tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-07-28:938997Beyond the RoundelsSet the fleet sailing...thisbluespirit2023-11-22T20:47:52Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2011-07-28:938997:1105788Ficlets: A Touch of Silver & Winding Down (S&S)2023-11-22T20:47:52Z2023-11-22T20:47:52Zpublic0The last two ficlets for that meme I did weeks ago! I'm not sure why it took me over 2 weeks to finally get around to these last two on AO3, but I just never seemed quite up to editing anything. Anyway, one posted here first, for <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://theseatheseatheopensea.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://theseatheseatheopensea.dreamwidth.org/'><b>theseatheseatheopensea</b></a></span>, the other for a tumblr user, and both feature Silver.<br /><br /><a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/51769849"><strong>A Touch of Silver</strong></a> (279 words) by <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/users/thisbluespirit"><strong>thisbluespirit</strong></a><br />Chapters: 1/1<br />Fandom: <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Sapphire%20and%20Steel">Sapphire and Steel</a><br />Rating: General Audiences<br />Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply<br />Relationships: Silver (Sapphire and Steel)/Original Male Character(s)<br />Characters: Silver (S&S), Steel (S&S), Original Male Character(s)<br />Additional Tags: Ficlet, Elemental Weirdness, Kissing, Tumblr Prompt, Request Meme<br />Summary: Silver/author's choice, kiss casually.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/51769915"><strong>Winding Down</strong></a> (326 words) by <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/users/thisbluespirit"><strong>thisbluespirit</strong></a><br />Chapters: 1/1<br />Fandom: <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Sapphire%20and%20Steel">Sapphire and Steel</a><br />Rating: General Audiences<br />Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply<br />Relationships: Copper/Silver (Sapphire and Steel)<br />Characters: Copper (S&S), Silver (S&S)<br />Additional Tags: Ficlet, original elements, Prompt Fic, Kissing<br />Summary: Silver/Copper, kiss as a yes.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=thisbluespirit&ditemid=1105788" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-07-28:938997:10091393 Meme Ficlets2021-05-20T20:17:16Z2021-05-20T20:17:16Zpublic2First three bits of fluff and nonsense for the prompts meme:<br /><br /><a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/31357346"><strong>Ties That Bind</strong></a> (541 words) by <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/users/thisbluespirit"><strong>thisbluespirit</strong></a><br />Chapters: 1/1<br />Fandom: <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Sapphire%20and%20Steel">Sapphire and Steel</a><br />Rating: General Audiences<br />Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply<br />Relationships: Sapphire & Silver & Steel (S&S)<br />Characters: Sapphire (S&S), Silver (S&S), Steel (S&S)<br />Additional Tags: Ficlet, Prompt Fic<br />Summary: "I'm not leaving you."<br /><br /><a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/31379810"><strong>Every Silver Lining Has Its Cloud</strong></a> (204 words) by <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/users/thisbluespirit"><strong>thisbluespirit</strong></a><br />Chapters: 1/1<br />Fandom: <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Doctor%20Who%20(2005)">Doctor Who (2005)</a><br />Rating: General Audiences<br />Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply<br />Relationships: Thirteenth Doctor & Graham O'Brien<br />Characters: Thirteenth Doctor, Graham O'Brien<br />Additional Tags: Ficlet, Humor, Prompt Fic, Imprisonment<br />Summary: “It could be worse.”<br /><br /><a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/31419686"><strong>Hedging Your Bets</strong></a> (416 words) by <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/users/thisbluespirit"><strong>thisbluespirit</strong></a><br />Chapters: 1/1<br />Fandom: <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Department%20S%20*a*%20Jason%20King">Department S & Jason King</a><br />Rating: General Audiences<br />Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply<br />Relationships: Annabelle Hurst & Jason King & Stewart Sullivan<br />Characters: Annabelle Hurst, Jason King, Stewart Sullivan (Department S)<br />Additional Tags: Ficlet, Humor, Fluff, Prompt Fic<br />Summary: "This is without doubt the stupidest plan you’ve ever had. Of course I’m in.”<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=thisbluespirit&ditemid=1009139" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-07-28:938997:96028724 Sapphire & Steel Icons for fandom10in30 TV Tropes Challenge2020-03-31T20:27:02Z2020-03-31T20:42:16Zpublic2524 icons made for <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://fandom10in30.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png' alt='[community profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://fandom10in30.dreamwidth.org/'><b>fandom10in30</b></a></span>'s TV Tropes Challenge, all for <i>Sapphire & Steel</i>. I had fun with the tropes, so there are 12 extra icons (plus 2 alternates). (They were all taken from S&S's page at TV Tropes).<br /><br />Teaser: <br /><br /><center><a href="https://imgur.com/PjrSl5h"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/PjrSl5h.png" title="source: imgur.com" /></a> <a href="https://imgur.com/HoKlfKX"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/HoKlfKX.png" title="source: imgur.com" /></a> <a href="https://imgur.com/FjsluEl"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/FjsluEl.png" title="source: imgur.com" /></a></center><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://thisbluespirit.dreamwidth.org/960287.html#cutid1">You're supposed to lose sometimes// I wondered why I wasn't having any fun</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=thisbluespirit&ditemid=960287" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-07-28:938997:92308627 Multifandom Icons2019-10-29T14:55:44Z2019-10-29T15:04:25Zpublic1527 icons, all made for <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://iconcolors.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png' alt='[community profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://iconcolors.dreamwidth.org/'><b>iconcolors</b></a></span> (mostly for its amnesty round), including OUaT, <i>Sapphire & Steel</i>, and <i>Lost</i>.