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I think I'm all caught up on email and comments now. If I've not replied to you, or if you just feel like it, smack me upside the head.

I've answered the questions people asked of my characters: Skinner, Krycek, Oliver, Marcus, and Adrian. I'm still open to questions, if you'd like to add one, either in that entry or here. Thanks, question askers!

A bunch of people have friended me in the last couple of days, which is pleasing, but a little surprising to me too, just because of the unusual volume. Some due to Stargate, I'm sure, but I'm not sure that all the new folks are here for that. Hi, new folks, and welcome!

So this seems a good time to write my LJ Friends Manifesto.

1. Anyone is welcome to friend me. You don't have to ask me or explain yourself or anything. I'm just pleased that you have me on your list. Thanks!

2. I'm not able to friend everyone back who friends me. It's a matter of time constraints -- I'm already struggling to keep up with the journals I'm reading now. But I do check out the journals on my "friend of" list from time to time. And I never lock posts anyhow. (Well, maybe twice, but those posts were really boring.) So there's no Sekrit Stuff that only people on my friends list are seeing.

3. Anyone is welcome to drop me too. You don't have to tell me why or worry that I'll be hurt or offended. People's interests change, schedules change, and maybe I'm just a lot more boring than you thought I'd be. So, no worries and thanks for hanging out.

4. If you feel like it -- and I stress that there is NO obligation here -- take a moment to introduce yourself, even if you've been reading for a while. I'd like to know more about you. Yes, you there, in the purple.

5. Arr!

And now off to watch the Stargate ep I taped last night and hope that Thor makes an appearance. My weekend project is to seek out Jack/Thor fic. Theirloveissostrangeandbeautiful.

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Just introducing myself. I'm Alexa, and I'm a fan of your fanfiction, so I friended you. Hello. :)

Hey, Alexa. :) Glad to have you here. And I love your icon.

I'm Layna - remember you from TPM, XF, etc. Someone rec'ed "Tactics", and thus I learned you have an LJ. :-) Also a marvelous story. :-)

Welcome, Layna! I feel like I've seen you around lately -- maybe we've crossed in someone else's LJ? And I'm glad you liked "Tactics". :)

You and Layna are both friends of mine. *g*

That's what I love about LJ -- no 6 degrees of separation. It's more like 2 or 3. :)

[waves]

Hi. I'll admit to friending you after

destina said you were looking for Stargate recs. Of course by the time I got there, you were well taken care of. Then I realized that you were rec'd on my recs list (for The Rose, The Thorn, The Blood, and The Moon) and I should check out your journal. So that's why I'm here.

I write under the name of zillah in both Stargate and Harry Potter. I have LotR and Sentinel reading tendancies as well, but shy away from writing in those fandoms. I write under rachel in popslash though no longer frequently. I have an almost unhealthy love for David Bowie and have frequent rants about his music.

I can't really think of anything else at the moment. Um, I like cheese? Not a very helpful thing to know. But yes. Nice to have you on my list. :)

And I shall leave you with the best Jack/Thor fic ever (and really the only one I've found). So beautifully written and heart-breaking and life-affirming. So good. I love it dearly.

Gone Fishin' (http://www.area52hkh.net/kai/fishin01.htm) and it's sequel: Long Fire (http://www.area52hkh.net/kai/fishin02.htm) by Kai.

Ooh, Jack/Thor recs! I shall look forward to reading those. Thank you!

I was going to say that I'd seen someone else on my friendslist going on about Bowie recently, but then I realised that it was you. *g* So, you probably already know.

I also like cheese. Cheese, potatoes, and beer -- my fave three foods.

Definitely with you on the cheese and potatoes. Not a huge beer fan unless it's Yuengling. I'm a hard alcohol girl. :)

Honestly, as

destina said, those are the only good Jack/Thor stories. It's a hard pairing to write and most people don't even try.

Yeah, I wasn't expecting large amounts of serious Jack/Thor. *g* Though I hope some of the silly stories are fun too.

My weekend project is to seek out Jack/Thor fic. Theirloveissostrangeandbeautiful.

*facepalms* Nooooo! *g* Well, I'm going to go with zillah's rec of Kai's stories, above. Those are the only decent Jack/Thor stories out there. Thank god! :-D

I had this sudden vision of an SG-1/TXF crossover with Mulder and Jack fighting over Thor.

That scared even me.

*boggle*

Hmm. I'm not really as frightened by that as I should be. I recently made a vid featuring Daniel and Mulder, so I don't have much room to talk. *g*

This Thor situation is getting desperate, and it's all stemming from that evil cesspool a little bit south of here. Must. Stop. Widget. Now.

