Dear Yuletide Writer,

Hi! Please excuse my overuse of exclamation marks, because I just received my assignment and am extremely excited about the whole process! :D I've been Yuletiding since 2007, and every year I've loved the stories I've been lucky enough to get. I know this year won't be any different!

So, a lot of my requests are similar, aside from the one outlier in the Batman Beyond Fandom. In case you couldn't tell, I really, really, really love American criminal history. And when I can't get real American crime, well... Batman is the next best thing XD!

I'll just start with Batman, since that is the outlier...

In Batman Beyond The one thing I would really, really like to see here is Max/Terry. I'm not picky as to the circumstances, but I 'ship the like a burning. Though, as I said in my note, I can be partial to Max/Bruce too, so long as (somehow) it's younger!Bruce.

I also don't mind if certain details about the toon!verse change. For instance, I love Barbara's comic!backstory, and prefer it to the toon!verse. Want to slip in a mention of Damien? Go ahead. In otherwords, please feel free to dive into the comicverse!

Public Enemies and Historical Criminals sort of cross over in a way, I guess. With PE, I guess I sort of just want a day-in-the-life story post-Billie's arrest. Like I said in my request, any mention of his Cubs and Baseball love would really make me grin.

With Historical Criminals, I'm interested in seeing what they all have to say to one another. Some sort of meeting in the afterlife, whatever that might be for them. I feel like that could be a fascinating conversation. I don't care as to the subject, but just having them all the in the same room... Also, there are some criminals that weren't added to the character list who you could feel free to include! HH Holmes and Lizzie Borden spring to mind. Any American you'd like to add, feel free! I'll read about anyone.

My request for The Assassination of Jesse James... really says all I need to it say :-) I love thinking about what Jesse was like with his wife and children, and even though I've read the book and the bios and I "know", nothing does it like some awesome fic!

The only thing I'm not too fond of in these fandoms is slash (which isn't an anti-slash thing on my part, but more a combination for semi-historicalness and the fact that I have slight crushes on Jesse and John XD!), but run with whatever Gen or Het ideas you have!

I'm really excited to read what you come up with! These are ideas I've poked over for ages and ages but have never had time to write and have never been able to find. I hope something I've said will provide you with some inspiration, and whatever it is you choose to write, I hope you have a good time doing it!

Thank you!
Piper

Completely done! I'm going to make a bustle and skirt to go with it and probably wear it for Halloween.

Except, now I don't have anything else to work on all weekend. I'll probably go back to stupid crocheting while I watch more Justified-- which is my latest TV show obsession.



I don't have better pictures, because my current camera sucks. But! it cinches the waist into 25 inches, and does it without looking like shit, so, success!

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I just signed up, and you should too!

CHALLENGE 22 ILLUSTRATE A SONG
Only the Good Die Young; A Bonnie and Clyde Pic-Spam
Spoilers for Bonnie and Clyde, lots and lots of blood.


( well your mother told you all that I could give you was a reputation... )

Title: The Christmas Triangle
Fandom: Boy Meets World
Characters/Pairing: Corey/Shawn, Topanga, Angela
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 2109
Summary: Topanga hugs Shawn and fixes him a spot on the couch, but is she really happy to see him for Christmas?
Notes: Written for Michelle for Yuletide 2009.

( Merry Christmas! )

Dear Yuletide Writer,

Hi! It's my third year doing Yuletide, and while I'm terrified that I didn't volunteer to write enough things myself, I'm still really excited to be going forward!

I know I was very babble-y in my original request, but I think the general gist was pushed through-- ie, I really, really love me some American mythos, specifically in crime. I'm writing my senior thesis on the evolution of the American outlaw-bandit myth through popular media. This, well, it can sort of take the fun out of my favorite guys and girls of American history, and I'm hoping for a Yuletide story that can stick that back in there for me!

My request for The Assassination of Jesse James... really says all I need to it say :-) I love thinking about what Jesse was like with his wife and children, and even though I've read the book and the bios and I "know", nothing does it like some awesome fic!

