Recs 10/?

Sep. 25th, 2021 04:51 pm
shallowness: Kira in civvies looking straight ahead (Wives and Daughters Molly/Roger)
I feel like I should rec a source before getting to the recs. Cairo Time (2009) is a romantic drama, written and directed by Ruba Nedda, a Canadian of Egyptian descent. Despite being about an emotional affair between a married woman and the friend her husband asks to show her Cairo and look out for her when he can’t join her there (infidelity squick), it reeled me in. There’s a touch of ‘Lost in Translation’ about Juliette (Patricia Clarkson) initially, as she suffers discombobulation on top of empty-nest syndrome and spousal abandonment, but as she gets to know Tareq (Alexander Siddig) and his city, a restrained love story develops. If this sound like something you’d be interested in, it’s well worth hunting down, as I did this summer. (And then I tried to write some fic in response to it, struggled and thought I'd check AO3 and lo and behold, thanks to Yuletide, there was fic.)

Fic and fanvid recs in the following fandoms: Alice (2009), The Bletchley Circle (San Fransisco), Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Cairo Time (2019) and The Mentalist.

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shallowness: Margaret Hale of North and South adaptation sitting at desk writing (Margaret North and South writing)
B99 5.7 Two Turkeys

E4 has stopped showing the episodes in double bills for now, which was discombobulating to find out. Read more... )

At the start of the week, before I went away (to be sleep deprived in a place where I had no internet access), I posted the following:

This is Not for You. Good Wives. PG. Josephine March, Professor Bhaer. 244 words. Modern day AU. Inspired by the prompt 'writing a book' at [livejournal.com profile] comment_fic. Summary: Jo March meets a critic at a literary festival.

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Amaze The Mentalist. Universal. Teresa Lisbon/Patrick Jane. 398 words. Written for the prompt ‘Any, any female, she never usually wears dresses, so when she does, the effect is amazing’ at [livejournal.com profile] comment_fic.

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Atonement Gotham. Teen. Selina Kyle, Alfred Pennyworth, Bruce Wayne. 183 words. Summary: The first time she goes to the Batcave.
Author's Note: Written as futurefic during season 2. Might be jossed (as I haven’t seen beyond season 2.

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There are more ficlets that I intend to post once I get back into the swing of things.
shallowness: Kira in civvies looking straight ahead (Kensi and Deeks partners NCIS LA)
Amaze. The Mentalist. Universal. Teresa Lisbon/Patrick Jane. 398 words. Written for the prompt ‘Any, any female, she never usually wears dresses, so when she does, the effect is amazing’ at [livejournal.com profile] comment_fic.

Amaze: shallowness )
shallowness: Margaret Hale of North and South adaptation sitting at desk writing (Margaret North and South writing)
I posted 10 fics to Archive of Our Own this year, all longer than drabbles. I had a flurry of writing X word ficlets and Three Sentence fics. That’s one more than last year! Most were ficlets, with two passing the thousand-word mark, both of which were gen. Things happened in my life this year that had a big bearing on my writing.

There was a huge flurry in April, partly because of Easter and partly because of what was going on in The Mentalist’s final season – I wrote more The Mentalist fic than any other fandom, and I’ve never written fic in the fandom before. A minority of these fics, less than I thought, were based on prompts.

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Bye, show

May. 4th, 2015 09:45 pm
shallowness: Kira in civvies looking straight ahead (Poldark Ross/Demelza ep 4 smiling)
The Mentalist 7.12-13

The Last Ever Episode/The Finale Double-Bill

I apologise for what goes on with the tenses behind the cut. )
shallowness: Catwoman looking at the Batsign in the Gotham City night sky (Catwoman watching Batverse films)
So, I’ve been posting fic (ficlets really) recently. The latest three are: Chalet (Gotham) 570 words. Summary: Bruce and Selina, now and later, seeking shelter. (Spoilers for 1.13 Welcome Back, Jim Gordon.)

Anniversary (The Mentalist) Double drabble. Jason Wylie/Michelle Vega. Summary: One year on. (Diverges from canon at a certain point in 7.10 ‘Nothing Gold Can Stay’.)

Elevation (The Mentalist) 365 words. Jason Wylie/Michelle Vega. Summary: He is so proud of her. (Takes place after Anniversary, although you don’t have to have read that.)

spoilers for the episodes referred to above )
shallowness: Margaret Hale of North and South adaptation sitting at desk writing (Margaret North and South writing)
The Mentalist, Universal, Jason Wylie, Michelle Vega, Kimball Cho. (Jason Wylie/Michelle Vega.)
Summary: He is so proud of her.
Diverges from canon at a certain point in 7.10 ‘Nothing Gold Can Stay’. Takes place after Anniversary although you don’t have to have read that. Fluff. 365 words.


Elevation: shallowness )
shallowness: Kira in civvies looking straight ahead (Default)
I know, I am watching too many shows, but a couple of them are drawing to a close, so I can either start watching new ones like Jane the Virgin, or open my ST DS9 season 2 DVDs.

The Mentalist 7.11 Byzantium

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One double-bill to go, and that will be it. SHOW!

Before that, I will probably post some more The Mentalist fic.

A little bit later then, I watched B99 2.15 Windbreaker City

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shallowness: Margaret Hale of North and South adaptation sitting at desk writing (Margaret North and South writing)
The Mentalist, Universal, Jason Wylie/Michelle Vega.
Summary: One year on.
Diverges from canon at a certain point in 7.10 ‘Nothing Gold Can Stay’. Double drabble.

Anniversary: shallowness )
shallowness: bright flowers in vase against green background (flowers that remind me of Layla)
The Mentalist 7.10 Nothing Gold Can Stay

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And then I might have written fic in response to all that, which I haven't looked at in the cold light of day yet.

I was so glad I'd decided to watch the shows in this order, all things considered.

B99 2.13 Payback

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2.14 Defense Rests

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shallowness: Kira in civvies looking straight ahead (POI Zoe and John at work)
The Mentalist 7.8 The Whites of His Eyes

Legitimately good episode, I thought. If I were grading it it would be hovering between a B+ and an A-.

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ETA: Updated Wishlist for what time is left to The Mentalist

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shallowness: Kira in civvies looking straight ahead (POI Zoe and John at work)
The Mentalist, Universal, Jason Wylie, one-sided Wylie/Vega.
7.07 ‘Little Yellow House’ coda. 361 words.

Cleaning-up duty: shallowness )
shallowness: Sky High's Warren Peace smiling (Warren Peace smiles!)
The Mentalist 7.6 Green Lights

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B99 2.10 The Pontiac Bandit Returns

watching an American Christmas episode in March )
shallowness: Sky High's Warren Peace smiling (Warren Peace smiles!)
Caught up on the following last night:

The Mentalist

7.5 The Silver Briefcase

thumbs up )

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

2.8 USPIS

thumbs up )

2.9 The Road Trip

thumbs up )
shallowness: Kira in civvies looking straight ahead (POI Zoe and John at work)
This is basically a PS about the last episode of Revenge that I watched. Read more... )

I caught up with The Mentalist 7.4 Black Market

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shallowness: Kira in civvies looking straight ahead (OB s2 Sarah as Cosima)
I posted a ficlet last night – Indelible, post-7.03 Orange Blossom Ice Cream, Patrick/Teresa (so weird to type their first names, but apt, I think.) Season 7 has made me break my Mentalist duck. Well, I saw there’s another fic among my files, which I haven’t dared open. Basically, there’s a part of me that thinks that there should be more making out after each episode, apparently. That was partly the motivation for that ficlet.

I’m still miles behind on Revenge, but caught up on 4.5 Repercussions last night.

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