The storm is calling, but I don't mind

Another fly by rec post but I'm pretty sure there's a few Old Kingdom fans lurking in my readlist - or at least enough Australians who will probably have at least a passing familiarity with Garth Nix and his works. I've received a truly gorgeous story for worldbuildingex full of books and magical library details, but it's also just a brilliant slice of life and missing scenes for Clariel that flesh out certain character events and also the wider worldbuilding in really lush, subtle details. Plus it's also a lovely dose of lightness amongst a battle heavy canon that will probably cheer your day like it has mine! So you should clearly consider checking it out, heh.

One in the People Who Wear the Crown (3791 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Old Kingdom - Garth Nix
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Tathiel (Old Kingdom)/Original Female Character(s)
Characters: Tathiel (Old Kingdom), Original Clayr Character(s)
Additional Tags: Charter Magic, Spoilers for Clariel, The Great Charters (Old Kingdom), Old Kingdom Bloodlines, as usual the answer is in a book
Summary: Tathiel wonders why the berserker fury runs in the Royal Bloodline.

It has somehow been an actual decade (or nearly as good as) since I last dabbled with vidding despite all my best intentions to get back to it sooner. I am officially both astounded and feeling unexpectedly old, haha. But I dug into the first exercise at vexercises this weekend in a casual, fun-not-perfectionism, oh wait I need to learn whole new software now oh god, sort of way and really enjoyed it. If anybody has pondered getting (back) into vidding lately as well, I highly recommend going and taking a look at the current round! It has a challenge-but-flexible feel to it that reminds me of inkingitout and WED.

(Somewhat related question for passing vidders: where do people even crosspost vids anymore? Is AO3 a thing worth doing?)

Title: 2021 Pechakuchas
Fandom: Sanctuary
Contains: brief violence, sci-fi style guns, some brief flashing lights
Notes: episode 3x05 Hero II: Broken Arrow explored first with a Kate POV, and then from the (telepathic superpowered bee swarm that just wants to be helpful and make friends even though it might accidentally kill you!) suit’s. I love this ridiculous episode so much. Each pair is meant to work as two versions of a similarly themed vidlet, one with a lighter tone and one heavier.

Summary: Kate's having too much fun // Can't a telepathic bee swarm just want to connect?

The password for all four vids is: pechakucha
( Ghost (Upon the Moor) )

( Taking Me Over )

( Now It's In Our House )

( Sense of Control )

I only managed one treat this year, but I had a lot of fun writing - and I somehow ended up entirely writing in a kinda plants and nature themed way. Clearly I've had autumn on the brain!

Rose Without Thorns (4066 words) by shopfront
Fandom: Little Women (2019)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Josephine March/Original Female Character
Characters: Amy March, Meg March
Additional Tags: Getting Together, Post-Canon, Friends to Lovers, Autumn, Walks In The Woods, Living Together
Summary: Jo hires one more person to work in her school, not realising she's also about to get everything she unknowingly wanted in the process.

Frostbitten (2155 words) by shopfront
Fandom: The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: pre-Colin Craven/Mary Lennox/Dickon Sowerby
Characters: Colin Craven, Mary Lennox, Dickon Sowerby, Martha Sowerby
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Growing Up, Mutual Pining, Magic, Non-Linear Narrative, Gardens & Gardening
Summary: No matter how they'd wished to, they couldn't spend their entire lives at Mistlethwaite and in the garden... or could they?

Coppice (1607 words) by shopfront
Fandom: The Last Witch Hunter (2015)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Chloe/Miranda
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Everybody Lives, Rebuilding, Reunions, Established Relationship, Magic
Summary: Hunting witches leads Chloe away from New York, but even Kaulder and their mission can't keep her away forever.



It's also been ages since I've remembered to crosspost my fics here. I've somehow had a sporadic but enjoyable year despite 2020's 2020-ness and I'm hoping to keep stepping up the pace through the end of the year, but so far I've also written:

If I salute the magpie, knock on wood, will I be doing any good? (Picnic at Hanging Rock (TV), Hester Appleyard/Dianne de Poitiers)
There is more lurking in the darkness of Appleyard College than even Dianne de Poitiers supposes. (Vampire AU)

For our love is true love, an eternal love (The Mummy (1999), Anck Su Namun/Imhotep)
Meela finds her way to Imhotep's side sooner, and everything is changed.

