Beyond the Roundels

Another little ficlet for this round of no_true_pair, this one I managed to cobble together with a context-less snippet I scribbled a while back, for the prompt "March Twenty-Eighth - Seven & William Palmer are on a boat."

Merrypool Lake (828 words) by thisbluespirit
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Pilgrim (Radio), Doctor Who (1963)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Seventh Doctor (Doctor Who) & William Palmer (Pilgrim)
Characters: Seventh Doctor (Doctor Who), William Palmer (Pilgrim), Original Characters
Additional Tags: Crossover, Ficlet, Community: no_true_pair, Community: 51pluscrossoverfandoms, Fae & Fairies, Community: allbingo, Community: genprompt_bingo
Summary: Of all the tales told on these islands, few are as strange as that of William Palmer, except, of course, for those relating to another near-immortal traveller - the Doctor.

I finally wrote the AU Meme for Catherine Winslow & Sir Robert Morton from The Winslow Boy! I was going to say I have no explanation for why it took me so long, but that's not true: I blame the moment when I realised the perfect fusion fandom was Star Wars (Prequel Era) for breaking my brain into tiny little pieces. (It also took me absolutely ages to come up with the obligatory Romance Novel one, until it finally dawned on me that the 1999 pair had canonically done a thing that would totally be a Scandalous Trope requiring instant marriage in the Romancelandia Regency.)

I should apologise for the SW, the crossover, and probably more, but what are daft AU Memes for if not doing these things?

(The question now is, is it TWB that's the problem or am I just getting terrible at encapsulating an AU into as few words as possible?)

AU Meme: Catherine Winslow/Sir Robert Morton (3933 words) by thisbluespirit
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Winslow Boy (1999), An Ideal Husband (1999)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Robert Morton/Catherine Winslow
Characters: Robert Morton (Winslow Boy), Catherine Winslow, Arthur Winslow, Grace Winslow, Lady Gertrude Chiltern, Mabel Chiltern
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - Soulmates, Alternate Universe - Coffee Shops & Cafés, Alternate Universe - Star Wars Fusion, Alternate Universe - Supernatural Elements, Alternate Universe - Fairy Tale, Crossover, 1910s, Alternate Universe - Medical, Alternate Universe - Apocalypse, mentions of John Watherstone/Catherine Winslow, Edwardian Period, Alternate Universe - Regency
Summary: Ten AU scenarios for Catherine Winslow & Sir Robert Morton for an old meme.

It wasn't a great week, but one very good thing is that at last summer is getting to the more manageable period (barring any further little heat spikes), and from now on I'm more likely than not to be able to get at my room in the evenings, which makes a big difference. So, on Friday evening I finally typed up my overdue intoabar fic! Yesterday, I inevitably had a headache largely due to typing up said fic when summer has rendered me unused to such things, plus Thursday's little bout of icon-wrestling, but the fic is now edited and posted, and it's still only the 3rd most obscure of the 3 things I have posted on AO3 this year, lol.

(I feel it should work okay as an Outsider POV for S&S, because it would make no more or less sense than most S&S, and I avoided any spoilers for the film. But, yes, I know, I have achieved new heights of obscure crossovers no one wanted, go me. ;-p)

These Old Familiar Things (1489 words) by thisbluespirit
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sapphire & Steel (TV), Dean Spanley (Movie 2008)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Henslowe Fisk, Steel (Sapphire & Steel), Sapphire (Sapphire & Steel)
Additional Tags: Crossover, Community: intoabar, Post-Canon, POV Outsider, Edwardian Period
Summary: Henslowe Fisk has another odd encounter in a bar.

Also written for genprompt_bingo, 100fandoms & 51pluscrossoverfandoms, because I like to make fic work for its keep.

