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Challenge #13: Make a rec list!

I've been reccing in the weekly community recpost over at recthething every week for over two and a half years now. Most often it's two or three lesser known or new MDZS/Untamed fics that I've come across but about once a month or so it's sometimes else random like recs from exchanges that just revealed or tumblr art. So here's a collection of some of my favorites of my recced art from tumblr (when possible, I use links that don't require tumblr accounts, but there isn't always one) from the past year. Fandoms are Addams Family, Batman, DCU, DMBJ, Greek Myths, Guardian, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, MDZS/Untamed, Merlin, The Mummy, The Muppets, Nirvana in Fire, Pacific Rim, The Princess Bride, Sherlock Holmes, numerous Star Treks, Supernatural and The X-files.

Addams Family: - INKTOBER 2020: #30 - Ominous (The whole family, being as Addamsy as expected and hoped for)

Batman: Robin Dick Grayson showing up to the crime scene but instead of his lil boots he’s wearing these - Robin in kermit the frog slippers. Adorable.

DCU: bruce is a tired dad (Bruce and Diana Pierce, utterly hilarious)

DMBJ - please don't go (I love you so) (absolutely gorgeous Hei Xiazi/Xiao Hua fanart)

Greek Myths (retold as chickens) - part one and part two (I think Egg-amemnon is my favorite, tied closely by Diom-egg-es)

Guardian
- after all this time... my first guardian fanart... and it's those other guys (freezer-room hostage scene our beloved tho) (Guo Changcheng and Chu Shuzhi, wow)
- Hei Pao Shi (very evocative Black Robed Envoy)
- Sometimes, Da Qing thinks he can nearly recall the hands that fastened the collar around his neck. (oh my heart)

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy/Douglas Adams - Don't Panic! It's Just The 'Cosmic Cutie' From The HitchHiker's Guide To The Galaxy (Knitted! So well done)

MDZS/The Untamed
- They are very in love (WWX and LWJ, and they look so happy too)
- the grandmaster of demonic cultivation (WWX in his grandmaster glory)
- I Want my Wei Ying Back, with apologies to Jon Klassen (absolutely hilarious NSFW comic)
- MDZS mapped to Gustav Klimt’s piece 'Medecine' (seriously amazing)

Merlin
- THE ONCE AND FUTURE KINGS (Absolutely gorgeous and tender)
- Dawn (amazing art of Arthur post battle)
- unlabeled pencil sketch (intricately detailed sketch of Merlin and Arthur riding up to the castle)
- The Young Dragonlord "made these as kidlit illustration practice while i was rewatching bbc merlin" (really adorable, I wish they'd made a whole book's worth)

The Mummy - Happy 24th Anniversary to the movie, ever! ✨ (Adorable drawings of most of the cast)

The Muppets: “...distinct, huh? More like extinct.” - Gonzo, in all his sartorial glory

Nirvana in Fire - Set of four Nirvana in Fire illustrations (really wonderful art of Mei Changsu, Mu Nihuang, Xiao Jingyan, etc)

Pacific Rim - Mako Mori (my beloved) sketch in honour of Pacific Rim’s 10th anniversary! (really love the color usage in this)

The Princess Bride - as you wish (the grandfather and grandson, very sweet)

Sherlock Holmes - Sherlock Crowmes (Sherlock Holmes as a crow, adorable)

Star Trek: The Animated Series - The Animated Series redraw Meowterprise series (Meowterprise = everyone is a cat, check out the tag for it)

Star Trek: TOS
- i'm sorry but women are so much more fun to draw than men (gorgeous monochrome Uhura)
- Starfleet standard issue ponchos (cute Kirk and Spock sketch followed by a hilarious comic)

Star Trek: DS9 I think the turbolift is stuck… (Hilarious 30 second DS9 animation with many of the characters)

Supernatural - The Winchester Brothers (brilliant use of shadows in these watercolor paintings)

X-Files - im watching x files again (Mulder and Scully, love this)

Challenge #1: Update your fandom information.

Challenge #2: In your own space, set yourself some goals for the coming year. They can be fannish or not, public or private. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

I checked, but didn't need to update my fandom info anywhere. All my accounts are ancient but I haven't changed anything so they're not out of date.

As for goals....

It order of them possibly actually being fulfilled:

Having the combination of time and brainpower to reorganize and update my useful links posts. I haven't been updating it as often as I should and have quite the backlog of links to add. I also need to check to see if all the old links are still valid (all 15k or so of them *SIGH*) probably split up the biggest post but have never had the energy to do so, but at least adding in the new links will be a start.

I want to rec something every week at recthething's community rec post. I've managed it for over 2 years now (about 28 months of every week and sporadically before that) and would love to continue the trend. It's been harder of late but here's hoping I can always have the time and luck to find great stuff to share there.

