I’m putting my (fake) money where my mouth is and making PUBLICLY DECLARED GUESSES for the @jaime-brienne-fic-exchange. I am terrible at this, and already know 10% of the fics for sure, so these are the ones I don’t know and have even a minimal chance of getting right. I also have not read even half of the fics. There’s a lot of caveats here but I love seeing other people’s guesses in anonymous exchanges so here I go. I guess based on ~feelings~ so I expect to have a 0% hit rate. I might add more later.
Rain of a Thousand Dying Stars (Blade Runner AU): @ceruleanphoenix7
Squire: @catherineflowers29
Warm & Bet On It: @renega
Take Me All The Way: @bussdowntarthiana
that would be enough: @littledeconstruction
those who seek to find: @dame-lazarus
Man With A Heartbeat: @dreadwulf
ALSO: give me your guesses about which one you think is mine! Either in comments or via Ask. I won’t mock you, I swear, and you won’t offend me with your choice because have you seen how good the stories are?
I WILL tell you what sisabet always tells people when they guess her vids for Festivids: “Yes, and I worked very hard on it,” whether it’s mine or not.
My guesses:
Innocent: @renega
Warm & Bet On It: @angel-deux-writes
In Better Light: @shipping-receiving
Right Off the Bat: @hillaryschu
A Most Gentle Heaven: weirwoo
Just As Sweet (undercover AU): @ddagent
The Shooting Party: unpaidcritic
oh, and this one (by hearts and hands made fast): @firesign23
I have the same issue with fic as I do with songs, in that I am terrible at recognising individual styles, but my guesses are…
I initially agreed by hearts and hands made fast for @firesign23, but on second thought I lean more towards @kiraziwrites
I wonder about @angel-deux-writes for Hold Steady, though it’s not completely their usual style; there’s just something about the Sansa-Jaime interactions…
The two that are really bugging me are The Shooting Party and Alas, the frailty is to blame. Both feel *very* familiar, but I just can’t put my finger on either of them.
I’m dubious about any of these being correct, but I’ve seen my fic ascribed to the wrong author a couple of times now and found it to be an oddly gleeful experience, so hopefully I’m not alone in that!
As someone with spreadsheet access, I cannot fairly play, but I will say that I am fricking delighted someone thought of me about the same fic as they thought of @kiraziwrites 😂 And people’s guessing is such a joy, especially with their reasonings!
My lurker time has come:
Warm and Bet on It by @dreadwulf [lots of extremely insightful character notes in internal monologues]
Man With A Heartbeat by @chickren [Doorways, J and B verrry bad at knowing what the other is thinking, but simpatico in actions]
But you’ve known me forever... by @angel-deux-writes [Title, heartbreaking use of repetition of syntax]
I once believed love would be burning red by @ajoblotofjunk [something about the tenor of the texting]
Backpfeifengesicht by @samirant [parties I would actually want to attend, killer dialogue}
I Lilac You a Lot by @ddagent [Living AU established quickly, jealousy adorable rather than edgy]
by hearts and hands made fast by @firesign23 [destroyed me, restrained Brienne POV]
Innocent by @angelowl-fics [Brienne with a bite, weary, straight to the bone]