Links to all fanfiction I've written in various fandoms. That I'm admitting to.

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Speaking of warnings, where to begin with Blake's 7?

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Also, the Guardian tells you where to start with Charles Dickens, making a "the fan favourite", "the best one" etc. list. Turns out I have more Stephen King opinions than I have Dickens opinions, but no Hard Times?

The Hobbit:

Green Lord of Dol Guldur: both hilarious and touching story two parter, in which Bilbo and Gandalf, en route back post Battle of the Five Armies, stop by at Dol Guldur, and... unexpected and very Hobbit-ish things happen. (Which deal also with one of my pet peeves about Tolkien's universe per se, see also: entire races born evil ( Read more... )

Back in Bamberg with the APs, and also thoroughly exhausted. Lots of fannish catching up to do, and not always in a happy way; I was sad to learn Paul Darrow had died.
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A sad beginning of the day this morning, as I learned Jacqueline Pearce, aka Servalan in Blake's 7, has died. The most fabulous evil overlady of them all, who had the rare distinction of not solely ending her canon alive but having outlived all her opponents (both heroic and villainous).

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I also bring another vid rec. Bates Motel, see tag, was ( Read more... )

Once upon a time, when all things Star Trek were (mostly) the only game in town, the difference between space ship settings and space station settings seemed mostly amount to: a space ship setting lends itself more to episodic tv, meeting new characters and worlds every week, with the episodes being self contained and thus able to be watched in ( Read more... )

First, I suppose I should specify what I mean with „redemption“, because fandom has a whole range of definitions going from „villain is written with sympathetic traits and tragic background explaing his/her actions“ via „villain confronts own misdeeds, does act in attempt to make up for them /acts to help others from this point onwards“ to „ ( Read more... )

Discworld:

The BBC is currently broadcasting a radio version of Night Watch, available on iplayer for us non-British folks, and I'm listening, enthralled, to the first episode.

Blake's 7:

If you're a B7 fan, chances are you've already read this, but if you have not: a great new essay, on B7, Blake, Gareth Thomas and Chris Boucher. It's ( Read more... )

What sad news to to wake up to: Gareth Thomas is dead.

It's not "just" the "Blake from Blake's 7" part. I remember
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A true challenge to ponder.

( And one which offers spoilers for Babylon 5, The Wire and Blake's 7 )