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icepixieWelcome 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.
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 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.
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.
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Cupid, Northern Exposure, Astaire/Rogers films
Date: 2010-10-16 02:57 pm (UTC)Cupid (1998 TV version)
That Old Olympian Magic - Trevor is incorrigible. Trevor and Claire banter wittily. Frank Sinatra included at no extra charge.
Lovers and Madmen (and also Canadians) - Crossover with due South. Trevor Hale faces one of his greatest matchmaking challenges when he attempts to match up our favorite Mounties. Fraser/Thatcher ship, Claire/Trevor UST.
Northern Exposure
A Field Guide to North American Songbirds - A story about the birdhouse Joel Fleischman built in his soul.
Mud is a Many-Splendored Thing - Fluffy Maggie/Joel-centric tag for "Mud and Blood."
In Our Own Time, With Our Own Hands - A Maggie- and Joel-centric vid to Rosie Thomas's "Red Rover."
Astaire/Rogers films
Shall We Dance
We Were Very Tired, We Were Very Married - There's not much room on a ferry, but Peter and Linda dance anyway. (You know how Fred and Ginger never danced to "They Can't Take That Away From Me" in the movie? This is my attempt at rectification.)
Constantly Risking Absurdity - After the movie ends, Linda and Peter still have some loose ends to tie up.
Flying Down to Rio
All We Know for Truth - "She was not drunk enough for this conversation. 'I was starting to think you didn't like girls.' Oops. Actually, maybe she was too drunk for this conversation." (A Fred and Ginger movie where they don't end up together at the end? UNPOSSIBLE! Thus, post-credits shippiness. And drunkeness.)
Roberta
Unchoreographed - "At sixteen, Lizzie Gatz had bright blue eyes and a winsome smile, and Huck Haines couldn't have been more in love with her if he'd tried." 'Cause I always wondered how they became childhood sweethearts.
Vids
Happiness - Fred and Ginger dancing make me happy. This song makes me happy. Put them together, and you have joy squared! I hope it makes you happy too. (The Weepies, "Happiness")
A Love that Won't Sit Still - In almost all of their movies, Fred's character spells bad news for Ginger's, at least for a time--he gets her fired, he ruins her auditions, he screws up her engagements, etc. You just want to tell her to run far, far away as soon as he enters the scene. But then, of course, she would never fall in love with him, and there would be no film, and that would be no fun. Besides, he always manages to charm her in the end... (Vienna Teng, "Stray Italian Greyhound")
Can't Take a HintAs I was making the vid above, a collection of Astaire characters tapped me on the shoulder and insisted there be a vid from their POV. Fearing strangulation by white tie, I obliged. So here is a vid about how crazy they are about Ginger's characters. Emphasis on the "crazy," because, let's face it, his character is KIND OF A STALKER in most of these movies. ;) (The Las, "There She Goes")
Rare Pairs: Babylon 5, Ivnaova/Delenn and Ivanova/Garibaldi
Date: 2010-10-16 02:58 pm (UTC)Ivanova/Delenn
The Heart's Compass - Moments from the universe where Delenn chose Susan as the other half of her soul.
Later Stars of Dawn - A year after the events of "Sleeping in Light," Delenn takes Susan stargazing. As always, she has an ulterior motive.
Ivanova/Garibaldi
Closet Idealism AU - A collection of nine stories, in varying lengths, with the potential for an apparently infinite number of additions (thanks, muse). All stem from the title story, which is about a one-night stand in season three that turns into a hell of a lot more. This links to the timeline/master list in my LJ; you can also read them as a series at the AO3.
Friends Like These - G'Kar decides that since they're friends now, it's his duty to give Garibaldi advice.
Exercises in Obfuscation - Ivanova and Garibaldi are terrible at misdirection, much to the amusement of their friends.
Two Parts Vodka, One Part Vermouth (A Love Story) - Twelve times Susan and Michael share a drink and one time they don't.
Morning in Three Movements - "When he wakes up next to Susan Ivanova for the third morning in a row, Michael Garibaldi realizes that they have a thing." Fluffy.
Five Things that Never Happened to Susan Ivanova - The last one is Ivanova/Garibaldi
Wizard of Oz (Baum et al); Narbonic
Date: 2010-10-16 06:13 pm (UTC)I Suppose This Means They Read the Fanfic - Fanfic for Kim Possible isn't particularly rare; OTOH, fic for Shaenon Garrity's Webcomic Narbonic is, and this crossover ended up with rather more Narbonic in it than I'd initially anticipated.
