such_heights | the impromptu happy fanathon

the impromptu happy fanathon

It seems to be a rough time at the end of a rough year for a lot of people. This is sad-making. To that end, I have a proposal. A low-key meme, a little more joy - a fanathon, if you will. Take a break from fic exchanges and NaNo and waiting anxiously for your Yuletide assignment, and come join in.

This is the place for that vidlet you don't really have time for but want to make anyway, the self-indulgent PWP that you want to be writing instead of your plotty exchange fic, the picspam in testament to that scene you keep watching, the reclist of comfort fics you keep coming back to.

There are a number of ways to play:

1. Make something that will make you happy. A reclist, a picspam, a fic, a vid, art, graphics, anything you like. Make it purely for yourself, and then post it as a comment and share the joy outwards.

2. Ask for something that would make you happy, anything at all.

3. Grant others' requests, if you achieve happiness that way!

4. View and enjoy.

Some notes and guidelines:

Anonymous commenting is on, OpenID also available if you're here from another site. If you're posting creative content - fic, vids, art etc - in a comment then it should be new work. All fandoms, pairings, ratings and genres are welcome - I said you had to make yourself happy, not your characters. *g* Please mark any fanworks with a subject line containing fandom, pairing/characters, rating and any applicable content or spoiler warnings.

If this takes off, I'll update this post with links to what folks have done. Please do spread the word!

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I'll tell you who make me happy: Gwen and Morgana. Picspam, recs, fanworks about them talking or holding hands or making out or whatever would bring gladness to my heart.

QUICK SOMETHING, IF YOU DON'T MIND KICKING IT OLD SCHOOL FOR A SECOND:

eee!!! Oh, those were the days! ♥

Oh, them. ♥

I'd write something, but I'm kind of blah.

So GIFS.

♥ ♥ ♥ I am a bit embarrassed to admit how long I've spent watching these! :D

I don't even watch the show and I can see how awesome and wonderful they are. And GORGEOUS.

(asdfk ahh first time writing them AND femmeslash. the things i do to cheer my darling amy up. ♥)

It starts off with simple, almost imperceptible clues: a brush of fingertips at the underside of Morgana's wrist as she helps undress her for bed; her hand lingering at the soft, warm curve of skin where neck and shoulder meet as she gathers Morgana's hair into a loose ponytail before she heads out to ride; a palm pressed a bit too possessively at the small of Morgana's back as they climb into a carriage. Gwen's pulse quickens and her breath catches each time she takes one of these small, calculated risks, but Morgana appears oblivious for weeks. She begins to feel as though her efforts are doomed to go unnoticed forever.

One clear, bright morning, Morgana beckons Gwen into her room and requests that she pack a picnic luncheon; Morgana wants her to accompany her on a walk into the forest. Gwen obliges, and the two set off within the hour. It goes like every other walk they'd ever taken before, and Gwen feels foolish for entertaining the idea that something more would come out of it.

They sit down in a lush clearing to eat the contents of the basket Gwen's been carrying. Morgana smiles at her as Gwen starts to open the small jug of dark wine, taking the glass offered to her with a soft thank you. Something in her tone makes her look up, and Gwen blushes softly at the way Morgana's eyes are focussed on her. Morgana says nothing and sips at the wine, and Gwen can still feel her gaze even as she sets to the mundane task of slicing cheese and apples.

When she finally looks up again, Gwen realises that Morgana has moved closer. She offers her the food, and Morgana picks up an apple slice. It doesn't make it to her lips, though, because she offers it to Gwen instead. Gwen's eyes go wide for a second, her heart thundering in her chest, fingers nervously clutching at the fabric of her gown. She parts her lips and bites the apple, and the taste is both sweet and tart on her tongue. But then Morgana is kissing her. Gwen's eyes shut and her brain stops working, and all she knows is the way Morgana's lips taste like wine and the warmth of fingers sliding over her own.

Gwen is breathless when Morgana slowly pulls away, both looking at each other with shy glances and flushed cheeks. I never knew you had any idea, she breathes. Morgana laughs, and the sound carries on the soft breeze to play in the tall grass. You'd be amazed at the things I can see, she says. Her tone and look are coy, but Gwen barely notices it. She's too busy watching Morgana's lips as they move, her stomach fluttering with the knowledge that those lips were just against her own.

