Quiet holiday, New Year and writing
I've been having a lovely quiet holiday mainly involving some cooking, reading magazines and books, lots of Yuletide and then the busy of helping my parents with a New Year's Day party. This has been what I needed, time to be and be grateful to have time with my parents and phone calls with my other family. Now I feel like I can take on the new year with hope.
Before I left for the holidays, I saw the new Star Wars and mainly it left me feeling sort of like The Last Jedi, during it I was pulled in and interested. Then after as I started thinking about it, I ended up feeling disappointed. Both movies remind me of some fantasy novels I've read where great ideas but the execution is odd and I'm left seeing the holes. Also I felt like there was an uncomfortable balance in all the movies in terms of which characters the directors thought were the most interesting. The trilogy didn't feel much like a trilogy. I'm sorry about that as there's so much potential in the new trilogy but I felt it kind of got lost. Though I have enjoyed many of the other material from them like the various books. The way I feel about it, these aren't movies I'll eagerly rewatch the way that I do Rogue One, The Clone Wars or Star Wars Rebels.
In good news, I wrote for the Rebelcaptain Secret Santa along with Yuletide this year and really do love the rebelcaptain fandom. It was so much fun to be going into Yuletide after having watched enough of Guardian to have context for fic. Later I'll do a proper Yuletide rec post.
Follow-on (1180 words) by FiKate
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Chronicles of Chrestomanci - Diana Wynne Jones
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Christopher Chant/Millie, Christopher Chant & Mordecai Roberts
Characters: Christopher Chant, Millie | Millie Chant, Mordecai Roberts | Tacroy
Additional Tags: after conrad's fate, Friendship, Cricket
Summary:
After the events of Conrad's Fate, Christopher learns that he disappointed Tacroy and realizes cricket might be a way to help their relationship. My wonderful prompt was about wanting more about how Tacroy's perception of Christopher isn't the same as everyone else's and I used that as a way to look into what happened after Conrad's Fate.
This was a tricky fic and at this point, I haven't heard from my recipient but I'm proud of it. Young Christopher is a fascinating character and Tacroy intriguing but hard to get a read on. This is the first fic I've written in the Chrestomanci fandom proper, I did write one odd fic that was from the fictional Millie series. At this point, I've now written Hexwood, Magids, Chrestomanci, and Eight Days of Luke of Diana Wynne Jones' works. I don't know if I'll ever write for all of them but her fandoms are great.
My gift:
Speak Low when Speaking of Love (3086 words) by estelraca
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: October Daye Series - Seanan McGuire
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Dean Lorden/Quentin Sollys
Characters: Dean Lorden, Quentin Sollys, The Luidaeg (October Daye)
Additional Tags: Aftermath, Friendship, Musings on the Future
Summary:
In the aftermath of the situation with the Selkies and the Roane, Quentin and Dean try to help their families feel better. For Quentin that includes convincing the woman that most of the world is terrified of that she should come to dinner with him. Spoilers through Unkindest Tide.
This fic made me so happy. I love all the teens of the October Daye books and their perspective on what's going on around them.
The Rebelcaptain Secret Santa ended up being a lovely exchange and I wrote a very fluffy Modern AU fic. My prompt was a fluffy domestic and after asking, I learned my person liked baking together and I went for it.
Cookie Plan (1314 words) by FiKate
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Cassian Andor/Jyn Erso
Characters: Cassian Andor, Jyn Erso
Additional Tags: Modern AU, Rebelcaptain Secret Santa, Cassian the cook, Fluff, Domestic, Holidays, Established Relationship
Summary:
When it comes time to bake cookies for the holidays, Cassian has a plan and Jyn's ready to help. Since this is the first year that they're able to bake and prepare together. This modern version of Jyn and Cassian is slightly inspired by my College AU about them.
Written for Pawprinterfanfic and the 2019 Rebelcaptain Secret Santa. I hope you like it.
My gift was a sweet fic with Jyn taking care of Cassian.
Day and Night and Morning Light (1278 words) by YoukaiLuvr
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Cassian Andor/Jyn Erso
Characters: Cassian Andor, Jyn Erso
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Somebody Lives/Not Everyone Dies, Caretaking, Fluff, Domestic Fluff, tension headache, Post-RotJ, RebelCaptain Secret Santa 2019
Summary:
“Good morning,” he responded, ducking down to kiss her.
“What was that for?” Jyn asked.
“Just…because I can,” he said, smiling and leaning down for another kiss.
