snowflake challenge: day 6

[ruico]

In your own space, create a list of at least three fannish things you'd love to receive, something you've wanted but were afraid to ask for - a fannish wish-list of sorts.

See, the "afraid to ask for" part gets me, because I am by nature very, very afraid, and I don't know how to turn that fear off or make it go away, not even for this challenge. ლ(´﹏`ლ) I'm really, really bad at asking things of people, not in the cutesy way but a way that holds me back in a lot of situations AND annoys a lot of people I talk to, since its not rare that it's clear I want something but have trouble articulating what it is.
Still! It's 2019, some people are going to dislike me no matter what I do, so I'll try my best!

A collaboration
This is a small dream of mine because despite my usual dislike of school group work I do like working and collaborating with others! I once had someone offer to write a fic with me when we were younger, but it was mostly (only) her ideas and nothing really came out of it in the end. I don't even have any specific needs for a collab, I just like the idea of doing a project with someone, whether that's just discussing the idea closely with a friend/beta-kind-of-person, or it's a fanartist, another writer, I'm not really sure. I think different mediums is really cool as well.

Cross-fandom fans of my works
Since it's not long ago that I started writing in English and my only posted works are for a microfandom and an animanga fandom (only one ship too), this has not happened and probably will not happen anytime soon, if ever. Still, I like the idea of someone reading my works for another fandom even though they aren't a fan of that thing just because it's me, or someone reading something and recognising my writing from something they've read (by me) in another fandom. (´꒳`)

For ao3 to include main and secondary pairings
I'm sorry, I know this is probably cheating, haha, but this one I've wanted for so long (along with many others). I do like the ao3 tagging system, but I really want this to be added as well. Also, for people using ao3 to know the difference between & and / when tagging pairings and follow it, hehe.

I saw others mention a transformative works statement and I really like that idea! I'll definitely make sure to post one before I post any fanworks myself on here in the future. ^^'
I had more ideas for things but those were more general than specific for me. But tomorrow is exam time, so no time o write down any more. Don't ask me why I decided on writing this instead of studying for the exam in the first place, because there is no good answer.

Comments

[analise010]

Not sure what type of collaborations you were thinking of, but in the summer, there's a community called pod_together, where writers and podficcers team up to co-create a fanwork.

[ruico]

Thank you, I'll check it out! I didn't have anything specific in mind, so I appreciate it! :3

[skytintedwater]

For ao3 to include main and secondary pairings
Ooh, I'd never thought of this before.
Also, seconded on people learning the difference between / and &. It's not hard.

[ruico]

Yes, when I look for friendship or platonic fic I want just that please >w

[littlelostcat]

I've done collaborations ... that were never posted/finished, LOL, but I really enjoyed them. Because you feed off one another and push one another, but at the same time if one of use starts lagging its really easy for the other too o_o

And, yes @ao3.

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[ysabetwordsmith]

Torn World is a shared world that lends itself well to collaboration. I basically joined it for the teamwork practice, and boy am I glad I did, because now I have fans writing whole books in some of my settings. The setting is science fantasy about the perils of temporal technology. Also it has giant unicorns and sea monsters.

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[ruico]

Oooh, thank you!!! I'll check it out. And that sounds so cool, do you have a link to your settings? :o

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[ysabetwordsmith]

Yes! :D

Polychrome Heroics is my superhero fantasy series. It's the biggest, most popular, and has the most other people writing in it. siliconshaman just released three novels in it through Amazon. I'll warn you, this one is huge and can be confusing if you're new to it. Start at the top of the page and you'll the the first poems I wrote for it, before it branched out into a bunch of different threads. Berettaflies is a thread about venomous butterflies, and where the fanfic really got started; a lot of other people's stuff is linked on that page. I think the Atomic novel is also a good introduction.

Frankenstein's Family is genderfucked fanfic of the novel Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus. Victor is transgender and winds up in a queerplatonic relationship with Igor, and they have constructed a son together. It's gothic fluff. dialecticdreamer has written a bunch of stories set here, although they're not all indexed.

The Blueshift Troupers is far-future science fiction about shapeshifters who travel the galaxy solving problems. It's an open-source fandom, although I don't think anyone else has written in it yet.

Schrodinger's Heroes is science fiction about saving the world from alternate realities. Also an open-source fandom, this one was originally designed to facilitate crossovers, so it has a lot of those. Various other folks have written in this one, most notably chanter_greenie with the Orange!verse stories. Scroll down the Original Works page to find that series.

The Ursulan Cycle is genderbent Arthurian Cycle, so it's mostly women and another open-source fandom. I worked up the core materials and wrote one poem, but most of the content is awesome fiction by clare_dragonfly.

If you want to find my other settings, check out the Serial Poetry page.

Also the Poetry Fishbowl will be running today with a theme of "That's not a mistake!" Give me a couple hours to get it launched, then you can drop by to give me prompts for new poems or just watch the crosstalk.

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[ruico]

Sorry for being so slow at replying, I've been really busy with exams >.<

that sounds so cool though, omg!!! I love this kind of stuff, it kinda makes the universes feel even more tangible when they're shared between so many people ahh

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[ysabetwordsmith]

No problem, take your time. You can look through what I've posted from the main fishbowl. There will also be a mid-month one this time.