AO3 Alphabet Meme

Oct. 27th, 2025 04:10 pm
beatrice_otter: This looks like a good day for World Domination (World Domination)
[personal profile] beatrice_otter
All the cool kids are doing it, so I guess I will too:

How many letters of the alphabet have you used for starting a fic title? One fic per line, ‘A’ and 'The’ do not count for 'a’ and ’t’. Post your score out of 26 at the end, along with your total fic count.

A. Anatomy of a Secret--Jadzia Dax in the Reboot universe.
B. the bells are going to chime--My Fair Lady, Eliza/Colonel Pickering post-movie
C. Currency--Star Wars/Babylon 5, Han and Chewie take a job carrying cargo to a place so far out in Wild Space they've never even heard of the Empire. Or the Jedi.
D. The Desert Between--Reboot, Spock/Uhura, and vulcan worldbuilding
E. Essential To Your Own--TNG, Data/Geordi
F. Family Matters (The Things Inside Remix)--BSG, 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.
G. The Genetics Factory--Criminal Minds/Stargate, In Detroit, homeless addicts are turning up dead. But there's more to the case than meets the eye, and the BAU finds themselves looking for something they don't understand. For Derek, it gets personal.
H. The Heart's Desire--Rivers of London, Abigail has earned her right to become a practitioner of magic. Now, the training begins.
I. Interview with the Robot--Fandom for Robots
J. Just Like Old Times--Stargate SG-1, Teal'c and Daniel, on an adventure.
K. Kitty and Georgy (The Healing Old Hurts Remix)--Pride and Prejudice, Kitty is often ill, but she is determined to live her best life anyway.
L. Little Ship Lost--TNG, On a routine mission, a wormhole opens up near Enterprise, and a ship pops out. It's challenging to rescue people who don't trust you.
M. Matters of Perspective--TNG, Picard and Guinan post Time's Arrow
N. Not Place, But People--Enterprise, The older Enterprise wasn't destroyed after all. When it limps back to Earth, Trip finds Lorian and invites him home to meet the family.
O. The Offer--Vorkosiverse, An AU where Aral didn't survive Mad Yuri's Massacre, but his sister did.
P. Pale Battalions--SG-1, Teal'c goes home after a glorious battle in Apophis' name.
Q. 
R. Revenge of the Zillo Beast--Star Wars, Mace and Anakin have killed the Zillo Beast every way they can think of in different time loops. Maybe killing the Beast won't solve the problem?
S. Schoolwork--DS9, Jake misses his dad, now he's with the Prophets, but he still has his friends, his family, and his career.
T. Third Chance--Star Trek, AU, This isn't the first time Ro has had to start her life over, nor the first time she's had to deal with people who don't like or trust her.
U. Undiscovered Stars--Star Wars/Star Trek, Just how far out in the Unknown Regions was he, Lando wondered, that they didn't use hyperdrives?
V. Vast Beyond Knowing (The Details Remix)--Star Wars. Anakin, Luke, Rey. The desert taught them much. But not everything.
W. Wachet Auf--Rivers of London, In 1940, Nightingale has to catch a Nazi spy armed with a magical device. In 2016, Nightingale and others fall into a magical coma, and Peter Grant must figure out why it happened and how to end it.
X. X is for Xenophobia--SG-1, Little Jake Carter knew all about people who Weren't Like Us.
Y.
Z.

22/26, not bad. Interesting that I have X but not Y; from looking at other peoples' lists, it's usually the other way around. (If I'd done more Stargate Alphabet Soups, I might have filled in the missing letters.) I have, by the way, written 264 fics in approximately 110 fandoms over the course of almost 20 years. (Some fandoms are squishy, and it depends how you count them.)

A(o3)lphabet

Oct. 27th, 2025 08:29 pm
schneefink: River walking among trees, from "Safe" (Default)
[personal profile] schneefink
The alphabet meme from lots of places (title stolen from [personal profile] dhampyresa.)

Rules: How many letters of the alphabet have you used for starting a fic title? One fic per line, ‘A’ and 'The’ do not count for 'a’ and ’t’. Post your score out of 26 at the end, along with your total fic count.

