WAFF-a-thon 2012 - Main Thread!

[tiptoe39]

And if we all could spread a little sunshine
All could lend a helping hand
We all would be a little closer
To the Promised Land

WAFFathon 2012 Official Thread

Welcome, everyone, to the fourth official WAFFathon, making the Internet a little happier. The premise behind the WAFFathon is simple: Fandom is great, but let's face it, it can get pretty dark around here at times. Not to mention that it rains absolute CRAP on the characters we most love. So to make their not-quite-canon lives a little better, and to increase the per-capita volume of Warm and Fuzzy Feelings (WAFF for short) on these here intertubes, the WAFFathon has arrived!

This year I'm upping the ante by putting my money where my WAFF is... see more behind the cut!

How to Play:

1)  Comment with a fandom, a pairing, and a prompt. Your prompt can be specific, general, vague, cryptic, silly, goofy, OOC, AU, sexy, anything you like, so long as it brings a little sunshine in the end.

2) Find a prompt you like and make something fluffy and feel-goody out of it. Fanfic, fanart, manips, icons, vids, fanmixes, motis and macros, and anything else creative are all welcome. Adult content is also welcome, but remember that the goal is to be WAFFy!

3) Post it (or a link to it) in the comments.

4) Watch people's lives light up!

The Rules:

1) Provide lots of encouragement to the creators. Feedback. Compliment. Hug. Friend. Mem. It's good karma.

2) This meme will be very lightly policed, but policed it will be. So behave. No trashing of others, fandoms, ships, chars, stories, or the meme writ large will be tolerated. Friendly concrit or suggestions are fine, but keep in mind that we are trying to make people happy, not insecure. As your Moddess Goddess(TM), I reserve the right to do what I feel I need to do. Which I hope will be nothing, but which you are hereby forewarned can change depending on my very mercurial mood. So... like I said. Behave.

3) I have no end date in sight for this meme, but I suggest keeping it a weeklong activity.

4) You are more than welcome to crosspost your creative works wherever you like. It should go without saying that taking someone else's work and passing it off as your own elsewhere is unacceptable by any definition. I refer folks to stop_plagiarism   as a good place to follow up on any problems that might occur.

Make the world even happier!

A couple of extra things you can do if you want to make everyone happier:

1) Readers/viewers: If you find an author/creative person you like, go back through their other works and comment on them, or rec their works on your journal. Creative people love feedback and it's especially gratifying when you get feedback on something you thought was lost to time and when someone likes your work enough to recommend it to his or her friends.

2) Creators: be sure to thank readers for their time and energy spent on your work. Friend them if they've friended you or recced you. One of the great things about fan-creative communities is the proximity you can have to the people you admire and respect. We don't get to have conversations with Joss and Kripke and the rest, but we can talk to each other and that's even cooler.

3) Pimp this meme to any friends or communities you think would be interested. You can find banners and code at the Banner Thread. Hotlink your little hearts out!

 
4) If you're feeling really encouraged, please consider making the world a better place on behalf of the fandom community.

CLICK!

DONATE!
ASPCA * Random Acts * International Committee of the Red Cross * America's Second Harvest * Humane Society International * UNICEF * American Cancer Society * Oxfam * Amnesty International

THIS YEAR I WILL BE DONATING $1 FOR EVERY COMMENT THE WAFF-A-THON RECEIVES, BE IT A PROMPT, A FILL, OR FEEDBACK, UP TO A $500 MAXIMUM!

I will split the money evenly among Random Acts, the ASPCA, and the Red Cross. Make me too poor to attend DragonCon this year :) (Please note that your comment has to be a genuinely happifying comment in order to count toward the total!)

(I know we're all poor in fandom, but we're actually very rich!)

5) Tell someone you love today how much you care for and appreciate them, and remember: Happiness is a completely renewable energy source!

THANKS TO...

...perdiccas   and oxoniensis   for hosting similar memes in the past that I've participated in. You guys set up the model for me to build on.

... triedunture, hils, wickedvirtue, sinnerforhire, ibonekoen, kijikun, peppervl, peroxidepest17, takadainmate, heard_the_owl, darth_firefly, melalucci, mithrel, jaune_chat, noshinori, bballgirl3022, gwendolynd, wolfrider89, ratherastory, princess_aleera, nicole_sill, and aerilex for cheering for the idea and volunteering to leave prompts, fill prompts, and/or pimp.

...YOU! for reading and writing!

Happy happifying!

Comments

Supernatural AU/Kick-ass fusion

[princess-aleera.livejournal.com]

Cas just wanted to be a hero. Like, a superhero or something. Use his non-existant powers for good, or something.

