The Idea A fandom Secret Santa -- we give each other stories, artwork, essays. Very simple -- Email (amethyst.sh@gmail.com) or PM me with what you want and what you can give. After I have everything, I'll match up what people want and what they can give, and give you your prompt and medium. Once you are done with your gift, send them to me. I'll post all submissions here for the receiver and everyone else to enjoy. After all gifts have been posted and enjoyed, and we've guessed who gave what, Givers will be allowed to reveal themselves. After they have had a few days to reveal, I'll post the master list of prompts and who did what. The Specifics 1. Anytime between now and October 3, 2014 email or PM me with the following. -- Choose two or three prompts -- a Medium or two* -- if choosing an fanfic or an essay, choose a team* -- What you can give** 2. By October 7, you will receive from me a gift request 3. Send me the completed gift by December 19. 4. I'll post the gifts between December 15 and December 22. 5. People can reveal themselves to the recipients on December 26. 6. I'll post the master list on January 1, 2015; at that time givers can post their work elsewhere, such as Gatchfanfic or DeviantArt, etc. 7. 1500 word minimum for essays and stories (serial drabbles are okay, unless otherwise specified) No maximum, but please keep in mind that gifts should be complete. If a prompt inspires more, sequels would be enjoyed by all. The Rules If you want something, you have to give something. Please don't post or share^ the gifts with others or other sites until after the master list has been revealed on January 1, 2015 to give the recipients time to enjoy the work first. If you don't want smut or slash, or won't write/draw smut or slash, please say so. Also if you prefer this, just put it in your prompt. If you want to give multiple gifts, you can ask for multiple gifts. * ** ^ * If you want an essay or choose Eagle Riders or GoS (for fanfic or essay), please select one prompt from another and/or for a second team. I will make every attempt to match people with their first choices, but will be limited by what people are able to give. **Prefered Medium -- Art, Fanfiction, Essay, Teams that you are most familiar with for Fanfictions or Essays ^Check with me before you send something to beta. I'd really like to try and post a beta list for those who need/want a beta, so if you want to participate, but don't really have the time to give, send me an email to volunteer to beta. Please note that if you want to beta, you must also respect the timeline and secrecy. Finally, please, if something happens that prevents you from fulfilling this obligation, let me know as soon as possible. I won't be asking for a gift, but will be a back-up if anyone has something that interferes with this obligation. If anyone else wishes to help out in this manner, I'd be happy to accept that help, too. So please, if you have time to fill for missing gifts please let me know. Hope everyone has a much fun as we did the last two years! Happy Holidays!

Finally got it up. Sorry it is late. I intended to have this up about three weeks ago, but Mother Nature and Real Life kind of interfered. Please help spread the word. If you know someone who likes to participate, but is not on the boards a lot, please let them know. Real life has been hitting everyone hard the last few years, if you want to participate and have special time constraints, please let me know, I'll do my best to match up appropriate prompts. I've extended the deadline a bit this year, so I may be posting them in bunches. I hope to get prompts sent out sooner than I stated, but knowing how real life has been, I wanted to give myself a few extra days. As always, if you don't hear back from me in a day or two, especially if you PM me, please follow up with an email.

Hooray! For those of you who are new to this, please think about participating. It is so much fun! It is so nice to see all of the gifts revealed for the holidays. I'm in!

OK Springie - I'll play too. Gonna take me a few days to think of a request though... I will sign up this weekend!

Originally posted by mylari OK Springie - I'll play too. Gonna take me a few days to think of a request though... I will sign up this weekend!

Awesome, Mylari! Welcome!

Woohoo! Working on talking myself into this ...

hooray, Mylari! Chris...allow me...

Glad to see that this is back! Thank you for putting in the time and effort again, Amethyst.

Yay, mylari! Reading the gifts and guessing who created them has always been a load of fun! Chris, I'll see Springie's two pokey sticks and raise with a !