Way back in Nov/Dec last year, I was given some genremixer prompts via the Reverse Writing Meme over on tumblr. This one was from strange-destinations (aka TheBigCat), but while I wrote out in my notebook pretty quickly, typing up etc got caught in the long delay of being so ill post-Christmas. But here it is, and it fits one of my new genprompt_bingo squares even better than it fitted the last one.

time, kept in a box (3131 words) by thisbluespirit
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sapphire and Steel, Doctor Who (Big Finish Audio)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Lucie Miller & Silver (Sapphire and Steel)
Characters: Lucie Miller, Silver (S&S)
Additional Tags: Community: genprompt_bingo, Reverse writing meme, Loneliness, Loss, Haunted Houses, Memories, Crossover
Summary: Lucie's back in Blackpool, and missing the Doctor. But what she finds when she goes looking is a completely different weird alien with a dangerous relationship with time…

I did manage to finish my first fic for no_true_pair! It is for Miss Scarlet and the Duke and Craddock and Co, though no real canon knowledge is needed for either, just two detectives running into each other, which must happen a lot in London at that end of the century. (17 years before canon for Charles, about mid s1 for Eliza, because that's where I've got to. Hopefully I didn't make too many silly errors!)

Also for 100fandoms and my allbingo card.

Midnight on Wardour Street (1117 words) by thisbluespirit
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Miss Scarlet and the Duke (TV 2020), Craddock and Co (Radio)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Charles Craddock & Eliza Scarlet
Characters: Eliza Scarlet, Charles Craddock
Additional Tags: Community: no_true_pair, Community: 100fandoms, Detectives, Victorian, Pre-Canon, (for Craddock & Co), 1880s, Community: allbingo, Crossover
Summary: Eliza is caught out revisiting the scene of the crime at an ungodly hour of the night...

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I'm not so great today, and also in nicer things, my parents are visiting this week, but luckily for me I prepared this no_true_pair fic earlier, for Day 24 - Jenkins & Six meet up for brunch. (I hadn't planned on doing the previous one, so I feel like this maybe hit some similar notes for Six at least... but what can you do when grumpy immortals who care far too much about mortals meet up for brunch?)

Also for 51pluscrossoverfandoms prompt #40 (share).

Box of Secrets (1345 words) by thisbluespirit
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Doctor Who (1963), The Librarians (TV 2014)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Jenkins | Galahad (The Librarians), Sixth Doctor (Doctor Who)
Additional Tags: Community: no_true_pair, Crossover, Timey-Wimey, meeting out of order, The Doctor is Merlin, Loss
Summary: Things get complicated when you keep meeting out of order. Jenkins and Merlin - the Doctor - take a moment for brunch.

(I think this will probably be the last one I do now, but I might try and tackle the Charley and Alice "in the woods" one for amnesty, and maybe even double it up for Whumptober. Anyway, this challenge was fun! I can definitely recommend it!)

I've been really ill again (possibly even actually have-a-cold ill as well as the usual), but kind of amusingly, I drafted this up yesterday morning before I felt really awful and then managed to edit it today by the time the worst seemed to have passed. I'd worry about it, but, honestly, I think S&S fic works better if your brain is in a peculiar state at the time of writing anyway.

So, for no_true_pair "Day 9 - Clara writes Copper a letter" because Clara and an element is obviously a potentially interesting combination, but I couldn't see why or how she would write a letter. Inevitably, once I had decided the prompt was impossible, I went off and wrote it anyway.

Also for hc_bingo sqaure "atonement."

Postscript (1377 words) by thisbluespirit
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Doctor Who (2005), Sapphire and Steel
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Major Character Death
Characters: Clara Oswin Oswald, Copper (S&S)
Additional Tags: Community: no_true_pair, Community: hc_bingo, Crossover, Angst, Time Travel, Not A Fix-It, Canonical Character Death, Episode: s09e10 Face the Raven, Post-Episode: s09e12 Hell Bent, Episode: s07e14 The Name of the Doctor
Summary: Clara writes a letter to a man who may not exist. He answers anyway.


(I do mean to try and make a post about things that have been making me happy while I have been feeling so awful/mush-brained, but in the meantime, have some more no_true_pair fic, because clearly this is the most me-suited-fest I have ever taken part in and I need to thank corvidology a lot.)

My second fic for no_true_pair and the first prompt I immediately rushed to write when I got the set - for Day 7 "Jenkins has no idea what they look like to Alice."

