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FIC: Find Me, Follow Me (B13)

2022-06-21T02:48:32Z

I can't believe I finally finished this story. It's been a WIP since...a few years after I posted the first story in the series in 2011? Oh, my dear, dumb perennial Yuletide fandom ♥

Find Me, Follow Me
Banlieue 13
Damien/Leito, 4500 words

The sunlight from the windows angled lower and lower, shading from twilight into darkness before the president finally waved his magic pen, granted them all pardons, and sent them off to guest bedrooms to sleep.

Damien turned right when the rest of them turned left, though.

Leïto stopped. He considered the long plush hallway, the expensive beds, the food – and then followed Damien.

Please let me know if you enjoyed it!

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Dear Yuletide Author

2021-10-23T05:52:26Z

Dear Yuletide Author,

Hooray, it's Yuletide! Thank you in advance for loving one of these tiny fandoms enough to write me a story ♥ If you'd like some additional information to help you do that, read on!

( General Likes & Dislikes )

( Fandoms: B13, Temeraire, NIF, Cherry Magic )

If you want further ideas for what I like, I've got a ton of bookmarked fic at my Pinboard, or you can reach out to my sister inmyriadbits, as I'm sure she'd be happy to secretly inform you what I like. Good luck, and happy Yuletide!!!

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Fic and recs roundup

2021-01-04T23:44:06Z

This year I wrote À votre santé, 2K of food-related fluff for my favorite ridiculous action movie duology and perennial Yuletide fandom, Banlieue 13!

I was given The Trip to Beta Colony by fawatson, a charming Ethan of Athos story about Ethan and Terrence during those missing eight months of their roundtrip to Beta Colony. I was extra excited to get fic for this fandom, since I petitioned for it to be included this year (since the Vorkosigan Saga at large is long since past the limit), and pleased that the writer wrote so specifically to my prompt!

I also just posted Interference, a short B13 missing scene from my earlier story Phone Tag, in which Lola rescues a stray reporter. I'm hoping to finally finish the third story in the series sometime soon, a Leito/Damien porny post-movies coda that has been a WIP for an eternity, so it's now set up as a fic series on AO3. Yes, all the titles are phone terms I found browsing the Wikipedia category for phones. No, I will not be taking comments on that at this time. :P

Also, people may have noticed that I did not post my monthly recs for November last month - partly I was feeling uninspired by what little I had saved (November was a BUSY month), and partly I wanted to do a 12 Days of Christmas recset with themed recs for each day. I did in fact do that on Tumblr, though I got behind and it was a bit messy, but if anyone is belatedly interested:

On the twelfth day of Recsmas, my reccer gave to me:

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Dear Yuletide Author

2020-10-25T19:04:51Z

Dear Yuletide Author,

Wow, I can't believe it's that time again: YULETIDE! Thank you for loving one of these fandoms enough to write me a story for it ♥ If you'd like some additional information to help you do that, read on!

( General Likes & Dislikes )

( Fandoms: B13, Ethan of Athos, Nirvana in Fire, Temeraire )

Thank you again, and good luck with your writing!

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Yuletide recs

2019-12-30T20:45:40Z

Starting with the THREE awesome stories I received this year!!!

(Silver in the Wood) Butterflies - a gorgeous Henry POV set post-canon, featuring strong feelings about stories (of course) and some sweet, playful Tobias/Henry.

(Silver in the Wood) Conversations on Trains and Libraries - in which Tobias is rusty at life outside the woods as well as human connections, but he’s trying. <3

(Banlieue 13) Dépaysement - anyone who has ever mentioned parkour within hearing range of me will know how much I love these ridiculous, gay af action movies, and this is a FANTASTIC post-canon story with Damien and Leïto working together and (naturally) falling in love. Worldbuilding! Banter *and* unspoken understanding! Trust and teamwork! PLUS the infamous undercover butt-window dress!!! I request this fandom every Yuletide, and I was SO DELIGHTED to get this as a treat. So delighted, that I’m rather suspicious this person knows me....

And continuing in fandom alphabetical order:

(Band Sinister) Part Per Cross - Corvin has a much better idea for what to do with virgins than sacrifice them. aka post-canon polyamory smut!

(Charm of Magpies - Jackdaw) anonymous and sweet - Perfect little coda for Jonah and Ben, domestic and a little magical and very them.

(Crown Duel) sweet basil and ivy - neat pair of outside POVs on Vidanric and Meliara, first from Savona being asked to help Mel at court, and then from the Hill Folk post-canon.

(Goblin Emperor) Light A Mourner’s Candle - in which Maia finally gets a chaplain, and it’s very wrenching but cathartic.

