Fandom: Monstrous Regiment (a Discworld Group)
Characters: All of Them. A Veritable Cast of Thousands. :-)
Prompt: All of Them.
Word Count: 100 - 2907 (See "Info" for individual fics).
Rating: K - MA (See "Info" for individual fics).
Summary: While a number of these fics include (and are explicitely about) other characters in MR, all of the stories follow an arc that traces Mal's life from when she was a child (under 50), right up until she dies (permanently, I mean).
As such, I can summarize the entire 100-fic project as "Mal's life-story, with interludes". They have been numbered for your convenience, so that you can read them in the correct order. :-)
(Yes, there are some discrepancies... I didn't work out how vampires age until I'd already written a couple of fics making reference to how old Mal is... For the sake of clarity: While some fics suggest otherwise (oops), Mal actually joined the army at the age of about 122. She would have looked about twenty (by human reconning) at that point. (50 years = about '15' in Vampire life-span... After that, they appear to age one 'human year' for every ten years that they live... They have a natural life-span of about 1,000 years).
Notes and/or warnings: As you will quickly discover, in my ficverse, Mal is gay-gay-gay, and always has been. As such, there is femslash a-go-go all through this stuff. Polly features prominantly. (I state for the record: Yay for believable slash!)
There is humour. There is fluff. There is explicite sex. There is romance. There is True Love. There is all the blessed joy of our existence. There is also post-traumatic stress, attempted suicide, successful suicide (sort of), rape, murder, terror, incest, and all the pain and terror of our existence. (Don't worry, the "Info" sections for each fic will warn you about the nastier stuff... and the fluffier stuff).
I hope I have presented them well. :-)
Read on, if you dare. :-)
Characters: All of Them. A Veritable Cast of Thousands. :-)
Prompt: All of Them.
Word Count: 100 - 2907 (See "Info" for individual fics).
Rating: K - MA (See "Info" for individual fics).
Summary: While a number of these fics include (and are explicitely about) other characters in MR, all of the stories follow an arc that traces Mal's life from when she was a child (under 50), right up until she dies (permanently, I mean).
As such, I can summarize the entire 100-fic project as "Mal's life-story, with interludes". They have been numbered for your convenience, so that you can read them in the correct order. :-)
(Yes, there are some discrepancies... I didn't work out how vampires age until I'd already written a couple of fics making reference to how old Mal is... For the sake of clarity: While some fics suggest otherwise (oops), Mal actually joined the army at the age of about 122. She would have looked about twenty (by human reconning) at that point. (50 years = about '15' in Vampire life-span... After that, they appear to age one 'human year' for every ten years that they live... They have a natural life-span of about 1,000 years).
Notes and/or warnings: As you will quickly discover, in my ficverse, Mal is gay-gay-gay, and always has been. As such, there is femslash a-go-go all through this stuff. Polly features prominantly. (I state for the record: Yay for believable slash!)
There is humour. There is fluff. There is explicite sex. There is romance. There is True Love. There is all the blessed joy of our existence. There is also post-traumatic stress, attempted suicide, successful suicide (sort of), rape, murder, terror, incest, and all the pain and terror of our existence. (Don't worry, the "Info" sections for each fic will warn you about the nastier stuff... and the fluffier stuff).
