Gray_Cardinal

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Fandoms

  1. Castle (17)
  2. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (14)
  3. NCIS (8)
  4. Kim Possible (Cartoon) (7)
  5. Gargoyles (TV) (6)

Recent works

Recent series

  1. Never What They Seem by

    Fandom: Castle, Iron Man (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe

    7 May 2015

    Summary

    If "Jackson Hunt" isn't who he claims to be...

    ...and if half the people he's worked for turned out to have HYDRA connections...

    ...where do you suppose Alexis Castle might get her first post-academic job?

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  2. Random Plot Twists (Extended Version) by ,

    Fandom: Birds of Prey (TV), Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Castle, Glee, Jackie Chan Adventures, Looney Tunes, Murder She Wrote, NCIS, Power Rangers Dino Thunder, Sabrina the Teenage Witch (TV), Scooby Doo Where Are You! (TV 1969), Sherlock Holmes - Doyle, Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010), Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Muppets - All Media Types, Valdemar Series - Mercedes Lackey, Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego?, Winnie-the-Pooh - A. A. Milne

    3 Mar 2012

    Summary

    From the farthest corners of the Buffyverse come....crossovers. Very often, really weird crossovers. Fortunately, they're short....

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  3. Advent Project 2005 by

    Fandom: Aladdin (1992), Batman (1989), Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Doctor Who, Firefly, Gargoyles (TV), Harry Potter - Fandom, Jackie Chan Adventures, Kim Possible (Cartoon), Murder She Wrote, Narbonic, Rankin-Bass Holiday Specials, Star Trek RPF, The Incredibles, Twilight Zone, Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego?

    13 Dec 2005

    Summary

    Short holiday-themed ficlets or drabbles from a variety of fandoms, written on a (mostly) daily basis.

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  4. The Autumn of Our Content by

    Fandom: Castle

    9 Apr 2010

    Summary

    Futurefic. Alexis goes off to college...and makes a phone call to Kate Beckett that may change everyone's lives.

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  5. A Sitch in Slash by

    Fandom: Kim Possible (Cartoon), Narbonic

    13 Oct 2007

    Summary

    Who knew that Shego, card-carrying minion of evil, wrote fanfic in her spare time (let alone that the fanfic was meltingly hot slash)? And who'd have thought that her slashfic could cause so much trouble?

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Recent bookmarks

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    Twin Properties by for Gray Cardinal (Gray_Cardinal)

    Fandoms: Oz - L. Frank Baum  

    17 Dec 2016

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    When Polly gets lost in the US, she seeks out her only mortal (actually, only in general) friend.

    AKA How Button-Bright ended up in that popcorn snowdrift.

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    Bookmarked by Gray Cardinal (Gray_Cardinal)

    24 Dec 2016

    Bookmarker's Notes

    A perfectly delightful and thoughtful extrapolation from what Baum gives us of Button-Bright's history, well-reasoned in detail and well-rendered in tone and style. I think the angle it takes on Button-Bright is exactly on target, Polychrome's difficulties in non-magical America are all too plausible, and the narrative deftly acknowledges some of the more problematic issues without becoming overly risqué. Also, the story fits itself ingeniously into the overall Ozian timeline -- clearly, its author is well and wisely versed in the larger canon.

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    The Amethyst Gate by for Gray Cardinal (Gray_Cardinal)

    Fandoms: Forgotten Realms  

    9 Dec 2016

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    Bookmarked by Gray Cardinal (Gray_Cardinal)

    24 Dec 2016

    Bookmarker's Notes

    Of course Danilo is going to test a mystery portal by stepping into it (and leaving Arilyn and company to try and figure out what went wrong). At which point it makes perfect sense for Arilyn to put the puzzle in Khelben's hands, and then to go and consult Elaith when that doesn't immediately resolve matters. Some of the ensuing developments boggle the mind a bit, but then again that may be what you get when unplanned time travel is involved. A highly amusing and entertaining adventure in an under-served corner of Forgotten Realms canon.

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    Facing the Music [Podfic] by for Gray Cardinal (Gray_Cardinal)

    Fandoms: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Kim Possible (Cartoon), Smallville, Velveteen - Seanan McGuire, InCryptid - Seanan McGuire, Gargoyles (TV)  

    16 Mar 2016

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    A podfic of "Facing the Music" by Gray Cardinal.

    "No, worlds music, with an S."

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    16 Mar 2016

    Bookmarker's Notes

    I honestly didn't realize till I'd heard this just how well it works as an audio piece, most especially with the songs included. I am delighted and honored to have been so well podficced here.

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    The Ice Demon and the Hydra by for Enk

    Fandoms: Captain America (Movies), Thor (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe, Frozen (2013)  

    5 Mar 2015

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    When Germany invades Arendelle, Loki wants to keep the promise he made to Elsa to protect their people. But these mortals are far more dangerous than those he knew, especially the Red Skull, and Loki can't avenge Arendelle alone-- he needs Captain America and the Howling Commandos.

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    Bookmarked by Gray Cardinal (Gray_Cardinal)

    6 Mar 2015

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    Bookmarker's Notes

    Both a worthy successor to the earlier stories in this series and a beautifully executed tale in itself. I think it hangs together reasonably well even if one has yet to read the prior tales -- which is to say, I think MCU fans can easily come in here and then go back and pick up the Frozen arc (though having said that, reading the series in order is probably the best overall experience). What's been built here is a remarkably seamless fusion of the two universes, and that has utterly fascinating implications for the modern-era Avengers continuity when we get there.

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    To Grandmother's Secret Lab We Go by for MiraMira

    Fandoms: Narbonic, Skin Horse (Webcomic)  

    21 Dec 2014

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    While playing host to the Narbons, Mell gets tracked down by a relative... of sorts. But hers isn't the only unexpected family reunion in store, and soon the whole crew is on a cross-country Narbon-vs.-Narbon chase. Blood may be thicker than water, but are nanites thicker than blood?

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    29 Dec 2014

    Bookmarker's Notes

    For some reason, I didn't move on to Skin Horse after encountering and falling in love with Narbonic two-thirds or so of the way in. Now I may have to change that, because this is at once a totally spectacular post-canon Narbonic adventure and a dropped-in-at-the-deep-end Skin Horse caper, and while I haven't read the latter strip at all, the story is hyperactively madcap enough that it holds up regardless. Also, if I didn't know better, I'd seriously think I'd written this myself, because its style and structure remind me of my own Kim Possible/Narbonic crossover from some years back. (I emphasize that this is a reminds-me-in-a-good-way note, not a criticism or complaint.) Mad science has never been more fun than these characters make it, whether in Shaenon Garrity's hands or those of the present fanwriter.