DreamWriters Dreaming

The Fandom Snowflake Challenge starts tomorrow, an annual event to highlight the best parts of Fandom and the people who make it that way. It's a celebration about all of us and all the creative things we do, all the ways we touch each other and make a difference.

Everyone is welcome, creator or consumer or someone in-between, inhabitants of Twitter, Tumblr, LiveJournal, AO3, Dreamwidth, dA, FanFiction.net, Mibba, mailing lists, or whatever platform or media you use.

Come join us.

Day 14

In your own space, create your own challenge. Whatever your challenge is, and have fun with it!

Challenge Offered
Think of the fannish space you provide or want to provide. Do something to encourage that kind of space.

Some ideas but not an exhaustive list:

• repost grayout's Fan/Fandom Creed


• have a transparent comment policy


• post a recurring fannish status post


• post a recurring social post, fannish or otherwise


• host a $fandom/multifandom friendzy


• host a $fandom/multifandom creation or rec fest

Taking on my own challenge
dreamwriters

• set up a comment policy


• project update pool: a recurring social post about current projects and resource needs (I list my projects and what I need, other people can do the same in the comments. If there's someone who can fill a resource need, they can reply to comments. Resource needs being things like betas, topic experts, virtual tour guides, and street teams)


• inspired by ysabetwordsmith's cuddle parties, a recurring virtual distance reiki clinic hosted as if it were a physical clinic

dreamwriteremmy

• find people who want to actively engage in my private cheerleading filter


• inspired by ysabetwordsmith's cuddle parties, make virtual slumber party a recurring social post

nightvalepresentsverse

• host a Night Vale Presents Network friendzy√

Other Challenges Accepted
List in-progress

• analise010 - be kinder to self, make a transformative works statement√


• deifire -take time to discover something old and what you loved about it


• respoftw - give yourself permission to take a break


• rootsofthestories - do something that makes you feel good


• turps - comment or leave kudos on a fic


• siberian_skys - track down a favorite book from childhood and reread it


• evilinsanemonkey - branch out from your comfort zone


• kaixo - make a transformative works statement√


• talkingtothesky - go read & comment on femmeslash/female friendship fic


• independence1776 - leave comments, be brave, be kind


• teigh_corvus - make yourself a permission slip - a physical item that represents you giving yourself permission [IMG description: Permission Slip: "Permission to Suck" in Norse Runes. Brownish red base with gold and black frame and gold speckles. Permission written in black. To suck written in red.] √


• lightbird - give yourself a break


• flo_nelja - Phase 1 - Make your top 5 femmeslash ship list in the comments.√ Phase 2 - Push your comfort zone in femmeslash.


• bardsley - Engage. Go back to Day 7 and send love.


• debris4spike be more organized by Easter


• shewhostaples - find an early fanwork of yours. Compare it with something more recent. Are you still in the fandom? Where is it hosted? Think about what you'd do differently? Find something you like about it. Celebrate your time in fandom.


• spiced_wine - comment and read more


• em_kellesvig - comment


• wyntir_knight - take care of yourself


• sparrow2000 - tend your fandom space with love and care


• rathony - work on a project you've always wanted to do and do it now in 2018


• fairyniamh - try something new


• spikedluv - do something that makes you feel a sense of community and connection to fandom


• mizface - continue to participate in snowflake throughout 2018


• lightofdaye - your favorite fandom, your OTP, the strangest pairing you've written, your favorite piece of headcanon√


• shootingstarrz - post a transformative works statement√


• melagan - pick a fandom challenge you've always wanted to do and try it


• fennui - life laundry - clear our life and living space of stuff I don't use or need anymore


• themightyflynn - create something in a media you do not use often/never used before


• chantefable - use the provided prompts and create a fanwork


• lilly_c - feedback, be kind to self


• cornerofmadness - make time for yourself, be kind to yourself, Good Things Jar


• pensnest - finish a WIP and post the result on Valentine's Day


• tjs_whatnot - stay engaged


• ysabetwordsmith - aspect a character, build from the core out, come play in my settings, write a poem, create demifiction, make a bingo card, launch a meta discussion


