Fanfic: Broken Melody
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scifirenegadeTitle: Broken Melody
Rating: General
Fandom: Anders als die Andern (1919)
Pairing(s) / Character(s): Else Sivers, Paul Körner
Warnings: n/a
Spoilers: n/a
Note: Been chewing on this for way too long.
On AO3
On Squidge
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Rating: General
Fandom: Anders als die Andern (1919)
Pairing(s) / Character(s): Else Sivers, Paul Körner
Warnings: n/a
Spoilers: n/a
Note: Been chewing on this for way too long.
On AO3
On Squidge
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Stargate SG-1 Fic - Into The Light
13 March 2026 07:10 pmbadly_knittedTitle: Into The Light
Fandom: Stargate SG-1
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Daniel Jackson, OC.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1160
Spoilers: The Serpent’s Lair.
Summary: Daniel escapes the ship just as it blows up, gating to the only planet whose address he can come up with.
Written For: Challenge 436: Sunshine at
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fan_flashworks.Disclaimer: I don’t own Stargate: SG-1, or the characters. They belong to their creators.
Fic: Box Of Treasures
13 March 2026 05:57 pmbadly_knittedTitle: Box Of Treasures
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Ianto, Jack.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1558
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Ianto finds a very strange delivery on his doorstep.
Written For: Weekend Challenge: High Concept at
1_million_words.Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
Small Lights in the Darkness
13 March 2026 10:12 amscifirenegadeYou can watch National Theatre's The Importance of Being Earnest with Ncuti Gatwa on Youtube until the 18th!
And after 13 years of nothing, two episodes from The Daleks' Master Plan were recovered!
And after 13 years of nothing, two episodes from The Daleks' Master Plan were recovered!
The Fantastic Journey Triple Drabble: Shame
12 March 2026 06:50 pmbadly_knittedTitle: Shame
Fandom: The Fantastic Journey
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Jonathan, Liana, the travellers.
Rating: PG
Spoilers: Beyond the Mountain.
Summary: Jonathan is ashamed of the way he treated not only the Arusians, but Liana and her friends.
Written For: The prompt ‘Stain’ on my
1character table.Disclaimer: I don’t own The Fantastic Journey, or the characters. They belong to their creators.
A/N: Triple drabble.
( Shame... )
Ficlet: While He Sleeps
12 March 2026 06:05 pmbadly_knittedTitle: While He Sleeps
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Ianto, Jack.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 595
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Ianto wakes in the night and watches Jack sleep.
Written For: The prompt ‘Any, any, watching someone sleep,’ at
threesentenceficathon.Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
BtVS Double Drabble: Someone To Talk To
11 March 2026 06:38 pmbadly_knittedTitle: Someone To Talk To
Fandom: BtVS
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Buffy, Angel.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 492: Talk at
drabble_zone.Spoilers/Setting: Helpless.
Summary: Buffy knows she can always turn to Angel when she needs someone to talk to.
Disclaimer: I don’t own BtVS, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.
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FAKE Triple Drabble: Show And Tell
11 March 2026 06:29 pmbadly_knittedTitle: Show And Tell
Fandom: FAKE
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Bikky, Ryo.
Rating: PG
Setting: Early in the manga.
Summary: Bikky doesn’t know what to take to school for show and tell.
Written Using: The prompt ‘Tell’.
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.
A/N: Triple drabble.
( Show And Tell... )
Double Drabble: Immortal Life
11 March 2026 06:21 pmbadly_knittedTitle: Immortal Life
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Ianto, Jack.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 908: Sad, at
torchwood100.Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Sometimes, Ianto feels sad.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble. Set in my Ghost of a Chance ‘Verse.
( Immortal Life... )
Spider Quinn 20 The Imitation Tempest Part 8
11 March 2026 08:36 pmfardell24Sandi entered Cashmans and saw that the knockoff clothes were still on sale. “There are still a lot of them,” she said.
Theresa appeared from behind a rack. “Sandi,” she said. “They haven’t really been selling.”
“They haven’t?” Sandi asked.
“No. Only the occasional person. But most look at the quality and just put them back with disappointment.”
“Just as well.”
“I haven’t heard anything of clothes based on the other heroes of Lawndale,” Theresa added.
“That’s probably just as well,” Sandi said. “Like, SpiderGirl as the first, draws all the attention.”
“I don’t think that’s right.”
“Ninja Talon too, I guess, as she was the second, but it was Dafoanairi who disabled that robodactyl.”
