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| etcetera-cat |
Author has written 68 stories for Valdemar universe, Crow, CSI, Due South, Good Omens, Torchwood, and Doctor Who. etcetera-cat writes things. Sometimes these things make sense, sometimes they have to be hit with a variety of large objects before they resemble coherent prose. The easiest way to find out just why etcetera-cat is procrastinating instead of posting is to visit her Dreamwidth, her LiveJournal, email her on etceterathecat@yahoo.com, or drop her a PM on this very site. etcetera-cat also archives on Archive of Our Own, her profile is here. etcetera-cat updates (and, in fact, writes, especially in Valdemar) primarily because Jaelle and Cat McDougall tell her to, and also because they do cruel and unusual things like show her pictures that make her crack-addled imagination sit up and stare, then bound off into the wilderness to get Teva stuck in a tree. Or something equally ridiculous. If asked to describe herself using only three words, etcetera-cat would have to pick 'addled', 'colourful' and 'erratic', although she'd like for 'indecisive' to also be shoehorned in there so she can change her mind in five minutes. In Which etcetera-cat Gets All Explain-y About Things Valdemaran: In my head (and on my website), I've always had a time line in place, along which my stories are placed, located, and sometimes just jammed in and hammered on until they fit. I'm subtle like that. At any rate, I figured that I should maybe get around to putting some kind of explanation of the time line up here. For the sake of keeping things brief, this is going to be a bit whistle-stop and not so much with the pretty: Guardian is the earliest story, and takes place just after the Founding. Then we jump ahead to-- Shadow Dreams and Key Signature, which are my two flirts with LHM canon. Bundled into this time period (hello, Karsite Wars, you are convenient for plot) are Courier Run, Furious Angel and the two Battle Lines stories (Cough and Routine). Now there's a sort of handwave-y stretch of time into which-- Carved and Nothing Immortal slot. Next up, we have the reign of King Arden and Queen Lessa, which means-- Grass is Greener and the assorted things that have spawned from it. To date, and in order: Etiquette, Eavesdropping, Herbology, Swamped, Field Trip, A Forest, the 'five things' story The Birds and the Bees (and Some of Their Friends), Ocular, The Life Aquatic and Out to Pasture. Sidling in here, in the reign of King Theran is Sense, and also sneaking around (decidedly out of Valdemar and in the Pelagirs) is (the currently abandoned) Can't Catch Me. Queen Selenay's reign (circa the Arrows and Winds trilogies) is where you'll find (in order) Dancing Winds, Twist, Feathers of Fire, (Heart)Stoned, Roulette, How Did it..? and Come to This?, Standing on the Edge of Nowhere, Time is Running Out and Ice Water. Queen Selenay's reign (circa and post the Storms and Owls trilogies) is the home of Dusty Trails, Natural Selection, Shifting to Silver, Flipside and White as Snow. And then, since the canon time line was indecent enough to stop, I punted into the future. By about one hundred years (as you do). This is where you can find Sound and Fury and Serendipity. Some thirty years after this, you have Why We Don't Try and Dye Our Companions Green and the A Day in the Life stories, in order: Sparkle, Jingle, Slide, A Question of Style and Fish Out of Water, which is set some fifteen years after the rest of the arc and is the direct lead in (and inspiration for) A Hyperbola of Reality. The eagle eyed amongst you may have noticed a certain similarity in names (and delightful personality traits) amongst all the century-post-canon stories and this is where I confirm that, yes, you're right: they are all the same characters. I couldn't resist playing with them some more. Also, yes; Dadero pops up pretty much everywhere. He's my personal fourth-Monarch's-Own-Companion-who's-never-named. For reasons primarily to do with me being dizzy (and not yet getting around to some serious editing), Veran--the Grass is Greener Groveborn--should actually be called Dadero. At some point, I'll amend that. Additionally (and slantways) to all this, I also spent time cavorting in the AU universes of Senashenta (I can't help myself; they're so pretty and interesting), which is where Echoes, Forever and No Tomorrow rightly belong. | |||||||
