sunshine_challenge | Sunshine 2019: Prompt Four

Check out the Master List to find links to all of the 2019 challenge posts.

Prompt 4: Fanwork Recommendations

As the

sunshine_challenge continues, we invite everyone to share with others the fanfics, fanart, fanvids, cosplays … anything and everything fannish that you love and wish to share! Remember that there is no official deadline, so feel free to join in at any time or go back and do any prompts you've missed!

This prompt may seem pretty self-explanatory, and it may well be, but please consider the following when collecting fanworks to share with us all:

1. Fanworks in this context can mean anything a fan has spent time creating for their beloved fandoms (.gifs and amv’s and cosplay and that tile you painted in your apartment bathroom to look like that fannish thing … don’t let traditional views of what constitutes a fanwork limit you here).

2. You do not need to be a content creator to share fanworks. I’ve seen it mentioned in various places that some people don’t feel as much a part of fandom as those who create content, but fandom exists for ALL fans. Many of us are here to enjoy and spread love and this is your time to shine. We want to see what you’ve found over the years!

3. That said, if you are a creator, then also consider taking this opportunity to self-promote. It can feel awkward for many of us to share our own fanworks and shine lights on them, and if you are one of those folks, please consider this your nudge to step on the podium and be proud of the works you’ve labored over.

Once you’ve finished sharing what you love, leave a comment to this post saying you’ve done it! Include a link to your pages if you feel comfortable doing so. Let everyone know whether you are "Ready for visitors!" or "Lurking for fandom fun".

Most importantly, please check through the comments and go visit new journals, comment on their shiny posts, and maybe make a new friend or two. We encourage everyone to aim to comment on two new journals if they are able (of course, you are welcome to do more!). ♥

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olivermoss

Done and accepting visitors!

It's all shameless self reccs. I've been struggling with getting some of my stuff actually seen, so I figured I'd try.

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oldtoadwoman

Yeah, getting stuff seen can be hard. Some of my favorite works barely have any hits and then something I banged out during the final season of a popular show struck a chord due to timing and got ten times the hits of something I spent years polishing. And it really wasn't good because I wrote it so quickly and I'm torn between this urge to delete it because it wasn't good and the vanity of having more hits on it than my average.

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oldtoadwoman

I made ~~three~~ four recommendations: a wonderful cosplaying fan's Instagram, a lovely moodboard another fan made for one of my fics which doubles as a sideways self-rec, and then a straight-up self-rec for my Muppets fanfic because I'm vain enough to think that the world needs to read about Muppets at a funeral. EDIT: and then I decided to include artwork too.

Edited (formatting link, gonna be extra vain and add another self-rec) Date: 2019-07-13 08:15 am (UTC)

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autobotscoutriella

The world always needs to read about Muppets, at funerals or otherwise. Thanks for the recs!

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luthien

I've done a few Jaime/Brienne recs. Feel free to stop by.

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autobotscoutriella

Thanks for sharing! I don't follow the show, but I do read that pairing occasionally.

Also, your username is awesome.

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shadowhive

Ready for visitors! mostly MCR and The Umbrella Academy stuff

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autobotscoutriella

Fantastic, thanks for sharing!

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lilly_c

This way (link should work properly this time)

Visitors and lurkers welcome as always :)

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sodium_amytal

Thanks for sharing!

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scripsi

Done! Recs and self-recs for Blackadder, Blazing Saddles, Deadwood, Doctor Who, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, The Mummy, The Borgias and Penny Dreadful. Please come and visit!

Edited Date: 2019-07-13 11:18 am (UTC)

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sodium_amytal

Thank you for sharing!

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enemytosleep

Here be various fanworks for Inuyasha, FMA, D.Gray-man, NatsumeYuujinchou, Voltron: Legendary Defender, and Critical Role!

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sodium_amytal

Thanks for sharing!

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kingstoken

Some of my fic and vid recs for a few different fandoms, including Game of Thrones, Stranger Things, The 100, TWD, and Voyager.

