June Gift Exchange

Hey, Mouseketeers! junetide 2011 posting has finished! I don't know about you guys, but that was the best winter solstice EVER.

If I have not posted your gift, contact me ASAP. Something has gone horribly wrong if I haven't posted them all.

I am planning on posting the reveals/index on the weekend.

If you want me to fix any typos/formatting issues, change/add genre tags, switch between [anonymous] and [to be revealed], send me a signed version of your art, or add anything to your notes then contact me. :)

We have had 44 gifts! Either look back through the community or use the tags to see them. If you see/read a gift you like, I highly recommend that you comment to let the creator know.

I want to thank everyone who thought this exchange was a good idea, everyone who participated and pinch-hitted, everyone who offered to help, and everyone who has been enthusiastic.

I know there were some bumps here and there -- thanks for putting up with those! Hopefully Junetide 2012 will be smoother sailing. I have some notes for next year, but if you have any thoughts for 2012, please let me know! Was there something about how this was organised that you hated and think should change? Was there anything that was really confusing? Or was there anything that you think worked really well and should stay the same?

♥ Thanks again! Please enjoy all the lovely gifts! ♥

Title: H2O
Gift for: pippin
By: lizcommotion
Gift type: poetry
Genre: poetry
Rating: safe
Warnings: fairly safe, unless you are offended by Norse creation myths
Summary: Doesn't really work for poetry, but this poem explores water, creation, birth, poetry, etc.
Giftcreator's notes: For a Junetide treat, “I am the rain.”


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Title: Wedded Bliss
Gift for: kinky_kneazle
By: fangirlism
Gift type: Fiction, 1631 words
Genre: Romance
Rating: PG
Warnings: n/a
Summary: Alaina gets more than she bargained for
Giftcreator's notes: Prompt: A couple is set up to get married on a reality TV show - do they get along? Will it work? What disasters happen in the lead up to the wedding? I'm sorry I didn't get too much into hijinks between meeting and marriage in the prompt, because the way I set up the show premise didn't allow for that.


( Wedded Bliss )

Title: Deadliest Catch
Gift for: pippin
By: prevail
Gift type: Comic
Genre: Fantasy
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Boobs.
Summary: The true story of an Australian fishing vessel.
Giftcreator's notes: Excuse me, I think I know how Australians speak.


( Deadliest Catch )

Title: Not a Spy Story
Gift for: smeddley
By: elf
Gift type: Fiction, ~6500 words
Genre: Adventure Drama
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Summary: Hank Jefferson, a.k.a. Enrique el Jefe, was an undercover agent in Nicaragua in the 80’s. Over twenty-five years later, Nazis are setting up camp, and the agency wants his help again. The problem? Hank is not a spy. Hank is a former spy, and he wished he could convince everyone else of that.
Giftcreator's notes: This is not the story I intended to write, which had more explosions and possibly some aliens. This has no aliens. It is also very much later than it was intended to be done, and plays rather fast and loose with the prompt. Many thanks to dharma_slut for the last-minute hand-holding; any errors that remain are entirely my fault.


( Not a Spy Story )

Title: Fishing
Gift for: lizcommotion
By: sqbr
Gift type: Art
Genre: Fantasy
Rating: G
Warnings:None
Summary: A mermaid inspired by the brown jellyfish has captured a fish in her tentacle hair.
Giftcreator's notes:Sorry I didn't manage to answer all your questions, but I think the tentacles would be useful for capturing sailors too :)


( Fishing )

Title: Owls of Mages
Gift for: wojelah
By: milkbar
Gift type: Fiction, aprox. 4100 words
Genre: Fantasy
Rating: PG, I guess? There’s only a little swearing.
Warnings: none
Summary: Owls are like multi-sensorial, inter-dimensional telephones for mages, and a wizard Prince wants to adopt human kids.
Giftcreator's notes: Hi, Wojelah! I tried to mash up a little bit of the prompts you provided, so it has connections to: “Something about family - about the merging of the family you're born with and the one you make yourself and trying to bring the pieces together”; “Something about a parliament of owls, and what happens afterward”; and “Something that starts with a person walking down a road, carrying a book”. I don’t know if you’ll like it, it’s really fantasy-esque, but I tried. Really, I really tried hard to make something decent. I’m also drawing a little something that goes with it, but probably won’t be finished on time, so… I hope you like what I wrote!!


( Owls of Mages )

Title: Magnolia Virginiana, Sweetbay
Gift for: lea_hazel
By: wojelah
Gift type: Fiction (8500ish words)
Genre: Fantasy
Rating: PG
Warnings: None.
Summary: “My full name is Magnolia Virginiana Sweetbay, which is why botanists should never be allowed to name their children. Most people call me Ginny. My grandmother calls me Magnolia. The first time another kid tried that, I bit him. I've gotten better at playing nicely with others. When I have to. Mostly, I stick to plants.”
Giftcreator's notes: Written for the prompt, “the angst and drama of the world of competitive horticulture, as seen from the outside by a world-famous horticulturist's estranged teenage daughter. Also were-unicorns or something.” Produced subject to a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.



( Magnolia Virginiana, Sweetbay )

Title: Junkyard Dragon
Gift for: gretel
By: sqbr
Gift type: Art
Genre: Fantasy
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Summary: A line drawing coloured with textured fills. A dragon sits atop a pile of junk in a junkyard against a moody sky, facing down a much smaller but unintimidated looking woman with unruly short brown hair, a motorcycle, leather safety gear, and a bazooka.
Giftcreator's notes: A combination of the prompts "western-style dragons, being western style dragons" and "girls riding/owning/working on motorcycles".


( Junkyard Dragon )

Title: Time Passages
Gift for: tamela_j
By: sharpest_asp
Gift type: Fiction (1500 words)
Genre: Epistolary; Urban Fantasy/Romance
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Use of the Eternal Champion concept, Mentions of an abusive relationship ending in tragedy (non-explicit)
Summary: A series of letters detailing the loss and finding of a love's soul
Giftcreator's notes: ~ A character driven epistolary story where all we know of the characters are in their letters to each other, what they choose to talk about, what they choose to avoid. Could be long distance lovers, penpals, parent and child...perfect strangers that just happened to find each other. Whatever.


( Time Passages )