Snowflake challenge, day 1: self-reccing

[luzula]

Self-reccing for akamine_chan's snowflake challenge. Since I'm doing my year's end review soon, I'll pick a couple of works from previous years, one for each type of fanwork I've done.

Fic: Missing Pages: Caroline leaves something behind. Written for ds_flashfiction's diary challenge. due South, Fraser and Caroline gen, 1000 words, PG (AO3 link)

This story made me cry when I wrote it. It's about Fraser finding his mother's journals, and there's also a scene with Dief that I love.

Podfic: Sometimes on the Rarest Nights by clionaeilis (Gosford Park, Mabel Nesbitt and Ivor Novello gen, G, 48m)

This is quite a rare fandom, and I have to admit that I haven't actually seen the movie it's based on. I still love the story, though--it's a story about a friendship, about two people being quietly good for each other through the years, and it warms my heart. It's also an epistolary story, and I love to podfic those. There's something about reading a letter which allows you to get into the letter-writer's POV in an interesting way, and I loved reading Ivor Novello (although I have no idea if I sound like the actor in the movie, or like the real man, for that matter).

Filk song: The Mountie and the Skogsrå: A Fraser/Victoria ballad, based on a traditional Swedish medieval ballad. due South, PG-13

This kind of music is very close to my heart--I've listened to and sung Swedish folk music since I was young, and I loved bringing it together with the due South world.

Comments

[andeincascade]

Luz, I am so glad you included your filk; that's one of my favorite things that you do. I have a separate playlist where I have it all collected.

[luzula]

I feel a little odd doing filk sometimes, because not many people in my corner of fandom do it, so it warms my heart that you appreciate it! ♥

(See, I have finally learned to make proper hearts--I kept omitting the semicolon at the end before. *facepalm*)

[andeincascade]

I think filking is something that used to be a lot more popular, which is too bad because it's quite the art form. ♥

[malnpudl]

I've been dreadful at commenting the last couple of years, but it's never too late, eh? I love all of your podfilks so very much. They're such a gift. Thank you for making such beautiful songs and sharing them with us.

[luzula]

I don't have many fannish friends who make filk songs, so I always feel a little odd about it, and I am so happy that you enjoy them! Thank you. ♥

[cantarina]

I find Missing Pages to be really, really poignant. I'm not sure why I haven't commented before now, but it's a perfect way to round out the series and to finally (finally!) give Caroline a voice. (Totally my head canon.)

[luzula]

Thank you! And yes, that's exactly what I was trying to do. Bob leaves behind all these journals, plus he gets to return as a ghost, but Caroline doesn't do any of those things. (I've actually written a snippet of the AU where it's Caroline who returns as a ghost instead of Bob, too.)

[cantarina]

Oh man oh man, I LOVE that AU. You create a really awesome Caroline - it's easy to see how she had two men fighting over her - and like so many other people said, it's definitely given me a taste for more! (I'm not going to hold my breath or start making demands, but I WILL keep doting on what I've got.)

[luzula]

There actually is a followup snippet, which I didn't link to at first because I didn't want to inundate you with self-recs. Anyway, here it is. : )

And I've actually written a lot more Caroline stories, though no more in this AU. I love her!