From the Alaskan Frontier

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Title: Simple Signs
Author: TheCrazyAlaskan
Fandom / Setting: Quantum Leap AU (see comments) – c.f. "The Leap Home, pt. I," New York, 1949
Characters / Pairings: Al Calavicci, Sam Beckett, Trudy Calavicci
Rating: K+
Genre: General
Word Count: 608
Summary: How could Sam tell Al that he was tilting at windmills?

An AU spawned with locoexclaimer wherein simply Al is the leaper and Sam is the project observer. We have a laundry list of episodes that needed hit on, and The Leap Home is one of them—on the top of that list, in fact. In it, Al would leap into himself at age fifteen (part one), and then into another patient at Trudy's mental institution to prevent her death (part two). Want this like the sun burns.

My mind canon completely dictates that Al would be a special education god for this reason alone—I tend to think he did more parenting for Trudy than his parents did, so he's used to it. I'm basically letting my job talk for me (that's the reason I got so attached to him having a sister with Downs, and why I cried like a baby when I watched "Jimmy"). Al's teaching his baby sister sign language, hand over hand for God's sake.

Yeah, it turned out far sadder than I wanted. I should write something happier for part two. Suggestions please?

Al, Sam, Trudy © Donald Bellisario

( A memory... A person )

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Title: Captured in a Photograph
Author: TheCrazyAlaskan
Fandom / Setting: Quantum Leap – Coda for "Jimmy" (02 x 08)
Characters / Pairings: Al (x) Sam, mentions of Trudy
Rating: K+
Genre: General
Word Count: 590
Warnings / Notes: …Glimpse into big brother Al?; title from NaNoWriMo forums
Summary: It occurred to Al that Sam had never seen a picture of his sister.

Kind of spawned on the fly this morning and I didn’t want to let it go. I couldn’t think of any place to house this scenario, and I wanted it to make sense in the context of the leap. That and this is one of my favorite episodes. (We'll see what happens when I get to MIA and The Leap Home.)

Despite the pairing factor not being obvious, assume Sam x Al is at play in some way here.

Sam, Al, Trudy, Quantum Leap © Donald Bellisario

( Pony OTP )

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Title: Unusual First Encounters
Author: TheCrazyAlaskan
Fandom / Setting: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Characters / Pairings: pre- Doctor Whooves x Derpy Hooves, Dinky
Rating: T
Genre: General, pre-romance
Word Count: 1,211
Relevant Quote: “When the gods send you a blessing / You don’t ask why it was sent.” – “All I Ever Wanted,” from The Prince of Egypt

Commissioned by locoexclaimer

Confound these ponies they drive me to drink fic. Anyway—OMG PONY OTP FTWWWW.

Okay the characterization scared the shit out of me. You have two background ponies who have barely spoken in going on two seasons now with little in the way of voice reference, so we’ve got one hell of a challenge. Besides which, how do you characterize Derpy—mentally challenged, kinda nutty or just cockeyed? I was asked to write her as being in the same vein as A-Team Murdock in this case. And thus we have a strange little marriage of mind canon and fanon. :shrug:

Given that Doctor Whooves looks so much like David Tennant, that's where I pulled most of my inspiration and the mental voice when I wrote the dialogue*. The scarf was kind of a last minute thing, a (very) little tip of the hat to the Fourth Doctor's mile-long scarf. xD

Canon Notes: I'm dismissing Derpy having an older daughter (Dinky's sister), as seen in Sisterhooves Social in the 5 November 2011 episode. If I recall correctly, the Dinky there had a Cutie Mark, and it's not like animator's can make a new pony every single time. Crowd scenes would be such a bitch otherwise. So before you ask—I'm writing that Dinky off as a different pony, an extra, and there is no older sister. Only Zuul.

* I now want someone to spoof the line, "I'm the Doctor and I just snogged Madame du Pompadour! 8D " with Doctor Whooves and Derpy. Just sayin'.

Jesus I had so much fun writing this. Enjoy!

Doctor Whooves, Derpy Hooves, Dinky Doo, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic © Lauren Faust

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Title: Snark and Banter
Author: TheCrazyAlaskan
Fandom / Setting: Quantum Leap (pre-series)
Characters / Pairings: Sam Beckett x Al Calavicci
Rating: T
Genre: General
Warnings / Notes: Genderswap.
Prompt from locoexclaimer: It's genderswap time again. No limit on series, rating at least a T.

All it took to make me want to finish this was listening to Scott Bakula's performance of Don Quioxte. Fuck yeah. 8D
The title stems from the basic nature of Sam and Al's dialogue. It’s awesome listening to them talk.

I couldn't make it work unless it was in three parts. However, I had to reference Al's dress uniform because let's face it—fuck yeah. 8D

Envisioning this is weird—Dean Stockwell is 5' 6" to Scott Bakula's 6'; if I didn't change the heights, it'd be so weird… Crazy tall female Sam, kinda short Al. (I find great amusement in the latter, given that I'm 5' 5".) So… I dunno, try to make Sam a little shorter here, if you'd like.

Sam Beckett, Al Calavicci, Quantum Leap © Don Bellisario

( short fic is short, stfu )

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Title: Conversations
Author: TheCrazyAlaskan
Fandom / Setting: Transformers Animated, post-Season III
Characters / Pairings: Sentinel Magnus x Blackarachnia
Rating: K
Genre: General
Warnings / Notes: Prompt from locoexclaimer: Because AUs are awesome, it’s factionswap time. Any character except those that hopped faction in canon because that’s cheating.