Maybe this time I can write something that isn't essentially a novel ...

C'mon, Chris! We all know you want to participate....just give in! Come to the Write Side -- we have cookies!

Hmm, I do like cookies ...

Signed up!

Fighting a head cold, should be sleeping, but instead I sent my email to sign up... It's all about priorities!

Yay! Excited to have you guys on board! Hope you are feeling better soon, Mylari!

Rest and fluids, mylari!

Hooray! Thanks for doing this again, Ame! I'm in!

Just a friendly bump. I've got a few confirmed, and a few expected, but I'm greedy and want more!

More, more, we wants more, preciouses ...

Sorry, Ame, but I don't think I'll be participating thisyear. Now I'm working I'm not sure I'll find the time to write a fic within the deadline. I'm disappointed about that, Marie wrote a wonderful fic for me last year, but I will enjoy reading and viewing what everyone else submits, and of course there's the guessing of who submitted what, which is always fun, so I won't be out of the game altogether. Still, I hope the rest of you have a lot of fun producing your gifts, and get the fic or pic you've always wanted.

Awwww...we'll miss you, KT!

Thanks Springie, but I wouldn't like to commit myself, only to let anyone down

NP, we all understand how RL can get in the way!

This might be small consolation, but I'm in!

We'll take it, EW! Lol! Glad you're in!

You have to do the right thing for you, KT ... Yay, EW!

I'm glad to see people joining! You will be missed, KT.

We can still use a few more participants! Also, if you send something this weekend, you won't here back from me until Monday. We are going up to Silver Lake in the Sierras to due a service project.

I'm in -I'll have my prompt(s) to you by-if-not-before October 3rd!

Hooray for LB! I was wondering if/hoping you'd join!

Yaaaay!

The more people who participate, the more fun it is when the gifts are all revealed!

I haven't done this before, but I'll jump in this time. I'll have a note to you shortly, Ame. Son had a fender bender today on his way to work. Five car pile up - he was the last car in the line, so only front damage, but enough the car can't be driven. He's fine and received no tickets or citations, but now we have to play the available car shuffle for a few weeks while his car gets repaired.

Thank goodness he's ok Becky!

Good to hear you son's all right, Becky! I hope you don't have to play auto roulette very long.

Becky glad your son is ok! Also glad you are joining in!

Thanks all. It's a dangerous road. The deputy at the scene told us they have accidents all the time. Two lane rural road with a 45 mph speed limit, but many turn-offs onto little lanes with no turn lanes. There was an accident at the turn-off to my son's work - Pev's Paintball where he's a referee - that required a life flight earlier this summer. They had to land the helicopter in Pev's parking lot. Just happy he's fine. Perturbed he couldn't avoid the car in front of him, but ok.

What's important is that he's okay, Becky, but I can understand the aggravation having the car out of commission causes! Glad you will be able to join us!

Yikes Becky! So glad he's okay! Even better that he's not cited or at fault! Hopefully you don't have to do the car shuffle for too long. At least you don't have to visit the hospital. :/ So glad that you're joining in the insanity, too.

Thanks, LB! Becky, thanks for jumping in! Oh wow! I'm glad he's okay! Cars can be fixed, insurance companies,they can be a nightmare to deal with.

Ame, I just emailed you! Becky -- Very glad your son's ok! Hugs!

Okay, Everyone who signed up should have received your prompts, either through email or pm. If you have not received your prompt or need it sent another way, please let me know ASAP. I'll be up until about 9 PST; I'm in SF tomorrow and don't know what kind of internet access I'll have if any, but I should be able to get questioned answered tomorrow night or Tuesday, sometime. Happy Writing!

Just a reminder that I forgot to put above: If you have more than one idea in your prompt, it is your choice which one to do. In the past prompts have been combined with mixed success, make sure they fit together before trying to combine them; people gave also chosen to respond to more than one of the possible prompts, that's okay, but I'll only post one for the exchange, email or PM before posting the others, if you decide to do this. I think that's all, for now, though every year something new comes up.

