Insane Far Beyond Her Years

Title: Guilty by Association (13/13)
Author: Regann
Pairing: Charles/Erik (XMFC)
Rating: PG-13/R
Word Count: ~5,100 for the chapter (total: ~60,000)
Warnings: discussion of murder, violence and prostitution
Disclaimer: I don't own anything; I just play with them.
Notes: Everything I know about law enforcement and investigative journalism, I learned from watching television. Don't expect any more realism here than you'd find on an episode of CSI or L&O. There is also State of Play influence in this fic as well, although you don't need to have seen it to understand anything in this fic.

Summary: While investigating the homicide of a John Doe who he suspects might've been murdered while working the streets as a prostitute, Detective Erik Lehnsherr finds an unexpected ally in a hooker named Charles who seems as determined as he to solve the case. As they become more deeply involved both with the case and each other, there's just one thing that Charles neglects to mention -- that he's really an investigative journalist, one quickly convinced that what they're dealing with is more than simple murder. cop!Erik, fake-hooker-slash-reporter!Charles, Modern AU.

Previous Parts available at LJ, DW and AO3.

( Guilty by Association, part 13 )

Title: Guilty by Association (12/13)
Author: Regann
Pairing: Charles/Erik (XMFC)
Rating: PG-13/R
Word Count: ~4,800 for the chapter (total: 50,000+)
Warnings: discussion of murder, violence and prostitution
Disclaimer: I don't own anything; I just play with them.
Notes: Everything I know about law enforcement and investigative journalism, I learned from watching television. Don't expect any more realism here than you'd find on an episode of CSI or L&O. There is also State of Play influence in this fic as well, although you don't need to have seen it to understand anything in this fic.

Summary: While investigating the homicide of a John Doe who he suspects might've been murdered while working the streets as a prostitute, Detective Erik Lehnsherr finds an unexpected ally in a hooker named Charles who seems as determined as he to solve the case. As they become more deeply involved both with the case and each other, there's just one thing that Charles neglects to mention -- that he's really an investigative journalist, one quickly convinced that what they're dealing with is more than simple murder. cop!Erik, fake-hooker-slash-reporter!Charles, Modern AU.

Previous Parts available at LJ, DW and AO3.

( Guilty by Association, part 12 )

Happy 2012, everyone! I know, late as usual. :)

Now that I have emerged on the other side of the doldrums of the holidays, I instantly start feeling better even though January is always a killer month at work. Considering I've been back on the job less than 8 hours and I have about 6 projects due tomorrow, this year won't be much different. Now I'm going to talk about a lot of random things that have no real relation to the other. Enjoy. XD


Marvel Movies
I finally got around to watching Thor and Captain America since pookaseraph is in a Pre-Avengers movie mood. There were things I liked about both of them and there were things I was meh about in both of them -- in the end, I came away from both of them feeling pretty neutral. I wanted to be excited by both of them and sadly I wasn't. I'm still interested in the Avengers movie because I love the idea of the shared universe coming together but none of the three movies I've seen leading up to it (IM, Thor, Cap) excited me in and of themselves. Honestly, they've felt like homework so I could enjoy the Avengers movie and less like fun on their own, so hopefully that one will be as awesome as I'm hoping. (My lukewarm reaction, however, did not stop me from trolling for fic. Don't judge me.)

(If you want more literal reactions, they were "It was okay. Chris Helmsworth is hot." for Thor and "LOOK, TOMMY LEE JONES IS IN THIS!" for Captain America. I know, guys, I suck.)

All My Dying Soaps
After today, One Life to Live only has 8 episodes left before it goes off the air forever and I am really searching for how I'm going to deal with this. For 15 years, Blair Cramer has been a constant in my life and, after next Friday, I will never be able to check in with her life at 2pm on ABC. No matter how horribly corny it sounds, it is like losing a friend or family member. I've said this a few different times but soap -- at least, good soap -- is what I strive to produce in every fic I write: romance and drama with an emphasis on relationships and character interactions, (melo)dramatic actions and epic UST. There is nothing more perfect to me than a well-executed soap plot and I'm sad that American daytime soaps are dying like they are. There is not a show that's went off the air I will miss like I'll miss One Life to Live. I'm not ashamed to admit it, either.

