Idylling

[arduinna]

Earlier today I spotted a post from kass, who wrote a story for the Idyll Challenge! \o/ I'm so chuffed.

Which got me thinking that, er, I should really start thinking about this. *kof* I need to pick a fandom. Or fandoms; in my head, this is lining up with Shacks in that there should be lots! Every fandom should get an idyll! Write moar! (or, you know, write at all, self.)

Kass's story is in Welcome to Night Vale, which I am boggled to see is already approaching a thousand fanworks on AO3. Good gravy. I've been all amazed at myself for being in (what is for me these days) the big fandom of Person of Interest, which has more than 1,500 fanworks after just a couple of years! ... WtNV's been out for what, a month, or something?

I'm not really good with audio source; I find it very difficult to focus on things with just my ears, and wind up doing other stuff to distract my eyes and hands (like reading, or watching tv on mute, or doing crosswords/playing solitaire), and losing the thread of the audio. So I don't know that I'll even bother trying WtNV, but more power to everyone enjoying it so much, that's awesome.

... ten minutes later ...

*cracks up at self*

I just spotted a link to the first s3 POI promo. I had this moment of OH YAY followed instantly by ACK DON'T CLICK and literally pulling my hands away from my laptop to be safe.

I will see it eventually. Just, apparently, not right now... (here's the link, for them as want it -- and ha, good instincts, it goes to spoilertv.com - a place I have unsurprisingly never been)

Meanwhile, any fandom requests for idylls? No promises I'll do them, but maybe seeing someone else name a fandom will spark something more concrete than I've got so far.

I also need to use astolat's idea of looking up fantasy vacations for inspiration.

(Day 8 of posting! I don't think I've ever managed that before, not even back in the mailing list days when I was way more active.)

Comments

[mollyamory]

I watched the spoiler thing! I won't spoil you, of course, but the interesting non-spoiler is that now, POI is going to be on TUESDAYS. It starts September 24! I AM ALL EXCITE.

[arduinna]

Okay, weirdly, my reaction to that news (which I think maybe I already knew? Hm) was "huh, they're going to have to brighten up the darker bits of their palette, if they're going to be so early in the week."

... I have no idea.

But also YAY less than a month! \o/

[astolat]

*pokes you* I want POI idylling!!!! GIMMEEEEE /whines, begs, pleads, carries on

[arduinna]

I am shocked, SHOCKED, that you would ask for that!

(They're on my mental list. I just keep running up against the idea of either one of them being barefoot in sand *G*)

[liviapenn]

Night Vale has been going on for about a year, but (pre episode 25) there were only about 30 stories up. Then it literally doubled that number in the next week, and kept on growing like that (we're only on episode 27 still!) It's been pretty impressive.

[arduinna]

Okay, wow, that actually is even more impressive!

[marycrawford]

It's a fun show! I'm at ep 10 or so, but I haven't looked at the fandom yet. The weird (well...) fanon that seems to have sprung up around Cecil is putting me off a bit.

Also: I listened to the latest ep on my lunch walk. On my way home, someone walked toward me on the sidewalk, stopped a meter away or so, *stripped his left pants leg up his thigh*, leaving almost his entire left leg bare, and then started walking again.

I mean. WHAT. Did the show make him do that?

[arduinna]

Hee!

[cesperanza]

I can't tell you how happy I am that you're posting.

Vis a vis Night Vale, for me it's for commuting - I don't think I could sit down and focus if I weren't doing something else. But if you drive, burn them to a CD and pretend it's the community radio in your town or something. Or put them on an ipod for the train etc. Would be my advice! They're kind of worth it!

[arduinna]

It was the kick in the pants I needed. *g* I had just gotten so out of the habit, and then you hit that place of any post you make has to be Meaningful and Useful and Perfectly Worded and bleargh. I really do have dozens and dozens of locked-down drafts that I just never got around to saying "good enough!" and posting. And it helps to have a bunch of people all doing the same thing -- although I get a chuckle every night out of the suddenly little flurry of posts between 9pm and midnight as people realize crap, day's almost over, haven't posted yet! (*points to self*)

Re Night Vale -- okay, I'm kinda cracking up at myself here. It's been so long since I burned anything to CD it hadn't even occurred to me. Instead, I'd been thinking well bah, I have no way to use my phone or an mp3 player in the car, so I can't do the commute&listen thing, hmf.

I'll see if I can figure out/remember how to burn a playable CD, and give it a shot!

[cesperanza]

I can't help it, I"m very old school.

YOU PUT THEM IN ITUNES, THEN SAY "BURN DISC." OUT POPS A CD YOU CAN PLAY IN THE CAR!

And night time is totes better. :D

[arduinna]

I ONLY STARTED USING ITUNES A COUPLE YEARS AGO OKAY! You used to need special software!

(... says the vidder with Adobe Creative Suite. Um.)

And dude, I am so old school I listen to the radio in my car. Not the fancy-dancy satellite radio. Local goddamn radio, broadcast over the air like god intended. *g* I have a place I can stick a few CDs to store them!

...I store dollar bills for tolls in it.