Poll: Yuletide! Yay!

[thefourthvine]

I am very excited about yuletide, and I've been bouncing around like a crazed thing since I signed up. (This is the Anticipation phase of Yuletide. Yes, there are phases of Yuletide. Yes, I have actually written them down. I know, I know, so pathetic, but it's an important thing to me, okay? I was never that excited about the holidays as a kid, but as an adult, Yuletide makes me absolutely delirious with joy.)

Anyway. I deal with the Anticipation phase (This is actually Anticipation Part One, because sign-ups are still open. When they close, I will start hard-core Anticipation. It is dangerous to come within seven feet of me during that time.) in many ways, but in part by refreshing the requested fandoms list, so that I can admire the shiny numbers climbing ever higher. (Plus, this year, there is a festival of gold and green to admire there. You can even see how many people asked for and volunteered for a given fandom. It is the coolest thing ever!)

But the site went down briefly today. Suddenly, I had no outlet for my Yuletide glee. Hence, this poll.

And if any of you have friends listers who are also doing Yuletide, I'd love it if you'd point 'em over here, 'cause I don't know how many of my own friends listers are. (You all should, though. You get a story! In a tiny fandom of your choosing! And you can write a story that will make someone else's heart sing! And this year there is no qualifying requirement! Go, sign up, and then come back and take the poll!)

Yeah, yeah. 'Tis the season to abuse exclamation marks and the Create Poll function on LJ. Happy holidays!

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[thefourthvine.livejournal.com]

(Side note: I love your icon. Wombats! And Christmas! Yay!)

This year I went through all the fandoms, listed the ones I thought I could write and the ones I wanted myself, then choe from that list for signup.

I actually turned the tab-delineated list into a table, then removed all the ones I didn't know, then whittled the list down further by removing the ones I didn't think I could write. And then I took a deep breath and signed up for all the ones left on the list. (This is opposed to the previous years, where I looked for ones I could do. The process of elimination seems to end in me signing up for more fandoms.)

I still think fondly of the year I got you for Yuletide, by the way; you were my first recipient ever, and I was scared to death. And it was such a relief to realize I could do two of the fandoms on your request list. In every way, you were a wonderful recipient.

[artyartie.livejournal.com]

*grins* I honestly thought of asking for another story in that fandom this year, because your story was just so awesome. I introduced my two friends to the concept of fan fiction that morning - they thought that it was an unknown story in the canon. I could just hear the actors as I read it and yes, it was just utterly wonderful. And now I get your recs and fun polls! And hopefully, one day, another story in that fandom. :) So you were a wonderful first author in every way.

That's hilarious how your process of elimination tends to work - glad it actually cut the list down this year! It's interesting to see what's up and what isn't, and to guess which fandom you'll actually get. I have one I'm particularly pulling for, and only two people have offered to write it.

Yay, wombats! They're so damn cute, especially in little Santa hats. I got obsessed with them after reading one of the Aubrey/Maturin books, imagine that. :) So last year I decided I had to make a wombaty-Christmas icon - it's totally yankable if you'd like.

[thefourthvine.livejournal.com]

So you were a wonderful first author in every way.

Awwww. Thank you. (And, wow, you even showed it to your friends. Cooooool.)

*feels glow of Yuletidy Joy*

It's interesting to see what's up and what isn't, and to guess which fandom you'll actually get.

It's totally fascinating. I keep checking my list of volunteered fandoms against the master list, and thinking, "Ooo! Three requests!" or, "Damn. Not one request. Come on, people, it's a great fandom!" I tell you, Shalott is probably really sorry she changed the script to show all that, because it makes the compulsive refreshing problem so much worse.

it's totally yankable if you'd like.

*grabs*

I will use it when the holidays draw nigh!

*excited*

[artyartie.livejournal.com]

My friends were the ones who got me into the fandom - we'd check out each series from the library and watch it compulsively, though once they swapped out Helens (grrrrrrr!), it was harder to watch. I so need to buy those DVDs one day. :)

Hah, we are probably breaking the server! I checked twice yesterday, and I'll probably mosey over again today. The buildup to Yuletide is half the fun itself.

Hurrah for sharing the wombat love! I so need to se a wombat at the zoo - or better yet, see one in Australia. There's a beautiful, funny children's book you'd love - Diary of a Wombat which has the most adorable illustrations.

[thefourthvine.livejournal.com]

*giggles nervously*

I had this moment of total horror when I read this comment, because I realized you requested a story for the television show, and I wrote you a book story. (I didn't even know the TV show existed!) Um. But it worked out okay, right?

Wow, do I understand why we have the type tags now.

I checked twice yesterday, and I'll probably mosey over again today.

You win for Most Restrained Fangirl in All Yuletideland. I've been refreshing a lot more like twice an hour, and up to twice a minute in critical periods, like just now, when the participant number broke 700. (OMG, 700 people! I am thrilled and just stunned that there are so many small fandom lovers among us.)

There's a beautiful, funny children's book you'd love - Diary of a Wombat which has the most adorable illustrations.

OMG you love Diary of a Wombat! YAY!

One of my Australian friends sent it to me as a gift when I was feeling down last year, as my Love of Wombats is not precisely a secret, and it is just - it is just the BEST THING EVER, is all. I have been seriously tempted, ever since I got it, to buy a scanner for the sole purpose of scanning in some of the pages, and then whining someone into making me icons.

Wombats are love.

[artyartie.livejournal.com]

*chuckles* The TV show was very faithful to the book, so they're almost interchangable. And you should watch it if you get the chance - it's wonderfully cast and the location is just so damn pretty. :)

I got the fandom I hoped for most! Only a few of us offered to write it and so all my "please, please, please" vibes worked! I already have a few ideas - hopefully my recipient will put up a letter soon.

Oh, if you got icons, you would absolutely have to share. Those would be so freaking adorable - I need that book! And it's so cute and cheerful that it can't help but cheer you up.

Wombats are indeed love! *wonders if there's a marsupial appreciation society on LJ*