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bethefirstThe collection is live! We ended up with an absolutely amazing thirty-seven fics this year, the most this challenge has ever seen! Awesome job, everyone!
As usual, please do not check out the fics out via the fandom list page on AO3. Only a couple of fandoms are listed there, due to AO3's wrangling policy, so most of the stories will not show up on said page. Instead, there's an alternative fandom list below. (You can also browse the collection via the works page on AO3, where all are accounted for.)
All stories, ordered alphabetically by fandom:
Ares (TV)
Black With Envy
What Carmen really wants is what she can't have, what Rosa has by default. But she'll take what she can get.
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001)
Atanarjuat Runs
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner was the first Inuit film to appear in cinemas. It's a visually stunning rendition of the story of two brothers, Amaqjuaq and Atanarjuat, who challenge the power of an evil shamen in their small community. Tradition and taboo are carefully negotiated, within and without the filmatic structure: Atanarjuat was filmed on location with an Inuit cast and crew, after extensive consultation with community elders.
Benny Lava (Misheard Lyrics Video)
I'll Do What Body Loves
Have you been high today?
Blindsprings (Webcomic)
follow me, follow me down
She is fable made flesh, the girl in the woods, but her uncertain smile is warm and human. She offers to play in the forest together, and taking the dare to go looking becomes, in that instant, the most worthwhile thing he's ever done.
A short summary of Harris and the girl from the forest.
Coup (Card Game)
On the Internet, Nobody Knows You're a Dog
How the Inquisitor rose from the ranks with a handful of lies to orchestrate a corporate takeover purely in System-space.
Custom Fitting - James White
Truth
Her husband should not have kept the truth from her.
Dr. Christian (Radio), Dr. Christian’s Office - Ruth Adams Knight & Jean Hersholt
Through His Teeth
In the wake of the events of Dr. Christian’s Office, thirteen-year-old Nikki Malone has dodged reform school, found a place to call home, and turned over a new leaf. But some habits are hard to break, even in squeaky-clean River’s End. Five times Nikki told a lie (and one time he told the truth without knowing it).
Hangover Square - Patrick Hamilton
The cigarettes, and the morning light
He felt that the world was still hard and complicated, but the world was letting him breathe, for a change. The world felt warmer and kinder. And he thought about the small wonder of it all. And the sun shone in, and he looked at the world out there, and there was a quiet hope in his eyes. The world was not perfect, but it was all right, and it felt safe, and he would be happy here. Yes, it was a start.
光の伝説 | Hikari no Densetsu | Legend of Light (Anime)
Tangled Ribbons
Hazuki and Hikari go to their first rhythmic gymnastics Worlds together in 1987. Hazuki can't look away from her.
保安官エヴァンスの嘘 | Hoankan Evans no Uso: Dead or Love | Lies of the Sheriff Evans: Dead or Love
The Right One
Evans has a very good memory when it comes to Oakley.
听雪楼 | Listening Snow Tower (TV)
Precipice
After years of ruthlessness and manipulation to gain power and keep the man she loved by her side, Ming He suddenly found herself back in the past, in the moment when she made her first betrayal. Would she be able to make different choices this time, or was history doomed to repeat itself again?
Ludo and the Star Horse - Mary Stewart
First and Last
The first carving which Ludo made after he returned from traveling the zodiac was of a horse.
Man Without A Star (1955)
the trail of tomorrow
"Don't remember teaching you how to track."
Jeff smiled. "You did, in a way. Just pick a star and follow it, remember?"
"Ah," Dempsey breathed. He plucked a blade of grass and twirled it between his fingers. "And were you sure that it was the right one?"
"Yeah," he said softly, "I'm sure. It led me here, didn't it?"
マリエル・クララックの婚約 | Marielle Clarac's Engagement (Light Novels) - Haruka Momo
The Perfect Cure
When Simeon falls ill, Marielle comes to the rescue!
Memory's Dogma (Video Game)
Interstice
After the main events of the game, Hiroki and Reina hide out in a love hotel to give Hiroki time to clean up and take stock of everything that had happened in the last 48 hours. Part of that involves dealing with his complicated relationship with memory, grief, and loss.