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autobotscoutriella

Awesome! Thanks for sharing!

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reinadefuego

Open for visitors with three fic recs. Star Wars, Game of Thrones, and Luther.

Edited Date: 2019-07-13 03:10 pm (UTC)

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autobotscoutriella

Oooh, I haven't read KOTOR fic in forever! Going to have to give that a look. Thanks for the recs!

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smilebackwards

Lord of the Rings & The Hobbit fic recs here

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autobotscoutriella

I am always up for LOTR/Hobbit recs--gonna go read through all those fics once my brownies come out of the oven! Thanks for sharing!

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sodium_amytal

Here's mine: https://sodium-amytal.dreamwidth.org/21102.html
I self rec'd an original work, some RPF, and an old MCU gem (along with my AO3 bookmarks and Youtube favorites).

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autobotscoutriella

Oooh, the premise for your original fic looks fascinating! I don't write much original stuff, but I love reading it.

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silveradept

It's such a mess, with music covers, fan art gifts, recommending my own bookmarks and my own works, but visitors absolutely welcome, and if there's something you turn out to enjoy, then hooray for us finding something we like!

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oldtoadwoman

Sounds like an exciting mess! Yay!

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used_songs

Done!

Recs for vids, a couple of fan-created playlists, a few things I made, and pics of my massive collection of mostly RDJ-related fan-created stuff.

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autobotscoutriella

Yay! Thanks for participating!

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goodbyebird

I've recced things on and off over the years (mostly off as of late, sadly), my rec tag is here =)

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autobotscoutriella

Thanks for joining us!

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independence1776

Here's mine. Welcoming visitors.

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autobotscoutriella

Thanks for sharing! I will definitely be taking a look through those SWG recs later this afternoon--I don't know how much our favorite characters overlap, but I'll read any good Silm fic at least once.

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kalloway

An Assortment of Recs, three twitter accounts, three fics, and three recs for art/artists.

(A lawyer on twitter explaining an anime-adjacent ongoing lawsuit, pictures of bins, and cheap anime. Fire Emblem, Tekkaman Blade II, Casson Family. And Star Ocean 3, Final Fantasy VII, and an assortment of mindblowing manipulated model kit/figure photos.)

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autobotscoutriella

Those model pics are absolutely stunning--thanks for sharing!

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cornerofmadness

Managed it here.

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autobotscoutriella

Awesome, thanks for sharing! I think I'm going to have to check out that Legends fic--I love the show but haven't really wandered into the fanfic.

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muccamukk

Fic between 100 and 300 words for Original Works, Leverage, Solo, Captain Marvel, Black Panther, The Lord of the Rings, X-Factor Comics, Agent Carter, Good Omens, Eagle of the Ninth (books).

(AKA recs from multifandom drabble fest.)

https://muccamukk.dreamwidth.org/1239591.html
Ready for visitors.

Edited Date: 2019-07-14 10:56 pm (UTC)

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oldtoadwoman

Oh, I love that you recommended drabbles. I have so many tabs open of fic I'm never going to have time to read. Rec prompts are almost too much of a good thing. Drabbles are really appreciated at this point. ♥

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larissa

done and ready for visitors! some fic recs (both mine and others), plus links to the fansites i make.

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autobotscoutriella

Awesome list! Thanks for joining us!

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lightbird

Done!

Two fic recs and one vid rec, fandoms: Star Trek: TOS, Frankenstein (1931)/The Addams Family (Movies), Mulan (Disney 1998).

Come on by!

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sodium_amytal

Awesome, thanks for sharing! :D

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liquidtears

Done and accepting visitors!

https://liquidtears.dreamwidth.org/148528.html

I too have been struggling with getting some of my stuff actually seen, well getting comments for it, I mean, even here, LJ or on AO3, so I thought why not try it here?

Very nervous, showing you my fanworks, not nervous at all about other friends' fanworks.

Edited Date: 2019-07-15 01:41 pm (UTC)