(Sky High) Smoke Signals - totally cute and surprisingly plotty AU where Warren doesn’t go to Sky High, but starts doing vigilante stuff on his own. Identity porn! Faily teenage romance! Arson!

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Dear Yuletide Author

2019-11-04T03:18:05Z

Dear Yuletide Author,

Hurrah, it's Yuletide! I love this exchange - this is my tenth year doing it - and I'm always so happy that you, dear stranger, also love one of these tiny fandoms and want to share that love.

( General Likes & Dislikes )

( Fandoms: Nirvana in Fire, Banlieue 13, Sins of the Cities, Blancanieves, Silver in the Wood )

Thank you for writing for me, dear stranger, and good luck! If there's anything that's really confusing you about my prompts, or you have a thrilling plot bunny that really inspires you but you're not sure I'll like or not, or whatever, please feel free to get in touch with inmyriadbits (DW, Tumblr). She's my twin sister, so she knows all my preferences and most of these fandoms and can guide you - and will probably be delighted to keep the secret from me and then tell me all about it after reveals ;)

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Snowflake Challenge - Day 3

2019-01-04T05:47:49Z

Day 3 - Share a favorite piece of original canon.

I decided to go with something light today, and talk about my favorite dumb slashy action film, Banlieue 13. Set in the dystopian future of 2010 (yes, I know, shut up), where Paris has built walls around its ghettos to isolate them, a cop and a local have to team up to fight a crime lord who's stole a ~~MacGuffin~~ advanced bomb and then accidentally armed it in the middle of the city. TOTAL nonsense, paired with some of my favorite fight choreography ever.

The local guy, Leito, is played by David Belle aka one of the founders of parkour. The cop, Damien, is played by a professional stuntman, Cyril Raffaeli, who Americans are more likely to recognize as the French parkour mercenary from Die Hard 4. They did ALL of their own stunts in the original and most of the sequel iirc, and the movies are chock full of creative fights and chases.

More importantly, the fight choreography is beautifully character driven. Damien is very straightforward, grounded, highly trained, and Lawful Good; Leito is improvisational and anti-authoritarian and thinks laterally. Once they team up and start fighting *together* instead of against each other, they'll have these amazing broccoli moments where they move or fight at the same time, but the choreography still underscores how they're different. For example, when they get spotted on a staircase and have to fight their way up, Damien starts bulling his way straight up the stairs, taking out a ton of guys on the way with his superior martial arts skills. Leito, on the other hand, climbs over banister and parkours across the stairwell and around, tipping out a handful of dudes trying to stop him down the well along the way. They meet at the landing at the same time, like badasses.

I'm not remotely doing them justice, but I do highly recommend the movies -- as long as you're aware going in that these movies are definitely problematic (I can explain how in the comments if you need trigger warnings or squick avoidance) and you're willing to ignore that shit in favor of the awesome action and INCREDIBLY slashy main pair.

I can't find any videos of the two of them fighting together, but the opening parkour chase with Leito evading a gang whose drugs he's just stolen and destroyed (while inexplicably but delightfully shirtless) is justly famous:

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Dear Yuletide Author

2018-10-19T03:05:58Z

Dear Yuletide Author,

Thank you so much in advance for writing me a story! I love that we both share one of these tiny, beloved fandoms, and I'm excited to read what you come up with for me.

( General likes/dislikes )

( Fandoms: The Breakfast Club, Nirvana in Fire, Murderbot, B13 )

Thank you again, and good luck with your writing! If there's anything that's really confusing or stymying you about my prompts, or you have a thrilling plot bunny that really inspires you but you're not sure I'll like or not, or whatever, please feel free to get in touch with inmyriadbits (DW, Tumblr). She's my twin sister, so she knows all my preferences and all of these fandoms and can guide you - and will probably be delighted to keep the secret from me and then tell me all about it after reveals ;)

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Dear Yuletide Author

2017-10-07T01:59:17Z

Dear Yuletide Author,

OMG YULETIDE IS HEEEERE!!! Thank you, fellow fan, for loving one of these little fandoms enough to write me fic for it. ♥ You are welcome to ignore my optional details, of course, but if you like having some hints and prompts and guidelines, read on!

( General preferences )

( Fandom specifics )

If there's anything that's really confusing or stymying you about my prompts, please feel free to PM inmyriadbits (DW, Tumblr). She's my twin sister, so she knows all my preferences and can guide you - and will probably be delighted to keep the secret from me and then tell me all about it after reveals ;)

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Dear Yuletide Author

2016-10-09T19:39:06Z

Dear Yuletide Author,

Thank you for writing fic in this tiny fandom for me! Here's some information about me, my general likes/dislikes, and specific ramblings and prompts for my requested fandoms if that will help you.

