S7: EP1 PICKING UP THE PIECES
S7: EP2 LIVING IN THE MOMENT
S7: EP3 WRECKING BALL
S7: EP4 THE PENNY DROPS
(SPOILERS ARE ACCEPTABLE IN COMMENTS ONLY OR IN SEPERATE CUT_TAG POST)

pigtailedgirl and I'll be your new Mod. First, a big thank you to
youngeratheart for creating this comm. Small fandoms can be hard to find in livejournal but I think this place was a fantasticly built group. This is why I'm not changing much of the rules, format, or resources. I'm new to moderating so I'm going to take it easy as well.
So, the rule changes I've made is in regard to pairing/characters, which has now become genre. This is purely to engage users by story type. I'm also thinking of keeping the community streamlined by tagging posts myself for organization.
Engaging users, new and old, is my first goal with this comm. To that end, I'm going to be launching a recap discussion free for all on previous seasons, starting with season 1 and moving on. Since I'm not familiar with the book series, if anyone is interested in exploring that avenue please speak up.
My other plans are to post, and I encourage all users to feel free to do the same for this, media clips to entice new members, challenges for fiction, picspams, or icons/artwork, and attempt to highlight our Heartland Comm through small fandom challenge groups.
So YAY, let's get like Amy and crew and work up this community as if it were Grandpa's Ranch.
Quiet Sanctuary
Chapter Two
Word Count: 3,056
Rating: PG-13
Pairings: Tim/Marion, eventually... Lou/Scott and Ty/Amy.
Warnings: Non-graphic discussion of child abuse.
Disclaimer: I'm never going to grow up. That means... I'm not legally responsible for anything, right?
Summary: AU. Heartland is a refuge, not just for abused and neglected horses, but for all.
Author's Note: I thought that this story was fairly simple when I started out, but then it seemed far more complicated when I put it on paper, as it were, and it wasn't the way I'd pictured it in my head. It's kind of funny how that always works...

Clarity in the Morning
( without coffee... not possible, right? )
Inheritance of the Heart
Chapter Two
Word Count: 3,473
Rating: PG-13
Pairings: Lou/Scott, but mostly, eventually... Ty/Amy.
Warnings: Character death (in chapter one only)
Disclaimer: I'm never going to grow up. That means... I'm not legally responsible for anything, right?
Summary: She went away thinking it would always be there, always be the same. She was wrong.
Author's Note: I think this story is really about Amy realizing a few (maybe a lot) of things, and discovery is sometimes a slow process. Still, they should all get there in the end.

The Wrong Decision
( ...or is it? )
Quiet Sanctuary
Chapter Seven
Word Count: 3,028
Rating: PG-13
Pairings: Tim/Marion, eventually... Lou/Scott and Ty/Amy.
Warnings: Non-graphic discussion of child abuse.
Disclaimer: I'm never going to grow up. That means... I'm not legally responsible for anything, right?
Summary: AU. Heartland is a refuge, not just for abused and neglected horses, but for all.
Author's Note: I had wanted to include a bit of Lou's separation from Heartland, the way she felt she didn't belong there in the beginning, in the story. Lou in the books had lived for years in England and then in New York, and she didn't feel like she belonged at Heartland. The Lou here, having been away at a boarding school, had a few of the same issues.

The Promise of a New Year
( or something on that order... )










This week's episode... What's in a Name?

