FINALLY finished the Kobol arc, phew. It took for-frakking-ever, and I had to split it into three chapters because altogether it was almost 7,000 words long, eek! I like to keep the IU chapters around 2,000-3,000 words or so - any more and it's kind of overwhelming. Anyway, looking forward as ever to continuing with this! I've figured out that if I keep writing and posting at my current pace (please, please, please, fic gods!), I may well be able to finish Insanity Underrated entirely by February 2010. We shall see!

Title: Insanity Underrated
Author: amidala_thrace
Previous Chapters: Can be read here.
Characters/Pairings: Kara/Lee, mentions of Helo/Sharon
Word Count: 2,342, 1,794 and 2,706 respectively
Spoilers: Through S2's "Home, Part 2"
Rating: Chapters 12 and 13 are rated PG, while Chapter 14 is NC-17.
Summary: On the mission to Kobol's Tomb of Athena, Kara and Lee grapple with the new complications in their lives, and with their feelings for each other.
Author's Notes: Please see the individual chapters for notes.

Read Chapter 12 here @ jedionpaper

Read Chapter 13 here @ jedionpaper

Read Chapter 14 here @ jedionpaper

When my BSG muse decides to be productive, she gets really, REALLY productive. Heh.

Title: Insanity Underrated
Author: amidala_thrace
Previous Chapters: Can be read here.
Characters/Pairings: Lee/Kara, brief one-sided Baltar/Kara
Word Count: 3,331
Spoilers: Through S1's "Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I" for this chapter
Rating: NC-17 for a brief sexual scene
Summary: He took a deep breath, telling himself to just go with whatever came out of his mouth, no matter the consequences. It would be honest, and that was important.
Author's Notes: Thanks for your lovely reviews on the last few chapters! I'm taking advantage of a big burst of BSG-related inspiration to pound out as many chapters of this fic as I can, and it's going really well so far - though I would of course never abandon IU. It's something that I just have to write. This particular chapter has been sitting on my hard drive since about late March, but only half of it was written and it was an absolute MESS, so I've prettied it up significantly and added a lot of material. Parts were heavily inspired by Alanis Morrisette's song Front Row, despite the fact that this obviously isn't a songfic. Something tells me I'm going to end up making an Insanity Underrated playlist one of these days. ;) And as for the ending, please don't kill me? It's pilots, so you know things are a bit screwed up. Heh.

Read it here @ jedionpaper

Yep, this is the chapter with the cliffhanger. Don't say I didn't warn you! ;)

Title: Triggers
Author: amidala_thrace
Previous Chapters: Can be read here.
Characters/Pairings: Obi-Wan/Padmé, Mon Mothma (briefly)
Word Count: 4,618
Rating: NC-17 - yep, there's more smut, heh
Summary: “Oh, good, Lily gave you the message. I have some rather bad news.”
Author's Notes: So, here's the next chapter, as promised. :) Katie has convinced me to post this particular plot arc chapter-by-chapter even though that will mean some craaaazy cliffhangers, and I agreed mostly because at the rate that I'm writing right now, the entire arc might not be finished until roughly 2020. *headdesk* In any case, I hope to pick it up soon - just be aware that there might be a few days' gap between chapters as I try to bully my muse into giving me more than just dribs and drabs. Heh. And also, this is the chapter in which Obi-Wan and Padmé have an argument about bubble bath. Yes, bubble bath. *eyes her subconscious* I kind of scare myself sometimes. LOL.

Read it here @ jedionpaper

Here you go, Lynda. ;) (And other TIS readers, of course!) I lied - no cliffhanger this chapter, but there will most definitely be one in the update I have in store for tomorrow. Heh.

Title: Satisfaction
Author: amidala_thrace
Previous Chapters: Can be read here.
Characters/Pairings: Obi-Wan/Padmé, others mentioned
Word Count: 4,494
Rating: NC-17 - married people doing married things
Summary: But if she had not been his anchor, he knew he would not have survived.
Author's Notes: Okay, so I was going to wait until I'd finished the latest plot arc to post, but since some of you (read: Lynda and Gen, LOL) have been bugging me for updates and I'm writing quite slowly at the moment for whatever reason, I knuckled under and decided to put up the stuff that's edited and ready and all pretty-like. This chapter is fluff at its absolute fluffiest - and, uh, smuttiest, too. ;) Given the emotional impacts of the upcoming plot arcs, both myself and the characters needed an interlude like this to prepare ourselves. No cliffhanger here, though it's coming in the chapter I'll post tomorrow. (Yes, I actually have two to post rather than one. Apparently I fail at keeping track of my own damn fic?) Those who are familiar with the Expanded Universe may note one minor inconsistency with regards to the Rebel Alliance and who named it, but I hope that for the sake of this particular narrative, you'll be willing to forgive that. :)

Read it here @ jedionpaper

Reposted fic is reposted, hehe, at least for those of you who were a part of bsgficexchange. I'll try to have some new stuff, in the form of updates to TIS and Insanity Underrated, very soon!

