Wear the colour that you want to cling to

[dolorosa_12]

It's the last sunshine_challenge prompt today: violet. The challenge mods are encouraging participants to use this prompt as a way to offer [things to] others to bring a little sunshine into their lives.

I can't make graphics or vids, and I can't reliably write fic on the spot (unless it's for one of my tiny book fandoms-of-one, which I suspect is an unlikely thing for anyone to request).

But what I can do is cheerlead, comment, and essentially provide a lot of enthusiasm. (Seriously, every Yuletide I set myself the goal of commenting on at least 50-70 fics in the main collection, and at least 20 in Madness, and I generally do so.) And so what I am offering is this: comment with a link to one fanwork (art, fic, vid, fanmix, graphics, whatever you choose) that you are especially proud of, and I will leave you a comment either on Ao3 or Dreamwidth. It doesn't have to be a fanwork you produced for sunshine_challenge (you don't have to be participating in the challenge at all), just something you made and feel happy about.

Obviously it will be easier for me to make a substantive comment if I am familiar with the fandom, but I will do my best even if it's not something I know much about. Likewise, I will be quicker at commenting on visual fanworks, or shorter fics than on 100,000-word epics, but if the latter is what you want to share with me, I will comment eventually!

Today's post title is brought to you by the lyrics of this excellent song:

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A quick update on 28th July

I am overwhelmed with the response to this offer, and I am definitely looking forward to reading (and commenting on) all your fic, but it might be some days before I get to it. If you haven't had a response from me yet, it's definitely going to happen, but it may not be before the weekend. I will update this post again when I've commented on everyone's fics.

Comments

[enemytosleep]

You mentioned book fandoms, and then I thought of a little scene I wrote for the Dragonlance series (think high fantasy, D&D sorts of stuff): Reveal Thy Secrets

Thank you for joining us this year. ♥

[cornerofmadness]

Oh cool fun offer. here. is my AO3 dashboard (which hopefully you can see). If you see a fandom you like pick any story. (and if you want a drabble from me check out my post)

[olivermoss]

Such a kind offer!

We don't seem to have fandoms in common, but hopefully this Jeeves and Wooster fic is approachable.

[lyr]

Knowing your preference for literary fanworks, I will point to my Beauty and the Beast fairytale Rough Diamond. It's one of my older stories (first Yuletide!), but still one I'm pretty proud of.

[luzula]

Awww, what a nice offer! I won't inflict my 50K fic on you. : ) How about this filk song?

[silveradept]

There are a lot of works that I liked and would love to receive comments on, basically much of my entire listing there, but if I have to choose one, specifically, then it would probably be Around The Campire: Preliminaries: Pardon Me, Wife.

But if there some other one in the list of things that you would rather comment on instead, then do that.

💜

[oldtoadwoman]

You are absolutely the best! I love getting comments so much.

shiny "book" covers from which you can pick a fic, fandoms and word counts are listed so you don't get in over your head (like if you want to leave a comment on my 72k novel based on an obscure fandom, sure, but I think you can find something short in a common fandom)

I recommend stearing clear of the Game of Thrones stuff as they're kind of crap and not a lot of thought went into any of the drabbles. Though I did invent a new word that I'm very proud of for the Star Wars / Harry Potter drabble. :-)

[paulamcg]

I've been so happy to see your offer – that I've made one in my challenge post, here!

Interaction is the reason why I'm a fanfic writer. I've loved (and missed) reciprocity in commenting, and it's also lovely to receive a self-rec and compose a comment when it's sure that the creator appreciates feedback – while I could just assume that everyone loves comments.

There are a lot of fics I'd be thrilled to get comments on – all in the Harry Potter fandom. In case you don't know HP or aren't particularly interested in it, perhaps you'd like to read Anywhere and Back Again or Here I Am Anew and meet only one canon character far away from the canon settings. Those fics were written fifteen years ago and have no comments on AO3. In case you don't mind more HP characters, I'd be happy to have my first ever comment on a fic written last year, soon after my hiatus, for instance With Tender Patience, or My True Disillusion (which is a lot shorter than the others I've mentioned). A comment on anything here will be a precious gift!

[iberiandoctor]

What a lovely offer, Ronni ♥ Let me make the same one to my followers (a much much smaller circle than yours ;)), and please let me reciprocate - recc me something of yours!

You've already read the two Lions stories I've written, and I've read yours ♥, so let me send you across another historical story in a fandom-of-three: Restoration-era French RPF politicians, who lived with and were buried together at Pere-Lachaise (my historium pimping post is here!). IRL, Manuel didn't live to see the 1830 Revolution, but he does in this fix-it from Yuletide 2019: L'Homme qu'il n'aurait pas quitté.

If RPF isn't your bag (it isn't many people's bag!), here's my Yuletide Call Me By Your Name story - three different AUs in which an academic and an academic's son reunite after their summer of love: Nostos.

[lirazel]

It's a bit on the longish side, but I was really proud of my Seraphina Yuletide fic from a couple of years ago, if you want to check that out. If you'd rather have a shorter option, here's The Handmaiden fic from the year before that.

I had fun looking through your fandom list on AO3 and seeing all the book fandoms you've written for! Definitely going to be checking out your Six of Crows and Sunshine fics!

[schneefink]

No specific fic to showcase rn, but that's a lovely offer, thank you :)