They drink the entire jug of wine between the two of them, losing track of time as they sit close to each other, laughing at nothing. They nibble at the cheese and apples and each other: jaws, and lips, and collarbones. Morgana casually slips her hand into Gwen's as they walk back to Camelot's gates, reluctant to part when they get within range of the watchtowers. But they do; they fall back into the roles they were assigned at birth - the Lady and her handmaiden. When she lays her head down that night, Gwen presses her fingers to her lips, the taste of Morgana fresh in her memory. She wonders if she'll ever know the pleasure of kissing her again.

She doesn't have to wonder long; Morgana comes to her the next day for another walk.

And every day after that.

eeee!!! omg, CJ, this is SO LOVELY I cannot even. I love how gentle it is and all the small touches and quiet words and oh it is all wonderful. MUCH LIKE YOU. Obviously now I am going to have to prod you to WRITE MOAR sometime. *g*

♥!

SDGS:DLFKJS:LDKGH:SDLKFJ OMG, YOU. OMG.

\o/ \o/ \o/ :D!

Going for #2 here--

Someone, anyone, make a Buffy the Vampire Slayer vid using Susan Werner's song "When They Make the Movie of My Life" (the hidden track on her Time Between Trains album). I will be eternally grateful.

I want something about Lucy Pevensie dancing on the wind.

Back in England, Lucy rather thinks that by now she would have been forced to give up on the pleasures that marked out her childhood. Here in Narnia, things a different. She's a grown woman and a queen, but that doesn't mean she cannot also be childlike out here in the woods, where things are simple and peaceful. Peaceful, but never quiet. There are whispers all around her, snatches of song in the sunlight, and laughter in the trees.

She reaches out, eyes half shut, and feels the magic all around her in her skin. It responds to her, not through coercion or by virtue of any power, but simply because she is alive, and so is the world around her. There's a lightness in her bones, a sense that the ground cannot contain her, and when she opens her eyes she's flying. The air smells of dew on grass, and the wind is full of flowers. She turns gently as the breeze takes over her limbs, sending her this way and that. She laughs unbidden, no thoughts in her mind other than the sweet knowledge that it is good to be alive. She extends her palms up to meet the morning sun, and sure and true, the wind carries her away.

I really like this.

Oh, Lucy. :>

This is lovely.

It was cold outside, and warm inside. Fire-blazing, dog-cuddling-pile of blankets warm. They were all in wool and socks and goosebumps, slowly creeping in and falling into their appointed placed. Merlin was once again shoved in the middle, because Arthur had a thing. Gwen and Morgana tended to trade places, but Arthur was always on the side nearest the door and hunched around Merlin with the thin excuse that Merlin was likely to fall out of the bed and leave Arthur chilled. Tonight Gwen was stubbornly refusing to let her lady be anything but saturated in the warmth of four bodies, two dogs, five hot bricks, six fire-warmed blankets, and the rest of the covers from Arthur and Morgana's beds.

Arthur was tucked around Merlin, because, you know, heaven defend they hug, but Arthur curling around Merlin like so much incense? Peachy. Merlin had pulled Morgana in and was resting his head on her shoulder, while Gwen had moved to cup around Morgana. They were warm, lazy and sleepy. Hands occasionally wandered and stroked, but with only the intent to touch and comfort. They knew each other: Merlin liked his belly stroked, Arthur liked people to scratch his head, Morgana enjoyed when her feet could play with someone else's and Guinevere in turn like her hands rubbed. Thus, Arthur had one hand rubbing oddly gentle circles against Merlin's bare stomach under the covers, while Merlin sighed, idly fiddling with Gwen's free hand, rubbing the aches of the day away with strong, sure thumbs and gentle, gentle fingers. Morgana reached over Merlin's head to pet through Arthur's hair, and all of their legs were in such a tangle Gwen wasn't really sure whose calf she was stroking with her foot.

Arthur was resting his chin on Merlin's head and staring at her lazily, eyes slit and content from the attention he was getting, Merlin had his eyes closed, falling into a doze as his fingers loosened. Gwen placed his hand on Morgana's side and he hummed and snuggled closer. Gwen kissed Morgana's cheek and Morgana pressed back, squeezed around Gwen's leg with her own and released Arthur's hair to hold Gwen's hand.

She was always the last to go asleep. Morgana was exhausted all the time, and slept best when the four of them were drenched in each other's presence, and Merlin was just overworked, so the two of them usually nodded off first, going soft, supple, warm with sleep. Arthur was never far behind Merlin, smirking down at him and occasionally, if Gwen gave a good enough pretense of sleep, would kiss Merlin's forehead and grumble something about "sweet dreams" then quickly pretend he'd said no such thing and fall asleep himself.

