My IMDb ep summaries
(completed)
Arthur of the Britons
Sky
Star Maidens
The Starlost
Space Rangers
The Sentinel (part: seasons 2 and 3)
Swamp Thing (part: season 3)
Gravedale High
Transformers: Armada
Transformers: Energon
Transformers: Cybertron (part)
Misfits of Science (four eps)
Zoo Gang
Zodiac
Jupiter Moon
Transformers: Beast Wars (part: seasons 2 and 3)
Transformers: Beast Machines (part)
Vampire Princess Miyu
Starhyke
Nathan Barley
No Heroics
Undermind (3 eps)
Will Shakespeare (Tim Curry version)
Nightwalker
12 Kingdoms
Trigun (ep 8)
Rayearth
Hyperdrive (season 2 ep 3)
The Café
For later:
Missing Earthian ep
Missing Haibane Renme eps
"Autumnal - nothing to do with leaves. It is to do with a certain brownness at the edges
of the day...
Brown is creeping up on us, take my word for it... Russets and tangerine shades of old gold flushing the very outside
edge of the
senses... deep shining ochres, burnt umber and parchments of baked earth - reflecting on itself and through itself,
filtering the light. At
such times, perhaps, coincidentally, the leaves might fall, somewhere..."
(Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
are Dead Act
2: Tom Stoppard)
Autumn...
I love this time of year. I love the colours, the sharp slant of sunlight on the trees, mosaics of acid-yellow and harts-
blood, velvet and
darkness and a haze of mist-grey over the hills. I love its immanence, its mellowness, the tang of frost just around the
corner of the
year...
Watching the little birds in the goat-willow in my garden, I realised something more.
I love this land with a fierce, possessive love, deep-rooted in two thousand years of history. From the frosted beaches
and cloud-brushing peaks of the north to the wind-haunted meanderings of the rivers of the east, from the sensuous
rolling patchworked hills of
the south to the demanding dark moors of the west, this land seeps into bone and blood and synapse, mother of
motley nobility,
culture, individual freedoms. It can be known. It can be understood. It can be felt deep inside.
I love its effortless eccentricities, its vigour and vibrancy, its flawed perfections, its silent strength and tenacious
resilience, its hard-won tolerances and intense and variable beauty, the profound energy in its sacred mythical
landscape.
Home and more-than-home, the forces that shape and protect and bind, in me, as I am in the land. Love returning love
in the stillness
for those who'll only take the time to listen...
(Joules, Autumn 2004)
All photographs taken by Joules unless otherwise specified. All photographs © Joules A Taylor or other
specified
individual.
In Memoriam
17.03.09 - Argent
25.07.08 - Raptor
18.12.07 - Quyn
02.12.06 - Ryme
Currently enjoying:
Muse
Transformers - IDW, Prime, Animated, Rescue Bots, Earthspark.
Currently reading:
Cixin Liu - newest favourite author.
Ben Miller. wow. Just, wow...
Currently working on:
Haadri
Dystopic novel starring Devon from Dystopia
Currently chuffed with:
My garden
Currently miffed at:
Effing BND (you know who I mean)
Nestlé, TFG Tinyhands Fart, Toadface Farage
Currently maintaining:
Wavewrights, on and off...
BCHS
BCW
Blog Pics I've gathered some of my pages of photos together: the page of links is here. I'll be adding more as time goes
by!
Evil Squid
A Little Glossary of Taylorspeke
(in no particular order)
plit popints - n. Typo for 'plot points' typed on a keyboard with more than half the characters worn off...
[PING] (alt [ping]) - n. A brainwave. The text equivalent of a lightbulb going on blindingly over someone's head. Usually mine. And usually at the most inconvenient of times. [sigh]
TPTB - The Powers That Be.
wulmet - n. A person of little or no talent who somehow inveigles himself into a position where he is in power over other, far more talented people and uses his position to downplay them in order to try to make himself feel superior.
biteable - referring to an anatomical part vb, tasty.
Flatterfed - vb. 27.02.08: my typo for flattered, but since it's so cutely apt I thought it would fit nicely
here. Lutra defined it as "the lovely warm feeling of satisfaction resulting from enthusiastic reviews..." (which I've been
getting for my MB fics).
Composted - vb, 'compos mentis', mentally capable of working. Contrast with
uncomposted or non-
composted, not 'compos mentis', not capable of working, hungover...
