femgenficathon | Entries tagged with femgen 2011

seta-suzume.livejournal.com

Title: Apostle
Author:

seta_suzume
Fandom: Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Rating: PG
Warnings: Fantasy-style violence
Prompt: 117) Wherever fate demands me...I will go. -- Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda y Arteaga (1814-1873), 19th-century Cuban author.
Summary: (post-series; major spoilers!) Homura will continue to fight; she could do without Kyubey's philosophizing though.
Author's Notes: Some background Mami/Kyoko ended up in here that I wasn't expecting at all. ^^;

( As long as it takes, Homura will carry on. )

kittu9.livejournal.com

Title: dark come soon (I’m almost there)
Author: Vern (kittu9)
Fandom: Tangled
Rating: PG
Warnings: Very vague child abuse (neglect, verbal; not explicit)
Prompt: 104) Maybe I wanted to hear it so badly that my ears betrayed my mind in order to secure my heart. -- Margaret Cho (born December 5, 1968), Korean-American comedian, fashion designer, actress, author, recording artist and activist for LGBT rights.
Summary: Rapunzel grew up in relative isolation, with a woman who brushed off every question at every turn. That didn’t really stop her from asking them.
Author's Notes: Title from Tegan & Sara’s “Dark Come Soon.”

( Well. If it hadn't been one thing: it would have been another.)

weisquared.livejournal.com

Title: How to Become a Mad Scientist in Just Ten Years
Author: weisquared
Fandom: Naruto
Rating: PG
Prompt: 130) ...people lose perspective. It is a cultural trait in America to think in terms of very short time periods. My advice is: learn history. Take responsibility for history. Recognize that sometimes things take a long time to change. If you look at your history in this country, you find that for most rights, people had to struggle. -- Winona LaDuke, Anishinaabekwe (Ojibwe) novelist, journalist, environmental and women's rights activist, and 1996 Vice-Presidential running mate for the Green Party.
Summary: Karin, Ino, and Sakura decide to further Orochimaru's research in genetic manipulation.
Author’s Notes: With much thanks to

eerised_da for the beta.

How to Become a Mad Scientist in Just Ten Years

laurus-nobilis.livejournal.com

Title: Always One More Chance
Author:

laurus_nobilis
Fandom: Avatar: the Last Airbender
Rating: PG
Warnings: Parts of the story deal with Azula's (canon) breakdown.
Prompt: Her wrath makes people tremble/ Her wrath is...a devastating flood / Which no one can withstand. Enheduenna (circa 2300-2225 B.C.E.), Sumerian priestess of Inanna, first recorded author and poet in world history.
Summary: Ty Lee has changed for the better, and so have Mai and Zuko. She thinks it's only fair to give Azula the same chance.
Author's Notes: First of all, thanks a lot to

sea_of_tethys for beta reading! :)
The prompt inspired one scene of this, actually, and the rest sort of grew around it. It ended up so long that it didn't fit in a single entry, but that is the only reason why I had to split it. It's meant to be a one-shot.

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

skylar-inari.livejournal.com

Title: You (Not Yours)
Author:

skylar_inari / Killaurey
Fandom: Final Fantasy VII: Before Crisis
Rating: R
Warnings: Suicide
Prompt: 111) Speak. Shatter the silence. Question everything. Redefine. Reimagine patriotism. Reimagine hatred and take back the language. -- Terry Tempest Williams (born September 8, 1955), American author, teacher, naturalist and environmental activist.
Summary: After Zirconiade's defeat, one Turk stands up again.
Author Notes: Second-person POV. AUish. (Goes with the Turks dying at the end of BC rather than surviving.) Done for

femgenficathon. Prompt used. I don't own anything FFVII related. Thanks to the amazing

rushin_doll for the beta!

You (Not Yours)

vjs2259.livejournal.com

Title: Well Behaved Women

Author:

vjs2259

Fandom: Sanctuary

Rating: G

Warnings: Spoilers for everything to date.

