Valdemar Reveals Party!

[shadowsapiens]

Wow everyone! 21 days, 71 prompts, 29 fills, and 123,567 words* later, the math adds up to every last one of you being totally awesome Valdemar fans! We hope you had fun, because we sure did. Thank you to everyone who prompted, filled, and commented throughout the past three weeks, it’s been an absolute joy watching so many incredible fanworks come through. On that note:

1. 21 Days of Valdemar is now concluded, and the reveals party begins! Our AO3 collection has been de-anoned, and you’re welcome to comment logged-in on this post to share all the fills you posted, talk to each other, link to your AO3s and Tumblrs, etc.

2. Links to reposts are now allowed on the Main Post. If you cross-posted to AO3 already, or if you plan to eventually, you’re welcome to head back to the Main Post and drop a link under the prompt. The Main Post will be perpetually anon for commenting purposes, but don’t worry about hiding your identity.

3. Prompts are still there if you want them! If you feel like writing or drawing something inspired by a prompt now that the fest is over, you’re welcome to add to the AO3 collection at any point, and drop a link under the prompt on the Main Post.

4. 21 Days of Valdemar is over--what sits on the Main Post today is a testament to your hard work during these last three weeks. No new fills should be direct-posted to the Main Post, and we won’t be actively moderating or encouraging comments on the Main Post.

5. Tag any fill post on Tumblr with “21 Days of Valdemar” and we’ll reblog for a promo on the 21 Days Tumblr! It has to be one of the first five tags or it won’t show up in the tag feed. If you don’t have a Tumblr but would still like us to post about your fic, let us know here or drop us a link on Tumblr and we can make a new post to share for you. (Full Disclosure: we have like 8 followers so it’s not going to be a massive signal boost, we just really want to brag about all the awesome stuff you guys created!)

5. Feedback survey! If you feel like giving us your 2 cents via google form, you can do so here. We’d love to hear from you! :D

*6,000 of that being art fills, since a picture is worth a thousand words, of course ;)

Comments

[harukami]

Hello! I'm Harukami. I actually only started rereading Lackey's books at the start of July and otherwise hadn't read them for a good 15 years, so I'm still catching up on reading. My current primary fandom other than Valdemar series is DRAMAtical Murder. I can be found on tumblr at harukami and AO3 at harukami.

I wrote these fills (link goes to the AO3 version rather than back to the prompt post):
Little Deaths (Vanyel/Shadow-Lover)
Good Company (Lissa and Vanyel's amazing adventures gen)
Orders (Tylendel/Vanyel, monk AU)
Owned and Gifted (Stefen/Vanyel, kept boy AU)

[shadowsapiens]

Dangg, you were busy this month! And I had no idea those were all by the same person, but now that I think about them, it makes sense. Awesome work :D

Also I think I've read your ViTri fics before!

[harukami]

Sob so busy. I didn't get started until the 17th... Tomorrow is gonna be a nice, quiet day. But I can say the same for you! Amazing work, you got so much done!

Also sdfj YOU MAY HAVE YEAH. I have definitely written some!

[shadowsapiens]

Well you definitely made the most of your late start :D You've earned your break tomorrow.

The fest was a great way to get me out of my awful writing slump... I've written more words of fic in the past three weeks than in the past year, heh.

Just scrolled through your AO3 and YEP I've definitely read your ViTri and Mink/Clear! Small world. (To be fair I've read almost every ViTri ever posted on AO3, but I do remember really liking yours :D)

[harukami]

I'm glad it did! I'm really impressed by the output in this last 14 days. 123,567, wow.

sdfj oh gosh. Thank you! Fandom really is a small world.

[blackbournen]

I've read the ones that looked like they wouldn't have spoilers for me, and I absolutely loved Orders. You really got everyone's character down in that one - even Gala was perfect! And of course Vanyel and Tylendel's relationship was wonderful. Thanks so much!

[harukami]

Sorry for my late answer (this week has been wild)—I'm so, so glad you liked! I'm really incredibly happy by all the kind feedback for it and Gala was probably the most fun part of it lmao. Thank you!

[rymenhild]

Awesome! I wrote the prompts for both "Good Company" and "Little Deaths," and I was so happy and excited to read both of those terrific stories. "Orders" is also a standout of the fest. I think I started reading the kept boy AU, but I may not have seen later installments. Good work taking care of Vanyel!

[harukami]

Sorry about this late reply, this week has been very full of everything. They were really good prompts, I was so so psyched to work on them. I'm really glad you enjoyed them and Orders as well! Thank you so much.

[thene]

oh woah. I LOVED Good Company - that thing is like my ship manifesto in fic form and is bookmarked forever. It completely wrecked me and I need to go read it again, repeatedly. Orders also made me super happy - I prompted it, and I'm so glad I did. <3 It was one of those ideas I'd had kicking around for ages but hadn't done anything with, and you took it AMAZING PLACES. It was so sweet seeing Van gradually drawn out of his shell by Lendel. Thank you for taking it on.

[harukami]

Sorry for my late reply here, work this week was. It was. I'm so so happy you liked them -- Good Company was really fun to write (If one can use the word fun for something kinda sad too) and I keep wanting to actually dig into the scenarios Lissa describes more and wish I had time to. If anyone else wants to they're welcome too haha.

And I'm so glad I could do the prompt some kind of justice! Working on Orders was intensely exciting and I don't think I've been so hyped about writing in ages (and I do a lot of writing, both in and out of fandom lmao). I'm so glad for the prompt and I'm really so happy you liked it.

[mornelithe_falconsbane]

Wow, you were busy! Orders was huge. And delicious, delicious Vanyel-angst.

(I really liked Orders)

[harukami]

Sorry about the delay - this week has been tough. It was really busy, but intensely fun! Zazzle and I would just come home every day and write for hours and then trade off on betaing each other. I'm really glad you liked it :)