Ultra's Fic (and Other Stuff)

So, Gilmore Girls and Hart of Dixie certainly have their similarities, up to the point where they were even filmed on the same set, so Stars Hollow and Bluebell are practically the same place. They have similar plot points and episodes sometimes too, similar humour and such, which works for me and is largely why I like both shows so much, but I just rewatched one particular episode of Hart of Dixie and I've realised it isn't just a little similar to a Gilmore Girls episode, it's very, very similar, in a slightly jumbled way...

HoD episode 2x9 is called Sparks Fly and concerns a Basket Auction for charity, extremely similar to the concept of GG ep 2x10 A-Tisket, A-Tasket with the slight difference that HoD has girls bidding on boys and GG has boys bidding on girls. Seriously though, check out all the extremely similar things that happen...

(1)
- In GG, Sookie wants Jackson to win her basket, but Kirk gets in the way, leading to Jackson having to bribe Kirk for the basket and date.
- In HoD, Wade wants Zoe to win his basket, but Magnolia gets in the way, leading to Zoe having to bribe Magnolia for the basket and date.

(2)
- Rory & Jess go on a date in which she tricks him into eating gross food and laughs at his expense.
- Tansy & George go on a date in which she tricks him into eating gross food and laughs at his expense.

(3)
- Jess (deliberately) wins Rory in the auction, and when her boyfriend (Dean) objects, she says she has to go because it's the rules.
- Lemon (accidentally) wins Lavon in the auction, and when his girlfriend (Ruby) objects, he says he has to go because it's the rules.

(4)
- Lorelai & Luke end up on a date (without meaning for it to happen to start off with) and it's equal parts cute and awkward because we all know they should be together but they're not.
- Lemon & Lavon end up on a date (without meaning for it to happen to start off with) and it's equal parts cute and awkward because we all know they should be together but they're not.

On top of all this, in HoD, George makes up some fake lawyer stuff to get Tansy her dog back from her ex's new girlfriend which is so, so like that one scene in the film Legally Blonde where Elle makes up Latin law stuff to get Paulette's dog back from her ex.

So, I guess what I'm wondering is, were the writers just having a blank day and ripped off a bunch of stuff from GG and also Legally Blonde OR is this just the mother all of coincidence clusters??

(It's also possible that when I rewatch my favourite TV shows a lot, I start seeing more detail than is strictly necessary! lol)

So, the fairytaleinspired exchange revealed today and oh... my... goodness! I actually received two gifts and they're both so good!

together we stay
Fandom: X-Men Movieverse
Pairing: Logan/Rogue
Rating: T/PG-13
Summary: Marie touched her forehead to the peeling wallpaper of the walls in the apparent prison she'd just found herself in, her gloved hands clenching at her the fabric of her jacket that she had tugged over her knees. How had she even ended up here, of all places? She closed her eyes. Oh, right. By picking a rose.

(It's basically a Beauty & the Beast AU and I adore it!!!)

Be Brave
Fandom: MCU
Pairing: Bucky/Nat
Rating: T/PG-13
Summary: Bucky stuffed his hands in his pockets. He wanted to be the one next to her. He wanted to be the one to hold her hand. He wanted to stroke her hair and feel her skin touching his. He wanted to whisper in her ear that he was sorry — sorry he hadn’t been here, sorry he couldn’t save her, sorry he had been too scared before all of this happened. If he had just been braver, a man who faced death every day it sometimes seemed, but if he had been braver, maybe none of this would have happened.

(This one's a post-Endgame AU with Sleeping Beauty elements and it's sooooo sweet!)

Obviously, I'm not allowed to talk about what I wrote myself yet, because author reveals aren't for a week yet, but I did have a blast writing it, so that was a plus too :)

Additionally, a couple more fics that were not written for me, but that I found in the collection and absolutely loved, so I thought I'd share...

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So, I'm on this big fic writing kick, which is great, in a way. I mean, I figured a couple of weeks off work would be great in giving me lots of free time for lots of fun and relaxing things but also for lots of fic writing. The only problem is that most of what I'm writing is not new chapters of my current WIPs. Most of it is the beginnings of new stories which I absolutely do not need to be writing right now because, hello, 4 WIPs and a couple of exchange fics already in the works that I absolutely should be working on!

