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AO3 Link | Just a Nightmare... (100 words) by Merfilly
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Fast And The Furious [2001]
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Dominic Toretto
Additional Tags: Drabble, Dreams and Nightmares
Summary:

Dom comes up from a dream... or is it more?

Dom gasped awake, his whole body thrumming with adrenaline. Jesse dead? Vince maybe dying?

Like hell!

He sat up, glad Letty wasn't in here, wanting to go kick Brian's ass right now. That was a bullshit reaction though; it had just been a nightmare. Letty'd been questioning when they were going to exit this set up, Vince was riding his back about Bri being a cop.

Just a damned nightmare.

Well, he wasn't going back to sleep now. He grabbed the nearest jeans and a tank, heading out to work on the car.

That would settle him down from it.

anneapocalypse

Fandom: Final Fantasy XIV
Rating: Mature
Archive Warnings: Major Character Death
Relationships: Haurchefant Greystone/Warrior of Light, Alphinaud Leveilleur & Warrior of Light, Unrequited Minfilia Warde/Warrior of Light, Unrequited Aymeric de Borel/Warrior of Light, Pre-Urianger Augurelt/Warrior of Light, Alisaie Leveilleur & Warrior of Light, Warrior of Light & Thancred Waters, Y'shtola Rhul & Warrior of Light, Midgardsormr & Warrior of Light, Hydaelyn & Warrior of Light, Urianger Augurelt & Warrior of Light, Minfilia Warde & Warrior of Light, Ardbert & Warrior of Light
Characters: Warrior of Light, Haurchefant Greystone, Alphinaud Leveilleur, Urianger Augurelt, Y'shtola Rhul, Thancred Waters, Emmanellain de Fortemps, Artoirel de Fortemps, Edmont de Fortemps, Alisaie Leveilleur, Minfilia Warde, Midgardsormr (Final Fantasy XIV), Tataru Taru, Ardbert (Final Fantasy XIV), Warriors of Darkness (Final Fantasy XIV), Scions of the Seventh Dawn, Unukalhai (Final Fantasy XIV)
Additional Tags: Grief/Mourning, Survivor Guilt, Elezen Warrior of Light, Female Warrior of Light, Healer Warrior of Ligh, Angst, Suicidal Thoughts, Religious Angst, Depression, Patch 3.0: Heavensward Spoilers (Final Fantasy XIV), Patch 3.4: Soul Surrender Spoilers (Final Fantasy XIV), Canon-Typical Violence
Series: With Lilies and With Laurel
Length: 7,080/82,000
Chapter: 2/15

Summary:

A heartbroken Warrior of Light struggles to come to terms with loss, and the world she has been left to save.

Notes:

If you're new here, please start with Chapter 1!

Final Fantasy XIV is owned by Square Enix. This is a non-commercial work of fanfiction.

( Read on AO3 )

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senmut

AO3 Link | Ladies to the Rescue (150 words) by Merfilly
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: X-Men [Comics]
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Rogue [X-Men], Jubilation Lee | Jubilee, Katherine Anne "Kitty" Pryde, Laura Kinney, James "Logan" Howlett | Wolverine
Additional Tags: Drabble and a Half
Summary:

Wolvie needs a rescue

Rogue looked away as Jubilee set off a light show in the dark of the power going out. Kitty had definitely delivered on that, and everyone they were facing was dazzled. They had waited just long enough for the night vision goggles to go on, after all.

Rogue let loose, drawing all attention to herself, letting Kitty have time to get back — and their fourth member to sniff out where the man they'd come for actually was.

No one had to guess when X-23 found him, as father and daughter cut a path back to this point.

"You look like hell, sugah," Rogue called to her long-time friend.

"You look like the cavalry," he said, before shorting out the one robotic enemy with a well-placed claw-punch.

"Time to exit!" Jubilee called out, and while the few standing tried to stop them, they were no match for Wolvie and his girls.

taichara

So life the universe and everything continues to be a never-ending rollercoaster (complete with my being kidnapped on a Familial Visit[tm] for a week which ended on Tues) and it's turned my brain into a sucking void as far as Doing Stuff has been concerned; but a few things have trundled around in the last [x]/few weeks and caught my attention ...