Gwen looked over the three of them, all quiet and peaceful in sleep, rubbing shoulder to stave off nightmares for a bit longer, and then scratched the two dogs behind the ears before pulling the blankets to her ears, curling up and passing into sleep.

Me=Reading Full Rules Fail.

I was going to say I wanted warm snuggles to make me happy, but here they are before I even ask. ♥

I only need the thinest of thin excuses to make those four snuggle like the survival of Camelot depends on it. And given the nature of threats that attack Camelot, I'm never going to dismiss the possibility that that is plausible. SNUGGLE. SNUGGLE FOR THE PEOPLE. SNUGGLING DEFEATS EVOL SAUCERY. I READ IT IN A BOOK ONCE.

And now I'm happy I made you happy :D

Awesome.

Oh my goodness, this is the HAPPIEST THING IN THE WORLD. :D :D :D

OMG, snuggles are the bestest! :>

I would like to rec this fic. It's really quite brilliant.

http://valderys.livejournal.com/56438.html
Called Perfect Day by valderys-

it is a Bradley/Colin RPF that is just so romantic and sweet and perfect that I've read it a dozen times and want to read it a dozen times more. In it, Bradley realizes that Colin is unhappy about something so he wants to give him a fun day, just the two of them. They aren't lovers and Bradley is straight - or so he thinks - but by the end, they have made a perfect connection in that perfect day. Loved it. No porn but lots of romance!

This made me :D like it was a social requirement. Nice rec.

Aw, that sounds delightful! Thanks for sharing. :D

ADORABLE GIRLS VERSION:

ALSO, teeny!pic that I missed:

Edited 2009-11-13 05:05 (UTC)

Thank you for that shot gorgeousness. Ahhhhh.....

IS THIS A FILM? DO I NEED TO ~~PURCHASE~~ RENT THIS? LESBIANS IN MY DVDS I NEED THEM.

YES, YES IT IS. AND IT IS AMAZING &hearts

Saving Face, directed by Alice Wu.

It is seriously good and you should watch it!!

Yes, you need to purchase it so you can pull it out and watch it again when you are having a bad day. It is good enough for repeated repeat viewings.

Ohmigosh, I haven't seen Saving Face in years, and I totally forgot how much I'd loved it until you posted this. So thanks. ♥

WHY HAVE I NOT SEEN THIS MOVIE!?!

eeeeee!!! Okay, like I wasn't sold enough already. :D

it is my SEKRIT PLAN, amy! :> :> :>

OKAY, I NEED TO BE ALL OVER THIS RIGHT NOW.
*pulls out sword, goes to hunt downloads*

Saving Face! <3<3<3

Space Lord: Doctor Who, Simms!Master, technically Doctor/Master but really not much more than the actual show. Mostly this fanvid makes me happy because the song always makes me want to rock out.

Handlebars: Doctor Who, Ten + ensemble, gen. I love the song because it makes me go "fuck yeah, we're awesome!" about all the younger people around the world, and I love this video because it solidifies that idea with an example--we're not just awesome, we can be the Doctor when we grow up. Er, hopefully without the extinction or genocide, though.

Major Tom (Coming Home): Star Trek XI, ensemble, gen. The song is a Shiny Toy Guns cover rather than the original, which just makes sense for a reboot-only vid, and it does a great job of distilling the whole movie to a few minutes of glorious space adventure.

Sleeping With Ghosts: Star Trek TOS/XI, Kirk/Spock. Kinda inherently sad because it keeps going back to when Spock died in Wrath of Khan, but it's also very hopeful!

Kamikaze: Equilibrium, gen. It's a great video for an awesome movie that I never even heard of until earlier this year.

I Like Birds: Supernatural, Dean and Castiel, gen. Dean starts to like Castiel despite himself, which is mostly pretty cheerful despite the unending D:-ness of Supernatural last season.

Money Maker: Psych, Shawn/Gus. Wait, when did Psych get hot?

Oh, brilliant! The vids I know - Handlebars, Sleeping With Ghosts, Money Maker - I adore; the rest I will have to investigate posthaste!

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merlin: kisses sweeter than wine; gwen/morgana, pg.

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I DON'T NEED PLOT. JUST SNUGGLES. SELF INDULGENT SNUGGLES

MERLIN, Arthur/Gwen/Merlin/Morgana, PG, LACK OF SPOILERS LIKE MY LACK OF BRAIN

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Saving Face picspam for you! &hearts

+1 meet the parents!

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