I hope I have presented them well. :-)
Read on, if you dare. :-)
001. | Title: Dish Characters: Polly, Shufti, Word Count: 391 Rating: K Notes: Gossip & Cleaning #26. Beginnings. |
002. | Title: Oops Characters: Mal, Polly, technically Clogston & Rosemary, OC Word Count: 636 Rating: MA Notes: Never Interupt a Captain. Contains sex. #84 Middles. |
003. | Title: The End of All Things Characters: Mal, DEATH, OCs. Word Count: 634 Rating: M Notes: Contains character death. #99 Ends. |
004. | Title: Scar Tissue Characters: Polly Word Count: 403 Rating: T Notes: There are different kinds of scars. #93 Insides. |
005. | Title: Isn't She Strange Characters: Mal, OCs Word Count: 350 Rating: T Notes: The Begining of Mal's Story #1 Outsides. |
006. | Title: The Vigil Characters: Polly, Mal, Rosemary, OCs Word Count: 2010 Rating: T Notes: Polly Almost Dies (this happens a lot). #66 Hours. |
007. | Title: Cold Bat Characters: Mal, OCs Word Count: 1077 Rating: MA Notes: Slightly Heavy. Contains Withdrawl Symtoms. #15 Days. |
008. | Title: Chosen Man Characters: Jackrum, OC Word Count: 100 Rating: K+ (For language, if nothing else) Notes: Jackrum decides to Follow William. #2 Weeks. |
009. | Title: Out of Reach Characters: Polly, Mal. Word Count: 259 Rating: T (for Longing) Notes: Why Polly doesn't want Winter to end. #43 Months. |
010. | Title: Sharing Characters: Mal. Word Count: 258 Rating: K+ Notes: Mal Reflects on the life she and Polly share. #96 Years. |
011. | Title: Red as Blood Characters: Polly, Mal, references to OCs. Word Count: 535 Rating: T (for implied violence) Notes: Polly gets a look into Mal's memories. #83 Red. |
012. | Title: A Fire Inside Characters: Word Count: 100 Rating: T Notes: Lofty thinks about Tonker. #12 Orange. |
013. | Title: Soldier/Girl Characters: Mal, Polly Word Count: 157 Rating: K+ Notes: Polly dresses like a Girl. #79 Yellow. |
014. | Title: Strange Fire Characters: Mal Word Count: 505 Rating: M (for attempted suicide) Notes: Mal touches the hublights. #8 Green. |
015. | Title: So Deep I Could Drown in Them Characters: Polly, Mal. Word Count: 270 Rating: T (for kissing and implied sex). Notes: Polly gets a chance to really look at Mal's eyes. #52 Blue. |
016. | Title: Brandy Pillows Characters: Anagovia, mention of Froc. Word Count: 100 Rating: T (for thinking about a younger... man) Notes: Inspired by Hyel's certainty that Captain Froc and the Duchess had a thing going on. #5 Purple. |
017. | Title: Coffee Coloured Eyes Characters: Mal, Polly. Word Count: 725 Rating: T (for fear of going over the edge) Notes: I gave Polly brown eyes, because I didn't want her to be too stereotypically 'blond heroine'. And then I realized just what shade of brown they were. #23 Brown. |
018. | Title: Black Coffee, Not Black Velvet Characters: Mal, Polly. Word Count: 390 Rating: T Notes: There are worse things than the Beast that lurk within a reformed vampire. #47 Black. |
019. | Title: Beautiful Characters: Polly, Mal, (Mary, OCs) Word Count: 1190 Rating: K+ Notes: Polly starts noticing Mal. Just a little bit. #33 White. |
020. | Title: Drifting Characters: Mal Word Count: 498 Rating: T (for going crazy) Notes: A fic to answer the question of why Mal can re-materialize with all her clothes still on. Among other things. #7 Colourless. |
021. | Title: Just Friends Characters: Mal, Polly, OCs Word Count: 530 Rating: K+ Notes: Mal realizes that Polly is distracting her. #32 Friends. |
