Author Archives: Sam

Historical AU or Future AU ?

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Historical AU could be anything. Stargate SG1 is good inspiration for that actually because they explore a new historical world most episodes. There are so many settings. However, this is me we’re talking about so of course the first thing that comes to mind is Regency. I know it’s cliche and probably not true to life but I seriously don’t care. I will never get tired of deb balls, and dance cards, and “may I have this dance” and arranged marriages.

There’s walks in the park as they court with chaperones and slow discovery of one another. There’s scheming for titles and scandals and estates in the country and townhouses and horses and I don’t know just it’s a fun genre. Probably not historically accurate but I care more about enjoyment than accuracy to be honest *hides in box of shame*

Hmm my thinking about Future AU was basically it was similar to sci-fi AU because of the ‘futuristic’ technology. I mean if we think about how far our technology has come in the past 100 years, it could be possibly to theorize in another 100 years we’ll have spaceships capable of travel within our solar system at the very least. However, I started googling as I was trying to write this answer and I was confusing myself, and now my googling has confused me even further so now I don’t even know what Future AU is.

I mean is Future AU just anything post-canon? Like the show ends, if the pick it up then and continue wouldn’t that be a future AU? Like I said I’m very confused now. So I think my answer is going to be Historical AU because I know for definite what that one is.

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Vampire AU or Werewolf AU ?

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Awww I love you *hugs* thank you for blowing up my askbox it’s always tremendous fun 🙂 You are the best!

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Ok wow tricky. I have to be honest neither AU is one I would go looking for. If an author I liked wrote one then I would read it but that’s probably as far as I would go. Not having really read much of either, I’m just going from what I imagine they contain. Both have interesting aspects to explore.

The immortality of vampires for instance creates a problem if they fall in love with a mortal. Do they turn their love and live together forever? Would their love want to outlive everyone they ever met? If the mortal stays mortal, then how would the vampire go on without their true love? Would they want to?

Werewolves have a different set of problems. I imagine the involuntary shifting once a month would mean children wouldn’t be a possibility if the werewolf was female. Do they keep their mind or are they a danger to themselves and others? Is there a stigma against werewolves? I’m thinking about Remus Lupin now. Full confession I actually wrote a few Remus/Tonks fanfics back in the day. I thought their relationship was the most compelling in the series.

Anyway, I have to choose don’t I? I think perhaps at the end of the day I’ll go with Werewolf AU 🙂

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Tropes : Star/Fan AU or Barrista AU ?

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Barista AU definitely because Star/Fan AU can be a little awkward/uncomfortable as it’s too close to reality sometimes. That trope needs a very skilled writer like @worryinglyinnocent to do it justice. With Friendship and Fandoms Worry basically did friends to lovers and I adore that fic so much for that. I never got an icky feeling from it, F&F was amazing and Star Force is an absolute gift.

Plus Barista AU has so many twists because it’s quite open-ended. One of them needs to work at the coffee shop/bistro but the other person can do absolutely anything. That could lead to the Barista getting their dream job and so be a stepping stone to a different trope. Basically I think Barista AU has a lot of potential and can go in lots of directions. It’s a starting point, not an end.

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Tropes: Friends to Lovers or Enemies with Benefits?

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Friends to Lovers 100% oh so much. It’s often slow burn romance and it’s sweet and loving. I like sweet and loving. Too much angst makes me feel sick.

When they start as friends they already know each other so well, so there’s this comfort level. They can banter and tease. They know how to support one another and basically it’s like they’ve seen each other at their worst – and they still jumped in. There’s history between them and shared interests, or they wouldn’t be friends. They get to hang out with their best friend and then go to bed with them as well. It’s a solid foundation for a relationship.

It’s a solid foundation for true love.

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still-searching47:

Still procrastinating *slaps self* but I had a random thought earlier about Agents of Shield. Shows have ‘canon’ ships right, and you know how with most shows there’s a canon ship that is just ugh not cool? I’m speaking on how an individual person feels, I mean obviously there’s a ship for everyone. I’m saying I think most shows have a NOtp, or it’s not as severe as that but you still don’t ship them, when it comes to canon pairings.

