Arrant Nonsense

This is not my first foray into this fandom, but it is my first not-commentfic. And since I'm all about breaking characters lately, this practically wrote itself once I had the hook for it.

Title: He Who Hesitates
Author: babies stole my dingo (agilebrit)
Fandom: The Mentalist
Rating: PG-13 (default) for blood and some language
Length: Short story (about 1700 words)
Disclaimer: Bruno Heller is the genius behind these characters; I am but a lowly follower. I make no money from any of this, so please don't sue me.
Feedback: Concrit adored! If you see something that can be improved upon, please let me know, even if it's only a typo.
Written for: pensive1, who wanted me to make Jane cry.
Notes: There's a boatload of angst here, and no happy ending for anyone. Least of all Jane. Genfic.

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( Red John tumbles down the slope of the canyon and lies in a still heap for a few moments. I follow, slipping, sliding, nearly losing my footing and flying headlong, but catching myself in time. )

of the BadWrong...

I wrote a followup to this. What is it about this fandom that makes me need to write the same scene from multiple viewpoints?

( Pepper gets the call... )

X-posted to tonypepper.

Seriously, "we the people" have been making some almighty bad "choices" lately, no matter what Hugh Laurie said. NO WE CAN'T. GO AWAY. GAH. Yeah, way to annoy me right out of the box, there.

I judge a movie by how many times I watch it in the theater and how fast it goes in the DVD collection. I saw Iron Man at least eight times in the theater. I went to get the DVD at midnight on the release date. I've written fanfic for it when I said I wasn't going to write fanfic ever ever ever again.

I saw TDK once. And that was enough. It was all right, but it also reminded me of the worst aspects of Spiderman 3--they tried to do too much with too many villains and it was too relentlessly dark and depressing.

So. America proves, once again, that it's on crack. I hate having my low opinions confirmed.

Yeah, you know what? In "honor" of the crapfest tonight, I'm going to post my third iteration of the BadWrong Fic o'BadWrongness, now with even more BadWrong. (Er, you guys never saw the first one. It sucked. Badly.)

( Here ya go. Heed the warnings. Seriously. The icon is apropos. *cough* Vampire gloves *cough* )

X-posted to starkindustries.

Followup here--Pepper's POV when she gets the call.

Yeah. Fic. Part...One point five? Same as before, only with a little intro and a little follow-up, and it's Tony's POV rather than Pepper's.

So, yeah. I am a sad, strange little girl.

Link to Part 1.0.

Title: Whatever Mr. Stark Requires
Author: babies stole my dingo (agilebrit)
Fandom: Iron Man (movieverse)
Rating: PG for a couple of mildly naughty words
Length: Short story (about 1200 words)
Disclaimer: Marvel owns these characters; I am but a lowly follower. I make no money from any of this, so please don't sue me.
Feedback: Concrit adored! If you see something that can be improved upon, please let me know, even if it's only a typo.
Written for: Just me. Damn plot bunnies.
Notes: Tony comes back from a different sort of mission in Afghanistan, a different sort of broken. Pepper has to try to put him back together.

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( 'Sir, I really must insist,' Jarvis said. 'The human frame is not designed to take this sort of punishment.' )

Heh.

Nevermind.

CURSE YOU, TONY STARK.

So, yeah, the actual!Iron Man story? Jumped up and down and said, "Okay, that's Pepper's POV. What about Tony's? Huh? HUH?"

"Fine," I said, disgruntled. "Then can we work on the Cow and the Beanstalk?"

It got all shifty-eyed. "Mmmmaybe," it hedged. "But don't you want to write more Iron Man fic?"

"No," I answered, crossing my arms. "There's plenty of authors taking up the Tony/Pepper UST mantle, better than I do, who destroy me on a daily basis. The fandom doesn't need me, other than as a cheerleader and sometime icon maker."

"Well. If you're going to be that way..."

"I am. Deal with it."

And thus, here we sit. Me with a Chapter Two/Alternate Chapter One for something that should have been a one-shot. So not fair.

Yeah, I'll probably post it later tonight.

Title: Whatever Mr. Stark Requires
Author: babies stole my dingo (agilebrit)
Fandom: Iron Man (movieverse)
Rating: PG for one mildly naughty word
Length: Short story (about 1200 words)
Disclaimer: Marvel owns these characters; I am but a lowly follower. I make no money from any of this, so please don't sue me.
Feedback: Concrit adored! If you see something that can be improved upon, please let me know, even if it's only a typo.
Written for: Just me. Damn plot bunnies.
Notes: Tony comes back from a different sort of mission in Afghanistan, a different sort of broken. Pepper has to try to put him back together.

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( Miss Potts? Mr. Stark has arrived. )

I thought I remembered that I had a fic languishing on my hard drive. And I did, from clear back during the cya_ficathon. I was writing it as a backup, and I never published it because (a) I couldn't think of a title, (b) I failed rather spectacularly at the "no fluff" clause, and (c) someone else got to the request before I did.

But you know what? I kind of like the story anyway. I now have a title. And thus, I shall share it with you.

This is, of course, in lieu of doing anything actually useful with my time, as my Muses have apparently run off to South America without me and are probably shagging each other enjoying tropical drinks with little umbrellas on the veranda.

Title: Status Quo Ante
Author: babies stole my dingo (agilebrit)
Fandom: Angel
Rating: PG-13 (default)
Length: Short story (about 3500 words)
Disclaimer: Joss is the genius behind these characters; I am but a lowly follower. I make no money from any of this, so please don't sue me.
Feedback: Concrit adored! If you see something that can be improved upon, please let me know, even if it's only a typo.
Written for: cya_ficathon as a backup. Request delineated at the end.
Notes: Yeah, the "no fluff" thing got away from me there at the finish, but if you want me to write angst or darkfic with no character death, you need to cut me some slack in other areas, k?
( Spike/Illyria, Wes/Lilah, post-NFA. Yes, another one. )

And only three days late. Yayness.

Title: Starting from Scratch
Author: babies stole my dingo (agilebrit)
Fandom: Firefly/Angel crossover
Rating: PG-13 (default)
Length: Short story (around 5500 words)
Disclaimer: Joss is the genius behind these characters; I am but a lowly follower. I make no money from any of this, so please don't sue me.
Feedback: Concrit adored! If you see something that can be improved upon, please let me know, even if it's only a typo.
Written for: cya_ficathon. Request was for a Firefly crossover, with Spike, Illyria, River, and Jayne, a job gone bad, and someone getting shot. Bonus points for Wes, Doyle, or Lorne.
Notes: Takes place post-Ariel in the FireflyVerse and at the tail end of NFA in the AngelVerse. Major characters are Illyria, Spike, Lorne, Jayne, River, and Mal. Many thanks to the flist and especially to bigsciencybrain for putting up with my whining about this story.

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( Grief for Wesley and joy of battle war within me... )

Title: Gun Control Means Hittin' Your Target
Author: babies stole my dingo (agilebrit)
Fandom: Firefly
Rating: PG-13 (default)
Length: Short story (a little over 2000 words)
Disclaimer: Joss is the genius behind these characters; I am but a lowly follower. I make no money from any of this, so please don't sue me.
Feedback: Concrit adored! If you see something that can be improved upon, please let me know, even if it's only a typo.
Written for: friend_fic, a multi-fandom friendship-between-members-of-the-opposite-sex ficathon. The prompt was "nothing whatsoever."
Notes: What does Kaylee know about guns? Mal gives Jayne an assignment to teach her. Takes place post-BDM. Many thanks to the Hubby and bigsciencybrain for their valuable feedback and input.
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