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ladyslvr at 11:07pm on 18/07/2004
ladyslvr at 11:07pm on 18/07/2004Since it's been well over three years since I actually ... you know ... wrote ... anything that wasn't a term paper or a lesson plan, I've started to psyche myself out.
The fanfic meme that is going around is extremely tempting because the idea is so structured.
Instead of jumping into it full force,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
tptigger helped me by making an off-LJ challenge just as a test. In response, here is:
Title: Meaning
Fandom: Sliders
Rating: G
Spoilers: The Alternateville Horror
Summary: Colin meets some very frightening doubles.
Disclaimer: Not mine. Not sure who has the rights these days.
Words: 468
Meaning
Set during the fourth season episode "The Alternateville Horror". Canon errors are mine as I haven't seen the episode since 1998.
tptigger's challenge: A Sliders story featuring Colin, Remmy, Maggie, and Quinn in which someone says, "Quinn, don't be an idiot."
Doubles he understood --
-- though it was an intellectual understanding, not an emotional one.
A part of him couldn't help be offended that he really wasn't unique in the universe.
Multiverse.
Yes. There was more than one universe and they were all side-by-side and what did this mean for God's plans. Not only was the man named Colin Mallory no longer unique, but he'd also been stripped of a lifetime's understanding regarding the purpose of his life.
If the mere act of Sliding wasn't enough cause for doubts then this--
--this--
--he--
--certainly was.
Doubles, Colin kind of understood. But not these doubles.
Colin squeezed his eyes shut then opened them again. Rembrandt stood in front of him with some little boy Colin didn't recognize. Also with them stood Maggie.
And Quinn.
Among them was a feather boa and a red beret and a truly ghastly black and white shirt and ... Rembrandt was gazing at Colin over the top of his glasses. Rembrandt didn't wear glasses.
Maggie shook her hips at him and tossed the end of the boa over her shoulder. "Hey, Sweetie," she said.
Quinn threw back his head and yipped like a dog at a moon no one could see. Somehow the beret stayed on his head.
"I venture," Rembrandt said, "that you would be Mr. Mallory's brother." His gaze ticked over to Quinn and back. "I've heard much about you, though we have never had the pleasure of meeting. The resemblance is astounding. Shame about that drug overdose."
"I-- Yes." Colin responded, not quite sure what he was responding to, of even if he was supposed to respond. Did he even want to claim this Quinn as his brother? Did he have a choice?
Colin shuddered.
Quinn's yipping turned into a full-throated howl then tapered off.
"My brother!" he repeated. He affected some kind of accent that gave no clues to where he pretended to be from. "It's comeback tiiiime."
Maggie snapped her gum, her expression distasteful. "Quinn, don't be an idiot. ‘Mallory' stunk."
"Didn't," he argued.
"I can't sing," Colin volunteered.
"Neither can he." Maggie pointed to Quinn. He scowled in response, then bopped his head and mouthed a few words to music no one else could hear.
Maggie mimicked him. She looked even worse.
"Fortunately," Rembrandt interrupted, "singing will not be necessary. Your assistance in freeing us, however, would be greatly appreciated."
Taking in the group one more time, Colin responded, "I will do whatever you need." God, please let this Quinn be the last one we ever meet, he added in spontaneous prayer.
Brief though it might be, he could deal with this purpose.
The sooner these doubles were gone, the better he'd be able to sleep.
As long as he didn't have nightmares about his brother the punk rocker.
Or . . . worse.
Consider the meme open and gakked from everyone. I'll post story requests of my own on the morrow.
Shows I'll do with confidence:
Tomorrow People (NS or OS)
Sliders
My Secret Identity
Highlander
Big Wolf On Campus
Not so much:
Buffy
Angel
Forever Knight
Invisible Man
21 Jump Street
No adult. No 'ships. Please provide at least characters and a line. Titles would be nice, too. If you have more stipulations, then just speak up. I actually work better when the assignment isn't open ended.
ETA: I am open to crossovers.
The fanfic meme that is going around is extremely tempting because the idea is so structured.
Instead of jumping into it full force,
tptigger helped me by making an off-LJ challenge just as a test. In response, here is:Title: Meaning
Fandom: Sliders
Rating: G
Spoilers: The Alternateville Horror
Summary: Colin meets some very frightening doubles.
Disclaimer: Not mine. Not sure who has the rights these days.
Words: 468
Meaning
Set during the fourth season episode "The Alternateville Horror". Canon errors are mine as I haven't seen the episode since 1998.
tptigger's challenge: A Sliders story featuring Colin, Remmy, Maggie, and Quinn in which someone says, "Quinn, don't be an idiot."Doubles he understood --
-- though it was an intellectual understanding, not an emotional one.