Ok that was a convoluted sentence, hope that made sense. I mean thinking of Once Upon a Time there’s several ‘canon’ ships, and I like some, don’t like others. With Agents of Shield I’m trying to think of a canon ship that I disliked. At the end of season four (I have just the finale left to watch) there’s Fitzsimmons, Coulson/May and Mack/Yo-Yo and I ship them all to different degrees. Earlier in the show there were others. I suppose I wasn’t tremendously keen on May/Ward but that was short-lived, without feelings, and pretty much driven by my belief that May deserved better. Plus it made sense for the characters, it was like necessary development, so I was fine with it.

So yeah my random thought was that on a show with ships, it feels rare to like everything. I think I put that down to how well done the ships are on Agents of Shield. The development is slow, it’s consistent with the characters, each character still very much remains their own person, and it just makes sense. It’s hard to argue with things that make sense.

I think Daisy/Lincoln was that ship (it was for me and I never saw much enthusiasm for it, but I could have missed it) but I agree on your basic point that AoS ships are generally really well written. And they are also each pretty distinctive, even when using the same tropes. For example, you could classify both Fitzsimmons and Philinda (F.I.N.A.L.L.Y.) as slow-burn ships in which long-time best friends realize they’re in love, but I think the dynamics of each are different.

I’m only on the edge of the AoS fandom so I don’t really know what’s popular and what isn’t. I didn’t ship Daisy/Lincoln but I didn’t hate it either, well no more than I dislike anything to do with Skye/Daisy in the earlier seasons. She’s always been my least favorite character but that’s a whole other post probably. I could see why Daisy/Lincoln made sense though, even if I didn’t particularly care for it.

Anyway, I agree with you 100% about the ships being distinctive and perhaps I’m such a sucker for them because I love friends to lovers. Heh I admire you for using Coulson/May’s ship name, I can’t spell it for the life of me 🙂

Moment!Belle: Sweetie, chill. Take a deep breath. Then call his shop and clarify where to meet. If he doesn’t pick up, go over and see him. I bet he’d love to see your face again 😃

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Ficlet as promised 🙂 Follows on from this ficlet.

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Belle paused outside the store which was next to Gold’s pawnshop. She took a couple of deep breaths and wished she didn’t feel quite so nauseous. Nothing about today was
going right and it was because she wasn’t thinking anything through. She’d been so focused on getting the words out, and finally telling Mr. Gold how she felt about him, that she hadn’t considered what would happen if he said yes. She had numerous concerns about the looming date at 6pm that evening, but the first problem was that they hadn’t arranged it properly.

She swallowed and tried to relax her grip on the piece of paper she was holding. It had
crumpled where she had gripped it too tightly. They hadn’t arranged where to meet, and she’d blithely said that there would be a showing of something, and that was just too up in the air for her comfort. She’d looked up the movies and the showing times on the library computer. The sci-fi movie which had prompted all of this wasn’t showing until 7.30pm and it wouldn’t take anywhere near that long to get to the movie theater.

“Do the brave thing,” Belle whispered to herself.

Before she could change her mind she strode forward, past the pawnshop window, and opened the door. She blinked at the change in lighting, it was a lot darker in the shop than outside. There was the sound of the gentle tap of Gold’s cane on the floor, and the man himself emerged through the curtain that led to the backroom. A smile crossed his face when he caught sight of her.

“Miss French, how lovely to see you.” Gold’s tongue darted out to wet his lips, Belle’s eyes were drawn to the motion and a beat later she realized she was staring. Gold
frowned. “I hope there’s not a problem with tonight?”

“Oh no, no, no,” Belle stammered. “I looked up the show times.” She brandished the slip of paper as her passport and Gold nodded in understanding.

“What were they?” Gold asked.

“Oh erm.” Belle looked down at the paper, and then thrust it towards Gold. “You can look if you like.”

