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And here's the second part of this two-part essay... because LJ does not like long posts :-P
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For Loz, who wanted this :-)
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Warning: This is long. Seriously long. With lots of thinky thoughts. And picspam! But still: long. Couldn't hurt to make some tea first.
Ready, then?
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FIC (DRABBLE): What, the curtains?
Dec. 29th, 2011 08:51 pmSummary: Nothing is stronger than a mother's love... not even her tapestry needle.
Author's note: Written for the Icon Challenge on the LiveJournal community![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
lifein1973 on 9-Dec-11. The icon in question is, um... *points up and to the right*
"Mum! I can't wear this!"
"Stop fidgeting, lad, or I'll stick you with a pin. —Ah, that's more like."
"Evening jackets are supposed to be elegant, mum. Not flocked. I look like I'm wearing a bloody sofa..."
"Language! What the Lord Mayor doesn't know won't hurt him. It worked for Maria von Trapp and it'll work for you. Now stop fussing."
"The other men have off-the-rack..."
"Well, they don't have mothers who love their sons, then. —All right, you can look now."
"Ah, God..."
"—And if you keep moaning, it'll be more than curtains for YOU, sonny-jim!"
Author's note: Written for the Icon Challenge on the LiveJournal community
lifein1973 on 9-Dec-11. The icon in question is, um... *points up and to the right*"Mum! I can't wear this!"
"Stop fidgeting, lad, or I'll stick you with a pin. —Ah, that's more like."
"Evening jackets are supposed to be elegant, mum. Not flocked. I look like I'm wearing a bloody sofa..."
"Language! What the Lord Mayor doesn't know won't hurt him. It worked for Maria von Trapp and it'll work for you. Now stop fussing."
"The other men have off-the-rack..."
"Well, they don't have mothers who love their sons, then. —All right, you can look now."
"Ah, God..."
"—And if you keep moaning, it'll be more than curtains for YOU, sonny-jim!"
META: Meet the Moustaches of Mars!
Nov. 26th, 2011 12:57 amMoustaches: the very hair of manliness. Where would Life on Mars be without them? Nowhere, that's where. Can you imagine Ray without his moustache, or Litton? I can't.
So when I read that Dean Andrews is regrowing his Ray moustache to raise money for prostate cancer, I realised that Movember is indeed the perfect month for a picspammy profile of...
( The Moustachio'ed Men of Mars!!! )
So when I read that Dean Andrews is regrowing his Ray moustache to raise money for prostate cancer, I realised that Movember is indeed the perfect month for a picspammy profile of...
Guide to The Nameless Ones
Oct. 27th, 2010 02:29 am
I'm taking a break from my
lifein1973 Ficathon assignment to share my fangirl love for the Nameless Ones of Life on Mars. These unsung, literally smoking heroes of CID appear in the background of many a scene, even get to mutter the occasional line, yet receive virtually no acknowledgement. ( Until now! )
