rodo's journal

Title: A Cold Wait
Fandom: Mass Effect: Andromeda
Author: rodo
Length: 3495 words
Rating: 12+
Genre: action adventure, established relationship
Pairing: Jaal/F!Ryder
Disclaimer: everything belongs to Bioware
Beta: Sara
A/N: Written for Isilloth during 2021’s fandomgiftbox

Summary: During a mission gone wrong, Jaal and Sara make an unexpected discovery on Voeld.



( “Peebee! Hurry!” Sara Ryder called from behind cover while bullets and plasma beams whizzed past. )

Okay, I'm beginning to think this exchange summer is seriously cursed for me. It started when I had to choose between everywoman and an exchange that sounded far more relevant to me that was being proposed on fail_fandomanon. There was a prospective mod, and they had a writing period in mind that would have overlapped with everywoman, and since I only do one exchange at a time, I decided to chance it and bet on the latter. Which, of course, never happened at all. Yay.

But okay, I said to myself. Shit happens. There's still fandomgiftbox. It's been run well for years, I've participated three times as a writer and twice as a recipient. I always had fun. I'll just throw myself into that one. Yeah, if it were on schedule, it would reveal on September 5th, otherwise known as next Sunday. It never really reveals on time, but this year, the question is whether it'll reveal at all. The mod has vanished off the face of the earth, leaving everything in limbo, which of course means I didn't get to write much for it either. The uncertainty certainly put a damper on my creativity - and due to my rare fandoms, my chances of getting a gift are pretty slim.

So, I thought. There's the great autumn exchanges coming up. I won't sign up for shipoween and trickortreatex, but I've pinch hit for the latter before and I could always write treats! I want to write something for people, feel the excitement of being part of an event! And now that's happening. I don't even know what "that" is, but it feels kind of like a follow-up to the multifandomdrabble meltdown, although don't ask my why I get that feeling. I honestly don't know. Both of those happening so close together, maybe. And the shoddy modding.

I just wish exchanges were a bit more robust, I guess. Better modding, people communicating their decisions well in advance and listening to the community, exchanges not relying on one person doing everything.

I don't want to jinx it, but at least there's always Yuletide. Although with my current luck, who knows?

Title: In Times of Hardship
Fandom: Carnival Row
Author: rodo
Length: 1088 words
Rating: 6+
Pairing: Philo/Vignette
Warnings/Labels: mild hurt/comfort
Disclaimer: Everything you recognize belongs to Amazon Prime
Beta: Meatball42
A/N: Written for River_Song during the 2019 round of fandomgiftbox.

Summary: Vignette arrives back home after a trying day, only to find out that Philo had it worse.



( Vignette Stonemoss felt tired to the bone. )

Title: Waltz
Fandom: The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
Author: rodo
Length: 1887 words
Rating: 6+
Genre: humour, post-canon
Pairing: Illya Kuryakin/Gaby Teller
Disclaimer: Nothing is mine, of course
A/N: Originally written for all_choseny for the 2019 round of fandomgiftbox here.

Summary: “Shall we dance a little, darling?” Gaby suggested as the orchestra started playing.


( “Why do I always have to play the fiancé?” Illya complained under his breath as they waited for their car to arrive at the gala. )

Title: All for One
Fandom: The Musketeers (2014)
Author: rodo
Length: 863 words
Rating: 6+
Genre: humour, pre-canon
Characters: Aramis, Porthos, Athos
Disclaimer: Everything belongs to the BBC, of course
A/N: Originally written for king_arthurs_muse for the 2019 round of fandomgiftbox here.

Summary: One time Aramis got himself in trouble over a woman and his friends got him out of it.

( “You’re really going to do this?” Porthos asked with a questioning glance at the two men on the opposite end of the small clearing. )