beatrice_otter | An embarrasment of riches

So, I got my assignment, and clicked it with the trepidation of Yuletide, where one never knows what one will get.

I read the first request. My response: huh, I didn't think I signed up to write that, but maybe I did? I'd have to reread some stuff, but that's doable ...

I read the second request. Definitely not matched on it.

I read the third request. My response: huh, I didn't think I signed up to write that, but maybe I did? I'd have to reread some stuff, but that's doable ...

I read the fourth request. I knew I signed up for that one, so that must be what we're matched on.

But I've never shared three of four fandoms with someone! This is awesome. I may have to friend zir when

yuletide is over, because we evidently share much in common. And it's not like these are movies that are on TV all the time. Like, I had a request a couple of years ago where we matched on one, but zie also requested Forrest Gump which I don't think I've ever watched straight through but has been on TV so much I've seen every part of it at least twice, so I knew I could write it if I had to. That's the closest I've ever matched someone.

From reading zir Yulegoat letter, it's clear which fandom zir heart is truly hoping for. And it's one we share (sort of), though not the one we matched on. I have the books. I haven't read them in years, but I have them easily accessible. And she's right, there really isn't an online fandom for them, and she only just discovered them and is still in that first blush of "oh, wow, I love these books!", and ... I read fast enough that I should be able to read the whole series as a refresher and still crank out a story by December 25th. There are only, what, five books? Something like that? In two volumes? And I can skip right through all the battle/tech scenes, because I wouldn't write about them anyway and zie didn't ask for them anyway. By the time I was in middle school I was reading a novel a day, so even though I have less free time now it shouldn't take too long. And I still have the fandom we matched on for backup.

On other news, with five days left until rough drafts are due, I'm starting a new

xover_exchange fic. My first story started great guns, but then I couldn't figure out where it was going (great premise, but no idea what to do about it). I finally know where it's going and what the punchline is going to be, but I could not finish it in five days. I will finish it because it's a cool fic and I like it, but I need something else for the challenge. Thankfully, the second fic I started yesterday is chugging along nicely.