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dbalthasar's awesome vampire AU starting in Choices, though this one starts somewhere else.
Title: Blood Offering
Rating: PG-13
Fandom: Sanctuary
Characters/Pairings: Nikola, James, Helen, John, Will, Clara
Summary: An AU to Revelations. As James fails in front of them, Nikola proposes a solution that may have drastic ramifications
Wordcount: 1931
Warnings/Notes: AU to Revelations, as stated above.
Disclaimer: Not mine
dbalthasar's awesome vampire AU starting in Choices, though this one starts somewhere else.Title: Blood Offering
Rating: PG-13
Fandom: Sanctuary
Characters/Pairings: Nikola, James, Helen, John, Will, Clara
Summary: An AU to Revelations. As James fails in front of them, Nikola proposes a solution that may have drastic ramifications
Wordcount: 1931
Warnings/Notes: AU to Revelations, as stated above.
Disclaimer: Not mine
( Blood Offering )
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Short, rough thing. I'm working in short bursts between essays, so it's probably clumsily done -_-; Let me know if you notice mistakes, yes?
Title: Gestures
Rating: PG
Fandom: Sanctuary
Characters/Pairings: John, Helen, Gregory, the Five. John/Helen
Summary: After finding out about the Source Blood, Gregory invites Helen's friends for a little tete-a-tete. John ... disapproves
Wordcount: 1291
Warnings/Notes: Set in 1886, possibly early 1887. More a character study than anything. Also? I'm not particularly fond of Gregory
Disclaimer: Not mine
Title: Gestures
Rating: PG
Fandom: Sanctuary
Characters/Pairings: John, Helen, Gregory, the Five. John/Helen
Summary: After finding out about the Source Blood, Gregory invites Helen's friends for a little tete-a-tete. John ... disapproves
Wordcount: 1291
Warnings/Notes: Set in 1886, possibly early 1887. More a character study than anything. Also? I'm not particularly fond of Gregory
Disclaimer: Not mine
( Gestures )
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Running around the place at the minute, vaguely panicking. Never mind. Have some really random fly-by thoughts:
I've been watching snippets of Fritz Lang's Metropolis (which I adore, by the by - silent movies have a particular ... something ... and this proto-type of sci-fi film was always going to find a soft spot in my heart). And ...
There's a section in the Irish Leaving Cert Exam for English, where you're tasked to compare and contrast three texts on certain themes, genre conventions, etc. And thinking about that, and thinking about Metropolis, and idly browsing Sanctuary on TV Tropes ... got me to thinking. Because apparently, aside from drawing huge inspiration from the Bible and the story of the Tower of Babel (which is interesting in a Sanctuary context anyway), apparently the film drew enough on Victorian melodramas and proto-sci-fi that HG Wells apparently complained that he was being plagarised. Which ... made me look at them, and that led to ...
The Five watching Metropolis. Or perhaps the remaining four of them, in 1927, watching Metropolis. Or later, so much later, because there are so many periods of their lives that echo with that film ...
I've been watching snippets of Fritz Lang's Metropolis (which I adore, by the by - silent movies have a particular ... something ... and this proto-type of sci-fi film was always going to find a soft spot in my heart). And ...
There's a section in the Irish Leaving Cert Exam for English, where you're tasked to compare and contrast three texts on certain themes, genre conventions, etc. And thinking about that, and thinking about Metropolis, and idly browsing Sanctuary on TV Tropes ... got me to thinking. Because apparently, aside from drawing huge inspiration from the Bible and the story of the Tower of Babel (which is interesting in a Sanctuary context anyway), apparently the film drew enough on Victorian melodramas and proto-sci-fi that HG Wells apparently complained that he was being plagarised. Which ... made me look at them, and that led to ...
The Five watching Metropolis. Or perhaps the remaining four of them, in 1927, watching Metropolis. Or later, so much later, because there are so many periods of their lives that echo with that film ...
