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| | I’ve finished tallying the ratings, and, while it was once again very close, the winner this round is . . .Team Schmoop!Congratulations to Team Schmoop, and my thanks to everyone who wrote, read and rated this round! *♥s you all* Thanks so much for playing!(If you’re keeping track, Team Angst is in the lead, but Team Schmoop is closing the gap. It’s Team Angst - 11 and Team Schmoop - 8.)Tags:round 019, winners All the fic for this round have now been posted to the comm. If you haven’t already done so, please do read them! Also, please take a moment to rate the fic. The polls are linked from each fic, and on the off chance you’ve read but forgot to rate, you can find the polls here.Polls will remain open until midnight Saturday, January 2nd (which technically translates to, when I get up Sunday morning *g*).Remember, please, that you may only rate each fic once, and authors may not rate their own fic.Thank you.Tags:round 019 Title: Keeping Tradition AliveAuthor: 1trackmindPairing/Characters: Ian/Charlie, Don/Robin mentionedRating/Category: PG/SlashSpoilers: (if applicable)NoneSummary: Charlie shares Ian's traditions and keeps them goingNotes/Warnings: While it's not mentioned, in my head Charlie shares Christmas with Ian, and Ian celebrates Passover and Yom Kippur with Charlie. Hanukkah too.( Keeping Tradition Alive Collapse )Tags:fic: angst, round 019 Title: Like A PrayerAuthor: ALFPairing/Characters: Don/CharlieRating/Category: NC17/slashWord Count: 784Disclaimer: Not mine, not for profitSummary: Don and Charlie go away for the winter holidaysNotes/Warnings: This is set in my AU California Dreamin' verse, with the first fic found here Although all you really need to know is that Don and Charlie are together and living on the East Coast. Title and inspiration from Madonna's "Like A Prayer".To rate this fic on how well it fit the prompt (prayer), it's schmoopiness and how much you enjoyed the fic, please vote here( On to the fic Collapse )Tags:fic: schmoop, round 019Mood:cold Hey folks! We need a pinch hitter for Team Angst, writing to the theme Tree. If you’re not already on a team and you’re willing to pinch-hit (48 hour or so turn around time – if you could have the fic posted by 12/31 that would be awesome), please let me know.Thank you!Tags:round 019 Title: Two Faiths?Author: jestanaPairing/Characters: Megan Reeves, Larry Fleinhardt; Larry/MeganRating/Category: G/GenWord Count: 712Spoilers: None, really.Summary: Larry and Megan's son has questions about the holiday seasonWarnings: AU only in the respect that Larry and Megan definitely stayed together.Challenge: Faith for Team SchmoopBeta: umbralillium.Poll: Here( Two Faiths?Collapse )Tags:fic: schmoop, round 019Mood:content Title: Oh, Eppesmas Tree!Chapter 1 Author: JelsemiumPairing/Characters: Charlie Eppes/Amita Eppes-Ramanujan, Don Eppes/Robin Brooks, Alan Eppes.Rating/Category: K+/HetWord Count: 999Spoilers: None, really.Summary: Amita is bewildered by Christmas trees.Notes/Warnings: Set in a time when Charlie and Amita are married. Their first Christmas as husband and wife, in fact. ( Oh, Christmas Tree Collapse )Tags:fic: schmoop, round 019 Title: Nikki’s not stille this nacht.(or “Shiva and the Sweaterthief”)Author: KeenirRecipient: Numb3rswriteoffPROMPT: Faith.TEAM: Angst.Pairing/Characters: Nikki, Colby, Amita, Liz, Charlie, Don, David, Megan, OFC Betancourt, OMC Sweaterthief.Summary: Nikki worries about her sister and Amita, while confident that they’ll be rescued.This fic was written for the Angst vs Schmoop Challenge at numb3rswriteoff. After you’ve read the fic, please rate it by voting in the poll here. (Your vote will be anonymous.) Rate the fic on a scale of 1 - 10 (10 being the best) using the following criteria: how well the fic fit the prompt, how angsty [or schmoopy] the fic was, and how well you enjoyed the fic. When you’re done, please check out the other challenge fic at numb3rswriteoff. Thank you!Warnings: AU Rating: PG-13Word Count: 1,004Spoilers: none.(though there’s a dragonheart quote)Disclaimer: All canon characters are the property of CBS, Heuton & Falacci. All original characters are mine. References: the book ‘Mutants’ wasn’t really used, though it inspired me months after looking through it.Note: All the thoughts are Nikki’s.Note: if memory serves, “stille nacht” means “silent night” in German.