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Wyatt & Chris Halliwell, Charmed

Before Sam and Dean came around, Chris and Wyatt were my favorite TV brothers. They were in just two episodes together, their adult selves, I mean, one S6 ep and one S8 ep, IIRC, but their relationship fascinated me to no end.

When Wyatt went bad, like really Evil Incarnate bad, he killed or enslaved every witch out there, his family included. Everyone but his younger brother Chris. Sure, he put Chris under surveillance but he let him lose. And even after Chris escaped into the past, Wyatt sent Bianca not to kill him but to bring him back. And even THEN, when she did bring him back, Wyatt didn't try all that hard to kill Chris, even after Chris refused to side with him again. I mean, Wyatt was Twice Blessed, he could've wiped the floor clean with Chris if he wanted. But did he? No, of course not. I wonder why he wanted so badly for Chris to join him, it felt like he was above the whole friends and family thing...

And Chris. Chris was the woobie to end all woobies. His story, his first death... they made me cry like a baby. He was my favorite character. He risked his life and died to save his brother and the whole future - the scene in which Chris was killed and Leo totally lost it is still my favorite! - but he was definitely no push-over. He did what he had to, sometimes even bad things, but knowing what was to come, he couldn't stop. I loved that he loved, no, adored his brother but he wasn't blind to Wyatt's faults. As he said, "If I can't save you, I swear to God I'll stop you." Even though I think it would've destroyed him, emotionally, I mean.

The last episode of the series, where they both appeared, coming back from the future, was all I could wish for, regarding them, I mean. Though it looked like Chris remembered what happened to him, didn't he? He remembered grams, after all. And he did seem... older, wiser than Wyatt despite being younger, didn't he? Like he has lived his life twice already...

Yeah, these two give me FEELINGS! *hands*

So, the new SPN is sitting on my HDD, looking all innocent and tantalizing at the same time. To watch or not to watch, that's the question. I mean, I won't get to see the next episode until next Sunday! *bites nails* Well, I will try to be good and wait but will I be successful? It's Sam and Dean after all *bounces in place*

Oh, and I ordered Charmed S6 - Amazon dropped the price to $22.99 only - because, IMHO, it's the only season really worth owning. Why? Because of Chris, of course. Chris is love and such a woobie and he reminds me so much of Dean - he would do anything for his brother, he frickin' died for his brother! And when they killed him, the show basically ended for me and I didn't watch it until the very last ep, just to see him bicker with Wyatt in a good way, not in the "I will slit your throat" way. Maybe this box set will inspire me to continue writing my challenge fic?

* The Olympic Closing Ceremony was beautiful. Not as beautiful as the Opening one but still impressive. I loved the human torch best. But London's introduction was... bland compared to that, to be honest. I hope that the British do better in 2012.

* I ordered the Tropical Heat series box set (the whole series for 26.99$!) and the novelization of SGA's pilot episode, "Stargate Atlantis: Rising" by Sally Malcolm from Amazon.

* I'm staying strong. I'm spoiler-free for Supernatural's S4 and I resisted and didn't download the ripped gag reel. I will wait for the official DVDs to arrive *nods* I feel so proud of myself :P

* And something shocking! Last night, I finished another fic for my charmedprompts table, this time using the prompt: "The more things change, the more they remain... insane." - Michael Fry and T. Lewis. Wyatt's falling...

* Psych, ep 3x06! ( My spoilery thoughts... ) Happy, happy :)

* I finished reading Ariel Tachna's gay vampire book "Alliance in Blood" and I must say that it was the most sugary, the cheesiest book that I've read lately, with poor, fragile men and tortured souls *snorts and rolls eyes* Luckily, I got rid of the awful after-taste by reading vol. 8 of Clamp's "xxxHolic". Watanuki and Doumeki rock my socks. I think this is one of the best manga by Clamp - the right amount of angst and humor!

Title: Darkness Creeping In
Author: katikat
Fandom: Charmed
Disclaimer: All standard disclaimers apply here.
Genre: gen, future fic
Ratings: PG-13
Characters: Chris, Wyatt, OMC
Words: ~1300
Sequel to "Ashes in the Dust"
Prompt: "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." - Abraham Lincoln.
Summary: I will do anything to get you back!
Beta: My darling yami-tai! *huggles*
Notes: I can't believe that I finally wrote another prompt. Hurray to me! XP

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Prompt table

Title: Ashes in the Dust
Author: katikat
Fandom: Charmed
Disclaimer: All standard disclaimers apply here.
Characters: Wyatt
Rating: PG-13
Genre: gen, future fic
Words: 880
Sequel to "Fade to Black"
Prompt: "We desire nothing so much as what we ought not to have." - Publilius Syrus.
Summary: They think that he's losing his mind; mom, dad and the rest of the family.
Notes: My big thank-you goes to my lovely yami_tai for her amazing beta job ;) I got the idea for the fic from one of the fics by fleshflutter ;P


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Snatched from lostandalone22...

Name five totally self-indulgent story ideas. (The fanfic you would write if you didn't care if you had an audience and also had no shame.)

1. Psych, gen: I would love to write another five-things type of story in this fandom. "Five Times Shawn Really Was a Psychic" in particular. It wouldn't be funny at all. I even know what the first story would be about: There would be a hiker missing in the mountains and the Search and Rescue would call Shawn and Gus because they helped them find lost people in the mountains before. Shawn just needs a piece of the missing person's clothing and he locks on them and goes after them. But he needs Gus with him because in this state, he's totally oblivious to his own safety. And he would keep going on and on to complete exhaustion if left to his own devices...

