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Terminator: the Sarah Connor Chronicles was an awesome television show that was cancelled before its time, and ended on one of the most insane cliffhangers ever, second only to Farscape, only TSCC didn't get a miniseries to wrap things up.

Fortunately, we have halcyon_shift, who wrote the magnificent series Out on the Wire. Starting just as the finale ends, These Things My Mother Taught Me (the first story) throws you right into the middle of a tense situation and things never let up. John Connor, in the future, must figure out how to survive in an apocalyptic future where no one knows his name and everyone's suspicious of how he arrived. Sarah Connor, in the past, must keep herself and Savannah alive while Skynet hunts them. Both of them, from opposite ends of the problem and little way of communicating, must work together to save the human race. And I guarantee you, you won't figure out the end until you get there. The writing is tense, surprisingly introspective, and completely in character.

( Snippet of the first story )

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Really, I do. But the thing is, I have very specific tastes when it comes to icons. (Hey, my parents are professional photographers--I grew up with photographic art all around me, I got picky about it.) First, they have to be relatively simple. Nothing too busy. It's only 100x100 pixels, people, you get too much stuff in there and it just looks cluttered and muddy. I don't like it when people use weird filters and coloring and stuff--it almost always detracts from the impact of the image. I want that sucker to pop. I like dramatic images and vibrant colors. Contrasts with light and shadow. If there's text, it's got to be awesome text with a reason for being on that icon, and also text that resonates with something I'm likely to want to be talking about in a post that icon could be used with. The image itself needs to be, well, iconic. Striking. Memorable. Not just another headshot of a character or screencap from a random scene in a random episode. If it's a specific moment, that moment needs to be obvious and a critical moment. If it's a character shot, it needs to capture the essence of that character or say something about him or her. Above all, not generic. This is all the stuff an icon has to be before I even give it a second glance, regardless of fandom or anything else about it. (I do occasionally go for a humorous icon, but not for this fandom.)

What am I looking for specifically in a Terminator icon? I want it to be of Cameron, Sarah, or John, or some combination of the three of them. I want it to be kickass, not angsty. I absolutely do not want any romantic/shippy stuff. Some shows I ship, some I'm pure gen, some I waffle on; my Terminator love if pure gen.

I've spent the last several weeks looking at every icon post listed on judgment_daily and haven't found anything.

Title: Priorities
Author: beatrice_otter
Fandom: Terminator: the Sarah Connor Chronicles
Summary: Cameron, at the end of Born to Run
Rating: G
Characters: Cameron, John Henry
Word Count: 1414
Betaed by: hradzka

( The structure and organization of the computer banks that served as John Henry’s central processing unit are far different from the chip that served the same purpose in Cameron’s body. )

Just watched the season 3 finale. If they don't continue the show ... wow. I will go nuts.

Then I will write much fic.

Just watched the season 3 finale. If they don't continue the show ... wow. I will go nuts.

Then I will write much fic.

Title: They Say
Word Count: 200
Fandom: Babylon 5/Buffy: the Vampire Slayer
Challenge: #83: Virtue and Vice

( They say )





Title: On our own terms
Word Count: 100
Fandom: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles/Angel: The Series
Challenge: #83: Virtue and Vice

( On our own terms )





Title: White Knights
Word Count: 100
Fandom: Batman: the Dark Knight/Angel: The Series
Challenge: #83: Virtue and Vice

( White Knights )