And away we go!

[jadesfire.livejournal.com]

Welcome to the first BAU Inbox newsletter!

Special Bumper First Issue!

We hope to post 3 times a week, assuming there's enough news to post. Problems, questions, queries (but no flames, thanks) can be left in the comments. If you're not on our reading list but think you should be, drop us a comment. If you're on our reading list but don't want to be, drop us a comment. If you're- well, you get the idea.

You can also email us on bau.inbox@gmail.com with comments, queries or anything else. If you want to get involved, we'd also love to hear from you. There's plenty to do :)

If we haven't linked to your post, it's because there wasn't enough information in the header for us to spot it or make a link. Particularly for fanfiction, we need a title and pairing at least. Anything else is a bonus – spoilers and ratings especially. Please leave a comment if you think we should have linked to something, and we'll add it or pick it up for the next newsletter.


Off-LJ Links
Latest episode details and times at the CBS website. There's a repeat of Empty Planet tonight, then the new episode Jones tomorrow.
Ask Ausiello has some spoilers for the end of S2.
'Jones' promo, Wonderful Princess Bride/Mandy Patinkin screencaps and 'Empty Planet' screencaps at Criminal Minds Fanatic.
Screencaps up to and including 'Distress' are now up at What Fresh Hell. Please remember to credit, and no hotlinking, thanks.
slash_girl, as well as making the time to make bau_inbox look great, has also found the time to create Criminal Minds online for all her screencaps.


Discussion and Miscellany
Thoughts on 'Distress' from: mantociquala, cattylizzie, slash_girl, nebula99, spike21 and the main discussion thread at criminalxminds.

There's a general discussion of Season 1 vs Season 2 at criminalxminds
matociquala has some thoughts on where season 2 is going and Criminal Minds and King Arthur
cattylizzie has some thoughts about the direction the series has taken
Here at cm_squee, decarnin asked about Reid's PhDs.
ivinnuna is looking for more Matthew Gray Gubler fans


Challenges and Communities
jj_reid are working on some challenges
bau_icontest: Case 9/Morgan is open until 2nd March. Enter here


Fanfiction
As the world falls down by tinga13 [FR18; Hotch/Reid; spoilers: 'Big Game/Revelations']
Nothing by yohoheartie [M; Elle/Hotch]
oh, tie me up tightly by your side (prologue) by pulaski_casimir [G (this part); JJ/Reid]
Two pair of aces by matociquala [PG (swear-word); mild spoilers for 'Revelations'; Reid-centric]
Truth by x_1013_x [FRT; spoilers for various episodes]
Momma by snufflesdbear [FRM; Garcia/Reid/Morgan; spoilers for 'Big Game/Revelations' and 'Fear&Loathing']
Sorry by spencerlover_7 (links to fanfiction.net) [T; Gideon/Elle; Spoilers for 'The Fisher King 1&2']
Detour by decarnin [FRAO (ref. to sex & drug use; spoilers 'Big Game/Revelations']
The Living Dead by yumekodragonfly [FRT; spoilers 'Sex, birth and death', 'Big Game/Revelations']
Summer by fireness [G; Morgan/Reid (sort of); drabble]
The Nomad (part 1) by duochanfan [M; Hotch/Reid; spoilers for 'LDSK', 'The Fox' and 'Natural Born Killer']
Of Food and Affection & Of Kisses and Secrets by themadedevil [PG/PG-13; Hotch/Reid;]
Where the current is rushing by mahpantsaregone [FRT; Reid/Gideon (almost)]

Fanart
Garcia!puff by jinx_star (3rd in puff-ocity series. There's also Reid!puff and Hotch!puff)


Icons, Vids and Screencaps
Please remember to give credit where it's due for these things!
cattylizzie has finished the screencaps for Revelations (see off-LJ links above or link to them from here. But remember, no hotlinking!)
slash_girl has screencaps for 'Distress'. Link to them from here
chantalstar111 has 93 icons, 4 headers and 2 banners (scroll down the page to find them)
scsquidsnaps found this video of Thomas Gibson and Shemar Moore messing about on the set.
siggen1 has made a Hotch=/=Haley vid
krazykate2 has many icons at her journal
lantiscod has made icons from 2.14 and 2.15 and 2.16
themadedevil has made a Hotch fanvid
hothead18 has made 19 CM icons
c_deepest_blue has made 10 CM icons


Drop us a comment or email on bau.inbox@gmail.com with any problems, suggestions or to volunteer.

Comments

[lantiscod.livejournal.com]

It's soooooooo GREAT! *GOSH I LOVE IT* It not only keeps us updated with the show, but also updated with what's going on with all its fandom! Thank you so much, jadesfire2808!

[jadesfire.livejournal.com]

Glad you like! Thanks for letting us know - other mods will be posting as the weeks go on. Watch this space! :D

[x-1013-x.livejournal.com]

This is rockin! Thanks for doing this.

[jadesfire.livejournal.com]

Glad you like, thanks :D

[nebula99.livejournal.com]

this is great, well done!

If you need any more volunteers, I am happy to help out.

[jadesfire.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

We definitely need more volunteers - more people=less work! :D Do you have somewhere I could email you details? or just drop a line to bau.inbox@gmail.com and I'll send them along :)

[parisntripfan.livejournal.com]

Great!! I need to make some CM icons. And finding vidcaps to do that will now be so much easier.


One small suggestion - and only if it doesn't mean it will be a lot more work for you - you might try breaking down the fic section into their respective categories - that is slash, het and gen(no ship or slash) so people can find their favorite type of fiction...

[jadesfire.livejournal.com]

gosh, two thumbs? ;)

Happy to help - I've been using the vidcaps for that as well...

I think future newsletters will be quite a lot shorter than this, but it's certainly a good idea if the list gets really long again. Thanks! :D

[ex-uniquewo.livejournal.com]

"One small suggestion - and only if it doesn't mean it will be a lot more work for you - you might try breaking down the fic section into their respective categories - that is slash, het and gen(no ship or slash) so people can find their favorite type of fiction..."

I second that.

And I also second all the "You ROCK!" comments. Thank you!!!

[bau-watch.livejournal.com]

Always happy to oblige! Thanks (on behalf of all the mods) and we'll see what we can do :)

~Jadesfire

[sevs-girl72.livejournal.com]

This is absolutely BRILIANT!
Thank you so much!! You are too Awesome!

[bau-watch.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

~The Mod Team

[asesinos.livejournal.com]

It is entirely plausible that I love you guys for setting this newletter up. In fact, I do love you guys. Seriously.

[jadesfire.livejournal.com]

*giggle*

Thanks! on behalf of all of us :)

[unmellow-yellow.livejournal.com]

Great job!!!

[jadesfire.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Much appreciated :D

[patch-tank.livejournal.com]

*Bows to you* I am not worthy, I am not worthy!

You are, in fact, a goddess. You rock more than anyone who has ever rocked before.
Wonderful first issue, thankyou so much for putting all that work into it! I'll hopefully have some stuff to contribute in the future, shall let you know when I'm more organised.

*Bows again*

[jadesfire.livejournal.com]

Just drop us a line! New victims volunteers always welcome ;) And thanks!

*rocks on*