Unsung Heroes Appreciation

[crazydiamondsue]

Before we get to the people that I think kick ass, did you hear that I was IN PAIN? Yes - let's begin with talking about me. Thursday night, I...threw my back out? Pinched a nerve? All I know is that I was looking up vids of Brad Pitt for no particular Stoney-inspired reason, and I bent over to scratch my foot and something twanged when it should have twigged. I shuffled into the house, kept Caza up until 4:00 a.m., literally had to crawl to the bathroom - twice - made Caza run to the all-night Wal-Mart for a heating pad and generally moaned from the vicinity of the couch all weekend.

Which means nothing I meant to do - fic re-writes and posting, letters mailing, green eggs and ham - got done this weekend. And the last I looked? My flist was at skip=340. Thank you so much to sweptawaybayou for covering the Herald for me this weekend. You rock!

Birthdays I missed: tx_cronopio, anelith, killerweasel, kelleah - *throws confetti* *shoots Silly String* Hope you all had a great day!

And now for the Heroes. Thanks again, southernbangel, for a great idea.


The Reccers - These are the people who make doing the su_herald so much easier. They link to fic, meta, off-site points of interests and find and spotlight new writers. Lots of people rec, and god bless 'em for it, but kita0610 is a fantastic source for finding new Buffyverse writers, makd posts regular lengthy and informative lists and lunabee34 recs on her own as well as maintaining club_joss for detailed rec purposes. You all rock.
kita0610
makd
lunabee34
brandil
moosesal
stretfordditto
viciouswishes
dodyskin
zandra_x
chrisleeoctaves
julia_here

The Mods - I'm a member of few communities/lists, but I can't say enough about the work that goes into maintaining active sites. You guys amaze me.
lillianmorgan and yourlibrarian - for buffyversetop5
darkhavens - for bloodclaim
chrisleeoctaves - for Octaves of the Heart and Writer Con Archive
entrenous88 and viciouswishes - for bones_theseries
mara_sho for Moments Lost, which includes the Xander-centric "I Need a Parrot" archive and the White Knight Awards
spuzz - without Spuzz, there is no su_herald

The Vidders - I love fan vids. These are a few of my favorite creators.
sisabet
sockkpuppett
sdwolfpup
nicole_anell

The Funny Girls - I so much would rather laugh than cry. These are a few people I can always count on for funny fic, amusing meta, creations or observations or just the occasional WTF? comment in my journal.
dovil
stoney321
tkp
dodyskin
mpoetess
vampirefever
paynbow
nicole_anell
cherusha - totally different fandom, but she cracks my ass up.

The Writers Of Everything - I know I'm massively missing people on this list, but these are a few writers who write so many disparate pairings, genres and styles that I never know if I'm going to click on a fic link that will lead me to introspective, thinky Connor character study, totally hot Faith/Buffy porn, a Wesley that sounds more Wesley than canon, two dudes kissin' or a Harmony piece so funny there's screen spewing.
lillianmorgan
karabair
entrenous88
glossing
spikendru
stoney321

The Joy Makers - these are just a few of the journals I can always count on to be low on the emo and high on the sunshine shooting out of my butt. As I'm sure they intended.
tinpanalley
southernbangel
ely_jan
bdbdb
cordelianne
sweptawaybayou
lostakasha
up_your_peach
julia_here
tesla321
elcazavampiros - what? It's kind of cool to read him online, makes him seem like an entirely different person. If you're thinkin' you want a stranger, there's one comin' home...(and thank you to both of you who laughed at that George Strait shout-out.)

The Thinkers - Whether it's fandom meta, meaty rant or RL "did you know?" - these writers cause me to learn something new or come to look at something in an entirely different way. They're like, good with words and stuff.
liz_marcs
tkp
a2zmom
romanyg
janedavitt
peasant_
smashsc
yin_again
kita0610

The Iconers/Graphic Makers - I'm not a big visual arts person - despite that overwhelming icon love. These are few that continue to amaze me with their iconage, screen cap sharing and other "Wow...she did that with a computer? Fancy!" abilities.
_tayler
kornpeep
scarymime
crackers4jenn
killerweasel
velvet_virago

The Faithful Readers / Givers Of Feedback - Some of these people are writers, some are betas, some are just here for the fic and the fun - but these are names I often see leaving thoughtful responses to fic on any given day as I lurk around fandom. And really, how many S/X writers owe their continued improvement to tabaqui encouragement or kitty_poker1 beta efforts? There should be a sash and a tiara, or something...
anelith
ponders_life
tx_cronopio
lillianmorgan
yourlibrarian
kitty_poker1
tabaqui

