I enjoy the Two Cakes Philosophy and I believe it deserves its place enshrined in fandom culture.
Forgive me for the extended metaphor but I also want to simultaneously celebrate what I’m calling Bakery Display Case Philosophy. You know when you walk into a bakery and the display case is full of beautiful treats? And there’s a variety of different colors, textures, and flavors to discover? And that’s so deeply exciting?
You might say to yourself, “No one is going to want to read this pairing. No one is going to want to want a character study of that character. No one wants genfic in this fandom, only shipfic.”
And you might use that to discourage yourself from writing a certain fic.
Fandoms, like bakeries, need cakes and cookies and éclairs and cream puffs and shortbread and brownies and pies and tarts and petit fours and turnovers and cinnamon rolls and madeleines and meringues—and so many other things—to survive.
Write your dark chocolate pistachio croissant fic. Your fandom needs it actually.
Fandom: Encanto (2021)
Rating: General Audiences
No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationship: Camilo Madrigal & Mirabel Madrigal
Summary: “In the Encanto, sometimes those believed to be gone aren't actually completely gone. Camilo and Mirabel understand this. (For the Spooky Snippets Flash Fic Exchange)”
Formally announcing a new longfic!!!
It is a rewrite and continuation of a fic I wrote a decade ago. More details to come <3
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Here, have a snippet from Unto the Labyrinth, my Hunger Games OC fic
The cameras cut to Maze posing and acting cute, as well as some of the crowd’s reactions to her. They seemed enthralled by Maze’s actions.
Caesar chortled. “Ho ho, the crowd is just eating Miss Donahue up! And she’s eating them up, it seems. Adorable! I cannot believe this is the same girl who was yelling and cursing at her Reaping. She did a complete one-eighty!”
“I don’t know, Caesar,” Melia replied, clicking her tongue. “She’s posing and acting like you’d expect from someone from a Career district. District 3 tributes are not nearly prestigious enough to show off like that. Like, come on, you’re District 3. They’ve only had like what, four Victors in fifty-seven years? It’s cringeworthy, in my opinion. This girl obviously thinks she’s much hotter shit than she actually is, excuse my language.”
Maze, biting into a giant fried animal leg, let out an indignant noise.
That bitch!
Troy laughed. “Ha! Told you so!”
Caesar looked taken aback. He gave his co-host a side-eyed glance. “Well, that’s certainly an opinion.”
The two commentators moved on as District 4’s chariot appeared on-screen.
“I never liked Melia Ferrero,” Philomena commented, cutting up her meat with her knife and fork. “She always has something negative to say about everybody and everything. People like her are absolutely exhausting.”
She glanced pointedly at Troy as she said that. He didn’t seem to notice, jovially continuing to scarf down his food.
Yep! 😉
Town of Anywhere Chapter 32 with no context
The Zero Comment Challenge is a way for readers to find new stories and reach out to authors they want to encourage.
Every fandom has stories that get lost in the shuffle. Maybe they were posted during a busy time and didn’t get much attention. Maybe the author didn’t tag as effectively as they could have to get their story in front of the audience it was intended for. Maybe the fandom is just really shy so they leave kudos instead of comments.
The Zero Comment Challenge is meant to find those authors and give them some love. Go to the AO3 search and filter by comments, then look at the fics that don’t have any comments at all. Find one that looks interesting to you and let the author know what you thought. They get to meet a new reader and you get to find new fic. Everyone wins!
Fandom: Hetalia
Rating: Teen and up
No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationship: Liechtenstein and Austria
Summary: “A deleted scene from ‘Ties of Blood and Water’. Austria buys Liechtenstein her first beer, and tells the truth disguised as a lie.”
Fandom: The Hunger Games - All Media Types
Rating: Mature
Graphic Depictions of Violence, Major Character Death
Relationships: Original Character(s) & Original Character(s), Beetee Latier & Original Chatacter
Summary: “Maze Donahue always thought she would be lonely forever. No one wanted to be friends with a troublesome orphan with a penchant for pranks. But when the unthinkable happens and she is Reaped for the 57th Hunger Games, she is shocked to find people taking an interest in her for the first time ever - the Capitol, her mentor Beetee, and even other tributes. She must deal with the impermanence of this social support, including the deaths of her allies, and try to survive the horrors of the Hunger Games and all that comes afterwards.
But no matter what, she won't ever be alone again.”
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This is a rewrite and continuation of a fic called “Lonely Girl of 3” that I wrote back in 2014!
The original fic can be found on both AO3 and FFN!
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Fandom: Star Trek: Lower Decks
Rating: Teen and Up
No Archive Warnings Apply
Pairing: Brad Boimler/Beckett Mariner
Summary: “After crash-landing on a planet together, Mariner and Boimler discover that they are soulmates, and weirdness ensues.”
Hello! I’m bluebirdwriting, and this is my official fanfic blog! I write for a variety of fandoms, but mostly Star Trek (DS9, VOY, and PRO), Hiveswap, Hetalia, and SPY x Family. I’ll be posting links to all my fics, as well as updates, extras, sneak peeks at upcoming things, and more! Ask box and submissions are open too!
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