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I managed to write three mostly slight fills for the Commentfest, and here they are :

Predictable (605 words) by lost_spook
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Zodiac (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: David Gradley/Esther Jones
Characters: Esther Jones (Zodiac TV), David Gradley
Additional Tags: Obscure and British Commentfest, Ficlet, Horoscopes
Summary: Grad finally asks Esther to draw up a horoscope for him...

Not So Much Awry (1736 words) by lost_spook
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sapphire and Steel
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Mercury (Sapphire & Steel), Iron (S&S), Emerald (Sapphire & Steel)
Additional Tags: Obscure and British Commentfest, original elements, Original Character(s), Haunted Houses
Summary: There are ghosts in the basement.

Restless Spirits (1093 words) by lost_spook
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Dracula (TV 1968)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Mina Harker/Lucy Weston, John Seward/Lucy Weston, Mina Harker/John Seward, Jonathan Harker/Mina Harker
Characters: Mina Harker, John Seward, Abraham Van Helsing, Jonathan Harker, Lucy Weston, Dracula
Additional Tags: Humor, seances, Post-Canon, Obscure and British Commentfest, Possession, Ghosts, For Science!, More of Van Helsing's Necromancy
Summary: Professor Van Helsing feels it is their duty to hold a séance, for science. Needless to say, it doesn't go well.

(It's not too late to make fills! Or, indeed, even to leave prompts, although their chances of being filled are inevitably smaller by this point.)

My friend has been and gone and we had a nice time, and now I should be back around a bit, instead of just keeping an eye on the commentfest and posting Things I Made Earlier*

The commentfest continues however! I shall do a second wave of promotion for the weekend. Anyone you wishes to help by promoting it on their journal or a relevant comm is very welcome. (And thanks to those who already have! <3)

There are many banners like this one with coding ready made to c+p here (plus links to a selection of rebloggable tumblr posts), so you barely need to do any work at all:

And I will happily make one for any fandom you wish, as long as there are images available.

It is going pretty well, though, so far. And of course, please feel free to add all the prompts you wish and make any fills you fancy. (I mean, without prompts, nothing.)

(tl;dr: I'm back, I'm still a nuisance.)

* I don't have a Blue Peter badge, but I should do.

Crossposts: https://lost-spook.livejournal.com/668591.html

Amazingly, we already have some fills, so here is the fills post. (To be updated as more come in. The actual fest is here.)

Arthurian Cycle
A Midsummer Knight’s Tale by

grondfic (Crossover with A Midsummer Night's Dream.)

The Avengers (UK)
Mrs. Peel crosses paths with Peggy Carter by

timelessapeel (Crossover with Captain America Movies)
Steed, Peel, Needed in a snowy mystery by

timelessapeel

Call the Midwife
Sister Monica Joan, flowers by

timelessapeel
Trixie Franklin & Sister Evangelina, G by

smallhobbit
Barbara Gilbert/Tom Hereward, PG (spoilers for S7) by

smallhobbit

Captain America Movies
Mrs. Peel crosses paths with Peggy Carter by

timelessapeel (Crossover with The Avengers (UK).)

Department S
Annabelle, Stewart, Jason & Sir Curtis, holiday by

timelessapeel

Doctor Who
Zoe Heriot & Isobel Watkins, reunion turns disastrous by

el_staplador

Dracula (TV 1968)
Restless Spirits (Ensemble, PG) by

thisbluespirit

Gormenghast
Steerpike/Titus Groan. Rapprochement. PG. by anon
Growth And Decay by

swordznsorcery (G, 2112 words.)

Hamlet - Shakespeare
Horatio/Fortinbras, T by

executrix

Life on Mars
Sam Tyler/Annie Cartwright; G by

smallhobbit

Maurice - E. M. Forster
Alec/Maurice, many years later by

rusty_armour

A Midsummer Night's Dream - Shakespeare
A Midsummer Knight’s Tale by

grondfic (Crossover with Arthurian Cycle.)

North & South - Gaskell/BBC
John Thornton/Margaret Hale by

smallhobbit

The Persuaders
What Is There About Your Face That Causes So Much Trouble? (Brett Sinclair/Danny Wilde, hurt/comfort) by

rusty_armour

Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
1960s version, Jeff Randall and Marty Hopkirk, laundry day by

dimity_blue

Red Dwarf
Cat x the scutters, petty feuds by

bruttimabuoni

Richard III - Shakespeare
Buckingham/Richard, G by

smallhobbit

River (BBC)
Stevie - Rated Teen - "born without a name on the darkest day" by

rosehiptea

Robin of Sherwood (TV)
Neither Fish Nor Flesh (Post TotW, Robert of Huntingdon) by

rusty_armour
Crowns aren't everything; Loxley/Marion, Tuck, Much, Will (185 words) by

liadt

Sapphire and Steel
Nothing Up My Sleeve by

spikesgirl58
Not So Much Awry, S&S, Original Elements, 1735 words by

thisbluespirit

Spooks | MI5
Zaf/Jo, bad day, angst by

nagi_schwarz

WIA
Will & Izzy, A peculiar kind of peace by

timelessapeel

Y Gwyll | Hinterland
Tom & Mared, there's a murder in the National Library by

angelofthenorth

Zodiac (TV 1974)
David Gradley/Esther Jones, Esther casts Grad's horoscope, G, 606 words by

thisbluespirit

Crossposts: https://lost-spook.livejournal.com/667608.html

Welcome to the Obscure & British comment fest V! Last year didn't happen for various reasons, but it is now back. And it would be wearing a hat if it could. \o/

This is a comment fest for any tiny/small(ish)/medium(ish) British fandom and open to all fanworks.

