Midsummer 2009
Despite my writing not being very writingly of late, I took the plunge and sent in my sign-up form for midsummer2009. Because! Midsummer is candy. Midsummer is C6D flexing its sweet, strange little muscles and getting some Canadians laid who SERIOUSLY need to get laid. And half the time you're writing in a quiet, rarely explored corner of C6D, so whether you write a magnificent epic or a wee character study or some hot, dirty porn, it is rare and delightful and JUST what somebody has been wanting. So that is very good, I think, and I support it.
And while it's fresh in my mind and way before the assignments are sent out and, hey! There's still time for some of you to sign up and maybe write this for me, because you are lovely, talented people, here's a premature Dear Midsummer Santa letter:
You may have noticed that I have a very hard time being specific in my requests. This is true. I just, I start thinking about a request and immediately I think of something amazing that might not get written because of the limits of that request. And so I cheat, always, and that's very sad for you. For example:
1. Double Happiness (Jade/Mark or anybody/anybody). I like Jade and Mark! I like them together and I like them separately and I'd love a nice little revisit to their world, with them together and making it work and maybe a little plot and a little sweetness and a little more ice cream, yay! But, hmm, I wouldn't be shocked if it didn't work out between them, in which case I am totally curious about the next love of either of their lives! Jade dates a girl! OH MY GOD YES because what if THAT was the revelation about herself and the world she kept missing and she'd be so drily witty and so head over heels and so exasperated and it would be fabulous. [Expanded, because I kept thinking about it: One of the things I really like about DH is how Jade doesn't completely lose her mind over Mark? I mean, she does, but in a very controlled way, she's always allowing him more or less access to her, and I like that, it's real and character-specific, but I kind of want to see her lose it, to be the one holding a boombox above her head outside somebody's window, you know?]<3 <3 <3 Or Mark getting some crossover deep dicking loving, yes, seriously hot, yes. Yum, Mark and somebody like, oooh, what if you rewrote the world and caught Dan from WW before he got married, what if he and Mark meet at something ridiculous like the cake shop where they're shopping for their upcoming weddings and they're both clueless and good-hearted and totally get each other and are trying and way, way, way missing the clue train until... <3 <3 <3 Or Jade's little sister's growing up story! Pearl! Want! So, yes, I just filled up all my possible request slots with just Double Happiness, and I could have oh yes, but instead I was all vague and stuff. I am diabolically clever.
2. Wilby Wonderful (Duck/Dan, though I'd be perfectly delighted with any pairing, slash or het.) Hahahaha. And here I notice a theme. I like the canon pairing. I like them together. I like them apart. If they break up and remain friends and either of them has a lovely love affair with somebody else from that or any other source, I might just like that a lot. Because, huh, Duck and Dan breaking up amicably would be kind of fascinating, because Dan is not so good at the breakups, did you notice? And him getting to the point where he can survive and be okay with the end of his first try at the gay loving would be kind of fabulous. Oh, oh, oh, OR I want a story ALL ABOUT Sandra Anderson. Seriously, she is the BEST and infuriating and I identify with her WAY too much and she really, really needs a good post-movie coming-of-age story, so so so much. And wouldn't it be cool? To see her happy or good at something or making a good decision for once or making more bad decisions and surviving because that's what she does, toaster waffles and all. Yes.
3. For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down (Jerry Bines/anybody. Get Jerry laid, pretty please). Yeaaaah. Self-explanatory, yes? He's doomed, he's bad news, he's a kicked puppy with fleas and big pretty eyes and a bad biting habit, he's the mistake everybody wants to make, and he needs to get laid the MOST.
4. Masterminds (Ollie/anyone). And, okay, Ollie probably needs to get laid the LEAST, because he's EXHAUSTED, poor dear, from all the imaginary sex I imagine him having whenever I see his adorable little self, but he's a trooper (just check out his nifty leather uniform). He's up for more.
