Finish-a-thon results!

[kerravonsen]

The voting for the finish-a-thon is now over! Unfortunately some people did not follow the instructions, which means all votes needed to be double-checked (sigh). Forgive me if I missed errors.
Last year I mentioned close runners-up, but there's so many people this time, I don't have time to.

Dumroll please...
The results are...

Name: AstroGirl
Livejournal: astrogirl2
must write (with 22 votes)

(2)
Fandom: Doctor Who
Description: OK, let's see if I can describe this without spoilers... You know that, um, thing that the Doctor lost on top of the spaceship in "The Christmas Invasion?" This is the story of what happens to it. Probably at least somewhat humorous. May include a bit of mad science.
Type: Probably gen.
Rating: PG-ish.


Name: Jedi Buttercup
Livejournal: jedibuttercup
must write (with 24 votes)

(1) Book's Legacy
Fandom(s): Firefly, themes from B:tVS
Description: "Mal recieves a mysterious package, leading the crew of Serenity on a voyage of discovery. Into every generation..." Deals with Book's backstory and River's future, among other things.
Status: ~15,000 words already written, will probably be 2x that long when complete. Stalled since October '05. Previous chapters indexed at my journal. http://jedibuttercup.livejournal.com/73376.html
Type: Mostly gen, some het & canon 'ships
Rating: PG-13 to R


Name: Daisee Chain
Livejournal: daiseechain
must write (with 30 votes)

(5)
Fandom: Firefly
Description: Mal agrees to let Simon go down to a plague-ridden planet to inspect the scheduled cargo for signs of contamination, but only on the condition that Jayne goes with him as a babysitter. Needless to say, Simon isn't thrilled. But then, neither is Jayne.
Type: gen
Rating: R(ish).


Livejournal shimere277
must write (with 27 votes)

(1)
Fandom: Blakes 7/Babylon 5 crossover
Description: Having withdrawn from the B5 universe, the Shadows and the Vorlons find a universe where, as evidenced on an artificial world called Terminal, the evolution of sentient life is grinding to a halt. Obviously, their services are needed. The Vorlons decide to nurture and guide the galaxy's greatest force for order - the Terran Federation. Meanwhile, on Gauda Prime, the Shadows ask the question "What do you want?" to a desperate man named Kerr Avon.
Type: Definitely slash, maybe some het.
Rating: Probably R.


Name: Andraste
Livejournal: andrastewhite
must write (with 21 votes)

(5) Casting Light
Fandom(s): Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Sandman
Description: Rupert Giles visits the Dreaming.
Type: Gen
Rating: PG, at most.


Name: Estirose
LJ: estirose
must write (with 19 votes)

(1) Kuroonningen
Fandom(s): Power Rangers Dino Thunder
Description: Trent and his father deal with the realities of their lives, and how they live when one shares a body with the monster that the other one fights against.
Type: gen
Rating: PG


Name: Jenn Abiding
Livejournal: thejennabides/jennabiding
has a tie, with 11 votes each!

(1) Amsterdam
Fandom: Gundam Wing
Description: Near-future, possibly post-apocalyptic, pseudo-noirish AU involving drugs running, bordellos, underground political movements, artifical intelligence, and questionable motives and morals all around. Nothing written so far but notes (unposted).
Type: Slash, Gen
Rating: M

(6) Softly Now
Fandom: Lotrips
Description: AU based on the premise that Orlando did not miraculously recover from the fall that broke his back, and is now a paraplegiac. Dom is his home care assistant, Elijah is a local DJ. Love triangle develops. I think I'm a little more than half-way through; the first 4 parts can be found here.
Type: Slash
Rating: M/MA


Name: Ravenna C. Tan
Livejournal: ravenna_c_tan
must write (with 31 votes)