If you've ever loved any British fandoms, find yourself too obscure for most fests, or you're busy wondering why there's still no Emma Peel in all this Avengers stuff, you're in the right place. Come on in and help yourself to a cup of tea and a crumpet. Also you should make prompts and fill them.

Rules & Guidelines
This commentfest works in the same way as most comment ficathons, although all kinds of fanworks are welcome. (Fanart, icons, fanmixes, vids, or whatever your creative mind can come up with or prompt for.) Just leave your prompt and/or browse through other people's prompts to see what you can fill.

1. Be polite - no bashing or shaming of anyone, or any prompts, characters, ships or fandoms! Thank you.

2. One prompt per post, please use format: Fandom(/Fandom), Character(s)/Pairing(s), prompt (i.e "Spooks, Tom/Ruth, apocalypse AU"). You may repost prompts from previous years (or even from elsewhere, as long as that's okay with the other fest/comm/whatever).

3. Post fills as replies (or links in replies) to the comment containing the prompt. Please format the subject line as follows: Fandom - Character(s)/Pairing(s) - Ratings/Warnings (if included). There's a fills thread at the start of the post. Please also link your fill here, if you can. (I will also start up a masterlist post as soon as we have some fills.)

4. You may fill your own prompts if you wish, and multiple fills are more than welcome. (No prompt claiming, please.)

5. For crossovers any fandom is allowed as long as the first fandom qualifies. (If it's a cracky multi-fandom crossover prompt, that's fine, too, though try and make sure there are always equal or more eligible fandoms in proportion to those that are non-eligible.)

6. Any other questions - there's a questions thread at the start of the post if there's anything else you want to ask.

7. Prompt, fill, away!

Eligible Fandoms
Basically, any rare to small/medium British fandom, no matter how odd, old, obscure, non-existent, random or how shiny and new or in what medium - anything that's not on the below list is fine. (Definitions of British are also fairly wide and hand-wavy - check on the questions thread if you're not sure.)

Non-eligible fandoms
ALL non-British fandoms are ineligible and the following fandoms are British but too large and therefore ineligible for this fest (although don't forget that you can prompt for any fandom as a crossover with an eligible fandom):

Chronicles of Narnia (all), Doctor Who (2005+), Downton Abbey, Harry Potter, The Hobbit (all), James Bond (Craig!Bond films), The Kingsman films, Lord of the Rings (all), Merlin, The Musketeers (BBC), One Direction, Primeval, Sherlock (BBC), The Silmarillion, Torchwood.

(RPF is welcome. Please use specific categories when prompting (e.g. history by century, and all actor/bandom RPF by individual series/film/band or whatever grouping seems most appropriate. In the spirit of the fest, please try and avoid RPF for non-eligible shows/v. popular actors like Tom Hiddleston & Benedict Cumberbatch, but as they turn up in less popular film/TV RPF, that's a guideline, not a rule.)

There's no closing date for prompts or fills - the fest will stay open until next year's post goes up. Once you've created a fill, you're welcome to crosspost it anywhere you like. (If you're posting to AO3, there's no collection for the fest, but there is an "Obscure & British Commentfest" tag you can use if you want.)

If you want to promote the fest, then thank you! Please do. You can find a selection of banners ready made with code here and rebloggable tumblr posts here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.

You can find the previous fest (2016) here. Also: O&B 2015, O&B 2014 and O&B 2013. If you want to fill or repost a previous prompt, you may, although please also post to the fills thread on the current post.

ETA: The fills post is here

For those who don't have an Dreamwidth account or prefer to remain anonymous, anon commenting is on.

Crossposts: https://lost-spook.livejournal.com/666941.html

I wasn't sure when to do my commentfest this year, but have realised that it is probably best started at some point this weekend. (It's a bank holiday one here, so probably tomorrow or Monday). \o/

I am still unsure about how it will go in these lesser days, but I am all excited now that I know it's going to be soon.

(Obscure & British is a commentfest I run where all the fandoms need to be British and not large (the obscurity is relative) and it has been a lot of fun in the past, although I skipped it last year for several reasons. It is, in fact, not-so-secretly also my birthday party, as I can't have physical ones. It has, until now, been a very good birthday party - hopefully for everyone else too!)

