I would like to call out Vonnie for her reblogging of gifsets from the Strike series (based on the Robert Galbraith aka JK Rowling mysteries), making me go, "Oh hey, it's Tom Burke" and "Huh, look at Vonnie raving about UST", which lead me to reading the book and watching the series and now I am done, and not only is there no more book and no more TV, there's NO DECENT FIC.

I'm feeling personally wounded here, Vonnie.

Oh great, someone to share my pain! Honestly, I'm calling myself out for getting into the series, 'cause did ya see where she left them at the end of series 3?? Jesus fucking Christ.

I've only read the first book so far, so I've still got the next two to read as methadone at least. I follow JKR on twitter -- she is making noises about writing and plotting, and I find myself muttering under my breath, "you better be working on the Strike books and not some HP prequels or such nonsense OR ELSE"

The lack of fic hurts me deep in my soul. I mean, I understand. There is no real way to legally watch it Stateside unless one torrents or hacks the BBC iPlayer. BUT THEIR FACES, DANA. Why do they have so much stupid chemistry. *cries* Why aren't there dozens of completed casefile fic where they are fake-married!

Okay, I did like that one longish WIP where Cormoran and Robin pose as engaged couple to ferret out a murderer. It hasn't been updated in eons though.

I do not read WIPs, you cannot tempt me.

How long until Yuletide?

I read a really good Star Wars/Rogue One story this weekend. floating, sinking is an Everyone Lives AU, which starts right after Rogue One and carries through with a politically-savvy AU of Star Wars, in which Rogue One also ends up on the Death Star when Luke and Han show up. It's really very good, and nicely long: 188,000 words. Oh, and it's Jyn/Cassian, Base/Chirrut.

I need more stories like this if I'm going to be home sick tomorrow, as I expect.

How long until Yuletide?

TOO LONG.

I say, as my 100 words a day these days are basically me writing a companion piece to one of my stories from last Yuletide that will never see the light of day but recently broke 9k, so it's always Yuletide in my world, I guess.

How long until Yuletide?

The first two series were out already when the most recent Yuletide rolled around (I think they aired August-Sept 2017) and there were, like, 12-15 stories, I think? Most of them short and none too memorable.

It looks like the series will air in US summer of this year, but unfortunately on Cinemax: [link]

Yes, but next Yuletide I can request it. Not that my request guarantees a good story. Sigh. Fandom is hard.

Yes, but next Yuletide I can request it.

TRUTH. *fist-pump*

I'll be happy with a small but enthusiastic fandom, compared to basically no fandom we have right now. I mean, their relationship seems SUPER tropey and just the kind to attract fangirls, but what do I know. Honestly, I am not objective because they could not have come up with a pairing that appealed more to my own particular sensibilities if they had cooked them up in a lab on a special order.

Yes, but next Yuletide I can request it. Not that my request guarantees a good story. Sigh. Fandom is hard.

This is why you start early on getting your friends into a thing to maximize your chances of getting something you'd like, IJS.

A heartfelt prayer to the deities of fic: please, please let this Victorian vampire Hannnibal AU be good. At least vaguely decently written?