Fest 2020--Reveals, Guessies, and Closing Observations!

[amand_r]

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

1. Walking a Different Road

1. for Amand-r

Random Observations:

1.  What up with Ceirdwyn this year, huh?
2.  What up with the roads/home themes, huh?
3.   Pokemon? We are truly awesome, huh?

Guessing Stats:

 

BEFORE IS GET INTO THIS, man, Brightknightie COULD NOT HIDE this year.  Raine­_­wynd managed to stump a few guessers, but when someone got on of hers right, they tended to get them both.  Julie continues to hide in the tall grass. 

 

Adabsolutely gets a guessing honorable mention because she only guessed once, but she was correct.

 THIRD PLACE: Killa—6

SECOND PLACE: Lady Silver (Argentum)—8

FIRST PLACE: Diana—9 (I don't know why we even bother.  She's a witch, I tell you.)

Thank you so much for being good sports this year.  I think next year I will go back to Crimmas posting, and I will be more than happy to host and run (I have all the sheets and I enjoy it), but I might not be posting a story.  December is just too stupid a time for me.  But you have all been great, and Morgyn Leri, I have a date with my fic now that I have time! 

 Thanks everyone. Vale.

 

 

Comments

[raine]

::tosses confetti:: Thanks, Amand-r!

[killabeez]

Thank you, lovely Modlander! You have yet again made my year immeasurably better. ♥

[morgynleri]

\o/ Yay for having reading time! ... And now that reveals have happened, I need to go add to some of my comment replies, and also post the first part of the Methos companion piece to your gift. :D

[killabeez]

p.s. Ceirdwyn is always correct. When in doubt, always add Ceirdwyn.

[raine]

Seconded!

[dkwilliams]

Ha ha! Killa! I was going back and forth between my original guess and MY story, trying to figure which you had written! I should have said BOTH! Both is good!

And YAY! I fooled everyone this year! *confetti in the air*

As for guesses - I think I was dethroned the last two years, actually. And obsession is my only gift in guessing - I think about these way too much for my own sanity.

A great fest, and one I enjoy every year, so however you want to run things is fine, Amand-r.

[killabeez]

You completely fooled me, and all of us! And yes, pinch hitting makes for complicated guessing. When you wrote two and beta'ed one, it's challenging to not give yourself away. :)

[argentum_ls]

You really fooled me! Nice work.

[argentum_ls]

Thank you for running this again! I look forward to next year's, whenever the event is held.

[adabsolutely]

Thanks so much for continuing to put this on each year. I still am reading them, trying to first watch a bit of the crossover shows when applicable. What interesting things I've learned this year! I'd never watched Justified, but Mackiedockie assured me that the lead was easy on the eyes. And Pokemon, all I knew was the origami Pikachu character that I folded for children at the library that delights them so much, but never delved into that world. Lots of fun stories. Three or four more to go too!

And again, many many thanks to Mackiedockie for editing duty.

[mackiedockie]

And many heartfelt thanks to you, Adabsolutely for keeping me in the Game, this year and every year:)

[brightknightie]

Thank you, amand_r, very much, for running the fest again, even in That Year! I looked forward to the stories, and I enjoyed the stories!

As to utterly failing to hide: The solution is for Everyone Else to take up Pokemon. Yep. The logic is self-evident and indisputable. Can't see any holes. hahahahaha (Okay, I could also refrain from endnotes.)

[jotribe2]

thank you thank you Amand-r!! You are my hero! I so look forward to this every year. Christmas, New Year's, any damn time! You - and all the amazing authors - have my eternal gratitude. Especially this year, but really, every year. I always try to comment before the reveals, but yet again, I missed. You all bring me so much joy! {{HUGS}} and huge thanks!

[hafital]

Whoops! I could not get my act together this year to do some guesses. But we all know I would have failed at all my guesses anyway haha. Yay! This fest is always a great way to end one year and start another. Danko! To amand_r and to everyone. Applause all around.

[mackiedockie]

Thank you all for the gifts of fics!!! And many thanks to Amand-r for your fic wrangling, and extra patience this year. I hear you about December being chaotic busy even in normal years. This last year? Hoo, boy. Gracias!

[calime]

Thank you so much for always running this fest, Amand_r!

And the staying power of this fest, it's really delightful!

[lferion]

Thank you so much for keeping this going! I hope I can participate next time.

[jtt]

Thank you for another fun year! I really appreciate you continuing to host, Amand-r!

I didn't even try to guess this year, I second guessed so many (and would have been flat wrong on several). Ladysilver betaed mine, so don't feel bad Diana, you are still the queen of guessing! 😁

[merriman]

Thank you so much for running this, this year and every year. It's definitely a bright point for me every winter.

Also, thank you to everyone who writes for the swap! It's been a pleasure to be among you for so many years now and I appreciate every single fic!