He felt pretty good about his ability to get his ass kicked, until he met the Winchesters brothers. Then he was mostly embarrassed of how muh cooler they were.

(Basically, something Kickass-y and cracky with BAMF!Dean and Sam, and fanboy!Cas. *g* )

BBC Sherlock, Mycroft/John(/Sherlock, if possible)

[moorishflower.livejournal.com]

So once upon a time there was this amazing fic where Mycroft had full-body irezumi-style tattoos. Would love something where John and him are comparing tats (John's from the army, maybe) and sharing stories, bonus if Sherlock is there to indulge the both of them.

CWRPS- J2

[flawlessglitch.livejournal.com]

Jared and Jensen go horseback riding in Texas. Why? Pfft, I don't care.

Supernatural- Sam/Dean sorta-preseries

[flawlessglitch.livejournal.com]

A continuation of the fireworks scene in Dark Side of the Moon. Can be Wincest or gen, whatever you'd like. I just want Sammy being adorable and Dean being all big brotherly.

Once Upon A Time- Emma/Graham

[flawlessglitch.livejournal.com]

Emma convinces Graham (in either a purely schmoopy or totally sexual, whatever, way) that he really does have a heart.

Hunger Games, Gale/Peeta

[bballgirl3022.livejournal.com]

After everything they finally have a fresh start for their lives.

Feel free to throw in all the fluff, schmoop, cuddling, etc that makes you happy

Fandom: Supernatural

[c00kie.livejournal.com]

Dean/Castiel AU

English Teacher! Dean crushes on Science Teacher! Cas and spends his free time trying to impress Cas and ask him out, only something always goes wrong before he can.

Looking for funny disasters and Dean's word babble and obviously a fluffy ending!

[wallmakerrelict.livejournal.com]

Supernatural. Dean/Castiel. They get handcuffed together. Your choice whether that means sexy handcuffs or accidental awkward where-are-the-keys??? handcuffs.

Sherlock/John--Sherlock BBC

[teardrop-tattoo.livejournal.com]

Sherlock thinks John might be tampering with his experiments on purpose. John is, because he wants quality time.

I want fluff, damnit, there is too much angst in this fandom!

Firefly, Simon & River, sleep

[xenoamorist.livejournal.com]

Simon tells River a bedtime story or sings her a lullaby to get her to sleep. Can be wee!Tams or present!Tams.

Thor (2011), Thor & Loki, games

[xenoamorist.livejournal.com]

bb!Thor and bb!Loki play a game. Bonus points for grand and fantastical imagery.

Runaways (Marvel), Karolina/Xavin, honeymoon

[xenoamorist.livejournal.com]

Karolina and Xavin cuddling on their honeymoon. Bonus points for lots of stars, galactic, and celestial imagery. :D

Supernatural, Novaks, domestic

[xenoamorist.livejournal.com]

The Novaks before Castiel interrupted everything.

Avatar: The Last Airbender, Ursa & Zuko, advice

[xenoamorist.livejournal.com]

bb!Zuko and Ursa. Ursa gives Zuko some advice. I'd love something motherly and just tons of WAFF.

CWRPS: J2

[peppervl.livejournal.com]

Jensen is sick but goes to work anyway, because that's what actors so. Jared gives him TLC between takes.

[mithrel.livejournal.com]

Once Upon a Time, Emma/Graham. "If you drink the water from the well…something lost will be returned to you."

[sycophantastic.livejournal.com]

White Collar, Neal/Peter/Elizabeth, strip poker or truth or dare or a drinking game or just SOMETHING where they're all laughing and mostly (or completely) naked by the end

[mithrel.livejournal.com]

El smirks at Neal. “Neal, Truth or Dare.”

“Dare,” he says promptly, just as he did the last three times one of them asked.

The three of them had been celebrating the end of a particularly thorny case when Neal somewhat tipsily suggested strip poker. Peter had vetoed that immediately, on the grounds that even if he didn’t cheat, Neal would win. He’d pouted, then suggested Truth or Dare instead, and because he wasn’t the only one who’d been drinking, they’d agreed.

“Are you ever going to pick Truth?”

Neal just smiles at Peter, who rolls his eyes.

“Hm, I’m running out of ideas,” El says. “Suggestions?”

“No consults!” Neal says before Peter can say anything.

This time Elizabeth pouts. After a moment, though, she nods, gets up, rummages through their CD collection and puts one in the player. “You wanted to strip, so strip,” she says as the beginning of “No Sleep Tonight” drifts into the room. “You can leave your hat on.”

Neal groans. “You didn’t.”

She smirks back at him. “I did.”

