Welcome to Small Gifts 2007

[magnetic-pole.livejournal.com]

Small Gifts is a year-end Remus/Sirius exchange community. Think of "small gifts" as stocking stuffers--the gifts can be short fic (500 to 3,000 words), art, icons, or whatever people can give. It's the thought that counts, really. Celebrating the season of lights, the solstice, birth and new beginnings, the promise of renewal. Snow and cheery fires, tinsel and mistletoe. Draw up a chair by that fire, settle in, and read....

How it works:

1. NOVEMBER 1 (Thursday) to NOVEMBER 9 (Friday): Participants leave prompts.

At any time between November 1 and November 9, you can join the exchange by responding to this post with a comment giving the following information:

Name
Age statement One of the following: "I am over 18 or over the legal age in my country (note here if you have a preference for rating)" OR "I am under 18 or the legal age in my country, and will neither ask for nor read anything with a rating over R." No age statement, or a falsified age statement, and you're out. Coal in the stocking and all that.
Three wishes Please give three prompts consisting of: one word; one sentence; one quote; one LINK to an image (no hotlinking!); see below for suggestions
Do not want to receive insert squicks and pet peeves here: "songfic", "deathfic", "Tonks", etc.
Am fond of insert favourite things here: "sexually-confident!Remus", "Lying-low-at-Lupin's", etc.

A text box, if you like that sort of thing:
<b>Name:</b> <b>Age statement:</b> <b>Three wishes:</b> <b>Do not want to receive:</b> <b>Am fond of:</b>

Please do not suggest too much detail, give a plot outline, or ask for a novel -- these are small gifts!

Bad example: "Sirius and James have a Clever Plan, and there is pudding, and somehow the Prank happens, and I'd love to have Lily there too, and also it should all be a flashback during the Grimmauld Christmas party, with sex." You will get... coal. For true.

Good examples: "trimming the tree"; "first kiss"; "warming hands by a fire"; "umbrellas"; "Dawn, New Year's Day"; "art for anything I've written"; "a remix for something of mine"; "story or art - Splendid Wings (song by David Brown)"; "cute MWPP-era icons". Please do not ask only for art: in general, there are more writers than artists.

Note to writers and artists: please, no sexually explicit fic or art involving underage characters.

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2. NOVEMBER 10 (Saturday): Prompts open to claims at 10:00a Eastern Time. Please claim by responding to the comment with the request that you want ("I, busaikko, do hereby claim marysue's request #2"). Please, one claimant per request/participant. We would like everyone to get something! If you finish your first small gift, you are more than welcome to come back and claim again.

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3. DECEMBER 10 (Monday): Final submission deadline. Please submit your work BETA'D as a post to this community (you'll need to join, if you've not already). It will go into the moderation queue. We will post two or three gifts per day from mid-December on. Hopefully we'll have enough to post through the end of the year!

Thanks for participating, everyone!

Happy, happy holidays all around!

busaikko and magnetic_pole

Comments

[kasche.livejournal.com]

Name: Bruni / kasche

Age statement: 24. Almost 25. Almost!

Three wishes:
  -- the first years right after Hogwarts
  -- the two of them getting together, with Remus seducing Sirius
  -- a fight between the puppies. How (and where *g*) it ends is up to you. ;P

(You can choose whether to combine the three, use only one, or only two of them, of course. :) )

Do not want to receive: Remus/Tonks. Really. I am also a pretty vanilla kind of person, when it comes to sex. Guess it was worth saying. ;)

Am fond of: Banter. I love banter more than candy. I like to see that the two of them have been friends for years. You know? ♥


The prompts are exactly the same, I've only changed the format to make them clearer. :)

[quartetship.livejournal.com]

I, quartetship, do hereby claim kasche's request #3.

(I'd also like to combine it with number one, if that would be alright :)

[midnight-birth.livejournal.com]

Name: Margot.
Age statement: I am 19 years old.
Three wishes: 1) Art for anything I've written (can be found archived at margots_fic. 2) Remus and Sirius play 'Truth or Dare'. 3) A fic inspired by the song (NOT a song-fic) All I've Done by Linkin Park.
Do not want to receive: Overboard fluff, AU, MPreg, or any mention of incest. No Tonks.
Am fond of: Dominant!Sirius, wit, foul language, sarcasm, mind-games.

