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Primeval/Tolkien Crossovers

Sat, 30 May 2020 10:55:45 GMT

Posted by: purplecat

I've written a few of these and others have written them for me and I love them all so I'm gathering in one place for convenience

Harriet Vane's Medieval Mysteries, Eowyn/Faramir, Morris
Orcs in the Library, Becker, Abby, Connor, Emily, Lyle, Kermit, Ragobal (OC Orc), Aragorn
At the Sign of the Anomaly, Helena Ramsey, Ross Jenkins, Finn, Lyle
A Short Cut to Tea and Fags, Ryan, SF Team, Gandalf
Not All who wander are Lost, Helen Cutter

Lazy Lob and Crazy Cob Claudia, Team by fredbassett
Untitled Leeds, Aragorn by fififolle
Not all who Wander are Lost Jenny, Gandalf, Aragron, Team by rain_sleet_snow
An East Wind Lester/Lyle, Liz by fredbassett
Shafted Ryan, Thorin by fredbassett
Strange Women Lying in Ponds Distributing Swords Morris, Claudia, Liz Lester by lonely_candle
Common Ground Arwen, Claudia by rain_sleet_snow
A Yellow Pup in a Black Land Ryan, Becker, Alex (Puppy), Uruk Hai by fredbassett
West of the Mountains and East of the Sea Ryan, Connor, Lyle, Blade, Thorin, Fili, Kili by fredbassett

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Fic: The Casket of Saint Tardis

Thu, 24 Jan 2019 21:25:24 GMT

Posted by: purplecat

Written for liadt's fandom stocking

The Casket of Saint Tardis (4082 words) by Annariel
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Doctor Who, Robin of Sherwood
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Robert de Rainault, Hugo de Rainault, The Meddling Monk
Summary:

Something appears to be haunting Abbot Hugo's library and a mysterious new monk has arrived with a generous donation and the bones of Saint Tardis.

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Twelve and a half Times Silver didn't meet the Doctor and One and half Times he Did

Tue, 22 Jan 2019 20:30:23 GMT

Posted by: purplecat

Written for thisbluespirit's fandom_stocking

Twelve and a half Times Silver didn't meet the Doctor and One and half Times he did (2253 words) by Annariel
Chapters: 15/15
Fandom: Doctor Who, Sapphire and Steel
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Silver (S&S), Steel (S&S), Sapphire (S&S), Celestial Toymaker (Doctor Who), Liz Shaw (Doctor Who), Ander Poul, D84 (Doctor Who), Sixth Doctor, Peri Brown, Eighth Doctor, Thirteenth Doctor (Fatal Death), The Moment (Doctor Who), Rose Tyler, Rory Williams, Ashildr | Lady Me, Thirteenth Doctor
Summary:

From the Celestial Toymaker, through the Time War, to the Pandorica. Silver is often on the fringes of the Doctor's adventures.

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Abby and the Dragon

Mon, 21 Jan 2019 20:52:14 GMT

Posted by: purplecat

Written for goldarrow's fandom_stocking

Abby and the Dragon (1647 words) by Annariel
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Primeval, Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Abby Maitland, Loki (Marvel)
Additional Tags: dragon - Freeform
Summary:

Abby finds a dragon.

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The Tegenbalansie Chronometer

Sun, 20 Jan 2019 17:54:43 GMT

Posted by: purplecat

A belated repost of my public_call story.

The Tegenbalansie Chronometer (12095 words) by Annariel
Chapters: 3/3
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Twelfth Doctor, Bill Potts, Ace McShane, Seventh Doctor
Additional Tags: Heist, Murder Mystery
Summary:

The Seventh Doctor and Ace are planning a heist. Meanwhile the Twelfth Doctor and Bill have a murder to solve.

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Not a Creature was Stirring, not even a Mouse

Sat, 29 Dec 2018 16:20:14 GMT

Posted by: purplecat

Fandom: Primeval
Title: Not a Creature was Stirring, not even a Mouse
Summary: Ryan has been deployed at Christmas on a mission.
Notes: Nicky Brown and Claudia's family are borrowed gratefully from fredbassett. You can read about him/them in The Devil's Knell and Twelfth Night. This is a primeval_denial secret santa gift for rain_sleet_snow.
Rating: PG (language)
Thanks: To fredbassett for beta-reading.

( Under the Cut )

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Primeval Rec: The Coldest of Cold Shoulders

Sun, 02 Dec 2018 18:35:51 GMT

Posted by: purplecat

It's difficult to write a summary of this one, since the best part of it is the gradual reveal. It's about Stephen after the revelation of his affair with Helen and his interactions with the team. But what could have been a fairly straightforward angst-fest is made completely original by the denouement. Highly recommended.