Wizard of Oz (Baum et al)
By itself, Oz-based fanfic is probably not quite obscure enough to be counted "rare", precisely; that said, I offer these two stories -- both written for Yuletide -- because both of them focus on characters not often spotlighted in the stories one does find.
The Solitary Sorceress of Oz - An innocent question from Trot leads to an invitation from Glinda the Good -- and a surprising revelation.
Four Views of General Jinjur - Little is known of the woman who once conquered the Emerald City.
Re: Wizard of Oz (Baum et al); Narbonic
Date: 2010-10-16 07:30 pm (UTC)Babylon 5 rare pairings
Date: 2010-10-16 08:43 pm (UTC)The Other Woman (http://rivendellrose.livejournal.com/630023.html) - Lochley/Delenn, season 5, PG-13. Delenn wants to have a talk with Lochley. Lochley thinks she knows why. A teensy bit AU for the real way that Lochley's relationship with one John Sheridan is made clear.
Out Here (http://rivendellrose.livejournal.com/467222.html) - Ivanova/Lennier, post-season 5, PG. There's a lot of lonely people out near the Rim.
Tactics
Date: 2010-10-16 08:58 pm (UTC)Re: Babylon 5 rare pairings
Date: 2010-10-16 09:30 pm (UTC)Also, I was just browsing your master list, and I DID NOT KNOW I NEEDED ROMANA/SUSAN IN MY LIFE, BUT I MOST DEFINITELY DID. Off to read!
Re: Wizard of Oz (Baum et al); Narbonic
Date: 2010-10-16 09:34 pm (UTC)So when I got a Yuletide match that asked for a Jinjur story, I had to figure out what sort of background might lead a retired general to go into caramel farming. I decided that (a) Jinjur's parents must have been farmers (very common in Oz), but (b) they must have been growing something very different from caramels. Ergo: pickle farmers. (The story also gave me a chance to poke at some of the stickier continuity issues The Land of Oz raises -- it is, in effect, the equivalent in the Oz series to the The Magician's Nephew in the Narnia canon. There is a longer story in the back of my mind, one that proved too complicated to finish for Yuletide, that draws on both this Jinjur story and "Solitary Sorceress" to really explain the Army of Revolt's origins. But that's likely to simmer for a long while yet before I get round to actually writing it.)
Babylon 5 rare pairs/threes/fours
Date: 2010-10-16 09:52 pm (UTC)Zack Allan/David Corwin: Looking Down is Hard to Do (http://archiveofourown.org/works/105340) and its sequel Willing to Sweat For It (http://archiveofourown.org/works/107272). Written for Kink Bingo 2010.
John Sheridan/Susan Ivanova/Talia Winters: Scenes, Triptych (http://archiveofourown.org/works/59667). A bunch of short pieces originally written for Leyenn.
Michael Garibaldi/Lise Hampton-Edgars/Stephen Franklin/Tessa Halloran: Ties That Bind (http://archiveofourown.org/works/59688). OT4 fluff!
Morden/Anna Sheridan: (Sort of.) Heart in Darkness (http://archiveofourown.org/works/59690). Written for the Brains in a Jar ficathon. ... Angsty.
Na'Toth/Neeoma Connally: Ways and Means (http://archiveofourown.org/works/59696). I'm sorry, I remain completely devoted to this pairing. Completely. Devoted. OTP forever.
Michael Garibaldi/John Sheridan: Insomnia (http://archiveofourown.org/works/59697). Episode tag to "Severed Dreams".
Crusade
Date: 2010-10-16 09:55 pm (UTC)Max Eilerson/Dureena Nafeel: Academic Pursuit (http://archiveofourown.org/works/59698). I think this was written originally for the B5 rare pairs ficathon.
Blow-Up, The Corridor People, The Pentagon Wars, White Nights, Project Runway Canada RPF
Date: 2010-10-16 10:17 pm (UTC)I don't think it's an exaggeration to say I've posted more Blow-Up slash than anyone else on the internet. These are not co-canonical.
Deconstruction (http://archiveofourown.org/works/59691). Being a reaction to watching the film.
F-Stop (http://archiveofourown.org/works/57204). Written for the film/photography prompt for Kink Bingo 2009.
Wet-in-wet (http://archiveofourown.org/works/107035). Written for the wet and messy prompt for Kink Bingo 2010.
The Corridor People
I also suspect I've written more The Corridor People (http://aris-tgd.dreamwidth.org/36611.html) fic than anyone else on the internet, but I can't prove it. Victim as Eromenos (http://archiveofourown.org/works/57199). Written for the "fucking machines" prompt for Kink Bingo 2009. (Notice how many of these are for kink bingo? I'm like the tiny fandom ambassador of kink.)
