beer_good_foamy

(Please note - I'm unspoiled on the books and want to remain so)

( Spoilers S3E06 and a bit of meta )

eilowyn put out a call for penguin fic. So here's a quick drabble inspired by a comment from shapinglight.

Camouflage

He was trying to remain unruffled, but when another penguin stepped on his tailfeathers for the fourteenth time that day, Angel finally snapped at it with a frustrated "KAAAARK!"

The other penguin stared in his general direction as if its eyes had trouble focussing and mumbled a confused "Kaarrk..?" Seconds later, another penguin bumped into Angel from behind, looked around as if it couldn't see what it had collided with, dropped some guano on Angel's feet and waddled off without even apologising.

Angel sighed. In retrospect, having yourself whitewashed isn't a good idea when you live on an ice floe.

So here's the other 3 sentence fic I mentioned I wanted to expand upon. It ended up somewhat longer. This came out of passionfruit_kisses' prompt "Buffy/Faith, not even a proper Apocalypse".

Title: If The Dead Rise (Or Not)
Author: Beer Good beer_good_foamy
Fandom: Buffy, Post-"Chosen"
Pairing: Buffy/Faith
Rating: PG13
Word count: ~500
Warnings: References to character death
Summary: It seems the world's always ending. No matter how many times they stop it, they're just putting it off.

( The first time was a couple of days after the battle of Sunnydale. )

Second verse, same as the first: It's awards season, and they just announced the winners at absence_oflight. And among all the other very deserving winners (CONGRATS one and all!) I happened to pick up a couple as well:




Thank you so much! Check out all the winners here.

Also, I hope everyone's checking out the Three Sentence Ficathon? I found a prompt for Wolf Hall and had to write this, a little Thomas Cromwell character slice. (I wrote a Buffy one as well, but I'm not entirely happy with how that one came out so I'm planning to turn it into something longer.)

Roughshod

The courtiers keep asking him the same question in the same incredulous tone, as if they're astonished that a... person of his background can even speak.

The honest answer would be that he's fairly certain his hands have forgotten how to shoe a horse, they are used to pens and handshakes now.

But he likes the look in their eyes when he answers yes, he can; as if only for a moment, they realise that they might one day go barefoot.

Might as well get this posted before I rewrite the ending yet again. Not the brightest and happiest fic I've written. I blame February.

Title: All But Left To Hunger
Fandom: Angel, post-"Not Fade Away"
Pairing: Drusilla/Faith; vague references to Faith/Buffy and Drusilla/Angelus
Rating: Let's say R just to be safe, though there's nothing explicit
Word count: ~1300
Warnings: Character death, allusions to past abuse, general Dru POV
Summary: Drusilla and Faith both find themselves in the alley shortly after "Not Fade Away". They're too late to change the future, now they're stuck with the past.
Written for xlivvielockex's Femslash February and snowpuppies's prompt "Faith/Dru, sorrow"

( When she gets there, the battle is over. )

Right, so here's the last chapter.

Title: Development Hell
Author: Beer Good (beer_good_foamy)
Fandom: Buffyverse, post-"Chosen"
Rating: PG13
Word Count: ~3000 (this chapter)
Characters/Pairings: Let's see, there's Buffy, Andrew, Lorne, and a couple of OCs. Angel and Spike show up too. Various other characters as well as canonical pairings will be alluded to, played with, and lovingly frosted with glucose. Also, any similarities to actual Hollywood actors are entirely coincidental, I swear.
Summary: While killing time in Rome, Buffy runs into a new Slayer with a shocking secret. Now, she's going to have to face her past to keep both herself and those around her from a Fate Worse Than Death... Hollywood.

Previously on Development Hell:
Chapter 1, in which Buffy meets and rescues someone claiming to be Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Chapter 2, in which things are explained
Chapter 3, in which groups get all focusy

( Chapter 4 and epilogue, In which acting is all about subterfuge )

Apparently 'tis the season to nominate, and I'm not one to complain.

Strawberries was nominated for Best Willow/Other Female Author, Best Willow/Other Female Fic, Best Comedy, and Cloudbusting for Best Fluff. Thanks so much to whoever nominated me!

Also, here's a drabble for this week's open_on_sunday challenge, "Unusual".

Help Yourself

"Yo, Wes." Faith and Buffy entered the library. "We were just attacked by some freaky-ass demon that called B 'Delilah' and tried to stab her with a knife."

"Oh dear," Wesley mused. "It would appear you've encountered a Tom Jones demon."

"A what? Do you know what that is, B?"

Buffy shook her head while checking her new coat for damage. "Nope. Must be something new."

"Well, actually," Wesley tried to suppress a giggle, "It's not unusual."

The two teenagers stared at him, non-plussed.

"I mean, I'll... look through the books and see what I can find," he added sheepishly.

So, the roundup of what I did, fannish-wise, in 2012:

( List of fic, meta, and a meme )

It just struck me that I haven't posted any holiday fic this year. And I'd hate to break a tradition. So I realised that this slightly creepy plot bunny I've had for a while might work and banged this one out. Hope it works. Happy whatever, everybody!

Title: The Gift That Keeps On Giving
Author: Beer Good (beer_good_foamy)
Fandom: Buffy, post-series
Word count: ~1000
Rating: PG13
Summary: Willow tells Xander about the gift she was going to get him, and why she didn't.
Author's Note: Familiarity with the Doctor Who episode "The Doctor Dances" is helpful - if nothing else, to avoid being spoilered on it.

( So it turned out England has winters. Which is picturesque and Dickensian and all, but not so much if you arrive there directly from Brazil to celebrate non-specific winter holiday with friends you haven't seen in four months and forget to dress properly before getting off the plane. )

Right, so here we go! Turns out the last-minute plotbunny I got for letsgetitdone opened up to a multi-chapter fic, which doesn't happen often. I think we're looking at something like 4 or 5 installments here, which should hopefully be posted over the next 2 weeks or so. Seriously, I have an outline and everything.

ETA: Something very weird seems to be happening with LJ right now, so if you've commented and your comment disappears, or this entire fic disappears, don't blame me, I didn't do it. Best comment at DW, I guess.

Title: Development Hell
Author: Beer Good (beer_good_foamy)
Fandom: Buffyverse, post-"Chosen"
Rating: PG13
Word Count: ~900 (this chapter)
Characters/Pairings: Let's see, there's Buffy, Andrew, Lorne, and a couple of OCs. Various other characters as well as canonical pairings will be alluded to, played with, and lovingly frosted with glucose. Also, any similarities to actual Hollywood actors are entirely coincidental, I swear.
Summary: While killing time in Rome, Buffy runs into a new Slayer with a shocking secret. Now, she's going to have to face her past to keep both herself and those around her from a Fate Worse Than Death... Hollywood.

( Chapter 1: In which something funny is going on )