(3)
Fandom(s): Harry Potter
Description: Postwar. In the final battle, Harry was presumed dead. The war changed the Wizarding world forever, and it is now more underground and cut off from Muggles than ever before. Harry wakes up in a Muggle hospital with no wand and no way to find his way back to the Wizarding world. He struggles for a few years in dead end jobs and failed frienships, until one day he thinks he catches sight of an old enemy, who may be his only chance... (I can't decide if it's Draco or Snape... please vote on which you'd prefer...)
Type: slash
Rating: NC-17


Name: izhilzha
Livejournal: izhilzha
must write (with 20 votes)

(1)
Fandoms: Harry Potter/CSI
Description: The CSI team are witches/wizards, part of a new branch of the Aurors who are trained in dealing with magical trace elements, spell identification, etc. Now they've been assigned to investigate the scene of the battle in the department of Mysteries, to determine the exact charges against the captured Death Eaters, the culpability of any of the vigilantes who fought them, and to confirm or deny the presence of Sirius Black during the battle and his role in it.
Type: gen, though I reserve the right to hint at 'ships. Avatar fic, of a sort.
Rating: PG


Name: Arabian Princess
Livejournal: woodlandelf
must write (with 40 votes)

(6)
Fandom: Harry Potter
Description: Dumbledore recalls a rather amusing hospital stay involving an Animagus and allergies. Maybe more.
Type: gen
Rating: G/K/A


Name: A. X. Zanier
Livejournal: lon_dubh
must write (with 34 votes)

(3)
Fandom(s): Original - scifi/fantasy
Description: In the wake of a human avian flu virus pandemic that wiped out nearly three billion people everything has changed. The world wide web is sentient, humans have developed a variety of ESP-type abilities, and vampires roam the earth. A series of brutal murders draws together two very different security agents, each with their own secrets to hide.
Type: het/gen
Rating: R/NC-17


Name: Zenia
Livejournal: blakefancier
must write (with 17 votes)

(4)
Fandom(s): Blakes 7
Description: That Blake history I keep talking about finishing. Still.
Type: Slash (Blake/OMC)
Rating: Probably a hard R (more for violence than sex)


Name: Mireille
Livejournal: mireille719
must write (with 15 votes)

(10) this is not my beautiful life
Fandom: Doctor Who (Tenth Doctor era)
Description: Mickey-fic, post-the Cyberman two-parter. Some Mickey/Jake.
Type: slash, some het
Rating: probably about PG-13; no more than R


Name: Meg Thornton
Livejournal: megpie71
must write (with 31 votes)

(1) The 400lb plotbunny from Hell
Fandom: LOTR
Description: "Lord Arathorn, it's a girl!". What happens to the quest of the Ring if it turns out that the last heir of Isildur is female? (NB: This isn't supposed to be a MarySue self insert, but a serious consideration of the issues)
Genre/type: Gen, Fantasy, Adventure (Epic - I'll be trying for the 10,000 words thing)
Rating: Possibly about Australian M for language.


Name: EntreNous
Livejournal: entrenous88
must write (with 27 votes)

(3) Cuddly Predators
Fandom(s): Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Description: (Spike/Xander)
The story so far, Parts 1 through 4: http://entrenous88.livejournal.com/tag/cuddly+predators
Xander and Anya have recently broken up, and when the Magic Box has a problem with a kitten making hay of its merchandise, Xander adopts the kitten. Spike starts to take an interest in the situation and in Xander, but Xander is also dealing with a handsome veterinarian who wants to date him. Yes, I am totally serious. And I would commit to writing 10,000 words for this story (though the end might come more at about 8,000 or so).
Type: Slash
Rating: R


Name: Trinity Day
Livejournal: trinityday
must write (with 25 votes)

(1) Bleak Midwinter
Fandom: Harry Potter
Description: A Christmas fic -- Lily and James Potter, in their continuing efforts to flip off Voldemort, hold a Christmas party for the Order, trying to pretend just for one night that all is right with the world... and their marriage.
Type: Het
Rating: PG to PG-13


Name: Leah
Livejournal: darksylvia
must write (with 27 votes)

(4)
Fandom(s): Supernatural
Description: Sam and Dean are hired to kill some sort of monster and are sent to a seedy little church to talk to someone who knows how to kill it. When they get there, a voice in the church tells them they are addressing God and that they are not to kill the monster, who is, in fact, guarding something that should not be gotten to. The deeper they go, the more convoluted it gets.
Type: Gen
Rating: R, for possible gory violence and swearing.


