jedibuttercup | Entries tagged with tv: tin man

PG-13; DG & Az + DG/Cain; Tin Man (2007), 4000 words. For

nightonficmountain.

What was DG really scared of, anyway? That Cain would say no? They'd already rescued each other from much worse than a little awkwardness.

A Little Positive Publicity

(Linked @ the AO3 Night on Fic Mountain archive; written for jeffgoldblumvevo)

Crossposts: https://jedibuttercup.livejournal.com/624982.html

Sisterly gen; Tin Man (2007), 2900 words. For

chocolateboxcomm.

When the only alternatives were her still-Lightless mother or a Slipper's daughter raised on the Otherside with very little grasp of either their culture or her responsibilities... there had never been a question of who would keep the crown.

Only One, But Not Alone

(Linked @ the AO3 Chocolate Box archive; written for jaegermighty)

Crossposts: https://jedibuttercup.livejournal.com/624032.html

PG-13; Tin Man worldbuilding. This chapter: DG and family and a bit of politics. Other chapters here.

None of them had suspected that Princess Deegee might have survived. None of them had so much as guessed that the Queen's decline might have been kindled by something more substantial than grief, or that the Sorceress hadn't voluntarily sought her increased powers. If they had… If they'd known, so many things might have been different.

( Weathering the Storm, 4/? )

(chapter at AO3; full story here.)

Crossposts: http://jedibuttercup.livejournal.com/597619.html

PG-13; Tin Man worldbuilding. This chapter: Zero and his merry band. Other chapters here.

None of them had suspected that Princess Deegee might have survived. None of them had so much as guessed that the Queen's decline might have been kindled by something more substantial than grief, or that the Sorceress hadn't voluntarily sought her increased powers. If they had… If they'd known, so many things might have been different.

( Weathering the Storm, 3/? )

(chapter at AO3; full story here.)

PG-13; Tin Man worldbuilding. This chapter: DG and Azkadellia.

None of them had suspected that Princess Deegee might have survived. None of them had so much as guessed that the Queen's decline might have been kindled by something more substantial than grief, or that the Sorceress hadn't voluntarily sought her increased powers. If they had… If they'd known, so many things might have been different.

( Weathering the Storm, 2/? )

(chapter at AO3; full story here.)

PG-13; Tin Man worldbuilding. Heel Face Turn fic, Zero and Deegee centric.

None of them had suspected that Princess Deegee might have survived. None of them had so much as guessed that the Queen's decline might have been kindled by something more substantial than grief, or that the Sorceress hadn't voluntarily sought her increased powers. If they had… If they'd known, so many things might have been different.

( Weathering the Storm, 1/? )

(x-posted at AO3)

PG; Angel/Tin Man; 1900 words. Challenge fic; follows Conferring With The Flowers.

The first sign that Lorne's vacation would not last forever came a few months after his arrival in the O.Z., when he brought a refill to a male human humming a solemn lullaby to himself over his ale.

( Advice Unsought )

(x-posted to

twistedshorts and at AO3)

PG; Angel/Tin Man; 1200 words. Challenge fic.

Lorne might be able to survive a temporary beheading with no permanent harm done, but he was pretty sure removing half a brain was problematic for the long-term health of any sentient species.

( Conferring With The Flowers )

(x-posted to

twistedshorts and at AO3)

Gen; Tin Man; Glitch-centric, 200 words. From the File of Lost Story Starts.

He was sure, somehow, that she'd been lost. But then, so was he.

( First Advisor )

(x-posted at AO3)

So. I ended up writing five stories for my fifth

yuletide: four full-length ones, and a short.

One of them is a dead giveaway, if you know my writing history; another is also a fandom and POV character I've written before; and the others are all new to me. All canon characters, all different fandoms, and split between gen and het this year. Between the five stories, they total 9800 words.

They'll be anonymous until next Saturday; if you can guess any of them before then, I'll write any prompt you like that fits the specifications I allowed my 2010 Wishlist participants. Have fun reading in the Yuletide Archive, if you haven't visited it yet - 2,647 stories this year, all in rare or new fandoms!

