Rec: "What are grits, anyway?"
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best_enemiesTitle: "What are grits, anyway?"
Pairing: Tenth Doctor/Simm Master
Length: 105
Summary: The Doctor gives the Master a long awaited explanation of grits.
Warnings: Very bad (yet still absolutely lovely) puns.
Author on LJ (or Teaspoon, or Prydonian):![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
x_los
Why this must be read:
As a yankee living in the south, there are several things I've never understood. How people can like going outside in weather that's over 100 degrees F, for one. Chicken fried steak and chicken fried chicken for another. Actually, fried food in general. Really, do we need to fry twinkies and cheesecake? Must one go to the state fair when it's nothing but livestock and fried food? So much mystery. So much lack of common sense. So many 'y'all's that you just want to run screaming back to New England's lack of r's! Or at least back to California where 'duck and cover' meant not getting made fun of for hiding under a desk (which is proper earthquake procedure) instead of proper tornado drill procedure of going out in the hallway. Yes, I am still bitter about that.
Grits, however, have their own level of mysticism. I've watched friend after friend order it at restaurants and have yet to understand its gooey appeal. It's the white paste that everyone seems to adore, and yet an outsider like myself can't help but think it has its own hidden agenda to take over the world. I have personally experienced several nightmares of gooey death in all manner of undignified ways. Well, not really. But I'm sure I will now that I've made it overly melodramatic and befitting of a Doctor Who plot.
Anyway, this is the classic story of a Time Lord experiencing new cultures and making some very bad Civil War innuendo. Because the world always needs more Civil War innuendo. Let's face it. You know you want more. And since this explanation of why you should read it is well over twice the drabble's length, I shall leave it at that.
Link to the story: "What are grits, anyway?".
Challenge time! (Once again, under the cut)
Companion Chronicles
So often when people write pairing fics, they ignore the other characters, who are written off and/or forgotten about. Which is all well and good when you're trying to do sexy times and want the characters to have a bit of alone time. In fact, I'd generally recommend it, considering having someone else sitting there and watching the sex would just be generally awkward if not everyone is into exhibitionism. Some turtles move through the room more slowly than others, and I can only imagine that it would be one hell of a slow and awkward turtle.
However, other characters do exist and we can and should involve them for other things than to simply look pretty. I know some companions arguably do just that, but let's face it. Companions are characters in their own right and deserve a bit more 'they've fallen off the face of the planet' when we write our slash.
Shalka fics in particular seem to be good at keeping the companion. There are plenty of Doctor/Master only fics I've seen, but Allison also has a presence that gets known in Doctor/Master fandom. Other companions show up whenever it's convenient, however, which isn't usually. It made looking for a good Brigadier fic to rec rather hard, and given how much I adore the Brigadier, this made me a sad panda. There are several other lovely examples of companions turning up (I can think of a few with Jo from the anon meme), but by and large we do tend to forget the other characters exist or only give them bit parts.
So my challenge today is this. Involve the companion(s) occasionally. Why aren't there more fics of the Doctor (or even the Master!) going to one of the companions for awkward romantic advice? Or Companions not understanding that they are the third wheel? Why hasn't the Master kidnapped a companion simply to monologue and vent his frustrations to someone who understands his pain? Or why hasn't the Doctor taken one of his companions aside to confess he's hopelessly in love with his best-friend-turned-mass-murderer and doesn't know how he can deal with his conflicting emotions? Also, am I alone in thinking Sarah Jane obviously needs to sneak aboard the Master's TARDIS sometime after the Five Doctors and pester him to give the Full Story on his past relations with the Doctor? UNIT files are no where near detailed enough for a full scoop, after all. Actually, I just need more Sarah Jane in my life. You can't really have enough of her or the Brigadier in the universe. XD
Go ahead and try a companion you've never written before, or a companion that you don't usually see in conjunction with the Master! You never know. It might be fun. XD
Pairing: Tenth Doctor/Simm Master
Length: 105
Summary: The Doctor gives the Master a long awaited explanation of grits.
Warnings: Very bad (yet still absolutely lovely) puns.
Author on LJ (or Teaspoon, or Prydonian):
x_los Why this must be read:
As a yankee living in the south, there are several things I've never understood. How people can like going outside in weather that's over 100 degrees F, for one. Chicken fried steak and chicken fried chicken for another. Actually, fried food in general. Really, do we need to fry twinkies and cheesecake? Must one go to the state fair when it's nothing but livestock and fried food? So much mystery. So much lack of common sense. So many 'y'all's that you just want to run screaming back to New England's lack of r's! Or at least back to California where 'duck and cover' meant not getting made fun of for hiding under a desk (which is proper earthquake procedure) instead of proper tornado drill procedure of going out in the hallway. Yes, I am still bitter about that.
Grits, however, have their own level of mysticism. I've watched friend after friend order it at restaurants and have yet to understand its gooey appeal. It's the white paste that everyone seems to adore, and yet an outsider like myself can't help but think it has its own hidden agenda to take over the world. I have personally experienced several nightmares of gooey death in all manner of undignified ways. Well, not really. But I'm sure I will now that I've made it overly melodramatic and befitting of a Doctor Who plot.
Anyway, this is the classic story of a Time Lord experiencing new cultures and making some very bad Civil War innuendo. Because the world always needs more Civil War innuendo. Let's face it. You know you want more. And since this explanation of why you should read it is well over twice the drabble's length, I shall leave it at that.
Link to the story: "What are grits, anyway?".
Challenge time! (Once again, under the cut)
Companion Chronicles
So often when people write pairing fics, they ignore the other characters, who are written off and/or forgotten about. Which is all well and good when you're trying to do sexy times and want the characters to have a bit of alone time. In fact, I'd generally recommend it, considering having someone else sitting there and watching the sex would just be generally awkward if not everyone is into exhibitionism. Some turtles move through the room more slowly than others, and I can only imagine that it would be one hell of a slow and awkward turtle.
However, other characters do exist and we can and should involve them for other things than to simply look pretty. I know some companions arguably do just that, but let's face it. Companions are characters in their own right and deserve a bit more 'they've fallen off the face of the planet' when we write our slash.
Shalka fics in particular seem to be good at keeping the companion. There are plenty of Doctor/Master only fics I've seen, but Allison also has a presence that gets known in Doctor/Master fandom. Other companions show up whenever it's convenient, however, which isn't usually. It made looking for a good Brigadier fic to rec rather hard, and given how much I adore the Brigadier, this made me a sad panda. There are several other lovely examples of companions turning up (I can think of a few with Jo from the anon meme), but by and large we do tend to forget the other characters exist or only give them bit parts.
So my challenge today is this. Involve the companion(s) occasionally. Why aren't there more fics of the Doctor (or even the Master!) going to one of the companions for awkward romantic advice? Or Companions not understanding that they are the third wheel? Why hasn't the Master kidnapped a companion simply to monologue and vent his frustrations to someone who understands his pain? Or why hasn't the Doctor taken one of his companions aside to confess he's hopelessly in love with his best-friend-turned-mass-murderer and doesn't know how he can deal with his conflicting emotions? Also, am I alone in thinking Sarah Jane obviously needs to sneak aboard the Master's TARDIS sometime after the Five Doctors and pester him to give the Full Story on his past relations with the Doctor? UNIT files are no where near detailed enough for a full scoop, after all. Actually, I just need more Sarah Jane in my life. You can't really have enough of her or the Brigadier in the universe. XD
Go ahead and try a companion you've never written before, or a companion that you don't usually see in conjunction with the Master! You never know. It might be fun. XD