Movie Madness
There are a ton of movies I want to see in 2012 which is unusual because I'm not a huge movie-goer. But three Michael Fassbender movies open on the 20th here in my city (Shame, Haywire, A Dangerous Method) and I want to see them all, plus I should be going to see Beauty and the Beast in 3D for my birthday. There's also The Avengers, Dark Shadows, The Amazing Spider-Man, Welcome to the Punch, and eventually The Hobbit. If I see half of the movies I've listed, that's more than I saw in all of 2011. (Last year, I saw Season of the Witch, Red Riding Hood, XMFC x 5, and Sherlock Holmes 2. What did I say about judging?)

State of the Fic
My muse has fled me a little bit for the moment but I'm trying the "fake it 'til you make it" method of dealing with it. Not being motivated or particularly inspired hasn't stopped me from writing about 17k on what can either be called "Alpha/omega in space" or a XMFC/Andromeda fusion. Both are entirely accurate descriptions.

First, thanks everyone who left comments for me on my last two posts. Obviously, I have been super stressed and RL is being so shitty at the moment that I'm pathetically glad to be at work today. Everyone's comments over the break were one of the highlights of everything that was going on there.

Since I don't want to rehash the awfulness of being disowned by a majority of my family, let's focus on the good stuff that happened over the last few days. First, my "haul," such as it is:

- $300 cash from my dad (half of which went to Merlin's vet bill, lol)
- A set of raspberry-colored bakeware from Chicago Metallic (mom)
- XMFC DVD so I can actually screen-cap the film (cousin J)
- $15 Amazon gift-card (cousin LN)
- $10 Panera Bread gift-card (cousin LB)
- Bath and Body Works gift-set (bff A)
- Nifty earring/necklace set (coworker)
- Gorgeous stationery set + pen (work secret santa)
- netbook case and wireless usb mouse (sister)

...which leads to the fact that my nicest gift was the one I bought myself which was a pink Asus netbook for more easy escaping from my house. Hopefully it will mean more writing, which I have done none of for over a week.

ALSO! My sister and I have decided to go to two anime conventions together in the next few months - one is happening locally, called Ichibancon here in Charlotte, and the other is Animazement which is in Raleigh over Memorial Day weekend. I haven't really been into anime/manga much in years but Ash assures me I will have a good time regardless, so I'm willing to give it a try.

That said, I am totally up for some suggestions for anime/manga to check out! I prefer manga over anime just because but if I can netflix it, that's cool. I am especially looking for newer stuff to check out since I've been woefully out of those circles for awhile. Please give me some recs if you can! :)

No, I haven't magically been touched by holiday spirit, but I will be mostly internet-less until next Wednesday, as I am off work, and I just wanted to wish everyone a happy holiday, no matter what holiday you celebrate. Or if you don't celebrate any at all! Whatever, have a great few days until I return to the internet. :)

I wish I had something that wasn't rant-y, depressing or just plain bitchy to post but I don't, at least not at the moment. Nothing is going in a particular pleasurable fashion right now and it's all just pressing in at once and I am annoyed as fuck with the world.

My reasons, let me show you them:

° There is the typical holiday stress of family and work, trying to get everything done for both of them, etc. etc. I have been (not so) politely asked to leave my own house on Christmas Eve because having 20 people crammed into my tiny abode will trigger me into a panic attack but instead of the family finding a better way to do Christmas, it's been suggested that I just leave my own house while they come to celebrate. So I'll be doing that after I have to lock my cats up in my bedroom (three of them!) because my aunt refuses not to bring her lap dog(s) every year even though she knows full and well they do not play nice with the kitties. Oh, and I have to do 50% of the cooking for the event before I vacate my own house. Oh -freaking- joy.

° Then, of course, there is the fuckery of LJ's comment page redesign in which they've made it totally unreadable. I'm going to have to spend today at work finding a S2 style I could use that will allow me to read/comment from my phone over the holidays without crashing my android phone a dozen times. THANK YOU JESUS FOR THE MINIMALISM STYLES. I've never been so happy to see an icon drop-down menu in all my life.

° Still totally depressed about writing. It continues to be completely disheartening when you're posting fic that no one seems to be reading. I'm not even going to front -- it depresses the shit out of me. I'm still writing because if I stop it takes me forever to start again (like years to restart, not days/weeks/months) but mostly I laugh hysterically and weep after I hit save because what am I going to do with it when I'm done?

° Then there are my physical ailments -- my IBS, the fact that I wrenched my leg badly on Monday, the fact that my sinuses are whacked so I've been blurry and dizzy and headache-y since yesterday and the rainy weather will be hanging around for at least a week so there's no end in sight. EVERYTHING IS SPINNING AND NOT IN A GOOD WAY.