The Ample Roaming Drifting Indigo Stronghold (Doctor Who (2005), Thirteenth Doctor/Yasmin Khan)
When Yaz asked for directions to somewhere she could sleep for the night, all she had really hoped for was a soft patch of heather or a little hollow out of the wind. So when the clouds parted to reveal a great hovering blue castle with a ladder being lowered down from it, Yaz didn’t hesitate. Sure, she was old now and her newly creaking joints weren't really up to the climb. But she wanted to know what was up there, and it wasn’t like she had anywhere else to go, anyway. (Howl's Moving Castle fusion)

Love Series (The Half of It (2020), Ellie Chu/Aster Flores)
Eighteen months later, Ellie gets a flyer. Someone has just shoved it into an envelope along with her usual letter from her father and one from Paul, and it's for a student art show. There's a small, handwritten note hidden away on a back corner. Nineteen months later, Ellie gets on a train.

Entangled Like The Moons (Doctor Who (2005), Thirteenth Doctor/Yasmin Khan)
Every day is different with the Doctor, it's one of the things Yaz likes best about travelling with her. She never wakes up knowing what she's going to be doing. Not even on the day she commits herself to four hundred rotations in the arms of a woman she's already started falling for. (accidental marriage trope)

Divide (Clouds of Sils Maria (2014), Maria Enders/Valentine)
The Maloja Pass is a high mountain pass in the Swiss Alps in the canton of Graubünden. It marks the divide between the Danube and Po watersheds.

Who Be Thee Sagacious (The Last Witch Hunter (2015), Chloe/Miranda)
When Chloe runs away from home, there's only two things she takes with her: Miranda, and the books that might help them along the way.

When the Trill Calls (Doctor Who (2005)/Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Thirteenth Doctor and Jadzia Dax)
The Doctor still won't tell them anything important about herself, but luckily there's another old friend just waiting to cross their path. If only Ryan, Yaz, and Graham knew the right questions to ask.

Imagine Us (Imagine Me & You (2005), Luce/Rachel and Heck/Rachel)
Four moments in time after Heck runs into Edie, and she accidentally knocks events off course.

And that’s all folks! Or not precisely, don’t forget the_siobhan is hosting for November and there’s an open WED Nanowrimo Chat Post on my journal for the month if you’re looking for somewhere to hang out.

Drop me a comment if you missed the last check-in or need to be belatedly added in anywhere. It’s been a real pleasure having you all! And here is the final tally:

( Previous Tallies )

Day 31: alexcat , alexseanchai , auroracloud , badly_knitted , china_shop, cornerofmadness , lferion , marvelouscity , saki101 , sanguinity , shadaras , shopfront , sylvanwitch , the_siobhan , trobadora , yasaman , ysilme

I have finished the month with so much editing and beta-reading. So, so much. But I’m finally caught up on all my immediate time sensitive stuff that’s been dragging out while the sun abandons me, and I also hit 13k for the month today, so not a terrible finish \o/

I hope you’ve all had a productive October. Feel free to drop in the comments how you’ve gone this month, did you hit your goals, and all that good stuff. I have congratulatory virtual cake here at the ready and waiting no matter how much you did or didn’t achieve. It’s also been lovely hosting you all and getting to know some of you for the first time! Quick reminder again also that we’re heading over to the_siobhan from tomorrow for WED November and I’ll throw the final tally up tomorrow evening.

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Day 30: alexseanchai , badly_knitted , carenejeans , china_shop , cornerofmadness , lferion , luzula , nafs , saki101 , shadaras , shopfront , silveradept , sylvanwitch , trobadora , yasaman , ysilme

Day 31: china_shop, shopfront , ysilme

Let me know if I missed you or you forgot to check in and need me to add you to the tally! And new people are welcome to join us at any time, so if you wrote something today just hop into the comments.

Still behind on comments I’m afraid, but I did manage some more noodling around with my treat today. About 500 words later and I have some gaps to fill but enough of an arc that I’m fairly sure I can get it done on time. I was hoping to manage a few more, but I still need to do some editing, some beta-reading, and my damn holly_poly sign-up already, and time keeps accidentally slipping through my fingers, bah.

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Day 28: alexseanchai , badly_knitted , carenejeans , china_shop , cornerofmadness , lferion , luzula , nafs , saki101 , sanguinity , shadaras , silveradept , sylvanwitch , yasaman ,

Day 29: china_shop 

Let me know if I missed you or you forgot to check in and need me to add you to the tally! And new people are welcome to join us at any time, so if you wrote something today just hop into the comments.

Still just chugging along in fits and starts, but a few hundred words here and a few hundred words there is starting to add up. I have a beginning and end for the tricksy fic plus a loosely sketched out middle, and I also got the first scene down for my planned treat today so I am calling that very good work for it continuing to be The Dark Weeks Of Autumn :|

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Day 26: alexseanchai , badly_knitted , caprices , carenejeans , china_shop , cornerofmadness , lferion , luzula , marvelouscity , saki101 , shadaras , shopfront , sylvanwitch , yasaman 

Day 27: china_shop , shopfront 

Let me know if I missed you or you forgot to check in and need me to add you to the tally! And new people are welcome to join us at any time, so if you wrote something today just hop into the comments.