Arctic Light

Over at recthething, I posted a few recs for diagetic_exchange (Babylon 5, Murderbot, Megamind). Diagetic Exchange is for in-universe fic/RPF/etc; I did not participate in this one, although I enjoyed the results!

Meanwhile in exchanges I did participate in, whumpex author reveals happened tonight. I wrote two things:

Mission of Mercy (Biggles, gen, 5800 words, Flies East AU)
My assignment! Rather than just letting it go, Biggles becomes determined to find EvS's crashed Bristol fighter. Is this really just an excuse to write EvS suffering the effects of a crash and heatstroke? Mmmmaybe.

A few ending-spoilery author's notes on the story

My biggest problem, once I'd started writing it, was figuring out a way for EvS to get away given how I had set up the situation. I had trouble with Biggles just letting him go, at this point in time, but no ending that involved him being taken back to be tried and interrogated or shot felt good either. Eventually, I came up with the eventual sort-of compromise that involves Biggles finding a way to justify (to himself) letting EvS plausibly-deniably escape. (For certain values of plausible.) It is really interesting to write them when they're so young!

High G Maneuver (Babylon 5, Londo & Vir, 1700 words)
This was a treat for a recipient who had requested (among other things) a "Dust to Dust" tag in which Vir stays on the station longer so they can deal with the events of the episode.

A few notes

I've been wanting to write more about aftermath from that episode, so I immediately jumped on that prompt. But I realized when I started writing it that this is actually a really difficult time in canon to write emotional h/c for, because Londo is so closed off, and really doesn't start opening up to people, including Vir, until a season or so later. And he's going to be even more shut down in the wake of being physically and mentally hurt as badly as he is in the episode. I ended up wrapping it in a metaphor about Centauri fighter pilots, as a way of getting at the emotions that they won't talk about.

I wrote this for fan_flashworks "Underwater" challenge back in early May and finally got around to editing it (the first version was pretty rough; this has been cleaned up a lot, tweaked for word choice and clarity).

One thing rolling around in the back of my head when I wrote this is something I've noticed reading fic for this show - there's not really a lot of typical tropey h/c for these characters. It's understandable, because canon is so tightly plotted, and so much of the fic is just fixing and/or dealing with their various canon disasters and tragedies. But sometimes you just want to put someone into a classic h/c situation and make them deal with it, you know?

The Drowning Deep (5500 words, gen)
Takes place between 5x09 and 5x10. An attempt on Londo's life in the palace gardens.
Also posted on AO3.

( The Drowning Deep )

Currently traveling, but I finished a thing!

I got a prompt on Tumblr earlier this month for a roleswap AU with Londo & G'Kar. I wrote a short ficlet for it a few days ago, then was promptly seized by the urge to write the entire story that goes with it.

Gift on AO3 (2,953 words, Babylon 5, gen)
Mid season four. Narns deliver a gift to G'Kar. He does not appreciate it in the slightest.
(A roleswap AU of sorts, set around the same general time frame as "No Surrender, No Retreat" in canon, in which reconciliation occurs from a completely different and even more fraught direction.)

( 3000-ish words of chains and reluctant h/c )

The current fan_flashworks prompt is "Underwater", and I took one look at that and uh apparently wrote 5300 words of B5 fanfic for it.

Posted on fan-flashworks: The Drowning Deep (Babylon 5, Londo & G'Kar, set between 5x09 & 5x10). This will be crossposted in the usual places when their exclusive period runs out.

In Flight Movie (gen, "A Tragedy of Telepaths" tag, Londo & G'Kar)
Missing scene for 5x10 "A Tragedy of Telepaths," after Na'Toth leaves the ship. Getting back to normal, whatever normal is for them.

( In Flight Movie - 1500 wds )

Posted Chapter 2 of The Bodyguard Protocol, my post-canon B5 fixit (for one particular thing, anyway). The second chapter is about 6K, like the first one. Chapter three-and-last is being thrashed out for posting in the next few days.

Also in B5, my Tumblr musings on the various season openings (and a poll).

A couple of bite-sized bits of tumblr promptfic written over the last week or so. (I plan to take more prompts soooon, in fact I'm thinking of running a general first-of-May promptfest here on DW as a reward for getting a draft done of the novel I'm currently working on - which is also why I've been slow about replying to comments lately ...)

1. Ivanova & Sheridan
Prompt: "This is not what I signed up for." Honestly, this could be any of the command crew. Originally posted here.

( 270 words )

2. Marcus & Stephen
Prompt: Marcus and Dr. Franklin gen story prompt request? Could be one of them getting hurt, or even just bickering back and forth (like they did in S4E9). Originally posted here.

( 370 wds )

I wrote this for a prompt over at Tumblr:

Maybe post-canon, Londo reads G'kar's book, and is comforted or amused by something about its descriptions of him?

I'll probably post this on AO3 eventually, but that would mean having to come up with a title. Now also posted on AO3!

( About 1000 words with all the warnings that go along with end-of-season-5 Londo )

After the cavalcade of pain in recent episodes, I had a need for some comfort.

Safeguard - 1200 wds, light hurt/comfort, slight AU of the hallway fight in 5x09.
Also posted on AO3.

( Safeguard )

Well, it has happened, with its usual inevitability - I watched 5x02 on Friday night, and 6K of fic fell into my head over the weekend. *sighs deeply, adds a new fanfic tag*

Four Medlab Visits (and one visitor who waited until after) (6048 words) by Sholio
Chapters: 5/5
Fandom: Babylon 5 (TV 1993)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Delenn & Londo Mollari, Vir Cotto & Londo Mollari, Michael Garibaldi & Londo Mollari, G'Kar & Londo Mollari
Characters: Londo Mollari, Vir Cotto, Stephen Franklin, Delenn (Babylon 5), G'Kar (Babylon 5), Michael Garibaldi, John Sheridan, Elizabeth Lochley
Additional Tags: Episode: s05e02 The Very Long Night of Londo Mollari, Missing Scene, Friendship, Bonding
Summary: Tag/missing scenes for "The Very Long Night of Londo Mollari." What it says on the tin.

Or read it here!

( Four Medlab Visits (and one visitor who waited until after) )