I would like to write (and post) something outside of an exchange. That's been a goal every year I've done Snowflake (and many years prior to it) and I rarely manage it, but rarely is better than never (which used to be the case) so who knows, maybe this year will be a year I do. I do have an old WIP I just started revisiting.....

Non-fannishly, and least unlikely, I should look into the local craft/crochet scene here or at least find if anywhere would be interested in donated knotted rugs or crocheted blankets.

Whoops, so much for being on the ball with The Snowflake Challenge this year.



Challenge #1:

• Transformative Works Policy: Has been on my AO3 profile for years: "I heartily welcome all transformative works, be they cover art, illustrations, fanmixes, podfics, translations, etc., just please send me a link so I can go revel in whatever awesome thing you've done."


• Current Passion I am still making more knotted rugs than needed, crocheting more than advisable and watching a ridiculous amount of Cdramas whenever possible.


• Where to Find Me: I've mostly stopped crossposting to LJ since I keep forgetting, but I'm here on DW with fic being posted to AO3 and I have a main tumblr and a side, mostly Cdrama-centric one and I'm on discord in a few places with the username ibble or donutsweeper or something similar.


• Master List: I don't really have anything like that, I tag pretty well here so just look at the tags page to see everything. For example, all the recs I make at recthething are crossposted here eventually and posts that include them have the 'recs' tag, crafting things have that tag and there's a masterpost of research/reference links at the top of my 'useful links' tag and basically all fic written in the last 10 years or so is over on AO3.


• Anything Else: I don't know... donuts are awesome?

Challenge #2

In your own space, write a promo, manifesto or primer for your fave character, ship or fandom. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

Hmmm, I'm currently between obsessions at the moment? I think most people interested in DMBJ know of the ridiculously detailed episode guide I put together for Ultimate Note back in Sept 2021.

A little more recently, here's a link to the promo I wrote up late April about Under The Skin, my favorite Cdrama from last year. It's opening premise is that seven years ago an up-and-coming young artist, Shen Yi, was tricked into drawing the picture of a police captain which results in the officer's cover being blown and him being murdered. As a result Shen Yi leaves the art world and becomes a crime scene instructor at the police academy and sketch artist where he gets assigned that captain's former station and his old partner, Du Cheng, is not happy at all to see him.

As time goes on they learn to work together and trust each other and there's a little of this:

and a lot of this:


Eta - just realized, Under the Skin is now up on youtube for even easier viewing!

The challenge:
In your own space, tell us about 3 fandom resources you use or enjoy. (One or two is fine, especially if you're in a smaller fandom!) Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

For general resources I'm going to link to the masterpost of (now) 900 useful links and resources I posted for snowflake last year. (10 posts worth of various links running the gambit for dozens of other ways to say common words like 'said' to resources to help write weapons, fights, injuries and then how to treat them, world building help, tons of history resources, etc).

for specific resources:

MDZS/Untamed resources that are AO3 works:
https://archiveofourown.org/chapters/48456785 - Reference for Modao Zushi Writers: Chinese terms (names and familial relationships)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/23442742 - Chinese naming basics for fanfiction writers
https://archiveofourown.org/works/25470928 - list of lan clan laws

MDZS/Untamed resources that are Tumblr posts:
The Untamed Photobook Translations [6/?]: An Analysis of Wei Wuxian’s Fashion Style (links at end of post to various sect's translations of fashion)
Discussion on proper terminology to refer to women (considering their class, age and title)
Daoist Elements and More in The Untamed/MDZS (part 1 and part 2)
MDZS Modern AU Fic Tips (Superstitions & Beliefs)
A guide to commonly used honorifics in The Untamed

(# 2 was talking to people you didn't know, so I replied to comments, and I couldn't think of anything for # 3, which was 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner' aka chat with a creator, character, whatever)

Challenge # 4

In your own space, create some goals. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

My goal for this year is to write (and post) something, anything, outside of an exchange/fest/whathaveyou. I haven't done that in literal years, possibly 5 or 6 of them. I think I've put that as my goal for a few snowflakes now but hopefully this time it'll happen. I even have a vague idea? Maybe? Oh well, we'll see.

