arduinna: deck chairs by a pool (aruba)
Or, you know, "deadline". *g* But technically, it's the 22nd, which is next Sunday, 7 days from now.

Go forth and bring peace and plenty to your characters, at least for a little while!

And if you've written one but haven't added it to the collection yet, go add it. *nudges*

Idylling

Aug. 28th, 2013 11:05 pm
arduinna: a tarot-card version of Linus from Peanuts, carrying a lamp as The Hermit (Default)
Earlier today I spotted a post from [personal profile] 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 [personal profile] 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.)
arduinna: deck chairs by a pool (aruba)
[personal profile] dorinda was talking about a story that [personal profile] mollyamory wrote for her, which was in the general "idyll" vein; in Dorinda's words, a story "in which the characters are stuck in a peaceful, comfortable, well-stocked place, usually with some kind of swimming available".

I love those kinds of stories, and mentioned that I thought an Idyll Challenge would be an awesome thing to have, and even as I thought that, I was thinking about the Canadian Shack challenge, because in some ways those were similar. And then I laughed, because Dorinda mentioned Shacks in her reply to me, which led to this comment from me:

I thought Shacks briefly, too, when I was thinking about an Idyll Challenge -- but that has less a sense of peaceful rest and comfort, and more haven from the elements -- cave fic with walls and a nice wood fire.

And okay, now I'm cracking up at my mental sliding scale of "Alone In Some Place" fic tropes. ... Wait, no, sliding parallel tracks.

Cavefic -> Canadian Shack
Desert Island -> Idyll

Except the second track starts midway along the first track, because in my head a desert island starts out a bit more comfortable than a cave, and an idyll is inherently more comfy than a shack, despite potential individual differences in all those things. So:

Cave  ->  Shack
      Island   ->   Idyll

All aboard the train to isolation and snuggles!


Which is still cracking me up. But also getting me to think more seriously about an Idyll Challenge. Would anyone be up for that? I'm thinking maybe a soft deadline of the Equinox, which is September 22 this year -- soft because I really don't care if people keep writing later than that. *g* But that's roughly a month, which is a good timespan, I think, and it would wrap up "officially" before YT really cranks up.

Actually, what the hell: I've made an AO3 collection. Why not just do it, right?

Multi-fandom, and I'm going with multi-format -- fic, art, vids, whatever people want.

Idyll Challenge on AO3.

ETA, since people are linking to this: The challenge is an open one, no signup needed. Just write/draw/vid/whatever and add to the collection!
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