anyone up for guessing?

[raine]

Anyone up for guessing, now that the fics are posted?

1. The Things That Money Can't Buy for Argentum LS
   
2. Memory for Teshuan 
   
3. Someone Else's Problem for adabsolutely
   
4. Jewel  for merriman
   
5. Truth and Consequences for hafital
   
6. Rescue Strike  for Raine_Wynd
   
7. Immortals Revealed for calime
   
8. Let's Call the Whole Thing Off for Diana
   
9. That's Great, It Starts With An Earthquake  for Carene
   
10. A Hill to (Not) Die Upon  for Eliyes
    
11. The Power That’s Inside (We All Live in a Pokémon World)  for Julie tall terror
    
12. On the Road, Off the Grid for mackiedockie
    
13. Mnemosyne for Morgyn Leri
    
14. between a spark and lightning for brightknightie
    
15. Take The Long Way Home for killabeez
    
16. Walking a Different Road for Amand-r

Comments

[killabeez]

I think at this point, I'd guess Mackiedockie for "The Things That Money Can't Buy," and Amand-r for "Memory." Still considering others.

[raine]

I'm leaning towards Amand-r for "That's Great, It Stars with an Earthquake" because that just feels right up her alley. But I could be wrong!

I feel like someone who's known me a while wrote my gift, but I can't tell if that's you or not, ha!

[killabeez]

Also a good guess!

ETA: Okay, here's my big list of guesses, subject to possible modification:

That's Great, It Starts With An Earthquake - Amand-r
A Hill to (Not) Die Upon - JTT
Memory - Argentum_LS (LadySilver)
Someone Else's Problem - Raine
Rescue Strike - Merriman
Immortals Revealed - Morgyn_Leri
between a spark and lightning - Raine
Mnemosyne - Calime
Take The Long Way Home - adabsolutely
Walking a Different Road - Eliyes or Teshuan
The Things That Money Can't Buy - mackiedockie
On the Road, Off the Grid - Diana W
The Power That’s Inside (We All Live in a Pokémon World) - Brightknightie

[raine]

I feel so seen this year, I don't know whether to run or hide or just ask what made me stand out, ha.

[killabeez]

Have you considered Merriman for your story? :)

[raine]

No, but I'm horrible at guessing, too, so it's plausible!

[dkwilliams]

Of course I will! Have to finish reading them, though - it's been a crazy week.

EDIT: Okay, starting a few guesses. Still mulling most of these.

"Jewel" - I am guessing Morgyn Leri because she does space bits so well, and the Amanda voice.

"Between a Spark and Lightning" - I think Raine did that one.

"Memory" - it has the feel of Hafital for me, the descriptions and mystery

"The Things That Money Can't Buy" - JTT because of the Watchers bits, and Joe

[dkwilliams]

Okay, part 2 and final:

"Take the Long Way Home" - this one puzzled me because it feels unlike past years, so I think it's Teshuan as the author. Or one of you could be fooling me again.

"The Power That’s Inside (We All Live in a Pokémon World)" - I am going to agree with Killa on this one, and say it's Brightknightie

"Truth and Consequences" - this is one of 2 that I think Killa could have written (the other is "That's Great, it Starts With an Earthquake". Both because she's the Queen of Crossover stories.)

"A Hill to (Not) Die Upon" - Carenejeans - seems to be her sense of humor here

"On the Road, Off the Grid" - Merriman (just a guess but our styles often get mistaken for each other)

"Immortals Revealed" - LadySilver (because I can't pin anything else on her)

"Walking a Different Road" - adabsolutely - agreeing with Killa here

"Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" - Mackiedockie because it's got her feel to it

"Someone Else's Problem" - Calime - agreeing with Killa on this one

"Rescue Strike" - I think Eliyes because she likes lots of Immortals and the energy feels like her

"Mnemosyne" - Amandr because quite frankly I can't pin her down for anything else

[raine]

::innocent whistling:: I know you're 100% wrong on one of those fics but I'm not saying which one....

