Round 20 is over!

[lolmac]

This was a really great round!  We had an entire parade of ninja animals to keep us on our toes and inspire crackiness.  We had new faces in addition to the usual round of suspects.  We celebrated sidlj's birthday!  And we wrote, revised, edited, posted, and did research.  And "Research", of course.

We even have crack to show for it!
The Rare Avis Affair, by idlewild_ (Man From UNCLE)
The Ark in Time and Space, by dbskyler (Doctor Who)
Punchline, by lolmac (MacGyver)

Be sure to watch the comm for the poll for next month's 'Rush weekend.
And please take a moment to thank your Mod Squad, especially isdon_isgood9, who did an extra shift, chibifukurou, who went on stand-by for extra modding and also found us lovely ninja art, lullabymoon, idlewild_, dbskyler, pitry, and lothithil! And I'm lolmac, for those who don't know me yet or are afraid I've been replaced with a ninja double.

To answer JTurtle's question about the fic gallery:  good question, and one I've been thinking about a lot.
There is a very, very out of date gallery for this comm, of fic written (or partly written) during various rounds of the 'Rush.  It was originally maintained by the comm's founder, studyofrunning, but she hasn't been able to keep it going in recent months.  In addition, this comm has grown a great deal in the last year, and I don't think the single 'fic gallery' post is a good format for handling the massive amount of fic that has been written here!

Accordingly, I'm thinking of setting up another sister comm as a fic gallery.  I'd welcome thoughts and feedback.

I'd also be interested to know where people archive their fic.  I'm about to create a poll to ask that; please stand by.

Comments

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

That was a really fun round! Thanks everyone!

Have a small offering of hastily written crack!fic:
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"Where did all these ninja animals come from?" exclaimed Rory. "I thought nothing could enter the TARDIS?" He eyed the ninja sea urchin warily as it moved its spines in a threatening manner. Nearby, the ninja newt waved a tiny nunchuk as the ninja narwhal swam in ever-tightening circles.

"Oh, it's nothing to worry about," said the Doctor airily as he swatted away a ninja Xerces blue. "It's just a temporary fluctuation in the xanthic xylophone field generator. As soon as we take off we'll be fine . . . ah."

"Ah? What does 'ah' mean?" asked Amy. She was using one hand to distract the ninja penguins with ninja alien fish, while the other hand kept pushing the ninja dodo back every time it waddled too close.

"Well, it seems that we can't leave until 48 hours have elapsed. Until then, the ninja animals will just keep on coming approximately every hour, give or take a letter or two."

"Can't you do something with the TARDIS to make it seem like it's been 48 hours?" asked Amy desperately. In the distance, a ninja elephant trumpeted warningly, causing the ninja flamingos to scatter and the flying, winged ninja pigs to swoop alarmingly close.

"Of course!" shouted the Doctor over the noise, expertly dodging the pigs as he pontificated. "If I edit the spatiotemporal timestamp, it will seem as if we've been here for 48 hours even though it's only been one hour." The Doctor ran around the console, flicking switches with abandon. Boisterous abandon. Crazy, boisterous abandon. Dizzy, crazy, boisterous abandon. Effervescent, dizzy, crazy, boisterous abandon. Frenzied, effervescent . . . *runs out of words due to carodee taking them all*

In the end, the TARDIS took off, and all the ninja animals disappeared. Except for one ninja capybara, which Amy kept as a pet and fed confetti.

[lolmac]

Nooo! Don't swat the Xerces blue! They're extinct! Well, they are now.

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

Don't worry, the Doctor can just go back in time and pick up some more. : )

[http://users.livejournal.com/idlewild_/]

That's adorable!

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :D

[sid]

The spatiotemporal timestamp! Of course! :-D

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

Too obvious? ; )

[laurie-ky.livejournal.com]

::nods:

I remember that episode.

Laurie

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

Was it the episode where the aliens invaded and the Doctor saved the Earth?

(And LOL.)

[laurie-ky.livejournal.com]

Well, obviously, yes.


Laurie

[lolmac]

I do hope it's not poisoned confetti . . .

And I finally got my own bit of crack done and posted. *g*

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

Not to worry about the confetti, as I'm keeping thisbluespirit well away from it. : )

And yay, well done on your crack!fic!

[thisbluespirit]

LOL I'd totally forgotten about the poisoned confetti thing. I can't even remember where that came from now!)

Your crackfic was cute and chaotic. :-)

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

I think you'd been watching some show where the confetti was poisoned?

Glad you enjoyed the crack!fic. I think I wrote it in ten minutes, which is a bit of a record for me.

[thisbluespirit]

I do know there *was* a reason, but I cannot now recall. Oh, yes, yes - it was Victoria Wood As Seen On TV!

It was fun - and nice to see some more fic from you; it's been a while! More, please. :-)

[carodee.livejournal.com]

LOL! I would have given them all back if I knew you needed them for this charming crack. It's like Doctor's Ark, isn't it?

OMG. The threatening sea urchin spines and the tiny nunchuks. <3 <3 <3

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

Thank you! *g*

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

LOL Very hard...

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

:D