[Star Wars] Beni and Screw are Jedibeckyh2112February 26 2013, 22:13:17 UTC
Beni should have come back to the Temple more. Hakke didn't like being left all alone with the Jedi. But Beni didn't like it either, and he had the training to run off into the bush for weeks at a time. It upset the masters (except Skywalker), but screw them.
So when he walked into the gym and saw a LeKauf going through basic advanced exercises, he wondered if Master Skywalker had decided to screw back.
"Hoi," he called. "Jedi letting any son of a bitch in these days!"
The LeKauf jerked to look at him, then gave an easy grin. "Well, hey, they lowered their standards to let a Fett in... Got to raise the bar after that."
[Transformers] Pincher is Tarantulas's daddy (1/2)beckyh2112January 16 2012, 23:08:02 UTC
"You are not a Predacon."
Tarantulas startled in the process of packing his laboratory, legs flexing to their full extent. That voice! Oh, how he hated it. Its mild sound, its strange cadences that were nearly unique.
"Father," he said neutrally, lowering a leg so he could glance over his shoulder. "To what do I owe the... pleasure?"
Pincher stood in the doorway of his lab, wearing the pseudo-flesh shell he had from the War. He scowled and glared, and Tarantulas mentally catalogued all the ways a Transformer should have found the expression exaggerated. All the ways he didn't - fwagh! Even now, he thought other people weren't expressive enough!
"You put in an application for Predacon citizenship," his father said, thumbs tapping against fingers in a steady rhythm. "It's curious for a mechanism built by an Autobot. Maximal citizenship is freely available to you."
"Built by a Maximal," he corrected, lingering over the word. The flinch, oh, he barely saw it, but it was there! "One of Shockwave's Maximals, and don't think I don't
( ... )
[Transformers] Pincher is Tarantulas's daddy (2/2)beckyh2112January 16 2012, 23:08:20 UTC
"You do not understand," Pincher snarled.
"I understand you accepted one of Megatron's right-hand mechs as the leader of Cybetron," he taunted.
A heavy grey claw grasped all the legs on his left side. Gently, so gently Tarantulas could barely feel it- and he knew if his father squeezed even a millipascal, he'd sever all four legs. Electricity quickened in Tarantulas's wires, creating shivers in his spark.
He wasn't afraid.
"You never fought back, Father, and you're still wearing the shell Shockwave designed for you. Though I'm sure you know what he meant it for, eheheheheheh."
The bottom-most of Tarantulas's legs fell and clanged against the inside of Pincher's claw. He hissed in pain.
Father dropped him, and there was a flurry of movement as Tarantulas twisted to land on his feet and Pincher folded back into his Pretender shell. He snuck a glance at Father while he grabbed his leg and wanted to snicker at the haunted look on Pincher's face. Father always looked so upset when he lost his temper. Like he'd failed someone
( ... )
Re: [Transformers] Pincher is Tarantulas's daddy (2/2)lunatronJanuary 17 2012, 01:24:29 UTC
I like how Tarantulas picks at his father like an oxbird sipping the blood of a giraffe. You do a good job of conveying a disastrously screwed up family situation in a short amount of space.
I like how being exposed to a human-form Pretender has messed with Tarantulas's concept of expressiveness.
In some ways, they seem to be having two separate conversations.
'The wonderfully disgusting sound' is a neat bit of phrasing, because I can see Tarantulas thinking that way.
You give the Autobots of old an interesting fading grandeur, which works, I think. I also really dig how you hammer home the scale differences.
I like how you play with what Shockwave did to Pincher's head.
Tarantulas wanting it to be Optimus Prime is interesting - a little notoriety hound, he is.
Poor Pincher. He wanted a baby that couldn't be brainwashed via code... but there are emotional means, too.
Also, hereditary vampirism.
So much love. It seems like you had fun writing this!
Sorry, I pay rent with tea and baked goods rather than soda. ^-^ I'm really looking forward to this, and it's great that I'm not the only one who thinks those two meeting would be amazing.
[AtLA/Tortall] Emperor Ozorne meets Firelord Ozaibeckyh2112January 21 2012, 23:59:38 UTC
The Carthaki court swelters in the summer-heat. Women soak their tunics in perfumed water and sit over air-vents. Varice serves fruit and Yamani-style fish, and the wine she pours for Emperor Ozorne is filmed over with magical ice. But it melts all too quickly, and the perfumed air is cooler than not but still not cool enough.
Soldiers die on the march, peasants die in the fields. It is too hot, the summer too long. No one can remember any summer like this before.
On the solstice, black-robed mages from the university tumble into the court. Most of them have stripped themselves to the waist, and sweat slicks their skin. They gabble excitedly, and it takes some time for the import of their words to sink into Ozorne's heat-slowed mind.
Like a dash of ice-water, he understands. "An immortal manYes! A stranger, come out of the south, Yamani in feature, eyes of molten gold, beard like a Carthaki emperor
( ... )
[Avatar] Shippiness with MPD Zukobeckyh2112March 8 2013, 22:40:06 UTC
Azula is nails and teeth. She leaves scratches on Mai's back, hickeys on her neck. The sight of them makes Zuko growl-purr, and he kisses each one.
Most times, Mai only has to deal with one or the other. The switch between Zuko and Azula can happen in the blink of an eye, but it usually happens when they're asleep. She'll go to bed with Azula and wake up with Zuko, or vice-versa.
Sometimes, though, Zuko's kisses turn into Azula's, or Azula's fucking turns into Zuko's. Mai hates it a little when that happens - she can prepare for one or the other of them, but having to deal with both of them... It's hard to prepare for that.