Prompt:Prompt #59 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: ~3000 words. Thanks to

gabolange for the initial read-thru and cogent commentary. All mistakes and bad decisions are my own. Also thanks to

gehayi for extending the deadline. It's been a crazy summer!

abvj.livejournal.com

Title: the soul has bandaged moments
Author:

abvj
Fandom: Mad Men
Rating: pg-13
Warnings: Spoilers for everything to date.
Prompt: Prompt #148: The worst walls are never the ones you find in your way. The worst walls are the ones you put there--you build yourself. Those are the high ones, the thick ones, the ones with no doors in. --Ursula K. LeGuin
Summary: Some things are just irrevocable. Sally learns this lesson too early on.
Author's Notes: 6,472 words. Thanks to

justforyoudear and

lexiesloan for the betas and encouragment. Con-crit/feedback is both welcome and appreciated.

[the soul has bandaged moments]

rthstewart.livejournal.com

The Horse and Her Girl, Hwin the Mare, Aravis, PG-13
Title: The Horse and her Girl
Author: rthstewart
Fandom: Chronicles of Narnia
Rating: PG/PG-13
Characters: Hwin the Mare, Aravis
Warnings: Potty-mouthed Narnian Otters; Spoilers for The Horse and His Boy and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
(72) My wish is to ride the tempest, tame the waves, kill the sharks. I will not resign myself to the usual lot of women who bow their heads and become concubines. -- Trieu Thi Trinh (225-248), 3rd-century Vietnamese revolutionary who led a rebellion against Chinese invaders. Known as "the Vietnamese Joan of Arc."
Summary: When the shoe doesn’t fit, get a bigger shoe
A/N: Thanks to snacky for the beta.
Approximately 8,300 words
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jem0000000.livejournal.com

Title: Legacy
Author: Jem (

jem0000000, Jemima)
Fandom: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, movieverse (mostly fourth (TMNT 2007), but spoilers for the first two as well)
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: general violence, mention of bloodshed and killing/death, violence directed specifically to a weaker person to obtain information
Prompt: #154: I not only had to fight outside enemies, I had a war in my entrails. Even my will was in league against me. -- Jeanne d'Albret, also called Jeanne III (1528-1572), daughter of Marguerite de Navarre, queen in her own right of Navarre from 1555 to 1572, and political and spiritual leader of the French Huguenot movement.
Summary: Karai searches for information about The Shredder, who has mysteriously vanished. Set prior to TMNT (2007), post Secret of the Ooze. Gen, action, 1876 words, Karai-centric.
Author's Notes: Beta'd by

robina1984. In canon, Shredder's Foot are referred to as teens even though quite a few are clearly in their early twenties; I've continued that, even though the characters I've used are definately in their mid to late twenties here. Michi is Karai's bodyguard; as far as I can tell, he's unnamed in canon. Oh, and I didn't actually manage to stick with the prompt.

Link is to the fic at my journal, via the LJ-cut link so you don't have to read the header twice. ;)

Legacy, Karai-centric, PG-13 for violence

xahra99.livejournal.com

Title:Lady Justice
Author:

xahra99
Fandom: Assassin's Creed
Rating:PG-13
Warning: Mention of rape
Prompt: # 109: 'Justice is better than chivalry if we cannot have both.' Alice Stone Blackwell: 1847-1950. American editor, translator and activist for women's rig
Summary: Brotherhood-era Claudia seeks revenge for the murder of one of her employees.

Fie upon your law! I stand for judgement!

Current Mood: accomplished
Current Location: New South Wales
Current Music: fruitless screaming at livejournal's formatting

bluflamingo.livejournal.com

Title: Changement
Author:

bluflamingo
Fandom: Center Stage
Rating: PG
Warnings: Mention of off-screen cheating by other characters
Prompt: #30 Whenever you take a step forward you are bound to disturb something. You disturb the air as you go forward, you disturb the dust, the ground. -- Indira Gandhi (1917-1984)
Summary: Life with the American Ballet Company
Author's Notes: None

( Changement )

abvj.livejournal.com

Title: Hide Your Heart
Author:

abvj
Fandoms Included: Catwoman, 90210, Greek, The Vampire Diaries, LOST, The Office (US), One Tree Hill, Prison Break, Veronica Mars, Brothers & Sisters, Grey's Anatomy, Dexter
Characters Included: Selina Kyle, Kelly Martin, Casey Cartwright, Elena Gilbert, Kate Austen, Pam Beesly, Brooke Davis, Sara Tancredi, Veronica Mars, Rebecca Harper, Lexie Grey, Jenna Sommers, Debra Morgan
Rating: pg
Warnings: A list of timelines/spoilers can be found [here]
Prompt: 93)There are many things in your heart you can never tell to another person. They are you, your private joys and sorrows, and you can never tell them. You cheapen yourself, the inside of yourself, when you tell them. -- Greta Garbo
Summary: Thirteen women. Thirteen different stories
Author's Notes: 4,070 words. Thanks to

justforyoudear for the beta. Con-crit/feedback is both welcome and appreciated.