Crossposts: https://lost-spook.livejournal.com/666560.html

1. I defaulted on Not For Prime Time. I know by now I shouldn't sign up for exchanges, excepting only Yuletide (because once a year come hell or high water to see how it goes is a good thing) and possbly Remix (because it works differently). But of course I love exchanges and it's hard to remember that they don't mix well with being ill even in the best circumstances. So I'm kicking myself for giving in and signing up, and also for defaulting on a really lovely assignment that I had a perfectly workable idea for, but I'm immediately a good deal less stressed. Bingos are fine, Runaway Tales, prompts, commentfests, but not exchanges and only some ficathons. I know this by now. *kicks self again*

(When I'm well enough, one day, sometime, never, I shall sign up for ALL THE EXCHANGES. And run some. And ficathons. All of them. Well, maybe, lol.)

2. While not doing NPT, I did quite a lot of family history (tidying, small bits of transcribing and typing up mostly, but more and more consistently than I've managed for six years), which is amazing. If I have been quiet lately, that was one of the reasons.

3. Also I wrote some more ficlets (while not writing my NPT fic, I know, I know. I should be able to do it; it's just never quite that simple). Two more for the meme, one for the Commentfest (it hasn't entirely ended yet):

Gateaux and Glitz (571 words) by lost_spook
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Blake's 7, Doctor Who (1963)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Kerr Avon, Dayna Mellanby, Melanie Bush
Additional Tags: Crossover, Humor, Cake Fic Meme, Prompt Fic, Meme
Summary: "Are you ticklish?" (Melanie Bush + Kerr Avon.)

Safe Break (496 words) by lost_spook
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Blake's 7
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Vila Restal & Soolin
Characters: Soolin (Blake's 7), Vila Restal
Additional Tags: Ficlet, Humor, Prompt Fic, Bank Robbery
Summary: “We shouldn’t be doing this.” (Vila + Soolin)

Ruined (392 words) by lost_spook
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Sandbaggers
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Sir Geoffrey Wellingham, Neil Burnside, Matthew Peele
Additional Tags: Ficlet, Obscure and British Commentfest, Humor
Summary: Matthew's interests come in handy for once.

Crossposts: http://lost-spook.livejournal.com/535573.html

1. The Obscure & British Commentfest continues! \o/ It is my birthday weekend now, so I shall be pimping again, at least a little, to see if I can poke it into some further weekend action (and then I promise I shall at least stop pimping). It's going nicely and we have a whole bunch of fills (including Spike from Buffy paying a visit to Nouvion and Steel getting sold suits from Mr Humphreys, just for starters).

Thanks to everyone who has helped promote it! It really does make a difference. I also have some rebloggable Tumblr posts, if anyone wants to give it a shout over there. (Most of the time when I complain about Tumblr, that's just me, because I was clearly a person made for LJ and therefore not Tumblr material, but you do realise when trying to promote something multi-fandom like this where the tag-tracking just isn't going to help much, that you have nowhere to go and are totally reliant on reblogs. If I'm missing some major fandom newsletter-type submission blog, let me know.) Anyway, please don't feel obliged, despite my over-thinking stuff, but if you are willing and able, the posts are here, here, here and here. Thank you!

1a. A side-effect of the Commentfest and LJ's relative quietness is that I get temporarily shunted to top of the day's LJs. (And, yes, such power! It puts me up above the gods...! etc. etc. And then I crash straight back into my usual obscurity.)

Anyway, the point of this is that LJ has a button you can press to automatically friend the top 15 journals, so I get random friending during the fest. If you have friended me over the last week and you did it on purpose and aren't a bot, please do comment to this post and wave at me, and I'll friend you back. (I just don't want to friend people who wanted someone popular and interesting! It would be embarrasing all round.)

2. Not entirely about the fest, but definitely Obscure & British - I have been writing some things! Here is an NYR fic, two fills for the fest, and a belated Trope Bingo effort, which can all be found over at AO3 (and the fills via the Masterpost, too, of course):

For the commentfest, for Liadt:

Congratulations & Celebrations (298 words) by lost_spook
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Adam Adamant Lives!
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Adam Adamant/Georgina Jones
Characters: Adam Llewellyn De Vere Adamant, Georgina Jones
Additional Tags: Ficlet, Humor, Obscure and British Commentfest
Summary: Adam and Georgie celebrate their anniversary in a way that's sure to become an annual tradition for them...

For the commentfest, for Van:

Rumours of Blake (947 words) by lost_spook
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Blake's 7
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Vila Restal, Orac (Blake's 7), Kerr Avon, Dayna Mellanby, Cally (Blake's 7), Del Tarrant
Additional Tags: Mentions of Blake, mentions of various relationships, Ficlet, Humor, Work Contains Fan(s) or Fandom(s), Season/Series 03, Obscure and British Commentfest
Summary: The Liberator Crew discovers that some people have been writing fiction about their favourites rebels, and that rumours of Blake seem to have been greatly exaggerated. (S3)

A Sandbaggers/Mr Palfrey crossover for Trope Bingo square "Trust and Vows":

