rabenhorst

Hi!

This is just a short note, to let you know that we are still alive although we've been so silent despite the fact that the Christmas-happening should be over and we should of course take action when it comes to that too x)

BUT due to some personal stuff we've been so busy that it's been practically impossible to focus on anything properly, apologies for that. So I'm here to tell you that we will contact the participants personally during the following week hopefully, and organize whatever needs to be done to send out the prizes ;)

This means good news for you too in case you wanted to participate but didn't yet. Since we didn't have that much participating activity (a pity!) we're going to offer you a chance to still post your work although deadline is technically already past us. So;

If you still want to participate by posting your work, you will have this week to do so. And you will be even included in the lucky ones who might get some nice reward ;D Please don't hesitate to take the opportunity if you wish!

And in the end, a huge THANK YOU for those who participated! We haven't yet commented to all the posts but we will, and I can say already here that the quality has been outstanding :D You really nailed it!


On a non-related note; A fic update is also in process.


Thank you for your time,
fonulyn

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