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Story: Bubble Tea
Author:

kaffy_r
Characters: The Thirteenth Doctor, Miles Vorkosigan, Ivan Vorpatril, Thomas Nightingale, Peter Grant, Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Buckaroo Banzai, Rawhide, Joy the Solitract.
Rated: Gen.
Word Count: 11,093 total/ 5,430 Chapter 2
Summary: The Doctor wasn't sure how many plates the mysterious entity that brought them all together could handle, nor could she figure out why all the plates were in the air. What she did know was that she had to get all the plates - her friends and colleagues - safely out of the holding pen in which they found themselves.
Edited by: No one. That will probably show, for which I beg pardon. I did reread and edit rather obsessively.
Author's Notes: What is it Browning said? That someone's reach should exceed their grasp? This story may very well prove that point. Four years and seven months ago, I started this ungainly crossover/mashup. Could I manage to merge five, count'em five, separate universes? Why sure I could! Real Soon Now. Of course, I'd started without any idea of what to do, where to go, or how to get there ... but finally - finally - it's done. And I don't think I'll ever try something so ridiculous again. Heh.
Disclaimer: And here we go -
1) As much as I wish it were otherwise, no Whoniverse characters are mine. They are the sole properties of the BBC and their respective creators.
2) Miles Vorkosigan and Ivan Vorpatril belong solely to Lois McMaster Bujold and her Vorkosigan Saga.
3) Sherlock Holmes and John Watson belong to the estate of Arthur Conan Doyle.
4) Thomas Nightingale and Peter Grant belong solely to Ben Aaronovitch.
5) Buckaroo Banzai and Rawhide belong solely to Earl Mac Rauch and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

In each and every case I can say that I intend no copyright infringement and take no coin.

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“I have a name now,” the frog said. “It’s Joy.”

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Current Location: the living room

Frankenstein Meme, Day 24

Do you have any hard and fast headcanons that you will die defending?

Oh, a few.

Harriet Jones didn’t die at the hands of Daleks in “The Stolen Earth”. She was too good, too smart, and too necessary to the Whoniverse, in my opinion, and I wrote my own little fixit about that.

(Interesting coincidence that I discovered while trying to remember the name of the episode in which she died — Google-fu can turn up the strangest things — a poem in the 2017 book by James Goss, “Harriet Jones, PM”, illustrated by Russell T. Davies, has her surviving by falling through a trap door in her livingroom, landing on a mattress, and racing away on a motorbike. RTD says it’s canon. In my 2008 fic “Copper Armour for Miss Jones” Harriet survives by falling through her collapsed livingroom floor. She blacks out and wakes up on a camp bed, where her rescuer (Mr. Copper) had placed her. There’s no motorcycle, but they get away in Mr. Copper’s automobile. Of course it’s not plagiarism of any type, but it does amuse me to think that RTD and others wanted to save her, and found a way remarkably similar to the way I chose to save her.)

Donna Noble regains her memories without dying. I always thought her fate was lazy writing on RTD’s part. Yep, wrote a fixit about that as well, because I just know that the Thirteenth Doctor would have done her damndest to solve what Ten didn’t.

Rory and Amy either escaped New York, or weren’t sent back by the angel.

Huh. I appear to be pimping my own fixits, but I guess that’s because when I really, really, really, disagree with something in the Whoniverse as presented on the small screen, I’m incapable of not writing something to change what happens. Y’all don’t have to read any of it, and I’ll stop.

But that's what makes me have head!canons.

Other head!canons: Rose, the Ninth Doctor and Jack Harkness were able to avoid Game Station and stay together; Rawhide wasn’t killed by a Red Lectroid; Taura was able to live to a ripe old age with a partner of her choosing, thanks to Miles. Sapphire and Steel escaped the motorway cafe.

God, I have to stop now.

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Frankenstein Meme, Day 20

What fandom broke your heart?

No fandom has broken my heart. There are some stories within my chosen fandoms that have made me cry, but I assume this question has to do with members of the fandom, and not the creators, or the stories that comprise what I love in each fandom.

No? I’m wrong? OK ….

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Current Music: Pending anime
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You Want Recommendations? I've Got Recommendations!

Challenge # 8 Rec at least three fanworks that you didn’t create. Recs are such an important part of fandom. They're an awesome way to find new things to love and they're an equally awesome way to share what we already love with others.

One of the things the

snowflake_challenge mods remind participants of is the fact that there are no set deadlines for these challenges, even though all the challenges are set in January. I'm so glad about that, because I am such a turtle-sloth creature when it comes to these things. This challenge really threw me - not because I didn't know what to recommend, because I had too many things in my head, begging to be recommended.

But I finally figured out what to do, and how to do it. I've come up with a baker's dozen recommendations. Here we go!

