Date: January 5, 2013

Prize: Wraith 2: Shadow Bound by Angel Lawson

Guest Judges
Angel Lawson
Crederosa
missrebecca

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Time Ends: 3:00pm PST

Winner Announced: January 19, 2013

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12/12/12!!!!!!! Last time our generation(s) will ever see this!!

So, when I first heard that they were re-doing Superman, I was feeling just "eh" about it all.  I'm not a huge fan of the superhero genre, but I have enjoyed a few.  But today, I saw this trailer and I AM EXCITED!  I love that this seems to be a more introspective and moody take on the Superman.  I can't wait for June!  I think this looks awesome.

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Books and Fanfiction alike!

Please link if you are reading fanfiction or give us a nice summary if you are reading a book. We also LOVE reviews and discussing stories, so tell us what you think of what you are reading!

Special CHALLENGE:

Tell us EVERYTHING you are reading RIGHT NOW! Then, go back and look at your list and color RED at least two fics you highly recommend. Think you can do it??

BUT, AS ALWAYS, YOU CAN CHOOSE TO IGNORE THE SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT AND REC ANYTHING!

As always, read, review, and let 'em know you saw their fic rec'd on ADF.

From The year in hate watching

"10. "Twilight"

For America's critical establishment, 2012 is the year in which they are going to have to say good-bye to their favorite whipping child, the Twilight series. Since the first film debuted, scoffing at this, silly girls, and their preposterous thrills has been a cottage industry for our critics.

It’s worth asking, however, what middle-aged male film critics think they are watching when they view a Twilight film. But it's even more worth considering who they think they are speaking to when they throw tantrums about the films’ failings in their eyes. For teenage girls to get a major-event film series of their own after generations of being expected to tag along to their boyfriends’ favorites is a cause for enormous celebration. And critics who don’t see the charm might well ask themselves whether the series calling out to something deep in the teenage female’s psyche represents the line beyond which a critic’s powers have no meaning. But instead, for Twilight film after Twilight film, the critical establishment has staged mass freak-outs, demanding that the half-witted poppets who fall for such drivel evacuate the multiplexes immediately. All well and good for a critic to take a stand against a film, but that they so rarely feel the need to smack down the teenage boys who take in an endless stream of far more vapid action fare shows that Twilight’s wolf whistle did, in fact, tap something in the psyche of our critical establishment — and that they didn’t like it one bit. —R.R."

Interesting to see how Kristen's upcoming romcom "Focus" will do in the BO. Quite a height difference with Ben Affleck :) I haven't seen a romcom I liked in ages. Then again, I hadn't seen a movie I liked in ages. And then Twilight came along. My guess, without having even seen the movie, is that it won't do well. But then again I'm in my worst mood rn. Gonna have to meet and talk with my ambushing former BFF (ha@forever) tomorrow :S

To make it interactive: Would you be interested in seeing "Focus"? And any thoughts on the comments on middle-aged film critics' opinions on Twilight vs movies fanboys like?

Rob reading the prostate exam scene? ;)

(Sorry about me forgetting this time to time. Work these past few months has just been... ugh)

OK Guys -

I hope everyone is finding their holiday spirit by now.  If not, maybe this will help!

I want your favorite Christmas and holiday-related fics and one-shots!  Or maybe a great Christmas scene or chapter from a favorite fic.

These are some of mine:

My all time favorite Christmas story is The Sweater by Lolashoes.  Alas, it was pulled a while back, but you can google it and find a copy.  Or I would be more than happy to send you a copy to spread Christmas cheer :)

The first Christmas contest I ever remember was by our very own wtvoc and jandco:

A Very Cullen Christmas

These are great one-shots - but be prepared - May and His December is a little sad.

Holiday Briefs by Spanglemaker9

One-Shot: Bella has one purpose in life- to make partner at her law firm by 35. She has no time for silly holidays and certainly no time for love. A handsome stranger at the office Christmas party intends to change that.

