ATTN: KYM SHANK

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KYM!
Oh Kymmie, we love you
Oh Kymmie, hearts are true
When you're away from us, we're blue
Oh Kymmie, we love you!

Trying to finish Origins 16

I've just realized something. Well, it's got to do with POV and such. You know, I really do love Harry too. Not the way I love Draco, but I do love Harry. I love doing his POV because it's so honest and so earnest. There are things he doesn't know, or doesn't realize, or doesn't think about, but there are very few things he's afraid to confront in himself, or in others, and I really like that about him. I like writing that. I always want to give him a big hug and a snuggle.

So I've just realized, that I love Harry, but that this is the last bit of Harry POV in Origins. The last bit. This makes me very sad. I feel like I'm going to miss him.

But. I mean. I have another fic on the go, and it will start out entirely Harry. I think. But still. It makes me all sad. Goodbye, Harry.

Oh lord. It's starting again. You should have seen me when I finished Belong. I was so depressed. It's nice having a fic finished, but...I hate finishing a fic!! It's so sad!

*weeps*

*runs off to finish Origins 16*

Aidan Lynch, again

Unthinkable Thoughts, my my my. Well, since ff.net was down, and because, well, he needs one, I put up a website for Aidy Lynch. Mostly because I really love him. He is such a wubby. You can read Unthinkable Thoughts here (though I'm still formating the fic pages) and he promises me that I will get 16 before ff.net. Woohooo!

http://veela-inc.net/aidan

You can leave comments for him there as well, because I am addicted to adding java comments.

Administrative announcement

The Veela fanfic pages have been locked.

Yes, you heard me right. Locked. That is: me, lib, olympia, and p-z. Fic pages and fics locked down. If you click on a link to our fics, or from the splash page to the fanfic page, you will get a security box asking you to enter a username and password.

Sounds scary, don't it.

It's not.

The username and password are written on the popup. I can't tell you how much email I've gotten about this subject, and it's only been up for 45 minutes. You just type in the username and password that are listed on the box itself.

For reference, the username is veela and the password is over18.

Why are we doing this? A few reasons. Top of the list is: Google crawls and caches all webpages, including our fics. This means that because I mention certain key terms, it's fully possible for someone completely unsuspecting to type in these words into Google and end up staring at a page of my fic. That person might be a) too young to deal with it, b) too stupid to click that handy 'back' button on their browser if they find it offensive, or c) just a general idiot who wants to screw with me and cause a fuss. I have just moved us all over to a new domain and a new server, and I like the people who run it, so I don't want them getting hate mail for hosting us. (Not that I've ever gotten hate mail, but I'd rather not start.)

With the pages locked, google cannot crawl the fic pages themselves. They will crawl, say, my manifesto, our 'about' page, my glossary, our splash pages (ie, a search for Libertine Harry Potter Slash will still show up Lib's page), but there will be no direct links from google to our fics themselves. This also means that people will get a little jolt when they go in, and know that I'm taking this seriously. And they actually need to lie to me to read my fics if the're underage, and as far as I'm concerned that's their problem, not mine.

So, if/when you happen to amble over there, it's okay, really. The popup will happen, the popup is your friend.

Let me know if you have problems with it. I'm scared to say that, but do go ahead and let me know.