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yuletide reveal
Last post of today, I promise!
I wrote 6 stories for Yuletide this year, 2 of which were assignments and 4 of which were treats. I was so excited when I got my assignment, you guys. Seriously, I jumped up and bounced into the other room so that I could tell![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
andrealyn what the fandom was. I bounced. One might even have called it skipping. I also grabbed a pinch hit early on in a fandom I really wanted to write. There may have been bouncing then, too. None of these stories I wrote this year are sexually explicit; in fact, all of them are pretty much gen.
Assignments
Champions of Freedom, Purveyors of Hope, Defenders of Happy Meals [League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: America 1988]
When Max Zorin unleashes a deadly bioweapon known as the mogwai in an effort to sabotage his competition in the microchip industry, the results get out of hand more quickly than he could imagine. Dr. Emmett Brown and the reformed League of Extraordinary Gentlemen are on the job, but this might be their most dangerous challenge yet. 5500 words. [Canon.]
Oh, I had such grand plans for this story. I had pages of notes of things I wanted to slip in there, and a four-book structure that broke down the whole adventure like a limited series would have. It was way too ambitious for a Yuletide timeframe. So I kept my original story, scaled back, rearranged the narrative so that it started at what was originally the ending, and somehow (I think) made it work. Instead of fifty references to 80s books/tv shows/movies there are now about a dozen, not counting the members of the league themselves and the three-canon mashup that is the main plot, and I think all things considered I'm pretty happy with that. So thank you,calliopes_pen for a great prompt, and I'm glad you liked your story! (And now that I'm revealed, I'll come back and answer your question shortly. XD)
Moil and the Man: Sixty-Three Ways to be Heard Over the High King of Hoovers [Un Lun Dun - China Mieville]
Revolution seemed pretty easy sometimes, compared to all the work that came after. 3190 words.
I really, really wanted to write a story about Deeba Resham this year, because she is awesome, and if this pinch hit hadn't shown up I probably would have written a treat for the fandom in those mad five days between when assignments are due and when the archive opens. It's always a real treat when the request is exactly what you want to write: Deeba and Hemi, and what happens after the book.fairest1, you rock, and I'm glad you enjoyed!
Treats
I don't really do anything for Yule or Christmas or even New Year's, so I'm not joking when I say that Yuletide itself is what I look forward to most every year as a holiday season in and of itself, and the frenzy of writing treats in the days before the archive opens is a part of that. For the past couple of years I've had specific goals going into the treating frenzy: to write at least one story featuring a chromatic character, at least one story featuring a canon queer character, at least one story that features a female character, and one story for a Canadian canon source, individually or in combination. I met them this year, and finished four of the seven treats I started. (I hope to finish the other three as New Year's Resolution stories, or at least the two that are in tiny-even-for-Yuletide canons.)
Promises like roses in the sunshine [Terriers]
Promises are a lot easier to make than to keep, but Britt's not taking the easy way out anymore. 1000 words. Whyyyy was this show cancelled? D: This is Britt following the end of the last episode, so there are very explicit spoilers if you haven't seen it.
Triton's Cove [The Little Mermaid]
Eric had always known that Ariel could make the choice to return to the sea, that all she had to do was ask. He was as in love with her as he had been from the moment they met, but once the first delirious days of their relationship passed, he couldn't help but wonder if he would wake up one morning and find her gone. 1600 words. Wow, everyone and their brother wrote treats for this one this year! :D I was really, really inspired by the request, and knew I wanted to feel out Eric's POV on the hard realities of marrying a mermaid (not only his, but everyone's).
Lessons in Letting Go [Breakfast with Scot]
When Scot's date shows up on their doorstep, dressed in pea coat and scarf with a halo of dark curls, Sam isn't sure whether Bryce is a boy or a girl. 1000 words. I wasn't even planning to write this at all until I rewatched the movie on Christmas morning, and the archive was still unexpectedly open for treats. I wanted to do a lot of things with it, really. Sexuality is far more complex than just gay or straight, and I wanted to follow the film's lead in not pinning Scot down in those terms. I also wanted to get inside Sam's head for a little while, and at least nod at Eric's continuing coming-out process which is one of the central themes of the film.
Tiger Heart [Double Happiness]
Jade's been living on her own for almost a month before she sees her brother. 700 words. The request was for Jade, and it was so tough deciding which of her relationships to explore (knowing I only had time for something quite short), because there are so many directions it could have gone in. My gut told me Winston, because he's the one present in the movie by his absence, something both very relevant to the story and also something that leaves a lot of room for exploration.
