B5 fic: The Face of My Enemy
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sholioThe Face of My Enemy (3618 words) by Sholio
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Babylon 5 (TV 1993)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Na'Toth (Babylon 5), G'Kar (Babylon 5), Londo Mollari
Additional Tags: Episode Tag, Episode: s5e10 A Tragedy of Telepaths, Friendship, Uneasy Allies
Summary: Post-ep for 5x10 A Tragedy of Telepaths. Missing scenes from the flight from Centauri Prime, or, Na'Toth gets offworld.
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Babylon 5 (TV 1993)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Na'Toth (Babylon 5), G'Kar (Babylon 5), Londo Mollari
Additional Tags: Episode Tag, Episode: s5e10 A Tragedy of Telepaths, Friendship, Uneasy Allies
Summary: Post-ep for 5x10 A Tragedy of Telepaths. Missing scenes from the flight from Centauri Prime, or, Na'Toth gets offworld.
Worldbuilding Ex Pinch Hits Due 22 April
Apr. 17th, 2025 06:14 pmwbv2mod posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
yuletideThanks very much if you can help! worldbuilding_exchange is a gift exchange for exploring worldbuilding topics. We have two post-deadline pinch hits for which we are seeking creators. These are due 11pm EDT on Tuesday 22 April and you can see our exchange rules here.
PH #5 - fic - Psychonauts (Video Games), Higurashi no Naku Koro ni | Higurashi When They Cry, Umineko no Naku Koro ni | When the Seagulls Cry, Mortal Kombat (Video Games 1992-2020)
PH #18 - fic for all requests, meta* for some requests - Bionicle (Generation 1) x3, Minecraft: Story Mode (Video Game, Tron - All Media Types x2, Pluto (Manga), Pirates of the Caribbean (Movies) x2
*In this exchange, "in-universe meta" is a text fanwork written in the style of a document that might be written or produced within the fictional universe.
Please see details at this post to claim!
worldbuilding_exchange is a gift exchange for exploring worldbuilding topics. We have two post-deadline pinch hits for which we are seeking creators. These are due 11pm EDT on Tuesday 22 April and you can see our exchange rules here.PH #5 - fic - Psychonauts (Video Games), Higurashi no Naku Koro ni | Higurashi When They Cry, Umineko no Naku Koro ni | When the Seagulls Cry, Mortal Kombat (Video Games 1992-2020)
PH #18 - fic for all requests, meta* for some requests - Bionicle (Generation 1) x3, Minecraft: Story Mode (Video Game, Tron - All Media Types x2, Pluto (Manga), Pirates of the Caribbean (Movies) x2
*In this exchange, "in-universe meta" is a text fanwork written in the style of a document that might be written or produced within the fictional universe.
Please see details at this post to claim!
I Just Got a Kitten. What Do I Do?, by Mordecai Siegal
Apr. 16th, 2025 08:07 amrunpunkrunI Just Got a Kitten. What Do I Do?: How to Buy, Train, Understand, and Enjoy Your Kitten, by Mordecai Siegal:
Why do all these books with titles like What The Heck Do I Do With This Kitten??? insist on starting with a lengthy explanation of what cats are, how they work, and where to find them? I already have a kitten or I wouldn't have picked up this book which seemed to understand that I Just Got A Kitten.
It's a good resource if you're going to get a kitten and want advice on how to pick one and what to do once you've brought the guy home, but if you already have a kitten in hand, the last two chapters are the most relevant.
Fun Fact: The kitten on the cover of this book looks almost exactly like my kitten, though this kitten is fuzzier, and mine started out that small but has since tripled in size.
Why do all these books with titles like What The Heck Do I Do With This Kitten??? insist on starting with a lengthy explanation of what cats are, how they work, and where to find them? I already have a kitten or I wouldn't have picked up this book which seemed to understand that I Just Got A Kitten.
It's a good resource if you're going to get a kitten and want advice on how to pick one and what to do once you've brought the guy home, but if you already have a kitten in hand, the last two chapters are the most relevant.
Fun Fact: The kitten on the cover of this book looks almost exactly like my kitten, though this kitten is fuzzier, and mine started out that small but has since tripled in size.
Dear Casefic Exchange Creator
Apr. 15th, 2025 01:07 pmsholio(This letter is for caseficexchange - signups are open until April 27 in case anyone else is tempted to join. *tempts*)
Hello! I love casefic and I am excited about what you are going to make for me!
I love treats and have gifts enabled.
( General likes and do-not-wants )
Fandoms
( Biggles books - W.E. Johns )
( Babylon 5 )
caseficexchange - signups are open until April 27 in case anyone else is tempted to join. *tempts*)Hello! I love casefic and I am excited about what you are going to make for me!
I love treats and have gifts enabled.
( General likes and do-not-wants )
Fandoms
( Biggles books - W.E. Johns )
( Babylon 5 )
Babylon 5 5x03-04
Apr. 14th, 2025 02:22 pmsholioWe've slowed down a bit (busy season at husband's work), but this is a good time for it, since we're running out of show and this makes it last longer! To be fair, we've watched two entire seasons and change since the end of March.
