Astra's actionfigures in Action

This was ziparumpazoo's idea. Remember the meme with the first lines of our fanfictions we once did? Here is mine: http://dieastra.livejournal.com/57236.html

And Zip had the idea whether it would be possible to rearrange those lines so that they form a new story. I just tried it, it works! So here is my new short story. Very short. I used up all first lines I ever wrote.

13. It was the end of November. 12. Friday evening. 11. Cold. He really was cold. 10. Finally some free time! 6. Jack was whistling along with „Jingle Bells“ as it was played on the CD.

2. ‚I wonder if I’m getting old’, the man with the many names thought. 5. ”Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday, dear Teal’c, happy birthday to you!“ 8. Brigadier General Jack O’Neill stared disbelievingly at Sergeant Siler as he used a fire-extinguisher as a weapon against Dr. Lee’s „little” plant. 9. At first you should make sure that all ingredients are available and ready in sufficient quantity.

1. „No. Thanks anyway for the invitation, but no.“ 3. Immediately upon entering the room I knew my life was lost. 7. Colonel O’Neill struggled with everything he had against the gravitational pull of the black hole. 4. „Aaaaaarrrrrghhh…“ O’Neill screamed involuntary when he fell into the deep. 14. Oliver had a short moment of disorientation when he came to. 15. The arrow through his chest was one of only a few things which had ever really surprised him in his life.



If you are interested in a fanfiction which is not (yet) linked let me know and I'll upload it.

I know, I know, everyone prefers AO3 (and I finally got what the 3 in there stands for, sometimes I am very slow) but I don't have an invitation code, nor do I know where to get one. But yesterday evening I remembered that I actually have signed up to fanfiction.net years ago - mainly to be able to review lolmac 's stories. And only now I have put up my first story.

Of course, like every new autor, I am eager to know whether or not it actually gets read. Apparently it does, story stats shows 78 readers so far from 15 different countries. I even got my first review today.

But can someone please explain to me why I have trouble finding it in the list of other stories? I admit that I clicked away too fast at the last uploading step, there was mention of "be aware it can take up to 4 days bla bla..." but then immediately I got the e-mail notification that it was up and I thought that was it.

But when I click on "Arrow" fics in general, where the newest are displayed at the top, it is not there. Yesterday the trick was to search for "characters: Malcolm Merlyn" and after that two stories popped up, one of them mine, but today not even that works. Instead, I got this message: "Note: M rated entries are not displayed by default"

What does that even mean? I know FFnet does not want hot sex stories and the highest up rating. And while mine does not actual have any graphic violence, I still thought M would be a good rating. It's not the highest in the shop, so why is it not displayed? Not even when I specifically search for rating M? What am I doing wrong? And how are all those readers able to stumble about my story, when it is nowhere displayed? Just wondering. Maybe I'm overlooking something. If you want to look for yourself, the story is called "Caught".

I am happy for any help or explanation how to use the page further! (I also must have done something wrong when uploading my file, in the description it said that you were able to review and edit it before it gets posted, but I never actually saw the text. It went straight to posting and I did edit it afterwards)

As for the review - I answer this by clicking the Reply URL link in the notification e-mail, right?

Edit: Okay it's there now in the main list when I change the "Ratings K-T" to "Ratings: All" but still nothing comes up when I sarch for the characteres. Even though I search for "Ratings: All" it says "Note: M r ated entries are not displayed by default" Doesn't that actually contradict the other search? Does that mean the site is broken? Should I save myself a lot of hassle and just change the rating?

Edit2: celeste9 found the problem: Even though I had tagged Oliver when I first uploaded the story, he must have vanished later, so that's why the story did not come up when I searched for Malcolm AND Oliver. Problem solved!

Title: Caught
Author: dieastra
Beta: Many thanks to tardisjournal
Rating: T
Characters: Oliver Queen, Malcolm Merlyn
Word Count: 1,786
Spoilers: these pictures from the final episode
Notes: Yesterday evening the pictures I linked to above hit the internet, and instead of going to sleep like I should have my imagination went wild what this scene might be about. This is my take on it and I look forward to see how much I predicted right. Also I’d love this to be a challenge – do you have any ideas of your own?

Summary: My take on the final confrontation between Malcolm Merlyn and Oliver Queen. Secrets and hidden identities are revealed but actually it is all pure speculation based on some spoilerous promotion pictures.

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Oliver had a short moment of disorientation when he came to. He struggled a bit until he realized that his hands were chained way above his head. He felt better once he had gotten his feet back under him and took a firm stance. He seemed unhurt. So far.

Recent events came back to him with a bang. He had gone after Mr. Merlyn this time. When he finally had realized who was responsible for everything, he had went into his office with his usual speech of failing the city. Mr. Merlyn had been alone, just casually sitting at his desk, smiling up at him and he had seemed like easy prey. Only when it was too late Oliver realized that it all had been a trap.

For a guy just sitting at desks all day long Mr. Merlyn had put up a surprising fight, and because Oliver had been distracted by it, he had ended up unconscious. Now he had no idea where he had been brought.

He had put too much confidence into the list. He had gotten careless. All leads had pointed into this direction for a while now, but he had been too blind to see. Once he had learned that Malcolm Merlyn was behind the so called “Undertaking”, everything clicked into place. Of course the man who created the list would not put his own name on it. Stupid, Oliver, stupid, stupid, stupid. He wished he had been chained to a wall, then he would bang his head against it. Hard.

( And the worst thing was, he was in this alone. )

Also published on Fanfiction.net: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9259681/1/

Also published at Archive of our own: http://archiveofourown.org/works/784678

Fun meme going around right now! Thank you elrhiarhodan
Let's see, most of my stories are "Stargate" stories. I haven't yet translated the two "Doctor Who" stories. The very last one is a "Torchwood" story I wrote last Christmas.
So first line is whatever comes before the first stop? I'm afraid I have a few very short ones, then ;) Not all are uploaded at my LJ yet but if you get curious, drop me a note and I'll do it.


( So here is my list of first lines: )

A while ago I read this wonderful fanfiction by eagleoftheninth where she retold the whole season 1 of "Torchwood" in a way that made totally sense, and she managed to work in a lot of small details. Go read it here: Music and Monsters by eagleoftheninth

So I could not resist making an action figure story out of it, with her permission of course. The lines between the pictures are exact quotes from the story. There is even a video among the pictures this time - I am upgrading! This is only part 1/2 so there will be more for the last chapter of the story. Enjoy!

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And then the MC shouted “Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Torchwood!” The curtain rose. The crowd screamed - For us!. Gwen marvelled, dizzy with it for a second-as Jack raised his arms in appreciation, basking in the applause. Jack and his ego. Then Owen began to lay down a rhythm, Tosh followed him with a sweet electricky keyboard chiming, and Gwen let a grin split her face as she and her guitar chimed in with the lick that began Everything Changes.

( rest of pictures under the cut )




Masterlist of all Torchwood stories: http://dieastra.livejournal.com/23552.html

Masterlist of all Doctor Who stories: http://dieastra.livejournal.com/23912.html

Tweeted at 10th February, 2013 https://twitter.com/dieastra/status/300677950632783872