[dkwilliams]

You are a big tease!

[dkwilliams]

Okay, making a correction here.

"Someone Else's Problem" - Raine confessed to this one so not sure it counts

"Walking a Different Road" - changing from Adabsolutely to Teshuan

"Take the Long Way Home" - changing to Adabsolutely

So now I have Calime..... "Mnemosyne" perhaps?

Throwing in the towel now

[killabeez]

And I will just say, I'm flattered. ♥

[merriman]

I cannot tell you how immensely flattered I am that I ever get mistaken for you when it comes to fic style!

FINAL LIST - Ignore the others!

[dkwilliams]

So, now that I know why some of the stories puzzled me as far as writers, I have reworked my guesses. Some of them STILL puzzle me, but I feel better and this is my final guess, I am MOVING ON. (*ahem* Yes, I am a bit obsessive about this. I'd chalk it up to the pandemic boredom but I think I do this every year)

The Things That Money Can't Buy - Mackiedockie (agreeing with the others!)
Memory - Hafital
Someone Else's Problem - Raine
Truth and Consequences - originally thought Killa, now leaning to Eliyes
Rescue Strike - Teshuan/Sylvan
Immortals Revealed - LadySilver
Let's Call the Whole Thing Off - Killa, I think now
A Hill to (Not) Die Upon - JTT
The Power That’s Inside - Brightknightie
On the Road, Off the Grid - Merriman
between a spark and lightning - Raine
Take The Long Way Home - Adabsolutely
Walking a Different Road - Morgynleri

So now we come down to Jewel and Mnemosyne. And I have two candidates, equally capable: Amand-r and Calime. So now it's just pure guess, I think.

Mnemosyne - Amand-r
Jewel - Calime

That's it, stick a fork in me, I'm done.

[brightknightie]

There are a couple where I want to guess that the recipient wrote them, which must mean that they are particularly good gifts. :-)

[raine]

Heh, that would be interesting if it were true!

We have an amazing collection of fics this year!

[killabeez]

That happens to me every year. :)

[adabsolutely]

I think Killa wrote Let's Call the Whole Thing Off.

[killabeez]

And I keep wondering if maybe I'm wrong about you, and you wrote my gift. ♥

[argentum_ls]

Still reading. Gonna toss a few guesses out anyway.

Take the Long Way Home - adabsolutely
Mnemosyne - Eliyes
between a spark and lightning - Raine
That's Great, It Starts with an Earthquake - Amand-r
The Power that's Inside - BrightKnightie
Someone Else's Problem - Raine (pinch hit?)
The Things Money Can't Buy - mackiedockie

[raine]

Damn. You got me on both of them. Am I that obvious?

[argentum_ls]

I’ve caught on to a couple of your tells, I think. :)

Now to figure out the rest.

[raine]

Heh. ;-) Good luck!

[argentum_ls]

More:

Rescue Strike - Teshuan (Sylvan)
Jewel - Calime
On the Road, Off the Grid - dkwilliams
Walking a Different Road - morgynleri
Memory - hafitel
Truth and Consequences - merriman
Let's Call the Whole Thing Off - killa

[dkwilliams]

Wait, Teshuan and Sylvan are the same person? Well now I understand my confusion in pinning a story to them! And I think you are right - Rescue Strike seems like a perfect story for Sylvan to have written, looking at her other Highlander stuff.

[argentum_ls]

Lol. Yeah, they are.

Apparently those of us who have multiple names have confused a lot of people recently :)

[brightknightie]

From subsequent chatter, I see that some of these are definitely mistaken, but these were the guesses I'd had in a TXT file on the desktop:

"The Things That Money Can't Buy" > Elistaire
"between a spark and lightning" > Teshuan
"Walking a Different Road" > Mackiedockie
"Someone Else's Problem" > JTT
"Immortals Revealed" > Argentum_ls
"A Hill to (Not) Die Upon" > Killabeez