Title: The Visitor
Author: amidala_thrace
Characters/Pairings: Lee/Kara
Word Count: 1,723
Spoilers: Through S4.5's "Daybreak, Part 2"
Rating: NC-17 for sexual scenes
Summary: “Gods, Lee, you’re out of practice. I’ll have to come back more often.”
Author's Notes: This was written for bsgficexchange, and is basically my version of finale fix-it fic, something I felt I had to complete in order to be personally okay with Daybreak. My giftee, lotus79, requested Lee/Kara and smut, and I was blocked for the longest time on what I should write since the finale had pretty much sapped my L/K inspiration (except for on Insanity Underrated, and I could hardly submit that!). I can't exactly pinpoint where this idea came from ... well, actually I can, but I'm not telling. :P Close friends will probably be able to guess. :)

Read it here @ jedionpaper

One of these days I'll, you know, post some actual content. Heh.

Title: Warnings
Author: amidala_thrace
Previous Chapters: Can be read here.
Characters/Pairings: Obi-Wan/Padmé, Vader, Palpatine, Luke
Word Count: 5,064
Rating: NC-17 - married people doing married things, bucketloads of angst, mature themes
Summary: There was important work to be done, and Vader needed to begin without delay.
Author's Notes: I didn't expect to have this one ready so soon, but I got some good work on it done tonight and hey presto! All of a sudden it was set to be posted. I think you'll see why I didn't include this one with the batch of chapters I put up last week, though, because it's set quite apart from them by several different factors. First of course is the renewed focus on Vader. My emphasis on the physical and emotional details may bore and/or put off some readers, but I assure you there's a point to it - besides me just being insanely interested in the guy, heh. The plot is definitely beginning to move forward, although some of that won't be immediately evident from this particular chapter. Just keep in mind ... every action has a consequence. ;)

Read it here @ jedionpaper

Had a loooong emotastic post planned for tonight about various issues I'm having right now (most related to a certain decision I've made and a date that happens to be approaching) but in the end I chickened out of making it. Maybe later. In the meantime I'm editing TIS and reading some delicious Obi-Wan porn - alternating between Anakin/Obi-Wan and Obi-Wan/Padmé, by the way - and realizing that I'd forgotten to do a links roundup post for the latest TIS chapters. So, here is said post.

(Also, random question: why do so many people who write Obi-Wan porn seem to think he's sexier without the beard? Not that I have anything against unbearded Ewan, but slap some facial hair on that guy - especially à la Episode III - and GUH, in my opinion. Ah well, different strokes for different folks. XD I reject your reality and substitute my own, mwahahahaha.)

Titles: The Boy I'm Going to Marry and Sweet Heart, Bitter Heart
Author: amidala_thrace
Previous Chapters: Can be read here.
Characters/Pairings: Obi-Wan/Padmé, others
Word Counts: 5,538 and 6,041 respectively
Ratings: PG and NC-17 respectively
Summaries: Please see the individual chapter posts.
Author's Notes: Please see the individual chapter posts.

Chapter 39: The Boy I'm Going to Marry
Chapter 40: Sweet Heart, Bitter Heart

Yes, finally this fic that I've been promising for like a week now. Heh. I fail. *smacks self* (Also, sorry for the slight spam, Deborah ... *meep!*)

Title: Feeling Good
Author: amidala_thrace
Characters/Pairings: Lee/Kara
Word Count: 931
Spoilers: Through S4.5's "The Oath"
Rating: NC-17 - there be kissing, much gropeage and sex
Summary: Kara’s tone leaves no room for argument, and she draws her final weapon, though she understands it’s unfair: her body.
Author's Notes: So, I originally intended to post this directly after last week's episode, but you know that old saying - real life is what happens when you're busy making plans. *cough* Anyhow, this is pure, unadulterated PWP, sort of a missing scene for "The Oath." (Thank you, RDM, for making me love my ship again!!) Title is taken from Nina Simone's song "Feeling Good," although please note that this IS NOT a songfic. I just like the tune, and I think it fits for this particular fic.

