Looking for Betas for Ron/Harry fics

[icarus]

Hi there! I'm looking for someone who'd like to Beta read two Harry/Ron fics:

- Special Delivery. NC-17, written for Mad Martha's 'Circles of Power' universe. A bed is delivered and tried out.

- At Fauntleroy And Diagon Alley. PG-13. Ron teaches Harry about Gaydar.

Any takers? *Looks around hopefully.*

Comments

*raises hand*

[tboy.livejournal.com]

If my input would be helpful at all...?

Re: *raises hand*

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Happy New Year!!!

(in Aussie-dom)

All right!!!

Take two, they're small? I think they're about 4 pages each.

Oh, hey, here's a New Year's gift: wildernessguru has agreed to pose for another 'up-close-and-personal' below the waist portrait -- this time in his full glory. He was very amused that I showed you that portrait (shhhh. I haven't admitted how many people have seen, though knowing him, he'll laugh).

Icarus

Re: *raises hand*

[tboy.livejournal.com]

For one of wildernessguru's inestimable portraits, I will indeed take two *g*.

Happy New Year

backatcha *g*.

Re: *raises hand*

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Send it to tboy_xxx @ yahoo.com.au, right? Thought I should check, since knowing our luck I'll email to your boss or kids or something (though your girls sound cool - though leftover Chinese breakfast is meant to be served cold. From the container. With a fork.).

The Guru will be eager once he knows who it's for. He still gloats over your reaction to his pretty pictures.

Yeah. Very much like Col. Jack O'Neil. Hmm.

- Gun fetish. Check.
- Militaresque background. Check.
- Sarcasm. Check.
- Foul mouth. Check.
- Rather inarticulate, but somehow pithy. Check.
- Smart but not exceptionally well-educated or cultured. Check.
- Suprising taste in music. Check.
- Over-protective to the point of motherly. Check.
- Softie under a rough exterior. Check.
- Crudeness (loud farts, etc.). Check.
- Multicoloured sexual orientation. Che -

-- well, in my fantasies anyway. Especially after *that* story.

Icarus *g*

Re: *raises hand*

[tboy.livejournal.com]

That's *exactly* how Chinese breakfast is meant to be. I had congealed Honey Chicken, it was divine.

He still gloats over your reaction to his pretty pictures.

Well, give him something more to gloat over then, the greedy thing ;-) (irony is lost on me, honestly *rolls eyes* ) *g*.

Yes, email addy correct. Send away. :-)

Re: *raises hand*

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

By-the-way, I want to let you know how much I LOVED the SG-1 fic you recommended. So here's the review I wrote the author today:

"Dear Anais,

I have laughed my ass off for three days. Dr Jackon's steamy, semi-neurotic ramblings, outrageous sex drive and intelligent, snarky asides at everyone (including himself) are absolutely delightful. THING is hysterical, and the Destruction Envy woke my entire household.

Your characterisations are spot-on. I loved your inarticulate brain/mouth connection-severed Dr Daniel Jackson (over-qualified Sex Toy -- ha!) with caffeine/sugar/sex addiction and sloppy house-keeping. Yeah, someone complained about a literate friend of mine that "What a mess! Your books are always piled all over the place!" -- "Yeah!" he said. "That's because I *read* them!" Ah, and the dead fish. Though I still shudder in horror at the cat's taste test on Daniel's ass, and what might have happened to -- no! Augh. The turkey. (You sick bastard, I couldn't Stop visualising it!)

Jack O'Neil is soooo easy to screw up in slash and you didn't. He was just -- it was him. To a 'T.' Opera and Shakespeare, bad moods, farting and maudlin over-protectiveness. Yeah, that's him all right. The mom-stamp is deeply engrained.

Everyone else was done well, too. (Aztec god. Chortle. Teal'c and Elvis. Snicker.) Oh god, the one liners alone! "Teal'c just told me Elvis is dead and he seems upset about it." lololololololololol The childish humour, the loooooooong infirmary recovery-times and believable yet still slapstick off-world experiences.

Hahahahahahah! I can still see Daniel chasing that bar of soap in the rainforest river!

And the sex. Oooooo... the sex. I want a copy of that Halloween video, because my version is still playing in my head and I'd like to verify it for accuracy. Or something. And if we get caught in a time-loop I have a stack of 200 singles to stuff in Daniel's pants. Er. If what he was wearing could be called that. Congratulations on writing really lousy sex, too.

I loved every minute of it.