Neal grins and gets up, putting his hands on his hips and gyrating to the beat, then starting to slowly unbutton his shirt. When he’s done he throws it to Elizabeth, who catches it and buries her face in it. Peter snorts, but she notices he’s not looking away.

Neal’s eyes light on Peter, and he sashays toward him while Peter rolls his eyes. “I really need a pole to do this properly,” he says, and, OK, now Peter’s not the only one wishing Neal would pick “Truth” for once.

He seems to be doing fine though, licking his lips and draping himself over Peter’s lap.

“I thought you were stripping,” Elizabeth protests, but Neal just waves a hand at her irritatedly.

She’s not really annoyed, though. Watching Neal give Peter a lapdance while he tries to hide his blushes behind eyerolls is fine with her.

Neal laces his fingers behind Peter’s neck, grinning lecherously, and starts grinding.

A few minutes later he says, “Is that a gun in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?”

“And you call my lines bad?” Elizabeth says.

Neal shifts down so he can work at Peter’s belt buckle. Yes, she can definitely get behind this.

Supernatura, D/C, Kidfic

[brokentoy.livejournal.com]

Castiel tells to his and Dean's son the story of how he went to hell and raised Dean from perdition.

Of course, to not scare him out he finds a way to make it more like a fairytale, where he's Prince Charming and Dean is the lost princess unknowingly waiting for him :)))


It would be great to see Dean's reaction to this. He could overhear the story or just lurking in a corner, maybe?

Once Upon a Time and Happily Ever After 1/2

[tiptoe39.livejournal.com]

"Daddy?"

"Hm?" Castiel pauses and turns back from the doorway. Bobby's on the verge of sleep, his eyes drooping, chubby hands gripping the coverlet, but he's fighting to stay awake long enough to satisfy one last burst of childish curiosity.

"How'd you and Daddy meet?"

Castiel smiles. "That was a long time ago," he says after a pause. "A very, very long time ago."

"Like once upon a time?" Bobby yawns, but now he's interested, turning onto his side and squinting, the hall's yellow light reflected in his blue-green eyes.

"Yes. Just like once upon a time." Castiel returns to Bobby's bedside, sits down on the miniature chair where Bobby spends his days drawing pictures and thumbing through books he can't yet read. "Once upon a time, Daddy Dean was in a lot of trouble, and it was Daddy Cas' job to save him."

"So Daddy Dean was the princess and you were the prince," Bobby urges, with all the certainty of a child who's now well acquainted with the structure of a fairy tale.

Far be it from Castiel to disturb his worldview at this tender age and time of night. "Yes," he agrees. "Daddy Dean was the princess." But he has to fight back a snicker to go on. "And the king sent Prince Cas to go rescue him. So the prince went into a very dark kingdom, and fought all kinds of monsters and bad things until he came right to the heart of the castle."

"And the princess was locked in a tower," Bobby chimed in.

"Yes. He was locked in a tower." Castiel's mouth was twitching now. "And when the prince came to rescue the princess, it turned out the princess was under a spell."

Bobby's eyes had opened wide. "Daddy Dean was under a spell?"

Castiel took a breath. That part of the fairy tale had edged closer to the truth than he'd intended. "Yes," he said in a low voice. "He thought he was one of the monsters. And when the prince said to him that he was a princess, Daddy Dean didn't believe him."

"Oh, no!" Bobby squeaked. He pulled the covers up over his mouth and nose, just ringlets of dark hair and big eyes visible on the pillow.

"The only cure for the spell was to bring the princess back to his kingdom," Castiel said. "So the prince gripped him tight and raised him up, and together they flew back to the kingdom and away from the monsters. But even then, it took a long time to break the princess's spell." He closed his eyes, remembering it all. "There were monsters to fight and dragons to slay, and once the prince himself fell under a powerful, evil spell. But the whole time, the princess and prince loved each other very much and wanted to be together." He blinked a tear away, hiding his face. "So even though they had to fight very hard, they also had some very good friends. Like your Uncle Sam, and like your great-uncle Bobby, whom you were named for. So they kept fighting, and at last, after too many hard years, they were able to find their happily ever after."

He glanced toward the bed. Bobby was sleeping. His little fists still gripped the blanket tight, but the rest of his body had gone quiet, and his chest rose and fell evenly. Castiel bent forward to kiss his forehead, then rose and left the room, shutting the door behind him.

Any pairing, any fandom

[tiptoe39.livejournal.com]

Any, any:

"I love you."
"You do?"

Re: Any pairing, any fandom

[kijikun.livejournal.com]

I have a Sam/Gabriel idea for this. Will hopefully post later.

Supernatural, Balthazar/Bela

[cryforyesterday.livejournal.com]

Balthazar's the only one that can keep the nightmares of Hell away.

