Contemporary Insanity

: cruiscin_lan; November 16th, 2020

Fic and fandom-related stuff is mostly accessible (and I will try to keep it that way as long as possible) but I do love making new friends. I will friend back nearly everyone who friends me (unless you're a Russian bot) but sometimes it takes a while for me to notice. If you leave a comment here, maybe say a little bit about yourself and why we'd be BFFL, I'll get to it much sooner.

Fic: Step Ball Change, Chapter Six

: cruiscin_lan; November 22nd, 18:47

Current Mood:: bored

Title: Step Ball Change, Chapter Six
Characters: Love quadrangle Rachel/Puck/Finn/Quinn, with Brittany and ensemble
Word Count: 1768 this chapter
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: If I owned Glee then all proceeds would go to the Howard Bamboo Legal Defense Fund.
Spoilers/Warnings: Spoilers up to "Mash-Up," diverges from canon from there.
Summary: Rachel, Puck, Finn, and Quinn try to sort out their relationships with one another, while Brittany tries to make new friends in glee club.
A/N: Beta beta beta beta rockin' everywhere is the fantabulous

cameroncrazed.

Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five

( Chapter Six starts in five, three... four... )

Tags: character: brittany the cheerio, character: finn hudson, character: noah puckerman, character: quinn fabray, character: rachel berry, character: terri schuester, character: will schuester, fandom: glee, fanfiction, rating: pg

Fic: Feel What Love Is

: cruiscin_lan; November 21st, 22:23

Current Mood:: why is drunk not a mood

Title: Feel What Love Is
Author:

cruiscin_lan
Characters: Brittany/Tina
Word Count: 1056
Rating: NC-17
Disclaimer: If I owned Glee, all proceeds would go to the Howard Bamboo Legal Defense Fund.
Spoilers/Warnings: No real spoilers, contains oral sex.
Summary: Brittany and Tina are paired together to work on their ballads.
A/N: Written for a

glee_kink prompt. Thoughtfully beta'ed by

superkappa.

( I wanna feel what love is... I want you to show me... )

Tags: character: brittany the cheerio, character: tina cohen-chang, fandom: glee, fanfiction, rating: nc-17

(no subject)

: cruiscin_lan; November 18th, 21:01

A BALLAD IS A MALE DUCK YOU GUYS

Fic: Gray to Gold

: cruiscin_lan; November 18th, 16:16

Current Mood:: amused

Title: Gray to Gold
Author:

cruiscin_lan
Characters: Quinn/Rachel
Word Count: 1298
Rating: NC-17
Disclaimer: If I owned Glee, all proceeds would go to the Howard Bamboo Legal Defense Fund.
Spoilers/Warnings: No spoilers, contains mutual masturbation.
Summary: Some people aren't getting any sleep at the pre-sectionals slumber party.
A/N: Written for a

glee_kink prompt. Beta'ed by the mellifluous

dragynflies.

( The yellow light from the streetlamp outside was cast through the window at just the right angle. )

Tags: character: quinn fabray, character: rachel berry, fandom: glee, fanfiction, pairing: quinn/rachel, rating: nc-17

whizza what

: cruiscin_lan; November 18th, 15:12

Crack!ship of the day: Brittany/Howard Bamboo.

I'm probably missing something in my diet that's causing a chemical imbalance in my brain, right?

FIC: Step Ball Change, Chapter Five

: cruiscin_lan; November 18th, 9:04

Title: Step Ball Change, Chapter Five
Characters: Love quadrangle Rachel/Puck/Finn/Quinn, with Brittany and ensemble
Word Count: 1980 this part
Rating: PG, some strong language this part
Disclaimer: If I owned Glee then all proceeds would go to the Howard Bamboo Legal Defense Fund.
Spoilers/Warnings: Spoilers up to "Mash-Up," diverges from canon from there.
Summary: Rachel, Puck, Finn, and Quinn try to sort out their relationships with one another, while Brittany tries to make new friends in glee club.
A/N: Beta'ed once again by the ridiculously good-looking

cameroncrazed.

Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four

( Chapter Five starts in five, three... four... )

Tags: character: finn hudson, character: noah puckerman, character: quinn fabray, character: rachel berry, fandom: glee, fanfiction, rating: pg, step ball change

FIC: Mail Fail

: cruiscin_lan; November 15th, 23:25

Title: Mail Fail
Characters: Finn/Brittany
Rating: R for language and sexual situation
Word Count: 653
Disclaimer: If I owned Glee then all proceeds would go to the Howard Bamboo Legal Defense Fund.
Spoilers/Warnings: This is crack.
Summary: Finn and Brittany have awkward accidental sex.
A/N: Written for the prompt "Finn/Brittany; they end up having sex without actually really knowing what they're doing" for the

glee_kink meme.

