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Probably this is insight2's fault, but while I was brushing my teeth last night it occurred to me that it would be interesting (one word for it) to develop an angelic language, now that Skanr has been my practice run for language construction. What I've been thinking of is a language that is Romance-like in the sense that angels use different forms of the copulative (to be) for the created world and the divine, to express the distinction they'd probably make between essence versus state. Or would they just see the entire world as a collection of things in a state of being or becoming or changing? And how would the near-infinite think about the bounded and contained, anyway? *ponders these things*

In similar SPN news, I wrote one more drabble, In terra aliena (In a Strange Land) for the deancastiel drabble challenge.

SUNDAY DRABBLEVENTURES
By executive order, I have decided that on a semiregular basis (maybe every other Sunday, or however often I feel like it), I will contribute to weekend sloth and work avoidance by writing drabbles on request. When requests are open, I will note which fandoms I'm writing in; all you need to do is name your fandom, character/pairing, and prompt, and I will write 100 words of something. This post will be the prompt and response post, for purposes of consolidation.

.drabble prompts: Leave me a fandom/character/pairing and a prompt (SGA, SPN, Bones, and I guess I will take Merlin*) and I will see what I can do.

4.26 DRABBLEVENTURES NOW OPEN

In unrelated news, Iron & Wine's The Shepherd's Dog is completely awesome and I have been listening to it obsessively.

* = I like Morgana a lot and wish something heavy would land on Uther. And I like how Arthur is kind of a jerk, but basically a decent guy. Also, I am deeply amused and, dare I say it, somewhat gratified, by the fact that the incantation languages involve Old English. A lot of this is because the Anglo-Saxons really did not like teh magics.

*le sigh* Sunday is over, alas! Drabbles closed for now.

Because I am too extravagantly lazy to do two separate posts, drabbles and icons both this time around.

Part I: drabbles! Actually, a lot of them are slightly over 100 words so they are technically not drabbles... My brevity seems to have left me.

Mass disclaimer: Absolutely none of the characters below belong to me.
Warnings: Nothing horrifying or graphic follows. Warning for first-timer in writing House-fic.

House:
For nekosmuse: House & Wilson in a retirement home. ( Past Times )


LotR:
For faramir_boromir: Boromir, Faramir (Denethor POV). ( Lairë )


M7:
For ribby: Chris/Vin. ( Easy, Like )


SGA:
For bornofchaos: McKay/Sheppard, bad dreams & comfort. ( Riding the Mare )
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For mardia: McKay/Sheppard, with jealous!Sheppard.( Misdirected )
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For tanzy, who is evil and gave me an idea for a long story: Ronon/Teyla. ( Forest )
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For twincy: McKay/Sheppard, 'flicker.' ( The Quiet )


WaT:
For smeggin_amyk: D/M (ref. to "Off the Tracks"). ( La Familia )

As has become my custom whenever I suffer from the inability to write, I ask people to request drabbles in any fandom and with any prompt of their choosing. Here's the newest round.

Mass disclaimer: None of the characters are mine. Sigh.


L&O:CI
For cedarlibrarian: Goren/Logan (implied). (PG13ish) ( Read )


LotR
For namarie120: Aragorn/Faramir; susurration. (PG, post-RotK) ( Zephyr )
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For nekosmuse: Legolas, Gimli; drinking. (G, during TTT)( The Cup )
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For ribby: Aragorn/Boromir; 'velvet.' (PG, during FotR) ( Cloaks )


SGA
For dancink: Rodney; grad school, library. (PG) ( Full Circle )
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For lillyjk: Rodney/John; overheard conversations & misunderstanding. ( Hearsay )
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For mardia: Carson; Rodney, unrequited. (Post-"Grace Under Pressure") ( Hypothermia )


WaT
For bornofchaos: Danny, Martin; Spanish (yay!), touching. (PG/PG13ish) ( Te Deseo )
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For spoiledjap: Danny, Martin; dog! (G) ( The New Teammate )
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For smilla02: Danny/Martin; "of all things that are certain, the most certain is doubt." (PG; post-S4 AU) ( Certainty )


Yay! I wrote something! *faints in disbelief*

Below are a whole bunch of drabbles I wrote in response to prompts provided by various denizens of my flist, and I post them here for mass entertainment. Before continuing, I should warn you SG:A-type people that this is the first time ever that I've written SG:A-type things; to make matters worse, I've not read much fanfic and I'm behind on episodes--so the quality may be questionable at best. Also, I should probably provide a disclaimer for all of the following.

Mass disclaimer:
Lord of the Rings belongs to the Tolkien Estate and New Line, not me.
The Magnificent Seven belongs to MGM &c., not me.
Stargate: Atlantis belongs to SciFi &c., not me.
Without a Trace belongs to CBS &c., not me.

Spoilers are noted in the description, as are pertinent ratings/warnings and pairings.

And there you have it. Now, on with the drabbles, arranged by fandom:

LotR

For mrkinch, who desired "rings, bright light, [and] pretty words": ( The Gates: Gimli & Legolas [if you wish to slash, feel free], G )


M7

For moosesal, who besought a drabble starring Vin, Ezra, and a wager of some sort: ( Monosyllable: Ezra & Vin, PG )


SGA

For mardia_, who wanted fluffy Rodney/John with Rodney freaking out over something: ( Last Things: McShep [vaguely], PG )



For lillyjk, who petitioned for jealous!Shep and Rodney as the object of someone's flirtation: ( Further on down the Road: McShep [sort of], PG )


For verstehen, who wished to see a drabble with the prompt "We were military in the past. Never did I think we might be again": ( Quondam: OC [gen], PG )


WaT

For frogy, who humbly requested Danny/Martin, with friends outside of work or lack thereof: ( Just Friends: D/M, PG; reference to 4.07 'The Innocents' )



For le_mot_mo, who prayed for Danny/Martin, NC17, with the prompt "The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body": ( What It Is: D/M, NC17 )



For lachli, who yearned for post-"Off the Tracks" (3.21) with Danny musing on the delights of forceful!Martin: ( Ends and Means: D/M , R; post-ep )



Addendum

For tanzy, who lobbied for D/M and the following quotation as a prompt: "We need not to be let alone. We need to be really bothered once in a while. How long is it since you were really bothered? About something important, about something real?" (Ray Bradbury): ( Something Real: D/M, PG )

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Whew! That was fun :) Am out of town for a bit, but when I get back, I might do this again. Drabbles... they are so seductive.

Title: A riddle
By: HF
Email: hfox @ontheqt.org
Rating/Warning: None
Work: LotR
Disclaimer: Tolkien hoc fecit.

Notes: A riddle for the tolkien_weekly "Queens" challenge. Under the wire! (I hope!)

( A riddle )


Feel free to supply an answer :)

Title: Hope in Exile
By: HF
Characters: Elrond, Gandalf, smattering of Aragorn
Universe: Pre-FotR (book)
Rating/Warnings: Not much.
Disclaimer: The genius is Tolkien's.

Notes: Inspired by a similar phrase in Alvin Lee's classic examination of Old English poetics, The Guesthouse of Eden. This is not the fic, mrkinch. (I hope!) I can't concentrate on anything longer at the moment, though :/

To be locked in a few days.


( the Shadow waits )