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przed ([personal profile] przed) wrote2016-10-02 09:19 pm
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Yuletide Madness

I'm about to do something horribly impulsive.

Namely, offering two fandoms for Yuletide where I've seen only limited clips of the source, simply because they star, respectively, Sebastian Stan and Chris Evans.

MCU fandom, you have a lot to answer for.
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[identity profile] halotolerant.livejournal.com 2016-10-03 10:40 am (UTC)(link)
Bwa hahah! A gamble, certainly, but I hope a good one *g* That's Political Animals and... what? But I guess you can't say till after sign ups close. Will see if I can guess!

[identity profile] sarren.livejournal.com 2016-10-03 12:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Ahahaha that's brave :) Are you planning on watching the rest of the sources or just winging it?

[identity profile] przed.livejournal.com 2016-10-03 01:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, you've got the Seb Stan source in one. (Poor woobie T.J! I've been wanting to watch that for a while.) The Chris Evans one is one of his less-horrible non-Marvel movies. That should narrow it down. ;-)

[identity profile] przed.livejournal.com 2016-10-03 01:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Brave. Stupid. Could go either way. *g*

And I will definitely be watching the sources. They're all easily watchable in a day or three. I would never write fic without watching source. ::shudder::

[identity profile] msmoat.livejournal.com 2016-10-03 01:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Ooh, brave! At least you can dive into the source, if needed!

I'm debating participating in Yuletide. I have enough fandoms that I could give it a go, although I don't have all the source material for all of them. Hmm.

[identity profile] przed.livejournal.com 2016-10-03 01:38 pm (UTC)(link)
It's all source I've been meaning to watch, anyway, so it'll just give me a timeline to actually do it.

I highly recommend Yuletide. It's a nice creative kick to see what you can do with your recipient's request. Apart from this year's MCU-inspired insanity, I've always been very strategic about what I offer: movies and very short mini-series that I already know very well and either own or can easily get hold of.

[identity profile] freetraveller15.livejournal.com 2016-10-03 05:15 pm (UTC)(link)
I suppose by Yuletide you don't mean the traditional sense? *g* but something fan-related. Would you mind elaborating for ignorant people like me? 😊 P x

[identity profile] przed.livejournal.com 2016-10-03 05:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Yuletide is a massive, small fandom, fanfic exchange. You request a story in up to six fandoms, and offer to write a story in up to ten fandoms. You're then given an assignment to write a story for someone who requested a fandom you offered, and someone else is assigned to write a story for you. Stories are posted anonymously on Christmas Day, and the writers are revealed on New Years.

It's kind of crazy, but a lot of fun.

[identity profile] draycevixen.livejournal.com 2016-10-03 07:58 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm just going to wave my pom poms and slide quietly away before the infection spreads...

[identity profile] przed.livejournal.com 2016-10-03 08:25 pm (UTC)(link)
You don't want to catch this infection. You really don't.

[identity profile] freetraveller15.livejournal.com 2016-10-03 09:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks for your explanation!

[identity profile] sarren.livejournal.com 2016-10-05 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
Ha, you've inspired me. Yesterday The Last Kingdom had 3 requests and no offers and I was thinking I could watch an 8 hour show about the Saxons fairly quickly if necessary, but I notice today it's got an offer and there's still 5 days of sgn ups to go.

[identity profile] przed.livejournal.com 2016-10-05 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
Do it!!!! It's fun! That Saxon fanfic isn't going to write itself! *g*
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