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

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

[orngsnapdragon.livejournal.com]

Name: [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]/Rachel/Red
Age statement: I am under 18. I will not ask for/read anything above an R rating.
Three wishes:
(Christmas is my favorite time of year. *g*)
1- "Beasts, Birds, Fish, Flowers do what
the Season insists They must,
but Man schedules the Days on
which He may do what He should."
-W.H. Auden
2-Santa suits.
3-Mistletoe. *sigh*
Do not want to receive: angst, song fic, mpreg, AU, effeminate!Remus, guys in make-up, Gryffinwhore/stupid!Sirius, baby!Harry
Am fond of: post Hogwarts/pre-Azkaban, cigarettes, swearing, jealousy, tension/awkwardness, James, first kiss, talking with hands, Christmas carols. I'll stop.

Re: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

[maraudersaffair.livejournal.com]

I, MaraudersAffair, claim this prompt. :]

[kittehkat.livejournal.com]

Name: Kat | kittehkat
Age statement: I'm 21.
Three wishes:
-- Sirius was in Azkaban and Remus celebrated Solstice alone, to honor him. Sirius is now dead and, again, Remus finds it hard to celebrate the earth's rebirth, even in rememberance.
-- Remus listens to The Beatles still because his mum did when he was little. He decided to introduce them to Sirius.
-- Hot chocolate.
Do not want to receive: Heterosexual situations. Aha.
Am fond of: Angst and/or hot, sweaty boy sex. Anything. Everything.

[chaperoned.livejournal.com]

I, Fin, do hereby claim Kat's request #2.

[daphnaea.livejournal.com]

Name: daphnaea
Age statement: I am well over 18.
Three wishes:
-ambiguity (bonus: some degree of resolution)
-an Order mission (first war)
-Sirius receives an owl from a member of his immediate family
Do not want to receive: fluff, angst that doesn't go anywhere, melodrama, girlishness
Am fond of: understatement, depth of character, hopeful but not saccharine endings

[paulamcg.livejournal.com]

I, paulamcg, do hereby claim daphnaea’s request # 2.

[jadis31.livejournal.com]

Name: Jo/jadis31
Age statement:
I'm close to twice the age of majority in my country. Ouch. It hurts a bit to think of it in those terms
Three wishes:
1. Cheap wine and dirty feet.
2. "We'll see how funny it is when it happens to you." you don't have to use that exact line, rephrase it how you'd like
3. You can play with any of my R/S drabbles (http://jadis31.livejournal.com/187959.html#cutid4). I don't care if it's remixs, art, sequels... have fun.
DO NOT WANT:
Nothing taking place after 1981. Nothing bleak or depressing. I like my sex kind of vanilla - no extremely large objects or strange bodily fluids or humiliation or dead things or excessive pain.
Am fond of:
I'm a happy ending whore. I have no shame about it. I do like angst and pain, just as long as they're realistic (or not too far over the top). I like Sirius smart and Remus strong.

[beckaandzac.livejournal.com]

I, beckaandzac would like to claim jadis31's request #1. :)

[stompe.livejournal.com]

Name: Maja
Age statement: 21
Three wishes: 1)First christmas after Hogwarts
2)fic or art inspired by "I don't mind" by the Buzzcocks
3)the week before I fell into the veil
Do not want to recieve: Happy Tonks/Remus
Am fond of: Getting together, post-Hogwarts pre-Azkaban as well as the return from Azkaban, UST, Sirius listening to punk, wit, strong friendship between Sirius and James

[passakiss.livejournal.com]

Claiming!

<3 passakiss

I love your artwork, btw.

[feed-me-bug.livejournal.com]

I, feed_me_bug, do hereby claim kathleen_hp request #1 and #3. (Maybe 2 if I can get it in.)

[jamesly.livejournal.com]

Name: Do
Age statement: I am over 18 or over the legal age in my country. I probably won't write anything over R, but whatever you want to give me in return is great.
Three wishes:
i. Hanging up lights
ii. "And bending down beside the glowing bars,
Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled
And paced upon the mountains overhead
And hid his face amid a crowd of stars."

When You Are Old, W.B. Yeats
iii. Eggnog
Do not want to receive: Remus/Tonks. For reals. Anything cute/fluffy, too much angst, the stereotypes ("Sirius was smouldering in his dark-as-night jacket that smelled remotely of cheap sex and beer, his godlike teeth glowing pearly in the soft light." NO. Haha.)
Am fond of: Cigarettes, boys being boys (echoing some sentiments above me), apartments, simple things.

