Contest.

I have a little time to write this short notice to let you know about an Anonymous One-Shot Contest I wrote an entry for. Check it out: http://fanfictionfandomunderdogs.wordpress.com/

Vacation.

I'm going on a vacation in two days and I won't come home until August 11, so there won't be any new posts on the blog until then.
You can still submit fics through the Rec Submission Form, adopt banners and send recs to my email, but don't expect me to reply until I come back.
Until then. MWAH!

Weekly Recs.

Howdy! These are this week's recs. These stories were chosen by me, given that it's the first 'Weekly Recs' and nobody has submitted any fics through the Rec Submission Form.

Jasper Fics of the week
Porcelain People by ur.new.bestfriend.XD - because it was updated today and it's totally confusing, but really very good.
Torturing Me by fightforAllTheWrongReasons - it was inspired by a banner I made and it's just so good!
Saint and Saviour by Jasper1863Hale - it's one of the few slash stories I read and I love it!
Vamp Fics of the week
Monster by The.Bloody White.Wolf.xoxo - because it's very well written and I believe it deserves some attention, given that the author has been harassing me to add the story to my community and give her my opinion about it.
Wolf Fics of the week
How Quickly is Forever by Willow2883 - I beta'd a chapter of this story through PTB, and I must say that it's something different. Very well written and original, because I've never read something like this.
Human Fics of the week
Wisp by Cris - because it's like The Vampire in the Basement, but in human edition and a little bit different. Like, totally different. But it's awesome.

~Secrets Don't Keep Friends~ by KTBass

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4805865/1/Secrets_Dont_Keep_Friends
Summary: AH. Everyone has secrets, and Bella Swan is no different. For months she's kept quiet, but the arrival of blunt Edward Cullen forces her to come clean with terrifying consequences. Secrets push friends away, but can honesty bring them back? Complete.


This is my first rec ever. Why did I choose this fic? Because, whenever I thought about writing a rec, I instinctively thought about this story. If I remember correctly, it was one of the first fics I ever read. It has always been and will always be one of my favorites. 
<Of course, I have other not-so-popular favorites (and that's the purpose of these recs, making the not-so-popular very good fics more popular, even if they have been completed ages ago), but this one is special. 
I simply love it. There isn't another story that I've re-read so many times.
So why do I love it? 
First, because of the characters. 
*Bella is like canon Bella, with a bit of a backbone when she's with Edward. With Jasper, she's a doormat, except in some cases. 
*Then there is Edward, who in the beginning shows off as being a little emo, but he's really cute. He's way better than Stephenie Meyer's Edward.
*Then Jasper. I don't even know what to say about him. I think that this story has one of the best Jasper's ever. In the beginning he's a total asshole, that until we find out why he is like that. Then we see him suffer and we realize that he can be sweet, too. He just doesn't want to show it, because he has some secrets, too.
~What makes me keep re-reading this story is how real it is. I've read very few stories that I found realistic, and this is one of them, because it shows how some almost insignificant secrets can destroy your life, especially if someone (who used to be your friend) knows about them.
It's not too fluffy, but it doesn't make me want to cry, either. It's just... perfect.
I give a plus point to this story because Jasper and Bella call eachother J and B. No fancy nicknames. Just J and B.
Here's a short paragraph if I didn't convince you:

& Her hand had just reached for his when the door opened again. Edward stiffened and Bella automatically flinched, not even having to look to see who stood in the doorway.

Jasper and Alice approached her side. Jasper wore his usual uniform and usual scowl. Alice, though, was head to toe in black, from her knee high boots, black tights and pencil skirt to her shredded black peasant blouse and black leather jacket.

"You're sitting in my seat," he said, staring down at her.

At first she froze, her mouth hanging open as she tried to remember what to say. A small squeeze of her hand was enough to remind her.

"Mr. Varner switched us," she said, grateful that her voice had only trembled a little bit.

"But why?" Alice asked.

Meeting Alice's eyes was easier. It was easier to feel anger and betrayal than it was with Jasper, pathetic though that was. "Because you're a distraction," she said, simply.

"You are such a – "

"Mr. Hale, that is enough. Take your new seat with Miss Brandon."

"What if I can't see the board?" Jasper asked, placing his hand on the edge of the desk and leaning on it, still not looking away from Bella. &

^Go and read it if you like an E/B story with a little bit of Jasper. Or even if you hate E/B stories. Just read it. 'Cause, seriously, this is a must read, and it doesn't have many chapters, only 20 plus Epilogue.

Simple Line Border.

In this tutorial, I am going to show you how to do a frame like this:
You can use GIMP to do it, too. Go here for that tutorial.

1. Open PF and open your image. I'm going to use this.

2. Go here:

Make a selection. I'm going to make it like this: 

3. Go to Filters-Frame-Simple Frame. Select a color, adjust the opacity and the width (it looks good if it's 1 or 2) and you're done!

You can make even 2 borders using the same method, making one with the width 1 and the other with the width 2. 

Doctor Who.

I've been re-watching some of my favorite Doctor Who episodes from series 5, and... You do know what Doctor Who is, right? TARDIS? Amy? Rory? Madman With a Box? No? Shame on you. If you don't know what I'm talking about, you shouldn't continue reading this.

However, if you do know who The Doctor is, you're my new best friend.

So, I just watched The Time of Angel/Flesh and Stone and I noticed something. You know, in The Time of Angels, in the beginning when Amy looks at that 4 seconds recording of the Angel from the ship? (who later becomes Angel Bob) 

'That which holds the image of an Angel becomes itself an Angel' and 'The eyes are not the windows of the soul, they are the doors' and the Doctor tells Amy to look at the Angel, but to not look at the eyes. 

Still, Amy looks at it's eyes and the Angel climbs inside her mind, as the Doctor explains in Flesh and Stone when Amy's dying and she has to close her eyes. 

But, if the Angel from the ship is in Amy's mind, then how can the Doctor talk to it? The Angel from the ship uses Bob's voice to talk, right? And he talks to the Doctor while Amy's eyes are open and she's dying. So, how can Angel Bob be in her mind and talk to the Doctor?

Yes, it's sure it was the Angel from the ship that climbed inside her mind, because right after she stops that recording, she says that 'there's something in her eye', and then after they figure out that those statues are all Angels, she thinks that her hand is stone. And it's just obvious that it's Angel Bob inside her mind, because he's the only Angel that has that calm face. See the image below.

Do you understand what I'm saying?
Oh, and another thing I just noticed. How come that, when the Angels go up to the Byzantium and fall into that crack because they forget about the gravity, Angel Bob has this calm face, while the other Angels are like... I don't know. See for yourself:

Also, in the same episode, when the Doctor and River and Octavian leave, and Amy stays with the Clerics, and the Doctor tells her to remember what he told her when she was 7, how does he know that she was 7 in The Eleventh Hour? I don't recall her telling him that.