through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered . . .

Last year, I issued a request for crossover challenges, and wrote snippets for them. I got damn near all of them done (I never finish every challenge for these things, I'm afraid; some of them just don't gel for me) and had a lot of fun. So I'm gonna do another round.

( The list is shorter this time around, but I think you guys'll manage. )

The final, polished version for linking to communities.

TITLE: "Old Road" (crossover with the Watchmen movieverse)
AUTHOR: Cathryn (catslash)
WORD COUNT: Approximately 2600.
RATING: PG-13; genfic
CHARACTERS: John Winchester, the Comedian
SUMMARY: Two of the defining moments of John Winchester's life come to him courtesy of the same man.
NOTES: This started as a commentfic response to a prompt issued by apiphile, but quickly took on a life of its own. Thanks to her for the initial idea, and to everyone on my flist who offered comments, suggestions, and canon fact-checks.
DISCLAIMER: Supernatural was created by Eric Kripke; Watchmen was created by Alan Moore; and the song I borrowed my title from, "The Times They Are A-Changing," was written by Bob Dylan. I take no credit and make no money from any of these works.

SPOILERS for the Watchmen movie and Supernatural's pilot episode.



( John Winchester lied about his age to enlist in 1970. )

Holy crap, I finally finished typing it up. In celebration, I give it a proper header, even though this is possibly the most obscure fandom I have ever written for and there's no damn place to link to it from.


TITLE: "All Downhill From Here"
AUTHOR: Cathryn (catslash)
FANDOM: The Fix
WORD COUNT: Approximately 1700.
RATING: A solid R, I think.
SUMMARY: In the end, dumping the cripple for the jock is easier than Violet ever dreamed it would be. Harvard-era fic.
PAIRINGS: Every possible permutation of the Reed/Violet/Grahame triangle.
WARNINGS: I have given this a lot of thought, and you know what? I refuse to warn for incest in this fandom. So, NO WARNINGS.
DISCLAIMER: The Fix was created by Dana Rowe and John Dempsey. I take no credit, I make no money.
NOTES: Right, this is the sort of thing that would usually never make it to fic form, being primarily self-indulgent, but then I realized: there is no such thing as getting too ridiculous when it comes to The Fix. So, fic. Um, and if you do know of anywhere else I might be able to post this, let me know.



( It starts in Reed's car, necking furtively off-campus where no one can find them and carry stories back to Grahame. )

I have been generally unproductive today, to a generally depressing degree, so I decided that, if nothing else, I would at least get the Les Mis ficbit I keep mentioning typed up. (I'm also working slowly but steadily on the kiss challenge meme! If you haven't gotten an answer from me, don't worry, I'm getting there.) So here it is. It has officially been upgraded from "terrible" to "mediocre." At least, in my opinion, but then I'm sick of freaking looking at it.

This is Valjean/Javert, a strong PG-13 or so, and strictly musicalverse because - say it with me now - book!Javert remembered to bring backup. See, I told you that wasn't as random for me to fixate on as it seemed.



( I am warning you, Javert/There is nothing I won't dare )



I would love some concrit on this. I have lost any and all perspective I might once have had on its actual quality and could really use some outside advice.

So! Way the hell back in July, when I was innocently seeking distraction from the agonizing wait for the Doctor Who finale and blissfully unaware that said agonizing wait would be the best part of the entire episode (oh yeah, I'm still mad), I asked for crossover challenge requests to keep myself occupied.

. . . no, this is not a second round. Not right now. Maybe some other time. I was going to put the results all up in one post, but, uh, I forgot. Until now. I got almost all of them done, excepting the ones that were requests for something I was already trying to write at the time, and also I never want to write a Dogma crossover again, GAIL. ;) But there are still twelve random snippets right here, presented in no particular order. Spoiler warnings or whathaveyou in the cuts, though the spoilers that were new then are kinda old now.



( House/Dead and Breakfast - See, this is why Thirteen never talks about herself. The simplest questions are landmines. )

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( House/Torchwood - Chase looked up, and it was only then that he became aware of the stymied silence. No one was throwing out diagnoses, or even arguing. They were just looking at him. )

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( Iron Man/Dogma - It was in Illinois, somewhere, doing . . . oh, something about PR, or something. Hell if Tony knows, it was a decade ago and he was drunk the whole time anyway. But he'd snuck out to some little dive strip joint. )

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( Dexter/Doctor Who - The first clue that this situation isn't quite right is the sedative failing to take effect. )

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( House/Supernatural, spoilers for House season four finale - Jo's been working in bars since she was sixteen, and of course she spent time in Harvelle's even before that, and she knows all the signs of a man who wants a drink. )

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( Dogma/Pirates of the Carribean, AU on account of me kind of forgetting about Dead Man's Chest, oops - Jack Sparrow has met God. )

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( Red Dwarf/Torchwood - Owen couldn't wait until Jack moved on from this overprotective crap. )

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( Iron Man/Torchwood/Jeeves and Wooster - The Junior Ganymede is, as I have told Mr Wooster and previous employers, a club for gentlemens' personal gentlemen. I have never mentioned, however, that it extends further than one might think, and that said personal gentlemen are not always gentlemen. )

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( Boondock Saints/Torchwood, part one of a duplicate request - He sent cards and gifts for Christmas and Owen's birthdays. He never heard back, but it didn't surprise him. He highly doubted that Marianne had ever taught Owen about writing thank you notes. )

