Snowflake Challenge Day 2

Day 2

In your own space, promote three communities, challenges, blogs, pages, Twitters, Tumblrs or platforms and explain why you love them.

sshg_promptfest is the successor to the SSHG Exchange. It's more laid-back, but still celebrates my only OTP, Severus Snape/Hermione Granger, and produces some great stuff. I love it also because it's one of the few (if any?) exchange/challenge/ficathon fests which includes art and craft as well as fic as appropriate things to produce for the fest.

calufrax is still going, despite some rumbles. The best place for Doctor Who fic recs, IMHO.

M.A.I.L. (Maille Artisans International League isn't quite fannish, but they have helped in my fannish craftmaking, so I declare that they count. If you want to know anything about making chainmaille, this is the place to go. Huge number of weaves, lots of articles, and the folks on the forum are helpful and friendly.

Snowflake Challenge Day 3

Day 3

In your own space, post a rec for at least three fanworks that you did not create. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so. See if you can rec fanworks that are less likely to be praised: tiny fandoms, rare pairings, fanworks other than stories, lesser-known kinks or tropes. Find fanworks that have few to no comments, or creators new to a particular fandom who maybe aren't well known or appreciated. Appreciate them.

My recs from 2012 and 2013.

This time I'm going to do fanfic, yes, but focus on the odd and obscure...

By Divine Intervention: The Revenge of the Mary Sue by Technoelfie (Lord of the Rings) (39379 words) Novella
It's got Legolas in it again. The poor elf is becoming allergic to 21st century girls with nice hair, so what happens when a fedup reader who's got the hots for the elf decides to become a MarySue herself?
(AU Alternate Reality, Self-insertion)
Since I recently saw The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, and my eldest niece was raving on about Legolas, I thought I'd read this one again. It's still worth re-reading, yes. It's an odd duck; partly parody, partly serious, yet it still works. Give it a go if you don't mind a bit of meta with your fic.

Muse by Marcus Rowland (CSI/Sandman) (280 words)
Grissom thinks of her as his Muse.
This one is very short, and very fitting.

The Rooster Man Of Gondor by Chelsea Nolen (Lord Of The Rings) (1406 words)
An unusual perspective of the siege at Gondor.
(Missing Scene)
I'm reccing this story because this was the story which convinced me that it actually was possible to write LOTR fanfic without violating canon. Back then I was very much against book-fic, so it was impressive that this story changed my mind.

Snowflake Challenge Day 5

Day 5

In your own space, talk about a creator. Show us why you think they are amazing. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it.

My post for this topic in 2012.

This time, I will talk of Caeria, the author of Pet Project. Why? Because that story has been the single most influential work on my own Harry Potter writing, especially my SS/HG stuff. There are so many world-building things I've been influenced by: House Elf culture, Arithmancy, challenging Hermione's ignorance of Wizarding culture, Hermione having lessons in critical thinking... mucho kudos, that's all I can say.