The Coldest of Cold Shoulders by fredbassett

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Historical Fiction Rec from Previous Journal (for Reference)

Wed, 28 Nov 2018 21:59:11 GMT

Posted by: purplecat

The Rose (3275 words) by Kate_Swynford
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 15th Century CE RPF
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Elizabeth of York, Henry VII of England, Margaret of York, Anne Neville Queen of England, Catherine of Aragon
Summary:

Five looks at Elizabeth of York.

What is this?. I don't recall ever giving much thought ot Elizabeth of York in history lessons. My history teacher was a great Ricardian (though not so great that she didn't think the Richard III society was a little wierd) and I think she thought Perkin Warbeck really was the Duke of York. At any rate the focus of our lessons was on the political games and Elizabeth featured only as a pawn in those. This story fleshes her out, and quietly looks at the games she may have played herself, and her own acceptance and control of her fate.

As a warning, something odd seems to have happened to the paragraphs when posting. It's all perfectly legible, but does look a little off-puttingly wall-of-text at first glance.

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Original Fiction Rec: By the Book by lost_spook

Wed, 28 Nov 2018 21:54:13 GMT

Posted by: purplecat

By the Book (5863 words) by lost_spook
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Original Work
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Male Demon/Female Librarian, Original Female Character/Original Male Character
Additional Tags: Libraries, Librarians, Demons, Humor, Books
Summary:

Saleos has never been summoned by accident before. He has also never, in all these millennia, been called upon to help out at Music and Rhyme Time.

thisbluespirit puts her sense of humour and knowledge of libraries to good use in this tale of a no nonsense librarian who summons a demon.

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Mass Extinction

Mon, 23 Jul 2018 16:11:18 GMT

Posted by: purplecat

Fandom: Primeval
Title: Mass Extinction
Characters: Becker, Connor, Sarah
Word Count: 100
Rating: U
Challenge: 585

"Three breeding pairs of future predators!" Connor said indignantly, "Why did they have three breeding pairs. How could they let them escape through an anomaly?"

This was not the first time he'd said this and Becker had a sinking feeling it would not be the last. Becker's knee ached. He was getting too old for this.

The anomaly had opened onto a paved road. Connor's gizmo said they were in Nigeria around 1250. Sarah had already lectured them about the Kingdom of Benin. Becker wasn't sure the information would help.

"Well," he said, "let's go and stop a mass extinction."

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Social Media

Sat, 14 Jul 2018 18:15:46 GMT

Posted by: purplecat

Fandom: Primeval
Title: Social Media
Word Count: 100
Rating: U
Challenge: 584
Characters: Lester, Danny

"Grun the Barbarian, you say," said Lester.

"Crusher of Skulls and Conqueror of Nations," Danny confirmed.

"... and Connor showed him Twitter? Can he even write?"

"Suprisingly well. He did mutter something about burning the accursed Monastery to the ground as he threw off its lily-livered chains of hypocritical piety and pointless academe."

"I see. Well I don't suppose anyone on Twitter will take him seriously."

Lester surveyed the anxious faces of his staff.

"OK, what aren't you telling me?"

"It is possible he called President Trump an orange-faced charlatan and challenged him to a wrestling match. Winner gets America."

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Keeping Cool

Mon, 09 Jul 2018 19:34:21 GMT

Posted by: purplecat

Fandom: Primeval
Title: Keeping Cool
Characters: OC
Rating: U
Challenge: 583
Word Count: 100

Elena had been working tours since she joined the safari park at sixteen. She had been horribly nervous at first. Even now her lucky stegosaurs came with her, tucked safely in a pocket, a memory of a childhood obsessed with animals (albeit extinct ones).

"I'm not sure what that light effect is. It must be some mirage due to the heat.

"On the right, we are just passing the monkey forest. If we're lucky we should already be able to see a few macaques.

"On the left..." Elena blinked "...on the left you can see a small herd of Eohippus."

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At the Beach

Wed, 04 Jul 2018 07:10:43 GMT

Posted by: purplecat

Fandom: Primeval
Title: At the Beach
Challenge: 582
Word Count: 100
Character: Stephen
Rating: U

The crowds had left the beach long before Stephen had arrived, fleeing in panic from the scorpion. The creature was dead now and whatever clean-up crew the ARC was sending was yet to arrive. Stephen stood entirely alone.

He stared at the waves crashing on the shore. They were relentless and overwhelming.

Did his former colleagues, his former friends, know what he felt like? Did they think he'd just wandered off to his future, waving angrily at them as he left? Did they understand he felt like he was barely keeping his head above the water?

