Volume 2, Issue #59

[mmouse15.livejournal.com]

This is a place holder for the Friday edition. I'll have it up tonight or first thing Monday. Apologies, y'all.

The Cybertronian

Fiction Edition
23-29 February, 2008

Editor's Note

We haven't heard from delilahdraken, so I'm throwing up the newsletter. I apologize, I put it together in 3 hours. So, no funny comments, no spazzing, just links. And you can really tell who didn't have headers. I didn't click on everything to check it. Sorry, everyone. I'll be back in form for next week's newsletter. Please enjoy (and use this opportunity to spazz in the comments and fill in my blanks!). Also, anyone who posts only to FFN, I didn't grab those links (that's another hour). I'll put them in next week's newsletter. Sorry for any inconveniences!

Fanfiction

K Fics (G)

falcadore Green [Powerglide, G1, G, theme=rainbow]
lemonflav_lopfe Crazy [Sam, Bumblebee, Ratchet, post-movie, G] follows Mortality
newsy891 Labels [Bulkhead, TFAni, G]
nova_myth Mr. Wonderful [Annabelle, Scorponok, ensemble, movie, G? crack!]*
rosieknight Ari and 'Rion [Orion Pax, Ariel, Minos Pax, pre-movie, G]
vejiraziel Careless Whispers [Sunstreaker, sparkling Sideswipe, Bluestreak, AU, G]
vericus Push Falling series [Smokescreen, Sideswipe, Ratchet, Optimus, G1, K]
__wilderness__ Love is All You Need [Jazz/Prowl, Ratchet/Wheeljack, Red Alert/Inferno, G1, G]
wyntir_rose Trust the Numbers [Ratchet, Prowl, mentions of Wheeljack, Sunstreaker, Sideswipe, G1, G]
x_himechan_x Yesterday's Hero [Ultra Magnus, TFAni, G]

K+ Fics (PG)

casusfere Ch. 10: Screamer Sitting Thundercracker and the Three Seeklets [Starscream, Seeklets, TC, AU, PG]

Across Enemy Lines [Thundercrakcer, Trailbreaker, prompt=ambition, G1, PG]

darkdanc3r The Hours Between [Mikaela, Sam, Ratchet, Optimus, Bumblebee, Ironhide, movie, PG]
go_endeavor Spinbreaker's story [OC, for casusfere on tfmech_exchange, PG?]*
heslestor Lost [Sam, Bumblebee, Frenzy, post-movie, PG]
huntingospray Who Am I? [Prowl, TFAni, PG]
kujazlilmage and okami_hu Rubicon – Let it Shine [Ratchet, Bumblebee, TFAni, PG]
kyra_neko_rei Designated [Barricade, post-movie, PG]
lagann Traitor in Disguise [Lugnut, Blitzwing, TFAni, PG]

Puppet Master [Megatron, TFAni, PG]

lurkerlynne Conversations in a Quiet Corner [Starscream/Optimus, G1 AU, PG]
mmouse15 Firsts [Jazz, Prowl, G1, PG, implied pairing]
nkfloofiepoof and Part 3, Ch. 4 Dinoboy Chronicles [Grimlock, Swoop, AU, PG, violence]
sportswing Headlights [Skywarp's POV, G1, PG]
yesterdaze_news Does Not Compute [Prowl, Jazz, Ironhide, Sam, Bumblebee, movie, PG]
yuna0707 Ch. 1 [Jetfire, movie, K+]

T Fics (PG-13)

akisawana Ch. 3 I think it's going to rain today series [Seekers, Aerielbots, AU, T, angst, implied sexual situations]
caelum Ch. 10 The Long Road Home: Not Alone [ensemble, movie?, PG-13, violence]
casusfere Ch. 4: Coup For Honor, Duty, and the Glory of Cybertron [Autobots, Decepticons, pre-war, PG-13, violence]

Dominant Red Alert [Red Alert, Inferno, G1, PG-13, minor violence]

cindy_73 The Sun and Its Brother [Starscream, Sunstorm, G1, PG-13, blood]
coaxialcreature Electric Sheep [Barricade/Bumblebee, movie, PG-13, adopted bunny]
dogbite12 Ch. 9 Dawn of War [ensemble Decepticons, G1/IDW, T, violence]
dragoona Parts 1 & 2 Dewbot Adventures [Dewbot, movie, T?]*

Prologue: Of Glitch Mice and Mechs [movie-verse, PG-13?]*

huntingopspray Making the Grade [Prowl, Jazz, G1, PG-13]

Kill Twins: Vol 1 [Jazz, Prowl, Prowler, G1/TFAni xover, PG-13, violence]

jazzbot8907 Tears Don't Fall [Jazz, movie, T]
meowth2 Ch. 5 Guess Who's Coming to Christmas Dinner [ensemble, movie, T]
nexmelody Ch. 10 Turmoil Fractures series [ensemble, G1?, PG-13]
prowlsgirl Ch. 1 Ch. 2 Twice the Pain, Four Time the Love series [ProwlxJazz, G1, T]

