Odd fragment of a Greek myth science fantasy, originally written for a prompt of ‘immanence’. To warn, I’m working almost entirely off Wikipedia for the mythology and the Greek terminology, so apologies in advance.

Title: Talaris
Rating: PG-13
Universe: Talaris
Characters/Pairings: Hermes, Helios, humanity
Summary: At the dawn of a new era, beyond what even gods know, Hermes and Helios stand on a space station to watch humanity's first FTL spaceship prepare for her maiden voyage. And Hermes, at least, prepares to join her
Wordcount: 1800
Warnings/Notes: Science fantasy, mythology, gods, humanity, outer space, FTL travel, experimentation, exploration, hope, fear, future
Disclaimer: the gods aren't mine

You know sometimes you have a thought, and it's an excellent thought, but you don't know what to do with it?

I was just thinking, Irish Mythology and the Tuatha Dé Danann, a couple of my favourite figures are Nuada Airgetlám (because he's fairly sensible and humble as conquering kings go) and Lugh Lámhfhada (because he's a trickster king), and I was thinking idly that if you anglicised and modernised the names a bit, taking into account that Lugh's dad is Cian, what you might come up with is Ned Silver and "Longhand" Lou McKeane. Which ... I mean, tell me those aren't the protagonists of a western here. Or bankrobbers during the Great Depression or what have you. Especially considering that Lugh is one of the best shots in Irish Mythology (knocked Balor's eye through the back of his head with a slingshot and all), and a calm, soft-spoken man with a metal hand (Nuada's called 'silver hand' for a reason) hidden by a glove is never out of place in a western.

I just ... I kinda want to do something with it, but I'm not sure what. All I have is a pair of names. Ned Silver & Longhand Lou McKeane. They just sound like they should be in a western, you know? A pair of reincarnated Irish gods wandering the old west, one calm and level-headed with a prosthetic hand and a hell of a haymaker, the other kinda arrogant and hotheaded but with the pistol skills to back it up.

Eh. Western AU of Irish Mythology. Maybe I'll get around to it someday.

Something odd that I've been meaning to do for a while. This is likely riddled with historical and geographic inaccuracies. Heh. I've just wanted something with the Piper vs vampires for a while, and I've been fighting with this story for ages, so I thought I'd just throw it up as is before I got any more annoyed with it.

Title: Walpurgis Nacht
Rating: R
Fandom: Fairytales, Pied Piper of Hamelin, German Folklore, Vampire Folklore
Characters/Pairings: The Pied Piper, Mila (OC), the Lady in Red (OC)
Summary: In 1876, in the Harz mountains in Saxon Germany, a dark court takes possession of a ruined castle overlooking a village, led by a lady all in red. On Walpurgis Nacht, the most dangerous night of the year, a stranger wanders into the terrified town, and the world is made to realise that there are things that even vampires should not mess with
Wordcount: 5881
Warnings/Notes: Folklore, vampires, spelled thrall, conflict, bonfires, people being set very thoroughly on fire, horror. Happy ending, though. More or less.
Disclaimer: Oh, not mine.

Written, as always, for a prompt on comment_fic. It was a lyrics prompt, and the lyrics in question are under the cut.

Title: Threnody
Rating: R
Fandom: Greek Mythology
Characters/Pairings: Orpheus, Maenads, discussion of Eurydice and Hades. Orpheus/Eurydice
Summary: Orpheus' last song. It was not his murderers to whom he sang
Wordcount: 432
Warnings/Notes: Death and dismemberment in a Dionysian dance (alliteration ahoy!), music and legacy, love and reunion in death
Disclaimer: Not mine

I've been kind of wanting to do something with the 'Chaste Galahad' idea for a while, and I was reminded recently that in a magical world there are creatures that can helpfully point these things out to people. Also, I'm very fond of unicorns. 'The Last Unicorn' is still one of my favourite movies ever, and the opening references to 'The Hunt of the Unicorn' did give me an idea -_-;

Title: Siege Perilous
Rating: PG
Fandom: The Librarians (2014), Arthurian Myth
Characters/Pairings: Eve Baird, Flynn Carsen, Jenkins, Unicorn. Eve/Flynn, Eve & Flynn & Jenkins, Jenkins & unicorn
Summary: There are things in this world that demand purity. There are others for whom decency and a willingness to try are plenty good enough. OR, Flynn and Eve get cornered by a homicidal unicorn, and Jenkins saves them in a rather old-fashioned way.
Wordcount: 7053
Warnings/Notes: Canon-typical violence, rescues, mythology, discussion of virginity and possibly asexuality
Disclaimer: Not mine

The Jenkins/Galahad, Lancelot/Dulaque, Lucinda McCabe/Morgan Le Fay thing is obviously still in my head, and I'm still kind of in the mood for Jenkins!whump. So. Um. Yes. You get something dark and horrible drawing on Arthurian myth?

Title: Old Blood and New
Rating: R
Fandom: The Librarians (2014), Arthurian Myth
Characters/Pairings: Jenkins, Morgan le Fay, Eve, Flynn, Ezekiel, Cassandra, Jake, mention of Lancelot. Jenkins & Team (especially Ezekiel & Eve), unrequited Morgan/Lancelot, implied Eve/Flynn
Summary: Morgan Le Fay had waited a long time to find Galeas again. A long time, for old debts and old vengeances to come due. She knows where he is, now. There is still a price to be paid for a parent's sin. Whether his little Librarians can pick up the pieces once it's paid is another story altogether.
Wordcount: 7952
Warnings/Notes: Past rape, present coerced kissing, angst, vengeance, hurt/comfort, protectiveness, anger, families of choice, hope
Disclaimer: Not mine

Written from a prompt on comment_fic of: "She prefers to be honoured than loved." It seemed to fit Hades/Persephone?