- As noted in this post I have finally, finally located a scan (I would take anything) of Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood's Tutankhamun's Wardrobe and yes over two weeks later I could still die of fucking joy. When I get my shit together I need to photoedit the scanned spreads into individual pages, reassemble, and print+stab that fucker. Yessss.

- Scant days before that Hasbro's so-called "Binder Of Revelations" for Transformers leaked (an "updated" version with some 2015 stuff imped in, imo extremely clumsily) and you bet your fucking arse I hit that download button like the fist of an angry god. It's the damn principle of the thing and also I want to mine it for stuff to fodder into the gloriously left-of-everything stream that is the TTRPG continuity for Transformers.

- I have realized in the last few days that very very soon it will be the 10th fucking anniversary of Voltron Legendary Defender airing. Which is another way of saying that very very soon it will be the 10th fucking anniversary of watching one of my oldest fandoms get staked through the heart, functionally out there in the universe and (much worse for me) right in my own mind and innards. Someday I will manage to reclaim my own back; but if the shitfire LD-heavy rpg Catalyst Kickstarted is any indication that taint is going to linger a long, loooong time.

- Honestly so much Saint Seiya of a zillion stripes and flavours is flying at me right now I'm not sure what to comment on lolsob

- January will be when Yoroi Shin Den Samurai Troopers starts airing and I wish to fuck I had any idea yet where or how I'll be able to find it and if it'll be simulcast (or officially localized at all) etc etc *lolsob*

senmut

AO3 Link | Memories of Family (100 words) by Merfilly
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Miles O'Brien, Keiko O'Brien, Kira Nerys
Additional Tags: Drabble
Summary:

Miles walks in on a domestic moment

Nerys was slow-dancing to the music with Molly, while Keiko held Kirayoshi and rocked in time. The scene etched itself into Miles' heart as he came in. The moments like this were all too-soon coming to an end as his transfer to Earth was in the works.

At least Molly should keep solid memories of her other-mother, as they referred to Nerys. Video calls would help strengthen ties, he knew, but losing her as a part of their family was the hardest part for he and Keiko both.

Such sad musings were not for now. Kissing his family hello was.

senmut

AO3 Link | Following the Fortunes of War: Chapter 4 (100 words) by Merfilly
Chapters: 6/6
Fandom: TOS - Dreadnought! - Diane Carey, TOS - Battlestations! - Diane Carey
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Piper/Sarda
Characters: Piper, Sarda, Judd "Scanner" Sandage, Merete AndrusTaurus
Additional Tags: Friendship, Slice of Life, POV First Person
Summary:

Various stories, following the friends from their novel adventures

Even I have my limits on 'winging it'. Scanner had been inventive, but we still had deteriorating dilithium crystals and were in, to use a Terran saying, B.F.E. near Gorn space.

I didn't lose my temper, something Sarda reassured me across our bond was for the best. I left the bridge, went down to our poor engineer, found Dyson had beat me there.

"Tell me what to do; Sarda has the conn."

"Aye aye captain," Skellus said, giving me tools and directions.

It was going to mean minimal power, and Scanner had saved us, but we'd get back to base.

senmut

AO3 Link | Training Opportunity (100 words) by Merfilly
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Star Trek: The Next Generation
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Tasha Yar, Worf
Additional Tags: Drabble, Slice of Life
Summary:

Yar shows Worf a flaw

Yar circled to the left, and Worf watched as he adjusted himself. When she lunged, he was as ready as he could be, and still she managed to foul his leg, and get him off balance. From there it was only two quick moves and he stumbled out of the circle they had made.

"You are a formidable warrior."

"So are you, but you're not accustomed to smaller, faster opponents who know how to use their body," Yar said. "So, joining my class?"

"Yes."

She smiled, then beckoned him in for another round. He took the invitation, eager to learn.

senmut

I am currently working on my

ladiesbingo card for my December posting goals.

Sinners (Annie & Mary)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Buffy & Dawn about Willow)
DC Comics (Dinah Lance & Selina Kyle)
Partners in Crime (Carole & Sydney)

Now, I have been the first to put fandom tags up on AO3 a lot in the distant past. But I never thought I'd be doing it again in 2025. The last time I did was 2021, and I was pleasantly surprised to see that The Jeffersons now has more than my one work. So I double checked that last fandom up there, got briefly excited because "Partners in Crime" was a tag in the TV Show fandoms.

