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2 Fanfics: Loki/Lucifer & Jack Harkness for Fandom Empire Powerball

Mon, 20 Nov 2023 00:41:27 GMT

fandom_empire is a prompt challenge community that started this year and ran three themed 12-week events. The third challenge had a Powerball theme. I posted two works for it this month.

The challenges were pretty inspiring for me. I posted twelve works overall. A lot of people were much more active than me! There are over 500 works in the Fandom Empire AO3 collection.

I was so moved by the final episode of Loki TV season 2 that I wrote a fic about it the same night I watched it (crossover with Lucifer TV):
Falling (1515 words) by firecat
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

My final work for the community this year had Jack Harkness battling zombies:
Swift, Sudden Turn of Death (1216 words) by firecat
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Summary: To Jack Harkness, death has become temporary. But when he finds himself in the midst of a zombie outbreak at his favorite pub, he wonders if this is the moment his condition will change.

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Fanfic Posted September–October

Wed, 01 Nov 2023 15:12:12 GMT

In September–October, I posted several works outside exchange events, listed here in chronological order:

Oroboros (Ragnarok TV), rated G, for fandom_empire prompt challenge community
Oversharing (Moon Knight), rated Teen & Up, for fffc (Froday Flash Fiction Challenge)
A Seed in the Ruins (Babylon 5), rated Explicit, for fffc & trope_of_the_month
Travail (Nero Wolfe - Rex Stout), rated Teen & Up, for fandom_empire
Change (The Old Guard 2020), rated Teen & Up, for fandom_empire
Lessons Learned (Lucifer TV), rated Explicit, for fandom_empire and fffc
Spaceman Spiff and the Stupendous Space Squidder (Calvin & Hobbes), for spook_me Halloween ficathon

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roundup: Watson's Woes July Writing Prompts

Wed, 02 Aug 2023 16:20:36 GMT

watsons_woes is a community that's been active since 2009, encouraging the creation of fanworks featuring any of the many variations of John Watson to be found in the world of fiction. The community is closing down this year (*sob*).

The first of their July Writing Prompts events happened in 2011.

I wrote 5 short fics in the 2021 and 2023 events and collected them in a series. They're all for the ACD canon. You can find them here:
Watsons_Woes July Writing Prompts

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A Ficathon Goes Into a Bar: The New Guest (John Wick movies/The Innkeeper Chronicles)

Mon, 19 Jun 2023 12:18:19 GMT

I participated in A Ficathon Goes Into a Bar (intoabar), which is a crossover challenge. You sign up with a character you want to write and 1–4 other fandoms. The mods assign you a character from one of them. You write a story in which the two characters meet in a bar.

This is the fourth year I’ve participated. This year my character was John Wick and the fandoms I chose were American Gods, Innkeeper Chronicles, Jessica Jones, Umbrella Academy.

Title: The New Guest
Author: firecat
Prompt: John Wick goes into a bar and meets... Gertrude Hunt (Innkeeper Chronicles)!
Fandoms: John Wick (movies), Innkeeper Chronicles - Ilona Andrews
Word count: 2348
Rating: General Audiences
Contents: No warnings needed
Author’s Note: Story takes place after John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum. Does not take into account anything from John Wick: Chapter 4.
Summary: The Gertrude Hunt Inn receives a new guest whom, she determines, has some special service requirements.

The New Guest on AO3

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Roundup: Dick-or-treat 2023

Fri, 02 Jun 2023 05:20:48 GMT

dick_or_treat is a challenge taking place during the months of April and May to produce smutty works with titles based on Pokémon moves. There are several regions (sub-collections) to post in and optional themed weekly challenges, each with a list of moves to choose from. Each challenge comes with a cute badge created by the moderator pornygon (see icon). It’s been running for five years and this is my second year participating. I wrote four works.

I still know almost nothing about Pokémon.

Fandoms: James Bond (Craig), The Law According to Lidia Poët, Moon Knight, MCU (Loki/Thor)

What I Wrote:
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Fanfic posted - March 2023

Sat, 01 Apr 2023 07:36:53 GMT

A few things I posted this month that weren’t part of exchanges.

