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Day 2

In your own space, create a list of at least three fannish things you'd love to receive, something you've wanted but were afraid to ask for - a fannish wish-list of sorts. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your wish-list if you feel comfortable doing so. Maybe someone will grant a wish. Check out other people's posts. Maybe you will grant a wish. If any wishes are granted, we'd love it if you link them to this post.

Blah, blah, here is where I proclaim that I have a hard time with this challenge...

But today, I have the entire day to write, so I'm going to go and try and fill a shit ton of requests myself and am hoping karma (and you lovelies) will do the rest.

This is going to be pretty heavy on the Star Wars: The Force Awakens side, so I'm going to put it under a cut and put a bit of a scroll down for those not wanting to be spoiled (is there people who haven't seen it who still worry about spoilers? There must be...) Anyway...

Art: I have been wanting a specific picture that I CANNNOT draw and it's been driving me crazy. DO YOU ARTISTS KNOW HOW VERY FRUSTRATING IT IS TO NOT BE ABLE TO DRAW?!?!?! Okay, so the image is of an adorable picture (any medium) of manny!Chewie and a wee!Ben Solo. ♥♥ TELL ME THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN! TELL ME BEN DIDN'T CALL "UNCLE CHEWIE" HIS WOOBIE! ♥♥ Maybe they're just sitting watching the suns set in a very Pooh & Christopher Robin type pose or maybe Ben is wearing some of his dad's old clothes that are like a gazillion times too big and their playing hopscotch or hide and seek or something. ♥♥ My heart breaks and swells with the love.

Fic: Along the same lines as the art request. I need FIX IT FIC like BURNING! I need to see the time in between RotJ and TFA where Han and Leia are together and have (at least) one child and there were happy moments, or moments where we see what Ben could have been before he became a petulant adolescent. ;)

Fic/Book Recs: I know there are books out there that would give me a little of what I requested in the fic category, and there must be stories too. Help me find them. The Star Wars novels and how many there are is overwhelming to me and I don't know where to start. HELP. Or, if you've read/or written a fic already that fits what I requested, please do be linking me to it, yes? ♥

Icons: Another thing that I adore and can't really do myself. At all. I'd love some Han and Chewie icons, some text icons (I love text icons and have such a hard time finding them!) I'd also really like to have some River Song icons (text here too would be aces), either made for me, or again, if you know of any or have made some in the past, please let me know!

THANKS IN ADVANCE! And since karma and everything, please link me your Challenge 2 post too, cool?

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I don't know enough about the Star Wars fandom to rec anything, but perhaps you'll enjoy a couple of rather bawdy fan songs?:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBrz0CctEXH7uu4PqrN8fvCPRnqQ56xfN

Hhaha! Awesome! I'll check these out when I'm no longer in Starbucks. ;)

Thanks!

I hope you will enjoy them!

I love how many people have mentioned Star Wars in their posts <33 I saw it last week and am overflowing with feelings!

The first thought I had about your Chewie & Ben Solo idea: but that makes that death scene so much worse! Just, Ben and Chewie being buddies and cute and then Ben growing up to be his emo murdery self D: While Chewie watches!

I can't draw/make icons/haven't read any of the Star Wars books (although I've been meaning to read the novelization! I heard it's good), but I can rec you my current favorite thing, ghost!Anakin TFA fix-it fics! The Right Path by TardisIsTheOnlyWayToTravel is from Ben's POV & the Ghost Granddad 'verse by Fialleril is from Rey's POV.

♥♥ STAR WARS ♥♥

I can only imagine how my life would have been different if I had known things like "fandom" existed when I first fell in love with Han Solo. ♥

Haha, the Chewie and Ben BFFS would be OMG! So sad, but also so sweet and so much to play with. ♥

Ahhh, Thanks, I'll check those fics out! I've not read/written anything in this fandom yet.

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THIS IS SO PERFECT OMG!!!!!!!

Thank you! Thank you!

(and also thank you for emailing me. Somehow my comment notifications got turned off). o__O

Hello fellow snowflake! I made you some Han and Chewie icons. You can see them here :)

So Sci fi books? Or... I have a shit ton of recs and I don't want to overwhelm.

Actually I was looking for Star Wars novels in particular. There are a gazillion of them and I don't know where to start to get the kind of story I'm looking for now. But, I do need to read a bit more Sci-fi, so what is your favorite?

♥

I've never been able to figure out where to start either, though I bought the novelization of the current movie and am eyeballing a prequel of three short stories of the three main characters. Never say I don't throw myself into a fandom!

Favorites:
The Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold
Honor Harrington books by David Weber (though they drag a bit far into the series, and I've not finished yet, but I am part of the fangroup, so!)
The Valor series by Tanya Huff.