Copy-and-pasted from this thread, wherein I babble confusedly at shadadukal. Copy-and-pasted because I'm too tired to force them into something coherant right now, but wanted to put them up to see if someone else could manage. Heh.
shadadukal. Copy-and-pasted because I'm too tired to force them into something coherant right now, but wanted to put them up to see if someone else could manage. Heh.Tags:
James-and-Nikola mad science that turned into something altogether different on me -_-;
Title: Nets We Weave
Rating: PG-13
Fandom: Sanctuary
Characters/Pairings: James, Nikola, mention of the Five
Summary: Forty years of correspondence, WWII, and what technology can and will not do
Wordcount: 1891
Warnings/Notes: SPOILERS for 3x17, Normandy. Went bloody melancholy on me, too
Disclaimer: Not mine
Title: Nets We Weave
Rating: PG-13
Fandom: Sanctuary
Characters/Pairings: James, Nikola, mention of the Five
Summary: Forty years of correspondence, WWII, and what technology can and will not do
Wordcount: 1891
Warnings/Notes: SPOILERS for 3x17, Normandy. Went bloody melancholy on me, too
Disclaimer: Not mine
( Nets We Weave )
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Yes, another one, and not a very good one at that. *grins sheepishly* But regardless ...
Title: Blind, Leaping
Rating: PG-13
Fandom: Sanctuary
Characters/Pairings: Helen, Nikola, mention of Afina and the Five. Helen/Nikola ish?
Summary: Afina had no right to him. Helen Magnus can be selfish too
Wordcount: 1008
Warnings/Notes: Tag for 3x16, Awakenings
Disclaimer: Not mine
Title: Blind, Leaping
Rating: PG-13
Fandom: Sanctuary
Characters/Pairings: Helen, Nikola, mention of Afina and the Five. Helen/Nikola ish?
Summary: Afina had no right to him. Helen Magnus can be selfish too
Wordcount: 1008
Warnings/Notes: Tag for 3x16, Awakenings
Disclaimer: Not mine
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Helen introspective piece, as well as ... most everyone really.
Title: That Does Not Flinch
Rating: PG-13
Fandom: Sanctuary
Characters/Pairings: Helen Magnus, mentions of everyone
Summary: She has gathered those who do not flinch
Wordcount: 771
Warnings/Notes: Um. Sort of harder take on Helen
Disclaimer: Not mine
Title: That Does Not Flinch
Rating: PG-13
Fandom: Sanctuary
Characters/Pairings: Helen Magnus, mentions of everyone
Summary: She has gathered those who do not flinch
Wordcount: 771
Warnings/Notes: Um. Sort of harder take on Helen
Disclaimer: Not mine
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Look, before anyone asks, when I'm tired and stressed, I tend to take notions. Random, strange things that lead ... well, to things like this -_-; Though I'm partially blaming John Druitt for this, for that line in FKAC that helped spark this one: "Like a theater troupe". Which bounced me to the darker side of Victorian entertainment, and further, to the dark sides of circuses, and gave you ... this.
Title: The Great and Secret Show
Rating: PG-13
Fandom: Sanctuary
Characters/Pairings: The Five (sort of)
Summary: Roll up, roll up. Come, ladies and gentlemen. Come see the secrets at the heart of Empire - a very skewed view on the Five
Wordcount: 781
Warnings: Sort of dark? Ish? I don't know.
Disclaimer: Not mine
Title: The Great and Secret Show
Rating: PG-13
Fandom: Sanctuary
Characters/Pairings: The Five (sort of)
Summary: Roll up, roll up. Come, ladies and gentlemen. Come see the secrets at the heart of Empire - a very skewed view on the Five
Wordcount: 781
Warnings: Sort of dark? Ish? I don't know.