1. Ocular reviewsThe niche interests of Companions, and the situations they lead to. A Grass is Greener story.Valdemar universe - Rated: K - English - Humor/Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 972 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 1-28-12 - Complete2. A Hyperbola of Reality » reviewsThere's an evil mage doing what evil mages do best, and Valdemar's only hope is the newest Chosen; a man named Michael who doesn't speak any known tongue, and who's relationship with his Companion seems to consists mainly of mutual injury. Horse turds.Valdemar universe - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Adventure - Chapters: 24 - Words: 79,968 - Reviews: 184 - Updated: 5-25-11 - Published: 8-22-053. Out to Pasture reviewsGrowing old disgracefully. A Grass is Greener story.Valdemar universe - Rated: K - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 6,069 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 9-30-10 - Complete4. Lithification reviewsWhy Angels weep.Doctor Who - Rated: K+ - English - Sci-Fi/Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 881 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 6-1-10 - Complete5. The Life Aquatic reviewsIn which Teva disapproves of pirates in general, and their boats in particular. A Grass is Greener story.Valdemar universe - Rated: K+ - English - Humor/Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 6,035 - Reviews: 9 - Published: 5-14-10 - Complete6. The Birds and the Bees reviewsFive times Teva made some unexpected friends. A Grass is Greener story.Valdemar universe - Rated: K+ - English - Humor/Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 10,396 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 1-17-10 - Complete7. White as Snow reviewsSarifin disapproves of winter in general, and those bits of it she is currently wading through in particular.Valdemar universe - Rated: K - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,048 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 1-14-10 - Complete8. Why We Don't Try and Dye Our Companions Green reviewsOf all the things that Coda could have imagined happening once she found her Chosen, this was not one she'd have thought to put on the list.Valdemar universe - Rated: K - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,278 - Reviews: 22 - Published: 1-9-10 - Complete9. A Forest reviewsTeva wakes up with her head wedged in a tree. Then her day gets worse. A Grass is Greener story.Valdemar universe - Rated: K+ - English - Humor/Adventure - Chapters: 1 - Words: 11,418 - Reviews: 11 - Published: 12-12-09 - Complete10. Frost and Stone reviewsThere is a girl. She walks a lonely path and it carries her up a mountain. Spoilers for TSoD and LotTL.Doctor Who - Rated: K - English - Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 622 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 3-23-08 - Complete11. Stopwatch reviewsCaptain Jack Harkness, recorded in time.Torchwood - Rated: K - English - Sci-Fi - Chapters: 1 - Words: 682 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 3-18-08 - Complete12. Morning Has Broken reviewsAziraphale, Crawly and a rather interesting sunrise.Good Omens - Rated: K - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 745 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 3-18-08 - Complete13. Ten Feet Under reviewsSome pits are literal rather than metaphorical. Ray, with a little help from a certain half-wolf, appears to have found one. F/KDue South - Rated: T - English - Humor/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,572 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 3-18-08 - Complete14. Horizons expanding reviewsThe turtle's not the only thing getting its horizons expanded. F/KDue South - Rated: T - English - Romance/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,339 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 3-18-08 - Complete15. Aurora Borealis reviewsFraser and Ray and the great Northwest Areas. F/KDue South - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,659 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 3-18-08 - Complete16. In Which There Are Turtles reviewsRay's not sure which is worse: The belligerent turtle that's just concussed him, or that fact that he's now seeing dead Canadians. F/KDue South - Rated: T - English - Humor/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 8,275 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 3-18-08 - Complete17. Six Degrees of Separation reviewsFor reasons that don't need exploring at this juncture, Fraser's been kidnapped, and it's up to Ray and Dief, with a little help from Bob, to sort things out. F/KDue South - Rated: T - English - Humor/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 8,444 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 3-18-08 - Complete18. Learn to Speak Canine in Seven Easy Steps reviewsDiefenbaker's a half-deaf half-wolf with a plan. Someone should probably warn Fraser. F/KDue South - Rated: T - English - Humor/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 7,527 - Reviews: 13 - Published: 3-18-08 - Complete19. Field Trip reviewsBeing chased into the woods by a