( Can it be called a 'pocket rocket' if you're not wearing pants? )

Tags: character: brittany the cheerio, character: finn hudson, fandom: glee, fanfiction, pairing: finn/brittany, rating: r

Yay Christmas! Wishlist meme.

: cruiscin_lan; November 15th, 13:18

There is nothing like Christmas to make me realize what a greedy greedy bitch I truly am at heart. Here's the meme to prove it!

The Rules

Step One

Make a post (public, friendslocked, filtered...whatever you're comfortable with) to your LJ. The post should contain your list of 10 holiday wishes. The wishes can be anything at all, from simple and fandom-related ("I'd love an icon that's just for me") to medium ("I wish for _____ on DVD") to really big ("All I want for Christmas is a new car/computer/house/TV.") The important thing is, make sure these wishes are things you really, truly want.

If you wish for real life things (not fics or icons), make sure you include some sort of contact info in your post, whether it's your address or just your email address where Santa (or one of his elves) could get in touch with you.

Also, make sure you post some version of these guidelines in your LJ so that the holiday joy will spread.

Step Two

Surf around your friendslist (or friendsfriends, or just random journals) to see who has posted their list. And now here's the important part:

If you see a wish you can grant, and it's in your heart to do so, make someone's wish come true. Sometimes someone's trash is another's treasure, and if you have a leather jacket you don't want or a gift certificate you won't use--or even know where you could get someone's dream purebred Basset Hound for free--do it.

You needn't spend money on these wishes unless you want to. The point isn't to put people out, it's to provide everyone a chance to be someone else's holiday elf--to spread the joy. Gifts can be made anonymously or not--it's your call.

There are no rules with this project, no guarantees, and no strings attached. Just...wish, and it might come true. Give, and you might receive. And you'll have the joy of knowing you made someone's holiday special.

( My personal wishlist under the cut. )

Anyone on my flist who posts a wishlist, I am going to try my damndest to get at least one of your wishes to come true.

Tags: meme, stop talking about yourself, wishlist

FIC: Berry for Breakfast

: cruiscin_lan; November 15th, 12:08

Title: Berry for Breakfast
Characters: Puck/Rachel
Word Count: 514
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: If I owned Glee then all proceeds would go to the Howard Bamboo Legal Defense Fund.
Spoilers/Warnings: None.
Summary: Rachel Berry wakes up to a surprise visitor in her bed...
A/N: Written for a prompt at

comment_fic.

( Breakfast of champions! )

Tags: character: noah puckerman, character: rachel berry, fandom: glee, fanfiction, pairing: puck/rachel, rating: pg

Good idea? Bad idea?

: cruiscin_lan; November 14th, 21:31

Okay, so, here's a fact. Sometimes I have ideas and I have no idea whether they are good ideas or bad ideas. Like fight-racing. Or hot dog soup. ( Or, instead of whoring myself for comments, posting a poll at the end of a fic. )

random

: cruiscin_lan; November 14th, 0:30

heroes_exchange Secret Santa sign-ups are now open, and so all you fic-minded folks should mosey on over and join in.

2. ( A macro with maybe a little bit of spoiler for Glee's last episode. )

That will be all.

FIC: Step Ball Change, Chapter Four

: cruiscin_lan; November 13th, 9:06

Title: Step Ball Change, Chapter Four
Characters: Love quadrangle Rachel/Puck/Finn/Quinn, with Brittany and ensemble
Word Count: 1892 this chapter
Disclaimer: If I owned Glee then all proceeds would go to the Howard Bamboo Legal Defense Fund.
Spoilers/Warnings: Spoilers up to "Mash-Up." There's a nonspoilery reference to a character in "Wheels." Beta would also advise not to drink and read at the same time.
Summary: Rachel, Puck, Finn, and Quinn try to sort out their relationships with one another, while Brittany tries to make new friends in glee club.
A/N: Beta'ed once again by the ridiculously good-looking

cameroncrazed.

Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three

( Chapter Four begins in five, three... four... )

Tags: character: artie abrams, character: brittany the cheerio, character: quinn fabray, character: santana lopez, character: sue sylvester, character: tina cohen-chang, fandom: glee, fanfiction, step ball change

Shit. I've become one of those people who can't shut up about this damn show.

: cruiscin_lan; November 11th, 22:28

( Things that delighted me about tonight's Glee. )

Eh. Too lazy to think of a good subject line.

: cruiscin_lan; November 11th, 15:05

I've been on a fic-kick for a few days now (not like any of you could tell, right?) but I'm starting to get a little lazy when it comes to finding something worthwhile to read. So, in order to accentuate my mental exhaustion, here's a poll!