The Writers Who Made Me Want to Write - These are either the first writers I read in fandom and thought, "Holy hell...that's 'fanfic'?" or who were coming into fandom writing the same time as I was and made me think, "Er, maybe I should just be a reader..." You could call it a list of faves, and yes, I know it's S/X heavy - but there's S/A in there as well! These are the writers who made me want to give it a try, and gave me something to fall short of. They're brilliant, and if I've never told them before, they've all inspired me and shown me how fantastic love of the source material and a true gift with words can be. I doff my hat. (If I wore one.)
yin_again
mpoetess
ladycat777
wesleysgirl
up_your_peach
eliade
spikedluv
tabaqui
huzzlewhat
winterlive
nwhepcat
germaine_pet
violethamster
janedavitt
entrenous88
uberaeryn
savoytruffle
reremouse

Now, since I've been under the heating pad for the past 3 days, feel free to point out anything I missed! Thanks. :)

Comments

[tx-cronopio.livejournal.com]

Thanks, hon, for the birthday wishes! I actually just got my bday party from my parents today, so it was quite timely. xoxo You ROCK!

[crazydiamondsue.livejournal.com]

Welcome! And gorgeous icon. Yay party!!!! You rocketh right back.

[entrenous88.livejournal.com]

*snugs you careful-like* I just logged on and loaded the reading list page, and there you were! I think it's fate.

Now I go to actually read this entry. Yis.

[crazydiamondsue.livejournal.com]

It *is* fate. It was dumbness, though, that caused me to post this with semagic, thereby defaulting to my Herald icon and screened comments. /dork Fixed it!

It's listy. I like lists. Did you know?

[yin-again.livejournal.com]

Heh. I'm thinky. And inspire-y. I must totally rock. Thank you, baby. I love you a lot.

[crazydiamondsue.livejournal.com]

You are thinky and inspirey. And icon makey. And readerish. And rec-like. You're the whole friggin' list, actually....*loves you so*

[a2zmom.livejournal.com]

Backs. Proving that intelligent design is a load of crack ever since man decided to stand up straight.

[crazydiamondsue.livejournal.com]

Hahahahahaha!

Yes. Perfect.

[likeadeuce.livejournal.com]

Awww. . .*smooches you -- gives you heating pads and chocolate*

I haven't done this thing because I can't think of where to start -- I love my whole flist, man!

[crazydiamondsue.livejournal.com]

I'm still poorly, but better. Oooo...chocolate! I did make chocolate chip cookies earlier. I always think of you when I do - didn't you try to make them without flour once? Or something?

I hear you on the love-age. I tred to hit people both flist and fandom, but I know I left off many. Woe.

[killerweasel.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the birthday thoughts. I had a fantastic day. :D

And I love sharing my caps because people take those and come up with gorgeous icons/wallpapers/etc. I don't have those kind of skills.

[crazydiamondsue.livejournal.com]

Yay for fun birthday!

Your caps are AWESOME! The ones for that two bodies ep (the title escapes me) were fantastic. My second and mostly-better-half, elcazvampiros, loves them as well. :)

[vampirefever.livejournal.com]

*pets you*
Poor Sue, hope the back is back to normal soon <--- lame joke to disprove my funnygirl status *g*

To redeem myself here are a couple of my favourite cartoons:





*hugs you better* <-- works in cyberspace, don't let me try it in rl when we meet - lol!

[crazydiamondsue.livejournal.com]

Hahahahaha! The word "feng shui" makes me laugh - so that was all the better.

Caza managed to work "I've got your back" into several moments of helping me this weekend. Funny man, my Caza.

*loves on you*

*hugs you back* (Snerk)

Oh! And Caza and I have been getting caught up on "Little Britain" all weekend. Tony Head is like, way hot. FYI.

[sweptawaybayou.livejournal.com]

Sue! So glad to have you up and around again!

*loves you gently*

And what a wonderful list. I'd like to copy/paste that right into my journal (after I took my *own* name off). It is perfect. Just as you are.

*kisskiss*

[crazydiamondsue.livejournal.com]

I'm up! And mostly around! Dude - I've missed so much. *cries*

Thank you again for doing that - you're wonderful. Just let me know if you want me to cover your days any time soon.

*smooch*

My love of making lists is equal only to my fear of leaving someone off. :)

[dodyskin.livejournal.com]

Oh, bless your little cotton socks. Although this week I am feeling very sung actually! So many lovely posts. Good thing I got that long forsaken rec journal updated in Jan, eh? Or I would be out in the cold with no songs at all. :P

(omg I accidentally watched Rain of Fire just now and I think I threw up a little in my mouth)

[crazydiamondsue.livejournal.com]

Hee-hee! Nah, I would have had you if only for the notes you drop to the Herald comments with a point in a good direction. Much appreciated, btw.

And, you know, I think you're funny and stuff...

Hee! You accidentally watched it? You were casually strolling past and it just popped on? *eyes you*

[makd.livejournal.com]

Extraordinary listing! I'm bookmarking this one for further exploration of all the talented folks whose names you've included.

