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yuletide2018-01-08 03:11 pm
swan_tower) wrote in yuletide2018-01-08 03:11 pm
Someday My Fic Will Come -- REBOOT
Someday My Fic Will Come is hitting the reset button!
For several years now there has been a prompt collection, "Someday My Fic Will Come," for perennial unfulfilled Yuletide requests. But with the shift away from Livejournal, I'd like to move the collection of prompts over here to Dreamwidth, so we are officially clearing the slate and starting the list anew.
If you are new to this or need a reminder of what SMFWC is about, there are only two requirements for prompts:
1) You have asked for it in Yuletide at least three times, AND
2) It has never been filled.
Doesn't matter whether you asked for it in Yuletide 2017 or not. Doesn't matter if the requests were consecutive or if you took a year off. The only requirements are those above. We only ask that you not list prompts for which you've gotten fills, even if you're always interested in more fic; this is for the people who have never gotten what they're crossing their fingers for.
If you have one or more prompts that fit the bill, post the following in the comments, one comment per fandom:
Your AO3 name:
Fandom:
Character(s): (if applicable)
Link: (optional)
Prompt details:
Try to keep the prompt relatively short; the idea is that people browsing can easily get the gist of what you're hoping for and know whether it's in their ballpark or not. If you want to go into more detail, include general likes/dislikes, etc, then you're welcome to link to a past Dear Yuletide Writer letter or a post written for this purpose, but that's entirely optional.
If you want to fulfill one of the prompts, all you have to do is find something you like in the spreadsheet. Then follow the usual NYR process: write the story, tag the recipient, add it to the collection. (If you want to tag it "Some Day My Fic Will Come," you're welcome to.) It's that simple!
If you get lucky with your prompt -- if someone finally brings you the fic of your dreams -- let us know! We'll take it off the spreadsheet and keep the metaphorical house tidy.
For several years now there has been a prompt collection, "Someday My Fic Will Come," for perennial unfulfilled Yuletide requests. But with the shift away from Livejournal, I'd like to move the collection of prompts over here to Dreamwidth, so we are officially clearing the slate and starting the list anew.
If you are new to this or need a reminder of what SMFWC is about, there are only two requirements for prompts:
1) You have asked for it in Yuletide at least three times, AND
2) It has never been filled.
Doesn't matter whether you asked for it in Yuletide 2017 or not. Doesn't matter if the requests were consecutive or if you took a year off. The only requirements are those above. We only ask that you not list prompts for which you've gotten fills, even if you're always interested in more fic; this is for the people who have never gotten what they're crossing their fingers for.
If you have one or more prompts that fit the bill, post the following in the comments, one comment per fandom:
Your AO3 name:
Fandom:
Character(s): (if applicable)
Link: (optional)
Prompt details:
Try to keep the prompt relatively short; the idea is that people browsing can easily get the gist of what you're hoping for and know whether it's in their ballpark or not. If you want to go into more detail, include general likes/dislikes, etc, then you're welcome to link to a past Dear Yuletide Writer letter or a post written for this purpose, but that's entirely optional.
If you want to fulfill one of the prompts, all you have to do is find something you like in the spreadsheet. Then follow the usual NYR process: write the story, tag the recipient, add it to the collection. (If you want to tag it "Some Day My Fic Will Come," you're welcome to.) It's that simple!
If you get lucky with your prompt -- if someone finally brings you the fic of your dreams -- let us know! We'll take it off the spreadsheet and keep the metaphorical house tidy.
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Fandom: The Shadow of the Tower (BBC 1972)
Character(s): Henry VII
Link: https://lost-spook.dreamwidth.org/754746.html
Prompt: I've asked for this at least 4 times now. Characters might have varied slightly, though, but basically despite this being not only cardboard 70s BBC TV but cardboard experimentally theatrical 70s TV and a completely unreasonable thing to ask for, I love it and James Maxwell's fascinating portrayal of the central character, and I will take anything involving him.
My request for this year was: Missing scenes - or missing episodes! - in the historical gaps, or vignettes with Henry interacting with any other character in the series (Margaret Beaufort, Elizabeth of York & Lincoln are particularly interesting, but honestly, anyone). Pre-canon would also be great. I love the series and the complicated portrayal of the lead character and I just want more.
(I did once get a very cracky Madness crossover ficlet, which was very nice... but not a fill.)
I put info about the serial on the pimping post, but since I keep just saying it's probably rubbish but I love it, I should say that, to modern eyes, that may be true, but actually some of the episodes are completely amazing and even when they're not, it has no sense of self-preservation whatsoever, which at least keeps things interesting. (Plus, the DVD's out, and all 13 eps are up on YouTube.) (AO3 shows 36 works in the fandom, but this is not true - the general Wars of the Roses fandom seems prone to tagging everything with everything - The White Queen, The White Princess, The Winter King, The Shadow of the Tower etc. To the best of my knowledge only 1 of those looks as if it might actually be for SotT (aside from my own efforts).) I am hoping that some other Yuletide history buffs might share in my love of old BBC betrayal, beheadings and the awfulness of absolute monarchs generally.