Nooooo! Run, Widget, run from the infidels! You can hide here -- Canada's so big nobody will find you.

Hi! Gwen here.

I'm a fan from some time back, I think originally from TPM. I get a kick out of reading friendsfriends view, and I think I was first attracted to your user icons on LJ (I love the white one with just 'HAL' at the bottom!). I decided to investigate, and was surprised to find out that 'prillalar' was indeed Halrloprillalar! And happiness ensued.

I remain mesmerized by your posts (not just the fiction, but the everyday stuff!), and I'm superkeen on the fact that you take the time to respond to comments and critiques people leave you. Thanks for that!

I friended you a while back, but I thought I'd say hi anyway. =D Feel free to drop by (http://www.livejournal.com/users/neeteeus) anytime!

Gwen! Your icons are cooler than mine, though.

Gosh, TPM was a while back, fannishly speaking. One of those things I sometimes wistfully think I should write again, but probably never will.

Thanks for taking the time to post -- I'm feeling the love. :)

I'm Mel, and I like your fiction and your meta and your ramblings in general.

Hey, Mel! You have the coolest LJ interests listed. My fave is "arthurian archaeology". Do you study that?

Not officially, alas, but it's a major hobby at the moment. Well, reading about it is. Books make me poor.

Ooh, got any book recs? I'd like to learn more.

Yay! Jack/Thor! Welcome to the Gray Side!

*theirloveissoalien and pure*

There really isn't much fic, alas, apart from Kai's fabulous stories which have already been mentioned. Most of the J/T love has been of a more, shall we say whimsical and tongue and cheek nature.

kist, a devoted J/T junkie has a recap of the J/T lurvehere (http://www.livejournal.com/users/kist/27103.html).

The J/T lurve really is the wave of the future in this fandom. I see it, yes I do. ;-)

I think I'll have to approach J/T -- writing-wise -- from a whimsical yet still sincere angle until I'm more familiar with the characters.

But then...ah, then! Because it *is* possible to love someone different from yourself, even if that person has no discernible external genitalia.

I've already got

kist's post linked, to peruse this weekend.

And hee! to your icon. :)

But then...ah, then! Because it *is* possible to love someone different from yourself, even if that person has no discernible external genitalia.

Yes it is, and Jack clearly loves Thor. His expression always softens when he talks about Thor. There is definite affection there and it is well worth exploring.

And hee! to your icon. :)

Rightbackatcha! TWTIT! Ha!

::checks shirt, sees some purple::

::waves::

Hey, Hal, my name's Debbie, also known as Starfish. Fandoms include due South, Stargate, XFiles, Sports Night, and Smallville. Love British humour, especially Terry Pratchett and Douglas Adams.

Am I hallucinating or did you write a "Mulder in drag as Marilyn Monroe" story? Off to check...

::checks shirt, sees some purple::

I am psychic. I'll start the LJ psychic hotline -- three drabbles per minute for a reading.

Yay to the British humour! Are you a Blackadder fan?

And, er, yes to the Mulder as Marilyn story. These things happen.

I know what Blackadder is (I think), but haven't really watched it.

Re: Mulder-lyn -- I loved it! I think Shrift recced it, and I remember being at a library (using their 'net access) and trying hard not to laugh out loud.

And then when I got home, I forgot to find the site again to bookmark it...

and long walks on the beach dressed in fatigues under cover of night. Must have good hair. Should enjoy aliens, hot girl on girl action, hot boy on boy action, watermelon and ivory tower academics. No smokers, losers, Consortium Members, latex fetishists or people against plaid.

Hal, do you remember me?

I would never forget you, my love. I'm just sorry about...that night. Can you ever forgive me?

*buys

kormantic a box of Triscuits*

I can forgive... but never forget!

Hello,

I found you after Destina mentioned you'd fallen in love with Stargate. I liked what you had to say about the show and am looking forward to hearing your impressions on season 3.

Cool! I'm feeling the Stargate love -- love of the show, but also the welcome from the fans on LJ. You guys are the best!

hmm. I'm Pearl-o (or erica, when people get personal). I write mostly in Smallville, so far, but I read all over the place; I think I found your journal in one of my periodic searches through the friends of all *my* friends -- when enough cool people want to read someone, it's worth taking a look to see what's up there, right? -- and then found it interesting.

God, I love your icon. *licks*

Smallville is a fandom I really wish I could have gotten into because it seems like so much fun.

Hullo, etc.

Came across your LJ while idly surfing on

barkley's friendlist. I remember you from The X-Files, where your fic used to make me pee myself with laughter (A Man's Man is a particular favorite.) Then you say you're now watching Stargate! How can a girl resist?