Ame, just a quick note -- I just sent you my contribution.

DT -- *grumbling* Show off!

Definitely a show off!

Got it, DT! BTW, DT's isn't the first that I've received! I've got at least one more that will be in early next week. Due date is Friday, but I can give extra time if needed. Speaking of time, I may not start posting until Wednesday due to a full calendar.

Originally posted by amethyst BTW, DT's isn't the first that I've received!

Ah, but did anybody else post to the world that they're done? NOOOOooooooooOOOOOOOOoooooOOooOoOoOooo!!!!! Ergo, DT's showing off! So there!

Can't hear you!

DT - I'm done too - Just have to send the final copy over tonight.

Originally posted by ElectricWhite

Originally posted by amethyst BTW, DT's isn't the first that I've received!

Ah, but did anybody else post to the world that they're done? NOOOOooooooooOOOOOOOOoooooOOooOoOoOooo!!!!! Ergo, DT's showing off! So there!

Ah, so that's the problem. You know, that just adds another level of fun. Since Mylari has already outed herself, I won't bother, but I will say that I have received another while watching this little sideshow.

One thing I've learned with this experience - I can't write on a deadline without a great amount of stress.

For me, these days, I can't seem to write unless I have a deadline.

Okay, sorry for the long delay. I now have all but one gift, so I'll post half of them today, and the rest tomorrow. Hope everyone enjoys them and has a great holiday!

Oooh so excited.

Yay! Something to read while I'm stuck home with the flu!

For TJ Revelations

Let the reading binge begin!

For Chris Crashed

For EW: Echoes of Tomorrow

For Jublke Nessie

When & where do we guess who wrote what?

In the story threads and whenever you want. I still have a few more stories post. Hopefully, one more will be posted tonight, and the rest tomorrow.

Thanks, Ame! We really appreciate all of your hard work!

The last one today is for Becky: Due to circumstances beyond our control The rest will be put up tomorrow. Enjoy!

Thanks Ame!

This was the first time I've participated in a Gatchamania gift exchange. That was fun! So many different types of stories - I can't wait for tomorrow!

My apologies to both LB and Mylari. I misread my notes and cannot change titles, but I have reposted. Mylari, your real gift will be up soon.

For Springie: You Only Live Once

For LB: Babies

No worries, Amethyst still busy enjoying all the wonderful stories so far! And as so many have said before, the biggest THANK YOU! For running this

The next gift is for: DaniellaT Transition

And finally, our last gift for this year, after much anticipation, and an oops, is for Mylari: Merry Christmas

What a great crop of gifts! While I know only one was created from my prompt, I want to thank EVERYONE involved for all the great gifts that we all got to enjoy!

I agree, Mylari...the fics this year were exceptional! I enjoyed all of them!

Now the hard part - figuring out who wrote what...

Now that I've had a chance to read through everything I just have to say WOW! What a great job everyone. Thanks for writing such great stories and for a yummy pic. Thanks for coordinating this Amethyst I know it had to be a lot of work.

Actually, the artists and authors did most of the work, but I do need to add a bit about formatting for next year. It took me longer to reformat some stories than to post them. So, Kritter, now that you've seen, think you might join in next year?

You did a fantastic job again, Ame. Merry Christmas!

So, when are we going to learn who did what?

Part of the fun is the guessing...here are my thoughts. There are a few I'm not too sure about, though... Babies- for LB......Chris Transition- for Daniella......TJ Nessie- for Jublke........EW Revelations-for TJ.......Becky You Only Live once- for Springie......LB Crashed- for Chris......Mylari Echoes of Tomorrow- for EW......Jublke Due to Circumstances beyond Our Control- for Becky......Daniella Merry Christmas pic-for Mylari......Springie

Amethyst...thanks for giving all of us a gift by putting this together!

