NOT A MEME POST. WOW.

 OK, I had better apologize in advance for this post, because I have been drinking wine out of my Autobot Pimp Cup for the past few hours, and this post may not make complete sense. But it's Saturday night and I'm bored on the internet, and I realized there were things that needed posting about that were not meme related, so. Yeah.

Point the First - Alpha fics, yatta! Oh my god, you guys, there was SO MUCH good stuff written for this fest this year, I can't even. I still need to go back through and kudos-review all the things. 

I wrote One of Their Own for thesecondbatgirl because we're ridiculous people. It's rare that I say this, given that my self-esteem is generally less than stellar, but I am actually proud of this fic. And hey, if I had to watch the same three episodes of Goseiger on repeat for the sake of writing it, it was still a worthwhile venture. 

I received TWO fics, woohoo!

First, Mistel Me What You're Thinking by Revieloutionne who...I don't THINK has a DW otherwise I'd be linking him right now? IDK. This is one of those wonderful situations in which I prompt the thing, I don't expect anyone will actually write the thing, someone DOES write the thing, and it's WAY BETTER THAN I EXPECTED IT TO BE. Seriously, I can't say enough good things about this fic. It has it all. Gia and Jake having an awesome bromance! Prank wars! Troy backstory! Troy having an angst! How often does a fic inspire both laughter and wibbling? I rec the FUCK out of this fic, it is AWESOME. 

And second, Something Fishy This Way Comes by queenriley , in which so many of my favorite things happen, let me count the ways. 1, Billy showing up in seasons where he ought not be. 2, there is FINALLY FIC ABOUT BOTH BILLY AND ANTONIO BEING AFRAID OF FISH, 3, he still makes Antonio eat sushi but he is SO MUCH NICER about it than Ji was in canon, 4, Billy totally knows what motivates Antonio and tells him to DO IT FOR JAYDEN. I am so happy this fic is a thing. 

And even though these were not fics for me, I'd be remiss if I didn't give a bonus rec to Private Lessons by tptigger , which is the Rocky and Justin friendship backstory I've always wanted but was too lazy to write myself, and The Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship by queenriley , which is far and away THE BEST social worker!Rocky fic I have ever read. 

I swear, this fest gets better every year. <3

Point the second, I have plane tickets now, so I am officially going to visit thesecondbatgirl for couchcon again! Huzzah! I can't wait for another extended weekend of hanging out with awesome fandom people, watching ridiculous amounts of toku, writing fic and making my liver hate me. <3 <3 <3

Topic Meme: Day 12

 So, tsukino_akume requested a general headcanon ramble post. Which...normally would not be that much of a problem, except for the fact that I've already covered a lot of my major headcanons in other posts this month. Oops? So I'm just going to go ahead and post some random bits and pieces here, and if anyone's curious about my thoughts on anything else, feel free to ask in the comments. 

( Some of this might also have been posted about in other places before )

Tomorrow's post is on the train wreck pairing that is Ji and Jayden's dad, as requested by punkpinkpower . And Day 14's post will be on Transformers vs. sentient Zords, as requested by angel_negra , whose thought process gets two thumbs up.