Snowflake Challenge 6

[turps]

Challenge #6

In your own space, make a list — anything between one and ten things is a sweet spot, but don't feel constrained by that! - of things that you wish existed in fandom or elsewhere, or that you'd like someone to make for you. Are you dying for podfic of your writing? Do you need icons for a character that doesn't get much fanart? Is there a story you want to read? Are you looking for new canons to get into? Would you like a collaborator for a project?


I've been thinking of this, and okay, my list.

Icons. I really need some new ones. Fannish: new bandom would be great, for example, any recent RyRo, FOB or MCR and man, how good it remains to be able to say recent MCR. But also, I'd love something winterhawk, which would have to be from the comics probably, Musketeers would be great, especially Aramis, Schitt's Creek, The Good Place, maybe some Voyager.

Non-fannish: something featuring products from Lush or a big bubbly bath and something cinema related. Or cats. Cats are always great. Or the beach.

On that note. I'd love a new header, I don't mind the one I have here at DW even if it is basic, but my LJ layout is a disaster due to Photobucket, so I could do with a totally new header over there.

While I don't need it now, I'd love someone to read over any MCU stuff in the future, which no doubt will be winterhawk. I do have an excellent beta but I don't want to lean on her too often... says the person who wrote a handful of times last year.

Recs for fic involving Mag 7 with Vin/Ezra, Musketeers with an Aramis focus or Leverage OT3 of Parker/Hardison/Eliot. My main love is h/c but I really will read anything as long as it doesn't involve humiliation.

Comments or kudos to my stuff would be fantastic.

And to extend that. If you do enjoy a fannish work please tell the creator so. That doesn't have to be via comment, I know sometimes it's just too much to be able to leave words. But consider a kudos because they really do a difference and I'm sure I'm not the only one to sit waiting for that first reaction to a posted piece.

Moving on.

A lot of responses to this challenge have mentioned comment fic, and I agree, comment fic is very shiny indeed. But that reminded me of something. I did a comment fic with someone which was polished and eventually put up at A03. Then Bob left MCR and there were bad feelings all around and the other person left fandom and deleted the fic without telling me they were doing so. It's still up on my LJ where it originated, and I have the deleted file as sent by A03, but I sometimes wonder if I should re-upload it myself with an orphan co-write. I have emailed/messaged the other person but never got a reply, so I don't know.

In other news. I really enjoyed 1917 yesterday, and yes, James fell asleep. Then was abruptly woken by a loud explosion on screen. The same explosion also had the man sitting next to me visibly jump, it's a good thing he wasn't holding popcorn as the couch in front would have got covered.

Comments

[shadowhive]

Yess saying new MCR is amazing 🖤 Good luck with icons!

I could probably do with a header too

Comments are always awesome, I need to read more of your older stuff

That’s a shame, I’d say go ahead and do that

[turps]

New MCR is the best!

I've had such lovely headers over at LJ but now they're gone. Stupid photobucket.

I think I am going to do it. Everyone on here has given me the push to do so.

[teigh_corvus]

Regarding your comment fic - repost it with the orphan account handle. Too much of our fannish past gets lost when people leave. Far more importantly - more you-writing is ALWAYS a good thing. :D

Relatedly, the MCU remains one of my fandoms, and I would be happy to read your Winterhawk. Or any other MCU bits and bobs you wrote. <3

[wenchpixie]

Agreed, this is what I came on to say :D

[turps]

Thank you for the agreement.

It helped ♥

[turps]

That is a very good point, and you all have swayed me towards posting again. It felt a bit wrong to do so as the other person pulled it, but you've all made good points it's my work too.

Thank you so much for that offer. If I ever finish the body swap I may be knocking at your door ♥

[teigh_corvus]

Yay!
I hope you'll let us know when it's re-posted. <3

Of course! My door's always open for you. <3

[starwatcher]

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I third (as of this writing) putting your fic back on AO3 with you and "Orphan Account" as authors. That individual has a right to disassociate themselves with fandom (orphan account), but they do NOT have a right to take down a cooperative story unilaterally. That's basically stealing your work, which is unfair to you and your fans.
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[turps]

That individual has a right to disassociate themselves with fandom (orphan account), but they do NOT have a right to take down a cooperative story unilaterally.

Thank you for stating that so plainly. You're right, I've always looked on it as they have the right to delete the work, but you've all made me see that I also have the right to have it up there.

[badfalcon]

I'm sure I'm not the only one to sit waiting for that first reaction to a posted piece nope, I've been sitting here holding my breath since posting and just got a notification of comment and such a huge wave of relief crashed through me. I've been posting fanfic online for 20 years and it's still as terrifying as the first time

Also echoing everyone else's comments about posting it as an orphan author co-write - it's still your fic just as much

[turps]

nope, I've been sitting here holding my breath since posting and just got a notification of comment and such a huge wave of relief crashed through me. I've been posting fanfic online for 20 years and it's still as terrifying as the first time

Oh man, yes, that. I can't settle until that first comment or kudos comes in. Until then in the back of my mind I'm always thinking have I just posted something terrible.

