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.

So, last night Remix Revival went live, and I got this unexpectedly fabulous remix of a rather silly and punny Seven & Ace drabble I did for dw100 many many moons ago. It's delightful and if you enjoy a bit of Seven 'n' Ace, you should definitely go read it.

Also: totally contains a version of Monopoly that should become a proper official thing. XD

Playing to Win (the slightly less cosmic contest remix) (2192 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Doctor Who (1963)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Seventh Doctor & Ace McShane
Characters: Seventh Doctor, Ace McShane
Additional Tags: Remix Revival 2020, Remix, Games
Summary: They’ve never been especially good at following the rules, anyway.


I am a lucky so-and-so because I was also one of the few people to get a Remix Madness fic as well, remixing an obscure little humorous ficlet I wrote one Obscure & British Fest for The Sandbaggers into this lovely, thoughtful character piece:

Recreated [a remix] (1477 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Sandbaggers
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Matthew Peele, Neil Burnside, Sir Geoffrey Wellingham, Original Characters
Additional Tags: Remix, Character Study, POV switch, Mid-Canon
Summary: Matthew Peele knows what people think of him. And, yes, he cares. But maybe not all that much.


I'm still waiting to see what my recip thinks of mine, though...


(I didn't sign up for the Little Black Dress thing in the end, as I felt ill the last few days instead, so that was that. Maybe next time! Anyway, on the cheering front, guess what? Yuletide letters post!! I just need to tweak mine a tiny bit more... \o/)

First fill for crossoverbingo! For the square "death fic". (It does not contain any actual death as such. I'm a cheat. Also, can you tell I was really missing intoabar?)

In the Flesh (1122 words) by thisbluespirit
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Doctor Who (1963), Lucifer (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Seventh Doctor, Lucifer Morningstar (Lucifer TV)
Additional Tags: Crossover, community: crossoverbingo, community: 100fandoms, Conversations, Mentions of hell, mentions of death/regeneration
Summary: The Doctor walks into a bar and has a drink with the devil.

I posted my Seventh Doctor era manifesto, such as it is, over at tardis_library!


Now, excuse me, I have an hc_bingo fic I might still have a reasonable chance of finishing tomorrow if I go and do some typing now...

I did actually manage to complete one entry for the AU Meme before I got ill and have finally got around to posting it to AO3. Now hopefully I can also do the rest.

AU Meme: Seven & Ace (815 words) by lost_spook
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Doctor Who (1963)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Seventh Doctor & Ace McShane
Characters: Seventh Doctor, Ace McShane
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Meme, Ficlet, Explosions, Vampires
Summary: 10 AU scenarios for Seven & Ace for a meme.

You will be so proud of me - I wrote all the prompts! (I mean, one per person, not actually all of them.) I haven't managed that in ages, save for those AU memes.

Anyway, the last four are on AO3, with relevant details under the cut:

( Randomised Ficlets. And cake )

1. I've just done a friending meme and even actually managed to friend new people (I asked some of them myself!) (hi, new flisters!) and now of course, I am off to my parents' for Christmas, where internet access will be variable and most likely reading rather than commenting. Sorry about that.

Also because the next few posts following this will very likely be the one where I'm not here but I have to mention my Yuletide gift, the one where I'm back but exhausted, and then a wave of Yule-recs. So, um, yes, welcome? I will try and do something properly introductory in the New Year, though.

But I hope everyone who is celebrating Christmas has a lovely one, and anyone not celebrating manages to have a nice week despite any unwanted festivities! ♥


2. I nearly managed to finish the last writing meme before I went (because if I don't now, I won't) but I embarrassingly ran out of spoons with one left to go. (Sorry last person; once I cross that line, I cross that line. It was accidental!) I will have another writing meme soon enough, I'm sure. I might even get through all the prompts next time.

And here are the last three:( Under the cut so as not to take up too much space )

Sometimes when I am thinking I'd like to write a quick ficlet, I actually remember that I have a giant list of prompts for that purpose. Amazing. Have a 500 prompts fic:

Title: Lightning Flashes
Author: lost_spook
Rating: All ages
Word Count: 638 words
Characters/Pairings: Seventh Doctor, Bernice Summerfield.
Notes/Warnings: None.
Summary: The Doctor decides to pay an afternoon call on the gods.

For romanajo123 in the 500 Prompts Meme: 024 Flash of Lighning – Seventh Doctor & Bernice Summerfield.

( Lightning Flashes )

I actually managed to write some things for fandom_stocking myself! I didn't get to as many people as I wanted, but that's always the way. I also managed a handful of icons and one or two other small bits, but here's the fic:

( 6 fics in Doctor Who, Adam Adamant Lives!, Blake's 7, & Georgette Heyer )

I also started a joint S&S fic for kaffy_r and annariel, but it got too long to be attempted for Fandom Stocking, so I'm going to work on it - it's at 2000 words now and has a better plot outline than it did when I posted it, so I'm hopeful, but it may take me a while yet.

For the best bit of DW, naturally. ;-p

The first is more dramatic, the second is my favourite, but then it is for the best DW season:
( Seventh Doctor Trailers )

Title: Nobody’s Property
Author: lost_spook
Rating: All ages
Word Count: 1323
Characters/Pairings: Seventh Doctor, Ace McShane
Notes/Warnings: None.
Summary: The Doctor and Ace; they’re not easily containable.

For Hurt/Comfort Bingo square “branding”. Which I seem to remember saying was another one I definitely wasn’t doing… Also my entry for 1988 in dw_50ficathon

( Nobody's Property )

I keep saying that Seven is my favourite Doctor etc etc etc. But what do I ever do to prove it?

Well, I have made some icons (much too quickly, cos I wanted to be the first person to cap and icon Silver Nemesis, which was my first full Doctor Who serial, the first Target novelisation I bought, and the first video I bought. (Sadly BBC were a bit slow in releasing it, so it's not my first DVD by any means). And you know what else? The sleeve insert in the DVD, instead of being apologetic about it, as it sometimes is about these stories deemed to be 'lesser', goes and sums up what I found in it, and loved to pieces:

At the heart of this story is the programme's sense of fun. The Doctor sets about thwarting his enemies with a spring in his step, using jazz music to defeat ruthless logic and all the time whistling as he works. There really is no other hero quite like him...

It doesn't mention that Ace and the Doctor have a lovely day out, listen to jazz, watch Nazis fight scary Cybermen and then blow up things, but that also happens. (I know this is not ever going to win best story, but I still think it was a great thing to stumble onto when you were 11 or so. So I ran out with my Tescos vouchers yesterday, and this is the result. I also had to put up with some Fourth Doctor nonsense that came attached, but I daresay I can stand it... :lol:)

Anyway, I said there were icons... (I will do some more some time, less hastily, but Seven and Ace are too awesome to come out very badly, even with me making the things.)

Teasers:

Total Icon Count: 40

( Icons Here! )

Seven, Bernice & a Yeti. (All Ages)

I suddenly thought about the other Randomiser prompt that made me laugh and this appeared.  It is very silly.

Story
( The story )