ext_25631 ([identity profile] magnetic-pole.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] small_gifts2009-11-23 10:25 pm

Countdown to Small Gifts 1/7: Poll Time!

Folks, small gifts are due one week from today, Monday, November 30, and posting begins one week from tomorrow, Tuesday, December 1! How did December creep up on us so quickly?

If you're finishing up with your gift, you can check out the instructions post to figure out how to submit your gift. Need a beta, or want to offer your fabulous editing services? Drop by the beta lounge

While we wait for posting to begin, we thought we'd post a few shippy discussion questions to pass the time and get to know one another. Poll under the cut, and feel free to discuss in comments!

Your mods,
[livejournal.com profile] magnetic_pole [livejournal.com profile] mindabbles, and [livejournal.com profile] sambethe

[Poll #1489585]

ETA: Dammit, I forgot humor! Humor and crack fans, weigh in in comments!

[identity profile] paulamcg.livejournal.com 2009-11-24 08:59 pm (UTC)(link)
When choosing post-Hogwarts, pre-everything-goes-to-hell, I was partly thinking that everything goes to hell only at the end of OotP (or in post-OotP canon). My favourite period for writing short fic has actually first been the lost years, but there hasn’t been much to read about that era. (And my major era for writing huge fic is post-OotP – AU.)

I’m afraid one of my very favourite genres is hurt with just a little bit of comfort or hope. (Perhaps that’s why I stick to these characters and this pairing.) Another one is political themes and original additions to the magical word. A third one that surprised me: AU without magic – while I’ve never been very interested in undoing the hurt Remus and Sirius suffered in (pre-HBP) canon.

[identity profile] paulamcg.livejournal.com 2009-11-24 09:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Above all, I’m thrilled to be reminded of what a wide variety of eras and genres there is in R/S that all have potential for fascinating fic.