Holiday Wishlist

[lynzie914]

Step One:

Make a post (public, friends-locked, filtered...whatever you're comfortable with) to your LJ. The post should contain your list of 10 holiday wishes. The wishes can be anything at all. The important thing is, make sure these wishes are things you really, truly want.

If you wish for real life things (not fics or icons), make sure you include some sort of contact info in your post, whether it's your address or just your email address where Santa (or one of his elves) could get in touch with you.

Also, make sure you post some version of these guidelines in your LJ, or link to this post (it'll be public) so that the holiday joy will spread.

Step Two:

Surf around your friends-list (or wish_list) to see who has posted their list. And now here's the important part:

If you see a wish you can grant, and it's in your heart to do so, make someone's wish come true. Sometimes your “trash” is another's treasure.

You needn't spend money on these wishes unless you want to. The point isn't to put people out, it's to provide everyone a chance to be someone else's holiday elf--to spread the joy. Gifts can be made anonymously or not--it's your call.

There are no rules with this project, no guarantees, and no strings attached. Just...wish, and it might come true. Give, and you might receive. And you'll have the joy of knowing you made someone's holiday special.

MY WISH LIST:
1. If anyone out there is feeling extremely generous, I’d love more userpics (mine are about to/have already expired depending on when you’re reading this). I love icons to an unhealthy level and am constantly changing and playing with them. And right now I don’t have the money to renew them. I don’t really expect this one, but it is a wish list for a reason, so I thought I’d throw it out there. XD

2. Caroline Forbes is currently my favorite character on tv, so I’d love some fic for her. Caroline centric fic would be amazing, but I’ll happily take ship centric as well. I ship Caroline with basically everyone, but I love obscure ships (aka doomed ships), so I’d love to see some of that. (Fic recs are also welcome.)

3. I’d love a new wallpaper for my computer, 1280x800. My fandoms are listed on my profile, I’ll happily take whatever anyone would be willing to make for me. Links to already made wallpapers too.

4. I have three ideas for videos I’d love to see, but can’t make myself. Chloe/Dean crossover (Smallville/Supernatural) video to the Snow Patrol Song “Make This Go On Forever”. And Caroline Forbes vid to Pink’s “Sober” emphasizing her struggles with herself and who she is and not just her becoming a vampire. (There are a couple vids already out there, but that’s what they focus on.) An Elena Gilbert video set to Florence and the Machine “What the Water Gave Me”, its a perfect song for her and I’d love love love to see a character study for it.

5. I’m currently working my way through The West Wing and loving it. (I’m currently in mid season five.) I’d love some fic recs for when I’m done and can read it with it out fear of being spoiled. All characters or ships, I’m open to your recommendations.

6. Anything in the TVD fandom having to do with the doppelganger storyline. I'm a little in love with it. Meta, vids, fics, AUs and role reversals. (I'm completely intrigued with the idea of what would have happened if Elena had been the first doppelganger and Katherine the second.)

7. Copying this from last year, spread the fandom love. Recently I’ve seen lots of comments about how fandoms are being negative and becoming less fun for people, so spread the love. Talk about what you love about your favorite shows or movies, don’t talk about the things you don’t like. Spread the love, give people hugs, and just be happy! Also I’d love to see more positive things about female characters. There are so many amazing female characters out there, let’s celebrate that.



Thanks in advance for anything you might even consider gifting and please link me to your own wish lists or go a make a wishlist if you have already. Seriously F-LIST GO MAKE ONE!!! I want to give out gifts, so even if you just have prompts for fandoms you want filled, feel free to leave them in the comments and I’ll see what I can do. (Mostly I can just give graphics and fic though, so keep that in mind.)

Happy Holidays!

Comments

[upupa-epops.livejournal.com]

If you have any specific topic / problem on mind, I could totally write you a doppelganger meta :).

[lynzie914.livejournal.com]

You're so sweet, thank you! Ummmm....I'm not sure if I have anythng specific in mind, I just love the subject in general. Maybe somethng exploring how the two of them took their situation of no power and made themselves powerful, if that makes sense. I guess the control they demanded being the idea. But I'd happily take anythng you'd be willing to give me. XD

[upupa-epops.livejournal.com]

All right then, I'll try to figure something out :). I asked, because I love writing about doppelgangers, and I'd gladly do some analysis, but I don't have any specific idea, so I could use some sort of a topic from you. Methods of gaining power sound like a good topic, so if this is what you're interested in, I'm game :). It's particularly fascinating how vampirism for Katherine was a way of gaining power, while for Elena it was a tragedy. But when Elena eventually became a vampire, she found a way to use it to gain power. I'd argue that the main difference between them is that Katherine plays alone (she can't count on anyone, but at the same time she doesn't have to worry about anyone), while Elena has a strong sense of being a part of a group. So Katherine needs leverage, needs power that would help her win despite not having any group support, while Elena can count on other people, but she also needs to establish her position and gain power within the group.

[lynzie914.livejournal.com]

Yay! I will love and be happy with whatever you might come up with, so feel free to go any direction you want with it, whether its about what I suggested or not.

I totally agree. I think its so interesting to see how Katherine and Elena were put in to such similiar, if not often the same situation, but how different it was for each of them. Becoming a vampire was a choice for Katherine from beginning to end, she was pushed into it yes, but she was the one who ultimately made the decision to turn. Elena got the choice taken away from her, she was supposed to die but she didn't and she had to figure out what to do with it. And yes, I love that is one of the big differences. Katherine chooses to remain unattached because life experiene has taught her that loving is a weakness, that connections beyond a certain level can only hurt her. Its so interesting to see how she went from the girl who didn't believe that Elijah didn't himself believe in love, to thinking of love as most of all a weakness. Elena sees the power in what a group who loves and supports her can hold both for herself and for everyone in her group, sees how strong those connections can be. Such similiar situations, but such different responses. And I love that.

[lynzie914.livejournal.com]

Also, you should defenitely make your own wishlist so I can give you something in return for my doppelganger meta. :)

[upupa-epops.livejournal.com]

You're clearly psychic ;). Tempted by your list, I just finished writing up mine.

[lynzie914.livejournal.com]

Yay, I have superpowers! Wandering off to find it now. :D