One Good Turn (1212 words) by lost_spook
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Sandbaggers, Mr. Palfrey of Westminster
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Willie Caine, Neil Burnside, Mr. Palfrey (Mr. Palfrey of Westminster)
Additional Tags: Crossover, Spies & Secret Agents, Trope Bingo Amnesty, Trust Issues, 1980s, Season/Series 03 Spoilers
Summary: One bad apple and you’ve got to check the whole barrel hasn’t gone rotten, that’s the problem…

And for NYR, for paperclipbitch:

Four Plied (1359 words) by lost_spook
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Poldark - All Media Types, Poldark (TV 1975)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Demelza Carne/Dwight Enys/Caroline Penvenen/Ross Poldark, Dwight Enys/Caroline Penvenen, Demelza Carne/Caroline Penvenen, Demelza Carne/Ross Poldark, Caroline Penvenen/Ross Poldark
Characters: Caroline Penvenen, Demelza Carne, Dwight Enys, Ross Poldark
Additional Tags: Yuletide, OT4, Book 07: The Angry Tide, Post-The Angry Tide
Summary: It's chiefly Caroline's doing, of course.

Crossposts: http://lost-spook.livejournal.com/530816.html

Amazing truth, we already have fills and I need to make this post. (The main commentfest post is here.)

'Allo 'Allo
The Fantome of the Cafe Rene (PG, Crossover with Buffy the Vampire Slayer) by

brutti_ma_buoni

Ace of Wands
Ozzie the Owl POV by

liadtbunny
Human Error by

skybirdday (PG-13, Crossover with Sapphire and Steel.)

Adam Adamant Lives!
Georgie/Adam, Congratulations & Celebrations, 298 words by

lost_spook

Agent Carter
Bletchley Circle/Agent Carter-Peggy Carter/Bletchley Cast-Peggy meets the girls by

timelessapeel

Are You Being Served?
Sapphire and Steel/Are You Being Served, Steel + Mr. Humphries, A Very Hard Sale. by

count_nickula

The Avengers
Steed & Peel - "Steed, we're needed" by

timelessapeel

The Ballad of Barry and Freda - Victoria Wood
next-door neighbour POV, 384 words by

lost_spook

Blake's 7
The Liberator crew discovers fanfic (G, 943 words.) by

lost_spook
Flying, Dayna & Tarrant by

swordznsorcery

Bletchley Circle
Bletchley Circle/Agent Carter-Peggy Carter/Bletchley Cast-Peggy meets the girls by

timelessapeel
Peace At Last, Bletchley Circle, Susan/Millie, celebrating the end of the war by

femme_slash_fan
A Rose By Any Other Name, G, The Bletchley Circle, Millie/Jean: flowers by

femme_slash_fan

Buffy the Vampire Slayer
The Fantome of the Cafe Rene (PG, Crossover with 'Allo 'Allo) by

brutti_ma_buoni

The Champions
Craig/Sharron/Richard - Finding their way together by

timelessapeel

Countermeasures
Tick, Tick, Tick... Boom, Rachel/Allison, Nitro-9 by

femme_slash_fan

Department S
Jason King/Stewart Sullivan/Annabelle Hurst-Huddling for warmth cramps one's style by

timelessapeel

dinnerladies
The Funniest Thing..., dinnerladies, Bren (& ensemble if you can) by

femme_slash_fan

Doctor Who (1963)
Jamie & Victoria - Fake relationship by

john_amend_all
"I'm Not Ready", Doctor Who- Ace/her Girl of the Week by

femme_slash_fan
Wandering Savage, G, Leela/Toos, Leela goes back to Toos by

femme_slash_fan
By Your Side, G, Ace/Ray, travelling together by

femme_slash_fan
fake marriage (Jamie/Victoria) by

liadtbunny
Ace / Ray - travelling together by

john_amend_all

Enemy at the Door
Doctor of Philosophy by

hyarrowen

Heartbeat
An Easy Silence, Heartbeat, Jenny/Tricia, G by

femme_slash_fan

Home Fires
When Anger Takes Control, G, Steph Farrow by

femme_slash_fan
Wrong Feels So Right, Home Fires, Steph/Mim, G by

femme_slash_fan

Humans
Niska - Dreams by

timelessapeel

The IT Club
Roy + Moss + Jen, playing a tabletop game together as a bonding exercise by

ssclassof56

James Bond
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (Lazenby!Bond)-Bond/Tracy-Better by far you should forget and smile by

timelessapeel
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (Lazenby!Bond) - Bond/Tracy - 'We have all the time in the world' AU by

timelessapeel

A Midsummer Night's Dream - Shakespeare
Four Points of the Compass by

lexigent

Neverwhere
Ingress by anon.

