potentialities

Taking a break from NaNoWriMo—1,700 words and counting! (I really need to try to get ahead now, because there's going to be all kinds of craziness later in the month.)

Mike and Psmith in the NHL (469 words) by derryderrydown
Chapters: 2/2
Fandom: Psmith - P. G. Wodehouse, Hockey RPF
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Rupert Psmith, Ilya Bryzgalov, Mike Jackson, Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin
Additional Tags: Notfic

I'm only vaguely peripherally aware of hockey fandom, but this is delightful.

Night-time Experiences (1787 words) by Magistra
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Ecce Romani
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Davus, Eucleides
Characters: Davus - Character, Eucleides - Character
Additional Tags: Slash, Latin, Textbook, Ancient Rome
Summary:

Davus and Eucleides, newly-bought slaves of the wealthy Cornelii Family, learn about how Roman slaves sustain intimate relationships. Oneshot, slash.

I never actually used Ecce Romani in Latin class, as my Latin teacher adopted it the year after I graduated—back in my day, we used Jenney's First Year Latin and we liked it. Sam took Latin II with Ecce Romani, though, and remembered the characters from it, so I looked to see if there was any fic like I already knew there was for Cambridge Latin. And there is! But Cambridge Latin fandom is still winning, because it has like eight posted stories whereas Ecce Romani has two.

Midwinter (1356 words) by Sineala
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Eagle | The Eagle of the Ninth (2011)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Marcus Flavius Aquila/Esca Mac Cunoval
Characters: Marcus Flavius Aquila, Esca Mac Cunoval
Additional Tags: Rituals, Community: kink_bingo
Summary:

Marcus shares with Esca some of the more private aspects of the mystery cult. (Or: This one time, at Mithras Camp...)

And speaking of Romans!

Revival (873 words) by Missy
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Gone With the Wind, Gone With the Wind - Margaret Mitchell
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
Relationships: Rhett Butler/Scarlett O'Hara, Ashley Wilkes/Melanie Wilkes
Characters: Scarlett O'Hara, Melanie Wilkes
Additional Tags: Ensemble Cast, Zombies, Community: zombi_fic_ation, Resurrection, Horror, Dark Comedy, Black Comedy
Summary:

Melanie's resurrection is a miracle, right?

Yep, it's Gone With the Wind and zombies. Does what it says on the tin.

Your place away from it all (3530 words) by iridescentglow
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Douglas Coupland - Generation X
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Andy Palmer/Dagmar Bellinghausen, Andy Palmer-Dagmar Bellinghausen-Claire Baxter friendship
Characters: Andy Palmer, Dagmar Bellinghausen, Claire Baxter
Summary:

While working out how to run a hotel, Andy also has to figure out what his non-relationship with Dag means.

I missed this during Yuletide 2009 and it's really nice. I loved Generation X and Microserfs back in the day.

I only have two stories to share this week, but they're both amazing and they both have illustrations!

Babysitter of the Daleks by sloth_in_a_box, lippian and aceattorneysho
Baby-sitters Club/Doctor Who (Eleventh Doctor) crossover. Gen/Humor/Crack. ~PG. 31,820 words.
The Eleventh Doctor comes to Stoneybrook and unlocks the alien mystery of its perpetually-looping timeline (among other things) in this Baby-sitters Club Christmas Super Special.

As a huge fan of DW, the BSC, and cracktastic crossovers, I knew I was going to love this story the minute I saw the lovingly hand-rendered cover. It is absolutely filled with in-jokes about the OTT ridiculousness of the BSC books and I love it.

Vae Victis (33405 words) by Sineala
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Eagle | The Eagle of the Ninth (2011)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Marcus Flavius Aquila/Esca Mac Cunoval
Characters: Marcus Flavius Aquila, Esca Mac Cunoval
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Historical, Alternate Universe - Ancient Greece & Rome, Alternate Universe - Etruscans, Alternate Universe - Gaul, Etruscans, Gauls, War, Romance, First Time, Additional Warnings Apply
Summary:

War looms on the horizon as Marcus' homeland of Etruria is faced with the unreasoning demands of the Gauls, a vicious, deadly foe. Young and lonely, Marcus begins a tentative friendship -- a friendship that could become something more -- with Esca, a prince of the Gauls. But the differences of the two nations cannot be ignored, and both Marcus and Esca must choose between the needs of their peoples and the desires of their hearts.

True story: I actually had a freshman seminar on the Etruscans with Larissa Bonfante, mumblety-mumble years ago. The Etruscans are awesome, and so is this story.

Also contains gorgeous artwork by alby_mangroves!