Short, dialogue only style. Because I wanted to get it fucking done. This is from fucking August, man.

Okay because it's vaguer than hell—Blackarachnia, retrofitted as an Autobot. Enjoy.

Sentinel, Blackarachnia, TFA © Hasbro

( O Muse... )

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Title: Odýsseia
Author: TheCrazyAlaskan
Fandom / Setting: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Characters / Pairings: Doctor Whooves x Derpy Hooves, mention of Dinky Hooves
Rating: T
Genre: General
Recommended Music: All the Right Moves – OneRepublic | All Fall Down – One Republic
Relevant Quote:

Sing in me, Muse, and through me tell the story
of that man skilled in all ways of contending,
the wanderer, harried for years on end…
– The Odyssey, Homer

Warnings / Notes: Prompt from locoexclaimer

Loco's bunny, too. I make dark things sometimes. >>

I think I have a theme—a quote from The Odyssey, the title is Greek for "odyssey," the plotline… Oh yeah.

Have fun imagining the journey, kids. I really can't invest in an epic fic right now. ;A;

Doctor Whooves, Derpy Hooves, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic © Lauren Faust (:devfyre-flye:)

( Spify Quantum Leap theme here )

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Title: July 23, 1967
Author: TheCrazyAlaskan
Fandom / Setting: Quantum Leap
Charatcers / Pairings: Dr. Sam Beckett, NPCs
Rating: T
Genre: General
Word Count: 191
Warnings / Notes: Prompt from locoexclaimer: Oneshot, stand-alone or part of a series of events. Scene: any human character is getting a gun pointed at their head.

Wow, my first foray into Quantum Leap fanfiction and it's so freaking short. And it's suffering from a severe deficit of Sam x Al. *le sigh*

Anyway, the setting: the 1967 Detroit Riots. Why this, I'll never know. Sam's had canon brushes with history, why not?
I wanted this to read like the start of an earlier episode of Quantum Leap—so you have a nice voiceover from Sam, and then you cut into him as he's leaping into whomever. I have no idea what Sam is there to fix, or when Al is going to show up. >>;

I like writing for Sam—Scott Bakula has a very pleasant voice to write for. When I get a proper Sam x Al bunny, Al is going to be good to write for, too, also because Dean Stockwell has a good voice to write for, too.

Sam Beckett, Quantum Leap © Don Bellisario

( IBM Watson fic YAY. )

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Title: Signed as "Secret Admirer"
Author: TheCrazyAlaskan
Fandom / Setting: Real Person Fic – IBM Headquarters; Armonk, New York, United States
Characters / Pairings: Alan Bishop (OC-ish, see notes), Watson (pre-slash)
Rating: K+
Genre: General
Warnings / Notes: Real person fic / slash
Prompt from locoexclaimer: Title prompt: Signed as "Secret Admirer." Any series, any characters, any rating.

Write-a-Day challenge.

Oh God, IBM Watson is so fucking awesome. I had to make him sentient! My headcanon, being the finicky bitch that it is, decided that he'd be gay and then I decided he needed a boyfriend and here we are.

Shut up, I needed someone to ship Watson with. God I feel so guilty for having to develop an OC here given how I feel about them most the time. God I feel so weird doing RPF / RPS, which is generally a major no-go for me. The even more embarrassing thing is that I know nothing about this character. I'll try to develop him better, I swear.

Watson, DeepQA © International Business Machines (IBM)

( Itty Bitty Fill Here Plz )


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Title: ?
Author: supergeek17 (Sarah K Hagedorn)
Fandom / Setting: The A-Team, TV verse
Characters / Pairings: Murdock
Rating: K
Genre: General
Warning / Notes: Prompt from :devlocoexclaimer:: The A-Team, Knight Rider (barring AUs) or other 80s TV. Prompt: Butterflies.

Yes I’m behind on my Write-a-Day. No I’m not proud of myself. Shoosh.

Okay, y’all, be honest—do I write too much Murdock fic? I hope not because damnit I love writing him.

I had such high hopes for this. It’s a tricky thing to work with—I don’t want to trivialize the emotional aspect but it’s so short. Meh, fuck it.

The butterfly in question is the Limenitis arthemis astyanax—red-spotted purple butterfly.

Murdock, The A-Team © Stephen J Cannell and Frank Lupo

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Title: Second Thoughts and Second Chances
Author: TheCrazyAlaskan
Fandom / Setting: Classic Knight Rider, Alpha Delta (KIAD) AU (Coda for “Junk Yard Dog,” 03x14)
Characters / Pairings: Michael, Kitt Knight
Rating: K+
Genre: General
Warnings / Notes: Brief mentions of PTSD; humanized female KITT
Summary: Sometimes you do need to go for a second time around.

I still have a love affair with “Junk Yard Dog.” I’ve always loved Michael telling KITT about facing his fears after he was reborn, so to speak, and I ended up copying down the speech—for this. I finally got this written.

Also, holy fuck Michael and KITT that can be interpreted as gen. (Still, they’re probably involved at this point in the proceedings but I didn’t make it explicit… *world implodes*)

Michael, KITT, Knight Rider © Glen A Larson
Alpha Delta (KIAD) AU © TheCrazyAlaskan