Summary meme
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thisbluespiritPicked up from misbegotten: what are the summaries of the last 10 AO3 stories you read/downloaded? What made them seem appealing?
I went through my history and, avoiding things which I was only looking at for wrangling or in desperation/a spirit of completism (maybe this one for this ship won't be awful??), I get:
1. If you’ve scrolled past one too many well-meaning memes on your social network thinking “surely, empty platitudes superimposed over a photo of flowers is not really what the gods crave from me?” it might be time to think in more concrete terms. [x]
2. The lost correspondence of Djekhy son of Tesmontu and Djefmin, as concerns their mother-in-law, Mrs. Mutirtais. [x]
3. Albert Campion was too young for the war, but idealistic enough to sign up for duty in a devastated France, working with the Foreign Office and the French Government on reconstruction and defense. Lugg, however, a fixer if ever there was one, has his own games afoot, and that's before they run into the Germans.... [x]
4. While digitizing the BBC archives, an intern who asked to remain anonymous discovered a transcript of a lost episode of the Great British Bake Off. The paper could neither be photocopied nor scanned as all the copies came out blank; and the actual footage was never found. [x]
5. Mina can hear Seward's heart beating before he enters the room. [x]
6. A generations-long struggle over one (1) Welsh Country House results in an Unexpected Christmas Gathering OR: I Turn The Wars of the Roses In A Hallmark Movie [x]
7. When Sophie Beckett first lays eyes on Benedict Bridgerton, her entire world bursts into color. Alas, she knows all enchantments must end when the clock strikes midnight. (A soulmate AU.) [x]
8. At the Dark Castle, Rumpelstiltskin does something that's very nearly romantic, and Belle feels something that's very nearly love. A ficlet in honour of the anniversary of "Skin Deep", International Fanworks Day, and of St Valentine's Day.
Slowly, week upon week and discovery after discovery, out of conflict and compassion and curiosity, Belle has begun to burn for him. [x]
9. Ten years ago, Belle's heart was broken. She has long since considered herself a bookish spinster, but things change the night of Lady Nolan's ball. Regency AU. [x]
10. The Doctor accidentally gets married again. Must be Sunday. [x]
A lot of this was also Yuletide reading where the point is, "OMG, thing in shiny tiny fandom, must read!" but 2 and 4 were fandoms I don't really know & tried anyway due to the summary. (2 turned out not to be accessible without canon, whatever canon actually is (I suspect a quick Google would do it, and it looked good), but 4 was brilliant even via general osmosis). Some of the others were from the self-recs day at Snowflake Challenge so were again mostly more I just tried to read anything I actually knew than specifically for the summary as such, although 9 was longer and was bookmarked for a day of more brain. (One day that day will come and I will have much long(er) fic to read.)
Misbegotten also looked at the summaries for their own top ten by kudos, and who can resist naval gazing...
1. St Mary Mead has had an unusual guardian down through all these centuries. [x]
2. Two genre legends meet. The outcome is inevitable. Someone really should have warned the Count never to trifle with fluffy old ladies. [x]
3. Miss Marple is watching a girl who's watching the roses. [x]
4. Some strange chance or quirk of fate grants Ross's wish that he and Demelza never be parted by death... [x]
5. from: h.godwinson@homespuntwaddle.com
to: brn@norman.org.fr
Hi Bill
Look, can we just talk this over like adults?
And the fact that I’m saying this despite the WIRE FENCE you’ve now erected round the perimeter of my farm ought to show you that I mean it. Please reply!
Harry. [x]
6. Captain Janeway doesn't think much of time travellers and higher beings who turn up on board her ship. The Doctor doesn't take much notice of prime directives. It's a tea vs. coffee thing. [x]
7. “Don’t panic, but I think we might have accidentally got married…” [x]
8. Horry delivers on her side of the bargain, or one aspect of it, at least... [x]
9. William’s concerned with the Watch’s latest prisoner, Sacharissa is more worried about a wedding, and, oddly enough, so is Commander Vimes… [x]
10. Saleos has never been summoned by accident before. He has also never, in all these millennia, been called upon to help out at Music and Rhyme Time. [x]
I like some of these, but somehow I think mostly it isn't the summary, unless you're already reading through a collection like Yuletide and a particularly funny/intriguing one will drag you in. Or, of course, in my case, if it contains the words "Miss Marple" in any way... One of these is the starting line from a prompt meme.
