New fic and a rant
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sailorhathorTitle: She Just Wanted to Be Heard: Day 14, I Collect Seventh Days
Day 15: What Came Before
Day 16: Self-Portrait
Day 17: Double-sided Painting
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sailorhathor
Fandom: The Ring/Supernatural cross-over
Genre/Characters: Gen. Dean, Sam, and John Winchester (his appearance is very brief), Jessica Moore, Sam/Jess, Samara and Anna Morgan, Vanessa from "Rings," many OC's.
Chapters: 14-17 of 100
Rating: PG-13 for adult theme and language, and mention of past and present drug use.
Word Count: 14 - 3288, 15 - 5224, 16 - 2971, and 17 - 2989
Summary: Dean appears in everyone's dreams of Quinn's funeral. Does this mean he doesn't save them from Samara's curse in time? And why does he appear to be plotting something against Vanessa? Meanwhile, Sam and Jessica team up to figure out the identity of the artist in Sam's nightmare. Her paintings seem to have sinister paranormal powers. Set pre-series for SPN.
Warning: Contains spoilers for the entire Ringu and The Ring series.
Fanfic Challenges: Fits the following fanfic challenge prompts.
Day 14:
![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
50_darkfics: #14 Coffin/Buried
coclaim100: #14 Heart
varietypack100: #21 Friends
crossovers100: #88 He
Day 15:
50_darkfics: #15 Angry
coclaim100: #15 First Time
varietypack100: #24 Family
paranormal25: #73 Curse (paranormal100)
Day 16:
50_darkfics: #16 Evil
coclaim100: #16 Books
varietypack100: #89 Work
Day 17:
50_darkfics: #17 Fear
coclaim100: #17 Different
varietypack100: #26 Teammates
Missed some chapters? Start here:
The stories coming out of this Virginia Tech massacre are horrifying. I can't imagine being trapped in there with a gunman who's just shooting anyone he sees. I don't even want to know what that feels like. Students describing how he came in, shot some people, left, they tried to hold the door closed, the gunmen came back and started shooting through the door since he couldn't get in; that would just be terrifying!
The media really pisses me off in situations like this when they start asking dumbass questions. During the first press conference, I remember hearing one reporter ask why none of the students tried to overpower the gunman and save everyone. I wish someone had turned to him and smacked him one. These kids feel guilty enough for surviving; don't compound their feelings by making them think of stuff like that. For one thing, maybe someone did try it, but was shot before they could get close enough. Second, we're not talking about the guys of that flight who overpowered terrorists to keep them from crashing a plane into a building. Those men weren't facing guns, and they knew they were probably going to crash either way. The best thing they could do was to save other innocent people from the fate they were facing. They were grown men, too, who had lots of time to consider their decision. Most of the victims in this massacre were kids. I'm sure many of them thought they had bright futures ahead of them, and didn't want to sacrifice their lives when there was a good chance they could get out of this. A lot of people jumped out the window and escaped. About a dozen (?) people were shot and survived. So I'm sure most of what was going through these kids' heads was, "Oh shit, how do I get out of this alive?" This happened really fast. Many of these kids probably still take their laundry home to Mom. They haven't ever really been responsible for another life, so expecting them to act like a bunch of grown men who were in a totally different situation is just silly. This mentality that everyone must now act like the heroes of that flight (I've forgotten the number, oops) and run at a gunman to overpower him and save everyone is unrealistic; it's just not going to apply or even work in every situation. If someone had seen a clear chance, they might've done it. But why torture the poor kids with that kind of speculation? It makes me angry that anyone could even say that.
Third, why even ask the police chief that kind of question? How the hell is he supposed to know? If he could read minds, the massacre never would've happened in the first place, ya dumbshit insensitive jerk.
The other thing that the media is doing that is making me roll my eyes so hard I'm afraid they'll fall out of my head is going GAAASP over the creative writing this kid Cho wrote. (The gunman.) So far, we've heard about a script where a father and son go at each other with chainsaws, and another story where kids plot to get revenge on a teacher who molested them. Well run for the hills Ma Barker! Let's round up Tobe Hooper, Clive Barker, and Stephen King - they may go on a killing spree! While you're at it, you better confiscate my forks, because I've written stuff just as "shocking" in my stories. Of course the kid was disturbed - he stalked girls on campus and later went on a killing spree. But I sincerely hope this is not going to make any kid who writes something a little violent into a potential killer in the eyes of the authorities. For many, writing is an outlet that KEEPS them from going postal. Many killers never write a single violent story. The fact that Cho (I'm sorry, I can't remember offhand how to spell his last name) wrote some violent things and then acted out his darkest fantasy doesn't mean anyone who writes violent material will do the same thing. I just don't want people to go overboard about this. If everyone who ever had a violent thought acted those thoughts out, we'd all be maimed or dead. The media just has to blow everything out of proportion to make a better story. We should be paying more attention to what was in his "suicide note." Those are his real thoughts, not fiction.
This is a huge event, though. This kid knocked Charles Whitman and George Henard off the infamy totem pole. omFg. Where does it end?
Edit: My reaction to Cho's manifesto, which he mailed to NBC news before heading back to campus and murdering 32 people... O_O Holy shit. You know how I said that his actual thoughts were more revealing than anything he could have written in his little plays? Yeah... did you see those videos he made? What a fucking froot loop.
What confuses me the most is why did he include pictures of himself all smiling and happy with the menacing gun pictures? Did he think someone might want to put him on their Christmas card or something? Maybe he wanted to include some for his mom. This one's going to keep me up at night trying to figure it out...
