Rarepair Hell Weekend is here! \o/

[thisaintbc]

 Happy Rarepair Hell Weekend!! Please comment below with all of your lovely rarepair things - sorry for getting it up a day late, I've been feeling a bit under the weather. 

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[amedia]

Here's what I've done so far to celebrate this wonderful weekend!


Friday:
Pimped the DC Slash binge of Big Wolf on Campus in my LJ and DW
Left a comment on a dS fic focusing on Dief (Our Den in the middle of our street: https://archiveofourown.org/works/43656687)
Wrote a ChuGuo drabble (Silent Support: https://archiveofourown.org/works/45135970)

Saturday:
Attended the Big Wolf on Campus binge and thoroughly enjoyed it!
Read & commented on two BWoC fics (We Are Switzerland: https://archiveofourown.org/works/25464265 and It's in his Kiss: https://archiveofourown.org/works/24686941)
Read & commented on a ChuGuo fic (A Perfect Fit: https://archiveofourown.org/works/45149728)

[ride_4ever]

I haven't been able to figure out what are the rare pairs at any of these links. 😕

Clues please?

Friday and Saturday: updated list

[amedia]

• Friday:


• Pimped the DC Slash binge of Big Wolf on Campus (very small fandom) in my LJ and DW


• Left a comment on Our Den in the middle of our street Fandom: due South; pairing: Diefenbaker/Maggie.


• Wrote a ChuGuo drabble Silent Support Fandom: Guardian; pairing: Chu Shuzhi/Guo Changcheng


• Saturday:


• Attended the Big Wolf on Campus binge (very small fandom)


• Read & commented on two BWoC fanfics, It's in his Kiss, We Are Switzerland
  Fandom: Big Wolf on Campus; pairing: Tommy/Merton


• Read & commented on one ChuGuo fanfic, A Perfect Fit
  Fandom: Guardian; pairing: Chu Shuzhi/Guo Changcheng

[amedia]

I realize that was a very minimalist list! I wanted to post it before midnight on Saturday and I was a bit hasty. So I appreciate your question - it gave me the chance to go through and format the links properly and even to add an item that I did before midnight but after I posted here ("A Perfect Fit")!

Here are some notes:
Big Wolf on Campus is a very small fandom, so in this case the main pairing is still a rarepair (as defined above). I actually hadn't heard of it before the binge, but it was lots of fun and *very* slashy.
Nox listed "Our Den" as gen, but there are actually three pairings! There are background hints of Fraser/RayV and current hints at Fraser/RayK, but the foreground pairing is Diefenbaker/Maggie. Also, Diefenbaker narrates a good chunk of the fic.
ChuGuo, or Chu Shuzhi/Guo Changcheng, is the secondary pairing in Guardian. The more popular pairing by far is Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan (the professor in the icon, and the SID chief). Of course, if you go by my output, it would seem to be the other way around, lol.

[ride_4ever]

TYK for the added detailed explanation! What threw me at first was Dief/Maggie the Husky because it's one of two main canon pairings for Dief. (Now, if you had said Maggie MacKenzie instead of Maggie the Husky, that would truly be a rarepair. Heh heh.)

[amedia]

Now, if you had said Maggie MacKenzie instead of Maggie the Husky, that would truly be a rarepair. Heh heh

Hahahaha, yes, it would!

[thisaintbc]

aaahh, hurray, so many wonderful things!! This all sounds like so much fun!

[kavyina]

I wrote a ship manifesto for one of my ultimate pairings from my favorite D&D show, Dark and Dicey!

[thisaintbc]

oohh, so cool! I love ship manifestos!

[kavyina]

Thanks! It's the first one I've ever written!

[ride_4ever]

Oh dear, Saturday was so full of RL obligations that I missed the first day of Rarepair Hell Weekend. I'll be doing something for it Sunday afternoon.

[thisaintbc]

no worries at all!! There's no official deadline - I've been sick this weekend, so my own things are going to be stretching over into tomorrow. It's awesome just to have you participate! \o/

[prettyarbitrary]

I've pulled together a schedule of upcoming fannish events and shared it in communities for my favorite small fandom, to encourage people to get out there, participate and make stuff.

[thisaintbc]

aahh, that's so cool!! People who make those kinds of calendars are such a blessing for any fandom, especially small ones imo!

[(Anonymous)]

Here's a rec to celebrate small fandoms: bethefirst, which is a challenge to write fic for fandoms that has none! And there's a round starting (hopefully) very soon!

[amedia]

What an amazing idea! Thank you so much for the link!!!

[thisaintbc]

oh very cool, thank you!

[noxelementalist]

So I also went to the Big Wolf Campus binge that Amedia mentions, and I went through and scattered some kudos among some fics for a few rare pairs (I did Ben/Jay from Disney's Descendants; Butchy/Tanner from Disney's Teen Beach Musical; and Edward/William from a Knight's Tale).

I also spread word of the weekend, and offered poetry if requested (no takers yet!) And...that's it for the moment?

I've really liked having this weekend, so yay for doing it 😁

[thisaintbc]

that's awesome!! And oohh, poetry! I love poetry :D

Thank you so much for participating!! It's so exciting to hear about all of the cool things that people are passionate about!

Sunday activities

[amedia]

Today I devoted to one of my very most favorite Rare Pairs!!!

Sunday:

• Left comments on two fics: Flatline and Stake(out)Through the Heart Fandom: Barney Miller; pairing: Harris/Dietrich


• Added about 150 words to a Barney Miller fic I've been working on; pairing: Harris/Dietrich

Re: Sunday activities

[thisaintbc]

aahh, hurray! Thank you so much for participating!

[ride_4ever]

There were just too damn many obligations for me IRL this weekend such that I'm just barely squeaking in here with one rarepair rec (and it's a doozy -- possibly the only existence of this pairing): Capri by The Moo. Fandom: due South. Pairing: Fraser/Ma Vecchio.

[thisaintbc]

that's totally understandable! Sometimes RL just happens. I'm really intrigued by this fic and can't wait to check it out!! Thank you for participating even when RL was making it difficult to find the time!

[amedia]

I read Capri because you rec'd it and it was SO GOOD!!!

[ride_4ever]

I'm so glad you read it and appreciated it and left good comments for Moo!

[thisaintbc]

I made some progress today on a Wilby Wonderful painting I've been working on for about a year (a recreation of one of the paintings in the movie), and wrote a little bit of a RakDiao fic that I hope to be able to put up tomorrow or Tuesday! I also have a few Dimension 20 fic recs that I'll be posting tomorrow ^_^

[lomelinde_laurea]

Ohhh Willby Wonderful painting! I love that movie - looking forward to seeing the painting when/if you post it!