5. Whiskey Echo (Rollie/anyone, or plotty gen). See, I'm in the mood for some world-building and some plotty tricks (of course, because I am not very strong on those and don't worry if you aren't either, dear writer, because I am easy like Ollie -- although, hee, speaking of: wouldn't it be fun to write a story where Ollie is not slutty at all, leather and cocked hip and sexual tension with all pipelike objects notwithstanding?) and Rollie's SUCH a good candidate for this. (And now I've confused myself and desperately want a Rollie/Ollie crossover of terrible names in which a heist of Ollie's goes disastrously wrong [as, admit it, they all do] and there is fleeing and surgery and it's the African Queen, for which I will lessen my usual stern stance on puns, BECAUSE.)
Note: When above I said "anyone" for one half of a pairing? Feel free to insert anything Hugh-ish or Paul-ish or Girl-ish or, whatever, the sweetheart of your own heated fantasies. Seriously, I can't even rule out something Maury-ish, for the wonder of nifty writing would make me love it, I know this to be true.
Note 2: I didn't put anything in the DO NOT WANT field, really, but there are a couple of phrases that I am pretty tired of and if you can avoid them without causing yourself excessive pain, I'll thank you. They are related and they are:
1. Character X's inner voice, referring to own doting or besotted or insecure thoughts/behavior: "when did I turn into a 12-year-old girl?"
2. Spelling out what character X is NOT (winkwink nudgenudge) thinking/doing/saying: "X didn't for one split teenie weenie second watch character Y's fine, fine ass sway out of the room, no matter how taut and delicious it was." (Although if somebody wants to take the time to write a whole story in that style: "X most certainly didn't pin Y to the floor and suck his cock right down, no matter how delicious and throbby it felt in his throat. Y would have had to visit his chiropractor the next day anyway, it certainly had nothing to do with the perils of screwing on marble tile," I'll probably snicker and give you a high five.)
Note 3: I lied, I totally forgot that I do have a DO NOT WANT beyond writerly tetchiness: I'm a hard sell on threesomes/moresomes and would prefer not. Thank you!
So. Yes. You should mock my inability to write a proper request, pity the person who gets my assignment (unless you are the person who got my assignment, in which case, HI. I'm sorry, have fun, isn't Midsummer so so neat-o?), then promptly go and sign up and write me these stories or something else I wouldn't have thought of in a million years but will totally love. Like I love Midsummer C6D. Because it's candy.
ETA: I AM THE CHAMPION. Because I successfully crossposted to LJ from DW. WIN. Sli + technology = <3
And while it's fresh in my mind and way before the assignments are sent out and, hey! There's still time for some of you to sign up and maybe write this for me, because you are lovely, talented people, here's a premature Dear Midsummer Santa letter:
You may have noticed that I have a very hard time being specific in my requests. This is true. I just, I start thinking about a request and immediately I think of something amazing that might not get written because of the limits of that request. And so I cheat, always, and that's very sad for you. For example:
1. Double Happiness (Jade/Mark or anybody/anybody). I like Jade and Mark! I like them together and I like them separately and I'd love a nice little revisit to their world, with them together and making it work and maybe a little plot and a little sweetness and a little more ice cream, yay! But, hmm, I wouldn't be shocked if it didn't work out between them, in which case I am totally curious about the next love of either of their lives! Jade dates a girl! OH MY GOD YES because what if THAT was the revelation about herself and the world she kept missing and she'd be so drily witty and so head over heels and so exasperated and it would be fabulous. [Expanded, because I kept thinking about it: One of the things I really like about DH is how Jade doesn't completely lose her mind over Mark? I mean, she does, but in a very controlled way, she's always allowing him more or less access to her, and I like that, it's real and character-specific, but I kind of want to see her lose it, to be the one holding a boombox above her head outside somebody's window, you know?]<3 <3 <3 Or Mark getting some crossover deep dicking loving, yes, seriously hot, yes. Yum, Mark and somebody like, oooh, what if you rewrote the world and caught Dan from WW before he got married, what if he and Mark meet at something ridiculous like the cake shop where they're shopping for their upcoming weddings and they're both clueless and good-hearted and totally get each other and are trying and way, way, way missing the clue train until... <3 <3 <3 Or Jade's little sister's growing up story! Pearl! Want! So, yes, I just filled up all my possible request slots with just Double Happiness, and I could have oh yes, but instead I was all vague and stuff. I am diabolically clever.
