And now, a feminist moment from Metal Gear Solid

"It was her choice. She was my little brother's girl. He and Meryl's mother never married, so Meryl uses her mother's last name. My brother died in the Cold War when she was ten years old, and since then I've been watching after her. She's old enough to make her own decisions, although she's not even twenty yet. She's a good soldier, Snake. She's quite adept at hand weapons, and I think you'll find she's quite good at stealth. She knows her way around computers and electric circuitry as well. If you can find her, she could be a valuable ally once you're inside."

Snake didn't particularly want a teenage girl as an ally, no matter how good she was at repairing burned-out wall outlets.

Merlin fic: Ultima Ratio Regum (10/16)

Title: Ultima Ratio Regum
Fandom: Merlin BBS
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 2,860
Characters/Pairings: Merlin/Arthur, Gwen/Morgana, Morgana/Nimue, Lancelot/Gwen
Author's note: snarkydame betaed this. She's shiny! Assumes familiarity with season one.
Last Part: Chapter 9
Next: Chapter 11
Summary: As Merlin fights for his life, Morgana and Nimue take a meeting with their boss.

( I blindly worked my way down the stairs, walking on the ends of the steps so they wouldn’t creak. My socks had fallen around my ankles and that annoyance kept looping in my head like a bad cassette. Finally, my feet hit concrete so cold it burned right through my shoes. )