[chiralove.livejournal.com]

I, lesyeuxverts00 would like to claim jamesly's prompts ... all of them, please, because I am greedy. :)

[learningtolove8.livejournal.com]

Name: Jessica

Age statement: I am under the age of 18 and will neither ask for nor read anything with a rating over R.

Three wishes:
1.) aphelion - n. The point on the orbit of a celestial body that is farthest from the sun
2.) >rice and glitter (http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=113)<
3.) “but Jesus asked him, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?”” (Luke 22:48)

Do not want to receive: I’m not terribly picky, but I really can’t stand having the boys turned into pathetic, whiny creatures. Or Mpreg.

Am fond of: First War era. French!Remus. IC!Peter - seriously. If you write me in character Peter (i.e., not a total bumbling idiot that is always completely ignored), you will be my favorite person ever.

[carmine-ink.livejournal.com]

I, carmine_ink do hereby claim learningtolove8's prompt #1. ;)

[aclytie.livejournal.com]

Name: aclytie
Age statement: sinfully over 18, can't stomach anything no higher than NC-17 all rating appreciated.
Three wishes: 1) cookie or chocoalte baking, 2) ill-disposed usage of Felix Felicis or any other potions, 3) boisterous! house-elves
Do not want to receive: songfic, deathfic
Am fond of: Reluctant! Remus, I-am-sexy! Sirius

I am bad at writing English, but can I translate as exchange?

[mysid.livejournal.com]

I, mysid, do hereby claim aclytie's wish #2. (I may add a bit of #1 in as well.)

Personally, I think your offer to translate someone's work is a wonderful substitute for writing original fic. Maybe you should translate something by magnetic_pole or busaikko to thank them for running this community.

[treizechs.livejournal.com]

Name:treizechs

Age statement:I am over 18 and of legal age in my country.

Three wishes:
1. First War or OotP
2. Sirius recieved news about Remus' death (It could be misinformed or AU, but after so many Remus-mourn-for-Sirius fics, I would like to see the other wat around ;p)
3. Christmas Eve

Do not want to receive:Tonks/Remus, seriously

Am fond of:angst, hurt/comfort

[gwathhenation.livejournal.com]

I, gwathhenation, claim this prompt (generally--I don't know what I'll specifically use yet ;))

[learningtolove8.livejournal.com]

I, learningtolove8, do hereby claim last_radio ’s prompt #3.

[buckle-berry.livejournal.com]

name: buckle_berry
age statement: i am over 18 and of legal age in my country. any rating is fine.
three wishes:

either fic or art for any of my wishes would be wonderful.

1. wingfic. in the interests of full disclosure, i should say that i requested wingfic in this fest last year, and was lucky enough to receive this wonderful story (http://community.livejournal.com/rs_small_gifts/7117.html) by rosemaryandrue which i love and have read many, many times since. but there can never be enough wingfic, so i'm wishing for it once again.

2. stand inside an empty tuxedo with grapes in my mouth - ada, by the national. (i can upload.)

3. At the enchanted metropolitan twilight I felt a haunting loneliness sometimes, and felt it in others...in the dusk, wasting the most poignant moments of night and life. - the great gatsby, f scott fitzgerald

do not want to receive: non-canon nicknames, explicit sex when they're at school, sirius and remus bringing up baby harry (or any other babies, including teddy), aus where they're both alive post-canon (although afterlife fic is fine).

am fond of: good banter, slagging each other off, the other marauders, tonks, mundungus, mad-eye, hints of remus/lily, general silliness, UST, angst (but with a happy ending, since it's christmas).

hurray for rs_small_gifts!

[anothersaturday.livejournal.com]

I, saraannette, claim buckle_berry's prompt #3. (Fitzgerald FTW!)

[lorax.livejournal.com]

Name: sullensiren
Age statement: I am weeeeelllll over 18, and am comfortable receiving any rating of story.
Three wishes: 1. Art for anything I've written (All found at my archive (http://archive.skyehawke.com/authors.php?no=942)). 2. Detention Fic. 3. Remus makes the first move.
Do not want to receive: Mpreg, genderswap, girly Remus
Am fond of: Marauder-Era to pre-Azkaban, pranks, humor, banter, angst, longing looks, arguments.

[wook77.livejournal.com]

I, wook, claim wish number 3.

