So, I participated (tangentially) in Yuletide for the first time. A lot like Festivids, I look at Yuletide each year and think there are loads of great ideas for projects, and then I don't join in or do anything. This year, I decided partway through NaNo to have a go at writing some Yuletide treats, prompted by anr's Yuletide letter.
Back in 2007, anr ran a vidding competition on Livejournal, as a way of encouraging baby vidders. I didn't know anr at that point, but I knew several people from the BSG fandom who were online friends with her. I'd been making vids for a little while using Windows Movie Maker, and in one of my few moments of daring, I decided to join in. As each entrant was allowed to submit up to 2 vids, that naturally meant that I decided to try and make two vids in four weeks. To make life more complicated, all I had to do was learn how to use Premiere Pro at the same time, as WMM was borking horribly on the downloaded video and audio that was my only source for at least a season's worth of episodes. Against all my expectations, I was one of the winners, and to this day, vids I upload are hosted by anr.
It's only taken me 12 years, but I finally managed to do something nice specifically for anr in return (with help from![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
walkthegale who very kindly betad my Dredd fic.) The two treats I wrote, and the prompts that spawned them, are:
You Should Have Read My Mind - 11,200 words. Set 6 months after the movie Dredd, Anderson finds herself having to act on an arrest warrant for Dredd.
Prompt:
- Slow burn 'ship fic. Tension and wanting and feelings that neither will admit out loud until they can't deny it any longer.
- Dredd and Anderson have to go on the run together, hiding undercover.
I can admit it, I have a little bit of an obsession with this movie. I love Dredd's stoicism and competence; Anderson's mental skills and intuition. Anything that captures that feel of "them against the rest of the world" from the movie, and which adds in some wonderful sexual tension and wanting (and feelings) that progresses to an in-character get together will be adored forever.
A Room With a Crappy View - 17,500 words. Set shortly after Alien 3, Ripley should have woken up back at Earth, but instead wakes up on a military outpost.
Prompt:
- "Alien3" fix-it fic: the egg is still on board but Ripley and Hicks (and Newt) are able to wake before the alien causes the fire...
- Ripley refuses to go back to LV426; Hicks (and some of the others?) survive the mission somehow; the alien threat stretches across the stars to Earth. How do these changes change nothing at all?
My favourite movie of all time. The end.
Seriously. I love everything about this movie. I love that Ripley is strong and broken and unrelenting. I love that she has PTSD and smokes constantly and is too busy and afraid to sleep. I love that she sees danger and terror everywhere, and that it's real, which is why she will use anything she can find or learn to defend herself and hers. And I love that Hicks is her perfect match, that he is exactly the same, and that he sees all her strengths and faults and never doubts her for a second.
Back in 2007, anr ran a vidding competition on Livejournal, as a way of encouraging baby vidders. I didn't know anr at that point, but I knew several people from the BSG fandom who were online friends with her. I'd been making vids for a little while using Windows Movie Maker, and in one of my few moments of daring, I decided to join in. As each entrant was allowed to submit up to 2 vids, that naturally meant that I decided to try and make two vids in four weeks. To make life more complicated, all I had to do was learn how to use Premiere Pro at the same time, as WMM was borking horribly on the downloaded video and audio that was my only source for at least a season's worth of episodes. Against all my expectations, I was one of the winners, and to this day, vids I upload are hosted by anr.
It's only taken me 12 years, but I finally managed to do something nice specifically for anr in return (with help from
walkthegale who very kindly betad my Dredd fic.) The two treats I wrote, and the prompts that spawned them, are:You Should Have Read My Mind - 11,200 words. Set 6 months after the movie Dredd, Anderson finds herself having to act on an arrest warrant for Dredd.
Prompt:
- Slow burn 'ship fic. Tension and wanting and feelings that neither will admit out loud until they can't deny it any longer.
- Dredd and Anderson have to go on the run together, hiding undercover.
I can admit it, I have a little bit of an obsession with this movie. I love Dredd's stoicism and competence; Anderson's mental skills and intuition. Anything that captures that feel of "them against the rest of the world" from the movie, and which adds in some wonderful sexual tension and wanting (and feelings) that progresses to an in-character get together will be adored forever.
A Room With a Crappy View - 17,500 words. Set shortly after Alien 3, Ripley should have woken up back at Earth, but instead wakes up on a military outpost.
Prompt:
- "Alien3" fix-it fic: the egg is still on board but Ripley and Hicks (and Newt) are able to wake before the alien causes the fire...
- Ripley refuses to go back to LV426; Hicks (and some of the others?) survive the mission somehow; the alien threat stretches across the stars to Earth. How do these changes change nothing at all?
My favourite movie of all time. The end.
Seriously. I love everything about this movie. I love that Ripley is strong and broken and unrelenting. I love that she has PTSD and smokes constantly and is too busy and afraid to sleep. I love that she sees danger and terror everywhere, and that it's real, which is why she will use anything she can find or learn to defend herself and hers. And I love that Hicks is her perfect match, that he is exactly the same, and that he sees all her strengths and faults and never doubts her for a second.
