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Day 3: In your own space, post  post recs for at least three fanworks that you did not create.

I love this part of the challenge and I'm sure I will find some fanworks that I will enjoy in other people's posts. I was looking through my AO3 bookmarks trying to remember the reasons why I bookmarked the fics other than that I thought they were brilliant.


1) "Empty With You" by  akamine_chan and Jiksa
Words: 36.411
Rating: Explicit
Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Categories: M/M, F/M
Fandoms: My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, Bandom
Relationships: Frank Iero/Gerard Way, Mikey Way/Pete Wentz, Kristin Blanford/Mikey Way, Patrick Stump/Pete Wentz, Lindsey Ballato/Gerard Way

A soulbond-fic about not-soulbonding. This collaboration was done for this year's Bandom Big Bang and when you have read fic from both authors, you know that their combined effort had to be even more heartbreaking and rewarding. To cite myself from my comment: I also love that, even if it's not really featuring the Bandom-bands as themselves, it's still set with music, in clubs, Gerard performing, and cameos of almost everyone throughout the story.


2) "Dance While the Sky Crashes Down" by maryangel
Words: 55.940
Rating: Explicit
Archive Warning: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Category: M/M
Fandom: My Chemical Romance
Relationship: Frank/Gerard
Additional Tags: Podfic Desired

It's an apocalypse-road-trip story. I couldn't stop reading until the end (no pun intended).


3) "The White Stone" by Aldiara
Words: 78.827
Rating: Explicit
Archive Warning: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Category: M/M
Fandoms: Spartacus Series (TV), Spartacus: War of the Damned
Relationships: Castus/Sabinus, Agron/Nasir, Belesa/Saxa, Tiberius Licinius Crassus/Sabinus

As my third rec I included a fic that I haven't read yet, because of lack of time before and around christmas. But I know the author. She's a brilliant writer and I have read her other fics and admired not only her ability to tell great stories, but also her use of language, especially in her Spartacus-fics, which fits the subject so well. Go and check out her shorter stories if you don't want to jump into a long one first. She's also written in other fandoms, so go to her AO3 and have a look!

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In your own space, talk about why you're participating in Snowflake and, if you’ve participated in the past, how the challenge has affected you. What drew you to it? What did you take away from it? What do you hope to accomplish this year?

OMG, it’s 2018 already, and I’m still at my friend‘s house where I celebrated New Year‘s. 

I‘ve been taking part in the Snowflake Challenge for some years now. Last year I wasn’t home during the first days, and after that work stopped me doing most of the days. This year I‘ll try to do at least a few more. 

I like the low pressure nature of it, I like to read other fan‘s entries, and I enjoyed being inspired to create by seeing others‘ enthusiasm. 

I hope that this year I will be able to write and to create something. At least I‘m looking forward to trying.