... Oh, and what's that you ask - what did I receive? Three lovely and very different stories:

The Man Who Knew What He Wanted, for 2007 TV miniseries "Tin Man". Does an excellent job getting into Zero's head right after the miniseries, lending depth and realism to the motivations of what was presented as a rather 2D bad-guy character on screen. I loved it, right down to the ambiguous ending.

The Truth of Reality, for the 2010 movie "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time". A collection of family moments with Prince Dastan (and a Tamina moment!) in the aftermath of the movie. Made me smile!

Waiting, for the "Dresden Files" book series by Jim Butcher. A fabulous short introspective piece from Charity Carpenter's POV during "Changes". An interlude in the life of one of those who also serve, as she thinks on her husband's supernatural career, and her daughter's.

\0/ Apparently I was a very good girl this year! If you know the fandoms, go and give them some love. ♥

No Phony Smile (The Made Me What I Am Remix) (and at AO3)
Tin Man: Az/Zero, Queen/Zero; PG-15; 100 words
Just a little girl playing dress up in mommy's clothes.

Remix of crack!fic for kseda by

n_e_star, for

remixthedrabble.

PG; B:tVS/Tin Man. 2000 words, post-show/miniseries; D.G. & Dawn.

If D.G. had gone to school in Sunnydale instead of B.F.E., Kansas, Dawn thought, she'd have fit right in with the Scoobies.

( The Princess and the Pizza )

(x-posted to

crossoverfic)

PG-13; Tin Man. 2900 words, post-miniseries, written for Sticks & Strings.

Most of the people had stopped calling for Azkadellia's blood, much to Zero's amazement. Had none of them seen what he had?

( To Light She Be Shown )

(linked at

tinman_fic &

azkadellia_zero)

Title: Ten Further Things that Never Happened to Buffy Summers
Author: Jedi Buttercup
Rating: PG to PG-13.
Category: B:tVS/various (see disclaimer).

Disclaimer: All your Buffy are belong to Joss Whedon and Mutant Enemy. I also do not claim to own anyone/thing affiliated with the following media productions: 2 Fast 2 Furious, Lie to Me, Tin Man, Iron Man, Terminator: tSCC, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, Fringe, Twilight, Sanctuary, Inkheart.

Summary: TtH "10 Things that Never Happened" drabble challenge, Take 5. Same character, all new crossovers. (Previous editions: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4).

( Never Drove a 10-Second Car )

( Never Faced a Lie Detector )

( Never Heard of the Emerald of the Eclipse )

( Never Saw an Arc Reactor )

( Never Fought Against the Machines * )

( Never Got a PhD in Slaying )

( Never Met a Cullen )

( Never Became Part of the Pattern )

( Never Stopped Wanting to Be Normal )

( Never Appreciated the Written Word )

(x-posted to

crossoverfic)

Sorry I haven't been writing this week. I never get trivial colds-- unless I KO my immune system by spending a couple of weeks in a manic daze, getting too little sleep and expending too much energy on mental tasks. Should have remembered the other consequence of college finals week when I was comparing it to Yuletide writing season.

*blows nose* Yeah, so I'm a little under the weather.

Anyway. I'm seven books into the Oz series now, and seriously curious about whether there is any analytical commentary available about them. I mean, fan-level commentary, not scholarly works attempting to frame them as political allegories, or whatever. Attempts to explain (in-world) the wobbly inconsistent elements of Baum's fourteen-book canon (not including the rest of the "Famous Forty", or the multitude of Oz-ian apocrypha written since they started going out of copyright, ranging from additional children's books to more adult entries). Even attempts to real-world-ize them-- to come up with "reasonable" (as far as you can get with magic) explanations for the weirder bits.

Because right now? My brain keeps insisting that Glinda has to be sneakily evil, and thanks whatever source she gets her powers from every morning that Dorothy dropped in and eliminated her only serious competition, thus paving the way for a young girl with every reason to be grateful and attentive to Glinda's advice to take the throne and start running Oz the way Glinda wants it. I like Ozma. Lots. But some of her decisions, especially in Patchwork Girl, made the hair stand up on the back of my neck, and her attitude has definitely shifted since her introduction in the series.

The next seven books might change my opinion again. But right now? Yeah, I can definitely see how the tarnished O.Z. of "Tin Man" evolved from the "perfect" fairy-tale world of Baum's books.
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