Nail Polish Blogosphere: Only Once-verse, by Sineala and woodpusher.
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Fandom: Nail Polish (Industry) (the AO3 tag, probably worded to disambiguate from at least two bands by that name. I’m calling it Nail Polish Blogosphere, since the characters are using and reviewing rather than manufacturing the nail polish.)
Pairings/Characters: Gen; OCs
Rating: General Audiences
Length: Only Once: 449; Only Once Remix: 1,960
Content Notes: modern in-universe folklore, nail polish connoisseurship, possible unreality, the sad beauty of transience
Creator Links: (AO3)
Sineala; (AO3)
woodpusher
Theme: Uncommon Settings, Folklore & Fairytales, Friendship, Magic, Social Media
Summary:
Sinealla: The story of the most beautiful nail polish in the world.
woodpusher: Like a good manicurist, this story fills in some plot holes and smooths some rough edges from Only Once.
I was trying to boost my readership so welcome to the newly gifted.
Comments are welcome!
Author’s Notes: ( Cut_for_length. )
Reccer's Notes: The Uncommon Setting here is the fannish context: this area of experience has a fandom expressed in fanfiction? (Sometimes the answer turns out to be “No shit, Sherlock”; someone in the habit of compartmentalizing Jock Stuff from Geek Stuff might be astounded to learn that football, hockey, and Formula 1 RPF are not only things but major fandoms on AO3.)
The titular nail polish proves to be a profound unexplainable, unrepeatable, and unprovable one-size-fits-one experience; all one can do is pass it along to the next person and wait for their account, and a quiet and ecstatic bond therefore forms within an online community of initiates into The Mystery.
Although this storyline consists of only two stories by two authors, and my impression is that the events are to be taken at face value, it’s possible to construe it as an in-universe collective fiction á la GONCHAROV.
Fanwork Links:
Only Once, by
Sineala for
Lysimache; Yuletide Madness 2011
Only Once Remix, by
woodpusher for
Sineala,
Meltha,
kuramas30,
Viridian5,
Qem, and
Lysimache.
Pairings/Characters: Gen; OCs
Rating: General Audiences
Length: Only Once: 449; Only Once Remix: 1,960
Content Notes: modern in-universe folklore, nail polish connoisseurship, possible unreality, the sad beauty of transience
Creator Links: (AO3)
Theme: Uncommon Settings, Folklore & Fairytales, Friendship, Magic, Social Media
Summary:
I was trying to boost my readership so welcome to the newly gifted.
Comments are welcome!
Author’s Notes: ( Cut_for_length. )
Reccer's Notes: The Uncommon Setting here is the fannish context: this area of experience has a fandom expressed in fanfiction? (Sometimes the answer turns out to be “No shit, Sherlock”; someone in the habit of compartmentalizing Jock Stuff from Geek Stuff might be astounded to learn that football, hockey, and Formula 1 RPF are not only things but major fandoms on AO3.)
The titular nail polish proves to be a profound unexplainable, unrepeatable, and unprovable one-size-fits-one experience; all one can do is pass it along to the next person and wait for their account, and a quiet and ecstatic bond therefore forms within an online community of initiates into The Mystery.
Although this storyline consists of only two stories by two authors, and my impression is that the events are to be taken at face value, it’s possible to construe it as an in-universe collective fiction á la GONCHAROV.
Fanwork Links:
Only Once, by
Only Once Remix, by