Best Two Out of Three

Of all the speeches given yesterday, this is actually the one I wanted most to put in my journal (in part because friends of mine have posted President Obama's Inaugural Address in theirs). I'm a little amused at myself that the speeches I'm posting are two of the three prayers. While looking this up I found that some people were offended by the bit near the end. I present that fact as information, and at the moment refrain from comment upon it.

( Rev. Lowery's benediction )

Diplomatic Relations (Vorkosiverse threesome, PG-13)

This was written for 3_ships. If anything in this cracky little tale is good, it's to the credit of dsudis and quietann, who gave me lots of resources.

Title: Diplomatic Relations
Recipient: Misura
Fandom: Vorkosiganverse
Characters: Ivan Vorpatril/OFC/OFC
One requested story element: conscious consent (to wit: Ivan saying 'yes' in full awareness of what he's doing and saying, rather than being swept away by the moment or the momentum) Spoilers through Diplomatic Immunity

( Drifting up to the viewport, Ivan thinks about how easily he's gotten used to his life as the Barrayaran diplomatic officer on Union Station.  )

Random Fandom: NUMB3RS and Porn Battles

This is a scattered entry because I don't have time to make it smooth:

oxoniensis is soliciting questions and prompt submissions for the Porn Battle VII (The Seven Deadly Sins). I need to think of some good ones; I started writing for NUMB3RS via the last Porn Battle, and I'd love to see us well-represented there.

Speaking of NUMB3RS, now that theoriginalspy won't be writing for The Recapist anymore (as they expect people to do for free what they've been being paid to do), does anyone know if she plans to continue and, if so, where? Her recaps are wonderful, after all.