Title: Love, Honour and Obey
Rating: PG-13
Fandom: Greek Mythology
Characters/Pairings: Persephone, Hades, Minthe. Hades/Persephone
Summary: Persephone, the Iron Queen. She is more feared and honoured now than loved, but she is not to be pitied for it. Indeed, she is to be envied, for those gifts she has won unequalled in all the world
Wordcount: 760
Warnings/Notes: Attempted infidelity, promises, oaths, death gods, marriage from kidnapping ... Hades/Persephone? All that that entails -_-;
Disclaimer: Not mine

From today's comment_fic theme:

Harry Potter, Hermione, Badass:

Knowledge is power, and she's well-armed.

Rivers of London, Peter/Nightingale, Touch:

A vestigial echo, prodded to life.

MCU, Tony/Loki, Smirk:

Are losers supposed to look smug?

New Tricks, Strickland, Liar:

Lies of omission, sometimes necessary evils.

Once Upon A Time, Rumpelstiltskin, Royal:

Synonymous with 'demanding brat'. Trust him.

Greek Mythology, Eumenides, Kind Ones:

They cleanse. There is nothing kinder.

Pacific Rim/Cthulhu Mythos, Kaiju, Cthulhu Lies Sleeping:

Not all kaiju broke surface unscathed.

MCU, Tony Stark, Technology:

Shouldn't go boom. Well. Not always.

Discworld, Igor, Secondhand:

"Got a nithe, frethh one, Mathter."

Author's choice, Author's choice, Dark:

Blinded by light, in darkness heal.

Author's choice (Dresden Files), Author's choie, Apex Predator:

One word, ladies and gents. Sue.

Author's choice, Author's choice, Ties

Necktie: a garrotte waiting to happen.

New Tricks, Gerry Standing, Dirty House

Last man standing, for a reason.

Musketeers 2014, Aramis/Queen Anne, Forbidden:

Worse than affairs. Well nigh treason.

Author's choice (Dexter's Lab), Author's Choice, Repetition:

"Omelette du fromage. Omelette du fromage ..."

Don't Look Under The Bed, Frannie, Mysterious Things You Find Under The Bed:

Gym socks, boogeymen, and hell dimensions.

Author's choice (Greek Myth), Author's choice (Pandora), Hope:

At the bottom of the box ...

For a prompt on comment_fic.

Title: Handfasting
Rating: PG-13
Fandom: Greek Mythology
Characters/Pairings: Hades, Persephone. Hades/Persephone
Summary: Hades and Persephone, the first time she returns to him after the price of pomegranate seeds is revealed
Wordcount: 784
Warnings/Notes: Marriage won by trickery. Written for the prompt: ""Pomegranate juice stained her fingers like the blood of a ruby."
Disclaimer: Not mine

Getting the RL complaining/exhaustion out of the way first: The family spent five hours in A&E last night after my mother had an alarming series of seizures. She also apparently has a kidney infection. She's still in hospital.

This makes this the fourth weekend in two months where shit didn't stop happening. If we weren't in A&E here, we were in A&E the next county over, or we were in my Granddad's one-month-anniversary mass wherein my mother promptly had a seizure, or we were at my granddad's effing funeral. It's getting to the point where I go into work Monday morning and my colleagues are afraid to ask how my weekend went, because chances are good I spent it in bloody hospital. Or, you know, at a funeral. And the month before that, we were visiting granddad in hospital. We practically have reserved effing parking at the hospital car park.

*crumples* Swear to any and all gods you care to name, there is very little I wouldn't give right now not to have to see that place again for ... well, years preferably, but even more than a week at a time would be nice. The county ambulance crews practically know our address by heart. We keep making jokes about frequent flier miles, but honestly if I have to see that bloody car park one more bloody time ...

Argh! Okay. Shutting up now, complaining done. *scrubs hands through hair* If anyone was wondering why I've been largely incommunicado the past while, ah, I hope that clears things up a little -_-;

Now. Moving swiftly on, and for something completely different - I'm watching OUAT of a Monday morning before I go to work. It's probably been one of the few consistent routines I've managed the past few weeks, and it's probably been doing more to keep me afloat than a TV show of such questionable quality should. *smiles crookedly*



And finally, to finish up with some random mythology, I recently came across this tumblr post showing the table of contents for what looks like a very tongue-in-cheek book on mythology. I recognise an alarming amount of the stories examined, I think -_-; "Odin Gets Construction Discounts With Bestiality", yes. "King Midas is: GOLDFINGER". "Abraham is Totally Cool with Stabbing his Kid in the Face", yup. Some I don't recognise off-hand, though, and now I'm curious. "Killer-of-Enemies and the International House of Vaginas"? Native American mythology sounds fascinating -_-; "Eshu Elegba Is Probably The Last Dude You Want Approving Your Friendship"? And it's been a while for Greek mythology, is "Friends Don't Let Friends Bang Cows" referring to Zeus and Io, or was there some other cow-related greek myths that I'm forgetting? (Lets be honest, there probably was. I'm guessing Zeus, though, because he was definitely your go-to guy for bestiality in greek myth).

In short? Mythology is where the original crack fic was born. *nods nods* And contained an awful lot of bestiality, for some reason ...