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

Kids Inc, Jonathan Creek

[luxken27]

Cool! =) Found you via fandom_of_one, which is an awesome community. I come bearing gifts and recs and lots and lots of squee...

Kids Inc
Title: Stacy in Bloom
Author: luxken27
Universe: Canon divergence (Season 5)
Genre: Friendship/Romance
Rating: T
Warning: Language, innuendo
Pairing: Ryan/Stacy
Word Length: 60,231 (14 chapters)
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5873801/1/
Summary: With her sister and best friend halfway around the world, who else is there for Stacy to turn to…but Ryan? When the consequences of their actions become clear, the two must decide if pursuing each other is worth breaking up the band.


Title: break/even
Author: luxken27
Universe: Canon divergence (Season 5 + 3 years)
Genre: Angst/Romance
Rating: T
Warning: None
Pairing: Ryan/Stacy
Word Length: 9,928 - COMPLETE
URL: FF.net | DW | AO3
Summary: Once upon a time, she’d fallen in love. Once upon a time, he’d broken her heart. On the eve of her junior prom, they find themselves with a second chance – if only they are willing to risk it.


Title: How Will I Know?
Author: whyteroze28
Universe: Canon divergence (Season 5)
Genre: Drama/Romance
Rating: K+
Warning: None
Pairing: Ryan/Stacy
Word Length: 5,698 (4 chapters) - COMPLETE
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6381789/1/
Author's Summary: This story takes place in August 2000, and in this AU, the band dissolved after Ryan left, so there wasn't anything after Season 5. Ryan and Stacy meet again at a KI reunion.

Why I'm recommending this piece: *flails* AUGH SOMEONE ELSE IS WRITING KI FIC BESIDES ME, AND FOR THIS PAIRING! :D :D :D LOL, okay, let me calm down a little bit...this is actually a really adorable fic set 15 years after Season 5 (1988), in which three incarnations of Kids Inc reunite at the P*lace. It's lovely not only for the Ryan/Stacy storyline underlying the whole thing, but also for all the canon references, the love for Mickey, and the careers WhyteRoze28 assigned to everyone. They all really fit, you know? I'm a little jealous that I didn't come up with the idea first, LOL. It's awesome to see someone else's take on the characters, as well as the ship, because its feels like I'm flying solo 99% of the time.

+++

Jonathan Creek
Title: Scratched Surface
Author: lydiabell
Universe: Canon
Genre: Drama/Romance
Rating: T
Warning: None
Pairing: Jonathan/Maddie
Word Length: 1,768 - COMPLETE
URL: http://archiveofourown.org/works/3635
Author's Summary: Maddie has a scare.

Why I'm recommending this piece: A beautiful piece set sometime around the second series that explores the finer points of the relationship developing between the two main characters. It really gives a depth and nuance to both Jonathan and Maddie that's only hinted at in the series itself. Really excellent stuff, for a fandom I've never seen fic written for. A definite must-read for all fans of the show! =)


You can also check my rec list, full of awesome fic and art, and consider yourself pimped at my journal =)