Fic: Running to Stand Still (Faith/Angel)    12:09am 14/08/2007   Author: thenyxie Rating: PG-13 Pairing: F/A --but it's really all about the B/A Prompt: 2.45 meters Summary: He didn't save her. Notes: Written for the 50_elements challenge. I've claimed Faith/Angel (since Ducks got B/A), and I picked the "Dark" prompts. This story is going to be seriously, SERIOUSLY dark and angsty. These ficlets/drabbles are going to comprise pieces of one whole story, but are not going to be posted in any particular order. Disclaimer: If I fudged the math, please let me know. I tried really hard, but I suck at converting the metric system and I'm not 100% sure that it's right. Running to Stand Still 2.45 meters. 8.202083 feet. 98.425 inches. I know every single way to divide the distance, to break it down to its smallest unit. As if, by decreasing its measurements, I can somehow decrease its meaning. Faith paces the room like a wary lion, throwing daggered glances at me. She doesn’t have to ask to know what I’m thinking. She alone understands the importance of this tiny, tiny measurement of space and time. The inescapable, eternal significance. -- She stands before the hulking, dark-skinned beast, rain sluicing down upon her in buckets from the sky. Her eyes burn fire and her mouth drips red, pretty, pretty red like smeared lipstick and lost innocence. Bruised and broken, proud and defiant, she clenches her fists and grits her teeth, shoulders squaring straight. She is power, raw and primal. Pivot and turn, backfist and kick. She is a dancer, a dealer of death gifted with lithe grace. Mascara streaks her face like war paint, primitive patterns and ancient bones that define her, make her fierce. She is beautiful. She is everything. My hero. My beloved. Strong. So— The sound her breath makes when the creature grabs her is wrong. Terribly, terribly, wrong— 2.45 meters, the distance between us. Two running steps away. I am fast. The beast is faster. -- (2.45 meters) The sound of her neck snapping still echoes in eternity, (8.202083 feet) and I will always live there, in that moment, (98.425 inches) that space. And I will always be running.       Post   Listing of Active BtVS / AtS Communities    10:16am 14/08/2007   Everything on InsaneJournal that I've found that is relevant and current to BtVS/AtS Fandom. And by "current", I mean posted to within the last four months or so. If I've left anything out, drop a note in the comments for others to find you, and I will try to update this post. General Fan Creations x. ats_btvs_fanfic All BtVS/AtS fanfiction x. btvs_ats_icons The Place to Share All Your BtVS/AtS Icons x. btvs_icontest Weekly BtVS Icon Creation Challenges x. atsbtvs_fanvids For All BtVS/AtS Fan Vids Fan Creations By Character/Ship x. angel_yay A Community for Everything Angel -All Fan Creations x. red_magic A Community for Everything Willow -All Fan Creations x. ba_ship A Community for Buffy/Angel Shippers -All Fan Creations x. willowgileslove A Community for Willow/Giles Shippers -All Fan Creations x. loving_angel_69 A Community for Posting Fanfiction that Slashes Angel Fan Creations/Info By Real Person x. jm_squares A James Marsters Fan Creations Community x. marsters_ij News And Info About James Marsters x. david_b_daily For Your Daily Dose of David Boreanaz Interesting Fan Creation Challenges x. 50_elements 50 Prompts Based on Elements, Claimed by Pairing/Character       Post   ElJay Gets Its Ass In Gear    10:48am 14/08/2007   Okay, and for those of you who DIDN'T know: LJ Makes a Clear and Mostly Concise Statement Defining Rules on Art vs. Child Porn They SOUND reasonable. They SEEM sincere. Could it be all the lost revenue and potential lost revenue from people departing/turning off their auto renewal that prompted this? My money's on yes. However--where is the statement about NOT supporting Pro-Anorexia communities, and what are they doing about THAT? I still want answers. Personally? I don't believe it. They've said they were not going to "just delete" people before they did it this last time. But I'm not completely cynical--YET--so we'll wait and see. Meanwhile, I'll be remaining over here on IJ, thanks. ETA 1: coffeechica on LJ has apologized for the horrific misstatement she made regarding pro-anorexia communities. However, LJ has not made any kind of official statement concerning what they tend to do about these communities that clearly violate their ToS. ETA 2: On a second read of LJ's statement... Fan fiction has yet to be addressed. And there are still some inconsistencies and questions which arise from the post linked above, not to mention an invitation to self-censorship and an insult to people who asked about linked content.       Post

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