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Fic: All the Difference (The Brave New World Remix)

Mon, 06 May 2013 16:49:46 GMT

Title: All the Difference (The Brave New World Remix)
Characters: Kara Thrace, Sharon Agathon, Hera Agathon, Kacey, Nicholas Tyrol, Cally Tyrol
Pairing: Kara/Sam, Sharon/Helo, Cally/Tyrol
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: suicidal thoughts
Original Story: Liminal Fate by lunar47 . Written for bsg_remix
Betaed By: lizardbeth and leakypaintpen
Word Count: 10,650 words

Summary: All this has happened before. What if it doesn't have to happen again?

At AO3

( What if it doesn't have to happen again? )

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Fic: A Minor Government Official

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 04:26:19 GMT

Title: A Minor Government Flunky
Author: beatrice_otter
Fandoms: Avengers/Doctor Who
Characters: Phil Coulson, Nick Fury; Canton Everett Delaware III, 11th Doctor
Pairings:None
Rating: PG
Word count: 4,173
Warnings: none
Written for: oneiriad in xover_exchange
A/N: Beta'ed by jaune_chat

Summary: Phil Coulson is perfectly happy with his job in the army.

( A Minor Government Flunky )

On AO3.

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Fic: The Price of a Favor

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 23:31:04 GMT

My last and quickest-written Yuletide fic, another treat. And the one that got far and away the most comments! I guess people really love Timov.

Title: The Price of a Favor
Fandom: Babylon 5
Word Count: 1922 words
Written For: amatara
Summary: All Timov wants to do is live quietly. With Cartagia on the throne, that may not be an option.

( When rumors began to spread about Cartagia's madness, Timov discounted them. )

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Fic: In Which Daystar Learns Magic and Asks A Question

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 22:29:55 GMT

My second Yuletide fic of the year, this is the first Enchanted Forrest fic I've ever written. I wrote it as a treat a day or so before the deadline; I had to re-read the last Enchanted Forrest book, but that was no hardship ;)

Title: In Which Daystar Learns Magic and Asks A Question
Fandom: Enchanted Forrest Chronicles
Word Count: 1891 words
Written For: silencedancer
Summary: A little vignette set immediately post-Talking To Dragons

( The castle was large, and impressive, and didn't feel at all like home. By the time he'd been lost five times (which only took until noon, the day after the battle), Daystar would have liked very much to go back to the cabin he was raised in. )

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Fic: Learning Curve

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 22:20:56 GMT

The first Yuletide fic I wrote was for shobogan, who wanted Dana and Max learning to be superheros from Barbara Gordon.

Title: Learning Curve
Fandom: Batman Beyond
Word Count: 6,431
Written For: shobogan
Beta: sinesofinsanity
AN: I couldn't figure out how to fit Damien in to a canon where Bruce and "Talia" interact and neither mentions or even hints about him. So in this continuity, there are only four Robins.
Summary: Dana knows who she is. What she doesn't know is who she's going to be.

( Dana stared at the costumes in the cases, coat wrapped firmly around her. )

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Fanfic meme, ganked from kazbaby

Fri, 26 Oct 2012 22:41:22 GMT

Tell us the name of a favorite story you have written, and why is it your favorite.

Going through my fic, this was a really tough one to decide. I eventually had to pick two.

Overall, I would say To The Lord I Will Sing (Tanakh, Miriam and Deborah) and The Storyteller (Big Fish, Jenny Beamen Hill) are my two favorites.

The Song of Miriam and the Song of Deborah have fascinated me since I first studied them. They are, between them, two of the oldest fragments of text in the Tanakh (aka the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament). As patriarchal as the Bible can be, that's quite amazing. They also bear some superficial similarities, enough that some scholars claim they're actually two versions of what was originally the same song. I don't know about that, but Miriam is the only female prophet in the Tanakh and Deborah is the only female judge, and they were both awesome in their different ways. This story allowed me to play with the Biblical text, highlighting the similarities and differences between them, and the interplay of language. It also let me do interesting things with structure. I had so much fun writing it.

The Storyteller was a Yuletide fic, and an attempt to work through the theme of Big Fish (an excellent movie, you should all see it if you haven't) from a feminist perspective. The story is all about the unreliable narrator, as Will explores the fantastical stories his father told him as a child. But what I didn't understand until I wrote this story is that Will himself is an unreliable narrator. Making Jenny the main character of my story gave me a chance to explore the truth behind the stories, and the reasons people tell the stories they do, all while having fun with the lush world of the south shown in the movie.