( Read more...Collapse )Tags:fic: angst, round 019Mood:exhausted Title: Under the MistletoeAuthor: mercilynnPairings: Don Eppes/Megan Reeves, David Sinclair/Colby GrangerRating/Category: PG - Het/SlashWord Count: 1193Summary: Christmas time/Is so special/When you're kissing me/Under the mistletoe/Exchanging love and gifts/Sitting in front of the tree/Me holding you/And you holding meNotes/Warnings: Sliding in just under the wire, as usual. Much thanks go to elysium1996 for attempting to keep me on task and giving this a looksee as I was writing it. Title and summary borrowed from NSYNC's "In Love On Christmas". Written for numb3rswriteoff, Team Schmoop, Prompt: Celebrate.Under the Mistletoe The poll is located here.Tags:fic: schmoop, round 019 Title: Eggnog and PainAuthor: Elysium1996Pairing/Characters: Don/Kim, past Don/Coop, Coop/OFCRating: R Spoilers: Season 1Prompt Celebrate-Team AngstSummary: Billy drinks eggnog and learns some hurtful news.Notes: Thanks to bubbleslayer for brain storming and her support. Thanks to mercilynn & jlm110108 for the betas and read throughs. Any mistakes are mine and of course I do not own anything!This fic was written for the Angst vs Schmoop Challenge at numb3rswriteoff. After you’ve read the fic, please rate it by voting in the poll located here. (Your vote will be anonymous.) Rate the fic on a scale of 1 - 10 (10 being the best) using the following criteria: how well the fic fit the prompt, how angsty [or schmoopy] the fic was, and how well you enjoyed the fic. When you’re done, please check out the other challenge fic at numb3rswriteoff. Thank you! A few glasses of Eggnog...Tags:fic: angst, round 019 Below are all of the rating polls for Teams Angst and Schmoop for Round Nineteen. Authors, please remember to link to this post, or directly to the relevant poll itself (by clicking on the Poll #xxxx link), in your fic post.**Rating Reminder:1. Your rating will be anonymous.2. You do not have to rate one fic over the other. You are rating each fic on its own merits.3. Rate each fic on a scale from 1 to 10 (10 being the best) on the following criteria:-how well the writer used the theme-how angsty (or schmoopy) the fic was-how much you liked it4. Please only vote once in each poll. Authors, do not rate your own fic.5. Rating for all stories will remain open for two days following the posting of the last story, including pinch-hit fic.( The Polls:Collapse )**Tags:round 019 It’s almost the day we’ve all been waiting for, the first day for fic postage this round! A couple of posting reminders for the Authors so things run smoothly for all of us.**These rules are not optional, so authors please review them before posting your fic.**Rules:1. Your subject line should read: Theme (Team Angst) or Theme (Team Schmoop), as the case may be. (That’s it, no title or any other information, just your theme and team name.)2. Use a header with at least the following information:3. You must include a link to the rating polls post, or directly to the poll itself for your theme in your fic post. The rating polls will be posted to the comm momentarily.4. If you post the fic here at numb3rswriteoff please place the fic itself behind a cut. If you post the fic in your own journal you must link to it here and include the following blurb in your journal:4a. If you post the fic in your own journal, please include the prompt and the team you’re writing for in your header so that the folk reading your fic may properly rate it.5. Your fic must focus on Holiday/Religion, and may be gen, het or slash.6. Your fic must be at least 500 words long. There is no maximum length.7. No WIPs. Your fic must be complete.8. Your fic must stand alone. It may be part of an ongoing ‘verse, or a sequel, but it must be able to stand on its own so the reader is not required to read/have read previous parts to properly rate it.9. This is Numb3rs challenge, so crossovers should generally be saved for the Crossover round.10. You must post your fic by midnight the day it is due.Tags:round 019 I'm posting this reminder a few days earlier this round because of the holidays; I don't want it to get lost in the mad rush. *g*Fic are due next week, beginning Sunday, December 27! If you lost track of it, you can find out which date you are required to post your fic RIGHT HERE.Remember, fic must be posted on your assigned day.Tags:round 019 As always, this posting schedule was developed using the tried and true method of drawing themes out of a hat. *g* **Authors, please comment here to let me know that you’ve