Fannish things

[thisbluespirit]

Still feeling grumpy (and still unable to manage being a pirate and thus still have no OUaT. *pines and sulks*).

However, fannish things!

apocalyptothon is taking votes for fandoms to include in a multi-fandom apocalyptic exchange.

fic_corner (the exchange for any children's literature) is in its nominations stage. It was lovely last year.

(I'm still trying to stay strong and not sign up for anything till Yuletide, but... some things are tempting!)

john_amend_all has made an unconventionalcourtship random generator. (The Mills & Boon summary ficathon). The resulting crack is pretty amazing... ETA: Because, hey, the link might help, yes? *is very tired*


140) Sophie's Rogues -Vivien Jackson / Christa Paige

Merry widow Lady Kathryn Janeway, and her lover have made a game of shocking each other with their wanton encounters. Cally is currently in the lead, but she has a plan to even the score: a threesome with her friend and previous lover, Jenna Stannis. Kathryn still entertains fantasies about Jenna, and the idea of having both lovers at once promises pleasure beyond anything she’s experienced before.Cally is ready to play along, but with one condition: that Kathryn submit completely to the two rogues’ commands…

(I think my brain just died but mostly in a good way.)

24)TOTAL PACKAGE by Cait London

The night photographer Vicki Pallister encountered John Benton atop a windswept cliff-then moved in with him-her immediate feminine response to his masculinity frightened her. But John was confident enough to show her that loving could be slow, and giving…and often. Trouble was, John wanted the total package: wife and babies.


73) Society Page Seduction – Maureen Child

Millionaire Steel's bride to be left him standing at the altar and wedding planner Lyta Alexander was dumbfounded when she was asked to fill in. Be Steel’s bride. For a year. What better was to escape her situation than by marrying a gorgeous, powerful stranger?


5)The Sicilian’s Mistress – Lynne Graham

After a hit-and-run accident, pregnant Sherlock Holmes doesn’t remember the Eighth Doctor. He's horrified that he was his lover…and he’s claiming his little boy is his son! Worse, Eight wants to get married…

(So... Eight's amnesia is catching??)


26)Lady Jane’s Physician by Anne Ashley

Lord Silver was happy to stay with his cousin, Lady Irene Adler, but his enjoyment was marred by meeting blunt Dr Zoë Heriot. Then, when Silver needed her professional help, they couldn’t help falling in love. But Zoë knew, if Silver didn’t, that an earl’s son was out of her reach.


48)THE DESERT VIRGIN by SANDRA MARTON

Greg Lestrade: a ruthless troubleshooter, his mission in the remote desert kingdom of Baslaam is covert and dangerous…
the Eleventh Doctor: a classically trained ballet dancer, he’s been abducted and sold to dance in the harem of the Sultan of Baslaam…
Greg’s in a tight spot, and when the Sultan offers Eleven’s body to him, he sees a way out. But escaping with the scantily clad Eleven across the sands is more temptation that even he can handle. When they reach a safe oasis, he can no longer hold back from taking the night of lovemaking that was the Sultan’s gift…


Let me just repeat that bit: the Eleventh Doctor: a classically trained ballet dancer (giraffe style). *dies laughing again*


Anyway, random generators must be shared, right? As must silly resulting summaries in the comments below. Or your own spaces. ;-p

(It managed to give me two Jeffrey Sinclair/Sam Briggs scenarios though - I thought one was unlikely enough... )


ETA: And how's about this for unexpectedly sinister:

116) Dealing Her Final Card- Jennie Lucas

‘If my card is higher you’ll belong to me, obeying my every whim for as long as I desire.’ As Clara Oswald hears the icy words of Russian Prince Jim Keats, the man whose ring she once wore and whose life she once ruined, she nervously accepts the biggest wager of her life. Her body for a million dollars. Clara knows better than to doubt the steely ruthlessness of this man. With everything to lose, and the weight of Jim's gaze upon her, she will have to play the best she’s ever played – or run the risk of losing herself completely…

0_o




Also, fills have continued to come in for the Obscure & British fest, so it's well worth checking out the Masterpost. (There's even the moving tale of love between two footnotes, as well as other terribly shiny things. <3)

Comments

[justice_turtle]

...bahaha of course he did. And of course it's amazing as usual. :D

34)COUNTDOWN by RUTH WIND
[ Elizabeth Shaw / Nyota Uhura ]
Silhouette Sensation
10...9...8...
Hotshot NSA code breaker Elizabeth Shaw had cracked a code revealing a terrorist plot to take over a major TV network, a takeover that Liz learned too late was only a diversion for a far more dangerous threat.
7...6...5...
She had just minutes to thwart the real plot — a bomb at a major airport. Kidnapping a member of the FBI bomb squad to help her was a start.
4...3...2...
Now it was up to Liz—and one angry FBI agent—to find the bomb, defuse it and live to fight another day. Except...was this explosive just the tip of the iceberg?

