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I have been beginning to feel a bit better, or at least the virus, after hanging around for just short of three weeks, suddenly departed halfway through Wednesday, leaving me still an ME weakling, but at least a good deal more human than I'd felt in a while.

Anyway, I thought I'd try to drabble for

small_fandoms current Drabblethon, and ended up with a drabble for that and a ficlet for

100fandoms and

allbingo because the first of my two drabble-ideas ended up being impossible to squish into drabble format.

These are both for Louise Cooper's Time Master Series, particularly the Chaos Gate Trilogy, for two characters I never expected to write anything about, but they promised good drabble-material and the fandom was unquestionably rare enough!

Soul Choice (100 words) by thisbluespirit
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Time Master Series - Louise Cooper
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Tirand Lin & Karuth Piadar
Characters: Tirand Lin, Yandros (Time Master), Aeoris (Time Master)
Additional Tags: Drabble, Afterlife, Death, Post-Canon
Summary: Tirand Lin is a conundrum.

turn, turn, turn (552 words) by thisbluespirit
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Time Master Series - Louise Cooper
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Aeoris & Ailind (Time Master)
Characters: Aeoris (Time Master), Ailind (Time Master)
Additional Tags: Ficlet, Community: 100fandoms, Community: allbingo, Gods, Post-Canon
Summary: Order is not Chaos. It is perfect, unchanging. But it is methodical and may try all things in their turn with time enough, and reason.

While I was ill, I did manage to do some fic-reading and I have another (particularly ill-advised but I feel much needed) rec list pretty much done as well - and I do hope I can catch up more generally soon. I won't count on anything, though, as I'm still pretty low in all other terms.

... to the very excellent

astrogirl! May you have a lovely day! ♥

I suddenly recalled that I had written a 500 prompts drabble for you that I wasn't sure when and where to post because it was far too silly to be a thing. Clearly, a perfect birthday gift, right? (I'm sorry! The damn thing had to be done at some point.)

( The Vacuum of Time )

So, I keep having feelings I don't like about the finale and turned them into this double drabble in an attempt to offload them somewhere and hopefully move onto a more positive place. (I'm not sure this is exactly what I think as such, but it is a lot of why this hurt so much.) And it fitted a

genprompt_bingo square, which is obviously the important thing.

(For the square "Memory Related" and also

allbingo square "Rose (Dark Crimson) - Mourning".) Spoilers for the finale implicit.

Nothing at the End of the Lane (200 words) by thisbluespirit
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Doctor Who (2005), Doctor Who (1963)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: First Doctor, Third Doctor, Thirteenth Doctor
Additional Tags: Vignette, Introspection, Loss, Episode: s12e10 The Timeless Children, Double Drabble, Community: genprompt_bingo, Community: allbingo, POV Second Person, Spoilers, Memory Loss, Ficlet
Summary: You were always the same. Everything else is a lie.

I also made things for

fandom_stocking. I made a few sets of icons for various people, and wrote four drabbles, using randomised poetry prompts (except for the Six Wives one):

( Four Doctor Who, Six Wives of Henry VIII & S&S drabbles )

Crossposts: https://lost-spook.livejournal.com/641563.html

Before I disappear for Christmas (and, hey, have a nice one everyone if you're celebrating; good luck with the avoidance if you're not ♥), a few last

runaway_tales:

Fish Out of Water (PG, 5022 words. Edward Iveson/Julia Graves, Roderick Howe, Margaret Howe, Jane Howe, Sylvia Howe.) This wasn’t what Edward and Julia had in mind for their first wedding anniversary…

Little by Little (PG, 14x 100 words. 1908, 1923, 1937, 1947, 1952, 1957, 1963, 1972, 1980, 1986, 1991, 1992; John Iveson/Elizabeth Long, Edward Iveson/Julia Graves, Hanne Graves, Christy Graves, Ron Whittaker, Charles Terrell/Marian Dalton, Anna Miller/Louise Murray, Elizabeth Miller, Michael Seaton, Liz Cardew.) Tea and conversation, and hope.

In Memoriam (PG, 1326 words. Edward Iveson, John Iveson, Elizabeth Long.) How does someone say goodbye? (Written for Flavour of the Day: valediction.)

