hiddencait | Entries tagged with aliens

So this one is for apollymi for the prompt "Aliens Dwayne/Ellen with a side of Newt - family." Granted there's not a great deal of Ellen or Newt in this, but I think it still works!

Domestic Bliss

( The coffee finished brewing and Dwayne poured himself and Bishop a cup, then sat down in one of the other chairs just waiting for the rest of his family to wake. )

Warning: your normally semi-coherant Cait has now dissolved into a puddle of fangirl squee. We will return momentarily with a hopefully kinder, gentler, saner young lady.

.....*minutes pass*....

OK so not getting any calmer anytime soon so fuck it I'm squeeing baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Freaking Michael Biehn is going to be in Austin this Friday at Alamo Drafthouse for a screening of Aliens *flails again* and his new movie The Divide which looks to be a freaking awesome if terrifying mindfuck of a postapocalypse film. I will probably whimper and hide my eyes and totally embarrass poor

sourpony but she's the one who told me about this so really it's all her fault anyway.

asldkjflksjdflkdajssldfkja sj *squees again*

Here, have a trailer for The Divide - it will freak you out and be awesome! (edit: have a link cuz apparenlty LJ is being stupid) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaLpieSNIfk

Welp, sorry for the wait guys, but the

hetbigbang website is up and live so now I can share!!!

Title: From the Last to the First
Author(s):

hiddencait
Fandom(s): Aliens
Pairing(s): Ripley/Hicks
Word Count: 25,978
Rating/Warnings: M for smut and some mentions of violence against a child (off screen)
Beta:

askita
Summary:
Ripley, Hicks, Bishop, and Newt have survived the hell on LV-426, and
they wake from hypersleep thinking they're home free. However, with a
sudden invasion of a squad of marines, a company bitch, and one
intimidating agent, the new family finds themselves taken into custody
and under investigation for half a dozen crimes Weyland-Yutani claims
they've committed. They'll need the help of old allies and new friends
if they ever want to free themselves and find something like home.
Author's notes:
This has been such a delight and a challenge. I’m still thinking I’m
crazy for attempted my first BigBang with a fandom I’d never written in.
But hey, we’re all mad here anyway. Hope you enjoy it my dears!

BTW,
be on the look out for quite a few cross-fandom cameos. Why create side
characters when I can borrow them from other places? *grin*

And no, I don’t own ANYTHING from any of the cannon in any of the fandoms that you recognize. And that makes me sad.

Fic here: http://hetbigbang.weebly.com/from-the-last-to-the-first-by-hiddencait.html
And if you would like individual chapters, you can find the fic at ffn here: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7427895/1/From_the_Last_to_the_First

And now for the REALLY FREAKING AWESOME FUN AND WONDERFUL ARTWORK STUFFS!!!

sourpony picked my story as artist and she did 2 awesome freaking so much fun fanmixes and covers, as well as lots of bonus icons, as seen here: http://hetbigbang.weebly.com/sourpony---from-the-last-to-the-first-artwork.html

And then

urbancate was an absolute doll and made me a bonus awesome fanmix here: http://urbancate.livejournal.com/100956.html

Seriously both lovelies made my freaking day with all the awesome and the prettie and the *flails*

Current Mood: accomplished

Dear god bless me it is FINALLY finished at just over 26,000 words. I'm so totally thrilled I can't even begin to say. And bonus of the extra thousand word cushion if my beta finds too much ridiculous babble to leave in. I still have to edit it and all, but gah.. just so stinking giddy that I actually managed to get it done this weekend like I'd hoped! The fic won't go live until the 30th, btw. So sorry I can't share it yet!

Anyway thanks to everyone who cheered/offered bribes/promised to squee over it once I was finished. You all have no idea how awesome you are. So, with that said: on to the pretties!

So, I knew early on that I would need quite a few side characters to round out the cast no matter what direction this story went in. And considering I'm writing fanfiction anyway, I decided to just shift over people from some of the other fandoms I haunt. I mean really, why the hell not?
( Picspam below! )

Current Mood: accomplished

OK guys, here's the deal. I am stuck at 21,135 on my het_bigbang, and frankly I HAVE TO GET THE DAMN THING FINISHED!!! I only have one last chapter in Hick's POV to do, but it's been fighting me, and by God it's time for me to win the battle.

