DVD Commentary: With the Grace of a Child (Monster High)

When I saw the prompt for this one, I couldn't resist, despite not knowing a thing about Monster High. So, I checked out the canon, fell in love with Abbey, and started researching formal courting rituals throughout the world and what I could use. (I was most familiar with Chinese, or at least old Chinese courting, from the research I did for Mulan, but they didn't quite fit in the fic.)

( Courting )

DVD Commentary: All Things in Time (Kamen Rider W/Double)

I... started this in 2010 for a Yuletide treat. Technically speaking, of the two fics I wrote for my recipient, this was the treat and the Monster High fic was the fill. If people remember me muttering about something called "Shroud's War", this is that fic. It's also over 13,000 words. Yow.

It takes place in an AU where Sokichi survived, though that proved to have a little less impact than I thought. I mentioned that I loved post-"Begins Night" fics, and this is kind of mine.

( Took Me Long Enough )

Yuletide reveal and thoughts

I want to mention first of all that rebecca_selene wrote the wonderful "Writing with Chopsticks" for me in Mulan fandom, and BridgetMcKennitt wrote me both "Side Quest: The Journey of Hilda and Gordon" and "Reach the Sky Above" in Final Fantasy II fandom. (And learned a new fandom for me, besides!)

As for me, I wrote ten fics. I am scary. (Though not as scary as the person who wrote 30.) This year, all of my story titles were from Broken Poets lyrics.

The fics in question, in alphabetical order: All Things In Time (Kamen Rider Double/W), And If You Believe (Sapphire & Steel), And It Wouldn't Be Me (Final Fantasy II), Drowned In This River (Mulan (1998)), Just on a Whim (Kaboom (anthropomofic)), Never Do What You Do (Tower Prep), Never Once Was Afraid (Kamen Rider Fourze), Of Some Happy Ending (Schoolhouse Rock), With The Grace of a Child (Monster High), and Won't Bring Me Home (Villains By Necessity - Eve Forward).

I'll talk briefly about the meta on the fics below (and some thoughts about my Yuletide in general) under cut below, but I also will mention I wrote DVD commentaries for some of the fics (specifically Just on a Whim, Won't Bring Me Home, And It Wouldn't Be Me, And If You Believe, With The Grace of a Child, and All Things In Time).

( Fic meta )