rabenhorst

This entry exists to inform everyone following this journal that now rabenhorst has its DreamWidth counterpart at rabenhorst!

This doesn't really change much, though! The DW account will serve as a mirror and a backup for this journal, in case something goes wrong and seeing the recent downtimes LJ has had, it might be wise to back things up. DW is still having free access (usually you need invite codes) for a couple of days now so if you want to back your own journal up, go for it! If you're confused about DW, ask away or use their FAQ. It's easy, I promise.

Everything will be posted both on rabenhorst and on rabenhorst! If you want to subscribe to the DW account, feel free, or if you rather keep reading the entries on livejournal, you are very welcome to do so! We just wanted to offer you the possibility to choose :)

Also, if you don't know the reasons behind this and the incredible LJ chaos that has ensured, there's some recommended reading here and here.

If your only issue with the new LJ update is how the blank white comment pages look now, then I suggest you try out this add-on. It at least works perfectly for me! (Goodbye to font-induced headaches while reading fic, hurrah!)

That is all, and we would like to take a moment to thank everyone who has been following us and reading our works. Your support means a lot! :)

Attention everyone!

Christmas is nearing, so fast, that we noticed we won't ever have the time to do the same request-post as we did last year. But we wanted to do something for Christmas anyways, so we had to come up with something else! THIS is that something.

As said, this year we won't be writing requested fics for Christmas. This is where YOU step in, dear friends. We want YOU to do something for us. But of course we have something for you in return! Amazing prizes you can win by participating to the Rabenhorst Christmas Challenge! :D


(  So this is how it works.  )




( FAQ )

The bidding has started in jrockcharity! Go there, choose an author of your will and bid bid bid bid! It all goes for a good purpose, this is our chance to show we care :D


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Also, as an unrelated (or related, if someone bids for us XD) note, fonulyn is going away for the following three weeks, so we will be on hiatus for now. We have some stories up our sleeves, waiting to be posted, and we will try to start working on those as soon as we have the opportunity :) Thank you for your patience!

Initially we thought we’d make this when rabenhorst reaches 100 friends, to celebrate the achievement, but now we came up with another idea for that so this fluently turned to our Christmas event ;)




So, as Christmas is coming, we’re offering you a unique chance to give requests of what kind of fics you would like to see. Although this is a Christmas-present for you guys, you might not get the fics exactly on Christmas; some will come earlier and some will be late. We simply can’t guarantee we have the time to finish everything by one set date, and therefore we kinda bend the term ‘Christmas’ to last a bit longer XD So try to see it as a Christmas / New Year's gift^^

The idea is simple. You tell us what you would want to see in a fic, as well as what you don’t want to see, and we do our best to come up with something to fulfill the request. Depending on how many people request we might combine the requests of two or three people, simply to keep the amount of work down to a manageable level. We will make sure though that everyone who requests gets something at least^^ Hopefully something enjoyable!

If you want, you can fill in the following form, just to give us some kind of idea what your wishes include. You can as well freely write in a comment what you want, so don’t bother with the form that much if you don’t wish to do so ;) It’s there merely to help you fill in some necessary info. Just let your mind flow. The more precise you are, the better we can imagine what you want^^
So, the form looks like following:
- pairing:
- genre:
- rating:
- what I would like:
- what I don't want:

But! And there’s always a but, isn’t there? x) There are certain things we won’t/can’t write into the stories we do. Which would be the following:

- Shinya x anyone as a focused pairing. We’re sorry, but we simply aren’t capable of writing him in that sense. He’s a welcomed guest in cameo-appearances though.
- Kaoru x anyone else than Die. haha, this one you can blame on me, and I apologize. But the only allowed Kaoru-centric pairing will be KaoruxDie.
- graphic BDSM or S&M. The result would be horrendous so don’t even bother asking for that x)
- self-mutilation or self-harm of any sort. This can be done if a certain plot specifically needs it though.
- m-preg. The only exception would be a humour fic. But I wouldn’t necessarily count on it as we might have a slightly twisted sense of humour XD
- historical exactness. We're familiar with the history of Dir en grey, but we tend to ignore it partly when we're writing.

Also keep in mind that we’ll do only Dir en grey –pairings. Cameo appearances from other jrockers or so are totally fine if we’re familiar with the characters we’re supposed to use. Some crossover pairings might be manageable as well, so if you have one in mind just ask. But don’t trust on that, preferably ask only for Diru pairings.

If something isn’t clear, just go ahead and ask. Other than that, request away ;)



- fonulyn