The season four opening with the rotating voiceovers was my favorite of the various openers (well, that and the season 1 opening, because I have nice nostalgia vibes about the part of the show I originally saw - it was the dawn of the third age of mankind! Last best hope for peace! etc.). But I also like this season's, with the clips/voice clips from earlier seasons by year, in part because it's such an interesting mix of clips, especially early on. (Bester gets to be on there at last! And Londo collapsing on the table in season one.)
( Babylon 5 episodes 5x03 and 5x04 )
The season four opening with the rotating voiceovers was my favorite of the various openers (well, that and the season 1 opening, because I have nice nostalgia vibes about the part of the show I originally saw - it was the dawn of the third age of mankind! Last best hope for peace! etc.). But I also like this season's, with the clips/voice clips from earlier seasons by year, in part because it's such an interesting mix of clips, especially early on. (Bester gets to be on there at last! And Londo collapsing on the table in season one.)
( Babylon 5 episodes 5x03 and 5x04 )
someone's got a crush
Apr. 14th, 2025 09:22 amdirty_dianagip!
Do people still make gratuitous icon posts? Anyway I watched Rivals which is on Hulu/D+, it is an adaptation of one of Jilly Cooper's Rutshire Chronicles books, which I was into for a bit way back when. In fact in retrospect, possibly you can blame all my age gap shipping problems on this very ridiculous novel. The show keeps the setting in the 80s (it probably wouldn't make much sense out of it, tv broadcasting main plot and all) which is visually and aurally very fun. David Tennant plays the antagonist. One of the large numbers of characters fleshing out the cast is played by Luke Pasqualino, because they needed an ambiguously ethnic person who could ride horses and he is obviously the perfect, I mean only, choice, every British show should hire him to be flirty on a horse so fandom can write readerfic about it.
Danny Dyer is in it, Brits, if you would like to mock me, I have only heard of this guy because his daughter was on Love Island. All the Islanders were like, omg, your dad is Danny Dyer?!? Me: *furiously googling*. Anyway I was led to believe he only plays tough guys but he is a full sweetheart in this. Aiden Turner is in it, every time I see this guy he has different facial hair and is therefore unrecognisable.
Taggie O'Hara is played by Bella Maclean who I have never seen before, but she is very pretty and I am having very on brand feelings about her, Alex Hassell as Rupert Campbell-Black is appropriately charming and cocky and good at the Taggie heart eyes.
Did I mention Taggie is disabled? Gang, this silly soapy show may have been made in a lab for me.
The zoomers watching the show are all, wait, is it appropriate to ship this? Adorable. Look kids, this story was written in the 1980s, we don't know what else to tell you. The show aged Taggie up a tad actually. But did not make RCB less of a jackass, which is as it should be.
They only adapted half the book, so there'll be a second season? And judging by Easter eggs, a non-zero chance we get a few parts of Book 3.
(Content notes: the 80s, basically. Inappropriate comments about many things - not condoned by the narrative. A sexual assault that should get a warning in the show's own content notes when that episode arrives. Also just generally, rated M, do not watch with anyone you wouldn't want to look at dongs with.)
Anyway you should watch the show and talk to me about it and then watch the vids to very silly 80s songs I am making, I finally have an excuse to only vid retro pop lol. Also I'm realising I never read the whole novel series and now there's 14 of them apparently, I should definitely not go back and do that hmm.
*
I have therefore gone back to tumblr to look at gifs and I'm kind of mad about it.
*
Also obsessed with this season of The Wheel of Time, all my faves are perfect. ðŸ˜
*
I could add more random thoughts but I guess that would make the post less gratuitous. 😂
Do people still make gratuitous icon posts? Anyway I watched Rivals which is on Hulu/D+, it is an adaptation of one of Jilly Cooper's Rutshire Chronicles books, which I was into for a bit way back when. In fact in retrospect, possibly you can blame all my age gap shipping problems on this very ridiculous novel. The show keeps the setting in the 80s (it probably wouldn't make much sense out of it, tv broadcasting main plot and all) which is visually and aurally very fun. David Tennant plays the antagonist. One of the large numbers of characters fleshing out the cast is played by Luke Pasqualino, because they needed an ambiguously ethnic person who could ride horses and he is obviously the perfect, I mean only, choice, every British show should hire him to be flirty on a horse so fandom can write readerfic about it.
Danny Dyer is in it, Brits, if you would like to mock me, I have only heard of this guy because his daughter was on Love Island. All the Islanders were like, omg, your dad is Danny Dyer?!? Me: *furiously googling*. Anyway I was led to believe he only plays tough guys but he is a full sweetheart in this. Aiden Turner is in it, every time I see this guy he has different facial hair and is therefore unrecognisable.
Taggie O'Hara is played by Bella Maclean who I have never seen before, but she is very pretty and I am having very on brand feelings about her, Alex Hassell as Rupert Campbell-Black is appropriately charming and cocky and good at the Taggie heart eyes.