Livejournal: wolfshark
must write (with 16 votes)

(1) Slave Boy
Fandom(s): BtVS
Description: AU fic where Drusilla wasn't turned by Angelus so wasn't driven insane. She turned William, then was killed by Angelus and William was taken as a slave. Epic length (for me anyway) - already at 44500 words
Type: Slash
Rating: NC-17.


Name: Lee
Livejournal: southernbangel
must write (with 39 votes)

(2)
Fandom: BtVS/AtS-verses
Description: A "five things" fic, this one focusing on "five lovers Angel never had." The five would be Cordelia, Wesley, Gunn, Faith and Dawn. Although there will be some sex in each piece, the tone of the piece will be more emotional, more atmospheric rather than five PWPs.
Type: het, slash
Rating: R to NC-17


Name: Entropy_house
Livejournal: entropy_house
has a tie (with 13 votes each)

(5)
Fandom: Blakes 7
The Ultras (aliens who copy people's memories & who got wiped out in canon by our heroes) automatically backed up all newly acquired data on another planet- someone later stumbles over the archive and transcribes Cally and Avon's personalities into androids.
(Gen, have no idea what plot it might develop, if any.)
All audiences.

(10)
Fandom: Blakes 7
Blake survives GP, while Avon dies. Blake continues to fight- in jungle warfare he accidentally injures a raven, which he keeps as a pet. It dies saving him, croaking out one word, 'Blake' in Avon's voice, as it dies. But it doesn't end there...
(Gen)
All audiences.


Name: shelley
Livejournal: jedi_penguin
must write (with 27 votes)

(7) Coming Home
Fandom: Buffy
Description: Continuation of two earlier stories in the Back from Hell series (http://vampirecows.com/odd/authors/shelley/shelley2.html)
AU in which Buffy does not go back through the portal in "Anne." Giles rescues her a few hours later, but almost fifteen years have passed for Buffy. In this part, the Slayer has trouble taking up her old life, but not as much trouble as her mother and friends have accepting the 30-something widow and her two children.
Rating PG


Name: Keyla Sheppard
Livejournal: personal:neverbelonged writing: viri_amore
must write (with 10 votes)

(3) An Uncle
Fandom(s): NCIS
Description: Gibbs gets a call one morning from the local police station. When he arrives his greeted by his nephew, handcuffed to a chair.
He's there for reasons that he won't tell Gibbs. When Gibbs gets a call three days later about his sister-in-law's murder he doesn't know what to think.
Type: gen
Rating: PG13-R


Name: Kathryn Andersen
Livejournal: kerravonsen
must write (with 14 votes)

(10)
Fandom(s): Highlander/Sandman
Description: Methos is well-aquainted with Death...
Type: gen, possible het romance
Rating: PG


Name: Soph
Livejournal: sophiedb
must write (with 30 votes)

(1) One Giant Leap for Mankind
Fandom(s): Quantum Leap/Stargate SG1
Description: Epic fanfic, languishing for the last year. Sam Beckett Leaps into Jack O'Neill, causing much confusion - two top secret projects trusting each other? Um, no. Story so far: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2015977/1/
Type: gen
Rating: PG13


Name: Nico
LiveJournal: vilakins
must write (with 19 votes)