A: Assuming Shape, Young Avengers, 4k Sarah Altmann gen
B: Building for the Future, Castlevania (TV), 2k Hector & Isaac post-canon
C: Claw Out Your Eyes and Devour You, Hades 2, 1.4k ~Scylla/Melinoe
D: Drawn To You, Hockey RPF, 7.4k Robert Bortuzzo/Beau Bennett soulmate&prostitute AU
E: Etho's Escort Service From Hell, Hermitcraft, 1.5k Etho & Cleo
F: Forget-Me(-Not), The Gardener's Hand, 0.8k Alizhan & Thiyo missing scene
G: Go About Your Business, Act As If You're Free, Phoenotopia: Awakening, 2.1k Lisa & Bart post-canon
H:
I: In the Dream Grove, Dice Disasters, 1.9k Jasmin & Cody
J:
K: Kadavo, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, 1.8k Rex missing scene
L: Loop One Alliance, Life Series, 8k Impulse-centric Double Life time loop
M: Memories Of a Life Not Lived, Life Series/Hermitcraft, 1.5k, Cleo & Etho
N: Next Time Bring Candles, Food, 5.2k, SGA, Teyla&team gen
O: Only a little, The Bright Sessions, 6.6k, Adam & Damien canon divergence AU
P: Potato Blossom Magic, Dream SMP, 0.4k Techno&Phil sex pollen
Q:
R: Ritual of Cooperation, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, 14.1k Johannes & Zangetsu missing scene
S: Sitting by the Tree, Killjoys, Dutch & Johnny gen
T: Things That Make You Think Different, Steerswoman, 2.7k Steffie gen
U: Uncut Gems, The Fire's Stone, 3.8k ~Darvish/Aaron time travel
V: Various Ways to Victory, Life Series/Hermitcraft, 1.8k Pearl & Scar post-Secret Life gen
W: What Needs to Be Done (To Make a Difference, Hermitcraft/Hotguy Comics Zine, Pearl missing scenes
X:
Y:
Z:

20/26 with 126 works.
rachelmanija: (Books: old)
[personal profile] rachelmanija
An excellent used bookshop in Tucson, The Book Stop, may be closing down unless the current owner, who is retiring, can find someone to take it over. Her contact info is on the "contact" page.

Anyone want to run a used bookshop in Tucson? It's really great and has an excellent location. I can vouch that being a bookshop owner is the best job ever unless you want to make lots of money.

Feel free to link or copy this.

Alphabet meme

Oct. 27th, 2025 07:39 am
laurajv: Holmes & Watson's car is as cool as Batman's (Default)
[personal profile] laurajv
Picked up the AO3 alphabet meme from [personal profile] viridian5:

Rules: How many letters of the alphabet have you used for starting a fic title? One fic per line, 'A' and 'The' do not count for 'a' and 't'. Post your score out of 26 at the end, along with your total fic count.

Is this is when I am punished for not having uploaded all my old fic to AO3? Let us find out.

A: As compasses. The Goblin Emperor, Idra & Maia
B: Baresark. due South, Fraser/RayK
C: Contamination. Sherlock, casefic
D: Dry Cell. Highlander, Duncan & Methos
E: Exhalation. Star Trek x The Sentinel, Jim/Blair. Second in a series.
F: From Sweet Fellowship Comes Nectar. LOTR, Legolas/Gimli
G: Gammer Gurton's Garland. Sherlock, Sherlock/John, Eurus.
H: hold fast (hold steady). Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Cody, OC/OC
I: I spread my dreams under your feet. Star Trek 2009, Spock/Uhura.
J: [nothing]
K: Kaiidth. Star Trek 2009, Spock, T'Pring, T'Pau, Stonn
L: Lied: Lay My Heart Naked. LOTR, Legolas/Gimli.
M: Maybe Next Time. The Sentinel, Jim/Blair.
N: Numberless the ways, and imperceptible. LOTR, Legolas/Gimli.
O: Once Upon A Time. Highlander, Methos/Kronos.
P: a picnic planned for you and me. Good Omens TV, Aziraphale/Crowley
Q: [nothing]
R: Roust. Written with [personal profile] basingstoke. due South, Fraser/RayK.
S: ship's night, residential deck, third corridor. MCU, Loki & Thor
T: Tech. Hockey RPF, gen
U: unsuitable. The Bone Key, A Theory of Haunting. Blanche Parrington Crowe, Griselda Parrington, & the unfortunate Kyle Murchison Booth.
V: Valse a deux temps. due South x The Sentinel, Fraser/RayK, Jim/Blair
W: The Wrong Tree. Sherlock, Sherlock/John.
X: [nothing]
Y: [nothing]
Z: [nothing]

