Beyond the Roundels

As I mentioned the other day, no_true_pair posted the prompts for this round, and I'll share mine under the cut, because there are some fun ones. Currently feeling not great yet again, but who knows? Writing could happen before the posting begins in September.

(If you want to sign up, there's still plenty of time - just don't look at the prompt post first. They're very laid back.)

( Cut for length and also not to spoiler prompts )

Has anyone else signed up? Did you get some fun ones?

I've just started to tidy up the Kiss Prompt ficlets I wrote these last couple of weeks and pop them on AO3 for posterity:

Eyes on the Prize (251 words) by thisbluespirit
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Once Upon a Time (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Belle/Rumplestiltskin | Mr. Gold
Characters: Belle (Once Upon a Time), Rumplestiltskin | Mr. Gold
Additional Tags: Ficlet, Prompt Fill, Flash Fic, Dancing, Missing Scene, Kissing, Episode: s04e01 A Tale of Two Sisters (Once Upon a Time), Temptation
Summary: Rumple/Belle, kiss desperately.


Without Agenda (465 words) by thisbluespirit
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Doctor Who (1963)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Peri Brown/Governor of Varos
Characters: Peri Brown, The Governor of Varos (Doctor Who)
Additional Tags: Ficlet, Prompt Fill, Kissing, Missing Scene, Serial: s138 Vengeance on Varos (Doctor Who), Minor Character(s), Rare Pairings, Flash Fic, Mild Hurt/Comfort
Summary: Peri/Governor of Varos, kiss without a motive.


Old Flames, Old Wounds (216 words) by thisbluespirit
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Doctor Who (1963), Doctor Who (Big Finish Audio)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sixth Doctor/Romana II (Doctor Who)
Characters: Sixth Doctor (Doctor Who), Romana II (Doctor Who)
Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Audio 011: The Apocalypse Element, Tumblr Prompt, Flash Fic, Ficlet, Scars, Implied/Referenced Torture
Summary: Sixth Doctor/Romana II, kiss on a scar


End in Tears (182 words) by thisbluespirit
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Doctor Who (Big Finish Audio)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Eighth Doctor & Lucie Miller (Doctor Who)
Characters: Lucie Miller (Doctor Who), Eighth Doctor (Doctor Who)
Additional Tags: Ficlet, Tumblr Prompt, Flash Fic, Hurt/Comfort, Aftermath, War
Summary: Eight & Lucie, kiss in grief.

(Random selection of the ones that didn't really need much altering is the order in which I have posted them, lol.)

For snowflake_challenge - Challenge #6: In your own space, make a list — anything between one and ten things is a sweet spot, but don't feel constrained by that! - of things that you wish existed in fandom or elsewhere, or that you'd like someone to make for you.

I mainly want more anything for or anyone into my ridiculous obscure old telly fandoms, especially the ones with James Maxwell in, but that is too unreasonable to ask.

So:

1. I have a Dear Author tag which contains all my previous exchange letters and therefore details of Things I Like, why, and in what ways I would like All the Fic. Especially if it has James Maxwell in, obviously or by stealth. :-D (Other things are good! I want All The Things when I'm not at my most tired.)

2. Comments on my fic. If I have Thoughts on things, that tends to become fic and because I am actually a lot more shy than I may appear while babbling on the internet, I have always used that as my prime way into talking to people and making friends, and given my shaky concentration, I'm bad at doing it from the other way round (although I hope to improve again soon).


But, funnily, I was about to post this, so I shall include it! I was going back through all my editions of the 15 Characters Meme (and the 12 Characters thing) and noting down things that really should exist, whether as a begging list or a reminder to self, I cannot say, but I think, given this topic, it should go right here! So:

3. All these things should totally exist somewhere, right?


a. The Master goes to Granny Weatherwax's used vehicle lot to purchase a vehicle. Long John Silver offers unsolicited advice about it.

b. Ace, Sapphire, and Cally spend the night in a haunted house.

c. Violet Crawley is made supreme ruler of the globe.

d. Rupert Giles & Violet Crawley get thrown back in time to 1066 in a freak accident. The fate of England rests on the shoulders of one or both of them.

e. Zen & Holly are stuck in a museum after closing hours (presumably ancient exhibits in a technology museum, long forgotten...)

f. Harry Pearce, Esme Weatherwax, and Jane Marple are alone in a house/other building of your choice. It is a dark and stormy night. There is a thunderous knock on the door followed by the sound of feet running away. When they open the door, there is a baby in a basket, and voila, one tiny child has three of the best and scariest godparents ever. Do not mess with them.

g. Charley Pollard and Clara Oswald go into business together

h. Ros Myers is catapulted into another dimension where they meet the good/evil mirror version of their friends. (With bonus debate as to whether this would therefore be the mirror dimension where everyone was fluffy and into kittens and then Ros would have to kill them all, or if Ruth would be a megalomaniac she needed to defeat.)

i. A Bill Potts/Kara Danvers College AU where Bill is teaching physics and passing on the wonders of the universe, Sam Vimes is teaching a criminology course that is turning out to be way more hands on and practical than the university was up for, Kara is teaching a journalism course and is really nervous about it and her first few lectures do not go well, since they involve public speaking. She keeps winding up in Bill's study for biscuits and sympathy. Bill is very helpful and is developing a serious crush. (It'd be adorable only with bonus Vimes. What's not to like?)

j. The Sixth Doctor and Zelena Mills have to fake a relationship.

k. Kara Danvers/Obi Wan-Kenobi, and/or this impressively pretty, explosive and effective sedoretu comprised of Dayna Mellanby & Kara Danvers, Kara Danvers/Bill Potts, Kara Danvers/Obi-Wan Kenobi, Dayna Mellanby/Bill Potts and Dayna Mellanby/Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Bill Potts & Obi-Wan Kenobi. It would involve a lot of handwaving, but is that not what fic is for?

l. Kara Danvers and the Sixth Doctor are entered in the Great British Bake-Off. (Optional: Orac is a guest judge and Servalan is trying to sabotage the whole thing.)

m. The Twelfth Doctor and Cora Mills are now buddy cops.

n. Twelve and Henry VII are running a coffee shop that lives off the attraction of Twelve's terrible customer service and Henry's excellent book-keeping. (I don't know what kind of AU it is, but I'd read it.)


