Ancient Citadel

I have a bare-bones signup in for amperslashexchange, which I will try to add to over the next few days! Fandom selections are unsurprising.

Completely unrelated to that or Whumptober, I posted something new for Babylon 5 over on AO3 just now: Balance in Duty, a slightly canon-divergent missing scene for 5x06 "Strange Relations," in which I lean into the episode's completely averted presumed-dead potential.

I have something written for day 5, but I'm struggling a bit with edits, so I figured I'd skip ahead to this one for today.

No. 6: “No grave can hold my body down.”
Caught in a Net | Medical Restraints | Pinned to the Wall

Biggles books, Team Air Police, gen, 400 wds
Also on Tumblr

( 400 wds under the cut )

This particular prompt was just too Murderbot not to write.

No. 4: “Don’t be scared, I’ve done this before.”
Non-Human Whumper | Iron Rod | Loss of Powers

Murderbot & Gurathin h/c, gen, 1500 wds (TV-verse or books, set after Fugitive Telemetry, probably)
Also posted on AO3 as Educational

( 1500 wds under the cut )

As per a conversation elsewhere, I think I'm finally going to try to get my circa 2022-2025 Biggles ficlets collected on Ao3, the same way I did with my Agent Carter promptfic and some others.

However, the AC promptfic was relatively easy because I was mostly writing them for Tumblr prompts.

The Biggles ones are just absolute chaos. Some are collections of fills for specific events (Whumpcember, Whumptober); some are commentfic written in response to other people's fic or stray comments; some are slightly more coherent fills for prompts on Tumblr or elsewhere.

For reference, here's how I did it in other fandoms, all in one document sorted by fandom.

With the caveat that I am definitely doing it at least SOMEWHAT like this (that is, as a chaptered fic with short prompt fills collected together, not 200 separate individual fics), do you have any opinions on how I go about doing this? (More complicated answers in comments welcome, of course.)

The time is upon us! (i.e. it's October somewhere) I am definitely not going to make it the entire month - not the least reason being, I'm traveling for a couple of weeks mid-month - but I will definitely have at least a week or two of fills, spread across all my current fandoms. I'm using the prompts for general inspiration more than anything else, so sometimes you get h/c or whump/angst, and sometimes you just get the characters hanging out in some situation or other.

Prompt list on Tumblr

Or read the full list of prompts

under the details tag here.

Whumptober 2025 Prompt List

No. 1: “Please don’t cry”
Lamb to Slaughter | Ceremony | Beg for Forgiveness

No. 2: “You’ve got a lot of nerve to dredge up all my fears.”
Prophecy | Sewer | Taking Accountability

No. 3: “I look in people’s windows, transfixed by rose golden glows.”
Isolation | Candlelight | Found Family

No. 4: “Don’t be scared, I’ve done this before.”
Non-Human Whumper | Iron Rod | Loss of Powers

No. 5: “My panic’s at the ceiling, but I’m face down on the carpet.”
Quivering | Dream Journal | Phobia

No. 6: “No grave can hold my body down.”
Caught in a Net | Medical Restraints | Pinned to the Wall

No. 7: “Tell me that you’re okay, and I’m fine.”
Trapped with the Enemy | Elevator | Pushed Beyond Breaking Point

No. 8: “Oh horror, oh horror, what did you see?”
Self-Inflicted Injury | Held at Gunpoint | Dissociation

No. 9: “We’ll make it alright to come undone.”
Touch | Flashbacks | Scalding

No. 10: “There’s nothing you can ever say, nothing you can ever do.”
Without Consent | Secrets | Lips Sewn Shut

No. 11: “Can you get through all the pain inside you?”
Hidden Injury | Laceration | Forced Reveal

No. 12: “It’ll be for nothing.”
Cardiac Arrest | Sacred Place | Withholding Medical Treatment

No. 13: “How dull is it to pause, to make an end, to rust unburnished.”
Never Enough | Insignia | Forced Retirement

No. 14: “In the end, it’s worthwhile.”
Ignoring an Illness | Body Bag | Wounded Caretaker

No. 15: “You can take a break, if you just tell me that it hurts.”
Failed Rescue Attempt | Body Part in the Mail | Live-Streamed Torture

No. 16: “I’ve had the rug pulled beneath my feet.”
Repressed Trauma | Permanent Marker | Disorientation

No. 17: “Tell me there’s a hope for me.”
Internal Bleeding | Coma | Redemption

No. 18: “As the world caves in.”
Dystopia | Ruins | Environmental Whump

No. 19: “You’re on your own, lost in the wild.”
Dehumanisation | Living Weapon | On Patrol

No. 20: "That's New."
Symptomatic | Fancy Event | Resignation

No. 21: “Sold my soul, broke my bones.”
Kneeling | Makeshift Splint | Brainwashed

No. 22: “All the battles I want to win, nothing matters but giving in.”
Self-Sacrifice | Collar | Hunted for Sport

No. 23: “How’d I get to this place?”
Intubation | ICU | Choking

No. 24: “I must confess that I feel like a monster.”
Came Back Wrong | Painful Transformation | Amnesia

No. 25: “Have you earned your stripes?”
Lost Faith | Collision Course | Left to Die

No. 26: “Nothing like a relapse to rehash the kid who was scared.”
Relapse | Drawn Curtains | Power Cut

No. 27: “Would you even want me, looking like a zombie?”
Surgical Scars | X-Ray | Bedside Vigil

No. 28: “I could always see straight through you.”
Backstabbing | Constellation | Creative Restraints

No. 29: “I hope you see the sun someday in the darkness.”
Fainting | Broken Dishes | Last one Standing

No. 30: “I’m putting my trust in an entire half-empty glass.”
Burn it Down | Mirror | Confrontation

No. 31: “Even with the smallest cuts. You can still lose so much blood.”
Bleeding Out | Gunshot Wound | Rescued by the Enemy

Alternatives List:
"A smile so bright, he’s the devil in disguise.”
“I hear you’re alive, how disappointing.”
“If all my days are numbered, why do I keep counting?”
Concussion
Viral
Suicide
Immortality
Jealousy
Organ Theft
Ziptie
Deal with the Devil
Yearning
Innocent Bystander
Unreality
Soulless
“Hold my hand.”
“Oh. Oh.”
“I hate this job.”

( 2025 fills under the cut )

We watched Silo (AppleTV) seasons 1-2 over the past week or so. General reactions:

Click here

Draggy and depressing first season, really fun and engaging second season with an infuriating letdown of a season ending. (Even sudden surprise Jessica Henwick could not salvage that hot mess. Which apparently is the books' fault, but still.) I enjoyed most of the season two character arcs enough that I'm pretty happy to consider it a satisfying 2-season show. Maybe I'll write up more details later?

Feel free to ask me questions in the comments. I have not read the books it's based on, though I get the impression the show follows the book trajectory pretty closely.

Exchanges:
- Currently have a placeholder signup in for festivids. I need to finish my signup (closes on Oct. 3).
- Almost certainly signing up for amperslashexchange, currently in nominations.
- I haven't signed up, but extremely tempted by Back from the Dead Flash Exchange, currently in nominations/signups (til Oct 3).
- Biggles holiday exchange is definitely running again! Planning post and polls here at the comm.

I don't have plans to do Yuletide this year, unless the FOMO gets to me too much.