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Title: devil's in the house of the rising sun
I've been horribly sick for the last couple of days, so I've struggled to get anything of note done. Which is bad, because the deadline for iddyiddybangbang is fast approaching and I'm nowhere near done. On the other hand, it turns out that high fevers make for interesting dreams, and the one I had last night was particularly wonderful, so I decided to convert it to fic form. I don't feel like I quite captured how great this particular dream was, but it's close enough that I feel happy enough sharing it here. Not sure about AO3 or anywhere else, though - not yet.
Please feel free to picture this all taking place in a dusty old road cafe somewhere in West Virginia - which really is nowhere near where I live, but it's close enough for the mood I have in mind.
( Well, the Doctor went down to West Virginia... )
Length: 2937 words
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Doctor Who,
Rating: Gen
Warnings: None
Characters: Seventh Doctor, OFC (it's literally just a self-insert)
Summary: It was one hell of an incredible spoon performance. He's one hell of a guy.
I've been horribly sick for the last couple of days, so I've struggled to get anything of note done. Which is bad, because the deadline for iddyiddybangbang is fast approaching and I'm nowhere near done. On the other hand, it turns out that high fevers make for interesting dreams, and the one I had last night was particularly wonderful, so I decided to convert it to fic form. I don't feel like I quite captured how great this particular dream was, but it's close enough that I feel happy enough sharing it here. Not sure about AO3 or anywhere else, though - not yet.
Please feel free to picture this all taking place in a dusty old road cafe somewhere in West Virginia - which really is nowhere near where I live, but it's close enough for the mood I have in mind.
( Well, the Doctor went down to West Virginia... )
Adventures In Seeking
Aug. 30th, 2018 07:53 pmToday I finally realized that I didn't actually need to gain any more SMEN levels in order to gain more Weeping Scars. So I ended up getting the last four ones over the course of a lazy, no-work-accomplished sort of day (and managing to complete the Well Dive on the first try!). I'm currently dead for the fourth time today, but at least I've got that all over and done with. Now that I've properly got started with this self-destructive, sadomasochistic journey, hopefully it'll go quicker from now on.
I have also realized some things in regards to the Reticent Professor's own Seeking quest, which I suspect I will write more of in due course. First of all: I already (very) vaguely implied this in sing north, but he completed all of the Scars in quick succession in one day. (He may be accustomed to playing the long game, but in some manners he is very impatient indeed.) Secondly, doing this involved coming back from the dead no less than ten times, because the Well took several turns to properly take in his case. It's a very good thing he's excellent at chess, otherwise he wouldn't have made it back as quickly as he did - although he is now a very frequent opponent of the Boatman; something that may become a problem in future.
Oh, and if it wasn't obvious: the Irreverent Pyrotechnician knows that something's up. She might not be entirely sure of what it is quite yet, but she's not an idiot, and she's going to figure out what he's up to at some point or other.Who knows, she might actually end up joining him
I have also realized some things in regards to the Reticent Professor's own Seeking quest, which I suspect I will write more of in due course. First of all: I already (very) vaguely implied this in sing north, but he completed all of the Scars in quick succession in one day. (He may be accustomed to playing the long game, but in some manners he is very impatient indeed.) Secondly, doing this involved coming back from the dead no less than ten times, because the Well took several turns to properly take in his case. It's a very good thing he's excellent at chess, otherwise he wouldn't have made it back as quickly as he did - although he is now a very frequent opponent of the Boatman; something that may become a problem in future.
Oh, and if it wasn't obvious: the Irreverent Pyrotechnician knows that something's up. She might not be entirely sure of what it is quite yet, but she's not an idiot, and she's going to figure out what he's up to at some point or other.
current writing problems
Aug. 25th, 2018 09:56 pmWell, I'm nearing 37000 words (!!) on this blasted fic, and the characters are beginning to rebel. Which I should have seen coming from the beginning, considering the situations that I have been conspiring (with myself) to put them into; and yet I'm still surprised.
1) I'm beginning to regret writing this out of order. Mainly because I'm currently halfway through writing the chapter 10 Epic Dramatic Confrontation scene, and the chapter 4 Dinner Party Scene where all of the plot threads for the reveal are set up is still at *checks* 243 words. And I have no idea how to even begin working on it. But that's just how my brain works when I'm writing these longfics, I guess.
