Day 12 Theme - Caregiving

[cmk418]

Women are often seen as natural caregivers. Some characters excel at this, others fail, and others fall somewhere in the middle.

Here are some ideas to get you started: caring for a sick child, looking after a parent or an elderly neighbor, self-care, taking care of a pet or watering someone’s plants while they’re away, medical professionals, giving her best friend a shoulder to cry on, or, conversely, wanting to run away when it all gets to be too much or explaining why they shouldn’t have kids

Just go wherever the Muse takes you. If this prompt doesn't speak to you, feel free to share something that does. You can post in a separate entry or as a comment to this post.

Missed a day or want to get a jump start on tomorrow's theme? Check out the prompt list here.

Day 11 - Senses - Fic - Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Dawn Summers

[cmk418]

Title: A Different Kind of Pain
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Female Character: Dawn Summers
Rating: Teen
Summary: Dawn's thoughts after Joyce's death

( A Different Kind of Pain )

Day 12: Caregiving - Hexwood (Diana Wynne Jones) - Fic

[hidden_variable]

The Problem of Combing the Hair of a Spherical Dog (10584 words) by hidden_variable
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Hexwood - Diana Wynne Jones
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Mordion Agenos/Vierran Guaranty, Vierran Guaranty & Alisan of Guaranty, Vierran Guaranty & Siri Guaranty
Characters: Vierran Guaranty, Mordion Agenos, Alisan of Guaranty (Hexwood), Siri Guaranty, Original Child Character(s)
Additional Tags: Parenthood, Parent-Child Relationship, Robots, Topology as metaphor, references to canonical child abuse, Discussion of Pregnancy, Magic Lessons
Summary:

About fifteen years after the events of Hexwood, passing on the story to a new generation poses some challenges.

Day 9: Ageing, Ting Ma and Grandma Droniak on Instagram

[kiestan]

Doing a bit of catchup with halfamoon but I'm so excited to post about Instagrammers I admire for this theme!

tingmystyle - A 53-year old fitness and beauty digital creator, Ting Ma's profile and content are all about embracing ageing! She styles gorgeous outfits for herself, doesn't take shit from people who say, "You need to start dressing like a 50+ year old!" and takes great care of her health.

She presents a path to growing older as a woman that I don't see on the Internet often. Here's one of her reels where she really slays her outfits.

grandma_droniak - Grandma Droniak's soooo funny. She says whatever she wants on the web, she has excellent comedic timing, and I want to be like her when I'm 93.

Here's her dating wrapped for 2023; her love life in a year's more happening than mine is my whole life!

I'm seeing an increase in content centred around growing older, especially funny and/or uplifting content, and I've never been more glad for it. It's presenting the different ways women could aspire to be at 50, 60, etc. because our lives certainly don't stop after our youth. :)

Day 12 - Caregiving - Fic

[lightbird]

Title/Link: The Warmest Color
Author: lightbird
Fandom: Hey Arnold!
Character(s): Helga Pataki, Dr. Bliss
Rating: G
Prompt: caregiving
Word Count: 567

Summary: Helga had resolved to say nothing about her real feelings. But Dr. Bliss was tricky and she knew how to come at her defenses from so many angles.

Day 12: Caregiving- The Hunger Games- Fic

[roselynnthornwood]

“Nightlock”

Fandom: The Hunger Games
Fanwork Type: Fic
Pairing: Katniss Everdeen/Peeta Mellark
Rating/Warnings: M

Summary: Katniss and Peeta find an unconventional way to work through the trauma the Hunger Games inflicted on them.

Day 12: Caregiving - ER - Rec

[ineffablecabbage]

REC : Reluctant Identities
Author: Thebiwife
Fandom: ER
Fanwork type: FIC
Pairings/Characters: Sandy Lopez/Kerry Weaver
Rating: Teen
Words: 540
Summary: "prompt: intersectionality."

Notes: This fic focuses on Kerry dealing with chronic pain and the ways that affects her as a medical professional, spouse, and mother. I read it in a week that I was dealing with pain so severe it was difficult for me to get up and make to the bathroom, and my own role as a caregiver had me feeling severe guilt. This definitely hit a familiar spot, and the sweetness between Sandy and Kerry makes a definite favorite.

Day 1: Black / White / Shades of Grey - DCU- Rec

[ineffablecabbage]

 Catching up on the first three days of halfamoon that I missed! 

REC : don't feed me (it will come back)

Author: one_step_closer_to_death

Fandom: DCU (Comics)

Fanwork type: FIC

Pairings/Characters: Cassandra Cain/Rose Wilson

Rating: Teen

Words: 1778

Summary: But then Rose Wilson touches her like she’s human and suddenly the cowl was just another mask, and she didn’t feel like a myth as much as just a girl. She was, all of a sudden, something soft, something melting, something that was wanting and solely at the mercy of Rose Wilson’s hands. Her name was no longer a placeholder for Batman, but rather a prayer that she had no choice but to answer. // Cassandra Cain has been Batman for years. Rose Wilson is the new Deathstroke, high off the murder of the last one.

 

Reccer's Notes:  I specifically chose this fic for this day because ... the Batman universe often demands a harsh Black/White view of morality, and the character of Cassandra Cain has suffered from that from certain writers. This fic gives both Cass and Rose (and Tara, briefly) the freedom to exist in a shade of grey that canon would deny them, and they are happier for it. 

