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I finally managed to do Yuletide this year!

Yuletide is a long-running, very popular exchange for small-ish fandoms (with fewer than 1,000 works). The DW community is [community profile] yuletide_admin, but that’s just a starting point. This year 1868 works were posted in 1141 fandoms (1141).

(In 2020, I treated but didn’t sign up. In 2021, I signed up but defaulted.) In 2022, I wrote a fic for the New Year’s Resolution collection to make myself eligible to sign up again, I signed up, and I wrote one work. I received two works.

I didn’t find time to participate in all the activity surrounding the exchange, such as submitting my fic for various sub-collections, or writing treats or pinch hits. I also haven’t yet read much of the collection beyond my own gifts. (Where did my time go???)

But I’m happy with what I wrote because I managed to read a book for it! (Reading books, as opposed to listening, has been elusive for me since the panini started.) I read The Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson and I wrote a fic about Baldr & Hel & Loki.

I received fics based on the fantasy series Carnival Row and the ethereal movie Only Lovers Left Alive.

What I wrote:

The Small Stone Tear (4159 words) by firecat
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Norse Religion & Lore
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Major Character Death
Relationships: Baldr | Balder & Hel | Hela (Norse Religion & Lore), Hel | Hela & Loki (Norse Religion & Lore)
Characters: Baldr | Baldur (Norse Religion & Lore), Hel | Hela (Norse Religion & Lore), Loki (Norse Religion & Lore), Hermóðr | Hermod (Norse Religion & Lore)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Ragnarok, Helheimr | Hel (Realm), Canonical Character Death, Grief/Mourning, Implied/Referenced Suicide, Ambiguous/Open Ending, Tricksters

Summary:
He was the first god who had come to her realm. And he was the best of the gods. Not the cleverest — hated Odin claimed that honor. Not the strongest — that was Thor, reckless one, with about as many brains as were in his unstoppable Mjolnir, but inexorable when it came to driving toward his goals. No, Baldr was beautiful and gentle and playful and trusting. And Hel was drawn to him like a moth to the candle flame, even as the edges of its wings curl and burn.




What I received:

A Rose by That Name (1122 words) by Rodo
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Carnival Row (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Afissa (Carnival Row), Simon Spurnrose
Additional Tags: Pre-Canon, Canonical Character Death, Yuletide Treat

Summary:
A small look at Afissa's relationship with the Spurnroses - Simon Spurnrose in particular.



Creation (1084 words) by roguefaerie
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Adam/Eve (Only Lovers Left Alive)
Characters: Eve (Only Lovers Left Alive), Adam (Only Lovers Left Alive)
Additional Tags: Backstory, Vampire Turning, Pre-Relationship, Pre-Canon, Getting Together, Marriage, Time - Freeform, Families of Choice

Summary:
"You missed all the real fun, like the Middle Ages, the Tartars, the Inquisitions? The floods, the plagues."
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"I'm a survivor, baby."



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