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Fic: Four Times Laura Roslin Regretted Banning Abortion, and One Time She Didn't

Wed, 04 Jul 2012 21:00:49 GMT

Title: Four Times Laura Roslin Regretted Banning Abortion, and One Time She Didn't
Author: beatrice_otter
Fandom: Battlestar Galactica
Word Count: 900
Written For: geekbynight in the Awesome Ladies 2012 ficfest.

Read on AO3.

( Four Times + One )

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Fic: E is for Elegance

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 20:13:47 GMT

Title: E is for Elegance
Author: beatrice_otter
Fandom: Stargate: SG-1
Rating: G
Warnings: none
Word Count: 2,331
Written For: fignewton's Bra'tac Alphabet Soup
AN: did you know that the Gateworld encyclopedia spells "kel'no'reem" as "kelnorim"?
Summary: The opposite of crude.

Read on AO3

( Bra'tac was in his third decade when he noticed it for the first time. )

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Fic: Stories We Tell Ourselves

Tue, 08 May 2012 13:19:00 GMT

Title: Stories We Tell Ourselves
Characters: Sarah Connor, Catherine Weaver, John Henry
Fandom: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Rating: G
Warnings: none
Betaed By: hradzka
Word Count: 3084
Written For: such_heights for rarewomen 2012
Summary: Weaver returns post-born to run, with an offer for Sarah.

At AO3

( The doorbell rang. Sarah tensed. )

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Fic: Family Matters (The Things Inside Remix)

Tue, 01 May 2012 02:22:20 GMT

Title: Family Matters (The Things Inside Remix)
Characters: Anastasia Dualla, a Six, Bill Adama, Lee Adama
Pairing: Anastasia Dualla/Lee Adama, Six/Lee Adama
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: assault, Cylon mindgames.
Summary: Dee is on Pegasus, finding her place. A Six is on New Caprica, learning what she doesn't know. Lee Adama is a Cylon prisoner, but this is not his story. A New Caprica AU.
Original Story: Give You All by nicole_anell
Author's Notes: Many thanks to lls_mutant for the beta
Word Count: 32,560 words

At AO3

( Family Matters (The Things Inside Remix) )

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Fic: The First Rule of Anthropology (the Missed Chances Remix)

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 18:53:28 GMT

Title: The First Rule of Anthropology (the Missed Chances Remix)
Fandom: Stargate: SG-1
Characters: Daniel Jackson, Sam Carter
Word Count: 5353
Written for: melayneseahawk in Remix 2012
Remix of:Another Chance
Summary: Nine years after Daniel leaves the SGC, the Stargate goes public.
Rating: Gen
Betaed by: secondalto

Read on AO3

( Can anyone tell me what the number one rule for an anthropologist is? )

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Fic: People Person

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 03:52:01 GMT

Title: People Person
Fandom: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Characters: Leeta
Word Count: 1306
Rating: gen
Summary: All in all, Leeta likes her life.

At AO3

( Leeta! I'm not paying you to stand around and daydream! )

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PSA: Distances in America

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:29:40 GMT

To all writers, both professional and fannish: America is a big place, and yet some of the important places (though not all) are relatively close together. Sometimes you have to fly to get places in a day. But not always. Sometimes, it is quicker to drive. When your characters are traveling somewhere in America, somewhere you have never been, please do some elementary research to figure out whether it would make more sense for your characters to fly or drive. There's this newfangled thing called Google Maps that can help. It is your friend. Use it.

I have seen so many goofs about stuff like that, it's not even funny. From pros and amateurs.

Like the ep of SG-1 where we meet Sam's new boyfriend Pete, a cop from Denver in Colorado Springs on a case, who says he flew there. It's only like an hour or two away by car.

Like the NCIS/SG-1 crossover where Gibbs et al took a helicopter to the SGC headquarters. From the Navy Yard. Now, the Navy Yard is in DC. The SGC is in Colorado Springs, which is over half a continent away. That's some helicopter. A commercial jet would have been a lot quicker.

Like the NCIS fic I just read where Gibbs' dad flew down to DC instead of driving. Stillwater's about 3.5/4 hours north of DC, and it's an hour away from the nearest airport (Scranton/Wilkes Barre); by the time you drove to the airport, got checked in, got through security, waited for the plane, flew down, got off the plane and through the airport, and then through DC traffic, it would probably be about that fast to just drive, and it would be a lot less hassle.