Rated: Fiction M - English - Romance - Bella & Edward - Words: 7,539 - Reviews: 217 - Favs: 467 - Follows: 89 - Published: 12-17-09 - Status: Complete - id: 5588288 

A Shadow of a Wing by Feisty Y. Beden

A snowstorm. A delayed flight. Christmas Eve. Not the best time to run into that guy from high school who ignored you in bio class. Written for Gondolier and Profmom72 for Twilight Gift Exchange. Edward/Bella

Rated: Fiction M - English - Words: 6,856 - Reviews: 66 - Favs: 141 - Follows: 19 - Published: 03-01-10 - Status: Complete - id: 5785445 

Winter Birds by stella luna sky

How far would a man go for love? Far enough to get his shoes peed on by his girlfriend's dog. A story about stalking, courage, snow, warm sheets, new love, and Christmas's little miracles. AH/M. One shot written for FGB & randommama.

Rated: Fiction M - English - Romance/Friendship - Edward & Bella - Words: 5,391 - Reviews: 163 - Favs: 330 - Follows: 64 - Published: 12-20-10 - Status: Complete - id: 6571576

May and His December by oxymoronic8

Years ago, Alice had a vision: Edward would find a mate at Christmas. After decades of trying to dissuade his meddling family by bringing home the vilest girls he can find, Edward happens upon a bitter old woman & awakens to what could've been.AU;OOC;O/S

Rated: Fiction M - English - Edward & Bella - Words: 8,652 - Reviews: 247 - Favs: 487 - Follows: 60 - Published: 03-03-10 - Status: Complete - id: 5790946 

And 2 great full-length stories:

Do Over by TKegl

Every Christmas Eve, Edward Cullen sits in a bar and regrets the decision he made ten years earlier that tore Bella from him. But when he gets a second chance to right that wrong, it's not quite what he expected
Twilight - Rated: M - English - Romance - Chapters: 19 - Words: 63,179 - Reviews: 3235 - Updated: 12-18-11 - Published: 12-22-10 - Edward & Bella - Complete

Winter Song by jessypt

Sometimes a Christmas miracle is nothing more than a second chance. A story told through Fictionista Workshop's Daily Witfits.

Rated: Fiction M - English - Romance - Bella & Edward - Chapters: 68 - Words: 123,785 - Reviews: 3,429 - Favs: 490 - Follows: 479 - Updated: 03-14-12 - Published: 12-07-11 - Status: Complete - id: 7616412 

I read a while ago this book by Katarina mazetti: Benny and Shrimp,and I was hooked this is such a real life love story,but the book ended in a huge cliffhanger.There is no plans for translating the sequel in my country(Brazil) and my search for a english version was a failure,so for all the swedians campers please if you read this book,Familjegraven the sequel for Benny and shrimp tell me how ended;it's been almost two years wainting.

My Rec is :

Inside Man By Ooza http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7043140/1/Inside-Man

With his parole fast approaching, inmate Edward Masen is looking for a friend. College student Bella Swan stumbles across his profile on a prison pen-pal website. Their friendship is formed over written words, but will it last once he rejoins her world?

It completed today :)

Wow, Ted King!  That's totally not where I thought you'd end up!  Especially after a few years of popularity on General Hospital.  Got me thinking about other hot guys or gals from  Charmed or other favorite shows of the past who who I wonder "what ever happened to?"  i.e. see Laurie Foreman.  Has anyone seen any other regular Charmed cast member lately other than Alyssa Milano or the trainwreck that is Shannen Doherty? Tell me about who you thought had a bright future but crashed and burned. 

Fic Rec:

Been loving Highline by the ADF's own EK Smith!

Welcome to the Monday Morning Hot Guy Campfire. What better way to start your week than a hot guy?

Every Monday, I'm going to dedicate a CF to the Hot Guy of the Week. The catch? The CF can ONLY be about the current nominated guy.

