A post that isn't entirely about the commentfest (but almost is)

[thisbluespirit]

1. The Obscure & British Commentfest continues! \o/ It is my birthday weekend now, so I shall be pimping again, at least a little, to see if I can poke it into some further weekend action (and then I promise I shall at least stop pimping). It's going nicely and we have a whole bunch of fills (including Spike from Buffy paying a visit to Nouvion and Steel getting sold suits from Mr Humphreys, just for starters).

Thanks to everyone who has helped promote it! It really does make a difference. I also have some rebloggable Tumblr posts, if anyone wants to give it a shout over there. (Most of the time when I complain about Tumblr, that's just me, because I was clearly a person made for LJ and therefore not Tumblr material, but you do realise when trying to promote something multi-fandom like this where the tag-tracking just isn't going to help much, that you have nowhere to go and are totally reliant on reblogs. If I'm missing some major fandom newsletter-type submission blog, let me know.) Anyway, please don't feel obliged, despite my over-thinking stuff, but if you are willing and able, the posts are here, here, here and here. Thank you!


1a. A side-effect of the Commentfest and LJ's relative quietness is that I get temporarily shunted to top of the day's LJs. (And, yes, such power! It puts me up above the gods...! etc. etc. And then I crash straight back into my usual obscurity.)

Anyway, the point of this is that LJ has a button you can press to automatically friend the top 15 journals, so I get random friending during the fest. If you have friended me over the last week and you did it on purpose and aren't a bot, please do comment to this post and wave at me, and I'll friend you back. (I just don't want to friend people who wanted someone popular and interesting! It would be embarrasing all round.)


2. Not entirely about the fest, but definitely Obscure & British - I have been writing some things! Here is an NYR fic, two fills for the fest, and a belated Trope Bingo effort, which can all be found over at AO3 (and the fills via the Masterpost, too, of course):


For the commentfest, for Liadt:

Congratulations & Celebrations (298 words) by lost_spook
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Adam Adamant Lives!
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Adam Adamant/Georgina Jones
Characters: Adam Llewellyn De Vere Adamant, Georgina Jones
Additional Tags: Ficlet, Humor, Obscure and British Commentfest
Summary: Adam and Georgie celebrate their anniversary in a way that's sure to become an annual tradition for them...

For the commentfest, for Van:

Rumours of Blake (947 words) by lost_spook
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Blake's 7
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Vila Restal, Orac (Blake's 7), Kerr Avon, Dayna Mellanby, Cally (Blake's 7), Del Tarrant
Additional Tags: Mentions of Blake, mentions of various relationships, Ficlet, Humor, Work Contains Fan(s) or Fandom(s), Season/Series 03, Obscure and British Commentfest
Summary: The Liberator Crew discovers that some people have been writing fiction about their favourites rebels, and that rumours of Blake seem to have been greatly exaggerated. (S3)


A Sandbaggers/Mr Palfrey crossover for Trope Bingo square "Trust and Vows":

One Good Turn (1212 words) by lost_spook
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Sandbaggers, Mr. Palfrey of Westminster
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Willie Caine, Neil Burnside, Mr. Palfrey (Mr. Palfrey of Westminster)
Additional Tags: Crossover, Spies & Secret Agents, Trope Bingo Amnesty, Trust Issues, 1980s, Season/Series 03 Spoilers
Summary: One bad apple and you’ve got to check the whole barrel hasn’t gone rotten, that’s the problem…


And for NYR, for paperclipbitch:

Four Plied (1359 words) by lost_spook
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Poldark - All Media Types, Poldark (TV 1975)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Demelza Carne/Dwight Enys/Caroline Penvenen/Ross Poldark, Dwight Enys/Caroline Penvenen, Demelza Carne/Caroline Penvenen, Demelza Carne/Ross Poldark, Caroline Penvenen/Ross Poldark
Characters: Caroline Penvenen, Demelza Carne, Dwight Enys, Ross Poldark
Additional Tags: Yuletide, OT4, Book 07: The Angry Tide, Post-The Angry Tide
Summary: It's chiefly Caroline's doing, of course.

Comments

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

Hippo bathday 2 ewes
Hippo bathday 2 ewes
Hippo bathday dear lost_spook
Hippo bathday 2 ewes.

PS yes, I know it's not until tomorrow...

[thisbluespirit]

:lol: yes, you're early! *sticks fingers in ears*

(Thank you! <3)

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

LOL

Did anything turn up for you yet? I posted your card on Wednesday.

[thisbluespirit]

Your present did! I'm sorry - I meant to say, and then must have just wound up thinking I had said. (Or at least, something that I believe is your present, at any rate). I have a bunch of cards, so I expect yours is among them - I shall tell you tomorrow! (I'm sometimes a bit clueless about handwriting identification.)

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm just glad it arrived on time.

[thisbluespirit]

Thank you very much for my lovely present and card!! ♥

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome. I hope you can enjoy the utter magnificence that is Peter Capaldi's Cardinal soon.

[thisbluespirit]

I'm sure I will! :-)

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

Good.

[meneleth.livejournal.com]

I did friend you on purpose this week and I have it on good authority that I am not a "bot".

P.S. Happy Birthday!!

[thisbluespirit]

Yay! *waves at you* :-)

[rosiedlotrfan.livejournal.com]

The Blake's 7 fic is really funny! I can imagine the crew reacting exactly like you wrote them.

And the Palfrey Sandbaggers one is absolutely fascinating. I wonder whether Willie's faith in Neil was still that strong by the end of the show.

[thisbluespirit]

Aw, thank you!

I meant the ending to be kind of ironic but I wrote it before having watched the final ep, so it's even more ironic than I thought. However, I don't think Willie would have expressed doubts to someone like Mr Palfrey whatever he thought. Thank you for reading it! <3

[oonaseckar.livejournal.com]

There really oughtta be Obscure & British tats, for the fest. Walking promotion! (Temporary peel-off version, obvs. Unless someone was really committed.) With roses and ivy trailing around gothic lettering, I think...

[thisbluespirit]

Hmm, I'm not sure rl promotion would be terribly useful - I wonder what the online equivalent would be? Probably a link or banner on the side of the blog or something!

Any O&B tattoo should definitely have roses and trailing ivy, though. :-)

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

That is so awesome!! YAY for O&B!!

*HUGS*

[thisbluespirit]

Thanks!

[shannonsequitur.livejournal.com]

By the way, this crossed my Twitter feed over a week ago and I meant to ask if you'd seen it: http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-05-03/doctor-who-considering-us-style-writers-room-under-chris-chibnall

[thisbluespirit]

Thanks. Interesting - sounds as though it may or may not happen, though at the mo, heh.

[liadt]

Happy Birthday! Lots of lovely fic! I hope you used your temporary powers over the universe wisely:)

[thisbluespirit]

Thank you! And I just oppressed people into writing for small British fandoms - that counts as good, yes? ;-)

[liadt]

Definitely! Although as I have succumbed to the hair dye of evil my opinion may be skewed;p

[lexigent.livejournal.com]

hallo! I've friended you on purpose, and I'm a human and not a bot :)

[thisbluespirit]

Hurrah! Welcome. I shall go friend you back now. <3