(5) Silent and Alone
Fandom: Blake's 7
Description: Vila is so depressed after the previous year and what happened on Gauda Prime, he withdraws and prefers his imagination to real life. All efforts to get through to him fail, and finally Avon takes him to Kaarn in the hopes that Dr Franton might be able to help him. When they get there, they find someone unexpected.
Type: gen
Rating: PG13


Name: Grace
Livejournal: kyuuketsukirui
must write (with 19 votes)

(2)
Fandom: Harry Potter
Description: Crackfic in which Snape uses his potions skills to starts a BPAL-esque company after the war. More info on the bunny at http://kyuuketsukirui.livejournal.com/448871.html
Type: gen/possibly some slash
Rating: Probably PG-R


Livejournal: alara_r
must write (with 21 votes)

(1) Only Human
Fandom(s): Star Trek TNG
Description: Q lost his powers in "Deja Q" and then never got them back. Three years later he tries to kill himself.
http://www.alara.net/trek/oh.html
Type: Het.
Rating: Going to go NC-17.
Likely to finish in 15,000 words?: Hell no.


Name: Krista
Livejournal: taskir
must write (with 31 votes)

(1)
Fandom(s): Pirates of the Caribbean/Muppet Treasure Island
Description: The ends of the earth are stranger than anyone could have imagined.
Type: Gen, probably will be allusions or mentions of het and slash...and I guess technically beastiality because of Kermit/Piggy. ;)
Rating: PG-13 (swearing and such...I'm not a total perv)


Name: cozzybob
Livejournal: cozzybob or cozzybob2
must write (with 39 votes)

(3) Begging The Sky
Fandom(s): Farscape
Description: John wakes up after the events of Bad Timing to find out that nearly eighty cycles have passed by without his permission. He discovers through Stark that he and Aeryn had been 'neutralized' into a pile of crystals and were stored into deepest recesses of Moya, believed to be dead for last several decades. But now Stark's finally found a way to bring them back, and they're missing three crystals of Aeryn--she cannot be brought back until they find them. John, shaken, vows to restore his fiance and unborn child, but it isn't that easy. Never is. The title is taken from a poem by Kazimierz Sowinski. It's been started, but not posted.
Type: het, probably some minor slash. various pairs... you might be surprised. ;)
Rating: R


Name: Vermin Disciple
Livejournal: vermin_disciple
must write (with 20 votes)

(3)
Fandom: Good Omens
Description: Crowley and Aziraphale meet at the Oracle of Delphi a few years prior to 509 B.C. Cameos by Brutus and the brothers Tarquin.
Type: gen
Rating: PG


Name: Helen W.
Livejournal: wneleh
Fic website: http://www.murphnet.org/fanfic.
must write (with 20 votes)

(5) "Eighty Games of Scrabble"
Fandom: SGA, gen
Elizabeth Weir and Woolsey play, well, you know, en route to Atlantis during "Misbegotten" (I think). I can't see there being much off-color language or them whacking each other or anything.


Name:Gileswench
Livejournal: gileswench
has a tie (with 19 votes each)

(3)
Fandom(s): BtVS
Description: Untitled historical Buffyverse story. Buffy is called as the Slayer in the fall of 1888 and brought to London to help her new Watcher investigate a series of horrific murders (Jack the Ripper).
Type: het (Buffy/Giles, Xander/Willow)
Rating: Probably FRAO/NC17 for sheer grossness of the murders...but there may be a bit of sex as well.

(4)
Fandom(s): BtVS/Stargate:SG-1
Description: Hellmouth Extreme -- After the events of Chosen and Daniel's return to the mortal plane, SG-1 is sent to investigate what really happened to Sunnydale.
Type: het/slash (Buffy/Giles, Jack/Daniel)
Rating: FRAO/NC17


Name: Sandy
Livejournal: zinelady
must write (with 20 votes)

(1) Fandom(s): Boston Legal/House
Description: Denny goes with Alan to see House about his Mad Cow. Alan is the one that ends up needing help.
Type: slashy humor D/A and H/W
Rating: PG-R


