Sticks & Strings

Title: A Change of Perspective
Author: jedibuttercup
Disclaimer: The words are mine; the worlds are not.
Rating: FR7/PG
Summary: Jim hadn't believed at the time that he'd ever have anything to come back for.
Spoilers: Star Trek XI (2009)
Wordcount: 2500
Notes: Prompt was Middle American Saturday Night by Kane. Set several months after the movie vaguely in my STXI gap filler continuity, but can stand alone. Edited 7/12.

( A Change of Perspective )
-x-

Title: Open the Door
Author: ink_on_the_page
Rating: hmm. PG-13 for possible emotional triggering?
Fandom: Original
Disclaimer: for once, I get to say that I *DO* own them. This is my original fiction, please do not reproduce in whole or in part without contacting me first.
Summary: She can’t do it anymore, and it’s time to go home.
Warning: dissolution of marriages, possible emotional triggering
Author's note: Written for the sticksnstrings challenge. My prompt was See Jane Run by Trace Adkins. Also mentioned is Janis Joplin’s Me and Bobby McGee, and because I like to give out music, I’ve included it, too.
Word count: 1202

It's three in the morning

apologies. I got this all coded last night, then forgot to hit post. >.< It's still July 5 in Hawaii! >_>

Title: Unraveled
Author: Tabby (why_me_why_not on IJ & LJ)
Fandom: bandom; The Academy Is... and Empires
Pairing/characters: William Beckett-centric, appearances by Tom Conrad, Sean Van Vleet, and Nick Scimeca
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1278
Disclaimer: I don't claim to actually know anything about the lives of anyone mentioned herein. If you found this by googling your own name or that of someone you know, please hit the backbutton. Or at least don't tell me about it, okay Tom?
Summary: He’s not sure how things got so fucked up with Tom, how they went from being bandmates and friends and so much more to where they are now, when their mutual friends won’t even mention them to each other. Everything happened so fast, not just them falling apart but everything before it as well.
A/N: Inspired by the prompt of Time After Time. Encouraged by reallythateasy and beta'd by irisgirl12000. Any remaining mistakes, inaccuracies, and ridiculousness are all mine.

( William’s staring at the ceiling of his bedroom, counting cracks in the ceiling that he’s long since memorized and listening to the faint ticking of the clock on the wall. )

title: A Little Bit Backwards
author: lisa roquin
fandom: 30stm
rating adult
pairing/characters: Shannon Leto/Denton Riley
disclaimer: as far as 30stm & mention of the couple real people connected them: lies, fiction, not true. Everything and everyone else is mine.
summary: He'd probably be trying to get a round of morning after sex if not for the ring on his finger and the damned piece of paper he was staring at.
warning: OCs OCs and more OCs. Revamped characters from private rp ages ago. basically original fic with 30stm stuck in there. language, drinking, m/m sex, harlequin-esque absurdity,
author notes: for sticks&strings, prompt Ain't No Thinking Thing by Trace Adkins. probably about 1/3 done. Yeah. another posted WIP ~grumbles~
word count:


chapter links will be added as chapters posted.

Chapter one || Chapter two || Chapter three || Chapter four || tbc

title: Growing Up.
author: gwionfawyr
fandom: Rites of Passage
character(s): Campbell Farraday, Del Farraday
rating: PG
summary: All he wanted to do, was take Billy into his arms and hold him until the end of his life. Now he was sitting in this tiny cell, waiting out his time, all because he had wanted revenge on his father. Takes place after the final scene of the movie.
author’s note/disclaimer: For the sticksnstrings challenge. Song prompt - White Wedding by Billy Idol. Thanks to lisaroquin for holding the challenge and saddle_tramp for beta'ing. I wish I owned these guys. It would make things so much easier.
word count: 1600+

( A prison is more than walls )

 Title: Maybe It Was Memphis

Rating: R
Fandom: X-Men
Pairing: Logan/Remy
Spoilers: None, really
Word count: 8,530ish, minus headers

Summary: Some things you just have to take a trip down memory lane for.

Warnings: As with all my X-Men fics, be aware my knowledge of the multiple canons is spotty and leans heavily towards the cartoons. ;-D

Disclaimer: Anything I borrowed here is property of the original creator and so not mine, I'm just borrowing them to let them have some fun. Anyone you don't recognize might be mine, but then again they might just be from a fandom so obscure no one but me ever heard of them. I'm not making any money or fame off of them anyway, so no harm no foul, forever and ever, Amen.

No copyright infringement is intended, and none of this ever happened. Dangit.


( Maybe It Was Memphis )

Tags: author: saddle tramp, fandom: x men

Title: Stickwitu
Fandom(s): 30 seconds to mars
Pairing(s): Shannon/Tim
Rating: NC-17
Disclaimer: not true, didn’t happen. Don’t know/own them..
Warning(s): slash, alcohol abuse, language

Notes: written for Sticks and Strings. Yes I know the title is a Pussycat Dolls song. There was a pretty metaphor about glue somewhere in that thought but ehm…I messed it up a bit.