(I'd like to point out that I did write the one where Donna Moss got locked in the wine cellar with Eight and One and the one where Henry VII and Ace went on a (kind of date; stuff blew up anyway), and more or less the Jenkins and Twelve find a stray kitten, if you substute 'baby winged horse' for kitten, so I have done my part, or some of it, anyway...)

So, having finally typed up all of When the Lights Go Out (typed up, not edited, though & I still must do Remix next), I thought I would return to my very old list of 100 Element Prompts as a reward but it also seemed like much more fun to get a new set from the new version of the Genremixer, so counted out the no. I hadn't written (probably erroneously, and there were more done in rough that never got typed up).

Anyway, I don't know if I will write many or any, but I had forgotten just how much brilliant it is putting random Elements in the Genremixer. I am a ridiculous person and the results bring GREAT JOY to my heart. Please feel free to admire, make suggestions, or just steal them, I don't mind.

(Non-canonical Elements are either ones I've written before, or ones I found on another list from way back that I was clearly contemplating next. As I am sure I had good reasons for my choices, I threw some of them in, pending investigation in my old notes, bookmarks and print-outs for what I was thinking. If I can't work out what on earth I was thinking, I can always replace those ones.)

( Cut for list of trope prompts for S&S to kill )

I laughed the hardest at no. 28 though. And now I must go and rest and then contemplate Remix and important things that must be done, talking of which, damn, I forgot to phone the doctor's while I did this.

I decided I would make another claim at who_allsorts | dw_allsorts for the theme "Historical" and I have finally chosen my table, so all I have to do is fill one with a fanwork by 3 May (or else I might have to tell myself off). I like it, anyway*:

#01 – Summer still holds on	#02 – Visiting the graces	#03 – This cosmic show
#04 – You cannot find the centre	#05 – In the cold, glittering morning	#06 – Another missing person
#07 – A sudden death	#08 – Forgetting who I am	#09 – Night descending

* I know I made it up, so I shouldn't say that, but it was about 3 years ago, and it was random, so it doesn't feel like it.

Let me do something that isn't rambling about old TV!

It's been a while and I need to print off the full list again, for reasons, so... if anyone would like to leave any more prompts (please please!!) in the 500 Prompts meme you're welcome, doubly so if you weren't around when I first offered or you only left one or two... but, hey, all prompts are good!

The instructions are on the original post, but basically it is a very long list of prompts. You choose one/two/many and attach a character/pairing/crossover meeting etc. & at some point in the dim and distant future when you have forgotten all about it, I write a ficlet. Or possibly a drabble or a 6000+ word fic, depending. I make no promises! (One thing I have noticed is that I do seem to respond more to prompts with more than one character.) And anything's fair game - any fandom I've mentioned or is in my profile/tags. If I can't do something, I'll just say.

(In the last year and a few odd months, I think I've done nearly 30, so... fic does happen.)

Prompts = ♥

And now, the end of the housework meme! (Phew. That was a long meme.)

3. Press Gang – Lynda Day/Spike Thomson: getting an oil change for the car. From lolmac (All ages, 540 words) Who specified there was to be no vehicle substitution. I managed this, even though I’m pretty sure neither of the characters would have a valid UK driving license, let alone a car.

( Lynda, you can't drive )

14. Spooks – Ruth/Harry: hoovering the curtains. From daibhid_c

I tried writing this, and I worked out that they were hoovering the curtains (probably in a safe house) as an excuse to keep an eye on what was happening outside, and that it was Ruth’s idea. But I couldn’t come up with anything non-dull beyond that. The best I managed was a conversation about hoovering the curtains vs washing them, and that point I decided it was better for everyone's sakes if I didn't attempt actually writing it. (Sorry. I think maybe I need to rewatch some Spooks, when I can. Ruth and Harry are kind of elusive.)



19. Doctor Who – Ben Jackson/Polly Wright: changing nappies. (599 words) From belantana (Who said that the baby didn’t have to be theirs, in fact, the unlikelier, the better. So, it was pretty unlikely. It's not terribly good, though, really, this one, but meme!fic. And I have prompts now. Prompts are cool.)

( Left holding the baby )

Belatedly, and against my better judgement, I've decided to run with this meme, taken from both clocketpatchand jjpor. (After all, I did make requests of both of them...)

Give me two characters from different fandoms you know I'm familiar with, and I'll give you a dialogue happening between the two of them. Without justifying how the crossover would work, how their worlds clashed or how they could even meet each other. Just a silly crossover conversation with no backstory, for fun.

For something like this, I'm willing to do almost anything I've seen/read reasonably often or at least retain some definite memory of. (It's a long story, but I've attempted more insane things elsewhere, for characters I know NOTHING about... And got away with it, too. *blushes*)

So, here goes, but anything I've mentioned here before is fair game.

( Potential crossovers under the cut )
I think that's more than enough bizarre things, isn't it? Let's hope it hasn't scared everyone away!!! 

*wonders if I will regret this*