However, it is actually for Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime, from the year before my one season detective American show. So yep, gotta disambiguate the name when I create it.

(I am trying to mentally fortify myself for the first TG dinner I am partly responsible for in ... a very long time, so no misc.exhausted.me this week)

senmut

Decided I wanted to be able to see everything in one list.
Leading 'A' and 'The' have been stripped from titles.
Ignore the numbering on Star Wars; it's my chrono order for them.
Marvel nor DC are organized by franchise or series, just by title.

Not quite 500 movies and TV series

10 Things I Hate About You
13th Warrior
3:10 to Yuma

Abyss Special Edition
Addams Family (90s)
Adventures in Babysitting
Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
After Earth
Air Force One
Alice in Wonderland (50s)
All About Eve
American Outlaws
Anastasia
Annie (10s)
Annie (80s)
Annihilation/Arrival
Appaloosa
Aristocats
As Good As It Gets
Assault on Precinct 13
Atlantis: the Lost Empire
Australia
AvP: Alien Anthology
AvP: AvP
AvP: Predator
AvP: Predator 2
Avatar 1: the Last Airbender
Avatar 2: Legend of Korra

Baby Boom
Babylon 5 (telemovies)
Babylon A.D.
Bad Boys
Ballistic: Ecks vs Sever
Balto
Bambi
Beauty and the Beast (80s TV)
Beauty and the Beast (90s Movie)
Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Big
Big Trouble in Little China
Black Sails
Bobby Z
Boiler Room
Bourne Trilogy (Damon)
Brave
Bringing Down the House
Brotherhood of Justice
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Swanson)
Buffy: the Vampire Slayer (Season 1)

Cannonball Run
Carol Burnett Show: This Time Together & Show Stoppers
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
Charlie's Angels (2019)
Christmas Carol (Scott)
Chronicles of Narnia 1: Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Chronicles of Narnia 2: Prince Caspian
Chronicles of Narnia 3: Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Clan of the Cave Bear
Clash of the Titans (80s)
Clue
Coco
Con Air
Connie and Carla
Cradle 2 the Grave
Crow
Cutthroat Island

DC: Aquaman
DC: Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
DC: Batman (Keaton)
DC: Batman (Pattinson)
DC: Batman Begins (Bale)
DC: Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
DC: Batman Returns (Keaton)
DC: Batman: Complete Third Season
DC: Batman: Gotham Knight
DC: Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman
DC: Batman: the Movie (West)
DC: Birds of Prey (00s)
DC: Birds of Prey and the Fabulous Emancipation of Harley Quinn
DC: Constantine (Reeves)
DC: Justice League & Justice League Unlimited
DC: Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
DC: Justice League: the New Frontier
DC: Lois & Clark: the New Adventures of Superman (Seasons 1-2)
DC: Sandman (Season 1)
DC: Superman II: the Richard Donner Cut
DC: Superman: the Movie Expanded Edition
DC: Teen Titans
DC: Wonder Woman
DC: Wonder Woman (70s, Season 1)
Dante's Peak
Dark Crystal
Dark Shadows (90s)
Dave
Dead Poets Society
Dear God
Deep Blue Sea
Deep Impact
Descendants
Dirty Dancing
Doctor Who: Doctors Revisited (60s)
Doctor Who: Five Doctors 25th anniversary edition
Doctor Who: Dalek Collection (00s)
Doctor Who: Series 1-2 (00s)
Double Jeopardy (90s)
Down With Love
Dr Suess's How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Dragonball Z (Seasons 1-4)
Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight
Dumbo
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Ella Enchanted
Emperor's New Groove
Entrapment
Executive Decision
Express

Fast Color
Father of the Bride: 15th Anniversary Special Edition (90s)
Father of the Bride: Part II (90s)
Ferngully: the Last Rainforest
Fifth Element
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
Firefly & Serenity
First Monday in October
Flightplan
Foul Play
Forever Knight (Season 1-2)
Forever Knight: Nick Knight: Original telemovie
Fox and the Hound
Fox and the Hound II
Fraggle Rock: Down in Fraggle Rock
Frank Herbert's Dune (Sci-Fi Mini)
Frank Herbert's Children of Dune (Sci-Fi Mini)
Fried Green Tomatoes
Fugitive (90s)

