Yuletide Reveal 2012
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osprey_archerThe Yuletide reveal is come upon us! At last, I can share my fics.
The main story
Erlkönigs Tochter, Princess Tutu, Fakir & Ahiru & fairytales. Betaed by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
isiscolo and asakiyume and also one of my RL friends, because I was having vapors about whether it worked.
I got the prompt for this and the beginning and end more or less fell out of my head. (Incidentally, this is the second time I’ve used the same twist end for a Yuletide story, so probably I ought to retire it.) The middle, though, was hell on wheels to write: the bloody story just kept accruing fairytales. But I think it turned out well, in the end - and it makes sense even if you don’t know the original, which is quite an achievement for a Princess Tutu tale!
The treats
Fidelity, Cairo Time, Juliette/Tareq.
One thing I love about Yuletide is that it lets me write for fandoms I would never think of otherwise - and not only would I never have written this, but I wouldn’t have seen the movie at all if I hadn’t read about it in someone’s Yuletide letter. The filmmakers managed to take one of my least favorite themes - infidelity - and make a quiet, lovely movie. I tried to match its tone in this fic.
Dream a Little Dream, Elizabeth Wein’s Code Name Verity, Maddie/Julie.
This is quite a last minute story. It was Christmas Eve, I wanted to write one last Yuletide story, and I had all these feelings about Code Name Verity, and...this happened. The idea for the story had been rattling around in my head since I read the book: near the end Maddie comments that Julie taught her how to foxtrot, and I went “Where is this scene! I WANT THIS SCENE.”
I meant this to be fluffily flufftastic, but multiple people commented that it made them cry, so...apparently that’s as close as CNV gets to fluffy?
The Winebearer, Classical Roman RPF in SPAAAAAAACE, Julius Caesar/Nicomedes of Bithynia. Betaed bycarmarthen.
...I kind of want to write “The Further Adventures of Caesar in SPAAAAACE.” Bad brain! No cookie!
I had a great time writing incredibly arrogant Caesar, even though I wrote myself a corner with it. I got to the part where Caesar is on his knees, went “Crap, there is no way this is not ending porntastically,” glowered at the fic for a while, and then...wrote the porntastic scene.
The main story
Erlkönigs Tochter, Princess Tutu, Fakir & Ahiru & fairytales. Betaed by
isiscolo and asakiyume and also one of my RL friends, because I was having vapors about whether it worked. I got the prompt for this and the beginning and end more or less fell out of my head. (Incidentally, this is the second time I’ve used the same twist end for a Yuletide story, so probably I ought to retire it.) The middle, though, was hell on wheels to write: the bloody story just kept accruing fairytales. But I think it turned out well, in the end - and it makes sense even if you don’t know the original, which is quite an achievement for a Princess Tutu tale!
The treats
Fidelity, Cairo Time, Juliette/Tareq.
One thing I love about Yuletide is that it lets me write for fandoms I would never think of otherwise - and not only would I never have written this, but I wouldn’t have seen the movie at all if I hadn’t read about it in someone’s Yuletide letter. The filmmakers managed to take one of my least favorite themes - infidelity - and make a quiet, lovely movie. I tried to match its tone in this fic.
Dream a Little Dream, Elizabeth Wein’s Code Name Verity, Maddie/Julie.
This is quite a last minute story. It was Christmas Eve, I wanted to write one last Yuletide story, and I had all these feelings about Code Name Verity, and...this happened. The idea for the story had been rattling around in my head since I read the book: near the end Maddie comments that Julie taught her how to foxtrot, and I went “Where is this scene! I WANT THIS SCENE.”
I meant this to be fluffily flufftastic, but multiple people commented that it made them cry, so...apparently that’s as close as CNV gets to fluffy?
The Winebearer, Classical Roman RPF in SPAAAAAAACE, Julius Caesar/Nicomedes of Bithynia. Betaed by
carmarthen. ...I kind of want to write “The Further Adventures of Caesar in SPAAAAACE.” Bad brain! No cookie!
I had a great time writing incredibly arrogant Caesar, even though I wrote myself a corner with it. I got to the part where Caesar is on his knees, went “Crap, there is no way this is not ending porntastically,” glowered at the fic for a while, and then...wrote the porntastic scene.
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Date: 2013-01-02 04:44 am (UTC)There should be MOAR CAESAR IN SPACE.
Seriously. Like, his arrival on Bithynia. And his reaction when he finds out that the Pontic harpoon in his ship contained a tracking device, so he's totally led the forces of Pontus to Bithynia X...