Up On The Roof

Title: Up On The Roof
Author: Almighty Hat
Fandom: Monster High (webisodes, doll diaries, and TV specials set to 'frappe')
Characters: Deuce Gorgon, Rochelle Goyle, Roux; mentions of Medusa, Cleo De Nile: exceedingly brief mentions of Frankie Stein, Perseus the rat, Smokey
Word Count: 2,448 (excluding author's note and diary entry)
Rating: G
Pairing(s): Background Cleo/Deuce, potential pre-Deuce/Rochelle
Warnings: Exceedingly G-rated false pretenses; gratuitous French
Author's Notes: Yes, I am aware Rochelle using Roux to get Deuce up to the roof with her was problematic. I'm disappointed in her, but I'm rolling with it as a thing that happened. The text of the relevant diary entry and more extensive author's notes follow the vignette.
Summary: The events of Rochelle's diary entry from October 19th... from Deuce's point of view. When a gargoyle griffin steals his ball and gives it to the one person he can safely look at, Deuce figures there's no harm in hanging out for a little while.

( Roux, qu'est-ce que tu as là? Où avez-vous eu ça? )

This is tagged 'gen' because it's all from Deuce's point of view, and Deuce is a little oblivious when girls aren't devastatingly obvious about their crushes on him.

Save the World (to Conquer it Later)

Title: Save the World (to Conquer it Later)
Author: Almighty Hat
Fandom: Transformers Beast Wars
Characters: Starscream, Blackarachnia, Silverbolt, Dinobot (though effectively 80% of the cast either has lines or is mentioned)
Word Count: 8,385
Rating: PG for canon-typical violence and occasional thought processes
Pairing(s): Technically Blackarachnia/Starscream, potential pre-Blackarachnia/Silverbolt
Warnings: Canon-typical violence, including explosions and the aftermath of a violent dismembering.

Author's Notes: So one day I asked myself, "What if Starscream never lost control of Waspinator at the end of Possession?" Assuming he could downplay his own treachery in Possession, a lot of Season 1 of Beast Wars wouldn't be that different-- but Season 2, now, Season 2 is ripe for the kinds of change that make AUs worth exploring. I've had this one sitting on my hard drive for years; I'm not altogether sure where to go with it from here (or if I should even try, I feel like I'm going to run it up a lamp post), but at least it has a solid ending. This is tagged 'het (technically)' because a) my headcanon for Transformers is that they have genders, but not sexes, and b) Blackarachnia and Starscream's relationship is about half friends-with-benefits and half convenient cover.

Summary: Original vignettes and codas, plus scenes from the Beast Wars Season 2 episodes The Coming of the Fuzors, Part 2, Tangled Web, Maximal, No More, Bad Spark, Code of Hero, and Transmutate that would've been very different with Starscream still in control of Waspinator's body.


( Coming of the Fuzors, Part 2 )

( Tangled Web )

( Maximal, No More )

( Bad Spark )

( Code of Hero )

( Transmutate )