Beta: Kleemoon, thank you honJ

Word-count: 7.200
Prompt: Cold Gin by Death Angel (Kiss Cover)

( Stickwitu )

Title: There Can Never Be A Winner
Author: Rhi
Pairing: Kara/Lee
Rating: PG
Word Count ~2000 with lyrics.
Fandom: Battlestar Galactica
Spoilers: General knowledge of BSG seasons 1-4 assumed.
Disclaimer: [Insert witty comment here] BSG doesn't belong to me.
Author's Note: Written for sticksnstrings on Insane Journal. Thanks to Lisa for running this again. Song used is Head Games by Journey.

Read it here

Title: That Lonesome Song

Fandom: X-Men

Pairing: None, but heading towards future Logan/Remy

Rating: PG-13 for language

Spoilers: None, I'm sure.

Word count: 4880 or so, without headers or lyrics

Summary: Songfic for the Sticks N Strings challenge, prompted by 'That Lonesome Song' by Jamey Johnson. I got the song and immediately started writing, but the fic turned out to be more about ending someone's lonesome streak than about living with it. This sort of fits into the 'verse with the other Logan/Remy fics I've written, but it's very much a stand alone and you don't have to read them to get it.

Warnings: My knowledge of X-Men canon is so full of holes you could read a comic book through it. My version of them comes mostly from the cartoons, but I have seen the first three movies and read some of the comics. I use what I like and pitch the rest, which seems to be pretty much what the Marvel folks do anyway. lol



Disclaimer: Anything I borrowed here is property of the original creator and so not mine, I'm just borrowing them to let them have some fun. Anyone you don't recognize might be mine, but then again they might just be from a fandom so obscure no one but me ever heard of them. I'm not making any money or fame off of them anyway, so no harm no foul, forever and ever, Amen.

No copyright infringement is intended, and none of this ever happened. Dangit.


( That Lonesome Song )

Title: Loyal to One
Author: kleemoon
Fandom: 30 Seconds to Mars
Paring(s): Jared/Tomo, Jared/Shannon implied and one-sided
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: M/m slash, implied incest, language, hints of violence
Disclaimer: Not true, don’t know them, didn’t happen, I am a liar
Beta: the stunning queencheeze and the fabulous jynnxx
Word-count: 10,190
Feedback: Always appreciated to feed my muse
Prompt Song: Loyal to No One by Dropkick Murphys (don’t look too closely thought)
Notes: Written for IJ Sticks & Strings. I am eternally grateful for all the help and support jynxx and queencheeze have given me on this, and no, I don’t know how it ended up so long ... sorry about that.

( I’m not coming home without him. )

Title: Moonchild's Introspection
Author: jiltanith
Rating: Gen
Fandom: ST:TOR
Pairing/Characters: James T. Kirk
Series: I doubt it
Disclaimer: Not mine.
Summary: See title
Warnings: Spoilers for movie
Author note: written for sticknstrings round 2
Prompt: Moonchild by Iron Maiden (very loosely inspired by.)
Word count: 1204 before title, header, notes . . .

ETA: Thanks to lisaroquin for betareading!

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still flexible up for debate as I haven't heard back from everyone just yet Life happens though so...


July 1
~Kleemoon
~Jiltanith
(*skybyrd)

July 2
~Saddle Tramp (fic 1)
~Lizz
~rhianona


July 3
~Saddle Tramp (fic 2)
~Shinshan
(*basinbrat)

July 4
~lisa roquin
~Gwionfawyr
~chaosmanor (maybe, if possible)



July 5
~ink_on_the_page
~jedibuttercup
~why me why not
~Judas Denied (maybe, if possible)

Round Two of Sticks N Strings!

Sign Ups--April 27-May 7
Songs go Out--May 8-15*
Last Chance for Alt. Song--June 10.
Reminder Emails Sent--roughly June 20
Fic Due--June 30
Fic Posted--July 1-5


It's really simple.

1.Sign up.
2.Get a song.
3.Write. (minimum 1200 words)

Anything's free game. TV, Movie, Book, Anime, Obscure with you and 3 other people involved in the fandom, RPS, Original fic. Whatever you so desire to write. Gen. Het. Slash. Whatever. Just warn appropriately.

You do *NOT* need an insanejournal to participate. Fic and/or link to where fic is posted will be put up for those without an IJ. If you have LJ, DW, JF, any other blog, no blog/site at all, doesn't matter. Even if you *have* an IJ and don't want to join another comm just to participate? That's fine too.

