Whoa boy. Last week was an absolute orgy of reading my way through the ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
candyheartsex collection, and commenting on everything that I liked. And there was a lot of amazing fic and art, across so many different fandoms! I really love the big multi-fandom exchanges because they give me a set time to explore reading in other fandoms I miss or otherwise skip over. So, yes, I highly recommend that everyone check out the collection (and those from previous years as well!).
Author reveals have passed, so I can now stop vagueing about what I wrote! 😊 At the end of the day, I did, in fact, write 14 fics, although not 14 treats like I wanted. 😝 My initial assignment was Ace Attorney Phoenix/Edgeworth fic for Odalyn Good for the Soul, and then I picked up one Pinch Hit for psychomachia for The Shadow (1994) A Thousand Cuts. Overall, my breakdown was:
All are now up on my AO3, for anyone interested.
Some reflections:candyheartsex is the exchange that actually brought my attention back to exchanges overall last year, where I caught it right before reveals and snuck in a couple of Ace Attorney treats, but not as many as I wanted. I made a mental note then that it was a lot of fun, and I wanted to do it 4realz this year. As expected, the Ace Attorney prompts this year were amazing, and one thing I really like about them is that I get to hear what other characters people want to see interacting. It gives me plot bunnies I wouldn't have thought of otherwise. The couple of treats I didn't get to were also for AA, for some ships I'd never really thought much about before, so I didn't get to those as quickly (and those recips also weren't on the treatless list, so they were lower priority 🤣). Next year, though, maybe I'll have my ideas more together and be able to expand my range more.
I knew I needed to treat all the Hannibal and Whyborne & Griffin prompts that weren't mine, because those recips clearly deserve it for having such excellent taste. 😊 I am really loving all the ideas for Hannibal I get from exchange prompts; I would have written waaaaaaaaay less for this fandom (possibly none) without them, because all my Hannigram thoughts were just sort of sitting in the back of my head, half-baked, before. The challenges/deadlines are really forcing me to get them out. As for Whyborne & Griffin, this is a fandom where I have a super hard time coming up with ideas on my own. My general thoughts are just, "That was lovely. More, please!" But I don't have any clear conception of what that "more" should entail. So other people's requests are an absolute lifesaver for me!
On The Shadow... Okay, this is one of the things I love best about exchanges: I have watched that movie probably every year since it came out. That DVD (and, yes, I still have a DVD!) is well-worn, lol. I love it to pieces, and I love the sexy enemy tension between The Shadow and Khan. But did I ever think to write anything for it? No, because apparently my brain misses super-obvious things like this. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I never even thought to look for it in the tag set. Then I saw it come up as a pinch hit and had a moment of "holy shit, why have I never written that before?!?!" So, yes, that is why I need and love exchanges.
Similarly, Garak and Columbo meeting? I just happened to glance at the crossover prompts, IDEK why because I am usually not a crossovers fan, and I saw that one, and I immediately burst out laughing. Because they are perfect together! The professional liar and the professional lie-detector machine! It was one of those rare fics that just leapt into my head fully-formed, and the hardest part was writing down the words as fast as they were sparring with each other in my brain. I actually finished that fic before sign-ups even closed. And I had to keep checking AO3 that no one had written it before, because in retrospect it seemed so obvious! Anyway, I am delighted to have gotten to write it.
Anyway, that wascandyheartsex, absolutely fantastic, A++ would recommend, can't wait for next year!
Now for something completely different...
And finally: I finished S3 of Killing Eve, and I really liked it! I think the back half of S2 just dragged for me because I was not into the Aaron Peel plotline, and that took up SOOOO much screentime. I am going to watch S4, and I fully expect to be frustrated because I do not like major character death, lol. However, I will try to get the bulk of my writing for Eve/Villanelle done before that episode! And then, hopefully, get inspired for lots of fix-it fics. 😝
candyheartsex collection, and commenting on everything that I liked. And there was a lot of amazing fic and art, across so many different fandoms! I really love the big multi-fandom exchanges because they give me a set time to explore reading in other fandoms I miss or otherwise skip over. So, yes, I highly recommend that everyone check out the collection (and those from previous years as well!).Author reveals have passed, so I can now stop vagueing about what I wrote! 😊 At the end of the day, I did, in fact, write 14 fics, although not 14 treats like I wanted. 😝 My initial assignment was Ace Attorney Phoenix/Edgeworth fic for Odalyn Good for the Soul, and then I picked up one Pinch Hit for psychomachia for The Shadow (1994) A Thousand Cuts. Overall, my breakdown was:
- Ace Attorney: 7 fics, 4 Phoenix/Edgeworth, 1 Edgeworth & Franziska & Pess, 1 Edgeworth & Pess, and 1 Franziska & Sebastian
- Hannibal (TV): 2 fics, both Hannibal/Will
- Whyborne & Griffin: 2 fics, one Whyborne/Griffin and the other Guinivere & Whyborne
- The Shadow (1994): 2 fics, both Lamont Cranston/Shiwan Khan
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine & Columbo crossover: 1 fic, Garak & Columbo
All are now up on my AO3, for anyone interested.
