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

Re: 💜

[dolorosa_12]

I ended up picking the Good Omens/Supernatural crossover. I haven't watched SPN in ages (I think I gave up around the end of season 7), but the two universes seemed perfect for a crossover, and yours is brilliant. I enjoyed it immensely!

Re: 💜

[oldtoadwoman]

Thank you! And mega-kudos for being willing to do this for so many people. Fandom is most fun with interactions, someone to share the giggles with and I think every writer craves feedback. So yours is the perfect gift to fandom.

Re: 💜

[dolorosa_12]

Feedback, conversation and interaction are my favourite things about fandom, and I definitely try to do my best to encourage them, so I'm really happy that so many people have been willing to throw links to their fic my way so that I can comment on them!

Re: 💜

[oldtoadwoman]

I love having a nice back-and-forth interaction with someone, yet part of my brain is always whispering at me that I'm probably just bothering the other person. (Am I being rude if I keep replying like I'm trying to have "the last word" or am I rude if I don't reply and they were expecting me to say something else?) Otherthinking is one of my worst habits.