Name: Jessica
Livejournal: mllejoly
must write (with 19 votes)

(3)
Fandom: Harry Potter
Description: Pre-series involving Sirius and Remus. The first time Sirius Remus's transformations. There is no outright slash but hints that Remus is starting to have feelings for Sirius.
Type: Gen for the most part but slash implied.
Rating: PG 13


Name: Azar
Livejournal: azarsuerte
must write (with 21 votes)

(2) "The Agreement"
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Stargate Atlantis
Third in my Just Desserts series (http://azar.ink-and-quill.com/just.php), sequel to "The Argument"--Rodney and Anya deal with the aftermath of the wish Halfrek granted, such as how or whether to continue this relationship once he goes to Atlantis, and Rodney is forced to acknowledge that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of even in *his* philosophy. Currently about 2/3 finished, give or take a few scenes.
Genre: het--Rodney/Anya
Rating: strong PG-13, possibly R depending on how much they make me write before letting me fade to black :-o


Name: Amy
Livejournal: dragonsinger
must write (with 22 votes)

(4) Inheritance
Fandom: Charmed, genderbend AU
Description: What if the Halliwells had been three brothers instead of three sisters? The first episode retold with a genderbent twist.
Type: gen
Rating: PG-13


Name: Myownspecialself
LiveJournal: mos_self
must write (with 23 votes)

(3)
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Description: "Shoot-Out At The Pegasus Bar & Grill" -- AU, in present-day South Dakota or Idaho or Montana (even North Dakota, perhaps?). Based on a prompt by scrunchy: All Lorne wanted was to carve out a little piece of the dusty prarie town to call his own. He succeeded there, but controlling the tempers of his regular clientele proved a mite more difficult task.
Principal characters: Lorne/Novak or else Lorne/Parrish, Sheppard/McKay; at a minimum, the story would include-- paired or unpaired-- Beckett, Zelenka, Kusanagi, Caldwell, Weir, Ronon, and Teyla.
Type: Gen (Ensemble-Cast fic or Team fic) in a humor/crack!fic setting, with appearances by SGA characters in slash and het pairings here and there.
Rating: PG-13.


Livejournal: deaniebtvs
must write (with 16 votes)

(2)
Fandom(s): Stargate SG-1/Supernatural
Description: Sam Carter and Dean Winchester, trying to hustle each other at a game of pool. Possible romantic overtones/casual romance.
Type: gen, possibly 'shippy
Rating: PG-13/ may increase, even to NC-17


Name and livejournal: infiniteviking
must write (with 26 votes)

(1) Nature of the Beast
Fandom: Doctor Who.
Description: peripheral to The Satan Pit. Difficult to describe without giving away the gimmick, but it involves the Doctor, Rose, the creature, and an old friend. Started it in June, shortly after the episode aired; got stuck on a huge chunk of dialogue; haven't touched it since.
Type: gen, edgy humor.
Rating: I'd go with T, considering the variety of creature with which the story deals.


Name: jinxed_wood
Livejournal: jinxed_wood
must write (with 21 votes)

(1)
Fandoms: Highlander/BtVS/Angel
Description: This is a WIP, called "Heaven and Earth", with seven chapters done and I need to finish it! Tara and Methos are the main characters, with Tara becoming an immortal upon her death. It's set post BtVS finale, and in the last series of Angel, with a series of flashbacks. Confused? Here is a link to the story so far
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2078824/1/
Type: Slash -- by default! Tara is a gay character, therefore has gay relationships, but the story is PG13, so there may be a kiss or two but , but no major love scenes -- sorry!
Rating: PG13


Name: Mistral Amara
Livejournal: mistraltoes
must write (with 25 votes)

