snowflake challenge #3 and #4

[resnullius_bells]

AKA, recommending my favorite communities, fest and challenges + setting some goals for the upcoming year. I decided to do it this way because my short-term fandom goals align with those challenges.

FANDOM GOALS

On tumblr I stumbled upon the Psychic Wolves for Lupercalia Mini-Fest (February 13^th-15^th). It’s inspired by a fantasy book I’d never heard about, where certain people are bonded to psychic wolves -who communicate their emotions with them, and even give them sympathetic lust. That’s basically all I know about it, and I won’t be reading the source to get more information, tbh. I just thought the idea sounded up my alley.

I have a couple of ideas, both femslash, of course. Partially because I’m me and that’s what I would’ve likely written anyway; however, hearing that in the source material only men had wolves immediately made me feel petty about it.

Another challenge I want to complete is seasonofkink’s Holiday Season (ending on February 14^th). There, you choose three or more kinks from a list (you can ask them to choose for you, or use an RNG like I did), and create a fanwork with them. My idea is shaping up to be a lot like the trashy romance novels I wasted years pretending I don’t read lol.

I’ve signed up for the MCU Kink Bingo, though realistically there’s no way I complete the whole card. The round ends in April, and I don’t think I have 25 ships in the entire canon lol (I don’t like any of them enough to create more than one, maybe two fics). It’s basically “Tony + any character I actually like” (if the challenge included comics, I could make an entire bingo with Tony ships, but alas), Gamora/Nebula, and Carol/Yon Rogg. I haven’t caught up with the shows in years, but maybe some Mattelektra or AoS femslash ships involving Skye/Daisy and villains. And apparently Venom and Deadpool are options, so at least there’s that. Even then, that’s just three months and a half, and I’d like to write other non-Marvel fics in the meantime too. So my goal is to have fun with as many prompts as I can fill, and maybe reserve the rest for the next round if I feel up to it.

There’s a Brujay Week on tumblr (February 23^rd-29^th). I’d love to post fics for all seven days, because the prompts all spark my imagination (now THIS is a relationship that can inspire multiple fics out of me. I envy those that have huge ships armadas and never stop making content about it. I mostly imprint on one or two characters and that’s if I’m lucky xD). But that’s… a lot of fics in a short period. My goal will have to be “finish those you can, and continue those who don’t because you actually like these ideas, Res”.

Aaaaand that’s it for my short-term fandom goals, so far. There’s a few communities here on dreamwidth I plan to keep an eye on to see if there’s something that catches my eye (creativechallenges, femslash_kink, smallfandomfics…).

 

PERSONAL & OTHER

In terms of IRL goals, my plan is simply to continue with what I started last year, where things went actually pretty well for me: pass my classes, keep getting jobs on the weekends & holidays that allow me to save money and miss family gatherings, and maintain my sobriety (six months and going now).

On a more up-beat note, I’d like to read new books that aren’t class related. Last year I didn’t finish any new fiction books, just reread some old favorites (not that I don’t plan to do that too this year, I love rereads. Next in line is Dracula, because I want to follow @singedsun recommendation and watch the 2013 short-lived wacky adaptation with sapphic Katie McGrath).

I guess this is an official request for recs, then. Only books, though; I already have four new shows I started in 2019 (Hazbin Hotel, His Dark Materials, Legacies and Rick & Morty), and I’ve managed to keep up with the latest season of The Good Place too. That’s a lot for me xDD, even if one of them is finished for now, and another only has a pilot out for the time being (if I add more new shows, I’ll never finish my re-watch of Star Trek, and I’m sure there’s still episode I haven’t watched yet). And I have an easier time watching new films, even if I also re-watch old ones often (this weekend I watched Ready or Not. A post about it will likely come soon), but if there’s one you’ve loved lately you think I simply MUST watch, go ahead.

I’ve already added some of those trashy romance novels to the to-read pile, along with a few femslash recs from this post. Other than that, my taste go towards horror (especially gothic themes), historical fiction over contemporary, sci-fi and fantasy over realism, wlw romances, and female protagonists. And no YA; I’ve loved some, but generally speaking I can’t stand most of it. And hey, if any of you write original fiction and it fits with my tastes, feel free to pass a link, I’d love to read it ^^

 

Comments

[charlottenewtons]

That psychic wolves fest looks really interesting.

[resnullius_bells]

It seems like one of those tropes you could do anything with, genre-wise. I love stories with telepathic or emotional bonds, so I thought it sounded interesting. Plus wolves are cute.