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meridian_rose) wrote2011-01-03 06:05 pm
meridian_rose) wrote2011-01-03 06:05 pm
Yuletide 2010 Round up
Whew! Yuletide is over - though the New Year Resolutions section will remain open pretty much until the 2011 Yuletide gets underway.
I had a wonderful Cara-Zedd friendship fic as my gift: Midsummer's Eve by Oparu; "Zedd and Cara spend midsummer's eve talking about lovers around a campfire". It's sweet and in-character, and while Richard and Kahlan are away, allows for some bonding between the Mord'Sith and the wizard. One of my favourite lines was from Cara who proclaims at one point, ""It is not arrogance when it is based in fact." Never change, Cara :)
I wrote my assigned fic and three treats (iz pleased with self). Links below, all are also at my collections: Archive Of Our Own and FF.net
Veritas fic: Family
Listener fic: Faith
Fringe fic: Not Her World
Nightmare Before Christmas/Hogfather (Discworld) crossover fic: The Ill-advised Skeletal Exchange Programme
I'd never dared to consider writing Discworld fic before but that latter fic has received the most attention, kudos, and reviews I've ever had. I even got rec'd, multiple times! A real boost to my confidence.
I've read some great fics but I'm still going through them, commenting, adding kudos, etc. Eventually they'll be in my bookmarks at Archive Of Our Own.
I really ought to do this every year; since I didn't last year, here's my 2009 Yuletide info
My gift fics
Queen of Swords: Five of Swords by Niki; "The Queen and the Captain meet, swords are drawn, and neither one gives an inch. Or a piece of clothing. Set sometime after "End of Days". Queen/Grisham"; exactly what I asked for! Lovely :)
Veritas: Before the Fall by LithiumDoll; "You know," says Solomon as he wipes the blood from his chin, "there are better places to try and body check a guy. Ones that aren't right next to a thousand foot drop. For instance."; a treat fic which gave me what I was interested in reading: how did Solomon and Vincent go from being enemies to fast friends? I loved it - and then begged LithiumDoll to beta my own assigned fic for 2010 (and despite not being a regular beta reader she agreed and did a wonderful job!)
My assigned fic
Legend of the Seeker: Walkabout; "Pre-series. A disguised Rahl journeys his lands and finds kindness and disloyalty alike."; my recipient wanted anything so long as it featured Rahl so I gave her a pre-series Rahl who wasn't quite as hardened to the plight of others as the series showed us.
I had a wonderful Cara-Zedd friendship fic as my gift: Midsummer's Eve by Oparu; "Zedd and Cara spend midsummer's eve talking about lovers around a campfire". It's sweet and in-character, and while Richard and Kahlan are away, allows for some bonding between the Mord'Sith and the wizard. One of my favourite lines was from Cara who proclaims at one point, ""It is not arrogance when it is based in fact." Never change, Cara :)
I wrote my assigned fic and three treats (iz pleased with self). Links below, all are also at my collections: Archive Of Our Own and FF.net
Veritas fic: Family
Listener fic: Faith
Fringe fic: Not Her World
Nightmare Before Christmas/Hogfather (Discworld) crossover fic: The Ill-advised Skeletal Exchange Programme
I'd never dared to consider writing Discworld fic before but that latter fic has received the most attention, kudos, and reviews I've ever had. I even got rec'd, multiple times! A real boost to my confidence.
I've read some great fics but I'm still going through them, commenting, adding kudos, etc. Eventually they'll be in my bookmarks at Archive Of Our Own.
I really ought to do this every year; since I didn't last year, here's my 2009 Yuletide info
My gift fics
Queen of Swords: Five of Swords by Niki; "The Queen and the Captain meet, swords are drawn, and neither one gives an inch. Or a piece of clothing. Set sometime after "End of Days". Queen/Grisham"; exactly what I asked for! Lovely :)
Veritas: Before the Fall by LithiumDoll; "You know," says Solomon as he wipes the blood from his chin, "there are better places to try and body check a guy. Ones that aren't right next to a thousand foot drop. For instance."; a treat fic which gave me what I was interested in reading: how did Solomon and Vincent go from being enemies to fast friends? I loved it - and then begged LithiumDoll to beta my own assigned fic for 2010 (and despite not being a regular beta reader she agreed and did a wonderful job!)
My assigned fic
Legend of the Seeker: Walkabout; "Pre-series. A disguised Rahl journeys his lands and finds kindness and disloyalty alike."; my recipient wanted anything so long as it featured Rahl so I gave her a pre-series Rahl who wasn't quite as hardened to the plight of others as the series showed us.