New Year's Resolutions: Late February Update
This month so far, four works have been added to the 2021 New Year's Resolutions collection, bringing us to a total of 15.
Much Ado About Something (12597 words) by DaisyNinjaGirl
Chapters: 7/7
Fandom: Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen, AUSTEN Jane - Works
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Colonel Brandon/Elinor Dashwood, Colonel Brandon & Marianne Dashwood & Margaret Dashwood, Marianne Dashwood/Mystery Character
Characters: Elinor Dashwood, Colonel Brandon (Sense and Sensibility), Marianne Dashwood, Margaret Dashwood, Mrs. Dashwood (Sense and Sensibility), Minor Characters, Original Male Character(s)
Additional Tags: Friends to Lovers, Slow Build, AU: Canon divergence, First Kiss
Series: Part 1 of The More Loving One
Summary:
He shook his head. “Marianne is light and fire and passion; you could warm your hands on her. You are my friend: peacefulness and ease. Do you think that’s nothing? I was cursed by the fairy of silence at my christening, Elinor, there are few in this world I can talk to so easily.” He stood in the rain, the cold droplets slicking his hair and sliding down the back of his collar. “When you marry, Elinor, I will try to be happy for you, because I would like to see you settled with one who values you, established. But I would grieve also, for I would be sorry to lose my friend.”
Chapter 1: May
Chapter 2: June
Chapter 3: July
Chapter 4: August
Chapter 5: September
Chapter 6: October
Epilogue
now we're there and we've only just begun (1405 words) by storieswelove
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Queen's Thief - Megan Whalen Turner
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Attolia | Irene/Eugenides
Characters: Eugenides (Queen's Thief), Attolia | Irene
Additional Tags: you know what they say, if you want really specific tender early relationship smut then you have to write it yourself, Porn with Feelings, this is just Irene riding him, but she has a complex relationship with power and intimacy and power over gen, and sometimes she gets a little in her head, gen however is a simple creature and just wants his giant wife to ride him, they’re new to this and figuring out what they want and what they like, there’s an intimacy to asking for something new from your partner, and for the two of them especially!
Summary:
A month into their marriage, Irene and Gen navigate intimacy and learning to ask for what you want.
just a spoonful of cyanide (1310 words) by embraidery
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Among Us (Video Game)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Bakery, Cheftide Mini-Challenge
Summary:
Six pastry chefs working against the clock, one pastry chef working to bring down their sugary empire.
Bluebeard's Crown (14604 words) by prodigy
Chapters: 1/2
Fandom: The Folk of the Air - Holly Black
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Eva Duarte/Madoc, Justin Duarte/Madoc, Eva Duarte/Justin Duarte
Characters: Madoc (The Folk of the Air), Eva Duarte, Justin Duarte, Val Moren, Eldred Greenbriar
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Faerie Bargain, Flashbacks, Pre-Canon, Doomed Relationships, Casual Bisexuality, Mayfly-December Romance, Immortals Struggling With Mortality, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
Summary:
In Blood of Years and Yearlings, Grima Mog wrote an afterthought too: The real weakness of our people, which I cannot quite name either a flaw or a vice, is that we are always slaying our own kind.
After the end, Madoc makes a bargain that requires him to go back to the beginning. But the ghosts of Eva and Justin Duarte don't prove so easy to exorcise.
What is the New Year's Resolutions 2021 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.
NB: When posting a work to the New Year's Resolutions 2021 collection, the collection name may not come up in the drop-down menu, even though 'nyr2021' will work when entered into the field. You can ensure the collection is incorporated automatically by going to the collection and clicking 'Post to Collection' at top right.
See also the FAQ from last Yuletide and the nyr stories tag on this journal.
Prompts
2020'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 on the admin DW community, 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 2020.
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. (Yes, these are the 2020 posts - they're still valid.)
This post on DW
Much Ado About Something (12597 words) by DaisyNinjaGirl
Chapters: 7/7
Fandom: Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen, AUSTEN Jane - Works
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Colonel Brandon/Elinor Dashwood, Colonel Brandon & Marianne Dashwood & Margaret Dashwood, Marianne Dashwood/Mystery Character
Characters: Elinor Dashwood, Colonel Brandon (Sense and Sensibility), Marianne Dashwood, Margaret Dashwood, Mrs. Dashwood (Sense and Sensibility), Minor Characters, Original Male Character(s)
Additional Tags: Friends to Lovers, Slow Build, AU: Canon divergence, First Kiss
Series: Part 1 of The More Loving One
Summary:
He shook his head. “Marianne is light and fire and passion; you could warm your hands on her. You are my friend: peacefulness and ease. Do you think that’s nothing? I was cursed by the fairy of silence at my christening, Elinor, there are few in this world I can talk to so easily.” He stood in the rain, the cold droplets slicking his hair and sliding down the back of his collar. “When you marry, Elinor, I will try to be happy for you, because I would like to see you settled with one who values you, established. But I would grieve also, for I would be sorry to lose my friend.”
Chapter 1: May
Chapter 2: June
Chapter 3: July
Chapter 4: August
Chapter 5: September
Chapter 6: October
Epilogue
now we're there and we've only just begun (1405 words) by storieswelove
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Queen's Thief - Megan Whalen Turner
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Attolia | Irene/Eugenides
Characters: Eugenides (Queen's Thief), Attolia | Irene
Additional Tags: you know what they say, if you want really specific tender early relationship smut then you have to write it yourself, Porn with Feelings, this is just Irene riding him, but she has a complex relationship with power and intimacy and power over gen, and sometimes she gets a little in her head, gen however is a simple creature and just wants his giant wife to ride him, they’re new to this and figuring out what they want and what they like, there’s an intimacy to asking for something new from your partner, and for the two of them especially!
Summary:
A month into their marriage, Irene and Gen navigate intimacy and learning to ask for what you want.
just a spoonful of cyanide (1310 words) by embraidery
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Among Us (Video Game)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Bakery, Cheftide Mini-Challenge
Summary:
Six pastry chefs working against the clock, one pastry chef working to bring down their sugary empire.
Bluebeard's Crown (14604 words) by prodigy
Chapters: 1/2
Fandom: The Folk of the Air - Holly Black
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Eva Duarte/Madoc, Justin Duarte/Madoc, Eva Duarte/Justin Duarte
Characters: Madoc (The Folk of the Air), Eva Duarte, Justin Duarte, Val Moren, Eldred Greenbriar
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Faerie Bargain, Flashbacks, Pre-Canon, Doomed Relationships, Casual Bisexuality, Mayfly-December Romance, Immortals Struggling With Mortality, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
Summary:
In Blood of Years and Yearlings, Grima Mog wrote an afterthought too: The real weakness of our people, which I cannot quite name either a flaw or a vice, is that we are always slaying our own kind.
After the end, Madoc makes a bargain that requires him to go back to the beginning. But the ghosts of Eva and Justin Duarte don't prove so easy to exorcise.
What is the New Year's Resolutions 2021 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.
NB: When posting a work to the New Year's Resolutions 2021 collection, the collection name may not come up in the drop-down menu, even though 'nyr2021' will work when entered into the field. You can ensure the collection is incorporated automatically by going to the collection and clicking 'Post to Collection' at top right.
See also the FAQ from last Yuletide and the nyr stories tag on this journal.
Prompts
2020'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 on the admin DW community, 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 2020.
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. (Yes, these are the 2020 posts - they're still valid.)
This post on DW