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So, I have been working hard for the moneys and haven't had much free time to myself to do anything other than come down with a  truly horrific cold and play Skyrim. I've been amusing myself by writing up some drabbles from my main playthrough: Skuld Wrymsdottir met up with Erik the Slayer (who is nice but a bit stupid) and Barbas, who is a talking dog. Together the three of them roam around Skyrim having hijinks. Right now they're solving a grisly murder although it's more Inspector Clouseau than, say, The Killing.

(Let me gush for a moment about The Killing (the second series of the Danish crime drama, not the inferior shouty American remake)- I LOVE THE KILLING. It is SO GOOD. I especially love how Sarah Lund, the main character, is a female lead who is allowed to look tired all the time and walks away in the middle of conversations that don't interest her. She is amazing. I love her).

Anyway, here are the aforementioned drabbles, reposted from my tumblr. In The Hangover, Skuld regrets interrupting a murder investigation for a drinking contest, and in Seems Legit we see that she is a terrible judge of character.


( The Hangover )

( Seems Legit )

Title: Mother Tongue
Spoilers: None
Warnings: None
Rating: G
Summary: Anders' relationship to language is about as complicated as his relationship to everything else. Dedicated to zeitheist, who gave me the initial idea and encouraged the thinky thoughts.

(also an experiment to see if I could write a fic about two languages without having to conclusively state what they speak in the Anderfels)

Title: Buried Deep
Author: thewaterbandit
Spoilers: None
Warnings: I don't know any Italian at all so Ezio's dialogue might sound kind of weird.
Rating: G
Summary: This is for that very small overlap of Assassin's Creed/Doctor Who fans in the big Venn diagram that is fandom. Basically holy crap, Ezio totally met Rory.

( "Is this some kind of Templar trick?" Ezio asks, throwing the plumed Centurion's helmet aside. "Or are you a new kind of follower of Romulus, playing at soldiers?" )

All postcards are away! Also, I have a ton left, so if anybody else feels like asking for one, don't be shy about PMing me your address and I'll get one to you ASAP.

To celebrate, a meme I've been saving!

The first five people to comment in this post get to request that I write a drabble/ficlet of any pairing/character of their choosing. In return, they have to post this in their journal, regardless of their ability level.

So in other news I keep forgetting to do this.

Title: Draw me like one of your French girls
Author: thewaterbandit 
Spoilers: None
Warnings: Very silly
Rating: B for Bawdy
Summary: Varric and Isabela hold an impromptu art class at the Hawke Estate. Came out of a pondering of the distinction between 'nude' and 'naked' while setting my tumblr savior tags. Be sure to check the comments for some lovely art by quinn_wolf !

"Varric. Couch." His voice was becoming increasingly strangled. "Naked."

Augh I really need to stop forgetting to put links to my fic on here until days and days after I post it. Anyway, those of you who would be interested know anyway, but I finished that Wild West AU and put it up on the dragon_age community:

Born Unto Trouble (Dragon Age 2 Wild West AU, rated G for Goofy)

Now I'm writing another one, so I've nicknamed this AU the BUTT-verse. Yes, I am five.

I finally handed in my essays! Yay! Now I have to write my dissertation! Boo! And today I read Amazons Attack for my dissertation! Double boo. Seriously, that comic is absolutely terrible. I won't go into details but everything from the writing to the plot to the depictions of characters is just eye-gougingly bad. AVOID AT ALL COSTS. Unless, you know, you're writing about Amazons for part of your dissertation and find interesting parallels with Greek mythology's use of Amazons and stories of the Other.

Now, some big important (kind of) news! I've been invited on one of my friends' Doctor Who podcast! Every week they record a commentary, and as I have lots of Thoughts and Feelings about Doctor Who I've been invited along to share them! I'll also be (hopefully) doing another one on video games and sci fi/fantasy soon. I'm pretty excited about it, I'm a huge podcast fanatic and to actually be asked to come along and do something like this is totally awesome.

My actual thoughts on today's Who? Not going to spoil anything but I thought it was a good blend of cheesy and creepy! There were definitely moments where I laughed out loud (and wasn't supposed to) but overall it was pretty good! Better than the pirates, at least.

This time, the Mass Effect drabbles! I've been writing more and more fic for Mass Effect lately, and I'm really enjoying playing in this universe. I'm pretty sure, in fact, that it was the ME drabbles that won the contest for me! (This might have less to do with my talent and more to do with he contest runner's predilections, but OH WELL!)

( quarian OC, 'Space' )

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( Garrus, Jacob and Joker brotimes, 'The Commander's not going to like this' )

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( Commander Shepard, 'Mask' )

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( Tali, Shepard. Paired prompt 'Paragon/Renegade' )

Title: Betty and Veronica
Author: thewaterbandit 
Character(s) or Pairing(s): The Doctor, Amy, Rory, River Song
Rating: G
Summary: Remember the time when I wrote about something other than Doctor Who? No, I don't either.

( a dashing, eccentric space-hero turns up and tips your world upside-down. It's very attractive in a man. )

Title: Santa Baby
Author: thewaterbandit 
Character(s) or Pairing(s): The Doctor, Amy, Rory
Rating: G
Summary: flying_girl73 asked for 'the Doctor and some of his companions (and maybe enemies) do a Secret Santa'. I'm afraid I fiddled with it a little bit because Christmas shopping has been on my mind lately! Rory, Amy and the Doctor all go about Christmas shopping in their own ways.

And oh, hey fanfic mojo! I think I may be on the way to getting you back!

( Christmas was a tricky time in the TARDIS. )

Title: Sherlock Scan
Author: thewaterbandit 
Character(s) or Pairing(s): The Doctor, Amy, Rory, Dr. John Watson, Sherlock Holmes
Rating: G
Summary: Quick 'n dirty Who/Sherlock crossover. Plus a possible explanation for the universe of Sherlock. Maybe.

( Once again, brought to you in parntnership with tv tropes )