Also echoing everyone else's comments about posting it as an orphan author co-write - it's still your fic just as much

Thank you for that. All the comments have swayed me towards reuploading.

[wenchpixie]

I'm taking that as a warning not to consume or hold ANYTHING if I manage to get myself to 1917, I'm the jumpiest bunny on EARTH :D

[turps]

It's not a spoiler to say that 1917 is very loud at times.

Between James being startled awake and the man next to me jumping, I was very tempted to laugh at what was a tense moment.

[cold_clarity]

aw, 1917 looks really interesting! i'm sorry it gave james a fright though. <3

i can probably help you with some bandom icons! do you have any particular photos you love? link me if you do. if not, i'll put icon-making on my list of projects. :D

i wish i had advice about the commentfic. i hope whatever happens, it's an outcome that you feel good about. <3

[turps]

It's a really good film, as for James. He has form through sleeping through films at the cinema. Which shows just how loud that explosion was to actually wake him.

You are a superstar. I'll look at the recent photos and get back to you on here, I know there were some very lovely performance photos posted.

I've been swayed toward reuploading the story due to comments on here. Hopefully, I can do an orphan plus my name at Ao3 because one thing I won't do is name the person who left the fandom.

[frausorge]

I will join the chorus about the commentfic - I think you have the right to post it with the co-author as an orphaned account.

[turps]

I'm going to reupload the fic, all the comments have swayed me.

Thank you :)

[turlough]

If you can point me to where I can find photos of Lush products I might see what I can do about iconing them! And I have a few cat icons here.

What Photobucket did sucks so much!

You know I always tell the creator when I like something :-)

I'm echoing everyone else, you should totally upload that fic again!

*giggles* Let that be a lesson to James to not fall asleep at the movies!

[teigh_corvus]

I'm still raging about Photobucket. >:(

[turps]

I think an image search should do the trick. Hopefully this one should work then you could see what would work for an icon. Any would do, I just thought it would be nice to have something visual for bath and Lush time talk. And thank you for the links to your lovely cat icons. I'm going to go have a look now.

I hate what Photobucket did and no way am I giving them a penny. I lost so much to them, both fannish and personal photos I'd uploaded.

I do know that, you're the best at that.

I'm going to reupload it tomorrow. You all have shown me it's an okay thing to do.

Well, I'd say he's learned his lesson and won't fall asleep again, but we all know he will *g*

[turlough]

So many colourful photos - I can definitely do something with those!

[turps]

You're the best.

Thank you!

[turlough]

Finished! I hope you like them.

[turps]

I love them! What an excellent selection, I'm smiling so hard right now.

THANK YOU!

[turlough]

Yay!! I'm so glad you like them! My first efforts looked kind of bland and boring but adding some sparkles made all the difference :-)

[glitteryv]

Adding to the chorus of reuploading the fic with Orphan_account. You've done your due diligence (of contacting the other person). If they can't or won't ping you back, oh well.

I had one nasty thing similar to that happen w/r/t a thing (I'm being supremely vague) and tried to contact the other person. They never emailed me back so I was like "okay, I guess you've checked out of this conversation" and moved on. NGL, 200% of all problems would be solved if ppl just had the guts to deal with things head-on. Instead of you know, ghosting for reasons that are never explained.

ANYHOO

I'm glad to know that you liked 1917; aww at James for snoozin' away.

[turps]

A belated thank you for joining in I should upload the fic, though it did turn out I couldn't have my name plus an orphan account, so had to explain in notes.

NGL, 200% of all problems would be solved if ppl just had the guts to deal with things head-on. Instead of you know, ghosting for reasons that are never explained.

Exactly. I know this person checked out because she was a major Bob fan and couldn't deal with the band without him. Which okay, is extreme but that was her right. Except, until then we'd been in contact lots via LJ and in email and DMs, so to be totally ghosted afterwards was a surprise.

Then to delete the joint fic without telling me, that was a big wow moment. It's lucky A03 also sent me the file due to being a co-writer as all the notes and links would have been lost.

I'm sorry you've had the same experience.

[glitteryv]

Yeah, leaving Bandom because of someone leaving the band and/or terrible behavior (both which are applicable in Bob's case, sadly) makes sense. Tho, yeah, ideally the person should've have ghosted THAT hard.

Like, I was such a fan of Bob's that it took me a looooong while to warm up to Pedicone (despite how close he seemed to be with Frank). And then, well, we know how THAT WENT. So now I'm looking at Jarrod and hoping like hell that he turns out to be a cool dude for a long time. XD

As for my experience, well, sometimes ppl show you who they are and you're like "okay, then, now I know." :|