Alex's This and That

Challenge #14

Try something new. Post your answer to today’s challenge in your own space and leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.



Wrote this little thing as a remix of sorts for the Fic I did for Challenge 11.

( Clint Knows It All – a remix  )

Challenge #12
Tell Us about a Personal Win.


This one is hard - always is. The last year has been a S**T year. No real reason - the pandemic is mostly over and I'm still standing but the last few years have cost me a LOT. Cancer twice, lost my last close family, hubby had a stroke, have two almost unusable knees.

BUT
The win is I'm still here. I haven't given up, I haven't quit and to borrow an old country saying - I'm still full of piss and vinegar and ready to fight. I'm writing, I'm crocheting, I'm getting out now and again, I'm getting one knee replaced, I'm going to Spain to visit my best friend, I'm going to get the other knee replaced. I am still cancer free. So go me!

Title: Don't Tell Clint
Fandom and Pairing(s): Avengers Assemble, Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Rating: PG-13
Word count: 272
Prompt/Challenge: Snowflake Challenge: Create a fanwork
Summary: Tony and Steve discover fanfiction written about them.

Challenge #10

Five Things! The five things are totally up to you. Post your answer to today’s challenge in your own space and leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

My 5 top fandoms in no particular order
1. Lord of the Rings - I really got into fandom big time when I got into LOTR. I had read the books when I was in high school and maybe once more since then, but I saw that they were making new movies and I needed to see The Fellowship of the Ring. I thought Legolas was the cutest thing ever and when I got home, I looked for Orlando Bloom and found a Legolas fanfiction site. From there I went on to write 400 or more LOTR works. I hosted the Yahoo Group LOTR Adult fanfiction and later Of Elves and Men fanfiction archive, which is now archived at Ao3 as a significant part of the fandom.

2. Babylon 5 - I actually did not watch the show on its original run. A girl I met on a CATS group sent me copied from TV VHS tapes of the entire series. Well, once I'd watched it, I was hooked. This was sort of LOTR in space, I guess. I got involved in several fangroups and helped run them and for years, did an update every 2 weeks of activity in the fandom. I also led several Dreamwidth rewatches. I ma thinking of picking the update site back up again. It's called universe_today.

3. Holmes - This one is sort fo a multi fandom. My very first Sherlock was Basil Rathbone in old movies. He still LOOKS like Sherlock Holmes to me. Somewhere I was pointed to the Jeremy Brett Holmes series and I was smitten. Brett was the perfect Holmes, too. Holmes became a very popular thing and we got BBC Sherlock, Elementary and Robert Downey Jr. as Holmes. And of course, there is canon, which is wonderful as well. All are great in their own ways and all are fanfic fodder.

4. MCU - My second biggest/longest fandom. I always loved superhero movies though I was not a comic book reader at all. I don't remember the MCU coming onto my radar until we saw Captain America toys in Walmart when the movie Captain America: The First Avenger was about to come out. I didn't know who Chris Evans was but he was pretty so I went to see it. I was completely lost in that pretty face. We started going to the movies and caught up with Iron Man and such and then
The Avengers came out and I was a STONY shipper. I have not looked back. I am a Cap fan all the way. AND I do read comic books now!

5. Stargate: SG-1 - I liked the movie and I love the tv show. I didn't catch the first few seasons but I did catch up while it was still on. I've written a few SG-1 Big Bang stories over the years and am watching it on Comet tv now. I still love it!

Challenge #7

Make a list of fannish and/or creative resources. Post your answer to today’s challenge in your own space and leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

I'm going to do some Marvel resources. I mostly write MCU but sometimes I need a villain or hero not in the movies or tv shows. I dabble in 616 comics, Avengers Assemble, and several others.

For timelines, Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki has both watching order and events by chronological order. This wiki is also helpful for character bios and such.

The Official Marvel Site has information on everything and all 'verses. If one subscribes, it has a vast library of comics as well.

Comic Vine is one of my favorite resources fir comic book info.

The Cap Iron group on Dreamwidth (Tumblr as well) - Everything Left Unsaid is an excellent resource for STONy fans, which I am. They also host a LOT of challenges during the year.

THe best source is the original source material. Watch the movies, read the comics, have fun!

Challenge #3

Create a wish list of fandom things (podfic, graphics, playlists, canon recs translations, research help, vids, sky's the limit!) that you'd like to receive. Post your answer to today’s challenge in your own space and leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

I would love these things: a beta reader for my mcu smut, artwork of my fics, comments at Ao3 --- hmm, that's all I can think of.

Challenge #1

In your own space, update your fandom information. Post your answer to today’s challenge in your own space and leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

If you need ideas or inspiration, feel free to visit the challenge post and comments for examples of how others have done it. There is no right or wrong way to do this, so write what makes sense to you.


I updated my sticky post, which really means I added one line. Yu can find it here: https://alexcat.dreamwidth.org/1332790.html