Disclaimer: Not mine
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Written, as best I could, for the ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
sfa_pornbattle. *grins sheepishly*
Title: Worth the Risk
Rating: PG-13
Fandom: Sanctuary
Characters/Pairings: Nigel, Nikola, James, John, Helen. Nigel/Nikola and background John/Helen
Summary: Set 1886, or thereabouts. Early Oxford years. A bored Nikola is a dangerous thing, and a determined one even more so
Wordcount: 1590
Warnings/Notes: for thesfa_pornbattle prompt, 'Dance with me'. Also, I apparently cannot write porn without it becoming something else -_-;
Disclaimer: Not mine
sfa_pornbattle. *grins sheepishly*Title: Worth the Risk
Rating: PG-13
Fandom: Sanctuary
Characters/Pairings: Nigel, Nikola, James, John, Helen. Nigel/Nikola and background John/Helen
Summary: Set 1886, or thereabouts. Early Oxford years. A bored Nikola is a dangerous thing, and a determined one even more so
Wordcount: 1590
Warnings/Notes: for the
sfa_pornbattle prompt, 'Dance with me'. Also, I apparently cannot write porn without it becoming something else -_-;Disclaimer: Not mine
( Worth the Risk )
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Okay, so I just watched Warriors for the first time (I'm very behind on Season 1). And ... I really don't like Gregory Magnus. Um. At all.
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More or less random thing. I think I actually managed every possible pair within the Five.
Title: Ten Kisses
Rating: PG-13
Fandom: Sanctuary
Characters/Pairings: James, John, Helen, Nigel, Nikola, in various permutations
Summary: Ten kisses, scattered across more than a century. An exploration of the Five
Wordcount: 2657
Warnings/Notes: Um. Random? Also, only one angle on each pair, one interpretation
Disclaimer: Not mine
Title: Ten Kisses
Rating: PG-13
Fandom: Sanctuary
Characters/Pairings: James, John, Helen, Nigel, Nikola, in various permutations
Summary: Ten kisses, scattered across more than a century. An exploration of the Five
Wordcount: 2657
Warnings/Notes: Um. Random? Also, only one angle on each pair, one interpretation
Disclaimer: Not mine
( Ten Kisses )
Coming from a discussion with artaxastra, and after reading her awesome meta on Helen-as-Persephone. These are just my impressions on who the Sanctuary cast matches with in Graeco-Roman mythology (on which I'm quite shaky in places, keep in mind):
artaxastra, and after reading her awesome meta on Helen-as-Persephone. These are just my impressions on who the Sanctuary cast matches with in Graeco-Roman mythology (on which I'm quite shaky in places, keep in mind): Not Nikola, shockingly. Heh. *grins sheepishly* I've no idea where this one comes from. Just ... something fairly screwy that floated up:
Title: Painting Shadows
Rating: PG-13
Fandom: Sanctuary
Characters/Pairings: Nigel/James, past James/Other (it'll be obvious who)
Summary: Set sometime in the 1890s, I think. Nigel gives James something no-one else can
Wordcount: 911
Notes/Warnings: Screwy. Also, complicated, in that way the Five always are -_-;
Disclaimer: Not mine
Title: Painting Shadows
Rating: PG-13
Fandom: Sanctuary
Characters/Pairings: Nigel/James, past James/Other (it'll be obvious who)
Summary: Set sometime in the 1890s, I think. Nigel gives James something no-one else can
Wordcount: 911
Notes/Warnings: Screwy. Also, complicated, in that way the Five always are -_-;
Disclaimer: Not mine
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Last one for a while, and I swear, I swear, I'll ease up on the angst soon -_-;
Title: Hollow
Rating: PG-13
Fandom: Sanctuary
Characters/Pairings: James, Nikola, mention of Nigel. Mostly gen
Summary: Set in 1960. Nikola doesn't deal well with losing a friend
Wordcount: 1848
Notes: Follows on from Old Times
Disclaimer: Not mine
Title: Hollow
Rating: PG-13
Fandom: Sanctuary
Characters/Pairings: James, Nikola, mention of Nigel. Mostly gen
Summary: Set in 1960. Nikola doesn't deal well with losing a friend
Wordcount: 1848
Notes: Follows on from Old Times
Disclaimer: Not mine
( Hollow )
Just ... I've noticed, writing the Five, that the writing ... changes, depending on which of them I'm focusing on. Of course, my writing always changes with different characters, but it's ... interesting, the shape of it with the Five.