“I’m sure they did it together,” Theresa said.
“You’re right.”
“I have also heard people talking. Many people don’t like the fact that someone is trying to commodify SpiderGirl.”
“That is exactly what is happening,” Sandi groused. “It’s like what happened with the interview, just different.”
Theresa nodded. “I knew something was wrong when I watched it. What was surprising was that Lynn Anders went along with it.”
“I know. Like, I met her briefly in the Historia just before the robodactyl incident, and how she acted then was completely different to when she took over the airwaves.”
“You’re saying that it was more than that she was drinking?”
“Exactly,” Sandi answered.
Fields arrived at the Historia shortly after six. She went up to the box office. “One to see Tempest tonight, please,” she said.
“That will be 25 dollars,” the girl said. “It will start at 6:30.”
“Thanks,” Fields said as she took the ticket. She then went to the café. There were many teenagers there. ‘Any of girl’s could be SpiderGirl or Ninja Talon,’ she thought as she went to the counter.
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Theresa appeared from behind a rack. “Sandi,” she said. “They haven’t really been selling.”
“They haven’t?” Sandi asked.
“No. Only the occasional person. But most look at the quality and just put them back with disappointment.”
“Just as well.”
“I haven’t heard anything of clothes based on the other heroes of Lawndale,” Theresa added.
“That’s probably just as well,” Sandi said. “Like, SpiderGirl as the first, draws all the attention.”
“I don’t think that’s right.”
“Ninja Talon too, I guess, as she was the second, but it was Dafoanairi who disabled that robodactyl.”
“I’m sure they did it together,” Theresa said.
“You’re right.”
“I have also heard people talking. Many people don’t like the fact that someone is trying to commodify SpiderGirl.”
“That is exactly what is happening,” Sandi groused. “It’s like what happened with the interview, just different.”
Theresa nodded. “I knew something was wrong when I watched it. What was surprising was that Lynn Anders went along with it.”
“I know. Like, I met her briefly in the Historia just before the robodactyl incident, and how she acted then was completely different to when she took over the airwaves.”
“You’re saying that it was more than that she was drinking?”
“Exactly,” Sandi answered.
Fields arrived at the Historia shortly after six. She went up to the box office. “One to see Tempest tonight, please,” she said.
“That will be 25 dollars,” the girl said. “It will start at 6:30.”
“Thanks,” Fields said as she took the ticket. She then went to the café. There were many teenagers there. ‘Any of girl’s could be SpiderGirl or Ninja Talon,’ she thought as she went to the counter.
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Dept. of Memes
10 March 2026 10:33 pmkaffy_rMusic Meme, Day 22
A song with a long title
It's late, and I'm tired, but I couldn't resist the hunt for a song that had a long title (and Supercalifragilisticexpealidocious doesn't count). My brain is better wired for short titles, although I've more than occasionally indulged in long titles for my stories, so figuring out music that met this requirement took a bit of thought.
The first one I settled on, REM's "How The West Was Won and Where It Got Us" didn't feel right to me, although I love the album it's on, "New Adventures In HI-Fi"
Richard Thompson's "1952 Vincent Black Lightning" was nowhere near as long, but I think it fits my particular bill.
Then again, I feel rather odd this evening - must be the extreme weather outside earlier this evening, so I just wanted to share this. It isn't a song, nor does it have a lengthy title, or at least not as lengthy as other classical symphonies have, but in my tired mind, it fits the bill again. I have no idea why.
Perhaps I can say that, while the title of this isn't long, the piece itself is satisfactorily un-short. I used to love putting this on on Sunday mornings back when I was younger, and listening to it again might be in my future as well.
Earlier entries can be found in yesterday's post. I'd include a link, but either my laptop or Dreamwidth isn't allowing me to do so.
A song with a long title
It's late, and I'm tired, but I couldn't resist the hunt for a song that had a long title (and Supercalifragilisticexpealidocious doesn't count). My brain is better wired for short titles, although I've more than occasionally indulged in long titles for my stories, so figuring out music that met this requirement took a bit of thought.
The first one I settled on, REM's "How The West Was Won and Where It Got Us" didn't feel right to me, although I love the album it's on, "New Adventures In HI-Fi"
Richard Thompson's "1952 Vincent Black Lightning" was nowhere near as long, but I think it fits my particular bill.