<br /><br />Teaser:<br /><br /><center><a href="https://imgur.com/fMdBuuC"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/fMdBuuC.png" title="source: imgur.com" /></a> <a href="https://imgur.com/DHx5zoX"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/DHx5zoX.png" title="source: imgur.com" /></a> <a href="https://imgur.com/qJv5LnX"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/qJv5LnX.png" title="source: imgur.com" /></a></center><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://thisbluespirit.dreamwidth.org/923086.html#cutid1">I looked into the eye of the island, and what I saw was beautiful</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=thisbluespirit&ditemid=923086" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-07-28:938997:90902119x Multifandom Icons2019-07-20T12:27:52Z2019-07-20T12:27:52Zpublic17Various icons made for <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://iconcolors.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png' alt='[community profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://iconcolors.dreamwidth.org/'><b>iconcolors</b></a></span> (for the last 2 palettes) and <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://iconthat.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png' alt='[community profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://iconthat.dreamwidth.org/'><b>iconthat</b></a></span> (for the Bingo challenge), including <i>Doctor Who</i>, <i>Dracula</i> (TV 2006), <i>Sapphire & Steel</i>, <i>Spooks</i>, <i>Once Upon a Time</i> & <i>Poldark</i> (1975). (Minus one posted to <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://iconthat.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png' alt='[community profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://iconthat.dreamwidth.org/'><b>iconthat</b></a></span> which is also part of my ongoing plan to icon <i>Doctor Who</i> using the lyrics of <i>What About Everything</i>.)<br /><br /><center><a href="https://imgur.com/rIa3S3W"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/rIa3S3W.png" title="source: imgur.com" /></a> <a href="https://imgur.com/oD680JP"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/oD680JP.png" title="source: imgur.com" /></a> <a href="https://imgur.com/OpLd6Gh"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/OpLd6Gh.png" title="source: imgur.com" /></a></center><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://thisbluespirit.dreamwidth.org/909021.html#cutid1">I like to think there's not an institution in the country that's safe from me</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=thisbluespirit&ditemid=909021" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-07-28:938997:878925Chocolate Box is Live2019-02-15T09:39:26Z2019-02-15T09:39:26Zpublic8... and guess who has a marvellous gift and two treats? I feel bad all over again that I only managed my assignment and not even a tiny treat for anyone else, but that is life, I suppose.<br /><br />ANYWAY, more importantly, my gift is an amazing thing in which someone wrote me pitch perfect Sid & Charles from Dick Francis's Sid Halley series only it is ALSO a crossover, being a very excellent <i>Sapphire & Steel</i> assignment with Sapphire and Silver and Steel. Chocolate Box only has a 300 word minimum and somehow I got 6000+ words of an impossible and great crossover casefic. I am overcome. Anyway, if you also like one or both of the fandoms, I recommend it. (If you don't know S&S, it is just Dick Francis + Weirdness; if you don't know Sid Halley, it's a typically strange assignment via outsider POV.)<br /><br /><a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/17700518"><strong>Stalk On</strong></a> (6074 words) by Anonymous<br />Chapters: 1/1<br />Fandom: <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Sid%20Halley%20-%20Dick%20Francis">Sid Halley - Dick Francis</a>, <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/tags/FRANCIS%20Dick%20-%20Works">FRANCIS Dick - Works</a>, <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Sapphire%20and%20Steel">Sapphire and Steel</a><br />Rating: General Audiences<br />Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply<br />Relationships: Sid Halley & Charles Roland | Charles Rowland, Sapphire/Silver/Steel (S&S), Sapphire & Silver & Steel (S&S)<br />Characters: Sid Halley, Charles Roland | Charles Rowland (Dick Francis), Sapphire (S&S), Silver (S&S), Steel (S&S)<br />Additional Tags: Crossover, Case Fic, Timeline Shenanigans, The Royal Navy<br />Summary: <blockquote><br /> <p><br />Far up in the stretches of night; night splits and the dawn breaks loose;<br />I, through the terrible novelty of light, stalk on, stalk on;<br />Those great sea-horses bare their teeth and laugh at the dawn.</p><br /></blockquote>W.B. Yeats, <i>High Talk</i><p>Sid spends another pleasant evening at Aynsford.<br /><br /><br />I am a very lucky so-and-so, for I also received two smaller but also very lovely <i>Sapphire & Steel</i> treats, one playing with the strangeness of elements, the other a brief but eerie/melancholy little assignment:<br /><br /><a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/17770175"><strong>Like little maps to the stars</strong></a> (786 words) by Anonymous<br />Chapters: 1/1<br />Fandom: <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Sapphire%20and%20Steel">Sapphire and Steel</a><br />Rating: Not Rated<br />Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply<br />Characters: Sapphire (S&S), Silver (S&S), Steel (S&S)<br />Additional Tags: Elemental Magic, Elemental Weirdness, Time Loop, Illusions, Post-Canon, Fix-It of Sorts, Chocolate Box Treat<br />Summary: <i>They will start again, they will start over. They always do. They will become that small, bright light, and they will find their way again. Out here, they will become the world. They will be everything, the three of them. Somehow, they will be</i>.</p><p>After assignment 6, three Elements find themselves again. And again. And perhaps, again.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/17794673"><strong>Figments and Fragments</strong></a> (1224 words) by Anonymous<br />Chapters: 1/1<br />Fandom: <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Sapphire%20and%20Steel">Sapphire and Steel</a><br />Rating: General Audiences<br />Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply<br />Characters: Sapphire (S&S), Silver (S&S), Steel (S&S)<br />Additional Tags: Forests, Hidden Things<br />Summary: Someone and something's in the forest that shouldn't be there. The Elements investigate.<br /><br /><br />(And I'm sorry, I went a bit AWOL again the last day or so. I am just trying to get various other things done in between the usual bouts of tiredness, and so this may just happen a lot for a while, but one of the things is some wrangling stuff that actually <i>will</i> be done with soon, as well as the family history. And I just can't always do those things and keep up, unfortunately.)