misbegotten: what are the summaries of the last 10 AO3 stories you read/downloaded? What made them seem appealing?I went through my history and, avoiding things which I was only looking at for wrangling or in desperation/a spirit of completism (maybe this one for this ship won't be awful??), I get:
1. If you’ve scrolled past one too many well-meaning memes on your social network thinking “surely, empty platitudes superimposed over a photo of flowers is not really what the gods crave from me?” it might be time to think in more concrete terms. [x]
2. The lost correspondence of Djekhy son of Tesmontu and Djefmin, as concerns their mother-in-law, Mrs. Mutirtais. [x]
3. Albert Campion was too young for the war, but idealistic enough to sign up for duty in a devastated France, working with the Foreign Office and the French Government on reconstruction and defense. Lugg, however, a fixer if ever there was one, has his own games afoot, and that's before they run into the Germans.... [x]
4. While digitizing the BBC archives, an intern who asked to remain anonymous discovered a transcript of a lost episode of the Great British Bake Off. The paper could neither be photocopied nor scanned as all the copies came out blank; and the actual footage was never found. [x]
5. Mina can hear Seward's heart beating before he enters the room. [x]
6. A generations-long struggle over one (1) Welsh Country House results in an Unexpected Christmas Gathering OR: I Turn The Wars of the Roses In A Hallmark Movie [x]
7. When Sophie Beckett first lays eyes on Benedict Bridgerton, her entire world bursts into color. Alas, she knows all enchantments must end when the clock strikes midnight. (A soulmate AU.) [x]
8. At the Dark Castle, Rumpelstiltskin does something that's very nearly romantic, and Belle feels something that's very nearly love. A ficlet in honour of the anniversary of "Skin Deep", International Fanworks Day, and of St Valentine's Day.
Slowly, week upon week and discovery after discovery, out of conflict and compassion and curiosity, Belle has begun to burn for him. [x]
9. Ten years ago, Belle's heart was broken. She has long since considered herself a bookish spinster, but things change the night of Lady Nolan's ball. Regency AU. [x]
10. The Doctor accidentally gets married again. Must be Sunday. [x]
A lot of this was also Yuletide reading where the point is, "OMG, thing in shiny tiny fandom, must read!" but 2 and 4 were fandoms I don't really know & tried anyway due to the summary. (2 turned out not to be accessible without canon, whatever canon actually is (I suspect a quick Google would do it, and it looked good), but 4 was brilliant even via general osmosis). Some of the others were from the self-recs day at Snowflake Challenge so were again mostly more I just tried to read anything I actually knew than specifically for the summary as such, although 9 was longer and was bookmarked for a day of more brain. (One day that day will come and I will have much long(er) fic to read.)
Misbegotten also looked at the summaries for their own top ten by kudos, and who can resist naval gazing...
1. St Mary Mead has had an unusual guardian down through all these centuries. [x]
2. Two genre legends meet. The outcome is inevitable. Someone really should have warned the Count never to trifle with fluffy old ladies. [x]
3. Miss Marple is watching a girl who's watching the roses. [x]
4. Some strange chance or quirk of fate grants Ross's wish that he and Demelza never be parted by death... [x]
5. from: h.godwinson@homespuntwaddle.com
to: brn@norman.org.fr
Hi Bill
Look, can we just talk this over like adults?
And the fact that I’m saying this despite the WIRE FENCE you’ve now erected round the perimeter of my farm ought to show you that I mean it. Please reply!
Harry. [x]
6. Captain Janeway doesn't think much of time travellers and higher beings who turn up on board her ship. The Doctor doesn't take much notice of prime directives. It's a tea vs. coffee thing. [x]
7. “Don’t panic, but I think we might have accidentally got married…” [x]
8. Horry delivers on her side of the bargain, or one aspect of it, at least... [x]
9. William’s concerned with the Watch’s latest prisoner, Sacharissa is more worried about a wedding, and, oddly enough, so is Commander Vimes… [x]
10. Saleos has never been summoned by accident before. He has also never, in all these millennia, been called upon to help out at Music and Rhyme Time. [x]
I like some of these, but somehow I think mostly it isn't the summary, unless you're already reading through a collection like Yuletide and a particularly funny/intriguing one will drag you in. Or, of course, in my case, if it contains the words "Miss Marple" in any way... One of these is the starting line from a prompt meme.
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Date: 2019-01-15 04:08 pm (UTC)By the way, was the Rumple/Belle one any good? It's been a while. I may be getting nostalgic. :)
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Date: 2019-01-15 04:48 pm (UTC)And skelegoats need to be shipped too! Also I don't see anything wrong with looking for all the Michael fic. I won't because that would be a terrible idea for a person only on S1, but one day, I'm sure.
By the way, was the Rumple/Belle one any good? It's been a while. I may be getting nostalgic.
The first one was, although I'm sure you'll have read it, as you recced the author's fic before. The other I haven't read yet, but the author is good!
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Date: 2019-01-15 05:01 pm (UTC)I'm not sure if I've read the other one or not. But if the nostalgia gets strong enough, maybe I'll take another look at it even if I have.
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Date: 2019-01-16 04:37 am (UTC)Some of your own summaries look intriguing. I must explore them!
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(also, hi! <3)
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