Cephiro

what songs remind you of MKR?  if you're making a fanmix or general MKR-themed playlist, what do you have on it? 

I want to expand my own tiny one...

if it might not be totally apparent why a certain song reminds you of MKR, you don't have to justify it if you don't want to!

How it works:  You say what kind of fic you'd like and what kind of fic you're able to write.  I'll match up a gifter and recipient.  Starting in December, you can post it and make them happy, and someone will have written for you as well.  Yay!  Happy Winter Friends!

• Fill out the info below and I'll do my best to match up someone to write for you.
• Don't tell who you're going to write for, it's a surprise!
• The fic you write must be at least 1000 words long. (You can make it much longer if you wish)
• You can post the fic to Tumblr, Fanfiction.net, AO3, or wherever you like. Please link it either in reply to this post and/or on Tumblr using the tag #MKR Holiday Fic Swap
• If you’d like to sign up to be a pinch hitter, just say so at the bottom of your application. If someone’s unable to fill their prompt for their recipient, you might get that recipient and have to write a fic at the last minute (you will have at least two weeks to do so).  Likewise, if you think you’re going to be unable to write your fic, please let me know as soon as possible. Of course I hope we won’t need any pinch hitters, but I want to have that backup so everyone gets their gift.

OCT 20 ~ sign-ups OPEN
NOV 01 ~ sign-ups CLOSED
NOV 03 ~ will receive assignments by this day at the latest
DEC 01 ~ start posting gifts! if you cannot get yours done, let me know by this date!!!
DEC 13 ~ last day to post your gift –PLEASE–


*** I also made mkrholidayficswap.tumblr.com since there's a lot of fandom over on Tumblr that's not here on the forum.

YOUR INFO~
tumblr: (if applicable)
where can I contact you?: (email, tumblr, or forum PM)

WHAT YOU RECEIVE~
which characters/relationships would you most like in your gift?:
any characters/relationships you want avoided?: (NOTPs/etc)
general Likes: (AUs, hurt/comfort, fluff, angst, happy/sad endings, introspection, smut, accidental baby acquisition, ANYTHING)
general Dislikes: (tropes/interactions/pairings that are squicks or you just don’t enjoy)
approximate max rating you’d be comfortable with: (Gen, Teen, Mature, Explicit)
list up to five prompts for your gift! (optional, give your gifter a starting point but they might still do something totally different)

WHAT YOU GIVE~
characters/relationships you’re most comfortable writing:
tropes you’re most comfortable writing: (fluff, smut, humor, angst, action)
characters/relationships you’re NOT comfortable writing:
things you absolutely will not write: (smut, noncon/rape, gore, AUs, heck even fluff or anything shippy if you only write gen)
are you willing to write any gifts that will need filled last minute?: (beginning of Dec)

I know we like to chat and flail and laugh about a lot of AU ideas.  a lot of them are kinda half-baked, and some are thought out carefully but never see the light of day as a proper fic, and some of course end up being fics or whatever.  personally I get a lot of amusement from all the AUs so this thread is just to toss in the various proposed AUs so they can be enjoyed in theory.

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there's a Fuupunzel one that Del and I tossed around that I don't think will ever be written but it's still fun to just think about.  going off the Disney movie, Fuu has long golden hair and is kept in a tower by Alcyone who uses Fuu's magic powers to stay young and pert.  Ferio is in Flynn's role, he tries to hide in Fuu's tower, she outwits him and gets him to take her to see the lanterns.  the twist is that Ferio is the stolen/missing royal baby.  the King and Queen have since died but their daughter Emeraude is still alive and she releases lanterns for her missing brother every year on his birthday.

aaand that's about all that's decided.  I know we talked about some other things but tbh I don't remember them.  I just love Fuu being wily and Ferio being a scamp and Emeraude!!!


