{"id":2835,"date":"2012-12-19T09:54:46","date_gmt":"2012-12-19T09:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/?p=2835"},"modified":"2012-12-19T10:13:28","modified_gmt":"2012-12-19T10:13:28","slug":"young-wizards-30-day-otp-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/2012\/12\/19\/young-wizards-30-day-otp-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Wizards “30 Day OTP Challenge”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It occurred to me suddenly that I’d forgotten to post about this at “Out of Ambit”: so here’s a copy of a posting that’s appeared on Tumblr and at LiveJournal. (Tumblr buddies, if you’ve seen this before, please excuse the repost: I’m testing the echo between the blog and my Tumblr.)<\/p>\n

For those of you who don\u2019t know what this is all about: It\u2019s a challenge to draw or write a piece of fanfic about your One True Pairing every day for thirty days. It started with this August 2012 posting at \u201cOne Hundred Suns\u201d<\/a> and started spreading around Tumblr after that. (You can use this link <\/a>to see what other people are doing with the concept: at least the ones who\u2019ve remembered to tag their posts.)<\/p>\n

My interest was casually piqued by this some time back. But not until the other morning, when I saw what the very talented Reapersun<\/a> had just done with Day 1<\/a> \u2014 raising the bar quite high \u2014 did I realize this might be something I wanted to do too. So: I\u2019m in it for the 30 days.<\/p>\n

The links to them, and some more info, lie below the cut.<\/p>\n


\n1: Holding hands<\/a> | 2: Cuddling somewhere<\/a> | 3: Gaming \/ watching a movie<\/a> | 4: On a date<\/a> | 5: Kissing<\/a> | 6: Wearing each other\u2019s clothes<\/a> | 7: Cosplaying<\/a> | 8: Shopping<\/a> | 9: Hanging out with friends <\/a>| 10: With animal ears<\/a>\u00a0 | 11: Wearing kigurumis<\/a> | 12: Making out<\/a>\u00a0 | 13: Eating ice cream<\/a> | 14: Genderswapped <\/a>| 15: In a different clothing style | 16: Doing morning rituals | 17: Spooning | 18: Doing something together |\u00a0 19: In formal wear | 20: Dancing | 21: Cooking \/ baking | 22: In battle, side by side | 23: Arguing | 24: Making up afterwards | 25: Gazing into each other\u2019s eyes | 26: Getting married | 27: On one of their birthdays | 28: Doing something ridiculous | 29: Doing something sweet | 30: Doing something hot<\/p>\n

Nita\u2019s question on Day 1 is pertinent. \u201cIs this canonical?\u201d I\u2019ve got no quick answer for this except \u201cWell, at least some of it, sooner or later, yeah.\u201d Those who\u2019ve referred to this as \u201cfanfic in her own universe\u201d may possibly have the concept by the wrong handle. I\u2019m not sure this actually can<\/em> be fanfic, since (a) I doubt I qualify as a fan of the Young Wizards material except in the most general sense (well, of course I\u2019m a fan <\/em>of it, I wouldn\u2019t be writing it otherwise, would I? \u2014 but that\u2019s not usually what we mean when we say \u201cfan\u201d: usually you\u2019re a fan of something of somebody else\u2019s<\/em>, yes?) and (b) I am this fictional universe\u2019s creator and copyright owner, and (I think) commonly accepted as the arbiter of what is to be construed as canon\u2026 which confers a different sort of status on this material than if I were writing in someone else\u2019s universe.\u00a0 \u2026Anyway, not to get any further hung up in the barbed wire of over-definition, it seems likely that at least some of this material will appear in a canonical context sooner or later. (Someone asked: will you be gathering this material together for publication as an ebook? Answer: Sure, why not? It\u2019ll be ready between Christmas and New Year\u2019s at this rate: check this page over here,<\/a> if you want to, for updates.)<\/p>\n

It should also be mentioned that I\u2019m viewing this material more or less from the point of view that\u2019s being established in the YW New Millennium Edition<\/a> timelines. The new timeline hasn\u2019t been worked out completely as yet \u2014 it\u2019ll still be in process until we get through to the new version of book 9 \u2014 but considering Nita and Kit to be about 16 here, and possibly even a bit older, would probably be helpful. Those more familiar with the old timeline should simply know that in the NME timeline, Kit\u2019s \u201cskipped a grade\u201d issue of the original timeline has been dropped in favor of the idea that he\u2019s in an \u201cadvanced track\u201d for his grade. His age is the same as Nita\u2019s (in the new timeline, both being born in 1995: his difference in grade is due to the local school district\u2019s policy on what month children have to be born by, in a given year, to be admitted to kindergarten at age 6. \u2026But one other thought: since it\u2019s a trope invoked more than casually in the YW books, time travel may occur.<\/p>\n

And a last issue, while it\u2019s on my mind. Some people here and there have expressed concern or mild disappointment about the fact that I\u2019m invoking Nita and Kit here as my OTP.\u00a0 Let me throw a few thoughts into the mix, for those concerned to consider:<\/p>\n