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Happy Laa'l Breeshey, to those who celebrate it. Let's wrap up the rest of Snowflake this year.

Challenge #9

In your own space, brag about yourself. Tell us what things you've done that you're proud of; the things that make you the wonderful person you are. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

I finished all 15 Snowflake challenges this year, which is a first for me!

And I also made good progress on these goals from Challenge #4:

• Read at least 100 books cover-to-cover: I've read 12 as of January 31st.
• Read three books for each new one I acquire: I'm at a 6:1 ratio right now, so doing quite well.
• See how many of these 50 never read, in progress, or to-be-reread books I'll finish this year: I've read nine, so I'm almost 20 percent of the way there.
• Strength train at least once a week: so far, so good.
• Take a 3 to 5 mile walk most days of the week: so far, so good here too.
• Post at least one piece of fiction to AO3 a month: January fic completed (bonus fill for Snowflake Challenge #11 here.

And for Challenge #8, the wishlist, I wished for a Blake & Avery sync read, and it's happening! Details here.


Challenge #15

In your own space, Talk about Your Snowflake Experience. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

I haven't missed a Snowflake Challenge since I first started participating (which was back in 2016? I think?), and this year was no exception. I really liked the once every other day format because I always try to do all the challenges every year, but the second and third weeks of January are always really busy for me so I usually fall behind where I'd like to be. Spreading the challenges out over a longer period made it easier to participate more frequently, both in terms of doing the challenges myself and checking out other people's fills. Anyway, I liked the mix of traditional and new challenges this time around, and just generally enjoyed the experience.

これで以上です。

In your own space, remix an existing work into a new media, and/or rec three or more remixes that do the same. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.


( Becky Lemme Smash: Goose edition )



( Shahar Vashal - Nothing On Roar Bloom Affair )



( All Elite Wrestling Reenacts 'A Christmas Story' )



これで以上です。

Challenge #12

In your own space, resurrect an old meme. Have fun with it! Which is the goofiest meme you can think of? Put on your party hat and be silly!! Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

The 13 memes in the challenge post are a great deal of fun, but my favorite meme from back in the day is actually the first line fic meme, in which I take the opening sentences from some of my fics and anyone who wants to play along at home picks their favorite and uses it to write a drabble or ficlet in the comments.

I like this one because it leaves room for silliness, but also seriousness and everything in between. As an added bonus, it dovetails nicely with Challenge #11 too. So without further ado, ( the first lines. )

And of course, post on your own DW, if you are so inclined. ✩


これで以上です。

Challenge #10

In your own space, write a love letter to Fandom in general, to a particular fandom, to a trope, a relationship, a character, creator, episode, or it could be your fandom friends. Share your love and squee as loud as you want to. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

For this challenge, I am penning a love letter to Uptight Protectors. I love these characters so. Damn. Much. Few things bring me as much joy as watching a regimented, lawful good-type goody two-shoes respond to his charge's informality/impropriety/rule-bending/chaotic alignment/poor pedigree (or whatever it is that offends their sensibilities) with self-righteous, judgmental horror, only to undergo a slow, systematic, apocalyptic meltdown of everything they thought they were or believed was true, and come out other end ready to lay down their life to defend their charge against all comers. Think Deret Beshelar and his "Monstrous!" Rasaad yn Bashir losing his shit beneath Dragonspear Castle. Joscelin Verreuil penned in a dog kennel. Costis.

I love Uptight Defenders and I will always be on board to watch them go through the wringer.

これで以上です。

Challenge #6

In your own space, rec at least three fanworks that you didn’t create. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

I'll start by reiterating the awesomeness of the three excellent Yuletide gifts I got last year for All Elite Wrestling and the Blake & Avery series.

Once you've finished reading those, here are three more fics to keep you going.

The Laziest Lapdance Ever by crabbybun, All Elite Wresting, Orange Cassidy + Reader, 2432 words, Teen and Up
It's your birthday, and your friends have taken you to see Orange Cassidy: The Laziest Stripper in the World

I am not a big fan of second person POV, or reader inserts, or alternate setting AUs. This fic has all three and it made me a believer. This is just under 2500 words of the most diabolically funny and in character things I have ever seen written. Orange as a stripper?

Would be exactly this.



Winter Flowers (log in to AO3 to see this one), Koori no Mamono no Monogatari, Blood, Ishuca, Wild, Rapunzel; 1682 words, rated G
On a walk through the woods, Ishuca finds the first sign of spring.

This is a delightful post-canon coda featuring the Koori main crew, all perfectly in character and engaged in alternately sweet and hilarious interactions to boot. Anyone who's a fan of (or even just familiar with) the manga will find this delightful.


Illumination by izayoi_no_mikoto; Silver Diamond; Sawa Rakan, Senrou Chigusa; 12,613 words; rated G
Christmas is a holiday of plants, of pine trees and holly and poinsettias and mistletoe. Christmas is a holiday to honor the child of God, who sacrificed himself to save humanity. Christmas is a holiday to celebrate a ray of light being brought to a dark world.

Amato does not celebrate Christmas, but Chigusa thinks that they might celebrate something like it, one day.

Silver Diamond easily makes the top five of my fantasy genre favorites, and the things that make it so wonderful--complex characters, intricate worldbuilding, excellently balanced humor, drama, and slice-of-life, and a deeply fulfilling conclusion--also make it hard to write for, because what is left to add?

This fic finds a way to add over 12,500 words that incorporate the elements that make the original so great. (I was a little hesitant to read given the possible religious perspective , but it makes perfect sense in the context of the fic and didn't diminish my enjoyment at all.) It's a delightful additional chapter in Rakan and Chigusa's story.


これで以上です。

Challenge #4

In your own space, create some goals. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

( Here are mine. )

これで以上です。

Challenge #2

In your own space (or their own space) interact with someone new. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. No need to leave a link for this one, but if you’d like to invite others to join the conversation, please do leave one.

And done!

これで以上です。