I didn't really have anything to say for day 9 or 10 but 11 is In your own space, recommend a fannish or creative resource and realized I should have posted my resource links for this challenge as opposed to day 7 (although, I'm proud of them, so I suppose they work for both)

Anyway, over 850 links on writing, researching and just a lot more thinks that could be helpful or just plain interesting broken down into 10 separate, vaguely themed, posts:

Words- finding the right one and whatnot - including lists for alternates for "said," "walk," and "very;" geographic descriptions; words to describe smells/sounds/touch/expressions/tone; body language and emotion terms; online dictionaries/thesauruses/etc; translation websites, etc. (on DW and LJ)
Titles- links for helping to come up with one including title generators, sites with searchable poetry and quote indexes, etc. (on DW and LJ)
Fighting/Military/Police - info on various weapons; writing different kind of fight scenes; military, police and forensic links and more (on DW and LJ)
Injuries/Medical stuff- a huge post with info on how to hurt and then treat your characters 'realistically', or at least somewhat. Includes basic first aid info, general/specific injuries/maladies, descriptions of various situations/injuries/etc, and lots, lots more. (on DW and LJ)
Useful writing/editing programs for the writing itself, editing, encouragement and more. (on DW and LJ)
Generators and things that offer prompts - for when you need help coming up with plots, names, spells, whathaveyou (on DW and LJ)
Folklore, Mythology, Paranormal, Map Making, World Building, Name and Language Creation Links both information on existing things as well as how to create your own for your own AU/world/universe. (on DW and LJ)
Helpful AO3 and general writing and podficcing links- Tips and tricks for posting, using and searching AO3 as well as some general writing and podficcing links- (on DW and LJ)
Cinema, Clothes, and History and Hygiene Links Plenty of Hollywood/movie/tv links (including scripts and other IMDB-type databases), historical research links (ranging from the 'ancient world' to the Victorian era to the old west to more modern and lots inbetween), food history links, lots of clothing (including armor) and hygiene links (historical through modern) and general fashion stuff- over 170 links in total. (on DW and LJ)
Randomness - 110+ links on survival/criminal skills, research, and much, much more (on DW and LJ)

Well, whoops, missed several Snowflakes in a row. Not sure why I find these kind of posts and interactions so daunting but I got busy with the EAD Birthday Bash and just kept saying 'oh, I'll do snowflake in a bit' and that time never came....

Challenge #5: Comment to someone you haven't ever interacted with before or introduce yourself to someone you've briefly interacted with and friend/follow them.

Challenge #6: In your own space, make a list — anything between one and ten things is a sweet spot, but don't feel constrained by that! - of things that you wish existed in fandom or elsewhere, or that you'd like someone to make for you. Are you dying for podfic of your writing? Do you need icons for a character that doesn't get much fanart? Is there a story you want to read? Are you looking for new canons to get into? Would you like a collaborator for a project? Maybe you want more people to talk about a certain fandom with, or you'd love to trade ficlets with somebody over email. Maybe you're new to a fandom and would like some recs to start reading, or communities to join. This is the time to ask!

Challenge #7: Promote/Rec/Sing the Praises* of Yourself!

Okay, so I'm going to look at the challenge posts for 6 and 7 and then see what people post so that'll take care of #5. For 6... I always love transformative works of my things if anyone has any desire to podfic or do art for something I've written I'd be thrilled if you do so. I can't think of much else to ask for that.

For #7: Let's see, for recent(ish) fic, I'm pretty proud of original fic I did for last year's Chocolate Box called The Unexpected Rescue (summary: Jake had been a lifeguard for years but he'd never had a summer like this before. length:9k- no canon knowledge needed for this one, obviously, and I had a lot of fun working in bits and bobs of lifeguarding life from way back when.)

Also, something else I'm pretty proud of/like to promote is that as a result of a snowflake challenge a few years back to provide links to helpful writing or fannish resources and I realized while I had hundreds of links on a lot of different platforms (LJ, DW, Tumblr, bookmarks, del.icio.us, etc) but it was impossible to navigate or find anything so I started poking about to try to organize them. After weeding out the duplicates (and triplicates) and the dead links I started making masterposts around various themes. I've kept adding to them since then and now there's more than 850 writing/resource/research links spread between the ten posts. ( Read more... )

Anyway, I'm sharing those mostly in hopes someone will find some of them useful so please feel free to poke around them!

Challenge #3

Pimp Your Favorite Communities, Fests or Challenges! Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

Hmmm, I can't think of many, I guess for fests and challenges:

I do Yuletide (yuletide_admin) every year and love it. (Small fandom focus)

Not sure if NotPrimeTime (npt_admin) is running this year, but I always look for things to treat there. (fandoms that aren't tiny but aren't mega-sized)

H/C Exchange (hurtcomfortex) was new last year but is supposed to be running again this year. (h/c focused exchange)

and I follow flashexchanges, which is pretty new but came about because there's a new flash exchange popping up every other week or so which made a need to vaguely organize and track them problematic.

There's probably others? I check chocolatebox and trickortreatex's comms for things to treat when those are in season.

Challenge #1

In your own space, introduce yourself! Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

Okeydokie, I am donutsweeper in LJ/DW/AO3 land, penguinsweaters on tumblr and usually some form ibble+donuts on discord. I've been in fandom probably close to 15 years via these platforms? Not sure what else to say as introductions go, I write a lot of treats for exchanges, reblog a lot of cute animals gifsets, and babble about donuts depending on the platform.