Flutterings

Reveals were this morning! It was a fun fest. I received two delicious gifts:

One Year is Paper (526 words) by The_Plaid_Slytherin
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: England Series - K. J. Charles
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Archie Curtis/Daniel da Silva
Characters: Archie Curtis, Daniel da Silva
Additional Tags: Dinner, Anniversary
Summary:

Archie tries to surprise Daniel with a special meal.

Handover (921 words) by Merit
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Page & Sommers - Cat Sebastian
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: James Sommers/Leonard Page, Cora Delacourt/Edith Pickering
Characters: James Sommers, Leonard Page, Cora Delacourt, Edith Pickering, Wendy Smythe
Summary:

Leo settles further into life at Wychcomb St. Mary.

And -- partly because I got caught up in the challenge to get the number of fandoms over 500 -- I ended up writing a dozen short fics. ( fandoms: Dark Is Rising, England Series, Will Darling Adventures, Band Sinister, Lord Peter Wimsey, Refund Sisters, The Midnight Bell, Cyrano de Bergerac )

Poor Sayers. In Sir Basil Blackwell's 1984 obituary in the NYT, she's listed as "Dorothy Sayres."

So, Tequila_Mockingbird at A03 posted a new fic set in the Superstition Hockey universe from the perspective of fans tweeting and blogging up a storm (in both French and English) in reaction to a Major Event in the series. (If you haven't read the series and don't want to be spoiled, start at the beginning. I haven't linked to the title because it in itself is a spoiler.)

(1) Fandom meta is hilarious.

(2) Philadelphia has become one of my heart's cities, and I am inordinately entertained by mentions of their hockey mascot. (One of my favorite tweets of all time is this summary of the city's reaction to Gritty's debut, and then there was a wedding...)

(3) Within the fic, there's a blog post titled "the eternal continuity of ducks." And suddenly there's a comment thread on which positions various Wimseys would play.

Some days fandom is the best.

(and my urge this afternoon to close an envelope more securely than the adhesive seemed inclined to do):

From 2012 general

In Harriet's room, they found her gown lying on the table, together with the dossier. Peter picked up the book, examined the paper and string and the seals which secured them, each one stamped with the crouching cat and arrogant Wimsey motto.

"If that's been opened, I'll make a meal of hot sealing-wax."

Um. This morning antisoppist posted a Harriet/Bunter fic. There are ensuing strands of discussion in the comments carrying various quotients of illuminating, thought-provoking, and scarring-for-life potential. Which has led, of course, to this.

Title: Much More Original
Wordcount: ~ 200
Warnings: Waxplay and dubcon. I fancy that's NWS in most contexts.
( spoiler cut for remaining notes )

( Much More Original )

You'll always be the voice of Lord Peter Wimsey to me.

Nineveh-uk has posted another bit of Sayers-inspired brilliance, this time featuring Bunter and tissue-paper. Work-safe.

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Marginalina linked to the Yuletide brainstorming post; I clicked. That crashing sound you hear in the background is my resolve to stay out of fests this year colliding with the possibility of prompting some good FAKE fic. More on that in a sec.

My original shortlist + runners-up is on page 7 of the comments therein, but I had a three-hour drive earlier today, which meant I had time to ponder what I really want. So the fandoms I currently plan to nominate are looking more like this:

1. FAKE - Sanami Matoh
2. Haru wo Daiteita - Youka Nitta
3. Copenhagen - Michael Frayn
4. Muppets
5. Chicago Manual of Style
6. Vicky Bliss - Elizabeth Peters

Some thoughts (in reverse order) on fic I'd like to see, whether via Yuletide or some other panfandom challenge or me-writing-it-myself-during-some-future-bout-of-insomnia (and yes, this is partly so I don't forget all this when it's time to write my "Dear Yuletide Santa" letter -- although it'll definitely need trimming so as not to scare whomever's assigned to me out of her or his gourd). I guess I should cut for spoilers for some of these...

( 6. Vicky Bliss )

5. CMOS - oh, the possibilities. CMOS/MLA bondage or hatesex, CMOS/APA, two CMOS rules together, one single CMOS rule... mwahahahahaha. I really am not kidding when I say that 17.169 would lend itself nicely to an extended exploration of UST.

4. Muppets. Heh. Coming up with potential guest-stars (which may or may not violate the "no crossovers" guideline - I'm just brainstorming here) was a welcome mental break. Possibilities, in rough order of preference:

anyone from Tenth Doctor Who or Torchwood (actor or character)

Cthulhu or Hastur from User-Friendly (and dudes, current storyline involves the Large Hadron Collider. Whee!)

anyone from Haru wo Daiteita

anyone from Neil Gaiman's Sandman series

Lord Peter Wimsey. Bonus for scenes showing Bunter dealing with the insanity

Irene Adler

Jonathan Papelbon

3. Copenhagen. More discussion and/or flashbacks among those involved.

2. Haru wo Daiteita: Yoshizumi or Shimizu gen; Iwaki/Katou PWP...

1. FAKE - some possibilities:

Ryo/Dee hurt/comfort

Dee and Jim Campbell friendship fic

Ryo's early twenties - answering questions from Dee, Carol, and/or Bikky about his time in the Army (if that's what he did), or Dee mulling over how Ryo's Army habits/skills show up in his current habits, or how Ryo met his bomb-making friend (if it wasn't via the Army)

Ryo and Dee discuss and compare their knowledge of bombs

Kai and/or Louise (second season) - what are their stories?

The 27th precinct heads to Bikky and Carol's wedding. Craziness and crises meet them there.

( second season spoiler )

( And now for the mini-manifesto... my personal preferences re: FAKE fic )
Ok, that's more than I meant to say... and I'm not done yet. Some other day. The to-post list also includes a delightful German translation of "Those I Can Save" (courtesy of LJ:incapability87), a couple of audiofics (once I stop coughing long enough to record them), some recs of FAKE fics (especially ones not in the usual archives), and the ever-floating raft of to-writes (once they're written, heh). But for now it's back to the comma mines. *hugs to all who wants 'em*

This is for marginaliana, who prompted me with "Bunter" and "storytelling." 200 words.

Come Again, That I May Cease to Mourn

( When Bunter first sets eyes on Teddy Lupin, he momentarily thinks senility has overtaken his mind... )