"And Sleighbells in the Snow," by DachOsmin. This is a wonderful story in the fandom for The Goblin Emperor. Csevet-centered.
"The Way We Live Now," by Zlot. This is in the Whoniverse, and imagines an AU in which Rory saved the older Amy. Calm, beautiful and sad.
"The War Was in Color (First) by

such_heights . My first vid rec, from one of my favorite vidders. Her technical and artistic skills are awesome, and she's put them to use in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Captain America focused, with a healthy hatred of war.
"The War Was in Color (Second) by

such_heights . The creator revisited the song at a later point in what we knew of the MCU. It's just as good, so I included it.
"Glosoli" by

purplefringe and

such_heights . Doctor Who fandom, created by a tag taam of superlatively gifted vidders. Watch and be awed by their command of imagery, their understanding of Who, especially Eleven, and their grasp of pattern and context in Moffat's Who.
"Welcome to the New Age," by

promethia_tenk . I love this Doctor Who (Eleven-centered) fanvid so much, especially the opening.
An ancient list (as in, wow, this was created in 2010!) of fic recs, almost all in the Whoniverse, so it lacks Eleven (or doesn't have much as far as I can tell), my beloved Twelve, or Thirteen. But the stories are still eminently enjoyable.
"To a Home on God's Celestial Shore," by GlitterDwarf. An OT3 fic based on a 1940 comedy, starring Katherine Hepburn, Jimmy Stewart and Cary Grant? Yes, please. It works so very well.
"Valerie, For Forgetfulness," by

clocketpatch . From the Whoniverse, but taking an amazing, an amazingly apropos, detour into children's television. It's wonderful.
"Bring Biscuits," by

faerymorstan . From Sherlock. If, like me, you insist that they can so still be an OT3, hush, then this ribald short is for you.
"Give My Hands True Purpose," by nooziewoozie. Another one from The Goblin Emperor, which examines Csethiro and Maia's slowly growing love. I've read it repeatedly.
"On a Cold Planet," by

a_t_rain . This is in the Vorkosiverse and focuses on Byerly, post Captain Vorpatril's Alliance and it's plot-heavy, world-buildingly intriguing, and very satisfying in the romance and character department.
Finally, Just One Cookbook is a blog site run by Namiko Chen for people who want to learn about Japanese cooking.

I hope you enjoy some of these!

p.s. Apparently one of my favorite fanvids, "England" by

such_heights , is no longer online. I downloaded it years ago, so I still have it, but it's not mine to upload. If you've seen it, you know how good it is.
p,p.s. There are a couple of fics and vids I wanted to rec, but this post is already long and link heavy.

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Title: Filial Dreaming
Author:

kaffy_r
Fandom: Vorkosigan Saga
Characters: Piotr Vorkosigan, Cordelia Naismith Vorkosigan, Olivia Vorbarra Vorkosigan
Words: 1,216
Summary: Piotr's dreams brought together two women who should have met, and he wasn't prepared for what they taught him.
Author's note: Piotr had come to a somewhat knotty truce with Cordelia by the time he died, and I have always wondered at what made him bend his stiff neck enough to begin the rapprochement when Miles was young. I have also thought that the steel in Cordelia's soul would have appealed to Piotr's own nature, which might well have confused the hell out of him. This story is my way of exploring those questions. Since I'm not aware that LMB ever named Aral's older brother, or his sister, I've taken the liberty of using the names used by a_shepherd on AO3

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Current Location: the living room.
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Title: Timing, As Always, Is Everything

Author:

kaffy_r

Fandom: Vorkosigan Saga

Characters: Ivan Vorpatril, Alys Vorpatril, Simon Illyan

Words: 1,011

Summary: Why in the name of everything that was, is, or will be holy, had he not thought to knock before waltzing in? A moment with Ivan Vorpatril, his mother, and his former boss.

Author's note: This was written for

trobadora , during the 2015 Fandom Stocking fun. She mentioned that she liked the relationship of Alys Vorpatril and Simon Ilyan, two characters I like a great deal myself. This little vignette takes place during the events of Memory, after Miles Vorkosigan has figured out what's happening between Alys and Ilyan, but before Ivan storms in to bellow at Miles about that very situation.

Edited by: myself, somewhat obsessively. However, I take all the blame for misspellings, bad sentence construction and out of character characterizations.

Disclaimer: Much as I might wish it were otherwise, nothing in the Vorkosiverse is mine. Everything is the property of Lois McMaster Bujold. I intend no copyright infringement and take no coin. I do, however, love the characters and thank Ms Bujold for letting me play in her sandbox.

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( Good morning Ivan )

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Title: How to Gather Rosebuds
Author:

kaffy_r
Fandom: Doctor Who, the Vorkosigan Saga
Characters: The Eleventh Doctor, Rory Williams, Sgt. Taura
Rating: PG
Words: 1,967
Edited by: my beloved

dr_whuh, aka

buckaroobob
Summary: At a glorious Barrayaran wedding, Rory Williams Pond is reminded that life's never long enough to cherish what you love.
Author's Notes: This was written, with so very much affection, for

ljgeoff , for the 2014

fandom_stocking effort. She indicated she was a fan of crossovers; since she and I share not only our love for Dr. Who, but a similar enjoyment of the Vorkosiverse, I thought a little look at one of my favorite minor Vorkosiverse characters, from the point of view of one of my favorite Whoniverse characters, might please her. All mistakes are mine.
Disclaimer: As always, I own nothing, and take no coin. All characters are the property of their various creators; Lois McMaster Bujold and all BBC teams involved in Dr. Who.
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Dr. Who fanfic: Bubble Tea, Chap. 2

Dept. of Memes

Dept. of Memes

Dept. of Fandom Snowflake

Vorkosigan Saga Fic: Filial Dreaming

Vorkosigan Saga Fic: Timing, As Always, Is Everything

Re: DW/Vorkosigan Saga Fic: "How to Gather Rosebuds"