Otter's Rock

An incredible animatic was made for the 2023 Murderbot Diaries New Year Gift Exchange:

They Don't Care About Us [ANIMATIC] (0 words) by avg
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Characters: "Human One" Refugee (Murderbot Diaries), Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries), Various other refugees
Additional Tags: Fanvids, Multimedia, Book 6: Fugitive Telemetry, Spoilers for Book 6: Fugitive Telemetry
Summary:

The story of a refugee.

In addition, festivids is live! There are some really amazing vids, so go check them out! Here are my favorites:

Choir
Fandom: Sister Act (Movies)
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Additional Tags: Fanvids
Summary: Singing together in harmony.

[Vid] Dance Into The Sun
Fandom: Pride (2014)
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Additional Tags: Subtitles Available
Summary: Rise and share your power.


Fun, Fun, Fun
Fandom: Star Trek: Lower Decks (Cartoon)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Carol Freeman & Beckett Mariner, Beckett Mariner & Starfleet
Characters: Beckett Mariner
Additional Tags: Fanvids, Physical Triggers, Subtitles Available
Summary: Beckett Mariner VS Responsibility

Tom Paine's Bones [vid]
Fandom: The Talk of the Town (1942)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Leopold Dilg/Michael Lightcap/Nora Shelley
Characters: Leopold Dilg, Michael Lightcap, Nora Shelley
Additional Tags: Fanvids, Subtitles Available
Summary: Dilg, Nora, and the Professor talk about freedom and justice for everyone


[vid] 2 Be Loved (Am I Ready)
Fandom: Lizzo's Watch Out for the Big Grrrls (TV), Unspecified Fandom, Pop Music RPF, Lizzo (Musician) RPF
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Lizzo (Musician), Jayla Sullivan, Arianna Davis, Asia Banks, Ashley Williams (Dancer), Sydney Bell, Charity Holloway, Moesha Perez, Isabel Jones, Jasmine Morrison, Crystal Williams, Kiara Mooring
Additional Tags: Fanvids, Video Format: Streaming, Video, Embedded Video, Physical Triggers, strobe lights, bright lights, Subtitles Available, Stuttery cuts
Summary: Lizzo's big grrrls are ready.


Vid: Tightrope
Fandom: 1995 - 1996 Women's USA Basketball Team, Women's Basketball RPF
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Jennifer Azzi, Ruthie Bolton, Teresa Edwards, Lisa Leslie, Rebecca Lobo, Katrina McClain, Nikki McCray, Carla McGhee, Dawn Staley, Katy Steding, Sheryl Swoopes, Venus Lacey, Tara VanDerveer
Additional Tags: women's basketball, Teamwork, social pressure, Sucking Up Bullshit To Make Things Happen, Physical Triggers, (1990s TV or VHS Footage), (Camera Flashes), (White Text on Black Backgrounds), Misogyny, Racism, Homophobia, details in end notes, contains brief shots of David Letterman and Bill Clinton
Summary: you gotta tip on the tightrope (tip, tip on it)


Beverly Hills
Fandom: Columbo
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Lieutenant Columbo (Columbo), Dog the Dog (Columbo), Columbo's Car
Additional Tags: Los Angeles, Wealth, Murder, Fanvids, Gift Work, Festivids 2022, Song: Beverly Hills (Weezer), Quote: Just one more thing... (Columbo)
Summary: Beverly Hills: that's where I want to be.


[Vid] Carol Of The Bells
Fandom: Die Hard (Movies)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Characters: John McClane, Hans Gruber (Die Hard), Holly Gennaro, Ensemble
Additional Tags: vid, Fanvids, Action, Blood and Injury, Blood, Police, Physical Triggers, Christmas
Summary:

Christmas is here
bringing good cheer

~
[Die Hard (1988)]


Weapon of Choice
Fandom: Busby Berkeley Movies [UMBRELLA], Unspecified Fandom
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Additional Tags: Fanvids, Embedded Video, Busby Berkeley, Weapon of Choice
Summary: Just Busby Berkeley Vibes


My Power (33 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Dora Milaje Appearances (Non-Live Action Media), Black Panther (BET 2010), Black Panther (Comics), War for Wakanda, Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2, Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Avengers Assemble (Cartoon), Marvel's What If ...?, World of Wakanda
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Aneka/Ayo (Marvel)
Characters: Aneka of the Dora Milaje (Marvel), Ayo (Marvel), Okoye (Marvel), Queen Divine Justice
Additional Tags: Dora Milaje - Freeform, Revolution, Wakanda forever, Depictions of Police (Minimal and Queen Divine Justice punches them), Mention of Rape (Happens Offscreen), Imprisonment, Subtitles Available
Summary: they'll never take my power, my power, my power


Evolution
Fandom: Dirty Computer - Janelle Monáe (Music Video)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jane/Zen (Dirty Computer), Ché/Jane (Dirty Computer), Ché/Jane/Zen (Dirty Computer)
Characters: Jane (Dirty Computer), Zen (Dirty Computer), Ché (Dirty Computer)
Additional Tags: Dystopia, memory manipulation, anti-queer totalitarian regime, Police Violence, nonconsensual medical treatment, nonconsensual institutionalization, Resistance, queer joy, Black Girl Magic
Summary: I'm just the shadow behind the girl with the fire in her eyes.


