Tag: meme response

@jabberwockypie asked for “Methos & MCU Loki, Magical Accidents + Awful First Meeting”.

For this meme.

Ok, so this one is going to be more outline, because this one wants to be an entire AU.

So, Methos is a couple hundred years post dropping Kronos down a well and walking away from being Death on a horse when he meets this very young and somewhat confused sorcerer (ok, so he assumes sorcerer rather than alien or deity, ‘cause hey, he’s not that far away from having been all but a god himself, and still is working on not thinking of himself as one, so he’s just going “there are no gods”, because it works for him).

And he really doesn’t think he’s in any fit state to teach anyone anything, but this barely-more-than-a-kid (still a kid, honestly, Loki’s a teenager who’s experimenting with magic, and poking at things, and accidentally poked at a way to get between one world and another without using the Bifrost. He’s still trying to figure out how he did that) really needs someone to look out for him, at least. Because oh is he clueless. And a bit arrogant as sorcerers so often are, but Methos can live with that. (He’s lived with worse, and recently. This is nothing.)

… Things go downhill from there. Because nothing can go wrong with a confused and cranky teenager who’s experimenting with magic and an ex-terrorist with an ego the size of Europe, right?

Methos and Loki will never admit to what happened that first month or so they knew each other. There may or may not have been witnesses, accidental shape-shifting, and an incident with a horse. (The myths have to come from somewhere, and after all this time, who knows how the story distorted?)

And that covers the tropes themselves.

Fast forward to post-Highlander canon, and oh, about the time Thor’s hammer lands in New Mexico.

Methos is hiding from MacLeod, the Watchers, and probably his bar tab with Joe, and he’s meandering his way toward Mexico because tropical sounds like a plan. He hears about this weird hammer out in the desert when he stops at a bar, and decides to go take a look, because curiosity has always been a weakness of his (or a strength, depending on how you look at it, but this time, he decides it was definitely a weakness).

He might not recognize Mjolnir on sight, but he does recognize the decorations on it, and is contemplating bolting, because he Does Not Get Involved these days… except Coulson shows up, and Methos has the misfortune of being recognized because of a short disaster of a lifetime that was the one just after Adam Pierson, and is supposed to have been dead for the last several years.

Methos is not best pleased to be stuck in New Mexico, and even less so when after they catch Thor trying to get his hammer back, Loki shows up. Granted, he’s there to make sure that Thor never tries to come back to Asgard, but that doesn’t mean he lacks a few minutes to spare to drop in on an old friend.

This shapes up to be several more awful first meetings. (Thor, Sif, the Warrior’s Three, Jane and Darcy, Clint Barton. Methos is not entirely sure this is better than having to deal with Watchers, MacLeod, and Joe refusing to give him more beer until he pays up – which wouldn’t be a problem if the old Watcher would just take his money, instead of insisting he pay his bar tab with true stories.)

Shit happens, Thor goes home, and Methos hopes that maybe things will settle down. Except, no, he doesn’t get to go hide somewhere tropical and warm and lovely and spend a lazy decade on a beach somewhere. No, he gets dragged off by Coulson to meet some director or another, and oh, look, someone else from early on in that disaster of a lifetime, does someone have it out for him? (Why, yes, yes the author does have every intention of making your life entertaining, Methos, why do you ask?)

Which is how Methos gets unwillingly recruited to SHIELD, and ends up being on the helicarrier when Loki is brought in during Avengers.

This goes about as well as you think it does. Put one ex-terrorist with 5000+ years of experience in how to fuck with humans, and one alien sorcerer with PTSD who is about to make a spectacular game of getting himself safely away from his abuser on the same flying vehicle, and launch a brain-washed assassin and a team of mercenaries at it.

Yeah.

Methos has a newly-Immortal Coulson on his hands, a desire to go after Loki and ask him what the fuck, and also Thor has noticed he’s here. This is fine. Great. Excellent. He’s glad he arranged for the other three Horsemen to end up short their heads, so at least that can’t go wrong.

He’s still not going to get that lazy decade on a tropical beach any time soon.

…. And that’s where my brain goes “need more input before weaving Methos into the whole of the franchise”.

@lynati asked for: Beorn, Lindir, aaand…oh hell…Dis?

For this meme.

Fake Date: Lindir, because honestly, not my type.

Slow Burn: Beorn. He’s got brain weasels, and I’ve got brain weasels, and aro/ace anyway, so. Time. Lots of time needed for that to work at all.

Enemies-to-lovers: Which leaves Dis, and honestly, while I’m not sure what would put us on opposite sides of something, I can see it working.

And, because I can:

Fake date: Beorn and Dis – with, likely, aid from her sons, and lots of private laughter at the looks on some people’s faces.

