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I forget what I have mentioned, but I have been watching a few shows over the past months...

- The Rings of Power. Keep meaning to do a proper post about this (I'll get there). Worth watching, and does interesting things with the lore. I think my favourite thing was the Elrond/Durin friendship. <3

- Black Doves (Netflix). Fun, Christmassy spy thriller with Keira Knightly and Ben Whishaw (they're BFFs). 2nd season has been green-lit as far as I know. ETA: You should watch it! I think it was selenak who said that it could become a Christmas staple. :)

- KAOS (Netflix). Modern Day take on Greek Mythology with captive (and sometimes unexpected) story lines, incredibly inclusive casting, ridiculously queer, Jeff Goldblum as Zeus! (It was cancelled of course. Because we can't have nice things.) SO good. SO SO good.

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I also wrote fic:

I Kissed A Cat And I liked It
Summary:

i met a scholar once who said that tragedies aren’t about a silly “flaw” or anything, it’s about having a hero who’s just in the wrong goddamn story

if hamlet swapped places with othello he wouldn’t be duped by any of iago’s shit, he’d sit down & have a good think & actually examine the facts before taking action. meanwhile in denmark, othello would have killed claudius before act 2 could even start. but instead nope, they’re both in situations where their greatest strengths are totally useless and now we’ve got all these bodies to bury.
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Or: What if a very different 16 year old boy ended up in Port Townsend and met the Cat King?

Dead Boy Detectives fic, but crossed over with Doctor Who (specifically my own Seeker 'verse). Can be read with little to no knowledge of Doctor Who (or indeed my 'verse), but you must have watched at least the first two episodes of DBDA. (Why yes it's stupidly niche... Have you met me?)

Calling anyone who's read my Seeker 'verse... (That's like - three people if I'm lucky *g*)

I have written a follow-up/continuation to 'Dating the Cleverest Boy in the World': All Breakages Must Be Paid For.

Banner* is a link to AO3, where the is many notes. This is only the prologue, the whole thing is 90k... I won't post it all in one go! :)



*ETA: Banner is by Lee (the_redjay) who is v v talented.

Hi all. Sorry about the radio silence, but we went on holiday. See below (actual photo, taken on my phone - yes it is that beautiful). ETA: Went on holiday 'back home' [the Faroes] for me, and are still here. It's been 4 years since we last visited, thanks to covid... (It's possible that we all caught it on the way as we're all various degrees of coughing/sniffly - a combination of airport + plane, or possibly just the small coughing child behind us on the plane - but we're mostly fine. It's probably just a cold.)



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As holiday reading I brought with me The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison, as it was heartily recommended by kaffy_r. It proved delightful and very enjoyable. The world building is brilliant, the characters wonderful and complex, and although I found it nigh-on impossible to keep track of the names I loved it to pieces.

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Finally, I managed to edit this short fic, with thanks to Owls for the sensitivity read-through and to kathyh for the beta. <3

Family Matters: Cousin Barry.
Summary: Josh meets Jamie's extended family (the bad and the good).

(Part of my 'Seeker' verse, more info/notes on Ao3. Again, a little FitB type thing, posted after being sat in a drafts folder for... um... 10 years?)

And it is finished!! I started this particular series of stories almost 2 years ago... Feels like a lot longer. 40k+ words later, here we are. Hope you found it worthwhile.


Summary: Missy meets the Seeker.
Setting: Immediately after Missy disappears/disintegrates in Death in Heaven (the S8 finale). Works rather perfectly as a little FitB to canon. :)
Characters: Missy, the Seeker.


( Part 3 )

Since I've had this written out ready to post for... way too long, I figured I might just as well share. This is just a fun extra little story - you may remember this first chapter, as I posted it a few years ago just for fun.

Summary: Missy meets the Seeker.
Setting: Immediately after Missy disappears/disintegrates in Death in Heaven (the S8 finale). Works rather perfectly as a little FitB to canon. :)
Characters: Missy, the Seeker.


( Part 1 )

Summary: How do you save people that don't want to be saved?

For notes etc, please see The Prologue, or just follow the tags.

Note: Gallifreyan will be indicated by the use of « and » any other language uses "". It seemed the simplest solution.

(As always, lots of thanks to luckweaver)


( A Long Way from Sherwood: Chapter 11 )

Summary: How do you save people that don't want to be saved?

For notes etc, please see The Prologue, or just follow the tags.

Note: Gallifreyan will be indicated by the use of « and » any other language uses "". It seemed the simplest solution.

(As always, lots of thanks to luckweaver)


( A Long Way from Sherwood: Chapter 9 )

Summary: How do you save people that don't want to be saved?

For notes etc, please see The Prologue, or just follow the tags.

Note: Gallifreyan will be indicated by the use of « and » any other language uses "". It seemed the simplest solution.

(Again, lots of thanks to luckweaver)



( A Long Way from Sherwood: Chapter 7 )

Summary: How do you save people that don't want to be saved?

For notes etc, please see The Prologue, or just follow the tags.

Note: Gallifreyan will be indicated by the use of « and » any other language uses "". It seemed the simplest solution.



( A Long Way from Sherwood: Chapter 5 )

Summary: How do you save people that don't want to be saved?

For notes etc, please see The Prologue, or just follow the tags.

Note: Gallifreyan will be indicated by the use of « and » any other language uses "". It seemed the simplest solution.

TW: This chapter contains violence.



( A Long Way from Sherwood: Chapter 3 )