Ch. 1, Ch. 2, Ch. 3, Ch. 4 The One Called Prowl [Optimus, Jazz, Ratchet, Prowl, Bumblebee, pre-earth, PG-13]

roxian_sama Ch. 7, Ch. 8, Ch. 9 Humanity for Dummies: Autobot Edition [Bumblebee, Sam, Autobots, post movie, T, language, situations, slash]
ryukotaicho Ch. 19 New Life [ensemble, movie, T?]
tricolora AKA singealiene Lucifer's Fall prequel to Naturalized [Perceptor, pre-movie, PG-13]
tvcatbarn Misshapen Endeavors [Jazz, Prowl, TF/Animorphs xover, G1, PG-13]
twins_eternal LTS drabbles [various, AU, various ratings, spoilers for LTS]
vejiraziel Thirty Days on the Sea: Fight! [Sam, Mikaela, Bumblebee, Jazz, Prowl, Sunstreaker, Sideswipe, G1, PG-13, humor]

Mission Datsun Impossible Honey,Prime, I shrunk the kids Officers! Series [Jazz, Prowl, Smokescreen, Bluestreak, AU, PG-13]
Mercy [BlasterxSoundwave, G1, PG-13, angst]

vericus Friendly Advice [Jazz, Smokescreen, Beachcomber, G1, T]
yesterdaze_news Ch. 2 [Prowl/Jazz, movie, PG-13]

M Fics (R)

alieft and iamlazarus Ch. 2 The Raccoon Incident and Other Stories from Masquerade [Ironhide, movie, R, language]
kujazlilmage and okami_hu Part 3/3 Rubicon – Prowl and Prejudice [Prowl, Optimus, TFAni, M, sex]
lugianna Ch. 3 Hunting Party [Optimus, femmes, movie?, M, mech/femme sex]
mmouse15 First Interface [ProwlxJazz, G1, R, spark!sex]
saesama Curiosity [Mikaela, Ratchet, Optimus, post movie, R, sex]
technodoofus His Human [Blackout, Glen, movie-verse, M, violence, sexual abuse]
vejiraziel Bring the Rain [Jazz, Prowl, Sunstreaker, Sideswipe, AU, R, implied intimacy]
vermilionbird Ch. 18 [ensemble, AU, R, language, violence, sexual situations]

MA Fics (NC-17)

cindy_73 Seeking Humanity [Seekers, OC, AU, M+, swearing, sex, lots of warnings]
ironical_kai Ch. 9 Mutual Concessions [Megatron, Optimus, ensemble, G1, NC-17, rated for later chapters]
vejiraziel Escalation. Realization [BlasterxSoundwave, G1, NC-17, plug'n'play]

Plotbunnies and Challenges

Decepticons in Wonderland, or author needs help bad!
ironical_kai would like you to know that all ficlets will be posted at noa_tf_fic so if you want to see them, please friend the comm.
cheysulinight gives us 34 bunnies and creates tf_bunny_farm open to all. Go check it out!
Thundercracker gets pregnant bunny
Megatron has a video game designed that brainwashes the users into really attacking Autobots
Prowl comes to earth before the movie
Sam as the Allspark with a twist
Veji's sparkling bunny.
G1/FFVIII xover bunny, movie verse picture bunny
10 gestalt bunnies and 10 mini-bot bunnies
a pastiche of Megatron and Starscream based on a song
Starscream bunnies
Ten Cassette and ten femme bunnies
tfmech_exchangeMarch challenge Faction switch has started
A band started to 'speak' Cybertronian using musical intruments.

Fic Recs

None this week, sorry!

tfiwts {Transformers Fanfic I want to see}

Anything with Hoist?

Information

twins_eternal has made a new journal for their Tin Soldiers world at made_of_tin

[*] Not rated by Author. Mouse guessed.

Comments

[ravynstoneabbey]

Thank you very much!

[mmouse15.livejournal.com]

You are welcome.

Please come read the comments, since you, o modly maintainer, need to know what they say.

*is tired* going to bed now...

[rosieknight.livejournal.com]

You missed this plot bunny (http://community.livejournal.com/tf2007fun/873603.html) of mine. I realize it's not in the best format for a plot idea, but I do want someone to adopt it.

[mmouse15.livejournal.com]

Erk! Thanks for telling me. I'll correct that right away. And it's nothing against your bunny, honestly, it's that my co-editor didn't post, so I did this very quickly once we realized there had been no fic edition. I appreciate you pointing it out.

[rosieknight.livejournal.com]

No, I meant it may not have been obvious when you were reading through everything while compiling this issue that my idea was a bunny.

