Assorted things, mainly fannish & hopefully all good

[thisbluespirit]

I'm not being terribly good at updating, but I am mostly okay, so that is good. Last week my Mum sent me a package in the post which, when I opened it, contained a small clear plastic packet with mystery white powder inside it. When I stopped laughing for long enough to read the accompanying note, I discovered it was washing powder. XD

Anyway, fannish things:

1. no_true_pair's four character mini round is open for sign-ups!

The prompts don't get posted till the 17th, so I have to think about which characters I shall put down this time, because I definitely find the four characters one weirder to do than the full-range glory of the eight-characters one, but it does usually kick off something unexpected and worth writing, whether fannish or original. It would only be more delightful if more of us also did it, of course. (No penalties, only fun prompts to use or not use! What is there to lose? ;-p)


2. edwardianspinsteraunt also wrote a little (Modern) AU for The Winslow Boy, which made yesterday evening a whole lot better immediately:

The Facts of the Case (634 words) by edwardianspinsteraunt
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Winslow Boy (1999)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Robert Morton/Catherine Winslow
Characters: Catherine Winslow, Robert Morton (Winslow Boy), Arthur Winslow
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Coffee Shops, Lawyers
Summary: Catherine was well aware that Robert Morton hadn't taken her family's case out of principle.


3. I was thinking about what to do after I finished 100fandomicons. I remembered working through a set for an old icon comm (icons200, I think), doing 20 prompts at a time, but also that it is no fun to do such things alone for defunct comms.

Anyway, the upshot was that it struck me there was no current icon comm that had the kind of thing I was thinking of, so I have now very nearly finished making one!

It is called 20icontables. There are lots of 20 icon tables to choose from and you can suggest more at a suggestion post. There are no deadlines or limits and hopefully it will provide laid back inspiration for when needed, or no-deadline ongoing projects, or the excuse to icon a thing you've been meaning to icon etc. Or whatever. Speedy people who eat icon challenges for breakfast can work their way through every single table if they want. There will be more.

If people, especially any icon-makers, but anyone, want to poke around it and see if it looks okay, that would be great! It's fairly straight forward and I think it's okay, but stupid errors gratefully received as it were...

I need to add a few more tables before I start launching it officially, just because I don't want to be flooding it with tables once it has subscribers.

(So if there are there any obvious omissions in tables, especially technically then let me know here or go right ahead and submit to the suggestion post there already.)


4. I keep linking to SesskaSays's reactions, I know, but she reached Vengeance on Varos on Friday, which people round here with long memories will know I am a tad obsessed with and I was v gratified to see her completely blown away by Part One. \o/ I thought she'd probably like it, given her track record, but you never can tell.

Comments

[persiflage_1]

Enquiring minds wish to know why your mum considers it necessary to send you washing powder in the post? Does she think you incapable of buying your own?

[thisbluespirit]

lol, my Mum is very random sometimes! (I did inherit it from someone, heh.) She wanted to see what I thought of Sainsbury's washing powder as compared to Tescos, so she sent me sufficient for one wash. (This was based on some conversation we had about 8-10 years ago that I had entirely forgotten, apparently. XD)

[persiflage_1]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Too funny!

[romanajo123]

( awww that icon is pretty)

I saw no true pair’s post. Don’t know if I’m doing it; it does sound fun.

[thisbluespirit]

Thank you! And, yes, you've just got to do what works for you. <3

[senmut]

You are awesome. I hope the icon comm takes off!

[thisbluespirit]

Aw, thank you! <3

[ragnarok_08]

I hope that the icon comm takes off!

Your fic was great, by the way!

[thisbluespirit]

Thanks! And it wasn't my fic, it was a rec for someone else's - so their good work, not mine.

[ragnarok_08]

Oh whoops XD

I was sleep deprived when commenting, so my bad XD

[thisbluespirit]

NOt too worry! Just making sure credit went where it was deserved! <3

[liadt]

Lol at mystery packet XD

Good luck with the icon comm!

[thisbluespirit]

Thank you!

[edwardianspinsteraunt]

Thank you so much for the fic promo/rec - I'm very touched! <33

And LOL at the mysterious white powder parcel! (Ik they usually ask you about the contents of a parcel nowadays before you post it, so I wonder how that went down?? xD)

[thisbluespirit]

My pleasure!

And, ha, I'm not sure, but they do sometimes only ask if it's of value, when it's internal, but if they wanted specifics, then I assume Dad had to tell them it was washing powder. XD

[tinny]

I'm not being terribly good at updating, but I am mostly okay, so that is good.

Yes, good! <3

When I stopped laughing for long enough to read the accompanying note, I discovered it was washing powder. XD

Moms, omg! :DDDD

If people, especially any icon-makers, but anyone, want to poke around it

Oh! Oh! New icon comm! It all looks great - I love the orange color scheme! <3


The only thing I noticed was that the last two tables (fashion and dw) only have 5 AC slots but the header still says 10.

You were very creative with the prompts, I love them. The birds made me cackle, I absolutely want to do that table! :D

eta: oh, and once you feel ready you can of course post a promo to icontalking, that'll also give me a heads-up to add it to the list of challenge comms.

[thisbluespirit]

Oh! Oh! New icon comm! It all looks great - I love the orange color scheme! <3

Aw, thank you! And also thanks re. checking it over, and for that catch. I've fixed those two now. (And, lol, I was so pleased I remembered to move the header to the correct place when I did them and yet... /o\)

You were very creative with the prompts, I love them. The birds made me cackle, I absolutely want to do that table! :D

XD And so you shall, I hope! I should be able to get it to the point of going live shortly now; I just had to sort out one of my other comms I'd been letting slide first, and I still need to post a few extra tables to it. But I do love making prompt tables for things. It's usually for fic, of course, so it was interesting to remind myself not to forget that while doing these. And thanks re. icontalking!

[scripsi]

Last week my Mum sent me a package in the post which, when I opened it, contained a small clear plastic packet with mystery white powder inside it. When I stopped laughing for long enough to read the accompanying note, I discovered it was washing powder. XD

And I laughed when I read the explanation!

[thisbluespirit]

XD