The State of "The Sting" fandom
Nov. 9th, 2007 06:35 pm"The Sting" is a grand movie, full of grifters, crooked cops, chases, poker, card tricks, fakeouts, colorful lingo, wonderful hats, and a carousel.
It also has Paul Newman and Robert Redford's powerful onscreen chemistry, as they play sincerely dishonest con men in love.
Until recently, there just wasn't much fic for "The Sting". Just two Yuletide stories: Dorinda's Buried Treasure Racket and
nova_mist's Too Long in the Rain, plus sporadic entries at the Newman/Redford community
newford.
But that has changed in the past month! Folks are actually writing and posting stories and making fanart for "The Sting"!
Recent slashy contributions:
With all that going on, we needed a home for fic, so started
the_sting_fic a new community for posting stories (or links to stories) based on the movie "The Sting". Art is also very welcome! Fic and art can be slash, het, or gen. Mostly it's been slash. Thus far at the comm, 14 stories have been linked or posted including
If you've been thinking about writing drabbles or limericks or longer stories, or drawing, or screencapping, or vidding for "The Sting", then now is an excellent time to do it! We'd love to see you at
the_sting_fic!
Slightly older, but still lovely contributions to the fandom:
It also has Paul Newman and Robert Redford's powerful onscreen chemistry, as they play sincerely dishonest con men in love.
Until recently, there just wasn't much fic for "The Sting". Just two Yuletide stories: Dorinda's Buried Treasure Racket and
But that has changed in the past month! Folks are actually writing and posting stories and making fanart for "The Sting"!
Recent slashy contributions:
goluxexmachina made a Title card.
michele659 posted The Shot Glass
ticken posted The Beginning
petronelle posted Tricks
michele659 posted "The Guardian Angel"
giglet posted Playing For
With all that going on, we needed a home for fic, so started
giglet posted Unprodigal Son
giglet posted Plot-only story
petronelle posted How They Could Love
giglet posted Henry Makes Him Wait
ticken posted "Rallying the Troops
ticken posted the Hook
giglet posted Youth
ticken posted Henry has Lonnegan's measure
giglet posted Letters Home
If you've been thinking about writing drabbles or limericks or longer stories, or drawing, or screencapping, or vidding for "The Sting", then now is an excellent time to do it! We'd love to see you at
Slightly older, but still lovely contributions to the fandom:
mbicons posted shareable icons.
tinted_glass posted Sketch. And Another sketch!- Pheonix243 posted a Panic At the Disco Vid
- CapitalRadioTwo posted a vid, With a little help from my friends.
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Date: 2007-11-10 12:35 am (UTC)31 people willing to write for Reaper? I thought there were less of us.
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Date: 2007-11-10 12:39 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-11-10 12:43 am (UTC)OTOH, I don't see Reaper as an obscure fandom. New fandom, yes, but obscure not yet.
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Date: 2007-11-10 04:54 am (UTC)Never heard of it
Have I got a rare fandom for you!
The Navarone Pimping Post (http://giglet.livejournal.com/261922.html)
and two stories:
Transit (http://giglet.livejournal.com/247426.html), aka, "The one with the blowjob."
and
On Crete (http://giglet.livejournal.com/251842.html)
aka, "the one that's just homosocial as hell."
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Date: 2007-11-10 02:37 am (UTC)will definitely check these out.