Fannish Round-Up

[grav_ity]

1. Bidding is open at helpthesouth until May 25. I am offering fanfic, probably Sanctuary but we can talk, and my thread is here.

2. Voting is open at the sfa_ficawards until midnight my time tonight. We've more or less solved the James problem, but a few more votes couldn't hurt. ;)

3. I am looking for a list of horror tropes that can be used as chapters titles for my Kiss Kiss Big Bang story. So far, I've got The Woman in White, The Pit and the Pendulum, and Blood Mary.

4. I am also building a play list. If you have a song that you think is particularly perfect for a vampire apocalypse, I'd love to know. So far, I've got the entire "Fallen" album by Evanescence (more for atmosphere than words in most cases), the "Hot Summer Night" poem from "Took The Words Right Out of My Mouth" (because it's so, soooo Helen), the VSQ version of "Sweet Child of Mine" (which is for flashbacks), and U2/Green Day's "The Saints Are Coming" (because if that's not a Kate rescue song, I don't know what is). To give you an idea. ;)

5. STARBUCKS TODAY! When I get out of bed. Which will be soon. I'm almost sure of it...

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[shadadukal]

but a few more votes couldn't hurt. ;)

This is how you recreate a tie. Just saying. ;)

There you go: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HorrorTropes

[grav-ity.livejournal.com]

Ahahahahahaha.

You're probably right. :)

Hmmm...TV Tropes might be a bit more sarcastic than I'm looking for, but maybe I'll get lucky!

[shadadukal]

Horror Tropes, as selected by me, for title purposes (I don't actually know what some of them are about):
-Ancient Tomb
-And I Must Scream
-Apocalyptic Log
-Beat Still, My Heart
-Blood Bath
-Bloody Handprint
-Buried Alive
-Candlelit Bath
-Chinese Vampire
-Creepy Basement
-Dark World
-Extremely Dusty Home
-Hell Hotel
-I'm Cold... So Cold...
-Security Cling
-Through The Eyes Of Madness
-Unfinished Business

[grav-ity.livejournal.com]

I was thinking of things that were a little more monster specific (and not always two words...even the Bloody Mary chapter title is "Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, Bloody - "). Though I imagine there will be a chapter about Kate titled "Danger Takes the Back Seat", so it did help. :)

[emmy-roo.livejournal.com]

Things that Go Bump in the Night
Dark and Stormy Night

. . . that's all I got. I'm tired. ;)

As for music . . . well. Berlioz's "Symphony Fantastique."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTvp7wLzzjk

Anything by E Nomine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHahMGj657Q

The soundtrack to Pan's Labyrinth.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t9tzCUZuWQ

I'll give you more later. :) I have a lot of ideas for music.

[grav-ity.livejournal.com]

Oooooooh, shiny tunes!

[emmy-roo.livejournal.com]

Benjamin Britten, War Requiem
"Requiem Aeternam" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhkbphH8_Ic
"Dies Irae" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p3jNMCbaK0

Giuseppe Verdi, Requieum
"Dies Irae" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDFFHaz9GsY

Karl Jenkins and Adiemus, Requiem
"Dies Irae" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RirEqehfsg

Mozart, Requiem
"Lacrimosa" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1-TrAvp_xs

Kalafina, "Lacrimosa"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsImHMt9PNI

Pirates of the Caribbean soundtracks

Pretty much anything by E.S. Posthumus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1T5_R89yzc&feature=list_related&playnext=1&list=AVGxdCwVVULXepYRTQz60QcS1H3t5EliW3

Anything by Nightwish. Plus their music videos are amazing. Examples:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdZn7k5rZLQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuHnq2UQopY (there used to be an AMAZING fanvid to this from Pan's Labyrinth that made me cry but it's gone now q.q)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAYVDLqkqHU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9Fyib7NZ8w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTdhXxxWREo

Anyway, that's enough to get started with. ;)

[grav-ity.livejournal.com]

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, musical rhubarb! :)

[rj-anderson.livejournal.com]

Combing through my own iTunes library here:

"Little Black Heart" and "Lamb to the Slaughter" by a-ha.
"Veins" by Charlotte Martin.
"Darkest Dreaming" by David Sylvian.
"God Protect Your Soul" by Ed Harcourt.
"Invasion" by Eisley.
"Blinding" by Florence & the Machine.
"Darkest Birds" by Nine Horses.
"Only the Very Best" by Peter Kingsbery.
"Vermilion, Pt. 2" by Slipknot.
"Marrow" by St. Vincent.
"Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" by U2.

I know there are more that would suit, but those are the ones that jumped out at me as I was going down the list...

[grav-ity.livejournal.com]

*ponders*

Thanks!

ETA: Oh, BLINDING is totally Nikola. I need to remember when I am listening to this that the "girl" songs are going to be Nikola and the "boy" songs are going to be Helen....

[rj-anderson.livejournal.com]

Well, not all of them -- "Vermilion pt. 2" in particular is a "boy" song that's totally Nikola as well. :)

[grav-ity.livejournal.com]

Yes, having now got that far. :)