I love good guys

nicholas_lucien spotted on Facebook that Fred Mollin, FK's composer, is selling his copies of the two "Dark Knight" episode scripts (that is, parts one and two). He will sign the scripts if asked. Learn more on Facebook. (See Nicholas_lucien's DW post.)

This is the time of year that I actually open ForKni-L digests, so I saw McLisa post that she's seeking a copy of an FK story she wrote and lost long ago, probably titled "The Werewolf of Toronto," and that she would greatly appreciate anyone who can share a file or a link. It's a lighthearted Halloween story in which, among other things, Nick and Schanke, working undercover at a Halloween parade, become their costumes (a la BtVS), and while Nick is dressed as a movie vampire, Schanke is dressed as a werewolf.

And while I have you, I should plug fkficfest again! Not that you don't know that we've reached the halfway point, with eight stories revealed and eight yet to go.

I've been posting about the ongoing progress of this year's fkficfest/fkficfest to ForKni-L every other day, inviting listmembers to come read, and I wanted to share with everyone a response posted to the email list:

Karen G. wrote, "I have enjoyed all of the submissions. Brought back some great memories."

You can find the six stories revealed so far (with seven more coming soon) in this year's collection. If you read fast and get ahead of this year's game, why not check out the whole parent collection for past games? It's never too late for feedback!

A nice person on ForKni-L wrote yesterday: "I have to say, I have read 3 of the [FKFicFest] stories so far and all I can say is that I wished each of them were longer. I wanted to read more. Great job as usual [to the writers]."

We're having just a bit of a breather between fkficfest/fkficfest and fkcommentfic/fkcommentfic this year. I hope that everyone is able to use the time to read more of this year's stories! (Or all the years' stories!) And maybe share some more reflections or kudos with the authors?

All the players worked very hard, and some really stretched themselves, striving to fulfill prompts that may not have been for their own most preferred characters or scenarios. We had just nine players covering all angles of FK! In big, busy fandoms, it's easy to read only the stories featuring one's own favorites. But at this end of history, here in our smaller, sleepier FK, it means so much to support each other across factions and flavors.

Thank you, everyone who wrote, beta-read and read! Thank you very much!

[Cross-posted from forkni-l.]

Today, May 18, 2010, is the fourteenth anniversary of the first airing of "Last Knight" -- give or take local syndication.  So it's very appropriate that Chiller has an FK marathon today!  (I wonder whether they know?)

The anniversary is also why today is the first day of the FKFicFest Ficathon event on LiveJournal.  With a total of 22 stories by 20 authors, the ficathon will release two stories per day (one per day when they are very large) starting today.  The first two are now available to read.  Players have contributed stories short and long, gen and ship, bright and dark, main characters and guest stars, detectives and vampires, past and present... very FK!

The community is set to "14+" just as FK is rated "TV14."  If you do not have a LiveJournal account, you will be asked to tell LiveJournal that you are over 14 to view the community, and then you will further have to click on a little "this post may have adult content" link for each story.  I apologize for any inconvenience!  Most posts are not rated "adult," and all are clearly labeled with their own ratings, but we wanted the community to welcome "adult" stories, too, and that's what it takes.  (If you are logged in to an LJ account, you will skip all this.)

We hope that many players will bring their stories home to fkfic-l after the ficathon event, but not all the players have ever been on the email lists.  If you watch the game, you may encounter new-to-you FK authors, as well as old friends and favorites!  If you choose, you can leave feedback at the bottom of each story by clicking the "Leave a comment" link.

For the past few years, I've made sure to post a new story of my own to fkfic-l on each LK anniversary.  I don't have that this year, because I've put all my hobby time (and more time ~g~) into co-hosting the ficathon game (and writing my story for it).  I hope that this post will do as an anniversary tribute, instead.  I love FK, and I love you guys.  Thank you for still being here.

Recently, in FK on my LJ Friends List:

Vids.  abby82, on 03/23, posted her new Fang Gang vid "La familia" (Mirah).  On 03/03, she mused on Nick/Natalie versus Nick vidding plans, and on 03/01, posted her new Divia vid, "Burn" (Nine Inch Nails).

Meta. 

• mysticalcat7, on 03/23, announced that she has uploaded the last of fkspoilr, the June 1996 digests, following her 03/07 announcement that she uploaded the May 1996 fkspoilr digests.  Fkspoilr, of course, was the spoiler discussion list (a sibling of fkfic-l), and those were the days of "Last Knight"'s first airing.
  
• endcredits, on 03/02, snuck an FK reference into her reflections on the season finale of Being Human.

Memes. 

• ithildyn, on 03/24, answered about Janette in a Five Questions Per Character meme, and on 03/07, shared a Canadian Foods Meme.  What, no ribena? :-)
  
• abby82, on 03/04, addressed a WIP Meme. Four of hers are clearly FK.
  
• ithildyn, on 03/02, in a Five Things Meme, mentioned first meeting ninjababe on the FK IRC channel, and the collaborative origin of her FK/HL universe.

Fanfiction. 

• abby82, on 03/30, posted a new, G-rated, N&N story titled Change Upon Us, written for the "Fic Drought NNFic Challenge" at the NNFic Yahoo! Group (which I didn't know existed; good for them!).
  
• dj_clawson, on 03/11, discussed the possible publishing future and challenges of her Aristotle stories.
  
• falcon_horus, on 03/03, listed and linked all the submissions to her Claire Rankin Character Mini-Ficathon.  The FK entries are: "Not in the Stars but in Ourselves" by tanaquisga (FK/SGA), "Memories" by falcon_horus (FK/SGA), and "Three Fireweed Seeds" by me (FK).

Cast and Crew. 

• abby82, on 03/29, reviewed Deborah Duchene's episode of Beyond Reality (1991), a two-season Canadian series with lots of FK cast and crew. She's generous with screenshots.
  
• When the news about the SciFi Channel rebranding itself "SyFy" (um, right, that'll make 'em cooler than us) came out, many remembered the days when Ms. Hammer ran the USA network and with it FK's third season, including ithildyn here, wiliqueen here, studiesinlight here...
  
• pj1228, on 03/15, reviewed A Bug and a Bag of Weed, a comedy with Nigel Bennett.