• jehab - be kind to yourself today, take time to just sit and relax


• reinadefuego - step outside your comfort zone


• brumeier - write a fandom haiku for the fandom of your choice


• peoriapeoriawhereart - be more loving, be prepared to listen about things that aren't welcoming


• canadiandiamond - Bechdel Pass Fic Exchange


• fosfomifira - be someone's quietly supporting friend


• akamarykate - reach out to someone you've lost touch with, reconnect to your fandom past


• hannah - know when to stop


• sunlit_stone - unlikeliest crossover fusion challenge


• mmouse15 - step outside your comfort zone


• sophinisba - make & post a femmeslash work in February


• shivver - revisit something in fandom you dislike/don't agree with & reevaluate it, noting 3 things you like about it


• themusecalliope - clean up your fanworks - post finished items, finish half-finished works


• chanter_greenie - do something for a teeny fandom


• kate - finish 1 WIP


• hikorichan - write a drabble


• dunderklumpa - read more books, write more


• meridian_rose - create something for a smaller fandom/rare pair


• seraphina_snape - Fandom Revival - do something in an old fandom


• oldtoadwoman - list one thing you've gotten measurably better at


• alexcat - find new fandoms and new friends


• gorgeousnerd - take 20 breaths & pay attention to them


• runpunkrun - finish WIP, be kind to self, leave more feedback, contribute to fanlore, unplug, transformative works statement√, backup fanworks, backing up other's fanworks


• shuufleur93 - From June to August read at least 2 books you wanted to read, were recommended/offered, or a book you've always said you'd read one day. Comment/review if want.
  
• sidhe_faerie - "Love Book Challenge" - Create a photo album or scrapbook for a romantic ship. Capture special moments over time that show how much they love each other. 20 "pages", 25 edits. Made up ticket stubs, invitations, souvenirs


• tellshannon815 - step out of your comfort zone: write a character or pairing you've never written. Bonus points for a character who's not popular but has a story to tell.

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Day 12

In your own space, create a fanwork. Make a podfic, an icon, a sketch, a meta, or a rec list. Arts and crafts. Cross stitch. Draft an essay about a particular medium. Put together a picspam or a fanmix. Write a review of book you love, a ship manifesto, a you-should-be-listening-to-this-band essay. Create something.

This is the AU I mentioned in the Day 6 post. It's forked off headcanon from my innerworld's Eva and Neil. This is their version of the To The Moon universe, this storyline jumps between this series and the Common House Tales series

Checking In (325 words) by dreamwriteremmy
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: To The Moon (Video Game)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Eva Rosalene/Neil Watts
Characters: Eva Rosalene, Neil Watts, Robert Lin, Taima McMillan, Willis McMillan
Additional Tags: Medical Inaccuracies, community: snowflake_challenge, Fandom Snowflake Challenge
Series: Part 2 of To The Moon (Common House Divergence)
Summary:

Eva and Neil check in with Robert Lin after returning to the office.

Day 10
In your own space, share your love for a trope, cliché, kink, motif, or theme. (Or a few!) Tell us what makes it work for you, and why it appeals to you so much. Talk about what you like to see in fanworks featuring that theme most. Feel free to include recs and examples!
Cliché: Absence makes the heart grow fonder
Related to slowburn kink for me. Personally I can't do long distance relationships but I love reading them.