The New Avengers
Purdey/Lord John Marbury-Purdey goes undercover as Lord John's aide (Crossover with The West Wing) by

timelessapeel

The Persuaders
Daniel Wilde/Brett Sinclair-"Danny is obscure and I am British!" by

timelessapeel
Brett and Danny - Danny rescues Brett from drowning

timelessapeel

Press Gang
This might not be the dinosaur you were thinking of... by

paranoidangel42

The Prisoner
Welcome to the Village by

spikesgirl58

The Professionals
Bodie/Doyle Many an Obscure Past by

byslantedlight

Robin of Sherwood
Robin/Marion, star-gazing, all ages by

liadtbunny

The Sandbaggers
Matthew Peele, a 'ruin-bibber, randy for antique', G, 395 words by

lost_spook

Sapphire & Steel
Sapphire and Steel/Are You Being Served, Steel + Mr. Humphries, A Very Hard Sale. by

count_nickula
No Way Out by

spikesgirl58
Fire and Ice by

spikesgirl58
Sapphire - In Anima by Kitty Eden
Human Error by

skybirdday (PG-13, Crossover with Ace of Wands.)

Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Give their lives a glimmer of hope by

killing_kurare

Shetland
To Make a Sick Heart Heal by spilled_notes

Spooks | MI5
Lucas North/Adam Carter, PG by

thesmallhobbit

Tenko
After Everything, M, Marion/OFC, Marion finds comfort in a new friend by

femme_slash_fan

The West Wing
Purdey/Lord John Marbury-Purdey goes undercover as Lord John's aide (Crossover with The New Avengers) by

timelessapeel

Whitechapel
A Strange Understanding by

di_daydreamer

Crossposts: http://lost-spook.livejournal.com/530133.html

The commentfest is now live here at my LJ! (Anon commenting enabled). Please feel free to prompt & fill!

If anyone's happy to pimp, that would also be wonderful. Banners are here, complete with handy coding inc. the link. (And apologies to anyone who shares many of the appropriate comms with me - spammage is now beginning. /o\)

Crossposts: http://lost-spook.livejournal.com/529866.html

Welcome to the Obscure & British comment fest IV! This is a comment fest for any small(ish) British fandom and open to all fanworks.

If you've ever loved any (non-large) British fandoms, find yourself too obscure for most fests, or you're busy wondering why there's still no Emma Peel in all this Avengers stuff, you're in the right place. Come on in and help yourself to a cup of tea and a crumpet. Also you should make prompts and fill them.

Rules & Guidelines
This commentfest works in the same way as most comment ficathons, although all kinds of fanworks are welcome. (Fanart, icons, fanmixes, vids, or whatever your creative mind can come up with or prompt for.) Just leave your prompt and/or browse through other people's prompts to see what you can fill.

1. Be polite - no bashing or shaming of anyone, or any prompts, characters, ships or fandoms! Thank you.

2. One prompt per post, please use format: Fandom(/Fandom), Character(s)/Pairing(s), prompt (i.e "Spooks, Tom/Ruth, apocalypse AU"). You may repost prompts from previous years (or even from elsewhere, as long as that's okay with the other fest/comm/whatever).

3. Post fills as replies (or links) to the comment containing the prompt. Please format the subject line as follows: Fandom - Character(s)/Pairing(s) - Ratings/Warnings (if included). There's a fills thread at the start of the post. Please also link your fill here, if you can. (I will also start up a masterlist post as soon as we have some fills.)

4. You may fill your own prompts if you wish, and multiple fills are more than welcome. (No prompt claiming needed.)

5. For crossovers any fandom is allowed as long as the first fandom qualifies. (If it's a cracky multi-fandom crossover prompt, that's fine, too, though try and make sure there are always equal or more eligible fandoms in proportion to those that are non-eligible.)

6. Any other questions - there's a questions thread at the start of the post if there's anything else you want to ask.

7. Prompt, fill, away!

Eligible Fandoms
Basically, any rare to smallish/medium British fandom, no matter how odd, old, obscure, non-existent, random or how shiny and new - anything that's not on the below list is fine. (Definitions of British are also fairly wide and hand-wavy - check on the questions thread if you're not sure.)

Non-eligible fandoms
ALL non-British fandoms are ineligible and the following fandoms are British but too large and therefore ineligible for this fest (although don't forget that you can prompt for any fandom as a crossover with an eligible fandom):

Chronicles of Narnia (all), Doctor Who (2005+), Downton Abbey, Harry Potter, The Hobbit (all), James Bond (Craig!Bond films), The Kingsman, Lord of the Rings (all), Merlin, The Musketeers (BBC), One Direction, Pride & Prejudice (all), Primeval, Robin Hood (BBC), Sherlock (BBC), Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle, The Silmarillion, Torchwood.

(RPF is welcome! Please use specific categories when prompting (e.g. history by century, and all actor/bandom RPF by individual series/film/band or whatever grouping seems most appropriate. In the spirit of the fest, please try and avoid RPF for non-eligible shows and super-popular actors like Tom Hiddleston or Benedict Cumberbatch.)

There's no closing date for prompts or fills - the fest will stay open until next year's post goes up. Once you've created a fill, you're welcome to crosspost it anywhere you like. (If you're posting to AO3, there's no collection for the fest, but there is an "Obscure & British Commentfest" tag you can use if you want.)

If you want to promote the fest, then thank you! Please do. You can find a selection of banners here, or feel free to make your own.

You can find last year's fest here. Also: O&B 2014 and O&B 2013. If you want to fill or repost a previous prompt, you may, although please also post to the fills thread on the current post.

