My name is iulia_linnea/iulia_linnea/iulia_linnea. Severus Snape is my One True Character, and I'm an unrepentant Potterverse pairing whore. I am also known as aunt_meg.

Much of my fic is intended for mature readers; please read my headers before reading my fics, and note that I generally don't provide warnings for fics under 1000 words.

I recently polled for prompts, requesting that people provide me with a character or characters (and a genre), and select an ingredient, an item, and a pub.

sealcat prompted me with Harry Potter and Severus Snape (wildcard genre): cockatrice feathers, Serpent's Anklet, and the Idiotic Unicorn.

( Severus' Own Idiot {PG-13; Snarry; 375 words} )

I recently polled for prompts, requesting that people provide me with a character or characters (and a genre), and select an ingredient, an item, and a pub.

pale_moonlite prompted me with Minerva and Remus (wildcard genre): Chizpurfle eggs, Knife of Fertility Alteration, and the Corrupt Penguin.

( A Knife without Blade {PG; Minerva, other people's sons; 635 words} )

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I recently polled for prompts, requesting that people provide me with a character or characters (and a genre), and select an ingredient, an item, and a pub.

qzee prompted me with Luna Lovegood and a Malfoy (wildcard genre): banshee scat, Jabberwocks at Play, and the Corrupt Penguin.

( Reading Is Fundamental {G; Draco Malfoy, Luna Lovegood, others; 325 words} )

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Bacon does not have to be a feature of every occasion. Case in point? The Bacon Coffin. *rolls eyes* Another, NWS case? Bacon Lube. o.O

Here's an animated GIF of a sheep at play.

Here's proof that the kitty in question gave no damn.

Cat-related PSA: Nip: Not Even Once!

In which Christopher Robin leads an expedition to Alderaan—best fandom mash-up I've seen in a while!

In other news, today was the dog's first non-holiday weekday walk with me instead of his walker. I got back from taking Shog to the train about 5:20 a.m. and then walked the dog for an hour. We returned, he had his drink and a bone, and then he disappeared while I was puttering about the kitchen. I just realized that he has been sitting by the front door all this time waiting for his walker. Clearly, it's going to take him a while to adjust to our new routine.

The girls, on the other hand, were thrilled to be without the dog so early and were all quite comfortably situated in the front room upon our return. :P

I recently polled for prompts, requesting that people provide me with a character or characters (and a genre), and select an ingredient, an item, and a pub.

duniazade prompted me with Snape, Luna, and Hermione (wildcard genre): Chizpurfle eggs, Lute of Celestial Gnomes, and the Morose Coachman.

( A Not-So-Secret Love Sign {PG; Severus, Luna, and Hermione; 300 words} )

swissmarg prompted me with Hermione, Severus, and Mrs Zabini (wildcard genre): fire slug slime, Endless Ointment of Magic, and the Staff and Wand.

( Burning Passion {PG; Hermione, Severus, implied others; 100 words} )

It just occurred to me that some of you would have definite opinions about this; hence another marry-shag-cliff poll!

Don't vote for the same character more than once!

Poll #1843008 BBC Sherlock: Marry, Shag, Cliff!
This poll is closed.
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 34

I would marry . . .

I would shag . . .

I would push off a cliff . . .

Shog says that he'd marry Greg (because he's a competent, high-ranking officer), fuck John (because he's got too many psychological problems to marry), and cliff Sherlock (because he's insufferable). *snorts*

I'd marry John (it's a canon thing), fuck Greg (he seems interesting enough to fuck at least once), and cliff Sherlock (because I know he'd come back :P).

Inspired by sassy_cissa's Blaise-Neville-Ron poll, have a Marry-Shag-Cliff poll about Draco, Harry, and Snape.

Base your choices on what you know of canon, and select each character once only.

Poll #1842956 Marry, Shag, Cliff
This poll is closed.
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 64

I would marry . . .

I would shag . . .

I would push off a cliff . . .

P.S. I'm working on the prompts I gathered in my last poll and will post them when I've answered them all. Expect them in a few days as I'm quite ill with a poxy summer cold.

I'm sad to pass along the news that leni_jess passed away on 24 May. If you'd like to express your condolences to her family, you may do so here.

The Disc Fest is a Discworld fic and art fest taking place at Dreamwidth and LiveJournal (links go to the comms' prompt-claiming posts). I am in love with many of the prompts and would love to see them realized! *promotes*

P.S. And it's also Towel Day, among other things, so of course the upstairs toilet is leaking. *cries; applies towel to middle floor's floor because of deluge* I must find a plumber, damn it!

ETA: No more Snarry prompts, please! There are already four. o.O (Your pairing whore likes variety.)

Below the cut, you'll find a silly, HP-related prompt-generating poll. ( Come play with me? )

Browsing my friends of friends list, I found comicstore_news, a daily newsletter dedicated to the LJ community for comic book based fandoms and other fandoms that are featured extensively in comic stores. I thought I'd mention it here because I didn't see a lot of the Avenger fen I know of on its flist, and I thought it would interest you. :)

My old laptop finally died tonight yesterday evening, and because I had work to do, Shog had to rip out its hard drive so that I could transfer my files to my new laptop and carry on—and it feels like I'm fucking a stranger. Windows 7 is nothing like XP, and adjusting to it is going to wreak havoc upon my productivity.

It also didn't help that when I was finally able to start working again, a spider landed on one of the lenses of my glasses. That was startling. *sighs*

As well, I usually wake up at five in the morning, and it's almost 2:30 now! Today is probably not going to be a good one (unless I sleep through it, that is).

In lieu of chocolate, I will now go suck on ice cubes and watch something completely mindless to help me wind down from the delights of the day, while trying to be mindful and grateful of the fact that at least I had a replacement laptop standing by. That said, I haven't even named it yet, it seems so foreign to me.

/whining

That's how I feel about "A Scandal in Belgravia." I'm disappointed to be feeling this way because I adored the first season of Sherlock, but beyond a few enjoyable moments, "Scandal" is so compressed and impressed with itself that it left me cold. I'm not even interested in reading the fic. *sighs*

Recently, a friend asked me how I thought that the Grangers would react to learning how Hermione had protected them before leaving to hunt Horcruxes with Harry and Ron. This is my answer.

( In Consequence )

Does anyone know how to format a warning line in a header to skip said warning? Here's an example of what I mean.

I keep hitting refresh on the Exchange's page, but nothing happens! *impatient*

Sign-ups for the HP reversathon/reversathon/reversathon close on Monday, 7 May at midnight (GMT). Sign-ups are screened, but the mods are updating the sign-up post with a list of participants as people sign up to play. If you're interested in playing, you can sign up at DW, IJ, or @LJ.