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In a continuing effort to procrastinate on my homework (my thesis draft is staring as balefully as a pile of papers can at me from the corner of my desk), and, encouraged by the AWESOMENESS of everyone who seems to read this journal and their participation in that let-me-tell-you-a-history-story meme I held a few days ago... (People can still post prompts, by the way! It is by no means closed! You may even post a second prompt if you wish!) I've decided to participate in another meme that's been making the rounds of my f-list...
Post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous.
Upon request, I will post a random line or two from any of these you choose. Assuming that the file adds up to a full line, that is.
I'm not sure if very many people know, but I do write quite a bit of random bits and pieces of fanfic. My problem is that they're generally just snippets of scenes and dialogue at best... although I have a LOT of sometimes incredibly long outlines. So my WIP folder is actually quite large. My problem is that they always seem to STAY as WIPs, and never, well, progress to completion. In any case, I will post bits (or even more than bits!) for those curious.
On a completely separate note, I'm also planning on making a picture post to go with all of the responses to the history meme, possibly tomorrow or maybe later today. You shall get a historical image to go along with the story, so that you can put names to faces! :)
Anyway, here is the list of documents in my bulky "My fanfic" folder... Some of the titles you may recognize from pieces I have posted before, but others, not so much... I also tend to have rather descriptive titles (some with fandoms, some mysteriously without!), so hopefully some will strike your fancy! Feel free to request up to three at a time. :)
A Night Fury in the King's Service - Temeraire HTTYD cross
A Traitor Redeemed - Avatar(2009)
Against Thy Own Kind
An Extension of Trust
Avatar(2009) - Time travel
Aziraphale & the Werewolf - Crossover GO & HP
Azula's Revenge - timetravel
Blue Spirit Joins the Gaang, more or less
Carlisle & House
Chid on the Dragon Throne
Childhood Friends - Toph in the Fire Nation
Chinese Formation - Temeraire
Crowley the Familiar
Dr. Horrible, turning on the League
Draco Timetravel actual fic
Dragon!Zuko fic idea
Fangs and Flamethrowers
Far Removed - hetalia idea
Fire Lord Iroh AU
For the Greater Good - Good Omens
Forgotten
Genderswitch Temeraire idea
Good Omens - HP crossover Idea
Good Omens X House crossover idea
Guillaume Laurent - Temeraire idea
Hallucination - a temeraire fic
Hikago - ghost busters
In a Land Without Technology
Invader Dib
Language barrier - hetalia idea
Laurence's privateers - Temeraire AU
Left for Dead - temeraire fic idea
Lieutenant Laurence - Temeraire idea
Meeting Fire Lord Zuko - timetravel
Nunavut Ascendancy - hetalia fanfic
Phenix!Zuko
Possession - Hikago
Professor Fell crossover idea
Reincarnation - Temeraire idea
Sasori Sensei of Suna
Star Command Zim idea
Strange, Norrell and Potter
Tea Cart Zuko & Iroh
The Betrothed - Mulan
The Tides of War - Temeraire
Tumnus in Spare Oom - Narnia HP crossover
Um... yeah. I get distracted easily...? Some of these fic bits have been sitting there untouched for several years...
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Dr. Horrible, turning on the League
For the Greater Good - Good Omens
Possession - Hikago
Dr Horrible, turning on the League
Penny actually ends up joining a new task force bent on taking down supervillains. She hears that Dr. Horrible joined the League on the strength of her murder. The League itself was very quiet that year, likely because they were planning something big. Penny’s group is trying to find out what. Unfortunately, very little is known about the members of the League besides their names and their fabricated backstories. They don’t even have a good photograph of Dr. Horrible’s face, and he’s the newest member. The only shots they have are of him with his goggles obscuring half of his face.
Billy – Dr. Horrible – is trying very hard to enjoy being evil. However, as it turns out, the Evil League of Evil is mostly about murder, money, and fame, and not so much on the social change aspect of the agenda. Still, Billy is in too deep. He’s also subtly and not so subtly insulted when many of the League members insist that he focus on the mad scientist side of things – coming up with evil weapons – instead of doing battle with superheroes. Billy knows where his strengths and weaknesses are, but doesn’t like to be told his weaknesses to his face.
(Mostly this fic idea came out of the "nooo Penny... ;_; " reaction I've always had to the ending of Dr. Horrible. I also love the idea of Billy helping to take down the Evil League of Evil from the inside. He's not all that bad, really... )
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He's a sweetie, really. His villainous aspirations always struck me as more idealistic than villainous.
(Didn't Penny find out right near the end that Dr. Horrible was Billy, i.e. she knows who he is?)
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I always thought she has a little moment of recognition, in "Slipping," where he sings "no sigh of penny good / I would give anything not to have her see / it’s gonna be bloody head up Billy buddy."
