Happy Fics Roundup One

When I'm feeling down, I like to put out a call for fic prompts, and I jot down quick, unbeted little ficlets in response. I like writing, I like fulfilling prompts, and I find the beta process stressful, so this tends to work as instant happy-making stress relief for me. And hopefully, people like the things I write for them, because making other people happy is like +100 in happiness points.

Anyway, I've decided to finally collect them properly and cross-post them to AO3 and such, so here they are, with only the smallest of edits.

All of the original prompts and responses can originally be found on livejournal.

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Title: Reinterpret The Classics
Author: eldarwannabe
Fandom: Torchwood
Prompt: "I'd like some cute Janto with kids and/or MPreg." for ericadawn16
Notes: I think this might be my first Torchwood kid!fic. Thus began a...trend, I guess.
Originally posted here.

( "It's not my fault!" Jack protested )

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Title: This is Research, After All
Author: eldarwannabe
Fandom: Torchwood
Prompt: "I ALWAYS want Gwen and Ianto being besties :D" for pocky_slash
Notes: I might be obsessed with touring Cardiff. Seriously.
Originally posted here.

( "So," Gwen said, as they turned the corner. "Lots of farms in Wales, then." )

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Title: Evening
Author: eldarwannabe
Fandom: Torchwood
Prompt: "Ianto and Jack on a date and nothing terrible or angsty happens at all." for heddychaa
Notes: This is a real restaurant. I just can't believe I googlemaps'ed it to find how long it takes to walk to it from the Hub.
Originally posted here

( It was nice, to just walk down the pier and find somewhere local and easy. )

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Title: Sometimes Jack Does Things By the Book
Author: eldarwannabe
Fandom: Torchwood
Prompt: "Jack, Ianto, Gwen and Rhys find an alien tentacle plant. Jack flirts with it. Rhys is scandalized. Other stuff happens (like it trying to molest Jack)." for iceshade
Notes: Exactly what it says on the tin. Really.
Originally posted here.

( "So this is a typical night, then?" )

I'm going to have to disagree with you guys here. You guys being the internet, apparently.

So, I assume you've all heard about the Wonder Woman pilot, right?

Well, it was all over the comic-newsphere, a little below Thor.

Anyway, everything I heard about the pilot sounded pretty bad. They made Wonder Woman's origin more confusing, made her a winy tween in a woman's body, and somehow decided that making a facebook is some sort of life-affirming event for an Amazonian warrior princess. And the costume was a bit boob-popping.

It did, however, have trousers.

So ignoring all the problems for a moment, I'm actually pretty unahppy that they didn't go through with it. Maybe it would have sucked. Probably would have. But Wonder Woman is a character that is not getting any recognition in mainstream media these days. Batman and Superman have money and franchises and major blockbuster productions. Wonder Woman has some t-shirts.

Marvel is cranking out some good movies, but are they starring women? It's not like The Avengers has a great lady line-up.

Wonder Woman might have been pretty bad. It might have been ok. It might have turned into Smallville, which never really impressed me with quality, but has been successful despite that. It might have turned into Birds of Prey, which wasn't terrible, actually, but wasn't especially successful.

It might have brought new fans to the franchise, to the character. It might have been something a little girl found while channel-surfing, and she might have found a hero to look up to. It might have been seen by enough teenage boys that might have grown up and been inspired enough to try and remake it better. It might have been a cult classic on DVD. Who knows? It might have been a good idea. It might have been a great one. I simply can't agree that a bad Wonder Woman show is worse than no Wonder Woman show. The unseen potential is simply too great.

(Plus, really? Pilots are frequently quite different from the final production. Really, guys.)