Nevermind (Video Game)
Everymind
Recovery is a process.
As is, well... opening up after spending too much time shut up in your own mind.
さりげなくルパン | Nonchalant Lupin (Manga)
dead doves and forced marriages
Kaito deals with his and Aoko’s lives being torn apart in less than a day.
終点unknown | Shuuten Unknown
Bonds
It's harder to sleep at night now that everything has changed.
Star Child - James P. Hogan
Ways of Gentleness
Cyron and Gallestari are getting married. Explaining their relationship to Merkon was the easy part.
Stray - A. N. Wilson
Safely To Arrive
My brother was more badly injured by the roaring cars than I.
The Buccaneers (TV 1956)
Beamish
Things never go to plan for Lieutenant Beamish.
The Electric State - Simon Stålenhag
Fledgling
While the Intercranial Intelligence draws more and more networked brains under its influence and gorges itself on their processing power, Mia Tannhaus writes about birds.
The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun - J. R. R. Tolkien
The Cost of Our Lives
Aotrou curses himself as he flees the forest, having given the fae what she wants.
The Mummer's Dance - Loreena McKennit (song)
Gather Ye Rosebuds while Ye May
The sun was bright in a clear robin's egg blue sky.
雪花神劍 | The Snow is Red
Itinerant Home
Xuanshuang’s home has always been her adoptive father and their itinerant life.
The Unspoken Name - A.K. Larkwood
The Incredibly True (Further) Adventures of Two Girls in Love
An orc assassin and a powerful witch go on a road trip and make out a lot.
The Unwilling (2016)
Wishes
David knew the territory. He just had to figure out the puzzle.
The White Trees
Blank Slate
A few people were there salvaging what they could, bandaged and wounded even if they still walked. Their eyes looked as blank and dead as Krylos was sure his were.
So much loss. So much death.
The Wrong Bridegroom - Sharon Shinn
Hands Firmly Together
Gisele has an idea; Dannette does as well.
Thundercluck! Series - Paul Tillery IV
How This Not-So-Little Pig Learned to Read (and Made a Friend in the Process)
War-Tog has always been content to be a henchman of the evil Under-Cook, Gorman Bones. But things begin to change when Brunhilde urges him to think for himself...
Tõde ja õigus | Truth and Justice (2019)
A Miracle on Robber's Rise
Andres of Robber's Rise had prayed to God his entire life and the one time God answered him he wasn't even there to see it.
Andres prays. God answers. Andres has a fairly fast, if understated revelation.
Truth Be Told (TV)
Light
Warren, before the storm, during and after.
Vagrant Queen (TV)
Another Love. Definitely Butterfly.
Whenever Amae is in the presence of the rare and beautiful and amazing she goes crackers.
She is beginning to realize that she reacts this way to more than well-designed tech.
Virtual Hydlide
Away with the Fairies
Jim wakes up from a vivid dream to find himself in a mysterious land. Trees immediately start walking and trying to eat him. Then there are zombies. It isn't Jim's day.
A retelling of the story of Virtual Hydlide from the beginning up until the start of the Mansion level.
ボルテスＶ | Voltes V
Lost Threads
"-no one knows what happened to the child. I'm sorry."
"What?" La Gour blinked as he came out of the past. "Child?"
"Your and Rosalia's child," Dange repeated patiently. "She died giving birth to a baby boy. Afterwards the child disappeared and we don't know what happened to him."
You Lose. Good Day Sir.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being Turing Complete
A robot breaks into a woman's apartment.
Zero Hours (Podcast)
Shelter
"Come on," Buckland says. "There has to be some shelter from the wind here."
"It does not seem likely," Shaw remarks.
Buckland finds something unexpected on the desolate polar island.
Thank you all sooo very much for taking part! I know these are all nonexistent fandoms, but I hope we can try to check out our fellow participants' stories and comment wherever possible. If you're not familiar with any of the fandoms, you can also try browsing the tag page to see if there are any themes/tropes/kinks that catches your eye.
Happy reading! I really hope to see you guys again next year ♥
I'll be posting a couple of questions/polls in a day or two, so please stay tuned!
[Click here for the LJ version of this post.]
