my muffin hasn't had a cherry since 1939!

In the midst of partying like it's 2012 (if by partying you mean catching up on Shameless, pretending to be Batman via playing Arkham City and waking up tired and in need of coffee shortly before church), Yuletide authors were revealed!

This was mine, otherwise known as The One Where Carly Writes Another New Fandom:

let nothing you dismay by austen
Fandom: The Hour
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Bel Rowley, Freddie Lyon, Hector Madden, Lix Storm
Summary: Christmas Eve, 1965: We interrupt your scheduled programming to bring you this breaking news. The threat of a rapidly spreading epidemic has the entire staff of The Hour spending a holiday in unexpected quarantine.

I will admit that this was a fandom I only considered signing up to write for but decided against at the last minute, only to get it as one of my prompts attached to something else! Basically, when my recipient mentioned zombie apocalypses in her request, even as a throwaway, I was hooked on the idea of doing something in that vein for this fandom. It turned out being slightly AU, but I'm super happy with how it turned out - and my recipient loved it too, which is ultimately the best thing ever.

Because it's Saturday night, and I'm sitting at home, bored, with nothing to do, so clearly there should be something like this floating around, right? I need to reactivate my writing mojo if I'm ever going to make some headway on those fic requests. Curse you, Yuletide. Anyway, I take no serious credit for this, the idea behind it is all inspired by stainofmylove, and is open to anyone and everyone who wants to participate:

comment fic meme

1. Post prompts, one per comment. Post one, post five, post ten. The more, the merrier applies here.
2. And prompt for a variety of fandoms.
3. Post ficlets in response to the prompt's comment thread.
4. Lather, rinse, repeat. Oh, and pimp to your friends. We like a big crowd.

( fic round-up )

Thanks to permission from ineffort (whose baby this totally and completely is; I claim no ownership), the commentfic portion of the Awesome Ladies Ficathon has been given a hosting on Dreamwidth!

Now, the rules (graciously borrowed with love and trimmed from the original post at LJ):

1. Post prompts! Given the nature of this ficathon, your prompt must focus on a woman. Format them as such: fandom, character(s) [+ pairings if any], your choice of prompt be it a lyric, a word, etc.
2. Answer prompts! Though you do not need one to write. They're there to serve as inspiration. Post away with or without one. Fics need to posted with the following subject line: fandom, character(s) [+ pairings if any], title, rating. Also more than one person can respond to the same prompt. Remember to include a subject line when you fill a prompt; it'll make it easier to find your commentfic when we compile a master list later on.
3. LEAVE FEEDBACK. Let the author know if you liked their fic, an angel will get its wings if you do, FACT.
4. Beware of spoilers. /sole warning
5. HAVE FUN!

Swiped from, oh, I don't know, lots of people:

If you had me alone, locked up in your house for twenty-four hours and I had to do whatever you wanted me to, what would you have me do?

All comments will be permanently screened because it's a secret. Then repost this in your LJ. You might be surprised with the responses you get. Feel free to answer anonymously if you'd prefer.

I got Life fic for Christmas!

Family (or the Perfect Fruit Salad): Life, Crews/Reese with appearances by Ted and Rachel(!)

YES. Just SO MUCH YES. Most of this is stolen from the comment I left as I am running around like a chicken with its head cut off, but: I don't even know where to start, but this is exactly what I wanted and so much more and I've read it at least five times and I can't stop finding things that I absolutely, completely LOVE SO HARD. My writer captured everything I wanted in my prompt and found a way to revolve it around fruit. And I love that this is from Crews' perspective, because he's so mysterious and yet so wonderful and they found a way to write all of that so incredibly well. And Crews and Reese are incredibly hot together but also so indefinably them (with him still letting her drive even after they get together and make attempts at actual domesticity), and Rachel is just this slightly surly but also adorable teenager who is very protective of her Uncle Charlie, and Ted grumbling in the background about having to get the Christmas tree - all of this, so perfect, I can't even begin to describe how perfect.

No word yet on the pinch hit I wrote, but my recipient absolutely loved my story, which made me so happy (as I sort of wound up incorporating a lot of her requests without even intentionally realizing I was doing it at times), so that was a fun thing to wake up to. It was a big risk for me to take in terms of writing style - and even the fandom I wrote was one that I had very little character basis to work from, but I'm very happy with how it turned out and that it worked for my giftee. So yay!

Oh, and if you can guess which two stories I am responsible for, you get fic of your own! Feel free to send me a PM with your guesses, since comments are not screened.

Also: my parents gifted me with Transporter 2 and 3, so guess who will be spending their Christmas looking at Robert Kneppar's face?

Not a bad Christmas at all, for sure.

Title: oh Lord, it really brings me down about the devil town
Author: austen
Rating: NC-17
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel/Friday Night Lights/Supernatural
Words: ~15,000
Pairing: Sam Winchester/Fred Burkle; Dean Winchester/Tyra Collette/Tim Riggins; Buffy Summers/John Winchester.
Notes: For polybigbang, and dedicated to everyone who helped, beta'd, proofread, and just generally cheered and handheld throughout the writing of this: inlovewithnight (whose brainstorming ultimately helped contribute to the main tie-in for this wonderful crossover), hateable (who was one of the best motivators a first time Big Bang writer could ask for), inkdot (another amazing cheerleader, ♥ !), and cidercupcakes (mahvelous, dahling, simply mahvelous). Many thanks also go out to elohvee for the absolutely gorgeous mix and cover art and for her willingness to include the song from this fic's title in the soundtrack. It goes without saying that this would've never been finished without all of your help, and for that, the words 'thank you' do not even begin to cover it, but hopefully, this time, they'll be enough.
Warnings: Secondary character death, in a sense, as well as some smut.
Disclaimer: The following belongs to Whedon, Kripke, Berg, etc.; not mine, no profit being made, etc.
Summary: In November, when Dillon gets its first vampires, what happens when two hunters, a Slayer, a soulful vampire and a former physicist show up? They've each got their reasons for visiting - family, vacation, or the job of the hunt itself - but they'll each find that they get more than they bargained for in a town where the football craze rolls in like the summer wind - felt right when it comes, but gone before anyone knows where it's disappeared to.

Part One | Part Two | Part Three

Bonus Content: Mix by elohvee.

Testing, testing.

Does anyone have any idea how to import one's LJ over here?

• 17:06 Currently addicted to fmylife.com, because it makes me realize that my life could always suck worse. #
• 17:58 @krz Oh, I'm already on it, m'dear. The other day my apartmentmates and I read them out loud to each other and laughed until we cried. #
• 18:09 @talking_bird Naps are my life. #
• 11:11 @rustyrockets I tuned in just in time to watch everyone but you were the funniest bit. #

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