15minuteficlets: Word #103

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Word #103
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Word for today is: Transformation

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	gm_weasley 2005-04-18 12:09 am UTC (link)
	Title: Change is Not Enough Fandom: Harry Potter Pairing: Snape/Hermione http://www.livejournal.com/users/gm_weasley/9829.html (Reply to this)

	ishie 2005-04-18 01:24 am UTC (link)
	Title: When Fandom: None http://www.livejournal.com/users/ishie/23800.html (Reply to this)

	simplystars 2005-04-18 02:11 am UTC (link)
	Title: Transformation Fandom: Farscape Spoilers: season 4, episode 4.5 Promises Pairing: John Crichton, Aeryn Sun (Reply to this)

Word #103 -- Untitled

fiannan
2005-04-18 06:50 am UTC (link)

Untitled
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Draco/Ginny

A little bit over fifteen minutes, which is embarrassing, considering how short it is *g*

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Deciding to become a different person was the easiest part of the whole painful, bloody process, Draco had discovered. If he hadn’t made a promise to himself to go through with it, no matter how difficult or tedious; hadn’t sworn he would change, for her; hadn’t fallen for the insufferable bint so bleeding hard, he would have given up almost immediately and gone to provoke her brother a bit, just to prove he was still the same old Malfoy.
Instead he found himself sitting with her family at breakfast each morning, playing the part of the good boyfriend, and pretending he didn’t see them all pretending not to watch him. He asked politely for the butter, or the milk, and refrained from gloating, at least at the dining table, that he was shagging their daughter, their sister, senseless every night.
Even though he had fought beside them during the war, had even saved Potter’s life, despite his better sense, they still found it difficult to trust him – even more so, now that he’d declared he was going to marry their daughter, their sister, his fiancée.
If he hadn’t loved Ginny so much, he would never have bothered with the transformation.
Or at least, the semblance of a transformation.
Provoking Weasel silently wasn’t really cheating, was it?

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green_and_warty
2005-04-18 07:02 am UTC (link)

Title Having the Heart
Fandom Final Fantasy VII
Pairing Joe/Ester
Notes I think I didn't use the word right xD

Ester’s teeth never glitter; not because of yellow or rot, but the lipstick smeared enough on them to draw attention away from her lips. It would be a miracle to not see the dark roots of her badly dyed orange and over-curled hair. Her mascara is too heavy and the eye shadow too dark; all in all she looks like a clown, and one who’s trying too hard. Everyone says it and mostly to her face. They’ve known her too long to remember she’s a real woman, but Joe’s known her too long to forget it. Joe tells her she’s beautiful; he doesn’t have the heart to tell her the truth.

Chocobo stables smell terrible, but Joe knows that’s a given. Any jockey does, any good jockey willing to spend time with his bird in the good place as well as the bad. The good jockey wins. Every stable smells terribly, but Joe’s smells even worse.

Joe’s been a steady winner for years; Dio finally just gave him a stable right at the Gold Saucer, tucked behind all the ruckus of tracks and mock oceans, hidden away and stinking to high-heaven because it’s always the last to get touched by maintenance and no one wants to do a good job with chocobo excrements. It reeks not because of the lazy clean up crew, but Ester. When she heard about the gift her first act was to buy air fresheners that she hung in abundance around the simple wooden area, but no freshener was the same; the multiple scents clashed with each other, and more with the smell of waste. Adding perfume daily made it worse.

Joe tells her it smells like home and flowers, and that he loves flowers, too. He doesn’t have the heart to tell her otherwise.

Joe doesn’t ever lose, not really. When the kid with strange hair and a possible criminal record starts to win, leaving Joe staring at his dust and gold chocobo feathers, Joe cries. He stands by his stable, strokes the sleek black feathers of his winner, of his Teioh, and cries like a child. Ester gives him a tissue stained with lipstick and something that might be chocolate, trying not to be proud of her supported jockey and failing miserably. But she tries, Ester always tries, and Joe doesn’t have the heart to give back the tissue.

Sometimes he holds her hand for longer than is proper, and tells her he appreciates her. It’s not about heart when it’s the truth.