I like your LJ Friend Manifesto. No mush, no fuss, and sensible-like.

X-Files! The fandom that you can never really leave behind. *g*

Stargate seems, while not like TXF, *more* like it than the last couple of fandoms I've added -- HP and LotR. I'm having to get my brain out of fantasy mode when I watch/read/think about writing.

Darnit, you missed my purple shirt yesterday, which, oddly enough, is my XF shirt, where I found you way back in the day when you got interviewed on Chron X. Plus I'm pretty sure "Unmarried Mother" amused me.

I came floating in from some acquaintanceship I can't trace anymore, but the HP discussions have kept me coming back. I even brought up your memory charms entry IRL the other day.

I think I was psychically looking backwards in time.

And again with the TXF. I wonder if you took all the online fans over a certain age, how many you'd find who *weren't* in TXF fandom.

Glad you've enjoyed the HP bits. I still find all the mental modification very creepy.

how many you'd find who *weren't* in TXF fandom.

Well, my primary writing fandom of the moment, Alias, has a lot of people on their first fandom, but the point is well taken. Even when I was really into ST: Voyager, there were some philes around.

I think it's about time someone formed an LJ community where we can have group therapy about all the residual bitterness. And everything we learned about how to maintain a fanbase/good show by doing everything Chris Carter didn't. ;)

On second thought, there's meta fic about Mulder and Scully in therapy that should do the job.

It's funny -- I had a lot of X-Files bitterness but it's mostly kind of faded away and left me with a quiet affection for the show. Maybe it's because we're watching through the early seasons right now.

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I think it's fine to keep an LJ just for reading if you want to read and not post. I don't think anyone minds that.

More X-Files people! Yay!

I, like many, remember you from those days of yore and X-Files fanfic. Our fandoms haven't crossed paths since, but that's the good of LJ. I can be in Smallville and still hear you talk about hobbits and pirates. Arrrr. To quote rule #5.

Now I'm going to do something I rarely do. I've waited six years, but I'm finally going to ask about your screen name. Please explain the origin of "Halrloprillalar"? Please?

I know -- that's what I love about LJ. There's all this spill-over from other people's interests and you get to see/hear cool things you'd miss otherwise.

Hmm, hobbits *and* pirates? Hobbits *as* pirates? Must think on this...

Ah, the name. Lo! these many years ago, when I was picking a screen name, I wanted something that was unusual and sci-fi-riffic without being X-Files specific.

So, naturally, I turned to Larry Niven. Halrloprillalar is a female alien from Ringworld. (In point of fact, she's a prostitute. But that's neither here nor there.) I also considered, from the same source, Harkabeeparolyn, but the thought that someone could nickname me "Beep" was too scary.

Hobbit pirates? They just...they're so short and clumsy, and I can't imagine they'd be any good on a boat. They'd get tangled in the rigging.

Also, Hobbits? Not your fiercest creatures. They'd have a hard time with the mindless pillaging and raping. They'd make very funny pirates. But if anyone could write it, it'd be you, Hal.

As for being nicknamed "Beep" -- that is pretty terrifying. Plus Harkabeeparolyn doesn't have near enough L's in it. Much easier to spell, too.

Hi,

I've been reading your journal for the past month now, and came here by the way of

kestralsan.

I currently write in the CSI fandom. That is when I find the time. Lately, I've been on this heavy reading kick in mostly X-Files, Smallville, and now POTC fandoms. There are only so many hours in a day. :-)

Hey, cool! CSI is one of the shows I wish I had time to get into -- it sounds really good.

LJ is so handy for dipping into other fandoms. Glad to have you around. :) And don't believe anything

kestrelsan says about me. She lies, she lies.

I’m Whitney, lurker extraordinaire. I was lured to your journal by your Marcus from “In Love” and then, I went to visit your fanfics page and I thought, ‘Ohh, this is the person that wrote “Sick List” and “Chase” and “Break” and “Flying” and all the goodie Marcus/Oliver drabbles’ and I’ve been lurking here ever since.

I’m not very verbal and I don’t really know how to tell you how much I love your writing. [Jumping up and down and clap my hands while shouting ‘I love your fics. Your fics are the bomb’ seems perfect for a mental image. XD] I just do. A lot.

Hmm...apparently, I ran out of things to say. So. mmm...Hi. ^_^

PS: I’m adding you on my friend list. You can’t stop me now. Muaa-ahh-ahh!! XD

Welcome, Whitney!

[Jumping up and down and clap my hands while shouting ‘I love your fics. Your fics are the bomb’ seems perfect for a mental image. XD]

Hee! That it is. :) Thanks for that.

And Marcus says hi too.

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