once upon a time i wrote fanfic -- here's a meme

[chelseagirl]

Got this from menikoff -- I'll steal her explanation. "a fic by any other name...
Gacked from lizbetann who gacked from bktheirregular, Pick five, or ten, or more, of your fic titles. List them in your journal and explain how you came up with each one. Post this promptly as well, so that the meme spreads."

Haven't committed fic in ages; everytime the impulse hits I look at the pile on my desk and the impulse goes away again. *sniff* A bunch of Sharpe plotbunnies are being sorely neglected by yours truly. *sniff* Once upon a time, I ficced. And was lousy at titles.

Chaos and Harmony (BTVS) I thought Harmony had potential to be more than just a "Mean Girl" a couple of seasons before Mutant Enemy got 'round to it. Totally Jossed, of course.

The Long Forever Night (FK/Philip Marlowe) Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe narrates a *Forever Knight* story; I have been told I really caught the hardboiled atmosphere.

Untouched Heart (Alias Smith and Jones) Sometimes a pun's just there. The OFC protagonist was surnamed Hart (which happens to be a great-great grandmother's maiden name, which amused me tremendously since the story's set in the Old West; the character bears absolutely no other resemblance to said ancestress. Nor is she a Mary Sue. Dammit). Meant to be a one-off, but fifteen or sixteen stories later, the characters finally resolved their issues. Sort of.

Break-In At Tiffany's (Highlander/Alias Smith and Jones) Amanda. Diamonds. It was just . . . there.

Michael's Most Challenging Mission (La Femme Nikita> Four and a quarter seasons, and the guy cracked a smile, what, twice? It's his kid's elementary school bake sale, which if you remember how the series ends, is not beyond the bounds of credibility. The guy's sexy as hell, but he NEEDS to be mocked.

Comments

[malinaldarose.livejournal.com]

I don't think I ever titled any of my fics; I'm terrible at titles. I'm not even sure where to find them, though I know I've kept them, lo, these twenty-three years or so since I wrote them in junior high. They were Tomorrow People fics. I did write one very short Star Trek/Doctor Who crossover when I was in high school, too.

[chelseagirl.livejournal.com]

Weren't they published then? These were all in zines or online (or sometimes both).

[malinaldarose.livejournal.com]

Oh, hell no! I was 13 when I wrote them!