2) Why did I pick this particular TV show to crossover with? Why oh why? I've realized just now that I cannot write any of the characters in this particular series to save my life, and even worse - they're not contributing enough to the plot for me to justify them being there.
2.5) but i can't get rid of them at this point. I'm too far into this for me to stop now.
3) Both Seven and Ace want, quite ferociously, to kill one particular character. Like, really properly kill. They have complete justification for wanting to do so, and it might even make sense story-wise for them to do it. But nonetheless - I can't morally let them commit homicide. And I'm actually afraid that I won't be able to stop them from doing it.
4) I'm also afraid that I won't finish this fic in time for the deadline. (I'm doing it for a Big Bang challenge. I swear, I didn't mean for it to get this long!) Hopefully they'll give me an extension, if I don't manage to get it all done by then.
1) I'm beginning to regret writing this out of order. Mainly because I'm currently halfway through writing the chapter 10 Epic Dramatic Confrontation scene, and the chapter 4 Dinner Party Scene where all of the plot threads for the reveal are set up is still at *checks* 243 words. And I have no idea how to even begin working on it. But that's just how my brain works when I'm writing these longfics, I guess.
2) Why did I pick this particular TV show to crossover with? Why oh why? I've realized just now that I cannot write any of the characters in this particular series to save my life, and even worse - they're not contributing enough to the plot for me to justify them being there.
2.5) but i can't get rid of them at this point. I'm too far into this for me to stop now.
3) Both Seven and Ace want, quite ferociously, to kill one particular character. Like, really properly kill. They have complete justification for wanting to do so, and it might even make sense story-wise for them to do it. But nonetheless - I can't morally let them commit homicide. And I'm actually afraid that I won't be able to stop them from doing it.
4) I'm also afraid that I won't finish this fic in time for the deadline. (I'm doing it for a Big Bang challenge. I swear, I didn't mean for it to get this long!) Hopefully they'll give me an extension, if I don't manage to get it all done by then.
Title: A Little Fun Detour
Length: 3594 words
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Doctor Who, The Adventure Zone
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences
Warnings: General Pain, Mutilation, Memory Alteration, Character Death
Characters: Ace McShane, Seventh Doctor, Edward & Lydia, Lucretia (briefly)
Summary: The Suffering Game has two new contestants. It may never let them go.
Alternate Links: AO3 and whofic
I wanted to take a break from my current (ridiculously longfic) project to write something for the triple birthday of my favorite actors (Sylv, Sophie, and Anthony Ainley!!), and apparently that means that I make the Doctor and Ace feel pain. Like, a lot. This has nothing at all to do with my previous taz/dw crossover. It also cannot possibly be canon in either the Doctor Who or Adventure Zone universes, for reasons that will become apparent. Enjoy. Actually, you probably won't enjoy.
Go suffer, I guess.
( three, two, one (let’s go) )
fic: one plus six | Doctor Who
Aug. 9th, 2018 11:30 amTitle: one plus six
Before Protect & Survive, post-A Death in the Family. Spoilers for that last one. Thank you to dearest Jane for the light editing work.
( “Mister Hex, kindly do not taunt the armed, oncoming soldier squadron.” )
Length: 5271 words
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Doctor Who (Big Finish Audios)
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences
Warnings: Swearing
Characters: Ace McShane, Hex Schofield, Seventh Doctor
Additional Tags: I did a hit on all of them whoops, Hurt/Comfort, Angst. Friendship, Medical Inaccuracies (probably), Platonic Cuddling For Warmth
Summary: For the first half hour of wandering through the forest outside the biodome, everything was fine – despite the fact that they were, of course, very very lost. And then it wasn’t.
Summary: For the first half hour of wandering through the forest outside the biodome, everything was fine – despite the fact that they were, of course, very very lost. And then it wasn’t.
Alternate Links: AO3, whofic
Before Protect & Survive, post-A Death in the Family. Spoilers for that last one. Thank you to dearest Jane for the light editing work.
( “Mister Hex, kindly do not taunt the armed, oncoming soldier squadron.” )
fic: Be Well | Doctor Who
Aug. 9th, 2018 11:25 amOne day I will write a fic with a properly capitalized title. This is not that day, apparently.
