brennanspeaks

Welcome to my journal! Here's my lovely collection of fic, spanning four fandoms (and counting). I write mostly gen fics, with a few pairings thrown in here and there--mostly on request. All stories are gen and rated no higher than T unless otherwise noted. Hope you enjoy!

( The Pretender )



( Lord of the Rings )



( Battlestar Galactica )



( The Wire )

I've decided to make a post for all my icon-making endeavors.  Feel free to take and use (with credit) if you want, but this is mostly for my own reference.  Most of these were made for icontests; a few were made just for fun or for my own use.

( Just for fun )


( Icontest entries )


( Exodus Icons )


( Hall of Fame )

Memes are fun.

Pick a paragraph (or any passage less than 500 words) from any fanfic I've written, and comment to this post with that selection. I will then give you a DVD commentary on that snippet: what I was thinking when I wrote it, why I wrote it in the first place, what's going on in the character's heads, why I chose certain words, what this moment means in the context of the rest of the fic, lots of awful puns, and anything else that you'd expect to find on a DVD commentary track.

This was my submission for the femgenficathon. It has not been betaed and was finished in a frenzied, caffeinated rush, so please forgive any errors.

Title: Do No Harm
Rating: T for medical gore
Characters: Layne Ishay, Doc Cottle, Felix Gaeta (briefly)
Word Count: 3,300
Summary: The story of a mutiny, a medic, and the three patients who stayed with her.

( Sickbay was a blur )

My newest adventures in fandom. I posted this on fandom-specific comms, but I wanted to post a copy on my home journal as well.

Title: Between Heaven and Here
Fandom: The Wire
Rating: T for language. Lots of language.
Word Count: 1800
Characters: Bodie, Wallace
Summary: Set after season 4. Board games and the afterlife.

( Smart-ass pawns )

Here's the last batch of icons for the episodic100challenge. My deadline is tomorrow, so I squeaked in just under the wire.

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Hmm . . . I think I'm enjoying sepia a little too much.

Here's the last batch of "theme" icons. Half way there!

38: Bright	39: Dull	4: Joy	36: Instead of . . .
42: Dream	44: Questions	10: Laugh	41: Deadly
43: Sad Smile	49: Compassion	5: Anger	9: Tears of Pearls
48: Uh Oh!	18: Life	12: Senses	21: Lost
24: Elemental	25: Nothing	37: Wish	50: Love

More icons from "Exodus." Thirty down, seventy to go by September 9th. o_O

7: Sin	45: Answers	23: River Runs Deep	15: Lost in Thought
35: Flight	34: Fight	47: Told You So	13: All Is Not Lost
	1: Mad World	6: Loss

Title: So This Is Freedom
Rating: PG-13 for language and violence
Word Count: 1,500
Characters: Zarek, Meier
A/N: This little fic is proof that if I set my mind to it, I can write a story in two hours. I wrote this for the frak_that challenge. It has not been betaed, so be kind. This takes place just after the events of "Bastille Day." Feedback is much appreciated.

( It was all over )

Title: Beyond the Line
Rating: T
Word Count: 4,300
Chapter Title: Confrontation
Summary: Felix battles his demons, and his commanding officer faces a sobering reality.
Author's Note: As many of you have guessed, this chapter will contain much angsty angst, including scenes that may be disturbing. I almost increased the rating solely for psychological torture. Buyer beware. All credit for the things I did right goes to lls_mutant, safenthecity, and falafel_musings, without whom this chap would be utterly incomprehensible.

( Don't move a muscle )

Here's the second installment of episodic100icons.

26: Red	27: Orange	28: Yellow	29: Green
30: Blue	32: Rainbow	33: Boxes	22: Black and Blue
	2: Blood	14: It's Been a While

Here's part three. Thanks to everyone who's been following this story.

Title: Beyond the Line
Rating: T
Word Count: 5,000
Chapter Title: Resolved
Summary: Desperation drives Bill to make decisions he may regret.
Author's Note: safenthecity, lls_mutant and falafel_musings, Thank you for all your help.

( What do we have, Lieutenant? )

Title: Worship
Author: brennanspeaks
Summary: After the mutiny, Louis says goodbye.
Pairing: Gaeta/Hoshi
Rating: M
Warnings: Angsty, slashy, tearjerker sex.
Remixed From: A Goodbye I Didn’t Know I Needed by puszysty (for the bsg_pornbattle)
Beta: All my thanks to safenthecity for pulling off a beta read-through on ridiculously short notice.
Author's Note: Yes, I wrote porn. Cue gasps.