Yours forever,
Icarus"

:D :D :D :D

I didn't mention that I also mauled wildernessguru. The Guru is an interesting combination. In addition to the cross-dressing, his personality is strikingly like Col. Jack O'Neil (only he was a fire-fighter instead of in the military. And no Opera -- Tangerine Dream instead). <3 <3 <3 <3

Icarus

Re: *raises hand*

[tboy.livejournal.com]

*falls off chair*

Oh Good God, I just had a picture of O'Neill cross dressing, and it certainly wasn't pretty (unlike the elegant wildernessguru *sigh*) ;-).

Oh, what a nice way to start of Anais' New Year - if she doesn't crack open some champagne at that fb, there's something wrong *g*.

So glad you enjoyed it. Of course, now I'll have to go back and re-read it, you know this, right? Oh, and thanks to you, I spent about 48 hours reading nothing but Daniel fics. Some good, some bad, but all geeky *slurp*.

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[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Uh. He does crossdress in it, but this is not a good thing. Even by Daniel's most charitable standards, he does not have the legs for it.

:D

I'm rereading it. It's that much fun. Did you find any memorably good Daniel/Jack fics? *hopeful look -- I found a lot of stuff that was just dreadful.*

Icarus

If you're still accepting...

[puchuupoet.livejournal.com]

If you still need/want a beta, I'm available. I *think* you have my email, but if not, dirtyangel299@lycos.com

And Ron/Harry and Gaydar? I can't wait :p

Re: If you're still accepting...

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Hi, tboy got it first (ding, ding, ding). She beta'd 'Sex, Drugs and Death Eater Rock' earlier in the year. But if you want to take a crack at 'At Fauntleroy and Diagon Alley' I'm sure she wouldn't mind.

Just let me know. Otherwise I'll keep you in mind for other stories. I've a Percy/Lucius slow-build romantic story (I've never written such an animal) in the works.

Icarus

Re: If you're still accepting...

[puchuupoet.livejournal.com]

As long as it's okay with the two of you, I'm still interested ^^

Re: If you're still accepting...

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Actually, it feels kind of done as it is. It's one of those fics that got circulated before it was beta'd. But I have that Percy/Lucius in the works if you're interested. It's a gift-fic for dphearson.

Icarus

Re: If you're still accepting...

[puchuupoet.livejournal.com]

I'm interested ^^

Re: If you're still accepting...

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Deal! I'll send it to us once it's done. I'm thinking probably a week.

Icarus

[anuanu.livejournal.com]

I'll offer too. anubeta@lycos.com

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

tboy already volunteered. But I have another fic if you're still interested -?

Icarus

[anuanu.livejournal.com]

Sure!

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

I apologise, I'm a little behind the 8-ball this week. Snow, school just started, you know how it is. I'm sending it off now.

Icarus

[anuanu.livejournal.com]

Will await it eagerly - thanks!

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Hi Anu, I just sent it. I also just read 'Putting On The Ritz.' It was a lot of fun! I tried to leave feedback but got bombarded with pop-ups and had to shut down.

*g*

Icarus

[anuanu.livejournal.com]

Eeek. Sorry. Sometimes m'site is a b*tch. I have email and LJ, so it's fine if you can't get to the darn free N54 board. *kicks*

I'm glad you liked it. I'm positively glowing now that one of mah heroes has read a fic of mine and enjoyed it. *glow*

[emeraldjay.livejournal.com]

Where would I be without the lovely Icarus to entertain me? (-: I would love to beta for you, apart from Draco/Ron, Harry/Ron is my favorite pairing.

Can't wait to see the new art you have coming. Hmmm, something just doesn't sound quite right, but I'll let it be.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Hi, thank you! tboy grabbed these already, but I will definitely keep your name in mind for more Harry/Ron (and Ron/Draco), because there's no doubt I'll do more of them.

Icarus

[thywillbedone.livejournal.com]

God, I love those two fics...

Hope you had a very Happy New Year! *hugs*

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

I did, thank you.

They'll be going up soon. I needed to add more context to Special Delivery for people who hadn't read 'Circles of Power' yet.

Icarus

[yumrecs.livejournal.com]

Baby, you've been recced. ::Snogs::

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Holy cow! Thank you! Those old Lord of the Rings fics, long forgotten. My favourite is still that morning after piece, Cold Coffee & Crumpets.

Oh, kick ass. Have you been following billthepony's The Making of Samwise? Wow.

Icarus