Can anyone please tell me what's going on with Farkle's Art School Confidential. I'm totes having good fic withdrawal and I've been waiting for that fic to be updated.

Thanks Campers!

Okay - so I just got done reading Ladders by Marve and I CANNOT believe how it ended!!!!!  Is there a sequel to this - was there a sequel planned?  Someone help me out here - I'm dying!  I really enjoyed this thoroughly crazy, crude love story up until the end!

So...

I was watching "Twilight" when it was first released, enjoying the movie as best I could in the romantic bubble of Twimania and buttered popcorn which I'd constructed around myself. Everything was going swimmingly until the scene where Edward confesses to Bella that their interactions do not stop when she makes her nightly voyage to la-la land. 

"I like to watch you sleep," Edward tells her sheepishly.

Estrogen frenzies abounded. Every female in the audience collectively gasped with appreciation for the depth of this undead Lothario's devotion to his girl. 

Until the man sitting behind me decided to offer Bella some advice.

"RUN, BITCH! RUN!" he yelled, much to the delight of his friend and the disgust of everyone else.

Obviously, Bella didn't run, but it didn't matter: my bubble had been burst. Combine that with the amount of time spent combing through fic after fic in which Edward (Obsessed-ward) eats, sleeps, breathes and yanks it to thoughts of our erstwhile heroine while neglecting the mundane necessities of his life.

Yes, it's romantic when it's played out on the page, but would we be so appreciative of a man doing the same IRL? Probably not. Either way, I'm wondering: 

Which story features your favorite Obsessed-ward?

Why do we love him so much?

Post your favorite Obsessed-ward fics under comments! 

_______________________

Shameless Plug: Is Obsessed-ward smothering you? Need a break?

Anyone interested in Obsessed-Bella (Obellsessed? Bella-sessed?) can find her in

"substance clad in shadows" by yours truly.

Shameless, indeed... 

FYT:

I've been waiting on DawnMarieDawn who SHOULD be the leader in all drunken campfires but now I find myself drinking anyway. If you want to come in and drink with me, let's go for it.

Possible discussion topics include 1. Fold your wings updated this week and while lots of people don't like the story, I love it and it's hooked me. 2. How hot is Jason Momoa in Conaan, I plan to see it tomorrow becuae hubs wants the action and I want the hottie 3. We're losing another beautiful fic author next month (yellowglue) and she deserves well wishes. and 4. I'm shamefully addicted to Big Brother and Say Yes to the Dress.

So if any of those topics are interesting, let's discuss. If no one is interested, I'll probably be embarrassed and delete this post in the next 2 hours (does that sound like one of those -give me 200 reviews or I'll never give you the next chapter fics? cuz I don't mean it to sound that way)

Regardless, I can't guarantee coherence after 10:30p (eastern standard time) but incoherance is fun.

So i finally bought a new computer so I am back on the Web yay! Anywho I was just thinking that it would be nice to have a list of all the pulled and published fanfic. I know how some of you feel about those who pull to publish but to each his own I guess. Here is what I would like to know.

Screen Name/ Fanfic title

Author name/ Book name

Any input would be appreciated

THIS IS WEEK 21/40

I'm backs!!!  How's all my beautiful ladies doing?  I miss'd you guys while I was away.  Hope all is going swell!  How's the workout plans going?

OMG WERE HALF WAY THROUGH!!!

24/7 Support - ADF Fit Club LJ Community

Also its never too late to join in. ; )

Sidnote - I haven't had time to look at the other postings so I will be updating the chart sometimes this week.  

So, some of you have known me for a while in this fandom and you may remember my particular loathing of a certain last book in a series. 

Soooooooo........now that the movie is coming out, I find myself in a conundrum.  Do I go see it or don't I?  I'm not gonna lie, I hate the whole idea of Renesmee and that disturbing birth scene and I hate the cheesiness of the honeymoon and so many other things.  But I have seen all the other movies and nothing could take away my love for the RPattz

Are there any other BD haters out there?  Are you going to see the movie?  Let's discuss!

Hi.  I just came across the best Craigslist posting I've ever seen.  Can someone make a fic out of this?  This could potentially be the best Edward ever. 

Look inside for details

Hello dear campers,

Since I've returned to the fandom after a long hiatus, I wanna read some really good fics. I even found some good ones recently, but like a fic h00r I'm already through with them. Can someone rec me some good stuff?

Of course, there are some hard limits that I never breach-

-Smoking characters, esp E or B, put me off. And that includes pot. Jeesh I can't stand that in fic, sue me.

-Characters doing drugs. Same as smoking.

-Cheating main characters.

-Extreme manwhore/whore (or very sexually active with many partners if you like me to put it delicately) behavior of main characters.

-Unreasonable misunderstandings that cause breakups or contrived plot points. (But I suppose that'd be missing in good fics, right?)

-Abusive main characters. And when I mean abusive, it covers fics like Unexpected Circumstances, MOTU, and such fics which are somehow taken as softcore. Not for me, so sue me again.

-Non-canon parings.

I think thats about it. Please rec me something that has none of the above mentioned things. I usually prefer reading AU/canon, but AH is also welcome.

I've been wanting to try out some new products, but don't really know what's worth buying.

So, I'm asking you to reccomend me the makeup, hair, face and body products you're loving right now.

What are your favorite beauty products? What are the things you use everyday, that you couldn't live without? Are there go-to brands you always turn to? I wanna know.

Mine will be in the comments.

FILL IN THE BLANK!

My name is __________ and I am a ____________. (one word only, have fun!)

Recently, I was totally stoked when ________________.

If I could change one thing about this world it would be _____________.

The TV show I'm most looking forward to returning is ______________.

But the TV show I'll watch when I think noone is looking is ______________.