Which is perfect, for these two, and - weirdly, really - probably the single prompt on the list that is most likely to appeal only to me. /takes a bow. (I mean, it isn't spoilery as such, but it's one of those ones where it's a beautiful combination if you know who the characters are and probably not much of anything if you don't.)

Anyway, a knight walked into Wonderland in search of a teapot and found a Lost Girl:

Of White Knights and Wonderland Days (1348 words) by thisbluespirit
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Once Upon a Time (TV), The Librarians (TV 2014)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jenkins | Galahad (The Librarians) & Alice Jones | Tilly
Characters: Jenkins | Galahad (The Librarians), Alice Jones | Tilly
Additional Tags: Community: no_true_pair, Crossover, Wonderland (Once Upon a Time), Chance Meetings
Summary: Jenkins is looking for a teapot in Wonderland, and finds a girl who knows who he is.

I keep forgetting to crosspost these! I wrote some more ficlets for both memes before Christmas, the one I did ages ago that was a writing meme and the not!fic one from more recently, which I wrote some things for anyway!

In Dispute (976 words) by thisbluespirit
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Shadow of the Tower
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Elizabeth of York Queen of England/Henry VII of England
Characters: Elizabeth of York Queen of England, Henry VII of England
Additional Tags: Ficlet, Memes, Sharing a Bed, Only One Bed, Alternate Universe - 1960s, references to nudity, Flash Fic
Summary: “Is there a reason you’re naked in my bed?”

Bedside Robbery (223 words) by thisbluespirit
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Doctor Who (1963), Sapphire and Steel
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Liz Shaw (Doctor Who)/Silver (S&S)
Characters: Liz Shaw (Doctor Who), Silver (S&S)
Additional Tags: Ficlet, Flash Fic, Meme
Summary: Liz gets an unexpected awakening.

Transported (219 words) by thisbluespirit
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Doctor Who (2005)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Twelfth Doctor/Clara Oswin Oswald
Characters: Twelfth Doctor, Clara Oswin Oswald
Additional Tags: Ficlet, Flash Fic, Alternate Universe - Magic, Alternate Universe - Teachers
Summary: Accidentally taking the head of science's coffee was a big mistake, apparently...

Crime Au Naturel (473 words) by thisbluespirit
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Doctor Who (Big Finish Audio)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Eighth Doctor/Charley Pollard
Characters: Eighth Doctor (Doctor Who), Charley Pollard
Additional Tags: Flash Fic, Ficlet, Alternate Universe - Criminals, Partial Nudity, Humor, Edwardian Period
Summary: Charley's first day as a famous, mysterious jewel thief was going so well up until now...

Cross-Cultural Exchange (416 words) by thisbluespirit
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Doctor Who (1963)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: First Doctor & Barbara Wright
Characters: First Doctor (Doctor Who), Barbara Wright
Additional Tags: Ficlet, Flash Fic, Accidental Marriage, Aliens Made Them Do It, Humor, Trope Subversion
Summary: These little cultural misunderstandings will happen when you're visiting an alien planet...

This was actually the first thing I wrote on listening to Welcome to Our Village Please Invade Carefully, because obv. 5 + 1 times multi-crossover fic is how I show my love, even if by default nobody else will want to know! (No spoilers, though, for anything, really, if anyone's curious.)

Sending Out An SOS to the World (3421 words) by thisbluespirit
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Welcome to Our Village Please Invade Carefully (BBC Radio), Sapphire and Steel, Doctor Who (2005), Cabin Pressure, The Librarians (TV 2014), Good Omens (TV), Red Dwarf (UK TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Richard Lyons, Silver (S&S), Lucy Alexander, Dave Lister, Mrs Leeson (Welcome to Our Village), Ezekiel Jones, Jenkins | Galahad (The Librarians), Douglas Richardson, Patrick (Welcome to Our Village), Margaret Lyons, Crowley (Good Omens), Katrina Lyons, Uljabaan (Welcome to Our Village), Eleventh Doctor
Additional Tags: Crossover, Humor, 5 Times, 5+1 Things, No Spoilers, Micro alien invasions, References to Drugs
Summary: Force fields don’t keep everybody out. They attract some kinds of people, even...