Trope: Odd Couple
I just love it when unlikely characters get paired together whether it's for a romantic relationship, a work relationship, or friendship fic

Narrative Kinks:
- damsel in defense/strong women
- bechdel pass
- fandom allusions and references
- AUs particularly canon divergence fix-its or fork-in-the-road AUs but AUs and fusions in general are fun
- Genderfic
- Acefic
- multishipping
- polyamory done right
-disability/neurodiversity fic
- competency
- domesticity
- nonsexual ageplay

Sexy Kinks
- slowburn
- BDSM done right
- voyeurism
- age differences
- oralplay
- sexual ageplay

Themes: love/hope

Message: family of choice, people need people

Day 8

In your own space, share a favorite piece of original canon (a TV episode, a song, a favorite interview, a book, a scene from a movie, etc) and explain why you love it so much.
I mentioned in the Day 6 post that To The Moon is one of my favorite small fandoms. To The Moon is an indie video game series by
Freebird Games that follows two doctors from Sigmund Corp a company that grants wishes to dying people. Here's the trailer for the first game.


I got introduced to the series by a fan in Ace Attorney fandom after they used a song from the soundtrack on their fanmix for one of my works and also said I'd probably like it because it has an autistic character. Later I learned it also hits my narrative kinks for odd couple partnerships and pop culture references.

Day 6

Leave feedback for a fanwork. Or multiple fanworks. It can be as simple as I liked this to a detailed list of all the things you loved about the fanwork. The key is to leave some sort of feedback.

If you've already left feedback in the course of a previous challenge, it totally counts. But you're free to leave more feedback.

Mostly it's aww/like comments. And a lot of stuff from To The Moon (one of my favorite small fandoms) because I'm working on my own canon divergence headcanon AU.

We Are the Case Precedent (3744 words) by DawnCloud
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 逆転裁判 | Gyakuten Saiban | Ace Attorney
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Mitsurugi Reiji | Miles Edgeworth/Naruhodou Ryuuichi | Phoenix Wright
Characters: Naruhodou Ryuuichi | Phoenix Wright, Mitsurugi Reiji | Miles Edgeworth, Kidzuki Kokone | Athena Cykes, Odoroki Housuke | Apollo Justice, Naruhodou Minuki | Trucy Wright
Additional Tags: Oneshot
Summary:

Five times Wright and Edgeworth implied they were in a relationship and one time they just went out and said it.

New Year's Eve (5160 words) by sashimiprince
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: To The Moon (Video Game)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Eva Rosalene & Neil Watts, Eva Rosalene/Neil Watts
Characters: Eva Rosalene, Robert Lin, Neil Watts, (...i dont know roxies last name but shes in this too.), Original Characters
Additional Tags: rosawatts, eva rosalene - Freeform, neil watts - Freeform, To The Moon, finding paradise, Marriage, theyre getting married btw, Getting Together, getting married
Summary:

it’s a to the moon fanfiction! my first one ever! fun times. so, number one, i did write this pretty quickly and only went over it once so if theres mistakes im really sorry! and two, i feel like in one of the minisodes they mentioned eva’s canon family but i just. completely forgot about that. so if eva does have a canon family sorry about that- all of her family members i just completely made up. this fic is also pretty long- or at least i think so. its a little more than 5k words. just an fyi, i guess. anyway, thats about all i have to say, so thanks!

Bring Your Nuisance to Work Day (4809 words) by Marzopup
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: To The Moon (Video Game)
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Eva Rosalene/Neil Watts, Eva Rosalene & Neil Watts
Characters: Eva Rosalene, Neil Watts, Jamie Rosalene
Additional Tags: Jamie is canonically Eva's nephew that she mentions so it's CANON, Jamie is Neil's wingman, yep yep this was a fun one
Summary:

Neil hated Bring Your Child to Work Day, particularly when Eva wasn't even bringing her own child, and it wasn't actually Bring Your Child to Work Day. But Eva was his friend, and if he had to babysit the brat on his birthday, Neil would do it.

Except a nine year old turns out to be way more perceptive than Neil would have thought.

(Or the one where Eva's nephew just wants his aunt and Neil to get together already.)

Day 3

In your own space, post recs for at least three fanworks that you did not create.

This is mostly old stuff, but it's the fics I usually reread a lot for one reason or another.