Then again, I feel rather odd this evening - must be the extreme weather outside earlier this evening, so I just wanted to share this. It isn't a song, nor does it have a lengthy title, or at least not as lengthy as other classical symphonies have, but in my tired mind, it fits the bill again. I have no idea why.
Perhaps I can say that, while the title of this isn't long, the piece itself is satisfactorily un-short. I used to love putting this on on Sunday mornings back when I was younger, and listening to it again might be in my future as well.
Earlier entries can be found in yesterday's post. I'd include a link, but either my laptop or Dreamwidth isn't allowing me to do so.
FAKE Double Drabble: Black Humor
10 March 2026 06:51 pmbadly_knittedTitle: Black Humor
Fandom: FAKE
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: OCs, Dee.
Rating: PG
Setting: After the manga.
Summary: As a cop in violent crimes, you have to take your laughs where you can find them.
Written Using: The prompt ‘Humor’.
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.
A/N: Double drabble.
( Black Humor... )
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Doctor Who Drabble: Getting In
10 March 2026 06:39 pmbadly_knittedTitle: Getting In
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Eleventh Doctor, Amy Pond.
Rating: G
Written For: Challenge 1007: ‘Piffle’ at
dw100.Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: The Doctor’s current course of action could be a bit risky.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Doctor Who, or the characters.
( Getting In... )
Double Drabble: Wise Advice
10 March 2026 06:29 pmbadly_knittedTitle: Wise Advice
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Jack, Ianto.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 908: Sad, at
torchwood100.Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Jack is busy moping.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.
( Wise Advice... )
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Dept. of Memes
9 March 2026 11:15 pmkaffy_rMusic Meme, Day 21
A song that you listen to at 3 a.m. in the morning
I decided to get back in the music meme game afterowlboy picked up the exercise and commented that they got the idea from me. And of course, Day 21 asks me to share a song that I listen to in the wee small hours. There are at least a couple of problems with that. First, I rarely stay awake past 10 p.m. these days because I am older than the solar system. Secondly, on those extremely rare occasions when I think about being awake at that time, I find myself imagining walking outside and listening to the relative silence of Chicago at 3 a.m. Much as I love music, walking outside at that time of day calls for silence.
So what music could I possibly show you? I couldn't think of anything at all for a while.
My first choice isn't one piece; it's a rotating number of somewhat-more-than-ambient pieces (I think there are somewhere between five and 10 pieces) by the owner of a YouTube radio station, Cyber Jazz/Blues Ambient Radio (which I talked about in an earlier post). Its music has what is clearly a deliberate nod to the original Blade Runner movie, with titles such as "Deckard's Blues" and "Rachael". It shares both feeling and sound with the movie's soundtrack, although it's a lot more limited. I find it very soothing, and it feels like nighttime music or, at the least, music for nights of rain glinting off neon illuminated streets. And in that world, one could walk through the rain at 3 a.m. and this music would be appropriate.
Here is the link to that station.
But there are other 3 a.m. songs. Although I'm not generally a fan of Frank Sinatra, I reluctantly admit that his rendition of this song is better than that of the crooner I like better, Tony Bennett.
Still, Cyber Jazz/Blues feels closer to what I would listen to at 3 a.m.
My previous entries in this meme can be sussed out via my Day 20 entry.
I decided to get back in the music meme game after
owlboy picked up the exercise and commented that they got the idea from me. And of course, Day 21 asks me to share a song that I listen to in the wee small hours. There are at least a couple of problems with that. First, I rarely stay awake past 10 p.m. these days because I am older than the solar system. Secondly, on those extremely rare occasions when I think about being awake at that time, I find myself imagining walking outside and listening to the relative silence of Chicago at 3 a.m. Much as I love music, walking outside at that time of day calls for silence. So what music could I possibly show you? I couldn't think of anything at all for a while.
My first choice isn't one piece; it's a rotating number of somewhat-more-than-ambient pieces (I think there are somewhere between five and 10 pieces) by the owner of a YouTube radio station, Cyber Jazz/Blues Ambient Radio (which I talked about in an earlier post). Its music has what is clearly a deliberate nod to the original Blade Runner movie, with titles such as "Deckard's Blues" and "Rachael". It shares both feeling and sound with the movie's soundtrack, although it's a lot more limited. I find it very soothing, and it feels like nighttime music or, at the least, music for nights of rain glinting off neon illuminated streets. And in that world, one could walk through the rain at 3 a.m. and this music would be appropriate.
Here is the link to that station.
