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.

I signed up for Yuletide, which means a week and a bit of waiting with bated breath until I get my assignment. And then there's the fact Takarazuka Moon Troupe will be in London in January and I may end up glomping vampires, Deaths and Japanese crossdressers all in one week, but that also requires waiting for dates and details to go up.

To help me wait, I stole an idea from alighiera and ariss_tenoh, to take advantage of my good Yuletide karma and the urge to WRITE something. It's been a while:

1. Make at least three requests from different fandoms, for original stories, or a mixture of both. Optionally, in addition give me characters and/or a setting, a plot, a situation or some other kind of prompt. If you make a request for something original, give me a prompt of some kind in any case. A setting, plot, even a word.

2. If there's something you absolutely want (or don't want) to see in your story, tell me.

3. Fandoms I can write:
( All I've ever written and most I've read )

I'll take all requests posted here before Yuletide assignments go out (a few days after October 18). I'll post all fic before December 6, St Nick's. Each story will be 500 words, minimum.

Comments are screened so you take your chances :)

(Also: yes, original includes That RPG. And if you know anyone looking for fic in any of those fandoms, feel free to pimp. I want to write!)

*flops* I wrote most of these twice, because my scratchbook file got corrupted.


For shineko: Pirates of the Caribbean, 100 words

( Guidance )

For ciciaye: Angel the Series, 100 words

( Vanity Varnish )


For elefwin: Star Wars, 130 words

( Silent )



For fyrie: Phantom of the Opera, 114 words, same universe as Singing Songs In My Head

( Hide Your Face )


For kyrre: Batman Begins, 125 words

( Communicativa )

For alice_montrose: Roses for Lucifer, 160 words

( Practical Applications )

Bonus question: Can someone give me an Elisabeth idea, preferably something featuring Sisi herself with a side of Death? She wants fic, I'm fresh out of bunnies.

Give me a character and an object or place, please? No Coldfire. First three will get done today.

A much better day today, and it turns out that I'll probably be leaving tomorrow evening, salvaging half a day of lakeside vacation. In the meantime, the second batch of request drabbles, for the fandom that ate my brain:


For fyrie, who rocks, Sarah, Alfred and pink ribbon:
( Settled debts )

For hotbeast, Herbert, von Krolock and a cell phone:
( The virtues of technology )

For ciciaye, hair curlers:
( Frustrations )

( The characters I picked: Coldfire, Star Wars, X, Batman, Tanz, others )

( Answers to questions and speculation )

Also, fyrie has a new chapter up. Per Ipsum is another prequel, this time what happens when Angelus really ticks people off. As always, she manages to make me squee to no end. Herbert+Spike=OTP^Infinity.

The last batch of the request drabbles from two weeks ago, though fyrie's turned into something much closer to a full story. I still owe Van Helsing to two people, and am still working on it. Incidentally, it's not that I haven't been writing fiction lately: I have, but it's a long Tanz der Vampire series that will need to be posted (and read) in order, and is still missing the first two installments.

For azarias: Bruce Wayne as a Jedi Sith apprentice. Part of the Will to Act verse.

( Truth and the Bat, 200 words )


For fyrie, Viktor from Underworld meets Draculea. Incidentally, apart from another drabble where Draculea muscled in while it was supposed to be VH!Vlad, this is the first formal posted outing of Draculea, also known as my historical!vampire!Dracula.

( For all the Sultan's gold, 670 words )

*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?

First of all, happy International Women's Day!

Second, wtf's up with all the lists of OMGexpertise on little_details? Paging the mods, someone needs to put that comm on moderated for a day or two.

Third, yesterday. Okay, I fell asleep at 9.30 PM and slept until morning :P So instead, there are two drabbles today.

For alighiera, part of the fake-title challenge (though she didn't give me an actual title): Coldfire, shipboard, Gerald and Damien killing time.

( Novatlantis, Dead of Night, 350 words )

EDIT: Second version, canon-correct this time:
( Novatlantis, Dead of Night, 350 words )


For alice_montrose, part of the Vampire Celebration: Tanz der Vampire, Herbert, Alfred and stockings.

( The Dressing-room Dilemma, 150 words )

Stolen from far too many people on the f-list, which probably means I won't get comments...

If you make up titles for stories I didn't write, I will respond with details of those non-written stories. Just think of the possibilities! (If you'd like to include details you'd like, pairings or fandom or something, do that too.)

And hey, a twist to it: I'll actually write snippets of those nonexistent fics for you :>