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Histories Ficathon II: The Reckoning

For your convenience and reading pleasure, an index to the fics posted in this year's ficathon. Any Histories Ficathon Madness fics posted will be added to the list (and you don't have to send them to us now; you can post them yourself).

You will note, too, the names of the authors in this post. YAY NO-LONGER-MYSTERY AUTHORS.

Richard II

Brittle Glory, by [info]angevin2 for [info]highfantastical (Richard/Bolingbroke, PG)
Mine Honour Lives, by [info]gileonnen for [info]angevin2 (Richard/Aumerle, modern AU, PG-13)
Still-Breeding Thoughts, by [info]assimbya for [info]aris_tgd (Richard, PG)
Into This Breathing World, by [info]gileonnen for [info]elviaprose (Richard II/Richard III, PG-13)
I Shall Find Time, by [info]gileonnen for [info]elviaprose (xover with Julius Caesar, Hotspur & Brutus, modern AU, PG-13)
Burnt Offering, by [info]highfantastical for [info]faithhopetricks (Richard/Bolingbroke, Richard/Aumerle, R)
Unexpected, by [info]shayheyred for [info]speak_me_fair (Richard/Bolingbroke, R)

Henry IV 1 and 2
Burnt Offering q.v. Richard II
The Base-String of Humility, by [info]speak_me_fair for [info]fuunsaiki (Hal & Henry, Hal/Poins, PG-13ish?)
To Pluck Bright Honor From the Top of the World, Ma, by [info]kerrypolka for [info]gileonnen (genderswap Hotspur/Kate, AU, 15)

Henry V
Teach Your (Parents and) Children Well q.v. Henry VI
Sans peur et sans reproche, by [info]lareinenoire for [info]shayheyred (Constable of France, PG)

Henry VI 1, 2, and 3
Broken Music, by [info]lareinenoire for [info]assimbya (Margaret, Anne, PG-13)
Teach Your (Parents and) Children Well, by [info]aris_tgd for [info]lareinenoire
The Booke of Oure Foundresses, by [info]the_alchemist for [info]kerrypolka (Margaret/Suffolk, 15)

Richard III
Broken Music q.v. Henry VI
Cause and Most Accurs'd Effect, by [info]elviaprose for [info]casablancagirl (Richard/Anne, PG)
Into This Breathing World q.v. Richard II
Teach Your (Parents and) Children Well q.v. Henry VI
Thou Cam'st On Earth To Make the Earth My Hell, by [info]casablancagirl for [info]the_alchemist (Oedipal!Richard III, no rating given)

Richard II is clearly the big star of this year's ficathon, which makes me very, very happy, especially since the lack of Richard II fic in the world was a major impetus for starting this ficathon in the first place.

Also, one of these days I am totally going to do an "All the Histories Fic on the Web" index. Just because.
Tags: administrative, histories ficathon ii

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[info]gileonnen

August 25 2009, 18:02:46 UTC 2 years ago

Thank you very much for running this ficathon--it was once again a lovely experience!

[info]shayheyred

August 25 2009, 19:30:39 UTC 2 years ago

As I said elsewhere, thanks to the pinch hitters for doing such a great job when a couple of people bailed (failed!). Pinch hitters FTW!

[info]gileonnen

August 25 2009, 19:49:09 UTC 2 years ago

As a pinch-hitter, I have the deepest respect for the person who couldn't fulfill the request for which I pinch-hit. There are often legitimate extenuating circumstances that prevent a writer from completing a work on deadline, and I hope that we can treat these writers with the respect that they deserve.

[info]shayheyred

August 25 2009, 20:23:52 UTC 2 years ago

I hear you; as someone who has run a ficathon myself, I do have to say I've heard every excuse under the sun, both entirely valid and entirely self-serving, so I tend to assume the worst. Here's the thing. Assuming there's a valid reason for forfeiting, a writer's responsibility is to let the ficathon mod know in a timely fashion, so the pinch hits can be written and posted along with the others.
Clearly this did not happen in the case of the story being written, or not-written, for me. As someone who was told my story was coming...and coming...and coming, I do think whoever had the assignment originally could have handled the situation with more candor and speed about not being able to deliver. If they didn't do so, then they did not act appropriately. Thus, Fail.

