I love the winter...

I haven't posted much lately (forever), but I did take part in the bandom_holidays fanworks exchange and had lots of fun creating some "movie-posters" for sperrywink . I didn't have time to take part in Bandom Big Bang, so I'm glad that I was able to create something at the end of last year. And because I recently learned that AO3 lets you copy and paste pre-fabricated html, I can now professionally link to it:

Artwork for sperrywink (96 words) by winterlover
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, Bandom
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Mikey Way/Pete Wentz, Frank Iero/Mikey Way, Patrick Stump/Pete Wentz
Characters: Mikey Way, Pete Wentz, Frank Iero, Patrick Stump, My Chemical Romance (Ensemble), Fall Out Boy (Ensemble)
Additional Tags: Digital Art, Fanart
Summary: Artwork created for Bandom Holidays 2018.


My belated Christmas present in the exchange was a great Killjoys-story:

Winter Wasteland (3884 words) by ViciousVenin
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: My Chemical Romance, Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys (Album), The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys (Comic), Cobra Starship, Bandom
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Fun Ghoul/Party Poison, Kobra Kid/Gabe Saporta, kobra kid/night shade
Characters: Party Poison, Fun Ghoul, Kobra Kid, Jet Star, Gabe Saporta, gabe "night shade" saporta, Korse (Danger Days)
Additional Tags: night shade is like. not really gabe he just looks like him, and is generally suave guy, and he loves his lanky boyfriend kobra, Pining, Mutual Pining, Light Angst, Unresolved Romantic Tension, but it is resolved and it's cute, Fluff, Cuddling & Snuggling, Happy Ending, Nonbinary Character, Nonbinary Party Poison, bandom holidays 2018
Summary: "Winters are hard out in the desert, even harder than the summers."

snowflake_challenge  - Day 2



I really don't know if how I am made me fan of the things I am a fan of, or if being a fan of those things made me the way I am now.

Because this journal is mostly about me and bandom, I want to share a bandom-epos that was one of the first longer fics and AUs that I read when I started reading bandom-fic. I did read it on a jounal (LJ or DW?), but recently looked for a download on AO3, and yay, it's there, too!

"Screaming Down the Starlit Sky", a Vampire-AU by herlovewasajoke and reena_jenkins probably features every bandom-person that existed at that time it was written. And Adam Lambert. I guess that's how I found it, because at that time I had been looking mostly for Adam Lambert-fic.

The series is made of 16 parts and based on the video for A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More "Touch Me" by Fall Out Boy. I didn't know most of the bands or people, didn't know the video, but was captured by the story. After that I looked for more and more bandom-fic. So my life as a reader was changed.

I was not a big fan, but of course I was shocked to hear about his untimely death.

Still there are two things that have stuck in my mind:

1) When I was in the US for the first (and only) time in 1986 around Easter during a school exchange, there was "Kiss" on the radio, like every time I got in a car.
I still think of Columbus, Ohio, whenever I hear that song.




2) This suit:



RIP Prince. RIP Prince's ass. <3

Snowflake Challenge 2016 - Day 7 snowflake_challenge  - Day X

What a great day for this challenge: David Bowie has released his newest video "Lazarus" today, and tomorrow is the day that his new album "Blackstar" goes on sale.
The first time I started interacting with other fans was because of David Bowies. We swapped tapes and videos and articles, wrote letters and met at parties and concerts.
I feel lucky because I was able to see Bowie performing live several times.
Although I'm not really in touch with other fans anymore, I still buy his records and enjoy his strange artistic output.
Here's an old favourite, performed live:


And this is his new video for "Lazarus": Link to VEVO here if the embedding doesn't work.

First of all, Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays!

Over here we're celebrating on Christmas Eve, but this year I got one more present on Christmas Day.

A mystery author (syrupwit who will be revealed in January) wrote me a "Killjoys"-fic for the bandom holidays gift exchange.

If you like Fun Ghoul/Party Poison and gay boys with issues, read "baby, you're much too fast" here on AO3.

