Snowflake Challenge #5–#8

[firecat]

Catching up on Snowflake Challenge. #5–#8

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5. https://snowflake-challenge.dreamwidth.org/52524.html
Promote a canon/talk about a part of canon that you love.

Lucifer.

One way I can hint at the appeal of this show is to say "Yes, the premise sounds very annoying, but somehow the way they do it works." I've said that to people who've said "I don't like police procedurals," "I don't like religious stuff," "I don't like supernatural horror," "I don't like shows focusing on white guys who think they're hot shit." Some of them have tried it and...succumbed.

Another way I can describe it is to say that two of my sweeties are now fans, and each of us likes it for different reasons. (Although we all like the humor.)

• Tall dark fierce men/supernaturals who look like men.
• People with wings.
• Redemption and character development arcs for almost everybody.
• Great female characters, who are kickass in a bunch of different ways, not all of which involve physical violence. They sometimes talk to each other about stuff other than men.
• A wide variety of relationships - romantic and/or sexual and/or friendly and/or platonic.
• Sex-positive content. Some queer content (not as much as we'd like).
• Mythology and religion stuff to ponder.
• Tropes, tropes, tropes.
• Opportunities to argue with canon.
• (For me: endless opportunities for fanfic - in canon, canon-divergent, crossover, historical...)

A third way I can describe it is **squeee** **flail**. Er, no. Not very descriptive, sorry. Just demonstrative.

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6. https://snowflake-challenge.dreamwidth.org/52829.html
Rec at least three fanworks that you didn’t create.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/27321304 "dum spiro spero" by thedevilchicken

Simply a really satisfying and well written original work that I received as a gift in the Fic in a Box exchange. Theme "Older Male Ancient Roman Gladiator/Younger Male Ancient Roman Patrician" Exquisite character-building, description, pining, power dynamics

https://archiveofourown.org/works/26032225 "Cigarette?" by Okapi

Sherlock Holmes/John Watson. I got "smoking/intoxication" on my Season of Kink bingo card and couldn't think of anything to write. These 500 words of elegant smut schooled me.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/28125957 "Full Fathom 5,000" by 20thcenturyvole

For Yuletide 2020, Kutsushita asked for Moby Dick fic featuring a whale fall. This was one of the results. Creepy, sensual horror, all the more horrific for being mostly biologically accurate. Written with Melville's style in mind but arguably even better than his style.

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7. https://snowflake-challenge.dreamwidth.org/53086.html
Create your own challenge.

Your challenge, if you wish to accept it, is to go leave comments on three fics you like.

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8. https://snowflake-challenge.dreamwidth.org/53360.html
In your own space, create a wishlist.

• Recs for sexy/smutty fics, 5K words or fewer, that include Loki (either MCU Loki or Norse Loki).
• Icons of characters from Lucifer or of anything from 2001: A Space Odyssey
• Write or rec me a fic based on any prompt(s) from my exchange letters.

Comments

[sjh2009]

Hope you enjoy :)

[firecat]

Thank you so much! They are delicious!

[sjh2009]

I'm glad you like them, they were fun :)