We all have different tastes in men, so please don't yuck anyone's yum. If you have a man you'd like to see crowned for the week, PM or hit me up on twitter (@ffcherry) with his name.

So come on in and see who won the crown this week!

Did ya get all that?

Looking for this story for a friend. I've read one similar, but can't recall title. Dag nabbit.

All human, Jasper and Bella. Rosalie is Jasper's sister.

He is older and goes into the service (I think).

Bella and Jasper have sex. She gets pregnant. She leaves Phoenix to live with Charlie. Nobody in Phoenix knows she had a baby except her mother Renee. Baby is a girl.

Bella did not want Jasper to know she was pregnant and had baby. I think because she didn't want to "ruin" his life.

Renee becomes ill. Cancer, I think.

Bella and baby/toddler go back to Phoenix to be with Renee as she is failing.

Rosalie, next door neighbor to Renee, sees little girl and guesses Jasper is father. Bella swears her to secrecy.

Jasper comes home from service or whatever. Ends up seeing Bella's child. Sees himself in child.

Some angst ensues.

They end up together.

Thanks, Sweeties.

~and here's my recommendations!

Alter Bound by dcurley1 - WIP

"Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won't adhere to any rules. The most any of us can do is to sign on as its accomplice." -Tom Robbins, Still Life With Woodpecker

Rated: Fiction M - English - Romance/Angst - Bella & Jasper - Chapters: 5 - Words: 17,979 - Reviews: 46 - Favs: 31 - Follows: 52 - Updated: 12-06-12 - Published: 05-26-12 - id: 8153616

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8153616/1/Alter-Bound

Preternatural Alliance by dcurley1 - WIP

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8323119/1/Preternatural-Alliance

Summary: A man may learn wisdom even from a foe. -Aristophanes

Rated: Fiction M - English - Romance/Suspense - Bella & Jasper - Chapters: 3 - Words: 3,202 - Reviews: 9 - Favs: 2 - Follows: 19 - Updated: 12-02-12 - Published: 07-15-12 - id: 8323119

Do you write fan fiction?

Give us a little peek!

Post something about your upcoming chapters here!

excerpt / pictease / music / riddle / poem / banners

~ Don't forget to include a link to your story! ~

So, I was browsing The Master Fic List (which I haven't done for a year) and I had a thought. With it being December, that means New Years is around the proverbial corner. We have 21 days until then, so I want to know:

What are YOUR New Years goals? Notice I say goals, not resolutions. Cross something off your bucket list? Try a new food/book/style? Spend more time with your family? Lose weight? 

SHOW ME YOUR GOALS!!!!! 

Mine are inside. :)

TWO fics fyt (because I'm feeling generous)

If You Asked Me To (I promise I'll update sometime this week *dodges fruit*)

Loki has never known anything but hate. He doesn't know how to feel. Then one night, he ends up in Forks, 3 years after Edward left Bella. A birthday, a crossing of worlds. A chance for him to love for the first time, a chance for her to love again."Maybe, if you asked me to, I would change it all. I would change everything." BellaxLoki FIRST CHAPTER FIC!
Rated: Fiction T - English - Romance/Supernatural - Bella & Loki - Chapters: 8 - Words: 8,062 - Reviews: 28 - Favs: 42 - Follows: 59 - Updated: 11-09-12 - Published: 09-09-12 - id: 8510329

My Guardian Angel- A Smosh Fanfic

Just a typical day filming Ian is Bored, when the unthinkable happens. WARNING-Character death! Bring tissues. :(

I need your help, people. I can't find a THING that I'm interested in reading right now. Nothing. Nada. Zero. It's sad, really. I'm hoping that a few of you have some good recc's for me!

I'm looking for romance, erotica... whatever. It's the only thing I can get into these days. So do tell, what has made you curl your toes lately?! 

You can rec me books or fanfic, but only E/B completed, near completion or VERY regular updates. 

Thanks in advance!