But there are other 3 a.m. songs. Although I'm not generally a fan of Frank Sinatra, I reluctantly admit that his rendition of this song is better than that of the crooner I like better, Tony Bennett.
Still, Cyber Jazz/Blues feels closer to what I would listen to at 3 a.m.
My previous entries in this meme can be sussed out via my Day 20 entry.
Humidity
10 March 2026 05:59 amredwolfSarah felt the pull of a wish and took a deep breath as the magic altered her clothing to something suitably menacing before it transported her Above. Jareth made a showier entrance, soaring in as an owl and transforming to stand at her side.
She took a brief moment to compartmentalise her work persona from her wife persona, because Jareth in his full Goblin King grandeur gave her the urge to climb him like a tree and the Goblin Kingdom monarchy coupling on a wisher’s bedroom rug did not make for the right first impression.
With her game face on, the residual transportation magic evaporated and Sarah felt like she’d walked into a swamp. The humidity was so heavy it was a physical weight. Her body’s reaction was to perspire in an effort to cool her down. A valiant effort that did little aside from make her feel as if she was melting. Jareth, of course, looked as fresh as a daisy.
As she was silently beseeching the weather gods for a thunderstorm and making a mental note to learn how to use her magic to, if not negate the humidity, at least make herself comfortable, the wisher flung herself at Jareth.
“Is Charlie okay?” The little girl wrapped around Jareth’s leg looked up at him with a tear streaked face. “Her puffer’s empty and she can’t breathe and I was so scared.”
The compact of the wish gave Sarah the details of the wisher to allow her to react appropriately, but sometimes deeper information wasn’t revealed until it was triggered by the wisher’s behaviour.
Hazel had been babysitting her younger cousin, but her aunt hadn’t returned home. She’d called her mother, who had told her to stay with Charlotte while she tracked down her sister. That had been twelve hours ago, Hazel had since been unable to contact her mother and the muggy weather had caused her cousin’s asthma attack.
The wish magic informed Sarah that the aunt had escaped a violent marriage and both children had been coached to not contact authorities in an emergency due to her uncle being in law enforcement. Unfortunately, the aunt’s night out had ended when her husband had stumbled over her and Hazel’s mother met a similar fate when she went looking for her sister.
Jareth picked Hazel up and pointed out the window. “Charlotte is there in my castle, beyond the Goblin City. She’s in the infirmary and her asthma is being treated.”
“Thank you, Mr Goblin King.” Hazel buried her face in Jareth’s neck.
Sarah wondered at a child who was so terrified that wishing her cousin to the goblins was made as a desperate need for medical assistance when the adults in her life had vanished.
“Would you like to see her?” Hazel nodded as Jareth shared a look with Sarah. They couldn’t leave this child for her uncle to find, but there were rules. “Say your right words.”
“I wish the goblins would take me away. Right now.”
labyfic — drabble #252: thunder
Part of the Balance!verse
She took a brief moment to compartmentalise her work persona from her wife persona, because Jareth in his full Goblin King grandeur gave her the urge to climb him like a tree and the Goblin Kingdom monarchy coupling on a wisher’s bedroom rug did not make for the right first impression.
With her game face on, the residual transportation magic evaporated and Sarah felt like she’d walked into a swamp. The humidity was so heavy it was a physical weight. Her body’s reaction was to perspire in an effort to cool her down. A valiant effort that did little aside from make her feel as if she was melting. Jareth, of course, looked as fresh as a daisy.
As she was silently beseeching the weather gods for a thunderstorm and making a mental note to learn how to use her magic to, if not negate the humidity, at least make herself comfortable, the wisher flung herself at Jareth.
“Is Charlie okay?” The little girl wrapped around Jareth’s leg looked up at him with a tear streaked face. “Her puffer’s empty and she can’t breathe and I was so scared.”
The compact of the wish gave Sarah the details of the wisher to allow her to react appropriately, but sometimes deeper information wasn’t revealed until it was triggered by the wisher’s behaviour.
Hazel had been babysitting her younger cousin, but her aunt hadn’t returned home. She’d called her mother, who had told her to stay with Charlotte while she tracked down her sister. That had been twelve hours ago, Hazel had since been unable to contact her mother and the muggy weather had caused her cousin’s asthma attack.
The wish magic informed Sarah that the aunt had escaped a violent marriage and both children had been coached to not contact authorities in an emergency due to her uncle being in law enforcement. Unfortunately, the aunt’s night out had ended when her husband had stumbled over her and Hazel’s mother met a similar fate when she went looking for her sister.