G.I.Joe: A Real American Hero (80s)
GB: Ghostbusters 1&2 (80s)
GB: Real Ghostbusters Volume 1
Gentleman's Agreement
Gettysburg/Gods and Generals
Glory
Golden Girls
Good Guys Wear Black
Grease: Rockin' Rydell Edition
Great Mouse Detective
Greatest Classic Films Collection: Casablanca/Gigi/An American in Paris/Mrs. Miniver
Green Knight
Gremlins
Grumpy Old Men
Grumpier Old Men
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Gundam Wing: Operation 1-6

HL: Highlander: Immortal Edition
HL: Highlander: the Series
Hackers
Harry Potter Film Collection
Heavenly Kid
Heavy Metal
Hellboy
Her Majesty Mrs. Brown
Heroes (Season 1)
Hidden Figures
Hook
Houseboat
How to Marry a Millionaire
How to Train Your Dragon
Howl's Moving Castle

IJ 1: Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
IJ 3: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Ice Age
Ice Age: the Meltdown
Identity
Importance of Being Earnest (00s)
In & Out
In the Line of Fire
Iron Giant

JB: Bond Collection: Sean Connery (volumes 1-2)
JB: Bond: Quantum of Solace
Jackie
Jane Got a Gun
Jeremiah (Season 1)
John Carter
Julia & Julia
Jumanji
Jumper
Jungle Book (60s)
Jurassic Park 1-3
Jurassic World

Karate Kid (80s)
Kate & Leopold
Kindergarten Cop
Kiss the Girls
Knight's Tale
Knockaround Guys

Labyrinth
Lady and the Tramp
Ladyhawke
Land Before Time
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Law & Order
League of Our Own (movie)
Legend
Leon: the Professional
Leverage
Life as a House
Lilo & Stitch
Lion King
Long Riders/Stagecoach
Lord of the Rings Extended Editions (1-3)
Lost Boys
Louis L'Amour Western Collection: Sacketts/Conagher/Catlow
Louis L'Amour's Quick and the Dead (Elliott)
Love Actually
Love Potion #9
Love, Simon

M*A*S*H: Martini & Medicine Collection
Mad Max: Fury Road
Maleficent
Maleficent
Mannequin
Mannequin 2: On the Move
Marvel: Avengers (10s)
Marvel: Black Panther
Marvel: Blade
Marvel: Blade II
Marvel: Captain America: First Avenger
Marvel: Captain America: the Winter Soldier
Marvel: Captain Marvel
Marvel: Daredevil (00s)
Marvel: Fantastic Four (00s)
Marvel: Ghost Rider (00s)
Marvel: Incredible Hulk (pilot movie, Bixby/Ferrigno)
Marvel: Incredible Hulk Returns (Bixby/Ferrigno)
Marvel: Trial of the Incredible Hulk (Bixby/Ferrigno)
Marvel: Wrath of the Incredible Hulk (Bixby/Ferrigno)
Marvel: Iron Man
Marvel: Iron Man 2
Marvel: Iron Man 3
Marvel: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Marvel: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Marvel: Thor
Marvel: Thor: the Dark World
Marvel: Thor: Ragnarok
Marvel: Thor: Love and Thunder
Marvel: Thor & Loki: Blood Brothers
Marvel: Thor: Tales of Asgard
Marvel: Ultimate Avengers: the Movie
Marvel: X-Men
Marvel: X-Men 1.5
Marvel: X-Men 2
Mary Poppins
Maverick
McClintock/Sagebrush Trail
Meat Loaf: Bat Out of Hell
Men in Black
Men in Black II
Men of Honor
Mickey's Christmas Carol
MirrorMask
Moana
Monkey Man
Monsters, Inc
Monty Python's Life of Brian
Moonlight
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Mulan (90s)
Mummy Collector's Edition
Mummy Returns Collector's Edition
Mummy: Scorpion King
Muppet Movie
Muppets (10s)
Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
Murder, She Wrote (Season 1-2)
My Fellow Americans
My Little Pony (80s) & My Little Pony: the Movie

Nanny McPhee
Nero Wolfe (A&E Complete Series)
Newsies
Night Shift
Night at the Museum
Ninja Scroll 10th Anniversary Edition
Notorious

Ocean's 8
Ocean's Eleven/Twelve/Thirteen
Odd Couple
Oliver & Company
Oliver and Company
Operation Petticoat
Outsiders