ETA: Masterlist of Fills!

For those who don't have an LJ account, or prefer to remain anonymous, anon commenting is on!

1. It is nearly time for the Obscure & British Commentfest! I was in two minds whether to run it or not this year - up until a few weeks ago, ever since when I've been basically hopping up and down going "Is it time yet? IS IT NOW?" Well, next weekend and onwards, it will be. The May online b'day party for those who love obscure and British fandoms. (For a given meaning of obscure; please let's not go into that again...)

\o/ Any fandoms I should make banners of that I haven't already done?

2. I made a thing: an Unconventional Courtship Generator Tumblr. It seemed like disposing of the masses of cracky summaries I've generated via Tumblr was one of the things it might be useful for. We shall see! (Probably not. Is Tumblr useful for anything in the end, except that lonely in a crowd feeling? /cynical yet hopeful)

3. Sorry about the meme ficlets I owe. For some reason, when Victoria Wood died, it really knocked me off my stride. I don't know why. Hopefully this week! (Please send a note to other celebrities not to die and inconvenience my fannish pursuits).

... nearly the commentfest. *nods*

ETA: Also am reading more terrible Regency Romances. Latest heroines were called Roslyn and Lindsey. Lindsey has a sister called Blythe. /o\

Crossposts: http://lost-spook.livejournal.com/528456.html

\o/ And I already need to start this post...

Masterlist of fills for the Obscure & British Commentfest:

All Creatures Great and Small
Doctor Who / All Creatures Great and Small, Tristan Farnon+the Fifth Doctor & Peri Brown, mistaken identity by

swordznsorcery

The Avengers (UK TV)
Tara King--Heels (G) by

timelessapeel
Avengers/DW Mrs Peel rescues the Doctor, All ages by

liadtbunny
Emma Peel/John Steed, abandoned town, general audiences (1593 words) by

liadtbunny

Blake's 7
A Flock of Golden Daffodils Blake's7, How Green Was My Valley Kerr Avon (PG) by

executrix
Eight Billion Nine Hundred Thousand (G) by

executrix

The Champions
Craig Stirling, Sharron Macready, Richard Barrett, Tremayne--Found Out (PG) by

timelessapeel
OT3 or closer than family bond - Tremaine Finds Out 'big reveal' about their powers by swordznsorcery>

Department S
Jason King, Stewart Sullivan, Annabelle Hurst--Zombies Attack? (PG) by

timelessapeel

Doctor Who
Jamie/Sam or Jamie/Victoria, clothes stolen while swimming by

john_amend_all
Jamie/Victoria, clothes stolen while swimming, PG, 888 words by

liadtbunny
Ainley!Master and Delgado!Master -- Sarn Invictus (PG) by

icarus_chained
the Master (any version): Chess pieces by

scripsi
Any Doctor vs. Any Master- PG (minor character death) by

irishvampire13
Avengers/DW Mrs Peel rescues the Doctor, All ages by

liadtbunny
DelgadoMaster and AinleyMaster- PG (implications of future torture) by

irishvampire13
Fifth Doctor/Tegan Jovanka, just this once alternate universe by

sevanatwonights
AinleyMaster- No warnings by

irishvampire13
Fifth Doctor, AinleyMaster- Potentially disturbing imagery by

irishvampire13
Fifth Doctor and companions; like catching fireflies on a summer evening by

irishvampire13
Ben/Polly, Pirate AU, 228 words by

lost_spook
Tegan & Nyssa, their friendship by

irishvampire13
Doctor Who / All Creatures Great and Small, Tristan Farnon+the Fifth Doctor & Peri Brown, mistaken identity by

swordznsorcery
Fifth Doctor/Tegan Jovanka, just this once by

irishvampire13

Fortysomething
Rory Slippery, Daniel Slippery--Admirer (PG) by

timelessapeel

Good Omens
Aziraphale and Crowley--Selling Books by

timelessapeel

Green Knowe Series - Lucy M. Boston
Tolly and Mrs Oldknow. Geminids by

legionseagle
Tolly and Mrs Oldknow: Constellations by

hyarrowen

Hamlet - Shakespeare
The Pandemayne and Small Ale Club (G) by

executrix

How Green Was My Valley
A Flock of Golden Daffodils Blake's7, How Green Was My Valley Kerr Avon (PG) by

executrix

In the Flesh
Jemima Walker--Worthy (PG) by

timelessapeel

The IT Crowd
Moss/Roy - General audiences, warning for zombies by

oonaseckar

Jonathan Creek
Jonathan Creek & Maddy Magellan, reunion by

weaselett

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Gilbert Norrell, 'The first shall bury his heart in a dark wood beneath the snow, yet still feel its ache' by

swordznsorcery

Miss Marple
TENTACLES Fandom: Miss Marple; Character: Jane Marple; Rating (G) WARNING: Implied character death by

executrix

The Ogre Downstairs
Here Be Monsters by

oonaseckar

The Quiet Gentleman - Georgette Heyer
Drusilla Morville, skeletons in the closet (bonus points if it's a literal skeleton) by

ylla

Robin of Sherwood
Nasir by

swordznsorcery

Sapphire & Steel
Steel, Sapphire, Silver, Bismuth -- A Happy Irregularity (PG) by

icarus_chained

Zodiac (TV)
Best Out Of Ten by

lost_spook

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Crossposts: http://lost-spook.livejournal.com/466144.html

Now live over at my LiveJournal!

