Random Fannish Things

[thisbluespirit]

1. no_true_pair is gearing up for its Spring mini-round with sign-ups opening on March 12th! Given that I had such a lovely time with it in September, I'll definitely be giving it another go. I have to decide on my character list - only four characters this time! 8-o (If it's the same as the main round, you can have up to 3 lists, so I'm thinking I might do at least two and then see what I fancy writing the most. XD)


2. hurtcomfortex is still in sign-ups. I don't think I should do it, really, all considered, but I always PINE for it (I could be my own OW tag for it: "Exchange Participant/Unsuitable Exchange They Are Nevertheless Pining Hopelessly For") so I'm keeping an eye on the sign-ups and, yep, as ever with this one, I have like 1 match again. Two, depending what I offer. BUt you never know, what if something jumped out and begged me to write a SHORT thing for it and then I could sign up (but oh no all those tags)...


3. Marginal March, a comment fest for Minor Characters


4. I no sooner said that Craddock and Co had gone from BBC Sounds when I looked, than the BBC decided to repeat it and now it's there again! So if anyone prefers that method, here it is, and they've reached all three eps now (it was still only 2 yesterday): https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/b00d2t72


5. I reached s3 of Death in Paradise (people who know will know what that means XD) but the BBC did compensate immediately because the following three eps have had Peter Davison (grumpy writer suspect), Josette Simon (fearsome judge suspect), and Raza Jaffrey (airline pilot suspect). Raza was a wonderful surprise, because he went off to the US to be in things I don't watch, so I was just: RAZA!!!! (Spooks fans will understand, because Zaf= <3<3<3 Also he is very illegally pretty, it's true. ETA: the motive for murder was basically jealousy over Raza, which, I mean. legit.)

My resolution to stop at this point was therefore broken. I'll see how long this stint of Actors From My All Time Fave Shows continues, lol, and in the meantime, here's a very lovely, fun/cute Richard and Camille fanvid by Odessie I found on AO3.

Comments

[persiflage_1]

I shall have to give Craddock a listen.

[thisbluespirit]

Aw, cool! It is very slight, but fun and sweet, I thought - a nice little distraction from everything, with a bit of heart in it, too. <3

[persiflage_1]

Sounds like it's not just up my alley but in my room with me! 😊

[thisbluespirit]

lol, only one way to find out whether you've let in a kindred spirit or picked up a stalker thanks to friend with misguided taste. XD

[persiflage_1]

LOL There is that possibility I suppose!

[lurking_latinist]

Thanks for the reminder to actually finish my hurtcomfortex signup! (So there *will* be at least one more Classic Who request, if that helps...)

Amusingly, early in the tagset I saw "Accidental time travel into combat zone." One of the groups I'm requesting is Seven & Ace & Hex. Accidental? Sure, and pigs fly.... (It's really weird how often they go to historical warzones specifically! Weird and traumatizing!)

[lurking_latinist]

(Also "Character A is a time traveler and Character B finds out." Shocker! XD)

[thisbluespirit]

Aw, that's cool anyway! If you're there, whatever happens, there will probably be something nice to read at any rate. I want to sign up (and I do match with 1 DW and if I wanted to risk SW, there are at least 2 Obidala people as well) - but the truth is, I don't think I'm anywhere near well enough to do it. I'm just doing my pining and kidding myself I could! Which is its own kind of fun sometimes. Imaginary exchange participation! Nothing ever goes wrong! lol

Amusingly, early in the tagset I saw "Accidental time travel into combat zone." One of the groups I'm requesting is Seven & Ace & Hex. Accidental? Sure, and pigs fly....

But it WAS accidental this time, honestly!! XD

[corvidology]

If you're keeping an eye on the H/C exchange to see if you want to sign-up, remember you only have to match on one tag.

I mention this because I know a lot of people who handle these type of tag exchanges that way. They pick 5-10 to put on their own requests and then make sure they match on at least one tag with any request they might match on.

[thisbluespirit]

It's not the freeform tags that's the problem - I need someone in any of my fandoms! XD And what I meant was, you need time to do the sign up - you can't sign up last minute for one of those, unless you're brave enough to request any! And the H/C one is even worse, because you have to navigate all those extra relationship tags over which character is hurt as well.

But it's all okay, because I'm not really going to do it. Unless a request really bites, as I said. In a SHORT way. XD

[corvidology]

So far I've stuck with my decision not to sign-up for anything this year and while I'm not writing as much I'm feeling very calm/right about my decision. It was just getting too depressing not to match with anyone.

[thisbluespirit]

*hugs*

Yeah, I've been lucky with matching, really, most of the time, but I'm not really well enough for exchanges at the moment - but I want to, so I have to watch and see if it might work. But it probably won't!

Here's to being sensible - and having our own kind of fun! <3

[lirazel]

I was going to ask about why the exchange doesn't work for you, but here is the answer. And it's a good answer! It is far and away the most burdensome sign-up/nominating period that I've ever seen in an exchange. The results make it worth it to me (there's no other exchange where you get such tailored-to-your-tastes results) but also I 10000% get why you wouldn't want to deal with the heavy-loading at the front.

[thisbluespirit]

Well, tbf, it is mostly just because I'm not well enough - much more sensible to do something like no_true_pair! But I do wish they'd drop the hurt character bit - that's what optional details are for! XD

Plus, up until this year, despite being one of the larger mid-year ones, it's been so hard even to find one person to match with, because apparently people in my fandoms don't do the h/c thing! But this year there are some other DW people around, which is nice.

But it always calls to me nevertheless! Heh.

I'm sure you'll have fun with it!

[lirazel]

Ah, yes, I understand.

it's been so hard even to find one person to match with, because apparently people in my fandoms don't do the h/c thing!

What a shame! It's definitely one of the ones where I have some idea of what I'm going to to be writing when I make my offers--like this year, it will be one of two different fandoms, and it's just a matter of which ships within those fandoms I get. Whereas with something like Yuletide, I usually offer like 10 different fandoms.

[liadt]

Aw, the DiP vid was nice and lively:D Ta for the link:)

All the best with the mini-round! And your influence over the BBC!

[thisbluespirit]

Aw, glad you enjoyed it too! <3

All the best with the mini-round! And your influence over the BBC!

idk, they don't seem to pay any heed to anything else I listen to, but maybe I need to oppress them with my brain harder or something. XD

[theseatheseatheopensea]

(I could be my own OW tag for it: "Exchange Participant/Unsuitable Exchange They Are Nevertheless Pining Hopelessly For")

I ship it XD

I hope you can manage to write something (short or otherwise) either for no_true_pair or hurtcomfortex or whatever else pops up! <3

[thisbluespirit]

I'm very hopeful of no_true_pair, which seems to fit me very well! <3 It's nice to look at the H/C one, though, and pretend I might do it.

<3

I ship it XD

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