INDEX NOTE:
Requests:
Leo Tolstoy -- War and Peace (Theodore Dolokhov)
Leo Tolstoy -- War and Peace (Anatole Kuragin)
Brideshead Revisited (Charles Ryder/Sebastian Fyte)
Alexander Pushkin -- Eugene Onegin (Eugene Onegin/Vladimir Lensky)

 

Firstly, I would like to say thank you for the time and effort that you are willing to put in to make me a wonderful winter-holiday gift :)

So then, I assume you’ve come looking for details and I’m happy to provide :)

GENERAL

SLASH = LOVE. I thrive on boy!love so I give an enthusiastic YES to slashyness. On the other hand, genfic is wonderful and cute/sweet boy!friendship is always wonderful.

Conversely, I don’t hate het, I do have some fave het paring (if you’re into het and we matched on War and Peace, that’s the jackpot right there.) I don’t think any of my requests lean this way naturally but just as a precaution: I’m fairly lukewarm toward femslash.

On ratings and such – I’m not squeamish, I really am not. The only thing is PWP. I don’t write or read them, generally, so graphic sex is in no way necessary or preferred. I also know that some people suffer from the fear that anything shippy below a PG-13 rating would be too lame/tame. No need to worry, I’m not looking for either a high or low rating; it’s not a matter of principle here :) As for other dark themes, again, if it’s needed for the story for there to be a rape, abuse, violence, what have you I’m very open-minded of these things. It’s not so much a matter of principle but rather how the story works with/around the dark theme/event.

Hurt/Comfort – Love this genre and it will just about always gain you bonus points (mostly with slash) :D

On humor/crackfic/parody/etc: Humor is good; we all need some positive-ness sometimes. On the other hand, I don’t tend to be a huge fan of the crazy-humor/crackfic*/parody genres.

*I don’t consider unusual parings (ig Dolokhov/Ippolite, Dolokhov/Natasha, umm…Snape/Karkaroff) as necessarily crackfic.

Flat character – I tend to believe that no person(character) has ONLY a good side or ONLY a bad side. I think characters are human, and attempts to show sympathetic/empathetic human motives for even misguided/immoral actions is always very appreciated.  

OOCness – I tend yo like characters to stay true to canon personality wise, given, of course, that characterization is a fairly personal thing and AUs usually require at least some OOCness as do unusual ships, etc.

BDSM -- Simply put, I'm really not into BDSM and extreme kink.

Character bashing -- please don't bash any of my requested characters....I mean, I don't see why you'd offer to write a character you hate but, yea, just in case...

IF YOU MATCHED WITH ME ON WAR AND PEACE

The reason the only thing in my “optional details” for these requests was a link here is because I really have a lot of things to say here, not in a restricting manner but most likely in the opposite of such.

Theodore Dolokhov

I really would love just about anything with him. Character stuff is great here, I think he’s a much more complicated character than it might seem at first. I’ve always been convinced that there was a lot of “soft spots” behind his hard exterior.

Family/Childhood fics are great. His father is obviously out of the picture. Did he die? Theodore is obviously close to his mother and sister; I’d love to see some family dynamics there.

Slash: Dolokhov/Anatole – OTP!

Dolokhov/Nicholas – Summer of Love? Nicholas did stay that summer after the duel in Moscow when the rest o the Rostovs went to the country.

Dolokhov/Pierre – Pierre adores him? Does Theodore envy him for his sudden wealth? Is it love or self-interest? I’ve always thought they’d be somewhat messed up, lol.

Dolokhov/Petya – This could be so cute. The whole scene at the partisan camp and the “expedition” to the French camp that Theodore and Petya take just screams slash. If you need a refresher here’s a link to Book 14 (online text) where the scenes are (starts on chap 13 I think): http://www.magister.msk.ru/library/tolstoy/wp/wp14eng.htm

Dolokhov/Andrei Bolkonski – Oh boy. If you have a way to make this one work, I’d be interested to see what you come up with. Admittedly, I do typically see this as a dark!paring with Bolkonski being an abusive/manipulative boyfriend, generally set pre-book…

If you’ve got some other guy that you’re dying to pair Dolokhov with – go for it (Though, admittedly, I don’t particularly see him with Boris or Hippolite.)

