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Paid Account Sale
We are having a paid account sale starting today through September 30, 2008. During that period, you can purchase a 12 month block of paid time and receive a 20% discount – this paid time can be added to any account, or purchased as a gift for your favorite LJ-friend. For full details, see our Paid Account Sale page.

Announcing lj_advisory
We are pleased to announce the creation of the lj_advisory community, set up so you can find news and information related to the activities of the Advisory Board. We recognize that it has taken us a while to get this community up and running, and that has caused some frustration. From now on, we will post topics which will be discussed by the Advisory Board prior to the date of the meeting and summaries of meetings after they occur. Throughout the year, the Advisory Board may also post requests for opinions on topics which may be discussed at future meetings. This is the official community for communication with the Advisory Board – comments will be read by Advisory Board members who will respond as they feel appropriate.

RTE + Opera and Safari = <3
RTE stands for Rich Text Editor, which is the default method of posting entries from the Post an Entry page. Our Rich Text Editor is based on the open-source FCKeditor code. It allows you to make links or LiveJournal user tags, insert photos or videos, and format your entries without needing to know HTML. That is, unless you use Opera or Safari as a browser, in which case you couldn't use the RTE.

That will be changing today. We are pleased to announce that the RTE has been upgraded to the latest version of the FCK code, which includes support for Opera and Safari! In addition, many of the bugs in the old version have been fixed. If you've been using RTE, you will most likely need to clear your browser's cache in order to use the new version.

<strike> vs. <b>
Last year we changed the visual display of deleted and suspended usernames from a line through the username to a bold font. This had the effect of making the name unclickable - which meant that no one could easily determine whether the username had been deleted or suspended. We've reversed this display, returning deleted and suspended usernames to a struck-through and clickable state.

Flash Fiction Contest Update
The deadline to submit your flash fiction entry to "Quick Tales," LiveJournal's partnership with Caferati in India is fast approaching. Users who wish to find out more about this exciting contest should take a look at our india_writing community. Be quick! Entries must be received by midnight, September 7th, 2008 and the contest is open to all who have a mailing address in India, regardless of where they currently reside or citizenship.

Current Mood: quixotic

Title: ‘Til Death do us Apart… and Bring us back Together
Pairing: Peter/Edmund, implied Susan/Caspian
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Angst
Word Count: 540
Warnings: Character Death
Summary: Edmund dies in battle in Narnia. This is the aftermath.

Current Location: home
Current Mood: peaceful

Title: For Each Other, We Live
Author:barbie_speidel
Pairing: Peter/Edmund
Rating: PG
Summary: Peter thinks about how both Edmund and himself need each other to go on with life.

lebaneselove
A wealth of resources for fans of the Lebanese entertainment world.

Tags: foreign, language

scenebyscene
This collaborative screenwriting community will accomplish an entire film script--each scene by a different writer--over the course of one year. It's destined to be crazy. Along the way, a slew of smaller challenges will be offered.

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add_foreign_ljs
Looking to practice your language skills? add_foreign_ljs offers users a way to find journals written in a language other than their own.

Tags: foreign, language

land before you drown

Fandom: Narnia
Pairing: Peter/Caspian
Rating: R

Word Count: ~13.500 *complete*

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 *new* | Part 5 *new*

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Please do delete this if not appropriate, but I am dying here! I am looking for the first ever Narnia fic I ever read, which convinced me that this fandom rules over all else. I can't remember who wrote it, can't remember where I saw it, bit the story was about Peter escaping for a swim after the battle. Caspian came along.

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I am absolutely DYING to read this fic again, please please please tell me where to find it.

P.S All fics with similar dialog are also WELCOME and LOVE!

ETA: Fic found, by the glorious airdate

 Title: Bound Together by Fragile Dreams (Previously Untitled)
Rating: R
Pairing: Caspian/Peter, Miraz/Peter
Warnings: VERY VERY AU, nonconsensual sex (in later chapters), violence, slavery, mild torture, dark themes, death, spoilers for the books and movies (maybe)
Summary: AU, what if the four pevensies were native narnians, and they lived under the oppressive rule of the Telmarines? And what if Caspian, a pampered prince, comes to the realization that the Telmarine law is not as just as he was taught to believe?
Disclaimer: I do not own any of CS Lewis' books or characters or actors that play the characters.

Note: cross-posted to fanfiction.net 
           link to previous chapters in the LJ cut

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