We Die Like Fen wrap-up

[darkrosaleen]

WDLF5: Time Loop Edition just had author reveals. Since this was four flash exchanges rolled into one, I received and wrote an embarrassment of fics.

I received 7 fantastic gifts, some for specific fandom requests and some for Any Fandom requests with iddy freeform tags.

Broken edges, fitting together - Stargate SG-1, Samantha "Sam" Carter/Daniel Jackson/Vala Mal Doran/Cameron Mitchell/Teal'cDaniel Jackson/Jack O'Neill/Teal'c, complicated poly relationships

These Bonds of Ours - Stranger Things, The Party & Steve Harrington, gen werewolf pack bonding

Time of the Season - Original, Pulp Novelist/His Runaway Groom Brother, 1960s sibling incest

the river runs deep - Pokemon Sword & Shield, Marnie/Piers, more sibling incest and denial

Folded and Unfolded Tight - My Chemical Romance, Mikey Way/Ray Toro, D/s-verse bondage

The power of boredom - Stranger Things, Robin Buckley & Eleven | Jane Hopper & Maxine "Max" Mayfield, witch AU gen

New Tricks - Original, Werewolf/His Human Girlfriend, femdom werewolf puppy play + pseudo-bestiality

I wrote 6 fics:

Father Figure - IT (Movies - Muschietti), Beverly-centric Losers poly, Ageplay + genderplay

Do the Wild Thing - IT (Movies - Muschietti), Richie-centric Losers poly, werewolf puppy play

I wanna dance with somebody (who loves me) - Stranger Things, Will Byers/Eleven | Jane Hopper/Dustin Henderson/Maxine Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair/Mike Wheeler, complicated poly relationships

The Same Deep Water As You - Stranger Things, Jonathan Byers/Will Byers, sibling incest somnophilia

Ghostbusters - Stranger Things, Will Byers/Eleven/Mike Wheeler, Locked Tomb fusion

Never Tear Us Apart - Star Wars Sequel Trilogy, Rey/Kylo Ren, Sith Rey femdom + guro

A few observations in no particular order:

-This was the first WDLF round since I joined the EAD server, so I felt obligated to sign up, but the timeline of this one really didn't work for me. A week of WDLF chaos is pure adrenaline-fueled fun, but over a month of WDLF chaos is exhausting, and I ended up pretty burned out by the end. I've learned that the short turnaround is a big factor in why I love flash exchanges, which is useful info.

-That said, I'm proud of my all-eighties-song-titles fic title scheme, and would like to pour one out for the two treats I failed to finish, which would've been called "Kings of the Wild Frontier" and "Scary Monsters and Super Creeps."

-I wrote for three fandoms: two of my 2021 hyperfixations and one favorite OTP that I've been wanting to write extreme gore of for years. I'm pretty happy with my output; I only wrote two fics with the same ship (and they were vastly different arrangements of an OT7) and I got to play around with some ships, tropes, and kinks I've been wanting to write for a while. There are still several tags I wish I'd had the energy to write, but I've still got those ideas kicking around to write on my own.

As for what's next, I considered signing up for Relationshipping and/or Darkest Night, but the idea of a full length freeform exchange is exhausting (not to mention all the insane mod drama blowing up right now). I will probably do Jump Scare instead (I'm not sure if my sexy violence/torture prompts will fit there, but I couldn't request them in Darkest Night anyway because I'm too picky about which characters do the torturing). I might actually sign up for Trick or Treat again this year. In the meantime, I'll finish my rule 63 assignment and then take a very long nap.

Comments

[snickfic]

A week of WDLF chaos is pure adrenaline-fueled fun, but over a month of WDLF chaos is exhausting, and I ended up pretty burned out by the end.

Same, and on top of that, I went on vacation in the middle of it. I didn't end up writing a single thing for it, which I feel kind of bad about (and a little sad I missed out on receiving any of the fun comments). But I did get some nice gifts, and wow, overall the quality was really impressive, IMO.

In the future, though, I will stick to exchanges that don't require me to be heavily engaged for more a weekend at a time.

[darkrosaleen]

I also went on vacation in the middle of it! Part of me thinks you did the smarter thing and wishes I'd scaled back, but I'm happy with everything I ended up writing (and I got one moodboard comment which was pretty fun).