( General )

( Requested fandoms )

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FIC: At Play (B13)

2016-01-22T00:54:26Z

Whoops, I once again totally forgot to post my Yuletide story here!

At Play
Banlieue 13
for thedeadparrot
Damien/Leïto, outsider POV

Jean stuck his head inside the station break room just as Luc was laying out his lunch. “The Captain is sparring with Leïto!” he said breathlessly, and ducked back into the hallway.

I love this fandom, so it was really fun to match on it finally and get to play with the sparring plotbunny I've had for ages, with an actual impetus to finish.

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WIP Amnesty: misc

2014-06-01T08:23:03Z

( H50 five things crossover: I half-wrote the parts with Olivia Dunham and Damien from B13, and then the end of S1 happened and I abruptly lost all interest in Steve McGarrett. I held onto it for a while because Olivia kicking ass and side-eyeing Steve's drink of choice still cracks me up, so enjoy. )

( Alice miniseries: Hatter goes to the hospital to find Alice )

( Tangled missing scene: I think I wanted to write them getting from the tower to the palace, but this is all that made it out )

( Bones-NCIS crossover: literally just a collection of bantery snippets that I never wrote out. Also, this is super old. )

( The Artist post-movie: the impetus behind this one was 99% film nerdery about musicals and the transition to sound. I think I was going to have their second movie set up a screen dynamic where Peppy's characters talked constantly and George's didn't, thus resolving the issue of his accent and also playing to their strengths. But I never got around to writing that part. )

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Dear Yuletide Author

2013-10-14T00:38:22Z

Dear Yuletide Author,

First of all, I am SO sorry it took so long to write this for you. I have two people and a whippet camped out in my living room, and none of them are fannish, so finding space to write this has been difficult. :D

Secondly, hi! Yuletide is here, and I am so happy you're writing for me! Clearly, you have awesome taste in fandoms :) I'm incredibly easy-going, so if prompts are not something you find useful or inspiring, feel free to ignore any and all of the rambling below or my prompts in the sign-up. My only hardline request is that you not write incest. It's my one cast-iron squick, and I would not be able to read the story.

( An incomplete list of things I do like )

( Banlieue 13 )

( Lockout )

( The Wolverine )

( Books of the Raksura )

( Fast and the Furious series )

( Temeraire )

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Dear Yuletide Author

2012-10-31T20:56:18Z

Dear Awesome Person,

Wow, we have so much more time this year! And yet I still did things at the last minute. /o\ Sorry for any and all sleep-deprived babble in my submission details. Hopefully this post will help? If you don't want details for the fandoms, I've included some general likes and my lone hardline squick below, and then you can do whatever you like.

( The Basics )

If you DO want more details, I'm happy to provide! ( Step into my parlor )

Most of my requests this year are nicely small in terms of canon, so if you get stuck on whatever we matched on and feel adventurous, that's a plus - B13 is two movies, Men in Black is three movies, Bletchley Circle is three episodes. (The Millenium trilogy is not so easy, alas - 3 books, 4 movies, and counting! But well worth the time, IMO) I hope you have fun (especially if it's your first time with Yuletide), thank you so much for your time and your passion for these small fandoms. Hopefully this post will be useful to you in making the process easier.

Previous Yuletide letters, which may have helpful details:
2011
2010

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cliche!fic meme

2012-09-19T23:59:06Z

Thanks for the multiple recommendations for Dropbox on my last post, ya'll! I just had to reinstall Windows last night (I think my harddrive is actually dying, but I'm hoping it's just the OS *fingers crossed*), so once I have all my files loaded back on tonight I'll take a swing at it.

In the meantime, I am bored at work (shocking!), so let's play:

Pick a trope from this list and provide a fandom/pairing/characters and I'll tell you something about the story I'd write for that combination (i.e. write a snippet from the story or write not!fic or tell you the title and summary for the story I would write).

1. genderswap
2. bodyswap
3. drunk!fic
4. huddling for warmth
5. pretending to be married
6. ~~secretly a virgin~~ Damien/Leito for inmyriadbits
7. amnesia
8. cross-dressing
9. ~~forced to share a bed~~ Clint/Coulson for neery
10. truth or dare
11. historical AU
12. presumed dead/fix-it
13. apocalypse fic
14. ~~telepathy~~ Clint/Coulson for ignipes
15. High School / College AU

(with a substitution for 12 because the idea of writing kidfic is just...I have no idea where I would even start! I literally cannot remember a single plotbunny I've had involving children, now that I think of it....)