Cumbles - n, cucumbers.
Kewp - how Ken says 'thank you'. We rather like Lutra's 'nanx', too...
Musekick - noun, music, without which I cannot work.
'feinne - noun, caffeine, essential for correct mental functioning, especially first thing in the morning. I
prefer mine in the
form of SodaStream Diet Coke. And on that subject...
Skoosh - verb, noun. To skoosh - to add CO2 to a sodastream bottle filled with water to make it
fizzy, prior to adding
Diet Coke syrup (or just drinking as sparkling water). A skoosh - a bottle of water that has been skooshed. Skooshy
- something that
has been skooshed, water, or that whipped cream that comes in tins you have to shake then upend and press the
nozzle...
Shoogle - verb. To shake gently, for example, of roast potatoes in a roasting tin to ensure they're
covered with oil. I
have vague memories of this being a real Scottish colloquialism...
Stegasaurus - n, spider of the genus tegenaria. Why? No idea. I just find it easier, that's
all...
Edit 08.09.07: Lutra thinks that Brian is a good name for a mini-stegasaurus. From now on, any 'Brian's in the posts
may be assumed to be a tegenaria. Except where otherwise specified.
Viterals - noun, vitamins + minerals. Also a pun on victuals.
Splish - verb. A combination of slosh and splash.
Parrots - noun, paracetemol (from the old joke "Why are there no aspirin tablets in the jungle?
Because the parrots eat
'em all...")
Maggles - noun, magpies. As opposed to non-magical people.
Flamewings - noun. Swifts. So called because the first time we became aware of them was an early
summer evening
when they were flying high, the light from the setting sun seemingly turning their wings to flames. Lovely little birds. We
always know
summer's arrived when we hear their high-pitched squeeing.
Murfs - noun, moths.
Peasant cut - noun, roughly cut up into big chunks, e.g. vegetables chopped in a hurry for a
hearty stew or
soup. By extension, anything prepared in a hurry - haircut, material, even a first draft of a story...
Giraffe - noun, a carafe (of wine, coffee or water, for example).
Shrumps - noun, mushrooms.
Splings - noun, Kai's spelling homework: by extension, any spelling.
Tyops - noun, typos. var toyps, typso, psyto, psoyt, etc. Usual result of a dose of the
fingerials (see next
entry).
Fingerials - (pr. fin GEEE ree yalls) noun, fingers that will not type what you want
them to.
Haddock - noun, time, of which I never have enough. (Origin of this term here.)
Sleep - noun? vb? a.k.a. sheeeeeeeeep.... I used to know what this word
meant...
The Updates
Blog
The place to stay notified of WaveWrights' Fiction updates: Zone, Darkside, DarkRealm, Matrix, Vault, Safehouse
13...
Butch, my computer gremlin. Click the pic for larger version, and read his
adventures here...
A gift for me! Butch by the very talented Sylverthorne. Click pic
for larger image.
This is MY haddock. It was caught
exclusively for me by Talon. No, you can't have any. I need
all the haddock I can get!!
.
A'lestrel - a gift for me from
Valkyrie...
Another gorgeous Valkyrie gift for me - Benten the Albino
Alsatian! Click
thumbnail for larger image.
Oekai by Bakayaro Onna - Radittsu at his sexiest...
The Zone Plant from
OrganicHTML (which alas no longer seems to exist...)
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::HubbleSite
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::PALEOMAP Project
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So what is it with the
haddock? Am I some kind of fish freak?
I'll leave that to
others to decide.
The tale (or tail if you prefer) harks back
to October 2000, when my GoodTwin and I, ably assisted by Sue,
ran the first UK Professionals convention... It's common
knowledge that I never have enough time, and I was determined
not to bewail the fact that weekend: hence I promised not to use the
'T' word... Of course, that didn't really work (if nothing else I
had to let the trainees know what times things were supposed to be
happening!) so we decided a substitute word would be employed
instead. There were several suggestions. Banana came very close to
being chosen. However, I eventually decided that 'haddock' fitted
the bill nicely. Ever since, haddock=time. Hence the title of my forthcoming
autobiography, My Half-Life in the Haddock
Space Continuum....
Normally I wouldn't, but these
were just irresistible...
These
Too-Kawaii Kitties were adopted from Ghost's Anime
Page (which appears to have disappeared, alas...)