022. | Title: "The Devil Shall Be My Sergeant Characters: Mal, Polly, OCs Word Count: 382 Rating: M (for serious injury) Notes: My first MR fic. :-) #60 Enemies. |
023. | My Beloved is Mine, and I am Hers Characters: Polly, Mal Word Count: 896 Rating: M (for explicite sexual content) Notes: Contains exerpts from the Song of Songs. #50 Lovers. |
024. | Title: Family Characters: Mal, Polly, Shufti, Paul, Young Jack, OCs. Word Count: 707 Rating: K+ Notes: Mal is learning what it's like to have a family that isn't crazy. #78 Family. |
025. | Title: Working Girls Characters: Tonker, OC. Word Count: 1785 Rating: T- (for swearing, and implied violence). Notes: The Saga of Lofty and Tonker Continuef! Featuring seedy bars, mysterious strangers, ladies of negotiable affection, and the alure of freedom. #72 Strangers. |
026. | Title: Midnight Visitors Characters: Polly, Mal, Lofty, Tonker, OCs. Word Count: 1486 Rating: K+ Notes: Some Notorious Criminals Pay a Visit to Mal and Polly. #97 Teammates. |
027. | Title: Blood Relatives Characters: Mal, Polly, OCs Word Count: 1157 Rating: T Notes: Mal has a Visitor... #94 Parents. |
028. | Title: Little Girls Characters: Tonker, Lofty, OCs Word Count: 478 Rating: M Notes: Lofty and Tonker have a family now. #62 Children. |
029. | Title: Stolen Characters: Lofty, Tonker. Word Count: 100 Rating: T (for sorrow) Notes: Lofty had a daughter once. Do you remember? #13 Birth. |
030. | Title: A First Time for Everything Characters: Mal, Polly, Death, OCs. Word Count: 1123 Rating: M Notes: Mal and Polly get a little bit closer. Warning: Contains Character Death. #44 Death. |
031. | Title: Mental Chasms Characters: Mal, Polly. Word Count: 414 Rating: T Notes: Funny where a conversation can take you, isn't it... #40 Sunrise. |
032. | Title: A Subtle Change Characters: Mal, mention of Polly Word Count: 214 Rating: K+ Notes: Sunset has a different connotation when you're a vampire. Inspired, to some degree, by A. E. Housman's poem "XXXVII". #46 Sunset. |
033. | Title: Anything for You Characters: Polly, Mal. Word Count: 601 Rating: T Notes: The things we do for love. #76 Too Much. |
034. | Title: Ravishing Characters: Mal, Polly, OCs. Word Count: 1105 Rating: M Notes: Contains sex. Well... sort of... It's all in her head, really... #29 Not Enough. |
035. | Title: The Special Room Characters: Wazzer, Father Jupe, the Duchess, OCs. Word Count: 367 Rating: M Notes: Contains physical and sexual violence. #17 Sixth Sense. |
036. | Title: Apricots Characters: Polly, Mal. Word Count: 1379 Rating: M Notes: Explicite sexual content. #65 Smell. |
037. | Title: Night Terrors Characters: Polly, Mal. Word Count: 328 Rating: T (for nightmares) Notes: What it's like living with someone who, effectively, has post-traumatic-stress syndrom... #87 Sound. |
038. | Title: Not Playing Characters: Polly, Mal, OCs. Word Count: 2907 Rating: T (for kissing and wanting more than that). Notes: Finally... #49 Touch. |
039. | Title: What Dreams May Come Characters: Mal, Polly. Word Count: 667 Rating: T (For blood, nakedness, and kissing). Notes: Mal has disturbing dreams... #45 Taste. |
040. | Title: The Watcher Characters: Mal, Polly, Igor, Jackrum, Mr. Eyebrow, etc. Word Count: 355 Rating: K+ Notes:The first of seven or so fics that look at MR from Mal's point of view. #18 Sight. |
041. | Title: Batman Characters: Mal, Polly, OCs. Word Count: 892 Rating: T (for kisses and slightly more than kisses). Notes: Always remember to turn the light out. You never know who might be watching... #63 Shapes. |