Also: thank you for including me!

Somehow I missed the posting about your back, but glad to hear it's healing. Backache? Not of the good.

[crazydiamondsue.livejournal.com]

Listing is fun! And you're welcome - your recs are above par! It's a lot of work, and I greatly appreciate that you take the time and effort to do it.

This is my first post since the "Ow! My back!" but sweptawaybayou popped a mention into the herald when she covered for me. She's cool like that. :)

[chrisleeoctaves.livejournal.com]

How adorable are you?

Plus- I hear you about your back- I've been sore for a month now- it's ridiculous!

*smooch*

[crazydiamondsue.livejournal.com]

What's with the back pain? I'd never had that before - well, not since I stop jumping off the top of human pyramids in high school - but it was massively not fun. At all.

And you're so very appreciated. Hope you know. :)

[zandra-x.livejournal.com]

Ow! Sorry to hear about your back. It's all the fault of that damn, dirty ape that first stood upright. We'd be so much more comfortable with our knuckles on the ground.

I'm glad that I've tipped you to some things to put on su_heraldknows-that stage.

[zandra-x.livejournal.com]

Well, that last line came out funny, didn't it? Ha, ha.

[tesla321.livejournal.com]

Chiropractor. I was in agonies over Christmas. I will throw my back out every couple of years, and the chiropractor and his magic roller machine? Is great. Plus, my insurance now covers it.

Doesn't make up for the pain of being unsung in fandom, though. Which keeps me humble. :snort:

[crazydiamondsue.livejournal.com]

Dammit! I *knew* I was going to leave someone off! You were in the "Joy" column. Crap. *adding*

I had to go back and add julia_here after the fact, too, which is sad considering how much reccing she does.

I'm seriously thinking about making a chiropractor appointment, despite the fact that my dad tried to convice me that they were all hacks. Hmmm...I wonder if it's on my insurance. *note to self to check*

*sings you*

[cordelianne.livejournal.com]

I'm glad that you're recovering from the back pain. OW! I've been sending *get better* vibes your way. :) It sounds like Caza was a marvelous help. Yay for Caza!!

What a lovely list, there's so many great people in fandom. *loves* Thanks for including me! I'm all about being low on the emo, and glad (and amused) to be one of the people who cause sunshine to shoot out of your butt! That would be a great slogan: "I make Sue shoot sunshine out of her butt".

Interestingly (although not surprising considering my S/X love), my list of writers who made me want to write is basically identical to yours!

[crazydiamondsue.livejournal.com]

Your vibes worked! I'm back up to speed. Mostly. Caza is the greatest.

There are so many great people - I barely scratched surface! You do bring the sunshine - I love your Buffyverse posts and just your you-ness. I could make you up some cards with that...

I know I've left some writers off. Those are the S/X writers who first introduced me to fic, and then the S/A ones that really got me into the pairing. They're pretty nifty, huh?

[brandil.livejournal.com]

::loves on you::

So sorry you threw your back out. Are you taking it easy?

[crazydiamondsue.livejournal.com]

*loves you back*

I'm much, much better. I didn't move from the couch most of the weekend (and I had a 4 day weekend! Woe!) but I'm easing back. I'm gonna answer the last of these comments and then head in. Try to catch up again in the morning. More skip=massive.

[ely-jan.livejournal.com]

...and high on the sunshine shooting out of my butt.

Whoa.

I'd apologize, but that sounds like one of the coolest superpowers ever!

*winks*

Thanks, darlin - love your lists - what a wonderful thing!

*hugs*

[crazydiamondsue.livejournal.com]

You do have amazing powers! Love your quotes, too.

You just bring the happy. *happy dances* *remembers back* *happy shimmies*

*hugs hard*

[ely-jan.livejournal.com]

And so sorry about your back!! Throwing it out during a Brad Pitt film...scratching your...foot. Your foot? oooookay. *nudge nudge*

Hope you feel better soon!

[crazydiamondsue.livejournal.com]

It was my foot! But hah! It was actually a vid of Brad Pitt and Edward Norton singing "Penis" to the tune of "Venus." Have you seen this? It should be shared.

I'm much better. *hugs*

[allegraconbrio.livejournal.com]

aw, nice lists. Sue. :)

And feel better soon, stupid backs. *squish*

[crazydiamondsue.livejournal.com]

Backs are yucky. And make me feel old. They should do their job of supporting stuff!

*hugs you*

[anelith.livejournal.com]

Hi sweetie! Poor Sue, I wondered how your back was doing. Ron has a bad back but nothing like this. His is more of the low-level-pain variety, not the code-red-can't-move-for-days like yours!

Thanks for the birthday wishes, it's been a good birthday overall with some weirdness here and there. The boys were sick but are better now. Ron brought me yummy Thai food and cake!