(If you have problems with LJ, sorry, but it works much better in one place. However, anon commenting is on, if that helps.)

Welcome to the Obscure & British comment fest III! This is a comment fest for any small(ish) British fandom and open to all fanworks.

If you've ever loved any (non-large) British fandoms, find yourself too obscure for most fests, or you're busy wondering why there's still no Emma Peel in all this Avengers stuff, you're in the right place. Come on in and help yourself to a cup of tea and a crumpet. Also you should make prompts and fill them.

Rules & Guidelines
This comment!fest works in the same way as most comment ficathons - although all kinds of fanworks are definitely welcome here. (Fanart, icons, fanmixes, vids, whatever your creative mind can come up with.)

1. Be polite - no bashing of anyone, any prompts, characters, ships or fandoms! Thank you.

2. One prompt per post, please use format: Fandom, Character/Pairing, prompt. You may repost prompts from previous years (or even from elsewhere, as long as that's okay with the other fest/comm/whatever).

3. Post fills as replies (or links) to the comment containing the prompt. Please format the subject line as follows: Fandom - Character/Pairing - Rating/Warnings (if needed). There's a fills thread at the start of the post. Please also link your fill here.

4. You may fill your own prompts if you wish. Multiple fills are more than welcome. (Please don't 'claim' prompts! Simply create your fill, and come back and post it here. In the unlikely event someone else has got in first, well, everyone profits from more fannish content in a rare/medium fandom!)

5. For crossovers any fandom is allowed as long as the first fandom qualifies. (If it's a cracky multi-fandom crossover prompt, that's fine, too, though try and make sure there are always equal or more eligible fandoms in proportion to those that are non-eligible.)

6. Any other questions - there's a questions thread at the start of the post.

7. Prompt, fill, away!

Eligible Fandoms
Basically, any non-large British fandom at all! You can prompt for anything that fits, no matter how odd, old or obscure, or shiny and new - anything that's not on the below list is great.

Non-eligible fandoms
ALL non-British fandoms are ineligible (except as crossovers) and the following fandoms are British but too large and therefore ineligible for this fest (sorry):

Chronicles of Narnia (all), Doctor Who (2005+), Downton Abbey, Harry Potter, The Hobbit (all), James Bond (Craig!Bond films only), Lord of the Rings (all), Merlin, One Direction, Primeval, Robin Hood (BBC), Sherlock (BBC), Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle, The Silmarillion, Skins (UK), Torchwood.

(RPF is welcome! Please just use specific categories when prompting (e.g. history by century, and all actor/bandom RPF by individual series/film/band). In the spirit of the fest, please try and avoid RPF for the non-eligible shows above, or super-popular actors like Tom Hiddleston or Benedict Cumberbatch.)

Anything British not listed above is more than welcome here! British TV, films, books, history, comedy, RPF, plays, songs, radio dramas, folklore, mythology, anthropomorphic - it's all good, and there's absolutely no such thing as too obscure or too odd.

There's no closing date for prompts or fills - the fest will stay open until next year's post goes up. Once you've created a fill, you're welcome to crosspost it anywhere you like. (If you're posting to AO3, there's no collection for the fest, but there is an "Obscure & British Commentfest" tag you can use if you want.)

If you want to promote the fest, then thank you! Please do. You can find a selection of banners here, or feel free to make your own.

(You can also find last year's fest here and the 2013 post here. If you want to fill a previous prompt, do feel free, although please also post to the fills thread on the current post rather than the previous editions.)

ETA: Masterlist of fills here.

Also, anon commenting is now actually on! (Sorry to anyone who tried while I only thought I had it on. It's fixed now.)

Current Mood: excited

Banners for the Obscure & British Commentfest. Copy & paste from the text box to snag a banner and link to the fest. Thank you! (If you'd like one for a different fandom, please just comment here, point me towards a snaggable image & I'll do my best.)

( Banners under here )

Something I wrote for the Obscure & British Commentfest (which has had a few more things posted lately, some of them wonderful (and for me!!!)):

Secrets Are A Tricky Thing (702 words) by lost_spook
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Spooks | MI-5
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Ruth Evershed/Tom Quinn
Characters: Ruth Evershed, Tom Quinn (Spooks)
Additional Tags: Obscure and British Commentfest, Angst, Fluff, Season/Series 02, Mild Hurt/Comfort
Summary:

Ruth and Tom and a moment. (S2)

(I... think I might actually be going to write my Ruth/Tom post-acpocalypse fic for

hc_bingo now. Writing that made me suddenly feel there's fic in me for them after all. 0_o)

(ETA: You know what this means. I might have to watch 2.5 again. Oh, the pain and hardship... :lol:)

Crossposts: http://lost-spook.livejournal.com/398540.html

Still feeling grumpy (and still unable to manage being a pirate and thus still have no OUaT. *pines and sulks*).