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	spinadrift 2005-04-19 05:28 pm UTC (link)
	You just wrote my favourite FFVII minor character pairing, and executed it so perfectly; it was all so wonderful, I haven't the words to say it. Please, here, take the rights to my firstborn. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	green_and_warty 2005-04-19 10:35 pm UTC (link)
	Ack, thank you! Thank you so much! I was actually really concerned because I realized that the last line made really no sense, at least when compared to the rest of the piece. I'm so, so glad you liked it; for me that's enough. Besides, I'd probably leave your firstborn in the supermarket. What a waste! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	liri42 2005-04-20 01:43 am UTC (link)
	I'd never have thought of this pairing, or fic with these characters, but I love it. That's probably why I love it. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	green_and_warty 2005-04-21 03:10 am UTC (link)
	Thank you! I was stalling on schoolwork and decided I should try and do a ficlet. I asked a friend what I should write, deciding I'd do a couple, and she said Joe/Ester. (Then Reeve/Elena, but she'd said it first.) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	newbie the_agape 2005-04-18 11:10 pm UTC (link)
	This is my first one. Title:Discovery on Post Road (Reply to this)

	nieded 2005-04-18 11:48 pm UTC (link)
	Title: Without You (Reply to this)

	featherjean 2005-04-19 02:32 am UTC (link)
	Title: Leader, Hunter, Dancer Fandom: Stargate Atlantis Character: Teyla Rating: G Spoilers: vague one for Suspicion (Reply to this)

	beatrix_bloxam 2005-04-19 06:18 am UTC (link)
	Title: Untitled Fandom: Harry Potter A little James/Lily Written in 15 minutes and 5 seconds (I got a little hung up on the last line, lol) (Reply to this)

	lady_smith 2005-04-19 06:19 am UTC (link)
	Title: Never More So Fandom: Farscape Pairing: Stark/Zhaan Spoliers: PK Wars Rating: G (Reply to this)

roadparty
2005-04-19 01:51 pm UTC (link)

Title: Transformation
Fandom: Sin City
Pairing: Nancy/Hartigan
Rating: As close to G as Sin City will ever get.

Don’t think I haven’t thought about it. Change is a powerful thing. Change your life, change your stars, change the world. Except this is Sin City, and nothing here ever really changes. It was true eight years ago, and it’s true now.

An old man dies; a young girl lives. Nothing ever changes.

No, that’s not true. Sh e changed. She grew up. She filled out. My little Nancy’s not so little anymore, but she’s still all mine. Maybe she’ll forgive me for this, but I doubt it. She’s stronger than she gives herself credit for and she holds on like nobody I’ve ever seen.

So maybe some things do change, even in Sin City. I’m still trading my life for yours, Nancy, but you’re the one that made my life worth anything to begin with. You’re the one that made me worth anything. You’ll never know how hard it was to push you away. You’ll never know how much I wanted what you were trying to give me.

I love you, Nancy. It’s a fair trade.

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makrothumia
2005-04-19 07:50 pm UTC (link)

Changes
Final Fantasy VIII
Seifer x Quistis
PG

She was there when he returned home, a smile on her lips accompanying wind-tousled hair. He observed for a moment, then looked away to other things.

She taught his review class, prim and proper as always with a never-ending supply of control and strictness. He watched her every day, but lowered his eyes whenever she looked back.

Graduation came and went, and he still watched from afar. She went on with life and never noticed, which was perfect for him.

Personal transformation was never the most simple of tasks, and it was no different for him. He tried to quell the bloodlust, he tried to stop the obsession, and actually succeeded. And when he did, there was nothing left.

Sun lowering over the horizon, gunblade strapped to his side. Quistis wouldn't want a broken man, he rationalizes, and so he leaves. A glance at the sunset, and then a set of lowered eyes to the road ahead.

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	liri42 2005-04-20 01:53 am UTC (link)
	Title: Turning Point Fandom: Final Fantasy VI Terra fic, set pre-game. No spoilers, but it won't make sense if you don't know the details of Terra's identity. (Reply to this)

	Transformation chanphenglew 2005-04-20 01:42 pm UTC (link)
	Poem: http://www.livejournal.com/users/chanphenglew/6001.html (Reply to this)

gelfling8604
2005-04-20 06:01 pm UTC (link)

Locked
Full Metal Alchemist
Envy/Ed-ish
PG for language
Manga-based. Not anime based, but manga based, with manga characters and anime spoilers. So there's manga spoilers and anime spoilers, and what it basically boils down to is a possible end of FMA in the manga, with Envy/Ed-ish tints. Written for

15minuteficlets from an idea that's been bouncing around for a while, and 15 minutes wasn't nearly long enough. Angsty/angry.
Locked

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Mine for this week

cupkeyk
2005-04-20 07:13 pm UTC (link)

Leslie turned the cross around with his fingers, meanwhile William squirmed in pain as he forced himself to linger within feet of the symbol. Leslie has been a vampire for about as long as William, only he is not affected by the same power as the other vampire. If the symbol was held by a man of faith, any symbol for that matter like a Islamic crescent a star of David, Leslie knew that he will have felt excruciating pain and an urge to flee for his unlife.

William was feeling these effects because he himself was a man of faith. It was his own faith that gripped him lice a vice and squeezed maliciously. Leslie put the cross away and by impulse William sighed in relief.

