I misunderstood the point of this ride

Life has been a LOT lately (impressively understaffed at work, my metamour just had major abdominal surgery, my second niece was born a couple weeks ago), so I completely missed posting about chocolateboxcomm reveals!

First of all, I got two lovely gifts - fic and art, the best possible outcome! :D

borrowedphrases wrote me a lovely little OT3 hurt/comfort coda to Leverage S5E9, "The Rundown Job:" Nearly a Near-Death Experience (Hardison/Parker/Eliot, T)

And I received this gorgeous Labyrinth fanart from Syksy, Ascension of the Goblin Queen, featuring an appropriately 80s-glam Queen Sarah and a kneeling Jareth (unf).

Also, I drew five things - a new personal best! I am definitely going to have to make a point of more art treating for future exchanges where possible, because this was really satisfying.


( Art for: Runaways, Excalibur, Gideon the Ninth, She-Ra and Wayfarers! )

I must admit, I really love that Wayfarers is my top fandom on the AO3 now (with three whole fanworks). Gosh, that was fun.

And now, back to my job+, sigh.

Hey kids! I know I've been . . . extremely absentee this year. I've been very busy, and fandom just hasn't been ranking very high on my list of things to do. However, how on earth could I resist a femslash cliche challenge? I've drawn these two pieces as entries for alien_altars. Both are Marvel comics femslash, and both are Not Safe For Work, so view at your own risk.

In both cases, I kind of had a cliche in mind, but neither one really worked out. ^^; Fortunately, artists weren't actually required to use cliches. (They really do work better with narrative; if I'd had time, I would've written a cliche femslash comic. I still may, at some point.)

Fandom: X-Men (comicverse)
Pairing: Rachel "Marvel Girl" Grey/Kitty "Shadowcat" Pryde
Rating: NC-17
Summary: This picture has a bit of context.
(failed) Cliche: I'd say "telepathy/soulbond," but that would totally be cheating.

( kiss hello )

Fandom: Runaways
Pairing: Karolina/Xavin
Rating: R (for nudity)
Summary: I guess the idea is Karolina accepting and loving herself for who she is (a sparkly alien lesbian). So here, Karolina is admiring herself in a mirror, while a happy post-coital Xavin looks on.
(failed) Cliche: Started out as voyeurism, but didn't wind up qualifying.

( she needs a little sparkle )

Enjoy, guys . . . I have to go to bed already. I just wanted to get these up now, rather than after work tomorrow.