[magnetic-pole.livejournal.com]

Name: Maggie, magnetic_pole
Age statement: I'm well over 18 and will enjoy fic of whatever rating you would like to write--but would prefer low-rated art, if you're an artist
Three wishes: for fic or art
1) the fine line between laughing and crying
2) traffic, crowds, or busy city streets
3) anti-war sentiment
Do not want to receive: Tonks (either appearance or bashing; I love her, but...), babies, weddings, DH!Remus, "I love you" stated aloud (though the sentiment is always welcome)
Am fond of: Post-Hogwarts or subsequent eras; politics or social issues; fics involving secondary or minor characters--but whatever you'd like to do is fabulous, of course!

[liseuse.livejournal.com]

I, liseuse, hereby claim magnetic_pole's prompt number 2!

[sostrata.livejournal.com]

Name: Sostrata
Age statement: over the legal age in any country. rating: up to R
Three wishes:
1. a post-war (but non-DH) happily ever after
2. motorbike
3. spending time with Harry
Do not want to receive: the Tonkses, anything sad/depressing, extreme angst, extreme sappiness, OCs, het, S&R being nasty to each other
Am fond of: S&R being generally awesome, maturity but with a sense of mischief, banter, strong friendship, Padfoot, magic, being in denial of canon

[lls-mutant.livejournal.com]

I, lupinslittlesis, claim #3, with some serious mentions of #2.

[oddsbobs.livejournal.com]

last minute... hehe

Name: oddsbobs
Age statement: I am over 18 or over the legal age in my country
Three wishes: trying to fall in love (or find each other again) during war time, It's Christmas and Remus has to rescue Sirius (or vice versa), art for anything I've written
Do not want to receive: mpreg, tonks bashing, 'Remi' or 'Siri'
Am fond of: Marauder!Remus, confident!Remus, a Sirius who's not all crazy and/or hyperactive, AUs, historical AUs, angst, allusions to Medieval or Arthurian literature, hurt/comfort, Magic!

[penhaligonblue.livejournal.com]

I, penhaligonblue, do hereby claim your first prompt: "trying to fall in love (or find each other again) during war time".

[lyras.livejournal.com]

Name: Lyras
Age statement: I am over 18 and will read any rating, but I do prefer that it not be pure porn, please.

Three wishes:

1. Snow isn't all fun - it can be deadly if you're far from home.
2. Remus tries to cheer Sirius up during OotP.
3. Anything that inspires you about this song (http://www.sendspace.com/file/f1wzpp) (The Year of Driving Languorously by The Lucksmiths) (mediafire link (http://www.mediafire.com/?bgtgwslzcjz)).

Do not want to receive: Boys acting like girls, non-canon nicknames, cutesiness, MPREG, babies, songfic.
Am fond of: Angst with a bit of hope, boys being boys, lyrical writing, five things, understatement, character-driven, friendship, afterlife fic, lying low at Lupin's, unresolved sexual tension. Lots of things, really :).

[snow-blossoms.livejournal.com]

I, snow_blossoms, do hereby claim lyras's request #1. :)

[inksheddings.livejournal.com]

Name: inksheddings
Age statement: I am over 18 or over the legal age in my country. Far over.
Three wishes: 1.)Unexpected gifts. 2.)Something found that had been lost and nearly forgotten. 3.) A really bad (as in inedible) Christmas dinner -- this should be humorous.
Do not want to receive: Angst (though bittersweet is good). Deathfic. No extreme S & M or other such kinks, I'm a very vanilla gal. It doesn't have to be fluff, just nothing dark and depressing.
Am fond of: Post PoA through OotP. Post Hogwarts, pre-Azkaban. Uncertain and/or awkward sex. Humor mixed with bittersweet, if that makes sense -- hopefulness.

[daphnaea.livejournal.com]

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[wook77.livejournal.com]

Name: wook/ wook77
Age statement: I am 30.
Three wishes:

1.) art for one of my stories (especially Life through Inkstains (http://wook77.livejournal.com/160699.html)),
2.) banter leading to an impetuous snog,
3.) kissing - lots and lots of kissing
Do not want to receive: traditional squicks, character bashing, so much schmoop that my teeth want to rot, boys written as "girls with cocks"
Am fond of: angst with a hopeful ending, pre-OOTP/post-MWPP (or MWPP, I'm good with either), detailed kissing (did I mention kissing?), banter, IC characterisations

[jadis31.livejournal.com]

jadis31 claims #1 :D

[leafyaki.livejournal.com]

Name: leafyaki

Age statement: I just turned 18 today! *Beams* Any rating is fine

Three wishes:

1. Princes/Princesses
2. A fic inspired by "The Boys of Summer" by Don Henley
3. Church choirs

Do not want to receive: Tonks, angst, Ootp-era, any character bashing

Am fond of: Hogwarts days, friendship with James/Lily, fluff, sweetness, sweet kisses, HUGS! Most things sweet and aww-worthy.

