A few more recs

[gwyn]

It's very interesting watching all the Yuletide stuff going on. I never paid much attention to it before, the lists of recs and such. I hope I'm not spamming, but I'm not signed up for the community (I guess I ought to, if I'm going to rec stuff), and I wanted to share these even though I think about maybe 2 people will be interested in anything I have to say. None of my fandoms are what you'd call popular even within the confines of obscure fandoms.

I'm still trying to figure out reactions, too. The story I slaved over and poured my blood sweat and tears into is either so sucky no one but my recipient wants to leave comments for, or people couldn't care less about the fandom or more likely the pairing within the fandom. OTOH, the story I wrote as an extra for a pinch hit just in case something fell through? Getting tons of comments. Not that I put less effort into it, but it's a lot shorter and I didn't have much time to spend on it. I know there's no predicting Yuletide, though!! Everyone's warned me suitably.

So, things I've read, which I liked a lot. I read kind of randomly, sometimes all through the entries for one fandom, and sometimes just poking around.

Buckaroo Banzai
The Heart of Rock and Roll has lovely small portraits of Rawhide, Perfect Tommy, and Mrs. Johnson. Yes! Mrs. Johnson!!! And Rawhide couldn't be Rawhidier.

Casino Royale (2006 James Bond)
Sur Le Pont d'Avignon has this incredible interior Vesper look at the time between the hospital and before they reach Venice. Bittersweet in the best possible way.

Burn Notice
Wild Turkey Chase is short but really quite funny, and everyone's perfectly in character.

Chuck
Selves Unimaginably Mine is another bittersweet piece, about Chuck and Sarah and what the most recent ep, Chuck vs. Santa Claus, meant for his feelings about her.

Comments

[umbo.livejournal.com]

My own personal experience is, I read my story first (not an option this year, as I didn't participate this time), and then it takes quite a while to go through the archive, so unless your story is in a fandom that starts either at the beginning or the end of the alphabet in terms of fandom, it'll take a while for people to read it. Also, I tend to have a lot of tabs open and read shorter stories first, which means it takes longer to get to the longer stories. So all of that might have a lot to do with you not getting comments on one of the stories you wrote (yet).

[kassrachel.livejournal.com]

I often find that the story I slaved over gets relatively few comments, while the random pinch-hit gets more of them. It's happening this year to me too, so far. *g*

It's also the case, I think, that some fandoms have a broad readership even if they're tiny fandoms (Calvin & Hobbes, Shakespeare, AA Milne) while others may really honest-to-God have only one or two fans out there in the world. I wrote a stocking stuffer in one of those fandoms, and on the one hand, I love knowing that I made one person happy; OTOH; I'm guessing no one else will even read the thing, much less comment on it. Heh.

Anyway. Yay! I am so glad you are yuletiding this year! It has totally changed my Christmas, for the better, so much.

[elynross.livejournal.com]

Also remember: often short tends to get read over longer, which get tagged for possible reading later (and then may or may not).

My main piece, it's unlikely anyone but the recipient will comment on it, but I knew that going in, as it's probably the rarest fandom I've ever written for. My pinch hit? That has sex. I find that always helps. *g*