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Day 8

In your own space, share a favorite piece of original canon (a TV episode, a song, a favorite interview, a book, a scene from a movie, etc) and explain why you love it so much. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

This clip from Pitch Perfect was the scene that launched a thousand ships, hah. Or, well, at least a thousand fic ideas for one ship, for me at least. It was a movie I went to see with my wife and sister, with no expectations at all going in, and I left wanting to write all the fic for it. In many ways it jump started my desire to write again period, especially with respect to fanfiction, so it'll always hold a special place in my heart. :)

Day 6

Leave feedback for a fanwork. Or multiple fanworks. It can be as simple as I liked this to a detailed list of all the things you loved about the fanwork. The key is to leave some sort of feedback.

If you've already left feedback in the course of a previous challenge, it totally counts. But you're free to leave more feedback.

Afterwards, leave a comment in this post with the equivalent of "I did it!" If you feel so inclined, leave a link to the fanwork you left feedback for so others can check it out.

I'm going to cheat here a little bit at first and pimp the gift I received for Yuletide this year, for which I've already left feedback. It's a fic from the movie Mr. Right, starring Anna Kendrick and Sam Rockwell, which you can read here, and I highly suggest you all go read it. If you haven't seen the movie it's based on, then go see that first, then read it. You won't be sorry, I promise, especially if you're a fan of surreal films, Anna Kendrick, Sam Rockwell, or any combination thereof.

Also, here's another fic I highly recommend, also from Yuletide, and I left a comment on it today: it's titled 'i'll sing a song for you (singe ich ein lied für dich)', based on the movie Atomic Blonde, and is located here. It's rated Mature and has some sexual content in it, fyi, but it's so beautifully well-written and gives much more breadth and depth to one of the film's most interesting characters. Definitely check it out if you enjoyed the movie, or great fic in general. :)

Day 4

In your own space, create a fannish wishlist. No limits on size or type of fanwork; just tell us what you’d like to see. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so. And if you grant a wish, do the same thing!

· More We're The Millers fanfic. Not in a shippy way, even though none of them are related, but just more fun adventures that pick up where the movie left off. Or before, even, I suppose.

· I read something somewhere once about how well Buffy Summers and Dean Winchester would get along. I wrote a little something about that once, and I'd love to see more crossover between the two of them in particular.

· More Zombieland fic in general. It's a perennial Yuletide nom/request for me, because it really does need more love.

· If I'm really being selfish, I'd love to read more MCU fics about Darcy/Jane and Natasha/Maria.

Day 2

In your own space, share a favorite memory about fandom: the first time you got into fandom, the last time a fanwork touched your heart, crazy times with fellow fans (whether on-line or off-line), a lovely comment you’ve received or have left for someone. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

If I'm being honest, the best thing to come from fandom for me was meeting my wife, through an old GJ role-playing game. That takes the cake, obviously. :)

Other than that, I'd have to say my favourite memory was playing an OC game that inspired me to try my first ever female character (I'm male). It was really intimidating, but I'm glad that I tried it for so many reasons. It lead to me joining another game (with another female OC) where I met my aforementioned wife, it also lead me to play many other similar characters over the year, and to write a lot of fanfiction with female characters too.

BioShock Infinite - The Last Variable - A lovely fix-it fic where Elizabeth helps a stubborn Booker overcome his pride and give his daughter what she really needs, her father. Beautifully done.

Black Books - Top 20 Amazon Best Sellers of 2015 (as reviewed by Bernard Black, Manny Bianco, and Fran Katzenjammer for Black Books) - A fantastically well-executed idea for the truculent trio to review the best sellers of 2015, presented in both an image-based version and a text one.

Brooklyn Nine-Nine (TV) - A Margaret Thatcher Kind of Night - Yuleporn Jake/Amy fic that gets right to it, in the only, inimitable way that Jake Peralta very likely does it.

The Cabin in the Woods - Potential - Have you ever wondered "what if Jules was a slayer?" Wonder no more, because this nails it right on the head.

Clone High - Higher Education: School Daze - Gateway to the Future - The clones are going to college - or are they? A nice little slice-of-life fic from a show that ended way too soon, voices are down to a tee here.

Father Ted - it's all the rage on the mainland - My gift this year (thanks again author!), this is a fantastic fic that reads like a complete episode of the show. Everyone sounds perfectly in character and the hijinks are 100% of the Craggy Island variety.

National Public Radio RPF - This American Life episode 141: A Whole New World. (Transcript) - A script from a TAL episode featuring Steve Rogers, Hermione Granger, and Susan Pevensie. Brilliant idea and perfectly executed, right down to the voice of the narrator Ira Glass and how it reads like an actual episode. Fantastic.