jadesfire: Bright yellow flower (Default)
If you want an idea of what I looked like after cycling back from work, you can replicate this in your own home!

#1. Go to your kitchen/bathroom and fill a sink/the bath with cold water.
#2. Find a kitten/puppy/furry animal/small child
#3. Dunk #2 in #1
#4. For the full effect, then hold in front of a fan and bounce up and down (my bike has minimal suspension)

Of course, this can't replicate the pedestrians, other cyclists and cars I had to dodge while cycling through the pouring rain with drops on my glasses obscuring my vision and one eye swollen and tearing because I seem to be allergic to the library, but you get the idea.

In other news, Criminal Minds folk, there's a discussion of the episode LDSK over at [livejournal.com profile] criminalxminds here. I've kicked things off but it'd be great to have more contributors this week. As a mod, there's nothing more dispiriting than a discussion post with no actual discussion on it.

And now I'm going to stop spamming you and go make dinner. And find another towel...
jadesfire: Bright yellow flower (Fandom - Scrubs - JD Eyeroll)
I'm home sick, what with the falling over all over the place and the cramps, so maybe it's that messing with my head. But.

Spoiler for the Criminal Minds finale )
jadesfire: Bright yellow flower (Fandom - CM - animated so lifelike)
This was supposed to be a reaction to "Roadkill" but it's ended up being a more general think about how I've responded to S4. But it does have spoilers for "Roadkill", so it goes under a cut )
jadesfire: Bright yellow flower (Random - Donatello lightbulb)
This was supposed to be a reaction to "Roadkill" but it's ended up being a more general think about how I've responded to S4. But it does have spoilers for "Roadkill", so it goes under a cut )
jadesfire: Bright yellow flower (CM - animated - reidprentiss hug)
I can't believe I actually finished something. This is my first whole story in over a week.

*happy chair dance*




Title: Evaluation
Words: ~1300
Rating: G
Spoilers: 4x03 "Minimal Loss"
Notes: Written for the Gen Battle prompt: Emily and Hotch, rules. Extract posted there. This is the full thing

Summary: Bruises fade.

Evaluation )
jadesfire: Bright yellow flower (CM - Garcia - supreme genius)
When I first started out in the Criminal Minds fandom 2 years ago, I began a rec list for Gen fic. At that point, there weren't many people writing Gen, so it wasn't that hard to find things to go on the list.

2 years later, and I still don't exactly have a wide field to choose from. But I've just updated the list with some great stories that I've found recently, and now that I've got a delicious account, it's a heck of a lot easier to keep track of things.

The full list is here, and the latest additions are under the cut. As I say on the full list, if you come across Genfic that you think I might like, please do drop me a line. There's lots of great slash/het on rec lists already. I'd like to get a Gen list to match them.

New additions )
jadesfire: Bright yellow flower (CM - Reid - B&W neutral)
As some of you know, I've recently been bemoaning the state of Genfic (leave a prompt for the Gen battle here!) and the state of fic in Criminal Minds in particular. So it only seems fair that when I come across something I like, I tell you about that as well. I'm trying to give full and proper reviews of stories, as much to get myself thinking as anything else, but also because I find so little long case-fic in this fandom that I feel like waving my hands madly and saying 'read this!' when I come across it.

Wrong Turn by [livejournal.com profile] buffyaddict13 and [livejournal.com profile] cycatryx is a long case-style fic, that simultaneously demonstrates that it's possible to write good case-fic in Criminal Minds, and why it's so hard.

I can't say too much about the plot without giving it all away, so let me just give you the summary:

Reid, Hotch, Prentiss, and Morgan find themselves trapped by an UnSub after an investigation takes a terrifying turn. Garcia, Rossi, and JJ try to help before the rest of the team's time runs out.

Quick, non-spoilery review? This is a strong, well-plotted, tense case-fic, where everyone sounds like themselves, and the unsub is a real human being as well as a lurking monster.

Full review with minor spoilers )
jadesfire: Bright yellow flower (Cute - Lonely bear)
[[livejournal.com profile] bau_inbox, no linky, thanks]

I think I'm starting to understand why there isn't more Criminal Minds case-fic out there. It's not really a case of being intimidated by the show's quality, although I think that's a factor. It's because you have to wade through pages of depressing statistics to give Reid one line of dialogue.

