3WFDW: The People with Disabilities Being Awesome Commentfic Fest

[terajk]

 Welcome to the People with Disabilities (PWD) Being Awesome Commentfic Fest!

I love people with disabilities doing awesome things. In the spirit of  Festibility at access_fandom  I thought: "What better time to celebrate people with disabilities being awesome than three_weeks_for_dw ?" (In the shower this morning, because I am the best planner ever.)



How it works:

This is a multi-fandom fest celebrating characters with disabilities doing awesome things! Prompts can be from any fandom, and can feature canonically, non-canonically or supernaturally disabled characters. (Are Remus Lupin and Sookie Stackhouse awesome PWD? You betcha!) You can interpret an undiagnosed character as a PWD, or reimagine someone as one. 

ETA 4/28: No restrictions on rating. Sorry that was unclear!

But what do you mean by "being awesome?"

I  mean a lot of things: Saving the world, going on adventures, facing off against ableism, hanging out with friends, struggling with changes in identity. A prompt/story doesn't have to be happy to be awesome.

Prompting: 

Prompts should have the following format: 

Fandom, character/paring, prompt.

For crossovers: Fandom 1/Fandom 2, character/pairing, prompt.

You can leave as many prompts as you like. Also, please use respectful language in your prompt.

Filling Prompts:

If you fill a prompt, either post your story as a reply to the prompt-comment, or post a link to your story as a reply to the prompt if it's hosted elsewhere (say, your journal). Also, prompts may be filled more than once.

ETA: You may also fill your own prompts, if you wish. 

Warnings:

You may use "Choose Not to Warn" or "No Warnings Apply," or use warnings/content notes for any triggering material.

Questions?:

Feel free to ask me questions! I've never, ever run a fest before (I'll plan this better next year, I swear), so I probably left stuff out. 

Comments

Questions?

[terajk]

Ask 'em here!

Re: Questions?

[angelikitten]

Are you counting mental illnesses as a disability?

Re: Questions?

[terajk]

Yes! :D

Re: Questions?

[angelikitten]

\o/

Re: Questions?

[feathercircle]

Is it okay to leave prompts without filling prompts? I'd kind of like to participate in this, but the timing is... less than ideal, for me, and I don't think I'll have the opportunity to write anything this time around.

Re: Questions?

[terajk]

Sure is! Prompt away!

Also, the fest is always open, so if anyone wanted to leave a prompt/fill six months from now (or whenever) they totally could. Not that they'd have to, of course.

Re: Questions?

[feathercircle]

Oh, excellent! I still don't know if I'll ever manage to write anything for this, but there's one or two that I might take a stab at eventually if someone else doesn't get to them first.

Re: Questions?

[ladyjane]

Are slave-fics okay?

Re: Questions?

[terajk]

Yup!

Re: Questions?

[ladyjane]

Is there a fic comm for PWD on DW? If not, can we post recs & links here?

I found a great SPN fic where Sam loses part of one leg, some where Sam's S7 hallucinations become worse or never go away, and one where he has Type 1 diabetes. (I don't know if diabetes counts as a disability per se, but it is something that requires lifelong medication and coping skills.)

Re: Questions?

[terajk]

Is there a fic comm for PWD on DW?

There's access_fandom, which focuses on disability in fandom...everything from accessibility at cons to disability in pop culture and fanworks. (They ran Festibility last year, a commentfic fest focusing on characters with disabilities.) I'm sure they'd appreciate your rec (and it does sound fabulous).