yuletide | New Year's Resolutions through October 13

This time, 6 new works have been posted to the 2021 New Year's Resolutions collection in the last four weeks.

Water Buffalo Takes Point (3380 words) by issen4
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 琅琊榜 | Nirvana in Fire (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Lin Shu | Mei Changsu | Su Zhe/Xiao Jingyan
Characters: Lin Shu | Mei Changsu | Su Zhe, Xiao Jingyan, Fei Liu (Nirvana in Fire), Lin Chen (Nirvana in Fire), Yan Que (Nirvana in Fire)
Additional Tags: Modern AU, pining only
Summary:

A modern-day AU of Xiao Jingyan starting to help Mei Changsu aka Xiao Shu.

Not sure how well the canon events map out into a modern-day AU equivalent, but this probably takes place after they find Nie Feng and Mei Changsu has a relapse. By now Xiao Jingyan realises who MCS really is and everyone else decides to help out. [ETA 13Oct21: Title was slightly changed]

Pay The Piper (1148 words) by dogfang
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Puppet History (Web Series)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Ryan Bergara & The Professor (Puppet History), The Genie & The Professor (Puppet History)
Characters: The Genie (Puppet History), Ryan Bergara, The Professor (Puppet History)
Additional Tags: Angst, Bittersweet, Backstory, Missing Scene, Eldritch, Trickster Gods, Contracts, Time Travel, Implied ryan & shane, implied professor & shane, Banter, Humor
Summary:

Ryan Bergara can't win history master.

Moonlight Tunes (Quasi Una Fantasia) (1644 words) by larissabernstein
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Cosmo Brown/Don Lockwood/Kathy Selden, Cosmo Brown/Don Lockwood, Don Lockwood/Kathy Selden
Additional Tags: Werewolves, Alternate Universe - Werewolf, Fairy Tale Elements, ShapeshiftingFluff and Humor, Friends to Lovers, Yuletide New Year's Resolutions Challenge
Summary:

Maybe it all came down to the fact that the gods had not simply smiled down upon Cosmo but laughed, and raucously so...

A werewolf AU.

have mercy on my rough and rowdy ways (1018 words) by redbrunja
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Six of Crows Series - Leigh Bardugo, Shadow and Bone (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Kaz Brekker/Inej Ghafa
Characters: Inej Ghafa, Kaz Brekker
Additional Tags: Jealousy
Summary:

Inej has developed a network of people to assist her hunt for slavers, including her handsome, tall, devoted lieutenant.

Kaz hates him.

count heartbeats (2003 words) by bastet
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Tick (TV 2017)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Dorothy "Dot" Everest/Overkill
Characters: Dorothy "Dot" Everest, Overkill (The Tick), Dangerboat (The Tick)
Additional Tags: secondary Arthur/Dangerboat
Summary:

Three times Dot and Overkill spent the night together.

as long as it was deep (1515 words) by Emilise284
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sky High (2005)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Warren Peace/Will Stronghold/Layla Williams
Characters: Warren Peace, Will Stronghold, Layla Williams
Additional Tags: Future Fic, Pregnancy, Legacies, Yuletide New Year's Resolutions Challenge
Summary:

Warren and Will soothe Layla's fears about their daughter's future.

Yuletide 2021 is nearly here!

I wanted to post one more update before Yuletide 2021 sign-ups begin (see the Yuletide Admin Dreamwidth community for the schedule and other details). But it is not yet your last chance to post a New Year's Resolution story. If you're posting a story to unban yourself, you can still post during sign-ups - you just need to post before signing up. Otherwise, the collection will close to new submissions around October 23-25, when assignments go out.

What is the New Year's Resolutions 2021 collection?
The New Year's Resolutions challenge/activity is part of Yuletide. Each year after a round of Yuletide ends, a new NYR collection is set up. This collection is for new works based on past Yuletide prompts.

Anyone can look at past Yuletide prompts and submit a work - you don't need to have participated in Yuletide before. Gifts must respect their recipients' Do-Not-Wants. However, if you're writing a NYR story because you are required to before you can sign up to Yuletide again, there are additional rules.

NB: When posting a work to the New Year's Resolutions 2021 collection, the collection name may not come up in the drop-down menu, even though 'nyr2021' will work when entered into the field. You can ensure the collection is incorporated automatically by going to the collection and clicking 'Post to Collection' at top right.

See also the FAQ from last Yuletide and the nyr stories tag on this journal.

Prompts
2020's prompts are available on AO3, in a downloadable text file, and in an app. Prompts from pinch hitters who weren't signed up can be found here on the admin DW community, and are also included in the app. For older prompts, try looking at the dashboards of previous NYR collections, such as New Year's Resolutions 2020.

Someday My Fic Will Come
This is an additional mini-challenge, begun by swan_tower. If you have requested the same thing in at least 3 Yuletides, and you haven't been given it yet, record your prompt at the DW post or LJ post - or look for a long-lingering prompt that you can fulfil. (Yes, these are the 2020 posts - they're still valid.)

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