Of Memes and Morals

[thisbluespirit]

Since 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 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.)
 

Comments

[jjpor.livejournal.com]

Can I ask for something with Leela in it, seeing as you write her so well (I'm thinking of the Robots of Death sequel thing in your Happy Endings fic)? Leela on Gallifrey, post-Invasion of Time?

Negotiations

[thisbluespirit]

It turned into a double drabble.

***

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.”

***

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[belantana.livejournal.com]

“What’s more, I don’t want my heart cut out now I’ve found a use for it.”

I giggled.

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[thisbluespirit]

I'm glad, as I suspect you were otherwise mystified!

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[belantana.livejournal.com]

Entirely. But, still, funny lines!

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[thisbluespirit]

Leela, the fourth doctor's companion, abruptly decides to stay with a guard on gallifrey (Andred) at the end of The Invasion of Time. There has been no indication in the 6 preceding episodes that she liked him. (Well, aside from the brief hints that the two actors involved desperately try to get into it).

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.)

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[belantana.livejournal.com]

Aha, it makes a lot of sense now! Thanks. What an excellent fic-concept!

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[thisbluespirit]

Heh. It is; I don't know what made me think of it, but i lightbulb went on in my head somewhere.

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[clocketpatch]

(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.)

*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!

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[thisbluespirit]

I'm sorry; I've just spoiled the innocence of someone who's not read too many NAs!! It's only ever hinted at, sort of, possibly as one of the explanations. Certainly they are supposed to have the first child not to born out of a loom in centuries and I really don't want to talk about this anymore. :-D

Glad you liked the fic. This was definitely a fun meme.

[thisbluespirit]

Heh. I have two other Happy Endings in the works for Leela. Aside from her mad departure, she's just the Alpha Female whatever the planet. It amuses me no end. :-)

[jjpor.livejournal.com]

That was brilliant! And very true to Leela's character; “For you, I shall not kill him.” That's her, to the life (although as you point out, there was more than one characterisation of Leela during her tenure as a companion, which is a little unusual; you would have thought Bob Holmes would have been on the case). I can't wait to see more of the Happy Endings; they're very good, both the humorous ones and the slightly more serious ones too.

[thisbluespirit]

Thank you!

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. :-)

[jjpor.livejournal.com]

As self-damning as it may be to admit it, I can totally see Leela/Litefoot, if that's your angle; their little dinner scene together was strangely touching, from my point of view, anyway. As for Jago, I always had the impression that there was some shrill, shrewish Mrs Jago somewhere off-camera; he just seemed like that sort of character!

[thisbluespirit]

Heh heh. I 'll post the Talons one soon, as I've only the last part to type up and it's already written in rough. *grins evilly*

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