Beyond the Roundels

Too late for the April Challenge, but I finished my Dracula (TV 1968)/Doctor Who crossover. Luckily, I had the square "loss of powers" on my regular hc_bingo card, so used it for that, as well as for 100fandoms and who_allsorts.

the little things (9482 words) by thisbluespirit
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Doctor Who (1963), Dracula (TV 1968)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Mina Harker/Ace McShane
Characters: Ace McShane, Mina Harker, John Seward, Jonathan Harker, Seventh Doctor, Mrs Hoskins (Dracula TV 1968)
Additional Tags: Crossover, Community: hc_bingo, Post-Canon, Post-Serial: s155 Survival, Vampires, Victorian, Loss of Powers, Implied/Referenced Suicide, Implied/Referenced Character Death, (both canonical), community: 100fandoms, crypts, ace affected by the Cheetah Planet
Summary: Mina and Ace have both been infected by something alien, but the results are very different...

I decided to pick up a table at who_allsorts for the Seventh Doctor Era. (I'm trying to decide whether or not to keep or drop my other current table, because I keep not writing it, as I claimed "Historical" as a theme and keep thinking I need to write epics, which was definitely not the point. But it was a very pretty table and I have one prompt filled, so I shall probably hang onto it and work on my wrong-headedness over time.)

Anyway, the table - 6 Prompts: Classic Who Quotes

#01 – Our Destiny is in the Stars	#02 – Bad Laws Were Made to be Broken	#03 – Playing at Tin Soldiers
#04 – I Deny This Reality	#05 – There Should Have Been Another Way	#06 – A Universe of Terrors

1. hetswap has nominations open till 3rd Feb. (I expect not to be able to sign up, but I did nominate some things just in case. It was fun last year, and this year's mod looks a little more on the ball, too, so I'm not ruling things out yet.)


2. Sign-ups are ongoing to Monday for worldbuildingex. (Which I haven't ever done because lack of brain, but seems v cool).


3. Let me pimp my own ongoing challenge comms, since I seem unlikely to be running ficathons any time soon: who_allsorts, which is basically an old-style claims comm for Doctor Who but with many mini prompt tables ranging from sets of 3-20, fairly wide and laid back options on claiming (character/ship/era or theme if you prefer to mix it up character/pairing-wise) and you can make fills in any fanwork type. And I'm very proud of my pretty prompt sets. (Some of which, of course, came courtesy of you lot.)

Also tic_tac_woe (aka apocabingo), the Apocalyptic mini bingo challenge! (Each card has nine apocalyptic prompts: get your bingo by destroying/saving the world at least three times in a row - all fandoms and origfic welcome, ditto all fandom types. The end of the world is an equal opportunity experience here. ;-p)

(I'm sorry, my DW/LJ is v frivolous and always has been and there we are).

Now that I've posted that AAL! fic and one more Runaway Tales effort today, then not only have I achieved a bingo for trope_bingo (even if it was probably too late to actually count), I have posted my stray hc_bingo fills over there for amnesty, and now my stray trope_bingo fills and a bingo for origfic_bingo!

You know what this means? I am now at liberty to destroy the world multiple times over!* (Well, and also that I probably need to write something for genprompt_bingo and my new table for who_allsorts at some point & both are as yet virgin fields of unfilled squares, but hey, never mind. APOCALYPSE SUMMER! Or whatever, I'm very easily distracted and I still need to write that eighteen-month overdue fandom_stocking S&S fic, and I'd like to write some more 500 Prompts too.)

But: *\o/*

I actually have no idea what I'm doing for any of the above, though. Suggestions are always welcome, even if I may well ignore them. (Bingos are for fun and id-pursuance!) ;-p



* For tic_tac_woe. Not really, obviously, that would be wrong.

(And then hopefully no more! It takes quite a while to fiddle about and pack up stuff, and spoons too. Also rl was a little busier at the same time.)