Her face burned as Gold took the piece of paper and scanned it. How was she supposed to get through this date, if she had trouble with him focusing on her for more than a minute at a time? Belle’s blood ran cold. For all that she had been nursing a
crush on Mr. Gold for months now, and fantasizing about asking him out, she didn’t even know his first name.

“How about the 8.30 performance? We could get an early dinner beforehand,” Gold suggested.

“Dinner?” Belle repeated weakly. That sounded fantastic but the movie was easier, as their attention would be on the screen and they wouldn’t have to make conversation.
“Ok,” she agreed nervously. “Where should we meet?”

“I’ll pick you up,” Gold decided. “There are several restaurants around the movie theater. I don’t have any allergies, you are welcome to choose.”

“You choose,” Belle insisted.

“Very well.” Gold smiled. “Until 6pm Miss French.”

“Belle,” Belle blurted out. “Please, it’s Belle.”

Gold’s smile deepened and he took a step forward. “Belle, I’m Liam.”

He reached out and gently took her hand, raising it to his mouth and brushing his lips against the back. Belle felt like swooning, and wondered for a minute if she had fallen
asleep in the library again, and she was dreaming. This felt more like a dream
than real life, this was almost like a scene out of a Jane Austen novel.

“See you tonight,” Belle mumbled.

She stumbled backwards, keeping her eyes on Gold as she left. The cooler air outside was a relief for her hot cheeks. Dazed Belle staggered over to the library, collapsing into her chair the moment she got there. She’d fixed the logistics and she still had a date! Belle gulped – she still had a date. She glanced down at herself critically, she needed to wear something nice but not too nice, but then again Mr. Gold – Liam, was always impeccably dressed in a suit. Perhaps overdressed was the way to go.

Belle bit her lip and her eyes flickered to the clock. A moment later she bolted to her feet and strode to the door, flipping the sign for community hours. She wasn’t supposed to leave her post until 5.30pm but with the date set for 6pm, she needed more time than that. In fact she really didn’t have a moment to lose. She wanted – no she needed – to look her best, she needed every scrap of confidence she could muster. She really didn’t want to screw this up.

TMI: BraveWarrior!Ficlet – so, who was faster in the end? ;-)

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As promised a little ficlet 🙂 Follows on from this ficlet.

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They reached the stopping point, where the path ran near the tree under which they had
stretched earlier, and Mulan slowed to a walk. Another circuit of the park for
a cooldown and then they’d stretch. She glanced behind her and smiled. Merida had been forced to eat her words as Mulan had set the faster pace. However, to Mulan’s surprise Merida had kept up and was still only a few steps behind. Merida’s face was red, her curly red hair had partially escaped it’s tie and was plastered to her face. Mulan caught her eye and Merida grinned.

“Not bad,” Merida gasped, increasing her pace for a second so that they were walking side by side. “I can see you’re going to give me a run for my money.”

“I don’t usually set such a fast pace,” Mulan admitted.

She could feel the burn where she’d really pushed herself. It wasn’t something she did that often as it tended to affect the rest of her day. It was Sunday and she had a
lot of chores to do before classes started again the next day, but Merida had laid down a challenge and it had proven irresistible. Before they’d started Mulan had respected Merida’s attitude, but now she respected her a lot more. She was determined, she didn’t
give up and she didn’t complain. It might all come to nothing of course but Mulan thought random chance might have gifted her a new friend, a rather attractive new friend.

“So what do you have planned for the rest of the day?” Merida asked, the moment she got her breath back.

“Laundry, cleaning, preparing meals for the week.” Mulan shrugged. “You?”

Merida pulled a face. “Haven’t unpacked yet, I don’t know where anything is so…”

“I can show you,” Mulan offered impulsively.

“Oh yeah? That would be great.” Merida smiled. Her stomach chose that moment to rumble loudly. Merida rolled her eyes. “How about we start with somewhere for breakfast yeah?”

Mulan nodded. “Sure. There’s a nice coffee shop on campus but they aren’t open Sunday’s, and they don’t serve much in the way of breakfast. They are better for something quick at lunch time. You are welcome to come back with me.”