Pinch hit for goreswap — Loki TV, Loki, Sylvie, and President Loki. It’s GoreSwap — mind the tags!
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A lighthearted, short Constantine/Dresden crossover for fandom_empire.
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Alice in Wonderland tea-party porn, also for fandom_empire. Mind the tags!
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Fanfic posted: Late January–February

Tue, 28 Feb 2023 21:06:43 GMT

I got behind on my roundups, although I managed to post about Candy Hearts Exchange. Here are the rest of the fics I posted in late January & February:

fandom_empire Monopoly 12-week challenge. For this challenge, the moderator rolls a die and advances you around a Monopoly-like board that contains prompts rather than avenues and railroads. The board is here: https://prisca.dreamwidth.org/file/1080617.jpg I've managed something three out of the six weeks. Fandoms: Loki TV, Thor movies, 2001: A Space Odyssey/Star Trek: The Next Generation
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herebedragonsex is a dragon-themed exchange. I wrote Bridgerton, Charlotte/Lady Danbury.
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seasonofkink runs a bingo and a few other challenges throughout the year. For February there's a Holiday event that challenges you to write a work combining three or more kinks. I wrote a John Constantine/Jack Harkness tentacle AU.
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seasonsofdrabbles runs several rounds per year. I picked up a pinch hit for the Winter round — The Defenders/Loki TV (Jessica Jones & Loki)
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Prompt Challenge: Multifandom Cocktail Hour

Thu, 17 Nov 2022 08:42:19 GMT

Prompt challenge event: The Cocktail Hour. When you sign up, you receive the name of a cocktail as a prompt and produce a fannish or original work of whatever medium and length/shape/size you wish. Deadline December 30.

Signup (includes link to FAQ) is here: https://eventcentral.dreamwidth.org/2418.html

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Fics for Spook-Me Ficathon

Thu, 27 Oct 2022 04:50:02 GMT

spook_me is a ficathon event. Each year they offer a list of creatures and tropes and provide images as prompts. This is the second year I've participated. I've done it as a gift to myself since the due date is on my birthday.

This year I wrote a Constantine/Lucifer crossover fic for the prompt Evil Cat, and a Torchwood fic for the prompt Aquatic Monster.

Title: A Case of Feline Paralysis
Fandom: Constantine TV, Lucifer TV
Pairing: John Constantine/Lucifer Morningstar
Rating: Teen and up
Warnings: None
A link to my story: https://archiveofourown.org/works/42651066
Summary:
“How long have you been kept prisoner?” Constantine asked Lucifer.
“Seven. Bloody. Hours.”

Title: A Cautionary Tale
Fandom: Torchwood TV
Rating: Gen
Warnings: Canon-typical horror and violence
A link to my story: https://archiveofourown.org/works/42649047
Summary:
Monster-hunters should be sure to bring the right weapon for the job.

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Fic: Paradigm Dance (Constantine TV/Torchwood)

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 10:14:04 GMT

For the intoabar ficathon

Title: Paradigm Dance
Author: firecat
Prompt: Jack Harkness walks into a bar and meets…Zed Martin!
Fandoms: Constantine (TV), Torchwood
Word count: 2680
Rating: G
Contents: No warnings needed.

Summary: The man on the barstool next to Zed was showing too many teeth. And he was one of those historical re-enactors, she was sure. He was wearing an army greatcoat, the likes of which she’d last seen in some World War II movie. Not the sort of person she was looking to interact with tonight. She didn’t mind nerds or actors or other such people, but there was too much on her mind right now.

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Roundup: Dick-or-Treat

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 00:25:49 GMT

Dick-or-Treat is a fest taking place in April and May. Participants create smutty works titled with the names of Pokémon moves. What I know about Pokémon can dance on the head of a pin, but I like writing smut…

I wrote four fics this year, each for one of the weekly challenges. I had a blast and I’m looking forward to next year.

Fandoms/ships are Constantine TV/Lucifer crossover (John Constantine/Lucifer), The Expanse (Bobbie/Chrisjen), Lucifer (Linda/Mazikeen), MCU Thor movies (Loki/Thor)

What I wrote:
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Fic for BeTheFirst: Back on Boogie Street (The Good Thief)

Sun, 01 May 2022 04:31:49 GMT

bethefirst is a challenge to write a work for a fandom that has no published fanfic yet. (You're supposed to check AO3 and fanfiction.net.) It has been running for seven years. This year the event had a record 48 fics posted—including fics for Tony Hillerman's Chee & Leaphorn series, "Love Shack" by the B-52s, and Herman Wouk's The Caine Mutiny.