Read it here @ jedionpaper

YES, HERE IS THAT MUCH-VAUNTED A/O FIC I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR LIKE 40503303954603 DAYS. IT IS FINALLY FINISHED. AND YES, IT TOTES DESERVES CAPSLOCK. ;D

Title: The Promise
Author: amidala_thrace
Characters/Pairings: Anakin/Obi-Wan
Word Count: 2,605
Rating: NC-17 - mmm, guysex.
Summary: Worse, the image of him stretched out on his pallet, bringing himself to satisfaction while Anakin’s dark eyes bored into him, would not vanish.
Author's Notes: This is actually a blending of two fics, neither of which would quite work separately but that go together pretty well, if I do say so myself. ;) I wrote one, realized it wouldn't be sufficient for a holiday offering, wrote the other, knew it wouldn't be either, and finally decided to fit them together on the advice of my awesomesauce beta reader. The whole thing is the longest of the holiday fics, which definitely wasn't planned, hehe. However, I daresay A/O shippers will be pleased - you'd better be, since I worked on this for over a week and practically chained myself to my laptop tonight so I could finish it up. LOL, just kidding, just kidding (it probably sucks, haha)! ;) Enjoy. And gizzi1213, you can stop bugging and/or shooting me now. LOL.

Read it here @ jedionpaper

(I'll be posting a 2008 fic roundup/meme-ish thing tomorrow, but right now my BSG muse is practically chewing my ear off, so I have to write some Kara/Lee before I fucking BURST. Bwah.)

Um, DAMN I've been productive lately. o.O Just not on the right things, unfortunately. ;)

Title: A Hard Bargain
Author: amidala_thrace
Characters/Pairings: Sam/Kara
Word Count: 1,468
Spoilers: Through S2's "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part 2."
Rating: NC-17 (kissing, groping, sex, etc., and lots of it)
Summary: “You drive a hard bargain, Thrace.”
Author's Notes: This is entirely lyssie's fault. Yes, that's my story and I'm sticking to it. ;) Long story short: there was a thread awhile back on pyramidofdreams discussing whether Sam would have given the dog tag back after the rescue in LDYB 2, and I said he'd probably try, but Kara wouldn't want him to and there would be lots of distract-y kissing and groping. lyssie then requested I write fic about same, the plotbunny wouldn't leave me alone and ... this is the result. (I'm so appointing her my Sam/Kara enabler now, hehe.) Side note: my cat, who also happens to be named Samuel T. Anders after BSG!Sam, watched over my shoulder the entire time I was typing the fic, and he heartily approves. :D

Read it here @ jedionpaper

Okay, I FINALLY have fic for you guys. Well, those of you that ship Obi-Wan/Padmé, anyway. XD Other pairings shall be coming tomorrow.

Title: At Day's End
Author: amidala_thrace
Characters/Pairings: Obi-Wan/Padmé
Word Count: 1,519
Rating: NC-17 (sexual scenes)
Summary: She thinks of his public persona, his staid, rule-abiding façade, his image as the ultimate Jedi, and she loves being able to make him fly apart.
Author's Notes: I WROTE PWP!!! *ahem* Well, sort of. Brain was thinking about this in the larger context of TIS, and I guess you could consider it a sort-of deleted scene, but believe me when I say you absolutely do not have to have read TIS in order to understand it. It is sex, pure and simple, and I'm extremely proud of that since usually PWP is my Achilles' heel. I envision this taking place sometime in the middle of Revenge of the Sith; Padmé is pregnant with Luke and Leia. Happy holidays, Obidala shippers!

Read it here @ jedionpaper

Author names have been revealed for this year at jedi_mistletoe, so I've taken the liberty of posting the fic I wrote for that exchange to my writing community. I also realized that I'd neglected to repost my 2007 story, so that's up there as well. :)

As I say in the Author's Notes, I was amazed by how much I still like "The Jedi's Code," even after a full year - and believe me, that is a rare, rare thing. I can barely even stand to acknowledge the existence of most of my old stuff, and even in To Ignite the Stars and The Sound of One Hand Clapping (which I consider to be my two best works since I started writing fanfiction again), I can see numerous weak spots and areas where the writing and plot are muddy as hell. I'm my own worst critic, honestly, and sometimes I wish my inner editor would take a long walk off a short pier. Heh. ;)

Anyhow, links and other errata under the cuts.