</p><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=thisbluespirit&ditemid=878925" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-07-28:938997:876545Stuff I love: Sapphire & Steel2019-02-03T18:25:47Z2019-02-04T09:46:00Zpublic40This morning, I woke to find an excellent new <i>Sapphire & Steel</i> <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/17549699">fic in the Past Imperfect collection</a>, and then had cause to mention the series to a flister. This must mean today's thing I love is going to have to be <i>Sapphire and Steel</i>. <br /><br />And since there's been no easily available fandom primer anyway since eponymous_rose tragically locked down their journal and with it the best ever S&S intro, I may as well go full on manifesto here. Because <i>Sapphire & Steel</i> is a very odd series that is not going to be to everyone's taste, but it is truly amazing and original and worth trying if you have any interest in TV SF and a reasonable amount of patience for old time TV. <br /><br />(I used/adapted some text and pics from an old manifesto for het_reccers on LJ, which is why they have a Photobucket logo on. Sorry about that.)<br /><br /><center><a href="http://s757.photobucket.com/albums/xx218/lost_spook/s%20and%20s%20manifesto/?action=view&current=manifestobanner.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i757.photobucket.com/albums/xx218/lost_spook/s%20and%20s%20manifesto/manifestobanner.png" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><i>“There is a corridor. And the corridor is time. It surrounds all things and it passes through all things. You cannot enter into time, but sometimes time can enter into the present… break in and take things. Take people…"</i> (Sapphire, Assignment 1)</center><br /><br />S&S starred Joanna Lumley and David McCallum and ran from 1979-1982 (on ITV, aka The Other Channel, not the BBC), and while there are only 34x 25min episodes, broken down into six serials, known as "Assignments," it's been highly influential in much SF that's been made since. It was created by PJ Hammond, who'd written for <i>Ace of Wands</i> (UK 1970s fantasy children's series) and would later write two episodes for <i>Torchwood</i>, but is still most famous for <i>Sapphire & Steel</i>. It has the slow pace and low budget values of much British TV of the time - but takes the clever approach of turning both into virtues in a way that can still unsettle modern viewers. <br /><br /><br /><center><a href="http://s757.photobucket.com/albums/xx218/lost_spook/s%20and%20s%20manifesto/?action=view&current=sapphireglow.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i757.photobucket.com/albums/xx218/lost_spook/s%20and%20s%20manifesto/sapphireglow.png" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><i>All irregularities will be handled by the forces controlling each dimension. Transuranic, heavy elements may not be used where there is life. Medium atomic weights are available: Gold, Lead, Copper, Jet, Diamond, Radium, Sapphire, Silver and Steel. Sapphire and Steel have been assigned.</i></center><br /><br />The first rule of S&S is mystery. We don't know who or what Sapphire and Steel are. We know that they're not human, that they have strange powers (including telepathy) and that they are sent by a higher authority to intervene on our behalf against Time, which in the S&S universe is a malevolent force using any means it can to break free and wreak havoc. And by any means, we here mean paintings, photographs, clocks, pillows, motorway service stations, flowers and nursery rhymes. Everything is a potential "trigger" or threat. <br /><br />PJ Hammond has said in interviews that he has no idea what Sapphire and Steel are, or where they came from. <i>“It’s part of the mystery, not to know… Not knowing has never bothered me.”</i> And: <i>“I don’t think that Sapphire & Steel were ever human in the basic sense. … I think they come closer to representing the spirit and the soul.”</i><br /><br />The Guiness Book of TV once summed it up by saying something like "There are many ways to hold a TV audience. Complete lack of explanation is not supposed to be one of them..." And yet, with S&S, it works. And, as you can tell, I love it.<br /><br />So, basically, that's it. You can already go read the fanfic or run off to YouTube/place you obtain DVDs to watch it. Congratulations!<br /><br />The main caveat (apart from "it's old TV, it is very static and often beige") is that it originally started as a children's show, and the trappings of that are still apparent in "Assignment 1" so be patient with the two child guest stars etc., as it will only get better from here. (I could advise you to start elsewhere, but you'd miss Lead and the only kind of explanation of the series we ever get, so it's best to give it a go and only skip it if you really can't be doing with the child actors.)<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://thisbluespirit.dreamwidth.org/876545.html#cutid1">More pics and much continued lack of explanation and some flailing and fic recs under the cut</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=thisbluespirit&ditemid=876545" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-07-28:938997:872235Fandom Stocking Fic + 1 last stray AU ficlet2019-01-20T21:07:57Z2019-01-20T21:07:57Zpublic0So <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://fandom-stocking.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png' alt='[community profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://fandom-stocking.dreamwidth.org/'><b>fandom_stocking</b></a></span> went live and I will need to share with you presently the contents of mine, because it was glorious!<br /><br />But I also managed to write four things, as well as making some icon sets for various people, and here are my efforts in the meantime, plus at long last, my belated AU Meme fill for Servalan:<br /><br /><a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/17303051"><strong>One Night Stand</strong></a> (3759 words) by <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/users/thisbluespirit"><strong>thisbluespirit</strong></a><br />Chapters: 1/1<br />Fandom: <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Sapphire%20and%20Steel">Sapphire and Steel</a><br />Rating: Teen And Up Audiences<br />Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply<br />Relationships: Sapphire/Silver/Steel (S&S), Silver (S&S)/Everyone, Copper & Silver (S&S)<br />Characters: Silver (S&S), Steel (S&S), Ruby (S&S), Lead (S&S), Cerium (S&S), Jet (S&S), Copper (S&S), Mercury (S&S), Emerald (S&S), Sapphire (S&S)<br />Additional Tags: Community: fandom_stocking, Elemental Weirdness, 20th Century, Pre-Canon<br />Summary: There’s an odd little break-to-be that means a yearly appointment to keep. As far as Silver’s concerned, it’s a date.