I also must mention Del's current bunny, the modern (urban? ish?) Magic Teacher AU where Clef teaches the girls and other MKR characters how to use their magic.  THIS IS MY JAM.

sometimes I think about how all of Clef's other students spent years under his tutelage learning how to awaken and harness their magic.  it's absolutely a skill though I do think like all skills, most people who excel in it have a natural talent for it already.  but the Knights not only spent basically zero time learning how to use magic, they also didn't really believe in it as a real thing until the moment their magic was awakened by Clef.  I dunno, to me that just speaks to how these girls not just had an existing predisposition to magic, but that they are, because of their role as Magic Knights and the need for them to act quickly, very very talented at it, because they basically taught themselves everything via their strong wills and the need to get better.

I like to think that once things settle down, Clef finally has time to take the girls under his wing and actually teach them properly.  cause their use of magic is really raw, not refined, I'd think.  basically they got so good just because they had the drive to be, not because they were taught to do it right.  like when they get really angry they might let off bursts of it and especially with Hikaru that can be super dangerous.  and he teaches them how to do more refined things like, Hikaru can warm up her drink if it's gotten cold, or Umi can manipulate physical water around her, or Fuu can levitate small things for short periods of time.  or better ideas someone else might have?  because the girls are incredibly talented and strong and powerful so they can kick ass with their magic, but Clef could teach them how to really make it part of who you are, how to really be your magic.

and it would be so nice???  for Clef to just spend time with the Knights.  he loves his students so much and I think that's a major way for him to bond with people, is through coaching them in their magic, so the girls just grow closer with him as they get better with their magic.

(I also headcanon Clef as being really bothered by sloppy technique, there is a WAY to do things CORRECTLY and it is an ART FORM but the Knights are pretty much totally self-taught so he's trying to fix their bad habits and tbh has the same problem with Ascot haha)


ALSO somewhat related and because I'll forget to mention it later, do you consider the Knights' magic to be the literal element they work in, or do you think Hikaru uses like "magic fire" which isn't literal physical fire but magical energy that behaves like fire?  or is she literally able to manifest actual flames with her pure will?  I mean I have no doubt magical fire can cause a physical burn.  but if they do use magical energy and not physical elements could Umi still manipulate physical water?  maybe yes because the magical/physical elements both have the same sort of properties that she could tap into???  I JUST LIKE ALL THE POSSIBLITIES

thank you so much to Mils for starting it up and for letting me take care of it.  I run about a dozen or so fuckyeahs but FYR is my priority, I absolutely love doing it.  we've got a few forum members that've heard of us from FYR, and in turn we've made the Rayearth fandom on Tumblr bigger.

I've been kind of drunk on fandom feels the last couple days as the Hikaru/Umi/Fuu Weeks have been winding down, feeling sappy about how long a lot of us have known each other, and just really happy that even though there are other series that I love just as much as Rayearth, this is My Fandom, my community, and everyone in it is awesome.

I'll make the post live to FYR tomorrow during the day but wanted to announce it here first!

I've messed with a few dates so far this year and now it's almost half over and I still haven't done the Knight weeks that I meant to do!  so it's gonna be in June!

• Hikaru Week  ♦  June 1 - 7
• Umi Week  ♦  June 8 - 14
• Fuu Week ♦  June 15 - 21

fanart, fic, mixtapes, collage, meta, graphics, anything goes!  just have fun celebrating each of our girls in turn! <3  there will be themes but of course you don't have to pay any mind to them if you don't want to, they're just to help.

   

I just realized that yesterday was the forum's anniversary! ☆

nine years of this silliness, I can't believe it's been that long!  we should do something special next year for the 10th.

I keep thinking it would be nice to have one of these.  I love the What made your day today? thread but sometimes I just want to shout into the internet for a second to whine, but don't wanna make a whole new thread about it.  so just feel free to vent now and then (briefly! if you want to make a long rant, use your blog)

- vents can be as petty as breaking a nail or as serious as losing a loved one.  consider this the other side to the WMYDT? thread. 
- swearing is okay due to the nature of this thread but don't post just a string of obscenities. 
- also please be considerate of delicate issues, whether you're posting them or replying to them. 
- we'll add specific rules to this post if it seems necessary in the future, but our members are all very well-behaved so I'm not too worried.