RatCreature's Journal

I liked it quite a lot. ( quick reaction, cut for spoilers )

A little while ago I lamented the lack of Harry/Ramirez slash. So today my morning was much improved when I saw cccarioca's story Flower Child (ca. 3,065 words, some spoilers for White Night) appear on my f-list. Beyond just being awesome for the pairing, it comes with cool fantasy stuff, like curses and Aztec goddesses.

Now that I've finished reading White Night, I think there really should be Harry/Ramirez buddy slash because ( spoilers for White Night )

Please tell me there's people writing that pairing somewhere? I have to say as much as I like Bob, I really find the idea of Harry/Ramirez far more attractive than Harry with an incorporeal spirit (or a skull, I guess).

In my previous post a couple of commenters said that they find commentary on the process for art and fic interesting, and don't mind the creator expressing their "these things suck in my work" lists as part of that as long as that isn't all they talk about.

So in light of that I decided to do a kind of commentary on my recent picture of Dresden Files' Bob, which is also interesting to do for me, because I worked a bit differently here than usual. I did more of the work and also effects digitally than I usually do, resulting in some things that worked and others that didn't.

( long navel-gazing, also very image heavy )

I'm kind of stuck with my drawing of Bob, so I'm procrastinating by looking for future posting venues. (Maybe somewhat prematurely... *kicks stupid drawing*)

So then I've wondered whether there was a Dresden Files newsletter around, preferably one including the book-side of the fandom, because I haven't watched the series (yet). I did an LJ interest search, but none of the communities seemed to be a newsletter or a noticeboard. And then being essentially a very lazy person I thought about just asking my f-list to point me into the right direction instead of further searching on my own, but just as I was typing this, it occurred to me that I should at least check the newbieguide for an entry on the Dresden Files as to not appear as a complete moron when asking my f-list. And in fact there is an overview of the Dresden Files fandom on LJ. Heh. It pointed me to the newsletter dresden_daily, which however for some reason doesn't list "Dresden Files" in its interests (or any interests really), explaining why it didn't pop up in my search. Also, it seems more weekly rather than daily, but that could be just because of fandom volume? I have actually no idea how large Dresden Files fandom is. I don't even know what the commonly accepted acronym is. DF?

Now I'm still wondering though, if there is an art community that isn't just for the tv series. I looked at dresden_art, but seems to be only for photomanips, icons, wallpapers and such, not traditional drawn fanart and illustrations for the books. At least I haven't seen any posted when browsing. Are there places where Dresden Files book fanart is posted?

Also, do any of you have (bookverse) fanfic recs, that would make my venturing into Dresden Files fandom easier? (I'm feeling the usual new fandom trepidation of venturing blindly into new communities where you don't recognize the any of the names and are generally clueless about that fandom. *g*)

I've been reading the series, but I think I missed something in Dead Beat... ( spoilery question )