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/17375276"><strong>A Cold Day in Autumn</strong></a> (1050 words) by <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/users/thisbluespirit"><strong>thisbluespirit</strong></a><br />Chapters: 1/1<br />Fandom: <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Doctor%20Who%20(1963)">Doctor Who (1963)</a><br />Rating: Teen And Up Audiences<br />Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply<br />Relationships: Third Doctor/Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart/Liz Shaw<br />Characters: Third Doctor, Liz Shaw (Doctor Who), Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart<br />Additional Tags: 4 Things, Dubious Consent, one particular alien told them to do it, Crack, Humor, For Science!<br />Summary: Funnily enough, there's always only this one way of saving the world...<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/17422826"><strong>another spark for the fire</strong></a> (790 words) by <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/users/thisbluespirit"><strong>thisbluespirit</strong></a><br />Chapters: 1/1<br />Fandom: <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/tags/The%20Flash%20(TV%202014)">The Flash (TV 2014)</a><br />Rating: Teen And Up Audiences<br />Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply<br />Relationships: Barry Allen/Caitlin Snow<br />Characters: Barry Allen, Caitlin Snow, Killer Frost<br />Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Multiverse, 4 Things, Vignette<br />Summary: Whether or not they’re together here, there’s a multiverse of possibilities out there.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/17488265"><strong>Confectionary Crimes</strong></a> (904 words) by <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/users/thisbluespirit"><strong>thisbluespirit</strong></a><br />Chapters: 1/1<br />Fandom: <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Adam%20Adamant%20Lives!">Adam Adamant Lives!</a><br />Rating: General Audiences<br />Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply<br />Relationships: Adam Adamant & Georgina Jones & William E. Simms<br />Characters: Adam Adamant, Georgina Jones, William E. Simms<br />Additional Tags: Ficlet, Humor, Cake<br />Summary: One of these cakes is primed and ready to blow...<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/17475905"><strong>AU Meme: Servalan</strong></a> (988 words) by <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/users/thisbluespirit"><strong>thisbluespirit</strong></a><br />Chapters: 1/1<br />Fandom: <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Blake's%207">Blake's 7</a><br />Rating: Teen And Up Audiences<br />Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply<br />Relationships: Kerr Avon/Servalan<br />Characters: Servalan (Blake's 7), Travis (Blake's 7), Kerr Avon, Roj Blake, Kasabi (Blake's 7)<br />Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Memes, Ficlet, Dark, Villains, Alternate Universe - His Dark Materials Fusion, Harm to Daemons<br />Summary: 9 AU scenarios for Servalan written for a Dreamwidth meme.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=thisbluespirit&ditemid=872235" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-07-28:938997:839160Fic: When the Lights Go Out (complete)2018-09-02T11:51:50Z2018-09-02T11:51:50Zpublic4Finally! I hope this is my most belated <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://fandom-stocking.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png' alt='[community profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://fandom-stocking.dreamwidth.org/'><b>fandom_stocking</b></a></span> gift ever - apologies to <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://purplecat.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://purplecat.dreamwidth.org/'><b>purplecat</b></a></span> and <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://kaffy-r.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://kaffy-r.dreamwidth.org/'><b>kaffy_r</b></a></span> for the three year wait! I hope you enjoy the end result anyway.<br /><br /><a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/9349304"><strong>When the Lights Go Out</strong></a> (18272 words) by <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/users/lost_spook"><strong>lost_spook</strong></a><br />Chapters: 7/7<br />Fandom: <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Sapphire%20and%20Steel">Sapphire and Steel</a><br />Rating: Teen And Up Audiences<br />Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply<br />Characters: Sapphire (S&S), Copper (S&S), Original Characters, Steel (S&S)<br />Additional Tags: Brother-Sister Relationships, 1920s, Ghosts, Supernatural Elements, Character Death, seances, Mentions of World War I, References to Suicide<br />Summary: It seemed like such a lark, to hold a séance in a haunted house, but what human can bargain with time or death - or even Elements?<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=thisbluespirit&ditemid=839160" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-07-28:938997:837941Fic: When the Lights Go Out2018-08-29T20:33:41Z2018-08-29T20:33:41Zpublic2Now there is a chapter Four! The editing involved cutting two overlong chapters into three slightly shorter chapters, so it took a bit longer than planned (I meant to post it yesterday, but cutting up chapters is hard).<br /><br /><a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/9349304"><strong>When the Lights Go Out</strong></a> (11108 words) by <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/users/lost_spook"><strong>lost_spook</strong></a><br />Chapters: 4/6<br />Fandom: <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Sapphire%20and%20Steel">Sapphire and Steel</a><br />Rating: Teen And Up Audiences<br />Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply<br />Characters: Sapphire (S&S), Copper (S&S), Original Characters, Steel (S&S)<br />Additional Tags: Brother-Sister Relationships, 1920s, Ghosts, Supernatural Elements, Character Death, seances, Mentions of World War I, References to Suicide<br />Summary: It seemed like such a lark, to hold a séance in a haunted house, but what human can bargain with time or death - or even Elements?<br /><br /><br />Chapter Four: <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/9349304/chapters/36876936">https://archiveofourown.org/works/9349304/chapters/36876936</a><br /><br />(It is all done now, so I will probably do the next bit tomorrow and the last bit over the weekend.)