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[::..Anime/Manga..::]
Useful sites:
BBTS -
Fabulous anime figures
Anime Lyrics
A huge selection... evil popups
Anime still needed to complete series' I'm collecting...
Many thanks to everyone who has helped me acquire the collection!
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Ai no Kusabi
Owned:
DVD
Dj: June Special
CD: Ambivalence
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Cyber City Oedo 808
Owned:
DVD
All 3 eps on Video, dubbed
Dj: Cyberage 1-3
Illustrated Book 2 (Benten's) in Japanese
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From Eroica with Love
Owned:
Manga Vols 1, 9, 11
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Mirage of Blaze
Owned:
DVD Vol 1 (eps 1-4)
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R.G. Veda
Owned:
English Manga: Vol 1
Japanese Manga: Vol 1-7 complete
Tarot Pack
R.G.Veda video
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Twelve Kingdoms
Owned:
Anime Vol 1-12: complete
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Under the Glass Moon
Owned:
Manga Vol 1, 2
Vol 3 needed
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Vampire Hunter D - Bloodlust
Owned:
DVD
Vampire Hunter D Book 1
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New Vampire Miyu
Owned:
(Studio Ironcat) Manga Vols 1 -5 (complete)
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Yami no Matsuei
Owned:
Viz Manga: English translation, Vols 1 - 11 (complete: I believe vol 12 is only available online)
Japanese 3-DVD set
Central Park Media: Descendants of Darkness Vol. 1, English/Japanese subbed.
Sketchbook
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... this is Terra? How the hell'd I end up here...?
(Thanks, Lutra, for the quote!)
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Tuesday, October 25, 2011
I must be inspired... I'm certainly enjoying myself!
Part 2 of Devices, Too. I suppose at this point I should add the standard disclaimer. If you recognise the name/character from the films, they aren't mine. If you don't, they're my own creations, based on the Hasbro Transformers concept!
Part 2 - Hurt
"I'll be a couple of hours. Don't get up to anything naughty while I'm gone!"
"Ath if we would!" 'Spin made a sound remarkably like a disdainful sniff, and Poppy giggled. He was
remarkably easy to tease.
Upbeat (she hadn't been able to make herself call him Ringo. She may not be a Beatles fan, but there
could only ever be one Ringo as far as she was concerned) was waiting for her outside, engine thrumming quietly. Poppy had been very
nervous the first time she'd sat in the driver's seat (which had, alarmingly, shifted to accommodate her, becoming extremely comfortable in
the process): not only did it feel most peculiar to be inside a sentient machine, but also, as she'd be the first to admit, she was hardly
the best driver in the world. In fact, she'd not even been behind the wheel of a car since that accident four years ago.
'Beat had done his best, in his mournful voice, to reassure her that if she wanted she didn't even need
to touch the wheel: all she needed to do was direct him and he'd do the driving. Which felt even weirder, but in practice worked really well.
Though she did keep her hands on the wheel, just in case anyone happened to glance in. She was supposed to be keeping a low profile.
The last thing she needed was the police stopping her for dangerous driving.
The nearest supermarket - the one that boasted 'every little helps' - was a good six miles away, but
its advantage over the local shops was its anonymity and the fact it carried everything she needed under one roof. And it was nice for 'Beat
to get out every now and then. She knew he recorded the trip, and played it back later for the others over TeeVee. Not exactly ideal, but
at least it let them join in her life a little, even if only at second hand. She really wished she could take some of them shopping with her, but
that really wasn't possible. Yet, anyway.
It was a pleasant drive in early autumn sunshine, the leaves just beginning to change colour. 'Beat drove sedately along the narrow
roads, ignoring the jeers from a group of teenagers in a somewhat decrepit Volvo that tried to roar past them and which they passed half a
mile further down the road, pulled off to the side with smoke coming from under the bonnet. Poppy smiled and waved as they drove past,
giggling at the scowls from the erstwhile passengers.
The car park was fairly full, and 'Beat pulled into a space some distance from the supermarket. Poppy
patted his dashboard as she opened the door.
"I might be a while. It looks busy, and I've a lot to get."
"S'awright, Poppy. I'll be here." He switched on the radio and found a 'golden oldies' channel. Poppy
sometimes thought he might be overdoing the retro thing, but it seemed to make him happy, so she didn't comment.
