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kristin ([personal profile] kristin) wrote2009-01-01 12:37 pm

yuletide reveal

as you should be aware, yuletide authors have been revealed.

this year i wrote three stories:

to forge the steel, an assassins (musical) fic for nextian. this was my original fic, and therefore the one i worried the most about. it came out as well as could be expected, considering i almost didn't offer assassins this year. i am most proud, in this fic, of booth's dialogue. it really flowed for me, and people seemed to like it.

the main thing that was different for me about this is that i tried to write slash subtext. nextian requested slash, and even though i'm not yet comfortable writing it yet, i thought i would hint at it. apparently that came through, so yay!

this fic owes a ton to the betas: wrabbit and truth. they really, really helped, as it was in bad shape before they got their hands on it.

wearing down life, was a pinch hit written for anythingbutblue. it is a trigun fic, based on the anime as per request, which is good as i haven't read the manga. this one i really liked when i wrote it. it is a bit ridiculous, i admit, in that i have wolfwood chasing a cat and an oc called blah. this story showcases my great inability to name characters.

this fic was easy for me to write, but once i posted i really started to worry about it. i had actually never written in a translated fandom before (i watched it subbed) and am not 100% about the character voices. in terms of reception, well, the recipient liked it, and that is what mattered

do robots dream of electric pineapples was a treat for pocketmouse. the fandom was psych, and the plot is crack. really. i made shawn a robot for real. therefore, obviously, it was my most popular fic.

the weird thing is, this is the only one of three i wrote to make a point. shawn is played by james roday, who is latino, though the character is portrayed as white. the actors who play his parents are both white, with blonde hair and blue eyes. how this works is never mentioned on the show. my solution was to make shawn a robot.

people thought it was funny, which is good. i had never actually set out to write something funny before, and am glad it succeeded.


the comments on my fics have been nice, but the best parts of this whole yuletide are the wonderful people from #yultide chat. ♥ s you all.

[identity profile] skogkatt.livejournal.com 2009-01-02 03:41 am (UTC)(link)
Ooh, Psych story! So there are two different Shawn is a robot stories!? Crazy! I have this one bookmarked to read as soon as I get more reading time!
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[identity profile] attempt-unique.livejournal.com 2009-01-02 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
there are three actually. it was a fun prompt... so many people grabbed it

[identity profile] ennorwen.livejournal.com 2009-01-02 11:01 am (UTC)(link)
Greetings: I made a typical Yuletide Newb mistake and didn't keep my commentor's emails - but I stalked you here, so I could thank you for your kind words on my story, "The Ecstasy of Bursting Forth." (Joan Holloway-Mad Men).

I just wanted to let you know that I appreciate very much your genorosity - you sure know how to make a baby Yuletider feel welcome.

Sincerely,
Ennorwen

psych is love! with many many exclamation points! (re: "do robots dream of electric pineapples")

[identity profile] ticketsonmyself.livejournal.com 2009-04-10 08:20 am (UTC)(link)
I love that you wrote this story and why. I love the narrative voice and how well it suits Gus, and the vivid details you used to build characterization and mood and atmosphere. the Tuesday tie! Of course (or "of course," hee) Gus had been winning before Jamie walked in! the Pumas Jamie's wearing! Shawn spinning his chair around when he points at Gus! Shawn's a bad loser! Shawn trying to shake Gus's hand instead when Jamie ignores Gus! Gus nodding along even when he doesn't bother to ask how Shawn knows about Jamie's parents! awwwwww, sympathy tears!! Shawn's thinky face!
Shawn looked far too upset for Gus to take pleasure from schooling him. Okay, that was a lie, but he wasn't as happy about it as he would have been otherwise.
awww and hee!

Shawn trying to push Jamie out of the office with one hand and drag Gus with the other! Shawn tripping over his shoelaces! Gus sometimes thinks Henry's a robot too! (don't we all!)
Henry waited a beat to see if Shawn would start up again, then began talking. "Actually you're a robot, which makes it even more absurd that it took you this long to realize Madeline and I aren't your biological parents."
ahahaha FOREVER! and their reactions!
(Gus was definitely not planning on turning Shawn's story into a comic book.)
hee hee!
While Gus and Henry were having this totally awesome and reasonable conversation, Shawn started to come out of his trance like stillness. Gus wondered if he was retrieving information.

Dude, his best friend was a robot. This was awesome!
YES! and so are you for writing this story! also, the coda!
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Re: psych is love! with many many exclamation points! (re: "do robots dream of electric pineapples")

[identity profile] attempt-unique.livejournal.com 2009-04-16 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
ok, i know i am late replying to this, but this comment kinda made my friday. i kept it open in a tab all day because just looking at it made me happy.

i really enjoyed writing this fic. i wrote it in between beta jobs i the final hours of yuletide madness before i went to mass, so it is far from perfect (because, um, shawn actually does have blue eyes. oops.) but it was just plain fun.

so anyway, thank you thank you thank you. (also, be warned, i am going through and replying to all my backlogged comments. apologies both for the tardiness of the replies and the amount of comments that will be flooding your inbox.)