A part of him couldn't help be offended that he really wasn't unique in the universe.
Multiverse.
Yes. There was more than one universe and they were all side-by-side and what did this mean for God's plans. Not only was the man named Colin Mallory no longer unique, but he'd also been stripped of a lifetime's understanding regarding the purpose of his life.
If the mere act of Sliding wasn't enough cause for doubts then this--
--this--
--he--
--certainly was.
Doubles, Colin kind of understood. But not these doubles.
Colin squeezed his eyes shut then opened them again. Rembrandt stood in front of him with some little boy Colin didn't recognize. Also with them stood Maggie.
And Quinn.
Among them was a feather boa and a red beret and a truly ghastly black and white shirt and ... Rembrandt was gazing at Colin over the top of his glasses. Rembrandt didn't wear glasses.
Maggie shook her hips at him and tossed the end of the boa over her shoulder. "Hey, Sweetie," she said.
Quinn threw back his head and yipped like a dog at a moon no one could see. Somehow the beret stayed on his head.
"I venture," Rembrandt said, "that you would be Mr. Mallory's brother." His gaze ticked over to Quinn and back. "I've heard much about you, though we have never had the pleasure of meeting. The resemblance is astounding. Shame about that drug overdose."
"I-- Yes." Colin responded, not quite sure what he was responding to, of even if he was supposed to respond. Did he even want to claim this Quinn as his brother? Did he have a choice?
Colin shuddered.
Quinn's yipping turned into a full-throated howl then tapered off.
"My brother!" he repeated. He affected some kind of accent that gave no clues to where he pretended to be from. "It's comeback tiiiime."
Maggie snapped her gum, her expression distasteful. "Quinn, don't be an idiot. ‘Mallory' stunk."
"Didn't," he argued.
"I can't sing," Colin volunteered.
"Neither can he." Maggie pointed to Quinn. He scowled in response, then bopped his head and mouthed a few words to music no one else could hear.
Maggie mimicked him. She looked even worse.
"Fortunately," Rembrandt interrupted, "singing will not be necessary. Your assistance in freeing us, however, would be greatly appreciated."
Taking in the group one more time, Colin responded, "I will do whatever you need." God, please let this Quinn be the last one we ever meet, he added in spontaneous prayer.
Brief though it might be, he could deal with this purpose.
The sooner these doubles were gone, the better he'd be able to sleep.
As long as he didn't have nightmares about his brother the punk rocker.
Or . . . worse.
Consider the meme open and gakked from everyone. I'll post story requests of my own on the morrow.
Shows I'll do with confidence:
Tomorrow People (NS or OS)
Sliders
My Secret Identity
Highlander
Big Wolf On Campus
Not so much:
Buffy
Angel
Forever Knight
Invisible Man
21 Jump Street
No adult. No 'ships. Please provide at least characters and a line. Titles would be nice, too. If you have more stipulations, then just speak up. I actually work better when the assignment isn't open ended.
ETA: I am open to crossovers.
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The meme is to challenge someone to write you a ficlet. You provide a title, a line, and the characters. Then you post the meme on your own LJ, so you can be challenged back.
People have been modifiying the meme as they get it, so I've seen everything from just "challenge me to write something" to "challenge me to write 100 words on X topic about characters A, B, C using line Y."
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Maybe I'll consider this one.
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Now, for the challenges (rubs hands in glee). Please write me one or more of the following:
Tomorrow People (NS)/Highlander
Featuring: Methos, reference to or flashback to King Tut, Adam
Title: Curious Balance
Line: "The universe is full of unknown, indeed, unknowable things."
Highlander/Invisible Man
Featuring: Methos, Duncan, Darrien
Title: Departures
Line: "If seeing is believing, then I just disbelieved something."
Tomorrow People
Featuring: General Damon
Title: Cold Logistics
Line: "Fear is a foolish counselor."
::giggles::
Poor Colin. :)
::off to wander through friends list and see what neat challenges might be waiting on her own LJ::
Consider yourself challenged!
Crossover #1
Fandoms: Tomorrow People (NS) and Buffy
Characters: Any from TP (you're far more familiar with them than I am); Riley and/or others in the Initiative
Line: "Surely you jest."
Crossover #2
Fandoms: Tomorrow People (NS) and Invisible Man
Characters: Any
Line: "Isn't this just craptacular."
Can't wait to see what you come up with! :)