive topics for you, please think carefully before deciding whether to read onward.
Summary: Uncle Phil needs to pick out pajamas for game night. He gets help from an unexpected direction.
Notes: Service. Shopping. Gifts. Artificial intelligence. Computers. Teamwork. Team as family. Friendship. Communication. Hope. Apologies. Forgiveness. Nonsexual ageplay. Nonsexual intimacy. Love. Tony Stark needs a hug. Bruce Banner needs a hug. #coulsonlives.

Begin with Part 1, Part 2. Skip to Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8.

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Photography

 Time is a dimension.

Cake Pictures

 My favorite is the one with the black-and-white horses.

Story: "Squiggles" 1511.02.01

"Squiggles: Excerpts from Nleimen's Journal"

1511.02.01

"Field Illustration for Scientists" takes a LOT of work. I was expecting all the sketches, of course. I was not expecting a fresh list of durable equipment each trimester, followed by ever-more-meticulous requirements for the sketches. Technical pencils. Magnifying glasses. A dissection kit for flowers.

Oh well, I can sell a pair of fawn Squiggle Mice. That should help cover the extra expense. Mom and Dad grumbled -- some of those tools really cost -- but at least the dissection kit and magnifying glasses will carry over to other science classes.

The flower festivals will give me plenty of opportunity to sketch flower parts. I told Vloroshaal about my current art class and now he wants to see one of my illustrations. I've put him off so far ... the idea makes me nervous. I guess I'll send him something after the festival, if anything looks good enough.


See the landing page for "Squiggles: Excerpts from Nleimen's Journal."

Monday Update 2-24-14

These are some posts from the later part of last week in case you missed them:
Building Orthanc, Part 7
BINGO: column
Poem: "You Should Go"
One Language ...
Langston Hughes
Poem: "The Book of Avory"
Character Flaws
Building Orthanc, Part 6
The Universal Shapes of Stories
Diversity in YA Books
Read: "Playing the Field"


The half-price poetry sale in Walking the Beat has sold out. Woohoo! You can find links to all the published poems on the sale page.

The next Poetry Fishbowl will be on Tuesday, March 4 with a theme of "dragons."

Voting is still open in all categories for the 2014 Rose & Bay Awards.  The voting period closes at the end of this month, so Feb. 28 is the last day to vote.  Please cast your votes for excellence in crowdfunding.  Webcomics and Other Project are most in need of votes, with only one participant each.
Art: 10 voters
Fiction: 11 voters
Poetry: 2 voters
Webcomics: 1 voter
Other Project: 1 voter
Patron: 5 voters

The Bingo Valentines fest has concluded over on Allbingo.  You can see my second bingo column for this event.


Poetry in Microfunding:
"Its Very Existence" belongs to the series Path of the Paladins.  Nahum struggles to survive alone.  "The Feast of Saint Valentine" belongs to the series Frankenstein's Family.  There are six new verses, in which Victor frantically searches for the absent Igor.

Torn World writing update:
Currently posting: "Squiggles: Excerpts from Nleimen's Journal" (fiction).  Approved as canon: "Unicorns on Parade" "Spruce Deer" "Wandering the Heights" "The Slow Hunt" (poetry).  Back to me for edits: "Cutting Cords and Clasping Hands (Parts 1-4)," "Winterheart" (parts 2-3) (fiction), "Stinging Like Nettles" "Rainforest Delicacies" (poetry).  Currently in front of the canon board: "Ghost Bat" (nonfiction). Drafted: "Like Ash Before the Wind," "From Dark to Bright," "The Inappropriate But Useful Disposal of Lettuce" "A Thin Red Trail" (fiction), "Changes in the Wind" "Beach Pictures" "Tangleweed" "Snowbloom" (poetry), "Southern Breads" "Tangleweed Article" "Snowbloom Article" (articles), Jularei (character sheet).  In revision at home: "Water Dance," "When the Wind's Teeth Sing," "Raining Kittens," "Finding the Holes" (fiction), "The Smallest Invaders"  (poetry).  Currently writing: "Catch of the Day," "A Cold Clear Night" (fiction).


Warming weather with some rain has melted off most of the snow.  It hailed briefly.  Currently it's overcast and calm.  I've been seeing the squirrel a lot.

Update: "The Snow-Unicorn Riders"

The main article on "The Snow-Unicorn Riders" has been updated in Torn World.  This is a great starting point for the project if you're curious about it.