2. Wilby Wonderful (Duck/Dan, though I'd be perfectly delighted with any pairing, slash or het.) Hahahaha. And here I notice a theme. I like the canon pairing. I like them together. I like them apart. If they break up and remain friends and either of them has a lovely love affair with somebody else from that or any other source, I might just like that a lot. Because, huh, Duck and Dan breaking up amicably would be kind of fascinating, because Dan is not so good at the breakups, did you notice? And him getting to the point where he can survive and be okay with the end of his first try at the gay loving would be kind of fabulous. Oh, oh, oh, OR I want a story ALL ABOUT Sandra Anderson. Seriously, she is the BEST and infuriating and I identify with her WAY too much and she really, really needs a good post-movie coming-of-age story, so so so much. And wouldn't it be cool? To see her happy or good at something or making a good decision for once or making more bad decisions and surviving because that's what she does, toaster waffles and all. Yes.
3. For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down (Jerry Bines/anybody. Get Jerry laid, pretty please). Yeaaaah. Self-explanatory, yes? He's doomed, he's bad news, he's a kicked puppy with fleas and big pretty eyes and a bad biting habit, he's the mistake everybody wants to make, and he needs to get laid the MOST.
4. Masterminds (Ollie/anyone). And, okay, Ollie probably needs to get laid the LEAST, because he's EXHAUSTED, poor dear, from all the imaginary sex I imagine him having whenever I see his adorable little self, but he's a trooper (just check out his nifty leather uniform). He's up for more.
5. Whiskey Echo (Rollie/anyone, or plotty gen). See, I'm in the mood for some world-building and some plotty tricks (of course, because I am not very strong on those and don't worry if you aren't either, dear writer, because I am easy like Ollie -- although, hee, speaking of: wouldn't it be fun to write a story where Ollie is not slutty at all, leather and cocked hip and sexual tension with all pipelike objects notwithstanding?) and Rollie's SUCH a good candidate for this. (And now I've confused myself and desperately want a Rollie/Ollie crossover of terrible names in which a heist of Ollie's goes disastrously wrong [as, admit it, they all do] and there is fleeing and surgery and it's the African Queen, for which I will lessen my usual stern stance on puns, BECAUSE.)
Note: When above I said "anyone" for one half of a pairing? Feel free to insert anything Hugh-ish or Paul-ish or Girl-ish or, whatever, the sweetheart of your own heated fantasies. Seriously, I can't even rule out something Maury-ish, for the wonder of nifty writing would make me love it, I know this to be true.
Note 2: I didn't put anything in the DO NOT WANT field, really, but there are a couple of phrases that I am pretty tired of and if you can avoid them without causing yourself excessive pain, I'll thank you. They are related and they are:
1. Character X's inner voice, referring to own doting or besotted or insecure thoughts/behavior: "when did I turn into a 12-year-old girl?"
2. Spelling out what character X is NOT (winkwink nudgenudge) thinking/doing/saying: "X didn't for one split teenie weenie second watch character Y's fine, fine ass sway out of the room, no matter how taut and delicious it was." (Although if somebody wants to take the time to write a whole story in that style: "X most certainly didn't pin Y to the floor and suck his cock right down, no matter how delicious and throbby it felt in his throat. Y would have had to visit his chiropractor the next day anyway, it certainly had nothing to do with the perils of screwing on marble tile," I'll probably snicker and give you a high five.)
Note 3: I lied, I totally forgot that I do have a DO NOT WANT beyond writerly tetchiness: I'm a hard sell on threesomes/moresomes and would prefer not. Thank you!
So. Yes. You should mock my inability to write a proper request, pity the person who gets my assignment (unless you are the person who got my assignment, in which case, HI. I'm sorry, have fun, isn't Midsummer so so neat-o?), then promptly go and sign up and write me these stories or something else I wouldn't have thought of in a million years but will totally love. Like I love Midsummer C6D. Because it's candy.
ETA: I AM THE CHAMPION. Because I successfully crossposted to LJ from DW. WIN. Sli + technology = <3