[hide your heart]

abvj.livejournal.com

Title: Circadian Rhythms
Author:

abvj
Fandom: In Plain Sight
Rating: pg
Warnings: Very specific, obvious spoilers for season four.
Prompt: I am, was, and always will be a catalyst for change. -- Shirley Chisholm
Summary: Mary does best when she sticks to what she knows.
Author's Notes: 3,272 words. Thanks to

justforyoudear for the beta. Con-crit/feedback is both welcome and appreciated.

[circadian rhythms]

scribblemyname

Title: What's in a Name?
Author: scribble_myname
Fandom: X-Men Movieverse
Ratings/Warnings: T
Prompt: We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them. — Abigail Adams (1744-1818), second First Lady of the United States.
Summary: Raven was the one who started calling it "slave name."
Author's Note: Beta'ed by the wonderful Heavenmetal

"You really should choose a new name," Mystique states suddenly into the quiet boredom of the newborn Brotherhood's first week at the safe house Erik had initially chosen.

(Erik sure knew how to pick a safe house, but Angel doesn't look too closely at that. After all, wasn't he trained by the man he killed?)

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tosca1390

Title: your last breath moving through you
Author:

tosca1390
Fandom: The Vampire Diaries
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: None, unless you count AU.
Prompt: 16) The difference between weakness and wickedness is much less than people suppose; and the consequences are nearly always the same. --Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington (1789-1849), Irish novelist, writer of magazine articles, and editor.
Word Count: ~2,525 words
Summary: Jenna opens her eyes, mouth wet with blood, and breathes in. It's what happens after you're dead that's eye-opening.

Author's Notes: Written for

femgenficathon, the 2011 version. This is my way of fixing what the showrunners broke, sort of. It's AU from 2.21, because Jenna lives! Anyway, I tried to utilize the prompt fully, but it kind of ran away from me. I know it's open-ended and not my usual thing, but I kind of like it that way.

Spoilers through season two. Title from a Death Cab for Cutie song. Link goes to my journal, post is open. Please read and review.

your last breath moving through you

zelda-queen.livejournal.com

Title: Zelda of the Sun, Zelda of the Moon
Author: ZeldaQueen (

zelda_queen)
Fandom: The Legend of Zelda
Rating: G
Warnings: Several injuries, though nothing very graphic
Prompt: Risk-taking, trust, and serendipity are key ingredients of joy. Without risk, nothing new ever happens. Without trust, fear creeps in. Without serendipity, there are no surprises. -- Rita Golden Gelman (born July 2, 1937), American editor and writer of children's books.
Summary: There once was a prosperous kingdom, as there often are in these sorts of tales, and it was known by the name of Hyrule. Blessed were the king and queen with two beautiful daughters who, while they loved one another dearly, were as different as the sun and the moon. All was well, until a stranger visited the castle.
Author's Notes: While this story was written for my love of The Legend of Zelda, it was also written for my love of fairy tales, particularly lesser-known fairy tales that feature strong, cunning women as protagonists. Specific tales I drew inspiration from are Tatterhood, Kate Cracknuts, The Prince and the Three Fates, and the title of course is from East of the Sun, West of the Moon.

On one final note, many many thanks to parrinoyd, for being such a wonderful beta!
( There once was a kingdom... )

empressearwig.livejournal.com

Title: with walls of the deepest blue
Author:

empressearwig
Fandom: Happy Endings
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: mild cursing, brief references to underage sex
Prompt: 83) Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over. --Gloria Naylor (born January 25th, 1950), African-American novelist and producer.
Summary: Sometimes you just really want to eat Mongolian Beef.
Author's Notes: With many thanks to

torigates and

normative_jean for their patience and help as I wrote this. I did my best to line it all up with the canon we have, but any mistakes are entirely my own fault.