If I could go anywhere in the world right now, I would go _____________.

Because Rachel ran out of questions, I'm going to share a little tidbit of extra random information about myself here. _________________

And my gift to wtvoc (because really, these things just aren't the same without her) is:

I'm a beta for PTB, and I absolutely absolutely absolutely love it. In actual fact, I think I like beta'ing more than I like writing.

Well anyway, we all know that having a beta can make or break a story, and I was wondering why the fandom has such a massive array of willing betas, but the murky world of original fiction doesn't.

I'm working on an original WIP and can't bloody find a beta anywhere! And I really really think that I would be a darn sight better off with one, but I can't find one anywhere! Why is this?

The website scribophile.com (awesome by the way - loads of writing tips and suggestions and hilarious people on there) have the closest thing I think to what we have here, but the way that it is formatted etc doesn't fare well for having one or two people constantly looking out for one story. It's more flighty, if you know what I mean, with different people dropping in when they feel like it, not necessarily for more than one chapter and people don't like critiquing chaps longer than 2,000 words...

So does anyone have any suggestions? Fancy being a beta? Any ideas why the fandom has a much larger support network for writers than the real world seems to?
 

She's voluptuous.

She's not a size 2 or 4 or even a 10 – more like a 14 or 18. Or so! 

And Edward may or may not know if he's into the bigger type of girl...but he will be... ;-)

Have you found Curvy Bella in fanfiction?  Do you have a favorite story that you think we should read to better appreciate her?

Share it around the campfire!

Remember the rules:

1.  Keep it simple.  Title, Author, Summary and Link

2.  No discussions.  The fics are good or they wouldn't be rec'd here!

Thank you for sharing your favorite Curvy Bella fics around the fire!

( O.O I just googled Twilight trees to cleverly post a pic from the films, but up popped a heck of a lot of beautiful pics of trees at twilight. On to the post... )

The Gub tweeted a little while ago asking, "If you were a tree what tree would you be?"

He was this (Japanese Maple in Fall):

So, Campers, what is your inner tree and why?

For inspiration:

Details inside...

In honour of FFAF, here's a music post!

What gets your bootie shaking?

What song can't you get out of your head?  (And no you can't say Friday!)

What song is your summer anthem?

(I need to add to my playlist so come and share your favs)

This song is owning me right now.  I have played it so often the past couple of days I think I'm annoying my co-workers (and my husband).

I'm surprised this hasn't been posted yet... so I will. From her FF bio:

dearest loves,

i'm writing this to say thank you all for sharing in these stories with me. communicating with you like this, through these works and the conversations, and friendships they've created, has been so many kinds of wonderful.

i'm not "leaving the fandom" and i'm not "pulling to publish."

i've had long think on things and decided to follow my heart, and do what i feel is right and best for me.

i never had any intention of leaving my work up on the internet forever, just so long as i was still posting/working on new things. i've always planned to take them down again, when i was finished.

they're not the same, but i kind of think of the ff i've posted here, the same way i do my own personal journals - in that, while i probably wouldn't ever try to publish them, i certainly wouldn't leave them behind when i moved from one apartment to the next. i wouldn't just leave them floating around, homeless, unattached to me.

now that that time is approaching, i'm trying to wrap things up the way i want.

TeamBella23 and i are working on a multichapter story: Dusty, which you can find and alert here: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/3154045/YellowBella if you are interested.

Yogacat and i are working on a shorter story: Shelter (Thaiward ;) which will be posted on her profile upon completion. http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1763919/ here if you are interested.

the promised birthday trade/giftshot for LovelyBrutal in exchange for Purple, will be posted here http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2793269/agirlnamedben under an account i created months ago and never used.

i am also moving forward with plans to host Beyond the Pale 2 in the fall and will be judging another contest (as of yet untitled, but the premise is one i am SO excited about) with JadaPattinson, LovelyBrutal, 107yearoldvirgin, stickybuns, and EdwardsBloodTpe.

details on both contests will be found here when the time arrives.

the 16 works posted here and now have been and still are gifts to you, in this time and place. they will remain posted here for ONE MONTH from today. on september 18th, 2011 , they will all come down.

until then, they are yours to read/keep quietly, if you so wish. while i know every story here was inspired by the Twilight books to some extent, the words and phrases are still my own and i ask that if you do keep anything, please, please, please, please, do not post any of it, ANYWHERE.

that being said, i was writing when i came into this and i plan to continue doing so. i'm returning to characters i have given a two year break and working on some new ones as well. if you'd like more information on where this is going in the future, or on anything really, please feel free to PM, email, or find me on twitter (same name as here with an @ in front of it)

i'll continue to keep this profile up after the stories are taken down, as a means of communication (and because, well, never say never :) , and am planning to keep my twitter account as well.

thank you guys so much for sharing in all of this with me.

love.

love.

lovelove.

sarahxxoxo

Hi, I just found out that amoredjenaue pulled her storys "The Geheime Vernietiging" and "The Last Mission"(Incomplete). The Senators Son is still up.

I thought I had saved a copy of the The Geheime Vernietigung but apparently I haven't. So if anybody has a copy I would really appreciate if you would be so kind to send it to me.

Thanks 

Here's the subject:

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to compose a caption that will amuse, entertain, move, astound, squick, or otherwise drag some emotion from the cold dead hearts of your fearless Rangers.

Why bother?

Because we'll vote for our favorite caption and the winner gets a $50 Amazon.com giftcard!

Winner announced at midnight eastern (u.s.a.time) tonight.

THE CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED AND THE WINNER IS....(SCROLL DOWN TO THE END OF THE THREAD)

lol this picture is so completely ridiculous to me.

where are their flippy floppies?!