Star Wars, Yuletide reveals/recs (iZombie, The Middleman)

[rivkat]

Star Wars: Yes, all the other objections co-signed, fine, but I was particuarly annoyed by the poor grasp of tactics. OK, you have planned ahead enough to have two different command stations. You notice when one is under attack so you switch control to the other. Then the enemy commits its forces to attack that other. So WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU NOT SWITCH CONTROL BACK to the unattacked, not-even-assaulted-on-the-way-out station? Aaargh. Not to mention all the murder of impressed Stormtroopers going on in the background—yay, victory?
 
I wrote a story: Five Brains Olivia Moore Never Ate (5621 words) by rivkat
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: iZombie (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Ravi Chakrabarti, Liv Moore, Clive Babineaux
Additional Tags: five things, Friendship, profound bonds, Vampires
Summary:

Set during the first season, more or less. Liv and Ravi go through a lot together, but the together makes the lot worthwhile. Warning: offscreen animal death. (And people death, see premise of show.)

And I got a story! Laugh with Me, Buddy (2567 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: iZombie (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: implied Major Lilywhite/Liv Moore, Ravi Chakrabarti/Peyton Charles
Characters: Ravi Chakrabarti, Major Lilywhite, Liv Moore
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
Summary:

“Remind we why we can’t be on lawyer brains for this?” Liv asked. It came out slightly muffled, considering she still had half her face pressed against a flat surface. “Or politician brains? Ambassador brains, debutante brains, any brains but our own?”

“Ethical integrity,” Major supplied, and shrugged at the petulant frown Liv flashed in response. “Hey, it wasn’t my idea. I was all about ceding the moral high ground on this one, but Mayor Charles and our collective counsel were pretty insistent we not do anything to ‘preemptively alienate our human audience.’” He put the last part in finger quotes.

Very nice character voices, especially the sweet bro interaction between Major and Ravi (and Ravi’s equally awesome outfit) and the history between Liv and Major. Ignores S5 because why would you pay attention to that if you didn’t have to?

Also:
The Rock Star Reunion Irrelevancy (2163 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Middleman (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: The Middleman & Wendy Watson
Characters: Wendy Watson, The Middleman
Additional Tags: Yuletide Treat, Humor
Summary:

Strange things are afoot at the Osbourne Arena.

Each hair band joke is better than the next. Sweet child o’ mine, Dubbie!