I wrote a fic for the movie The Good Thief, directed and written by Neil Jordan. I was surprised to find there were no fics for this movie because there are lots of shipping possibilities, an "aging con man with a heart of gold" role that Nick Nolte was born for, and a fun heist involving a casino. Plus Neil Jordan's stories are kind of fannish in themselves, there's usually some "fairy tale meets gritty/noir urban" trope, and the soundtracks are full of wonderful old songs. (This one has "A Thousand Kisses Deep" by Leonard Cohen, among others.) Jordan does have a tendency to create less than fully developed female characters that exist primarily for the protagonist to react to, but he's hardly the only movie-maker to have that problem.

What I wrote:
Back on Boogie Street (2688 words) by firecat
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Good Thief (2002)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Bob Montagnet/Roger
Characters: Bob Montagnet, Roger, Anne
Additional Tags: Detective Noir, Gambling, Heist, Aging, Pining, Complicated Relationships, thieves, Addiction, Flirting
Summary:

Rumor has it that Bob Montagnet, addict, gambler, and criminal mastermind, has come out of retirement to plan one last job. Roger, the cop who’s obsessed with him, needs to stop him before the plan fails, as it is sure to do. If Roger has to send Bob to jail again, they’re going to throw away the key.

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fic for Season of Kink Holiday challenge (Loki/Thor)

Tue, 15 Feb 2022 06:46:11 GMT

seasonofkink is a bingo community they also put up challenges from time to time. This challenge for a Valentine’s fic was to combine 3 kinks from the list they use for their bingo cards.

This fic was originally intended to be for Kinktober, but life intervened.

Enter his dreams (3003 words) by firecat

Fandom: Thor (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe

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Look what I found

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 12:46:32 GMT

This looks like a great challenge. I wonder how many digressive words I've cut from the fics I've written. A lot...and then there are the ones I have left in...

I haven't signed up yet because I don't know what fandom I want to digress about.

The writing period is all of 2022.

Digress like a 19th-Century Novelist: a Fest for the detail-oriented -- I'm going on a tangent. Come with me!

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Fic (Constantine/Lucifer crossover) for Spook Me Ficathon

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 05:19:19 GMT

I squeaked in just under the wire with a second fic for spook_me ficathon. The prompt was "Demon" (image prompt included with the fic).

I smoked cigarettes for less than two years, and I really don't know why I end up putting them in my fics so often.

But then again, there are a lot of things in my fics that I haven't done much of, or at all.

Favors Repaid (1688 words) by firecat
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Constantine (TV), Lucifer (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: John Constantine/Lucifer Morningstar (Lucifer TV)
Characters: John Constantine, Lucifer Morningstar (Lucifer TV)
Additional Tags: Episode: s01e03 The Devil's Vinyl, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Demons, Restraints, Blood Loss, Hurt/Comfort, Flirting, Cigarettes, Spook Me Multi-Fandom Halloween Ficathon

Summary:

John Constantine is tied up in an alley, near to passing out from blood loss, and being threatened by the ugliest demon he's ever set eyes on.

Fortunately, a certain Devil owes him a favor.

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Fic (Lucifer: Weird West AU) for Spook Me Ficathon

Thu, 28 Oct 2021 12:05:19 GMT

spook_me is a Halloween ficathon. You choose from a list of creatures (well, tropes really, since the creatures include stuff like "Disease" and "Weird West") and sign up with a fandom you'll write in. You receive two image prompts.

Deadline was October 26. I thought, what is better as a birthday present to myself than to write and post a Lucifer-in-the-Wild-West fic? Turned out one of the image prompts (included with my fic) was the spitting image of Mazikeen as a gunslinger (and white wings). Bonus links to two "Ghost Riders in the Sky" performances, one sung and one on piano.