I wrote 6 stories for Yuletide this year, 2 of which were assignments and 4 of which were treats. I was so excited when I got my assignment, you guys. Seriously, I jumped up and bounced into the other room so that I could tell
andrealyn what the fandom was. I bounced. One might even have called it skipping. I also grabbed a pinch hit early on in a fandom I really wanted to write. There may have been bouncing then, too. None of these stories I wrote this year are sexually explicit; in fact, all of them are pretty much gen.Assignments
Champions of Freedom, Purveyors of Hope, Defenders of Happy Meals [League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: America 1988]
When Max Zorin unleashes a deadly bioweapon known as the mogwai in an effort to sabotage his competition in the microchip industry, the results get out of hand more quickly than he could imagine. Dr. Emmett Brown and the reformed League of Extraordinary Gentlemen are on the job, but this might be their most dangerous challenge yet. 5500 words. [Canon.]
Oh, I had such grand plans for this story. I had pages of notes of things I wanted to slip in there, and a four-book structure that broke down the whole adventure like a limited series would have. It was way too ambitious for a Yuletide timeframe. So I kept my original story, scaled back, rearranged the narrative so that it started at what was originally the ending, and somehow (I think) made it work. Instead of fifty references to 80s books/tv shows/movies there are now about a dozen, not counting the members of the league themselves and the three-canon mashup that is the main plot, and I think all things considered I'm pretty happy with that. So thank you,
calliopes_pen for a great prompt, and I'm glad you liked your story! (And now that I'm revealed, I'll come back and answer your question shortly. XD) Moil and the Man: Sixty-Three Ways to be Heard Over the High King of Hoovers [Un Lun Dun - China Mieville]
Revolution seemed pretty easy sometimes, compared to all the work that came after. 3190 words.
I really, really wanted to write a story about Deeba Resham this year, because she is awesome, and if this pinch hit hadn't shown up I probably would have written a treat for the fandom in those mad five days between when assignments are due and when the archive opens. It's always a real treat when the request is exactly what you want to write: Deeba and Hemi, and what happens after the book.
fairest1, you rock, and I'm glad you enjoyed!Treats
I don't really do anything for Yule or Christmas or even New Year's, so I'm not joking when I say that Yuletide itself is what I look forward to most every year as a holiday season in and of itself, and the frenzy of writing treats in the days before the archive opens is a part of that. For the past couple of years I've had specific goals going into the treating frenzy: to write at least one story featuring a chromatic character, at least one story featuring a canon queer character, at least one story that features a female character, and one story for a Canadian canon source, individually or in combination. I met them this year, and finished four of the seven treats I started. (I hope to finish the other three as New Year's Resolution stories, or at least the two that are in tiny-even-for-Yuletide canons.)
Promises like roses in the sunshine [Terriers]
Promises are a lot easier to make than to keep, but Britt's not taking the easy way out anymore. 1000 words. Whyyyy was this show cancelled? D: This is Britt following the end of the last episode, so there are very explicit spoilers if you haven't seen it.
Triton's Cove [The Little Mermaid]
Eric had always known that Ariel could make the choice to return to the sea, that all she had to do was ask. He was as in love with her as he had been from the moment they met, but once the first delirious days of their relationship passed, he couldn't help but wonder if he would wake up one morning and find her gone. 1600 words. Wow, everyone and their brother wrote treats for this one this year! :D I was really, really inspired by the request, and knew I wanted to feel out Eric's POV on the hard realities of marrying a mermaid (not only his, but everyone's).
Lessons in Letting Go [Breakfast with Scot]
When Scot's date shows up on their doorstep, dressed in pea coat and scarf with a halo of dark curls, Sam isn't sure whether Bryce is a boy or a girl. 1000 words. I wasn't even planning to write this at all until I rewatched the movie on Christmas morning, and the archive was still unexpectedly open for treats. I wanted to do a lot of things with it, really. Sexuality is far more complex than just gay or straight, and I wanted to follow the film's lead in not pinning Scot down in those terms. I also wanted to get inside Sam's head for a little while, and at least nod at Eric's continuing coming-out process which is one of the central themes of the film.
Tiger Heart [Double Happiness]
Jade's been living on her own for almost a month before she sees her brother. 700 words. The request was for Jade, and it was so tough deciding which of her relationships to explore (knowing I only had time for something quite short), because there are so many directions it could have gone in. My gut told me Winston, because he's the one present in the movie by his absence, something both very relevant to the story and also something that leaves a lot of room for exploration.
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I am driving people around me nuts, I can't shut up about how great this show is and how much of a travesty its cancellation was.
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