CAN I GO TO SLEEP AND WAKE UP IN FEBRUARY? THAT WOULD BE ACES, UNIVERSE.

Title: Guilty by Association (7/13)
Author: Regann
Pairing: Charles/Erik (XMFC)
Rating: PG-13/R
Word Count: ~4,500 for the chapter (total: 50,000+)
Warnings: discussion of murder, violence and prostitution
Disclaimer: I don't own anything; I just play with them.
Notes: Everything I know about law enforcement and investigative journalism, I learned from watching television. Don't expect any more realism here than you'd find on an episode of CSI or L&O. There is also State of Play influence in this fic as well, although you don't need to have seen it to understand anything in this fic.

Summary: While investigating the homicide of a John Doe who he suspects might've been murdered while working the streets as a prostitute, Detective Erik Lehnsherr finds an unexpected ally in a hooker named Charles who seems as determined as he to solve the case. As they become more deeply involved both with the case and each other, there's just one thing that Charles neglects to mention -- that he's really an investigative journalist, one quickly convinced that what they're dealing with is more than simple murder. cop!Erik, fake-hooker-slash-reporter!Charles, Modern AU.

Previous Parts available at LJ, DW and AO3.

( Guilty by Association, part 7 )

Title: Guilty by Association (5/??)
Author: Regann
Pairing: Charles/Erik (XMFC)
Rating: PG-13/R
Word Count: ~4,700 for the chapter (total: 50,000+)
Warnings: discussion of murder, violence and prostitution
Disclaimer: I don't own anything; I just play with them.
Notes: Everything I know about law enforcement and investigative journalism, I learned from watching television. Don't expect any more realism here than you'd find on an episode of CSI or L&O. There is also State of Play influence in this fic as well, although you don't need to have seen it to understand anything in this fic.

Summary: While investigating the homicide of a John Doe who he suspects might've been murdered while working the streets as a prostitute, Detective Erik Lehnsherr finds an unexpected ally in a hooker named Charles who seems as determined as he to solve the case. As they become more deeply involved both with the case and each other, there's just one thing that Charles neglects to mention -- that he's really an investigative journalist, one quickly convinced that what they're dealing with is more than simple murder. cop!Erik, fake-hooker-slash-reporter!Charles, Modern AU.

Previous Parts available at LJ, DW and AO3.

( Guilty by Association, part 5 )

Title: Guilty by Association (3/??)
Author: Regann
Pairing: Charles/Erik (XMFC)
Rating: PG-13/R
Word Count: ~4,600 for the chapter (total: 50,000+)
Warnings: discussion of murder, violence and prostitution
Disclaimer: I don't own anything; I just play with them.
Notes: Everything I know about law enforcement and investigative journalism, I learned from watching television. Don't expect any more realism here than you'd find on an episode of CSI or L&O. There is also State of Play influence in this fic as well, although you don't need to have seen it to understand anything in this fic.

Summary: While investigating the homicide of a John Doe who he suspects might've been murdered while working the streets as a prostitute, Detective Erik Lehnsherr finds an unexpected ally in a hooker named Charles who seems as determined as he to solve the case. As they become more deeply involved both with the case and each other, there's just one thing that Charles neglects to mention -- that he's really an investigative journalist, one quickly convinced that what they're dealing with is more than simple murder. cop!Erik, fake-hooker-slash-reporter!Charles, Modern AU.

Previous Parts available at LJ, DW and AO3.

( Guilty by Association, part 3 )

Title: Guilty by Association
Author: Regann
Pairing: Charles/Erik (XMFC)
Rating: PG-13/R
Word Count: ~4,600 for the chapter (total: 50,000+)
Warnings: discussion of murder, violence and prostitution
Disclaimer: I don't own anything; I just play with them.
Notes: Everything I know about law enforcement and investigative journalism, I learned from watching television. Don't expect any more realism here than you'd find on an episode of CSI or L&O. There is also State of Play influence in this fic as well, although you don't need to have seen it to understand anything in this fic.

Summary: While investigating the homicide of a John Doe who he suspects might've been murdered while working the streets as a prostitute, Detective Erik Lehnsherr finds an unexpected ally in a hooker named Charles who seems as determined as he to solve the case. As they become more deeply involved both with the case and each other, there's just one thing that Charles neglects to mention -- that he's really an investigative journalist, one quickly convinced that what they're dealing with is more than simple murder. cop!Erik, fake-hooker-slash-reporter!Charles, Modern AU.

( Guilty by Association )