Northwest Passage

multifandomdoodle is one of my favorite exchanges out there. It's got such a good energy and atmosphere, and I really love the variety. The collection can be found here: Multifandom Doodle 2023 Round 1

I got two amazing Original Work gifts:

[Art] Waterfowl by Zabbers

Variations on a Theme with Kittens by minimal_prime

A few recs, though I encourage you to browse through the collection - so much lovely art!

[Art] Pour Out the Sky by architeuthis
This is simply stunning.

Helpful Tip by Samifer
I could not stop laughing when I first saw this.

Brindleface & kits by Koraki
These are really cute.

Baby Tea Leaf Dragon by denpring
I love this cute little dragon!

Animals should definitely not wear clothing... by mific
OMG I adore this drawing. I can't stop looking at it. It makes me laugh and just gaze at it some more.

All of StopTalkingAtMe's work is gorgeous, I can't pick one to rec. They're all so good.

Since I had some time off I made a fair number of treats. It was a fun opportunity to dig out some traditional media supplies and play around a bit:

Here's my first Pros vid (for meinterrupted:



[VID] Creatures of the Fire (21 words) by lomelinde
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Professionals (TV 1977)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: William Bodie/Ray Doyle
Characters: Ray Doyle, William Bodie
Additional Tags: Fanvids, Download Available, Video Format: Streaming, Embedded Video, Pining, Idiots in Love, Guns, Blood and Injury, Touching
Series: Part 10 of Fanvids by lomelinde
Summary:

We are creatures of the fire
We burn so close before we expire
We are creatures of the wind
Time to let it out or let it in

I've not been good at keeping up to date here! Figured I should post at least one more time before the year is out.

First of all: thank you mific for the gorgeous Christmas card! I love it!

I did a whole bunch of exchanges this holiday season which were all tons of fun - I'll be posting round-ups after creator reveals. multifandomdoodle in particular was so much fun – I can't recommend that exchange highly enough. It's a wonderful entry-level art exchange with a wide variety of works and styles and lots of great Original Work art in addition to various fandoms. A great place to experiment and try new things. Due South Seekrit Santa ran again this year, and I really enjoyed the collection. There's something for everybody: fic, art, vid and podfic. I also did Yuletide for the first time this year, and I really enjoyed it! Thank to all of you who encouraged me to give it a go!

There are still some needy trees with 0 or 1 gift over at: fandomtrees: Here's the Google Spreadsheet for anybody interested in creating some low-minimum gifts. All the different requested fandoms are tagged in the com.

I also finally watched The Professionals - only a few decades late LOL. Loved it! Now I have to go hunting for fic - it's hard to know where to begin, so I'm open to suggestions if anybody has any recs (I have the Proslib DVD). I then proceeded to watch Inspector George Gently, and I absolutely adore that show. I'm not sure how that could have passed me by.