LadySilver's Fanfic

With all that's been going on in the country, I have been extremely negligent about sharing my fic, so here's what's been keeping me sane.

Highlander Shortcuts

For Shortcuts this year, I received the most incredible, insightful fic about Gregor and Richie from brightknightie, in which we see post-canon Gregor's struggle to find meaning in life again.

As always with Shortcuts, the stories went live right in the middle of finals week, which is when I'm buried under scores of essays and research papers that the university seems to think I can grade in a couple days. (I can't, in case you're wondering). I did manage to carve out enough space to read the fic when it first posted, though it took a couple extra days for me to close my mouth and sort out my thoughts enough to say anything coherent. The story is that good.

As has now happened more than once, BK took one of my standing prompts and interpreted it in an entirely different direction than I'd imagined, with the result of managing to write me a fic that is exactly what I didn't know I wanted. It's such a delight, every time!

Title: Garbage and Flowers
Word Count: 4772 words
Summary: Gregor has started a new life. Getting the hang of feeling again is harder than it looks. And when he drops by Alec Hill’s house to make amends, he learns that Alec is dead and Richie is the one who killed him.

Meanwhile, I was matched to karrenia_rune, who requested a slew of Movie characters, as well as Methos, Joe, Amanda, and Duncan. She also indicated interest in What-if AUs, and slice-of-life and missing scene fics.

I wasn't really interested in writing a Methos & Joe fic (I feel like I do that too often in exchanges), and I didn't have any ideas for other groupings of the series characters, so I decided to venture into unknown territory and write something movie-based.

The movie isn't really my fandom, which necessitated a re-watch and deep thinking.

In the end, I wrote:

Title: Forging
Word Count: 1151 words
Summary: To survive as an Immortal, Connor has a lot to learn, and Ramirez can't do it alone.

Fandom Trees

This year, I didn't sign up for fandomtrees, and wasn't really planning to participate at all. But, then I saw that one of the needy trees had a request for Henry Danger, and I felt uniquely poised to take it on.

For Tellmewhatyousee, I took a dive in the early days of the show when Dan Schneider (::spit::) was still the showrunner and the writing still focused on the civilian lives and relationships of the characters (::yay!::) and wrote:

Title: Blow Up
Word Count: 1676 words
Summary: When a photo from Henry's past resurfaces, Piper voices her objections.

Tellme also received a podfic of a Henry Danger drabble collection -- which, happened to be my drabble collection. So, although the podfic wasn't for me, it feels like I got a gift of my own.

Peasina did a fantastic job transforming my collection Junk 'n Words, a set of four drabbles that I'd written for the FFFC Fandom Battle a few years ago. (She can podfic anything of mine, anytime she wants!)

Title: Junk 'n Words (podfic)
Time: 4 minutes
Summary: Four drabbles, two pre-canon and two post-canon

And thus ends my exchange participation of 2024.

Title: Junk 'n Words
Fandom: Henry Danger
Characters: Various
Word Count: 400
Rating: G
Tags: Drabble Collection
Summary: Four drabbles written for the fffc Fandom Battle.

1. Why does Ray know what his weakness is?
2. The origin of Ray’s superhero name
3. Henry gets bad news
4. Piper finds a surprise waiting for her at college.

Link

Originally written for, and posted to, the Fandom Battle on fffc

Title: Crossover Potential
Fandom: Henry Danger
Word Count: 1232

( Crossover Potential )

For personal reference, but also in case anyone wants to watch some of this show without committing to all 128 episodes. The list is the episodes that contribute to the overall big picture, usually by being the introduction of an important character or changing something in the status quo. For some reason, iTunes has the show broken up into 12 volumes, so I've chosen to follow their numbering sequence.

( Episode List )

While the episodes below happen to squick me in a major way, the villain is significant to the show and there are some good character moments.

( A Different Arc )

Because of my viewing history, Netflix recently started recommending the Nickelodeon show Henry Danger to me.

While I've heard of this show, I've never tuned in before. My child has passed the age where I'm a captive audience of Nick and Disney, and I've had plenty of programming on other channels/services to keep me from tuning in on my own. I often like kids' shows, though. My bedrock fandom is The Tomorrow People -- both the 1973 and 1992 versions aired on Nick in my part of the world -- and I've more recently gone head over heels for Julie and the Phantoms on Netflix. But they're not a medium I typically seek out.

Netflix's algorithm was persistent, though, so I decided to give the show a try -- and it has been an absolute delight. This show is amazing! Now I'm deep into a binge-watch, which has led me to reflect on why I'm enjoying this show so much.

( Thoughts )