AU Meme

[thisbluespirit]

I've been wanting to try a meme again for a while, so I'll risk this, as it usually works out! For this kind of thing pretty much anything goes if I know it - check my interests and my tags for a rough idea of fandoms, but I'll just say if I don't know/can't write something.

Although I'm sorry I am still very weird about Doctor Who. I've decided I am okay with Twelve-era and Big Finish and nothing else yet, so those are the only bits of DW I will accept for the moment. Crossover pairings are okay, too. (I will get over it, but not yet apparently.)

Give me a character/pairing and I will write snippets of ten different alternate universes for it. One line, ten lines, a ficlet if you're lucky.

Wild West
Coffee Shop
Shapeshifters
Magic/Fairy Tale
. . . In SPACE!!
Historical
Canon Divergence
Crime/Detectives
Supernatural
Romance Novel


Characters I've already done in previous rounds. (I try to mix up the AUs a bit, but even so it's quite hard to do them differently a second time.)

Adam Adamant/Georgina Jones
Justin Alastair
Roderick Alleyn
Hilda Annersley & Nell Wilson
Bea & Evie Eliott
Ruth Evershed/Harry Pearce
Mina Harker/John Seward/Lucy Weston
Jane Marple
Emma Peel
Sam Vimes
William de Worde/Sacharissa Cripslock


B7 - Cally
Deva
Servalan

DW - Liv Chenka
Five, Nyssa & Tegan
Leela
The Master (Delgado)
Jamie McCrimmon & Zoe Heriot
Nine & Rose
Donna Noble
Ander Poul
Romana & River
Liz Shaw
Six & Evelyn
Sarah Jane Smith
Three & Jo & the Brig
Seven & Ace

Comments

[john_amend_all]

How about Londo and G'Kar?

[philomytha]

Nanny Ogg? (Nanny Ogg IN SPACE would be a thing of beauty and a joy forever...)

[thisbluespirit]

Excuse the delay, but here are the resulting Nanny Ogg AU snippets for the meme. (And IN SPACE was the first bit I wrote, yes. XD)

AU Meme: Gytha Ogg (1227 words) by thisbluespirit
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Discworld - Terry Pratchett
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Major Character Death
Relationships: Giamo Casanunda/Gytha "Nanny" Ogg, Gytha "Nanny" Ogg & Esmerelda "Granny" Weatherwax, implied Gytha "Nanny" Ogg/Owen Tudor
Characters: Gytha "Nanny" Ogg, Esmerelda "Granny" Weatherwax, Giamo Casanunda, Samuel Vimes
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, The Hobbit/The Lord of the Rings Fusion, Humor, References to Shakespeare, Innuendo, but probably not as much as there ought to be
Summary: 10 AU scenarios for Nanny Ogg written for a Dreamwidth meme.

[undeadrobins]

Looking at your tags, I was going to ask for Martha Jones, and then I saw your DW comment, so I won't.

How about Kathryn Janeway or Tom Paris (or Kathryn/Tom if you go that way)...

[thisbluespirit]

I finally managed to do Janeway for you! Here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/25865626

bc Big Finish

[romanajo123]

either Charley Pollard or Bernice Summerfield ( your choice!)

Re: bc Big Finish

[thisbluespirit]

Finally!!: https://archiveofourown.org/works/28450905

It's Charley & Eight in 10 AUs for you. (I think someone else must have asked for Eight & Charley on top of your Charley request, so I combined them. But they've gone, so it's all yours. <3)

[persiflage_1]

Silver and Martha Jones.

[thisbluespirit]

Someone else has given me Martha and despite my disclaimer, I think I must make a exception for Martha, so I'll be doing her anyway - do you want just Silver, or Silver/Liz or something else?

(♥)

[persiflage_1]

Silver/Liz would be fab - I just didn't want to be really obvious!

[thisbluespirit]

One AU Meme result for Silver!

AU Meme: Silver (1060 words) by thisbluespirit
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sapphire and Steel, Doctor Who (1963)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sapphire & Silver & Steel (S&S), Liz Shaw (Doctor Who)/Silver (S&S)
Characters: Silver (S&S), Liz Shaw (Doctor Who), Sapphire (S&S), Steel (S&S)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Ficlet, Request Meme
Summary:

10 AU scenarios for Silver written for a Dreamwidth meme.

(I remembered belatedly that Liz was the first character I ever did for this, so I mostly did Silver, but fitted in as much bonus Liz as worked. I didn't think you'd mind some Sapphire and Steel in the mix!)

[persiflage_1]

I never mind some S&S in the mix! Thank you!

[sailorkitty]

Would you mind doing Eight and Charley Pollard, if you are familiar with them?