69) A FRENCH DOCTOR AT ABBEYFIELDS by LAURA MACDONALD
Mills & Boon Medical Romance
A country affair
When Dr Amy Pond arrives in Abbeyfields she has no intention of leaving her Parisian lifestyle behind. But the welcome she finds from the villagers and their appreciation of her much needed skills, not to mention the growing affection she has for her local GP Rory Williams and his two adorable young children, creates a bond that she just can’t ignore…
Amy is drawn to life in the charming English village, and torn between it and life in Paris. The question is, can Rory get her to admit that she loves him enough to make her want to stay?

...wait, that's basically the plot of "Amy's Choice", isn't it? ^_^

7)Marriage at His Convenience – Jacqueline Baird
[ the Third Doctor / the Sixth Doctor ]
The Third Doctor’s multimillionaire Greek lover had ruthlessly informed him that he was getting married – to someone else… But when he inherits half his company, he’s determined to protect it by marrying him. This is the only man he will ever love, but he needs to be taught a lesson!

OMG SO MUCH POMPOUSNESS :D

133) Ritual of the Red Chair -Portia Da Costa
'It's a beautiful chair. All gleaming and evocative and wicked looking; an object of desire, more than just a piece of furniture. I shouldn't have bought it. Yet when I saw the chair, I saw Kathryn in it. I could just imagine her lounging against the leather, enthroned like a sex goddess and ready to dispense retribution, just like one of those vintage disciplinary ladies in the Blue Book….' Kathryn Janeway and Jack Harkness have been exploring their wicked fantasies of dominance and discipline after finding a book of vintage BDSM photos. When they see a red chair at an antique shop that would make a perfect prop for their sexy scenarios, Jack can't resist splurging on it — giving Kathryn another reason to punish him. But her punishment is just the beginning of the erotic rituals featuring the Red Chair…

eta: oh and one more!

1)THE VIRGIN'S SEDUCTION by ANNE MATHER
Mills & Boon Modern Romance
He’s innocent – he wants him!
James T. Kirk’s life might be quiet, and lived in a secluded village, but that’s essential if he’s to put his turbulent past behind him.
However, his new-found stability is threatened with the arrival of Will Riker...
Will is tall, dark and...dangerous – and he wants virginal Jim. His touch leaves him aching for more, but he knows he’d be playing with fire. And there are just some things that he can’t tell him without opening a can of worms.
But how long can he resist Will’s brand of searing, exotic seduction...?

VIRGINAL JIM KIRK

[thisbluespirit]

:loL: And you're right, that's a spookily apt Rory/Amy one (also with much fluffy goodness! Rory and his two adorable children!! Ha.)

The Janeway/Jack one is well... Jack would, no surprises there. :lol: (I see it's the sequel to a summary that I got. This is slightly disturbing.)

Also, I just found this one and couldn't read it properly for laughing, which probably saved some brain scarring:

52)GETTING IT GOOD! by RHONDA NELSON
Silver is exactly where he wants to be in life. He is known as the Carnal Conte, the resident sexpert for CHIC magazine, and his outrageous suggestions for flavouring sex have propelled him to semi-stardom. But when the magazine pairs him up with sexy Spock, aka The Duke of Desire, he knows where he’ll end up – in his bed. And he plans to enjoy it…
Spock isn’t happy to learn that he’s been set up to give sex advice to thousands of men. There’s only one man he wants, and he’d like to personally demonstrate just how much he knows. Still, this temporary partnership – in and out of bed – might be exactly what he needs to get Silver out of his system for good. But it doesn’t look like there’s anything temporary about it…

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

Let me just repeat that bit: the Eleventh Doctor: a classically trained ballet dancer (giraffe style). *dies laughing again*

*spluttering*

I *almost* spilt hot tea in my lap at this scenario!!

