Fannish holiday wishlist
Nov. 24th, 2009 08:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
icepixieI've never done one of these before, but for some reason, I feel inspired. I dunno. Maybe because my last however many fannish obsessions have all been for rarepairs or rare fandoms, and I've cruised through everything available for them three times over now. (Or, for one, appear to have written the only thing available.)
STEP ONE
Make a post (public, friendslocked, filtered... whatever you're comfortable with) to your LJ. The post should contain your list of holiday wishes. The wishes can be anything at all, from simple and fandom-related ("I'd love a Snape/Hermione icon that's just for me") to medium ("I wish for _____ on dvd") to really big ("All i want for christmas is a new car/computer/house/tv.") The important thing is, make sure these wishes are things you really, truly want.
If you wish for real life things (not fics or icons), make sure you include some sort of contact info in your post, whether it's your address or just your email address where Santa (or one of his elves) could get in touch with you.
Also, make sure you post some version of these guidelines in your LJ so that the holiday joy will spread.
STEP TWO
Surf around your friendslist (or friendsfriends, or just random journals) to see who has posted their list. and now here's the important part:
If you see a wish you can grant, and it's in your heart to do so, make someone's wish come true. Sometimes someone's trash is another's treasure, and if you have a leather jacket you don't want or a gift certificate you won't use -- or even know where you could get someone's dream purebred basset hound for free -- do it.
You needn't spend money on these wishes unless you want to. The point isn't to put people out, it's to provide everyone a chance to be someone else's holiday elf -- to spread the joy. Gifts can be made anonymously or not -- it's your call.
There are no rules with this project, no guarantees, and no strings attached. Just...wish, and it might come true. Give, and you might receive. And you'll have the joy of knowing you made someone's holiday special.
MY WISHLIST
1. Ivanova/Garibaldi fic
2. Fic for any Fred and Ginger movie (i.e., "How Huck and Lizzie from Roberta became childhood sweethearts" or "What happened to Penny and Lucky after Swing Time?" Sherry&Bake and Huck&Lizzie are my favorites, but I like all their characters!)
3. Fraser/Thatcher fic
4. Northern Exposure fic (particular preference for Fleishman/O'Connell or gen for any character, but given how small the fandom is, I'll take pretty much anything)
5. Vids for any of the above.
And now I must pack, for the drive home tomorrow starts bright and early. (Also, if I don't finish this poetics paper tonight, I'm going to go crazy. At least my prof pretty much told me tonight that I was done with it and didn't need to go the extra mile I was thinking I had to go. Now all it needs is a thorough revision--and probably a conclusion would be good--and it'll be ready to go.)
STEP ONE
Make a post (public, friendslocked, filtered... whatever you're comfortable with) to your LJ. The post should contain your list of holiday wishes. The wishes can be anything at all, from simple and fandom-related ("I'd love a Snape/Hermione icon that's just for me") to medium ("I wish for _____ on dvd") to really big ("All i want for christmas is a new car/computer/house/tv.") The important thing is, make sure these wishes are things you really, truly want.
If you wish for real life things (not fics or icons), make sure you include some sort of contact info in your post, whether it's your address or just your email address where Santa (or one of his elves) could get in touch with you.
Also, make sure you post some version of these guidelines in your LJ so that the holiday joy will spread.
STEP TWO
Surf around your friendslist (or friendsfriends, or just random journals) to see who has posted their list. and now here's the important part:
If you see a wish you can grant, and it's in your heart to do so, make someone's wish come true. Sometimes someone's trash is another's treasure, and if you have a leather jacket you don't want or a gift certificate you won't use -- or even know where you could get someone's dream purebred basset hound for free -- do it.
You needn't spend money on these wishes unless you want to. The point isn't to put people out, it's to provide everyone a chance to be someone else's holiday elf -- to spread the joy. Gifts can be made anonymously or not -- it's your call.
There are no rules with this project, no guarantees, and no strings attached. Just...wish, and it might come true. Give, and you might receive. And you'll have the joy of knowing you made someone's holiday special.
MY WISHLIST
1. Ivanova/Garibaldi fic
2. Fic for any Fred and Ginger movie (i.e., "How Huck and Lizzie from Roberta became childhood sweethearts" or "What happened to Penny and Lucky after Swing Time?" Sherry&Bake and Huck&Lizzie are my favorites, but I like all their characters!)
3. Fraser/Thatcher fic
4. Northern Exposure fic (particular preference for Fleishman/O'Connell or gen for any character, but given how small the fandom is, I'll take pretty much anything)
5. Vids for any of the above.
And now I must pack, for the drive home tomorrow starts bright and early. (Also, if I don't finish this poetics paper tonight, I'm going to go crazy. At least my prof pretty much told me tonight that I was done with it and didn't need to go the extra mile I was thinking I had to go. Now all it needs is a thorough revision--and probably a conclusion would be good--and it'll be ready to go.)
