Uffish Thought

So I’ve been mildly obsessed since my second viewing of Mad Max with Toast’s hair. She’s the only one of the Wives with short hair, and it’s ragged as fuck, like she did it herself without a mirror, and possible with a butter knife or something.

And then I also got to wondering about why there were only three things written in the vault when Immortan Joe came in, and who wrote what.

And then I wrote a thing.

those were her words
Mad Max: Fury Road
gen, warnings for a brief description of past rape/noncon

The night before they leave, Angharad pulls out a tub of white paint, the kind the War Boys use on their skin.

"We don’t have to be silent anymore,” she says, pushing the tin into the middle of their circle.

inmyriadbits and I wrote a little Miss Fisher trifle on Tumblr -- now on AO3 as slow as a wet week. Phryne/Jack flirting, naturally, and guest-starring Mr. Butler in all his butler glory.

*****

In other recent accomplishments, I have wrestled my inbox down to a single page for the first time in like three months. This is doomed not to last, but the satisfaction right now is excellent.

Of course, a fair number of those emails are unanswered comments.... Sorry, ya'll. /o\

XMFC space assassin AU
I have a vague memory that this started as a dream, but then I wrote the opening scene and had nothing else.

( In retrospect, it's very Erik-as-the-Winter-Soldier, but IN SPACE! :D )

Snow White & the Huntsman
Wow, I have...no memory of writing this. Apparently I liked the movie enough to want to write fic, which must have lasted all of a week. Warnings for...overly poetic and euphemistic cunnilingus?

( breathe )

SPN post-S5 coda
I think I wrote this scene of Dean unpacking his duffel bag at Lisa's right after the S5 finale, and then never a) posted it or b) watched the S6 premiere. So, you know, caveat lector. Prettty sure it's been jossed.

( I literally just titled the draft 'coda'. Original of me. )

Wow, editing a big bang with two authors and only one laptop was an interesting experience. Good thing inmyriadbits is my sister and we have a lot of practice not killing each other! :D

thrill as only we know how
co-written with inmyriadbits
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Ethan Hunt/William Brandt, team, guest appearances by numerous others
slash, PG-13
28,000+ words

After their meeting on the pier in Seattle, the team goes their separate ways. But Ghost Protocol left the IMF in turmoil, so Will, Ethan, Jane, and Benji team up to take on the Syndicate, a mysterious and widespread criminal organization. Will has to adjust to being a field agent again, and learn how to work with his team when the world isn’t on the line -- all while dealing with attack cheetahs, unexpected amnesia, train robbery, master thieves, and more.

Falling in love was not part of his scenario.

We also got TWO awesome pieces of art by tarlanx, available here as both cover art and wallpapers! One is a drawing of Ethan and Will, and one is a manip from this set photo that Lindsey fell in love with, and Tarlan was super lovely to work with. Go forth and comment! ♥

Whew, I'm really proud of this and it is now the longest thing I've posted, but it's kind of a relief to be done. We've been playing with this story on and off since January 2012, and did a lot more geeky plotting of how various set pieces would work than actual writing until we decided to sign up for smallfandombang. It more than doubled in length after that.

I actually wrote this back in January, but somehow didn't post it when I wrote it, or when philomytha talked about RoL being a little black dress fandom, or even when inmyriadbits started reading the series.

But AO3 hit 1 million fics today, so it seemed like time.

a species hitherto unknown to science
Rivers of London/Attack the Block
Peter, Dr. Walid, gen
[posted on AO3]

Yuletide reveals are up, yay! I wrote gimel for donutsweeper, a quiet little Arrow team story about Oliver and Diggle crashing Felicity's Hanukkah celebration. Many, many thanks to inmyriadbits for the beta job of awesome, and to arsenicjade for doing a last-minute Judaism-pick for me. ♥

I got three awesome stories this year, which was a new and delightful experience!!!

( gifts: Lockout, B13 )

I also beta'd three fics this year, all of which were awesome.

( betas: Bletchley Circle, Arrow, & Curse of Chalion )

Ten in Ten Day 4! I swear I didn't mean for this challenge to start off so 'torturing beloved characters in Asia' themed, it just happened. /o\

Sixteen Hours
Person of Interest
John Reese, gen, warnings for torture
312 words

All they wanted was his name.

My first Ten in Ten story! I swear it was completed on the 17th, but is being posted slightly after midnight because titles are hard. (this one is from Macbeth, for the curious) Many thanks to inmyriadbits for the title and reading it over.

balm of hurt minds
Temeraire series
[AO3]
Warnings contain spoilers for Blood of Tyrants: torture

( 'Tenzing,' Laurence said, and Tharkay opened his eyes. )

Back in April, I got a wee bit obsessed with The Goat's Back and its prequel and sequel. This puppy's not going to make much sense without at least the first story, and most of the sequel. So many thanks to arsenicjade for creating the universe, inspiring me to write more, and letting me play in it. ♥

Learning Curve
[AO3]
team, gen; Steve/Natasha, explicit

( Warnings )

( Six times the team learned something about Steve, and one time they already knew. )