Buit it has been a while since I watched it and this is another thing I can add to my list of Things I Need to Watch over Reading Week.
For the Greater Good
Anyway, they’re about mid-way through their meeting/discussion/interrogation, when suddenly a cellphone starts ringing. It actually belongs to Aziraphale, who has had it for less than a year.
(He was given it by a frustrated Crowley, who really needed to be in contact with Aziraphale right away at some point, but couldn’t, so as soon as he saw him again, he gave the angel a phone – he mostly uses it to annoy the angel, and has installed a plethora of annoying ringtones and calls him very often. Aziraphale still doesn’t understand how to read texts).
Only one person knows that number, so Aziraphale quietly excuses himself and answers (after half a minute of fumbling, because he’s still not used to the idea of cell phones).
It is, of course, Crowley. “Angel, you need to get out of there now.”
“Hello, my dear.” Aziraphale said, mildly. “I’m sure it can wait. You know that I’m meeting with, well...”
“Yes, yes, I know.” Crowley’s voice was impatient. “You didn’t think that Hell would pass up the opportunity to take down Michael when he’s in a mortal corporation?”
“What are you saying?”
“You heard me. Look, I’m coming to get you. I’ll be there soon. Just get OUT of that building.”
“...All right.” Aziraphale affirmed, dazed.
Aziraphale re-enters the room, looking worried. He barely gets a word out of his mouth before the window explodes behind him and he’s grabbed by a very pissed off, menacing Duke of Hell: Hastur.
Michael, of course, draws his flaming sword immediately, but he’s an angel, and wouldn’t cut through one of his own, even if it would mean that he could kill a duke of hell.
They trade insults, and feints, but Aziraphale’s still choking and bleeding, and it looks like a stalemate until... A Bentley crashes through the wall, knocking down both Hastur and Aziraphale.
The driver yells “Get in!” and the car’s doors pop open of their own accord. Not seeing what else they can do, the angels grab their wounded and hop in. Crowley accelerates in reverse, and they leave Hastur behind, howling in rage.
Michael and the others don’t immediately realize that Crowley is a demon. Especially compared to Hastur, he doesn’t radiate much demonic energy, and he is helping them – he’s very concerned for Aziraphale. They only realize when they get to their destination that Crowley is The Serpent.
When, about halfway through the trip, Michael realizes just who – and what – Crowley is, and as a knee-jerk reaction tries to smite him.
“Not while I’m driving!” Crowley didn’t shriek. “For Go- He- for-for goodness sake wait till I park first. Do you want us all discorperated?”
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I also love the idea of Aziraphale and Crowley working together as an excellent team... and their immediate superiors SEEING this.
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YES, this. I love the line in the books where it talks about them being closer to/more alike one another than their respective sides.
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Also, I haven't yet watched Supernatural, but I really want to after seeing this adorable video with Dean speaking with Castiel (an angel) over the phone: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYwmpUGHjy8
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Ahaha, I don't watch SPN either, but that clip is hilarious. (Aziraphale and phones would not mix either.)
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(Hikaru and his family get into a very serious car accident. Sai frets.)
“Hello? Hey, can you hear me? Hello?” Came a voice, above the sounds of the firemen working to free them. “We’re coming to get you out! Can you hear me?”
“Yes!” Sai shouted back, for all that he knew that he wouldn’t be heard. “Yes, Hikaru is here! Please! Be fast!”
There was silence from the other end, like the man who had spoken was listening hard for a response. “Shit. Whoever’s in there, they’ve got to be hurt badly. Unconscious at the very least, dead at the very worst. Work faster.”
Sai felt very small, and very useless.
----Hikaru briefly wakes up ----
“It hurts, Sai.” Hikaru mumbled quietly, so quietly that even Sai had difficulty hearing him.
“I know, I know…” Sai murmured back, trailing cool, insubstantial fingers across the boy’s brow, trying to sooth Hikaru’s trembling. “Shhh… I’m here. They’re coming for you. Don’t worry. You’ll be all right.”
Hikaru huffed quietly in response. Or perhaps it was a sob.
“You’re being very brave, Hikaru,” Sai told him, keeping up his soothing motions, for all that Hikaru couldn’t feel them. Or maybe it just made him feel better, not being so useless. He had to do something.
“No, I’m not,” Hikaru replied, then was silent.
“Hikaru, of course you are – Hikaru? Hikaru?” Sai fell silent, listening hard. Hikaru was far too quiet. There was some missing sound, something important… Then he realized what he wasn’t hearing.
Hikaru wasn’t breathing.
Hikaru wasn't breathing.
Sai panicked.
(The idea was that Sai physically possesses Hikaru to get him breathing again, like spiritual CPR. And then he can't figure out how to stop, and Hikaru won't really wake up and take back the controls.)
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