<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=thisbluespirit&ditemid=837941" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-07-28:938997:837348Fic: When the Lights Go Out2018-08-26T16:32:17Z2018-08-26T16:32:17Zpublic4I've been doing some editing and chapter three is now done! (The rest shouldn't take too much longer now - it'll probably all be done and posted over the next week or two, depending on how I am, and Remix and things. \o/)<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/9349304"><strong>When the Lights Go Out</strong></a> (8541 words) by <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/users/lost_spook"><strong>lost_spook</strong></a><br />Chapters: 3/6<br />Fandom: <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Sapphire%20and%20Steel">Sapphire and Steel</a><br />Rating: Teen And Up Audiences<br />Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply<br />Characters: Sapphire (S&S), Steel, Copper (S&S), Original Characters<br />Additional Tags: Brother-Sister Relationships, 1920s, Ghosts, Supernatural Elements, Character Death, seances, Mentions of World War I, References to Suicide<br />Summary: It seemed like such a lark, to hold a séance in a haunted house, but what human can bargain with time or death - or even Elements?<br /><br /><br />Chapter Three: <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/9349304/chapters/36783504">https://archiveofourown.org/works/9349304/chapters/36783504</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=thisbluespirit&ditemid=837348" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-07-28:938997:827610Fic: When the Lights Go Out2018-07-14T13:50:39Z2018-07-14T13:50:39Zpublic8As I said, it seems to be the week for making progress on WIPs round here, and I have finally made sufficient progress on this <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://fandom-stocking.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png' alt='[community profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://fandom-stocking.dreamwidth.org/'><b>fandom_stocking</b></a></span> 2015 gift for <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://kaffy-r.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://kaffy-r.dreamwidth.org/'><b>kaffy_r</b></a></span> and <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://purplecat.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://purplecat.dreamwidth.org/'><b>purplecat</b></a></span> that I can post Chapter Two (which has, in essence, been finished for a long while). <br /><br />(I'm not sure how quickly the rest will follow, given summer, but it will shortly be done in rough and then it's only a matter of typing up and editing, so barring me being extra ill, it should be done before the end of autumn. \o/)<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/9349304"><strong>When the Lights Go Out</strong></a> (4988 words) by <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/users/lost_spook"><strong>lost_spook</strong></a><br />Chapters: 2/5<br />Fandom: <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Sapphire%20and%20Steel">Sapphire and Steel</a><br />Rating: Teen And Up Audiences<br />Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply<br />Characters: Sapphire (S&S), Steel, Copper (S&S), Original Characters<br />Additional Tags: Brother-Sister Relationships, 1920s, Ghosts, Supernatural Elements, Character Death, seances, Mentions of World War I, References to Suicide<br />Summary: It seemed like such a lark, to hold a séance in a haunted house, but what human can bargain with time or death - or even Elements?<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=thisbluespirit&ditemid=827610" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-07-28:938997:785651130 Sapphire & Steel Icons2018-02-05T14:31:01Z2018-02-05T14:31:24Zpublic17I have re-uploaded my <i>Sapphire & Steel</i> icons I lost via Photobucket (both the latest fiasco and the previous thing where someone hotlinked something and ate up all my bandwidth). Hopefully these'll last for a while this time. I need to do this for several other lost icon batches, but <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://sovay.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://sovay.dreamwidth.org/'><b>sovay</b></a></span> expressed an interest in the S&S ones, so it seemed like a good place to start.<br /><br />These icons were made across a couple of years in various batches (but inevitably focus most on Assignments 3 & 6. You can probably work out why).<br /><br />Teaser:<br /><center><a href="https://imgur.com/N2RySAf"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/N2RySAf.png" title="source: imgur.com" /></a> <a href="https://imgur.com/erLzCcf"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/erLzCcf.png" title="source: imgur.com" /></a> <a href="https://imgur.com/UpJyG8r"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/UpJyG8r.png" title="source: imgur.com" /></a></center><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://thisbluespirit.dreamwidth.org/785651.html#cutid1">Icons under here</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=thisbluespirit&ditemid=785651" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-07-28:938997:777930Four drabbles2018-01-10T21:19:10Z2018-01-10T21:19:10Zpublic0I also made things for <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://fandom-stocking.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png' alt='[community profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://fandom-stocking.dreamwidth.org/'><b>fandom_stocking</b></a></span>. I made a few sets of icons for various people, and wrote four drabbles, using randomised poetry prompts (except for the Six Wives one):<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://thisbluespirit.dreamwidth.org/777930.html#cutid1">Four Doctor Who, Six Wives of Henry VIII & S&S drabbles</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=thisbluespirit&ditemid=777930" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-07-28:938997:606347thisbluespirit @ 2016-12-21T20:52:002016-12-21T21:03:20Z2016-12-21T21:03:20Zpublic221. 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. <br /><br />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.<br /><br />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! ♥<br /><br /><br />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.