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

[rymenhild]

Mods and writers, you have done fantastic jobs. This game made me so happy.

I did not write any fics. But I did write many prompts, and I was thrilled by all the fills I got. Not linking because I'm on a smartphone, but I am grateful for:

"Beloved" (Lavan/Kalira) which managed to give the weirdest pairing in all of Lackey's work (his soulmate? A horse!) a gentle, convincing, very Mercedes Lackey-ish and not actually bestial mindsex interlude. I was really impressed.

Jisa, not dealing (which I think was posted on AO3 as "Day Two"): a lovely, sad moment where Jisa reveals her grief and loss to Stefen, and Stefen in turn can open up his grief to Jisa. I admit that I read Valdemar for the emotional agony, and the writer delivered!

I'm going to post my responses to more of the fills gifted to me in a comment below, because I am afraid my phone will lose my comment otherwise.

[rymenhild]

Oh, dammit. My phone did lose my second comment, in which I wrote up all the ways that Harukami's "Good Company" (LISSAAAAAA!) and "Little Deaths" (Even Death wants to cuddle Vanyel and give him some good sex) are awesome and I'm so grateful for them. And I have to stop writing, because it's time to get up.

Thank you to all the writers, who were all phenomenal, and again to the mods! My grumpy Yfandes icon loves you.

[thene]

Day Two was me, so, thank you! I am glad the not dealing wasn't too far off prompt for you. Yeaah Valdemar is a good fandom to dredge up this shit, so I thought about a well-adjusted Jisa getting on with her life and went 'ahahaha no. Not yet. In someone else's fill, maybe'.

[shadowsapiens]

You have awesome taste as a prompter! Thank you so much for playing around in the Valdemar sandbox :D

...I filled the Lavan/Kalira one, and am so glad you liked it. Was definitely a prompt that every self-respecting Valdemar fest needs to have.

[rymenhild]

For, er, certain values of self-respect. *grin* I actually wrote a lot of prompts, which is, I suppose, the secret to getting so many fills! Those were just the ones that got filled.

I kept trying to write the Talia/Sherrill story, but it never went anywhere. I kept thinking, "No, they can't be on the same trainee camping trip, Sherrill is like five years older than Talia... damn..."

[thene]

Well you can just consider that prompt still open then, it's not like I'm going anywhere.

[mornelithe_falconsbane]

We're glad to have you! The Kalira/Lavan prompt was inspired. Very much so. ;)