Ordinary World
In which Manhattan hesitates, Laurie goes to Jupiter, and Dan is left behind in a post-apocalyptic NYC to save Rorschach from himself.

Hey, Jupiter
Mutually Assured Destruction.
Survivors
Fallout

Interlude
beautiful and strong by twotiming

A Failure to Communicate
Détente
Epilogue

And the sprawling road trip sequel...

Exiles
In which Rorschach and Dan go on the road in search of Walter's long-lost father.

Nostalgia
The dream of the other
A Soldier's Things
Comme je suis libre
Showing Me Home

And the even-more-sprawling sequel to that...

Empire
“Did you really think that, after everything we’ve done, you’d get to have a happy ending?”

Our man in Mexico
Stains
Midnight
vulgar kings on their dirty thrones
Children of Manhattan
Epilogue


Fortunate Son
Five times Adrian Veidt showed mercy, and one time he didn't.

Clockwork Gentlemen: Whitechapel
Mainly concerning the Exploits of our noted Gentlemen Adventurers as they encounter Wondrous Mechanical Men, defeat a Vicious and Dastardly Criminal, and retrieve an Errant Top Hat from a Most Pernicious and Beguiling Lady of the Night.

I
II
III
IV

I am not really out of retirement, but I saw this on Tor and had to share, for those who haven't already seen it. (Maybe it's all over the f-list; I haven't looked.)

"The Ballad of Hollis Wadsworth Mason Jr," by Franz Nicolay (of the Hold Steady).



Yeah. So. It's about Hollis Mason, and it has an accordion, and is pretty great, I think.

I am still alive. I'm even still up to stuff of the writing variety. Eventually you'll see it.

In the meantime, have yet another meme, this one ganked from theonlytwin. By way of explanation, my iTunes is not just music I've downloaded, but also music that other people thought I might like and put on. So it's revelatory of my friends and lovers as much as it is of me.

You can learn a lot about someone from the music they listen to. Here's the game: hit shuffle on your music player, and write down the first 25 songs that come up. No cheating or skipping songs.

( in which I am self-deprecating )

Look what Snark made!

I would post a more elaborate description but I'm still sort of too busy making squee! noises. Basically, it is a trailer for the comic we're collaborating on, and is a lovely thing of awesomeness and you should go watch it now.

Can you fangirl your own comic? I think you can, at least if you are doing the easy part of it, which is the writing.

Now that you're legal, you can be plied with alcohol! Have a fantastic birthday, m'dear.

The Rules:
- Leave me a comment saying "dirigibles".
- I'll respond by asking you five questions to satisfy my curiosity.
- Update your journal with the answers to your questions.
- Include this explanation and offer to ask other people questions.

snarkitysnarks had questions, I have answers.

( they are beneath )

Just some signal-boosting in the hopes that everyone can do at least a little something to help out with the humanitarian catastrophe in Haïti.

First off: Get educated! Earthquakes are natural disasters; the poverty that exacerbated the disaster isn't. Here's a brief primer on why Haïti is so poor, but it doesn't really go into the politics much. Basically, Haïti was punished by European, and later, North American powers for having the audacity to claim its freedom and self-determination. Haïti was forced to pay reparations to France—its colonizer and slave-master—until 1947. (That's right—France murdered the indigenous population, then kidnapped and enslaved Africans and worked them to death. The slaves revolted and kicked out their oppressors; France demanded—and received—payment to compensate them for the lost profits.) The dictatorship of "Papa Doc" Duvalier, propped up by guess-who, put the country further into debt, which lenders have not forgiven despite the international legal principle of odious debt. Even more recently, the democratically elected government of Jean-Bertrand Aristide, which came to power on a platform of social justice, transparency, and literacy, was topped by American, French, and Canadian forces.

Okay, but what can we do now? I immediately donated to Médecins sans Frontières (a.k.a. Doctor's without Borders). I'm told that the American Partners in Health is also a good group to donate to. skywardprodigal has a list of more options.

And fandom—oh, how I love you—has responded with help_haiti, so you should bid, offer, or pimp if you haven't already.

In better news the Doomsday Clock got set back! I think it's sad that I found out about this through watchdom but, in fairness, I've been a bit busy.

Thanks to bitter_crimson for the snowflake!

In other news, happy Hanukkah to those who celebrate it. I wonder if I have candles hidden somewhere.

Title: Red, White, Green, Black
Author: I am not admitting to writing this
Fandom: That would spoil it
Disclaimer: Tomohiro Nishikado's, not mine.
Rating: PG-13 for violence
Warnings: See subject line.
Summary: We have always been at war with someone.

( I see nothing here that anyone sane would want. )