18 January 2013 @ 06:15 pm
All The Things Friday: Let's See How Far We've Come  
Welcome to another All The Things Friday! Your co-hosts this week are [livejournal.com profile] inkvoices and [livejournal.com profile] workerbee73.

First off, a note to say we have a thread at the top of this post for signing up to host, co-host, and/or to suggest themes for future All The Things Fridays. At the moment we have [livejournal.com profile] jacedesbff for February 1st and [livejournal.com profile] noblealice for February 8th (not sure what topics you folks are going with?) so raise your hands and bring your ideas :D

The theme for today, though, is a three part rec extravaganza. You can do one, two, or all three, or just join in the chatter!

1) rec a newcomer’s or underappreciated story (or artwork, or creative work) that you feel deserves some love.

2) tell us the first thing that you wrote/made in this fandom. (We’re thinking of doing a list of people’s first works that newcomers can add to, kind of a first time not-necessarily-rec list thing, so we can use these to kick off that list. You can tell us your first thing and then tell us that you don’t want it on the list though if you like.)

3) rec something you wrote/made in this fandom that you’re most proud of, or that’s your favourite.

Discussion Ideas: how have your thinky thoughts or creative leanings changed since that first thing you wrote/made? How far have we come since the film was released? What is it about the shiny new things coming through that are different, that have changed your thinking?

For my underappreciated/newcomer rec I’m going to rec two things from the same person, in case you don’t like WIPs: galaxies in our halos and hands by [livejournal.com profile] sweetwatersong (PG, warnings for injury, short one-shot) is a gorgeous circus AU with a theme of the two-sided coin that is the magic and reality of circus life, echoing the two-sided coin that is Clint/Natasha. humanity (n) by [livejournal.com profile] sweetwatersong is a WIP (link is to chap. 3 with links to previous installments; eventual R, paranormal AU), but it’s fascinating and there’s a good chunk to sink your teeth into.

My first fic in this fandom was And Time Yet (PG13, chosen not to warn), a post-movie look at all the team from Natasha POV with a focus on Clint. I can see hints and implications in there of how dark the territory of Master Assassins can be, but since joining this fandom I’ve definitely gone further when it comes to dark tones and gotten more confident in doing that. I also think that, thanks to some fantastic discussions, I’ve gotten better at putting my meta and thinky thoughts into my fic. Most recently I’ve had a brain full of AU and fusion ideas. Maybe because I’ve read a lot of pre-movie and post-movie things and I want to sail in unchartered territory? I don’t know, but I do find myself wanting to fuse Clint/Natasha into everything *grins* and loving all the AUs.

The work of mine that I’m most proud of at the moment? My Secret Santa fic. Because I think I managed to get some meta and thinky thoughts in there, do an AU that works, and I stuck with it when the length it was getting to scared me.

What’re your three things for this Friday?


And a few things to keep in mind:
1) Always label NSFW (Not Safe For Work) stuff in the title and post under a cut.
2) Fic and artwork needs to have a rating and warnings (or you can say that you’ve chosen not to use warnings).
3) For people with annoying internet connections, say in the title if a comment has is graphic/images/gif heavy and post picspams under a cut.
4) Have a damn good time! (Because if that’s not happening then this post has clearly failed.)
 
 
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[identity profile] dictator-duck.livejournal.com on January 19th, 2013 03:31 am (UTC)
1) Known By Its Flight, by tielan (http://archiveofourown.org/works/600949), T, no AO3 warnings apply, SHIELD does not make weapons of its women – or, as Barton has observed with greater accuracy, SHIELD does not make weapons like Natasha out of their women. That doesn't mean a woman can't choose to make a weapon of herself.

I love this fic so much; it really delves into Natasha's perspectives pre-canon (earlier on in her relationship with SHIELD), and her relationship with Maria Hill. Both Maria Hill and Natasha are fantastic in this fic, and while Clint shows up as a non-speaking role, he shows up much more often unthinking-casually in Natasha's narrative and the author builds a really great sense of the growing trust and respect between the two of them. I love this fic!