Some reflections:
candyheartsex is the exchange that actually brought my attention back to exchanges overall last year, where I caught it right before reveals and snuck in a couple of Ace Attorney treats, but not as many as I wanted. I made a mental note then that it was a lot of fun, and I wanted to do it 4realz this year. As expected, the Ace Attorney prompts this year were amazing, and one thing I really like about them is that I get to hear what other characters people want to see interacting. It gives me plot bunnies I wouldn't have thought of otherwise. The couple of treats I didn't get to were also for AA, for some ships I'd never really thought much about before, so I didn't get to those as quickly (and those recips also weren't on the treatless list, so they were lower priority 🤣). Next year, though, maybe I'll have my ideas more together and be able to expand my range more.I knew I needed to treat all the Hannibal and Whyborne & Griffin prompts that weren't mine, because those recips clearly deserve it for having such excellent taste. 😊 I am really loving all the ideas for Hannibal I get from exchange prompts; I would have written waaaaaaaaay less for this fandom (possibly none) without them, because all my Hannigram thoughts were just sort of sitting in the back of my head, half-baked, before. The challenges/deadlines are really forcing me to get them out. As for Whyborne & Griffin, this is a fandom where I have a super hard time coming up with ideas on my own. My general thoughts are just, "That was lovely. More, please!" But I don't have any clear conception of what that "more" should entail. So other people's requests are an absolute lifesaver for me!
On The Shadow... Okay, this is one of the things I love best about exchanges: I have watched that movie probably every year since it came out. That DVD (and, yes, I still have a DVD!) is well-worn, lol. I love it to pieces, and I love the sexy enemy tension between The Shadow and Khan. But did I ever think to write anything for it? No, because apparently my brain misses super-obvious things like this. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I never even thought to look for it in the tag set. Then I saw it come up as a pinch hit and had a moment of "holy shit, why have I never written that before?!?!" So, yes, that is why I need and love exchanges.
Similarly, Garak and Columbo meeting? I just happened to glance at the crossover prompts, IDEK why because I am usually not a crossovers fan, and I saw that one, and I immediately burst out laughing. Because they are perfect together! The professional liar and the professional lie-detector machine! It was one of those rare fics that just leapt into my head fully-formed, and the hardest part was writing down the words as fast as they were sparring with each other in my brain. I actually finished that fic before sign-ups even closed. And I had to keep checking AO3 that no one had written it before, because in retrospect it seemed so obvious! Anyway, I am delighted to have gotten to write it.
Anyway, that was
candyheartsex, absolutely fantastic, A++ would recommend, can't wait for next year!Now for something completely different...
- I am waaaaaay behind on Femslash Salad Bar. I have 1.5 fics written on my computer (but the completed one is not posted yet, natch!). I had hoped to write a lot this weekend, but I had terrible headaches from Friday afternoon all through Saturday, so I couldn't even look at a computer screen. In theory, if I write 1 + a bit stories per day (and also post them 😱), I'll still finish by February 28th. So, yeah, that's my race this week. Wish me luck!
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worldbuilding_exchange: I have an assignment, and a lovely one at that! Unfortunately, I have too many ideas for what I want to write for it, so I need to let those all percolate for a minute. My rough guess is that I'm going to have at least 2 fics come out of this, though. I just don't see any way to combine 2 of these prompts at the moment, and I can't leave one hanging, either! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯- wickedloveex: I have an assignment here, too! And, good lord, was that an adventure. I had a potential recip when I signed up, and lots of other people had nominated fandoms/pairings I liked, so I figured this would be a straightforward match. Then, the one matchable recip deleted their request, and I had an "oh crap!" moment. But then I got the horrible headache and couldn't check my computer when sign-ups closed. I fully expected to wake up the next morning and discover that I was one of the unmatchables and would need to delete my sign-up. However, I was not! Three potential recips signed up super last minute, so I actually didn't even know who I was going to get! And I'd also thought that I was going to be an Initial Pinch Hit, for sure, but people jumped in to offer some of my requests last-minute there, too. So, it did turn out wonderfully. It was just a complete rollercoaster (and, honestly, I'm kind of grateful I had the headache during the most nerve-wracking hours of that, so I missed the stress). But happy ending!
- smut4smut: I have signed up and already have multiple matches here, so no drama llamas, lol. This one will be fun, I think. I'm curious to see what I get for my assignment.
- hurtcomfortex: I'm all ready to sign up for this one. Sign-ups open Saturday, woo-hoo!
- unsent_letters_exchange: I put my nominations in. Although I need to think if there are any other fandoms I want. I have until Wednesday to noodle on this.
- the_mane_event: Here's a new one that popped up, but is relevant to my interests! It's focused on all things hair. And given that 1) Hannibal had amazingly hot chest and belly hair, and 2) I have two separate ships where one half my OTP caused the other half to go permanently bald (Charles/Erik from X-Men and Clark/Lex for Smallville), it would really be silly of me to sit this one out. I will put my nominations in this week, as a treat once I get some of my Femslash Salad Bar fics posted (motivation!).
- I'm still on the fence about whether to sign up for the Tiny Beans Flash Exchange, for cat-themed fics. Sign-ups close Tuesday, and fics are due Saturday, so that's cutting it close with my other obligations. On the other hand: KITTY! I think that I'm going to see where I get with Femslash Salad Bar by EOD today, and if I'm cruising, then I'll let myself sign up for kitties, but if not, I will bow out.
- By the way, I figured out what I'm doing about Femslash Big Bang. I'm not big on Tumblr events, or even the more social parts of big bangs. And part of what I would've developed for this, I'm also covering with Femslash Salad Bar. So my thought is: write as much of my fic as possible for Femslash Salad Bar. Do not do Femslash Big Bang. However, I will still have some gaps in my series after Femslash Salad Bar is over, so I will stick to the Femslash Big Bang schedule just on my own, to get all of those done. This just saves me a lot of hassle, so I think it is a good plan.
And finally: I finished S3 of Killing Eve, and I really liked it! I think the back half of S2 just dragged for me because I was not into the Aaron Peel plotline, and that took up SOOOO much screentime. I am going to watch S4, and I fully expect to be frustrated because I do not like major character death, lol. However, I will try to get the bulk of my writing for Eve/Villanelle done before that episode! And then, hopefully, get inspired for lots of fix-it fics. 😝