042. | Title: Nocturne Characters: Mal, Polly, OCs. Word Count: 1157 Rating: T Notes: There's a new face at the General's Salon, and she wants to take Mal out for a bite. #95 Triangle. |
043. | Title: I Was a Teenaged Vampire Characters: Mal, OCs. Word Count: 1089 Rating: T Notes: Mal meets someone very special. #4 Square. |
044. | Title: I Miss You Characters: Mal, Polly. Word Count: 100 Rating: T Notes: Healing happens at many levels. #69 Circle. |
045. | Title: What the Moon Sees Characters: Polly, Mal. Word Count: 893 Rating: T+ (for non-con blood and desire). Notes: Sometimes dreams are as contagious as halucinations. #75 Moon. |
046. | Title: Fourteen Miles Characters: Froc, Jackrum. Word Count: 597 Rating: T Notes: Because I couldn't help thinking that Froc had a bit of a soft-spot for Jackrum. #3 Star. |
047. | Title: Heart Beat Characters: Polly, Mal. Word Count: 533 Rating: T+ (for implied sex) Notes: Why do vampires live so long? #54 Heart. |
048. | Title: Banditry has its Privileges Characters: Tonker, OCs. Word Count: 739 Rating: M (for cold-blooded killing). Notes: Svetcha watches and learns. #73 Diamond. |
049. | Title: Waking Up Characters Word Count: 454 Rating: K+ Notes: Thank the Gods for Klatchian Rare Roasted. More of MR from Mal's Point of View. #24 Club. |
050. | Title: After the Burial Characters: Mal, OCs. Word Count: 100 Rating: T Notes: Contains character death. #98 Spade. |
051. | Title: Something You Should See Characters:Mal, Polly. Word Count: 543 Rating: M (for sexual content) Notes: Mal has a surprise for Polly. #88 Water. |
052. | Title: Memories Characters: Polly, Mal. Word Count: 683 Rating: K+ Notes: Polly is lost in thought. #38 Fire. |
053. | Title: Battle Scars Characters: Private Ishth (OC) Word Count: 206 Rating: K+ Notes: This is a piece done from the point of view of one of the Kvetch (See: Night Watch, I think, for a brief reference to them as being a major population group in Borogravia). Follow the promt-link, below, for more information) #48 Earth. |
054. | Title: Summer Breeze Characters: Polly, Mal. Word Count: 100 Rating: K+ Notes: Polly takes Mal down to the swimming hole. #58 Air. |
055. | Title: Let This Be Real Characters: Mal, Polly. Word Count: 351 Rating: K+ Notes: They say that when you reach the end, you go back to the beginning again. #100 Spirit. |
056. | Title: Curious Characters: Mal, Polly. Word Count: 297 Rating: K+ Notes: Polly tries coffee for the first time. Miraculously non-slashy. Whoa. #31 Breakfast. |
057. | Title: Distracted Characters: Polly, Mal, OC Word Count: 530 Rating: K+ Notes: Aw. They have a crush on each other... (Somewhat fluffy) #36 Lunch. |
058. | Title: An Unexpected Guest Characters: Mal, Paul, Shufti, OCs. Word Count: 1203 Rating: K+ Notes: It's Mal and Paul's first Hogswatch away from the Duchess. #68 Dinner. |
059. | Title: Hungry Eyes Characters: Polly, Mal. Word Count: 481 Rating: T+ (for implied sex) Notes: Polly watches Mal and contemplates her lovliness. #55 Food. |
060. | Title: White as Snow Characters: Mal, Polly, OC Word Count: 1760 Rating: M (for grevious injuries and near-death situations) Notes: Because when you've got a vampire in a romantic situation... This is bound (by the laws of narative causality) to happen some time. #82 Drink. |
061. | Title: Winter Characters: Polly, Mal. Word Count: 189 Rating: T Notes: There are benefits to cold weather. #42 Winter. |
062. | Title: Let Love Reign Characters: Polly, Mal, OCs (sort of) Word Count: 571 Rating: M (for sexual content) Notes: Make love not war. :-) #71 Spring. |