[vericus.livejournal.com]

So only the T parts of the 'Falling' series get any publicity, eh? *sniffle* It's not even friendslocked over on FF.net and TF.net...

[mmouse15.livejournal.com]

*headdesk*
No. Honest. It's sitting in my gmail account, waiting for next week's edition.
If I'm going to slam out a newsletter in three hours, I'm doing it awfully fast.
You KNOW I ♥ you and your stories and I would never knowingly neglect you.
please to forgives me?

[vericus.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, if you did it in three hours, I'm not surprised you might've missed some stuff...Just, y'know, the K and T parts of the series don't really...ok, yes, they make sense without the smut, but they're not as much fun. XD

Heehee. So yes, you is forgiven, though there's not really anything to forgive, since...time constraints cause mistakes. We all know this, yes indeed.

[mmouse15.livejournal.com]

You know, to make up for it, I'm spazzing like crazy over the spark-sharing chapter of Falling. OMG, that's just an amazing chapter...you'll get lots of love in my comments when I post Friday.

[dinogrrl.livejournal.com]

Eep...I dunno who to ask about this, but the journal layout is...not working for me. The advertisement is in the middle of the page, which squishes the entry contents into like a tiny two-inch-wide column that scrolls down forever that I honestly can't read (dyslexia: ACTIVATE!).
Dunno if this is just my computer screen or Firefox or what, but is there any chance the entry area could be made a bit wider? :/

[mmouse15.livejournal.com]

I will forward your concerns to ravynstoneabbey, since she's the comm maintainer. She was a bit worried about the new layout...

[dinogrrl.livejournal.com]

Thanks. :} I really want to check out the fics but I...just can't read the links to figure out what I want to read XD;.

[mmouse15.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry!
And no comments from me, either.

OOOO!! I learned something new.

Up in the link bar of your browser, AFTER the link for the newsletter, add to it ?style=mine and LJ will show the newsletter in your journal format. Like this: http://community.livejournal.com/thecybertronian/17871.html?style=mine

Try that!

[dinogrrl.livejournal.com]

Oh sweet I can see things now! >D

[ouronlyhunter.livejournal.com]

Thank you! This makes things much easier for me, as well.

And thank you for putting this together last minute.

[mmouse15.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Dex.

[lurkerlynne.livejournal.com]

Seconded; everything's squished into the middle. Any chance of moving the sidebar links to the top? That would free up room on the right hand side. Also, the font needs to be a bit bigger up yonder. The size for comments is fine but the links 'n things are tiinny.

Other than that- nifty layout. ::thumbs up:: I'm looking at this on the Microsoft internet browser, if that's of any help.

[mmouse15.livejournal.com]

Lynne, try adding ?style=mine to the end of the URL, or click on the link above in my reply to dinogrrl. For right now, anyway, until I can talk to ravynstoneabbey. Thanks for the feedback, and I'm sorry about the readability.

[ravynstoneabbey]

I'll dig in the CSS and see what I can do. I got the CSS from a layouts comm and I need to do some fiddling, it seems.

(goes to check in IE7)

[ravynstoneabbey]

I'm going to dig in the code and see if I can fix things. I'm sorry. I also tend to read LJ in ?format=light (tack it onto the end of any LJ link and it'll do a plain page that is quite a bit easier to read. and forget that other people might not use it too.

Apologies.

[edited for typo and clarification]

[rosieknight.livejournal.com]

And I spotted an error. "Ari and 'Rion" is pre-2007movie 'verse, not G1. I borrow from G1 for the before-they-were-famous names, primarily because I can spell "Orion" off the top of my head.

[mmouse15.livejournal.com]

Thank you for pointing it out. I've fixed it. I really appreciate all your help in getting this issue straightened out!

[cheysulinight.livejournal.com]

There are a few places that say Unknown LJ tag (in the M fics and MA fics sections).

By the way, thanks for mentioning my community!

[mmouse15.livejournal.com]

Thanks for pointing them out! I think I got them all.
Of course! A plot bunny farm was a brilliant idea, I'm so glad you started it!

[dogbite12.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry to nitpick but if you have time, could you link to the new chapter http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3931522/9/Dawn_of_War (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3931522/9/Dawn_of_War)?

Thanks!

[mmouse15.livejournal.com]

That's not nitpicking, that's pointing out that I linked to chapter 1 instead of chapter 9. It's fixed now, and thank you so much for pointing it out.

[dogbite12.livejournal.com]

Thanks, hon! I know it's a labor of love and I appreciate all your work :)

[ex-naggingf.livejournal.com]

good job M!!!

[mmouse15.livejournal.com]

*headdesk* You are being generous. Remind me to never do this again...

Too fast=too many mistakes.

And I didn't do springkink or FFN or TF.net or the Cell, so I'll have to do two weeks worth from them.

I just hope Delilah's ok...