Het: Dolokhov/Sonya – I’ve always thought those two deserved a happy ending together. Though, they make a cute couple either way you turn it.

Dolokhov/Helene – I think they work great on the whole spectrum, from fluff to angst, from passionate affair, to tender mutual love long before Helene’s marriage, to something complicated, selfish, and possibly unrequited.

Dolokhov/Natasha – if you’ve got a plausible way to make this work, go for it! (Bonus points for a triangle with Anatole)

Genfic: Dolokhov-Anatole friendship is love :)

Anatole Kuragin

I really do love this one. I’ve never seen him as some big bad villain douchebag or whatever… Rather, I think he’s more of someone who has clung on to his childhood, not wanting to grow up, not wanting responsibility. Which isn’t admirable per say, but the point it that I never thought of his intentions as evil, just that his reactions, decisions, etc are often hasty and immature. But otherwise, he seems to be quite sweet and harmless. A sort of 19^th century Sebastian Flyte (w/o the drinking problem and obsessive catholic mother)

Genfic: Kuragin family dynamics are fun to explore, I think. Anatole’s the baby of this family, which could effect him in several ways. Vasili seems to be quite the manipulative father… I’ve always thought Helene and Anatole were really close so a brother-sister fic with them would be awesome! If you’re more into brothers dynamics then Hippolit-Anatole brothers fic would be interesting.

Slash: Anatole/Dolokhov – OTP!

Anatole/Pierre – I’ve always kind of thought of them as boyhood friends (lovers) whose friendship (relationship) falls apart when they got older. Whatever spin you wanna put on it though is just as interesting. A love triangle with either Dolokhov or Andrei Bolkonski is intriguing as well ;) (Though I would prefer an Anatole/Pierre/Andrei triangle told from Anatole’s POV)

Het: Anatole/Natasha – Missing scene from their romance? A successful elopement AU?

Anatole/Mlle Bourienne – I think her first name is Amalia. Maybe a romance that sparks later on between them, once Anatole has already left the Bolkonski household?  

Incest: I’m really, generally, not into incest but Anatole/Helene are almost canon so if this is a paring that catches your attention…

If we matched on BRIDESHEAD REVISITED

Sebastian/Charles is the cutest couple EVER. This fandom is perfect for hurt/comfort and I would really love to see a hurt/comfort scenario like Charles taking care of a sick or overly drunk Sebastian. Otherwise, I would really really love to see these two end up happy and together…at least together. A sort of AU ending. Bonus points if the world drowns in sweetness and fluff ;) I understand that religion is a large theme and in a way the point of this fandom but I tend to see religion as sort of the enemy in this context so…I would appreciate it if the “operation of divine grace” or whatnot was not highly glorified and such in the fic.

If we matched on EUGENE ONEGIN

I don’t have much to add to what I’ve already said in the “details.” I would love slash but friendship is great too. Hurt/confort, as stated above, will earn bonus points, especially in an AU where Lensky survives. An exploration of Onegin’s feelings for Vladimir (either romantic love or protective platonic affection) would be wonderful. I would greatly appreciate if the Larin sisters were included to a minimum.   

Plot Bunny note: If you want to do a cross-over between W&P and Onegin and pair Dolokhov with Onegin, please! Be my guest!

Hugs and happy writing!

~Alley

Food


That just aout summarizes my life, lol

Family, way of life, vacation...







 (Considering what marina and Tatiana are wearing this can be listed under "dress" as well)
 (NOte: that is NOT a Chritmas tree, that's a New years tree :p)








Art, buildings, vulture icons, family...



