Fanworks Festivus

[nightlocktime]

Fanworks Festivus 2016. Trope: Body Swap. For @ghostcat3000

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a gift for @ghostcat3000 from @nightlocktime

[ghostcat3000]

music for the Veronica Mars fic Little Red by @cheshirecatstrut 

thank you, C, for being such a supportive and inspiring internet pal! I hope you aren’t too appalled by these jamz.

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[ghostcat3000]

music for the almost-but-not-quite-done My Mad Fat Diary story I Choose the Words

for @bryrosea, who is both lovely and (hopefully) patient. This will make a lot more sense when I finish the story in November. Thank you for always being willing to read my garbage detours.

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[fanworksfestivus]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Veronica Mars (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Logan Echolls/Veronica Mars Characters: Keith Mars, Duncan Kane, Lilly Kane | Faith Manning, Clarence Wiedman, Jake Kane, Grace Manning, Lizzie Manning, Dick Casablancas, Cindy "Mac" Mackenzie, Wallace Fennel, Richie Casablancas (OC) Additional Tags: Crazy Donut, Realizations, Veronica comes face-to-face with a mistake, Keith and Logan relationship Summary:

Veronica has to deal with a decision she made in the past when it shows back up in her present.

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a gift for @marshmallowtasha from @kmd0107

[ghostcat3000]

music for an unfinished Daredevil fic

for @rizahmad, who always warms up the tea in anticipation of my messenger blasts and makes me laugh at least once a week.

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[fanworksfestivus]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Poe Dameron/Finn/Rey Characters: Rey (Star Wars), Finn (Star Wars), Poe Dameron, Maz Kanata, Han Solo, Chewbacca, Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa, Kylo Ren, Phasma (Star Wars) Additional Tags: Fluff, Meet-Cute, Alternate Universe - Flower Shop, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting Summary:

In which Rey fixes other people’s cars, handsome strangers buy an extraordinary number of flowers and Phasma really needs to find a new job.

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a gift for @theladyragnell and @ghostcat3000 from @beyondthedreamline

[ghostcat3000]

songs for the Misfits fic Written in Reverse by @absolutelyiris

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[fanworksfestivus]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 3/3 Fandom: The Expanse (TV) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Joe Miller/Octavia Muss Characters: Octavia Muss, Joe Miller (The Expanse) Additional Tags: Gift Fic, bedsharing trope, Only one room at the inn, domestic shenanigans trope, Sharing a Bed Summary:

My humble tribute to the amazing dashakay.

Octavia Muss is beyond ready to move on from her past with Miller, but she can't seem to stop herself from helping him out one last time...

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a gift for @dashakay from legitimate_salvage

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Veronica Mars (TV) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Logan Echolls/Veronica Mars Characters: Logan Echolls, Veronica Mars, Duncan Kane Additional Tags: Shameless Smut, Masturbation, Threesome, but not one that involves Duncan, Evil Twins, or maybe not so evil?, Tropes, Fanworks Festivus 2016 Summary:

Logan Echolls just moved into Duncan's suite, and Veronica's not happy. She expresses her frustration in...novel ways.

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a gift for @ghostcat3000 from @cheshirecatstrut

[fanworksfestivus]

HAPPY FANWORKS FESTIVUS!

Hope you had a wonderful day!

I’ll be posting a few gifts shortly.

Please let the writers and artists know you enjoyed their work by leaving a comment!

[fanworksfestivus]

THREE DAYS LEFT? FOUR DAYS LEFT?

That entirely depends on what kind of last minute person you are.

(For the record this mod is the WORST KIND)

From now on, I’ll be sending you a daily reminder that the deadline for Fanworks Festivus 2016 is Sunday, September 25th. Gulp.

My two-part mix for the 25K fic I won’t have finished in time is done and saved on 8-tracks. It is boss. My second fanmix for another giftee is also done, I just need to make some highly dubious “graphic” to go with it with MS Paint or something. My third fanmix for another giftee might just be a pipe dream at this point BUT YOU NEVER KNOW, I work well under pressure.

What I’m saying is pray for me, dudes.

