Home Is Where the Heart Is

Welp, I actually did finish the 12 characters meme, and never had the energy to get the last section posted, what with holidays and bustle and bright stars going out in the sky.

( The list of characters )

Answers, Part One
Answers, Part Two

( the epic conclusion! )

I've been really quiet lately, I know . . . not even commenting on posts, let alone posting, and not always online at all, except during fic_rush.   I miss you all!  A lot!  There is no great trauma or lurking trouble behind the quiet and absence; mostly, it's been a couple of dizzyingly busy months, with not a lot of energy.  We've had a very quiet and low-key Christmas as well.

Having entirely failed to write anything of substance in ages, I finally succumbed to the Twelve Characters meme, with handy generator, that lost_spook and john_amend_all whomped up between them.  However, before I post the cracky bits that I've already produced, I wanted to give the meme a chance to pick up even more random input from others.

So -- I have twelve characters.  If you have any prompts up your sleeve, feel free to present them in the comments!  If you've never seen this meme before, check out this journal entry for some samples.  Prompts need to use one or more of the mystery characters, by number.  (For example: "Six and Twelve have to cook dinner for Eight and Three.  What cuisine do they attempt?  Are they any good at it?  Why are they all having dinner together, and what happens when Two shows up uninvited?")

This was written for dbskyler's Doctor Who 50th anniversary ficathon.  Skyler included a prompt for any fic based on The Curse of Fatal Death, with "Bonus points for lots of silly humor".

I'm sure my friends will be astonished to hear that I jumped all over that prompt like a manic kitten on crack (as opposed to crack on a manic kitten*).  I think this is the first fic for that ficathon to be posted!

If you have never seen The Curse of Fatal Death, you really should watch it first.  It will take you about 20 minutes.  Unless you watch it more than once.

*Already did that.


“Hiding behind the sofa won’t be any use this time.” The Doctor’s tone was severe, but his eyes held a gentle twinkle.

( had we but space enough, and time . . . )

Update: Teaspoon rejected the story when I tried to post it there, because an in joke in the summary didn't meet their posting guidelines.

Apparently, once a story is rejected, it's gone from the interface -- so, although I've been told I can "resubmit after editing", this will require me to re-do all the work I just did -- so, forget it.  I'll post it to my usual locations (ff.net, Ao3 and LJ).  The Teaspoon posting interface is even uglier to use than ff.net (I hadn't thought that was possible), and I really don't have the energy for it.

Update 2: Thanks to dbskyler's wonderful support and advice, and some sleep, I'm doing much better and will try Teaspoon again.

Remember the ‘Placeholder’ post I put on here late in June, for the story I'd written for the sg1friendathon? The story was the second one finished and was supposed to ‘go live’ on August 2nd, but, well, there was some kind of mixup.  (And yes, it was awkward.) So here it is, at last.

The ficathon was specifically gen stories, 1000 word minimum, focused on friendship.  My prompt was: “Daniel, Sam. Five times they have to pretend to be married and things get really awkward for SG-1.” (This is, in fact, the only time I’ve ever written to a ‘five things’ prompt.)





“You’re makin’ way too big a deal outta this,” Jack said.

The neon blare of the motel sign blinked on and off, waves of harsh pink light and dank shadow. They could hear the hum of mosquitoes outside the car, in the sweltering night. The light flashed on, catching glints from Daniel’s glasses, Jack’s Beretta as he checked it and stowed it in an inner pocket, Teal’c’s gold brand. Teal’c picked up the straw hat that lay on the seat beside him and carefully settled it on his head.

“Sir, I really don’t like the idea of registering as Daniel’s wife.”

( Awkward, awkward . . .  )

Well, it's been several weeks since I last posted, so by tradition, I should now post a picture of a cat. 

I have no cat. 

I do have some pictures of lizards that I need to download from my camera.  Maybe I'll post those tomorrow.

For now, I shall indulge in another fine LJ tradition:  ( which I shall place behind a cut. )