Slow Burn: Beorn and Lindir – why not?

Enemies-to-Lovers: Dis & Lindir – it’s going to take a while, and there are going to be people who are not happy about them getting past “politely advesarial”.

WIP guessing game – “yellow”, “forgot”, “grin”

For this meme.

Yellow (Untitled; Blade of the Force; Star Wars/15th Century CE RPF)

A young woman in a brilliantly orange and yellow gown is waiting outside the cargo hold when they have finished seeing to their horses and armor, and Obi-Wan is absent. Perhaps seeing to what accomodations might be made for them in this ship.

Forgot – is apparently not in anything, except as “forgotten” (Death’s Spider and Hawk; AU NOS; Highlander/MCU)

Methos closes his eyes, sucking in a breath. Kronos hasn’t forgotten how to manipulate him, though Methos wants to tell himself that it’s not working.

Grin (Untitled; No Shield For My Soul; Lord of the Rings/Hobbit)

“I can tell you the black banner with the red mountains is the banner of the Western Gate.” Kíli grins when Glorfindel looks back at him with raised eyebrows.

For the 6 Characters meme, for Harry Potter and specifically OaLC (since there are different interpretations and some of these people don’t really appear in canon except by repuation): Nizar, Severus, Hrodwunn, Godric, Helga, and Salazar

*makes a vaguely rude gesture in your general direction* Fuck.

For this meme.

Push off a cliff: …. Fuck that.
Kiss: Godric, just ‘cause.
Marry: Hrodwunn, with the acknowledgement that if either of us ever is interested in bedding someone, there would be discussion/seeking of permission beforehand
Set on Fire: Why do I have to set any of them on fire? I don’t want to set any of them on fire.
Wrap a Blanket around: Nizar and Salazar and Severus. Because they all need it.
Be Roommates with: Helga, ‘cause she is awesome and terrifying and wonderful.

@deadcatwithaflamethrower, ‘cause it’s your AU. 😁💜💜💜

Character meme, with all HL minor characters: Rebecca Horne, Cory Raines, Grace Chandel, Gregor Powers, Katherine Sutherland, Danny Cimoli

Thank you! 😀 This was a fun set to work out.

For this meme.

Push off a cliff: Cory Raines (dude, I love you, but please, for the love of fuck, at a very large distance)
Kiss: Katherine Sutherland (mostly because I don’t think marrying her would work out well for either of us)
Marry: Rebecca Horne (she deserved so much better than she got)
Set on Fire: Danny Cimoli (I don’t remember a lot of the minor characters, but he irritated me So. Much.)
Wrap a Blanket around: Grace Chandel (I wanted to do that all through the episode)
Be Roommates with: Gregor Powers (eh. Mostly because I have no serious feelings about him one way or another, and so long as he cleans up after himself and doesn’t pester me about being sociable, I’m cool with it)

Burn Notice for the 6 characters thing! Except, well, there are only five mains, so I guess you get to double up on one of them? Michael, Fiona, Sam, Jesse, Madeline? Or add the Charger in as a character? ;D

Oh, it’s been a while. *hums*

For this meme.

Push off a cliff: Jesse, even if Michael would probably be unhappy. It can be a small cliff.
Kiss: Michael
Marry: Fiona, because I’m a little less likely to throw something heavy at her head than at Michael’s
Set on Fire: That Asshat Who Orchestrated Michael’s Burn Notice (whose name I have forgotten, and is not actually in the list)
Wrap a Blanket around: Madeline, ‘cause she’s been through a lot of shit
Be Roommates with: Sam, just he’s got to pay the fucking rent, and he can keep any extracurricular activities at the house/apartment/boat of his current girlfriend.

for the 6 characters: Dukat, Keiko O’Brien, Julian Bashir, Odo, Weyoun, Kira Nerys

For this meme.

Push off a cliff: Weyoun
Kiss: Keiko O’Brien (on the cheek)
Marry: Odo (because aro-ace, and it would give both of us a way to make anyone who asks shut up about relationships without having to worry about romance or sex)
Set on Fire: Dukat
Wrap a Blanket around: Kira Nerys (because she deserves the comfort of someone just willing to offer warmth and a shoulder to lean on)
Be Roommates with: Julian Bashir (just please give me good sound proofing for bedrooms, I do not want to know when he’s entertaining over night)

for the word meme thingy: Red

That was surprisingly difficult to find. (So many things that ended in red, but not a lot of red as a word.)

From an alternate version of Admit Me, Chorus To This History, where the battle of Agincourt goes a little differently.

“He was supposed to come home safe, mama said.” Her voice is hoarse, lending its own truth to Gloucester’s report of her weeping, as do the red rims of her eyes. “Why didn’t he come home safe?”