ETA: Gave the generator a go after you linked to it:

*still spluttering*

HER HONOURABLE PLAYBOY by KATE HARDY
Mills & Boon Medical Romance
From A&E doctor to high-society groom?
Registrar Owen Harper is not pleased when he wins a date with A&E consultant the Hon. Ianto Jones. He’s not in the market for a relationship – especially not with a renowned womaniser like Ianto. But, then again, he is devastatingly handsome – and it's only one date after all…
Ianto has never been one for monogamy. So why does he find that one date with Owen just isn’t enough? There’s so much more to him than the other men he’s dated. And when he gives him some life-changing news he finds himself reassessing who he really wants to be – every man’s Hon.playboy.. or Owen’s honourable husband?

[thisbluespirit]

:lol: That one sounds about right - if only the roles were reversed! :-)

Eleven as a classically trained ballet dancer who's been abducted for someone's harem is just... yes, sorry, it should have a no eating/drinking warning. I'm glad you managed to avoid any nasty scalds there.

Oh, and I also got this:

10)SHEIKH SURGEON by MEREDITH WEBBER
Mills & Boon Medical Romance
Desert doctor…secret mother
Fourteen years ago Dr the Eighth Doctor fell madly in love with Sheikh Elizabeth Shaw – although she could never be his, for a brief time their passion was intense.
Now Eight is faced with an emergency and is forced to seek her out. He journeys to the cosmopolitan oasis city where Liz is now a successful surgeon. She is the only woman who can save his son’s life. Not because of her skill – but because Liz is Patrick’s mother…

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

Yes it definitely should've come with a no consumption warning...

And Liz/Eight FTW!!! (Liz as a Sheikh is just AWESOMENESS!!)

[paranoidangel]

That Unconventional Courtship pairing generator is hilarious.

This one started out so canonically and then took a bit of an interesting twist:

EXECUTIVE BODYGUARD by DEBRA WEBB
Silhouette Intrigue
The stranger with her wife’s face...
Servalan, the first woman elected president, knew her term wouldn’t be easy. Then, months into her office, her wife tragically died in a plane crash - and she began receiving bone-chilling phone calls... Now, suddenly, Dayna Mellanby has returned. And when the threats on her life began, like an executive bodyguard, Dayna performed feats of superhuman skill to protect her. And as the danger escalated around them, it seemed less daunting than facing the feelings provoked by the tender touch of the stranger with her wife's face...

[thisbluespirit]

Hmm, all these incidents started the moment Dayna was around? I'm suspicious of that. It's a bit more cunning than Dayna would choose to go for, but I still suspect plans to murder the president are afoot!!

:-)

[john_amend_all]

I remember thinking that about one of the original prompts: number 88, where the obvious conclusion is that the ex-cop bodyguard is also the one responsible for all the sinister nocturnal activity. Thus:

88) WHISPERS IN THE NIGHT by DIANE PERSHING
Silhouette Sensation
It began with a noise in the night…
When strange things began happening at his isolated home, lonely widower Ramon Salamander turned to handyman Jamie McCrimmon for protection. But what a mistake? Jamie was not only an ex-cop but also an ex-convict – though he swore he’d been framed. Yet if he was so eager to prove his innocence why was he spending his time fixing his house, instead?
Jamie seemed intent on gaining his trust – and as the mysterious dangers escalated, Ramon needed someone to keep him safe. Jamie was the perfect protector, because he needed nothing from him… or did he? Suddenly Ramon wondered just why Jamie had come to him – and how close he meant to get…

(Not a generated prompt; Salamander isn't in the cast list).

[eve11]

LOL ballet dancer. Has perfected the Drunk Giraffe school of ballet...

[thisbluespirit]

While wearing a bow tie and a tutu. (It says scantily clad.) :lol:

[john_amend_all]

Random generators do have their little preferences. I think Sam was either the first or second character I typed into the list, not that that would make a difference.

73) Society Page Seduction – Maureen Child
Millionaire Irene Adler's bride to be left her standing at the altar and wedding planner Lucie Miller was dumbfounded when she was asked to fill in. Be Irene’s bride. For a year. What better way to escape her situation than by marrying a gorgeous, powerful stranger?

... well, I suppose Lucie was last seen in a situation that needs to be escaped.