In contrast the now extremely pale figure asked for more, "Please I can hold on for another minute."

"Whatever, it was starting to get dull watching you. Let’s go to a rack." The rack would a sanctioned hunting ground and in Leslie’s case he would often refer to Succedo, a bar a short drive away from their haven.

"Maybe, tomorrow, I am not hungry." William said and let his exhausted body flop on the cowhide chair. He wiped blood-sweat off his brow.

"Hah, neither am I. I am just bored." Leslie awaited the speech he knew was coming and readied his I-am-listening face.

"When I was alive, all I did was search for a higher power. Now I am unloving proof of God’s hate, and in corollary God’s love."

Leslie nodded.

"If I had known when I was alive what I knew now, I would have gladly died without doubts about my God."

"Darling William, I love you and in stark contrast God hates your guts."

"Faith beloved Leslie, was for kine believing and loving a God with no proof reassurance that one existed. Just because they cannot see God doesn’t mean he doesn’t exist. For us, now that we know He is there, is to believe that he can still love us. Just because we cannot feel his love doesn’t mean he doesn’t love us."

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letouche
2005-04-21 03:41 am UTC (link)

Title: The Age of Leaving
Genre: Original
Rating: G
Time: Eight minutes
A/N: This is a bit out of character both for me and for Gabrielle (the featured female). I was listening to emo-ish music when I wrote it, so...I guess there's a first time for everything :>

. . .

"I don’t want to change anymore. I don’t want to grow old; I don’t want to mature; I don’t want to give up my badge and my bed and my posters that Colin hates."

Gabrielle is tucked into Devon’s arms, and there’s a catch in her voice, a broken quality to her words. She’s trying hard not to cry; Devon’s trying hard not to tell her to just let it out. “I don’t want to leave,” she says, into the crook of his elbow. “I don’t want to let go. This is all I know, Devon. What am I supposed to do when it’s gone?”

Carefully, he tightens his hold on her, and she murmurs as he draws her closer to him. “You move on,” he answers softly. “You’re strong, Gabe. You’re smart, and amazing, and you have the most incredible best friends in the world.” She snorts with guilty laughter at that, and he chucks her lightly under the chin. “You’ve already conquered the school. What’s stopping you from conquering the world?”

Gabrielle considers this, studying Devon’s shirt through the misty film of tears. Then, quietly, she whispers, “…Everything.”

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	tarma 2005-04-21 03:46 am UTC (link)
	Title: Substitute Student Author: Haruka tarma Fandom: Sukisyo Rated: PG-13 (Reply to this)

	acerbus_instar 2005-04-22 12:07 am UTC (link)
	Title: New Year's Resolution Series: Dragonball Z Time: 15 minutes, give or take (Reply to this)

	wodhaund 2005-04-22 03:57 pm UTC (link)
	Title: None Author: spacemuffin Fandom: Naruto Rated: R Comments: I squicked myself. That can't be good. Time: 15 minutes on the dot Ficlet is here. (Reply to this)

	sethoz 2005-04-22 08:35 pm UTC (link)
	Title: Between the Tick and the Tock. Fandom: Babylon 5 Character/Pairing: Marcus/Susan Rating: PG-13 Genre: Romance/Angst Word Count: 471 Time: 14 minutes Notes: Contains spoilers for ‘Endgame',season 4. Is a tag for that. CHARACTER DEATH Summary: Tick, you're alive... Tock, you're dead. (Reply to this)

	Transformation gaijin_chan 2005-04-23 06:17 pm UTC (link)
	Title: Transformation Fandom: Yu-Gi-Oh Rating: G Read More (Reply to this)

	soobunny 2005-04-23 09:05 pm UTC (link)
	Title: Metamorphosis Fandom: Stargate: Atlantis Pairing: Beckett/McKay Rating: R Metamorphosis (Reply to this)

	chessie_reeves 2005-04-24 07:01 am UTC (link)
	Make a Wish Rating: PG-13 Original fic (Reply to this)

	khamael 2005-04-24 03:03 pm UTC (link)
	Title: Redemption Fandom: HP Character: Draco Malfoy Rating: PG Summary: Sometimes it's difficult to do the right thing. (Reply to this)

First go at it
(Anonymous)
2005-04-25 01:43 am UTC (link)

This is my first go at this. I haven't even read it yet, I guess I'm keeping it pristine. It was satisfying to write, but I don't know if all the connections will be as obvious to a fresh reader...

