Best Enemies

Title: The Crane Wife
Chapter: Seven (Part I): Eight
Author: x_los
Rating: PG
Pairing/Characters: Five/Ainley!Master, Benny, Tegan, Turlough, Nyssa
Summary: In which the Master hunts the Doctor across the stars (like the faithless git he is), and in the process takes tea with his mother.
Beta: aralias, for doing the hard work for me, and innocentsmith and alex_e_smith for much-needed early read-throughs and suggestions.
A/N: Remember that best_enemies Cliche Challenge forever ago? This was started under its auspices. Slave!fic cliche ahoy!
Previous Chapters: Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter 6, Part I, Chapter 6, Part II, Chapter 7, Part I, Chapter 7, Part II



Chapter 7, Part I

You know tried, true, tested slash/fanfic cliches?

( A HELPFUL LIST OF TERRIBLY INSPIRING SUGGESTIONS )

Were you terribly inspired just now? I was ever so inspired.

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What's Up:

We want the sort of tropes slash is famous for. Not that the fic should be badly written a la the early slash which largely spawned this list, where, if you've read it, you must admit there was a good deal too much of starring soulfully into each others' eyes as the rapturous cries of birds in the wood witnessed the couples' perfect love-wrestling or something--take your vampirefic seriously! Or crackily! But these cliches have the potential to be developed into something hot, hilarious, or to be surprisingly inventive rethinkings of plots we've seen a thousand times. Any way you slice it I think it'll make for some deeply enjoyable fic.

Plus, perhaps drunk!sex or forced-marriage fic is a thing of yours. This is your hour!

How to Play:

None of these cliches doing it for you? Add your own! Extra points for using MORE THAN ONE! Simply point out what cliche you're using in your fanfic header when you post to b_e and tag your post 'cliche challenge' to edify readers and make my life easier when I'm wrapping up the challenge, please. I don't want to miss your fic.

A Note on Classic Slash Cliche:

The point of this challenge, in a way, is not for these cliches (amnesia or what have you) to occur incidentally. They should be devices that enable romantic or sexual development between the characters--underlying and progressing your plot and whatnot. I think it'll be more fun if you enter into the cliche whole-heartedly rather than just giving it a glancing nod of acknowledgment.


Thanks to veterans of the fanfic trenches bagheera_san, gritsinmisery and hangingfire for help with this wonderful cliche list.