I thought I'd at least try this year.
Day 1
In your own space, post a rec for at least three fanworks that you have created. It can be your favorite fanworks that you've created, or fanworks you feel no one ever saw, or fanworks you say would define you as a creator.Deposition (Fullmetal Alchemist, Scar, Marcoh, background Yoki, numerous OCs, non-explicit violence) is a story that's utterly me and I'm proud of it. It has characters who mirror each other, multiple stories within a story told by multiple people, original characters galore, boatloads of sensory detail, people working very hard to be gentle with each other, shared (though differing) trauma, a young woman who's on a Quest that's likely to take up the rest of her life, powerful platonic relationships between men and women, and a queer love story acting as a given in the background. It's about grieving and loss, as so many of my stories are. (And it was pretty obviously written by someone who spends way too much time reading oral histories.)
Every Happy Family Is Happy In Its Own Way (Princess Tutu, Ahiru, Fakir, ensemble, incredibly spoilery) is a story that came straight from my id after I rewatched the series and, as usual, sobbed myself sore over kind of a lot of it. Despite being born from all the cathartic crying not being quite cathartic enough I think it's good. It lacks a plot, although it does have a discernible emotional arc and cause and effect is in force, because I partly wanted to explore how you write a story about a fairy tale/opera world that is all about the plot once there is no plot anymore. I didn't want it to have a plot. It shouldn't have a plot. There is no more plot! Things just happen. It's about telling stories, again, and grief, and learning not to hate yourself for everything, and dance as a shared language, and friendship, and distinctly unconventional love affairs, and being who you really are and that being just fine. Just fine.
Come Slowly (Dragon of the Lost Sea, Shimmer/Thorn) is, again, about stories and communication and grief and going ahead and loving people even when doing so is scary and hard. Thorn and Shimmer have one of my favorite relationships ever - it's loving and prickly and intense. This story is post-canon and a little spoilery, but mostly it's drenched in sensory imagery and is all about Thorn's idea of decadence, which mostly involves people caring about him, valuing him, and actually showing it. Like the other two it involves somewhat unconventional domesticity, hospitality, and intensely driven women.
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ilyena_sylph and so far I've completely failed to comment even though I've really enjoyed everyone's write ups! sooo cooooooooool! But it looks so fun and I want to join in! so even though I'm late, and I don't know if I can catch back up or anything, I'm just going to jump in and go ahead. 
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