Avengers, Steve/Tony

[jaune-chat.livejournal.com]

Heroes on the battlefield, Badasses in the bedroom, Pussycats in the hot tub

SPN Gen

[peroxidepest17.livejournal.com]

Sam has to teach Dean, Cas, and Bobby how to use some new technology. It is hard.

SPN (Dean/Cas)

[peroxidepest17.livejournal.com]

I am always, always pining for Dean and Cas getting accidental angel-married.

Supernatural Dean/Cas Teacher Student AU

[nicole-sill.livejournal.com]

I have asked for this at the everlasting birthday challange, it was claimed and never filled. Please someone write me a sickingly sweet short where Dean is the Professor-teacher to older student Castiel! Please. :-(

Filled - Applied Police Lyrics for Graduate Students (1/2)

[pyrebi.livejournal.com]

It's not worth trying to connect with the average student, Dean keeps hearing. He's told how eventually they all run together, how each semester becomes virtually identical to the ones that come before and after it. That everything becomes a never-ending stream of Brittany Soandso and Mike Whatsisface, a constant rehashing of the same uninspired presentations and plagiarized papers. (Dean hopes he's not that disenchanted by the time he gets tenure, jesus.)

From where he's hiding in the exit hallway of the commencement center, he can see at least twenty students he can name. Hell, he can tell you what their majors are (without even seeing the trim on their hoods), what class he had them for, and what they got in it.

Part of the fun of teaching is the new mix of students that come with every class; in Popular Culture of the Twentieth Century, it's a teaching opportunity—generation gaps and geographic disparities and personal interests are the damn spice of life. When you can get an hour-long argument of the relative worth of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles going and get paid for it, you're living the dream.

It was during one of these classes that he'd first met Cas. Dean'd been a newly-minted associate professor, and Cas had been a really intense business major trying to fulfill a social sciences requirement. Dean had started the class by passing out a survey to gauge what the students as a whole skewed toward: favorite movies, latest books read, best bands of each decade, et cetera. Cas had immediately drawn Dean's attention because the only section he'd filled out was the book one, and the only thing he'd put in it was the names of textbooks.

(The conferring of degrees starts, and Dean adjusts his tam restlessly as names he recognizes begins droning out over the PA system.)

Cas, despite Dean's initial fears, had turned out to be a sponge. He'd just immerse himself in whatever the class discussed, then come back the next day talking criticisms and modern interpretations like a pro. Dean had been delighted. Soon he'd been intercepting Cas in the hallways before class and giving him additional research topics, lending him primary sources (such as issues from his very dear Silver Age Batman collection), and inviting him to seminars held primarily for social science majors. The result had been that Cas had turned up in the next semester's second-tier class.

Dean had been mildly surprised but intensely pleased when Cas changed majors in his junior year. He'd only been in business school so he could work for his dad and the rest of his crazy fundamentalist family anyway. Why waste such a mind schlepping bibles (or whatever) when it could be detailing the rise and fall of the American rock band instead?

When Cas had approached him for recommendation letters for grad school, Dean had been severely tempted to write a glowing one for their university and subtly damning ones for everywhere else, in a sneaky ploy to retain Cas as a protege. (Un)fortunately, a phone call to his kid brother confirmed that this was, in fact, a really truly terrible plan, jesus christ, Dean, what are you trying to do? Sabotage the guy? What the hell is wrong with you? Is he hot or something? (Shut up, Sam.)

Miracle of miracles, though, Cas had chosen to remain at his dear alma mater, and requested Dean as his advisor. What had followed were halcyon days of the most entertaining TA-led classes ever, extended coffee sessions where they talked exploitation films, takeout in Dean's office while they did source gathering for upcoming conferences, and jealous looks from the rest of the faculty.

For his master's thesis, Cas had chosen to focus on the evolution of the slasher flick, and for months Dean's nights had been full of Leatherface and Michael Myers and Freddy Krueger. He'd sat on the couch in his apartment and sipped beer while Cas scribbled frantically on notepads by the light of the screen. An interest in keeping his job and the fact that Cas never once had ever called him anything but Dr. Winchester (despite many opportunities to go on a first-name basis) was the only thing that kept Dean from offering to let him stay the night—it practically felt like dating.

Fandom: Supernatural, Dean/Cas

[misachan.livejournal.com]

Castiel's coat gets shredded during a hunt and this makes Cas a very sad panda, so Dean bites the bullet and takes him out to get a new one. Dressing room make-outs would be welcome.:)

Re: Fandom: Supernatural, Dean/Cas

[inplayruns.livejournal.com]

I lurve this prompt and your icon. I'm on it, I think!