She wonders how much love she has for Zuko, sometimes, and if it's enough to last another year with Azula.
[AtLA/LoK] Korra goes back in time and meets the Gaangbeckyh2112June 5 2012, 03:13:55 UTC
"Yeah, so let me tell you about the time I was fighting Prince Jerkbender in a dress..."
The strange Water Tribe girl barks out a laugh and slings an arm around Sokka's shoulder. "That sounds awesome. How bad did he beat you?"
"I'll have you know me and Suki had him on the run-"
"In your dreams," Zuko muttered, staring at the girl. He had no idea who she was or where she'd come from, but she felt wrong. Not like Azula, but- not right. Definitely not right.
Re: [AtLA/LoK] Korra goes back in time and meets the GaangluunyscarletJune 5 2012, 11:28:55 UTC
Thank you so much for this :D! Sokka and Korra are bonding well here while Zuko's intuition is telling him that something is wrong with Korra. I forsee much shenanigans ahead ;).
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So when he walked into the gym and saw a LeKauf going through basic advanced exercises, he wondered if Master Skywalker had decided to screw back.
"Hoi," he called. "Jedi letting any son of a bitch in these days!"
The LeKauf jerked to look at him, then gave an easy grin. "Well, hey, they lowered their standards to let a Fett in... Got to raise the bar after that."
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Tarantulas startled in the process of packing his laboratory, legs flexing to their full extent. That voice! Oh, how he hated it. Its mild sound, its strange cadences that were nearly unique.
"Father," he said neutrally, lowering a leg so he could glance over his shoulder. "To what do I owe the... pleasure?"
Pincher stood in the doorway of his lab, wearing the pseudo-flesh shell he had from the War. He scowled and glared, and Tarantulas mentally catalogued all the ways a Transformer should have found the expression exaggerated. All the ways he didn't - fwagh! Even now, he thought other people weren't expressive enough!
"You put in an application for Predacon citizenship," his father said, thumbs tapping against fingers in a steady rhythm. "It's curious for a mechanism built by an Autobot. Maximal citizenship is freely available to you."
"Built by a Maximal," he corrected, lingering over the word. The flinch, oh, he barely saw it, but it was there! "One of Shockwave's Maximals, and don't think I don't ( ... )
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"I understand you accepted one of Megatron's right-hand mechs as the leader of Cybetron," he taunted.
A heavy grey claw grasped all the legs on his left side. Gently, so gently Tarantulas could barely feel it- and he knew if his father squeezed even a millipascal, he'd sever all four legs. Electricity quickened in Tarantulas's wires, creating shivers in his spark.
He wasn't afraid.
"You never fought back, Father, and you're still wearing the shell Shockwave designed for you. Though I'm sure you know what he meant it for, eheheheheheh."
The bottom-most of Tarantulas's legs fell and clanged against the inside of Pincher's claw. He hissed in pain.
Father dropped him, and there was a flurry of movement as Tarantulas twisted to land on his feet and Pincher folded back into his Pretender shell. He snuck a glance at Father while he grabbed his leg and wanted to snicker at the haunted look on Pincher's face. Father always looked so upset when he lost his temper. Like he'd failed someone ( ... )
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I like how being exposed to a human-form Pretender has messed with Tarantulas's concept of expressiveness.
In some ways, they seem to be having two separate conversations.
'The wonderfully disgusting sound' is a neat bit of phrasing, because I can see Tarantulas thinking that way.
You give the Autobots of old an interesting fading grandeur, which works, I think. I also really dig how you hammer home the scale differences.
I like how you play with what Shockwave did to Pincher's head.
Tarantulas wanting it to be Optimus Prime is interesting - a little notoriety hound, he is.
Poor Pincher. He wanted a baby that couldn't be brainwashed via code... but there are emotional means, too.
Also, hereditary vampirism.
So much love. It seems like you had fun writing this!
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(Yeah, real meme answer tomorrow. But uh. That is a thing that has been lurking for a goodly while.)
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^-^ I'm really looking forward to this, and it's great that I'm not the only one who thinks those two meeting would be amazing.
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Soldiers die on the march, peasants die in the fields. It is too hot, the summer too long. No one can remember any summer like this before.
On the solstice, black-robed mages from the university tumble into the court. Most of them have stripped themselves to the waist, and sweat slicks their skin. They gabble excitedly, and it takes some time for the import of their words to sink into Ozorne's heat-slowed mind.
Like a dash of ice-water, he understands. "An immortal manYes! A stranger, come out of the south, Yamani in feature, eyes of molten gold, beard like a Carthaki emperor ( ... )
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Most times, Mai only has to deal with one or the other. The switch between Zuko and Azula can happen in the blink of an eye, but it usually happens when they're asleep. She'll go to bed with Azula and wake up with Zuko, or vice-versa.
Sometimes, though, Zuko's kisses turn into Azula's, or Azula's fucking turns into Zuko's. Mai hates it a little when that happens - she can prepare for one or the other of them, but having to deal with both of them... It's hard to prepare for that.
She wonders how much love she has for Zuko, sometimes, and if it's enough to last another year with Azula.
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The strange Water Tribe girl barks out a laugh and slings an arm around Sokka's shoulder. "That sounds awesome. How bad did he beat you?"
"I'll have you know me and Suki had him on the run-"
"In your dreams," Zuko muttered, staring at the girl. He had no idea who she was or where she'd come from, but she felt wrong. Not like Azula, but- not right. Definitely not right.
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