Higher Love
Fandom: Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Evelyn Wang/Waymond Wang, Becky Sregor/Joy Wang | Jobu Tupaki, Evelyn Wang & Joy Wang | Jobu Tupaki & Waymond Wang, Evelyn Wang & Gong Gong, Deirdre Beaubeirdre/Evelyn Wang
Characters: Evelyn Wang, Waymond Wang, Joy Wang | Jobu Tupaki, Gong Gong (Everything Everywhere All at Once), Deirdre Beaubeirdre, Becky Sregor
Additional Tags: physical triggers: fast cutting, Physical triggers: flickering lights, Captions Available, Subtitles Available, Fanvids, Possible NSFW imagery, Depictions of Police
Summary: If there are infinite parallel universes, then every universe that can exist does exist.


VID: Ramalama (Bang Bang)
Fandom: Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Evelyn Wang/Waymond Wang, Evelyn Wang & Joy Wang | Jobu Tupaki
Characters: Evelyn Wang
Additional Tags: Fanvids, Physical Triggers, flashing lights, quick cuts
Summary: "Please, Be Kind."


Her Ex-Lover is Dead
Fandom: Star Wars - All Media Types, Andor (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Mon Mothma
Additional Tags: Fanvids, Embedded Video, Rebellion, Explosions, Fire, Sacrifice, Galactic Senate (Star Wars), Galactic Empire (Star Wars), Planet Coruscant (Star Wars), Complicated Relationships
Summary: When there's nothing left to burn, you have to set yourself on fire.


Life During Wartime
Fandom: Andor (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Cinta Kaz/Vel Sartha
Characters: Cassian Andor, Mon Mothma, Luthen Rael, Vel Sartha, Cinta Kaz
Additional Tags: Canon-Typical Violence, Fanvids, Embedded Video
Summary: I might not ever get home


Black Tie
Fandom: A League of Their Own (TV 2022)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Maxine "Max" Chapman, Carson Shaw
Additional Tags: Fanvids, queer community
Summary: You will find the clothes that fit.

Grrrls (1 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: A League of Their Own (TV 2022)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Maxine "Max" Chapman & Clance Morgan
Characters: Clance Morgan, Maxine "Max" Chapman
Additional Tags: Friendship, Fanvids, Captions Available, Subtitles Available, Swearing in Song Lyrics, Female Friendship
Summary:

A lighthearted vid about Clance and Max's friendship. I believe this vid does not have any physical or emotional triggers. Captions available. A downloadable version will be available after reveals.
Song: Grrrls by Lizzo (edited)
length: 01:24

I use the same name everywhere so I am beatrice_otter on AO3.

Lovely author, here is my theory about letters: how much detail people want in a letter is HIGHLY variable. Some people (such as myself) prefer if their recip gives LOTS of guidance on their wishes. Some prefer as little as possible so they can be free as a bird. Most are somewhere in between. So! Here's everything including the kitchen sink if you find it helpful, but feel free to ignore it if it is not helpful. I would rather get a story you were happy with than "well, she said she liked x, so I guess I have to do x even though I don't like x and/or am just not inspired that way."

I'm fairly easy to please; I've been doing ficathons for over a decade and am very rarely disappointed with my gifts. I write long and detailed Dear Author letters because I find such things helpful when I'm writing for other people; if you are like me, here you go! If your style is different and a detailed letter makes you feel hemmed-in, feel free to do what works for you.

The most important thing for me in a fic is that the characters are well-written and recognizably themselves. Even when I don't like a character, I don't go in for character-bashing. If nothing else, if the rest of this letter is too much or my kinks just don't fit yours, just concentrate on writing a story with everyone in character and good spelling and grammar and I will almost certainly love what you come up with.

I have an embarrassment squick, which makes humor kind of hit-or-miss sometimes. The kind of humor where someone does something embarrassing and the audience is laughing at them makes me uncomfortable. On the other hand, the kind of humor where the audience is laughing with the characters I really enjoy.

Please no incest or darkfic. I don't count cousin relationships as incestuous. I define "darkfic" as stuff where there's a lot of suffering and no hope even at the end and all the characters are terrible. Angst with a happy ending is fine, I enjoy it, but there's gotta be a payoff. Even an ambiguous ending is fine! But there has to be some note of grace or redemption or hope somewhere, it can't just be "people are awful and the world sucks, the end."

( General Likes and Dislikes )

( The Goblin Emperor )

( Imperial Radch )

( DC Comics )

( Star Wars Legends )

( MCU (Black Panther) )

( Star Trek TOS )

( Deep Space 9 )

( TNG )

Citation Flirtation (3166 words) by Anonymous
Fandom: Black Panther (2018)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shuri (Marvel)/Original Female Character(s)
Characters: Shuri (Marvel), Original Female Character(s)
Additional Tags: Rivalry, Humor
Summary: Shuri's paper is refuted in a subclause of a footnote. This means war. (And somehow eventually takeout and fully-funded projects and kissing.)

This story is an ABSOLUTE DELIGHT.  If you enjoy acafics, femmslash, or Black Panther you have got to go read this immediately.  I loved the entire thing, it's gorgeous.

First of all, it is AWESOME.  Totally awesome, well worth the two hours in the car (there and back) it took to get to the movie theater.
( Spoilers and plot bunnies ahoy! )In conclusion, WAKANDA FOREVER.