[aclytie.livejournal.com]

I, aclytie, hereby do claim midnight_birth's request. I would translate one of her fics, and do my best to see if I can make a fanart to go with it. :D

[taigne.livejournal.com]

Name: Taigne
Age statement: I am over 18 or over the legal age in my country (but no NC-17 please)
Three wishes: 1)fic/art - based on ‘Changes’ by David Bowie;
2)fic/art -Oxford University;
3)fic – “Don't get me wrong I love you, But does that mean I have to meet your father?” (from Simple and Clean, Utada Hikaru)
Do not want to receive: songfic, non-cannon nicknames, crack!fic
Am fond of: AUs, h/c, sickly!Remus, pups wearing glasses

[withpins.livejournal.com]

I lyraeinne, do hereby claim request number one.

[westwardlee.livejournal.com]

Name: Lee West (westwardlee
Age statement: I am over 18 or over the legal age in my country Three wishes: (1) Art for anything I've written, unflocked at my IJ, lee_writes (http://lee-writes.insanejournal.com/); (2) First time; (3) AU: Teddy has two daddies.
Do not want to receive: Snape, fluff, songfic, Mpreg, BDSM and any major kink
Am fond of: angst (but not utter despair, please), Sirius-on-top, humor, first time fumblings

[gollisd.livejournal.com]

I, gollisd, am claiming this one. I don't know if I'm going to write or draw yet. We'll have to see what happens!

[liseuse.livejournal.com]

Name: liseuse
Age statement: 21. Therefore, I am over 18 or over the legal age in my country. I have no real preference on rating, though I am fond of swearing boys.
Three wishes:
1) This (http://images.jupiterimages.com/common/detail/03/99/22609903.jpg) picture.
2.) This song (http://www.sing365.com/music/Lyric.nsf/Of-Angels-And-Angles-lyrics-The-Decemberists/BA798B1D346D8BA248256FB90006BA6B), which I've also uploaded (http://www.sendspace.com/file/elas7m).
3.) "We were fools or mutes or children around each other.
The conversation had all taken place lifetimes ago.
Our love began in redundancy."
- Don Paterson, The Book of Shadows
Do not want to receive: Remus/Tonks, AU, anything dreadfully fluffy.
Am fond of: sarcasm, wit, swearing, boys being boys, the silences in between words and sentiments.

[sambethe.livejournal.com]

I, sambethe, stake a claim here. Either 3 or 1. Brain is still pondering which it likes more.

[lls-mutant.livejournal.com]

Name: Lissa/lupinslittlesis
Age statement: I'm almost twice 18.
Three wishes: 1.) Artwork for anything I've written. 2.) A remix of anything I've written (or even of a scene of anything I've written ;) ) 3.) Something with midnight mass and religious Sirius.
Do not want to receive: heavy angst (bittersweet is fine!), Hogwarts days, pet names
Am fond of: adults in general, intelligent Sirius, and closeness.

[such_heights]

I, such_heights, do hereby claim request no. 3, which may or may not fit request no. 2 also. :)

[feed-me-bug.livejournal.com]

Name: Steph
Age statement: I am over 18 or over the legal age in my country
Three wishes: 1 - Socks 2 - Art for anything I've written. 3 - Pig in a Blanket (This is a sausage wrapped in Bacon if you didn't know :))
Do not want to receive : WaterSports, Angst, Death, Violence etc
Am fond of: Marauder Era. Fluff. Any Rating. Socks.

[stompe.livejournal.com]

I, stompe do hereby claim wish no. 1

[siriusxlove91.livejournal.com]

Name: Caitlin
Age statement: I am 19
Three wishes: hogwarts years, flashbacks from grimmauld place to hogwarts years, fluffy first kiss / flirting stuff, cold winter warming by the fire, anything romantic. honestly, ill take mostly anything but those are just some good suggestions =), and i lovee cute remus/sirius icons
Do not want to receive: Remus/Tonks, anything AU
Am fond of insert favourite things here: flufff. obnoxious/funny sirius, good pranks, slight angst, realistic stuff.

[sleeper6.livejournal.com]

I, sleeper6, do hereby claim siriusxlove91's requests of "flashbacks from GP to Hogwarts" and "fluffy first kiss" (I'll be combining the 2, if that's okay).

