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It's less than 5 hours till Yuletide goes live. I'm seriously considering, if I wake up early, just reading stories till everyone else gets up. Almost a thousand stories, not bad. I keep looking at the requested fandoms list and getting really excited. It is a great thing, Yuletide. Even though at least two thirds of them aren't going to be written, and the rest MIGHT NOT be that perfect Character X/Character Y story I've had semi-plotted in my head for a few years. Anyway. We'll be able to read the requests tomorrow as well, I think. I like the requests, because - fic is great, but people sometimes write it because someone asked them to, or for a challenge, or 'to experiment'. But when someone requests a fic, it's because they really want it, and you know someone out there loves a fandom and maybe a character and a pairing like you do. Even if not exactly like you do. I don't know. It's nice. And you can idly plot out a request idea, instead of someone else doing it for you.

Then of course there's the story being written for me. And seeing how mine gets recieved. First-timer's nerves, yay!

I also watched the first episode of Dexter yesterday. It was a more gruesome than I was expecting, and a lot colder. I was expecting something a bit more darkly comic, I think, like watching Our Hero living a slightly clueless life by day, and then going out killing at night, laughing slightly at all the people who REALLY pick the wrong person to argue with. A bit like Johnny the Homicidal Maniac. I think I prefer my fictional killers emotionlly unstable to emotionless, but it was good. I liked Dexter getting turned on by the other serial killer. And the way I kept HATING ON Dokes for being mean to Dexter, before realising actually, he's right. In a way that's one of the most chilling things about the setup, he way Dexter can't even feel anything as personal as dislike. It is good though. Maybe not festive watching. I'll probably watch out the end of the series, to see where it's going. Which I'm told is somewhere amazing.

Merry Christmas. Again.

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Date: 2006-12-25 12:49 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] soupytwist.livejournal.com
Four hours to go! Sadly, I am considering staying up TO READ stories. *flails at own foolishness*

I hear you on the first-timers nerves. Good luck! *hugs*

oh, and: HAPPY CHRISTMAS. :D

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Date: 2006-12-25 12:51 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] merriman.livejournal.com
Last year I read stories all morning long and all day the 26th. Yuletide's so much fun. 975 stories last I looked. So much to read!

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Date: 2006-12-25 02:16 am (UTC)
jekesta: Houlihan with her hat and mask. (Default)
From: [personal profile] jekesta
It's scaring me a bit how much more excited I am about yuletide than about ALMOST EVERYTHING ELSE TO DO WITH CHRISTMAS. OH GOD but fandom wins.

::DANCES YOU CHRISTMAS:
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