Of Memes and Morals
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thisbluespiritSince I took advantage of this meme to make requests of clocketpatchand persiflage_1, I must reciprocate!!
The first ten people to comment in this post get to request a drabble of any pairing/character of their choosing from me. In return, requesters should post this in their journal, offering in return fanworks of the kind they enjoy doing. Fic? Icons? Meta?
Probably not a good idea in many ways but I like a challenge. (Although if![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
primsong is thinking of anything along the lines of the suggestion she gave last time I did a meme, I may run away).
Edit: I should add, I'm happy to do anything, not just DW provided I know it in some way, having read/watched/written it. (As I said, challenge is fun.)
Oh, and here's the 'moral' for Image of the Fendahl from DWM's Everything I Needed To Know About Life I learned From... The Fourth Doctor (by Gareth Roberts). From 2000 - I feel ancient!!
IMAGE OF THE FENDAHL
Granny Tyler knew there was something wrong up at old Fetch Priory when them scientists moved in. I mean, imagine you got a new a job and your colleagues were called Dr Fendelman, Max Stael, Thea Ransome and Adam Colby. Why don't they just call themselves 'Professor Crazy', 'Adolf Evil', 'Wendy Doomed' and 'Johnny Squarejaw' and have done with it?
Moral - Beware people with made-up sounding names.
(I re-read the whole series after finding it and giggled again. These things amuse me.)
clocketpatchand persiflage_1, I must reciprocate!! The first ten people to comment in this post get to request a drabble of any pairing/character of their choosing from me. In return, requesters should post this in their journal, offering in return fanworks of the kind they enjoy doing. Fic? Icons? Meta?
Probably not a good idea in many ways but I like a challenge. (Although if
primsong is thinking of anything along the lines of the suggestion she gave last time I did a meme, I may run away). Edit: I should add, I'm happy to do anything, not just DW provided I know it in some way, having read/watched/written it. (As I said, challenge is fun.)
Oh, and here's the 'moral' for Image of the Fendahl from DWM's Everything I Needed To Know About Life I learned From... The Fourth Doctor (by Gareth Roberts). From 2000 - I feel ancient!!
IMAGE OF THE FENDAHL
Granny Tyler knew there was something wrong up at old Fetch Priory when them scientists moved in. I mean, imagine you got a new a job and your colleagues were called Dr Fendelman, Max Stael, Thea Ransome and Adam Colby. Why don't they just call themselves 'Professor Crazy', 'Adolf Evil', 'Wendy Doomed' and 'Johnny Squarejaw' and have done with it?
Moral - Beware people with made-up sounding names.
(I re-read the whole series after finding it and giggled again. These things amuse me.)
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Date: 1 May 2009 07:29 pm (UTC)A Spot of Confusion
Date: 1 May 2009 07:42 pm (UTC)***
“How was I supposed to know?”
“Hex,” said Martha. “Asking ‘so what’s this do?’ is fine. Touching at the same time – not such a great idea.”
“Yes, I get that now. It’s not permanent, is it? We can get back to normal, can’t we, cos this is freaking me out.”
“Jack?”
“A bodyswap,” Jack mused. “Fascinating. I expect so, given a week or two. In the meantime… is anyone thinking what I’m thinking?”
“Better not be,” said Hex. “You’ve got a mind like a sewer.”
Martha glared. “Give it here! I’ll fix it, Hex – that’s a promise.”
“Spoilsport,” said Jack.
***
Re: A Spot of Confusion
Date: 1 May 2009 07:44 pm (UTC)Re: A Spot of Confusion
Date: 1 May 2009 07:48 pm (UTC)Martha will sort it all out, however. :-)
Re: A Spot of Confusion
Date: 1 May 2009 07:52 pm (UTC)(PS Have just finished The Face of a Stranger. Deeply satisfying read - thanks for the rec. And when are we getting the fic with him?)
Re: A Spot of Confusion
Date: 1 May 2009 08:08 pm (UTC)And, um, it's growing in longhand. Not too long, but I have to get some other things done first!
Re: A Spot of Confusion
Date: 1 May 2009 08:12 pm (UTC)And, um, it's growing in longhand. Not too long, but I have to get some other things done first!
Heh, okay then...
Re: A Spot of Confusion
Date: 2 May 2009 08:13 am (UTC)Re: A Spot of Confusion
Date: 2 May 2009 08:49 am (UTC)Re: A Spot of Confusion
Date: 1 May 2009 09:34 pm (UTC)I is ebil.
Can I request Sarah-Jane, exploring the TARDIS wardrobe (not really concerned with which Doctor's she's with at the time)
Re: A Spot of Confusion
Date: 2 May 2009 07:10 pm (UTC)Into the Wardrobe
Date: 4 May 2009 11:44 am (UTC)*
Sarah was getting used – if anyone could – to exploring new worlds, to the weirdness and wonderfulness of travelling with the Doctor, but nothing had quite prepared her for this.
She was worried she might lose herself. Not that she was someone who wasted more hours than she needed to thinking about clothes, but this – oh, this was something else again.
It was as if every item of costumery from across the whole universe had landed in one impossibly large space. When the Doctor had told her to get something from the wardrobe, she’d envisaged an item of furniture, not this endless room. He rarely even changed his own outfit much, so that hadn’t given her an inkling, although she supposed she really should have known by now.
She balanced two more hats on her head and grinned as she looked in a long mirror nearby and tried to do a twirl in the oversized blue dress that brought her falling to the floor in a heap of material, hats, coats and her now-revealed hefty lace petticoat and she laughed helplessly at her silliness.