2. Supernatural, het: This fic I've been mulling about on and off for months now. Sam and Dean would be werewolves and Sam would be the leader of a pack in the mountains. To the outsiders, it would look like your typical sleepy town with Sam as the mayor - which everybody from the outside would find odd, him being so young. But with the were's being basically immortal... So, the demon killed Sam's Jess and Dean's Cassie died during childbirth together with their child. Dean's still mourning her death. Sam would be in love with Sarah, an art... and weapon's dealer for the pack. In this universe, the were's would be sorta the police of the supernatural world. Dean would have this weird on-and-off relationship with Kathleen, the sheriff from the next town over who would have no idea about the werewolves and demons etc. It would start with Bobby bringing Andrea and Lucas to the town because a rogue were killed Andrea's husband and turned Lucas...

3. Charmed, incest: Actually, this would be the follow-up to my story "Ripping the Fabric of Reality to Shreds" which is gen. Wyatt and Chris would be stuck together in that alternate world, living there for years, trying to find their way home and while doing that, waking up a lot of bad creatures that should have stayed asleep there. Wyatt would be worried about Chris who would be going slightly crazy after having been stuck there for a year alone. The incest would kinda come as a... not natural, but understandable conclusion...

4. Chuck, het/slash/moresome: In this fic, the new interface would be up and running and Casey and Sarah would be given the order to kill Chuck. Chuck has been suffering from terrible headaches because the interface is messing with his brain chemistry. But Casey and Sarah can't kill Chuck after all. They decide to grab him and disappear. They get in touch with Bryce and meet him in the mountains. They run away together. There would be various couples/threesomes/moresomes in this fic because basically, they wouldn't be able to trust anybody else...

5. Supernatural, gen: Sam would find a deck of tarot cards hidden in the Impala's trunk. He would ask Dean about them. In the end, he would find out that the deck belongs to Dean and that it's spell-bound. Dean was using it during the years Sam was in Stanford to keep all the supernatural creatures out of Sam's way and give him a normal life. But the deck basically causes addiction. Once you start using it, you can't stop. And it feeds off of your energy and blood so when you use it, you literally get your hands bloody...

Uh, yes, that was a bit longer than I expected. It's quite easy for me to come up with ideas. It's difficult to actually write them down... *sigh*

Yay, I finished another of my Charmed prompt fics. And it looks like these prompts will turn into a one long story in the end because this one is a sequel to my "Conversation about Death" fic. And it's over 1100 words long! *izsurprised*

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You know, sometimes, I think that an author should leave a fic as it is and not attempt to write a sequel. Sometimes, a fic is perfect and needs no continuation.

That's how I feel about the amazing Smallville fic "Somewhere I Have Never Traveled" by Jenn. This fic is perfection pure in my opinion but the series of short sequels... I think it ruins the whole thing. Why?

In Jenn's story the main plotline is that Lex loves Clark so much that he would do anything to get him and keep him. He goes to such lengths to win Clark's love that it makes you love his character even more. But in the sequels, Lex does something that makes absolutely no sense in the light of his love for Clark - I don't want to spoil you if you don't know the fic. He behaves in such an OOC way that it completely ruins your pleasure.

And that's why I decided to try and not even think of the other stories as sequels but as a completely different series. It helps a bit *sigh*

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I made some new avatars and then I made icons from said avatars! That's kinda what I look like *points at her icon* XD

My lucky bamboo curl is now 2 feet tall. I mean the sprout. It's bigger than the stick now O.O I need to find a new vase for it because this one is getting rather wobbly!

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You know, after watching the series finale of Charmed I have a very special vision of what the future Chris would be like, what the relationship between the Halliwell brothers would be like. I know that some people won't agree with me probably, but still...

Even though it wasn't said directly in the show, Chris obviously remembered his past.. or future... or past future... Now I'm confusing myself XP And from the interaction between the brothers, Chris seemed the calmer one, the less exultant one, the one who knew more. Wyatt reminded me of a bouncing puppy, all eager and excited. Chris seemed more like the older brother, all indulgent and exasperatedly patient with Wyatt.

And this is the way I like to write him, as the more mature one, as someone who made peace with himself because he managed to accomplish the one thing he set out to do in his life - keep Wyatt from turning evil. That's the way I love him :)

Tuesday's ratings... Beauty and the Geek 2.48 mil. viewers, Reaper 2.46 mil. viewers... Okay, I'm getting kinda twitchy about those numbers. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy that Supernatural is way ahead of them *touches wood* but if it continues like this, the whole CW network might go down and Supernatural with it... On the other hand, the forum members over at http://pifeedback.com are quite sure that Sci-Fi would pick our show up. Hm...

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What I liked most from the con interview with Jensen Ackles? The question about them going to the gym or training. When he said that they are keeping their bodies athletic, the crowd cheered and he smiled all surprised, saying "How quickly you go there." and then he added softly "It's amazing." And that's what I adored. The way he said it... *giddy*

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I joined a new challenge! charmedprompts. I was invited O.O And I just can't resist the beauty that's Chris Halliwell. My first ficlet? A death story. Go figure...

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And a question - are there any new shows this season that you didn't even bother to watch the pilot of? For me, it was Bionic Woman. And from the way it keeps declining every week - ratings-wise - I think it was a good choice :(