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Tuesday, January 27th, 2026 05:37 pm
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beatrice_otter on AO3. Treats are awesome.
I would rather get a story you were happy with than "well, she said she liked x, so I guess I have to do x even though I don't like x and/or am not inspired that way." This letter is long with lots of suggestions and preferences if you find it helpful, but feel free to ignore it if it is not helpful. I'm fairly easy to please; I've been doing ficathons for a long time and am usually very happy with my gifts.
The most important thing for me in a fic is that the characters are well-written and recognizably themselves. Even when I don't like a character, I don't go in for character-bashing. If nothing else, if the rest of this letter is too much or my kinks don't fit yours, just concentrate on writing a story with everyone in character and good spelling and grammar and I will almost certainly love what you come up with.
I have an embarrassment squick, which makes humor kind of hit-or-miss sometimes. The kind of humor where someone does something embarrassing and the audience is laughing at them makes me uncomfortable. On the other hand, the kind of humor where the audience is laughing with the characters I really enjoy.
( General Likes and Dislikes )
( Notorious (1946) )
( Enola Holmes movies )
( Elementary )
( Terminator: tSCC )
( Goblin Emperor )
( Peter Wimsey )
( Crossovers )
( Rivers of London )
( DS9 )
beatrice_otter on AO3. Treats are awesome.I would rather get a story you were happy with than "well, she said she liked x, so I guess I have to do x even though I don't like x and/or am not inspired that way." This letter is long with lots of suggestions and preferences if you find it helpful, but feel free to ignore it if it is not helpful. I'm fairly easy to please; I've been doing ficathons for a long time and am usually very happy with my gifts.
The most important thing for me in a fic is that the characters are well-written and recognizably themselves. Even when I don't like a character, I don't go in for character-bashing. If nothing else, if the rest of this letter is too much or my kinks don't fit yours, just concentrate on writing a story with everyone in character and good spelling and grammar and I will almost certainly love what you come up with.
I have an embarrassment squick, which makes humor kind of hit-or-miss sometimes. The kind of humor where someone does something embarrassing and the audience is laughing at them makes me uncomfortable. On the other hand, the kind of humor where the audience is laughing with the characters I really enjoy.
( General Likes and Dislikes )
( Notorious (1946) )
( Enola Holmes movies )
( Elementary )
( Terminator: tSCC )
( Goblin Emperor )
( Peter Wimsey )
( Crossovers )
( Rivers of London )
( DS9 )
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Tuesday, January 27th, 2026 01:20 pm
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Tuesday, January 27th, 2026 04:31 am
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Monday, January 26th, 2026 08:10 pm
We have had our annual Biggles Airdrop with 24 excellent fics to read, which considering only a dozen people were signed up suggests that the fandom's enthusiasm is still going strong.
I received two amazing gifts:
Odette, a von Zoyton-centric fic in which he provides a bitingly hilarious outsider perspective on von Stalhein's unhinged Biggles Obsession, with superb characterisation, glittering prose and EvS asking von Zoyton for flying lessons. 7000 words, background Biggles/EvS insanity about each other.
A New Life, a gorgeously written vignette looking at Fritz visiting his Uncle Erich later in canon, with a truly adorable surprise for him. 700 words, background Biggles/EvS.
And I wrote two fics:
Soft Landings (3000 words, gen), slight Hatchet AU where Algy is the first person to encounter von Stalhein.
dialogue for one voice (with chorus), (2000 words, Biggles/EvS/Marie as a work in progress), an additional scene from the ending of Looks Back, Marie sitting with Biggles in hospital.
And while this was not a gift for me, I do have to give honourable mention to International Relations, which is 15k of Marcel Brissac cheerfully fucking his way through everyone in Biggles's orbit starting with Raymond, and is a thing of beauty and a joy forever, and also makes it plain that Bertie has been talking to the fitters from 'The Raid'!
Many thanks tosholio and sheron for organising it all, I had a wonderful time!
I received two amazing gifts:
Odette, a von Zoyton-centric fic in which he provides a bitingly hilarious outsider perspective on von Stalhein's unhinged Biggles Obsession, with superb characterisation, glittering prose and EvS asking von Zoyton for flying lessons. 7000 words, background Biggles/EvS insanity about each other.