This is not rocket science, folks. It takes five minutes to figure out.

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Fic: The Times, They Are A-Changin'

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:33:07 GMT

Title: The Times, They Are A-Changin'
Author: beatrice_otter
Fandom: Vorkosiverse
Written for: salable_mystic for Winterfair 2012
Prompt: Something about the Armsmens' wives and mothers - do they all meet up regularly, at events? Have the equivalent of a stitch-n-bitch? How do they interact with the members of the families their sons and husbands are sworn to?

At AO3

( Helena Vogti Braud stared at her daughter in blank incomprehension. )

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Fic: A New Normal

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 02:25:04 GMT

Title: A New Normal
Fandom: Superman Returns
Characters: Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Richard White
Rating: Gen
Word Count: 1434
Written for: beckymonster in yuletide 2011
Summary: Jason needs medical help. The Fortress can give it. Lois, Richard, and Clark talk.
AN: thank you to kryptonian.info for the Kryptonian word for "father"

On AO3

( A New Normal )

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Fic: Herstory

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 02:00:14 GMT

Title: Herstory
Fandom: Vorkosiverse
Characters: Cordelia Naismith, Lady Vorrutyer Vorkosigan
Rating: Gen
Word Count: 3293
Written for: lannamichaels in yuletide 2011
Summary: Before being deployed for the Escobar-Barrayar war, Captain Cordelia Naismith goes to have a talk with Aral Vorkosigan's estranged ex-wife.

On AO3

( Cordelia paused to gather her thoughts before pressing the chime. She wasn't quite sure why she was here—it wasn't as if she expected to see Aral at all on her mission to deliver weapons systems to the beleaguered Escobar, and what could his ex-wife could tell her after all these years, anyway? )

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Fic: Family Values

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 01:34:21 GMT

Title: Family Values
Fandom: Vorkosiverse
Characters: Duv Galeni, Mark Vorkosigan
Rating: Gen
Betaed by: isiscolo
Word Count: 2210
Written for: trobadora in yuletide 2011
Summary: How does one make polite conversation with someone one's father tortured, physically, mentally, and emotionally, their entire childhood and adolescence?

On AO3

( Duv Galeni sat in the parlor at the Koudelka residence and sipped his coffee. Across from him, Mark Vorkosigan did the same. It was almost amusing, how studiously they were focused on their drinks. )

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Yuletide Fic: A Change in the Wind

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 01:13:51 GMT

Title: A Change in the Winds
Fandom: Mary Poppins/Doctor Who
Characters: Mary Poppins, Eleven
Rating: Gen
Betaed by: Morbane
Word Count: 2632
Timeline note: Takes place at least five years before "Mary Poppins," and during the Eleventh Doctor's time.
Written for: afterism in yuletide 2011

On AO3.

( Domaripopexnal—currently calling herself 'Marie Babineaux,' and before that 'Mary Poppins,' and before that 'Maria Pabst'—studied the list of errands the housekeeper had given her when she and her charges had left the house that morning. )

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Yuletide Fic: A Day in the Woods

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:46:24 GMT

Title: A Day in the Woods
Fandom: Starfire series by David Weber et al
Characters: Zhaarnak'telmasa and Raymond Prescott
Rating: Gen
Betaed by: Morbane
Word Count: 2632
AN: My beta noted the issue of both commanders being on leave at the same time. I don't see that this is any worse than both of them being on Xanadu at the same time (as we see them in the chapter); the half-hour or so to get back to the spaceport doesn't add much time to the hours it would take them to cross the system to the wormhole and into the action.
Timeline note: Missing scene from Chapter 5 of The Shiva Option, after the Bug attack

On AO3

( Ninety-First Small Fang of the Khan Zhaarnak'telmasa stalked silently thorugh the brush of Xanadu )

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Fic: Reflections in Moving Water

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 04:38:21 GMT

Title: Reflections in Moving Water
Fandoms: Criminal Minds/X-men/X-men First Class
Characters: David Rossi, Aaron Hotchner, Derek Morgan, Spencer Reid; Magneto, Professor Xavier, Hank "Beast" McCoy
Pairings: none
Rating: PG-13
Word count: 17,703
Spoilers: Criminal Minds Season 07 episode 8 "Hope" and all of the X-Men movies. Also, bits and pieces of information have been cherry-picked from the comics, but there shouldn't be any spoilers there.
Warnings: period-accurate (1960s) use of racial slurs.
Disclaimer Criminal MInds and X-Men belong to their respective creators
A/N: Thank you to perdiccas for the beta
Written for: liliaeth in xover_exchange

Summary: When the BAU is ordered to update the profiles on the Brotherhood of Mutants, Rossi must revisit a past he doesn't talk about.

