Beyond the Roundels

A 500 Prompts fic I started typing up quite a few months ago and finally finished yesterday - for a prompt left by jjpor many moons ago . Also for genprompt_bingo, allbingo & 100ships.

Double or Nothing (1796 words) by thisbluespirit
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Doctor Who (1963)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Ben Jackson/Polly Wright
Characters: Ben Jackson (Doctor Who), Polly Wright, Second Doctor (Doctor Who)
Additional Tags: 500 prompts, Community: genprompt_bingo, Community: 100ships, Community: allbingo, Alien Planet, Hurt/Comfort, Injury, Doppelganger
Summary: Ben walks straight into trouble - and it looks just like Polly.


I got very bad at actually going through with writing ficlets for anything I was writing/watching just to get me going (and achieve more 100fandoms), and I've vowed to be better, so have a random flash fic for what turns out to be still my fave of the Heyer detectives (out of the ones I've re-read lately):

Wedding of the Year (366 words) by thisbluespirit
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: No Wind of Blame - Georgette Heyer
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Hugh Dering/Vicky Fanshawe
Characters: Hugh Dering, Vicky Fanshawe
Additional Tags: Ficlet, Community: 100ships, Community: 100fandoms, Post-Canon, Weddings, Fluff, 1930s, Community: allbingo
Summary: Vicky, of course, has the perfect performance planned for the big day.

(I should check my notebook for whatever other random and deeply obscure first-in-the-fandom stuff is lurking in there, really.)

Story: The Rime on the Spray
Author: lost_spook
Rating: All ages / PG
Word Count: WIP
Characters/Pairings: First Doctor, Ben Jackson, Polly
Warnings: None.

Summary: Out on a wintry moor, the TARDIS crew encounter a lone traveller and a mysterious tower.

While not truthfully written for stellastars's birthday (I actually wrote pretty much all of the longhand version in late November, after the first hard frost, which seems amusing now), the thought that fic involving Ben and Polly might be a nice offering did make me join in the latest round of fic_rush and finish Part One last night. :-D

Currently still waiting approval on Teaspoon, so be patient.

I found a Ben/Polly fic languishing without any reviews. We can't have that! Especially when it's as nice as this one is.

Uncertainty by mithrel. (All Ages; 2401 words; Two, Ben, Polly, Jamie).

Ben is trying to work things out (including how to make a proposal when there's never a moment's peace from alien monsters). It's really quite sweet (and I like the Doctor's solution early on of paying Ben 'danger money' for War Machines, Daleks, Cybermen...). And the alien ring showing up Ben's true worth.

1. I've been a bit quiet on the fic front, having been tired lately (and stories go too flat, so I had to leave them all waiting once I'd done the tardis_gen one). However, talking of tardis_gen, I notice that they've posted the first two stories - yay! - and nice pieces of work they are, too, If the rest are as good this is going to be an excellent ficathon.

2. I hadn't forgotten StarCrossed and it's now got a lot more links on it and looks at least a little less random. And then I thought of another, similar idea, but I'll let you in on that when I've actually put something sensible on it. (Yes, mad librarian trying to catalogue things again, I know.)

3. In the process of this I had an idea for an Angel crossover of my own. (I do rather love Angel). And then, today, when I finally was able to write again, what did I do? My 1851 story, the Hex/Martha one, said Angel crossover or the next Happy Ending? No, I decided to do a Polly/Brig bit for whoniverse1000; but it did what all my attempts for that cause do, and went long and gen. It's here, or will be when it gets okayed on Teaspoon. (It's called The Polly Effect. I went on a train today. I pretty much always end up with a fic idea after going on a train.)

Edit: And, and, and, someone just reviewed my Really Obscure piece of fanfic.  I stuck it on ff.net about three weeks ago, since it might as well sit there (in the British Comedy section, On The Up, not being counted as a show) and someone else who watched the show has just given it love.  *dances for joy* (Not that I didn't really appreciate your reading it, too bugiarda!!)