146) Deeper - Megan Hart
Twenty years ago he had his whole life spread out before him.He was Steven Taylor, a fresh-scrubbed, middle-class student ready to conquer the design world. And he was taken. Absolutely and completely. But not by Scotty, his well-groomed, intellectual boyfriend who had hinted more than once about a ring. No. During that summer he met Hikaru Sulu, the moody, dark-haired, local bad boy. He was, to put it mildly, not someone he could take home to Daddy. Instead, Hikaru became his dirty little secret — a fervent sexual accomplice who knew how to ignite an all-consuming obsession he had no idea he carried deep within him. Steven had always wondered what happened to Hikaru after that summer. And now, back at the beach house and taking a break from responsibility, from marriage, from life, he discovers his heartbreaking fate — and why he never came back for him. Suddenly Hikaru's name is on his lips... his hands on his thighs... dark hair and eyes called back from the swirling gray of purgatory's depths.

124) Taken by the Border Rebel- Blythe Gifford
TORMENTED BY HER INNOCENCE
As leader of her clan, Black B'Elanna Torres has earned every dark syllable of her name. But, having taken hostage her enemy's daughter in a fierce act of rebellion, she is tormented by feelings of guilt and torn apart with the growing need to protect her - and seduce her! Dodo Chaplet feels B'Elanna's disdain from the first. Then slowly she starts to see behind her eyes to a woman in turmoil. Something she has no words for, something that can only be captured in a heart-wrenching kiss...
The Torres Clan — The family who will kneel to no one...

60) THE ENIGMATIC RAKE by ANNE O'BRIEN
Secrets
A spy for the British Government, Lord Jean-Luc Picard must foster his notoriety as a rake as a front for his secret activity.. Until an undercover exercise almost costs him his life.
Passion
Romanadvoratrelundar, newly appointed housekeeper knows only her lord’s rakeish reputation. She’s unprepared for his surprise proposal of marriage – and the way her body responds to him!
Espionage!
Burning desire turns to passion for Jean-Luc and Romana, until rumours and whisperings rear their ugly heads. Who is the shadow following Romana’s every move? Did Jean-Luc really murder his late wife? Just what is this intriguing man hiding?

(There was also a Gwen Cooper / Alex Drake prompt that didn't quite work, but... interesting pairing).

[john_amend_all]

154) The Prince Who Charmed Her- Fiona McArthur
His princess in scrubs... Dr Rose Tyler knew that Prince Dalek Sec was not the man who would give her a happy-ever-after when he disappeared after their whirlwind affair. Even if she was the only woman who had infiltrated the steely barriers around his proud and dutiful heart. But now they are doctors working together aboard a cruise ship, and Sec realises there's one duty that has completely eluded him - his duty to himself. If he wants Rose to be his princess, he's got to prove that he's her Prince Charming after all...

The initial premise is scarily close to canon. Plus two metaphors that aren't metaphors any more: "whirlwind affair" and "steely barriers"...

[thisbluespirit]

Yes, after that, it wanted Polly/Sherlock to be a thing. :-)

[john_amend_all]

I've been poking round the Mills and Boon website in search of more prompts and WHAT IS THIS?

Penniless Mary Rennie knows she’s lucky to have a home with relatives in Edinburgh, but she does crave more excitement in her life. So when her cousin’s ring is lost in one of several fruitcakes heading around the country as gifts Mary seizes the chance for adventure.

Oh, well, feed it into the generator. "Penniless %alice_l% knows %anom%'s lucky etc." and turn the handle a few times...

SEARCHING FOR A RING…
FINDING A FAMILY!
Penniless Lucie Miller knows she’s lucky to have a home with relatives in Edinburgh, but she does crave more excitement in her life. So when her cousin’s ring is lost in one of several fruitcakes heading around the country as gifts Lucie seizes the chance for adventure.
When widowed Captain Benjamin Sisko and his son meet Lucie in a coaching inn they take her under their wing. After years of battling Napoleon, Ben finds his soul is war-weary, but Lucie’s warmth and humour touch him deep inside. Soon he’s in the most heart-stopping situation of his life – considering a wedding ring quest of his own!

Well, I can guess where Lucie is going to end up, what she'll be wearing, and whom she'll be chained to :-)

[thisbluespirit]

Cakefic, LOL! :-)

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

3)The Corporate Wife – Leigh Michaels
His boss had asked him to marry him! Gorgeous, wealthy Vislor Turlough had proposed, and he, plain the Sixth Doctor, had said no! As Turlough’s PA he already organised his life… So why did Six wish he’d said yes?

I think I just died laughing . . .

[thisbluespirit]

:loL: Six would make a dreadful PA! He'd be grammatical, but, er, :loL:!