The supermarket was full of wrinklies - must be pension day she thought - which slowed
things down considerably, but which gave her the opportunity to search out bargains, BOGOFs and any interesting or special products.
There was a new eco-friendly laundry liquid 'Spin had asked her to keep an eye out for, and in the fresh produce aisle a new selection of
locally-grown organic vegetables. Steamy insisted on her buying organically-grown or bred wherever possible, and she had to admit it did
taste very good. The prices seemed to be coming down too, always a bonus...
An hour later she stopped the laden trolley beside 'Beat's boot - and leaned over his roof, frowning:
there were a series of wide, vicious scratches across the Union Jack. Glancing round to check no-one was within hearing distance, she laid
a hand on the windshield.
"'Beat? What happened?"
The Mini shuddered minutely.
"Some louts with a broken bottle. Tried t'smash me windows too."
Poppy peered at the... was it glass? She tried not to take anything for granted anymore... and found
tiny chips in the driver's side window.
"The bastards! Did you see which way they went?"
"Nah. They split up."
Poppy frowned.
"It wasn't that bunch from the Volvo, was it?"
"Nope. Never seen this lot before."
She ran her fingers gently over the scratches.
"Well, we can get it repainted..." She paused: 'Beat had shuddered again. "What? It wouldn't take
long."
"S'not paint."
She stared at him, then noticed other shoppers approaching with their trolleys, and opened the boot to
pile her bags inside. Once finished and the trolley pushed into a storage bay, she climbed in and 'Beat started his engine. Poppy waited until
they pulled out onto the road before asking,
"What do you mean, it's not paint?"
"It's me... you'd call it skin. Part o' me body."
"You mean... Oh ouch! 'Beat, I'm sorry. Does it hurt?" She frowned. "Can you actually feel pain."
The Mini snorted.
"Course we do! Got sensors all through us. Like your nerves."
"Oh..." That was a not-particularly-welcome revelation. "So how can we fix your roof?"
He sighed.
"Got no medics over here. Just 'ave to heal by itself."
"Will it?"
"Yeah. Nanites'll take care of it. Be awright in a couple o' days."
"Is there anything I can do to help? Should we... cover it up, or something?"
"Nah. But sitting in sun'll help."
"Then you'll have to stay outside the garage for a bit."
"Fine by me!"
She frowned to herself, realising suddenly that she really didn't know very much about them. She'd
assumed that they were just sentient robots - basically hunks of metal with intelligence. But thinking about it, there had to be more to them
than that. The way they moved, their abilities, the way Chill chopped vegetables, careful not to let the knife too close to his own digits...
And that must be why Muncher had winced, that time a sharp stone hidden in the grass had bounced off his side while he was mowing.
Bloody hell, they were closer to human than she'd thought. She'd have to speak to Graham, find out if
there was anything she could do in case of accidents or damage...
The Volvo was still there on the way back, but now there was a police car stopped in front of it. To Poppy's surprise 'Beat flinched
and speeded up a little, only slowing back to his usual rate once they were around a corner and out of sight.
"What was that for?"
The Mini hesitated, then muttered, "Bad mem'ries."
Poppy was itching to ask, but given he was hurt, thought it best not to make things worse...
As luck would have it, Graham was waiting for her when she got back, which usually meant another transformer or two for her to take
under her wing. She let 'Beat park up in full sunlight and climbed out, waving to the officer. Graham gestured to the open hatch of his
Defender: inside were two transformers in their natural mode, one small, one considerably larger. Poppy grinned.
"Hello. I'm Poppy."
The two glanced at Graham, who nodded and beckoned to them.
"It's all right, she's going to look after you." He turned to Poppy. "They're a little twitchy. Had a near
run in with Barricade. One of the Decepticons." He added at her blank look.
"Oh, you poor things!" She held her hands out. "Come on inside and we'll get you settled. And you
can meet the rest - they're a really nice bunch."
Ushering them into the house, she glanced back over her shoulder.
"Could you hang on a minute? There's something I need to ask you."
Graham nodded and followed her into the house.
Chill and 'Spin had been their usual charming and friendly selves, and the two newcomers - Cable, whose alternate form was a
portable DVD player, rather to Poppy's delight, and Grunt, who transformed into, of all things, a multigym (oh wonderful. Poppy
thought to herself. Bad enough with 'Spin, Steamy and Chill keeping tabs on my diet, now I'm going to be nagged to death to exercise
as well!) - were welcomed and taken through into the main lounge to meet the rest. Poppy switched on the kettle for coffee, and
Graham seated himself at the kitchen table, expression attentive.