063. | Title: All Things Considered Characters: Mal, Polly, Rosemary, OCs. Word Count: 339 Rating: K+ Notes: Polly watches Mal training the recruits. #56 Summer. |
064. | Title: Autumn Characters: Lofty, Tonker. Word Count: 100 Rating: K+ Notes: Lofty's favourite time of year. #41 Fall. |
065. | Title: Stockings are a Girl's Best Friend Characters: Female soldiers of Borogravia (in chorus!) Word Count: 200 Rating: T Notes: A filk based on "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend" (Duch), Moulin Rouge version. #19 Passing. |
066. | Title: Slightly Damp Characters: Mal, Polly, OCs Word Count: 731 Rating: K+ Notes: Vampires don't get wet in the rain... Why is that? #35 Rain. |
067. | Title: A Little Help? Characters: Mal, Polly, two of Shufti & Paul's kids. Word Count: 456 Rating: K Notes: Home for a visit to the Duchess. Uncle Mal is very popular with the kiddies. #81 Snow. |
068. | Title: The Lady is With Me Characters: Word Count: 1337 Rating: T (for stupid men who don't take no for an answer, and unexpected though-patterns) Notes: Polly discovers something she hadn't realized about herself... #34 Lightening. |
069. | Title: Make Me Your Own Characters: Polly, Mal, OCs Word Count: 2344 Rating: M (for unconsenting teeth, and minor sexual content) Notes: Mal and Polly run into one of Mal's old... 'friends'. #57 Thunder. |
070. | Title: Soaking Wet Characters: Mal, Polly Word Count: 475 Rating: T+ (for suggestive comments & implied sex) Notes: Romantic antics in an august rainstorm. Fluffy. :-) #80 Storm. |
071. | Title: Confessions Characters: Mal, Polly. Word Count: 585 Rating: T- (for out-pourings of anguish) Notes: Mal explains why she hates the whole 'underwire nightdress thing'. #28 Broken. |
072. | Title: Save Me Characters: Mal, Polly. Word Count: 856 Rating: T Notes: Mal and Polly have a stress-induced argument. #67 Fixed. |
073. | Title: Sunlight Characters: Polly, Mal. Word Count: 100 Rating: T Notes: Inspired by a well-known Finnish song called 'Goblin and Sunray'. #64 Light. |
074. | Title: Some Mother's Son Characters: Polly, Mal, OCs Word Count: 509 Rating: M (for scenes of battle) Notes: Polly's first real battle... and how she handles it. #37 Dark. |
075. | Title: More than a Kiss Characters: Polly, Mal. Word Count: 302 Rating: M (for sexual content) Notes: Polly may look good in a dress, but Mal looks damn fine in velvet. #74 Shade. |
076. | Title: Honesty Characters: Mal, Polly, (technically the rest of the Squad). Word Count: 298 Rating: K+ Notes: MR from Mal's PoV, #2. Mal learns Polly's name. #20 Who? |
077. | Title: Love Letters Characters: Polly, Mal. Word Count: 418 Rating: T Notes: Polly finds some of Mal's poetry in a desk drawer. #91 What? |
078. | Title: Where the Metal Meets the Meat Characters: Mal, Jade, Jackrum, and an OC cast of hundreds. Word Count: 1342 Rating: M (for scenes of battle) Notes: MR from Mal's PoV, #7. Taking the Kneck. #25 Where? |
079. | Title: When Their Guard is Down Characters: Mal, Polly. Word Count:m 192 Rating: K+ Notes: Inspired by the US cover of MR, which I find rather vile. #30 When? |
080. | Title: Because of Her Characters: OCs, mention of Polly. Word Count: 769 Rating: K+ Notes: A couple of new recruits discuss why they joined the army. #89 Why? |
081. | Title: How Long Have I Felt This Way? Characters: Polly, Mal. Word Count: 510 Rating: M (for fantasies) Notes: Polly contemplates her feelings for Mal. #39 How? |
