Finally Growing Wise (Penny and Conflict Diamond, PG-13)

[minkhollow]

Title: Finally Growing Wise
Author: minkhollow
Fandom: Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: brief violence and a few odd moral compasses
Prompt: 124) It is bitter to lose a friend to evil before one loses him to death.-- Mary Renault (1905-1983), English author of contemporary and historical novels, and non-fiction.
Summary: Penny can't say what the world's coming to, when a jewel thief is asking her for help against the Evil League of Evil and both of the new guys in her life have surprisingly nasty sides to them, but either way, she suspects her life just got a lot more interesting - and that she can't just ignore this one until it goes away.
Author's Notes: I've wanted to do Penny backstory that isn't a roster of her dating history for a while now, and this ficathon is the perfect place for that. We go AU shortly after Act I, though there are a couple situational spoilers and lines from Act II in the mix. Thanks to gehayi and quinby for beta-reading.

( Finally Growing Wise )
(Or, if you want, you can read it on my Dreamwidth fic journal.)

Femgenficathon!

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Posting for FemGen 2009 is now open!

I can't wait to see what everyone has written.

(And don't worry if you haven't finished the story yet. You've got till October 1 to post.)

Truth is so rare that it is delightful to tell it (Torchwood, Suzie Costello)

[used_songs]

Title: Truth is so rare that it is delightful to tell it
Author: used_songs 
Fandom: Torchwood
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: swearing, dark themes, death
Prompt: Prompt: 72) I was learning the importance of names -- having them, making them -- but at the same time I sensed the dangers. Recognition was followed by oblivion, a yawning maw whose victims disappeared without a trace. -- Josephine Baker (1906-1975), African-American expatriate singer, dancer and actress.
Summary: Suzie Costello has come back and she has no intention of leaving.
Author's Notes: Thank you to my betas blue_fjords , redsnake05 , and santousha  who helped make this fic what it is.


( Truth )

The Other Path, Hermione Granger, PG-13

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Title: The Other Path
Author: laleia
Fandom: Harry Potter
Rating/Warnings: PG-13, No warnings, I think
Characters/Pairings: Hermione Granger, canon pairings
Prompt: I am, was, and always will be a catalyst for change. -- Shirley Chisholm (1924-2005), African-American politician, author, teacher at Mount Holyoke College and public speaker. First African-American woman elected to Congress (1968). First African-American Presidential candidate from a major party and first woman to run for the Democratic Presidential nomination (1972).
Summary: When they gossip about her in the streets, she holds her tongue and promises to herself that they will see.
Author's Notes: Thanks a bunch to my betas, theladyrose, darklightluna, shadows_rising

( It's because she's weak, they whisper as she walks past. )