amatara

So while on tumblr, I ended up writing two short Londo/G'Kar ficlets that I only now remembered to post at the AO3. The first one is a short humorous piece with a sprinkling of angst, the second is gratuitous hurt/comfort dealing with one of my favorite tropes. Neither are particularly deep, but I enjoyed writing them so here they are, for your reading pleasure.

We Are One (1119 words) by Amatara
Fandom: Babylon 5
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Londo Mollari, G'Kar
Summary: G'Kar may have become more tolerant of ridicule, but not when it comes to his Declaration of Principles, and not at all where Londo Mollari is concerned.

breathe in breathe out (1150 words) by Amatara
Fandom: Babylon 5
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Londo Mollari, G'Kar
Summary: Londo isn't as young as he used to be; or as whole. Set during season 5’s In the Kingdom of the Blind, just after the attempt on Londo’s life.

Current Mood: tired

I promised, didn't I? *g* I hastened to finish this before the Porn Battle closed, so it's pretty short and may feel more rushed than usual, but it's still Londo/G'Kar, complete with snark and tentacles!

Title: Fallout
Summary: After the Brakiri Day of the Dead, G'Kar wonders about Londo's visitor.
Pairing: Londo/G'Kar
Rating: R
Word count: ~ 1250
Author’s Notes: Written for Porn Battle, for the prompts "empathy" and (naturally!) "tentacles". Also for

maspalio , who has been very patient for a very long time. :)

( Fic: Fallout. )

Current Mood: naughty

Title: Of Wine and Virtue
Summary: Years after the events of "The Fall of Centauri Prime", Londo and G'Kar meet again on Earth, thanks to Vir.
Not, in the end, a fix-it story - though some things do get mended that were long overdue.
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: Owned by JMS and Babylonian Productions, not me, alas.
Author's notes:
1. Written for

mithen, for her very generous donation to UNICEF for the

help_haiti comm. Her request basically being "At an unspecified time in the future, emperor Mollari gets a rare chance to visit Earth and meet G'Kar again." I had a wonderful time writing a story that's neither pure angst, or pure fluff, or pure drama, but somewhere in between. Thank you so much for the lovely prompt!
2. The title refers to a line in a poem by Charles Baudelaire, called "Enivrez-vous!" or "Get drunk!". The line in question is Get drunk on wine, poetry or virtue, whatever (or in the original language, Enivrez-vous de vin, de poésie ou de vertu, à votre guise), which is so close to Londo's "Wine, women and song" it gave me chills when I first made the connection. As for the rest of the poem - *sighs*. Oh, Londo.
3. For those who read the Legions of Fire trilogy, I made no attempt to match the events from the novels. This is just a different take on what might have happened.

( Fic: Of Wine and Virtue )

Current Mood: contemplative

Obligatory ten-second rant: Gah! Just spent a full day finishing a presentation for work which I'd thought to get ready in two hours, tops... - so much for a lazy Sunday. *squints half-blindly at screen*

On the up side, after all this blabbing over tentacle!fic, I can finally put my money where my mouth is and post the thing! *g* Please, feel free to tell me which bits do something for you and which don't - my perception of what people expect from this type of story is vague to say the least. Well - okay, I can guess what you expect, but not necessarily how you want it. ;)

So, without further ado I bring you:

Title: Reciprocity
Summary: Even a writer gets tired of words sometimes. Set during season 5's "And All My Dreams, Torn Asunder".
Rating: Ah, hard one. Let's call it R to be on the safe side, for same-sex cross-species snark and sexual situations - but don't get your hopes up too much, okay? The snark is a substantial part. *g*
Disclaimer: Owned by JMS and Babylonian Productions, not me, alas.
Author's note: Inspired in part by this lovely snippet by

selenak.

( Reciprocity )

Current Mood: rushed

Am near finishing the pr0n! (or what I'd hoped would qualify as such.)

The good news is, the 4000-word mark has been reached and passed. On the down side, it's not pr0n.

*facepalm*

Seriously, the first half of those 4000 words are pure G-rated angsty talk and snark, and of the remaining 2000 only a meagre few hundred can even be interpreted as foreplay; the rest is kissage interspersed with more talk and more snark.

Of course, the fact that it is G'Kar and Londo snark has to count for something, and while there's no sex, the foreplay does involve tentacles, which is a small victory at least. *g*

A question: would anyone be willing to give the fic a quick beta? (It's late s5 Londo/G'Kar, if that helps. It's also not very light-hearted.) I usually ask my betas directly, but this is a bit of a special case, I guess (no, really? *g*), and I'm not even sure what kind of beta I'd need, so... Nothing too deep, I'd say (cutting myself some slack here), mainly characterization/dialogue and pointing out any excesses of sappiness I might have indulged in. ;) If no volunteers, no problem at all, then I'll just be posting this the way it is.

(By the way: the meme/discussion I promised is materializing in my head, but hasn't made it down on paper yet... It's still coming, though.)

Current Mood: rushed

Edit: Some tweaks made to the post, because I probably got a little too defensive the first time around, despite my best intentions not to. What I haz learned today: meta should not equal rant. *sheepish grin* Also: offering my feverish head as (feeble) excuse, as shiveriness has evolved to full-blown cold. Meaning excused from work today, but not too sick for LJ and DVDs - there is mercy in the universe. :)

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A little shivery today, so just a quick copy-and-paste of a post prepared this morning, and then off to blankets, chocolate pudding, and tea. *yearns*

First of all, before I lose myself in rambling, let me post the meme that got me thinking about all of this stuff. Gacked from

penknife and

nolivingman. Because it's fun, and these days I'm in a bit of a mood where I love to talk about pairings. My main fandoms are in my profile, if you're wondering.

---
Ask me a fandom, and I will tell you:

+ OTP
+ Runner-up
+ Honorable mention(s)
+ Crack pairing(s)
+ Ship everyone else seems to like, but I don't
---

Now - I'm sure this debate has been done to death several times already, so I'm not planning to kick up a big cloud of dust all over again. However, something I just read on LJ made me think, real hard, about my own position on this, which makes it worth to at least throw some random thoughts on here and ask for other opinions.

What it's about: the notion of WNGWJLEO ("we're not gay we just love each other"), WNG in short, which I bumped into a number of times and was consistently puzzled by for a number of reasons; how slash fic deals (can deal? should deal?) with real-life issues of gender and sexuality; and how I look at the sexuality of my own preferred pairings and what that says (might say? should say?) about me.

( Cut for length. Yes, it's a loooong ramble. *g* )

Current Mood: groggy

amat aram alterius mundi :: loving the refuge of alternate wor(l)ds

Two B5 ficlets, Londo/G'Kar edition

Babylon 5 fic: Fallout [Londo/G'Kar]

B5 fic: "Of Wine and Virtue" [Londo/G'Kar]

B5 fic: "Reciprocity" [Londo/G'Kar]

Pr0n-not-pr0n update

Meme leads to meta: Slash, WNG and how grey the grey zone really is

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