The Elf Half

melannen pointed me at invisible_ficathon, which is a fanfic exchange for fandoms-within-fandoms. Nominations are open, 10 to a person; you don't have to join the fest to nominate.

Hitchhiker's Guide is there. So is the "Buggre Alle Thys" Bible from Discworld. And Darkover lore. (Ballad of Hastur and Cassilda is presumably included within that, but could be nominated separately.) And Pleasantville, the fictional TV show that was the foundation for the movie. Startup post has links to Wikipedia's lists of fictional books, tv shows, movies, and so on.

Most of them are pretty much crack. I mean, I love the McBain movies as much as the next fangirl, but there's no depth to them. And I don't know that the world needs fanfic of "Asses of Fire."

Fandoms I am considering nominating (but really, am just collecting all in one place, so feel free to add to the list):

* Sick Sad World (TV show in Daria)
* Crimson Chin (Comic series in Fairly Oddparents)
* The Tally Ho (Newspaper in the Prisoner series) (Prisoner RPF fandom!)
* Red Lantern/Red Arrow (Comics from an AU episode of SV)
* Necronomicon (the original, not the Avon Press Babylonian occultism book) (and related works)
( More! Lots more! )

Greer has some sharp things to say about religion and politics. He always does, but he *nails* it this time with ( a selection of bible passages related to social issues )

I've received two lovely, excellent fics for Yuletide, both of which I will re-read over and over (damn good thing that screens don't wear out from that; if they were books they'd be dog-eared and tattered in no time).

Glitch: Dust to call you home, Juju Grandma/Esquibeth; focused on the Ancestral Lands. It's so sweet and nostalgic it makes me ache for flat dusty sun-drenched lands, and that's weird and intense because I *like* living in a big city and the whole red-and-yellow rocks thing was never my calling, only now, eep, I want to find someone who's driving south far enough to visit empty desert places.

Also, amazing worldbuilding and sweet romantic bits: Esquibeth being apologetically heroic and Juju Grandma--who is given a name; it's lovely--being prickly and loving and wise at the same time. If you know Glitch, go read. Keep tissues handy, because although it's not a sad story, it's very, very nostalgic. (If you don't know Glitch, you can still read; it should hit those same buttons and leaving you aching for memories of a world that's just out of reach.)

Lone Gunmen: Soup to Nuts, which started nicely domestic (and that hit my nostalgia buttons hard; I miss this series) and then... oghods, and then... *gigglefits* Langly. Internet flamewar. I just. I can't even. Brain. I had a brain. It is broke now.

The characterizations are perfect, and the explanation of how they're still around (or, erm, hinted-at conspiracy more than "explanation") fits just right, and I am ADOPTING THIS STORY AS HEADCANON and nobody can take it away from me.

What the label says. ficathon is open for signups until May 13; posting is May 21-June 21; rules have some changes (Dr. Who & Avengers fandoms, notably--no picking "MCU" unless you mean ALL of it).

Wheeee!

The basics: Pick a character.
Pick 4 other fandoms.
Character "walks into a bar"* and meets someone chosen at random from those fandoms. 500 word minimum.

"Bar" to be interpreted broadly: any public-ish leisure-ish location. "Walk" also to be interpreted broadly. Also, "into."

"Harry Potter flies over a parade and meets Iron Man" is a perfectly fine prompt. (Although not a premise you can start with, because you don't know both characters when you sign up.)

Crossover buddies, join me for ficcing fun!

Out with the old fridge, in with the new. Well, not new new, but new-to-us, and in better shape than the old one, which stopped providing cold some time ago and has been sitting in the kitchen for *mumble* weeks while we sorted out how to get it out & where to put it.

Is all duct-taped shut with "TOXIC" written on the side. In duct tape.

There are things I don't like about my house... the 40' ceilings mean it's drafty and temperature control is impossible; lack of yard is annoying; gypsum-board walls between apartments mean we get to enjoy the neighbors' music... but the cement floors and 3" step at the front door means hauling a fridge out is a breeze. (Well. Relatively. Navigating the fridges between the snake cage and the shelf of radio parts was a bit touchy.)

YAY NEW FRIDGE! Now we just have to wait for it to get cold. Move faster, you lazy electrons.

A blog I've never seen before rec'd one of my stories! Yay!

I'm very happy with Geeks of the Jeffersonian Part I and wish it got more attention, but it's in a fandom I don't normally write in (that'd be pretty much all my fic except Harry Potter, I suppose) and I don't normally even read in. (I read a flurry of Zach/Hodgins stories and some rather disturbing Zach/Booth fics, discovered that the fandom is mostly het-centered and awkward m/f romance is not my thing.) Since my story is gen and not focused on Booth or Bones (those will be in Part 2, which I have started and stalled on), it doesn't get much attention. I am thrilled at seeing it rec'd! Especially by, as far as I can tell, a complete stranger.

What a terrific way to kick off the week!

Maybe I should bump Part II up on my WIP list.

The full title of this post should be "What I love about the OTW even though it is not very supportive of my fannish interests," but that's too long for a post title. This is directly inspired by ira_gladkova's wonderful post about The OTW Server Poll and Fannish Diversity, in which she ponders how the server naming results are heavily skewed towards Western fandoms in exactly the way they'd hoped to avoid, because they didn't take steps to arrange otherwise. (That's how privilege works, after all... you don't have to actively support it; not fighting it will allow it to continue and grow. Social dominance is a self-perpetuating system.)

Every time I see a post about SRS OTW BZNS, it wins my heart a little more, because they say things like: ( it's not you, fandom, it's us )

I attended the OTW org-wide chat meeting this morning. (Legal team update: still not sued \o/) It triggered thoughts I've been mulling over since Escapade, and to some extent, since the Escapade I attended two years ago.

I can barely think of the OTW without getting a near-manic grin on my face. I love what they do, and how they go about doing it. See my squee: \o/ More squee: *\o/* (Yes, sometimes I pretty much suck at squee.)

A few years ago, there was *wank omg* all over about how they were going to "out" fandom, or try to force all of fandom into their archive, or acafen were going to take over all the squee, or something like that. Or all of that.

( Quick overview of OTW projects and my commentary )