New Year's Resolutions as of October 20
Since my last update, seven works have been posted to the 2020 New Year's Resolutions collection.
Their fandoms are:
-Die Lustige Witwe | The Merry Widow
-Die Gänsemagd | The Goose Girl
-Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV)
-Blossom Culp Series - Richard Peck, A Night in the Lonesome October - Roger Zelazny, Indiana Jones Series, Princess and the Frog (2009), Mary Russell - Laurie R. King, Tarzan - Edgar Rice Burroughs, A Study in Emerald - Neil Gaiman, Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms, Cthulhu Mythos - H. P. Lovecraft, The Addams Family - Charles Addams (Comics), 20th Century CE RPF
-L.A. Confidential (1997)
-The Penumbra Podcast
-The Tick (TV 2017)
The Affair of the Respectable Wife, Or, Who Cares For Poetry When the Poets Are Revolting? (4672 words) by cefyr
Chapters: 4/4
Fandom: Die Lustige Witwe | The Merry Widow
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Hanna Glawari/Danilo Danilowitsch
Characters: Hanna Glawari, Danilo Danilowitsch, Valencienne Zeta, Mirko Zeta
Additional Tags: Some Plot, some poetry, Some Humor, Post-Canon, Conspiracy
Summary:
A tale of conspiracy, dancing, and poetry in and around the Pontevedrian embassy in Paris
Cruel Wind Blows (1794 words) by ozsaur
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Die Gänsemagd | The Goose Girl
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Kammerjungfer | Servant (Gänsemagd | Goose Girl), Falada (Gänsemagd | Goose Girl), Königstochter | Princess (Gänsemagd | Goose Girl)
Additional Tags: Fairy Tale Retellings, POV Female Character, Impersonation, Witchcraft, Magic, Horses, False Identity
Summary:
The Goose Girl is not what she seems.
We Fall Down (1601 words) by Brightbear
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Hercule Poirot, Charles Cartwright, Arthur Hastings
Summary:
The first occasion on which Hercule Poirot came face to face with Charles was at a bridge table.
Not Made For Any Man: (the death of the moon) (11328 words) by melannen
Chapters: 8/8
Fandom: Blossom Culp Series - Richard Peck, A Night in the Lonesome October - Roger Zelazny, Indiana Jones Series, Princess and the Frog (2009), Mary Russell - Laurie R. King, Tarzan - Edgar Rice Burroughs, A Study in Emerald - Neil Gaiman, Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms, Cthulhu Mythos - H. P. Lovecraft, The Addams Family - Charles Addams (Comics), 20th Century CE RPF
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Blossom Culp, Alexander Armsworth, Graymalk (Night in the Lonesome October), Snuff (Night in the Lonesome October), Marion Ravenwood, Original Snake Character, Prince Naveen, Manu the Monkey, Lady Jane Clayton, A Hive of Bees, Crazy Jill (Night in the Lonesome October), Mary Russell, Tiana (Princess and the Frog), Irene Adler, An Aviatrix, Morticia Addams, Cleopatra the African Strangler
Additional Tags: Crossover, cosmic horror, 1920s
Series: Part 3 of It Was A Soft October Night
Summary:
As the moon wanes, alliances are built, new players appear, secrets come to light, and Alexander Armstrong spends a lot of time confused.
friend like that, who needs an enemy (4481 words) by StripySock
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: L.A. Confidential (1997)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Ed Exley/Bud White
Characters: Bud White, Ed Exley
Additional Tags: First Time, Blow Jobs, Post-Canon, The Buds are Back in Town, Sexual Tension, Drunk Sex, beer and adrenaline made them do it
Summary:
“Two dead Santas and a heroin epidemic,” Exley says, thumbing through a little crisp book now. “The things Christmas is made of.”
No Dawn, No Day (2640 words) by FaintlyMacabre
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Penumbra Podcast
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Peter Nureyev/Juno Steel
Characters: Peter Nureyev, Juno Steel, Rita (Penumbra Podcast), Jet Sikuliaq
Additional Tags: Huddling For Warmth, and there was only one bed, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Pretty light on the hurt and heavy on the comfort, Fluff, Stranded, Jet and Rita are only there for a second, Junoverse | Juno Steel Universe, Post-Episode: s03e01-02 Juno Steel and the Man in Glass, Abandonment Issues
Summary:
Not long after the Zolotovna job, Juno and Peter are sent to meet with an old contact of Buddy's. Trouble is, when they get to the meeting spot, no one meets them, and they're stuck on an asteroid in some forgotten part of the galaxy with no weapons, no comms, and no way to get themselves out of there.
