FK Recently: What You Guys Have Been Up To (5/01/20-5/31/20)

For the month of May, in my corners of social journaling, here are the Forever Knight items that I happened to see:

Ficathons, fests & communities that welcome FK

• eatdrinkmakemerry is an exchange celebrating food and drink. Nominations close 6/02. Signups run 6/05-12. Stories due 7/19.
• rule63exchange is an exchange in which characters have a different sex/gender than in canon. Nominations end 6/01. Signups run 6/04-18. Stories due 8/17.
• sunshine_challenge is a 7-prompt July counterpart to January’s Snowflake Challenge.
• June Something also resembles Fandom Snowflake, but in June.
• fancake's June round features "Alternate Universes."

FK fanfiction & other fanworks
Archive of our Own (AO3) Summary: 15 of the 1,067 FK works on the AO3 show a posting date in this period.

• "A Hazard to Flight" by dlyt (G, gen, ~1K words)
• "A Share of Darkness" by Lindenharp (T, gen, ~1K words)
• "A Twist of Fate" by Nicholas_Lucien (T, gen, ~2.5K words)
• "Stake-out" by greerwatson (G, gen, ~700 words)
• "The Moon in June " by greerwatson (T, m/f, ~500 words)
• "Expedience" by greerwatson (G, gen, ~1K words)
• "Play Ball" by greerwatson (G, gen, ~300 words)
• "Heartbreakers" by greerwatson (T, m/m, ~600 words)
• "Firecracker Day" by greerwatson (G, gen, ~600 words)
• "Reflection" by greerwatson (G, m/f, ~850 words)
• "Nick of Time" by greerwatson (G, gen, ~250 words)
• "P is for Paris" by greerwatson (G, gen, ~600 words)
• "Floater" by greerwatson (G, gen, ~350 words)
• "Disconcert" by greerwatson (G, gen, ~500 words)
• "Morgue Maniacs" by greerwatson (G, gen, ~600 words)

FK news & conversation

• 5/31: nicholas_lucien shared a 2019 fanfic year-in-review, including discussion of 10 stories and 3 projects. Read the post.
• 5/10: pj1228 embedded videos from the Stratford Festival’s streaming, including a chat with GWD (still available) and some of the Shakespeare performances (time-limited). Read the post.
• 5/02: pj1228 embedded a video from the Stratford Festival’s streaming, GWD interviewing Martha Henry. Read the post.

an old HL fanfic rec: "The Beginning of Always" by Hafitel

I re-read "The Beginning of Always" by hafital (M, 11K words) last weekend at the holiday, and then parts of it again this weekend for comfort, because it was still on my mind as comforting. I think that it is my all-time-favorite Duncan/Methos story.

Several K-immies lose their heads and there is trauma to go around. There is also grace and great gentleness. Identity. Forgiveness. Grief. Mutuality. Patience. Longing. Choice. Strong, firm anchors to the Tessa and Richie era, even though it's set post-series. You know — lots of the stuff I like. (No flashbacks, but you can't have everything in every story.) Roles for Joe and Amanda.

This is not everyone's universal usual interpretation of the Methos character; this version has doubts bone deep, and some prefer confidence sky high. But its power within its own interpretation seems undeniable to me. And comforting. And graced.

So I thought I'd share. ♥