Diamond Bright

Two students, an alumni, and the Fremen teacher...

The Characters:

( Look who's talking! You think the paperboy likes you just because he rides by your front door every morning! )


( And Surreal. The girl child who had been forged into a warrior by pain and blood and fear. Never like a daughter, but always a friend. Someone who could accept what couldn't be made whole. )


( There is another difference between us. You were never Fremen. I am nothing else. )


( I wasn't trained by the mighty Professor Xavier. I didn't grow up using my powers only for good. I used them for me. They were a way of life. Without them, it's like being in a sensory deprivation tank. I feel deaf, dumb and blind. )


The Non-Fictional
( The Girl )

So, as anyone who has had to listen to me flail for the past - oh, six months - is aware, I have been house-hunting, and today I finally close on a place after many shenanigans.

Since I have wonderful co-teachers to help me out, classes will continue to be posted on time, but my personal availability may be sparse for the next few weeks while I try to move two people and a cat from the apartment we've been in for years across town. There's no internet at the new place yet, but I'm still available via email/gchat/text if there's something I need to pay attention to. This of course applies to icecoldfrost, dojima_hime, atreideslioness, ofthe_wilds, and harpy_daughter.

Shut up, Len, I do not have a type.

Now I'm off to lecture people about the importance of Barbara Gordon as a pop culture and feminist icon before I leave work early and sign my soul away for a set of keys. WISH ME LUCK.

And so begins the start of my convention season! In a few hours, I'm hopping a plane to C2E2 in Chicago, where I shall hunt down a mouthy_merc and a sake_shinigami at some point to make the city quake in fear.

I'll be back on Tuesday, but until then icecoldfrost, gorka_wolf and atreideslioness are around but quiet. I'll try to ping into class, but I have no idea if it will be on time or not.

Wish me luck, and I will try not to fall in the green river or heckle too loudly during the Marvel panels...

I'm not late, I deliberately waited so Tracy could have more infopost LOVE, because you know she likes it.

One teacher, two students, and two alumni. And don't listen to anyone that tells you that I have a type. They are lying liars that lie.



The Teacher: Ghanima Atreides, Princess Royal of the House of Atreus.
PB: Jessica Brooks
Children of Dune Miniseries, Post-Canon. Spotlight on Fandom is here.
( He stared at Ghanima. Her eyes, they way they danced when she spoke! The movement fascinated him. Those deep blue, steady, demanding, measuring eyes. )


The Telepath: Emma Grace Frost
PB: Jessica Stam
X-Men/Generation X, Pre-Canon.
Please go here to let me know if Ems could read your character
( I wasn't trained by the mighty Professor Xavier. I didn't grow up using my powers only for good. I used them for me. They were a way of life. Without them, it's like being in a sensory deprivation tank. I feel deaf, dumb and blind. )


The Reckless Wolf: Makita of Nokgorka
PB: Rachel Leigh Cook
The Red Star, post "Run Makita Run," pre "Nokgorka." Detailed infopost is here.
( See that cannon they've mounted to take you out? Keep watching it....Red Fleet grenades. Always liked them! )


The Witch Hunter Alumni: Dōjima Yurika
PB: Gemma Ward
Witch Hunter Robin, Pre-Canon
You can find the detailed write-up here, and the Fandom Spotlight here.
( Tell me THIS Dojima! Why is it normally you're barely able to drag yourself to work everyday and yet you manage to pull twelve hour shifts at this place? )


The Alien Princess Alumni: Anemone
PB: Emilie Autumn
Psalm of Planets Eureka SeveN, Post-Canon
( You don't know? You're right; you don't know anything. You don't know why it is I fight or what's going to happen to me if I fail. )



The Player (Not Dirty)
( You fuckers after after my Lucky Charms. )



Pie?

So, some of you may have noticed that Emma had an accident today. And is currently very very shiny, and mildly annoyed/bemused by the whole thing. She will be attending class like this, as she is stuck for the duration due to psychological trauma she suffered during the BDE.

So, what does this mean for Emma and your characters? It means she's got a whole new bag of tricks, although it's going to take her some time to master them.

( A kiss on the hand may be quite continental // But diamonds are a girl's best friend... )


Emma will be changing back to her normal, fleshy-self on early Tuesday morning, but after that she's going to be unable to control her shifting. If she's startled or gets extremely upset, her body is going to automatically shift to diamond to protect her. It's her best physical defense and prevents her from dealing with messy messy emotions, so her subconscious is going to be reacting to keep her safe. Don't be surprised if she shows up to class shiny when she's having a bad day.

And if you stare, she may use her mutant power of biting sarcasm.

Once again, I shall miss newbie day, for I shall be in the clutches of my local convention, lecturing on copyright, young adult literature, and possibly heckling Klingons.