Title: be well
Length: 226 words
( It rears over Ace as she leans towards the fire... )
Title: be well
Length: 226 words
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Doctor Who (Titan Comics)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: None, really
Characters: Ace McShane, Seventh Doctor
Additional Tags: Taking place during part two of 'Operation Volcano'
Summary: He closes his eyes and waits for her to wake.
Summary: He closes his eyes and waits for her to wake.
Alternate Links: AO3
( It rears over Ace as she leans towards the fire... )
fic: sing north | Doctor Who/Fallen London
Aug. 9th, 2018 11:20 amTitle: sing north
Length: 2089 words
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Doctor Who, Fallen London
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences
Warnings: Offscreen implied violence/death, mild gore
Characters: Ace McShane, Seventh Doctor
Additional Tags: Seeking Mr Eaten's Name, Alternate Universe, the sigil for a percolating tragedy currently in motion
Summary: The Reticent Professor is Seeking. The Irreverent Pyrotechnician worries. All shall be well, of course.
Remixed/inspired by chapter three of 'The Nameless Letters' by deepandlovelydark on AO3, which is an excellent work and well worth a read.
Title: loved the stars too fondly
Length: 3638 words
Length: 3638 words
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences
Warnings: Swearing, panic attacks
Characters: Ace McShane, Seventh Doctor
Additional Tags: followup to none but the things that never happened.
Summary: Ace is... existing. Or trying to, anyway. The Doctor helps, of course.
Title: none but the things that never happened
( Something went wrong something went wrong why can’t she think properly wrong wrong wrong )
Length: 1841 words
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Doctor Who, Gallifrey Audios
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences
Warnings: Swearing, less-than-lucid storytelling, mentions of mind manipulation
Characters: Ace McShane, Seventh Doctor
Additional Tags: Post- Soldier Obscura
Summary: She takes it out and cradles it in her hands, and maybe rocks back and forth a bit while she tries to remember and piece together. Someone gave it to her. Someone important. Her mind keeps flashing back to the sound that had followed that man’s departure. Feels like home. Fix things. Tesseract.
( Something went wrong something went wrong why can’t she think properly wrong wrong wrong )
I'm going to post all of my pre-existing fics here, just for the sake of keeping thing consistent.
Title: phantasmal and resplendent
Length: 3638 words
Title: phantasmal and resplendent
Length: 3638 words
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Doctor Who, The Adventure Zone
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences
Warnings: Swearing
Characters: Ace McShane, Seventh Doctor, Romana (II), Melanie Bush, Bernice Summerfield, Chris Cwej, Roz Forrester.
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe: TAZ Fusion
Summary: From the tip of the umbrella emerges a lot more than a spark. It's a raging inferno, a fireball the size of a elephant that swells and burns, and shoots through the air, trailing sparks. And then we see Ace.
Alternate Links: AO3
Sparked originally from the thought that Ace and Lup might get along rather well if they ever met, and then the thought that Seven's brolly might have potentially been the Umbra Staff in another universe. Spoilers, therefore, for up to Story and Song from the TAZ podcast.
( They're in the heat of battle (once again)... )
Alternate Links: AO3
Sparked originally from the thought that Ace and Lup might get along rather well if they ever met, and then the thought that Seven's brolly might have potentially been the Umbra Staff in another universe. Spoilers, therefore, for up to Story and Song from the TAZ podcast.
( They're in the heat of battle (once again)... )
An Introduction
Aug. 9th, 2018 10:16 am Hello, all - I'm JustMcShane, and I write fic, sporadically. You may have seen me on AO3 at ![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
JustMcShane, where I post most of my work, or possibly on whofic, where I also post some amount of my stuff. I rec fics fairly regularly over at![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
tardis_library and I honestly can't think of any other sites that I frequent often enough to mention. Hopefully I'll be using this account frequently in the future.
I use she/her pronouns, incidentally.
See you all around, I guess!
- A
tardis_library and I honestly can't think of any other sites that I frequent often enough to mention. Hopefully I'll be using this account frequently in the future.I use she/her pronouns, incidentally.
See you all around, I guess!
- A