"So, what did you want to ask?"
Poppy poured boiling water over instant coffee and handed a mug to the officer.
"Upbeat's been... hurt. Damaged. Injured. Not sure what to call it..."
Graham tensed and leaned forward, frowning.
"What happened?"
Poppy explained the events at the supermarket. Graham drummed his fingers on the table, then
obviously came to a decision.
"Is Ramp online?"
"Should be." Poppy led the way to her little office, where Ramp, ever attentive to Poppy's needs, had
just finished transforming into his computer mode. Graham gazed at the monitor.
"Connect me to base, please."
"Yessir!"
Seconds later a face appeared on the screen. The man grinned at Graham, then his eyes met Poppy's
and he saluted.
"Ma'am. You must be Ms Moss. On behalf of NEST, I'd like to say how much we appreciate the
great job you're doing for us."
Graham chuckled as Poppy blushed red.
"Cut the flannel, Lennox, you're embarrassing her."
Lennox laughed, then smiled at Poppy.
"It's true though, you are doing a good job." His gaze returned to Graham. "So, why the call? You
aren't due to report in for another four hours."
"We have a... situation. Not urgent, but it's something we haven't devised protocol for yet." He
explained what had happened at the supermarket, and Lennox frowned.
"Yeah, see what you mean. OK, I'll brief them here, you speak to Ratchet."
The screen darkened momentarily: when it brightened Poppy and Graham were face to face with...
Poppy felt dizzy. It was the most alien face she'd ever seen, grey and... sort of spiky... with bright little turquoise eyes...
Graham saluted casually.
"'Morning, Jolt. Ratchet handy?"
A shiver of what looked like lightning arced across the transformer's blue chest, accompanied by what
sounded like the language her own wards spoke, then he moved aside as another face came into view, this one silver and chartreuse.
"His self-repair will deal with the problem on this occasion. However, it might be useful for the human
to keep a supply of medical nanites in-house, in case anything similar happens in the future. I'll arrange it."
"Thanks, Ratchet." Graham nodded, and the view on the screen switched back to Lennox.
"All done?"
"Yes. If you could organise a courier though, we'd appreciate it."
"No problem. Hey, do you think you could send us a shipment of that local beer you like? We're
running out of anything decent here."
Graham laughed.
"Oh, I'm sure you could twist my arm. Anything else, while I'm at it?"
"I'm sure we can think of something."
"Make a list for when I report in."
"Will do. Lennox out."
Poppy was staring at him.
"What just happened? It was like listening to half... no, a quarter of a conversation!"
Graham smirked.
"Ah, that was the well-oiled military machine you may have heard of hard at work."
She stared blankly, and he chuckled.
"Ratchet is always busy. To save time and me repeating it, Jolt and Lennox passed on what I told
Lennox, and Ratchet came up with the answer and a solution which should help should anything like it happen again."
"He... he was a bit brusque..."
"He certainly can be. He's probably working on a project at the moment, always makes him impatient
with interruptions."
"Oh." Poppy felt suddenly breathless - it had been a glimpse into a completely alien world. And she
was a part of it! Even if only a tiny part and only peripherally. She shivered and grinned at Graham.
"Thanks."
"You're welcome. There'll be instructions for storing the nanites when they arrive - hopefully in
English, but ask Chill to translate if Ratchet forgets and leaves them in glyphs - and if you have any other problems, have Ramp contact
me." His head swivelled to the door as a crash came from the lounge, followed by a babble of voices. "Sounds like you might be needed.
Want backup?"
Poppy sighed.
"No, it's OK. I'm sure between us 'Spin and I can sort it out."
"Then I'd better head off. A pleasure as always, Poppy."
He headed for the door as Poppy entered the lounge to see a disconsolate Grunt sitting in a corner
with 'Spin patting his shoulder, while Sucker zoomed about vacuuming up the shattered glass from a large fruit-bowl that had been sitting on
the coffee table.
Well, it wasn't the first, and it wouldn't be the last, Poppy thought, as she went to reassure the
ungainly new transformer that it was OK, it was just an accident, and not to worry about it...
© JAT
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