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recs! (Yuletide and otherwise)

2011-12-28T06:25:36Z

Yuletide is here! I got an amazing story for the film Weekend, which about a man named Russell having a one-night stand with a man named Glen, that turns into something more. It's a stunning little film, far and away my favorite of the twelve movies I saw at SXSW this year - now available on Netflix streaming, thank goodness, because it doesn't have DVD distribution in the US yet.

My gift was you cannot conquer time and it is GORGEOUS post-movie fix-it fic that somehow perfectly captures the characters and the tone of the movie (which I can barely believe the *movie* did, sometimes). Basically: 15,000 words of exactly what I wanted. *g* Yuletide Author, you are the best!

*****

Other awesome stories so far:

Taking The Stairs (Life)
Charlie, Ted, and Tidwell get stuck in an elevator together. I mean - the concept *alone*, right? But it's also a hilarious combination of Charlie in full-on Zen babble mode and some lovely character moments. ♥

The Team Player (Sports Night)
In which Kim is a PR ninja and everyone should worship her in awe. Why are there not already a million fics of this? It's basically canon.

A Madcap Proposal (Lost in Austen)
Post-miniseries, Caroline Bingley and Wickham team up and have Heyer-esque shenanigans in London. All the hysterically catty comments and engagement-of-convenience a girl could want!

In Uniform (B13)
Leito has feelings about Damian in his police uniform. JFC, awesome study of how violence and passion are intricately intertwined in their relationship. And fucking hot.

give me courage not to fear no one (Attack the Block)
Four weapons Moses used, and one he didn't. Why hello there, pitch-perfect Moses voice.

*****

Hey internet, can you recommend some good scifi books of the more lyrical/attention-to-prose/well-written vein? My sister ersatzemma was asking for recs for her boyfriend, but we basically came up with Ursula LeGuin. :| Ya'll can do better than that, I'm sure! He likes the beat poets, if that helps narrow it down any.

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FIC: Phone Tag

2011-03-10T06:58:03Z

TITLE: Phone Tag
FANDOM: Banlieue 13 (aka District B13)
LENGTH: 6540 words
SUMMARY: Five times Leïto left a message for Damien, and one time Damien left a message for Leïto. Set in the three-year period between the movies.
NOTES: This fic owes its life to inmyriadbits - we're talking one of those melodramatic life-debt types of situations, so when she asked for it to be given to her as a Yuletide NYR, I could only say yes. (That today is our birthday is just a bonus.) I'd apologize for making you beta your own present, but you looked like you were having fun. ;) Additional beta thanks to bloodygoodgirl.
( Some basic information about the French police and other notes: )
Also archived at AO3.

( ONE: October 23, 2010 (7 weeks later) )

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is annoyingly pleased with life

2011-02-04T04:11:18Z

Yesterday was my first day off since New Year's Day, for values of 'off' that involve not having either work or classes.

*happy sigh* It was awesome.

I slept late, watched Sports Night for about 6 hours, ate apples with Cool Whip and jalepeno chips, and finished a B13 fic I've been working on since (*checks watch*) August.

And the good spilled over into today, which despite being fucking freezing involved free pizza and excessive shopping for snazzy new work clothes and rereading the still-awesome but gone fuzzy with the dustbunnies of time Not Homophobic (Sports Night).

To be fair, I guess that technically, the awesome started the evening before my day off with inmyriadbits's Twitter fic challenge, where she wrote me four B13 snippets in quick succession, plus Jess from Primeval being awesome for ignipes, plus Mountie-related Sherlock shenanigans for serialkarma, AMONG OTHER AWESOMENESS.

I think I'm going to watch Due South now. Or maybe Castle.

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Yuletide!

2010-11-23T05:11:56Z

Dear Yuletide Author!

I am super excited about participating in Yuletide for the first time, so please pardon the invitable excess of exclamation points in this post! Hopefully, I covered the essential things in my submitted request, but I thought of a few random things in case you wander this way.

( Walk this way.... )

Anyway, I'm going to shut up now before I overload you. And feel free to ignore most or all of this if you have a great idea, because I also love surprises ;)

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Uffish Thought

FIC: Find Me, Follow Me (B13)

Dear Yuletide Author

Fic and recs roundup

Dear Yuletide Author

Yuletide recs

Dear Yuletide Author

Snowflake Challenge - Day 3

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Dear Yuletide Author

Dear Yuletide Author

FIC: At Play (B13)

WIP Amnesty: misc

Dear Yuletide Author

Dear Yuletide Author

cliche!fic meme

recs! (Yuletide and otherwise)

FIC: Phone Tag

*is annoyingly pleased with life*

Yuletide!

is annoyingly pleased with life