Title: Pope whats-his-name
No fandom. Vaguely therianthro-centric, though the character could be taken as transsexual. Or Eminem-ish (I don't know the word for someone who feels like they belong in a differant race. I guess Micheal Jackson fits that discription just as well as the white rapper)

Sometimes people ask me where I got my accent. Like, it puzzles people why someone would say “Ya, I like the beaver, eh.” And follow it up with “Pigeons are orrible in Noo-yawk.” People look to the side, or look down, or look at the tip of my nose and ask me where my parents are from. Like I’m the one asking the probing question. Like I’m the one asking things I shouldn’t be. Like I’m the one who should be ashamed.

I heard this guy, this French man with a Hitler mustache and hair like Enrique Iglesias, no joke, talking about the nuances in people’s voices. He’d gone to a pastelleria in Germany and recorded people singing, and somehow that proved that we carried echoes of things that touch us. Somehow, it proved that you could hear someone’s first crush when they laugh. Somehow it proved that I am just an extremity.

I am just… My first crush said that you should never start a sentence with “I am just.” She said it was too passive. You may finish a sentence with I am just, however. That is perfectly acceptable, especially when giving speeches in situations where you are uncomfortable. “I did not eat croissant and cheat on my diet, thus I am just.” “I did not join the Hitler youth of my own volition, thus I am just.” “I only sing like this to please the public, thus I am just.”

It always bothered me when people pretended they were something they weren’t. The word for it now is “Poseur.” I think. This thinking began with a realization in seventh grade; I discovered I would never be able to present myself truthfully, no matter how hard I tried. Not without a medical miracle. So it frustrates me when people take something that I consider a luxury and spit in its face. The same way it would frustrate a poor man to have someone blow a hundred dollars on a cigar. The same way it would frustrate an inmate to see someone sell his freedom for revenge. The same way it would frustrate an overweight woman to hear a size zero complain about never finding clothes that fit.

I was thinking, the other night, about ramifications. About the effect that a single word, or gesture, or glance can have on people you never even met. I’m not going to pretend that this is an original thought, but I do have something to say to Pope Benedict. Or whatever it is his name is now. “Changing your name is all fine and dandy, but changing your history is another story.” Changing your habits is all fine and dandy, but changing yourself is another story. Changing your experience is all fine and dandy, but changing your impression is a whole ‘nother story.

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	Re: First go at it irishvampire13 2005-04-28 12:09 am UTC (link)
	You should be slaughtered for your crack against Jackson. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	Re: First go at it (Anonymous) 2005-04-29 05:01 am UTC (link)
	What crack? I was just commenting on the whole "Saw something of another race inside him and let it out." theme that seems to pervade the pop music scene. After all, he was originally a black man. Just like Eminem is a white man. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	metaphor 2005-04-25 03:37 am UTC (link)
	Name: Becoming Something Less Fandom: Lord of the Rings-y (more just Middle-earth in general) Summary: There's many a reason why Tarannon of Gondor died alone. Done in exactly 15 minutes. And here it is. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	agenda 2005-04-25 05:17 am UTC (link)
	But now it is called "Something Less" instead. :) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	[fic] Gradations (Death in Venice, G) haydenthorne 2005-04-25 09:14 am UTC (link)
	Title: Gradations Fandom: Death in Venice (Thomas Mann) Author: haydenthorne Rating: G Pairing(s): Aschenbach/Tadzio Warnings: slash (implied) (Reply to this)

	west46th 2005-04-27 04:04 pm UTC (link)
	Fandom: Veronica Mars Pairing: Logan angst, Veronica/Logan Spoilers: Set after M.A.D. Rating: Contains strong language. Ficlet (Reply to this)

	Love Me Tender redwolfoz 2005-05-02 04:11 am UTC (link)
	( Love Me Tender ) — original (Reply to this)

clez_ficlets
2005-05-13 11:40 pm UTC (link)

Title: Different Now
Fandom: Underworld
Character/Pairing: Michael, with mention of Michael/Selene
Rating: PG
Genre: General/Pensive
Word Count: 674
Time: 11 minutes
Notes: My first time writing an Underworld ficlet. This is set about two months after the movie’s end.
Summary: Everything is different now, and Michael is still sorting things through in his mind; are things better, or worse? But, they say change is good, don’t they?

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zilly14
2005-05-15 03:30 am UTC (link)

Title: Transform
Fandom: Shrek 2
Disclaimer: I'm not the genius behind Shrek.
Rating: PG
Word count: 100

"Fiona, is this what you want? To be this way, forever?" Shrek asked me. "Because if you kiss me now, we can stay like this."

Despite wanting to be with the ogre I married, I also wanted what every princess wants... so I leaned in, letting his lips touch mine. The transformation was complete. We would be human, forever.

"I love you, Fiona," Shrek whispered softly in bed. I felt his arms around me, and I breathed out a sigh of happiness. But when I looked at my ogre hands, I realized I was only dreaming of what could've been.

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