As Normal Does (1113 words) by likeadeuce
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Tick (TV 2017)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Dorothy "Dot" Everest/Overkill
Characters: Dorothy "Dot" Everest, Overkill - Character
Additional Tags: Arthur/Dangerboat (mentioned), Weird flirting, angsty fluff
Summary:
"Your brother has a dinner date with my boat tonight," Overkill said.
All Overkill's stuff is on his boat.
There's nothing for him to surveil, infiltrate, or raid.
Dot will have to help him make other plans.
2020's New Year's Resolutions challenge is almost over
Yuletide 2020 sign-ups are open, which means the NYR collection will soon close. We will close the collection shortly after we close Yuletide sign-ups (9am UTC 26 October). Whether you're posting just for fun, or posting in order to be able to sign up to Yuletide again, that is your deadline! (If it's the latter, please post before signing up.) I will post a round-up of NYR stories at some point after assignments have gone out. Last year we got to 56 works! Can we beat that total?
NB: the collection to add your works to is nyr2020. If this doesn't come up for you in the collection drop-down when posting a new work, you can enter it manually, or try going to the collection itself and clicking Post to Collection at the top right.
What is the New Year's Resolutions 2020 collection?
The New Year's Resolutions challenge/activity is part of Yuletide. Each year after a round of Yuletide ends, a new NYR collection is set up. This collection is for new works based on past Yuletide prompts.
Anyone can look at past Yuletide prompts and submit a work - you don't need to have participated in Yuletide before. Gifts must respect their recipients' Do-Not-Wants. However, if you're writing a NYR story because you are required to before you can sign up to Yuletide again, there are additional rules.
See also the 2019 Yuletide FAQ and the nyr stories tag on this journal.
Prompts
2019's prompts are available on AO3, in a downloadable text file, and in an app. Prompts from pinch hitters who weren't signed up can be found here (DW) and here (LJ), and are also included in the app. For older prompts, try looking at the dashboards of previous NYR collections, such as New Year's Resolutions 2019.
Someday My Fic Will Come
This is an additional mini-challenge, begun by swan_tower. If you have requested the same thing in at least 3 Yuletides, and you haven't been given it yet, record your prompt at the DW post or LJ post - or look for a long-lingering prompt that you can fulfil.
This post on DW
Their fandoms are:
-Die Lustige Witwe | The Merry Widow
-Die Gänsemagd | The Goose Girl
-Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV)
-Blossom Culp Series - Richard Peck, A Night in the Lonesome October - Roger Zelazny, Indiana Jones Series, Princess and the Frog (2009), Mary Russell - Laurie R. King, Tarzan - Edgar Rice Burroughs, A Study in Emerald - Neil Gaiman, Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms, Cthulhu Mythos - H. P. Lovecraft, The Addams Family - Charles Addams (Comics), 20th Century CE RPF
-L.A. Confidential (1997)
-The Penumbra Podcast
-The Tick (TV 2017)
The Affair of the Respectable Wife, Or, Who Cares For Poetry When the Poets Are Revolting? (4672 words) by cefyr
Chapters: 4/4
Fandom: Die Lustige Witwe | The Merry Widow
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Hanna Glawari/Danilo Danilowitsch
Characters: Hanna Glawari, Danilo Danilowitsch, Valencienne Zeta, Mirko Zeta
Additional Tags: Some Plot, some poetry, Some Humor, Post-Canon, Conspiracy
Summary:
A tale of conspiracy, dancing, and poetry in and around the Pontevedrian embassy in Paris
Cruel Wind Blows (1794 words) by ozsaur
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Die Gänsemagd | The Goose Girl
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Kammerjungfer | Servant (Gänsemagd | Goose Girl), Falada (Gänsemagd | Goose Girl), Königstochter | Princess (Gänsemagd | Goose Girl)
Additional Tags: Fairy Tale Retellings, POV Female Character, Impersonation, Witchcraft, Magic, Horses, False Identity
Summary:
The Goose Girl is not what she seems.
We Fall Down (1601 words) by Brightbear
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Hercule Poirot, Charles Cartwright, Arthur Hastings
Summary:
The first occasion on which Hercule Poirot came face to face with Charles was at a bridge table.