Thank you! I hope this is not too late...

[glass-icarus.livejournal.com]

oh, my, my life has been eaten by school... sorry! claiming the third one. :)

[ex-britty23.livejournal.com]

Name: britty
Age statement: I am 18
Three wishes: First kiss, unwrapping Christmas presents, Confessions on New Years Eve.
Do not want to receive: AU, No Tonks, MPreg, Angst
Am fond of: Fluff, happiness, Hogwarts Era, humor

[jadis31.livejournal.com]

jadis31 says "#2 is all mine!"

[cindergal.livejournal.com]

Name: Cindy (cindergal)
Age statement: I am over 18 or over the legal age in my country, and am happy with any rating
Three wishes: (I'd prefer fic if possible)
1. Kissing at midnight on New Year's Eve
2. Babysitting for baby Harry or young Nymphadora
3. Christmas at Grimmauld Place (OotP era)
Do not want to receive: overwhelming angst, non-canon nicknames, character bashing, PWP, BDSM
Am fond of: pre- or post-Azkaban eras, getting together fic, h/c, banter, emotion without sentimentality, hopeful endings

[quipped.livejournal.com]

I, quipped, do hereby claim Cindy's request #1, and possibly either number 2 or 3 if I can. We'll see how it goes. :)

[paulamcg.livejournal.com]

Name: PaulaMcG or paulamcg
Age statement: I am well over 18, which is the legal age in my country, too, but I actually prefer G and PG.
Three wishes:
1. Art for anything I’ve written.
2. Fic or art: One of them receives just (or almost) what he needs most desperately. (Or anything about gifts.)
3. Fic or art: The light Remus can conjure on his palm. (Or any original magical detail.)
Do not want to receive: Graphic sec scenes, Remus or Sirius killing or trying to kill himself or anyone else, or Remus as the wolf biting anyone. HBP or DH era.
Am fond of: Borderline slash/gen – other focus than the characters kissing, having sex or finding out that they love each other. Characters suffering from hunger and/or cold. Hardships and hope. Poverty. Simple blessings. Beauty in unexpected places. Original settings, OCs. The Lost Years (and any era after the school years and before HBP). Magic (which has its limitations, so all the hardships can’t be undone). Characters dressed like wizards unless among Muggles.

[cherrybrandy370.livejournal.com]

i cherrybrandy370 claim paulamcg request #2 and/or #3. will definitely be fic, as i lack amazing drawing skills and a scanner. (let me know if you would rather art, and i'll leave this for someone else!)

[anothersaturday.livejournal.com]

Name: Sara Annette (saraannette)
Age statement: I am over 18, which = over the legal age in my country. I am totally fine with higher ratings.
Three wishes:
1. (based on the following quote, but not songfic:) 'It's a luscious mix of words and tricks that let us bet when you know we should fold. On the rocks I dreamt of where we'd stepped and of the whole mess of roads we're now on.' --The Shins, 'Caring is Creepy'
2. Sirius's first Xmas after leaving his family
3. 'A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.' --Oscar Wilde
Do not want to receive: mpreg, songfic, girlishness, overly fluffy-wuffy cutesy-wutesy fluff, 'Siri', extreme AU
Am fond of: banter, Marauders-era, things that are very funny or very sad or (best of all!) very funny AND very sad, non-sappy emotion, lying low at Lupin's, boys being boys, awkwardness, and, of course, omgtehhawtsecks! ;)

[buckle-berry.livejournal.com]

i, buckle_berry, claim saraannette's prompt 1. i love the shins.

[l-stone.livejournal.com]

Name: L. Stone
Age Statement: I am 18 and legal in my country. That being said, I would prefer nothing over an R rating please.

Three wishes:

1. Oh I could show you the way/Shadows colonize snow. -Our Retired Explorere, the Weakerthans

2. Anything French or related to French or France. Bonus points if the boys speak French.

3. Art for anything I've written. Or, if you would like, a remix of anything I've written. (All my work is found in the memories section of my journal.)

Do not want to receive: graphic sex or violence, any mention of either of the boys in heterosexual relationships, Tonks, noncanon nicknames, songfic, anything post-OotP; extreme fluff

Am fond of: conversations in bed after sex; descriptions of scars, esp. Sirius's; James; slight awkwardness; bittersweet or gently hopeful endings; intellectual Remus; too smart for his own goood Sirius; cigarettes; genuine feelings of love

[meory.livejournal.com]

I, meory, claim l_stone's request #1! (And I speak French so I'll see if I can work request #2 into it as well. :D)