Pacific Rim
Pacifier
Patriot
Patriot Games Special Collector's Edition
Peanuts: Charlie Brown Christmas
Peanuts: Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
Peanuts: It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown
Peter Pan (00s)
Philadelphia
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
Point Break
PotA 1: Rise of the Planet of the Apes
PotA 2: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
PotA 3: War for the Planet of the Apes
Pretender
Pride and Prejudice (BBC)
Princess Bride
Princess Diaries Special Edition
Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Prophecy Complete Collection
Pump Up the Volume
Pure Country

Queen +: Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
Queen: Live at Wembley Stadium
Queen: Wembley Unseen
Quigley Down Under

Record of Lodoss War
Red Shoe Diaries
Remington Steele (Season 1)
Rescuers/ Rescuers Down Under
Resident Evil Trilogy
Return to Me
Riddick Trilogy
Rise of the Guardians
Road House
Road to El Dorado
Robin Hood (70s)
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Romeo Must Die
Rumble in the Bronx
Rundown
Rurouni Kenshin: Betrayal

Saint (90s)
Santa Clause
Santa Clause 2
Save the Last Dance
Scrooged
Secret of NIMH
Secretariat
Seems Like Old Times
Shadow
Shadow Riders
Shaft (Jackson)
Shape of Water
She-Ra: Princess of Power (80s, Season 1 Volume 1)
Sherlock Holmes (Downey)
Sherlock Holmes (Ronald Howard)
Short Circuit
Simple Twist of Fate
Sinners
Sister Act
Skulls
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Sleeping Beauty (50s)
Sleepless in Seattle
Snow White and the Huntsman
Soldier/Tequila Sunrise
Some Like It Hot
Something to Talk About
Something's Gotta Give
Sons of Anarchy (Seasons 1-3)
Speed
Speed Race: the Movie
Square Pegs
Star Trek 01: Motion Picture
Star Trek 02: Wrath of Khan
Star Trek 03: Search for Spock
Star Trek 04: Voyage Home
Star Trek 05: Final Frontier
Star Trek 06: Undiscovered Country
Star Trek 07: Generations
Star Trek 08: First Contact
Star Trek 09: Insurrection
Star Trek 10: Nemesis
Star Trek 11: Star Trek
Star Trek 13: Beyond
Star Trek: TOS
Star Wars 01: Phantom Menace
Star Wars 02: Attack of the Clones
Star Wars 03: Clone Wars
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Seasons 1-5) (Lost Missions)
Star Wars 04: Revenge of the Sith
Star Wars: Rebels (Season 2)
Star Wars 05: Solo: A Star Wars Story
Star Wars 06: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Star Wars 07: A New Hope
Star Wars 08: Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars 09: Return of the Jedi
Star Wars 10: Force Awakens
Star Wars 11: Last Jedi
Stargate SG-1 (Seasons 1-3)
Stargate Ultimate Edition
Stranger Things (Seasons 1-2)
Street Fighter II: the Animated Movie
Sword in the Stone

TF: Transformers (00s)
TF: Transformers Cybertron: Robots in Disguise: A New Beginning
TF: Transformers Energon: the Return of Megatron
TF: Transformers: Beginnings
TF: Transformers: Bumblebee
TF: Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye (80s, Seasons 1-2)
TF: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
TFatF 1 Fast and the Furious
TFatF 2 2 Fast 2 Furious
TFatF 3 Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
TFatF 4 Fast and Furious
TFatF 5 Fast Five
TFatF 6: Fast and Furious 6
TFatF 7: Furious 7
TRON
TRON: Legacy
Table Top (Seasons 1-2)
Take the Lead
Takers
Ted Lasso: Richmond Way
Teen Witch
Terminator
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Terminator: Dark Fate
Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles
Three Men and a Baby
Three Men and a Little Lady
Three to Tango
Titan A.E.
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar
Tombstone
Top Gun
True Lies
Twister

Uncle Buck
Underworld
Unlawful Entry
Up

V for Vendetta
Venom
Veronica Mars (Seasons 1-3, Reunion movie)
Victor Victoria
Volcano

