kaitou: (arthur)
kaitou ([personal profile] kaitou) wrote2010-06-04 07:27 am
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I am a lemming

....even though we know lemmings really don't run off cliffs.

Mimicked from [livejournal.com profile] twigcollins and [livejournal.com profile] flidgetjerome because I enjoyed writing those little fic bits instead of my old nano.

Give me a fandom and an AU situation (and a pairing, if you want) and I'll attempt to write a snippet. Fandoms include: Top Gear, Sherlock Holmes, Doctor Who 9,10 & 11, Phoenix Wright, Professor Layton, Merlin, Avatar (either), Iron Man movieverse, tentatively Marvel comics in general, though I'll never feel like I've read enough backstory to get it right, and the old standbys Detective Conan/Kaito Kid-verse and Card Captor Sakura. And if I'm not saying something you really want, ask anyway and we'll see what I can do.

[identity profile] flidgetjerome.livejournal.com 2010-06-04 11:51 am (UTC)(link)
Someone getting dropped into the AU Puzzle-Opera World of Professor Layton, where moral worth is straight-up judged by your ability to solve riddles. Not sure who, The Doctor or Merlin and Arthur or Tony, Rodney and Pepper would all be good choices.

Not Another Goblet (aka Two Sides of the Same Hint Coin)

[identity profile] kaitou1412.livejournal.com 2010-06-05 02:21 pm (UTC)(link)
“Well?”

“Well what?”

Arthur gestured at the pitchers. “Aren’t you going to solve it?”

Merlin blinked back at him. “Why should I be the one to solve it? Why can’t you solve this one?”
“I thought wizards were supposed to be good at riddles.”

“Wizards are good at spells. Does this look like a spell to you?” Merlin frowned at the pitchers. “Honestly, I’m not even sure this is a riddle. It looks more like maths to me.”

Arthur poked the nearest pitcher with his sword, but it didn’t glow, or look magical or anything. It didn’t even look very fancy. It was just a glass tube with ’16 quarts.’’ engraved on it…whatever a ‘quart’ was.

“If you can help me with this problem,” broke in the bartender, “I’ll give you a bouquet of flowers.”
Arthur rolled his eyes, “Yes, that’s exactly what we need.”

“You never know, maybe the flowers are magic.” Merlin assured him.

“Oh fine.”

The two of them studied the pitchers awhile longer. Finally Arthur turned to Merlin. “I think we’re going to need another hint coin.”
Edited 2010-06-05 14:21 (UTC)

Re: Not Another Goblet (aka Two Sides of the Same Hint Coin)

[identity profile] flidgetjerome.livejournal.com 2010-06-05 10:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Two Sides of the Same Hint Coin

The more times I read this, the more times I love this bit. Your title is actually my favourite part of the fic. <3

Re: Not Another Goblet (aka Two Sides of the Same Hint Coin)

[identity profile] kaitou1412.livejournal.com 2010-06-06 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
Yes! Yes exactly. Me too. This is what I meant when I said I was having a hard time picking a title. I love this title almost as much as the subtitle for Just Lay Back and Think of Camelot. "Four Ways Merlin is a Crap Servant and One Way He Isn’t Oh, Who Are We Kidding. Five. Five Ways. (http://lassiterfics.livejournal.com/73673.html)" I so wish I had written that title. Well, and the story that went with it, but mostly the title.