( Jedi Mistletoe 2007 )

( Jedi Mistletoe 2008 )

Also, a quick fic rec for Katie in particular, although this would really appeal to anyone who ships Adama/Roslin. I've been eagerly following the Secret Santa postings over at adama_roslin and all of them are awesome, but one in particular stands out: A Bridge to the Stars, by katamaran78. This fic has it all - romance, a believable foray into AUness, spot-on characterizations, smut, top-notch writing and a happy ending (and is not totally free of angst, either!). Katie, you MUST read this if you haven't already, and I would highly recommend it to anyone who has even a passing interest in A/R. Go. Read. Love. Tell the author!

Also also, the fics I promised yesterday are coming, so don't worry about that - I just need to do a little more editing, and then they'll be posted. :)

So, remember those holiday gifts I promised y'all! *ahem* Well ...

This was basically the Christmas Day of Porn, heh. HI MY NAME IS LIZ AND I AM COMPLETELY UNASHAMED OF WRITING PORN WHILE SITTING LIKE A FOOT AWAY FROM TWO OF MY UNCLES. Um. Anyway. As the cut tags imply, this post has something for almost everyone, and what it doesn't contain will be coming tomorrow. All fics are posted at jedionpaper and linked below with titles, author's notes, dedications etc. Some of them represent requests filled, some are just surprises. Do enjoy, and tell me what you think!

( If you ship Adama/Roslin, click here! )

( If you ship Lee/Kara, click here! )

( If you ship Sam/Kara, click here! )

( If you ship Obi-Wan/Padmé, click here! )

Those of you who ship Anakin/Padmé and/or Anakin/Obi-Wan, don't despair! Your fics will be posted tomorrow, the second they come back from my beta. And Obi-Wan/Padmé fans who aren't following TIS also need not worry, as I've got a delicious wall!porn fic for you all which is also currently at the beta. The aforementioned fics, along with my offerings at jedi_mistletoe both this year and last year, will all be going up tomorrow.

Whew! *Liz's muse collapses in exhaustion*

Yep, got a whole batch for you this time - I'm making one post to my journal, though, because I don't want to bombard your f-lists. TIS readers, please to be thanking my overactive muse, as she deserves all the credit. ;)

Titles: Moments of Peace, The Bond, and Pro Patria Mori
Author: amidala_thrace
Previous Chapters: Can be read here.
Characters: Obi-Wan, Padmé, others
Word Counts: 5,108, 6,004 and 5,301 respectively
Ratings: NC-17, PG and PG-13, respectively
Summaries: Please see the individual chapter posts.
Author's Notes: Please see the individual chapter posts.

Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34

Title: Threaten to Reconcile
Author: amidala_thrace
Fandom and Pairing: Battlestar Galactica, Sam/Kara
Word Count: 3,717
Rating: NC-17 (married people doing married things)
Spoilers: Through S4's "Revelations"
Summary: “Well? You think a couple of screw-ups like us can make it together?”
Author's Notes: Okay, I think it's time to finally push this bird out of the nest. It was supposed to be posted maybe a week after "Revelations" aired, but various real life circumstances conspired to ensure that would not be the case. Basically, my aim with this fic was first to write a straightforward Kara and Sam getting back together and frakking each other's brains out PWP, but it somehow devolved into exploring how Kara might have reacted, off-screen, to the news that her husband is a Cylon. With some of that P (as in Porn) thrown in for good measure. Think of it as a sort of "missing scene" starting when Sam meets up with her in the memorial hall. I'm not entirely pleased with this fic, and I don't think it represents my best work, but at some point you have to stop fiddling around and rearranging words and switching paragraphs around. Applied to my fanfic50 claim because I'm lazy like that.