Art, buildings, history, (in some cases) religeon

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/album.php?aid=6160&id=1816936297
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/album.php?aid=3351&id=1816936297&op=6

Those two are facebook albums. They should be visible to anyone on facebook. Oqi, tell me if you can't see them.
Same goes fr these tow. Note: these are my "tourist" photos:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/album.php?aid=3360&id=1816936297
http://www.facebook.com/photos.php?&id=1816936297&s=0&hash=241481d5192db962a7162f554b7f7fdd#/album.php?aid=3356&id=1816936297
 

I am the girl kicked out of her home because I confided in my mother that I am a lesbian.
I am the prostitute working the streets because nobody will hire a transsexual woman.
I am the sister who holds her gay brother tight through the painful, tear-filled nights.
We are the parents who buried our daughter long before her time.
I am the man who died alone in the hospital because they would not let my partner of twenty-seven years into the room.
I am the foster child who wakes up with nightmares of being taken away from the two fathers who are the only loving family I have ever had. I wish they could adopt me.
I am one of the lucky ones, I guess. I survived the attack that left me in a coma for three weeks, and in another year I will probably be able to walk again.
I am not one of the lucky ones. I killed myself just weeks before graduating high school. It was simply too much to bear.
We are the couple who had the realtor hang up on us when she found out we wanted to rent a one-bedroom for two men.
I am the person who never knows which bathroom I should use if I want to avoid getting the management called on me.
I am the mother who is not allowed to even visit the children I bore, nursed, and raised. The court says I am an unfit mother because I now live with another woman.
I am the domestic-violence survivor who found the support system grow suddenly cold and distant when they found out my abusive partner is also a woman.
I am the domestic-violence survivor who has no support system to turn to because I am male.
I am the father who has never hugged his son because I grew up afraid to show affection to other men.
I am the home-economics teacher who always wanted to teach gym until someone told me that only lesbians do that.
I am the man who died when the paramedics stopped treating me as soon as they realized I was transsexual.
I am the person who feels guilty because I think I could be a much better person if I did not have to always deal with society hating me.
I am the man who stopped attending church, not because I don't believe, but because they closed their doors to my kind.
I am the person who has to hide what this world needs most, love.
I am the person who is afraid of telling his loving Christian parents he loves another male.

Re-post this if you believe homophobia is wrong. Please do your part to end it

It is almost time for Election Day.

As Americans we have the FREEDOM and the RESPONSIBILITY to vote for what we want and believe in.

America has always been a symbol of EQUALITY and LIBERTY.

Now California’s PROPOSITION 8 is threatening the FREEDOM and RIGHTS of certain Californians by proposing to amend the CONSTITUTION of California to define marriage as between one man and one woman.

If you believe in “We hold these truths to be self evident that all men are CREATED EQUAL” and if you believe in TOLORANCE, FREEDOM, EQUALITY, and JUSTICE…

Please vote NO on PROP 8 on November 4!!!!!!!!!!

If you oppose prop 8 go to http://www.noonprop8.com to see how you can get involved and help defeat this abomination.

You can start now by spreading the word and reposting this in your own journal.

VOTE NO ON PROP 8!!!  

Sonya…

I have fallen into a cycle never ending

I dare hope you will not tear my world apart

If I had the powers to impress you

I’d use them all to win your heart

Yet in fate’s mirrors I see only my reflection

You are never there by my side

And if only you’d let me bare my soul to you

There would be nothing I would hide

These words of love are not merely hollowed echoes

They are the cries of a soul lost in the dark

Won’t you shine your light on me and save me

My Aphrodite, my Joan of Arch

This may seem the silliest of fixtures

A fool’s game of cat-and-mouse

 I know that I do not deserve you

But I cannot control the love that you arouse

Forgive me, my dear Sonya

If in vainly I have troubled your gentle heart

But I simply had to write this letter

For I have loved you from the start

Dolokhov

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Title: Let Dawn Be Our Witness

Author: Alley_Skywalker

Fandom: A Hero Of Our Time

Paring: One-sided Grushnitski/Pechorin (implied), Grushnitski/Mary (alluded to)

Timeframe: Pre-duel night

Rating: PG

Warnings: slash

Summary: Grushnitski is restless the night before his duel with Pechorin and ends up musing about the factors that have brought him to this turning point in his life. Implied slash.