Truce (G, 693 words. Edward Iveson, Elizabeth Long.) It’s been much too long since Edward has seen his mother… (Written for Flavour of the Day: irenic.)

I may pop up again in between, but I may not. And when I am back (in a week), I'll inevitably be very unwell/tired as a result, so I'll just see you all at some point on the other side.

Crossposts: http://lost-spook.livejournal.com/507482.html

Last night's DW made me write a drabble. Amazing! (It was v good. I loved it. And, oh, I love Clara. ♥ If you don't, I don't need to know about it here. Thank you.)

Friendly Warning
Drabble. Ian Chesterton, Twelfth Doctor. Spoilers for Face the Raven. It is possibly a mean drabble, but it was a thing I thought of this morning.

( Friendly Warning )

Crossposts: http://lost-spook.livejournal.com/501596.html

And, as I said, I also made some things for people:

Falling From A Cloud for

akashasheiress (Doctor Who, Ben Jackson/Polly Wright, 346 words. Also a 500 prompts ficlet.)

9 Avengers Icons for

glinda (Emma Peel, John Steed.) (Liadt sent me some Avengers! I have only watched 1 episode, but once I've watched more, more icons will happen because it was heaps of fun to play with.)

The Gods Walk Among Us for

kaffy_r (Doctor Who, Ian & Barbara, Drabble.)

Dance of A Lifetime for

azarsuerte (Doctor Who, Five/Clara, 169 words. One of the random drabbles - the poetry line was "and the last stroke of midnight dies").

13 Silmarillion icons for

moetushie (Mostly from Ted Naismith images.)

13 The Good Life icons for

ozqueen (Tom, Barbara, Margo & Jerry and all combinations thereof.)

Radical Actions for

liadt (Er. The Fight Against Slavery, Wilberforce/Pitt cake!fic drabble. Yes. /o\)

The Man Who Cried Lion for eve11 (Doctor Who, Six, Evelyn, 329 words. Poetry line: rushed out onto the fire escape screaming Lion! Lion!)

some lovely perilous thing for

ein_papier (Once Upon A Time, Belle/Rumplestiltskin, Drabble. Poetry line as the title "some lovely perilous thing".)

... that was more than it seemed like at the time. :-)

(Obviously, icons made as gifts are not for snagging unless the recipient is okay with that.)

Crossposts: http://lost-spook.livejournal.com/364065.html

For

pitry who gave me the prompt: DEATH. "Out, damned giraffe! Out, I say!"

Title: Damned Giraffe
Author:

lost_spook
Rating: All ages
Word Count: 100
Characters/Pairings:
Notes/Warnings: Contains an undead giraffe.
Summary: See the warning.

( Damned Giraffe )

For

john_elliott who gave me the prompt: Doctor Who: Ace and one of her friends-of-the-week - eavesdropping..

Title: Eavesdropping
Author:

lost_spook
Rating: All ages/PG
Word Count: 326
Characters/Pairings: Ace/Gwendoline
Notes/Warnings: Refs to Ghostlight.
Summary: Gwendoline was always taught not to eavesdrop, but then she does many things now that she never used to.

( Eavesdropping )

Crossposts: http://lost-spook.livejournal.com/290231.html

... And this was the other thing, which was a prompt from my list doubling up for the challenge:

Title: Haunting
Author:

lost_spook
Rating: All ages
Word Count: Drabble
Characters/Pairings: Sapphire, Steel
Warnings None.
Summary: There are so many ghosts. (Prompt 83: steel & sapphire - Ghosts & Drabble)

( Haunting )

Title: Trapped
Author:

lost_spook
Rating: All ages
Word Count: 100
Characters/Pairings: Gold, Silver.
Warnings None.
Summary: Gold’s not happy. (Prompt 67: silver & gold - Drabble & Stranded/survival scenario) Gold is, of course, not mine, but from the Big Finish audios, where he’s played by Mark Gatiss.

( Trapped" )

I found this writing meme I did once before and thought it was a funny sort of day, and just the time to try again. And I did it! \o/

1: Pick five fandoms. ~~List them in alphabetical order.~~ (ETA: Whoops.)