great big hairy monster with teeth was bad enough, as far as Teva's concerned. There's no need for the local wildlife to start talking to her as well. A Grass is Greener story.Valdemar universe - Rated: K+ - English - Humor/Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 8,959 - Reviews: 17 - Published: 2-5-08 - Complete20. Swamped reviewsTeva and Alex are stick in the muds. Literally. A Grass is Greener story.Valdemar universe - Rated: K - English - Humor/Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,359 - Reviews: 16 - Published: 7-15-07 - Complete21. Etiquette reviewsThe only time Teva was ever included on a Court excursion. A Grass is Greener story.Valdemar universe - Rated: K+ - English - Humor/Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,536 - Reviews: 21 - Published: 11-16-06 - Complete22. Herbology reviewsNever trust a mushroom. Always blame the mushrooms. Do unto the mushroom before it does unto you. A Grass is Greener story.Valdemar universe - Rated: K+ - English - Humor/Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,145 - Reviews: 16 - Published: 6-26-06 - Complete23. Carved reviewsHis time is spent with the smooth perfection of the stone monument later, and it is alone...Valdemar universe - Rated: T - English - Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,856 - Reviews: 23 - Published: 3-18-06 - Complete24. Flipside reviewsIn which Davi discovers just why certain aspects of magic are Not Meant For Meddling, and his Companion tries very, very hard not to severely injure him...uh...her...uh...both of them.Valdemar universe - Rated: T - English - Humor/Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 6,760 - Reviews: 17 - Published: 3-12-06 - Complete25. Eavesdropping reviewsElder sisters seem to exist solely to make the lives of their younger siblings, and those connected to them... interesting. A Grass is Greener story.Valdemar universe - Rated: K+ - English - Fantasy/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 6,732 - Reviews: 18 - Published: 2-12-06 - Complete26. HeartStoned reviewsA pair of Companions were walking down a road one day when...Valdemar universe - Rated: T - English - Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,375 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 12-7-05 - Complete27. Song reviewsSometimes, this is a song about me.Valdemar universe - Rated: K+ - English - Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,950 - Reviews: 11 - Published: 11-9-0528. Sense reviewsIf you listen, you can hear it.Valdemar universe - Rated: T - English - Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,465 - Reviews: 15 - Published: 10-25-05 - Complete29. Natural Selection reviewsIt could be an invasion of sorts...right?Valdemar universe - Rated: T - English - Humor/Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,870 - Reviews: 20 - Published: 9-4-05 - Complete30. Grass is Greener » reviewsCompanion Teva. She sings! She dances! She blames the mushrooms!Valdemar universe - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Humor - Chapters: 30 - Words: 100,343 - Reviews: 458 - Updated: 8-14-05 - Published: 1-16-03 - Complete31. Slide reviewsCompanions are best at everything... even ice skating, right? A Day in the Life... Arc, 3.Valdemar universe - Rated: K+ - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,408 - Reviews: 9 - Published: 7-31-05 - Complete32. Routine reviewsThe breeze is a ghost whisper. It carries dead voices. Battle Lines, 2.Valdemar universe - Rated: T - English - Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,430 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 7-25-05 - Complete33. Fish Out of Water reviewsIn which Regin begins to seriously wonder if he is living inside some kind of penny sensational... A Day in the Life... Arc, 5.Valdemar universe - Rated: K+ - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,020 - Reviews: 15 - Published: 7-20-05 - Complete34. Cough reviewsThe sun has just risen. The sky is red. Battle Lines, 1.Valdemar universe - Rated: T - English - Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,936 - Reviews: 11 - Published: 6-1-05 - Complete35. A Question of Style reviewsKit is in a bad mood after returning from a Circuit. Regin manages to cheer her up, although not exactly in the way he planned... A Day in the Life... Arc, 4.Valdemar universe - Rated: K+ - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,774 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 5-21-05 - Complete36. Guardian reviewsHearkening back to the time of the Founding to ask ' What use a crippled Herald? ' and ' Where did the Web come from? 