...and a Partridge in a Pear Tree

[yulebegay]

There are 3623 fandoms nominated in this year's tagset, with 14007 amazing characters. Given that this is a multi-fandom exchange, it doesn't matter if you requested the minimum (3 fandoms) or the maximum (6 fandoms) in your sign-up, there is a high possibility that even 50 slots wouldn't be enough for all the fandoms you know, love, and would enjoy to read fic for. That's where ...and a Partridge in a Pear Tree 🕊 🍐 🌲 comes in!

How does it work?

• Go through the tag set.
  • It's your decision if you include only the fandoms that were narrowly cut from your requests this year or if you list anything and everything you slightly recognize from osmosis.
  • The Taglist Filter makes this easy!
• Comment to this post with the list of fandoms you would enjoy receiving a treat * for so that authors who really were hoping to write for that fandom this year can know someone out there would like to receive it!
  • Only providing fandom names will be considered an "Any" request for whatever characters are nominated in that fandom.
  • If you want to provide an author with generic likes guidance and/or DNWs that you wish to see honored, include a link to your letter/sign-up.
  • If you have specific characters you would like to read about in any given fandom and/or have prompts suggestions, you are encouraged to share that information.
  • If you're listing a fandom you previously requested, you are welcome to link to the letter you requested it in but only if it is for characters nominated in this year's tagset.
• Add participation to the app so that anyone browsing will know that you're signed up for this challenge!
• * Note: Since none of these are official requests and thus cannot be someone's main gift, anything made for this challenge must be posted into the 2021 Madness Collection. If you post it in the main collection there is a strong chance the mods will contact you and/or kick it out!

That's it. Have fun! Hopefully this challenge will result in fics that otherwise couldn't or wouldn't have been written and will see the Madness collection get some extra love this year! :)

For anyone who needs help on how to get their comment going, here is a template:
<b>AO3 Username:</b> <b>Letter or App Sign-Up Link:</b> (Optional) <b>Fandom(s) I Know:</b> (example format ideas) • Fandom 1 - Characters • Fandom 2 - Specific prompt ideas for that fandom • Fandom 3 • Fandom 4 - link to last year's letter where you requested it <b>Additional Details:</b> Do you opt-into any of the other mini-challenges for these fandoms? Is it okay for your treat author to contact you with questions, or are you open to anything no-questions-asked? This is your chance to add anything you may want to share regarding these fandoms.

Comments

[starfishstar]

What a fantastic idea for a mini-challenge! I love this!

AO3 Username: starfishstar

Letter or App Sign-Up Link: https://starfishstar.dreamwidth.org/120515.html

Fandom(s) I Know:
(I am the kind of person who goes through the entire tagset and makes a big list of *every* fandom I think it would be fun to read in once the works are revealed, so it's like this mini-challenge was made for me... Here's a subset of fandoms I'd be especially interested in:)
* Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975): Woman | Constitutional Peasant, Dennis – I LOVE that this is nominated! What a brilliant nomination! Anything with these two delightful characters. Yes please.
* Exit West – Mohsin Hamid – characters or worldbuilding or both; this is a fascinating imagining of our near-future world, especially the way the whole world comes to the near-brink of cataclysm...and then finds a way around it instead.
* 221B Baker Towers – I've requested this fandom in the past: https://starfishstar.dreamwidth.org/96976.html#cutid1
* Darius the Great Series – Adib Khorram – the second book was rich with possibilities for what might happen in a potential third book: how does Sohrab and Darius' friendship unfold, now that Sohrab is living in Canada, potentially within visiting-in-person distance? What does Darius decide to do in terms of next life/work/not-college/etc. steps? And in terms of romance? Open to anything!
* I Capture the Castle – Dodie Smith – this fandom is always a delight. Open to anything.
* Hamster Princess Series – Ursula Vernon – ditto! What a delightful series.
* Jolene – Dolly Parton OR Lil Nas X version – this song is SO rich for fanfic.
* Russian Doll – such a brilliantly written show. Open to anything!
* Saturday Night Live RPF – no particular prompts, I just think this sounds like fun :-)
* An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good – Helene Tursten – just read this book; I'm simultaneously kind of horrified by Maud as a character, but also I can tell she would be lots of fun to write!

Additional Details: I've officially opted in to: Jewltide, MultiLingYule, Make the Yuletide Gay, and the Yuletide Madness Drabble Invitational. But also, I'm easygoing and open to most anything (Wrapping Paper? YuleTunes? Yulebuilding?)

Hurray! Happy Yuletide!