Love Is for Children (16517 words) by Ysabetwordsmith
Chapters: 14/14
Fandom: The Avengers (2012), Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Clint Barton & Natasha Romanov, Bruce Banner & Tony Stark, Bruce Banner & Natasha Romanov, Bruce Banner & Steve Rogers, Steve Rogers & Natasha Romanov, Steve Rogers & Tony Stark, Phil Coulson & Avengers Team
Characters: Phil Coulson, Clint Barton, Natasha Romanova, Tony Stark, Bruce Banner, Steve Rogers, Nick Fury, Jarvis (Iron Man movies)
Additional Tags: Asexuality, Asexual Character, Asexual Relationship, Community: asexual_fandom, Aromantic, flangst, Fluff, Fluff and Angst, Angst, Dysfunctional Family, Dysfunctional Relationships, Past Abuse, Incidental self-injury, Age Play, Nonsexual Ageplay, No Sex, Games, Cute, Team, Team Dynamics, Team Bonding, Teamwork, Teambuilding, Team as Family, Personal Growth, Howard Stark's A+ Parenting, Odin's A+ Parenting, Hurt/Comfort, Trust, Trust Issues, Making up for lost time, Family, Families of Choice, Unconventional Families, Fix-It, Character Death Fix, Canon-Typical Violence, Multiplicity/Plurality, #coulsonlives, Tony Stark Has A Heart, Tony Stark Has Daddy Issues, Feels, Domestic Avengers, Domestic Fluff, Comfort Reading, Bruce has a horrible backstory, Current Environment Is Safe, Competency, Emotional Baggage
Series: Part 1 of Love Is For Children
Summary:

Phil Coulson is SHIELD's best handler for a reason: he can deal with the broken people that nobody else can manage but desperately need anyway. So he comes up with an unusual teambuilding technique to shore up the Avengers.

Checking In (559 words) by Merfilly
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Phil Coulson, Natasha Romanova, Clint Barton
Additional Tags: Implied Relationships
Summary:

Phil wakes up, not alone, and not with the person he remembered from the night before.

Let's Find Out (2393 words) by Gray Cardinal
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Doctor Who, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Sarah Jane Adventures, Iron Man (Movies)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Pepper Potts/Tony Stark
Characters: Sarah Jane Smith, Pepper Potts, Maria Hill, Kate Lethbridge-Stewart
Additional Tags: Bechdel Test Pass
Summary:

Sometimes, the most straightforward approach turns out to be the long way around.

Dirty Sympathy (128619 words) by ideny
Chapters: 74/?
Fandom: 逆転裁判 | Gyakuten Saiban | Ace Attorney
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Garyuu Kyouya/Odoroki Housuke | Klavier Gavin/Apollo Justice
Characters: Odoroki Housuke | Apollo Justice, Garyuu Kyouya | Klavier Gavin, Garyuu Kirihito | Kristoph Gavin, Mayudzuki Daian | Daryan Crescend
Additional Tags: Abuse, Phoenix Wright Kink Meme
Summary:

Apollo and Klavier, stuck in abusive situations they can't see any way out of, meet by chance and take a Hitchcock approach: framing each other's tormentors for murder. An alternative take on/explanation of GS4, originally written for the kink meme.

Lights (748 words) by SaraJaye
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 逆転裁判 | Gyakuten Saiban | Ace Attorney
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Mitsurugi Reiji | Miles Edgeworth/Naruhodou Ryuuichi | Phoenix Wright
Characters: Mitsurugi Shin | Gregory Edgeworth, Mitsurugi Reiji | Miles Edgeworth, Naruhodou Ryuuichi | Phoenix Wright
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Role Reversal, Prosecutor Phoenix and Lawyer Edgeworth, Established Relationship, Christmas Fluff, Christmas Lights, Pearl and Maya cameo
Summary:

In a parallel universe, Edgeworth and his boyfriend hang up Christmas lights.