The Pentagon Wars
Being a TV movie based on a nonfiction memoir about the testing of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle.
Flying Free (http://archiveofourown.org/works/59683). Written for Livia.
White Nights (1985)
Intended Audience (http://archiveofourown.org/works/57195). Open-relationship Raymond/Kolya, exhibitionism, written for Kink Bingo 2009.
Project Runway Canada RPF
Project Runway Canada! It's like Project Runway, except more polite?
But Rita Likes Me Best (http://archiveofourown.org/works/37385). First season. Evan Biddell/Lucian Matis. Humorous BDSM, for Yuletide 2009.
Personally-Tailored Punishment (http://archiveofourown.org/works/107041). Season 2, Jessica Biffi/Kim Cathers. Space Pirate AU! Lesbian space pirates, what else can I say?
Babylon 5 rare pairings
Date: 2010-10-16 10:18 pm (UTC)Enemy of My Enemy (My Friend) - Susan Ivanova/Lyta Alexander. Ivanova gets a visit from an old friend.
The X-Files rare pairings
Date: 2010-10-16 10:19 pm (UTC)James Bond (book canon)
Date: 2010-10-16 10:20 pm (UTC)Re: Crusade
Date: 2010-10-16 10:22 pm (UTC)Request: Corner Gas
Date: 2010-10-17 12:28 am (UTC)Amazing Grace [film], Casualty 1900s [tv series]
Date: 2010-10-17 02:28 am (UTC)Toils and Snares, or Five Sins That William Wilberforce Committed (http://archiveofourown.org/works/35648) - William Wilberforce/William Pitt the Younger: abolitionism, angst, and undergraduate groping.
Casualty 1900s
These Burning Fits But Meteors Be (http://archiveofourown.org/works/34412) - Ethel Bennett/Laura Goodley - queer Edwardian nurses, poetry, hymns, self-denial.
(These were both written for
Fanart: Fingersmith and Buffy (Faith/Robin Wood)
Date: 2010-10-17 02:34 am (UTC)Fingersmith:
Dancing Sue and Maud dance. Sue/Maud fanart
Buffy the Vampire Slayer:
Faith and Robin Wood Faith and Robin during a brief moment of peace. Faith/Robin fanart. This should not be a rare pairing but it is!
Recs for stuff where I went "Finally! Someone made something for this!"
Date: 2010-10-17 02:45 am (UTC)Lord of the Rings
They Say of the Elves by Brancher Very in character Gimli/Legolas.
Mansfield Park
As the Starling Said by Minerva McTabby Mary/Maria after the affair with Henry.
Twelfth Night
Yule Morning, or, Malvolio's Revenge Sequel to Twelfth Night. In verse! Antonia/Sebastian and Viola/Orsino/Olivia.
Fancomic:
Dykes to Watch out For
Welcome to Fandom Janis and little J.R. discuss Harry Potter.
Re: Fanart: Fingersmith and Buffy (Faith/Robin Wood)
Date: 2010-10-17 03:44 am (UTC)Cupid (TV 1998), Jake 2.0, Lois & Clark
Date: 2010-10-17 05:05 am (UTC)Heroes, Tights and Archetypes (http://mylittleredgirl.livejournal.com/156874.html) - Claire/Alex, PG13. "Alex may be a goober, but he doesn't have to like it."
First Night (http://mylittleredgirl.livejournal.com/214938.html) - Claire/Alex, NC17. Random moving-day porn.
Jake 2.0
Reparation (http://mylittleredgirl.livejournal.com/183198.html) - Jake/Diane, PG, post-ep for "Last Man Standing"
Requisition (http://mylittleredgirl.livejournal.com/211804.html) - Jake/Diane, silly G-rated flashficlet.
Lois & Clark, rare character
Thaw (http://mylittleredgirl.livejournal.com/267297.html) - Mayson Drake. Genfic. Lois and Mayson end up spending New Year's Eve together, and they're not happy about it.
Re: Recs for stuff where I went "Finally! Someone made something for this!"
Date: 2010-10-17 05:25 am (UTC)Request: Gosford Park: Mary & Parks
Date: 2010-10-17 05:36 am (UTC)Here are the stories I've written (http:/fanfic.ljconstantine.com/gosford.htm), but I would love love love to find more.
Re: Cupid (TV 1998), Jake 2.0, Lois & Clark
Date: 2010-10-17 05:44 am (UTC)Re: Recs for stuff where I went "Finally! Someone made something for this!"
Date: 2010-10-17 06:10 am (UTC)