Day 12 - Caregiving - Discworld, The Hunger Games - Recs

[facethestrange]

not self-rec (fic):

a matter of scales (100 words) by laufire
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Discworld - Terry Pratchett
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sybil Ramkin & Dragons
Characters: Original Animal Character(s), Sybil Ramkin
Additional Tags: Vignette, Wordcount: 100, Dragons, Swamp Dragon (Discworld), Don't copy to another site
Summary:

Sybil loves dragons, dragons love Sybil.

self-rec (digital drawing):

Ritual (0 words) by facethestrange
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Katniss Everdeen & Primrose Everdeen
Characters: Katniss Everdeen, Primrose Everdeen
Additional Tags: Brushing hair gently and kindly, Hair Brushing, Pre-Canon, Fanart, Drawing
Summary:

Katniss brushing Prim's hair.

day 11 - caregiving - mlpfim, Fluttershy

[malurette]

Title: Nurturing
Author: malurette
Fandom: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Character: Fluttershy
Rating: G / K
Disclaimer: Faust & Hasbro

Prompt: Day 12 – "caregiving"
Word count: 100

( link to my writing archive )

Day 12 - Caregiving - Star Wars Vid Rec

[colls]

Fandom: Star Wars (live action)
Fanwork type: vid
Pairings/Characters: 34 women from Star Wars
Rating and/or Content Warnings: this is a self-rec, doesn't entirely fit today's theme
Links: Badass Woman by colls
Summary: I'm a force of nature that you can't ignore

Reccer's Notes: Women being badass, but also includes women uplifting women. Mostly, I had an incredible amount of fun making this vid and wanted to share. And you know how the saying goes... "sharing is caring" ;)

Day 11: Senses - BtVS - Spike/Buffy, Dawn - Sacrifice

[apachefirecat]

Title: Sacrifice
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Author: Apache Firecat
Characters: Spike/Buffy, Dawn
Rating: PG-13/T
Summary: He'll keep going. For her.
Word Count: 1,152
Written For: HalfAMoon Day 11: Senses
Warnings: N/A
Disclaimer: All characters within belong to their rightful owners, not the author, and are used without permission.





( Read more... )

Day 9: Aging - X-Men - Scott/Jean, Ororo - Best Friends and Blue Skies

[apachefirecat]

Title: Best Friends and Blue Skies
Fandom: X-Men
Author: Apache Firecat
Characters: Scott/Jean, Ororo, also mentions Charles/Jean, Scott/Emma, Scott/Madelyn, and Logan/Jean
Rating: PG/K+
Summary: Jean reflects on a gray day.
Word Count: 2,062
Written For: Half A Moon Day 9: Aging, X-Men 15 10. Cry, and 50 Disney Fandoms for 2024 #3. Ororo Munroe (I'm not really that much of a fan of Jean!)
Warnings: Spoilers, Canon Character Deaths
Disclaimer: All characters within belong to their rightful owners, not the author, and are used without permission.





( Read more... )

Day 9: Natasha Romanoff (Aging)

[impala_chick]

svgurl prompted me with: what do you think her life would've been like had she survived Endgame?

She would have been able to mentor Yelena Belova! I'm not sure that they would be close, considering how long it had been since they'd spent time together in canon - but I definitely think Natasha would have wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to see her again and work towards being sisters who actually spend time together.

( a few more thoughts under here )

Day 12 Caregiving - Fic - OZ (HBO) - Shannon O'Reily - For Better Or Worse

[cmk418]

Title: For Better Or Worse
Fandom: OZ (HBO)
Female Character: Shannon O'Reily
Rating: Teen
Word Count: 812
Summary: Shannon's not the mothering type
A/N: OZ is a prison drama that ran on HBO for 6 years. Some of the language in this story is language that would be heard on the show. Shannon O'Reily was the wife of one of the main characters on the show, but only appeared in two episodes and was mentioned in a couple of others. The main plot points in this story are all canon, but were never shown.

( For Better Or Worse )

Day 10: Seasons - Snow White - Snow, Dwarves - Spring's Arrival

[apachefirecat]

Title: Spring's Arrival
Fandom: Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
Author: Apache Firecat
Characters: Snow, Dwarves
Rating: PG/K+
Summary: They can tell the changing of the seasons by their Princess, but she still manages to surprise them sometimes.
Word Count: 1,004
Written For: HalfAMoon Day 10: Seasons, 100FandomHell Fandom #63, and 50 Disney Fandoms 2024 #4
Warnings: N/A
Disclaimer: All characters within belong to their rightful owners, not the author, and are used without permission.






( Read more... )

Day 9: Aging — BtVS / Slayers: A Shared Destiny

[veronyxk84]

Title: Slayers: A Shared Destiny
Author: veronyxk84
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Characters: Sineya, Chinese Slayer, Nikki Wood, Buffy Summers, Kendra Young, Faith Lehane

Content: Meta (1,080 words)
Written for: halfamoon
Theme: Day 9: Aging

“The younger, the better.”
These words were uttered by Kennedy in episode 7x11 “Showtime” when she was still a Potential Slayer.
Before her, a long line of young women, the “Chosen Ones,” shared the same mission and the same fate: carrying the weight of the world at the cost of their own young lives.

Age has, in fact, always been a key factor in the mystical power that perpetuated the calling of the Slayer through centuries and millennia. And also in their untimely death.
In fact, there’s one thing that, as far as we can tell, all the Slayers have in common: called young, died young. Aging, as a matter of fact, doesn’t seem to be in the cards for the Chosen Ones. Or at least it wasn’t, until one girl came along and changed the rules…
( Read more... )

Day 6, Secrets and Lies, fic, Elite

[tellshannon815]

Title: So He Is Dead
Fandom: Elite
Characters: Sara
Warnings: Character death, spoilers all through S7
Rating: PG
Summary: So, Raul's dead, and Sara's secret involvement in Ivan's accident has died with him...or so she thinks.


( Read more... )