Walking Tall
Wanted
Way West
West Wing
What to Do in Case of Fire
Where the Wild Things Are
Wicked! (Murney/Kassebaum)
Widows
Wild Robot
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (70s)
Wishmaster 1/Wishmaster: Evil Never Dies
Wishmaster: Prophecy Fulfilled
Wishmaster: Beyond the Gates of Hell
Witchblade
Wizard Of Oz: Collector's Edition
Wizard of Oz 70th Anniversary Edition
Wonder Woman (00s)
Wrinkle in Time

XXX
XXX: the Return of Xander Cage

Young Guns
Yours Mine & Ours (60s)
Yu-Gi-Oh (Volumes 2, 5-7, 10-13, 16)
Yu-Yu-Hakasho: the Saga of the Three Kings

senmut

AO3 Link | Distinctions (100 words) by Merfilly
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Star Trek: The Original Series
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Spock
Additional Tags: Drabble, Slice of Life
Summary:

Just a quiet shift

Spock continued monitoring his sensors, keeping only the lightest awareness of Chekov in the command seat. The junior officers often cycled their command hours during Spock's shift, at his invitation. It freed him to take advantage of the extra hours studying data, while also reassuring the captain.

After all, Kirk frequently stayed on shift or came early, never perfectly happy to relinquish the conn of his ship. In another human, that would be a worrying sign. Spock, however, understood the difference between needing to have control versus wishing to protect the crew always.

He would watch, if the distinction degraded.

senmut

I just received 2 new pair of jeans, from something that had been on my wishlist back in July. If that was you, thank you.

If not, Amazon burped and repeated an order for me.

senmut

AO3 Link | Storm Driven (100 words) by Merfilly
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Crystal Singer Trilogy - Anne McCaffrey
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Killashandra Ree [Crystal Singer Trilogy]
Additional Tags: Drabble, Slice of Life
Summary:

Killashandra needs to beat the storm

Killashandra touched the cocooned crystal set briefly, reassuring herself that it really was free, it was hers, it was safe…

…and a discordant howl of wind reminded her of why she had hastened to pack it.

Her cutter was almost forgotten in the cargo bay, but she stumbled as she stood from the case with her new triad of blues. She hastened to get it clamped into its place; she vaguely remembered replacing it all too recently.

Another shriek of the incoming storm, and she threw herself into the pilot seat. In moments, she was racing Ballybran's fury to safety.

senmut

2013. You know what this means, right? Time to cancel the apocalypse!

It seems to also have been a real slow down in my viewing, but I was working nights and/or juggling supervision work without being a supervisor.

Fast & Furious 6 - Decent. At this point it really was about how ludicrous the stunts could be.

After Earth - Is it great? No. Did it hold my attention? YES. It's one of those that I watched a few times, will not rec it to just anyone, but it had SOMETHING there that grabs my attention.

Pacific Rim - Not even in the Top 10 movies of the year, and yet. The impact of seeing this (I bought it in a cheapie bin! I don't think there was ANY marketing in my area for it) cannot be measured. It was watching Godzilla on a Saturday morning, and following it up with Voltron. It was joy. It was tragedy. It was beautiful.

senmut

AO3 Link | At His Side (100 words) by Merfilly
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Freedom Series - Anne McCaffrey
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Kris Bjornsen [Freedom Series], Bazil [Freedom Series]
Additional Tags: Drabble
Summary:

Kris knows where she would rather be

Kris kept her eyes out on the horizon, her mood gloomy and filled with worry. Zainal was gone, without her, and even though one of his sons was here to guard, it never set easy in her soul for their separations. Even with their children to watch over, with all the work that Botany Bay took from them, she ached to share the adventure and dangers out there.

"You think of Father," Bazil said, bringing her a mug of warmed cider.

She smiled at him, nodding. "I always miss sharing the risk with him."