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Fanworks Festivus is a collection of gift works by fans for fans. If there is someone who brings joy to your fandom life, consider giving the the gift of fanwork and adding it to our collection on or before 9/25. Gift works can include:

Fanfic (500 word minimum) Fanmixes Meta Podfic Fan art Graphic sets Gif sets Fan craft* Fan videos

Here is our FAQ. This year’s theme is TROPES, which handily, covers a lot of thematic ground. Here is a list of ‘em for reference.

Hope to see your work!

-Mod Ghostcat

[fanworksfestivus]

your Monday reminder

that the deadline for the multi-fandom gift work collection Fanworks Festivus is rapidly approaching on 9/25

I KNOW.

Currently, I’m at about 13k of a fic I most definitely will not have finished by 9/25, so I feel your helplessness and terror.

But Ghostcat, you may ask, how can you be pimping a collection which you won’t have a finished story in?

That is a good question! Because I plan to have at least two fanmixes done in time, one related to the story I’m working on and another. FANMIXES ARE FANWORK and are eligible for the collection.

Other things that are eligible:

Meta

Podfic

Fan art

Graphic sets

Gif sets

Fan craft*

Fan videos

And please keep in mind that you don’t have to be a maniac like me, fic only has to be 500 words long to qualify.

*I hadn’t listed this before but someone pointed out to me that crafting fandom related gift work should be allowed in the collection and I COMPLETELY AGREE.

So what are you waiting for? You know that you have always wanted to be losing your mind making something for someone at the last possible minute SO DO IT.

For more information, visit our FAQ! This year’s theme is TROPES.

-Mod Ghostcat

[fanworksfestivus]

Fanworks Festivus 2016

Have you ever wanted to write a fic as a gift for someone specific, outside of an exchange but also thought it might be nice to be part of a larger collection of gifts? Then Fanworks Festivus is the collection for you!

In the spirit of clarification, below are some rules for this gift-giving celebration:

What are the requirements to be included in this collection?

All fics/art/meta/fanmixes/gif sets/graphics/podfic/songs/fanvids must:

Be gifted to someone Be 500 words minimum (if fic) Be tagged responsibly Be posted to the collection on or before September 25, 2016 Be completed (not WIP) when they are posted!

Who can contribute?

Anyone with an AO3 or Tumblr account is welcome to submit to the collection!

Is this collection only for certain fandoms?

Nope. We are a multi-fandom collection.

Does my work have to have a specific rating?

There are no rating requirements for fic. You can go G or hard E, it all depends on what you think your gift recipient would prefer. All kinds of fanworks are welcome in the collection! Just be sure to tag your fic appropriately so that other folks can find/avoid the kinds of works they are interested. Fanworks that Mods feel have been improperly tagged may be removed from the collection.

What is this TROPES theme?

The theme for this year’s Fanworks Festivus is TROPES. In the spirit of cohesiveness, we’ve put together a list of tropes that you can use to create something for your giftee. Feel free to use one or more in your work. It’s merely a way to unite the collection and provide some inspiration for your work.

What if I have no one to gift my work to?

Hmm. I encourage you to create, you absolutely should, BUT since this collection was created specifically as a way to gift fanwork to someone you want to say thank you to or who is having a birthday that you want to celebrate, then this is not the collection for you.

How do I make something a gift?

You do this from the “Post a New Work” screen. Here is a link to the AO3 tutorial on how to gift to a recipient

How do I post to the collection?

You do this from the “Post a New Work” screen; it’s actually right above the area where you make a gift. Just type “Fanworks Festivus” into the Collection/Challenge box and it should pop right up!

How do I tag on tumblr so people know it’s part of the collection?

Just tag “Fanworks Festivus 2016″.

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These rules are also in our AO3 FAQ! Can’t wait to see your fanworks!

[thesnadger]

Hurt/Comfort is such an interesting thing. It’s basically an entire genre of fanfiction. I’d argue it satisfies a very basic, vital need–the same way that horror satisfies the basic need to be scared in a safe, controllable space. 