1. I have been moving my communities! Some of these are still waiting on import, for various reasons (also the queue is still very long; it's definitely a mass back-up/exodus this time) and so have nothing on them yet, and some of them are more for archival purposes, but most are active or would happily be again, and certainly this mod is around for questions/tagging etc. if anyone else posts:

I moved dw_allsorts over here in January, and it is all shiny and ready at who_allsorts. I won't close the other, but feel free to switch your claim over (or drop your claim and start a new one at Dreamwidth, I won't tell). Also I probably will only add new tables on this side now.

dw_straybunnies is now fully imported at who_straybunnies! (It hasn't been active for a while, but as long as I'm still here, I'll be fine with people posting to it - it is/was a community for donating Doctor Who fanwork ideas (plotbunnies, if you'll forgive the tweeness, but it makes for a handy name) plus regular discussion of plot ideas we'd like to see and occasional challenges to fill some of the donated prompts.)

dw_guestfest is created now at who_guestfest, but I won't import it until this weekend is over, as someone's still trying to write a last fic for this year's fest. Obviously, the ficathon is over for this year, so nothing will be happening there until it runs again.

house_of_eliott is now in progress to house_of_eliott, hopefully before the LJ version entirely crumbles off a cliff. It's very tiny, but it's a general House of Eliott comm. (This is the only one I will be deleting, because it's so very tiny and crumbling and my co-mod has deleted their account, so it's on virtual point of collapse.)

cakefic is not yet in progress (but will be as soon as HoE finishes) and you'll find it at cakefic. It's not exactly very active, I know, but I do mean to finally run a cakeficathon one day (and heaven forfend that cake fic should be lost)! (clocketpatch, shall I make you co-mod again?)

I am also co-mod of b7friday, which vilakins has imported to b7friday and I hope to see if it's possible to revive it over there, as I think quite a lot of the B7 crew are more Dreamwidth based, such as there is in journal-land anyway). vilakins also imported b7fic, and already runs blakes7 (and foolishly just made me co-mod of both, which is new. Soon, I shall be supreme commander of the Federation and have all the best dresses!)

And I think I really am going to launch Apocabingo soon at tic_tac_woe, but more about that anon!

Please feel free to join any of them you like, even the ones that are still slightly works in progress. I do mean to pimp who_allsorts and b7friday a bit, and of course tic_tac_woe once I've firmed up the rules, and we'll see how it goes with the rest.

And, wow, no wonder that's been taking it out of me. *collapses* (Also, if you are not so much on Dreamwidth, or even if you are, and are feeling a little concerned about imported content, claiming your open ID is super-easy and seems to work like magic on assigning those posts and comments to your actual Dreamwidth account (providing you have one, of course) and then that allows you to edit/delete them as with the original.)


2. Also, in order to get me over the transition bump among other things, I've decided to turn off commenting on my crossposts for the next two months (at least). I've been trying to make sure I've granted access to everybody I can think first so you'll still be able to see and comment on flocked entries, but spotting who I've missed is rather like that game where you have a tray of objects and then take one or two away - and I was always rubbish at that game! So if I haven't yet, just point me in your direction at Dreamwidth. I am a terrible turncoat, I know, but I feel very happy about it! I hadn't realised how much worrying about LJ apocalypses was getting me down.

(tl;dr after this entry, you will have to click through on the link to comment, but I have faith in your ability to cope with slight extra clickiness, even if you judge me for it. ;-p)

I decided I would make another claim at who_allsorts | dw_allsorts for the theme "Historical" and I have finally chosen my table, so all I have to do is fill one with a fanwork by 3 May (or else I might have to tell myself off). I like it, anyway*:

#01 – Summer still holds on	#02 – Visiting the graces	#03 – This cosmic show
#04 – You cannot find the centre	#05 – In the cold, glittering morning	#06 – Another missing person
#07 – A sudden death	#08 – Forgetting who I am	#09 – Night descending

* I know I made it up, so I shouldn't say that, but it was about 3 years ago, and it was random, so it doesn't feel like it.