Not waving, but drowning.

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MCU Rec: A Glossary of the 21st Century by kinky_kneazle

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 20:01:06 GMT

Posted by: purplecat

A lovely fic in which Captain America struggles to come to terms with the 20th Century and to make his peace with Tony Stark.

A Glossary of the 21st Century (17402 words) by kinky_kneazle
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Marvel Avengers Movies Universe
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: pre-Steve Rogers/Natasha Romanov
Characters: Natasha Romanov, Steve Rogers, Logan (X-Men), Tony Stark, Bruce Banner, Clint Barton, Wade Wilson
Additional Tags: Community: avengerkink
Summary:

Steve's sick of not understanding what's going on, and the team are not all that helpful, so he starts keeping an illustrated notebook for further research. With the help of wiki, google and Logan he starts to settle in and find his place in the twenty-first century.

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To-do List

Thu, 21 Jun 2018 20:42:43 GMT

Posted by: purplecat

Fandom: Primeval
Title: To-do List
Challenge: 581
Word Count: 100
Characters/Pairings: Becker, Jenny/Sarah
Rating: U

There had been a horrific rush of activity: fighting a rearguard to the anomaly; bringing the bodies through; ambulances; shouting and ordering; getting back to the ARC.

Becker paused for a moment, his hands gripping the humvee's steering wheel, willing himself to get out of the car, make through the debrief and carry-on.

A scrap of paper fluttered on the passenger seat. He picked it up without thinking.

Sarah's scrawling script hit him like a blow:

Fetch Jenny's suit from dry cleaner
Buy anniversay present
Get hair done

Becker crumpled the note up and flung it out of the window.

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Galaxy Quest Rec from Previous Journal (for Reference)

Tue, 19 Jun 2018 20:43:26 GMT

Posted by: purplecat

Fandom: Galaxy Quest
Rating: Gen
Characters/Pairings:
Length: 3,226 words

What is this?: This was rightly one of the most highly recommended fics of Yuletide 2013. Galaxy Quest asked what happened if the stars of Star Trek were kidnapped from a convention and suddenly found themselves on in space having a Star Trek adventure. This fic asks what happens to the fandom afterwards - one answer is that no one talks about GalaxyCon '99.

SMOF by hollimichele

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Doctor Who Rec: Moon River by Rangersyl and Tiamu

Tue, 19 Jun 2018 20:40:35 GMT

Posted by: purplecat

An excellent plotty adventure for River and the Eleventh Doctor, the sort of adventure you would hope they had had, but that we never got to see.

Moon River

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Flower Fairies Rec from previous journal (for reference)

Sun, 17 Jun 2018 18:32:08 GMT

Posted by: purplecat

Bended Bows
Fandom: The Flower Fairies
Rating: Teen and Up
Characters/Pairings: Yew/Dogwood, Wild Rose
Summary: "The longbows belonged as much to Yew as to the archers that wielded them, just as the arrows were as much Dogwood’s as theirs."

Yew and Dogwood at the Battle of Agincourt.

Comment: I'm surprised I've not seen a rec for this already. I loved this prompt, to pair Yew and Dogwood through their connection with bows and arrows, when I saw it in a yuletide letter but couldn't think what to do with it. Agincourt is perfect!

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Lord Peter Wimsey Rec: In the Beginning by Sonetka

Sun, 17 Jun 2018 18:28:07 GMT

Posted by: purplecat

This story brilliantly tells the story of Harriet Vane's life with Phillip Boyes from the excitement of first meeting, through her gradual disillusionment with him and beyond to the moment of her arrest for his murder.

In The Beginning (28169 words) by Sonetka
Chapters: 3/3
Fandom: Lord Peter Wimsey -- Dorothy L. Sayers
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Harriet Vane/Philip Boyes, Sylvia Marriott/Eiluned Price, Sylvia Marriott/Joey Trimbles
Characters: Harriet Vane, Philip Boyes, Sylvia Marriott, Eiluned Price, Ryland Vaughan, Norman Urquhart, Marjorie Phelps, The Kropotkys, Charles Parker, Joey Trimbles
Additional Tags: Pre-Canon
Summary:

Before Peter, there was Philip. Harriet's life from the day she met Philip to the day Charles Parker paid a visit to ask her a few questions about his death.

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No Regets

Fri, 15 Jun 2018 19:56:34 GMT

Posted by: purplecat

Fandom: Primeval
Title: No Regrets
Characters: Danny, Becker, Sarah, Connor
Word Count: 100
Challenge: 580
Rating: U

"Is that music?" Danny asked, inclining his head towards the anomaly.