1. Blake's 7
2. Sapphire & Steel
3. Doctor Who
4. Press Gang
5. Angel

2: Visit this site to find your first RANDOM POEM OF POWER. Write down the 5th line (yes, even if it's an E.E. Cummings poem and you wind up with an apostrophe). Repeat five times and - you guessed it - list 'em in alphabetical order! (No cheating, mind! This is a challenge and it's always been about creativity.)

3: I think you can see where this is going. Write a very quick 50-word half-drabble for each fandom (try to do it all in one sitting - make your brain explode!), using the line from the poem as a prompt. You don't have to include it in the half-drabble - it's just inspiration.

4: Bravo! Have a cookie.

( Demi-drabbles under the cut )

I had a sandwich, a banana and a bit of chocolate afterwards, though, not a cookie. And I was being very careful not to let my mind explode. It does that too often anyway, these days.

Before I forget again...

Orac/Nyssa drabble for

b7love_250.

24 icons from The West Wing & Press Gang (9 text, 15 images) for the current

fan_flashworks challenge 'breakfast'.

And, other than that, I don't know. Tired, but okay? Hmm, talking of one of my comms reminds me. I most post the discussion post on

dw_straybunnies that I've had ready for a month or so. *notes to do later* (Lunch etc first.)

justice_turtle gave me "And if that mockingbird won't sing, Papa's gonna buy you a diamond ring", from The Weavers' version of the traditional song.

And the one thing it seemed to suggest to me was this drabble portrait of Servalan. (It's funny, but any 'any fandom' prompt always seems to mean B7 for me.)
( Mockingbird )

If anyone wants a prompt from me, the post is here. (And if you want a prompt but you'd rather not offer your own music up, well, it's not as if I'm going to tell the LJ meme police. And I am very bored and would love to give a prompt to anyone who doesn't object. Also it means possible tiny fic by my flist!)

This took a while, but memed from

jjpor:

1. Go to this link:
http://www.koveras.org/thriller/

2. Randomly generate one cheesy made-up thriller title

3. Write a drabble for your fandom of choice that in some way relates to the title generated. Be warned, some of them are a bit...non-obvious

4. If you're not fed up yet, repeat until you are!

I decided the fandom would be Blake's 7 and then (after it gave me The Phantom Menace), I got The Reality Ploy (which I like so much I want to use on something else someday, too.)

( The Reality ploy )

You can tell I'm procrastinating on my Yuletide fic by my amazing productivity on random ficlets over the last few days. Just wrote this, instead of what I was supposed to be doing. (And remember I'm still a B7 newbie - I'm sure this has been done in fic before, because it must have been, but I haven't read it.)

Post Gauda Prime, so SPOILERS. Or AU. Or whatever. (c.f. Things B7 Has In Common With Press Gang)
(PG, Drabble, Kerr Avon, Servalan. The final meeting.)

( Read more... )

Firstly, I am wearing contact lenses. This is really peculiar, but very exciting. (Although I did think for a bit that the very kind and patient woman at Boots wasn't going to let me have them... because of my initial inability to take them out. I must say I wondered what it would be like putting them in, but hadn't thought about how weird it would be sort of pinching at seemingly non-existent things in your eyes. However, I managed it.)

Secondly, and what I was meaning to say - I've been doing some actual writing!: I finally finished my DW/Angel crossover last night (now up on Teaspoon HERE). I must thank

dbskyler who has probably forgotten that she answered my what-should-Peri-sing-at-karaoke question last spring or something - and gave me not only a sensible answer to that but also a fun last line. So: thanks!

Plus, have a random drabble! I've been going back through some of the old

dw100 challenges recently and was trying to do one per Doctor for the 004/020 challenge 'crossover'. I did this one and then realised that not only was it obscure (as ever), but it didn't have a Doctor in it, so it didn't count (for my own personal satisfaction, I should add -

dw100 are wonderfully non-prescriptive!). So: Tegan Jovanka has a new employee at the famliy cattle feed business who isn't the least bit scared of her bossiness... (I don't know why I keep using The Gathering continuity when sometimes I don't want the audio to exist, but then Tegan's arguments about why she ended up in the business are fun)(DW/Press Gang):

( Just Like Home )

I've got my third fake TV Show nearly done, but I'll hold fire on it for a bit, because it's also Regency-set, so I don't want to follow Cloak and Dagger with it too swiftly.