Public Enemies and Historical Criminals sort of cross over in a way, I guess. With PE, I guess I sort of just want a day-in-the-life story post-Billie's arrest. Like I said in my request, any mention of his Cubs and Baseball love would really make me grin.

With Historical Criminals, I'm interested in seeing what they all have to say to one another. Some sort of meeting in the afterlife, whatever that might be for them. I feel like that could be a fascinating conversation. I don't care as to the subject, but just having them all the in the same room... Also, there are some criminals that weren't added to the character list who you could feel free to include! HH Holmes and Lizzie Borden spring to mind. Any American you'd like to add, feel free! I'll read about anyone.

The only thing I'm not too fond of in these fandoms is slash (which isn't an anti-slash thing on my part, but more a combination for semi-historicalness and the fact that I have slight crushes on Jesse and John XD!), but run with whatever Gen or Het ideas you have!

I'm really excited to read what you come up with! These are ideas I've poked over for ages and ages but have never had time to write and have never been able to find. I hope something I've said will provide you with some inspiration, and whatever it is you choose to write, I hope you have a good time doing it!

Thank you!
Piper

I am really spamming the hell out of this latest picspam challenge. This is going to be the last one though, and it's different than other spams I've done, a) because I've actually tried to put caps in order (fancy that), and b) because I've run them through photoshop this time (good golly!). ie, I've not been lazy this time around! And it's because this one is a topic very near and dear to my heart: Eight Favorite Characters of Color. It's no secret that I love me my minority characters, and this spam celebrates that from childhood through now. It was always really important to me to see people who looked like me on screen and, not going to lie, I tended to favor them, especially when it came to fanfic. And fashion. And my hair. What, I'm easily swayed!

It's a bit of a diverse mix (fandom-wise), but they are my favorites and the only one I didn't include was already spammed. That's alright though, she's not number one XD! Often times I feel like these characters are either obscure or just don't get the attention they deserve.

So, without further ado...


( Picspam under the cut! )

Awhile back I played Calvin and Hobbes at an RP game over on IJ. I'd aged Calvin up to his mid twenties and turned his childhood fantasies into a manifestation of powers of sorts. Hobbes was turned into a sort of Daemon, His Dark Materials style. I was having a really hard time with the app, though I can't really remember why at this point. Creating a history for a character who you only know up till the age of seven is pretty difficult. I basically did this picspam before I finished up the app because visiualising everything helped me in the writing. I also, obviously, just love Calvin and Hobbes and I really, really love these PB choices, even though I wasn't able to play the character for very long.

I've never picspammed an RP casting before, because obviously choices can be so subjective to opinion. Hopefully you'll enjoy it! And don't think I'm raping your childhood XD!


( G.R.O.S.S. )

Sometimes I get bored and do things. Silly things. Like make soundtracks and cover art for things that don't actually need soundtracks and cover art.

Like Outlaws.

Oh well. Free music!



( The Death of the American Outlaw )

Title: The Long Way Down
Author(s): cajun_chick411 (aka, wrigleyfield)
Fandoms: Reaper/Supernatural
Disclaimer: I don't own SPN and I don't own Reaper!
Type: Gen
Word Count: 15,600~
Characters/Pairings: Sam Oliver/Crossroads Demon (briefly)
Warnings: As a rating, I would say PG-13
Spoilers: Season 1 of Reaper and Seasons 1-3 of SPN
Summary: When Sam Oliver is killed on the job, his journey through hell introduces him to several interesting characters as he tries to figure out whether or not he really belongs. A series of vignettes that connect towards a common end.
Author’s Notes: This was written for the sncross_bigbang, a huge Supernatural crossover ficathon! First, I'd like to thank davincis_girl for the wonderful artwork for this story, and ittykat for helping me beta this story (even if I wasn't able to implement more than the most basic of suggestions, thank you mono and finals). I'm generally a oneshot writer, 2,000-5,000 words at the most, so this was a challenge for me, but a good one! I really enjoyed writing this, and I hope that someone out there enjoys it :)

PART ONE. PART TWO.