Brimstone in Blazewater (2495 words) by firecat
Fandom: Lucifer (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Dan Espinoza/Lucifer Morningstar
Characters: Dan Espinoza, Lucifer Morningstar (Lucifer TV), Mazikeen (Lucifer TV)
Additional Tags: Alternate universe-historical, weird west au, Saloons, Sheriffs, Lucifer Morningstar (Lucifer TV) Plays the Piano, Mazikeen on Horseback, Demons, Guilt, First Kiss
Summary: Daniel Espinoza, Sheriff of Blazewater, has a demon problem. He's heard that the keeper of Sunrise Saloon, a dandy fancifully called Lucifer "Devil Eyes" Morningstar, might have a solution.

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Roundup: A Ficathon Goes Into a Bar

Mon, 21 Jun 2021 13:35:11 GMT

intoabar is a crossover ficathon. You sign up with a character/fandom you want to write about, and up to four other fandoms you're able to write in, and you're assigned a character from one of those four fandoms. The two characters meet in a bar. This ficathon ran eleven years ago, and I posted my first AO3 fic in it then. I'm delighted it ran again this year. Here's what I wrote (Lucifer//Thor/MCU):

Would You Care To Dance? (2639 words) by firecat
Fandom: Lucifer (TV), Thor (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Lucifer Morningstar/En Dwi Gast | Grandmaster
Characters: Lucifer Morningstar (Lucifer TV), En Dwi Gast | Grandmaster, Nick Fury
Additional Tags: Crossovers & Fandom Fusions, Mission Fic, POV Lucifer Morningstar (Lucifer TV), Sakaar (Marvel), Lost and Unloved Things, Ballroom Dancing, Bargaining, Sex for Favors, Community: intoabar
Summary:

Lucifer Morningstar agrees to acquire something from The Grandmaster. But what will he offer in exchange?

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Monty Python RPF fic

Thu, 07 Jan 2021 03:07:34 GMT

I wrote a treat for fandomtrees.

This Is All For You (1384 words) by firecat
Fandom: Monty Python RPF, Monty Python's Flying Circus
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Graham Chapman/Terry Jones
Characters: Graham Chapman, Terry Jones, John Cleese
Additional Tags: Flirting, Acting, Crossdressing, Exhibitionism

Summary: Three times Graham Chapman flirted with Terry Jones dressed as a woman, and one time something completely different happened.

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Happy Halloween: have a fanfic

Sat, 31 Oct 2020 20:34:40 GMT

How D'Ya Like Them Apples? (3207 words) by firecat
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Lucifer (TV), Death Note (Anime & Manga)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Lucifer Morningstar (Lucifer TV), Ryuk (Death Note), Mazikeen (Lucifer TV), Linda Martin (Lucifer TV), Chloe Decker, Trixie Espinoza, Amenadiel (Lucifer TV), Malcolm Graham (mentioned)
Additional Tags: Halloween, Halloween Costumes, Shinigami, Apples, Death, Justice, Punishment, Bullying, Lima Beans, Canonical Character Death (mentioned), Crossover, Lux (Lucifer TV), Mazikeen is a horndog
Summary:

On Hallowe'en, Ryuk the Shinigami shows up at Lux, eats some apples, and leaves a Death Note behind. Lucifer and company have to decide what to do with it.

Set mid-season 2 of Lucifer. No spoilers for subsequent seasons.

For Froday Madness fm-s15 - August: Supernatural AU/fusion

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fanfic: I Shelter You (Lucifer)

Mon, 21 Sep 2020 09:15:47 GMT

I Shelter You (804 words) by firecat
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Lucifer (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Trixie Espinoza & Mazikeen
Characters: Trixie Espinoza, Mazikeen (Lucifer TV)
Additional Tags: Monsters, Nightmares, Comfort, Protectiveness, Trust
Summary:

Trixie helps protect Maze from nightmare monsters.

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Signal boost: Hold Me: a comfort promptfest

Mon, 21 Sep 2020 02:55:34 GMT

sholio is hosting "Hold Me: a comfort promptfest" here: https://sholio.dreamwidth.org/1347813.html

In the comments, please leave prompts about people being comforted, patched up, or healed; or supporting each other, or just generally making each other a little happier.

The prompt I filled is here: https://sholio.dreamwidth.org/1347813.html?thread=19977957#cmt19977957

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