21/26. I'm almost certain uploading my old fic would not have helped. What I should stop doing is using so many I and W titles and branch out a little more.
sholio: Gurathin from Murderbot looking soft and wondering (Murderbot-Gura)
[personal profile] sholio
No. 26: “Nothing like a relapse to rehash the kid who was scared.”
Relapse | Drawn Curtains | Power Cut

[TV-verse] Murderbot & Gurathin, 800 wds
Also posted on AO3 as Power Through.

800 wds under the cut )

B5 fic: Where You End (And I Begin)

Oct. 26th, 2025 10:31 pm
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[personal profile] sholio
This is another one that's been sitting around in my drafts for a while now, mostly because I was trying to work out Lyta's POV chapter, and whether I was happy with the ending, but I finally decided to tidy it up and post it basically as-is. (Spoilers for everything; mostly gen despite the pairing notes.)

Where You End (And I Begin) (Babylon 5, G'Kar/Londo, Lyta/G'Kar [sort of], 4900 wds)
Lyta, G'Kar, Londo, and lingering vestiges of Dust telepathy. Set about a year after "Objects at Rest."

Write Every Day: Day 27

Oct. 27th, 2025 05:51 pm
china_shop: Close-up of Zhao Yunlan grinning (Default)
[personal profile] china_shop
“The more you write, the bigger the imagined world gets. And the other life stays on the chair, quiet, where the body is still.”
– Yu Hua, via The Paris Review

My day 27: Wrote a meta comment on our Guardian slo-mo rewatch and spent the rest of the day reading on the couch. I'm still resting my arms, and the weather is nasty. Yay for cat, heater, and book (The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Sayers, for the record)! :-)

Thanks to [personal profile] alightbuthappypen for offering to host for November! \o/

The tally
Tally )

Day 25: [personal profile] alightbuthappypen, [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cmk418, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] the_siobhan, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] ysilme

Day 26: [personal profile] alightbuthappypen, [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] brithistorian, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cmk418, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] trobadora

When you check in, please say what day(s) you’re checking in for. You can join in or take a break at any time; you’re always welcome back. And please let me know if I’ve missed you.

Spook Me fic postings!

Oct. 26th, 2025 11:47 pm
rhi: jack o'lantern smiling.  Trick, not treat. (Halloween pumpkin)
[personal profile] rhi
Two stories so far this year (I'm trying to finish the third):

No Rest For The Licked (3678 words) by Gryphonrhi
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel (Comics)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Steve Rogers, Clint Barton, Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Tony Stark, JARVIS the AI (Marvel), Hulk (Marvel)
Additional Tags: Spook Me Multi-Fandom Halloween Ficathon
Summary:

"Eight foot frogs in Central Park? J, the sun's not even up."

"The people reporting it sounded awake and sober, I'm sorry to say. Sir will make pickup in six."

Steve was in a warm bed, pleasantly tired from the night before, and he'd been promised a very good breakfast. "This job," he sighed and went to get changed. Maybe there'd be a coffee cart open when it was over.



Operation Shock and Claw (2610 words) by Gryphonrhi
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: DCU
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Scarecrow, Tim Drake (DCU)
Additional Tags: Spook Me Multi-Fandom Halloween Ficathon
Summary:

Fear gas is an ongoing experiment, not yet perfected.



Hope you enjoy!
sholio: murderbot group from episode 10 (Murderbot-family1)
[personal profile] sholio
While I slog my way back from a 9-hour time difference of jet lag, I decided to make characters suffer too.

Organic (Murderbot books, MB & Mensah, 2600 wds)
Murderbot isn't sure what's up with its unreliable systems this time, so it asks Mensah. (Set somewhere after System Collapse.)

This one's pretty definitely bookverse, or at least bookverse-compatible; there's nothing specific to the TV universe.

