Okay, This Is When I Have To Admit That I Have A Problem... (The Very Dreaded F-Cut)

~In A Tight Spot~

Bad things happened to heroes. That wasn’t news. Steph had been threatened, beaten up, and kidnapped (once by her own dad), and a couple times the bad guys had tried to kill her. None had succeeded, and even during the other stuff she hadn’t felt like she was in a huge amount of danger. Well, not most of the time. There was always Batman or Batgirl or Robin on the way. Plus the people who tried to hurt her often underestimated her, and that worked to Steph’s advantage. Especially as Robin—the bad guys were too busy laughing at a blonde Robin with boobs, and they let down their guard enough for her to get her licks in.

Now, though, she was scared. After standing up and moving her arms rhythmically within the limits of the cuffs, she got enough feeling back to try working on escaping. First she took stock of her situation. The cuffs were welded to a chain that ran up to a high ceiling somewhere in the darkness overheard. She was nauseous from the blow to her head, and aching all over from the fight earlier and hanging unconscious by her wrists. Her kit was gone, including the lock-picks normally stashed in her gauntlets. She just had her costume itself and her wits.

After a few moments, Steph realized why this situation frightened her so much. It wasn’t being held captive, it wasn’t waking up alone in a big dark room and having to wonder what the bad guys wanted. It was a small detail: the welded cuffs. Someone had taken the time and trouble to weld a set of steel handcuffs to a chain. That meant they used this setup a lot, and didn’t want any chance of someone slipping away.

It meant this might’ve been an unplanned capture, but whoever had her had done this before.

~Love and Other Headaches:
Won't See Me Closing In
[Chapter Thirty-Three]

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24 February 2009 @ 12:47 pm

Okay, This Is When I Have To Admit That I Have A Problem... (The Very Dreaded F-Cut)

The truth behind why it's taking so long for me to do replies is two-fold: One, I'm working A LOT lately and trying to use every free moment to write on Heirs that I possibly can. I'm just tired a lot of the time lately. I promise everyone that I'm not trying to slight anyone with a lack of comments and really do love you all. It kills me that I'm not being able to be involved as much as I usually am. I'm not leaving fandom and I'm not leaving LJ, but I feel like I'm letting some of you down. I promise, I'm trying to get caught up and stay caught up here. There are tons of 12 Days fics that I'm trying to get back to and I especially want to read

kabuki_party and

repmetsyrrah 's, but it's taking some time.

dandello , I'm going to send off the latest oneshots to you today before work. For any of you out there wondering why I'm ignoring you, I promise that I'm not. I love you guys like WOAH and DAYUM. And I have to apologize to

januaried most of all because I still have entries of hers I should have commented on forever ago.

Which brings me to Two. For the first time since I joined LJ, Ms. Lois is going to have to do a friends-cut and she hates it. Not because of a lack of love for any of you, I promise, but when the time comes that you have three to four pages a day on your F-List, there's a problem. Another good portion of why my replies have been slow in coming is because there are too many posts to scroll through. Worse yet, it's harder to tell what post is from who when I'm tired. *headdesk* Soooo, if you would like to stay here, please let me know. Again, it's not that I don't adore my whole F-List, it's just that it's getting too huge even for me.

In better news, though, the camera is primed and working. I'll be posting pics of Ms. Laurel's Christmas gifts to us shortly as practice. :D Four days 'til Margot! *giggles like a little girl*

Tags: f-list cut

On the Verge of: crushed

crushed

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saavikam77 on February 24th, 2009 06:06 pm (UTC)

Oh, honey... *hugs you tight* I know just how you feel. It was like that for me when I had to go to Panera to get internet. I had to drop a bunch of communities b/c at least one of them was clogging my f-list like whoa. I mean, 8 or 10 pages a day. O_O It was a mess.

Of course you know I'm staying on your f-list. ^_~ *clings*

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kalalanekent on February 25th, 2009 05:12 am (UTC)

That's the funny thing: the more you get involved with the fandom, the more you follow. The more you follow, the longer your F-List gets. The longer your F-List gets, the longer you have to take to read it. The longer it takes to read it, the less time you have to reply. And the less time you have to reply, the more out of touch you get with your F-List. It. sucks. :P

And of course you know I'm not taking you off. Not my darker half of the DCU fandom! :D

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januaried on February 24th, 2009 06:08 pm (UTC)

*clings*

No prob, bb. I understand completely, having done the same thing myself many times. *shame* *huggles*

YESSSS PICTURES!!!! *TACKLES YOU*

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kalalanekent on February 25th, 2009 05:10 am (UTC)

*rolls eyes and looks down at you* Like you're going anywhere, you great big dork! *LOL* Please. Let's be realistic here! *tackles you*

Yeeees, my precious! Piiiiiiiictures! *LOL*

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ladymackenzie on February 24th, 2009 06:10 pm (UTC)

I would like to stay here and I don't post much to my own journal. I just sit back and read every one else's post and sometimes reply.

{{Hugs}}

Mac

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kalalanekent on February 25th, 2009 05:07 am (UTC)

That's fine, Mac. And I'm not going to lock the LJ, so you don't have to worry about that. :D

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sean_montgomery on February 24th, 2009 06:18 pm (UTC)

If you still want me around, I'd still love to be here.

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kalalanekent on February 25th, 2009 05:08 am (UTC)

If you still want to be here, I'd still like to see you around.

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amelietw on February 24th, 2009 06:25 pm (UTC)

I don't want to be cut, but would understand if you did... :(

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kalalanekent on February 25th, 2009 05:06 am (UTC)

Oh, Amelie! I had planned to keep you, sweetheart! I didn't friend you just to de-friend you! *dries your tears*

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babettew54 on February 24th, 2009 06:27 pm (UTC)

I hear you... somettimes there just isn't enough time, then you feel guilty for not commenting. You shouldn't feel that way. Real life can be a bItch sometimes!!

Please keep me around...!! *hugs you tight*

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kalalanekent on February 25th, 2009 05:05 am (UTC)

I would never abandon you! Babette! *giggles* You're not going anywhere, rest assured!

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kalalanekent on February 25th, 2009 04:48 am (UTC)

You're good, then. Between working nearly full-time and writing the epic, I don't have anywhere near the time I want. Then again, I try to reply to almost every post on my F-List. I wish I had your gift for keeping up with it all! :P

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xenokattz on February 24th, 2009 07:17 pm (UTC)

*bounces in between classes*

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kalalanekent on February 25th, 2009 05:03 am (UTC)

*noted* *LOL*

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htbthomas on February 24th, 2009 07:51 pm (UTC)

Friends' cuts do suck, but can be quite necessary, eh? I know you'll keep me, 'cause I'm MOM, but hey, you said to comment, so I am. :D

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kalalanekent on February 25th, 2009 05:03 am (UTC)

They've never been something I ever considered, but the sheer amount of posts has been making it impossible to keep up with everyone and that doesn't make me happy. I want to be able to know what's happening and have the time to comment! Therefore, F-List cut. I'm planning on keeping everyone in the Family, but I need to make sure that certain people are still interested.

And of course I'm not taking you off! Perish the thought!

*loves her Mom*

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