Did I mention Taggie is disabled? Gang, this silly soapy show may have been made in a lab for me.
The zoomers watching the show are all, wait, is it appropriate to ship this? Adorable. Look kids, this story was written in the 1980s, we don't know what else to tell you. The show aged Taggie up a tad actually. But did not make RCB less of a jackass, which is as it should be.
They only adapted half the book, so there'll be a second season? And judging by Easter eggs, a non-zero chance we get a few parts of Book 3.
(Content notes: the 80s, basically. Inappropriate comments about many things - not condoned by the narrative. A sexual assault that should get a warning in the show's own content notes when that episode arrives. Also just generally, rated M, do not watch with anyone you wouldn't want to look at dongs with.)
Anyway you should watch the show and talk to me about it and then watch the vids to very silly 80s songs I am making, I finally have an excuse to only vid retro pop lol. Also I'm realising I never read the whole novel series and now there's 14 of them apparently, I should definitely not go back and do that hmm.
*
I have therefore gone back to tumblr to look at gifs and I'm kind of mad about it.
*
Also obsessed with this season of The Wheel of Time, all my faves are perfect. ðŸ˜
*
I could add more random thoughts but I guess that would make the post less gratuitous. 😂
Four Medlab Visits (a Babylon 5 fic)
Apr. 13th, 2025 08:22 amsholioWell, it has happened, with its usual inevitability - I watched 5x02 on Friday night, and 6K of fic fell into my head over the weekend. *sighs deeply, adds a new fanfic tag*
Four Medlab Visits (and one visitor who waited until after) (6048 words) by Sholio
Chapters: 5/5
Fandom: Babylon 5 (TV 1993)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Delenn & Londo Mollari, Vir Cotto & Londo Mollari, Michael Garibaldi & Londo Mollari, G'Kar & Londo Mollari
Characters: Londo Mollari, Vir Cotto, Stephen Franklin, Delenn (Babylon 5), G'Kar (Babylon 5), Michael Garibaldi, John Sheridan, Elizabeth Lochley
Additional Tags: Episode: s05e02 The Very Long Night of Londo Mollari, Missing Scene, Friendship, Bonding
Summary: Tag/missing scenes for "The Very Long Night of Londo Mollari." What it says on the tin.
Or read it here!
( Four Medlab Visits (and one visitor who waited until after) )
Four Medlab Visits (and one visitor who waited until after) (6048 words) by Sholio
Chapters: 5/5
Fandom: Babylon 5 (TV 1993)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Delenn & Londo Mollari, Vir Cotto & Londo Mollari, Michael Garibaldi & Londo Mollari, G'Kar & Londo Mollari
Characters: Londo Mollari, Vir Cotto, Stephen Franklin, Delenn (Babylon 5), G'Kar (Babylon 5), Michael Garibaldi, John Sheridan, Elizabeth Lochley
Additional Tags: Episode: s05e02 The Very Long Night of Londo Mollari, Missing Scene, Friendship, Bonding
Summary: Tag/missing scenes for "The Very Long Night of Londo Mollari." What it says on the tin.
Or read it here!
( Four Medlab Visits (and one visitor who waited until after) )
Just Create - Goblet Edition
Apr. 12th, 2025 09:53 pmsilvercat17 posting in justcreateWhat are you working on? What have you finished? What do you need encouragement on?
Are there any cool events or challenges happening that you want to hype?
What do you just want to talk about?
What have you been watching or reading?
Chores and other not-fun things count!
Remember to encourage other commenters and we have a discord where we can do work-alongs and chat, linked in the sticky
Are there any cool events or challenges happening that you want to hype?
What do you just want to talk about?
What have you been watching or reading?
Chores and other not-fun things count!
Remember to encourage other commenters and we have a discord where we can do work-alongs and chat, linked in the sticky
A couple more things about B5 5x02
Apr. 12th, 2025 11:49 amsholioWill I ever stop talking about this episode? Unclear!
This was the first one that actually made me require fic on AO3 (there's a tag for the episode, so relatively easy to find missing scenes and whatnot without spoiling myself for everything else).
( A couple of small recs )
( Another stray thought )
This was the first one that actually made me require fic on AO3 (there's a tag for the episode, so relatively easy to find missing scenes and whatnot without spoiling myself for everything else).
( A couple of small recs )
( Another stray thought )
Babylon 5 - 5x02
Apr. 12th, 2025 01:51 amsholioI'm sure everyone will be shocked, SHOCKED that "The Very Long Night of Londo Mollari" gets its own extremely screencap-laden post.
( Babylon 5 5x02 (with screencaps) )
( Babylon 5 5x02 (with screencaps) )
Babylon 5 4x22-5x01
Apr. 12th, 2025 12:02 amsholioOnwards into season five! (I've also seen 5x02 but that one is getting its whole own entire post.)
( 'The Deconstruction of Falling Stars' and 'No Compromises' (with some screencaps) )
( 'The Deconstruction of Falling Stars' and 'No Compromises' (with some screencaps) )