Day 15: What Came Before
Day 16: Self-Portrait
Day 17: Double-sided Painting
Author:
sailorhathorFandom: The Ring/Supernatural cross-over
Genre/Characters: Gen. Dean, Sam, and John Winchester (his appearance is very brief), Jessica Moore, Sam/Jess, Samara and Anna Morgan, Vanessa from "Rings," many OC's.
Chapters: 14-17 of 100
Rating: PG-13 for adult theme and language, and mention of past and present drug use.
Word Count: 14 - 3288, 15 - 5224, 16 - 2971, and 17 - 2989
Summary: Dean appears in everyone's dreams of Quinn's funeral. Does this mean he doesn't save them from Samara's curse in time? And why does he appear to be plotting something against Vanessa? Meanwhile, Sam and Jessica team up to figure out the identity of the artist in Sam's nightmare. Her paintings seem to have sinister paranormal powers. Set pre-series for SPN.
Warning: Contains spoilers for the entire Ringu and The Ring series.
Fanfic Challenges: Fits the following fanfic challenge prompts.
Day 14:
50_darkfics: #14 Coffin/Buriedcoclaim100: #14 Heartvarietypack100: #21 Friendscrossovers100: #88 HeDay 15:
50_darkfics: #15 Angrycoclaim100: #15 First Timevarietypack100: #24 Familyparanormal25: #73 Curse (paranormal100)Day 16:
50_darkfics: #16 Evilcoclaim100: #16 Booksvarietypack100: #89 WorkDay 17:
50_darkfics: #17 Fearcoclaim100: #17 Differentvarietypack100: #26 TeammatesMissed some chapters? Start here:
The stories coming out of this Virginia Tech massacre are horrifying. I can't imagine being trapped in there with a gunman who's just shooting anyone he sees. I don't even want to know what that feels like. Students describing how he came in, shot some people, left, they tried to hold the door closed, the gunmen came back and started shooting through the door since he couldn't get in; that would just be terrifying!
The media really pisses me off in situations like this when they start asking dumbass questions. During the first press conference, I remember hearing one reporter ask why none of the students tried to overpower the gunman and save everyone. I wish someone had turned to him and smacked him one. These kids feel guilty enough for surviving; don't compound their feelings by making them think of stuff like that. For one thing, maybe someone did try it, but was shot before they could get close enough. Second, we're not talking about the guys of that flight who overpowered terrorists to keep them from crashing a plane into a building. Those men weren't facing guns, and they knew they were probably going to crash either way. The best thing they could do was to save other innocent people from the fate they were facing. They were grown men, too, who had lots of time to consider their decision. Most of the victims in this massacre were kids. I'm sure many of them thought they had bright futures ahead of them, and didn't want to sacrifice their lives when there was a good chance they could get out of this. A lot of people jumped out the window and escaped. About a dozen (?) people were shot and survived. So I'm sure most of what was going through these kids' heads was, "Oh shit, how do I get out of this alive?" This happened really fast. Many of these kids probably still take their laundry home to Mom. They haven't ever really been responsible for another life, so expecting them to act like a bunch of grown men who were in a totally different situation is just silly. This mentality that everyone must now act like the heroes of that flight (I've forgotten the number, oops) and run at a gunman to overpower him and save everyone is unrealistic; it's just not going to apply or even work in every situation. If someone had seen a clear chance, they might've done it. But why torture the poor kids with that kind of speculation? It makes me angry that anyone could even say that.
Third, why even ask the police chief that kind of question? How the hell is he supposed to know? If he could read minds, the massacre never would've happened in the first place, ya dumbshit insensitive jerk.
The other thing that the media is doing that is making me roll my eyes so hard I'm afraid they'll fall out of my head is going GAAASP over the creative writing this kid Cho wrote. (The gunman.) So far, we've heard about a script where a father and son go at each other with chainsaws, and another story where kids plot to get revenge on a teacher who molested them. Well run for the hills Ma Barker! Let's round up Tobe Hooper, Clive Barker, and Stephen King - they may go on a killing spree! While you're at it, you better confiscate my forks, because I've written stuff just as "shocking" in my stories. Of course the kid was disturbed - he stalked girls on campus and later went on a killing spree. But I sincerely hope this is not going to make any kid who writes something a little violent into a potential killer in the eyes of the authorities. For many, writing is an outlet that KEEPS them from going postal. Many killers never write a single violent story. The fact that Cho (I'm sorry, I can't remember offhand how to spell his last name) wrote some violent things and then acted out his darkest fantasy doesn't mean anyone who writes violent material will do the same thing. I just don't want people to go overboard about this. If everyone who ever had a violent thought acted those thoughts out, we'd all be maimed or dead. The media just has to blow everything out of proportion to make a better story. We should be paying more attention to what was in his "suicide note." Those are his real thoughts, not fiction.
This is a huge event, though. This kid knocked Charles Whitman and George Henard off the infamy totem pole. omFg. Where does it end?
Edit: My reaction to Cho's manifesto, which he mailed to NBC news before heading back to campus and murdering 32 people... O_O Holy shit. You know how I said that his actual thoughts were more revealing than anything he could have written in his little plays? Yeah... did you see those videos he made? What a fucking froot loop.
What confuses me the most is why did he include pictures of himself all smiling and happy with the menacing gun pictures? Did he think someone might want to put him on their Christmas card or something? Maybe he wanted to include some for his mom. This one's going to keep me up at night trying to figure it out...
