Woody's Place

I imagine the clean-up crew in Pittsburgh is having a hell of a time today getting the streamers and confetti picked up from yesterday's closing events for Pride week. And like the clean-up crew, I suppose, we just have a few things left to take care of in order to finish out our own Pride celebrations.

Mostly, this comes in the form of thank-yous. I would like to thank each and every person who made this fest what it was—the participants, the reviewers, and the readers. This past week we had a lot of great contributions made to the fandom in the spirit of Pride. And in our own way, everyone had a little bit of themselves in Pittsburgh. I hope you all had fun and found it worthwhile.

I also want to go out of my way to thank the participants on another level. This fandom sees an overwhelming level of character hate, but you all went out of your way to treat the characters with respect in your fanworks. I appreciate it. Not only did it make my job easier as a mod, but I think that it added another layer of quality to this fest. So, thanks.

If you have yet to do so, please check out the masterlist and fill out the feedback poll. The feedback poll is especially important because it tells me what direction to go from here.

At this point, I don't have any particular plans for future fests, but I'd be more than happy to arrange something if there's a demand for it. That's where the feedback poll comes in. If you would like to see something around here, let me know.

Thanks again, everyone!

Your hostess with the mostest,

museme87

Now that posting has come to a close, I'm pleased to present the community with the masterlist of our inaugural fest. We had a great turn out and created a lot of great fanworks in the spirit of Pride. If you have yet to do so, please check out the entries below and leave the authors/artists/fanmixers feedback on their contribution. They worked hard and deserve to reap the rewards!

( Pride in the Pitts 2012 Masterlist )

Title: Secret Blissful Night
Mixer: hollyxsuicide
Character/Pairing: Brian/Justin
Warnings: No warning
Summary: A journey mixing up parties, long wordless nights and timeless love.
Mixer's note: This is an attempt to illustrate the feelings the couple inspired me (see above).

( Secret Blissful Night )

Title: The Aquarium
Author: icicle33
Character/Pairing: Brian, Gus, background Brian/Justin
Rating: R
Wordcount: ~3400
Warnings: AU, adult language, flangst
Summary: Brian contemplates proposing to Justin. Again. He spends some father-son bonding time at the Pittsburgh Aquarium with Gus.
Author's Note: This story can be seen as a gap filler or a series of deleted scenes from episode 511(before Brian takes Justin to Britin and proposes.) For the purpose of this fic, I’m altering cannon events, so pretend that Mel and Lindsay have already spoken with Brian about their plans to move Gus and JR to Toronto. A special thank you to my beta, ashiiblack, you’re a star and also to museme87 for running this awesome fest.

( The Aquarium )

Title: Life's a celebration
Artist: penny_sieve
Character/Pairing: Brian/Justin, general
Rating: G
Medium: Graphics (Icons)
Warnings: N/A
Summary: A look at the various celebrations throughout the series from birth to Pride week to Victory to Weddings and Time (it's forever)

( Life's A Celebration )

Title: Sunshine in LA
Author: ashiiblack
Character/Pairing: Justin/Brian
Rating: NC-17
Word count: 2500 words
Warnings: Brief power struggle, oral sex, marking, present tense, top!Justin, PWP
Summary: Brian decides to visit Justin in LA.
Author's Note: Thanks to icicle33 for the beta! This is my first venture into the QAF fandom, so I hope you enjoy it!

( Sunshine in LA )

Title: That Ragged Old Flag – Baby Blue
Author: xheartrockx
Character/Pairing: Brian/Justin
Rating: NC-17
Wordcount: 1,999
Warnings: -
Summary:Even after all these years, there's still things Brian can teach Justin... or vice versa.
Author's Note: I was a little pressed for time and this didn't get nearly as elaborate as I wanted to. So this might be the first part of a series. You've been warned.... And many many thanks go out to mander3_swish for the last minute beta'ing.

( That Ragged Old Flag – Baby Blue )

It's Saturday, Folkers, which means that we're officially past the submission deadline! At this point in time, I've responded to every email/PM I've received, including extension requests and submissions. If you've not heard from me, something has gone awry somewhere, and I ask that you contact me as soon as possible. There's a couple participants I haven't heard from, and emails to those folks have been sent out.

Please note that I do confirm that I've received your submission via a reply to your submission email. Usually I try to do that within 24 hours, but when the mod email gets flooded, it can take sometimes up to 48 hours. If you do not hear from me within 48 hours of submitting your fest fanwork, please don't hesitate to contact me at the mod email, mod LJ account, or my personal account (museme87). I've had a couple rough experiences in the past with gmail not cooperating, so I try to cover my bases at this point in the fest.

That's about it! The fanworks I've received so far are awesome, so I think you're all in for a treat. Once I get all the submissions in, I'll post a posting schedule.

Hello, Folkers!

This is just a friendly reminder that your submissions for Pride in the Pitts are due in two weeks on Friday, May 18th at 11:59 PM EST. I hope that your muses have be cooperative, but if for any reason you need to contact me, please don't hesitate. The Page-A-Mod post is a great way to get in touch with me quickly, but you can also PM the mod account or my personal account (museme87) at any time.

Cheers!

Because there are very few symbols more iconic in the LGBTQ community than the Rainbow Flag, and especially during Pride season, the mods decided to base all of this summer's prompts on a color and meaning on the original rainbow flag. I think that everyone will agree that the inclusion of hot pink and turquoise will add to our fun!

For those who are curious, the colors and symbols from the original flag are as follows:

Hot pink - sexuality
Red - life
Orange - healing
Yellow - sunshine
Green - nature
Turquoise - magic/art
Blue - serenity/harmony
Violet - spirit

Each color has four subcategories under it: place, image, quote, item/concept. Our fourth category is sort of a catch all for anything we thought might be fun, from a word to an event! In selecting these prompts, the mods did their best to find prompts that would be concrete enough to provide a specific idea but flexible enough to go a thousand different ways with it. And for those of you scratching your heads at a few of the selections for our more abstract or hard to place categories (serenity or sunshine, for example), we ask that you just go with it! Our first priority was creating useful prompts, and sometimes we had to play with words and feelings.

Finally, when selecting your prompt for this fest, you will be selecting a color and subcategory. When asked for your prompt on the sign-up post, you'll need to put, for example, violet-quote. You may not choose only a color.

( Click for Prompts! )

Alright, did you find the perfect prompt? Then head over to the Sign-Up Post.

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