It was a good thing she was a well-read girl who’d left the door open behind her.
Re: Into the Wardrobe
Date: 4 May 2009 03:30 pm (UTC)[love it button]
Re: Into the Wardrobe
Date: 4 May 2009 06:16 pm (UTC)Re: A Spot of Confusion
Date: 2 May 2009 06:37 am (UTC)Heeeee!! What a lovely epilogue.
Re: A Spot of Confusion
Date: 2 May 2009 07:03 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2 May 2009 06:37 am (UTC)TTR: Polly's Absolutely Fool Proof Best Evening Off Ever
Date: 2 May 2009 07:09 pm (UTC)If it was Ruth and Harry you meant, or Zaf and Jo, I apologise. I'll now have to post this on adwc and hope it doesn't mystify everyone. Mind you, that's kind of par for the course. So, meanwhile, back at This Time Round...
***
Polly had not forgotten Ruth Evershed’s offer of cover – she was an analyst, she wasn’t the Doctor, nor insane – what else did one need?
“So,” Polly said, at the door. “You’ve got the list – don’t let anyone in who’s not on it, especially duplicates. They’re positively the limit. And – this is vital – don’t agree to any of the Doctor’s mad ideas.”
She smiled and hugged the clipboard. “Understood.”
Ruth watched her leave with a gleam in her eye.
“Good!” said Two, emerging from the shadows. “I thought she’d never go. Let’s liven things up a bit, shall we?”
Ruth grinned.
***
Re: TTR: Polly's Absolutely Fool Proof Best Evening Off Ever
Date: 3 May 2009 12:02 am (UTC)Re: TTR: Polly's Absolutely Fool Proof Best Evening Off Ever
Date: 3 May 2009 03:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2 May 2009 01:29 pm (UTC)Negotiations
Date: 2 May 2009 07:06 pm (UTC)***
Leela folded her arms and glared at the Castellan.
The irate Time Lord snapped, “Well? Arrest her!”
Andred coughed. “You wish me to arrest my wife?”
“I was saving his life,” said Leela. “Next time I shall not.”
The Castellan turned, a shredded fur robe in his hands. “This was not some dangerous creature! We are civilised.”
“It was devouring you,” she said, blue eyes widening.
Andred intervened. “Yes, sir, I’ll just … arrest her right now. This way.”
With one last daggers look, she followed him.
“I did not truly think it a creature,” she said, subdued outside. “He said I was a stupid savage, so I acted like one.”
“I see.” His mouth twitched.
“You should scold me.”
“You know you’re not stupid, and you know to be better than the Castellan. What is there to say? Besides, I’m not rash enough to lecture while you’re armed.”
“I am sorry,” said Leela, sheathing the blade. “You are right; it was not wise. But it was very satisfying.”
“What’s more, I don’t want my heart cut out now I’ve found a use for it.”
Leela gave an illuminating, beatific smile. “For you, I shall not kill him.”
“Thank you.”
***
Re: Negotiations
Date: 3 May 2009 12:03 am (UTC)I giggled.
Re: Negotiations
Date: 3 May 2009 03:26 pm (UTC)Re: Negotiations
Date: 4 May 2009 11:27 am (UTC)Re: Negotiations
Date: 4 May 2009 12:07 pm (UTC)I would say it's the most unlikely exit any companon gets, but since Peri married Brian Blessed (although that may have been a lie) and Mel ran off with a rogue called Glitz (although she may have been after the frozen vegetables), I'm not sure. I based my Happy Endings series around this premise, because if Leela can stay and marry Andred, any companion could have stayed and married any other character they met. :-)
Far more explanation than you wanted, eh? Not that I don't want DW always to be as good as possible, but sometimes I revel in its wonderful silliness. And despite all that, it's very easy to write quite sweet Leela/Andred fic, which only adds to the fun. :-D
(I'll spare you the whole fan theory about it, that may even mean the two of the being the Doctor's parents. Which is far, far more unlikely.)
Re: Negotiations
Date: 4 May 2009 12:16 pm (UTC)Re: Negotiations
Date: 4 May 2009 01:41 pm (UTC)Re: Negotiations
Date: 4 May 2009 03:26 pm (UTC)*lightbulb*
Oooo... Now that you've said that I'll never be able to get it out of my head; you do know that don't you?? Adorable ficlet as well. I can totally see Leela attacking the Castellan's robe, and then playing dumb; she's a clever one that Leela!
Re: Negotiations
Date: 4 May 2009 06:18 pm (UTC)Glad you liked the fic. This was definitely a fun meme.
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Date: 2 May 2009 07:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2 May 2009 07:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2 May 2009 08:20 pm (UTC)And, as to characterisation, I imagine that it was down to both scripts being written simultaneously and both working off different aspects of Leela from Face of Evil. (Robert Holmes works on her savagery and tries to do Pygmalion, while Chris Boucher uses her wisdom based on experience and instinct to counter the science and civilisation around her and the whole set up of the two stories is very different. It probably didn't look wildly different on the page.)
I have about 5 of the Happy Endings half-written at the moment, although one is rapidly becoming an UnHappy Ending. So it's good to know someone won't mind reading them!!! Hopefully the one for Talons will be around soon. :-)
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Date: 3 May 2009 12:36 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 3 May 2009 03:25 pm (UTC)Actually, I think that dinner scene is one of my favourite Who moments. And now that you mention it, I can entirely see that Jago scenario, although on the other hand I can also see him having hastily slid out of getting hitched at all, coward that he is.
Leela is such a flirt, you can do Leela/Anyone. At least, so i've been discovering lately. :-D