seen this post and are aware of your posting date, and that you’ve reviewed the rules below. Thank you!Posting Schedule:Dec 27 - Celebrate (elysium1996, mercilynn)Dec 28 - Tree (sunlesslands, jelsemium)Dec 29 - Faith (rodlox, jestana)Dec 30 - Prayer (jlm110108, admiralandrea)Dec 31 - Tradition (1trackmind, magisterequitum)Rule Reminders:1. Your fic must focus on Holiday/Religion, and may be gen, het or slash.2. Your fic must be at least 500 words long. There is no maximum length.3. No WIPs. Your fic must be complete.4. Your fic must stand alone. It may be part of an ongoing ‘verse, or a sequel, but it must be able to stand on its own so the reader is not required to read/have read previous parts to properly rate it.5. This is a Numb3rs challenge, so your fic must take place in the Numb3rs ‘verse. Please save crossovers for the crossover round, or more crossover-appropriate rounds, such as future!fic or recurring characters.6. You must post your fic by midnight the day it is due.I’ll post a reminder closer to the 27th. In the meantime, happy writing! *g*Tags:round 019 TeamsAngst:sunlesslands - Tree 1trackmind - Tradition jlm110108 - Prayer rodlox - Faith elysium1996 - Celebrate_Schmoop:_magisterequitum - Tradition mercilynn - Celebrate admiralandrea - Prayer (default)jestana - Faith jelsemium - Tree_Pinch-Hit:_NoneThemes:**Following are the five themes for this round of the Angst vs Schmoop Challenge:CelebrateFaithPrayerTraditionTreeOne person from Team Angst, and one from Team Schmoop, will write the same theme. Themes will be given on a first come, first served basis. Comment here to claim your theme! If themes are not claimed by midnight next Monday, December 14th, I will arbitrarily assign the remaining themes. Once all the themes have been claimed (or assigned by default) I will post a posting schedule. (Keep in mind, the sooner all the themes are claimed, the longer you’ll have to write. *g*)Posting: Fic will be due beginning Sunday, December 27, so if anyone will be unavailable (ie, away from the internet) any day during that week, please tell me now, before I create the posting schedule! Once the schedule has been created it will not be changed. Thank you.Tags:round 019 Welcome to December and our nineteenth round here at numb3rswriteoff, which is all about Holidays/Religion! You may use any Numb3rs character/pairing, and your story may be gen, het or slash, it’s up to you.So *rubs hands together greedily*, if you’d like to play this round, comment here and tell me which team you’d like to write for, angst or schmoop.We need at least 6 people to sign up, 3 for each team, but we’ll take more than that if we can get them! We’ll also need pinch-hitters, so you can sign up for that, instead, if you like.Teams will be created on a first-come, first-served basis. That means, if we get 10 people who want to write for Team Schmoop and only 5 willing to write for Team Angst, and no one wants to switch over, we’ll be cutting off the teams at the first 5 people to respond for each team.Sign-ups will be open through midnight Monday, December 7th. (Fic will most likely be due some time during the week of December 27th; depending on the number of people we get signing up I may be able to start it a few days later, or may have to start a few days earlier. If you will not be able to post AT ALL during that time period, please do not sign up.)Also, please do not sign up if you are ineligible to participate in this round. (See the Rule Reminder below.)Any questions, ask them in comments here or e-mail me at spikedluv @ livejournal.com.Please, please pimp this out! The more people we have playing, the merrier. *g* Posting Rule Reminder: Unless you have requested an emergency extension beforehand, you must post your fic on the day it is due. Part of the challenge is meeting that deadline. If you do not post your fic on the day assigned, you will not be eligible to participate in the next round. Please read the rules on the community profile for more information. Thank you.Please note that the time stamp on your post/announcement here at numb3rswriteoff will be used when determining whether a fic has been posted on the day it is due.TeamsAngst:sunlesslands1trackmindjlm110108rodlox1 elysium19962_Schmoop:_magisterequitum mercilynn1 admiralandreajestanajelsemium1_Pinch-Hit:_1 Will write for either team2 Will write for either team/will pinch hitTags:round 019 Top of Page | | 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