Because I can write posts which aren't reviews when catching up

[selenak]

Yuletide sign-up are open!. Checking out which fandoms were available made me change one of my intended requests and offers, though not of the same fandom. Having the "damn, I should have thought of that" impulse before signing up instead of after comes in handy. :)

You can check which fandoms already got sign-ups here, which is neat and which I'll probably do a lot during the next few months. If only some of these get written in, it's going to be a great Yuletide again. Mind you, now that I've signed up up I suddenly envision dreadful possibilities that didn't occur to me - my selection of Babylon 5 characters was such that I won't get stuck with either Sheridan/Delenn, Susan/Talia or Susan/Marcus, aka the juggernauts, but what if someone requested a Bester/Vir fluffy happy fic? Nah. They wouldn't. Would they?

Also with Breaking Bad I listed most of the characters for my willing-to-write category but maybe shouldn't have listed both Jesse and Walter, because I'm not actually keen on writing Jesse/Walter, which is the - there are so few BB fics of any category that we can't call it juggernaut, but you know what I mean. I wouldn't be in this fandom if I didn't find the Walter and Jesse relationship compelling and crucial, but it's already central on the show, so in fanfic I'd rather explore other aspects or ensemble fic. What if I'm matched with someone who wants a Walt/Jesse PWP? Ah well. (To absolutely no one's surprise, I requested something Skyler centric.)

More suddenly occuring dangers: Sunset Boulevard - nah, can't actually think of anything I wouldn't want to write. (Norma and Betty shop for curtains? Errr. Well, actually, that has potential. Not completely kidding. I mean, why on earth Norma wouldn't let Max do the shopping is beyond me, but hey, she's not famous for her rationality.)

The Sunne in Splendour: someone nominated Sharon Penman's first novel I still have strong nostalgic feelings for, and I couldn't resist signing up. Considering the nominated characters are the York brothers and Anne Neville, I think I'm up for anything. (She says, until she reads the request Yorkcest and/or a high school AU.)

Greek and Roman Mythology: anything goes. Such is the nature of Greek and Roman mythology. :)


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Also, Doctor Who wise, I watched/listened to the unfilmed but scripted and storyboarded epiloge narrated by Arthur Darville. Alas, my fuzzy feelings and ability to sniffle along with the rest of (not Moffat hating) fandom were severely disrupted because I couldn't help but thinking "That's all very well for Brian, but what about the other Ponds?" You know, Amy's parents? Who must have been swalled up by a crack in time again, because after resurrecting them and giving Amy an entire second childhood with them in The Big Bang so they could be at her wedding, the Moff never bothered mentioning them or Amy's aunt again. I could be mean and wonder whether he even remembers they exist(ed?), but hey. Crack in time.

Comments

[likeadeuce]

Remember that gen is always okay with Yuletide, so someone requesting Walter/Jesse should be aware (if they're reading the rules) that they might get a fic about the relationship -- or even about the two characters separately -- that doesn't involve sex. Basically the signups are such that you're never FORCED to write a particular pairing or genre (though I understand wanting to be able to write the thing your recipient is looking for.)

[selenak]

Remember that gen is always okay with Yuletide

You make a good point. Also hopefully a Breaking Bad Yuletide requester actually wants some non-sexual character exploration in addition to whatever else they request, which I can certainly do.

[naraht]

Swinging London RPF. Just saying. ;)

[selenak]

But Naraht, my cunning plan is to write this as a surprise anyway, outside of Yuletide, the way I did with the Yoko story last year!

[naraht]

I sense a cunning double (triple? single?) bluff here! As Ahme said to Paul, I can say no more. ;)

[katta]

Is it no longer possible to sign up for the same fandom twice? I know people have done that in the past, when they were fine with two characters separately but not together. (I usually have the opposite problem, being okay with characters in a pairing I wouldn't want to write on their own.)

[selenak]

No, it's not. Also, I'm fine with some pairings I usually wouldn't go for - I remember one Babylon 5 unusual pairings ficathon when I got assigned Morden/Anna Sheridan, which was interesting and very challenging to do in a way that wouldn't feel squicky to me yet would also make the recipient happy, and a remix where I tackled a Lyta/Susan story. Both pairings aren't any I'd have written on my own. However, there are a few pairings in every fandom I just don't want to write, and the way to get around these currently seems to be not to list both characters in question. Though Likeadeuce above pointed out Yuletide has always been okay with a request being fulfilled in a gen fashion instead of an NC-17 rated one, which solves my potential problem as well.

[muccamukk]

But what about Susan/Delenn, Stephen/Marcus and Jeff/Michael? :D I'm not sure about happy fluff, but I'd be intrigued to see Bester and Vir interact. I don't think they ever did on screen.

The limited offering thing would make me think, were I signing up this year. So hard to choose!

ETA: I had the same reaction to the Angels take Manhattan epilogue. God forbid anyone have a mother.

[selenak]

I could do any of these; not pairings I'd write for on my own, but I could and find it interesting. :)

No, Bester and Vir never had a scene together - same for Bester and any of the aliens. Though they were in the same episode at times with the plot occasionally interweaving; Dust to Dust had the Dust storyiine where you had Bester and Garibaldi chasing the supplier in one sequence and G'Kar mindraping Londo in the next, and Ship of Tears had the terrific scene where Delenn comes clear to G'Kar about how long she had been aware of the Shadows despite not saying anything in public side by side with the plot line about Bester and Carolyn. So a story demanding Bester and Vir interaction would indeed be interesting and have to speculate entirely what his attitude towards non-humans might be! But I don't see happy coupledom in their future. :)

[kangeiko]

what if someone requested a Bester/Vir fluffy happy fic?

I am requesting this RIGHT NOW. Fluffy happy curtain fic with babies, oh yes.

[selenak]

But seeing as the Corps is father and mother, I'm not sure how I can make Vir get along with the in-laws...