The Small Fandom and Rare Pairing/Rarely-Written Character Promote-a-thon!

[icepixie]

Welcome to the Small Fandom and Rare Pairing/Rarely-Written Character Promote-a-thon!

You know the glow of, "I never knew I needed fic for that, but now I do and there it is and this is awesome!" you get from Yuletide? Or the sweet, sweet triumph of finally finding something for that insanely rare pairing on page fifty-four of the Google results for their names?

This meme aims to amplify that, and, for writers/vidders/artists, take away that sad, lonely feeling you get when you realize there's nowhere to post your creation for a tiny fandom besides your own journal.

Here's How This Is Gonna Work
Comment here with links to any rare fandoms/characters/pairings you've created stuff for and want to pimp! This is not just for fanfic; vids, art, even, I don't know, embroidery or cake decorating or things like that are welcome. If you made it and it's rare, link to it.

As a general guideline for "rare," I would say something is rare if there are fewer than 50ish works out on the intarwebs, but I don't want to be the police here, so use your best judgment. If it's something you've hunted for to the bitter end of a search engine's results, or you've read everything three times now, go for it. Long or short, old or new, G or NC-17, single fandom or crossover, all are welcome.

Though this meme emphasizes works that haven't been posted all over or received a lot of attention, if you want to promote a Yuletide fic you wrote or something similar, that's perfectly fine.

And if you find that fic or vid or art of your dreams, I also encourage you to give the creator some feedback!

Requests
Requests for rare things you'd like to see are welcome too! If you're dying for, say, The Phantom Tollbooth fic and don't know where to find it, comment with "Request: The Phantom Tollbooth" in your subject line.

Promotion!
Please link to this meme! I would love to see as many tiny fandoms and rarepairs/rarely-written characters on here as possible. And come on, you know you're hoping this reaches that one person who wrote fic for that Squonk Opera show you saw years ago.

Comments

Communities of interest, Fairy Tales, Cal Leandros, Night World, Forbidden Games, and subject is out

[amaresu]

Communities of Interest

fandom_of_one runs a lovely small fandoms newsletter. Needs more people dropping links though.

smallfandomfest runs a prompt-and-claim challenge a couple of times a year for small fandoms.

Fairy Tales

Breath Rupenzel: I'll have to find another tower somewhere / And keep away from the windows.

Nothing is Right (The It's Time to Stop Remix): 12 Dancing Princess: How does life go on now that the dancing is done? (And don't forget to read The Right Sort (of Nothing) which is the fic being remixed.)

The Forbidden Game

In darkness and light: Jenny/Zach, Four years on and things have changed.

Alice in Wonderland

Splatter, Drip, and Pull: Alice/White Queen, painting the white roses red.

Night World

A Twist of Stardust: Iliana/Keller(/Galen, but he's off screen), chair sex.

Cal Leandros

Schara: Cal, with some Cal/Delilah and off screen George; A scar results from the biologic process of wound repair, thus, scarring is a natural part of the healing process. Not all wounds are physical, but they all form scars.

Appreciation, Sincerity, and Meaning: Cal, Niko, Robin; Dinner with friends.

Definitive Proof of Ownership: Niko; He knows it's not Cal.

This is a change from the previous recommendation: Robin; If Robin was smart he'd have left New York months ago.

Dresden Files

Cracks in the Bedrock: Murphy; Sometimes Karrin thinks that she made the wrong choice giving up the sword.

(A)Typical Night In: Thomas/Butters; Thomas and Butters, stuck together at the end of the world.

Push

Five Moments in the Life of Emily Hu: Emily Hu; Five moments in the life of Emily Hu that changed her forever. There is femslash in this one with an OFC.

We have a chance to find the sunshine: Nick, Cassie; Division isn't chasing them, but there are still issues to deal with.

Sapphire and Steel

Turning, Turning, Letting Go: Sapphire, Steel, original character; How do you let go when all you want is to hang on?

Shattered Reflections: Sapphire, Steel, original characters; Can you make somebody stay when they want to leave?

Brimstone

Pray for us sinners: Devil, Zeke, with some Devil/Zeke stuff; Lighting candles. A conversation in a church. How does one achieve forgiveness?

Re: Communities of interest, Fairy Tales, Cal Leandros, Night World, Forbidden Games, and subject is

[icepixie]

Murphy!fic! Yay!

And thank you for the community links. I had no idea those existed. Off to drop a link to this at fandom_of_one.

Re: Communities of interest, Fairy Tales, Cal Leandros, Night World, Forbidden Games, and subject is

[amaresu]

Part of the problem with small fandom stuff is that there's no way to hit a large group all at once, so everything has to rely on word of mouth. And that only gets you so far. I try to pimp those two comms out whenever I can, but it doesn't always happen.