femgenficathon | Entries tagged with femgen 2010

gehayi.livejournal.com

In addition to the Macbeth story, I was also working on this one. Regrettably, I didn't get it done in time for FemGen 2010. But since we've now got open season on the prompts (which means you can use any prompt you like to write a genfic focusing on a female character--just please post a link at the FemGen comm), I thought that it would be a good time to post this story.

Title: The Vampires of Venezuela
Author:

gehayi
Fandom: Doctor Who
Character: Rosanna Calvierri, Eleven, Five; mention of Amy Pond, Rory Williams, Tegan Jovanka and Vislor Turlough
Word Count: 8879
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Doctor Who and all related elements, characters and indicia are owned by the BBC and BBC America, 1963 - present. No profit is being made from this, and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Prompt: I have an almost complete disregard of precedent and a faith in the possibility of something better. It irritates me to be told how things always have been done....I defy the tyranny of precedent. I cannot afford the luxury of a closed mind. I go for anything new that might improve the past. - Clara Barton (1821-1912), American nurse, teacher, federal worker, activist for women's suffrage, black civil rights and abolition of slavery, and founder and organizer of the Red Cross.
Summary: The vampires of Venice did not die. Rosanna Calvierri was too determined to allow the race of Saturnynians--now reduced to herself and her children--to perish simply because of the Doctor. Written for

femgenficathon.
Author's Notes: (if any) This is dedicated to

ariastar, who was dissatisfied with the fate of the vampires of Venice as well.

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The link will take you to An Archive of Our Own:

Signora Rosanna Calvierri--to use the human name she had adopted when the city was still safe for her and her fellow Saturnynians--did not die when she flung herself into the waters of Venice.

Current Mood: accomplished

gehayi.livejournal.com

Here is the Master List for this year. I want to thank all those who participated--as well as those who wanted to participate but for whom life got in the way.

I'm still expecting a few late entries, but they'll be added to the list as they are posted.

( Master List for Femgenficathon 2010 )

Current Mood: ecstatic

venturous1.livejournal.com

Title: Morning After
Author:

venturous (venturous1 at LJ)
Fandom: Harry Potter
Rating: PG
Warnings: canon character death, blood
Words: 1776
For: femgenficathon on LJ
Prompt: 69) "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: Hermione Granger wakes early on the day after Voldemort’s demise. The world looks different.

Author's Notes: I loved this prompt so much, and planned a grand fic for it, where a fierce Hermione stood up to a corrupt Ministry. Numerous attempts to write that fic produced nothing you would ever want to read. Instead, the Muse provided me with this meditative piece, which suits my other goal, to get to know this character better. Thanks to our mods for organizing this fest. And to six-of-one for the speedy beta!

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cherith.livejournal.com

Title: It's All Implied

Author:

cherith
Fandom: Dragon Age: Origins
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Story spoilers for the endgame of DA:O (not Awakenings) - with some liberties taken, a small amount of fighting/violence and blood.
Word Count: 2,362

Prompt: #28 "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.

Summary: A take on Morrigan's role when she leaves the party. She heads home to see and deal with what's left of her mother's place in the Wilds and then contemplates her role in the group.

Author's Notes: This story wanted to go all over the place, and was determined to be several things at once, for which I apologize. But I wanted to do something that gave Morrigan a little more than the one side we see so consistently, because it's obvious she's got some issues to work through. Hopefully, my idea also worked. (Title from Straylight Run's "Mistakes We Know We Were Making" a sort of theme for this story in general.)

( It's All Implied )

Link to the story at AO3

Current Mood: quixotic
Current Location: United States, Edwardsville
Current Music: Lacuna Coil - Heaven's a Lie | Powered by Last.fm

lanoyee.livejournal.com

Title: Hard Things
Author:

lanoyee
Fandom: Blade of the Immortal
Rating: PG
Warnings: Uh. References to somewhat brutal canon happenings?
Prompt: 143) I hadn't been aware that there were doors closed to me until I started knocking on them. -- Gertrude B. Elion, American biochemist, pharmacologist and winner of the 1988 Nobel Prize in Medicine (with George Hitchings and Sir James Black).
Summary: After all is said and done, Asano Rin is met with a proposition.
Author's Notes: MANY, MANY THANKS to the wonderful

senri, who's been patient in letting me bounce ideas off her and even letting me borrow some of her own; and to my beta

tanrien, who has been there in the nick of time. I didn't really use the prompt, but it fits in a general way. Entirely speculative post-eventual-canon fic.

( Sometimes you're caught between a rock and a hard place. )

weisquared.livejournal.com

Title: Chaff in the Wind
Author: weisquared
Fandom: Naruto
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Prompt: 23) You never conquer a mountain. You stand on the summit a few moments; then the wind blows your footprints away. --Arlene Blum (born 1945), biophysical chemist, mountaineer, author, and co-founder of the Green Science Policy Institute. In 1978, she led the first all-woman team up Annapurna I, a 26,200 ft mountain in the Himalayas, in what was the first successful American attempt. She also was deputy leader on the first all-women team climbing Mt. McKinley (20,320 feet) and was the first American woman to try to climb Mt. Everest (29,029 feet).
Summary: Konoha has its own version of Godwin’s Law, but unfortunately for Sakura, just because the other side loses doesn’t mean she wins.

( Wind and water wear down mountains eventually, but Sakura was tired of nothing but incremental changes. )

delgaserasca.livejournal.com

Title: Antigone, or Bury Your Dead.
Author:

delgaserasca.
Fandom: NCIS.
Rating: PG-13.
Warnings: Allusions to violence; spoilers through season 8.
Prompt: 24. You can't erase who you are. You can't erase what you know. -- Sandra Cisneros.
Summary: Rosalind Myers, and the ends that justify the means.