Originally posted by ElectricWhite So, when are we going to learn who did what?

I'll post the master list on or around January First. However, individuals can out themselves anytime after Christmas Day, but if people are early it is not a big deal. Especially this year, as all the gifts are posted, and I think everyone has seen them, except for maybe TJ who is traveling and knows she'll miss most of the guessing.

Originally posted by Springie Amethyst...thanks for giving all of us a gift by putting this together!

Your Welcome! As for your guesses, Springie, at least one is spot on, but a few are wrong.

Thanks, Ame!

Originally posted by amethyst

Originally posted by Springie Amethyst...thanks for giving all of us a gift by putting this together!

Your Welcome! As for your guesses, Springie, at least one is spot on, but a few are wrong.

Awwww, man...at least I know I've gotten one right! Anyone else up for guessing?

I've got a few ideas, just trying to figure out how not to out myself in the process *lol*

[i]Originally posted by amethyst[/ So, Kritter, now that you've seen, think you might join in next year?

Maybe, it will depend on how crazy my pesky real life is this time next year.

Really enjoying reading all these! Good work everyone! And to Amethyst for setting it all up!

Mylari, I was wondering about that too. If we guess who wrote what, we have to "guess" someone else wrote the story we wrote, which means at least one other story guess has to be wrong. I think. I am tired and still getting over the flu ...

I rarely try to guess all of them ... just the ones I feel the most strongly about, that way it's not so obvious ... still trying to figure it out at the moment for this time!

Oh, what the heck. I'm sure not all of these are right ... Babies- for LB...... EW Transition- for Daniella......TJ Nessie- for Jublke.......Daniella Revelations-for TJ....... Chris You Only Live once- for Springie... LB Crashed- for Chris......jublke Echoes of Tomorrow- for EW...... Becky Due to Circumstances beyond Our Control- for Becky...... Mylari Merry Christmas pic-for Mylari......Springie

Maybe I will just hold my guesses until closer to the big reveal and then send them in... or find a third party to post them for me... or... Heck I only know one for sure, well two if you count Springie's picture for me, but I have a few suspicions... I'm actually having a lot of fun watching everyone else guess as I wait to see how many people can figure out which one was mine

I'm trying to figure out if jublke is confessing that she wrote Crashed or just trying to throw me off.

Bwah-ha-ha-ha! I'm taking a page from EW - I wrote them all!

I didn't write them all - just 3 or 4, but not sure which ones yet

Yeah, I guess it was easy for me to make guesses since it's pretty obvious I drew the pic...although with all of these new artists around, maybe Ill be able stay incognito for once...

Springie - That's just 'cause you got style, bay-bee! ((hugs))

I knew I wasn't ready to provide an art submission this time, but there is a good possibility for next time Heck depending on my schedule at the time, maybe I'll ask for 2 things and provide a story and a picture (ok that's a bit ambitious and not likely, but a nice dream)... Maybe I'll go find my favorite 3 or 4 story submissions and claim them as a my own Though I will admit that I do like the one I submitted...

Dear all, I haven't read anything yet, as I m usually without internet when travelling - but I will at the first opportunity! Merry Christmas everyone!

Originally posted by jublke Springie - That's just 'cause you got style, bay-bee! ((hugs))

Thanks! I've tried to change my style before, but it still looks like it drew it...

Why do I have the urge to try drawing something in "Springie style" to see if I can make people think she drew it? Hmmmm....

Go for it, Mylari!

Do it, mylari!

I don't like to try to guess, mostly because I'm usually wrong.

Aw, Becky, you should give it a try! It's just for fun. The answers can be revealed in two days!

You could also just have fun and make wild or outlandish guesses.

Okay, I haven't gotten everything figured out, but I'll go ahead and post what I've got: Becky wrote the Magna Carta!

