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Yuletide 2015 roundup

My assignment:

Without Losers , Where Would the Winners Be?, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia for fujiidom, Charlie/Dee, PG, 4600 words

High school flashbacks, which were fun to write, especially the part where Dennis slimes his weirdness everywhere. I restarted this fic four times, so obviously this fandom came super easy to me. Anyway, I might finish one of my abandoned false starts, where Dee writes terrible Kindle porn and Charlie does her social media promotion.

My main collection treats:

Rolling Destiny’s Dice, Calvin & Hobbes: Gritty Reboot Trailer for jedi_penguin, Gen, PG, 1100 words.

Yeah, I don’t even know. Sometimes you have two hours free at work and write a trippy universe folding in on itself fic about Calvin & Hobbes from the tiger’s point of view. What.

The Thin Line Between Lonely and Alone, Turn for Devilc, Benjamin Tallmadge/Caleb Brewster, PG, 1700 words

This was just an excuse to write Ben/Caleb kissing. Caleb was fun to write. :D

My madness collection treats, both of which I wrote in under an hour on Christmas Day:

Talk Less; Drink More, Hamilton for Citagazze, Hamilton/Burr, PG, 285 words

Burr gets Hamilton to shut up for a minute and is probably too pleased with himself over it.

Genius, Limitless for htbthomas, Brian/Rebecca (ish), G, 250 words

Rebecca is the best! Brian and I both know this.

Gifts for me:

No Restraint, Hamilton, Hamilton/Burr, 6250 words, NC-17 by cartographies

Charlie is Bad Under Pressure (Or: Most of the Gang Finds Out), It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Charlie/Dee, 550 words, R by Missy

I already linked the first one, which I adored, but I also got a Madness treat and it’s ADORABLE. Exactly how I like Charlie and Dee together.

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Oh yes this sure is a Yuletide assignment where I not only matched on something I really wanted to write but also has a secondary fandom that I know. :DDD

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Sign-ups close at 9am UTC on October 27, 2015 - 48 hours from this post.

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Although the sign-ups close on Tuesday in the time zone we have chosen, this may essentially be late on Monday for some people. You do NOT have all of Tuesday to sign up.

You can read the sign-up instructions, and click through to the sign-up form, from the previous Yuletide Admin post on LiveJournal or on Dream width.

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Similarly, there are a lot of sign-ups at the last minute. You could be more matchable than you think.

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dinosaurscream replied to your post “yesss two turn letters for yuletide already, and they’re both up my…”

oshit did they put up all the nominations?

oh yeah, man. sign ups are open now and everything! the close next tuesday, i think. maybe monday, i forget.

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yesss two turn letters for yuletide already, and they’re both up my alley. hello good people, i have my eye on you.

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would all be helpful character names in their respective fandoms.

Some fandoms, especially short ones such as music videos, do not need character nominations.

Some will not be allowed through without them: RPF and Anthropomorphic fandoms. Please double-check the spelling and format of your nominations before submitting the form. Have fun!

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Yuletide Roundup

I wrote a lot this year and everything was very well received to my astonishment.

This Fic Has Everything - SNL, Seth/Stefon, 2140 words, Teen and Up for Snacky - This was my assignment and finally gave me an excuse to write Stefon fic, something I’ve intended to do for a few years now. It also gave me the excuse to remind everyone that Anderson Cooper is Gloria Vanderbilt’s son like ten times over.

Don’t Stop, Make It Pop - How to Get Away with Murder, Connor/Asher, 3800 words, Explicit for tricatular - AKA, the fic I wrote to have an excuse to write douchebags acting douchey while pretending to be boyfriends and also, you know, ignore the entire purpose of the show. SO OF COURSE IT WAS MY MOST POPULAR YULETIDE FIC EVER! \o/ lol I honestly love Yuletide the most of all fandom-related things.

The Art of Shutting the Fuck Up - The Raven Cycle, Adam/Ronan, 2600 words, Explicit for Isis - This originally had a thoughtful title, which two hours before the collection went live, I changed to this. To be honest, I like this one a lot more. Basically just Adam being manipulative while grieving and then they do it. Also, I threw in Cabeswater because who can resist a magical ancient forest?

Hey Baby (Drop It to the Floor) - Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Jake/Amy (but in the way that the show is Jake/Amy), 2300 words, General audiences for mardia - I wanted Jake, Amy, and Holt to hold babies, so that’s what I wrote. I also wanted Jake to make stupid jokes, so I also wrote that. It worked out pretty well!