Where were you when the world stopped turning that September day
Out in the yard with your wife and children
Working on some stage in LA
Did you stand there in shock at the site of
That black smoke rising against that blue sky
Did you shout out in anger
In fear for your neighbor
Or did you just sit down and cry

Did you weep for the children
Who lost their dear loved ones
And pray for the ones who don't know
Did you rejoice for the people who walked from the rubble
And sob for the ones left below

Did you burst out in pride
For the red white and blue
The heroes who died just doing what they do
Did you look up to heaven for some kind of answer
And look at yourself to what really matters

I'm just a singer of simple songs
I'm not a real political man
I watch CNN but I'm not sure I can tell you
The difference in Iraq and Iran
But I know Jesus and I talk to God
And I remember this from when I was young
Faith hope and love are some good things he gave us
And the greatest is love

Where were you when the world stopped turning that September day
Teaching a class full of innocent children
Driving down some cold interstate
Did you feel guilty cause you're a survivor
In a crowded room did you feel alone
Did you call up your mother and tell her you love her
Did you dust off that bible at home
Did you open your eyes and hope it never happened
Close your eyes and not go to sleep
Did you notice the sunset the first time in ages
Speak with some stranger on the street
Did you lay down at night and think of tomorrow
Go out and buy you a gun
Did you turn off that violent old movie you're watching
And turn on "I Love Lucy" reruns
Did you go to a church and hold hands with some stranger
Stand in line and give your own blood
Did you just stay home and cling tight to your family
Thank God you had somebody to love

I'm just a singer of simple songs
I'm not a real political man
I watch CNN but I'm not sure I can tell you
The difference in Iraq and Iran
But I know Jesus and I talk to God
And I remember this from when I was young
Faith hope and love are some good things he gave us
And the greatest is love

I'm just a singer of simple songs
I'm not a real political man
I watch CNN but I'm not sure I can tell you
The difference in Iraq and Iran
But I know Jesus and I talk to God
And I remember this from when I was young
Faith hope and love are some good things he gave us
And the greatest is love

The greatest is love
The greatest is love

Where were you when the world stopped turning that September day

("Where Were You When The World Stopped Turning" -- Alan Jackson) 



We are UNITED!
We are STRONG!
We can conquer ANYTHING!

Land of the FREE!
Home of the BRAVE!

Ehem...so my journal entries are currently abiding on my laptop and I am to lazy to get them onto this comp to post them.
I do however have a little surprised for any who are reading. The thing is...I watched Pearl Harbor for the first time a few day ago and I totaly fell in love with it! I honestly don't understand why poeple don't like it. 

Anyways...therefore was born this crossover idea!


Title: A Whole New Dimension
Author: Alley Skywalker 
Genre: Action/Adventure, Drama, Angst, Romance, Humor...basicaly an All Around!
Characters: Anakin, Obi-Wan, Danny, Rafe. Others such as Padme, Sabe, and Palpy are bound to show up too.
Timeframe: Star Wars -- CW, very close to ROTS. Pearl Harbor -- After the raid in Tokyo, they've crash landed in China.
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Possible slash (depending on whether I keep this the same as the original or tweek it)
Summary: When Danny and Rafe are transported to a Galaxy Far Far Away they will embark on an adventure for which they were not one bit prepared and may end up changing the fate of a whole galaxy.
Notes: I’ve yet to watch "Pearl Harbor" in its original as the version I watched was in Russian. Therefore, I realize that the dialogue in one of the beginning scene that recaps a movie scene may not be completely purely canon. So here I will beg AU element as the fic will end up (rather obviously) AU for both fandoms. I hope you all enjoy this and have as much reading it as I have writing it. Please comment for its always nice to hear from the readers :)

PS: A formatting note -- /.../ indicates communication through a Force bond.