Poll #1484037 How do you prefer to find a fic to read?
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 18

How do you prefer to find a fic to read?

View Answers

I check archives and comms based on pairing/character/etc.
14 (77.8%)

I peruse the postings and choose based on summary
13 (72.2%)

I just click on whatever turns up on my flist/on the first page of an archive
5 (27.8%)

I prefer to read what others have recommended
9 (50.0%)

Who needs rhyme or reason when this is the internet?
3 (16.7%)

still being gleeful

: cruiscin_lan; November 10th, 10:06

There really is no reasonable explanation as to why I love this show so damn much suddenly. Anyway, enjoy more Glee-related stuff in this post.

Anyway, for all the bad Glee fic I've been reading lately, there are a still a few gems that are worth sharing. So, here, have some recs:

andbless_mybaby broke my Glee fic cherry with waging wars to shake the poet (Puck/Rachel, rated R). It's angsty and smutty, for the most part, but punctuated with random moments of humor (mostly at Rachel's expense... and Emma's...). Anyway, if you've read any of her Heroes fics, you know

andbless_mybaby can bring it like nobody's business. And by "it" I mean awesomeness.

don't do sadness is heavy on the Puck/Rachel UST without being outright shippy. It also has some nice Quinn/Rachel moments.

I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song is a Puck-centric fic which explores his relationships with the other gleeks. (Note: The link will take you to the author's memorable entries, where all five parts are linked. I would have just linked the first part but it lacks linkage to the others.)

If anyone else has found some great stuff, please share! I'm not picky about ships or characters and I have yet to find really good fic that focuses on characters besides Puck. Dude's nice to look at and all (and he can "Sweet Caroline" me anytime... totally gonna make that a double entendre somehow), but I need some variety!

Now for the sake of complete silliness - I've decided that Howard Bamboo is my fandom bicycle. I might have to work on satisfying some Rule 34...

Tags: fandom: glee, fanfiction recommendations

FIC: Step Ball Change, Chapter Three

: cruiscin_lan; November 9th, 21:32

Title: Step Ball Change, Chapter Three
Characters: Love quadrangle Rachel/Puck/Finn/Quinn, with Brittany and ensemble
Word Count: 1976
Disclaimer: If I owned Glee then all proceeds would go to the Howard Bamboo Legal Defense Fund.
Spoilers/Warnings: Spoilers up to "Mash-Up."
Summary: Rachel, Puck, Finn, and Quinn try to sort out their relationships with one another, while Brittany tries to make new friends in glee club.
A/N: This will probably be AU from the next episode onward, but here it goes anyway. Also, mad props to my beta

cameroncrazed, who I force to read eighty drafts of each chapter and still she puts up with me.

Chapter One
Chapter Two

( Chapter Three begins in five, three... four... )

Tags: character: brittany the cheerio, character: finn hudson, character: noah puckerman, character: quinn fabray, character: rachel berry, character: will schuester, fandom: glee, fanfiction, rating: pg, step ball change

another bizarre Glee thought

: cruiscin_lan; November 8th, 21:53

Clearly I have been grading quizzes too long.

Say "New Directions" three times fast and tell me what it sounds like.

FIC: Step Ball Change, Chapter Two

: cruiscin_lan; November 8th, 14:56

Current Mood:: working

Title: Step Ball Change, Chapter Two
Characters: Love quadrangle Rachel/Puck/Finn/Quinn, with Brittany and ensemble
Word Count: 1733 this chapter
Disclaimer: If I owned Glee then all proceeds would go to the Howard Bamboo Legal Defense Fund.
Spoilers/Warnings: Spoilers up to "Mash-Up."
Summary: Rachel, Puck, Finn, and Quinn try to sort out their relationships with one another, while Brittany tries to make new friends in glee club.
A/N: This will probably be AU from the next episode onward, but here it goes anyway. Beta'ed by the continually fabulous

cameroncrazed.

Step Ball Change, Chapter One

( Chapter two starts in five, three... four... )

Tags: character: artie abrams, character: brittany the cheerio, character: finn hudson, character: jacob ben israel, character: kurt hummel, character: mercedes jones, character: noah puckerman, character: quinn fabray, character: rachel berry, character: tina cohen-chang, character: will schuester, fandom: glee, fanfiction, rating: pg, step ball change

what

: cruiscin_lan; November 8th, 10:04

Not enough coffee yet.

( nonspoilery Glee thoughts, but they're bizarre, so behind the cut they go. )

Today, I think, is a good day to have ice cream cake for breakfast.

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