(1) Is There a Wizard in the House?
Fandom(s): Harry Potter, House M.D.
Description: Strange things are happening in the vicinity of the mysterious patient in the Princeton-Plainsboro emergency room. But when House manages to cure the patient, even he doesn't believe the diagnosis--and that's when things really start to get weird. [I have no idea how long this will be, but 10,000 words should be enough, or very close to enough.]
Type: gen
Rating: PG-14, max


Name: Liza/LadySmith
Livejournal: lady_smith
must write (with 14 votes)

(8) Gamin
Fandom(s): Blakes7
Description: After Gauda Prime, Vila escapes and is "adopted" by a scrappy orphan and in spite of himself assembles a crack crew of these kids and goes about rescuing the other captured rebels. Action-Adventure with angst. (This one might not get finished in 10,000 words - I promise at least a chapter or two.)
Type: gen
Rating: PG13/R (Violence only)


Name: Kazbaby
Livejournal: kazbaby
must write (with 23 votes)

(1)
Fandom: Farscape
Description: John and D'Argo buddy story set between Scratch and Sniff and IP part 1. This one is partially written already.
Type: Het.
Rating: PG


Name: Karen
Livejournal: hyperfocused
must write (with 25 votes)

(2)
Fandom: Smallville
Description: A Smallville Home Companion. Where the women are smart, the men are good looking, and all the alien farmboys are above average. Sponsored by the Ross Creamed Corn company LuthorCorp and Kent Organic produce. Smallville as envisioned by Garrison Keillor. Possibly a podcast sort of thing rather than just a written story. Likely made up of individual stories rather than one long piece.
Type: a little bit of everything, gen, het, slash
Rating: guessing pg13, but could be higher

Comments

[kerravonsen]

I was quite surprised at the one of mine that won, I was expecting an entirely different one to win! Mind you, the one that won wasn't on the list last year, so I guess it's comparing apples with oranges.

[mistraltoes.livejournal.com]

I wanted to read that one, and I haven't even read any Sandman! So now I guess I'll have to. :)

When I saw which of mine was going to win I started working on the preliminary scene breakdown. It's three pages long, and that's without any real details. Eek! I'll have to work hard. Which is good, yes. :)

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

When I saw which one of mine looked like it was going to win, I roughed out some reasonably good ideas for it, and then the second place story (which I have no idea what to do with) zipped up and overtook it. Eek! :) Ah, well... Should be fun figuring that one out. I hope.

[kerravonsen]

But we thought you did know what you were doing with it!
Or maybe we were just enchanted by your adroit method of spoiler-avoidance. 8-)

[mistraltoes.livejournal.com]

[Pollyanna] You could say that the finish-a-thon has helped you progress on two stories, then. :) [/Pollyanna]

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

This might in fact be the case, although if the other one does get written, it probably won't be for quite a while. :)

[ex-cozzybob450.livejournal.com]

Hee... you know, I was hoping for the Stark one about John's memories... that's, like, the greatest bunny, ever. *licks it* Oh well. I'm writing FS and I wasn't prepared for that, so one of us might actally succeed at this. :D

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

It is a great bunny, though not one I can take credit for at all. kernezelda planted it in my head ages ago -- I think it might have been at the Burbank con, actually -- and I haven't quite managed to get it out since. I honestly am not at all sure what I would have done with it if it had won, but whenever I think about it, I can feel strange stirrings in my subconscious, like ideas are breeding down there in the dark. :) Ah, well, perhaps it will get written one of these days.

And I totally voted for your Farscape story! I want to read it!

[ex-cozzybob450.livejournal.com]

B-but! I want that one! *is a spoiled brat* Don't make me get evil!Stark... xD Hee, I just always wanted a fic with Stark dealing with John's memories... I mean, he made a whole game out of them, there's got to be a hidden plot in there nobody's found yet. Unless you know of any good Stark/John/memory-ness fics...