However, fannish things!

apocalyptothon is taking votes for fandoms to include in a multi-fandom apocalyptic exchange.

fic_corner (the exchange for any children's literature) is in its nominations stage. It was lovely last year.

(I'm still trying to stay strong and not sign up for anything till Yuletide, but... some things are tempting!)

john_amend_all has made an

unconventionalcourtship random generator. (The Mills & Boon summary ficathon). The resulting crack is pretty amazing... ETA: Because, hey, the link might help, yes? *is very tired*

( Some examples under here )

Also, fills have continued to come in for the Obscure & British fest, so it's well worth checking out the Masterpost. (There's even the moving tale of love between two footnotes, as well as other terribly shiny things. <3)

Crossposts: http://lost-spook.livejournal.com/392787.html

Because there are some prompts filled for the fest already! \o/ (This post will be updated as more fills come in.)

( Masterlist of Fills )

Crossposts: http://lost-spook.livejournal.com/390560.html

I've just launched the second Obscure & British commentfest over on my LJ!

(Click on the banner to be transported there.)

Welcome to the Obscure & British comment fest II! This is a comment fest for any small(ish) British fandom and open to any kind of fanwork.

If you've ever loved any (non-large) British fandoms, find yourself too obscure for most fests, or you're busy wondering why there's still no Emma Peel in all this Avengers stuff, you're in the right place. Come on in and help yourself to a cup of tea and a crumpet. Also you should make prompts and fill them.

Rules & Guidelines
This comment!fest works in the same way as most comment ficathons - although all kinds of fanworks are definitely welcome here. (Fanart, icons, fanmixes, vids, whatever your creative mind can come up with.)

1. Be polite - no bashing of anyone, any prompts, characters, ships or fandoms! Thank you.
2. One prompt per post, please use format: Fandom, Character/Pairing, prompt.
3. Post fills as replies (or links) to the comment containing the prompt. Please format the subject line as follows: Fandom - Character/Pairing - Rating/Warnings (if needed). There's a fills thread at the start of the post. Please also link your fill here.
4. You may fill your own prompts if you wish. Multiple fills are allowed - even encouraged, especially in different formats.
5. For crossovers any fandom is allowed as long as the first fandom qualifies. (If it's a cracky multi-fandom crossover prompt, that's fine, too, though try and make sure there are always equal or more eligible fandoms in proportion to those that are non-eligible.)
6. Any other questions - there's a questions thread at the start of the post.
7. Prompt, fill, away!

Eligible Fandoms
Basically, any non-large British fandom at all! You can prompt for anything that fits, no matter how odd, old or obscure, or shiny and new - anything that's not on the below list is great.

Non-eligible fandoms
ALL non-British fandoms are ineligible (except as crossovers) and the following fandoms are British but too large and therefore ineligible for this fest (sorry):

Chronicles of Narnia (all), Doctor Who (2005+), Downton Abbey, Harry Potter, The Hobbit (all), James Bond (Craig!Bond films only), Lord of the Rings (all), Merlin, One Direction, Primeval, Robin Hood (BBC), Sherlock (BBC), Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle, The Silmarillion, Skins (UK), Torchwood, and post-2000 Actor RPF or Bandom RPF*.

*Only general Actor/Bandom post-2000 is ineligible. All reality TV/panel shows are fine (as are all songs/music vids), and prompts for most specific TV shows/bands are welcome. (As a general rule, just avoid RPF for anything listed above as ineligible.)

Anything British not listed above is more than welcome here! British TV, films, books, Historical events, plays, songs, radio dramas, folklore & mythology, anthropomorphic - it's all good, and there's no such thing as too obscure or too odd. There's no closing date for prompts or fills.

If you want to promote the fest, then thank you! Please do. You can find a selection of banners here, or feel free to make your own. (You can also find last year's fest here.)

ETA: There is now a post for the Masterlist of fills, to be updated as more arrive.

Current Mood: hopeful

Banners for promoting the commentfest! I've still got the template - if there's one you'd especially like to me to make for purposes of pimping, just let me know. Thanks!

( Banners here )

Current Mood: accomplished

A Masterlist post for fills from the Obscure & British commentfest. I'll update this post with any further fanworks as they arrive.

( Obscure & British fills )

Crossposts: http://lost-spook.livejournal.com/326802.html

The post is now open over on LiveJournal!

(Sorry for any inconvenience, Dreamwidth folks, but it needed to be in one place.)

ETA: I have, though, put anon commenting on. Or at least, definitely tried... ;-)

Current Mood: nervous

Welcome to the Obscure & British comment fest! This is a comment fest for any small(ish) British fandom and open to any kind of fanwork.

Current Mood: bouncy

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Please feel free to make your own and add in the comments. I still have the template and can make another one for your fandom, if you link to or post a suitable pic in the comments.

Crossposts: http://lost-spook.livejournal.com/325245.html

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