2553 / Columbus; Meme

Oct. 26th, 2025 05:25 pm
siria: (the pitt - dana depart)
[personal profile] siria
Columbus )

As seen across my friends page: the AO3 alphabet meme!

How many letters of the alphabet have you used for [starting] a fic title? One fic per line, 'A' and 'The' do not count for 'a' and 't'. Post your score out of 26 at the end, along with your total fic count.

I tried to randomly sample across a variety of fandoms.

A: Adventures in Community-Based Policing, Wellington Paranormal, O'Leary/OFC, Minogue/OMC
B: baby, when i heard you, Doctor Who, Fifteen/Rogue
C: A Change is as Good as a Rest, Ted Lasso, Roy/Keeley/Jamie
D: The Dark Horse and the Piece of Work, Good Omens, Gen
E: Each Pumpkin History, Teen Wolf, Derek/Stiles
F: Fate, the Moon, and Other Stories, Los Espookys, Gen
G: Gibraltar May Tumble, The Old Guard, Joe/Nicky
H: Handbook for the Recently Deceased, MCU/DCU, Gen
I: The Importance of Being Armand, Interview with the Vampire, Armand/Daniel
J: Judith and her Maidservant, Venom, Gen
K: kahua o Mali'o, Hawaii Five-0, Steve/Danny
L: Like Brothers We Meet, ER/The Pitt, Jack/Robby
M: The Meaning of Silk, Our Flag Means Death, Ed/Stede
N: Neither Cook Nor Bog Witch Be, The Bastard Son and the Devil Himself, Gabriel/Nathan/Annalise
O: On Making a Legit Human Baby and Other Stories, Buzzfeed Unsolved RPF, Ryan/Shane
P: Period, Full Stop, The Old Guard, Gen
Q: Q&A, Superman (2025), Clark/Lois
R: A Regent's Park Hello, The Old Guard, Joe/Nicky
S: A Schitt's Creek Begorrah, Schitt's Creek, Patrick/David
T: The Thirteenth Step, The Newsreader, Tim/Dale
U: Unboxing, ER, Benton/Carter
V: Vanilla, Interview with the Vampire, Lestat/Louis
W: Waylaid, Stargate Atlantis, Teyla/Rodney
X: —
Y: you in the sea, Hawaii Five-0, Steve/Danny
Z: —

My score is 24/26, out of 637 fics on AO3. I guess I've got to start thinking about X and Z titles to get the full set!

wrote some things for Spook Me

Oct. 26th, 2025 03:22 pm
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[personal profile] merryghoul
Sweetbreads (200 words) by merryghoul
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Original Work
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Original Male Character(s)
Additional Tags: Cooking Lessons, Organs, Ficlet
Series: Part 13 of Spook Me Ficathon
Summary: An excerpt from a cooking show on how to prepare sweetbreads.

We Could Die Like This (4743 words) by merryghoul
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: World Wrestling Entertainment
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Major Character Death
Relationships: Charlotte/Becky Lynch | Rebecca Knox, Becky Lynch | Rebecca Knox/Seth Rollins | Tyler Black, Sasha Banks/Becky Lynch | Rebecca Knox, Finn Balor | Prince Devitt/Becky Lynch | Rebecca Knox, Becky Lynch | Rebecca Knox & Lyra Valkyria, Bayley | Davina Rose/Seth Rollins | Tyler Black, Sasha Banks & Bayley | Davina Rose
Characters: Becky Lynch | Rebecca Knox, Finn Balor | Prince Devitt, Lyra Valkyria, Bayley | Davina Rose, Sasha Banks, Seth Rollins | Tyler Black, Original Characters
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Time Travel, Inspired by Final Destination (Movies), Inspired by Irish Mythology, Little Black Dress, Surreal, Tokyo (City), Car Accidents, Homophobic Language, Japanese Mythology & Folklore, WWE Clash in Paris, Accidental Death, Hotels, Reality TV, Electrocution, WWE SummerSlam 2018, Podcast, WWE Wrestlepalooza, Airports
Series: Part 14 of Spook Me Ficathon
Summary: Becky Lynch is living her best life when a raven suddenly appears.
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