[liadt]

Sapphire and Steel (or Silver if you can take the Silver overload!)?

[thisbluespirit]

I have finally managed to do the AU meme for S&S: https://archiveofourown.org/works/24512227

\o/

[liadt]

Woo hoo:)

[lirazel]

Lynda Day?

[thisbluespirit]

Sorry about the delay - here's Lynda Day for the AU Meme!

(And, ha, I had thought Doctor Who was the worst fandom for actually struggling to make the snippets AU, but PG takes the biscuit. What couldn't be a surreal part of canon somewhere? XD)

AU Meme: Lynda Day (989 words) by thisbluespirit
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Press Gang
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Lynda Day/Spike Thomson, Lynda Day & Kenny Phillips
Characters: Lynda Day, Spike Thomson, "Tiddler" Tildesley, Kenny Phillips, Colin Mathews
Additional Tags: Meme, Request Meme, Alternate Universe
Summary: 10 AU scenarios for Lynda Day written for a Dreamwidth meme.

[lirazel]

I had forgotten I even prompted you! How exciting! I can't wait to check it out!

[shivver]

Pirates? Seriously? Then there's no other choice: Ace McShane and Pirates!

[thisbluespirit]

LOL, I just removed the pirate one. (It sounds fun, but it's always like repeating the same joke for each one, I remembered and switched it out again.)

I've already done Ace and I'm not really doing DW except the bits specified, but you can choose someone else?

[shivver]

Oops! I didn't see Ace in the list because I only looked to see if the lines started with "A". Doofus.

How about Harry Sullivan, then, with or without the Doctor and/or Sarah Jane? I love the concept of the young but old-fashioned English gent as a fish out of water.

[thisbluespirit]

As I said, I'm not really doing DW, except the bits specified because I feel too weird about it still, sorry. If there's anyone else...?

[shivver]

Oh double duh, I misunderstood. I'll go with my BF favorites, which are Narvin, Leela, and Romana from Gallifrey.

[thisbluespirit]

Ha, I'm sorry! Clearly this is the meme that is Not Happening, because unfortunately I've never yet listened to BF's Gallifrey series! I've read enough fic that I could do vague osmosis of it, but, lol, um, not necessarily well!

And I've done Six and Evelyn, and someone else has gone for Eight and Charley, so, er, fancy any Lucie Miller or Bill Potts or do we both know anything that's not Doctor Who?

[shivver]

You know, it is incredibly hard to intersect on Big Finish, except maybe on the main range. They put out SO MUCH STUFF now - I think it's something like 100 audios a year. I've actually stopped buying/listening to their audios because I just can't keep up.

I haven't actually heard any Lucie Miller. Have you listened to Dark Eyes? Because Molly was awesome. Or, could you do Peri and Erimem?

I'm not sure we both know anything else. I've watched a couple episodes of S&S, and it is great! But we got distracted and haven't gotten back to it. :(

[thisbluespirit]

They put out SO MUCH STUFF now

I know!! 0_O

And I have actually listened to all of Dark Eyes and the whole of Molly's arc and I like her loads, so I shall have a go! (With the caveat that I was rather ill at the time and it's all a bit fuzzy.)

Lucie is great, btw, if your Big Finish adventures take you anywhere near her. They were very lucky to get Sheridan Smith before she went super-famous.

And I'm sorry about being weird about DW, I'm sure it will pass in time, but the S12 finale left me all floundering and peculiar and disinclined to write or watch much of it for a while.

I've watched a couple episodes of S&S, and it is great! But we got distracted and haven't gotten back to it.

Aw, cool. Hopefully sometime, then! XD

[theseatheseatheopensea]

Padmé! Or Silver! (Or both? That might be fun!)

AU Meme - Padme Amidala

[thisbluespirit]

I finally managed to do this for you: https://archiveofourown.org/works/30066462

Re: AU Meme - Padme Amidala

[theseatheseatheopensea]

Ahhhh thank you so much! *goes to read*

:D

[hamsterwoman]

Well, I have to ask for B7 now, don't I :D

How about Vila?

(I'm also really looking forward to reading your answers for Londo & G'Kar and Nanny Ogg :D)

[thisbluespirit]

I've finally managed to get back to this meme, and here are your 10 Vila AU snippets, over on AO3:

AU Meme: Vila (1158 words) by thisbluespirit
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Blake's 7
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Kerril/Vila Restal, Kerr Avon & Vila Restal
Characters: Vila Restal, Roj Blake, Kerr Avon, Kerril (Blake's 7), Cally (Blake's 7)
Additional Tags: Ficlet, Alternate Universe, Request Meme, Alternate Universe - Star Wars Fusion
Summary: 10 AU scenarios for Vila written for a Dreamwidth meme.