Thanks also for the mention as a "faithful reader!"

[crazydiamondsue.livejournal.com]

I missed your birthday!!!!! *feels the woe* *vows to make it up*

I've never had back problems before. It was strange - came out of nowhere. And kind of embarassing that it just came from bending over suddenly.

Thai food! Cake!! Overall weirdness? Feel free to email.

You are faithful in many ways - but you're a feedbacker without peer.

[lillianmorgan.livejournal.com]

Awwww, Sue. What a wonderful gift you are to the fandom! ::many, many hugs:: And thank you - a huge, huge blush is painting my cheeks as I type.
May all this love and generosity improve your hurty back ::sweeps magic wand your way::

[crazydiamondsue.livejournal.com]

*blushes* No, no - it's you! *hugs*

I thought southernbangel was on to something when she suggested the "Unsung Heroes" - it's a good thing to have the fandom love. So many wonderful people - writing, reading, reccing and doing other cool things so it's pretty nifty to be able to say, "Hey, thanks!"

*dances in the magic wand sprinkles* 'Cause there should be magic sprinkles.

[kita0610.livejournal.com]

Aw thank you. KISS.

[crazydiamondsue.livejournal.com]

So very welcome. *smooch*

[lostakasha.livejournal.com]

Owie owie owie...oh, I feel for you, I do! So glad you're feeling somewhat better.

The night my neck troubles started I took 'scrip painkillers like whoa. All different kinds. And tequila. That night will be forever known as One Step Beyond Valley of the Dolls.

Fortunately, I did not make the magic Marilyn Meet-Up combo, which is why I can send you these hearty greetings tonight.

And which makes being on the Sue Joy list so much sweeter! Sing it with me now:

We are the sunshine of your butt...yeah
That's why we'll always fart around...

Thanks, Sue. You're a real live doll. Like Tressy. (Aw, you must have heard of Tressy...)

[lostakasha.livejournal.com]

almost forgot...you missed me getting drunk and telling all of LJ about my sex life. God knows you wouldn't want to miss getting a slice of that freak pie!

[paynbow.livejournal.com]

Ouch with the back! I feel your pain! I have stretches, should you need them. Good, chairopractor-approved stretches *g* The Back Pain has been my life for the last 5 years. Take care of yours! The sooner you nip it in the bud, the less chance it will become chronic.

Anywho, on to ME! Me being FUNNY! Hooray! *smooches* Your list rocks, btw. I need to check some of the people out...

I have a funny story, actually, which is totally and completely off topic *g* I went out for sushi today with some friends, mostly guys, and we got on the topic of sex ed, because Darryl is doing a teching practicum and next month he has to teach it. So I said, just bring in fruit. A banana with a condom and half a cantelope. Which I thought was funny. ONE person laughed. The rest were shocked, SHOCKED that I would mention that ANYTHING looked like a V-word. So, bananas are okay, but half a cantelope is dirty? Boo to that. Seriously, these are guys that will talk about dental damns in a crowded, child-filled restauant, but mention a fruit that resembles a coochie and suddenly you've gone too far. AND THEN Darrly proceeds to say that he'll just whip out his penis and say, "hey kids, this is what it looks like." And then the principle will cal him into the office and say, "you are so fired." And how. Funny, but still, wtf.

[crazydiamondsue.livejournal.com]

Ooo! Streches! Yes! Send diagrams! I need something. I did NOT enjoy this weekened.

You are funny! Like, old school Sue journal funny.

Hahahahaha! It totally *is* cantaloupe! So, bananas are okay, but half a cantelope is dirty? Hee! Reminds me of the HBO Real Sex I saw once where an instructor was demonstrating cunnilingus using...mango slices, I think.

You win best story of the day.

[gloss]

Unsung Heroes week has been filled with joy. This is like three brandy-soaked cherries atop that sundae. Thank you!

I hope you heal soon. *shares the drugs*

[crazydiamondsue.livejournal.com]

Hahahahahaha! Sorry, still giggling at the icon. *calms* Nope, still funny.

Drugs! I only had Excedrine PM, which, all things considered, actually did the job. And you're welcome. :)

[tabaqui]

Someone says they 'threw their back out' and it just makes me *squirm*. I know so many people with bars and plates and screws and crazy shite in their backs and.....yaaaaaargh!!!

So glad you feel up to being back. And OMG you made this amazing post! You so rock.
*smoooches you madly*
*but carefully*
:)

[crazydiamondsue.livejournal.com]

I have got to get more excercise. I think that was a big part of the owie back syndrome.

I'm glad it was a good post - I had been offline so long I had a hard time remembering html again. :) And I was terribly afraid I was forgetting people. But what can you do? I tried to hit the high marks. Which you, my friend, are definitely one of.

*hugs you hard as back will allow*