Otter's Rock

I'm feeling the need to write something different. You know what that means; fic prompt time. So. Anyone who wants me to write them a fic, comment here. Fics will be at least 500 words long. Each person should make at least two requests, of which I will write one. Each request should contain one or more characters from the list below and a short prompt (theme, quote, etc). ONE request may be for a sequel/timestamp/missing scene/etc. from a fic I have already written. (For instance, I would not be averse at all to writing something more in the universe where Maria von Trapp from the Sound of Music was a Potential.) Crossovers are acceptable, provided I am familiar with both fandoms. I do not write slash or explicit sex.

BSG:
The Cylons (including the Final Five)
Bill Adama
Laura Roslin

Once Upon A Time:
Emma
Snow
Charming
Henry

Stargate: SG-1
Teal'c
Sam
Daniel
General Hammond
Sha're
Jacob Carter

Superman:
Clark/Kal-El/Superman
Lois
Richard
Jimmy
Perry
Kon-El
Martha Kent
Jonathan Kent

Batman:
Bruce/Batman
Lucius Fox
Jim Gordon
Tim Drake
Babs Gordon
Terry McGinnis

Wonder Woman (as long as you don't mind a mish-mash of all DC canon regarding her)

Babylon 5:
Lennier
Marcus Cole
Delenn
Vir
G'Kar
Stephen Franklin
Susan Ivanova
Londo

Star Wars:
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Princess Leia
Mara Jade
Luke Skywalker
Han Solo
Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader
Padme Amidala

Star Trek:
Spock
Amanda
Sarek
Scotty
Uhura
Sulu
Troi
Geordi
Dax
Sisko
Kira
Odo
Garak

Vorkosigan:
Any

Terminator: SCC
John
Sarah
Derek
Cameron
Ellison
Weaver
John Henry

Marvel Movieverse:
Steve Rogers
Peggy Carter
Dr. Erskine
Pepper Potts
Maria Hill
Natasha Romanov
Bucky Barnes
 

It starts this Friday!  I can't wait; it's perfect timing, as I just bought Season 2.  Man, I absolutely love this show.  I love Sarah, and Cameron, and John, and Derek, and Weaver, and Ellison, and Savannah, and John Henry, and all of them.  Yay!

Remix Redux is open!  A lovely story was written for me.  Autumn (the Ashes and Roses Remix) is a remix of Summer Experience.  It's a good story, that incorporates some of the head canon for that 'verse that I mentioned in a comment on my DW, and the anony mouse got Sarah Connor's voice perfectly.  Go read and review!

Comment on "Summer Experience" via the Pit of Voles:

Nice try but there are some questions you should answer.

First of all:
Who is Dr. Baums Wife ?


You leave more Questions than "Born to run"

Gee, thanks, reviewer.  Never mind that that's not the story I was telling.  Or that, in any story/vignette that small, there will be far more questions raised than answered.  That's the point.  That's why I love reading and writing them: they raise questions and make you think and leave you a lot of space to fill in your own ideas.

I wrote two fics:

Rio Bravo: My Three Good Companions.  This is a post-movie story to showcase the wonderful camaraderie of the three main characters.  Rio Bravo is a 1959 Western starring John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, and Walter Brennan.  It's a little formulaic, but it's about the height of that genre.  For classic Westerns, it doesn't get much better.  I am always amazed at how much gets packed into each frame, how much good acting and directing there is.  For example, the first five minutes of the film set up the action for the whole rest of the movie, and does so clearly and brilliantly without using any words at all.  The audience simply doesn't need them.  (Also, it is one of Wayne's many later films that works to counter racist stereotypes either subtly or blatantly.  Wayne's only friend in town outside his deputies is the owner of the hotel, a short cheerful Hispanic man.  Carlos shares the duty of comic relief with Walter Brennan, but in the shootout at the end he shows up to provide ammunition and covering fire while the white citizens of town hang back and watch from a distance as if this battle to protect them is merely an afternoon's entertainment.)

Terminator: the Sarah Connor Chronicles:  Eudaimonia.  I always loved the underlying philosophical questions of SCC, particularly between Ellison and John Henry, and this was a wonderful excuse to explore it, so I jumped on this pinch-hit as soon as I spotted it.

I just received the most awesome story for scc_reloaded. The story is Independence Day by missnya. It's about Derek and Kyle, learning to survive after Judgment Day. It's gorgeous, lyrical writing, from child-Kyle's perspective, and if you have any interest whatsoever in any form of the Terminator franchise, you absolutely must, must, must read this fic. I cannot rec it highly enough.

Really, I do. But the thing is, I have very specific tastes when it comes to icons. (Hey, my parents are professional photographers--I grew up with photographic art all around me, I got picky about it.) First, they have to be relatively simple. Nothing too busy. It's only 100x100 pixels, people, you get too much stuff in there and it just looks cluttered and muddy. I don't like it when people use weird filters and coloring and stuff--it almost always detracts from the impact of the image. I want that sucker to pop. I like dramatic images and vibrant colors. Contrasts with light and shadow. If there's text, it's got to be awesome text with a reason for being on that icon, and also text that resonates with something I'm likely to want to be talking about in a post that icon could be used with. The image itself needs to be, well, iconic. Striking. Memorable. Not just another headshot of a character or screencap from a random scene in a random episode. If it's a specific moment, that moment needs to be obvious and a critical moment. If it's a character shot, it needs to capture the essence of that character or say something about him or her. Above all, not generic. This is all the stuff an icon has to be before I even give it a second glance, regardless of fandom or anything else about it. (I do occasionally go for a humorous icon, but not for this fandom.)

What am I looking for specifically in a Terminator icon? I want it to be of Cameron, Sarah, or John, or some combination of the three of them. I want it to be kickass, not angsty. I absolutely do not want any romantic/shippy stuff. Some shows I ship, some I'm pure gen, some I waffle on; my Terminator love if pure gen.

I've spent the last several weeks looking at every icon post listed on judgment_daily and haven't found anything.

Title: Priorities
Author: beatrice_otter
Fandom: Terminator: the Sarah Connor Chronicles
Summary: Cameron, at the end of Born to Run
Rating: G
Characters: Cameron, John Henry
Word Count: 1414
Betaed by: hradzka

( The structure and organization of the computer banks that served as John Henry’s central processing unit are far different from the chip that served the same purpose in Cameron’s body. )

You must read this story. It's awesome. hradzka is the king of gen, particularly gen dealing with parent-child relationships, and this is a future fic about Catherine and Savannah Weaver (from Terminator: the Sarah Connor Chronicles) that's creepy, brilliant, and yet strangely hopeful. I cannot reccomend it highly enough.

Catherine Weaver wins. Then what?

Title: the end of the world as we know it
Author: beatrice_otter
Fandom: Terminator
Rating: PG
Pairing: John Connor/Kate Brewster
Warnings: none
Spoilers: Terminator 3
Word Count: 1851
Written For: seldear in yuletide
Prompt: Their first night in the bunker, having to learn about each other. Does not have to involve sex, but should involve some form of comfort.