Jareth picked Hazel up and pointed out the window. “Charlotte is there in my castle, beyond the Goblin City. She’s in the infirmary and her asthma is being treated.”
“Thank you, Mr Goblin King.” Hazel buried her face in Jareth’s neck.
Sarah wondered at a child who was so terrified that wishing her cousin to the goblins was made as a desperate need for medical assistance when the adults in her life had vanished.
“Would you like to see her?” Hazel nodded as Jareth shared a look with Sarah. They couldn’t leave this child for her uncle to find, but there were rules. “Say your right words.”
“I wish the goblins would take me away. Right now.”
labyfic — drabble #252: thunderPart of the Balance!verse
The Fantastic Journey Triple Drabble: A Friend In Need
9 March 2026 06:43 pmbadly_knittedTitle: A Friend In Need
Fandom: The Fantastic Journey
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Willaway, Varian.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 492: Talk at
drabble_zone.Setting: After An Act of Love.
Summary: Following Gwenith’s death, Varian is cutting himself off from the others. Willaway decides it’s time someone talked to their grieving friend.
Disclaimer: I don’t own The Fantastic Journey, or the characters. They belong to their creators.
A/N: Triple drabble.
( A Friend In Need... )
TW-DW Ficlet: Finding Happiness
9 March 2026 06:37 pmbadly_knittedTitle: Finding Happiness
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Jack, Ianto.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 631
Spoilers: End of Days, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, and Doctor Who: Utopia, The Sound of Drums, Last of the Time Lords.
Summary: Jack only realises how happy he was back in Cardiff when he’s chained in the Valiant’s engine room, serving as the Master’s plaything.
Written For: The prompt ‘Any, Any, Happiness comes’, at
threesentenceficathon.Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
Stargate SG-1 Quadruple Drabble: Mind Your Step
8 March 2026 05:50 pmbadly_knittedTitle: Mind Your Step
Fandom: Stargate SG-1
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Jack, Daniel, Sam, Teal’c.
Rating: PG
Spoilers/Setting: Season Three.
Summary: Ruined buildings on alien worlds can be unexpectedly hazardous.
Written For: Challenge 459: Amnesty 76 at
fan_flashworks, using Challenge 55: Bruise.Disclaimer: I don’t own Stargate SG-1, or the characters.
A/N: Quadruple drabble.
FAKE Double Drabble: Guilty Party
8 March 2026 05:33 pmbadly_knittedTitle: Guilty Party
Fandom: FAKE
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: OMC, Dee, Ryo.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 492: Talk at
drabble_zone.Setting: After the manga.
Summary: Interviewing suspects is an art.
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.
A/N: Double drabble.
( Guilty Party... )
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Double Drabble: On The Loose
8 March 2026 05:14 pmbadly_knittedTitle: On The Loose
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Ianto, Jack.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 907: Wing, at
torchwood100.Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: There’s something dangerous loose in Cardiff.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.
( On The Loose... )
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Church notes - 8th March 2026
8 March 2026 05:36 pmfardell248th
Ephesians 6:10 - 18
vs 10
Be strong; be strengthened.
It is God's armour - not ours.
Jesus has already won.
vs 12
We have new life in Jesus.
But we will face opposition.
The struggle isn't against flesh and blood.
Choose to forgive.
Choose faith.
vs 13
One complete picture, not six separate pieces.
Righteousness guards the hart.
Your standing doesn't rely on performance.
vs 16
The shield of faith stops the fiery arrows from attacking your mind.
vs 17
The sword.
Stop fighting the wrong enemy.
Not against flesh and blood.
Put on the armour daily.
- It is intentional.
Guard your mind.
Prayer is not optional, but Oxygen.
Walking in righteousness as an unshakeable church.
Ephesians 6:10 - 18
vs 10
Be strong; be strengthened.
It is God's armour - not ours.
Jesus has already won.
vs 12
We have new life in Jesus.
But we will face opposition.
The struggle isn't against flesh and blood.
Choose to forgive.
Choose faith.
vs 13
One complete picture, not six separate pieces.
Righteousness guards the hart.
Your standing doesn't rely on performance.
vs 16
The shield of faith stops the fiery arrows from attacking your mind.
vs 17
The sword.
Stop fighting the wrong enemy.
Not against flesh and blood.
Put on the armour daily.
- It is intentional.
Guard your mind.
Prayer is not optional, but Oxygen.
Walking in righteousness as an unshakeable church.