Once again, I am taking bets on how long I can hold out before beating the obsessive Twilight fans.

Wish me luck, and I should be around-ish in the late evenings and back completely on Sunday afternoon, assuming I'm not abducted by other librarians. They're SCARY.

This goes for icecoldfrost, gorka_wolf, atreideslioness, and death_of_hope, of course. The girls are around, just quiet, in case I do find internet at the hotel and steal someone's netbook.

Making more work for Tracy? You know it, darlings. I don't believe in bandwagons, I like throwing my own party.

Behold, the infopost! Meet the Pre-Born, the Telepath, the Chosen One, a Witch Hunter, and an Alien Princess. I don't have a type! Really!


The Teacher: Ghanima Atreides
Children of Dune Miniseries, Post-Canon. Spotlight on Fandom is here.

( There is another difference between us. You were never Fremen. I am nothing else. )


The Telepath: Emma Grace Frost
X-Men/Generation X, Pre-Canon.
Please go here to let me know if Ems could read your character

( 'Emma doesn't see things so black and white, and she'd just call herself Auntie Emma and tell you to get out of her way.' )


The Reckless Wolf: Makita of Nokgorka
The Red Star, post "Run Makita Run," pre "Nokgorka." Detailed infopost is here.

( She knew, those soldier's eyes of hers. After all we'd been through. Every throat she'd had to cut, every shot she'd had to make; just the beginning. She knew our greatest battle was still ahead of us, and she was going to make damned sure she was ready. )


The Witch Hunter Alumni: Dōjima Yurika
Witch Hunter Robin, Pre-Canon
You can find the detailed write-up here, and the Fandom Spotlight here.

( That's what Miss Dōjima said anyway, but I don't really trust her. I mean, come on, do you really expect me to believe a word that woman says? )

The Alien Princess Alumni: Anemone
Psalm of Planets Eureka SeveN, Post-Canon

( Do know the meaning behind the anemone flower? )


( The Girl )

I've got a woeful message on my phone from glacial_witch, asking me to inform people that she is still without internet. It went out Monday, came back briefly on Tuesday before fleeing once more, and has not been seen or heard from since.

If you have information pertaining to the whereabouts of her internets, please inform the proper authorities. Do not attempt to confront her internet on your own, as it has proven to be unpredictable. We now return you to your regularly scheduled flist.


...yes, I have sugar. Dun judge me.

The new girl gets her own post in her own journal, so you get updated bullet-points (and availability) for everyone else...

My type, let me show it to you: lacking in conventional morals, usually with a side of Bitchcakes and/or Violence.


The Teacher: Ghanima Atreides
Children of Dune Miniseries, Post-Canon. Spotlight on Fandom is here.
( But he stared at Ghanima. Her eyes, the way they danced when she spoke! The movement fascinated him. Those deep blue, steady, demanding, measuring eyes. )


The Alien Princess: Anemone
Psalm of Planets Eureka SeveN, Post-Canon.
( Tell me then, will you save me? Are you going to save me from this? )


The Telepath: Emma Grace Frost
X-Men/Generation X, Pre-Canon.
Please go here to let me know if Ems could read your character
( Of course I'm a threat. Why? Did you think for a moment that I wasn't? )


The Spy: Dōjima Yurika
Witch Hunter Robin, Pre-Canon.
Detailed write-up here, and the Fandom Spotlight here.
( Wow Chief! You look more worked up than usual. Does that mean you miss me? )


The Player
( Me? I'm just your friendly neighborhood Ahdari. )

I have no new kids this time around, so ya'll get the bullet-points. Mmmm...tasty bandwagon goodness! My type, let me show it to you: Usually blonde, sometimes slightly insane. Always lacking in conventional morals with a side of Bitchcakes and/or Violence.


The Teacher: Ghanima Atreides
Children of Dune Miniseries, Post-Canon.
Spotlight on Fandom is here.
( History is written on the sands of Arrakis )


The Alien Princess: Anemone
Psalm of Planets Eureka SeveN, Post-Canon.
( Don't cling to me desperately. )


The Telepath: Emma Grace Frost
X-Men/Generation X, Pre-Canon.
Please go here to let me know if Ems could read your character
( 'Emma doesn't see things so black and white, and she'd just call herself Auntie Emma and tell you to get out of her way.' )


The Alumni: Dōjima Yurika
Witch Hunter Robin, Pre-Canon.
You can find the detailed write-up here, and the Fandom Spotlight here.
( She's special. )


The Player
( The girl behind the curtain. )

The start of summer session II was my two-year anniversary at Fandom, and I have been informed that this makes me "old". Ya'll are WEIRD.