[with walls of the deepest blue]

kaydeefalls.livejournal.com

Title: how the west was won
Author:

kaydeefalls
Fandom: X-Men: First Class
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Angel (+ Magneto, Emma Frost, Mystique, Bolt, Storm, others)
Warnings: references to prostitution, abuse, 1960s racism
Prompt: 92) Mankind's greatest gift, also its greatest curse, is that we have free choice. We can make our choices built from love or from fear. -- Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (1926-2004), Swiss psychiatrist, non-fiction author, supporter of hospice care and AIDS lecturer, best known for her delineation of the Five Stages of Grief.
Summary: Angel has never been anyone but herself.
Notes: Huge thanks to

pocky_slash for the beta!

how the west was won

ariestess

Title: Dreams
Author: A. Magiluna Stormwriter
Email: stormwriter@shatterstorm.net
Focus: Elphaba
Rating: G
Date Written: 27-28 August 2011
Word Count: 1091
Written for:

femgenficathon 2011
Prompt: see below
Summary: Elphaba lives.
Spoilers: All 3 currently written books & the musical technically are fair game here.
Warnings: No standard warnings apply.
Website: ShatterStorm Productions – Doggie Duo Fanfic
Link to: http://bdkk.shatterstorm.net/
Archive: ShatterStorm Productions only…all others ask for permission & we'll see…

Disclaimer: "Wicked," the characters, and situations depicted are the property of Gregory Maguire, Stephen Schwarz, Winnie Holzman, and Universal Pictures. 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 "Wicked," any of its owners, or any representatives of the actors.

Prompt: My dreams were all my own; I accounted for them to nobody; they were my refuge when annoyed -- my dearest pleasure when free. -- Mary Shelley (1797-1851), English novelist, short story writer, playwright,author of travelogues, biographer, translator, author of children's books, poet, editor and political reformer.

Author’s Notes: I really wasn't sure who to write about with this quote, as it could work with any of the characters I've played with over the years. And then

ct mentioned Elphaba, and I was off and running. I love exploring Elphaba and her life, so this worked out perfectly. It may not have worked with the prompt to the letter, but Elphaba has always danced to the beat of her own drum.

Dedication: My muses, as always…

Beta: Many thanks to

shatterpath for the quick and dirty beta, despite never getting more than partway through the first novel in the series. Any and all mistakes still left are completely my fault…

"Dreams"
By A. Magiluna Stormwriter

It's not often that I allow myself the luxury of "what if" anymore.

Current Mood: creative

ariestess

Title: Memoirs
Author: A. Magiluna Stormwriter
Author’s Email: stormwriter@shatterstorm.net
Focus: CJ Cregg
Rating: PG13 [language]
Date Written: 27-28 August 2011
Word Count: 1097
Written for:

femgenficathon 2011
Prompt: see below
Summary: This is what I get for letting myself fall into a funk over this whole memoirs thing, isn't it?
Spoilers: Post-series, so consider everything up for grabs.
Warning: No standard warnings apply.
Website: ShatterStorm Productions – Doggie Duo
Link to: http://bdkk.shatterstorm.net/
Archive: ShatterStorm Productions only…all others ask for permission & we'll see…

Disclaimer: “The West Wing”, the characters and situations depicted are the property of Warner Bros. Television, John Wells Productions, NBC, etc. They are borrowed without permission, but without the intent of infringement. This site is in no way affiliated with "The West Wing", NBC, or any representatives of the actors.

Prompt: You know that women are always looked upon as nothing; but we are your mothers; you are our sons. Our cry is all for peace; let it continue. This peace must last forever. Let your women's sons be ours; our sons be yours. Let your women hear our words. -- Nan'yehi, also known as Nancy Ward (c.1738-1824), Cherokee warrior, Ghighua (literally, "Beloved Woman" or "War Woman," the highest title given to women counselors and judges), and spokesperson for her people when dealing with representatives of the U.S. Government. Nan'yehi was the last of the Ghighua.

Author’s Notes: This was a fascinating piece to write. I actually struggled for quite a while to figure out who to use to write for this prompt. And then CJ just sort of clicked for me. And I took it.

Dedication: My muses, as always…

Beta: Thanks to

cleo for the beta. Any remaining errors are all on me.

"Memoirs"
By A. Magiluna Stormwriter

How could I possibly have refused the position?