'Valdemar universe - Rated: T - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,009 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 5-17-05 - Complete37. Serendipity reviewsDatti never got over having to give up Gillan, even if they never Bonded. Choosings, 2.Valdemar universe - Rated: T - English - Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,415 - Reviews: 11 - Published: 5-16-0538. Boom Box reviewsIt's not that anyone's said anything, exactly...CSI - Rated: T - English - Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,392 - Reviews: 9 - Published: 4-23-0539. Can't Catch Me » reviewsCat is running. Running from her past, running from her surroundings, running for her life... and then she slips up and finds herself face to face with Shadowstar; a Tayledras scout who is entirely unprepared for the changes that Cat's arrival heralds.Valdemar universe - Rated: T - English - Drama/Angst - Chapters: 6 - Words: 20,630 - Reviews: 83 - Updated: 4-3-05 - Published: 5-2-0340. Feathers reviewsOblivion is not black...Crow - Rated: T - English - Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,453 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 3-31-0541. Twist » reviewsCompanion Kaya is on Search on the behalf of an injured friend, and she ends up getting far more than she expected.Valdemar universe - Rated: T - English - Fantasy - Chapters: 4 - Words: 12,909 - Reviews: 32 - Published: 3-26-05 - Complete42. White Noise reviewsThe little voices are inside his head and they're coming for him...Crow - Rated: T - English - Supernatural/Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,462 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 2-23-0543. Key Signature reviewsVanyel got kidnapped by his family for after dinner conferences... but what did Stefen do?Valdemar universe - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,367 - Reviews: 29 - Published: 2-18-0544. Jingle reviewsThe sort of tale of Regin's Midwinter Choosing. A Day in the Life... Arc, 2.Valdemar universe - Rated: K+ - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,335 - Reviews: 11 - Published: 12-24-04 - Complete45. Sparkle reviewsRegin is unbonded. Unbonded and bored. So he decides to elope from Haven on another Companion's Search... A Day in the Life... Arc, 1.Valdemar universe - Rated: K+ - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,370 - Reviews: 12 - Published: 12-21-04 - Complete46. Triangle » reviewsA body in the desert seems to be nothing more than an overspill from a local gang dispute, and is dismissed as such, but then a second body is found and a mystery begins to form...CSI - Rated: M - English - Mystery/Drama - Chapters: 2 - Words: 4,967 - Reviews: 9 - Updated: 10-27-04 - Published: 10-5-0447. Forever reviewsA single choice can forever change the course of all that follows... Sequel to Senashenta's "Reality".Valdemar universe - Rated: T - English - Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,013 - Reviews: 11 - Published: 9-1-04 - Complete48. Ice Water reviewsThe echo of water music counting down to nothing.Valdemar universe - Rated: T - English - Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 882 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 8-20-04 - Complete49. Dusty Trails reviewsFour months to find her Chosen? Companion Rallio is none too impressed.Valdemar universe - Rated: K+ - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,348 - Reviews: 20 - Published: 8-20-04 - Complete50. Dancing Winds » reviewsHalliran is a Silver Gryphon scout with a problem: A storm has blown herself and her partner off the top of their map and they are stranded in an entirely bizarre forest. If that isn't bad enough, the locals appear to be her Clan's long lost cousins...Valdemar universe - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Adventure - Chapters: 3 - Words: 8,851 - Reviews: 29 - Updated: 6-30-04 - Published: 1-17-0451. Sound and Fury reviewsDatti has a Herald, but her Choosing of Gillan exists only in her dreams. Choosings, 1.Valdemar universe - Rated: T - English - Tragedy/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,906 - Reviews: 28 - Published: 6-5-04 - Complete52. Shadow Dreams reviewsFighting to hold onto his sanity, Tylendel lives out his last few moments in this world.Valdemar universe - Rated: T - English - Tragedy/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,905 - Reviews: 33 - Published: 5-2-04 - Complete53. Nothing Immortal reviewsA lone Companion stands in a clearing in the forest of her darkest nightmares; freezing outside, but dreaming of flames.Valdemar universe - Rated: T - English - Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,963 - Reviews: 14 - Published: 4-12-04 - Complete54. Fireflies reviewsThree handfuls of months ago his life was stolen away by a raging fire... now he's back, and he's hunting murderous fireflies with focused precision.Crow - Rated: T - English - Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,960 