modesty amnesty

There's a challenge going around, the first part of which is apparently reccing three of your own works. I am 100% behind the spirit of this challenge, and have enjoyed reading people on my rlists do it, but I had decided against it because I would have to fill my list with so many caveats that it would sort of ruin the intended effect. I've created a whole lot of moments that I love, but virtually no complete works that I would rec, all the way through, if they were by someone else.

However, while I was thinking about this and looking through my list of posted, completed works, I remembered that I did rather like my Yuletide story a few years ago, the House of Leaves fic, only I never reposted it here or on AO3 because I wanted to edit it and fix it up some more. And then for a couple years after writing it I hated it because I thought it sounded stupid, until this summer I reread HOL again and realized, no, that's exactly what it sounds like. And tonight I was feeling kind of wired and unwilling to sleep, so: I fixed it, and posted it. And you guys, I would totally rec this story. So I'm doing that meme after all, at least this part of it.

The text of the meme: In your own space, post a rec for at least three fanworks that you have created. It can be your favorite fanworks that you've created, or fanworks you feel no one ever saw, or fanworks you say would define you as a creator. Drop a link to your post in the comments.

(Although I am not going to be doing that last part, because I don't feel very communal today.)

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Festivid #2: submitted! You guys, this is going to be the greatest Festivids ever :D

Now: Magneto vid, other X-Men vid, Dead Like Me vid, White Collar vid, Iron Man remaster and new vid...that should keep me sufficiently busy for 2012.

vid recs!

So day two of that challenge/meme thing is reccing things by other people. I LOVE reccing, I just rarely do it anymore because a couple years ago I lost the ability to write any kind of statement or discussion longer than a sentence but shorter than a page, plus I've kind of been in and out of fandom the last few years. But I love it, so I'm doing this day.

In your own space, post a rec for at least three fanworks that you did not create. Drop a link to your post in the comments. See if you can rec fanworks that are less likely to be praised: tiny fandoms, rare pairings, fanworks other than stories, lesser known kinks or tropes. Find fanworks that have few to no comments, or creators new to a particular fandom and maybe aren't well known or appreciated. Appreciate them.

I'm doing all vids, and while none of them have "few to no" comments, they're all vids that have fewer comments than most of my other favorites, or that I haven't seen/never saw people talking about. Mostly. Also I'm sticking to just three because otherwise I would go on FOREVER.

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