*goes to reread*

snowflake_challenge  - Day 14



I have quite a varied taste in fic. I read a lot, from short PWPs to long chaptered AUs, multiple pairings, in different fandoms, various tropes, kinks, etc. I usually avoid incest (but read when I trust the author) and stop reading when the writing is very bad or when there is a lot of (even consenting) shaming (not sure if it's even the right term for this, but anyway, I won't read it).
My favourite is bandom though. That's where I started creating a bit myself. But I've recced lots of bandom-fic already, in this year's Snowflake Challenge (check out my "recs" tag) and in past years (2014), so I tried to rec stories that are not what I usually read but got bookmarked by me as favourites. But before I read bandom I didn't have an AO3 account for long so I don't have many bookmarks that aren't bandom. Oh well...


"Just Like That River I've Been Running" by miss_begonia (17.044 words, explicit) is a Bandom (Brendon Urie)/Adam Lambert mix and my comment on the bookmark was "Love the glimpse into the musicians minds and hearts."

"If This Is Love" by sunsetmog (85.591 words, explicit) is not a lesser-known fic in a rare fandom. It's One Direction, Nick Grimshaw/Harry Styles. But sunsetmog is a writer who I follow everywhere. I just like their writing and characterisations, and this fic is no exception. The tags for that story are "Unresolved Sexual Tension, Coming Out, Best Friends, Angst, Baking, Quite a lot of angst, Christmas, Toblerone" - everything that I love.

"by streetlight this dark night" by clumsygyrl (thegirlthatisclumsy), (5.329 words, teen and up audiences), My Chemical Romance, Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Bob Bryar/Ron Weasley
“I carried an amp.” Ron said dryly. - Ron escapes his old life and finds a new one. I really like the beginning, how bleak Ron sees into the future, how war left everyone a loser. So nice to see him trying to getting his life back on track.


- And now for a few bandom-only-recs that I just came across again and thought maybe someone might like them:

"But Not the Song" by emilyray (emilyenrose), ignipes (192.263 words, explicit, other warnings) Panic! at the Disco, Ryan Ross/Spencer Smith/Brendon Urie/Jon Walker
"The epic bandom slavefic. Running and shooting and angsting and kissing and more angsting and a bunch of kids named Alex."

"Basement Rhapsody"-Series by autoschediastic, rivers_bend (27.514 words, explicit), Bandom, My Chemical Romance, Adam Lambert, Tommy Ratliff
A High-School-AU. I like how they write the guys. Not too cute.

"A Storm Brewing; in which the honorable Spencer Smith asks questions and finds answers" by bad_peppermint (25.073 words, general audiences), written for Bandom Big Bang 2013, Panic! at the Disco, Spencer Smith/Brendon Urie - and dragons.
Lovely AU with great detail in worldbuilding and insight in Spencer's thoughts and feelings.

snowflake_challenge  - Day 11



I'm not creating so much that I need special resources other than Google.

But for info on fannish things I keep coming to the fannish wiki-site, fanlore.

Quote from the site itself: "Fanlore is a collaborative site by, for, and about fans and fan communities that create and consume fanworks. Here, you can read about fan activities, fannish vocabulary, and the histories of fan communities -- and add your own voice, memories, and experiences to our collective story."

snowflake_challenge  - Day 2



1)  M/M/M threesome recs
As I wrote one or more times before (*coughlastyearcough*), I like threesome-fics. Explicit or non-explicit, dramatic or fluffy, getting together or established relationship - I'd read it.
I'd prefer Bandom-recs, especially fics that are older and/or not on AO3 because I've been reading new ones over there for a couple of years. so I might know those already.
But if anyone has a favourite threesome-story in another fandom, please tell me as well!

And - with "recs" I don't mean pointing me in the direction where I could find fic tagged 3-some, no, I want to read things that someone liked or loves. So, tell me why, or, at least that you liked it when you rec the fic.


2)  Icons / icon recs
I don't have many icons for DW yet, so I'd love to get a few more, especially because I'm planning to post a bit more over here in the new year.
So I would like icons or icons with multiple subjects/themes: winter (see my username), spring, fun, whatever.

Point me to your creations or your favourite sites.


3)  Bandom-Meme
Since I have discovered bandom_meme , I have read lots of brilliant prompts and fills there. I have filled some prompts myself and the non-pressure challenge is a lot of fun.
There always are lots of prompts left unfilled every month, so if you, who reads my entry, feel creative, go there and fill a prompt. Every kind of fanwork is possible. Usually each month has a theme, but very often there is an open round, and older prompts can be cited again. And noone has complained when I "misread" a prompt a little bit to fit it to my idea.
Or go there and read (also on AO3) and give the cute little stories a bit of love through your comment.