***********
RebelCaptain Secret Santa gift fic for FiKate.
This entry is also posted at https://ceitfianna.dreamwidth.org/485496.html. Please comment wherever you'd like.
Before I left for the holidays, I saw the new Star Wars and mainly it left me feeling sort of like The Last Jedi, during it I was pulled in and interested. Then after as I started thinking about it, I ended up feeling disappointed. Both movies remind me of some fantasy novels I've read where great ideas but the execution is odd and I'm left seeing the holes. Also I felt like there was an uncomfortable balance in all the movies in terms of which characters the directors thought were the most interesting. The trilogy didn't feel much like a trilogy. I'm sorry about that as there's so much potential in the new trilogy but I felt it kind of got lost. Though I have enjoyed many of the other material from them like the various books. The way I feel about it, these aren't movies I'll eagerly rewatch the way that I do Rogue One, The Clone Wars or Star Wars Rebels.
In good news, I wrote for the Rebelcaptain Secret Santa along with Yuletide this year and really do love the rebelcaptain fandom. It was so much fun to be going into Yuletide after having watched enough of Guardian to have context for fic. Later I'll do a proper Yuletide rec post.
Follow-on (1180 words) by FiKate
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Chronicles of Chrestomanci - Diana Wynne Jones
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Christopher Chant/Millie, Christopher Chant & Mordecai Roberts
Characters: Christopher Chant, Millie | Millie Chant, Mordecai Roberts | Tacroy
Additional Tags: after conrad's fate, Friendship, Cricket
Summary:
After the events of Conrad's Fate, Christopher learns that he disappointed Tacroy and realizes cricket might be a way to help their relationship. My wonderful prompt was about wanting more about how Tacroy's perception of Christopher isn't the same as everyone else's and I used that as a way to look into what happened after Conrad's Fate.
This was a tricky fic and at this point, I haven't heard from my recipient but I'm proud of it. Young Christopher is a fascinating character and Tacroy intriguing but hard to get a read on. This is the first fic I've written in the Chrestomanci fandom proper, I did write one odd fic that was from the fictional Millie series. At this point, I've now written Hexwood, Magids, Chrestomanci, and Eight Days of Luke of Diana Wynne Jones' works. I don't know if I'll ever write for all of them but her fandoms are great.
My gift:
Speak Low when Speaking of Love (3086 words) by estelraca
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: October Daye Series - Seanan McGuire
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Dean Lorden/Quentin Sollys
Characters: Dean Lorden, Quentin Sollys, The Luidaeg (October Daye)
Additional Tags: Aftermath, Friendship, Musings on the Future
Summary:
In the aftermath of the situation with the Selkies and the Roane, Quentin and Dean try to help their families feel better. For Quentin that includes convincing the woman that most of the world is terrified of that she should come to dinner with him. Spoilers through Unkindest Tide.
This fic made me so happy. I love all the teens of the October Daye books and their perspective on what's going on around them.
The Rebelcaptain Secret Santa ended up being a lovely exchange and I wrote a very fluffy Modern AU fic. My prompt was a fluffy domestic and after asking, I learned my person liked baking together and I went for it.
Cookie Plan (1314 words) by FiKate
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Cassian Andor/Jyn Erso
Characters: Cassian Andor, Jyn Erso
Additional Tags: Modern AU, Rebelcaptain Secret Santa, Cassian the cook, Fluff, Domestic, Holidays, Established Relationship
Summary:
When it comes time to bake cookies for the holidays, Cassian has a plan and Jyn's ready to help. Since this is the first year that they're able to bake and prepare together. This modern version of Jyn and Cassian is slightly inspired by my College AU about them.
Written for Pawprinterfanfic and the 2019 Rebelcaptain Secret Santa. I hope you like it.
My gift was a sweet fic with Jyn taking care of Cassian.
Day and Night and Morning Light (1278 words) by YoukaiLuvr
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Cassian Andor/Jyn Erso
Characters: Cassian Andor, Jyn Erso
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Somebody Lives/Not Everyone Dies, Caretaking, Fluff, Domestic Fluff, tension headache, Post-RotJ, RebelCaptain Secret Santa 2019
Summary:
“Good morning,” he responded, ducking down to kiss her.
“What was that for?” Jyn asked.
“Just…because I can,” he said, smiling and leaning down for another kiss.
***********
RebelCaptain Secret Santa gift fic for FiKate.
This entry is also posted at https://ceitfianna.dreamwidth.org/485496.html. Please comment wherever you'd like.