I know it's a tad bit early for this, but I've entered in to the Harry Potter Big Bang thing-majig, and I really want to show off my little pic I created just for it.

Also, I have been working on my other stuff (like stuff I can actually submit before winter... I think) for my journal. Such as the continuation for Cloaked Business... and for Willful Sunbeam of Life... And some other stuff that's a cookin' in my messy pot of a mind...

But really, I just wanted to show off my new pic. It goes well with my backgrounds, I think.

I think... I've found motivation...

Maybe.

Possibly.

Kind of.

It's about 50-50 right now.

Like, I might probably sorta talked myself halfway into...

...being motivated?

Well, my second semester is almost at an end and I will once again have free-time.


Free time-- that period during which one is open to decide the happenings of self.  Popular with nine-year-olds and under.  Sadly, by the age where one is able to claim rights as an adult, even the right of registering to vote, one is not able to obtain any.  Free time, that is.  Only head aches.


See?  I had enough spare moments to click that out.  Perhaps I'll get back on the ball and actually FINISH SOMETHING.

Or perhaps not...

Anyway, I'm sorry for all of those I've left hangin' in the virtual, techno realm-thing-a-ma-jig. 

I.  Am a lazy sod.

I've gotten a lot of responses for a sequel to Cloaked Business, and, while I did have something pretty lame in my head (no, not that thing-- something else), I think I've come up with something of substance.  That includes a little drama... *sigh*  WARNING:  NO, THIS DRAMA HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH CEDRIC'S DEATH, AN OBSTRUCTING CHO CHANG, OR ANY CHEATING, CRYING, MANIPULATING, CRIPPLING, MAIMING, OR LOSS OF ANY KIND.

Did everyone read that?

Anyway, I think a bit of conflict is necessary for any story with actual characters in them.  People can interpret things as OCC if they wish, but, oh well.

Anywho, all that and I'm still only half motivated with nothing to show for it.  I just wanted everyone (people that would actually bother to read this, that is) to know that I am thinking about these things, and I'm not just ignoring your input.  I think it would be an interesting thing to continue, and I hope I have some support in these half-decisions.

Thanks, all!

I've been tossing around this idea in my head for quite a bit of time now, and what started as an experiment has grown... well, a bit larger. I know, quite certainly, that this will be a chaptered story (if things go as planned, very chaptered). I also know that I will not update very quickly. As in, months may pass without update. Or I may just stop if I lose interest, which I hope won't happen, because I think the basic idea is promising.

Look, all that typing, and I haven't even said anything yet.

*sigh*

Not to worry.  I'll probably end up with another author's note by the end of all this.

Title: A Willful Sunbeam of Life - {1}
Rating: (R) --It may not be now, but it will be (And, admittedly, it'll take a bit).  If you so wish it, I'll tell you when things are about to get bad.
Pairing: TomRiddle/ ....    I haven't decided whether I want to reveal this yet or not.  I'll probably end up telling you sometime.
Summary: "People like you--the willful sunbeams of life--don't commit crimes..."  --Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
Persons of beauty, ones who appreciate and are, do not know the evils of their worlds.  Or they know them perfectly.
Extras: First of (hopefully/probably), many.


( Chapter One... )
Enjoy!

P.S.  Many modern characters do not take part in this.  At all.  With obvious exceptions like Dumbledore, and such.

For all those who care to know... Tom Riddle is my favorite HP character. There's an appeal to TR/LV that is somewhat rare to find in a series so long. The thing about reading a long series, to me, is that you get tired of the draws between the bad guys and the good guys. You almost get tired of the characters themselves. But I've never gotten tired of reading about this villain. There were times where I wanted to wring Harry's neck because I was so sick of his brooding, (OotP... a'hem) but I've always gotten a certain thrill, almost giddiness, when I read about either Tom Riddle or Lord Voldemort.

I could probably write an essay about it if I wanted, but that's a ways from now. At the moment, I'm only intending to post a short one-shot (I think) of Tom Riddle's views on a certain "fairy tale". It also happens to be one of my favorite short stories as well, but not for quite the same reasons as Tom. To tell the truth, I think I'm a bit too romantic-centered on certain ideas for him to put up with me...



Title: A Mint-Rose For Tom Riddle
Rating: Hmm... It's not a bad story per se, but I wouldn't recommend it for youngsters... too broody in some parts... But to rate it PG-13 would be a stretch I'm not comfortable with. Too limiting, if you ask me. Just think about something you think TR would think as a child, and then decide whether or not to click.
Pairing: None. Purely Tom-centric. Despite what happens, I don't find an actual relationship.
Summary: "How strange it was that Tom Riddle's only friend was a paper doll... " Lord Voldemort, when seeking his tiny little lady, constantly fought against his own black goblins. And how strange it was that, by playing his part as the brave tin soldier, he ultimately became the "black goblin" of millions.
Extras: The story that is interlaced with this one, (and is well to be read beforehand--don't worry, it's not too long) is not my own. It is the short work of Hans Christian Andersen, titled, "The Brave Tin Soldier". Which you can find right here...



( A Mint-Rose For Tom Riddle )