Finished to read it.
Liked it a lot as I liked the whole 6 books' Journey into the realm of Alera and the life of Gaius Octavian.
Hope Jim bucher will bring us back there somedays, maybe 50 or 100 years after 3rd Calderon to let us know how that world has shaped up after the big war.

Title: What You Don't See
Fandom: Hamlet
Pairing/Characters: Hamlet/Horatio, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern
Rating: R-ish (moves from pre-slash into the start of something more)
Notes: Steph wanted a piece about when Hamlet and Horatio first meet. I've chosen to set this at Wittenberg, as I don't think they would initially have met at court, what with Horatio's family being of a significantly lower class (in other words, my theory is that it's all thanks to Hamlet that Horatio that Horatio eventually becomes a courtier). This takes place over the course of their first year at Wittenberg, so please assume that they're somewhere in the vicinity of 16-17 years old. At the time of the play, I tend to view them as around 24 or so (mostly due to the dating of Yorick's skull, but feel free to argue with me on this point, etc.), so they've been at university for a handful of years at least by that point. Anyway, I'll stop chattering now.
Summary: If there's anything of which Horatio is certain, it's this: aristocrats' sons are prats.

( What You Don't See )

It's so easy to win me over just by choosing the First Folio variant...

( REVIEW: RSC's Hamlet, starring David Tennant, et al. )

I enjoyed this film more than I thought possible and I wanted to write a lenghty review of it, but then I found Peter David's comment on it and it fitted my thoughts almost point by point (Only thing I can't agree or disagree with is the comaprisons with avatar. We won't have that movie here till next month).
So I you want to know what I think of this Sherlock Holmes, go read Peter David's comment here

http://www.peterdavid.net/index.php/2009/12/26/cowboy-pete-investigates-sherlock-holmes/

J'ai Vû le Loup

Bisclavret/King. Lush, lush writing, and the atmosphere rings true to the period!

Here's the story that was written for me in this year's exchange:

Sir Gawain and the Three Sisters

PREFACE: veranillo, I know that when I prompted you to expand on your request, beyond just wanting Alex/Jonathan, that you suggested perhaps one planning a surprise birthday party for the other. However, I confess that I tried writing this about three times and it repeatedly turned out so dull that I trashed it each time in frustration. gragerty was the only other person to request an EII drabble, and her request was for Little Igor finding out about Alex and Jonathan. I can do much, much more in this vein, and so I hope you'll both forgive me for writing one drabble for the pair of you. I try to do this as rarely as possible; in the past, I've only done it when I realize that quantity will not be better than quality. Trust me on this one.

( 'Everything You Never Wanted to Know' - Alex/Jonathan, Igor - PG13 )

Here's an extract of one Of the first articles about Adam Lambert.
THE FOLLOWING definition is simply too cute for words and deserves to be saved for future use

Here's the thing: Whether or not Adam Lambert the 26-year-old aspiring singer is gay, the persona that he brought to the American Idol judges is as gay as a bucket of rainbow-striped newborn kittens dipped in glitter and tastefully arranged on Liberace's grave.