A win, and a thank you
I've been having a mildly crazy and stressful week here at college, and I'm not quite settled down into this weekend yet (still one more class and work to go!), but I wanted to make a small PSA and a thank you.
That PSA of sorts would be that The Time Is Out of Joint, my Amy/Rory/River fic, has taken second place in the First Trip challenge at who_contest. I'm honestly in a mild state of shock. There were so many things I felt could have worked against me: the fact that it leaned heavily on Julian, my OC, who has two strikes against him: one, being an OC, and two, being a child OC. I know there are people out there who are really vehement about that sort of thing, which is why I hesitate sometimes to work more with Sarah, the child I gave TenII and Rose in The Domestic Approach, my biggest 'verse. Second, this was my first official time working with River in a canonical setting (my other time was Mad Girl's Love Song, which was fairly AU and featured River only briefly). Third, it took a fairly critical angle on the complications of Moffat's chosen plotline, which I know some people wouldn't have been enthralled by.
I find it almost funny that the fics of mine that have won awards or gotten a lot of praise are the ones I've stressed most over writing--although that's probably a sign. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out is one of my most popular fics overall and you guys have no idea how nervous I was to tackle Eleven (funny, now, because he's probably my favorite character to write). Of All the Gin Joints was truly a labor of love and I still can't believe how many people loved that one. a house on fire went through about five different plot ideas before I settled on that angsty introspective sort of tone. And Good God, The Right Place for Love. Liz begged me to write that story so many times. When I got asked about Rory for a character meme on Tumblr, I gave that scenario as my answer for my headcanon, and even more people asked me to write it. I stressed hard over whether or not Eleven saying what he did to Rory, being that open, was in character, and kept turning back to the raw honesty they shared in "Day of the Moon" and "The Girl Who Waited" to tell myself that it was. And then there was how emotionally attached I was to the subject matter, to the point that I cried as I edited it. I wondered if other people were going to feel the same way about the scenario that I did, and was pleased that it resonated with others the way it did for me.
And now that I've gone on a ramble, I want to issue that thank you. Thank you for all of you who read my fics and who love them enough to vote for them--hopefully on their own merits, not just because you like me (hopefully? :D)! All of you are so kind and so welcoming and wonderful. then_theres_us -- you guys are my favorite girls. The Doctor Who fandom can get crazy, but you guys are crazy in your own special ways and so many of you were so sweet to me the day I came on and posted Hemlock with such trepidation. The now defunct doctor_rose_las was wonderfully welcoming as well, and even if we were voting for or against each other each round, it never felt contentious. And who_contest -- I have no words for you guys, truly. The place has such a broad range and it would be so easy to overlook people or to get caught up in who's winning what or things of that nature, but I always forget that place is competitive just because it's so much fun. I unfortunately don't get to read for that comm as often as I'd like, but the entries I have read have all been brilliant in their own ways. You guys rock.
So thank you all for lightening my week a little bit, and for being continuously wonderful. Love you all!
- Trai
That PSA of sorts would be that The Time Is Out of Joint, my Amy/Rory/River fic, has taken second place in the First Trip challenge at who_contest. I'm honestly in a mild state of shock. There were so many things I felt could have worked against me: the fact that it leaned heavily on Julian, my OC, who has two strikes against him: one, being an OC, and two, being a child OC. I know there are people out there who are really vehement about that sort of thing, which is why I hesitate sometimes to work more with Sarah, the child I gave TenII and Rose in The Domestic Approach, my biggest 'verse. Second, this was my first official time working with River in a canonical setting (my other time was Mad Girl's Love Song, which was fairly AU and featured River only briefly). Third, it took a fairly critical angle on the complications of Moffat's chosen plotline, which I know some people wouldn't have been enthralled by.
I find it almost funny that the fics of mine that have won awards or gotten a lot of praise are the ones I've stressed most over writing--although that's probably a sign. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out is one of my most popular fics overall and you guys have no idea how nervous I was to tackle Eleven (funny, now, because he's probably my favorite character to write). Of All the Gin Joints was truly a labor of love and I still can't believe how many people loved that one. a house on fire went through about five different plot ideas before I settled on that angsty introspective sort of tone. And Good God, The Right Place for Love. Liz begged me to write that story so many times. When I got asked about Rory for a character meme on Tumblr, I gave that scenario as my answer for my headcanon, and even more people asked me to write it. I stressed hard over whether or not Eleven saying what he did to Rory, being that open, was in character, and kept turning back to the raw honesty they shared in "Day of the Moon" and "The Girl Who Waited" to tell myself that it was. And then there was how emotionally attached I was to the subject matter, to the point that I cried as I edited it. I wondered if other people were going to feel the same way about the scenario that I did, and was pleased that it resonated with others the way it did for me.
And now that I've gone on a ramble, I want to issue that thank you. Thank you for all of you who read my fics and who love them enough to vote for them--hopefully on their own merits, not just because you like me (hopefully? :D)! All of you are so kind and so welcoming and wonderful. then_theres_us -- you guys are my favorite girls. The Doctor Who fandom can get crazy, but you guys are crazy in your own special ways and so many of you were so sweet to me the day I came on and posted Hemlock with such trepidation. The now defunct doctor_rose_las was wonderfully welcoming as well, and even if we were voting for or against each other each round, it never felt contentious. And who_contest -- I have no words for you guys, truly. The place has such a broad range and it would be so easy to overlook people or to get caught up in who's winning what or things of that nature, but I always forget that place is competitive just because it's so much fun. I unfortunately don't get to read for that comm as often as I'd like, but the entries I have read have all been brilliant in their own ways. You guys rock.
So thank you all for lightening my week a little bit, and for being continuously wonderful. Love you all!
- Trai