Ugh, why do I do this? Why do I get from the beginning to the middle of fics and then just sort of wander off and start new stuff instead of finishing existing stuff? I'm bad with middles, I know this. I get all excited in the beginning of stories and towards the end of stories, but holding it together in the middle is so hard - I just get bored! lol

Oh, what is even the matter with me? Is everybody like this? I tend to assume it's just me, but maybe it's not. Anyway, rant over, because I need to go and write something. Preferably not another new thing that's just going to have to go on the 'maybe later' pile, so I can move the WIPs forward from the middle towards the end already.

(In case you were wondering, I have started 3 new fics in the last week or so - one each for Hart of Dixie, MCU, and Gilmore Girls, plus I've been messing with notes I have written down for three original fics and another GG fic! lol)

I have mixed results when I participate in exchanges. Mostly what I write for others seems to be appreciated, even the treats, and that's great. What's written for me is usually pretty good too. Of course, there are occasions when I spend a long time writing something you think is really cool for someone and they don't even comment, and there are times when I receive something that isn't really what I asked for and it's kind of disappointing. This week, however, has been a triumph twice over! :)

Now, I can't share what I wrote for the unsent_letters_exchange or maythe4thbewithyou yet, because anon periods, but I can share what I received and oh my goodness is it ever some good stuff!!! :D

For May4th...

Holo from Exegol is an amazing, almost 12,000 word fic, set post-TROS, in which Ben survives and he and Rey need help in escaping from Exegol, so Ben tries to contact Chewie on the Falcon, leading to Finn, Poe, Lando, etc. seeing Rey/Ben via a holo message and realising they're together, plus ForceGhost!Leia and ForceGost!Anakin feature as well, and the whole thing is so epic and awesome! I can hardly believe someone went so all-out on an exchange fic for little ol' me :P

also Give Your Hearts, which is a '5 things' Han/Leia fic about them getting married which was just so cute and fun and extremely in-characters. I loved this one too :)

For Unsent Letters...

In A Minute is an MCU fic, Bucky/Nat, obviously, because what else do I usually request? It must have taken the author such a long time, not just the writing of it (over 6,000 words, y'all!) but all the special formatting so that it genuinely looked like letters, emails, reports, text messages - I'm just so impressed! It's post-Endgame, but it goes back to Bucky & Nat's shared history in the Red Room, as per the comics, and in the 'present day' part, everyone is looking for Bucky, realising he has gone to Vormir to get Nat back. Of course, it has a happy ending ;)

So, yeah, I think I have been extremely lucky with exchange gifts this week. I feel properly spoilt and very happy with all my lovely gifts. Can't wait to find out who wrote them next week so I can squee at those people some more and maybe look into what other things they have written that might interest me :) Next up will be the fluffityfluffexchange, which reveals on Sun 15th May, and I've just signed up for fairytaleinspired, so that's something to look forward to next month :)

Hope everyone else is being as lucky with exchanges of late! :)

There's been a lot of writing... and also, signing up for exchanges. I can't seem to stop myself on either count, which I'm actually okay with :)

I have 3 WIPs now, all of which I have started sharing...

Title: Marvel Collegiate University
Fandom: MCU
Pairings: Bucky/Nat; Tony/Pepper; Darcy/Bruce
Rating: T/PG-13
Summary: What if all the Avengers were ordinary human beings who just attended college together?

Title: Take Me to the Other Side
Fandom: Veronica Mars
Pairings: Mac/Dick; Veronica/Logan
Rating: T/PG-13
Summary: Mac and Dick are about to hit a new phase in their relationship, which is great, except dealing with the future also means dealing with the past, and neither one of them exactly has the simplest or nicest backstory... (Long-time-coming sequel to 'Falling in Love is Hard on the Knees', but you can probably read it just fine without reading/remembering that one)

Title: Lead Me Home
Fandom: Hart of Dixie
Pairing: Zoe/Wade
Rating: T/PG-13
Summary: One day, a friendly member of the Bluebell community picked up a visiting New Yorker from the side of the road. You probably think you know who these people are. Y’all are wrong!

I'm signed up for unsent_letters_exchange, which I thought about a lot and almost decided against, BUT having taken a look through the requests summary, I think I did the right thing in going for it. I'm actually quite excited about the potential assignments now :)

Also, I signed up for maythe4thbewithyou, which I wanted to do last year, but then didn't. This year, I'm giving it a try, even though I haven't written a whole bunch of Star Wars fic before. I just recently revisited the Sequels and Prequels and I know the Originals pretty well, so it should be fine :)

Hope everyone else's writing, both WIPs and challenge/exchange stuff, is going swimmingly! :)

Finally had time for some baking last week, and so, there were cupcakes. Vanilla cakes with chocolate and buttercream on top.