I really like the Blackwater pairing, much better than the spawn and Jacob, so I'm just wondering what other's opinions are of the Blackwater pairing.

Heya Campers!

I recently downloaded kindle! Yeah I know I'm kinda late to the party but eh! At least I'm here.

And My first purchase was 

And then I realised I probably am not buying another one for the rest of the week.

Then in one of our Weekly Rec CF, I saw someone rec a book which is available for free on kindle, and I rolled all over it and bought with the biggest smile on my face! LOL!

SOOO, I went to find more free books on kindle and got lost worse than Alice in the wonderland.

Can anyone help me find free books on kindle? Any books or series you know of? Any recs in mind?

I'd appreciate any help at all!

If not, then ummm, make this a FUN CF! Post your favorite gifs, talk randomness, tell me how your day's been? That boss who irritates the f* outta you, tell me about it. That horrible teacher you wanna kill, let me help you plan the murder. Basically, come vent all about it!!! and if you DO happen to have some free e-books to rec on kindle, I'll kiss you senseless as thank you!!

P.S. Can you guess I have an unhealthy obsession with tags. :P

AvengeRanger Edit: Please keep all language at PG for the front page in The Forest. 

 So sorry everyone, I swear like a sailor, it didn't even register in my radar that I wrote an f word #fail

So there is this amazing Canadian showed that aired from about 2008 to 2011 called Departures. It's a travel documentary (if you would call it that) about two twenty-something guys and their camera man that travel to amazing locations that you wouldn't think to go to. Instead of going to more common locations like Paris and Cancun and staying in chain hotels, they went to locations like Rwanda, Cook Islands, and Madagascar and stayed in hostels or squatted with friends. And they didn't just vacation: They travelled with their backpacks and scrapped by and emerced themselves in the cultures.

Here's the intro to season two:

They say that the worst things that happen to you can lead to the best opportunities. They also say things come in threes. 

So here's my week last week:

1. My neighbor's 16 year old son was in a terrible accident the day after Thanksgiving. He died on Monday. Loss of a child--can't even imagine.

2. On Wednesday I found out a friend’s breast cancer is not only back, but the pre-chemo meds she took put her into cardiac arrest and she had to get a pacemaker.

3. On Thursday I got laid off from my job.

Pretty Lousy...Major life reassessment and all that.

Silver lining--The Fantasy Basket got nominated for the Fic of the Week at the Lemonade Stand (oh--the irony!) That brought a smile. If only it came with a salary & health benefits! 

So, what's your worst week ever, what helped you smile and get through it, and did it turn into something bigger and better?

Okay, so for all of you Where's George participants I've got a blog up to follow our favorite President in his world travels. My idea is that each camper will be able to enter their own information or comments. Sort of a blog for the many, by the many.

Just google "camper george" and the blog will pop up.

https://plus.google.com/116550820807713316353/posts/HxvkBTHExtG#116550820807713316353/posts/HxvkBTHExtGre's

And since we're doing this ourselves I picked a different look for our president. There's even a world map of where George has been, currently he's lived in San Francisco and Charleston. I'll be working out the kinks of how each camper will post on the blog and doing a trial run with our first camper, Mabso.

I'm computer&internet challenged so this is a labor of fun for me. Any suggestions are welcomed. This is just for fun and to get to know each other even better. This is open and ongoing so anytime you want to join the fun just PM me your address.

Those that have not gotten their name listed yet, don't worry. After Mabso pointed out the original Where's George site didn't work internationally I thought setting up a working tracking site was most needed.

And if there's anyone out there that has experience in making a blog I'd love to hear from you as I have quite a bit of a learning curve to work on.

So this is what I picture as President George, yeah, he looks really capable.

So to make this interactive please check the blogsite and give me some things to add. I'm very visual so photos would be good. I'll start by putting my own photog up. I'm 20 years older than most of you and wear quirky clothes so you shouldn't feel shy.

This guy looks familiar and suppose to be a George. Do you know who he is?