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Rewatching Babylon 5's "Ship of Tears" and (parts of) "War Without End" was definitely not conducive to ending up in the most cheerful frame of mind this evening. It's so good, though.

Something I noticed in Ship of Tears )

Gifts everywhere!

Nov. 2nd, 2025 12:11 pm
sholio: Text: "Age shall not weary her, nor custom stale her infinite squee" (Infinite Squee)
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[community profile] trickortreatex and [community profile] fandomgiftbasket both revealed this weekend. I have gifts to coo over!

Trick or Treat:

Beware of Gurathin Bearing Gifts (Murderbot, gen, 580 wds)
Fun and playful with some nice little cultural details, and a tantalizing hint of a future mission to come.

Fandom Giftbasket:

Jala, Tujula, and Fraught Understanding by [archiveofourown.org profile] pushkin666 (Babylon 5, Londo & G'Kar, 700 wds)
This is lovely, a possibly-late-in-series vignette with a little bit of cultural exchange (via food/drink) and a little hard-won wisdom/acceptance.

Keepsake by [archiveofourown.org profile] opalmatrix (Murderbot, gen, 3200 wds)
A really enjoyable, very slightly AU slice-of-life on Port FreeCommerce in which Ratthi takes MB shopping for the first time. Great in-character interactions and a lovely ending!

Zayd & Marwan by [archiveofourown.org profile] celli (Murderbot, gen, 750 wds)
Murderbot, Mensah's kids, and cats. Cute and fun!

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Nov. 2nd, 2025 05:05 pm
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We've done two craft fairs this weekend. They went well, and thankfully, were at the same venue so we could leave our stall set up overnight. But even so, it was a lot of being on, socialising and chatting, plus of course, the setting up and breaking down each end. Saying that I enjoyed both days, the venue was lovely, a small community centre, and the coffee only 50p so I was well caffeinated.

Yesterday James was chatting to a man about why he called his business PyroRex, and hearing it was because James always refers to himself as a t-Rex due to his arm positioning, said he had a t-Rex costume that James could have if he wanted it-- and of course he did. The man went home, brought back the costume, and then this happened this morning )

On Friday the emergency vet phoned to say they'd finally had the results back from Murphy's urine cultures, and they thought the antibiotics that they'd given him may be ineffective against the UTI strain he had. But, because he's okay in himself they said to take a sample in to our own vets, they'd check it and give different antibiotics if needed.

Because this was Friday afternoon, our own vet was closing in hours and there was no way to get the sample in and tested before they shut for the weekend. So, James called in to get the sample collecting sand kit, on his way home from work and they said to get the sample and take it in Monday.

I was expecting that to be a nightmare, but amazingly, almost as soon as I put the sand in a clean litter box Murphy used it, and the sample is in the fridge ready to be dropped off tomorrow. Which is a huge relief, now, fingers crossed the sample comes back infection free and I can start to relax about more stones. And I don't have to write sample ever again!

[community profile] mini_wrimo is going on again. I'm not taking part but sign ups will be on for a few days yet if you want to take part in a very low pressure write every day challenge.

I was thrilled to see Layton had turned up to watch Nikita dance on Strictly last night. And to watch the others too I'm sure, but you know, I'm still holding onto my Lakita love. It's been forever since I shared dances I love from the show, but man, I enjoyed Katya and Lewis' couple's choice so much.

Paths of the Stars

Nov. 1st, 2025 05:54 pm
sholio: sun on winter trees (Default)
[personal profile] sholio
Whumptobers will continue until morale improves probably a ways into November, since I'm still having a good time with it, and I have a few incomplete ones.

Alt Prompt: Organ Theft
Murderbot & Tarik, 800 wds (bookverse, post-System Collapse)
Also on AO3: Grand Theft Human

800 wds under the cut )

My 1000th fic on AO3!

Oct. 31st, 2025 02:53 pm
sholio: two men on horseback in the desert (Biggles-on a horse)
[personal profile] sholio
And fic #1000 turned out to be .... a follow-up to the time travel Biggles fic that I wrote for Out of Order Exchange. I had threatened to write what happened between Algy and Erich in 1918, and here it is.

Out of Time (2300 wds, Algy & Erich, gen)

The first one should probably be read first, if you haven't already.

And there it is, and here's to the next 1000!
sholio: airplane flying away from a tan colored castle (Biggles-castle airplane)
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Another of the alt prompts written earlier in October.

