Kei-chan no heya

Share a book/song/movie/tv show/fanwork/etc that changed your life. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

This is a tough one, if only because people have different definitions of what they consider life-changing, and there's been so many things I've enjoyed. I will make an attempt, though!

Book

One would most definitely be the collection of Grimm's Fairy Tales we had in the house when I was a kid. Mom used to read to us from it before we could easily read it ourselves, and from it I learned to love fairy tales and folklore and just make a guess and move on if I didn't quite understand a word (the book used some old-fashioned language kid!me hadn't learned yet). From there it was natural that I'd move on to mythologies, fairy tales, and folklore from all over the world, and the '90's~early 2000's boom of fairly tale novelizations was a gift. To this day, fairy tale motifs are a way to ensure my interest in a story.

The books of Tamora Pierce were a big part of my late adolescence and early adulthood that I still enjoy reading--I needed to see girl characters being awesome and going after their dreams/making their own paths in life. Still do today.

Day 9

In your own space, post a rec for at least three fanworks that you have created. It can be your favorite fanworks that you've created, or fanworks you feel no one ever saw, or fanworks you say would define you as a creator. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

Okay, this is going to be a mix of more recent work plus things written anywhere from 7-10 years ago (looooong dry spell, though RP did keep me writing for a few of those years.) All drabbles and short ficlets. Starting with some of the more recent stuff--all are fluffy, though, be forewarned of incoming sap. Lots of holiday stuff.

Yuuri on Ice

A Working Vacation: Viktor and Yuuri just skating and having fun; relaxing while still keeping in shape.

Sharing Christmas, Mixing Cultures: Russia and Japan celebrating Christmas on different days means Yuuri and Viktor have some discussing to do.

Candlelight: Viktor, Yuuri, and Christmas decorations.

Kingdom Hearts

Christmas Warmth and Children at Heart: I like putting these two together and juxtaposing them since they both focus on a vist to Christmas Town and Riku and Kairi realizing Santa is real. Different POV's though--the first is Riku's, the second is Kairi's. Also, the latter was written before some major additions to canon, so doesn't include certain characters I include in the first one.

Putting the Pieces Together: Namine, Organization XIII, and Castle Oblivion and it's aftermath. One of the better drabbles I wrote for the kh_drabble comm; won me the challenge that week. X3

Once Upon a Time: Not the most original title for the fairy tale challenge in KH drabble, but I enjoyed writing this one and it's also the best one I think I wrote for that comm. Also won me the challenge that week. :3

Other

It's Own Reward:Gargoyles/Labyrinth crossover, Jareth and Puck interaction. I would never have thought of this had I not seen the prompt in the challenge comm, but once I saw it I snapped it up and had so much fun writing this.

In Which Howl Contemplates Happily Ever After: I love both the book and the movie, so I had to snap up this prompt when I saw it in the challenge comm. It didn't write itself easily, and I was worried about how it would be received, but everything turned out fine, thank goodness.

Day 5

Recommend a fannish or creative resource. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

Since I haven't written fic or done art in a while, this was difficult. That said, Theoi is a great site for anyone in the Percy Jackson fandom, or anyone who just wants to know more about the gods/work them into a fic somehow.

For anyone dabbling in folklore or wanting to write a fairy tale AU, may I recommend Folklinks or Folktexts?

Day 3

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

Starting with the most recent fandom! This list is long, you have been warned....

Yuuri!!! on Ice

This Curious Condition Called Love: I am so here for fic that addresses Yuuri adjusting to Russia, and and this one is so good. <3 Bonus for also addressing Viktor's adjustment to being back home after being away for so long and changing so much.

Katsudon: Hiroko POV! I love Yuuri's family and am always happy to see them getting more love in fic. This one is especially poignant since it's essentially Hiroko-mama's thoughts on her baby boy growing up.

Life, Love, and Language: This one is a series, all about Viktor's and Yuuri's language learning adventures/misadventures. Featured: Yuuri doing a Godzilla impression in the first story.

in the spaces between: So I guess by now it's obvious that I'm very weak to the multicultural and multilingual aspect of the cast of this show and all the possibilities that provides. Plus, you know Yurio would be offended if anyone else dared teach Yuuri Russian swears, and Viktor would have fun thinking of all sorts of nicknames to test out his vocabulary.

Yuri Plisetsky Has Two Dads: This one just makes me laugh and I do adore the fanon of Viktor and Yuuri playing "dad"/big bro for Yurio. Just a fun look at their dynamic

Kingdom Hearts

Why the Sun Sets Red: A what-if fic that wonders how the 358/2 storyline would have changed if a Vexen had been the sole survivor at Castle Oblivion. Excellent writing, makes me wibble just as much as the original game did.

At the Core of Being: I wanted some Inside Out in my KH and this author delivered. Great blend of both.

Affecting Eternity: The only "what if Riku teaches Kairi and Lea how to use their Keyblades?" fic I need.

(i don't need you to) Worry for Me: Amazing AU that asks what might have happened if Vanitas had dared to try to find Ventus not long after they were separated.

Dream, Drop, Don't Leave Me Behind: Someone took the "what if Kairi had been there for the Mark of Mastery exam" idea and ran with it. XD Really like this one.


Other

boy with a scar: Amazing series of "what if" HP rewrites. Some of these I enjoy more than the actual canon.

we must unite inside her walls or we'll crumble from within. Amazing fic focused on the women of HP's supporting cast.

One by One: Continuation of the Undertale true ending, in which Sans and Frisk rescue one more soul.

Guardian Tadashi AU: I would never have thought to crossover Big Hero Six and Rise of the Guardians, but this is it done so well.

Life After Narnia: Excellent series about what things might have been like for Susan after the train wreck.


i was found and now i don't roam these streets: You will pry my headcanon AU where Civil War did not happen and instead the Avengers found Bucky and helped him from my cold dead hands.

(and this is but a small portion of my bookmarks list...)

So I decided to join everyone who's made their journal Friends only--mostly because I like knowing who's reading my journal. However! I don't bite, and am generally friendly.^^ If you would like to be on my friends list, let me know. We'll work something out.