As usual, please do not check out the fics out via the fandom list page on AO3. Only a couple of fandoms are listed there, due to AO3's wrangling policy, so most of the stories will not show up on said page. Instead, there's an alternative fandom list below. (You can also browse the collection via the works page on AO3, where all are accounted for.)
All stories, ordered alphabetically by fandom:
Ares (TV)
Black With Envy
What Carmen really wants is what she can't have, what Rosa has by default. But she'll take what she can get.
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001)
Atanarjuat Runs
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner was the first Inuit film to appear in cinemas. It's a visually stunning rendition of the story of two brothers, Amaqjuaq and Atanarjuat, who challenge the power of an evil shamen in their small community. Tradition and taboo are carefully negotiated, within and without the filmatic structure: Atanarjuat was filmed on location with an Inuit cast and crew, after extensive consultation with community elders.
Benny Lava (Misheard Lyrics Video)
I'll Do What Body Loves
Have you been high today?
Blindsprings (Webcomic)
follow me, follow me down
She is fable made flesh, the girl in the woods, but her uncertain smile is warm and human. She offers to play in the forest together, and taking the dare to go looking becomes, in that instant, the most worthwhile thing he's ever done.
A short summary of Harris and the girl from the forest.
Coup (Card Game)
On the Internet, Nobody Knows You're a Dog
How the Inquisitor rose from the ranks with a handful of lies to orchestrate a corporate takeover purely in System-space.
Custom Fitting - James White
Truth
Her husband should not have kept the truth from her.
Dr. Christian (Radio), Dr. Christian’s Office - Ruth Adams Knight & Jean Hersholt
Through His Teeth
In the wake of the events of Dr. Christian’s Office, thirteen-year-old Nikki Malone has dodged reform school, found a place to call home, and turned over a new leaf. But some habits are hard to break, even in squeaky-clean River’s End. Five times Nikki told a lie (and one time he told the truth without knowing it).
Hangover Square - Patrick Hamilton
The cigarettes, and the morning light
He felt that the world was still hard and complicated, but the world was letting him breathe, for a change. The world felt warmer and kinder. And he thought about the small wonder of it all. And the sun shone in, and he looked at the world out there, and there was a quiet hope in his eyes. The world was not perfect, but it was all right, and it felt safe, and he would be happy here. Yes, it was a start.
光の伝説 | Hikari no Densetsu | Legend of Light (Anime)
Tangled Ribbons
Hazuki and Hikari go to their first rhythmic gymnastics Worlds together in 1987. Hazuki can't look away from her.
保安官エヴァンスの嘘 | Hoankan Evans no Uso: Dead or Love | Lies of the Sheriff Evans: Dead or Love
The Right One
Evans has a very good memory when it comes to Oakley.
听雪楼 | Listening Snow Tower (TV)
Precipice
After years of ruthlessness and manipulation to gain power and keep the man she loved by her side, Ming He suddenly found herself back in the past, in the moment when she made her first betrayal. Would she be able to make different choices this time, or was history doomed to repeat itself again?
Ludo and the Star Horse - Mary Stewart
First and Last
The first carving which Ludo made after he returned from traveling the zodiac was of a horse.
Man Without A Star (1955)
the trail of tomorrow
"Don't remember teaching you how to track."
Jeff smiled. "You did, in a way. Just pick a star and follow it, remember?"
"Ah," Dempsey breathed. He plucked a blade of grass and twirled it between his fingers. "And were you sure that it was the right one?"
"Yeah," he said softly, "I'm sure. It led me here, didn't it?"
マリエル・クララックの婚約 | Marielle Clarac's Engagement (Light Novels) - Haruka Momo
The Perfect Cure
When Simeon falls ill, Marielle comes to the rescue!
Memory's Dogma (Video Game)
Interstice
After the main events of the game, Hiroki and Reina hide out in a love hotel to give Hiroki time to clean up and take stock of everything that had happened in the last 48 hours. Part of that involves dealing with his complicated relationship with memory, grief, and loss.
Nevermind (Video Game)
Everymind
Recovery is a process.
As is, well... opening up after spending too much time shut up in your own mind.
さりげなくルパン | Nonchalant Lupin (Manga)
dead doves and forced marriages
Kaito deals with his and Aoko’s lives being torn apart in less than a day.
