underlined for emphasis, Renesmee Cullen and Jo Harvelle, PG

[metonomia.livejournal.com]

Title: underlined for emphasis
Author: metonomia 
Fandom: Twilight, Supernatural
Rating: PG
Warnings: a little violence, even less language
Prompt: Prompt #4 - I was thought to be 'stuck up.' I wasn't. I was just sure of myself. This is and always has been an unforgivable quality to the unsure. - Bette Davis
Summary: Be the change you want to see in the world, she quotes at herself, and laughs because she'll never change again, and tells herself instead let the world change the way you want to see.
Author's Notes: I started out trying to stick fairly closely to the prompt, but the final story doesn't really have much to do with it.  The title is from T.S. Eliot's poem Whispers of Immortality, and a huge thank-you to be_themoon  for the beta!


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The Edge of Possibilities (Beyond the Western Sea, Maura O'Connell, G)

[nocowardsoul]

Title: The Edge of Possibilities
Author: nocowardsoul
Fandom: Beyond the Western Sea
Rating: G
Prompt: 64) I have noticed that as soon as you have soldiers the story is called history. Before their arrival it is called myth, folktale, legend, fairy tale, oral poetry, ethnography. After the soldiers arrive, it is called history. -- Paula Gunn Allen (1939-2008), Laguna Pueblo/Sioux/Lebanese/Scottish-American novelist, poet, biographer, academic, literary critic and activist.
Summary: Maura takes a risk and learns something she doesn't like.
( Tuesday, January 28, 1851 )

"Burial of the Saints" [Star Trek: The Next Generation, Lwaxana Troi, PG]

[ariestess]

Title: Burial of the Saints
Author: A. Magiluna Stormwriter, aka ariestess
Email: stormwriter@shatterstorm.net
Rating: PG
Focus: Lwaxana Troi
Pairings: Beverly/Deanna
Date: 9-10 August 2010
Word Count: 2221
Written for: femgenficathon 2010 [see prompt below]
Written for: plot_wout_porn 2010
Summary: "Time is inevitable, Little One, and it's long past my time to be the driving force of the Fifth House of Betazed."
Sequel: This story is in the same universe as Keep It Precious @ http://bdkk.shatterstorm.net/tng/precious.html
Spoilers: Post-series. Assume that the wedding in the movies never happened, okay? Additionally, consider all of the Lwaxana episodes from TNG and DS9 as fair game.
Website: ShatterStorm Productions – Not From Around Here
Link to: http://sff.shatterstorm.net/
Archive: ShatterStorm Productions & AO3 only…all others ask for permission & we'll see…

Disclaimer: "Star Trek: The Next Generation," the characters, and situations depicted are the property Paramount Pictures, CBS Television, and several other people or companies over the years. This piece of fan fiction was created for entertainment not monetary purposes. Previously unrecognized characters and places, and this story, are copyrighted to the author. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author. This site is in no way affiliated with "Star Trek: The Next Generation," Paramount Pictures, or any representatives of the actors.

Prompt: I was thought to be 'stuck up.' I wasn't. I was just sure of myself. This is and always has been an unforgivable quality to the unsure.--Bette Davis (1908-1989), Academy-Award-winning American actress, author, co-founder and president of the Hollywood Canteen, a WWII club offering free food, drink and entertainment to men and women in all branches of the armed forces and to service people of all allied countries, and first female president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Author’s Notes: The minute I got my prompt, I knew I’d be writing for Lwaxana Troi. The prompt just screamed her name for me. Which is utterly awesome, because I simply don’t write enough for her. That I inserted the Bev/Deanna relationship is just kind of a given, to be honest. Truth be told, this plot was NOT my first plot. I’d started another story a while back, but that idea just wasn’t gelling for me. So, after struggling for a long time with that other plot [which will get used at some point down the line], this idea just gelled in and of itself. This was partially because of listening to Pink’s “Ave Mary-A” while on a long plane trip, but moreso because of listening to the A Perfect View CD by Bound For Severance, particularly the track “Burial of the Saints”. At that point the story just became a frantic pounding of keys for me to get it out. The tanka that opens the story was also written by me, as it’s a favorite poem form of mine, but is supposed to be attributed to Mr. Homn within the story’s context.

All text in ~italics~ denotes telepathic speech.

Timeline Notes: The basics of Deanna and Lwaxana’s storylines and backgrounds from the series stands, tho’ this story does combine information from the various novels and comic books, as well. The differences are that Deanna and Beverly got married in 2370 and had their daughter, Kestra Felisa Howard Troi, two years later in 2372. A year after this, Lwaxana’s son was born. All of the Lwaxana background information, including the name Barin for her son, comes from here and here.

Dedication: My muses, for always giving me something to test my boundaries…

Beta: shatterpath, as usual

“Burial of the Saints”
By A. Magiluna Stormwriter


( Time is inevitable, Little One, and it's long past my time to be the driving force of the Fifth House of Betazed. )

Among My Souvenirs (Harry Potter; Andromeda Tonks; PG-13)

[snorkackcatcher]

Title: Among My Souvenirs
Author: snorkackcatcher
Fandom: Harry Potter
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: none
Words: 2,000 approx
Characters: Andromeda, Teddy, Ted, Nymphadora, a few cameos
Prompt: 26) We can never go back again, that much is certain. The past is still too close to us. The things we have tried to forget and put behind us would stir again, and that sense of fear, of furtive unrest...might in some manner unforeseen become a living companion, as it had before. --Daphne Du Maurier (1907-1989), English author, biographer and playwright. (Kinda sorta used, in a way, but not as much as I thought it would be.)

Summary: Andromeda preserves that which is precious to her in a manner only a witch can.

Author's Notes: Thanks to lazy_neutrino for the beta. A few further notes at the end.

( Among My Souvenirs )

tielan - fic: How Not To Eat An Elephant (SGA/SG1, Teyla Emmaga

[tielan]

Fandom: Stargate Atlantis/Stargate SG1
Title: How Not To Eat An Elephant
Author: tielan
Summary: You don't bite what's gonna bite you back. Some people learn this the hard way.
Rating: PG-13
Words: 1,650
Warnings: hostage situation (resolved)
Prompt: 45) Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Helen Keller (1880-1968)
Author's Notes: I didn't really use this prompt quite as I initially intended, so the connection with the story is somewhat tenuous. And there really should be more fic about Teyla and Vala causing havoc in Pegasus. Because they would. And it would be awesome.

How Not To Eat An Elephant

"A Life Worth Living" (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Violet Beauregarde, G)

[slowmercury.livejournal.com]

Title: A Life Worth Living
Author: slowmercury
Fandom: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Prompt: 16) We cannot live in a world that is not our own, in a world that is interpreted for us by others. An interpreted world is not a home. Part of the terror is to take back our own listening, to use our own voice, to see our own light. -- Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179), 12th-century German mystic, author, lyricist-composer, playwright, poet, botanist, healer and abbess
Summary: Violet Beauregarde knows what she wants out of life.
Author's Notes: The first two sections are set before the book begins, while Willy Wonka is still traveling the earth looking for reliable help. The last two sections are after the events of canon.

( Violet Beauregarde’s life changed forever the year she turned seven because that was the year of her first love. )