So yeah, I WILL have a completed rough draft by this weekend. Cuz my beta needs time to get through the whole thing, and I want time for final edits after that, and the whole thing has to be turned in by the 24th.

Just a heads up for yall though, I'm going silent until the draft is done. I'll probably answer comments, but I'm flat out deleting any journals that come in my email update. I'll have a lot of LJ to catch up with later but oh well.

Interestingly, my internet at home has chosen to go down right now too. This is probably a good thing, huh?

So my grand total as of last night was 13, 622 on "From the Last to the First" so considering my word cound when I sent out the call for inspriation was 10, 888 I made considerably progress. Not as much as I might have liked to but still that's 2735 words over the course of the weekend.

So, my plan is to have the first draft finished by the end of August so that I can get it to my beta and have plenty of time for any re-writes and polishing.

I did the math, and I can complete 25k by then if I pull off 495 words per day. I can do this. I KNOW I can do this.

OK kiddies, thought I'd give yall an update on the Het_BigBang madness! I know I've been a bit distracted by Primeval pretties, but for the rest of the weekend, I intend to focus on Ripley/Hicks absolutely as much as possible.

First up, I have some awesome news, at least in my opinion: I ACTUALLY HAVE A TITLE!!!!!!!!! Gah took me long enough didn't it?

Title: From the Last to the First
Yes, it's borrowed from what has apparently become the story's rough theme song: 30 Seconds to Mars "This is War." Trust me it's about as perfect as it could be, right down to a line that just flat spells out all four of our survivors: "To the solider, the civilian, the martyr, the victim... this is war."

( Theme song & Vid under the cut! )
Anyway, so yeah, I can has theme song and everything, however, I apparently have no momentum when it comes to actually WRITING for some reason. I was even up and all gung ho this morning, but nothing is being accomplished.

Usually when that happens I can pop in the movie again or go look for fics to reward myself with for making progress, but I've watching the movie half a dozen times now and the collection on FFN is mostly littered with Alien or Predator by OC Mary Sue beastiality fics and very VERY little actual Ripley/Hicks stuff.

So do you think any of you could help me out with some inspiration? I'm talking icons, pics, even little baby drabbles on the subject. Just anything that might make my muse go YAY!!

Seriously guys, I will love you forever!

Current Mood: annoyed

So I have rather awesome news for my Het_BigBang. I managed to hit 11.5k the other night, so word count has been awesome recently!

Unfortunately, that 11k was still relatively plotless until oh...about an hour ago when I had a total brain bunny kick in which hopefully could be AWESOME!!

Think interrogations, and Hicks's old NCO and another squad of Marines and company coverups and escaps and and and... seriously, not sure how I'm ending this one either, but I think it could be awesome. (And yes

seren_ccd , part of this is thanks to you and one single line on the meme you just did.. so thank you and DAMN YOU!!!!)

Cuz yeah, here's the bad news. Of the 11k I currently have finished, it's probable that only the first 7 or so will be useable for the new plot.

*headdesk*

I may be able to recycle more of it later on in the story, but that's not a sure thing right now. So while I was feeling awesomely capable of knocking the rest of the story out in plenty of time, I'm now going to be on a bit of a crunch to get this out properly by Sept. 1st.

I do know I can do it though, and probably long before that so

askita has time to beta everything. Luckily she's finally got a copy of the movie and should be able to sit down and enjoy relatively soon. After that I can probably send a chapter at a time as I finish it, so I won't have to worry QUITE as much about finishing very early in August.

Still though. Not totally happy with my brain taking this long to kick into gear. Oh well, at least I really enjoy the parts that ARE usable, so I can be proud of those I think.

Now to try desperately to make up some ground. Though really, I'd hoped to have at least 13k by Sunday night, and I highly doubt that's going to happen, but who knows... I have managed crazy word counts before. When the muse behaves. *shrug*

Gotta say, it's probably a good thing I have no plans this weekend.

Current Mood: determined

Hey look: a fic meme! This one was swiped from

seren_ccd .

Basically: give me a pairing from a fandom I'm familiar with (Fake TV counts too lol), and then a 1 word prompt. I'll give you a 3 sentence ficlet. It's just that simple kids.