[colourlesshade.livejournal.com]

Name: Amanda
Age statement: I am 20, and therefore over 18 or the legal age in my country.
Three wishes:
(1) Fic or Art for this lyric (not song fic): Joke me something awful just like kisses on the necks of 'best friends'
(2) Fic or Art or Icon: Scarves
(3) Fic: First time
Do not want to receive: Tonks, non-canon nicknames, Remus portrayed as feminine or passive
Am fond of: Marauder era to pre-Azkaban, boys being boys, slight angst,

[starla-kid.livejournal.com]

I, starla-kid, attempt, despite it being half way through nano and getting married on the 15th December, to combine all three of colourlesshade's wishes in one fic.

sk
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[snow-blossoms.livejournal.com]

Aw, I'm so glad this is happening again this year!

Name: Ashley
Age statement: I'm way over 18, and have no preference as far as ratings.

Three wishes:
1. snowball fight
2. hand-made presents
3. This song (http://www.lyrics007.com/Bing%20Crosby%20Lyrics/Baby%20It's%20Cold%20Outside%20Lyrics.html) (Baby It's Cold Outside)

Do not want to receive: Tonks, PWP, angst
Am fond of: Unresolved sexual tension, awkward attempts at flirting, Hogwarts or just Post-Hogwarts days, Fluff (in moderation!)

[sablier-bloque.livejournal.com]

"I, rebekahfair, do hereby claim snow_blossoms' request #3.

I have been salivating over this request all week.

[kyasuriin.livejournal.com]

Name: Kat
Age statement: I am over 18 or over the legal age in my country (and don't mind receiving adult-rated fic)
Three Wishes: (a) Post-Marauders/Pre-Azkaban era getting-together fic with slight (or major, whatever) angst that resolves itself
(b) something involving used bookstores or libraries (ie. Remus working in one, the boys visiting one, an AU in which they meet in one, etc.)
(c) someone teaching someone else to dance for James and Lily's wedding (bonus points if they're not together before the lesson but end up kissing during or after)
Do not want to receive: Would rather not receive anything post-Azkaban eras (incl. GoF/OotP/etc) and so this should eliminate Remus/Tonks but if not, I don't want that either. Also would like to avoid ridiculously flowery descriptions of sex organs (you know the ones) & non-canon nicknames.
Am fond of: In-character writing; seemingly-silly details; UST; AUs; mittens; realistic writing (in terms of situations, dialogue, characterisations, etc.)

[kasche.livejournal.com]

kasche claims prompt b!

[http://users.livejournal.com/lucid_dreamer_/]

Name: Shannon, lucid_dreamer_
Age statement: I am 21, thus over 18 and of legal age in my country.
Three wishes:
-art for any of my fics (I'll put up a list on my fiction journal by the end of today. That is on lucid_fiction.
-This (http://youtube.com/watch?v=ovq8l5Q1gNk) song. (What If We Could? Blue October)
-anything artistic/handmade. That could be more fanart, icons, other such stuff. I'm not particular. I love seeing people's crafts. :)

Do not want to receive: Tonks/Remus, BDSM, MPreg, PWP
Am fond of: Hogwart's Years, the Shrieking Shack, tension and awkwardness between the boys = misunderstandings, "nerdy"/hesitant Remus, smart ass Sirius, banter and pranks

[treizechs.livejournal.com]

I, treizechs, am hereby claiming sambethe's third prompt :)

[sambethe.livejournal.com]

Name: Kris, aka sambethe
Age statement: I am over 18 or over the legal age in my country
Three wishes: Prompt - Communication | Prompt - Patrick Wolf's Gypsy King, lyrics are here (http://www.lyricsmania.com/lyrics/patrick_wolf_lyrics_3996/wind_in_the_wires_lyrics_11895/the_gipsy_king_lyrics_137980.html) and I'll post an upload of it later today. | Prompt - Found Letters
Do not want to receive: out and out fluff, violence for violence's sake, complete and utter bleakness
Am fond of: Boys who are boys and men who are men, post-hogwarts and pre-azkaban time period or post-PoA, angst with hope on the horizon

[lyras.livejournal.com]

I, Lyras, am hereby claiming sambethe's third prompt, "Found Letters", possibly with a bit of the second mixed in. :)

[such_heights]

Name: Amy // such_heights
Age statement: I am 18, but would prefer nothing above an R.
Three wishes:
-- the Marauders and Lily all celebrating together
-- visiting a cathedral
-- art/a remix of any of my stories
Do not want to receive: Overt awkwardness/angst, unequal relationships, over the top sappiness.
Am fond of: In-character fluff, banter and friends laughing at each other, use of magic.

