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since: 01-23-04, id: 526837, Profile Updated: 08-27-09
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Author has written 22 stories for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Labyrinth, Corpse Bride, Peter Pan, Beauty and the Beast, Harry Potter, Rock-a-Doodle, X-overs, Nightmare Before Christmas, Pirates of the Caribbean, Merlin, Batman, and Batman: The Brave and the Bold.

In my work, you will often find the following: foppishness, polyamory, fetish, pansexuality, matured relationships (as opposed to new romance), characters with life/love/sex experience. I do not write young characters often any more, unless they are children. I tend to favour characters that are at least in their mid-twenties. Adolescents rarely crop up as main characters, unless they are in historical context (and, therefore, not part of 'teen culture', as that was created in the 1950s).

I do beta, though I will warn you--I am a demanding beta. I will rip apart style, technique, and flow that I find lacking, with no patience for a 'first fic' or any other excuse. I will ferret out mary-sues, and demand you know the intricate psychology of your characters. I am harsh with female original characters in fan-fiction, though I am gentler with male ones. I do not tolerate cheap and insensitive plot devices (rape is one that seems to be a perennial favourite among the masses), and, finally, I am an English Snob--I spell things the way the rest of the world spells them, not the way Americans spell them.

- Melanthios, 30th November 2008

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1. Let Your Silence Sing » reviews
The Music Meister, like most villains, doesn't realise how much Arkham can break a man....
Batman: The Brave and the Bold - Rated: K+ - English - General/Angst - Chapters: 2 - Words: 589 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 11-6-09
2. Scattered reviews
The story of a clone.
Batman - Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 349 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 10-30-09 - Scarecrow
3. Deeds reviews
When the last surviving Keeny comes back into town, those that hunt for the deed to the Keeny mansion think he'll be an easy key to the deed's hiding place. After all, he's skinny as a scarecrow and a four-eyes to boot....
Batman - Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 614 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 9-3-09 - Scarecrow - Complete
4. First Meetings reviews
Jervis Tetch and Jonathan Crane go way back--this is their first meeting at University.
Batman - Rated: K - English - Friendship/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 848 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 8-28-09 - Mad Hatter & Scarecrow - Complete
5. Crow and Mynah » reviews
When Doctor Crane is first admitted to Arkham as a patient, he little realises how difficult it will be to adjust. Luckily, he has help in the form of his cellmate, Edward Nygma... if he'll shelve his pride to take it, that is. Eventual slash.
Batman - Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 2 - Words: 1,361 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 8-25-09 - Scarecrow & The Riddler
6. Chiaroscuro » reviews
After the curse. Hidden depths surface now that everyone is human again, and Belle soon learns that to be courted by the changed Dauphin is better than a story....
Beauty and the Beast - Rated: M - English - General - Chapters: 3 - Words: 5,306 - Reviews: 12 - Updated: 6-21-09 - Published: 3-4-09
7. The Book of the Dragon » reviews
The last dragon is locked up beneath Camelot, is it? And how would you know that, precisely? have you knowledge of our ways, two-legger? I thought not....
Merlin - Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 7 - Words: 10,823 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 4-7-09 - Published: 3-14-09 - Dragon & Gaius
8. Rewrite History »
Oscar Wilde is a wizard. While at school, he met the creature soon to be celebrated as Monarch: Julian Malfoy. Now they are grown, and Julian has asked Wilde to sire the next Malfoy generation. Alas, if only life always went so smoothly....
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 4 - Words: 3,241 - Updated: 3-4-09 - Published: 1-3-09
9. Skin reviews
What would you do, if you couldn’t go home? Kai is in that very predicament, and while a seal would mourn, his people don't wait for a solution to appear….
Pirates of the Caribbean - Rated: K - English - General/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,024 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 11-27-08 - Jack S. & Cutler B.
10. The Thrill of the Hunt » reviews
20 years after the film, Jack finds himself tracked down by a pair of monster-hunters on Halloween night. And one of them is his worst fear: a female of his species.
Nightmare Before Christmas - Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 3 - Words: 5,823 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 11-25-08
11. I Know What's at Stake reviews
Just before chapter one of book six. Narcissa and Lucius. T for a curse word.
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 474 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 6-10-08 - Narcissa M. & Lucius M. - Complete
12. Waif
Once out on our own, we find ourselves. Sometimes that entails leaving everything from childhood behind.
Harry Potter - Rated: K - English - Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 910 - Published: 5-12-08 - Hermione G.
13. The Blackbird Chronicles I: One for Sorrow » reviews
If he could learn to love another, and earn his love in return...' Rated M for Slash, Forte and Historical Accuracy.
Beauty and the Beast - Rated: M - English - Supernatural/Romance - Chapters: 2 - Words: 2,006 - Reviews: 56 - Updated: 1-4-08 - Published: 5-7-06 - Complete
14. Sappho » reviews
A love story between Shock and the princess of Halloweentown. Misa1Mel universe. Extra points if you know what the title means.
Nightmare Before Christmas - Rated: T - English - Romance/Friendship - Chapters: 2 - Words: 7,195 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 10-18-07 - Published: 10-11-07
15. The Night of the Black Treasure
Wild Wild WestLXG crossover. Based on the film LXG and both versions of Wild Wild West. Also crosses with J.V. Hart's Hook novel and various Victorian lit. PreLXG, postWWW film. Moriarty has found a new creature that could make a perfect weapon. HIATUS
X-overs - Rated: K - English - Adventure/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 463 - Published: 4-20-07
16. Contempt in A Minor reviews
A poem about Forte, giving an idea as to why he 'went bad'. Englyn Penfyr form.
Beauty and the Beast - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 255 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 11-30-06 - Complete
17. Muggle Magic » reviews
Muggles cannot do magic. This is a common fact in the wizarding world. Is it really fact, or is their view obscured by their superiority complex? What is magic? HIATUS
Harry Potter - Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 2 - Words: 3,200 - Reviews: 6 - Updated: 8-4-06 - Published: 5-25-06
18. Stormbringer reviews
Chanti brings up the sun. What happens when there's a drought?
Rock-a-Doodle - Rated: K - English - Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,287 - Reviews: 22 - Published: 6-8-06 - Complete
19. Rose Red » reviews
Rose Red lived in the awful Above, always wondering, what was love? Now an exit Rose Red finds, Leaving hellacious home behind.... HIATUS
Labyrinth - Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 5 - Words: 5,569 - Reviews: 7 - Updated: 5-12-06 - Published: 10-26-05
20. Ill Repute » reviews
The old Verdant estate was abandoned as long as anyone could remember. When a Russian stranger moves in, he brings with him four young companions. Suspicions flare and rumours spread like wildfire, but where is the truth among the lies? T for mature ideas
Corpse Bride - Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 7 - Words: 6,391 - Reviews: 9 - Updated: 4-26-06 - Published: 2-24-06 - Complete
21. The Naturalist » reviews
Wendy has grown up, but she hasn't forgotten Neverland, and she hasn't stopped being...well, Wendy. A chronicle of the Storyteller of Neverland's adventures, from her entwined fate with another Storyteller to her expedition to Avalon itself.
Peter Pan - Rated: T - English - Adventure - Chapters: 2 - Words: 1,580 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 4-9-06
22. Tin Grin reviews
This is for anyone who has ever had braces. Short little oneshot.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 640 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 7-27-05 - Complete
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