And yet it doesn’t really have an equivalent outside of fan culture. "Tearjerkers” can sometimes come close, they’re probably the closest thing to a mainstream hurt/comfort genre that there is. But those types of books and movies don’t usually focus on the “comfort” aspect in the same way, and don’t make use of tension and release.

I think every good hurt/comfort fic makes use of tension and release just as horror does, whether the writer is consciously aware of it or not. Though of course the tension and release in h/c comes from different sources than in horror. Instead of anticipating something frightening, you anticipate the intimacy and/or validation that comes from the “comfort” part you know is eventually coming. That’s what provides release of the tension built up during the “hurt” scenes.

I could write a goddamned essay about this it’s so fascinating. 

[pinesinthewoods-deactivated2023]

This is a great definition/analysis of it! I’ve been interested in this too. It’s always been my favorite fanfiction genre. It’s to the point where reading just angst is not enough, there is something left unfulfilled if the character does not have the ‘tension and release’ and just remains under whatever stressor at the end. I think part of the reason I like it so much, is often in mainstream media characters DO NOT have that ‘healing moment’, shall we say. Too often, there may be a sad/traumatic/stressful event and the character is shown to just pick themselves up from it and move on like nothing happened. Which is not realistic as we all know, so I think the hurt/comfort genre in fanfiction is a kind of a response to that. The “filling in the blanks” of when a character needs a moment of healing or validation to continue onward, because that in a sense is more relatable then the “super hero” character who can move through it like nothing damaged them. 

[fannishcodex]

this is a very good definition of it and why I probably like it so much

[ghostcat3000]

Fanworks Festivus 2016 FAQ

Are you thinking about the gift you’ll be making for Fanworks Festivus 2016? I hope so!

In the spirit of clarification, below are some rules for this gift-giving celebration:

What are the requirements to be included in this collection?

All fics/art/meta/playlists/gif sets/graphics must:

Be gifted to someone Be 500 words minimum (if fic) Be tagged responsibly Be posted to the collection on or before September 25, 2016 Be completed (not WIP) when they are posted!

Who can contribute?

Anyone with an AO3 account is welcome to submit to the collection!

Does my work have to have a specific rating?

There are no rating requirements. You can go G or hard E, it all depends on what you think your gift recipient would prefer. All kinds of fanworks are welcome in the collection! Just be sure to tag your fic appropriately so that other folks can find/avoid the kinds of works they are interested. Fanworks that Mods feel have been improperly tagged may be removed from the collection.

Is this collection anonymous?

As of this time, no. What is this TROPES theme?

The theme for this year’s Fanworks Festivus is TROPES. In the spirit of cohesiveness, we’ve put together a list of tropes that you can use to create something for your giftee. Feel free to use one or more in your work. It’s merely a way to unite the collection and provide some inspiration for your work.

What if I have no one to gift my work to?

Hmm. I encourage you to create, you absolutely should, BUT since this collection was created specifically as a way to gift fanwork to someone you want to say thank you to or who is having a birthday that you want to celebrate, then this is not the collection for you.

How do I make something a gift?

You do this from the “Post a New Work” screen. Here is a link to the AO3 tutorial on how to gift to a recipient

How do I post to the collection?

You do this from the “Post a New Work” screen; it’s actually right above the area where you make a gift. Just type “Fanworks Festivus” into the Collection/Challenge box and it should pop right up!

These rules are also in our FAQ! Can’t wait to see your fanworks!

Originally posted by idiosyncrasies-lover

[ghostcat3000]

Fanworks Festivus on AO3

Our collection page has been set up! Graphic coming soon (because I’m a person who needs people especially when it comes to photoshop)!

Fanworks Festivus is a collection of fanwork gifts by fans for fans. Fanworks can be: fanfic (500 words minimum), graphics, gif sets, fan art, fanmixes, meta, songs, and podfic. 

If you would like to participate in Fanworks Festivus 2016, no sign-up is necessary. Just create a gift for someone and post it either here on tumblr (tag #fanworks festivus 2016) or in our AO3 collection by September 25, 2016.

This year’s theme is the nice and broad–TROPES.  If you need gift-inspiration, here’s a handy little trope list to get you started.

Originally posted by ji-janine