Those Who Wander (37074 words) by estelraca
Chapters: 5/5
Fandom: 逆転裁判 | Gyakuten Saiban | Ace Attorney
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Garyuu Kyouya | Klavier Gavin & Odoroki Housuke | Apollo Justice
Characters: Odoroki Housuke | Apollo Justice, Garyuu Kyouya | Klavier Gavin, Naruhodou Minuki | Trucy Wright, Naruhodou Ryuuichi | Phoenix Wright, Mitsurugi Reiji | Miles Edgeworth
Additional Tags: Ghosts, Near Death Experiences, Hurt/Comfort
Summary:

When Apollo and Klavier manage to take down a mob boss, no one is expecting the retaliation they face. Trapped between life and death, Klavier and Apollo struggle to escape old enemies with the help of unexpected allies, while their friends in the living world work to keep their bodies breathing and give them a lifeline home.

He Says He Is An Experimental Theologian (181948 words) by ErinPtah
Chapters: 32/32
Fandom: Welcome to Night Vale, His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Major Character Death, Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Steve Carlsberg & Cecil Palmer, Carlos/Cecil Palmer, Khoshekh & Cecil Palmer, Past Lyra Belacqua/Will Parry, Carlos the Scientist/Other(s)
Characters: Old Woman Josie, The Angel Erika, City Council Messenger Children, Khoshekh, Steve Carlsberg, Cecil Palmer, Hiram McDaniels, Desert Bluffs Carlos, The Man in the Tan Jacket, The Faceless Old Woman, Earl Harlan, Pamela Winchell, Intern Dana, Xaphania, Carlos' Team of Scientists, Carlos the Scientist
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Daemons, Re-Education, Hurt/Comfort, Canon-Typical Violence, Bilingual Character(s), Alternate History, For Science!, Alethiometer Use, Español | Spanish, Visually Impaired Character, Christmas With Family, Culture Shock, Post-Traumatic Stress, Slow Burn Carlos/Cecil
Series: Part 1 of Republic of Heaven Community Radio
Summary:

Ever since Carlos was little, he and his daemon have been fans of Dr. Lyra Belacqua. Both as the most groundbreaking experimental theologian of the 20th century, and as the heroine of dozens of fantasy-adventure children's stories (based very loosely on her own mysterious childhood).

But Lyra's true legacy is still bigger than Carlos ever imagined...until he took a team of scholars to study Rusakov particles in the most theologically interesting community in Hispania Nova. Now his own day-to-day life is full of things like angels, witches, hooded spectres, portals between worlds, vague yet menacing branches of the Magisterium, and a man who walks around without his daemon and can read an alethiometer as easily as a stop sign.

The NVCR Intern Survival Handbook (13067 words) by longhairshortfuse
Chapters: 13/13
Fandom: Welcome to Night Vale
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: intern chad/intern Jerry, Kevin & Vanessa (Welcome to Night Vale)
Characters: Intern(s), Leonard Burton, Cecil Palmer, Intern Chad (Welcome to Night Vale), Intern Jerry, Intern Leland (Welcome to Night Vale), Dana Cardinal, Intern Vanessa (Welcome to Night Vale), Kevin (Welcome to Night Vale), Intern Paolo (Welcome to Night Vale), Intern Richard, Intern Dylan (Welcome to Night Vale)
Additional Tags: POV interns, Mild Horror, Sexual Content, Implied/Referenced Character Death
Summary:

Congratulations on securing an internship at Night Vale Community Radio!
You probably ought to read the handbook.

E Rating is for chapter 8

Day 1

In your own space, talk about why you're participating in Snowflake and, if you’ve participated in the past, how the challenge has affected you. What drew you to it? What did you take away from it? What do you hope to accomplish this year?
I participated a few years ago. I enjoyed talking about my fannish past and wishes that time.

I decided to participate this year because:
(A) I'd like more fannish followers,
(B) it's neat to find out what other fannish stuff is out there (I always am on the look out for new-to-me fandom recs),
and (C) honestly I'm also looking for betas too (for both fanfic things and original fiction things).

Day Four


Comment to someone you haven't ever interacted with before or introduce yourself to someone you've interacted with and friend/follow them. Afterwards, leave a comment in this post with the equivalent of "I did it!"

It doesn't have to be anything complex - it can be feedback for a fanwork or discussing something you might have in common or even simply admiring their icon. The point is to reach out to someone you normally wouldn't and connect with them, even if it's only for the briefest moment.

I went through some of the comments on the Day 1 and Day 4 posts and either (a) added a few people on tumblr or (b) subscribed to them on AO3. I also commented to the fic writers/artists who gave me gifts to my private account for fandom_stocking.

If anyone's playing catch up and wants to talk feel free to say something here too. My comment policy here is VERY low-key. I'll take even emoticon/one word comments! :)

Day 2

In your own space, create a list of at least three fannish things you'd love to receive, something you've wanted but were afraid to ask for - a fannish wish-list of sorts. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your wish-list if you feel comfortable doing so. Maybe someone will grant a wish. Check out other people's posts. Maybe you will grant a wish. If any wishes are granted, we'd love it if you link them to this post.

01. Art for any of my fics (and yes, you can art Common House Tales if you REALLY want to. You will get access to more things if you're logged into AO3 since I member-lock some stories.)

Some photogenic scenes:

Way of Wishes: Little Apollo wrapping his arms around his adoptive family's merle border collie. Devon (an african american teen) holding up the blanket in Little Apollo's room and little Apollo panicked flailing in reaction. Lyra (an asian teen) clipping little Apollo's bangs up into little antenna and looking excited, Sarah presenting Apollo with his mother's bracelet. Thalassa putting Trucy's spare hat on her head when she comes out to tell the truth to Apollo and Trucy.

Patchwork Polyamory: A furious Franziska running her whip through her fingers behind a furious Daryan confronting Klavier, Apollo twirling Vera into his arms, Miles introducing Vera to Pess [the third] the chocolate Newfoundland he uses as a service dog, Godot and Iris cuddled up next to each other in bed while Lana's in the doorway with an amused expression holding a bag of burgers, Vera teaching a Franziska dressed in little girl play clothes how to finger paint, Machi giving Nick a piano lesson by chords, Klavier kneeling behind an overstimulated Apollo pressing his hands down on his shoulders while Apollo has his hands clenched in the grass of the lawn, Vera fast asleep in Apollo's lap with her head resting on his chest.

Not as Scary as You Think: An apprehensive Soma Cruz with his hand over the sapphire talisman around his neck under a torii gate while Mina gives him an encouraging smile.

Recovering: Hayate with his arm behind a scowling Sasame, helping him sit up properly, with an amused but still serious smile on his face.

Taking fate into her hands: Maureen scrawling out her letter from An Addendum to Intern Maureen's Living Will.

02. Icons/Art for my Welcome to Night Vale headcanons

Cecil: human manifestation is olive-skinned with roughly chin-length sandy brown hair usually chalk highlighted in shades of pink and purple. wears pastels mostly -- has a definite preference for shades of purple and pink. My interpretation of Cecil is a mix of eldritch Cecil (tentacles + a maneuverable shadow + the voice's remoteviewing capabilities) and fibro Cecil, so sometimes he has a wheelchair or a cane.

Carlos: My Carlos tends to be Afro-Latino, usually Afro-Peruvian or Afro-Puerto-Rican, though he has extended family in Mexico and Chile. He's also on the autistic spectrum. Clothingwise he gravitates toward either autumn plaids and science geek shirts.

Maureen: White girl with naturally brown hair. Tends to chalk highlight it in predominantly reds and oranges, but occasionally ventures into green/radioactive yellow-green. She tends to wear her hair either in a fake undercut (the faux undercut side is usually made with either a dutchback OR side french flat twists) OR in full "zombie" style curls. Clothingwise the closest outsider matches to her style are gothic punk and biker chic.

03. More readers.