The Righteous Indignation

10:46pm: Sarah Palin, Feminism, and a rant, in short.
Sarah Palin is not a feminist. It shocked me to hear this being suggested. I'm not American and don't suffer the coverage of American politics as well as some, but I can gather this much.

Sarah Palin is not a feminist.

Feminism is not when one person declares that they know what is best for all womankind, regardless of whether they themselves are in possession of a vagina.

Feminism is realising that all women are not the same, one universal constant does not apply to all, and thus the best situation for all women is to give them the education and the freedom to make the choices that suit them, whether this is to stay at home and pop out five kids, or stay single and childfree and having a career instead, or to pop out two kids and have a career. All women are not the same, and thus no one decision is ultimately right for all women. Egalitarianism permits men the exact same courtesy.

Just because the person claiming to know what is best for all women has a vagina does not mean she is qualified to make those decisions. Joking aside, there is no hive vagina. What she thinks is right may do considerable harm to those for whom it is very, very wrong.

If Sarah Palin had a dick, she'd be called a chauvinist. It pains me that people don't seem to realise that you don't need to own a dick in order to be one.

7:28pm: Long version short:
A number of things have been slowly building to piss me off lately, and I could write a lengthy, venty screed about it all, but instead I shall sum it up in the following paragraphs:

Misogyny is not something any human being is allowed to not care about. Ever. It is the Instantly Reprehensible ticket, right up there with Racism.

Hating on things with a vagina does not blink your own vagina out of existence. Stop it. Men are allowed to despise misogynists too, it is not cool just because you might want to be a guy. Having a penis does not automatically make you a misogynist, and wanting a penis does not give you free rein to become one.

Don't ever ask me why you should care if someone is a misogynist ever again.

1:58am: Power Struggle
Title: Power Struggle
Characters: Marluxia, Vexen
Summary: Vexen hates Marluxia, as much as a Nobody is able to hate. His infuriating behaviour doesn't help.
Notes: The deal with comments and criticism is the same as always; love them if they're offered, thank you.
This is the only story I've ever written for this couple, and that is largely because I cannot stand Marluxia. Awesome character, but he's a complete bastard to write. Hopefully, I handled him well enough here.

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1:52am: Boxed
Title: Boxed
Pairing: Vexen/Saix
Warnings: AU. Fluff.
Summary: The uncertainty principle states that a creature within a box may be dead, or living, but neglects to account for the possibility of it being a gift.
Notes: Highly AU version of Vexen and Saix's pre-Nobody selves. The AU in question is a WIP. This was just a fluffy little teaser to get my brain in gear to start writing the damn thing.

( Boxed )

1:49am: As You Wish
Title: As You Wish
Rating: ... NC-17? Except sort of R rated. Yay for my writing style, huh?
Pairing: Aizen/Ulquiorra
Word Count: 2649
Summary: The shinigami brought routine with them to Hueco Mundo, and Ulquiorra bows to it as he bows to Aizen.
Warnings: Dom/sub mechanics. Heavy with the Dom/sub mechanics. Nothing else in here should need warning for, really, but hey. Think of something, let me know.
Comment: ... My writing style has gone way fubar and the formatting bugs me in ways I can't explain so advice on how to make it better would be appreciated. Also, I think I may have overused words.
I use the "-sama" suffix too, because I don't know how Ulquiorra addresses Aizen in the official English translations yet and it seems weird to just drop it altogether because Ulquiorra is an hilarious little bootlick and having him address Aizen as just that sounds wrong to me.

( As You Wish )

1:44am: Broken Little Doll
Title: Broken Little Doll (Hypnotised)
Word Count: 617
Pairing: Marluxia/Namine
Warnings: Dubious consent. NC-17 trying to look like R rated. Oral. Penetrative.
Summary: Marluxia and Namine have a little ritual before bed time.
Author's notes: The inspiration for this came from a conversation about the consequences of saying the wrong name during sex. Or, more specifically, what would happen to Marluxia if he happened to do that. My twisted mind travelled to the realm of, "What if he said 'Namine' instead of 'Larxene'?"
I am a bad person and there is no help.
This only took about an hour, and I have proof-read it. My word processor nearly cried at me about abusing sentence fragments and although most of them have been fixed, some have slipped through. Concrit is appreciated, especially as this is only the second piece of het I have ever written, ever.

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1:41am: Welcome Distractions
Title: Welcome Distractions
Pairing: Vexen/Saix
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Slightly kinky, slightly rough, rimming, buttsex, and over six thousand words.
Word Count: 6067
Author's notes: Concrit, nitpicks, and feedback appreciated. This is set sometime after a story with actual plot that I should have been working on instead of writing this, which explains how these two ended up shagging. This is entirely gratuitous, but since it's now the last day of month seven, I thought I'd get it finished and posted.

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1:37am: For Science
Title: For Science
Author: Lprchn
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Professor Hojo/Even (Pre-Nobody Vexen)
Summary: The degradation he was suffering now would have recompense in the future, in the pride and recognition he would earn.
Word Count: 4563
Warnings: Hojo wang. Unequal power balance. Teacher/Student. Badsex.
Notes: Written for an exchange. I wanted Berserk!Saix and got Mad Scientist Seeks Monster, the other person wanted Mad Scientist n00b-y pr0n and gets this. I probably deserve to be slapped for a couple of references in here, and no doubt will be. Concrit is appreciated.

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1:34am: Master
Title: Master
Author: Lprchn
Word count: 2296
Pairing: Vexen/Saix
Rating: NC-17
Summary: There was something thrilling in having a powerful, vicious, destructive force like a berserker call him "master".
Author's Notes: Constructive criticism appreciated. I think I overused some words and phrases, but I can't seem to find them now. Brought about because of WTFBBQ o' clock instant messenger activities, again. Possibility of some tense confusion, too but I suffer that problem of reading what I meant and not necessarily what I put.

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1:25am: Tin Men
Title: Tin Men
Characters: Demyx, Xigbar
Rating: G
Warnings: N/A
Summary: Nobodies do not have hearts, so that means no emotions. Demyx had a problem with that.
Word Count: 1246
Disclaimers: Kingdom Hearts, Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, Kingdom Hearts II, Organization XIII, Demyx, Xigbar and Sora are all the rightful property of Square Enix and Disney. No material profit is being gained from this work, no offence is intended.
Author's Notes: Abuse of the italics tag in effect, I'm afraid. This is my first foray back into fan fiction for more than two years. It's derivative, unoriginal, and somewhat repetitive, and yet for some reason the people on Y! seemed to like it, despite the lack of porn. I'm not entirely sure why Xigbar ended up in here, but it didn't seem finished until he showed up.
Constructive criticism is always welcome, particularly in the department of characterisation. I struggled with Demyx's voice in this, which may become obvious after reading.

( Tin Men )