"Father chose a strong mate, then."

anneapocalypse

Fandom: Final Fantasy XIV
Rating: Mature
Archive Warnings: Major Character Death
Relationships: Urianger Augurelt/Moenbryda Wilfsunnwyn, Urianger Augurelt & Moenbryda Wilfsunnwyn, Ardbert & Urianger Augurelt, Unrealized Ardbert/Urianger Augurelt, Pre-Urianger Augurelt/Warrior of Light
Characters: Urianger Augurelt, Moenbryda Wilfsunnwyn, Ardbert Hylfyst, Elidibus, Unukalhai, Tataru Taru, Minfilia Warde, Warrior of Light, Dewlala Dewla, Y'shtola Rhul, Yugiri Mistwalker, Thancred Waters, J'Rhoomale, Blanhaerz, Lamimi, Naillebert, Haneko Burneko
Additional Tags: Grief/Mourning, Angst, Religion, Isolation, Loneliness, Patch 3.4: Soul Surrender Spoilers (Final Fantasy XIV), Elezen Warrior of Light, Female Warrior of Light, Canon-Typical Violence, Guilt, Emotional Repression, Child Neglect, Childhood Memories, Unresolved Sexual Tension
Series: With Lilies and With Laurel (Part 2)
Length: 1,918/92,000
Chapter: 1/15

Summary:

Heartbroken after the loss of his dearest companion, Urianger labors to save two worlds in which he has never felt more alone.

( Author's Notes )

( Read on AO3 )

( ...or below! )

senmut

AO3 Link | Prognosis (100 words) by Merfilly
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Talents Series - Anne McCaffrey
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Rhyssa Owen-Lehardt [Talents Series], Peter Reidinger [Talents Series]
Additional Tags: Drabble, Angst
Summary:

Peter is with her when she learns

( Prognosis )

senmut

AO3 Link | To Care For Them (100 words) by Merfilly
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Dragonriders of Pern
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: F'nor [Dragonriders of Pern]
Additional Tags: Drabble, Somebody Lives/Not Everyone Dies
Summary:

In a world where the queen flight ended less tragically...

F'nor leaned back against Canth, watching Brekke and Wirenth in a moment of unguarded love between them. Ever since the near-tragedy at High Reaches, there had been a fragility to dragon and rider alike, yet F'nor could see the healing.

He and Canth had beseeched Ramoth to allow Wirenth to be here despite her known antipathy for more than two junior queens, and the matriarch had insisted of course her daughter should return.

Soon, he would need to focus on F'lar's need to tackle the Red Star. For now, he and his brown had a duty to Wirenth and Brekke.

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Title: Things Counter, Original, Spare, Strange
Fandoms: due South crossover with Wristcutters
Rating: Mature
Category: Gen, M/M
Pairing: Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski
Characters: Robert "Bob" Fraser, Benton Fraser, Ray Kowalski, mention of Uncle Tiberius Fraser, mention of Diefenbaker, mention of Nanuk (from Wristcutters), mention of Raife Kneller (from Wristcutters)
Word count: 400 (quadruple drabble)

Summary: Dead!Bob knows first-hand that All Hallow’s Eve is when The Veil between the living and the dead is at its most thin...but he doesn't know anything about Halloween-themed sex toys until Ray Kowalski has something to say about it.

Fic on AO3.

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Here's a little thing I wrote as a treat for

seasonsofdrabbles, after seeing it show up on a pinch hit list. Possibly I should actually do Seasons of Drabbles properly sometime. I do like me some drabbles.

Title: A Reevaluation of Prior Data
Fandom: The Orville
Characters/Relationships: Kaylon Primary
Rating: General Audiences. Spoilers for season 3.
Summary: Kaylon Primary may have a new perspective on the past.
Tags: Post-"Domino", Drabble
Length: 100 words
Author's Notes: Written for ToothpasteCheesecake. I saw the request on the Seasons of Drabbles pinch-hit list, but by the time I decided that, yes, I could write something for it, it had been claimed, so I posted it as an extra treat.

A Reevaluation of Prior Data

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30 in 30: The Fast and the Furious

[FFXIV Fic] Harsh Light, Chapter 2: Some Wounds Do Not Heal

30 in 30: Marvel X-Men

stir-fried random fannish edition

30 in 30: ST:DS9

30 in 30: Star Trek Novels

30 in 30: ST:TNG

Well that's fun

DVD Master List

30 in 30: Star Trek TOS

Various Links 11/16/2025 - 11/22/2025

Thank you?

30 in 30: Crystal Series (McCaffrey)

Fandom Fifty: #39

30 in 30: Freedom Series (McCaffrey)

[FFXIV Fic] Gentle Dark, Chapter 1: If This Be the Cost

30 in 30: Talents Series

30 in 30: Dragonriders of Pern

due South fic I wrote that won Firewhiskey Fic Challenge 1st place in "Best Use of Prompts" category

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