Also if I can rec a vid, So What, by kaydeefalls (http://archiveofourown.org/works/620270), G, no AO3 warnings apply (some mild bad language in the song). So, so what? I'm still a rock star. A tribute to the kickass ladies of the Avengers cinematic universe.

This vid just makes me punch the air happily, haha. It's the vid in which Natasha, Jane, Sif, Darcy, Hill, Pepper, and Peggy all get to be FANTASTIC to really catchy music. Really well edited, too. Sooo lovely.

2) Don't Have Wings But Want To Fly (http://archiveofourown.org/works/429192), G, no warnings apply, There are things Clint likes about being human. There are things he misses, too.

The first fic I wrote in this fandom, only a week after the movie came out here. It's the first fic [definitely not the first fanwork, though] (on the kinkmeme, ffn, or AO3; idk about tumblr) in the genre "Clint used to be a hawk," which makes me really smug even though the idea wasn't mine! (Thanks to Ash for going "HEY YOU SHOULD WRITE THIS" and throwing the link to the prompt at me, haha.) It's vaguely C/N, but more in a "they are factually a couple" than "there is shippiness." It also started me on writing fairly serious fills for crack requests, whoops (though this one is a lot shorter/more narrative than most of my other fics).

3)... goodness, this one is hard. Not that I go around being like "my fics are awesome," but I don't really rank them in my head that often. So, okay: the one I am proudest of + my favorite.

I guess the one I am most proud of would be We Thought Wrong (http://archiveofourown.org/works/480930), T, no archive warnings and non-archive warnings in the first note (deals with the fallout of consensually murky sexual situations, and more [neither Clint or Natasha is vilified]) After Clint brought Natasha into SHIELD, they had sex. Three years later, she deals with the fallout.

I wrote this for hermyfan on the promptathon. I'm proud of it because this is a really tough topic for me, and because this is really my one major attempt to delve into Natasha's head (Clint is, as a whole, much simpler for me). I'm also proud of it because it deals with characters making the wrong choices, and people being wrong but not evil, and mistakes still leaving scars. And also because I got to deal with some of the fallout of Natasha's upbringing and the disconnect between "I know this was wrong," and "it still feels logical to me" which is, imo, one of the most fascinating disconnects people can have.

My favorite is I'm alive and I'm free (who wouldn't want to be me?) (http://archiveofourown.org/works/535022), G, no archive warnings apply (but snogging occurs between a character who is human and a human-bodied and -brained person who used to be an animal) Basically, this is a reverse-chronological character study about Clint Barton the ex-budgie and his feelings about food & community. Alternative title: Food Is Tasty And So Are Friends (Metaphorically)

Because Clint is a parakeet, and I am a person of simple tastes. *laughing* (This one is really light-hearted, and team-focused, and it makes me haaaappy.)
http://lar_laughs.livejournal.com/: Marvel - prayer circle[identity profile] lar_laughs.livejournal.com on January 19th, 2013 03:54 am (UTC)
I'm alive and I'm free is SO AWESOME! That was the first story I read where I realized that I might just have a thing for people who used to be animals. The reverse-chronological order makes this simply perfect because the reader gets a growing sense of OMG!NOREALLY! as they read the story. Or at least I did!
[identity profile] dictator-duck.livejournal.com on January 19th, 2013 04:17 am (UTC)
Haha, aww! Thank you so much :D. I really enjoyed writing it, and I'm glad the reverse chronology worked for you! It's a decision i made half-way through, and had to re-work things for, so that it works is awesome to hear!
[identity profile] hufflepuffsneak.livejournal.com on January 19th, 2013 04:22 am (UTC)
I enjoyed the budgie story sooo much! And thank you for the vid rec, I never get enough of those!
[identity profile] dictator-duck.livejournal.com on January 19th, 2013 06:20 am (UTC)
meep, thank you! :))

I love this vid ♥. A good vid is just really awesome in how it sneaks into your subconcious