A perfect 10

Feb 06, 2011 08:47

We might have travelled in time and are back to post number 2 or this is going to be the most porny post yet. No one knows. Or no one knew. Anyway:

Here are your guidelines, as usual.

1) All fills for prompts of the earlier prompt posts go in the post the prompt was posted in. No re-posting or splitting up prompts and fills.
2) Self-prompt ( Read more... )

prompting: 10

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Self-prompt: parallel realities anonymous February 27 2011, 06:07:28 UTC
Self-prompt: In parallel realities, three Yvettes try to stay sane and solve a mystery.

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FILL: In Another Life (1a/?) anonymous February 27 2011, 06:09:05 UTC
In Another Life

Yvette woke up in her office. Groaning indistinctly under her breath, she hauled herself up off her couch and, half-asleep, staggered across the room to the closet to grab her spare change of clothes. She couldn’t quite remember why she’d stayed in the office last night - everything was a little bit fuzzy - but it probably had something to do with Home Office Questions today. Still, it was surprising that Ed hadn’t talked her into going home; they had a pact to try to keep each other sane, or Ed would stay at the office every night ( ... )

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FILL: In Another Life (1b/?) anonymous February 27 2011, 06:10:04 UTC
Yvette woke up in her bed. Her bed, however, seemed to have been invaded by a man. She prodded it gingerly, and it rolled over ( ... )

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Re: FILL: In Another Life (1b/?) anonymous February 27 2011, 09:47:38 UTC
Intriguing idea, would love to read more and see how it develops. I like how you've written Yvette because she does seem the type of person who, once the shock had worn off, would just stay calm and deal with it and the inclusion of wizard!Bercow makes me very happy.

Small question: is the last section meant to be one in which she never came back to the UK after working for Bill Clinton in Arkansas?

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Re: FILL: In Another Life (1b/?) anonymous February 27 2011, 09:58:39 UTC
I'm glad you like it so far! It's probably still a bit confusing at this point, but hopefully all will become clear with time. :D

Small question: is the last section meant to be one in which she never came back to the UK after working for Bill Clinton in Arkansas?

No, although that would definitely be interesting!

The basic idea here (which should become clear soon) is not that Yvette is waking up in different parallel realities each time, but that there are three Yvettes waking up simultaneously in each other's realities. So the last Yvette is actually waking up in the canon reality (as evidenced by snoring!Balls and little Maddy).

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Re: FILL: In Another Life (1b/?) anonymous February 27 2011, 23:18:40 UTC
Ah, I see. Sorry, the use of 'mommy' and pancakes for breakfast threw me off there.

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Re: FILL: In Another Life (1b/?) anonymous February 27 2011, 23:26:59 UTC
Gah. I'm American, and much as I try, I always seem to take a misstep or two. Figures that they'd be in the same sentence. Mommy/mummy was just careless - I do know that one. What would you suggest instead of pancakes? Something that's British but wouldn't be served every day.

Thanks again for the comment!

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Re: FILL: In Another Life (1b/?) anonymous February 27 2011, 23:35:07 UTC
Not the anon you were responding to, but for something British and not served every day, you can go for any variant on the cooked/ English breakfast. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_breakfast#Full_English_breakfast

Great fic, by the way!

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Re: FILL: In Another Life (1b/?) anonymous February 27 2011, 23:38:21 UTC
So if I switched her to saying "I want bacon!", would that work? (Somehow I don't see a six-year-old saying, "I want a cooked breakfast!", haha.)

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Re: FILL: In Another Life (1b/?) anonymous February 27 2011, 23:53:30 UTC
The original anon you were replying to, not the other anon...

...we really need hashtags or something

But yes, that would work.

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Re: FILL: In Another Life (1b/?) anonymous February 27 2011, 23:51:50 UTC
Gah! You beat me to the post!

Here, have a bacon ship: http://static.funnyjunk.com/pictures/d5be69a0_08cc_13bc.jpg

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Re: FILL: In Another Life (1b/?) anonymous February 27 2011, 23:48:06 UTC
BACON

*cough*

Sorry, got a bit overexcited there. Kind of want some now but it's nearly midnight... ...screw it. Uhm, yeah, most people eat cereal/porridge/toast for breakfast, so a bit of a fry-up would be a treat. Can't speak for people from other parts of the UK, but around here pancakes are only really eaten on shrove tuesday.

'Gotten' is another one, we tend to use 'got' instead, although imported TV is changing that.

Anyway! Enough brit-nitpicking; just read the extra bits below. Slightly perturbed by inclusion of Chris Bryant as a wizard, as I was going to write a comment about him being one in the rp today but decided against it (totally giving away who I am now). I loved the list, it seems like a very Yvette thing to do.

Is Mandelson the evil wizard? Is he trying to get David Miliband into power, or is it the BONE?

Good luck with the writing. :)

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Re: FILL: In Another Life (1b/?) anonymous February 27 2011, 23:53:06 UTC
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most people eat cereal/porridge/toast for breakfast

Speak for yourself, :P I had raspberry jelly this morning. With bacon. AND IT WAS GOOD.

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Re: FILL: In Another Life (1b/?) anonymous February 27 2011, 23:56:19 UTC
I kind of didn't want to go into the role of eccentricity in British breakfast foods. We can discuss our propensity to deviate from the norm at another time. Baby steps, dude, baby steps. We're not even going to start on what you can do with marmite.

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Re: FILL: In Another Life (1b/?) anonymous February 28 2011, 00:00:43 UTC
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the role of eccentricity in British breakfast foods

I do remember a British student I taught last year telling me that she only ever ate Weetabix for breakfast. :D So I see what you mean.

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Re: FILL: In Another Life (1b/?) anonymous February 28 2011, 00:03:39 UTC
ARGH! Haven't had Weetabix for AGES. You have to get the milk to 'bix ratio right though; a thin layer of crunchiness on top and all soggy with milk beneath = OMNOMNOM.

Will possibly go out and buy some once I've finished my 5kg bag of oats.

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