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( Boondock Saints/Torchwood part the second, which is actually an AU of the first, just for fun - Smecker is not shocked by this. There isn't a cop in the city who wouldn't buy the Saints a round of beer if given half a chance; after this, they'll probably settle for buying drinks for whoever helped.  )

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( House/Dogma - But this kid - there was just something about her that drew the eye. Cuddy couldn't even begin to explain what; she just kept glancing back up to watch the girl play. )

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( Iron Man/Dead and Breakfast - Tony Stark blinked several times, dazed and vaguely aware that he was probably concussed. He'd have to do something about the helmet's design. It was supposed to prevent concussions, not cause them. )


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( Dogma/Supernatural - Plus it gets Bartleby out of his face for an evening, seriously, the two of them are more closely and irrevocably entwined than any other beings on the planet, but that doesn't mean they don't wanna just find a way to kill each other sometimes. )



I may have to do another round of this, I think, with a new list. I had a lot of fun with it before, and a couple of these might even have enough weight to turn them into proper fics.

TITLE: "Lucky Streak"
AUTHOR: Cathryn (catslash)
SUMMARY: Owen finds himself in the middle of something a little outside his usual frame of reference. AU starting shortly after "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" and continuing through "Dead Man Walking."
RATING: R for violence.
WORD COUNT: Approximately 5200.
CHARACTERS/PAIRINGS: Owen, Martha, Jack, Michael. Owen/Michael, a touch of Jack/Ianto, and a vague bit of Owen/Martha.
WARNING: Character death. Also, slash.
SPOILERS: From 2x01 through 2x07.
NOTES THE FIRST: Thanks to americanleaguer for the beta, and to gileonnen and apiphile for other helpful input. Oh yeah, and huge thanks to nightanddaze, who inspired the idea and threatened to cry cheerleaded hard when the fic stalled and I started to lose hope of ever finishing it. This never, ever would have been written without her.
NOTES THE SECOND: This fic is sort of experimental. Very spoilery notes about what the experiment was can be found at the end.
DISCLAIMER: Torchwood was created by Russell T Davies and belongs to the BBC. I make neither claim nor money.



( It's really just a one-night stand. )

So americanleaguer and I spent the evening tormenting each other with awesome AU ideas, until finally we settled on a snippet exchange. (Pay attention, apiphile; this is gonna look familiar.) So I guess we're gonna be writing snippets at each other until we get bored? I don't know.

Anyway. Mine is a Torchwood AU where it was Jack, not Gray, who was abducted. (Oh, and Jack's name is still Jack because Gray calls him Jack in "Exit Wounds," which allows one to assume that there were coincidental matching first names and so Jack really only changed his last name and also to avoid the headache of trying to rename him. And resist the urge to name him something like Orange or Puce.)



( Gray is eighteen years old when Jack comes home. )

. . . okay, so next I'm going to write one of the actual challenges, but first I had to do this.

Boondock Saints/? I'll tell after the ficlet, and explain a theory I've held for a while, but I think this will be more fun if you don't know the second fandom right off the bat. You'll probably figure it out pretty quick if you're familiar with it, anyway.



( Of course, Smecker wasn't claiming it was fake. No, because that would make fucking sense. )

So. I require a bit of a distraction from the fact that Doctor Who airs on Saturday and it's only WEDNESDAY. And I figure, while I'm all ridiculous-crossover-y lately, it might be a good time for a sort of informal challenge request.

Below the cut, you will find a list of fandoms. Ask for crossovers. I will do my best to provide at least a scenario, if not a snippet into the bargain. These are fandoms I'm comfortable with dabbling in at the moment, so I'd appreciate it if you stuck to the list, though of course if I've forgotten something you know I can do, ask for it. And if there's something you really want to see but you're not sure, ask me about it. I might be able to do it anyway. (But no baseball RPS, ALEX. I'd prefer fictional crossovers.) Feel free to ask for more than one; I will do my best to accommodate. Though if you nail me with a huge list I reserve the right to pick and choose. ALEX.

( crossover tiems! )

Over the past couple of months, I've written quite a few Torchwood drabbles. I think I finally have enough to post to communities, so I've gathered them in this post. Flist: nothing new here.

TITLE: Eight Drabbles. (Yes, I know, but I have to call it something.)
AUTHOR: Cathryn (catslash
RATING: PG for a touch of language and Jack flirting.
CHARACTERS: Owen, Jack, Ten, Sarah Jane.
SUMMARY: A collection of Torchwood drabbles. Includes crossovers with Doctor Who, The Sarah Jane Adventures, and (yes) Jeeves and Wooster.
DISCLAIMER: Everything belongs to various creators and companies and such and I am definitely not involved in any of it. I take no credit and stake no claim.
SPOILERS: Each link is marked accordingly; however, there are no spoilers for any series currently airing in the UK or any unaired episodes of anything.

( Torchwood/Doctor Who - Owen and the Doctor )

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( Torchwood/Doctor Who - Owen walks home. A drabble pair. )

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( Torchwood/The Sarah Jane Adventures - meeting of the minds. Drabble pair containing a spoiler for the end of Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? )

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( Torchwood - spoilers for 2x12, Fragments. Owen. )

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( Torchwood/Jeeves and Wooster - yep. )

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( Bonus Doctor Who/Iron Man movieverse - things that never happened. Spoilers for 3x12. )