Now that we've got that settled, on with the snippet!

Hicks licked his lips again and then he painfully cracked open his right eye. It felt sticky, almost sealed shut, and he winced at the sheer effort it took to drag it all he way open. His vision swam for a moment, but then it cleared, revealing what must have been two of the most beautiful sights he’d seen in quite a while.

Curled up have on the bed next to him was a grubby little angel, all but lost in what was likely one of his shirts and one hand clutching his like a lifeline. Her eyes were huge and worried in that tiny face, and he tried to smile away a little of that worry. Newt, his mind whispered, memory flooding back through him at the sight of her face. She was alive. That fact brought a stronger smile to his face. It faded slightly as he remembered just why he was so relieved to see her alive. Last thing he remembered, she’d been taken. Taken to the nest to become another host for those disgusting things. There hadn’t been much hope of getting her back. Not much hope at all. That she was here at all meant…

His eye tracked right from the young girl to the woman beside her. His gaze drifted across pale skin and dark curls to a striking face and brown eyes staring down at him. Just a trace of a smile pulled at her lips, and once again Hicks felt an answering smile appear on his own face. Maybe a little bruised, maybe tired as hell. But she was still standing, and a lot more steady than he was right now. Yeah, he thought, she could definitely handle herself.

“Ripley. Ellen.”

Poor Hicks.. he's having a really shitty day ain't he? At least the scenery's nice!

Current Mood: enthralled

Yes, I know.. I have no excuse. What can I say: I warned yall the muse was a fickle little so and so.. that's half the reason we love him!

Anyway, so yeah, after diving head first into the fandom, I was totally depressed to find that it's seriously shallow in regards to Ripley/Hicks fics... so clearly, I need to just give in and write some of my own.

I'm going to go into the Big Bang pretty much blind, but here's a very VERY rough plot idea so far: The survivors on the Sulaco attempt to build a family in the midst of physical, mental, and emotional pain. Add in possible Company pissyness and the alien ship that maybe wasn't destroyed in the blast. Cue h/c angst, eyesmexing, and possible action scenes.

Let me know what you think, and also, if you know of any awesome Ripley/Hicks Icons or fics, PLEASE pass them on! I will love you forever!!

Oh hey look pretty... lots of pretty:

(OK so yeah I cheated and this is Kyle Reese.. but I flipped it so the scar is sorta on the right side! ...not that anyone is actually going to read this comment when the pic is right above it... wait.. what was I saying? *beam*)

Oh! BTW, I will work on the Reaper!Vaako fic eventually.. the muse just decided this is coming first.

Current Mood: horny

*cough* Ahem... I'm OK I swear! Just having a minor flail moment at the freaking epic shipperness that is Aliens and Hicks/Ripley.

And yes.. I know I'm even FARTHER behind on the bandwagon with this one than I was with Mag7. What of it? lol

Anyway, hell fucking yes this movie makes me happy. Sadly that it's basically an massacre of quite a few awesome side characters, but really... how am I NOT supposed to enjoy a flick with this much in the way of smexy weaponry?

Plus: Michael Biehn as Corporal Dwayne Hicks? Ummmm yes please! Not only is he young and badass, with equal parts angsty and stoic leader type personality traits. He also SMILES!! Like a fool! For like... a good chunk of the first section of the movie. Which really, he hasn't done much in the other things I've swooned over him in. Which is just a damn shame frankly.

So yeah: here's some hotness:

Annnnnd how bout this one just for good measure lol

And again the shipper possibilities are freaking EPIC I TELL YOU! Ripley and Hicks are eyesexing all over the place, and fuck if he doesn't actually respect her too! I mean really, since when does that happen in most fandoms?

Plus, he gives her jewelry (though it doesn't mean they're engaged or anything lol) anddddddddddddd he introduces her to his favorite weaponry:

If that's not a sign of awesome chemistry I don't know what is.

So yeahhhhh after searching for fic and being totally unhappily disappointed by the lack there of, I may have to switch my pairing for

het_bigbang to Ripley/Hicks. Just on principle.

Thoughts, questions, comments? Help for the fact that I don't have a fucking CLUE what plot would be? You know, besides my complete denial of the 3rd movie in general. So there.