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Story Title: Chase the sky into the ocean
Fandom: Books of the Raksura
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spatz / cactusspatz
Link: AO3
Summary: Moon eyed the calm, murky surface of the water, trying to decide why he felt like something was going to eat him.
Warnings: canon-typical violence
Characters: Moon, Delin, Jade, Stone
Pairings: Moon/Jade
When I Started: The 2017 solar eclipse! I went camping by a lake, which sparked the story for reasons that will become obvious.
How I Lost My Shit: I handwrote the whole opening while camping, lost the pages for a while, found and typed them up eventually, vaguely plotted out the rest of the story, and it has sat unfinished in my WIPs folder ever since.
How I Finished My Shit: The structure of having a deadline and the lure of getting shiny fanart! Jillyfae did a fantastic job with the latter part (art AND a fanmix!!!), and has been excited and lovely and encouraging since the beginning of our collaboration.
Playlist Title: Lost & Found
Artist:jillyfae / faejilly
Link: Spotify - YouTube - Tumblr - AO3
Bragging Rights: I've always been a huge fan of the Books of the Raksura (and Martha Wells' entire backlist tbqh) but I've never actually tried creating anything for them, so when I saw a blurb about Moon for the WIP Big Bang I got ridiculously excited. It was an excellent decision, the fic is gorgeous, and Moon is, in turns, deeply confused and exasperated and very good at fighting things without quite dying himself, which is exactly how I like him. I had a wonderful time looping music over and over until I hated everything and then loved it again, which is pretty much the only way I've ever managed to make a playlist. And then I even found a picture of the perfect horrifyingly purple plant for the fanmix cover! It felt kind of like fate. (Or possibly my image searching skills have improved over the years? Both are possible.) 12/10, great author, great Bang, definitely recommend.
wipbigbang]Story Title: Chase the sky into the ocean
Fandom: Books of the Raksura
Author:
spatz / cactusspatzLink: AO3
Summary: Moon eyed the calm, murky surface of the water, trying to decide why he felt like something was going to eat him.
Warnings: canon-typical violence
Characters: Moon, Delin, Jade, Stone
Pairings: Moon/Jade
When I Started: The 2017 solar eclipse! I went camping by a lake, which sparked the story for reasons that will become obvious.
How I Lost My Shit: I handwrote the whole opening while camping, lost the pages for a while, found and typed them up eventually, vaguely plotted out the rest of the story, and it has sat unfinished in my WIPs folder ever since.
How I Finished My Shit: The structure of having a deadline and the lure of getting shiny fanart! Jillyfae did a fantastic job with the latter part (art AND a fanmix!!!), and has been excited and lovely and encouraging since the beginning of our collaboration.
Playlist Title: Lost & Found
Artist:
jillyfae / faejillyLink: Spotify - YouTube - Tumblr - AO3
Bragging Rights: I've always been a huge fan of the Books of the Raksura (and Martha Wells' entire backlist tbqh) but I've never actually tried creating anything for them, so when I saw a blurb about Moon for the WIP Big Bang I got ridiculously excited. It was an excellent decision, the fic is gorgeous, and Moon is, in turns, deeply confused and exasperated and very good at fighting things without quite dying himself, which is exactly how I like him. I had a wonderful time looping music over and over until I hated everything and then loved it again, which is pretty much the only way I've ever managed to make a playlist. And then I even found a picture of the perfect horrifyingly purple plant for the fanmix cover! It felt kind of like fate. (Or possibly my image searching skills have improved over the years? Both are possible.) 12/10, great author, great Bang, definitely recommend.
