The Year in Fic
What with one thing and another, I haven't written much this year. What I wrote was almost entirely for challenges, exchanges and fundraisers, with the odd little thing thrown in on the side.
Anyway, first up, yuletide reveal:
A Lie Agreed Upon [Mad Men] for
idlerat
Betty's mom was the one who taught Betty how to do her hair.
This was my assignment, and my first attempt at Mad Men fic. I was quite uncertain about it all the way through, and I'm really grateful to kristin for kicking it into shape. I ended up writing about Betty almost by default, because I've been reading a lot about second-wave feminism recently, and thinking about perfect-things-that-aren't, Betty's homelife of course being one of those. This is set three months before the first episode, in January 1960.
pirate superheroes (explode things and steal stuff) [Nextwave] for
jennova
How to put together an elite fighting team. With bonus lobsters.
This was a pinch-hit I picked up, and then promptly flailed over. Because it turns out that all the ideas I had for this fandom involved visual mediums, rather than pure text. Many, many thanks to Ferret & Lan for betaing, and additional thanks to alasdair for providing a much-needed kick-start by telling me all about Gomi and his cybernetic lobsters. (No, srsly, Marvel, WTF?)
a vision softly creeping [Mad Men] for idlerat
Midge and Don conduct a business transaction during Blowing Smoke (S4).
So, I completely panicked when writing my main assignment, certain that it just wasn't going to pan out. So I wrote this concurrently, in case A Lie Agreed Upon didn't work out. I'd just seen the episode, and kristin was a star in getting it to make sense.
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On to the rest of the year, in reverse order:
Partita [Sherlock] for slowascent
Sometimes John forgot that Sherlock lived in a completely different world.
Written for help_pakistan after many false starts.
contract negotiations (always open with a 'no') [Pretty Woman]
After they rescue each other, the fairytale relocates to New York.
queenspanky and I went to see Pretty Woman. This resulted.
Cut Time [The Big Bang Theory]
Penny hobbled home.
A horrid, mean little fic that I couldn't get out of my head until I wrote it all down.
Roses in December [Alias]
Sometimes, when he is feeling particularly masochistic, Jack likes to pretend that Laura really existed.
I wrote this in about half an hour sitting in the reception area of the Sierra Light House hotel in Freetown, before setting off for a week of field visits.
The Gorgoneion (The Epyllionic Remix) [Greek and Roman Mythology] for
trascendenza
This is no heroic verse.
Yeah, epic poetry in iambic pentameter, it nearly killed me. Many thanks to athena25 for services above and beyond the call of beta-duty.
*
This entry was originally posted at DreamWidth. There are
comments there. Comments are welcome at either journal.
Anyway, first up, yuletide reveal:
A Lie Agreed Upon [Mad Men] for
idlerat
Betty's mom was the one who taught Betty how to do her hair.
This was my assignment, and my first attempt at Mad Men fic. I was quite uncertain about it all the way through, and I'm really grateful to kristin for kicking it into shape. I ended up writing about Betty almost by default, because I've been reading a lot about second-wave feminism recently, and thinking about perfect-things-that-aren't, Betty's homelife of course being one of those. This is set three months before the first episode, in January 1960.
pirate superheroes (explode things and steal stuff) [Nextwave] for
jennova
How to put together an elite fighting team. With bonus lobsters.
This was a pinch-hit I picked up, and then promptly flailed over. Because it turns out that all the ideas I had for this fandom involved visual mediums, rather than pure text. Many, many thanks to Ferret & Lan for betaing, and additional thanks to alasdair for providing a much-needed kick-start by telling me all about Gomi and his cybernetic lobsters. (No, srsly, Marvel, WTF?)
a vision softly creeping [Mad Men] for idlerat
Midge and Don conduct a business transaction during Blowing Smoke (S4).
So, I completely panicked when writing my main assignment, certain that it just wasn't going to pan out. So I wrote this concurrently, in case A Lie Agreed Upon didn't work out. I'd just seen the episode, and kristin was a star in getting it to make sense.
*
On to the rest of the year, in reverse order:
Partita [Sherlock] for slowascent
Sometimes John forgot that Sherlock lived in a completely different world.
Written for help_pakistan after many false starts.
contract negotiations (always open with a 'no') [Pretty Woman]
After they rescue each other, the fairytale relocates to New York.
queenspanky and I went to see Pretty Woman. This resulted.
Cut Time [The Big Bang Theory]
Penny hobbled home.
A horrid, mean little fic that I couldn't get out of my head until I wrote it all down.
Roses in December [Alias]
Sometimes, when he is feeling particularly masochistic, Jack likes to pretend that Laura really existed.
I wrote this in about half an hour sitting in the reception area of the Sierra Light House hotel in Freetown, before setting off for a week of field visits.
The Gorgoneion (The Epyllionic Remix) [Greek and Roman Mythology] for
trascendenza
This is no heroic verse.
Yeah, epic poetry in iambic pentameter, it nearly killed me. Many thanks to athena25 for services above and beyond the call of beta-duty.
*
This entry was originally posted at DreamWidth. There are
comments there. Comments are welcome at either journal.