Snowflake Challenge Catch-Up (Days 7, 8, and 9)

[feckyeslife]

Stretch yourself a little and try something new. Go play in a new fandom or with a new pairing. Try working in a new medium. Or check out some fanworks that are new to you.

I recently checked out and quite enjoyed this Doctor Who oneshot by OldToadWoman, Finally Ginger. It didn't go in the direction I was expecting and that was a real treat. I'm not sure how much more DW fic I'll seek out in the future (simply because it's one of the few shows that I'm fairly content with the canon material), but this was a nice break from the usual nooks and crannies of my current fandoms that I lurk in.

In your own space, post self-recs for at least three fanworks that you created.

Ooof, self-reccing. It can feel really... self-indulgent? But there's nothing wrong with that, I think.

Catch & Release - Star Wars: Sequel Trilogy, Rey X Kylo Ren, 5,000 words (Complete)
Not your typical Valentines Day Reylo piece. Mind the major character death tag.

Brinkmanship - Star Wars: Sequel Trilogy, Rey x Kylo Ren x Hux, 17,000 words (Complete)
A collaboration that I did with thatfinalgasp ages ago. We came up with an interesting sort of play on a kink concept (collaring) and then threw in political machinations on top just for fun.

Ash and Torment - Avatar: The Last Airbender, Zuko x Katara, 10,000 words (WIP)
Something that I started for Zutara Week in 2017 that really deserves some love, attention, and to be properly finished. A complete alternate timeline that's kind of a trope in Zutara - Katara being captured and raised in the Fire Nation after the attacks on the South Pole - but not delivered in the usual fashion.

(Putting in a 4th since one was only a partial self-rec since it was a collab. And because I CAN)
no one alive is you-er than you, especially you, jason - The Good Place, Genfic, 1,300 words (Complete)
I think this was one of my rare, truly in-character and in-universe ficlets for TGP. Plus who doesn't love a good birthday party?

Commit an Act of Kindness. In your own space, share what you’ve done, talk about what you’ve done, or simply leave a comment in this post saying you did it.

I'm not sure that I really slam-dunked this one, but I found a few different people's posts from Day 6 asking for some comments and tried to leave at least a little something to brighten their inboxes.

Will be working on Day 10's challenge today inbetween sneezing myself to death

Comments

fanfic

[oldtoadwoman]

Thanks for the rec! I'm glad you liked it. I agree that Doctor Who is fun enough on its own that it doesn't inspire a lot of fanfic ideas hence I've only written two of them. I still haven't written anything for The Good Place (loved your Jason story!) for the same reason. The show is just great as-is. Most of my fanfic is inspired by those shows that had great promise but left me imagining how much better it would be if the canon had gone in a different direction.

Re: fanfic

[feckyeslife]

I feel like with Doctor Who, if I was going to write a fic piece for it it would end up being basically like... any other episode. Which is appealing, but also I have so many other scatterbrained things to do that I just don't have the motivation to write up something that I know I'd then be comparing to an actual ep. I agree that a LOT of my inspiration for other fics comes from missed potential! That's definitely, like, 200% the reason why I still write so much stuff for semi-dead fandoms like Divergent XD I'm still bitter over the missed potential.
I'm glad that you liked my Jason fic! Thanks for checking it out :D