Originally posted by ElectricWhite Okay, I haven't gotten everything figured out, but I'll go ahead and post what I've got: Becky wrote the Magna Carta!

well that's about all that's left since you've confessed to writing everything else

Originally posted by KT1972

Originally posted by ElectricWhite Okay, I haven't gotten everything figured out, but I'll go ahead and post what I've got: Becky wrote the Magna Carta!

well that's about all that's left since you've confessed to writing everything else

Actually, KT, I never admitted to writing anything! My exact words were:

Originally posted by ElectricWhite Okay, I'll admit it -- you guys are good!

See? I admitted you all were good, not that I'd written anything!

Originally posted by ElectricWhite Okay, I haven't gotten everything figured out, but I'll go ahead and post what I've got: Becky wrote the Magna Carta!

What's that?" Only kidding, EW. I made another joke! The frightening thing is a lot of people don't have the slightest idea what that is.

So ... How do we get people to confess what they wrote?! Or should we be nice & wait for TJ & DT to have a chance to read everything?

Originally posted by jublke So ... How do we get people to confess what they wrote?! Or should we be nice & wait for TJ & DT to have a chance to read everything?

Ame said she'll reveal all at the first of the new year (get your mind out of the gutter, you perverts -- I didn't mean "reveal all" in that sense!) So, you could try to be patient, or you can hope that somebody can't take the pressure and spills her guts.

I am not patient!!

I'm going to go on the record with some guesses here... Babies by Mylari (for lborgia8 Nessie by Electric White (for Jublke) Crashed by Jublke (for ChrisW) Revelations by Becky (for Transmute Jun) Due to Circumstances Beyond Our Control by Daniella (for Becky) Guess I'll know pretty soon if any of these are correct!

If nothing else, this year's Gift Exchange has been an interesting study of writing styles!

Happy New Year! I hope everyone managed to celebrate with both fun and safety, and that no one is feeling any ill effects today. Here is the Master List for the 2014 Gift Exchange Gift Exchange Master List Merry Christmas for Mylari by Springie Transition for DaniellaT by TransmuteJun Crash for ChrisW by Jublke Revelations for TransmuteJun from ChrisW Nessie for Jublke by Becky Due to circumstances beyond our control for Becky by DaniellaT Echoes of Tomorrow for ElectricWhite by Mylari Babies for lborgia by ElectricWhite You Only Live Once for Springie by lborgia You'll notice this year I'm doing something slightly different from the past. I had a request to not post the unused prompts, so to keep it simple, I'm not posting the prompts. I'll leave it to the authors to post the prompt that they answered, and only that one, if they so choose. If this goes well, I'll keep doing it this way.

Amethyst, First THANK YOU so much for running this! You did an amazing job Next THANK YOU to all the participants! Everyone did a fantastic job and all the new stories and artwork were outstanding! As a first timer, I just wanted to say that this was the most fun, most frustrating, most rewarding, and just all around best time that I had writing a story. I was anxious/excited/nervous/giddy all at once. I truly was a kid waiting for the holidays again. I couldn't wait to see what I got and what the reaction would be to my gift. I'm actually very proud of myself for keeping my gift secret for the whole experience. I can't wait to do this again. And unlike the secret santa game at work, I got to enjoy everyone's gifts here.

I don't know if I'd be able to do this again. I had a horrible time coming up with the story, then keeping it going. I barely finished on time. That being said, it was fun to see what everyone else came up with under the same constraints. I'll have to see how this year goes.

Nice work everyone!

It's always fun to look at who really wrote what and then look back at the stories. Thanks again so much Amethyst for all your hard work! Mylari, I find that even though it's definitely challenging, I end up writing something for a gift fic that I may have never decided to write on my own, which is a great way to make myself get out of a rut and stretch my wings. Becky, I really struggled with mine too this year and barely finished on time, but in the past I've found it easier. It all depends on where we're mentally at each year. So glad you participated in the insanity, though.