ETA: Also... plain! Six is exploding with indignation somewhere!

[clocketpatch]

125) The Accidental Prince- Michelle Willingham
Her Runaway Prince
Prince Kerr Avon intends to flee - from his violent father and from the woman to whom he’s been pledged in a political marriage of convenience. Cally is without a country, a title - and a groom if she lets Kerr get away. A ruthless woman, she takes him to a secluded island, hell-bent on seduction. Only she discovers a broken man behind the prim prince façade. The time they spend together mends his spirit and touches her soul, but how will he react to her deception?


...the first go is disturbingly close to the mark. Perhaps I should try one of these since my so-far attempts at completing this challenge have been decidely... unfinished.

[thisbluespirit]

Heh, why not?? :-D

[aralias.livejournal.com]

you're right - this is a real fi for sure ;)

Servalan/ Dayna seems a popular pairing

[jaxomsride.livejournal.com]

13)RANSOM BRIDE by ANNE HERRIES
Mills & Boon Historical Romance
Risking her life for her lady…
Once a galley slave, now a Venetian merchant princess, Dayna Mellanby is driven to seek revenge on her Corsair captor. She spares no time for softer emotions such as love.
Yet when English beauty Servalan appeals for help in finding a friend lost to pirates, Dayna struggles to maintain her cold detachment. Servalan awakens more than lustful thoughts. She stirs deep feelings that she has long forgotten. She must take drastic steps to protect her from her sworn enemy…
1569
A sweeping tale of discovery, danger and passion From rugged Cornwall to the palaces of Venice and Rome

Blake/Avon this time

[jaxomsride.livejournal.com]

103) THE COURTESAN by JULIA JUSTISS
Mills & Boon Special Release
After years of dangerous fighting, Captain Kerr Avon had returned home to take up family duties and perhaps find himself a husband. But his life was thrown into turmoil when he viewed a fencing lesson unlike any other. The talented student was a handsome young manw – and the most infamous gigolo in all of London – Lord Roj Blake.
Who was the mysterious Roj? Eager to uncover the true man behind the façade, Kerr wagers he can win a kiss from Roj if he bests him at fencing. Though Roj is a man he can not afford to keep nor dare to marry, he’s willing to risk it all to win him to his bed.

Re: Servalan/ Dayna seems a popular pairing

[thisbluespirit]

It must be fate. Or destiny! *nods*

;-p

[aralias.livejournal.com]

pairing generatoor is amazing and i missed it on my f-list (if it was there!!!!) so thanks for posting.

ii got:

48)THE DESERT VIRGIN by SANDRA MARTON
Mills & Boon Modern Romance
The Sultan’s gift…
Oleg Gan: a ruthless troubleshooter, his mission in the remote desert kingdom of Baslaam is covert and dangerous…
Servalan: a classically trained ballerina, she’s been abducted and sold to dance in the harem of the Sultan of Baslaam…
Oleg’s in a tight spot, and when the Sultan offers Servalan’s body to him, he sees a way out. But escaping with the scantily clad Servalan across the sands is more temptation that even he can handle. When they reach a safe oasis, he can no longer hold back from taking the night of lovemaking that was the Sultan’s gift…

[thisbluespirit]

:loL: Also, I can believe in Servalan as a classically trained ballerina no problem compared to the Eleventh Doctor. :-D

(And then does she eat Gan alive??)

[pitry.livejournal.com]

Lol @ Eight's amnesia. I can totally see it being Super Special Time Lord Catching Amnesia, though!

And eeeeeurgh that's evil of them! Hopefully you'll manage to be a useful pirate soon... I can, er, get you a hat? :D

[thisbluespirit]

I am a pirate already! It's why I've not made a post since - I have been too busy using my pc time to watch my fairy tale meta crack. Actually, I'm not sure I am even a pirate; my source seems legal and above board, but probably by means of some loophole or other. I'm still waiting for a catch, but whatever happens, I've seen 9 episodes. :-)

And, yes, if Eight starts passing his amnesia to everyone he meets now, there'll be no end to it!

[john_amend_all]

Positively contagious.

101) Montana mail-order Wife – Charlotte Douglas
Rancher the Eighth Doctor’s mail-order bride turned up with a huge bump on her forehead and a case of amnesia. Leela didn’t know who she was let alone that she’d agreed to a marriage in name only! But handsome Eight certainly aroused her interest.

[thisbluespirit]

LOL! Oh dear...