Mindless Chatter

 

In your own space, Create something. It doesn’t have to just be the written word or a drawing. Creativity is much more inclusive. I enjoy making jewelry. Maybe you are into yarn/thread/fabric. Compose music? Create recipes? (Ooh this kinda reminded me, but I used to do some jewelry making too when I was younger and I had a lot of fun, I'd love to do that again!)

For this, I decided to post something I wrote as a wish fulfillment for jesseofthenorth , about a character being rescued after being out in the cold! <3 It's a little late for this challenge, but I'm glad I posted it tonight because we've had a huge snowstorm and about six inches of snow today, so I'm feeling very in the mood for this story!!

I don't know if you, Jesse, or any of my followers know about this fandom, but it's the show Turn: Washington's Spies! It's about a group of spies during the American Revolutionary War and is loosely based on the real-life Culper Ring. My favorite pairing (Anna Strong/Edmund Hewlett) is predictably tragic: she's a Patriot spy and he's a Redcoat officer... *cries* I'm sure you can guess how that turned out, but they were so so cute and soft together for a while there!!! Good old fashioned rivals/enemies-to-lovers :')

Some general info: They live in the town of Setauket, New York, and Hewlett lives in Whitehall, the house of the town magistrate, because he's the commander of the garrison there. He invites Anna to come stay there with him to protect her from another Redcoat who is creepy af and is also Hewlett's arch-nemesis throughout the show. Hewlett loves horses and astronomy and is a big nerd, and he and Anna have a really cute stargazing date in one episode. I hope that's enough of an intro to make you want to watch it lol, but I think that's all you really need to know for this story! It's just fluff and hurt/comfort!


( Sorry for the ramble, read the story below! )


I might post this to AO3 in a few days after I tweak it a little...!

EDIT: Here's the edited version on AO3: read here <3

 

I love the prompt for today's challenge! In your own space, put some favorite characters into an AU, fuse some favorite canons together, talk about your favorite AU/fusion tropes, or tell us why AU/fusions aren’t your cup of tea.

I love AUs so much, and I love reading AUs that involve mythology, fairytales, and supernatural themes. I haven't written that kind of AU before, sadly, but I like writing fusions and crossovers between different fandoms, as well as fix-its and other canon-divergent AUs to explore what would've happened if something was a little different.

I'm gonna put some of my fave AU stories (plus my fave that I wrote) under the cut!

( Read more... )


I'd love to try writing something similar to these AUs at some point, so maybe I'll make that another goal to try for this year!!!

 

Challenge #8: In your own space, create a wishlist. Your wishlist can be anything between one and ten wishes as a rough guide.

Ooh this is an interesting challenge!! Here are my wishes (some of them very specific):

1. Fan art or podfic or remixes for any of my stories! (here on AO3) I would be so delighted with any kind of transformative works for my fics, you have no idea :D

2. I'd love recs for some communities about writing, reading, or history!

3. I'd also love recs for podcasts or documentaries about true crime or history, or about naval stuff specifically

4. Recs for journals/communities that talk about planning/organization (especially for people with ADHD)

That's all for my wishlist! Hope you all have a great weekend!

 
Snowflake Challenge #6: In your own space, rec at least three fanworks that you didn't create.

I have so many to rec!! I've been lowkey hyperfocusing on The Old Guard lately, so several of these will be about that XD

( The Old Guard )


( The Eagle of the Ninth )


( Frontier Wolf )

 

[Bad username or unknown identity: snowflake_challenge ]#3: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

In your own space, tell us who, from one of your fandoms, would you most want to have dinner with (or tea, or a random afternoon visit), And why? This could be a creator, an actor, a costumer, a set designer, a director, a character, a composer, anybody! What would you talk about? What are you dying to know? 

Hmmm, I love this question! I'd really like to have dinner with Rosemary Sutcliff, I think! :D I'd want to just talk to her about life tbh, and how her life influenced her writing...

I'd also love to have dinner with Marwan Kenzari and Luca Marinelli and talk to them about Joe and Nicky from The Old Guard! They're my favorite characters from that movie, both as individuals and as a couple, and I love how involved the actors were in creating that. 

We can just have a big dinner party together, and everyone can get to know each other! :D