Okay, since I failed at my last prompt. For

jjpor, in lieu of Bambera/Ancelyn (for the moment at least), will you accept Docherty's exit?

( January 1984 )

I think I've just lost any drabble-writing skills I had now.

Current Mood: tired

For

pedanther who asked for Captain Yates, Captain Magambo & robots. That's a lot to get into a drabble, so the robot appears only fleetingly, but here goes:

( Intrusion )

Current Mood: busy

One more, this time, for

akashasheiress. I hung on, trying to think so something not so completely shallow and silly, but, erm, well...

And to

pedanther and

jjpor: okay, I admit it, your prompts are tough work and I will get back to you on that as soon as I can. ;-) I only have unsatisfactory roughs, but I am on the train a fair bit this week, which should do the trick.

( One Small Hitch )

Also, I updated Winged Shadows with Part Three (Only the last part to go, yay. Not up on Teaspoon yet.)

Current Mood: bored

Another one, this time Wilf and Leela, for

john_elliott:

( Old Soldiers )

Current Mood: bored

Just the one for tonight:

For

belantana who (foolishly!) wanted (my OC) Tilly, getting to grips with some new-fangled invention. (It had to be AU Tilly, really.)

( First Battle )

Current Mood: exhausted

The first few (not necessarily in order, though - sorry!):

For

pitry: ( Screwdriver )

For

primsong: ( Job Satisfaction )

For

paranoidangel42: ( Outmanoeuvred )

For

persiflage_1: ( Burned )

I promise the rest won't be too long in following (and I've still got 2 spare gaps - and I'm not going to tell on anyone who doesn't run the meme in return, really...)

Current Mood: cold

Snaffled from

primsong, since how could I ever pass up the opportunity of a drabble from her?

The first TEN people to comment in this post get to request that I write a drabble of any pairing/character with a prompt. In return, they have to post this in their journal, regardless of their ability level. (As Prim said, I'm sure art or icons, or something will be acceptable. Should your name be

jjpor, a promise to write 1000 words of original fic will suffice! ;-D. In fact, who's telling, anyway? I'm not!)

1.

john_elliott: Leela & Wilf. Old Soldiers
2.

pitry: Tegan & Romana. Screwdriver
3.

primsong: Benton. Job Satisfaction
4.

akashasheiress: Liz/Brig One Small Hitch
5.

belantana: Tilly Holmes, some 1980s contraption. First Battle
6.

paranoidangel42: Harry and Sarah (Sullivan or Pearce!). Outmanoeuvred
7.

jjpor: Bambera/Ancelyn.
8.

persiflage_1: Hex/Martha, candles. Burned
9.

pedanther: Captain Yates, Captain Magambo, robots Intrusion
10.

I mainly write Doctor Who, but I listed other things I will happily try here for a previous meme. Anything I have mentioned liking is also fair game, especially for a drabble. It's nice to have something different!

Current Mood: curious

In honour of the day. (And, yes, this has been posted on

dw100 and also on Teaspoon, so nobody has to comment, but it seemed appropriate).

Drabble, gen, First Doctor, Susan.

( First Flight )

Current Mood: tired

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!!

( And the moral of the story is... )

Current Mood: tired

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Entries tagged with drabble

Drabble, Ficlet: Soul Choice & turn, turn, turn (Time Master Series)

Happy Birthday...

Double Drabble: Nothing at the End of the Lane

Four drabbles

Running Away & Runaway Tales

Drabble: Friendly Warning

Fandom Stocking (Part II)

Two ficlets (Discworld, and Doctor Who)

Drabble: Haunting (S&S Prompt fic)

Drabble: Trapped (S&S Prompt fic)

Poetry Writing Meme

More Things I Made for Comms...

iPod Shuffle Meme: B7 drabble

A Drabble Meme

B7 Drabble: And Even Revenge Has No Sweetness

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Drabble meme - January 1984

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