Everyone fell silent. They were standing in the middle of a field. There was nobody for miles and nothing to see except the ball of broken light. A woman's voice sang out faint but clear, a melody on the breeze. Sarah took a step forward.

"Sarah!" Becker said warningly.

"Non, je ne regrette rien."

"But," Sarah said.

Becker shook his head. "No exceptions."

Sarah sighed. "I bet it's backstage at the Paris Olympia through there."

"It's French isn't it," Connor said. "What does she regret?"

Sarah smiled. "Absolutely nothing."

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The Jurassic

Mon, 11 Jun 2018 19:57:38 GMT

Posted by: purplecat

Fandom: Primeval
Title: The Jurassic
Word Count: 100
Character: Danny
Challenge: 579
Rating: U

Danny wasn't entirely sure when he was. Geological epochs hadn't really been his thin. It was definitely dull, however, entirely harmless but dull as ditchwater. Besides he was getting tired of eating plants, so when an anomaly opened he ran through it with more than usual enthusiasm.

He paused in the new environment to take stock. He was standing on a hill side. He could see conifers and ferns, but no grass. Large creatures moved about in the plain below him. Danny squinted. They looked like stegosaurus.

He had a suspicion he might be yearning for dull again before long.

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Stolen Goods

Sun, 03 Jun 2018 12:17:53 GMT

Posted by: purplecat

Fandom: Primeval
Title: Stolen Goods
Characters: Becker, Jenny, Connor
Word Count: 100
Challenge: 578
Rating: U

Extract from ARC Report 532 by Captain Becker

At this point one of the velociraptors seized the anomaly detection device that Mr. Temple had place on a picnic table and carried it through the anomaly. I took the decision that the risk of contamination of the time line was low and opted not to pursue.

I was not aware, at that point, that the velociraptor had also stolen half a dozen coke cans, a toy car and a comemorative silver jubilee plate - all left behind by members the public. I believe Miss Lewis is dealing with the claims for compensation.

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Fairy Tale Recs from other Journal (For Reference)

Mon, 28 May 2018 13:22:34 GMT

Posted by: purplecat

Fandom: Fairytales
Rating: U (maybe Teen)
Characters/Pairings: Sea Witch from the Little Mermaid
Length: Short

Base image by Amanda Clark and stolen shamelessly from the Internet.

What is this?: I'm not sure how I stumbled across this but it is a lovely piece written from the point of view of the Sea Witch who bargains with the Little Mermaid for her voice. It is a compassionate story, revealing the Sea Witch to be be wise, and kind, within limits, as well as resigned to the way the story has changed over time.

The Sea Witch Sets the Record Straight by ursulav

Fandom: Hansel and Gretel
Rating: G
Characters/Pairings: Hansel, Gretel, Their Father
Length: ~1,000 words

What is this?: This is a what happened next? for Hansel and Gretel. In particular it questions the assumption that they could just return to living happily with their father after he had abandoned them in the forest.

Gingerbread Betrayal by curia_regis

Fandom: Fairy Tales
Rating: General Audiences
Length: 5,419 words

What is this?: One thing that features fairly prominently in Yuletide is fanfic based upon traditional fairy tales. I'm never sure about to the extent to which these are really fanfic or, as this one tags itself "Revisionist Fairy Tales". This one is a retelling of Beauty and the Beast and its summary captures the story perfectly:

"Out of two hundred fifty-eight servants made invisible, only we have stayed."

Invisible by miss_lanyon

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Sherlock Rec: You'll Never be alone in the Bone Orchard by by Sarah T

Mon, 28 May 2018 13:18:21 GMT

Posted by: purplecat

A rather chilling piece in which Mycroft meets John before Sherlock does and matters diverge from there.

you'll never be alone in the bone orchard (9114 words) by Sarah T
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sherlock (TV)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: John Watson, Sherlock Holmes, Mycroft Holmes
Summary:

John Watson meets Mycroft Holmes one day early. The world tilts slightly on its axis.

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Kings and Queens

Thu, 24 May 2018 19:21:01 GMT

Posted by: purplecat

Fandom: Primeval
Title: Kings and Queens
Rating: U
Word Count: 100
Challenge: 577
Characters: Jess, Lester

Jess pressed the emergency button that had been specially installed on the ADD. It had a little crest on it: a lion and a unicorn either side of a shield.

Lester was out of his office and by Jess's side with a speed that surprised her.

"Please not Balmoral again," he said. "There are only so many times we can afford to repair the place."

"Clarence House," Jess replied.

Personally she thought Balmoral would have been better. More remote.

Lester sighed theatrially. "I suppose, having thoroughly annoyed the current monarch, Cutter must naturally move on to the next in line."

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