Yuletide History Meme
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cest_whatOh hey, today is Post Like You Are a Person Who Posts Things Day.
I've been enjoying the Yuletide History meme, but I didn't do it at first because - well, because posting, but also because I just don't have very much Yuletide history. I've only participated twice before this year, and I've submitted only my assignment for each one. But I would like Yuletide to be one of those things that I participate in every year, so m'gonna do it anyway.
Also I just uploaded my assignment, so I'm in a good mood. (I mean, it's not exactly a story for the ages, but still, it's done.)
2008
Apple Vines
Chrestomanci Chronicles
G, 2200 words
Cat & Chrestomanci, Cat & Gwendolen
Cat doesn't think he's had a family, a proper family, in - well, in a long time.
In all honesty, the best thing about this fic is the accidental title. I gave Chrestomanci a dressing gown with fanciful apples growing on vines because Chrestomanci wears fanciful dressing gowns, then I used it for the title because it sounded nice and I had no other ideas. It wasn't until - god, possibly years later - that I realised that it was a metaphor for adopted family and thriving in foreign places.
2011
A Fine and Public Place
Vorkosigan Saga
PG, 2400 words
Ivan/Byerly
High Vor gossip is both a volatile threat and a tool to be used.
I was horribly insecure about this one, and then it was really well received and now I'm all sorts of fond of it. I mean, it was probably always going to be well received because it was a slash pairing for one of the biggest fandoms of Yuletide. But I was terrified anyway. This canon is so goddamned intimidating. I almost got palpitations when I got my assignment and it hit home how lucky I'd been, because one of the characters I blithely offered to write was freaking Mark Vorkosigan. I got off so easily with Ivan and By.
I've been enjoying the Yuletide History meme, but I didn't do it at first because - well, because posting, but also because I just don't have very much Yuletide history. I've only participated twice before this year, and I've submitted only my assignment for each one. But I would like Yuletide to be one of those things that I participate in every year, so m'gonna do it anyway.
Also I just uploaded my assignment, so I'm in a good mood. (I mean, it's not exactly a story for the ages, but still, it's done.)
2008
Apple Vines
Chrestomanci Chronicles
G, 2200 words
Cat & Chrestomanci, Cat & Gwendolen
Cat doesn't think he's had a family, a proper family, in - well, in a long time.
In all honesty, the best thing about this fic is the accidental title. I gave Chrestomanci a dressing gown with fanciful apples growing on vines because Chrestomanci wears fanciful dressing gowns, then I used it for the title because it sounded nice and I had no other ideas. It wasn't until - god, possibly years later - that I realised that it was a metaphor for adopted family and thriving in foreign places.
2011
A Fine and Public Place
Vorkosigan Saga
PG, 2400 words
Ivan/Byerly
High Vor gossip is both a volatile threat and a tool to be used.
I was horribly insecure about this one, and then it was really well received and now I'm all sorts of fond of it. I mean, it was probably always going to be well received because it was a slash pairing for one of the biggest fandoms of Yuletide. But I was terrified anyway. This canon is so goddamned intimidating. I almost got palpitations when I got my assignment and it hit home how lucky I'd been, because one of the characters I blithely offered to write was freaking Mark Vorkosigan. I got off so easily with Ivan and By.