“Breakfast at Castle Mulan, sounds good,” Merida agreed. “One thing, do you have tea?”

A-Z. H, V, E, T, M

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Thank you! Here’s hoping I don’t forget anyone too noteworthy and then kick myself later 🙂 Oh and I’m not sure if it’s first or last name so both? Continues under the cut because gifs are fun.

E – Ellie Bishop (NCIS)

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H – Hardison (Leverage)

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H – General George Hammond (Stargate SG1)

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M – Marshall Flinkman (Alias)

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M – Mack (Agents of Shield)

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M – Melinda May (Agents of Shield)

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M – Mulan (Once Upon a Time)

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T – Teal’c (Stargate SG1)

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T – Trip (Agents of Shield)

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T – Two (Dark Matter)

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V – nothing comes to mind

TMI Tuesday: Wow, look at all the ficlets you wrote this week! I’m impressed! “If you really loved me” Rumbelle– how often does Gideon pull out the ‘but Neal Nolan…’ line to get his way? Do you ever hear reports from the Charmings that Neal uses the ‘but Gideon Gold…’ line on them? Just how nervous are you about the trouble those boys might get into as teenagers?

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(OOC: Thank you!)

Rumple: *snorts* I should think young Master Nolan would know better than to invoke the name Gold in his house.

Belle: Erm actually …

Rumple: Well I never. *smirks* I wonder what the Charming’s thought about that? I imagine if the pirate heard…

Belle: *does that not impressed look she does* Storybrooke is quite quiet these days. I’m sure that Gideon and Neal will get into a few scrapes but hopefully it’ll just be typical teenager high spirits. So I’m not nervous. Rumple?

Rumple: We’ve already seen what a mix of Charming and Gold can do in Henry. I wouldn’t underestimate them sweetheart.

Belle: Henry was a lovely boy and he’s turned into a good man … although I do take your point. Thank you, I wasn’t nervous before but I am now.

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I’m not procrastinating, you are *shifts guiltily* I got tagged in a couple of things ages ago and I love getting tagged so I’m going to do them 🙂 

So first thank you @rowofstars I have no idea what this one is about, so my answers are pretty random to be honest.

  • If I were a month: November
  • If I were a Day: Tuesday
  • If I were a Planet: Proxima/Earth-like planet in the next solar system
  • If I were a God or Goddess: Oizys
  • If I were a sea animal: Barnacle
  • If I were a piece of furniture: Television
  • If I were a gemstone: Citrine
  • If I were a flower: Rose
  • If I were a weather: Raining and cold
  • If I were a color: Blue
  • If I were an emotion: Fear
  • If I were a fruit: Apple
  • If I were an element: Water
  • If I were a place: Scotland
  • If I were a taste: Salty
  • If I were a scent: Dust
  • If I were a song: Odd One by Sick Puppies
  • If I were a body part: Little finger
  • If I were a pair of shoes: Worn down slippers

Next heh, thanks @bookwormchocaholic

1) Any pets? No
2) What do you like to do for fun? Write, watch TV, play video games
3) What nationality are you? British
4) Do you have a special talent? Nope
5) Favorite movie? The Princess Diaries or Captain America: Civil War
6) What did you want to be when you were young? A writer
7) Dream vacation? As it’s a dream and I can go absolutely anywhere, then I’d love to go to Storybrooke. Not Steveston – Storybrooke, hopefully when nothing is attacking the place. In reality? I would like to send everyone else in the house on vacation, and I would stay home and have a staycation with some peace and quiet.
8) Something you hate? Lots of things. Right now? I’m thinking that big ball of radiation we call the sun – I loathe summer. It’s unpleasantly warm and I won’t open my windows because I hate bugs even more than I hate overheating. They make me so paranoid.
9) Favorite quote? “I can fix a bad page, I can’t fix a blank page.” – Nora Roberts.
10) Biggest fear? Failing.
11) What is your current job? Freelancer.