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We chose a new pres in GSA yesterday for next year since dear Tommy is ditching us (AKA graduating).

Went to see pirates for the third time today with two friends (Carly’s 2^nd time seeing it, Mamigi’s first). I still love it! Can’t wait to get it on DVD. Maybe when I go to Russia this summer I can get a bootleg. *smirk*

Yearbook distribution is tomorrow! Oooh, also guess what? I have TWO tests tomorrow. Did I study? NO! Seriously, and this is the girl who got a award for a 4.0 or higher. Great, I’m SO dead. Damn it,

Oh more bad news? Plenty! We got our packets for US History AP next year (summer hw) and its two books and the first 5 freakin’ chaps of out text book (plus packet w/ questions. Of, seeing as how I also have a packet on two books for English AP…seriously, I’m sure there is something in the constitution that forbids cruel and unusual punishment. Seriously, what’s the use of summer vacation if we technically don’t GET A F*CKING vacation?!?!?!?!? Agh! Can they possibly come up with more ways to torture us? You know I WAS going to study for SATs. How the hell is that gonna happen now?

Honestly when I first got the packet from Beck and red the “letter” stapled to the front (little bastard, at least Ropes “welcomed” us in person) I seriously couldn’t believe what I was reading…I mean I’d heard rumors but…I mean it was just so crushing that no reaction came naturally. I mean actually had to think about how I should react. SO not happy!

Bitches…f*ck I hate them.

Oh and you wanna know what makes it worse? Like 90 percent of my friends don’t have to deal with ANY OF THIS CRAP! So while they’re all waiting for summer to come b/c then they don’t have to do ANYTHING what do I have to look forward to now? What changes for me now?

You know all this summer is going to mean is that Tommy will be gone…

One word: Depressing.

Less that 3 weeks of school left! YAY! …sort of… So many ppl that I know are graduating…it’s gonna be really sad. These ppl happen to include my favorite gay boy – yes I mean Tommy.

Anyways, I’ll try to go in order as I usually do when I have these long catch up updates.

Not much had happened actually during the first part of May, nothing memorable enough for me to remember anyways. However lately has been very exciting.

I went to see Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End when it first came out on Thursday, first showing! My first time at any kind of premiere for a film. I was in all black with a black scarf which had white skulls on it. Pretty sweet! It would be AMAZING to have gone to the Disneyland Red Carpet premier but by the time I found out they were selling tickets it was all sold out (typical) and then they cost WAY too much. I mean, O don’t have that kind of money and I doubt my mother would have agreed to pay for them. *sigh*

This is the initial review that I had posted at one of the POTC boards that I hang out at.

Now this review is no where near – complete I guess you could say – more like an “at a glance” review. I’ve come to terms with most issues that I had earlier on by now, though not all, and some of the latest 411 revealed about the Curse of the FD Captaincy has made me feel so much better and has overall improved my opinion of the movie. For anyone who hasn’t seen it – STAY AFTER CREDITS. It’s so very sweet, believe me.

I went to see Pirates again on Friday with a friend. We both squealed over Willie and it was just so much fun!

Saturday was also great. I went to a Star Wars con – and not JUST a con but C4! Sadly, I only got one day But even THAT was great, I can just imagine what it is like for those who get the full Celebration experience. 