Read it here @ jedionpaper

Title: You
Characters/Pairings: Anakin/Obi-Wan, mentions of Padmé and Qui-Gon
Word Count: 2,742
Rating: NC-17
Summary: It was our word.
Author's Notes: This should have been posted last week, but for various reasons that were largely beyond my control, it unfortunately wasn't. Anyway, better late than never, I suppose! This is a birthday gift for my very good friend Deborah, aka gizzi1213, whom I feel so privileged to have been able to get to know and chat with over the last six months or so. We've had our occasional shipping differences (*cough*Obidalarules*cough*) and we are both extremely opinionated (*cough*KaraThraceistheonetrueStarbuck*cough*) but it's all in good fun and I'm very glad to count her among my friends. The fic was partially inspired by the relationship between two characters in Lori Lansens' The Girls, and also by a particular scene in Revenge of the Sith. Deborah, this one's for you. *hugs*

( It was our word )

Title: The Sound of One Hand Clapping
Previous Chapters: Can be read here.
Fandom and Pairing: Battlestar Galactica, Lee/Kara with mentions of Lee/Dee, Sam/Kara and Zak/Kara
Status: Complete. One chapter will be posted per day.
Word Count: 2,676 this chapter
Rating: NC-17 this chapter - smut, and I do mean SMUT
Spoilers: This fic contains spoilers through S3's "Maelstrom."
Summary: They have been her lifeline. For a month she would not have eaten, drunk, dressed, used the head, washed, existed without those hands.
Author's Notes: There is most definitely smut in this chapter, so if that's what you're looking for, you've come to the right place. ;) I would almost go so far as to call it PWP, or at least as close to PWP as this fic will come (because it does have an overall plot, heh). Not for the small fry or the easily offended. As always, more extensive author's notes can be found here.

Read Chapter 10 here @ jedionpaper

Please accept my apologies in advance for the spam about to come your way - there's this chapter link, and the next To Ignite the Stars update is also ready, so I'll be tossing that up momentarily. Plus I have to post a writing schedule mainly to keep from going insane with all my concurrent projects. So yes, spam. Sorry!

Title: The Sound of One Hand Clapping
Previous Chapters: Can be read here.
Fandom and Pairing: Battlestar Galactica; Lee/Kara with mentions only of Lee/Dee, Sam/Kara and Zak/Kara
Status: Complete. One chapter will be posted per day.
Word Count: 1,744 this chapter
Rating: NC-17 this chapter
Spoilers: This fic contains spoilers through S3's "Maelstrom."
Summary: Peace is not wondering when the gods will once again arrive to exact their pound of flesh. Peace is not waiting for the next air raid, the moment at which the bombs begin to fall.
Author's Notes: Sorry about the slightly late posting, everyone! This one's a bit shorter than the others, but hopefully the smutty contents will make up for that. ;) Note the rating change, if you haven't already, and scroll on by if it's not your cup of tea. :) As always, more extensive author's notes can be found here.

Read Chapter 6 here @ jedionpaper

Title: The Sound of One Hand Clapping
Previous Chapters: Can be read here.
Fandom and Pairing: Battlestar Galactica; Lee/Kara with mentions only of Lee/Dee, Sam/Kara and Zak/Kara
Status: Complete. One chapter will be posted per day.
Word Count: 2,650 this chapter
Rating: NC-17 this chapter
Spoilers: This fic contains spoilers through S3's "Maelstrom."
Summary: The fear doesn’t seem as important as it was, for whatever reason.
Author's Notes: Note the rating change! The upgrade indicates that there's just a little smut coming your way, so I'd avoid this chapter if that kind of thing isn't your cup of tea. ;) As always, more extensive author's notes can be found here.

Read Chapter 4 here @ jedionpaper

Title: Democracy's Death
Previous Chapters: Can be read here.
Characters: Obi-Wan, Padmé, Anakin, Palpatine, various collections of minor characters
Word Count: 5,912
Rating: NC-17, as goodbye sex is involved
Summary: As Padmé pivoted away from the desk, she glanced one last time at Anakin, who stood stolid and unmoving. He had not spoken once during the meeting. Her eyes met his and she could practically feel the frostiness that had settled into the air between them.
Author's Notes: Surprise! I think this is actually the first time I've gotten something written and posted before I said I would. Earlier in the week I'd been estimating Sunday (at the outside) for this, but something just clicked this morning and I powered right through the rest of it. And then Katie happened to be on early this afternoon and got it back to me with a nice quick beta! So kudos to her, as well. ^_^ Anyway, it does look like my Star Wars muse has returned, finally, so after I get my BSG character study squared away you should see more frequent TIS updates. This chapter was depressing as all hell to write, and sadly it's only going to get worse. Heh.

Read it here @ jedionpaper