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~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]

Enter The Joy That Is Fandom

February 2015

A Minute Ago | | A Minute From Now

05 April 2010 @ 01:37 am

Gacked From

If you read this, even if I don't speak to you often, you must post a memory of me.

It can be anything you want, it can be good or bad, just so long as it happened.

Then post this to your journal to see what people remember about you.

:D

I know I'm totally not the kind of person people have striking memories of, so don't feel obligated if you can't pinpoint one.

Tags: not another meme

On the Verge of:

discontent

discontent

Beautiful Noise: Florence and the Machine-Howl

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anissa7118 on April 5th, 2010 07:51 am (UTC)

We are very happy to have her around, me especially. :D And I happen to know she grinned when she read this, and said "Aww."

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kalalanekent on April 5th, 2010 06:11 pm (UTC)

*giggles and blushes*

It's awesome to finally have convos with someone who actually knows the series! Most of my F-list never got into it, so it's a treasure to know someone that is and does. *snugs*

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anissa7118 on April 5th, 2010 08:04 am (UTC)

That first day at Douglas Anderson, when I walked into Acting I in the black box shivering like a chihuahua on espresso, and you invited me to sit with you. And then in Creative Writing when I sprang the best pickup line in existence on you.

Or I could have just said last night. *grins* Damn, woman.

It all comes down to the same thing: I love you, and always will. And most of my memories are of you, which is just the way I like it.

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kalalanekent on April 5th, 2010 06:14 pm (UTC)

And I'll never forget that day as long as I live. I'll never know what you saw in me at that point, but I'm so glad that you did. I can't imagine life without you any longer.

Or I could have just said last night. *grins* Damn, woman.

*headdesk* Woman! Please! We have an audience! *blushes beet-red*

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anissa7118 on April 5th, 2010 07:54 pm (UTC)

I KNOW we have an audience. That's why I'm showing off. I looooooooooooooooove you - but not just for that.

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kalalanekent on April 5th, 2010 07:56 pm (UTC)

Oh, BTW, try to get hold of Alley. We need to book a hotel. The prices are edging up now for that weekend. The room we were looking at just went up to $64 a night.

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repmetsyrrah on April 5th, 2010 09:33 am (UTC)

Hmmmm, just one? I sometimes still giggle over that time I knew IAL was pregnant because of one of your icon keywords :P

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kalalanekent on April 5th, 2010 06:16 pm (UTC)

*LOL* And I was trying so hard to be sneaky about it. I love that memory. I remember laughing out loud at how you'd figured me out! Not quite as subtle as I thought! XD

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saavikam77 on April 5th, 2010 01:34 pm (UTC)

Random memory: I remember how loud and long the squee was when Anissa sprung your permaccount on you for your birthday. XD

Earliest memory: I remember reading that first part of LS, before any thing further was posted, all the way back on The Planet, and being totally impressed and outclassed. :p

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kalalanekent on April 5th, 2010 06:19 pm (UTC)

That was THE BEST PRESENT EVER! Well, other than Kala Bagel, but hey! I still can't believe that you guys did that! That was a ton of money that you all split. I've never felt so loved in my life.

*roll eyes* Shut up, woman! You are twice the writer I am and always have been! :P I wish I could do half the things you can do with your writing, Ms. I-Can-Write-Half-The-DCU. *snuggles*

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saavikam77 on April 5th, 2010 06:48 pm (UTC)

If only I could've actually participated in getting you that present. I sure wanted to.

And pish-tosh. :p I only write half the DCU because I was reading a shit ton of comics there for a while. And everything else is just a result of fannish ADD. :p

*snuggles back* ^___^

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kalalanekent on April 5th, 2010 06:56 pm (UTC)

Ella, the thought is enough. *snugs*

Guess what went into the mail this morning?

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saavikam77 on April 5th, 2010 07:05 pm (UTC)

*shuffles feet*

*squees* XD

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anissa7118 on April 5th, 2010 09:56 pm (UTC)

Outclassed, my ass! I will admit that we are pretty good at what we do, but you kick some major ass, Ms. However-Many-Times-Winner-of-the-SMVA-Best-Author.

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saavikam77 on April 5th, 2010 11:28 pm (UTC)

One and a third. And I still demand a recount on last year's. :p~~

*snugs*

This is me, trying to be humble. But thank you guys anyway. ^___^

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kalalanekent on April 5th, 2010 11:30 pm (UTC)

Oh, preen, dammit! You earned it! Maybe someday we'll get it.