[jaxomsride2]

Avon and Bester (Babylon 5)

[thisbluespirit]

Okay, I am so sorry this took me so long! I actually just did Avon with a guest appearance from Bester, but no one had asked me for Avon before & I think he deserved his own one in full, so I hope that will be okay.

Here you are: https://archiveofourown.org/works/28224708

[beccadg]

Ordinarily, I look at your interests and icons for inspiration, but since you mentioned your tags I looked there this time. I give you half a dozen characters to choose from inspired by your tags. You may play with them separately, in crossover combinations, or not at all if not one of them speaks to you. It was fun just coming up with them in a different way--

Cathy Gale
Hugh Beringar
Edward Rochester
Dorian Gray
Stephan Hart
Aramis

[thisbluespirit]

Thank you! And I am glad you had fun because I'm not sure I can do any of those, heh... although I did snap up a couple of Cadfael audios the other day so maybe I can manage Hugh if I listen to those? Or possibly Rochester or Aramis if I was a bit cracky. Hmm... We'll see! <3

[beccadg]

Thank you!

You're welcome!

And I am glad you had fun because I'm not sure I can do any of those, heh...

Like I said it's perfectly all right if not one of them speaks to you. ;-)

...although I did snap up a couple of Cadfael audios the other day so maybe I can manage Hugh if I listen to those?

That would certainly be cool. I've had a crush on Hugh since I first saw Sean Pertwee play him. While I didn't enjoy the other actors that played Hugh in the TV series, I got into reading the books from the TV series, where I found I truly love the character, so as long as the audios do decent treatments of the character in the books you'll have the proper Hugh in mind.

Or possibly Rochester or Aramis if I was a bit cracky.

I adore crack so do not worry in the least if all you can come up with is pure crack. Hell, one of my favorite Doctor and Companion pairings will always be Six with his ridiculous costuming and Frobisher at his Emperor Penguin in a trenchcoat and fedora crackiest. <3

Sort of a prompt fill at last - 4x Hugh Beringar AUs

[thisbluespirit]

I had a lot of fun re-reading Cadfael for this, and then for some reason, completely failed to get beyond 4 scenarios, I'm afraid. I suppose maybe AUs are easier for things where you're already used to writing the canons more?? ANyway, it's been a year and more, so here you are:

Wild West

“But he can’t.” Aline arrives at Doc Cadfael’s side and grips his arm, as they watch the two figures face off down the dusty Main Street. “The Deputy Sheriff will kill him.”

Cadfael’s gaze, like hers, is fixed on the slighter of the two. He pulls her back, gently. “We must trust he knows what he’s doing – and that he’s as fast a shot as he thinks he is.”


Coffee Shop

“One black coffee,” ordered DCI Beringar, catching Cadfael in a rare moment serving at the counter of the Priory Charity Tea Shop, instead of being hard at work on its attachment allotments. “Oh, and if you could make sure whichever employee it is you’re keeping out of my way is well out of my jurisdiction before the super gets onto me, I’d be grateful.”

“I can’t imagine what you mean, Inspector,” Cadfael said. “Can I tempt you to one of my colleague Robert’s superior cinnamon rolls?”


Shapeshifters

A fox’s form could be useful in hunting out evidence, but at certain times it had considerable drawbacks. Hugh could only thank God that the one soul on this earth who knew his secret without judging him was also, in a less literal sense, a wily old fox himself – enough to hide him from the hounds at need.


Supernatural

One corpse too many, that monk had said. Even worse, this one was moving – and the last thing Shrewsbury needed right now was an attack of the undead, as well as the living…

Re: Sort of a prompt fill at last - 4x Hugh Beringar AUs

[beccadg]

I had a lot of fun re-reading Cadfael for this, and then for some reason, completely failed to get beyond 4 scenarios, I'm afraid.

It's okay. The important things are a) you had a lot of fun re-reading Cadfael for this, b) you got some scenarios done, and c) I think the ones you got done are all terrific. If I felt up to writing some Cadfael fic myself I would be tempted to run with the shapeshifters and-or supernatural scenarios.

Re: Sort of a prompt fill at last - 4x Hugh Beringar AUs

[thisbluespirit]

Aw, thank you! And I'm pretty sure I would have at least done a couple more but I just seem to have been bad with the ME lately. ♥ (I will put it on AO3, I just keep hoping if I wait, inspiration will finally come.)

And I would not say no to continuations of those, either. lol.

Re: Sort of a prompt fill at last - 4x Hugh Beringar AUs

[thisbluespirit]

Btw, finally remembered to post this on AO3 as well! So if you get a notification, sorry, it's just this again! <3