<br /><br />And here are the last three:<span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://thisbluespirit.dreamwidth.org/606347.html#cutid1">Under the cut so as not to take up too much space</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=thisbluespirit&ditemid=606347" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-07-28:938997:58265015 Characters - the reveal & answers (Part 1)2016-08-19T17:35:33Z2016-08-19T17:35:33Zpublic26Time for the answers! \o/ (Between this and more family history, I must await more spoons before catching up & commenting again, but I will. In the meantime, wacky crossover nonsense awaits...)<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://thisbluespirit.dreamwidth.org/582650.html#cutid1">15 Characters Reveal</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=thisbluespirit&ditemid=582650" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-07-28:938997:569734More Meme Results2016-05-31T11:24:57Z2016-05-31T11:24:57Zpublic9Three more fills from the <a href="http://lost-spook.livejournal.com/533948.html">prompt meme</a>:<br /><br /><a href="http://archiveofourown.org/works/7030351"><strong>Alone Out Here</strong></a> (238 words) by <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/users/lost_spook"><strong>lost_spook</strong></a><br />Chapters: 1/1<br />Fandom: <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/tags/Sapphire%20and%20Steel">Sapphire and Steel</a><br />Rating: General Audiences<br />Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply<br />Characters: Original Characters, Sapphire (S&S), Steel<br />Additional Tags: Ficlet, Meme, Prompt Fic<br />Summary: “We’re in an abandoned lodge in the middle of nowhere. Sure, you’re totally right, nothing bad could ever happen here.”<br /><br /><a href="http://archiveofourown.org/works/7030378"><strong>Think of the Planet</strong></a> (502 words) by <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/users/lost_spook"><strong>lost_spook</strong></a><br />Chapters: 1/1<br />Fandom: <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/tags/Doctor%20Who%20(1963)">Doctor Who (1963)</a><br />Rating: General Audiences<br />Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply<br />Relationships: Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart/Liz Shaw<br />Characters: Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, Liz Shaw (Doctor Who), Third Doctor<br />Additional Tags: Ficlet, Meme, Prompt Fic<br />Summary: “Don’t panic, but I think we might have accidentally got married…” (Brig/Liz)<br /><br /><a href="http://archiveofourown.org/works/7030753"><strong>Under the Stars</strong></a> (627 words) by <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/users/lost_spook"><strong>lost_spook</strong></a><br />Chapters: 1/1<br />Fandom: <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/tags/Doctor%20Who%20(2005)">Doctor Who (2005)</a><br />Rating: Teen And Up Audiences<br />Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply<br />Relationships: Missy/Clara Oswin Oswald<br />Characters: Missy (Doctor Who), Clara Oswin Oswald<br />Additional Tags: Dubious Consent, Ficlet, Meme, Prompt Fic<br />Summary: “Our first date is a picnic on a beach under the stars? Have you swallowed a romance novel? Do I need to call a doctor?” (Clara/Missy)<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=thisbluespirit&ditemid=569734" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-07-28:938997:551489Fic: Time No Longer2016-02-14T21:39:12Z2016-02-14T21:39:12Zpublic7I finally finished typing this up a couple of weeks ago, so I thought probably I should also post it - the much-delayed TARDIS/Sapphire/Silver/Steel fic I've been promising. Nothing this short should have taken two or three years to type up, though. :loL:<br /><br /><b>Title:</b> Time No Longer<br /><b>Author:</b> <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://lost-spook.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://lost-spook.livejournal.com/'><b>lost_spook</b></a></span><br /><b>Rating:</b> All ages<br /><b>Word Count:</b> 1386<br /><b>Characters/Pairings:</b> TARDIS/Steel/Sapphire/Silver<br /><b>Notes/Warnings:</b> Strange telepathic shippiness between Time-related inhuman beings. (I thought I’d seen a prompt for this somewhere. It turns out I hadn’t.)<br /><b>Summary:</b> The TARDIS has some intriguing visitors. She may never let them go.<br /><br />Also at <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/works/6008970">AO3</a> and <a href="http://www.whofic.com/viewstory.php?sid=59436">the Teaspoon</a>.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://thisbluespirit.dreamwidth.org/551489.html#cutid1">Time No Longer</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=thisbluespirit&ditemid=551489" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-07-28:938997:526162Fic: April Shower (S&S)2015-10-26T14:04:58Z2015-10-26T14:32:04Zpublic15<b>Title:</b> April Shower<br /><b>Author:</b> <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://lost-spook.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://lost-spook.livejournal.com/'><b>lost_spook</b></a></span><br /><b>Rating:</b> All ages<br /><b>Word Count:</b> 1025<br /><b>Characters/Pairings:</b> Silver, Sapphire, Steel<br /><b>Notes/Warnings:</b> None.<br /><b>Summary:</b> Silver’s having trouble with a telegraph pole and a dead human – he’s not sure which is the most stubborn.<br /><br />For <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://justice-turtle.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://justice-turtle.livejournal.com/'><b>justice_turtle</b></a></span> in the <a href="http://lost-spook.livejournal.com/300554.html">500 Prompts Meme</a>: 365 – I walk out in stormy weather (Sapphire/Silver/Steel). Another fic fished out of an old notebook - my notes from the time suggest that I originally also meant this to be for an <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://element-flash.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='16' height='16'/></a><a href='http://element-flash.livejournal.com/'><b>element_flash</b></a></span> prompt “April showers”. (I’m, er, not sure which April… Probably 2014!) <br /><br />(JT, don't worry if you can't read it for any reason - I took at least 18 months just to type it up; you can take as long as you need before you read it, or just not. ♥)<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://thisbluespirit.dreamwidth.org/526162.html#cutid1">April Shower</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=thisbluespirit&ditemid=526162" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-07-28:938997:460740Yuletide: All is revealed2015-01-01T17:29:44Z2015-01-01T17:42:16Zpublic21So, I wrote things for Yuletide. Somewhat more than I expected...<br /><br />Firstly, and most importantly, my assignment, which was for <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://paranoidangel42.