Time Enough, But None to Spare - The Raven Cycle, Blue/Gansey, implied Adam/Ronan, 20,700 words, Teen and up for thenewradical - lol there was a day I made a post to tumblr saying that a treat was turning out longer than my assignment. This was the one I was writing, and I proceeded to add EIGHTEEN THOUSAND MORE WORDS TO IT. Ugh. But this is also the best fic I wrote, in my opinion. It’s all Blue’s POV, kind of what possibly could happen to about the halfway point in book 4, but mostly an excuse to get Blue and Gansey into increasingly awkward situations around all the plot. WHO WRITES A 20,000 WORD TREAT HONESTLY.

Tired of Waiting for You - The Raven Cycle, Ronan & Blue gen, 400 words, Teen and up for shoemaster - My one Madness story and also the only fic to date that I’ve ever written completely on my phone. :D Ronan hanging out in front of Blue’s school because why not?

YEAH SO THAT WAS A LOT OF FIC. Maybe I won’t go ten months without writing anything this year.

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Yuletide Recs (Yuletide Madness - ALL)

I finished my reading, yay! These are all from the poor neglected Madness collection.

New Tune, Same Fiddle - Fiddler on the Roof, Tevye gen, G, 985 words by Meltha - Fic set a few years after the events of the musical, written in the style of one of Tevye’s monologues/prayers and it. is. dead. on. Seriously, this could have been the show’s epilogue, that’s how good it is.

stake me out tonight - How to Get Away with Murder, Connor/Asher, T, 530 words by tricatular - These two losers being losers together. I love how all Asher fic mostly seems to ignore the premise of the show and sounds like it’s lifted from some sitcom fandom instead. It’s great.

His Soul to Keep - Miss Saigon, Tam gen, T, 665 words by Arsenic - Second year in a row I’m reccing a Tam futurefic. His life is so sad and I just want good things for him. (ETA: Arsenic also wrote the Tam fic I recced last year!)

Social Captial - Revenge, Nolan/Emily, G, 885 words by smilebackwards - I know from experience that these two are hard as hell to write, so I appreciate everyone who tries. And this one succeeds admirably! lol Emily immediately offering that the blood she’s covered in isn’t hers.

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Yuletide Recs (T-Z)

Only have to read through the Madness collection now and I get an extra day for those reveals. :D

Momentary Lapse - Veep, Dan/Amy, T, 1200 words by Suaine - Dan and Amy don’t really hate each other that much. This has good use of both of them, but I especially liked Amy. This makes sense because I like Amy more than Dan in general.

If It’s Sewing, She Sews - West Side Story, Maria gen, G, 3100 words by Mithrigil - A sweet, sad little story about what Maria does after Tony and Bernardo’s deaths and how she goes forward and lives her life. Very moving story.

Meet Yourself Coming From the Other Direction - Wreck-It Ralph, Calhoun/Felix, G, 2700 words by Merlin Missy (mtgat) - Another Hero’s Duty machine is added to the arcade, and Calhoun introduces herself to herself. Fun (and affecting) little story about parallel universes in the video game world.

Maybe There’s a Word for It - Zoolander, Derek/Matilda/Hansel, M, 3800 words by Febricant - Derek doesn’t really mean to make a comeback, but he does. Featuring 10-year-old Derek, Jr., who has an even better Blue Steel than his father. So cute, so funny.

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Yuletide Recs (N-S)

Will I finish my Yuletide recs before author reveals? Probably not. But I’ll try. Here’s N-S!

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Yuletide Recs (H-M)

Guilt Scotch & Geese - How to Get Away with Murder, Gen, T, 2000 words by imperfectcircle and such_heights - The Keating Five gets drunk and people draw dicks on Asher’s face. Then Annalise is sweet! It’s everything I want in a HTGAWM fic.

Critical Mass - Mad Men, Peggy/Stan, T, 3300 words by SuburbanSun - Peggy has to bring someone to Christmas dinner and Stan volunteers. Stan is just hilarious and the fic is totally adorable.

They Take Their Shots (We’re Bulletproof) - The Mindy Project, Mindy/Danny, T, 7700 words by SuburbanSun - Adorable fic about five times Mindy and Danny were caught under the mistletoe and one time they weren’t. The voices are spot-on and the kissing is super sweet.

I guess this turned out to be the SuburbanSun rec post!

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Yuletide Recs (Numbers, A-G)

I’ve been using the yuletide_recs collection on AO3 so if you’re following yulerecs, you might have already seen these. Just think of this as a handy aggregate!

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