I must commend everyone for the incredible job done this year! I think this is the first time where a piece of fiction's author wasn't blatantly obvious to everyone. That could have played a part in the higher frustration levels this year -- everybody was going out of their comfort zone in one way or another. Something else I noticed about this year -- this is the first time in a while where I wasn't getting clobbered by an infection or on the verge of being slapped in the hospital. Huh. I wonder if that bit of weirdness added to my frustrated feelings -- I'm not used to feeling relatively healthy this time of year! Anyway, I hope everyone (and a few more) step up for 2015's Exchange! (That is, if Amethyst is still willing to wrangle the insanity...) Oh, and Amethyst, I don't think "Thank You" comes close to expressing the level of gratitude we all feel for all you put in.

Originally posted by lborgia88 I'm going to go on the record with some guesses here... Babies by Mylari (for lborgia8 Nessie by Electric White (for Jublke) Crashed by Jublke (for ChrisW) Revelations by Becky (for Transmute Jun) Due to Circumstances Beyond Our Control by Daniella (for Becky) Guess I'll know pretty soon if any of these are correct!

Originally posted by amethyst Crash for ChrisW by Jublke Revelations for TransmuteJun from ChrisW Nessie for Jublke by Becky Due to circumstances beyond our control for Becky by DaniellaT Babies for lborgia by ElectricWhite

Well, I got two right. Hard guessing this year! My prompt for "You Only Live Once" was this: "The team somehow loses their ability to use birdstyle/transmute. They must complete a mission in civvies." I had a vague plot bunny in my head since the San Diego Comic Con regarding zombies, and then the ebola thing happened, and then I had to come up with a "no birdstyles" plot... so it all came together from that.

Originally posted by ChrisW even though it's definitely challenging, I end up writing something for a gift fic that I may have never decided to write on my own, which is a great way to make myself get out of a rut and stretch my wings.

For me, committing to doing the Gift Exchange gets me to write -something I have trouble finding time to do these days, but once I say I'll do it, then I somehow manage to do it... Thank you, amethyst, for organizing this again!

Yay! So I got about half correct...it definitely wasn't easy to decide who wrote what this year! Amethyst, thanks again for doing this and congrats to all of you for a very successful gift exchange! LB, hope my prompt wasn't too tough. It's nice to have a little plot bunny that you can attach to another idea so that you can round out a fic...and you did such a great job with it! I love my fic and I will go back to read it again and again!

Here's my prompt from Mylari: Prompt (art): G1 and/or G2 make a nice gift under the tree (again slash/smut is at the discretion/comfort level of the artist) I was so excited- Joe seemed like he was volunteering to be the subject of this particular prompt, but after everyone commented, Ken and Jun joined in!

Springie, I couldn't have asked for anything better from Santa! You have no idea how many times I've viewed that image... and Ken's later. I was in a serious non-holiday funk this year and that was the perfect cure! My prompt from EW was: A link to Joe's past suddenly shows up. The story I ended up writing wasn't my first thought for that prompt, but the other wouldn't come together the way I hoped. Instead, it morphed into Echoes. The story is totally unlike anything I have ever written, but I really like how it turned out!

My prompts from TJ were: Prompts: 1 - Jun's past in canon is a mystery. What if she had Galactor roots? Did she and Joe meet as children? If they discover this, how does it impact their relationship in the present? (can be another universe if you wish) OR 2 - Any romantic Condor/Swan fic

I got about half of my story guesses correct - although it would have been more if I'd gone with my first hunch about my own gift. Thank you, thank you, thank you Becky for my present! I'm so glad you participated this year. I love my gift. As far as Crashed goes, wow, that was a challenge for me. I don't write smut and I seldom write Gatch, which meant that I had to come up with a plausible relationship between Mark and Jason. I had two hurdles to overcome here. If Mark and Jason are both gay, why don't we ever see this in canon? And what circumstances would compel them to confess their feelings for each other? What surprised me the most, though, was that the final story sounds so much like something I would write. Hope you liked it, Chris!