1. I decided that there's really no point in trying to catch up with snowflake_challenge now. After all, the questions come around each time!


2. Although I didn't write anything for fandom_stocking, I did post Chapter One of the Sapphire & Steel fic I've been writing for annariel and kaffy_r since last fandom_stocking just to show it is a thing that exists (and hopefully will soon continue). Anyway, Sapphire, Steel and Copper in the 1920s, in a spooky house:

When the Lights Go Out (2797 words) by lost_spook
Chapters: 1/?
Fandom: Sapphire and Steel
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Sapphire (S&S), Steel, Copper (S&S), Original Characters
Additional Tags: Brother-Sister Relationships, 1920s, Ghosts, Supernatural Elements, Character Death, seances, Mentions of World War I, References to Suicide, Evil Wallpaper
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?


3. I was trying to write a letter yesterday for hetswap so I can sign up (because that's the only way I get my requests together for these things) and realised I might just as well start it "Dear Paranoidangel..." instead of Dear Author. Unless of course, she doesn't sign up, in which case I may be unmatchable. Heh. We'll see! First I need to get back enough brain to write requests... (I'm sure tomorrow will be betterer!)


4. Thank you for all the dw_allsorts prompts! I've updated the choice of tables now and you provided some lovely ones! It was very helpful. :-)

My entry for who_at_50's 52nd anniversary fanworkathon!

Title: Quest Object
Author: lost_spook
Rating: PG
Word Count: 3859
Characters/Pairings: Sarah Jane Smith, Harry Sullivan, Fourth Doctor
Notes/Warnings: Written for hc_bingo square “attacked by a creature”, dw_allsorts prompt “most precious prize” and the who_at_50 fanworkathon, for the Fourth Doctor era.
Summary: Harry and Sarah are down in some caves, trying to retrieve an important artefact, but the trouble with lost artefacts is that they tend to be well-guarded…

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Story here at AO3 | Teaspoon (pending mod approval).

I managed to get my fic done! (Just!)

*collapses in a heap and hopes it isn't too full of horrible errors*


Salt of the Earth (4143 words) by lost_spook
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Doctor Who (1963), Doctor Who (2005), Torchwood
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Martha Tyler, Jack Harkness, Original Characters, Twelfth Doctor
Additional Tags: Community: dw_allsorts, Community: dw_guestfest, Minor Canonical Character(s), 20th Century, Witchcraft, Serial: s094 Image of the Fendahl, Women Being Awesome, Folklore
Summary: Martha Tyler lives on a time rift, sees things no one else does, and fights evil with rock salt. It’s been that way all her life.


Also at the Teaspoon (once it's been validated).


Anyway, the fic where Mrs Tyler lives by a time rift her whole life and is much better than Torchwood now exists, except I had to write it, which is just rubbish. Why don't other people write these things for me? (I didn't get much TW in; don't be misled.)

The Devil's Harvest (3294 words) by lost_spook
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Doctor Who (2005), Doctor Who (1963)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Major Character Death
Characters: Clara Oswin Oswald, Sixth Doctor
Additional Tags: Community: dw-allsorts, Community: hc_bingo, Episode: s07e14 The Name of the Doctor, Multi-Era
Summary:

Clara's alone in a wood in the middle of the night, but there's something else out there...

Also at the Teaspoon (once it's been approved).

Written for dw_allsorts prompt "the devil's harvest" and hc_bingo square "deals with demons".

Also I finished off this small batch of icons a few days ago - 23 Clara icons (16 icon set + 7 alternates/extras) made for dw_allsorts, for the prompt "Life's My Riddle".

Teaser:



( Icons under here )

For dw_allsorts: Claimed Clara Oswald & 3 Prompt table - Poetry Randomiser

#01 – Life’s my riddle

#02 – The Devil’s harvest

#03 – Some old tragedy