終点unknown | Shuuten Unknown
Bonds
It's harder to sleep at night now that everything has changed.
Star Child - James P. Hogan
Ways of Gentleness
Cyron and Gallestari are getting married. Explaining their relationship to Merkon was the easy part.
Stray - A. N. Wilson
Safely To Arrive
My brother was more badly injured by the roaring cars than I.
The Buccaneers (TV 1956)
Beamish
Things never go to plan for Lieutenant Beamish.
The Electric State - Simon Stålenhag
Fledgling
While the Intercranial Intelligence draws more and more networked brains under its influence and gorges itself on their processing power, Mia Tannhaus writes about birds.
The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun - J. R. R. Tolkien
The Cost of Our Lives
Aotrou curses himself as he flees the forest, having given the fae what she wants.
The Mummer's Dance - Loreena McKennit (song)
Gather Ye Rosebuds while Ye May
The sun was bright in a clear robin's egg blue sky.
雪花神劍 | The Snow is Red
Itinerant Home
Xuanshuang’s home has always been her adoptive father and their itinerant life.
The Unspoken Name - A.K. Larkwood
The Incredibly True (Further) Adventures of Two Girls in Love
An orc assassin and a powerful witch go on a road trip and make out a lot.
The Unwilling (2016)
Wishes
David knew the territory. He just had to figure out the puzzle.
The White Trees
Blank Slate
A few people were there salvaging what they could, bandaged and wounded even if they still walked. Their eyes looked as blank and dead as Krylos was sure his were.
So much loss. So much death.
The Wrong Bridegroom - Sharon Shinn
Hands Firmly Together
Gisele has an idea; Dannette does as well.
Thundercluck! Series - Paul Tillery IV
How This Not-So-Little Pig Learned to Read (and Made a Friend in the Process)
War-Tog has always been content to be a henchman of the evil Under-Cook, Gorman Bones. But things begin to change when Brunhilde urges him to think for himself...
Tõde ja õigus | Truth and Justice (2019)
A Miracle on Robber's Rise
Andres of Robber's Rise had prayed to God his entire life and the one time God answered him he wasn't even there to see it.
Andres prays. God answers. Andres has a fairly fast, if understated revelation.
Truth Be Told (TV)
Light
Warren, before the storm, during and after.
Vagrant Queen (TV)
Another Love. Definitely Butterfly.
Whenever Amae is in the presence of the rare and beautiful and amazing she goes crackers.
She is beginning to realize that she reacts this way to more than well-designed tech.
Virtual Hydlide
Away with the Fairies
Jim wakes up from a vivid dream to find himself in a mysterious land. Trees immediately start walking and trying to eat him. Then there are zombies. It isn't Jim's day.
A retelling of the story of Virtual Hydlide from the beginning up until the start of the Mansion level.
ボルテスＶ | Voltes V
Lost Threads
"-no one knows what happened to the child. I'm sorry."
"What?" La Gour blinked as he came out of the past. "Child?"
"Your and Rosalia's child," Dange repeated patiently. "She died giving birth to a baby boy. Afterwards the child disappeared and we don't know what happened to him."
You Lose. Good Day Sir.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being Turing Complete
A robot breaks into a woman's apartment.
Zero Hours (Podcast)
Shelter
"Come on," Buckland says. "There has to be some shelter from the wind here."
"It does not seem likely," Shaw remarks.
Buckland finds something unexpected on the desolate polar island.
Thank you all sooo very much for taking part! I know these are all nonexistent fandoms, but I hope we can try to check out our fellow participants' stories and comment wherever possible. If you're not familiar with any of the fandoms, you can also try browsing the tag page to see if there are any themes/tropes/kinks that catches your eye.
Happy reading! I really hope to see you guys again next year ♥
I'll be posting a couple of questions/polls in a day or two, so please stay tuned!
[Click here for the LJ version of this post.]
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Date: 2020-05-02 09:58 (UTC)Thanks for running the fest, I always look forward to it every year.
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Date: 2020-05-02 17:05 (UTC)Thank you for always taking part! I'm really glad you enjoy the challenge, and it always puts a big smile on my face to see you sign up every year ♥