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 2-22-04 - Complete55. Bickering reviewsAlters on loan from another writer find themselves in a very disturbing place... etcetera-cat's mind...Valdemar universe - Rated: K+ - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,296 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 2-15-04 - Complete56. No Tomorrow reviewsTeegan is alone despite the multitudes of people around him. Alone except for his dreams. The dreams in which he dies.Valdemar universe - Rated: T - English - Angst/Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,150 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 12-31-03 - Complete57. Shifting to Silver reviewsHerald-Healer Kierseth is spending a very special afternnon with her Lifebonded and their Companions, one that they'll never forget.Valdemar universe - Rated: K+ - English - Humor/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,288 - Reviews: 11 - Published: 12-19-03 - Complete58. Furious Angel reviewsThey took Dash-took her Chosen-from her, and now the only things keeping Tavi past her time are insanity and the furious angel known as 'duty'.Valdemar universe - Rated: T - English - Tragedy/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,719 - Reviews: 13 - Published: 12-15-03 - Complete59. Time is Running Out reviewsIf your dreams are all-encompassing and richer than life; if your dreams are full of sound and sight and sensation; if your dreams are etched into your heart... how do you tell what is real anymore?Valdemar universe - Rated: K+ - English - Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,098 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 12-6-03 - Complete60. Roulette reviewsWhat price happiness? Would you risk destroying the life of one dear to your own heart in order to fufill your needs?Valdemar universe - Rated: K+ - English - Angst/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,945 - Reviews: 16 - Published: 12-2-03 - Complete61. How did it reviewsHow and why did this happen? Truly- how did it come to this? Companion Thaddie has been given and answer to her questions, but it's one that makes no sense... not until she's standing in the rain.Valdemar universe - Rated: T - English - Angst/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,259 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 10-25-03 - Complete62. Come to This? reviewsMyet lost Jai three years ago. Three bitter, brittle years. Now, as he stands before the Grove Temple and remembers, he receives a healing and an absolution of sorts.Valdemar universe - Rated: T - English - Angst/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,759 - Reviews: 12 - Published: 10-25-03 - Complete63. Standing on the Edge of Nowhere reviewsEver since Medili found her Chosen, they've shared everything-even the aches of old injuries. But now, Jalli is asleep and Medili is standing staring at the stars as shadowy shapes gather around her.Valdemar universe - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,878 - Reviews: 12 - Published: 9-20-03 - Complete64. Echoes reviewsA dead Companion- but the Death Bell doesn't toll, for the Herald is still alive... barely. Trapped in a nightmare of unthinking emotion the cracked-mirror shadow of a young woman drifts through the tatters of her life.Valdemar universe - Rated: K+ - English - Tragedy/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,549 - Reviews: 13 - Published: 8-25-03 - Complete65. Feathers of Fire reviewsShe's lost her body, lost her Bondbird... lost her life. What choices does she have now?Valdemar universe - Rated: K+ - English - Fantasy/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,214 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 5-12-03 - Complete66. Conversations reviewsImagining of a monologue of unreal characters, or; how this writer attempts to get through writer's block.Valdemar universe - Rated: K - English - Humor/Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,135 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 4-13-03 - Complete67. Courier Run reviewsA fleeting run down by the Karsite Border throws up and unknown and horrific threat that only a single Herald and Companion know about.Valdemar universe - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,002 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 4-13-03 - Complete68. Hunt the Fire » reviewsBorder life is hard and for Saffri- an outcast in her own village- it's even harder. Then she starts getting these funny feelings in her head...Valdemar universe - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Adventure - Chapters: 8 - Words: 20,439 - Reviews: 45 - Updated: 1-15-03 - Published: 9-23-02 - Complete
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