And yes, they all have slightly different styles of topping - I make them to spec for myself and my family members ;)

It's so much easier to write now that I'm not on a schedule. I mean, I always got done all the stuff I needed to, and all the stuff I thought I should do, but sometimes, it was a struggle. Often, I didn't enjoy it as much as I ought to, considering that fanfiction is essentially made for fun! Now, I get an idea, the time and inclination line up, I sit down and just write and write and write... and I'm loving it! :D

So, I am in fact working on a new Hart of Dixie fic idea. Not ready to share it yet because it's a little different and I'm not sure how it's going to work out yet, but figuring it out is a blast :)

Also, thanks to a an old friend on FF.net resurrecting a fic of hers that has been on hiatus for years now, I've started a Veronica Mars fic, which is pretty crazy given it's an age since I rewatched more than a random episode of the show here and there and haven't written fic for it in longer, but hey, why not? :)

Finally, I have this wacky MCU fic idea that I'm playing around with. I haven't written much for the fandom that's not a one-shot, but this wacky concept just won't leave me alone, so I have to try it out. It's either going to be glorious or disastrous and I love that about it! lol

Sending happy, productive writing vibes to all my fellow fanficcers! :D

Hi there, my name is Ultra and this is my Dreamwidth journal :)

You may know me from Fanfiction.net (as Ultrawoman), AO3 (as Ultra), YouTube (as UltraVids1), Twitter (as theycallmeultra), or perhaps you just stumbled upon me through a DW community.

My screenname was originally Ultrawoman, when I first joined a couple of Smallville forums back in 2001. I chose it in honour of my favourite episode of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, because at the time, it was all I could think of! It really stuck and now everybody who knows me online calls me Ultra :)

I used to be on LiveJournal but switched over to Dreamwidth when the rules changed and there was a kind of mass exodus. I used to post a lot of my fic on my journal, but lately, it's more general stuff. Links to fics will appear sometimes, alongside my thoughts on TV series, films, books, and music that I've recently come across or have loved for a while. There will be personal posts too, but those are locked to Access List only.

If you want to subscribe to me, feel free, but if you're hoping I'll grant you access and/or follow back, please do reply to this post, letting me know where we know each other from and/or why you want to be mutuals :)

Below is a list of all the fandoms I'm into, and have been into over the past 20+ years, along with who I ship(ped) in each one.

Current/Most Active fandoms, with ships:

Hart of Dixie - Zoe/Wade; Lemon/Lavon; George/Tansy; Annabeth/Joel
Gilmore Girls - Rory/Jess; Luke/Lorelai
MCU - Bucky/Nat; Steve/Peggy; sometimes Clint/Nat

( more under the cut )

Any questions, just ask by replying below or dropping me a PM :)

When I first got into the MCU via Avengers Assemble (aka The Avengers) I didn't really think much about shipping. As I went back and watched Phase 1, I liked some canon ships (Tony/Pepper, Steve/Peggy) and some others, not so much (didn't like Jane enough to ship Thor/Jane, didn't care about pre-Ruffalo Hulk, tbh) but fanfic got me into a whole bunch of non-canon ships. I liked the idea of Nat/Clint back then, and actually, I really enjoyed Bruce/Darcy! lol

Then Phase 2 came along, and a friend got me into Steve/Nat, plus I read some Loki/Jane and some Darcy/(insert name here) because, good grief, she got paired with just about everyone for a while! lol

Then, somewhere along the line, I discovered Bucky/Nat, and oh my goodness, there's just no going back from that!!!

I always loved Bucky in all his incarnations. I mean, it doesn't hurt that Sebastian Stan is as hot as the sun, but Bucky's just such a complex and wonderful character. I always liked Natasha too, for similar character-depth reasons, actually. Plus they both kick ass, which is fun too ;) It came as a surprise to me that they actually were a couple in the comics, but it does make sense, and I really wish there was the opportunity for something to happen with them in the MCU. I've seen interviews where Sebastian talks about wanting 'WinterWidow' to happen, so that's great :)

So, yeah, after three phases of films and a lot of fanfiction reading (plus some writing) I found my MCU ship. Bucky/Nat, WinterWidow, whatever you want to call it - that's my MCU OTP. And yes, I know, it's kind of ruined at this point because of Endgame, and I don't even know what's happening in The Falcon & The Winter Soldier, or what the Black Widow film might throw up, but it's still my MCU OTP and I'm sticking to it ;)