Snowflake Day 4

[jadesfire]

Day 4

In your own space, create a fannish wishlist. No limits on size or type of fanwork; just tell us what you’d like to see. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so. And if you grant a wish, do the same thing!

Would you like a story for a little fandom that’s got no traction? Would you like a trope written for a popular one? Maybe you have an amazing idea for a set of song lyrics but no way of setting them to music. Maybe there’s a piece of fanart you’re craving, or you wish you had icons for your favorite show. Maybe you want someone to talk about a book with. Maybe it’s something vaguer; maybe you’d like recommendations for new canons to try, or you’d like people to take a look at your fanworks and let you know what they think. Maybe you’d like to make more friends here, or on another platform; maybe you’d like an inbox to squee into or comment fic.

Oh gosh, I am ABSOLUTELY going to be trawling the comments on this one, compiling my writing inspiration list for the year. woot!

For myself?

1. People to chat to. I'm aiming to be better about posting in this space, and I miss talking to people. I work a fairly solitary job, my ME keeps me from socialising too extensively in real life, and I noticed I was turning into a hermit. So please feel free to add away, even if you're not sure - I like that DW separates 'subscribe' and 'grant access' so that you can get to know each other at a less intense pace. And I'm going to try to be better about commenting on my list too.

2. Art for literally anything I've written. As someone who can't draw a circle around a penny, and has only the most basic of image editing skills, the world of fic/podfic covers is a strange and wonderful one. I've been getting better at it, but I'd love some for my Yuletide fics in particular.

3. Music recommendations. Last year saw me discover Vienna Teng and The Wailin' Jennies, but I'd love for you to tell me what my bands of 2018 should be. I like melody, tight harmony, Country, Rock and Pop. Don't worry if it's really old and you think everyone already knows it. I have lots of problems getting to know new music, and probably haven't heard most of what you'd consider classics! I'm not looking for a long list, just one or two YOU MUST HAVE HEARD THISes.

4. Comments. On podfic especially (not just mine - just search for your fandom and podfic on AO3 and see what happens, or see my Day 3 post for recs), but on any fic. I particularly like the idea of commenting on things that don't have any comments. On AO3, find your fandom, put "sort:>comments" into the 'Search Within Results' box, and it will sort the list so that fics with the least number of comments are at the top. I guarantee you'll make an author's day!

5. analise010 made this their request, and I can only echo it: Add a transformative works statement to your profiles, stating what you're happy for people to do with your work. It's like a lure for podficcers, if you'd like that for your fic, and also for remixers and artists. It's even helpful if you want to tell people to Keep Out! There's no wrong or one way to do it, but it's much appreciated if you feel you can.

Comments

[naye]

I listen to a lot of different stuff though, so I can try calibrating my recs for you!

Also I put a blanket permission up on my profile. I used to have one, but I've been so unproductive I took it down, but hey. You never know - so now it's back!

[jadesfire]

Woot! \o/ Blanket permissions can just sit there - I've been podficcing stuff from 5 years ago recently, because blanket permission was there. So you never know :)

Aw, bless you. I think because I like so little music, I tend not to know how to articulate *what* I like. And saying 'Vienna Teng' doesn't help, because her music is so varied.

I think... I like songs, which is why some of that folk works for me. I like harmony - I love the Dixie Chicks for that - and dislike things with loud beats (apart from when I don't). It's hard to define, but I like intelligence in songs - I know what I mean! Sort of, 'oh, you wanted to say that, and that's how you did it, that's clever'.

Having said that, my most listened-to albums are compilations, so I think I also like variety in an album.

I have no idea if that makes any kind of sense to anyone but me!

[naye]

Oooh, have you heard any of Dar Williams' music? She's a singer-songwriter who has lovely lyrics and a beautiful voice - she uses a guitar where Vienna Teng plays the piano, but I think there are quite a few similarities between them?

The Christians and the Pagans a Christmas song about being different, and family, and goodwill all around <3

When I Was A Boy about how gender roles can chafe and constrain (love the twist in the last verse)

If I Wrote You (acoustic version) - I think I first heard this in an SGA vid for Sheppard??

Fishing in the Morning and this was always my Happily Ever After headcanon song that didn't really have any footage to vid but that was kind of the soundtrack of a fic about friends growing comfortably old together.

Mercy of the Fallen
And I hope someday that the best of Falstaff's planners
Give me seven half-built manors,
Where half-dreams may dream without end.

Let me know if that's more to your tastes and I'll see what other recs I can come up with. ♥

[jadesfire]

Ooh, no, I haven’t heard of her! I’ll give them a listen and let you know :)

[naye]

So I ended up on a nostalgic music binge today and - have I recced you October Project before? Because if I haven't I am moving them to the top of my rec list they were everything to my fandom newbie self. There's probably not a song on their 1993 and 1995 albums I haven't songficced (in my head!) and I think they might mesh really well with your tastes?

October Project, 1993.
Falling Further In, 1995

Some favorite tracks:
Deep As You Go
Dark Time
Ariel