A New Life, a gorgeously written vignette looking at Fritz visiting his Uncle Erich later in canon, with a truly adorable surprise for him. 700 words, background Biggles/EvS.
And I wrote two fics:
Soft Landings (3000 words, gen), slight Hatchet AU where Algy is the first person to encounter von Stalhein.
dialogue for one voice (with chorus), (2000 words, Biggles/EvS/Marie as a work in progress), an additional scene from the ending of Looks Back, Marie sitting with Biggles in hospital.
And while this was not a gift for me, I do have to give honourable mention to International Relations, which is 15k of Marcel Brissac cheerfully fucking his way through everyone in Biggles's orbit starting with Raymond, and is a thing of beauty and a joy forever, and also makes it plain that Bertie has been talking to the fitters from 'The Raid'!
Many thanks to
sholio and sheron for organising it all, I had a wonderful time!
Monday, January 26th, 2026 07:39 pm
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Saturday, January 24th, 2026 01:23 pm
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Friday, January 23rd, 2026 11:08 pm
Title: how good I could have been
Author: bluerosekatie
Fandom: Rockman | Mega Man Classic (video games)
Pairing/Characters: (use full names rather than initials or nicknames)
Rating/Category: Gen, Teen
Prompt: Rockman | Mega Man Classic (game), Dr. Light & Blues | Proto Man & Rockman | Mega Man, how good I could have been
Spoilers: Spoils Mega Man 3 pretty much entirely.
Summary: Proto Man lived past the end of Blues’ story — and he hoped Dr. Light had forgotten about him. He didn’t plan to find out.
Notes/Warnings: Contains a self-harm depiction.
Read it on Ao3 here!
Author: bluerosekatie
Fandom: Rockman | Mega Man Classic (video games)
Pairing/Characters: (use full names rather than initials or nicknames)
Rating/Category: Gen, Teen
Prompt: Rockman | Mega Man Classic (game), Dr. Light & Blues | Proto Man & Rockman | Mega Man, how good I could have been
Spoilers: Spoils Mega Man 3 pretty much entirely.
Summary: Proto Man lived past the end of Blues’ story — and he hoped Dr. Light had forgotten about him. He didn’t plan to find out.
Notes/Warnings: Contains a self-harm depiction.
Read it on Ao3 here!
Friday, January 23rd, 2026 02:56 pm
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Thursday, January 22nd, 2026 05:35 pm
Title: Overlap
Author: soricel/freevistas
Fandom: Sense8
Pairing/Characters: Nomi Marks & Lito Rodriguez
Rating/Category: G
Prompt: Closeness
On AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/78102826
Author: soricel/freevistas
Fandom: Sense8
Pairing/Characters: Nomi Marks & Lito Rodriguez
Rating/Category: G
Prompt: Closeness
On AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/78102826
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Thursday, January 22nd, 2026 10:44 am
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Wednesday, January 21st, 2026 07:33 pm
Wednesday, January 21st, 2026 04:33 am
Tuesday, January 20th, 2026 01:19 pm
so why. why why why. Do I so often come across fic where the author clearly a) doesn't have any idea how far apart two places are, or how to get from one to the other, and b) never thought to check google maps?
Just read a fic where one character is thinking that "it's only an 8-hour plane ride!"
and. I have driven basically between those two places.
It's a 6-hour drive unless traffic is really bad. if you hit the most congested bits exactly at rush hour, it might take you 8 hours. to drive.
Flying? Well, if you were starting at a small regional airport and needed to make a connection, it might take you four hours.
I actually mind this shit more than the big stuff. The big stuff is hard to research. Google Maps is really really quick and easy.
Just read a fic where one character is thinking that "it's only an 8-hour plane ride!"
and. I have driven basically between those two places.
It's a 6-hour drive unless traffic is really bad. if you hit the most congested bits exactly at rush hour, it might take you 8 hours. to drive.
Flying? Well, if you were starting at a small regional airport and needed to make a connection, it might take you four hours.
I actually mind this shit more than the big stuff. The big stuff is hard to research. Google Maps is really really quick and easy.
Tuesday, January 20th, 2026 06:05 pm
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Tuesday, January 20th, 2026 07:50 am
I can't believe it's almost the end of January already! There’s just about 12 days left to get your fanwork submission or pimp posted this round! (Or make another claim. *g*) Good luck!
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Monday, January 19th, 2026 07:50 pm
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