082. | Title: The Way You Haunt My Dreams Characters: Mal, Polly, technically the Squad. Word Count: 283 Rating: T Notes: MR from Mal's PoV, #4. Mal worries about where her mind is going. #22 If. |
083. | Title: Consequences Characters: Mal, OCs. Word Count: 691 Rating: T (for violence) Notes: And: conjuction, 1. in addition to. 2. as a consequence. 3. then, afterwards. (Gilmour, Lorna (Ed). 2004. Essential Canadian English Dictionary and Thesaurus. Harper Collins: Glasgow, Scotland. P. 30) #6 And. |
084. | Title: My Only Brother Characters: Polly, Paul, Shufti, baby Jack. Word Count: 100 Rating: T (for budding romance) Notes: Polly watches her brotehr and her friend falling in love with each other. #27 He. |
085. | Title: Together Alone Characters: Mal, OCs Word Count: 389 Rating: M (for sex) Notes: Mal discovers that there are other girls like her... #9 She. |
086. | Title: Walking Out Characters: Polly, Paul, Mr. Perks, Mrs. Perks, OCs. Word Count: 1877 Rating: M (for attempted rape) Notes: Sort of a song-fic -- I made up some folk-song-esque verses to go with the story, but they aren't actually required. #11 Choices. |
087. | Title: Answers Characters: Polly, Mal. Word Count: 1817 Rating: M (for violence, terror, and implied rape). Notes: Polly finally finds out what happened in Mal's Past. #85 Life. |
088. | Title: Thank You, Lord deWincy Characters: Blouse, Emmeline. Word Count: 581 Rating: T (for very polite romance) Notes: Oh, fer cute. Young Blouse meets the love of his life. #14 School. |
089. | Title: You Fight like a Girl Characters: Polly, Mal, OCs. Word Count: 536 Rating: T (for implied murder of enemy soldiers) Notes: Polly and her Little Lads are ambushed by an enemy squad. #59 Work. |
090. | Title: Visitors Characters: Polly, Mal, Shufti, Paul, little Jack, OC (Shufti's baby daughter). Word Count: 1140 Rating: T- (for discussion of romance, and inuendo). Notes: Polly finally brings Mal home to 'meet the family'. #53 Home. |
091. | Title: Sweet Young Thing Characters: Mal, Polly. Word Count: 620 Rating: M (for sexual nudity) Notes: Polly turns fifty. #90 Birthday. |
092. | Title: Soldiers Don't Wear Rings Characters: Mal, Polly, OCs Word Count: 580 Rating: K+ (For Romance) Notes: Under the mistletoe, a marriage proposal of sorts. #77 Christmas. |
093. | Title: The Morning After Characters: Mal, Polly Word Count: 224 Rating: T+ (for making out, if not out-right sex) Notes: This is not a dream. #51 Thanksgiving. |
094. | Title: Briar Rose Characters: Mal. Word Count: 233 Rating: K+ Notes: Mal leaves home. Free, at last! #16 Independence. |
095. | Title: Lucky Characters: Mal, Polly. Word Count: 371 Rating: T Notes: Mal knows exactly how lucky she is. #70 New Year. |
096. | Title: Training Characters: Mal, Froc. Word Count: 920 Rating: T Notes: Sergeant von Borogvia explains her actions to General Froc. #61 Writer's Choice 1. |
097. | Title: How Sweet Characters: Mal, Polly. Word Count: 694 Rating: K+ (for kissing) Notes: Chocolatiers don't die. They just fade away... #86 Writer's Choice 2. |
098. | Title: Love and Loss Characters: Polly, Mal. Word Count: 100 Rating: T Notes: Mal thinks about Polly's mortality. #92 Writer's Choice 3. |
099. | Title: An Old Friend of the Family Characters: Mal, Otto, the Squad. Word Count: 334 Rating: K+ Notes: MR from Mal's PoV, #3. Mal and Otto have a discussion. #21 Writer's Choice 4. |
100. | Title: Fathers and Daughters Characters: Lofty, Tonker, OCs. Word Count: 218 Rating: M (for references to incest and murder) Notes: Tonker's story, as told from the point of view of Lofty. #10 Writer's Choice 5. |