so the week that is forthcoming

Eurovision on Sunday morning. Best fun ever going around to a friend's house (5 mins drive at 5am, apparently there was broken bottle glass on the driveway thanks to drunk teenagers we heard rousting on Saturday night and, honestly, we have a cop who lives two doors down. Unless it was his daughter.)

But. Eurovision was completely hilariously awesome, from Belgium's disco opening "What's the Pressure?", down to "Love Love Peace Peace" which is the most meta-y delightful thing ever. My sister howled with laughter watching it, and we're not even Eurovision die-hards!

( hockey ramblings about the team and coaching )

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Today, I had to disappoint someone - tell them I wasn't going in with them on something big. I angsted about it for most of the weekend - lots and lots and lots of angst. It was nerve wracking, but they ended up being good about it. Thankfully. Because the other thing that's a problem right now is my health which is stressful enough.

( health, tooth, operation on Wednesday )

Finally, the Maria Hill Comment Fest is up and going! If you have any love for Maria (in any universe, any incarnation) then please come along, prompt, and fill! (I'm going to need something to keep my mind off the pain after Wednesday.)

Maria Hill Fic Fest

LiveJournal | DreamWidth

Welcome to the Maria Hill Comment Fic Fest - a chance to write a bunch of ficlets about the woman who single-handedly rescued Captain America, the Black Widow, and the Falcon from death at the hands of HYDRA with nothing more than her brains, a stun-wand, a laser-cutter, and balls of pure titanium.

Instructions
1. Leave a comment containing a prompt, scenario, or quotation to inspire someone else. If you want to leave characters or pairings in addition to Maria, then add them in!

eg.
Maria & T'Challa, understanding and responsibility
Maria, gen, We are made to persist. That's how we find out who we are. (Tobias Wolff)
Maria/Steve, sex in uniform up against a wall where there's the fear of discovery

2. Pick a prompt. Write a drabble (100 words exactly), ficlet, fic, novella, or GRAND EPIC TALE about Maria from that prompt.

3. Post it/link it to the comment-fest, putting the title/character/pairing/rating in the subject line.

eg.
MCU: "Killing In The Name Of" by Tielan - Maria & Natasha, R (violence)
Ultimates: "If It Wasn't For Those Damned Kids" by SelDear - Maria, G
Comics: "UnPleasant Hill" - Maria/Steve by SueLinley, PG-13

4. Do it all over again!

Any incarnation of Maria is okay, any pairing/threesome/moresome with her in it, any additional characters - so long as the story is about her!

There are no deadlines, no requirements to leave prompts or to fill, and no pressure to perform! (Although I hope many people will - more Maria love is always needed throughout fandom b/c she is freaking AWESOME.)

There will be two posts where prompts can be left - LiveJournal and DreamWidth - and anonymous commenting is allowed and unscreened on the Fic Fest post so anyone can post a prompt or link to a fill! If there are enough fics, I might start an AO3 collection if there are enough fics for it on AO3.


Promotion

Cut and paste the following code into your LJ/DW post to promote the Fic-fest.

<center><a href=><img src=https://66.media.tumblr.com/7b5f343e18c3cb9479522784a906c011/tumblr_o77xs19GAJ1rb7sx5o3_500.jpg></a></center> <p><center><font size=+2>Maria Hill Fic Fest!</font></center> <p><center>I feel like there needs to be more fic about the woman who single-handedly rescued Captain America, the Black Widow, and the Falcon from death at the hands of HYDRA with nothing more than her brains, a stun-wand, a laser-cutter, and balls of titanium, so I'm running the May 2016 Maria Hill Fic Fest!</center>

or

<center><a href=><img src=https://67.media.tumblr.com/79a5c656a0b45fe488bb2794adda1206/tumblr_o77xs19GAJ1rb7sx5o1_500.jpg></a></center> <p><center><font size=+2>Maria Hill Fic Fest!</font></center> <p><center>I feel like there needs to be more fic about the woman who single-handedly rescued Captain America, the Black Widow, and the Falcon from death at the hands of HYDRA with nothing more than her brains, a stun-wand, a laser-cutter, and balls of titanium, so I'm running the May 2016 Maria Hill Fic Fest!</center>

Come and play!

NB: I vaguely based this off the Porn Battle, as well as the various other prompt-fests out there.

health

I think the thing that terrifies me most about the tooth extraction on Wednesday is: what if it's not the tooth?

What if the swelling in the hand and foot, and the grinding in the neck aren't related?

What if it's something else and taking the tooth out doesn't fix it?