Not Made For Any Man: (the death of the moon) (11328 words) by melannen
Chapters: 8/8
Fandom: Blossom Culp Series - Richard Peck, A Night in the Lonesome October - Roger Zelazny, Indiana Jones Series, Princess and the Frog (2009), Mary Russell - Laurie R. King, Tarzan - Edgar Rice Burroughs, A Study in Emerald - Neil Gaiman, Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms, Cthulhu Mythos - H. P. Lovecraft, The Addams Family - Charles Addams (Comics), 20th Century CE RPF
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Blossom Culp, Alexander Armsworth, Graymalk (Night in the Lonesome October), Snuff (Night in the Lonesome October), Marion Ravenwood, Original Snake Character, Prince Naveen, Manu the Monkey, Lady Jane Clayton, A Hive of Bees, Crazy Jill (Night in the Lonesome October), Mary Russell, Tiana (Princess and the Frog), Irene Adler, An Aviatrix, Morticia Addams, Cleopatra the African Strangler
Additional Tags: Crossover, cosmic horror, 1920s
Series: Part 3 of It Was A Soft October Night
Summary:
As the moon wanes, alliances are built, new players appear, secrets come to light, and Alexander Armstrong spends a lot of time confused.
friend like that, who needs an enemy (4481 words) by StripySock
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: L.A. Confidential (1997)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Ed Exley/Bud White
Characters: Bud White, Ed Exley
Additional Tags: First Time, Blow Jobs, Post-Canon, The Buds are Back in Town, Sexual Tension, Drunk Sex, beer and adrenaline made them do it
Summary:
“Two dead Santas and a heroin epidemic,” Exley says, thumbing through a little crisp book now. “The things Christmas is made of.”
No Dawn, No Day (2640 words) by FaintlyMacabre
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Penumbra Podcast
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Peter Nureyev/Juno Steel
Characters: Peter Nureyev, Juno Steel, Rita (Penumbra Podcast), Jet Sikuliaq
Additional Tags: Huddling For Warmth, and there was only one bed, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Pretty light on the hurt and heavy on the comfort, Fluff, Stranded, Jet and Rita are only there for a second, Junoverse | Juno Steel Universe, Post-Episode: s03e01-02 Juno Steel and the Man in Glass, Abandonment Issues
Summary:
Not long after the Zolotovna job, Juno and Peter are sent to meet with an old contact of Buddy's. Trouble is, when they get to the meeting spot, no one meets them, and they're stuck on an asteroid in some forgotten part of the galaxy with no weapons, no comms, and no way to get themselves out of there.
As Normal Does (1113 words) by likeadeuce
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Tick (TV 2017)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Dorothy "Dot" Everest/Overkill
Characters: Dorothy "Dot" Everest, Overkill - Character
Additional Tags: Arthur/Dangerboat (mentioned), Weird flirting, angsty fluff
Summary:
"Your brother has a dinner date with my boat tonight," Overkill said.
All Overkill's stuff is on his boat.
There's nothing for him to surveil, infiltrate, or raid.
Dot will have to help him make other plans.
2020's New Year's Resolutions challenge is almost over
Yuletide 2020 sign-ups are open, which means the NYR collection will soon close. We will close the collection shortly after we close Yuletide sign-ups (9am UTC 26 October). Whether you're posting just for fun, or posting in order to be able to sign up to Yuletide again, that is your deadline! (If it's the latter, please post before signing up.) I will post a round-up of NYR stories at some point after assignments have gone out. Last year we got to 56 works! Can we beat that total?
NB: the collection to add your works to is nyr2020. If this doesn't come up for you in the collection drop-down when posting a new work, you can enter it manually, or try going to the collection itself and clicking Post to Collection at the top right.
What is the New Year's Resolutions 2020 collection?
The New Year's Resolutions challenge/activity is part of Yuletide. Each year after a round of Yuletide ends, a new NYR collection is set up. This collection is for new works based on past Yuletide prompts.
Anyone can look at past Yuletide prompts and submit a work - you don't need to have participated in Yuletide before. Gifts must respect their recipients' Do-Not-Wants. However, if you're writing a NYR story because you are required to before you can sign up to Yuletide again, there are additional rules.
See also the 2019 Yuletide FAQ and the nyr stories tag on this journal.
Prompts
2019's prompts are available on AO3, in a downloadable text file, and in an app. Prompts from pinch hitters who weren't signed up can be found here (DW) and here (LJ), and are also included in the app. For older prompts, try looking at the dashboards of previous NYR collections, such as New Year's Resolutions 2019.
Someday My Fic Will Come
This is an additional mini-challenge, begun by swan_tower. If you have requested the same thing in at least 3 Yuletides, and you haven't been given it yet, record your prompt at the DW post or LJ post - or look for a long-lingering prompt that you can fulfil.
This post on DW