I'm almost done plotting mine, though that doesn't necessarily mean anything quite yet. I've had the fic sitting for a while, but I haven't really gone in depth until now. ^^; It's become a pretty big project, already... galactic Nebari take over, mind-frelled Chianas, Stark being urber cool... *pets it* I wish I knew Doctor Who, 'cuz I'd so read yours. Maybe I will anyway. ;D

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

It may get done... well, I won't say "soon," but it may get done. I'm starting to think it's about time to swear off ficathons for a while and actually write some stuff that's already bouncing around in my brain.

I'm sure I've read various vics where Stark having bits of John's memories has come up in passing, but the only one I can think of where it's central is, well, this one (http://astrogirl2.livejournal.com/63808.html). Which I wrote. And which doesn't have a plot. And which is more about the echo of Crichton's personality than his memories. So probably not what you're looking for at all. :)

And, aaargh, I don't even know quite what I'm doing with mine yet! I still have to finish my Friendship ficathon story (which is going slowly), and the thing I signed up to write for charity. *whimper* I've at least come to the conclusion my finish-a-thon bunny can support either a long or a short story, and if I'm low on time, at least I can go for the short version. But I'm starting to get kind of neurotic about all thes deadlines. :)

I have absolutely no idea how much sense it'll end up making if you haven't seen the episode in question, though. And you should watch Doctor Who, you know. It's good for the soul. :)

Anyway, I'm definitely looking forward to reading yours!

[kerravonsen]

But, like, I was so terribly vague! All it really says is what characters are going to be in it. (Mind you, I was deliberately vague because I'm not exactly sure how I'm going to go about it, whether a lot of vigniettes or one main story)

I'm going to have to refresh my Sandman memory too. And my Highlander.

(And I have yet to write my friendship ficathon story. Aiie!)

When I saw which of mine was going to win I started working on the preliminary scene breakdown. It's three pages long, and that's without any real details. Eek! I'll have to work hard. Which is good, yes. :)

You can do it.

[mistraltoes.livejournal.com]

Well, there's so much juicy possibility there, what with Methos having been that particular one of the Horsemen. It's so fitting that everyone can see it as soon as you said it; of course it got a lot of votes. Maybe you could do a series of vigniettes that show their changing relationship over time?

[kerravonsen]

I actually have a main-plot idea, but I'm uncertain how it starts, I just know how it ends. And I'm also uncertain whether I can pull it off convincingly -- though I guess after what I had to do last year, that sounds kind of hollow...

[mistraltoes.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure I follow you. Do you think you pulled off last year's, or not? I haven't read it yet, but the comments for it looked good. You have very high standards for story logic, so I think that if you wind up satisfied with what you write for this year, I suspect that most of your readers will be.

[kerravonsen]

Do you think you pulled off last year's, or not?

Yes, I did, so I guess what I'm saying is that it now seems silly to moan about anything difficult, because I managed to do that one.

[mistraltoes.livejournal.com]

Well, Hurrah, then!

[mistraltoes.livejournal.com]

Oh, and you can always start with the bit you know and work backwards.

[kerravonsen]

I'm not so good at working backwards in writing.

[mistraltoes.livejournal.com]

New stories demand new skills. ;-)

[estirose.livejournal.com]

I was expecting a totally different winner too, but it seemed like the participants had a better insight into what I could write than I could. I looked at the winner again and am now wondering why I neglected it for so long.

By the way, thanks for going through all the stress of organizing this - I think we all appreciate it!

[kerravonsen]

Well, I myself have no idea what Power Rangers Dino Thunder is, but the plot sounds like a good character-centric one.

By the way, thanks for going through all the stress of organizing this - I think we all appreciate it!

Thanks!

[izhilzha.livejournal.com]

I'm sad that neither of my voted-for ideas won, but as I'm rather a fan of Death's (though I know little enough about Highlander--just enough to catch the connection between the two characters) I shall look forward to this one.

[kerravonsen]

The voting on mine was fairly close...

I shall look forward to this one.

8-)

I'm going to have to brush up on Death and Methos...

