Maru's Firtst #FicFriday

[yakalskovich]

I'd brought my Yakalskovich twitter account live* in order to follow the AO3 updates and to participate in the Friday twitfic challenge that some of the Milliwaysers have been doing. As an afterthought, I followed the usual B-list celeb fandom gods: Stephen Fry, Wil Wheaton, Tom Hiddleston, Neil Gaiman, Misha Collins.*

They are amusing, of course, and it's fun to see how they work their reach. This is how it goes. It can't be faked, really. You have to be the real thing for that kind of attention. All marketers (including my future job, which is part of why I'm suddenly so interested in twitter) will just be regarded as noise.

But the real point is connecting to my online friends and the Milliwaysers in general via this interesting semi-fleeting near-realtime medium, and part of this is #FicFriday, in which I took part for the first time yesterday.


Gabby prompted: "@yakalskovich prompts: Urquhart, getting into trouble; Bridget Dubois and Porthos, treasure hunting. (I can send more as well!)" and "@yakalskovich Oh, and how about Teja & Yrael, "warriors & musicians"? I love their dynamic. #FicFriday

My answers:

• 'A creepy horn sticking in the ground is treasure too!' she declares.But she's small for a pirate, and he must pull it out.
• He inches forwards, knowing the bough will break. But before it does he'll be sure to send his bolt home and make it count.
• They were being cats, a black one and a white one, stalking their prey softly: - and when they found her, they caterwauled!

Fi prompted: "@yakalskovich Teja-lost in myself, Urq+Moist-slipping away, Antinoos-yours"

My answers:

• There are those places in his soul he has no map to, that he needs to step carefully in, lest he wake demons, ghosts, or hopes.-
• While the sons and daughters started arguing at once, very ashamed, the two of them looked at each other, nodded, and were gone.
• It's not a good question. Antinoos doesn't know if he likes boys or girls. He just loves Hadrian. So he shrugs and says nothing.

And I spontaneously ran the DE yesterday (not a twitter thing, though, but a Friday thing, for me), and it was rather lively. Things seemed to come from it. People were having plot ideas for their charries through that. Note to self: repeat once a quarter or so. Also, now that 'Fremdschämen' succeeded, I'm going to try and export the word 'Kummerkasten' next.


*If you have a twitter account and would like to connect with me, leave me a comment!
**Isn't there a woman of that status? Why are all these blokes? Why are four of the five Brits? So many QUESTIONS!!

Comments

[bjornwilde]

Felicity Day?

Also I'm on twitter as BjornWylde and I loved your DE idea. = ]

[yakalskovich]

Added you, thanks! Do you have a link for her? Searching doesn't bring her up. I think I saw Wil Wheaton mention her...

**goes to investigate more**

[bjornwilde]

That would be because I had her name horribly misspelled.
https://twitter.com/#!/feliciaday

There's also Gail Simone but she's more comics focused.
https://twitter.com/#!/GailSimone

[yakalskovich]

Found her already, but thanks! Will have a look at the other one.

[bjornwilde]

No problem. One thing I like about Gail is she isn't shy about talking about women in comics and she an awesome writer. She's done Wonder Woman, Secret Six and is currently doing Birds of Prey is my memory is working right pre-coffee.

[yakalskovich]

Found her -- Felicia Day, not Felicity. Wil Wheaton did mention her in a tweet.

**adds**

That brings up the non-Brits and the women in my Tweet!God collection, yay!

You must see this!

[paceisthetrick]

http://screen.yahoo.com/kittens-follow-the-leader-29655334.html

[yakalskovich]

My cats can do that, but not for that long. And they're only two.

[skidmo]

I'm there as skidmo82 (because apparently someone else already had skidmo? WTF?) if you want to add me. :)

[yakalskovich]

**giggles**

Seems I'm already following you.-

[skidmo]

lol. Apparently I missed that somewhere...

[yakalskovich]

I guess I was following you especially quietly and sneakily...

**giggles**

[skidmo]

Clearly!