With Nigel, it's ... solid, steady, dirty and present and grounded. Things happen moment to moment, in Nigel's world, and are solidly linked. With Helen ... there's always this sense of repressed energy, just running under the surface of her, and the writing sort of ... sparks around her. Ideas catch around each other. With James, things are more ... the word 'delicate' springs to mind, though perhaps 'precise' may be better, a series of exacted points threaded together. With John ... oh, with John, it's dark and airy, a skim across some vast dark space, surging sometimes against something, rich and bright.
And Nikola ... it's hard to tell, for me, simply because all my stories have sort of been about him so far. *grins sheepishly* But ... He feels somewhat like Helen, in some ways, in that there's always this current of energy, this rush from idea to idea, but with him ... there's a darker undercurrent to his, something a little like John. But with Nikola, the energy is rushing over the dark spaces, while with John, it's rushing from it. If ... that makes any sense at all.
*blinks some* And it has just occurred to me that all of that is rather strange, and I should probably shut up now. *grins* Brought to you by random introspection, and apologies. Heh.
With Nigel, it's ... solid, steady, dirty and present and grounded. Things happen moment to moment, in Nigel's world, and are solidly linked. With Helen ... there's always this sense of repressed energy, just running under the surface of her, and the writing sort of ... sparks around her. Ideas catch around each other. With James, things are more ... the word 'delicate' springs to mind, though perhaps 'precise' may be better, a series of exacted points threaded together. With John ... oh, with John, it's dark and airy, a skim across some vast dark space, surging sometimes against something, rich and bright.
And Nikola ... it's hard to tell, for me, simply because all my stories have sort of been about him so far. *grins sheepishly* But ... He feels somewhat like Helen, in some ways, in that there's always this current of energy, this rush from idea to idea, but with him ... there's a darker undercurrent to his, something a little like John. But with Nikola, the energy is rushing over the dark spaces, while with John, it's rushing from it. If ... that makes any sense at all.
*blinks some* And it has just occurred to me that all of that is rather strange, and I should probably shut up now. *grins* Brought to you by random introspection, and apologies. Heh.
Sort of a follow-on from Old Friends and Enemies, in theme at least, though not chronologically.
Title: Gamesmanship
Rating: PG-13
Fandom: Sanctuary
Characters/Pairings: Nigel, Nikola, the Five (strong), mentions of Edison. Some James/John vibes in the background, maybe
Summary: Set in 1886. The first time Nigel hears about Edison's little 'joke'
Wordcount: 2485
Disclaimer: Not mine
Title: Gamesmanship
Rating: PG-13
Fandom: Sanctuary
Characters/Pairings: Nigel, Nikola, the Five (strong), mentions of Edison. Some James/John vibes in the background, maybe
Summary: Set in 1886. The first time Nigel hears about Edison's little 'joke'
Wordcount: 2485
Disclaimer: Not mine
( Gamesmanship )
Just a little thing that wouldn't go away -_-;
Title: Lines
Rating: PG-13
Fandom: Sanctuary
Characters/Pairings: Nigel Griffin, Nikola Tesla, mention of the Five
Summary: Nigel asks Nikola for a little help with a job
Wordcount: 1562
Warnings/Notes: Set sometime in the early 1900s, I think. Before Worth, but only just.
Disclaimer: Not mine
Title: Lines
Rating: PG-13
Fandom: Sanctuary
Characters/Pairings: Nigel Griffin, Nikola Tesla, mention of the Five
Summary: Nigel asks Nikola for a little help with a job
Wordcount: 1562
Warnings/Notes: Set sometime in the early 1900s, I think. Before Worth, but only just.
Disclaimer: Not mine
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