My grandma from my dad’s side, my aunt, and cousin flew in from Moscow on Saturday as well. Exciting…but not necessarily in a good sense. Now I don’t mind my aunt but my cousin (he’s a little over three years younger than I) is bratty and annoying and I never former a very grandmother/granddaughter relationship with my dad’s mother. She’s…frustrating, lets just call it that. My mom doesn’t like her ether, and my dad has terrible relationship with his family…so yea I guess I get my attitude from the ‘rents. So when mom and I were driving back from C4 we didn’t really wanna go home to the relatives so we stopped at Natasha’s house (she’s my moms BFF, she like an aunt to me) and hung out there for an hour. Then we went driving around tow while listening to a CD I found in the car (a burned copy of one of my kinda-good CDs) and singing along, with the volume turned up really high, Lol. Ok, so our intentions might have not been too nice but hey at least I got some bonding time with my mom. We were laughing all the time about our reluctance to go home. Lol.

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We have Star Testing this week at school. Its actually a pretty good, the day seems shorter.

I went to the Ventura College Fair tonight…I kinda find it depressing. So many good colleges and I’m so afraid of not getting into the ones I find “worthwhile”  (UCSB, UCLA, USC, etc). Funny how easily your dreams fall apart as reality starts to set in. You suddenly understand that things aren’t the way you though them to be once. You open your eyes to a reality that is so devastatingly different and it hurts.

We went on a Boston-New York trip with my class back in 6^th grade. They took us onto the Harvard campus. I remember the though going through my head, “Wow…wouldn’t it be awesome if I went here one day?” It was only a wish even then but college seemed so far away and I knew so little of the requirements that it was almost close enough to be reached. At that time “A”s came with astonishing ease…I was on my way there.

That pathetic dream fall apart by 8^th grade. By the time I went to High School UCLA was the most I could dream of. And yet, that was reachable. By the end of Freshman year…I had doubts. This year? I’m desperately clinging to my hope of UCSB. My pride and upbringing will not allow me to think that I could go to a lower rated university. And yet I fear just that.

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Well I am sweet 16 today! Yay! Lol. Kinda funny though, I don't feel much older.

Had a little nice family "party" tonight, Cake, champaigne, the whole deel! 

Practically didn't go to school today, that was funny. I was really only there for 2 periods. Well technically 4 but I went out on school buisness and my friend and I stopped to eat at this awesome Chinese place...yum!

Too bad they don't have a mood called "tipsy" because I think I am just tht now. Though I'm down from the hyper state I was in earlier. Lol. 

I'm around 250 bucks richer with a promise from mom to take me to Celebration 4. Yay! Hmmm...it'sn not even 11 yet but it feels much later though...hmmm I think I'll do those invites tomorrow.

I'm gonna get some of the girls over on Saturday for a bit of a party. I wish I could include Tommy, I feel kinda bad leaving him out since we're rather close but I figured...eh, he'll get over it. lol. 

I have a gigantic birthday baloon floating in my room. It's pretty cool actually The roses are next to my computer...mmm..they smell nice, really. 

What do you think? Should I have more cake before going to bed? I know I know I shouldn't. Eh, to bad, I'ms still hungry! 

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Well, well, well. Since I love to throw my fics out there...I think I'm gonna start posting some of my fics here :) My slashy Obi/Ani ones will go to Ewan_Hayden though. The rest will find a place for themselves here :)

So w/o further adue...

Title: Facades
Author: Alley_Skywalker
Genre: Drama, Romance, Humor (of a sort), Angst, Action (sorta)
Characters: Staring: Anakin and Obi-Wan
Supporting: Qui-Gon, Palpatine, Padme, Siri, Shmi, Garen, Bant, Tru, Darra
Minor: Yoda, Mace, Maul, Grievous, Bruck, Ventress, Xanatos, Dooku, Quinlan, Aayla, Barriss, Bail, Ferus, OCs, a bunch of other people
Summary: Can you imagine all the SW characters in high School? What would everyone’s lives be like then?  
Notes: This is probably one of the most radical SW AUs you’ll ever read. A thing to remember is that there is NO significant age gap between Ani and Obi, they are both in their Junior year of HS as of the start of this fic. Also for characters of other species, such as Maul, Yoda, and GG, some changes had to be made to fit them into our world.