[kittehkat.livejournal.com]

I, kittehkat, fangirl of all things slashy and filled with boys, do hereby claim such_heights's third prompt with much squeeage and glee. :3

[paddy-wolfstar.livejournal.com]

Name: Laura
Age Statement: I'm 19, so over the legal age in my country. Any rating is fine by me.
Three Wishes:
#1 This (http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l10/BlueBellWoodElf/PA240433.jpg) picture taken in Greece. It's a tiny island a little way out from the beach that gets lit up like a Christmas tree at night. I think there's a single house on it, and you can only get there by boat. I don't know if it has a proper name, but my friend and I know it as 'Fairy Island'. Apologies for the poor quality photo.
#2 Long hair
#3 'Time and again boys race to be men
Impatient they start, fearful they end
But here was a man mourning tomorrow
He drank, but finally drowned in his sorrow' - A Sadness Runs Through Him, by The Hoosiers.
Do not want: Tonks, Stupid Sirius, AU.
Am fond of: Witty banter, angst, Pre-Azkaban/Post-Hogwarts (but any time is fine really)

[jamesly.livejournal.com]

I, jamesly, hereby claim paddy_wolfstar's prompt #3!

[spacefragments.livejournal.com]

Name: Aoede
Age Statement: I am over 18. Adult-rated fic is fine with me.
Three wishes: (all fic)
(a)Remus/young!Sirius (OoTP-era, he drinks some sort of potion, comes back from the Veil as a teenager, etc. take your pick)
(b)PoA or post-PoA AU; having all the time in the world to rediscover each other.
(c)Awkward teenage declarations of love.
Do not want to receive Remy and Siri, heavy angst or excessive fluff, purple prose, wimp!Remus, ADD!Sirius, R and S paired with other people, mpreg, any major kink.
Am fond of: happy endings, hands, touching; sex, good characterization and imagery, hopelessly smitten!Sirius.

[oddsbobs.livejournal.com]

I, oddsbobs, do hereby claim nk_aoede's request #1

[mindabbles.livejournal.com]

Name: mindabbles
Age statement: I am well over 18 and fine with any rating.
Three wishes: 1) 'Nothing spoils the taste of chocolate like unrequited love.' - Charlie Brown. 2) Faerie lights and freshly fallen snow. 3) A remix of or art for any of my stories.
Do not want to receive: deep angst and tragedy, non-con, gratuitous violence, an obnoxious Sirius, any of them being portrayed as stupid.
Am fond of: sweetness, banter, get-togethers and first-times (any first-times, not just sex), pre-Azkaban (Hogwarts or after) gaining maturity about politics, personal life, whatever, mild first-war angst that's resolved, post-POA finding each other again.

[solidbaby.livejournal.com]

Name:Laura
Age statement: Unfortunately: I am under 18 or the legal age in my country, and will neither ask for nor read anything with a rating over R. I hate being just shy of 18...
Three wishes:
1)Something about jawlines - particularly beautiful ones
2)The beauty of winter
3)Some kind of Scottish theme - kilts, tartan, folk songs, anything ^^
Do not want to receive: Heavy angst. It's nice if it's a bit achy, but I'm not the biggest fan of crying over my keyboard.
Am fond of: UST. Heavy-lidded eyes. All that juicy stuff ^^ Also, I adore their school years.

Thank you!

[cursedinsanity.livejournal.com]

I, cursedinsanity, do hereby claim solidbaby's request #1, which might (accidentally) include #2 and/or #3 :D

[ozymannedias.livejournal.com]

Name: Anne/ ozymannedias
Age statement: I am (significantly) over 18. Higher ratings appreciated.
Three wishes: coming out and running away, “ ‘Girls on motorbikes? A bit cliché don’t you think, Padfoot?’ ‘Oh. Is that what they look like to you then?’”, Christmas traditions
Do not want to receive: sex that suddenly makes everything all better, wangsty!Sirius, MamaBear!James, pwp (porn is fine, but plot is good too)
Am fond of: James, emotionally abusive Blacks and insensitive parents generally, creative new spells, teenage awkwardness, hurt/comfort, growing up

[taigne.livejournal.com]

I, taigne, do hereby claim ozmanndia's request #1 (possibly with 3 or 2 if I can fit them in

[withpins.livejournal.com]

Name: lyraeinne
Age statement: Twenty-one, edging up on twenty-two.
Three wishes: post-Azkaban without *total* angst, puppies as friends as well as lovers, and tinsel.
Do not want to receive: Remus/Tonks, jerk!Sirius, alienated from the James/Sirius super!twin bond!Remus.
Am fond of: hurt/comfort, well-read!Sirius, and hurt!Sirius.