“I hear you’re alive, how disappointing.”
Biggles & EvS, 600 wds, enemies-era

600 wds under the cut )

Gratuitous poll

Oct. 29th, 2025 11:03 pm
sholio: Text: "Age shall not weary her, nor custom stale her infinite squee" (Infinite Squee)
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I have reached a never-again milestone on AO3; my number of works is currently sitting at 999!

It'll increment in a few days when some currently unrevealed things are revealed, but before it does that I want to try to write a lucky 1000th fic.

(Appropriately, I'm also hitting this weird little milestone on the 25th anniversary of my time writing fanfic, which started in 2000.)

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 51


What should I doooooo?

View Answers

Write something extra special or iddy
43 (84.3%)

Use this as motivation to finish a WIP
19 (37.3%)

Actually manage to write something for spook-me this year
6 (11.8%)

Write a fandom or pairing I've never written before
3 (5.9%)

Revisit a fandom or pairing I haven't written in ages
23 (45.1%)

Write something experimental or wildly off brand for me
7 (13.7%)

Write something I, the person taking this poll, would like to see and will tell you about in comments
5 (9.8%)

Write a giant mega crossover of every fandom I've ever been in
8 (15.7%)

How very DARE you limit me to 3 options on this poll! I will express my opinions in comments
3 (5.9%)

By The Doctor's Order

Oct. 29th, 2025 06:44 am
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“Fine,” he said flatly. “Let’s admit I’m ‘sick’. Why are you here in my room, and why did you fucking tie me to my own bed?!”

Or, Shuten is sick and not very gracious about it, and Naaza's bedside manners aren't doing much to improve his mood - nor does the Doku Masho's 'secret' agenda.

Words: 2064, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

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Oct. 28th, 2025 03:30 pm
turps: (Frank/mikey1 ( crazybutsound))
[personal profile] turps
Murphy is doing well, he likes the special food we had to buy for him, both the dry and the wet, so hopefully, that continues. He's still a bit jumpy, and hates having his meds, no doubt thinking he's about to be picked up and taken away again each time he has to have them, which is every eight hours right now.

I've just given him his last dose of antibiotic, so now he's down to two meds twice a day, three once a day, so he's getting there. He's hiding right now, but will come back out soon, because he's very forgiving. Here we are having a cuddle earlier )

It was exercise only class yesterday, and Rosie tried something new cut for details )

After walking home, I found Kayleigh and Bodhi waiting for me. Bodhi is on half-term break this week, so it was nice to see her, and we ended caught up in a very long hide the cat bells and then find them game. I feel my acting skills were impressive when I couldn't see such hiding places as a bell on the bottom step of the stairs or in front of the TV. Though, I was impressed when she hid one in the punnet of kiwi fruits, that one took a while to find.

Dragon scales, human heart

Oct. 28th, 2025 03:08 pm
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Posted by AlternativeStrangeUniverse

by

For some time now the Dragon's King has been watching the surface and the human world, waiting for his vision to come true and for his guests to arrive.
"Ryo thank you for giving me the illusion that I could be free and loved." Rui whispered those words before a wave overwhelmed him and carried him away from the clinic.

Words: 242, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

sholio: Gurathin from Murderbot looking soft and wondering (Murderbot-Gura)
[personal profile] sholio
No. 26: “Nothing like a relapse to rehash the kid who was scared.”
Relapse | Drawn Curtains | Power Cut

[TV-verse] Murderbot & Gurathin, 800 wds
Also posted on AO3 as Power Through.

800 wds under the cut )

B5 fic: Where You End (And I Begin)

Oct. 26th, 2025 10:31 pm
sholio: (B5-station)
[personal profile] sholio
This is another one that's been sitting around in my drafts for a while now, mostly because I was trying to work out Lyta's POV chapter, and whether I was happy with the ending, but I finally decided to tidy it up and post it basically as-is. (Spoilers for everything; mostly gen despite the pairing notes.)

Where You End (And I Begin) (Babylon 5, G'Kar/Londo, Lyta/G'Kar [sort of], 4900 wds)
Lyta, G'Kar, Londo, and lingering vestiges of Dust telepathy. Set about a year after "Objects at Rest."
sholio: murderbot group from episode 10 (Murderbot-family1)
[personal profile] sholio
While I slog my way back from a 9-hour time difference of jet lag, I decided to make characters suffer too.

Organic (Murderbot books, MB & Mensah, 2600 wds)
Murderbot isn't sure what's up with its unreliable systems this time, so it asks Mensah. (Set somewhere after System Collapse.)

This one's pretty definitely bookverse, or at least bookverse-compatible; there's nothing specific to the TV universe.

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