*note: my life? a 3 ring circus is generally less active and bizarre. So yeah, I'll get assignments out as quickly as I can, but I'm giving myself a little leeway because of the craziness that is the real world.

sign up format

author name:
contact: either email or direct link to journal
fandom if you have any clue: doesn't make any difference except perhaps for a preemptive veto on assignment if the song that pops up on random when I'm sending them out is just an absolute no for the possible fandoms (like last time when Red Dirt Girl popped up for a 30stm writer--not gonna work no matter how you stretch)

note: comments will be screened. contact info won't be publically viewable, only used for assignments & reminder just before fic's coming up due.

questions ask here

title: Tear My Heart Open
author: lisa roquin
rating: mature
fandom: 30stm
pairing/characters: Shannon/Tomo
series/sequel: not intentionally set out to, but works as standalone or possibly same verse as Man In The Mirror
disclaimer: lies, fiction, untrue. completely and totally made up. I know no one, know nothing of their personal lives. I make no claims of knowing much of anything.
summary: He was done, he couldn't do it anymore.
warning: angst, language, addiction issues.
author notes: written for sticksnstrings round one, (attempt number god knows what to get something to finish)
prompt--> Scars by Papa Roach
wword count: 2586

to the fic

Title: To Light She Be Shown

Author: jedibuttercup

Disclaimer: The words are mine; the world is not.

Rating: FR13

Fandom: Tin Man miniseries (2007)

Notes: For the sticks 'n' strings ficathon. My prompt was the song Tattooed by Damhnait Doyle.

Summary: Most of the people had stopped calling for Azkadellia's blood, much to Zero's amazement. Had none of them seen what he had? 2900 words, post-miniseries.

( To Light She Be Shown )

-x-

title: Synyster Gates, Duke of Cambridgeshire

author: gwionfawyr (Jenn)

fandom: A7X/HP/MCR

characters: Brian Haner, Jr.

rating: PG - R

summary: He didn't know why his Dad had made him come. They were the outcasts of the family to begin with. He didn't know that all of that had changed on his eleventh birthday.

author's note/disclaimer: For the sticksnstrings challenge. Song prompt – Bones by Little Big Town. Belongs in the Of Dragons and Men verse. Some names have been changed to protect the innocent. *snorts* Who am I fooling? It's fiction people. Made up an address.


part one || part two || tbc

Title: Picking them off one at a Time.

Warnings: Major Character death, Dark, implied torture.

Rating: R

Summary: A different outcome on the Angelus fiasco.



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Title: Bittersweet Love
Author: Rhi
Song Prompt: Sail Away Sweet Sister, by Queen
Fandom: SGA
Pairing: Teyla/Kanaan
Rating: G
Spoilers: Through season 5 of SGA
Summary: Kanaan has long known Teyla belongs to Atlantis. It doesn't mean he can stop loving her.
Disclaimer: [Insert witty comment here] SGA does not belong to me.

( Hey little babe you're changing )

Title: Can You See the Real Me?
Series: Second Chances
Author: Sparrow
Fandom: Magnificent Seven: ATF, The Who
Characters: JD Dunne, Keith Moon, Buck Wilmington
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I in no way, shape or form own Magnificent Seven: ATF or The Who.
Author Note: I found this prompt challenging as I never heard the song before, but of the group. It took me awhile for something to click in my brain, but once it did, the words flowed. I hope everyone enjoys the story. Many thanks to sierraphoenix for the beta!
Spoilers: Prequel to Second Time’s the Charm
Prompt: Another Bag of Bricks – Flogging Molly
Summary: While at work, late one night, JD Dunne falls asleep and dreams.


( Does the dreamer, ever truly dream? Or is the dream a reality? )

Title: Where Ever I Go
Author: ink_on_the_page
Rating: I suppose it qualifies as NC17
Fandom: Bandom: Cobra Starship, Bandom: Gym Class Heroes, Bandom: My Chemical Romance, Bandom: Panic at the Disco, Bandom: The Academy Is…
Characters/pairings: Gabe/Alicia/Mikey, Gabe/Travis, Gabe/William, Gabe/Spencer
Disclaimer: I don't own them. This is just for fun. Suing me for money is about as productive an exercise as squeezing blood from a stone. I do not condone any illegal activities that may be written about in my fiction, nor do I partake in any of these activities personally. This is a work of fiction, and should be treated as such. If you got here by googling yourself or someone you know, for the love of my sanity, hit the back button or DON'T TELL ME WHO YOU ARE.
Summary: Gabe’s a leaf on the wind, in his own way. Home is wherever his loved ones are. He just has a lot of loved ones.
Warning: polyamory? Open relationships? Do those things need warnings…
Prompt: Rambunctious Boy by John Fogerty
Word count: 2176
Betas: akire_yta, lisaroquin, miserylovesme, rawkenr0ll, stephanometra
Author's note: Written for sticksnstrings to the song Rambunctuous Boy by John Fogerty. I immediately thought that this song was just so Gabe when I listened to it the first time, and this story was the result. It Really needs to be taken in the spirit that everyone knows about everyone else, and it’s not at all meant to be seen as any form of cheating or anything else. Polyamory, in a lot of ways.

This set of the lyrics really stuck with me. I mean it just. Dug into my brain and would. Not. Let. Go.

I'm a rambunctious boy
Rambunctious boy
Oh my I'm a restless guy
Got a home everywhere I go

( I'm-a trouble on the run/Heartbreakin' son of a gun/Oh yeah I'm a rambunctious boy )