One Last Post for the Day
I've never posted three times in one day, so apologies to my f-list. But I wanted to pass along this link because I honestly think it's so freakin' clever.
If you read my earlier post, you might have noticed that sign-ups will be taking placing starting next week for spn_j2_bigbang. I realize not all my flist are SPN/J2 fans, but hang around a sec anyway because this is something that would be cool to do in any fandom (and, yeah, I realize other fandoms besides SPN/J2 have held similar challenges--but it's not even really the challenge this post is about as much as it is the promotion of the challenge).
The basic gist is that writers write fics of 20,000 words or more and then these stories are matched up with artists, who then do everything from videos to banners to illustrations to icons to photo manips to whatever. Are they're posted as a joint post. There is some seriously gorgeous art that goes with some seriously awesome fic. I don't know how many of these stories I've read since getting into the fandom over the summer, and I've been blown away time and again.
Anyway, I definitely want to sign up this year and plan to do so. But if I hadn't already felt this way, I'm pretty sure the vid below would have convinced me. It's a trailer for the challenge. How awesome is that?! I'm so impressed by this idea. It's clever and executed beautifully. I urge you to take a peek at it because it would be wonderful to do something for similar challenges across fandoms.
For any of you unfamiliar with SPN/J2, it might be helpful to note that a lot (though not all!) of the footage used for the vid comes from an episode called The Monster at the End of this Book. It's wonderful, one of my favs (though admittedly it didn't make my Top Ten eps, it would probably fall in the Top Fifteen). It's a meta episode revolving around the idea that Sam and Dean discover there is a author out there who has written a series of books based on their lives (Seriously based. The writer, Chuck, has been getting their lives downloaded into his brain from above--he's a prophet!--and has basically been recording what he saw. One of the running gags is that he has no talent as a writer. He's like a divinely appointed stenographer.). The books didn't sell all that well, but enough people read them that an online fandom has sprung up around them, one that includes fic, even Wincest. It's very fun, as is this vid. Enjoy!
If you feel like telling the vidder how wonderfully creative she is, here is her original post.
If you read my earlier post, you might have noticed that sign-ups will be taking placing starting next week for spn_j2_bigbang. I realize not all my flist are SPN/J2 fans, but hang around a sec anyway because this is something that would be cool to do in any fandom (and, yeah, I realize other fandoms besides SPN/J2 have held similar challenges--but it's not even really the challenge this post is about as much as it is the promotion of the challenge).
The basic gist is that writers write fics of 20,000 words or more and then these stories are matched up with artists, who then do everything from videos to banners to illustrations to icons to photo manips to whatever. Are they're posted as a joint post. There is some seriously gorgeous art that goes with some seriously awesome fic. I don't know how many of these stories I've read since getting into the fandom over the summer, and I've been blown away time and again.
Anyway, I definitely want to sign up this year and plan to do so. But if I hadn't already felt this way, I'm pretty sure the vid below would have convinced me. It's a trailer for the challenge. How awesome is that?! I'm so impressed by this idea. It's clever and executed beautifully. I urge you to take a peek at it because it would be wonderful to do something for similar challenges across fandoms.
For any of you unfamiliar with SPN/J2, it might be helpful to note that a lot (though not all!) of the footage used for the vid comes from an episode called The Monster at the End of this Book. It's wonderful, one of my favs (though admittedly it didn't make my Top Ten eps, it would probably fall in the Top Fifteen). It's a meta episode revolving around the idea that Sam and Dean discover there is a author out there who has written a series of books based on their lives (Seriously based. The writer, Chuck, has been getting their lives downloaded into his brain from above--he's a prophet!--and has basically been recording what he saw. One of the running gags is that he has no talent as a writer. He's like a divinely appointed stenographer.). The books didn't sell all that well, but enough people read them that an online fandom has sprung up around them, one that includes fic, even Wincest. It's very fun, as is this vid. Enjoy!
Click to viewIf you feel like telling the vidder how wonderfully creative she is, here is her original post.