[solidbaby.livejournal.com]

I, solidbaby, do hereby claim request No. 3 - tinsel.

[cursedinsanity.livejournal.com]

Name: Sarah | cursedinsanity
Age statement: I am 18 precisely, which is the legal age in my country, so so. -nods-
Three wishes:
a. camping;
b. "I am the son and the heir, of a shyness that is criminally vulgar";
c. smoking!Remus. He always seems to be the good "good" lad.
Do not want to receive: anything of the remy/siri/rem/sir/pads/moons sort, lovely-dovey nicknames, death, James being overly supportive about it all, male pregnancy (mpreg) and any extreme sex kinks.
Am fond of: dialogue, very slight romance, Hogwarts-era or very slightly after, music, canon if you're going to write canon, slight age differences and different houses.

[tailoredshirt.livejournal.com]

I, midnightblue88, do hereby claim cursedininsanity's request #3.

[chiralove.livejournal.com]

Name: lesyeuxverts00 (lesyeuxverts at IJ/GJ)
Age statement: Getting older every year, alas ... definitely over the age for reading/writing adult material.
Three wishes: 1. Christmas carols
2. "We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time." or another quote from T.S. Eliot
3. Sirius cross-dressing
Do not want to receive: Sirius or the Marauders being obnoxious, het, fluff, Snape-bashing, character death, unrealistically happy endings
Am fond of: unrequited love, infidelity, other sorts of relationship angst

[remeciel.livejournal.com]

I, remeciel, hereby claim lesyeuxverts00's prompt # 3! :D

[peskywhistpaw.livejournal.com]

Age statement: I am under 18 or the legal age in my country, and will neither ask for nor read anything with a rating over R.
Three wishes:
1. [story &/or art] caroling, with reluctant!Remus and ecstatic!Sirius
2. [story] I'll be your... something or other
3. [story &/or art] the dangers of decorating an unusual place
Do not want to receive: Angst, girly boys, too much fluff, manwhore!Sirius, evil!flobberworm!stupid!Peter, nothing higher than a PG-13 rating, Remus/Tonks or out-of-Hogwarts Marauders
Am fond of: Funny things that will make me laugh out loud, witty banter, silliness... and that feeling of things being very warm and Christmasy. If it's a fic, I also don't mind if it isn't terribly long. Oh! And I love it when the boys/Marauders are just acting like a bunch of boys. *grins* James and Peter as side-characters would be nice, but it's not a necessity.

[peskywhistpaw.livejournal.com]

Oh bother. I forgot my name.

Amber/peskywhistpaw

[meory.livejournal.com]

Name: Laura, meory
Age statement: I am over 18 or over the legal age in my country; however, I would still prefer a rating no higher than R.
Three wishes:
Fic or art for any of these:
1. "Circumnavigate this body
Of wonder and uncertainty
Armed with every precious failure
And amateur cartography" - from "Aside" by The Weakerthans
2. Favorite books
3. Meeting the parents for Christmas dinner
Do not want to receive: Any nicknames other than Moony & Padfoot, passive Remus, PWP, over-the-top angst, AU
Am fond of: banter, snarky Remus, exuberant Sirius, marauderly mischief, knowing each other extremely well, literary references, Hogwarts-era or right after, romance

[rufus.livejournal.com]

Mine!

er, I mean, I, rufus, do hereby claim request #1 with the intention of probably also incorporating #2 and #3.

[yaukira.livejournal.com]

Name: Aria/yaukira
Age Statement: 16.... (unfortunately)
Three Wishes:
1. Sunlight
2. Hands running through hair
3. Some musical instrument
Do not want: BASHING of other characters, super happy endings
Am fond of: bittersweet, growling, minor sillyness, any length, cute awkwardness

[peskywhistpaw.livejournal.com]

I, peskywhistpaw, do hereby claim yaukira's request #1. :D