My belated intoabar 2021 fic, finally typed up! The prompt was "The Thirteenth Doctor walks into a bar and meets... Lead!"

Transcendental Echoes (1512 words) by thisbluespirit
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Doctor Who (2005), Sapphire and Steel
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Thirteenth Doctor, Lead (S&S)
Additional Tags: Community: intoabar, Crossover, Bigger On The Inside, Post-Episode: s12e10 The Timeless Children, Walk Into A Bar, Hugs
Summary: There are several things in this pub that don't belong - and one of them is the Doctor.

Challenge #6: In your own space, rec at least three fanworks that you didn’t create.

I thought I'd follow up yesterday's post with recs for my very obscure fandoms, mostly written for me, because people are kind - but not always! So here we go:

The Shadow of the Tower
(Given the nature of the fandom, most of these can be read as straight historical RPF if you are interested in WotR/early Tudors.)

The Endris Night by ancarett
G, 2140 words. Elizabeth of York/Henry VII.) What is life at the court? Is it all plots and planning or is it something more? Elizabeth brings her own strengths as she prepares to marry the new king.

Not strictly marked with the canon, but written for me and ancarett clearly used the SotT portrayals of the two. This is a lovely, tentative beginning for a royal relationship.


Seven Sevens by allegoriesinmediasres
(Teen, 593 words. Catherine of Aragon, Arthur Tudor, Henry VIII, Margaret Tudor, Mary I, Henry VII, Elizabeth of York.) 1501. Seven sevens will command your life.

Clever ficlet taking one of Catherine of Aragon's scenes in the series as a starting point.


A Falcon at Stoke Field by kaffy_r
(Teen, 926 words. Lambert Simnel.) One name had been left behind, the next was never his to begin with. In the aftermath of Stoke Field, Lambert Simnel chooses a new identity.

Excellent look at Lambert Simnel in the aftermath of Stoke (& a great little episode tag for Ep4).


Into the Light by theseatheseatheopensea
(G, 1698 words. The Prisoner, Silver, Copper.) There is a method to what they do—to what they are. There is something about time—a prodigious mystery, an immensity, an unimaginable infinity, and he finds it again. He has always been here, after all. And he will be here again. And they will always be here, keeping time moving forward, safely, as it should. After the fire, Copper finds some answers.

Crossover with Sapphire & Steel. Eerie and beautiful timey-wimey look at the Prisoner's fate in episode 5, which may or may not be bound up with some "Elements."


Whose Bitter Tears by misura
(G, 906 words. John de la Pole Earl of Lincoln, Henry VII.) Lincoln receives an unexpected visitor in Dublin.

Lincoln says that Henry Tudor is in is very heart in the lead-up to Stoke, and here's a brilliantly in-tone look at one of the forms that feeling might take.


Fanart by liadt - the serious, a lovely drawing of Henry & Elizabeth from one of my stories and the glorious crack with bonus Time Travelling Spies (and anachronistic underpants).


Department S
One Cold Knight by swordznsorcery
(G, 5888 words. Annabelle Hurst, Stewart Sullivan, Jason King, Sir Curtis Seretse, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Liz Shaw.) For Fandom Stocking. The Department S gang team up with UNIT.

Crossover with Doctor Who. UNIT and Department S's work inevitably collides in this wonderful pitch-perfect casefic.


The Highgate Vampire by theseatheseatheopensea
(G, 1000 words. Annabelle Hurst, Jason King, Stewart Sullivan, Silver.) Highgate, North London. December 1969. Fragments from a very straight-forward case. (Or: a case told in 10 drabbles.)

Crossover with Sapphire & Steel. Brilliant drabble fic of a case that's even weirder than usual for Department S, plus important cravat envy.


King or Country by Timeless-A-Peel
(Teen, 6321 words. Jason King, Tara King, Martin King, John Steed.) 1972. Tara King receives an unexpected visit from a distant relative.

Crossover with The Avengers. More properly Jason King (the sequel serial), but still excellent - Jason King is, as it turns out, distantly related to Tara King - and every so often, they can find ways to help each other out.


(There are no works for The Power Game not by me, but I'll stop moaning now. ;-p)