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://paranoidangel42.livejournal.com/'><b>paranoidangel42</b></a></span>. I had, when signing up initially, looked at my list of fandoms I was willing to write and said to myself I might as well have just said I'd write for Paranoidangel. And then laughed, shook my head at myself, reminded myself that Yuletide is a big exchange and added in a bunch of other fandoms... and then got assigned to Paranoidangel! (So, erm, sorry about that - you just got yet more of me instead of somebody new! I had fun writing for you, though! ♥)<br /><br /><a href="http://archiveofourown.org/works/2783123"><strong>Backstitch in Gold</strong></a> (3948 words) by <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/users/lost_spook"><strong>lost_spook</strong></a><br />Chapters: 1/1<br />Fandom: <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/tags/The%20House%20of%20Eliott">The House of Eliott</a><br />Rating: General Audiences<br />Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply<br />Relationships: Beatrice Eliott & Evangeline Eliott, Beatrice Eliott/Jack Maddox<br />Characters: Beatrice Eliott, Evangeline Eliott, Jack Maddox<br />Additional Tags: Yuletide, 1920s, Fashion & Couture, Sister-Sister Relationship, Misses Clause Challenge, Women Being Awesome<br />Summary: <p>What has been well-stitched together doesn’t easily fray at the seams.</p><br /><br />I'd been rewatching HoE recently and was determined to write fic for it, because there's so little of it, and knew what I wanted to do - a sort of big Bea and Evie across-the-years, culminating in a fixit for the ending. But then it seemed to fall flat in various places, and the ending wasn't quite how I remembered it, thus scuppering my planned final section and I floundered for a while. (I had in my head that Bea and Evie had a big row and, actually, they <i>don't</i>. Evie is angry at everyone, but Bea is muted, almost defeated.) However, eventually, I beat it into shape & hopefully it wasn't too bad! (I've learned by now, though, that I pretty much always feel my assignments are terrible - until the next year, when suddenly I realise that last year's was quite good... but this year's is terrible.) <br /><br />Anyway, it was fun to write Bea & Evie, and I am still very fond of the series. (Which follows the fortunes of a pair of sisters who set up a London fashion house in the 1920s and is good fun & all up on YT if anyone is interested). I did want to work in more characters, though, and more social history... and, yes, well, possibly being unrealistic? I think in my head I wanted to write a big HofE novel, that's all. At least I finally came up with a title I liked. I had the summary before the fic, but it was in danger of being posted as "Untitled House of Eliott fic" as the deadline approached. (Backstitch is the strongest stitch commonly used for sewing & in gold, obviously, but also because that's how Jack refers to Bea early on. Hmm, I'm not sure now why I changed it from "Backstitch in Gold Thread" because that makes more sense! I shall go change it back.)<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://thisbluespirit.dreamwidth.org/460740.html#cutid1">And more under the cut!</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><br />Also I now know that it was Clocketpatch who risked complete obscurity by writing me that last minute Public Eye/Sapphire & Steel treat. (Thanks so much, Clocket! You're amazing!) My other wonderful gift was by DesertScribe, who's new to me, but whom I hope hasn't written their last S&S fic, because that one was excellent. ♥<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=thisbluespirit&ditemid=460740" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-07-28:938997:455554Found, one meme entry...2014-12-14T18:02:04Z2020-01-11T20:34:17Zpublic31I started this ages ago & then found it again just now, and have finished it off & here it is! (I think I'd done it because I only semi-did this meme last time, and then everyone else did it properly and I thought I should too. Looking at the results, obviously I was right.)<br /><br />The characters are:<br />Frank Marker (Public Eye)<br />Cora Mills (OUaT)<br />G'Kar (Babylon 5)<br />Twelfth Doctor <br />Ace (DW)<br />Steel (Sapphire & Steel)<br />Miss Marple<br />Liz Shaw (DW)<br />Henry VII (Shadow of the Tower/Hist. RPF)<br />Cally (B7)<br />Silver (S&S)<br />Belle (OUaT)<br /><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://thisbluespirit.dreamwidth.org/455554.html#cutid1">And the resulting questions</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=thisbluespirit&ditemid=455554" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-07-28:938997:442088Fic: Something in the Wiring2014-10-22T19:09:49Z2014-10-22T19:09:49Zcalmpublic11This is a bit of an odd one, but it gets me a bingo, and it's apparently what happens when I realise I could get a bingo a different way if I could only think of something for "suicide attempt" and then enlist the help of <i>Sapphire & Steel</i>. But, um, yes...<br /><br /><b>Title:</b> Something in the Wiring<br /><b>Author:</b> <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://lost-spook.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://lost-spook.livejournal.com/'><b>lost_spook</b></a></span><br /><b>Rating:</b> Teen<br /><b>Word Count:</b> 1358 <br /><b>Characters/Pairings:</b> Silver, Steel, Sapphire<br /><b>Notes/Warnings:</b> Suicide, Elemental weirdness.<br /><b>Summary:</b> Trying to determine the source of the time break is always tricky & this one is causing Silver some problems – is it something in the wiring or merely the inconvenient dying man on the floor?<br /><br />Written for the <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://hc-bingo.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png' alt='[community profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://hc-bingo.dreamwidth.org/'><b>hc_bingo</b></a></span> square “suicide attempt”. <br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://thisbluespirit.dreamwidth.org/442088.html#cutid1">Something in the Wiring</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=thisbluespirit&ditemid=442088" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-07-28:938997:437946The Darkness: 20 x Sapphire & Steel Icons2014-10-02T19:49:09Z2014-10-02T19:49:09Zpublic26A <i>Sapphire & Steel</i> icon set I made the other day for <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://hc-bingo.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png' alt='[community profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://hc-bingo.dreamwidth.org/'><b>hc_bingo</b></a></span> square "possession/mind control". (Icons all taken from Assignment 2.)