LNYE Reveals!

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white_lotus's Lunar New Year gift exchange is unanonymized!


Stuff What Was Made for Me:

Title: Underestimated and Impatient Little Girl (Raising Her Hand)
By: recessional
Character(s)/Ship(s): Mai, Azula, the Warden (implied Mai/Zuko)

After Sozin's Comet, Mai visits Azula before Zuko, because she is just that badass. Eee! *flappy hands of joy*

Let me tell you how awesome recessional is. Since this is my first ever fandom gift-exchange (I'm new to fandom in general), I have no idea how they work. So my "request" was basically a character/paring spam, with no elaboration. (Now that I know how this works, I'll do better next year--I promise). She braved the snarls of parings and characters and wrote me a lovely story ANYWAY.

Stuff What I Made:

Fic:

Title: Two Halves of the Same Weapon
For: carmarthen
Rating: PG
Characters: Zuko, Aang.
Summary: "Look, Sifu Hotman!"

Title: Assignment the Second of Death Apex
For: thefairymelusine
Rating: PG
Characters: Azula, Zuko, Iroh, Toph...plus Sokka. Post-series.
Warnings: Ableist/disablist attitudes.
Summary: "It works just like it always has. You're just on the wrong side of it."
At least seven people did not hate this. Go, me!

Title: Bigfruit
For: glass_icarus
Rating: G
Characters/Ships: Appa/Momo
Summary: Momo broods.

Art:

Title: A Star at Sunset
For: crossedwires
Rating: G
Characters/Ships: Mai/Toph
Summary: Sifu and her student. Post-series.

Title: Tangle
For: recessional
Rating: G
Characters/Ships: Katara/Mai
Summary: Mai, Katara and a very large pillow.

I've learned many things from this experience:

1. I really like making fannish things for people. This shouldn't suprise me, since I really like giving people gifts--especially if they tell me exactly what they want, so gift registries are God's gift to me. (D'oh!) It can be easier for me to express how much I like a person by giving them something than by communicating it verbally. Thanks to this gift exchange, if you're in my dwcircle and we share a fandom, you might get a present on your birthday--especially if I know your AO3 username :D (Should you want a birthday present, feel free to PM me and ask).


2. I should probably use my access-lock more often. I'm sure the entire Internet doesn't want to read me panic over silly things.


• Relatedly, I panic over silly things (like OMG Assignment the Second makes no sense at all and what will I doooooo?) because I'm holding onto something that I really should let go. Once I actually do let go of a thing and don't just want to or threaten to, I can get it done. The trick is to let it go before I start panicking about it.


3. Momo-voice is fun!


4. Losing your Wacom tablet stylus, however, is not. (Don't worry--I found it.)


5. So that's the brush I use in Seashore to make something look like an actual drawing. And I can control it better, too.

I can't wait for next year! And I don't have to, because we can still make treats! Yessss!