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saavikam77 on April 6th, 2010 01:09 am (UTC)

Okay, okay, you guys win. :p

*preens a little* XD

But seriously, I've always looked up to you guys' work as the gold standard, and that's the honest truth. So there. :p~~

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kalalanekent on April 6th, 2010 01:34 am (UTC)

But seriously, I've always looked up to you guys' work as the gold standard, and that's the honest truth. So there. :p~~

*wibbles* Oh, you!

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anissa7118 on April 5th, 2010 11:34 pm (UTC)

You won last year fair and square, hon. We weren't even in the top three, as I recall.

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babettew54 on April 5th, 2010 02:54 pm (UTC)

My first real memory was of course, reading 'LS' and getting to know you through your writing, and I can remember thinking how much I wanted to meet you and 'pick your brain' and that was before I was even thinking about writing.

Well, sure enough, after meeting you and your 'writing-partner,' Ms. Anissa, I was not disappointed. We had a blast that day and I just hope we can do it again in the not to distant future!!

*hugs*

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kalalanekent on April 5th, 2010 06:32 pm (UTC)

Awww! I love that you guys have been interested enough in our stuff to want to pick our brains! That really was a ton of fun and it really does make us think about motivations and the way certain things are perceived by the audience.

We really did, although the weather could have been a LOT better for us. And we promise a better drinking spot than last time. ;)

I can't believe I used to be scared of how you guys would take knowing me and Anissa were an honest-to-God couple. I was SO nervous to tell everyone back then. XD

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januaried on April 5th, 2010 02:54 pm (UTC)

Not terribly specific, but I remember last year when talking to you was one of the few things that helped me get through some hard times. Love you, bb. ♥

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kalalanekent on April 5th, 2010 06:40 pm (UTC)

I love you, too, bb! And I needed you, too, remember. Last year really was a trial by fire for both of us. The fear of losing you totally to RL isn't something I'm too terribly proud of, but it was worth it for our relationship, methinks.

And I'm pretty advanced in my plots to keep you here forever, so it's all good. ;)

♥

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glitter_my_glam on April 5th, 2010 03:35 pm (UTC)

My FIRST memory of you? Was work, of course. :) I remember someone going, "Two of our Lushies are here, Anissa and her girlfriend Lois." And I was all, "LESBIANS? I'M A LESBIAN TOO!!!!!!!!!" so I ran out and stole you from everyone else out of shere excitement LOL

One of my favorites was going to Tijuana Flatts together. It's where I heard a lot of the story of you and Anissa, and it felt really nice getting to know you two so well.

<3

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kalalanekent on April 5th, 2010 06:49 pm (UTC)

XD I remember that so well! I'll totally burn for this, I can't remember the name of the girl we liked so much before you! We went down there for the twice-yearly splurge-your-ass-off and she had moved South. We had met Karis before (she really does remind me of my best friend in high school, Brianna, but Karis is SO much more animated!), but we'd never gotten to see you. And I liked you immediately. It's a Bowie thing. ;)

That was so awesome! I'm so looking forward to being about to do this with Lynds there and get to gossip about our character families. That's going to be a blast!

Love you, Little Sister!

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alphielj on April 5th, 2010 04:04 pm (UTC)

I don't know if this is the first memory I have of you or what, but I recall getting an e-mail asking all about the woes of pregnancy and how a fan fic writer should describe it adding in the additional complications of it being not only a twin pregnancy but also a Kryptonian pregnancy! I remember thinking... and I don't think I told you this at the time... but I thought... "WHAT?!?!?! There was only one baby in the movie? Why is she adding another baby?" and I was worried at how the fandom would receive your second baby. Boy... was I wrong about that!

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kalalanekent on April 5th, 2010 07:09 pm (UTC)

*giggles* I remember being so nervous to ask you because you had been writing your fic first and I was scared that you wouldn't even respond.

I also remember that I made it sound like she was going through medieval torture in the first draft. XD Someone had obviously not gone through the process herself. And I have you to thank for the fact that the final came out as good as it did.

Kala did come out to be a fan-favorite and I'm so glad for it. She had been with me for so many years before I started what would be the final version of what's now Little Secrets and I had never had a definite lock on my boy twin before SR. Jason is so the perfect boy for them that I just couldn't resist bringing her in. I think the fandom liking Kal was more due to the fact that Jason would never be alone the way his dad was. I don't know. In the end, though, they really did embrace her. Thank God.

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