<br /><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://thisbluespirit.dreamwidth.org/437946.html#cutid1">Icons under here</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=thisbluespirit&ditemid=437946" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-07-28:938997:391818Fic: Winter Where You Are2014-04-17T20:01:01Z2014-04-17T20:01:01Zpublic0I said I might finish the other fic today. It is <i>Public Eye</i>, but it's also a series of crossover vignettes & (I hope) no real knowledge of PE is needed. <br /><br />I said, when I first watched S4, that there ought to be a companion series where Mrs Mortimer sorted out people's problems at her B&B and though, really, she is too sensible for that to work in the same way, it's still enough for a fic.<br /><br /><a href="http://archiveofourown.org/works/1480126"><strong>Winter Where You Are</strong></a> (4595 words) by <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/users/lost_spook"><strong>lost_spook</strong></a><br />Chapters: 1/1<br />Fandom: <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/tags/Public%20Eye%20(TV)">Public Eye (TV)</a>, <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/tags/Doctor%20Who%20(2005)">Doctor Who (2005)</a>, <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/tags/Doctor%20Who%20(1963)">Doctor Who (1963)</a>, <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/tags/Sapphire%20and%20Steel">Sapphire and Steel</a>, <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/tags/Spooks%20%7C%20MI-5">Spooks | MI-5</a><br />Rating: General Audiences<br />Warnings: Major Character Death<br />Relationships: Ben Jackson/Polly Wright<br />Characters: Helen Mortimer, Sapphire (Sapphire and Steel), Steel (Sapphire and Steel), Connie James, Ben Jackson (Doctor Who), Clara Oswin Oswald, Frank Marker<br />Additional Tags: Crossover, 5 Times, 1960s, Implied/Referenced Suicide, Women Being Awesome<br />Summary: A seaside boarding house out of season can be a strange place at times - you never know who'll wind up staying for the night...<br /><br /><br />(Or, as ever, it seemed like a good idea at the time.)<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=thisbluespirit&ditemid=391818" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-07-28:938997:367519Yuletide reveals!2014-01-01T20:53:50Z2014-01-01T20:53:50Zpublic2I also wrote stuff, shock, horror! <br /><br />First, my assignment, which was for butterflymind, who (as it turned out) shares about twenty small fandoms with me, and I matched on two of them in this year's request. I badly wanted to write the one about the characters from the Miss Marple book A Moving Finger, but that didn't happen, and I did have the rough beginnings of a <i>Jonathan Creek</i> fic somewhere that matched the request exactly. Just one problem - I'd set up a typical Jonathan Creek mystery with no solution. (It's amazing what the brain does at need, because suddenly, I could at least come up with something to explain the ballerina, the clown and the vanishing motel...). I would have liked to have had more brain and add a little more mention of random Adam things, and just a smidgeon of something more serious to counterweight all the Maddy-Jonathan banter, but I hope that it is plain that there are feelings going on under here, as it is. Anyway, banter was what my recipient asked for, so overall I'm pleased with it (and very relieved that I caught a minor plot hole before Yuletide actually went live). Happily, my recipient seemed to like it too:<br /><br /><a href="http://archiveofourown.org/works/1088242"><strong>Persistence in Porcelain</strong></a> (4090 words) by <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/users/lost_spook"><strong>lost_spook</strong></a><br />Chapters: 1/1<br />Fandom: <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/tags/Jonathan%20Creek%20(TV)">Jonathan Creek (TV)</a><br />Rating: Teen And Up Audiences<br />Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply<br />Characters: Jonathan Creek, Maddy Magellan<br />Additional Tags: Yuletide<br />Summary: <p>Maddy's got a problem involving a ballerina, a clown and a vanishing motel. Obviously, there's only one person who can help. She just probably shouldn't have annoyed him first...</p><br /><br />I also wrote two treats out in rough while the letters went up, and finally typed them up after I'd finished my main assignment (I could have done more with the Time Traveller's Guide one if I'd been badly behaved and written things the other way round, but it works. People seemed to like it.) Anyway, reading the letter requesting it, immediately made me think of writing it rather like The Tough Guide to Fantasyland (though it mutated a little from that starting point), and that was what I did. The other, well, the other was a bit of a joke and not exactly very hard to guess as being by me (to say the least), but it came out of a conversation with the recipient, and had to be done.<br /><br /><a href="http://archiveofourown.org/works/1091380"><strong>The Time Traveller’s Guide: Important Additional Information</strong></a> (1722 words) by <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/users/lost_spook"><strong>lost_spook</strong></a><br />Chapters: 1/1<br />Fandom: <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/tags/The%20Time%20Traveller's%20Guide%20to%20Medieval%20England%20-%20Ian%20Mortimer">The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England - Ian Mortimer</a><br />Rating: General Audiences<br />Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply<br />Summary: <p>Because there are always some people who seem to need the obvious spelling out to them…</p><br /><br /><a href="http://archiveofourown.org/works/1091343"><strong>Striking A Balance</strong></a> (745 words) by <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/users/lost_spook"><strong>lost_spook</strong></a><br />Chapters: 1/1<br />Fandom: <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/tags/Sapphire%20and%20Steel">Sapphire and Steel</a><br />Rating: General Audiences<br />Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply<br />Characters: Steel (Sapphire and Steel), Sapphire (Sapphire and Steel), Silver (Sapphire and Steel)<br />Additional Tags: Curtain Fic<br />Summary: <p>In which Sapphire and Steel shop for curtains, for inscrutable reasons.</p><br /><br />So, overall, it's been a good Yuletide. And thanks to thankyouturtle, recessivejean, <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://lferion.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://lferion.dreamwidth.org/'><b>lferion</b></a></span> and the_alchemist, who wrote gifts for me!<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=thisbluespirit&ditemid=367519" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments