starrysummer has an interesting post on fandom wishes.

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As I was reading the comments to the post, I realized that I am weirdly elitist in a way.

A number of people said that that wanted more recognition from the well known members of the fandom. I am not going to lie. I do get a little squeeful when writers and artists I admire friend me.  

But you know what really strokes my stoat? It’s when people I have never heard of before and who have teeny tiny friends lists add me out of the blue. I can’t help but think to myself” “Wow! Out of everyone in this big ass fandom, you choose me!”

It makes me feel special.

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I signed up for fanfic100. I asked for “Slytherins and Gryffindors”. Originally, I wanted L/Hr but then I realized that I probably couldn’t write 100 L/Hr fics and that by going broader I could not only write L/Hr but most of my other favorite pairings like SS/SB, H/D, HP/SS and so on.

I figure this will be a good opportunity for me to write shorter fics, which I have some difficulty with. Most of the plot bunnies I conceive tend to require epic length fics.

If anyone is willing to beta/Brit pick as I go along I would be most appreciative. I am aiming for most of the fics to be under 2000 words but some will undoubtedly be longer. If you only want to beta certain pairings that’s cool. I anticipate writing: HP/DM, HP/SS, HP/LM, HG/LM, HG/SS, RW/PP, RW/MB, RW/DM, SB/SS, SB/LM, SB/DM, SB/RB, RL/LM, RL/DM, NL/LM, NL/DM, NL/MB

Not all of the fics will be shippy in nature. And some may contain incest (note the SB/RB) or m-preg.

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Anyway, a few of you are waiting for your ghetto oil paintings. I haven’t forgotten. They are all completed and laying on a shelf in my living room. I haven’t been able to scan them because my scanner doesn’t seem to be compatible with my newish computer.

I did a test mailing to see how they would fair in the post and it was pretty bad. The test painting got smeared beyond recognition so I am thinking that either these fuckers will never truly dry or I didn’t wait long enough. Or I didn’t package it right. I am going to try again in a few weeks and if it’s the same then I am just going to redo them with traditional paint.

I hope you all wanted one for the joy of simply having a physical copy of a fan art but if it was novelty of the ghetto oil painting you were after, I can still send it but I can make no promises on it’s condition when you receive it.