Snowflake Challenge 06 - Fannish Wish List

[sailorkitty]

I am quite devoted to a small fandom (Donna Barr!) and thus don't really expect anything on this list to be fulfilled.
(To regular readers: Am about to beat Persona 5, should have feedback on that in a couple of days.)

1. For the Donna Barr fandom to grow bigger with at least one or two people. (Stinz features Centaurs! Slice of Life! It’s over here! For free!)

2. Desert Peach fic! Be it gen misadventures or slash(Winzig/Udo!), or romantic soppiness with the canon couple. (Drabbles are great.)

3. More fanart of Desert Peach. And Stinz. And Andri. And especially Sgt. Kirchen. And Udo and Rosen and Pfirsich, and - Fanart is just the best, OK? (I’d be over the moon if one of my fics were illustrated, but really, any fanart at all is great.)

4. A beta for Desert Peach/Stinz. Someone who knows the canon and is willing to try and call out shoddy characterisation, tell me if the scene is doing what I want it to, and so on. Grammar and SPAG not necessarily needed.

5. For more people to write medium or long-ish comments on fics based on Barr canons. It doesn’t even have to be my fics, it’s just fun to see people engaging in/with the fandom.

6. A working anon prompt meme for Barr fandom. Don’t ask me how or why. This is my wish, and it gets to be as Out There(tm) as it gets.

7. Digital copy of Hader and the Colonel, or at least a version that doesn’t cost over 20 USD to bring out of the US.

8. Recs for good (historical, no fantasy or alternate history) canons set during WWI that are not originally in English, and have good English/Swedish translations. Preferably featuring banter and dark comedy.

Comments

[james]

I was reminding someone of Desert Peach just a few weeks ago! I'm not sure I ever finished it; I need to go find it again and see if I did.

[sailorkitty]

Hooray, someone else who knows it!

(Let me know if you end up digging for it and can't find it, it's no longer on Smackjeeves.)

[james]

Taking a look at it, I feel like I must have caught some while my partner was working in a comic book store for a couple years -- so I think I didn't even read the ones I did, in order (missing some.) And wow, that was a long time ago - no wonder I barely remember them.

I can visualise some of the art, but I can't remember any of the plotlines.

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

I like Donna. We were at a party together once, and had a blast, but we scared everyone else into the corners. LOL

I haven't seen a fandom community for her work on Dreamwidth but it would be great if somebody made one. She was actually one of the first crowdfunders: a fan sponsored the "half-horse" comics that became Bosom Enemies.

Re: Thoughts

[sailorkitty]

I can see that, given how her strongly her opinions come across. Sounds fun, though!

Her narrative comics are so good! The characterisation is top-notch, and the ink-work is top-notch. I love how Desert Peach isn't really 'About Being Gay In The 40's', more like 'Oh yes and the main character also happens to be gay, but he has his hands full of this other crap', and the fact that he and Rosen actually do get a happily-ever-after (with lots of cats and two boys to raise), despite the odds. And the lovely world-building and Slice-Of-Life things in Stinz. Very, very good at capturing the feeling of a small village.

(There's a comm, it's barrvaria.)