[gileswench.livejournal.com]

Wow. A tie. (blinks) I'd better get writing!

[kerravonsen]

You don't have to write both of them, just one of them. Pick one, or toss a coin, or get me to cast a tie-breaker vote.

[gileswench.livejournal.com]

Okay, I think I'm going to live dangerously and let you cast the tie-breaker vote. I'm kind of enjoying seeing what other people want me to write.

[kerravonsen]

Okay... I vote for the Jack the Ripper one. Of course, if you have them all speaking modern American English I shall regret it mightily. ;-)

[gileswench.livejournal.com]

The Ripper it is!

And don't worry; I read, write, and speak Victorian almost like a native. ; )

[thejennabides.livejournal.com]

has a tie

Does this mean I pick which one I'm going to do? Surely I don't have to both...?

[kerravonsen]

Yes, you can pick one of them. Or get me to pick one for you! (grin)

[thejennabides.livejournal.com]

I think I shall put up a one day poll at my own journal, and see what the old f-list has to say. Need me to report back on which one I've committed to?

[kerravonsen]

Leaving a comment here about it would be good, I think.

[thejennabides.livejournal.com]

The f-list has spoken. Looks like I'm finishing "Softly Now" (Lotrips AU).

Thanks very much for organizing this! *gets to scribbling away*

[izhilzha.livejournal.com]

Heaven help me. I'm rather fond of my winning idea--which is why it's been in this ficathon twice running--but it requires thinking sideways about the HP canon (like rereading OotP and HBP will be *such* a hardship, *g*) and transliterating CSI canon into the HP world. I think I may have to spend the next 3 weeks just worldbuilding.

It'll be good for me. :-)

[daiseechain.livejournal.com]

Looking forward to reading this one.

[kerravonsen]

Me too!

[dragonsinger.livejournal.com]

*LOL* I knew it was going to be my genderbended Halliwells. Looks like I'll be rewatching the Charmed pilot this weekend and get to work on it. I can tell you Paul, Parker, and Philip are relieved to finally get their story told.

[kerravonsen]

(points to your icon) Don't say you've done an icon for this already?

[dragonsinger.livejournal.com]

*LOL* Yeah, I'm a dork. I need visuals to motivate me.:)

[kerravonsen]

You're not a dork, you're keen. 8-)

[megpie71.livejournal.com]

*Looks at the 400lb rabbit which is now sitting on her desk, eyeing her expectantly*

Oh bugger.

Looks like I'll have to get going on finding bookshelves - I need my copy of LOTR to do the research, and I don't know which of the 23 boxes of books it's hidden in.

(Meanwhile, my brain has been chucking me all kinds of neat info regarding the one which was in second place...)

[kerravonsen]

Not only that, but possibly the Silmarilion as well, to see if the rules of succession in Gondor allow for Queens... 8-)

But it was such an interesting idea, y'know.

[ex-cozzybob450.livejournal.com]

Damn damn damn! Stark is responsible for this, somehow. He wanted to be written so badly, so he did his light thing and brain-washed people into voting for FS! Yeah! Either that, or Rygel bribed somebody...

Heh. Yay for unexpected and unprepared for wins! I'm going to go pray for my soul, now.

[kerravonsen]

But maybe folks are just hopeless romantics and like to see Crichton go on a Quest...

[ex-cozzybob450.livejournal.com]

Oh Johnny's going on a Quest, alright... I've got so much mindless torture plot-ness planned, he'll never stop screaming squeeing.

Didn't think it'd be easy, right John? ...Err. John?

John: *crosses over into the Harry Potter fandom and hides under Snape's pillow*

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

Nah. I voted for it 'cause it had Stark. :)

[ex-cozzybob450.livejournal.com]

omigawd! OMIGAWD! I'm on Stark's side too!! *dies of icon love*

I think they all did. Stark lured them with his shiny!

[ravenna-c-tan.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much for organizing this! I'm psyched to get started.