Beth Winter

As an end to a hellish half-week, I'm at the office at noon on a Saturday. No time like the present...

To reiterate, meme rules:

The Hypothetical AU Meme: Take any one of the fandoms you know I write in (or think I should), and give me a type of AU (space opera AU, pirate AU, superhero AU, Ancient Rome, etc). I will then explain what story from your chosen fandom I would write for your chosen type of AU.

( Arabwel: Once Upon a Time in Mexico as done by Tolkien )

( Trobadora: Coldfire superhero AU )

( RKold: CCD in a Gundam/Space Soap Opera type AU )

( Sukeban: Pirates of the Caribbean in the Middle Earth )

That's enough for today, since I'm through with the reports as well :) Other four to be done later.

*looks at the last post and its 100+ comments, of which most aren't between myself and fyrie* I do write other things than vampires and Coldfire, you know. Alas, these are the weakest ones of today's batch...

( Sandman, Death and Destruction )


( OUATIM, Lorenzo and a stuffed toy )

BTW, drabble requests still open, with modifications. Namely, no vampires except maybe Underworld, and no Coldfire :P C'mon, people - Star Wars? Batman Begins? Tolkien? Anyone? Bueller?

Eurgh. Hence, meme, ganked from selenak: 10 of my favourite characters and what kind of relationship I'd be likely to have with them.

( Current and past favourites )

Fandom: Once Upon A Time In Mexico
Rating: PG-13 to R for language

In the proud tradition of fic written when I really should be doing something else. My train is in five hours.

( The Soul Market )

Sands and a boy, on a lazy afternoon.

Previously in the series:
Back in the Fold
Things to Do in Sinaloa When You're Dead
First Blood
Ballad of the Blind Gunman
Darkness, and the Fear of Darkness

Note: With thanks to my child-Faramir muse, who informed my portrayal of Chiclet Boy here.


( On the lips and hearts of children )

Fandom: OUATIM
Rated: PG-13 for language
Disclaimer: Everything from OUATIM belongs to Rodriguez and assorted. Fun, not profit.

Inspired by the movie "The Mark of Zorro" with Anthony Hopkins, Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones.


A MATTER OF SUCCESSION

by Beth (bwinter@extenuation.net)


( Legends go on )

Comments? (Yes/No/BANG!)

From _redpanda_ via jenlittlebottom: Ten things that happened in a fandom of mine that I just know are true, even though there's precious little evidence for them in canon.

( X and Tokyo Babylon )

( OUATIM )

( Silmarillion )

So I was sitting in the International Finance exam, finishing up the test with 40 minutes to spare and no bloody hope of getting out early because someone had the bright idea of cramming the lecturer's three courses into one stuffy exam hall. Sands popped into existence in the seat next to me, looking about as bored as I was with the common characteristics of US money market instruments. I told him to tell me a story.


Pairings: Sands/Ajedrez, El/Carolina mentioned
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Three situations, three women, three conclusions

Dedicated to: Whatever bloody idiot schedules the exams at the Warsaw School of Economics. And lasergirl69 for finding a tidbit.



( Three Kinds of Kindness )

Mmm. Sleep deprivation means my subconscious is closer to the surface. It bubbles and murmurs in dark corners, throwing shapes and distracting me with lazy stabs of the blade of inspiration. I was looking for quotes, because I'm desperate for a title and a story.

"His madness... his madness keeps him sane."
- Delirium, "Three Novembers and a January", Sandman, Neil Gaiman.

It's not the one I'm looking for - but isn't it a fascinating concept? Someone who has gone past madness, past despair, past desire and out the other side. To a place where he holds on to an idea. A dream. He lives out his destiny, and deals out death. And hey, destruction is change, and change is freedom, and everything changes but nothing is truly lost.

Sheldon Jeffrey Sands, I'm looking at you.

Okay, dear, try and pull your thoughts together for a moment. See, that's my problem. I don't see Sands as crazy, or at least as the kind of raving lunatic, dancing in the pale moonlight crazy some fanon renditions would have me believe. Sure, good stories and all, and I enjoy them. But I just can't write him that way. Maybe it'd make my fics better, but somehow my Sands is outwardly strong as steel, even if he has collapsed inside (which depends on the version). He just doesn't give up, not even to himself.

Hm. Anybody care to try naming all the works quoted and paraphrased in this little delusional rant?

And if anyone can give me a good Sandman quote about the dangers of dreams, they win a virtual cookie and a fic dedication.

Fandom: OUATIM
Pairings: Sands/Ajedrez, El/Sands
Rating: R
Summary: What if things were different? What if Sands was?

WARNING: Femslash, het, slash. In other words, every possible gender configuration with two partners. Also, this is not an original female character.

Dedicated to permetaform for finding me not only a quote, but a context.

( where the devil can't go )