( Louis hadn't gone to the spare quarters looking for sex )

Title: The Gift of Hermes
Author: brennanspeaks
Summary: Romo Lampkin knows what it means to be a surrogate son.
Characters: Romo Lampkin, Felix Gaeta, Tom Zarek, Bill Adama, Lee Adama
Rating: G
Remixed from: A picture's worth a thousand words by puszysty
Author's Notes: Thanks for the quick beta, lls_mutant

( It's certainly not because I like you, Mr. Gaeta, let's be clear about that. )

So, I joined the episodic100comm. The challenge: to make 100 icons in two months using screencaps from only one episode. I chose "Exodus I and II." Here's my first offering:

40: Wash Away	46: Prayer	16: Selfish	8: Shades of Grey
3: Sorrow	11: Evil	31: Purple	17: Selfless
	19: Cute	20: Home

Here's part two of this ensemble AU.

Title: Beyond the Line
Summary: Felix's arrest triggers retaliation by his supporters, throwing Galactica command into disarray. AU after aDFmS
Rating: T for violence, disturbing themes
Author's Note: Adama fans may be pleased with this chapter, Gaeta fans perhaps less so. Since this is an ensemble piece, the prominence of the characters vary by the chapter. Reviews make my day, so please tell me, even if you hated it.
Betas: safenthecity, falafel_musings, and lls_mutant, I could not have done it without you.
Word Count: 3,600
Chapter Title: Escalation

( We may have lucked out )

So, I'm breaking my own rule and posting the first chapter of this fic before the conclusion is completely written. Partly I'm bowing to rap541's demand for more plotty Gaeta gen fic. Partly, I'm looking to feed my poor deprived muses some reviews to keep them going. Mostly, this is a promise to myself that I will have the last chapters *finished* in short order. I started this back in March, and so far only my three lovely betas have seen it.

Title: Beyond the Line
Summary: After Felix Gaeta is arrested on the eve of the planned mutiny, the crew of Galactica learns that some things are far beyond the control of any one man.
Rating: T for disturbing images/themes later on.
Author's Notes: This piece goes AU after "A Disquiet Follows My Soul" and features an ensemble, though Gaeta and Adama are the focus. Pairings are strictly canon. Reviews are wonderful. Concrit shows you care.
Betas: The inestimable falafel_musings, lls_mutant, and safenthecity
Word Count: 3,500
Chapter Title: Arrested

( It was better this way )

Remember that job interview I was freaking out about? I had the interview Sunday, finally heard back today. The tech set up a three week internship for me, after which I get to sit down with her and the vets and talk about arranging a paying gig. So, I have three weeks to impress them with how quickly I pick things up and *maybe* I'll have a chance at making money this summer. Basically, I have to convince them that after three weeks of training I can keep up with technicians who've been on the job for two or more years. And, we're back to the GULP portion of the program.

Still, three weeks of working is much much better than three weeks of sitting at home watching CSI reruns. I just hope I don't embarrass myself too badly.

I don't consider it a job I don't get paid for; I prefer to think of it as a class *I* don't have to pay for;-)

I report to work on Sunday, so wish me luck!

Here's a meme tagged from lls_mutant. Anything to distract me.

1. Reply to this post (putting up your hand), and I will pick six of your icons.
2. Make a post (including the meme info) and talk about the icons I chose.
3. Other people can then comment to you and make their own posts.
4. This will create a never-ending cycle of icon glee.

( she asked about . . . )

So, I entered a few more icontests at bsg_stillness, bsg_icontest, and bstg_icontest while I was procrastinating over finals. Results are in and I did much better than I expected. Check out the shiny.

Challenge 60 at bsg_stillness was open ended--make icons based on your favorite episode. I chose "Exodus" and ended up with:









Unfortunately, the voters were less than impressed, so I went home with nothing but happy memories from this one. It was fun, though. If episodic100 ever approves my application, I'll go back and do a hundred more icons from that ep.

bsg_icontest was on Challenge 44: Unfinished Business. I entered these icons:






The first one won the "Frakking Cool" award--more commonly known as Mod's choice.

This was my first time entering in bstg_icontest. This community actually runs three challenges per cycle, and this week was cycle 96. I entered in Challenge 2 "Embodiment" where the prompt was to make icons without including faces and Challenge 3 which was based on the Gaetasodes.

Here's Challenge 2:




Suicidal Tyrol won Third Place and Glowy-Spine Athena took Mod's Choice. Poor Kat didn't win anything.

I only entered one icon in Challenge 3




Sweet Eight won Mod's Choice. So, a very good week overall.

I almost forgot; my May entry for the gaeta_squee icontest was



He looks a little like Dr. Manhattan on a bad hair day, doesn't he? That'll teach me to play with colorization filters!