Reflections in Moving Water

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Xover Exchange Stories posted!

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 04:34:49 GMT

I received Quiet is the Steep Stair Under, by minarchy . I asked for women being awesome, and she delivered. Doctor Who/X-Men, starring Mystique, River, and Rogue. In the High Security Unit of the Stormcage Containment Facility, Erik Lehnsherr has a visitor.

I wrote Reflections in Moving Water for liliaeth. At 17.7k words, it is slightly more epic than I thought it would be, but I'm happy with it. Criminal Minds/X-men/X-men First Class starring David Rossi (and Hotch, Morgan, Reid, Magneto, Professor Xavier, and Hank "Beast" McCoy). Gen, PG-13
Warnings: period-accurate (1960s) use of racial slurs.
A/N: Thank you to perdiccas for the beta
Summary: When the BAU is ordered to update the profiles on the Brotherhood of Mutants, Rossi must revisit a past he doesn't talk about.

There are many other good stories, so if crossovers are your thing, check it out!

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A Space for Faith

Sun, 16 Oct 2011 16:57:56 GMT

Title: A Space For Faith
Author: beatrice_otter
Artist: rainyrocket
Fandom: Star Trek: Deep Space 9
Characters: Tora Manar, Soval (not the one from Enterprise)
Rating: G
Word Count: 22,758
Note: betaed by sharpest_asp , written for oc_bigbang
Warnings: none
Summary: Tora Manar grew up in the camps, during the Cardassian Occupation of Bajor. She loves Bajor, but she's ready to see the galaxy. Now Bajoran separatists threaten to end her Starfleet career before it can really get started.
Fic at AO3: A Space For Faith
Link to Art: A Space for Faith Art

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Fic: True Colors

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 00:30:18 GMT

Title: True Colors
Author: beatrice_otter
Warnings: none
Written For: 2011 Bujold Fest
Fandom: Vorkosiverse
Characters: Aral, Piotr, Xav, OC
Rating: PG
Betaed by: philomytha
Prompt: Ezar dies during the war against Yuri. Xav can't take the throne--too old?--so Aral becomes the boy emperor of Barrayar.
Summary: Aral was doing math problems and grumbling about it when they got the word. Da later told people that Aral had been studying military strategy, and Aral didn’t contradict him, but really, it was math.

At AO3

( Read more... )

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fic: Darcy's Surprise

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 23:30:24 GMT

Title: Darcy's Surprise
Author: beatrice_otter
Rating: PG
Source: Temeraire—Naomi Novik. Pride and Prejudice
Characters: Elizabeth Bennet, Fitzwilliam Darcy, Jane Bennet Bingley, Admiral Portland
Warnings: none
Word Count: 4432
Betaed by: lastscorpion
Summary: While investigating Mrs Bingley’s secret, Mr Darcy receives an unwelcome shock.
Timeline Note: His Majesty’s Dragon takes place in 1805; Victory of Eagles in 1808. Pride and Prejudice takes place 1811-1812. Therefore, I’m trying to avoid war events, as I have no clue what’s going to happen next. (The real-world timeline isn’t exactly a help.) This is convenient as I suck at writing action.
Sequel to: Lieutenant Bennet's Visit

At AO3

( Ah, Darcy, I cannot tell you how glad I am to see you, Bingley said )

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Fic: In Due Season

Wed, 11 May 2011 02:38:05 GMT

Title: In Due Season
Author: beatrice_otter
Warning: non-con, but nothing graphic--check the characters!
Written For: Where No Woman Mother’s Day fest.
Fandom: Deep Space Nine
Characters: Sarah Prophet, Sarah Sisko, Joseph Sisko, Benjamin Sisko
Rating: PG
Betaed by: sharpest_asp
Prompt: 55. Sarah Prophet - human motherhood isn't exactly easy for a wormhole alien.
Summary: “At the set time I will return to you, in due season, and Sarah shall have a son." Genesis 18:14

At AO3

( In the end--what the human Sarah sees as the end--it is so very easy to relinquish the human shell htat has contained her for two years. )

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