I know that no one else here writes Ken/Joe or Mark/Jason so I know that I'm always making a challenging request, but it's the only way I get new Eagle/Condor that I didn't have to write for myself. I'm totally happy not to have smut. I'm a sap so just having them get together is enough. I think when you start writing a gender pairing you're not familiar with, you start realizing how much it's more about 2 (or 3, or ... ) human beings than anything. Also, don't forget that Mark could be gay and Jason could be bi.

Originally posted by ChrisW Also, don't forget that Mark could be gay and Jason could be bi.

I've read enough Gatch fanfiction that I can see Ken as gay and Joe as bi. But I have a harder time reading them that way in the BotP universe.

Originally posted by mylari The story I ended up writing wasn't my first thought for that prompt, but the other wouldn't come together the way I hoped. Instead, it morphed into Echoes. The story is totally unlike anything I have ever written, but I really like how it turned out!

I'm glad it turned out to be something you liked! It's an impressive piece -- I hope you plan on posting it on gatchfanfic (once the glitches are ironed out, that is).

Originally posted by ElectricWhite I hope you plan on posting it on gatchfanfic (once the glitches are ironed out, that is).

I've already gotten it to upload there, but waiting for it to be approved by a moderator. It's the first thing I've tried to post over there. It's actually the first full fic I've done for Gatchaman. I wanted and rooted for Joe to get a happy ending, but he's such a classic tragic character that he refused to let it happen.

Hi everyone, back in Brussels and the internet! Just to clarify something (starts running to hide), as I feel a bit guilty reading the comments on my fic: the "true events" on which it was based do not refer to the Christmas truce (although I was moved when you said that), but to the Icelandic volcano stopping air traffic in Europe in 2010 . Now going to have a leisurely stroll through all the fics!

Originally posted by Daniella T Just to clarify something (starts running to hide), as I feel a bit guilty reading the comments on my fic: the "true events" on which it was based do not refer to the Christmas truce (although I was moved when you said that), but to the Icelandic volcano stopping air traffic in Europe in 2010 .

I guess some of us have a natural talent for "one-upping" others, DT!

Plus I just realised that I got it wrong for my Santa! to TJ! The prompt I answered was: What'd I like is a BotP fic where the team has to deal with a natural disaster with one their own missing due to it. It might require them to work with Spectran troopers caught in the same situation. This was something I had never thought of writing about -- it was perhaps the hardest prompt for me until now. And then I remembered the volcano and the plot bunny got working!

Well I just got back this morning and I'm still catching up on everything (haven't read any of the fics yet) but somehow I'm not surprised that everyone seemed to know which one was mine immediately. It happens every year. I try to disguise my writing style, and it never works. So this year I just gave up and wrote as I wanted. Didn't change how quickly you all knew it was me. I'm looking forward to reading the fics tonight! This was the prompt I received. >>> I would like any story starring Anderson and/or Jason, or, as always, an episode rewrite. Daniella, I wasn't entirely certain what you wanted in the Anderson or Jason story, so I hope what I came up with worked for you!

Originally posted by jublke

Originally posted by ChrisW Also, don't forget that Mark could be gay and Jason could be bi.

I've read enough Gatch fanfiction that I can see Ken as gay and Joe as bi. But I have a harder time reading them that way in the BotP universe.

LOL. Yeah for some reason it's harder to see the Mark/Jason pairing. I prefer to read about the guys as "straight" characters, but.... I will say that when presented with a story where the characters are written as bi or gay (or whatever) , if the story is well crafted, with believable characters, it's something that I will read. For me it's all about the writing, and the dynamics of the characters....

I have a harder time picturing scenarios with Mark/Jason too, actually, if only because they added the material to BOTP with Mark flirting with Princess. It's always interesting to see how people make that happen.

Yes, there is that too. I think writers really have to work to get the Mark/Jason pairing to come off like it's plausible...