So! I had every intention of signing up for Yuletide for the first time ever, and then I didn't because of a combination of RL factors. Which is sad-making but here we are. So, instead of that, I am offering a mini gift-fic to anyone who wants one (IF they are in one of the fandoms I am currently interested in). Comment in the link below with your AO3 username, fandom, prompt and/or things you'd like in a gift fic, along with your definite Do Not Wants.

You can prompt more than once, for as many fandoms as you like, but I’ll write only one gift per person

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_D1VPUy_Z4BqkLM8AYw5H76n8XHkyKuhx84wWog5NjI/edit#gid=0

The fandoms I am offering are
1. Guardian: Zhao Yunlan/Shen Wei + Any of the other characters in non shippy ways
2. Guardian RPF: Zhu Yilong/Bai Yu
3. Nirvana in Fire: Jingyan/MCS, Nihuang/MCS, Lin Chen/MCS, poly combinations of the aforementioned, Jingrui/Yujin, Xiao Dong/Nihuang + any of the other characters in non shippy ways
4. When A Snail Falls in Love: Xu Xu/Ji Bai, Yao Meng/Zhao Han, poly combination or just team fic
5. Her Private Life: Ryan Gold/Deok Mi + any of the other characters in non shippy ways
6. The Untamed: Anything involving Nie Huaisang, Lan Sizhui and the baby disciples or the Wen siblings. (ok, this one comes with a caveat. For this fandom, I will not write any Meng Yao/Jin Guangyao ship or redemption arc of any kind. Please keep that in mind.)
7. Dr Qin, Medical Examiner: Qin Min/Da Bao/Lin Tao (Only OT3 please)

 

Things I will not write: Non-con, non-canonical major character death (I may write major character death if it's already a part of the canon), bestiality, ABO, any kind of terminal illness (so no cancer, dementia etc), hard BDSM 

So prompt away. I will start posting the week before Yuletide (19th-24th). The fics will probably be short but I'll try to get up to at least 800-1k words per recipient

Edit: This is now closed. Excited to write gifts

If you haven't seen Avatar: the Last Airbender or Avatar: The Legend of Korra what are you doing? Don't stay here looking at this post. Go forth, buy, borrow, download. AtLA and Korra are among the most interesting, nuanced, fascinatingly constructed genre television programming I have ever watched, with superbly etched out characters and outstanding world-building, and has introduced one of the most interesting character arcs I have ever seen, in a show for children or for adults. Also, and as a fan of colour, it was an amazing experience to see chromatic characters on my screen, mainstream, front and centre, good and bad, black, white and grey (characterization not race) and general \o/. So unsurprising then that the meta that fandom wrote on this show was both expansive and engaging.

But there have been some posts on tumblr lately, that have me, and other fans like me going wtf? The post in question:
http://crossedwires.tumblr.com/post/25058424137/starship-repair-bankuei-seekingwillow
ETA TO MAKE READING EASIER: http://swatkat.dreamwidth.org/315909.html?thread=2100997#cmt2100997

So zorana84, swatkat24 and I spent about an hour ranting and then another hour trying to put together a coherent response.

( Why Korra gets my vote as an Awesome Lady )

Another TV show that I have done make up. This cast list is courtesy the lovely hiddencait who has been more than patient, since I took absolute ages to get around to it (P.S. If you like FakeTV btw, check out every single thing she's done, it's all genius). Hope you like this bb

WARNING: If you have a problem with terrible no-good mangling of biblical concepts, leave now. No really, run away, it is the worst kind of revisionism.

TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS

Pestilence, War, Famine and Death… The four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, the harbingers of the last divine judgment, bringing Doom and Tribulation in their wake. Everyone knows the legend! Or do they?

( Click here for The Apocalypse )

Snagged from across the interwebz. Since I lurk on the LJs of about a 100,000 people, I saw this marvellous meme which involved prompting of seven actors and then making up a TV show about them with a blurb and character descriptions. I basically seal-clapped as leupagus; robanybody; and seren_ccd among others made up fabulous, brilliant, inventive shows, and then poked seren_ccd until she gave me one of my own. So what to write I thuoght. well, of the many things I love, I love two things most of all - awesome women and historical drama. So without further ado I give you
( FLYGIRLS )

Two rants in a month?  I'm on a roll.  But I believe that I genuinely have something to say about the recent outrage regarding a certain fic set in Haiti in the spn_j2_bigbang.  Again, it's something that's been intensely discussed and fantastic points about privilege, racism and ignorance have been highlighted, but as a FoC there are responses from the enlightened part of fandom that I just don't understand, and I think they need to be queried.
( Thus Spake... )

So... this is actually uncanny... right down to how being all happy becomes downright annoying... I think I'll start being all brooding now... Just to compensate

you are lightcyan #E0FFFF

Your dominant hues are green and blue. You're smart and you know it, and want to use your power to help people and relate to others. Even though you tend to battle with yourself, you solve other people's conflicts well. Your saturation level is very low - you have better things to do than jump headfirst into every little project. You make sure your actions are going to really accomplish something before you start because you hate wasting energy making everyone else think you're working. Your outlook on life is very bright. You are sunny and optimistic about life and others find it very encouraging, but remember to tone it down if you sense irritation.

the spacefem.com html color quiz

There are shows that grab the imagination of fandom almost immediately, shows that creep up on fandom, and shows that get no fandom love at all. In my eight years or so lurking around fandom, I haven't been able to map any patterns in this progression. Merlin and Torchwood would be examples of the first, Psych would be an example of the second, and I'm very afraid that Being Human is going to be an example of the third. For this reason I feel it incumbent upon me to sell the show to every fanficcer out there, in the hope that someone will pick it up and pay it forward, because this show deserves a whole lotta love. As a fan of genre television, and particularly genre television with complicated interpersonal narratives and dilemmas, Being Human had me at hello, and I need to read awesome fic about its fascinating characters and somewhat complex universe. So here I go, on my very first Pimp Post and be warned there will be spoilers behind the cut!!!!

However before I take off on my pairings and expectations from the large and fertile fandom that this show should have, I have to outline the important roles played by at least four of the minor characters of the show. If I haven't sold you on Being Human already, then perhaps fleshing out the other characters will do it. So in Pimp Post Part II, coming up soon on this LJ, Nina, Herrick, Owen and Lauren, where do they all fit in with our three protagonists, and how do I see them being an important part of fic. So stay tuned