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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. )

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

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 )

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. )

Current Mood: cranky

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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mercuries.livejournal.com

Title: This Chill Intimacy
Author:

mercuries
Fandom: Gormenghast novels/mini-series
Words: 2,140
Rating: G
Contains: Fuchsia, Prunesquallor; no warnings
Summary: With Gormenghast in chaos, a fragile Fuchsia Groan becomes Earl.
Prompt: 90)I worshiped dead men for their strength,/Forgetting I was strong.-- Vita Sackville-West (1892-1962), bisexual English poet, author, columnist, creator of the gardens of Sissinghurst Castle and member of the Order of the Companions of Honour.

This Chill Intimacy

dayadhvam-triad.livejournal.com

Title: and we will possess
Author:

dayadhvam_triad
Fandom: Supernatural
Rating: PG
Warnings: Implied violence.
Prompt: #77, Lucretia Mott--We too often bind ourselves by authorities rather than by the truth.
Summary: Amelia stopped praying, among other things.
Author's Notes: Title is from Pablo Neruda's "Enigma for the Worried." Alas, SPN is not my sandbox; I merely play in it. Many thanks to

kalliel for looking over this! ♥

(The angels had taken them one by one and walked in their bodies with gaits too measured to be instinctive, their voices clear and dispassionate and their eyes filled with the dimmed light of distant, unknown stars. They wore no halos of golden warmth but the cold spirit of the inevitable.)

k-e-p.livejournal.com

Title: Having Chosen, So Defined
Author:

k_e_p
Fandom: St. Trinian’s
Characters: Polly, Kelly, Annabelle, all main characters from the first film
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Mentions of domestic abuse; mild violence; some language
Prompt: 158) Wretch that I am, I can do everything I do not want, and that which I want most I cannot do. -- Clemence of Barking (late 1100s), Anglo-Norman nun, hagiographer and translator
Summary: You are always a St. Trinian’s girl, even after graduation. And you never help bring a St. Trinian’s girl down. Polly races to protect the family she chose.
Word Count: 20K
Author's Notes: There are multiple sequels to this trickling about in my head… *sigh* Many thanks to my patient beta, [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com], who was told she’d be betaing two different stories and got this one instead. All mistakes left are mine.

Having Chosen, So Defined

such_heights

Title: New Directions
Author:

such_heights
Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender
Rating: PG
Warnings: none
Prompt: 39) The fact that I was a girl never damaged my ambition to be a pope or an emperor.--Willa Cather (1873-1947), Pulitzer-Prize-winning American author, essayist, biographer, and journalist
Summary: Toph, Suki and Katara. They could do anything, after the war.
Author's Notes: Thanks to

glass_icarus for the speedy beta! Spoilers through the finale.

lazy-neutrino.livejournal.com

Title: Empty Vessels
Author:

lazy_neutrino
Fandom: Harry Potter
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: cruelty to a cat
Prompt: 53) Moral cowardice that keeps us from speaking our minds is as dangerous to this country as irresponsible talk. The right way is not always the popular and easy way. Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character. -- Margaret Chase Smith (1897-1995), long-time Republican U.S. Senator from Maine.
Summary: After a fact-finding visit to Hogwarts, Dolores writes to Cornelius. Set at the very end of GoF.
Author's Notes: Thanks to

snorkackcatcher for a fast and helpful beta.

( Empty Vessels )

rosamund.livejournal.com

Title: A Crack in the World
Author:

rosamund
Fandom: Doctor Who
Prompt: 65) I've dreamt in my life dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas; they've gone through and through me, like wine through water, and altered the colour of my mind. -- Emily Bronte (1818-1848), English novelist.
Summary: Once upon a time, there was a girl named Amelia Pond who met a man with a magic box. When he slew the evil dragon disguised as a crack in her wall and vanished, she became one of the Left Behind.
Wordcount: 4053
Rating: PG
Warnings: Violence towards psychiatrists, derogation of the University of Leeds, uncomfortable truths, psychiatrist jokes. Spoilers for The Eleventh Hour (S5).
NB My eternal thanks go out to my wonderful beta reader,

lareinenoire. A few more notes appear at the end.

( A Crack in the World )

Current Mood: accomplished
Current Location: Sofa
Current Music: Sondheim Birthday Prom

blueinkedpalm.livejournal.com

Title: Shape of a Paladin
Author: Blue-Inked Frost
Fandom: Baldur's Gate
Rating: ~PG-13
Warnings: reference to violence, brief reference to sexual violence
Wordcount: ~9K

Summary: Phandalyn of Baldur's Gate meets a party containing evil members. As a paladin, he finds it his duty to fight them. No paladin's a perfect archetype. Branwen bears witness.

Author's Notes: Phandalyn's that knight in that tavern in the south-east of the city. He'll attack any evil characters.

A quote is lifted from the North American Medical and Surgical Journal 1826, 2(3), from Project Gutenberg.

One needs something to believe in, something for which one can have whole-hearted enthusiasm. One needs to feel that one's life has meaning, that one is needed in this world. --Hannah Senesh (or Chana Szenes), prompt #48

I have no desire to make windows into men's souls. --Elizabeth I

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nopejr.livejournal.com

Title: Family Ties
Author:

nopejr
Fandom: Harry Potter
Rating: PG
Contains: canon character deaths, torture
Prompt: 123) As long as I live, I will have control over my being. -- Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1651/1653), 17th-century Italian Baroque painter.
Summary: Andromeda, after, before, during.
Author's Notes:

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( Family Ties )