If this is Ares, I'm not interested in anything you have to say. If this is a villager that needs help, just shout and I will come to help. If this is anyone else, leave a message and I will get back to you.


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It seems like everyone loves to ask a pregnant woman if she has any weird food cravings. I really think they want you to tell them “Why, yes. I do. I eat a can of sardines every night before I go to bed. Sometimes I cover them with grape jelly.”

Really, I went for “comfort food” (cheeseburgers are comfort food in my book) and sweets. I think I personally kept Betty Crocker in business during both of my pregnancies.

It always started out innocent enough: I wanted a cookie. Next thing I knew, I had gone through an entire bag of Oreos and a gallon of milk. Then two candy bars and a sandwich.

When I first got pregnant (this was during my first pregnancy, when I read those books) I read the “What to eat” chapter in What to Expect When You’re Expecting.

These people had what I should or should not be eating down to an exact science. I wanted to get my pregnancy off to a good start, so I’d eat all that “good for you” food while really wanting to high tail it down to the corner store to pick up a cupcake.

I’d pat myself on the back, all high and mighty like, because I made myself delicious meals that would make my baby smart! Those greens? They’re getting my baby into Harvard! All that fruit? She’ll be President!

It didn’t take too many lunches of trying to eat cottage cheese before I gave it all up. I tried. I really wanted to be a good Mom and somehow, that book had me convinced that I wasn’t a good Mom because I chose chocolate over cheese. She’d be lucky if she’d get into community college with the way I was eating!

Get over it. You’ll be a good Mom. Just consider all the eating good practice for when you have a kid and you’re so tired of all the whining that yes, you let him have ice cream for breakfast.

Due July 24th

character: Angel
character lj: broodboy
series: Angel the Series
muse strength: The one I fret about the most. I'm used to Angelus not Angel and his voice is slow in coming.
cast strength: Buffy/Angel cast is great. We have a nice variety of pups.
plotting capabilities: Need to do something with Angel. Just not sure what. I've done puppet Angel already and not many people responded to him so I doubt I'll do it again. Planning on bringing out Angelus at some point as I am way too comfortable in psychopath's skin than Angel's.
other: Love the Angel and Riley snarkfests.
likelihood of drop: Middlin'

( Crapload of Muses under cut )

Who in your life, be that someone you once knew or someone you know now, means the most to you?

That's a hard question to answer. I know, you're expecting me to say Gabrielle without hesitation. She is my soulmate and I have followed her into death, I will never leave her side. But, when it came down to a choice between her and my daughter, Eve I didn't hesitate. A mother's instinct took over and I threw my Chakram at Gabrielle. I mortally wounded my best friend and soulmate, to save my daughter.

There are so many people that come and go in your life, that mean the most to you at that particular time. Pre-Hercules transformation, it would have been Ares and Alti. They meant the most to me after I fought Cortese, I learned everything I could from them. Alti took over my training, or maybe it was that Ares brought Alti into my life when he couldn't be there. They both taught me how to become a soulless killer.

Hercules and Gabrielle helped me to become the 'reformed' Xena. I couldn't have fought my dark side without Gabrielle by my side. She is everything to me and I would go into the bowels of hell to get her out... and have.

I don't have one person that means the most to me, but several that mean the most to each side of myself. Ares for the dark warrior, Gabrielle for the kindness and greater good, Eve and Solan for the mother. Warrior, Mother, and Soul. Each side an important part of me and I am lucky enough to have someone that means the most to each.


Muse: Xena
Fandom: Xena, Warrior Princess
Word count: 260

The pink rays of dawn slid through the iron bars high in the stone wall as ice blue eyes stared up into the beloved face of her best friend. She'd fought so hard to prevent the vision of their crucified death, but in the end Fate won. Her hand slowly rose to touch Gabrielle's smooth jaw. "I'm sorry."

Gabrielle's eyes filled with tears as she shook her head. "Don't be. I'm not. I chose the way of friendship." Her hands lovingly smoothed Xena's hair from her forehead. "You are the best thing that ever happened to me, Xena."

Xena's lips curled into a small smile when Gabrielle repeated her own words back to her. "I'm sorry I didn't get a chance to read your stories." She was deeply sorry. She knew how much Gabrielle's tales meant to her, and she'd never taken the time to read one. Now, she'd never get a chance.

"You would have liked them. They were full of adventure about a noble Warrior Princess that fought against her darkness and turned into a warrior for the greater good." Gabrielle cradled her best friend's broken body, giving her as much warmth as she could. "My favorite is when she found a young girl from Potadeia and allowed her to be everything that she wanted to be."

Xena's eyes closed for a moment, sadness filling her. Gabrielle was dieing because of her, and had killed because of her. Her life would have been so different if she'd never gone to Potadeia. Suddenly images flashed behind her eyelids of the alternate universe that the Fates had granted her if she'd never taken up the sword. With a gasp her eyes popped open, she didn't want that life for Gabrielle either.

Her smile sad, Xena gently caressed Gabrielle's cheek before falling to her side. "You are my light."

Before Gabrielle could respond, the cell door clanked open heralding the arrival of the Roman guards. Strong hands pulled Xena roughly from her best friend's arms and suspended her body between them. Her paralyzed legs made a trail in the dirt floor as they dragged her beside Gabrielle toward their destiny.



Muse: Xena
Fandom: Xena, Warrior Princes
Word Count: 359