That being said, this in no way is a reflection on my wonderful pinch-hit story, even though the fact it arrived late clued me to the fact it was a pinch hit. This tells me good things about [info]lareinenoire, who wrote such an elegant story on short notice, and not-so-good things about the defaulter. The story, and getting to write Richard II, were the best parts of this experience.

[info]gileonnen

August 25 2009, 20:40:48 UTC 2 years ago

I don't mean to demean your experience, or your frustration with the delay for your fic--my own also came in late, and I do understand that it may feel unpleasant. I have also run a ficathon; I know what it's like to receive explanations for delayed or absent fics, and I do understand that it's frustrating to be unclear on the status of missing fics. I'm not asking that you feel differently, or that you alter your standards; I'm asking that, in the ficathon's spirit of giving, you deal gently with defaulters.

[info]shayheyred

August 25 2009, 20:51:02 UTC 2 years ago

You are a kinder, gentler person than I!

[info]angevin2

August 25 2009, 22:23:11 UTC 2 years ago

As the moderator, I agree with this comment. I would prefer this sort of discussion be kept out of the community (one can say what one likes on one's own journal).

[info]speak_me_fair

August 25 2009, 19:45:37 UTC 2 years ago

This was all so fantastic - I can't thank you enough for running this!

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[info]angevin2

August 26 2009, 00:35:45 UTC 2 years ago

RICHARD IS TOTALLY THE PRETTIEST.

And I think I did -- it would have been posted back in January, I think.

Also, don't worry about defaulting. You gave notice and everything; don't feel bad about it. :)

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[info]angevin2

August 26 2009, 00:50:44 UTC 2 years ago

I AM MOSTLY COMMENTING TO USE THIS ICON.

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[info]angevin2

August 26 2009, 00:56:24 UTC 2 years ago

THAT WOULD BE AN AWESOME PICSPAM

POSSIBLE CONTENDERS, BESIDES SLINGER AND BLANCHETT:

RALPH FIENNES
JOHN GIELGUD
DEREK JACOBI
JEREMY IRONS
SAM WEST
FIONA SHAW

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[info]angevin2

August 26 2009, 00:59:39 UTC 2 years ago

OMG YES SIR IAN
STUPID ME, HOW COULD I FORGET

I CANNOT IMAGINE PENNINGTON GETTING MANY VOTES, BUT I WILL INCLUDE HIM
ESPECIALLY IF I CAN FIND A GOOD PIC

OH AND DAVID WILLIAM FROM AGE OF KINGS

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[info]angevin2

August 26 2009, 01:24:23 UTC 2 years ago

HE IS SO DAMN PRETTY

BUT ALSO, SCREENCAPPING IS EFFORT-INTENSIVE

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[info]angevin2

August 26 2009, 01:28:21 UTC 2 years ago

THAT IS THE REACTION YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE TO RICHARD II

BECAUSE HE IS, IN FACT, THE PRETTIEST

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[info]angevin2

August 26 2009, 01:41:18 UTC 2 years ago

VOILA

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[info]aris_tgd

August 26 2009, 09:52:18 UTC 2 years ago

Yay ficathon! Thank you for running it again! (And being incredibly nice to people who defaulted. Previously. Those dorks.)

(I have one Histories-quote icon and I am going to continue using it.)

[info]highfantastical

August 26 2009, 21:11:06 UTC 2 years ago

I KNEW IT WAS YOU. I didn't dare guess JUST IN CASE there was a tiny chance I could be wrong, but DEEP DOWN I KNEW. Now I am going to go and reply to your reply to my feedback!
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