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[yutaya]

Intokber 2020 - Day 1: Fish

Magical talking fish never happened to Jessica before she met Danny.

This is a fanart of Sholio’s fic Three Times Lucky - like, 2 years later. Haha.

[edenfalling]

[Fic] “Many Happy Returns of the Day” - Defenders (MCU)

sholio said: Another Year Older: Birthdays - Someone among the Iron Fist and/or Defenders characters having their next birthday after making their new friend(s) in the show. (450 words)

Note: I have no idea why this turned into a dialogue-only ficlet. Sometimes these things just happen to me.

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"Hey, Matt, it's Danny Rand. Oh, did I get the time zone conversion right? This isn't a bad time for you?"

"It's fine, I'm on lunch break. Happy Birthday, in case my text didn't come through intelligibly. I forgot to have anyone proofread it."

"It was fine. Well, the happy birthday part was fine. I guess speech to text works best with standard phrases like that. The rest got a little garbled but hey, birthday cards are supposed to be funny."

"Sure. So, you didn't call all the way from... Cambodia?"

"Laos, this week."

"--from Laos without a reason. Do you need help?"

"No. Well, maybe? Or no, probably not. But. Uh. So, I got your text. I also got texts from everyone even tangentially associated with you, Jess, and Luke, and some people I can't even figure out how they're connected, and that's cool and all -- I'm grateful you guys made the effort! -- but, uh..."

"You've sent all of us birthday cards, or texts, or ridiculous voicemail messages. Obviously that kind of connection is important to you. And sending a text isn't like running a marathon or Olympic level weightlifting."

"I guess. I know emotional stuff isn't easy for everyone. But see, the thing is, I got this one text that's a little, um, weird. Even for our context."

"Oh?"

"Yeah. It said, 'Thank you for guarding Matthew's city while he recovered. I've removed you from our target list for six months. Happy Birthday.' And it was signed with a little... what's the word for emojis that are made out of text instead of an actual picture?"

"I am the wrong person to answer that question."

"Right, yeah, sorry. Anyway, a little sai made of dashes and a capital E."

"Ah."

"Yeah."

"Hmm."

"Matt, how did your dead evil girlfriend get my phone number?"

"...I plead the fifth. But when you think about it logically, that's not a half-bad present. Imagine what you can do with six months free of random Hand encounters."

"That is-- okay, that's pretty cool, but that is not the point! The point is that an undead assassin has my phone number and knows my birthday!"

"I have faith in you to make the best of the situation. Happy Birthday, Danny. See you when you get home."

"Matt, you asshole, don't hang-- Fuck. Great. You know what? Just for that, I will make the best of the situation. I'm going to text Elektra back and tell her you're being a scaredy-cat so she laughs at you. Then I'm going to become her best friend, and rescue her from the Hand, and get you back together. Yeah. Because that's what friends do, you dingus. Happy unbirthday."

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End of Ficlet

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And now back to pretending to work. It is such a SLOW DAY. *wilts over keyboard*

[elyccscorner]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Stargate Atlantis Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Rodney McKay & John Sheppard Characters: Rodney McKay, John Sheppard Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Action/Adventure, Killer Robots Summary:

An accident leaves Sheppard and McKay a little too dependent on each other.

[reredundant]

Bucky's quiet laugh had a razor edge, but it was also genuine. "So tell me," he said after another little while. "Do you actually have a plan, or is it just 'sneak in somehow and wing it from there'? Because that's a Steve plan, and I expect better from you."

Sholio (x), Wing and a Prayer

[dragonsthough101]

Was the one you were thinking of chapter 28 in the collected ficlets work on Ao3? I was going to link to it in case other people were curious!

Nope, it’s this one: https://sholio.dreamwidth.org/1322455.html

[violsva]

Sholio

Have an author rec, just because I feel like it.

If you want to read about groups of people getting out of terrible situations using nothing but badass hypercompetence and the power of friendship, you want Sholio’s fic. It’s basically teamwork porn.

In Wing and a Prayer it’s Sam Wilson and Bucky being chased by Hydra through northern BC. In Black Water Rising it’s Peggy, Daniel, and Jack getting out of a Hydra deathtrap. More SSR escapes in Avalanche Country and A Dollar Fifty and a Pair of Bolt Cutters and numerous others (I’ve been saving them up, so I haven’t read all of them yet). She also writes excellent casefic.

I absolutely recommend her Marvel fic (mostly gen); I don’t know anything about her other fandoms but I have no reason to assume she’s less good there (mostly White Collar).

[reredundant]

They left Natasha with her detonators. "I would tell you to be careful," she said. "But it's you two, so I think 'at least don't do anything terribly stupid' is probably more appropriate." "Gee, Steve," Bucky said, smirking. "It's like she knows you." "I was talking to both of you," Natasha said with a sweet smile.

Sholio (x), Written in Blood and Bone

[frith-in-tombs]

I was tagged by @centrumlumina: List ten of your favourite female characters in ten different fandoms, then tag ten people! 1. Wolf 359: Renée Minkowski 2. ST Voyager: Kathryn Janeway 3. ST Deep Space 9: Jadzia Dax 4. White Collar: Diana Berrigan 5. The Expanse: Naomi Nagata 6. Battlestar Galactica: Athena 7. The Moomins: Moominmamma 8. Graceling trilogy: Bitterblue 9. The Old Kingdom: Lireal 10. Shadows of the Apt: Cheerwell Maker I tag (although my actual tagging function continues to be BROKEN): sholio, vivelabagetelle, shutupeiffel, the-empty-man, cosmic-lin, spell-fox, ysabet, scientistshateher, veleda-k, starnoirs, and anyone else who wants to!