Actually, scratch out depressing. Replace it with disturbing. At the moment, I'm researching an episode tag to 3x05 "Seven Seconds" so I'm cutting for spoilers )

*shivers* Still, I'm writing the story anyway. Because there's one hell of a loose end there, and I really, really want to tie it up. Or at least draw attention to it, because I can't have been the only one to spot it.
jadesfire: Bright yellow flower (CM - animated - what do you need)
[[livejournal.com profile] bau_inbox mods? *waves* Hi. Er. Please don't link to this. I'm just rambling...]

Good morning, lovelies. Possibly? I've spent two days pretty much doing nothing, watching Criminal Minds and trying to stay conscious. I'm still trying to get my head round the idea that I have to do stuff today. Seriously? Sheesh. That's overrated. How's everyone else? Good weekend planned?

Also, Criminal Minds fandom? Seriously, folks. Where's the Gen fic? There's fewer long Gen fics here than there is in SGA. There's fewer than Torchwood. What's with that? Where are the epics of any kind? Where are the plotty casefics? Where's the crack, the comedy, the character studies? Bring out your Gen! Bring out your Gen!

*puts hands on hips* Criminal Minds fandom, get your act together. Don't make me come in there and do it for you.

Ahem. *climbs off soapbox* I feel much better now, so am off to hoover the sheep and dust some cakes. Have a good day, all.
jadesfire: Bright yellow flower (Random - iGeek)
My first Criminal Minds fic in 2 years, and I'm still coming back to LDSK. I'd love to know what it is about that episode that gets me, but for now, I'll settle for the story ideas and leave it at that.

Title: Tilting at Windmills
Author: [livejournal.com profile] jadesfire2808
Words: ~1700
Rating/Warnings: G/None
Spoilers: Episode tag to LDSK
Notes: With thanks to [livejournal.com profile] donutsweeper and [livejournal.com profile] miss_zedem who leave my stories better than they found them

Summary: We've been using gunpowder as a propellant to kill each other for over nine centuries. I guess I'm just the latest inheritor of a long tradition.

Tilting at Windmills )
jadesfire: Bright yellow flower (CM - Hotch - busy bee)
I'm home sick today (my knees won't hold me up, which I take to be a sign I should stay in bed) and I was going to demand entertainment from my flist, but instead, allow me to entertain you.

First of all, watch and giggle:



Second of all, I have 1500 words of Criminal Minds fic that needs betaing. Could someone who knows the show and is prepared to wallop the heck out of my prose take a look at it for me, please? *bats eyelashes* I gave you a funny Star Trek video and everything...

How's everyone else doing?

I-spy...

Jan. 28th, 2009 02:52 pm
jadesfire: Bright yellow flower (Random - barcode)
Who's who in American Television? Well, in Criminal Minds 4x11 'Normal' )
jadesfire: Bright yellow flower (Eek - Satine hands on face)
Protesters occupy a Bodleian Library building. It's a Gaza protest, and they have a list of demands. Um. I'm honestly at a loss as to what to say. Of all the places to protest about the Israel/Palestine issue, Oxford is not even on the list, let alone near the top.

Also, I just watched Criminal Minds 2x20 "Legacy" and is it still a spoiler? Just in case )
jadesfire: Bright yellow flower (CM - iHotch)
Title: CTU
Author: [livejournal.com profile] jadesfire2808
Words: 490
Fandom/Character: Criminal Minds/Jordan Todd
Rating: G
Spoilers: Set at unspecified time after 4x13 Bloodline
Notes: With thanks to [livejournal.com profile] donutsweeper

Summary: Everything is just how she left it

CTU )
jadesfire: Bright yellow flower (Garcia uh-oh)
For those of you who track these things, I've put 2 new recs on my Criminal Minds list.

BTW, is it just me, or has the amount of JJ-fic exploded lately? Does something happen in S2 that I don't know about yet? Because, seriously, even over at the Pit, she's the one to watch. Reid's definitely got a rival for "Most Written About Character"...
jadesfire: Bright yellow flower (physics magic)
New entries for my Criminal Minds rec list:

28/02/07
Dead Man's Hand by [livejournal.com profile] cpolk and [livejournal.com profile] matociquala
This is how it's done. You want tension, character, plot and atmosphere? Read this story. Now. [Reid-centric. Follows on from Two Pair of Aces]

28/02/07 Get a clue
Just a bit of fun, but well put together with nice one-liners and a good ending.