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

Re: Negotiations

[belantana.livejournal.com]

Entirely. But, still, funny lines!

Re: Negotiations

[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.)

Re: Negotiations

[belantana.livejournal.com]

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

Re: Negotiations

[thisbluespirit]

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

Re: Negotiations

[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!

Re: Negotiations

[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.