“Lin Shu was not very old when he died,” he said mildly at last. “He lived a pleasant and easy life: in many ways more pleasant and easy than yours, though you were the prince. The heir of the Lin family received more care from his father than the Emperor’s younger son by a minor concubine ever hoped for from his. And as for himself, he was reasonably intelligent,” and there at reasonably was the anger sparking in Prince Jing’s eyes, as Mei Changsu had expected, “and very well taught: taken together those things may appear to approach genius, and since he enjoyed being thought of as exceptional, he encouraged this perception.”
The officer looked down at his clothing – fashionable and heavily layered robes, expensively made from natural fibers, warm but impractical on a spaceship – and Mei Changsu could see him draw the desired conclusion: a weak civilian who couldn’t even handle the minor shift in antigrav that came from walking from the shuttle to the ship. “Of course. This way,” he said.
(Who that definition encompasses is entirely up to you.)
Dress up as them, write a letter/notes as one of them or to them, meta about them, compose a poem about them, make them a food, make them a playlist, sing them a song, make a powerpoint presentation about their innumerable qualities, write them a love letter, etc
OR
B) Poke around and help repopulate the old NIF kinkmeme
You can leave new prompts, fill prompts, +1 existing prompts, add ideas to prompts, collaborate in brainstorming or thread!fic, promote the nirvanainfirekinkmeme to friends, etc!
For inspiration, you can even look through existing prompt lists from previous NIF fest and NIF exchanges :D
A) Create something that relates to an existing NIF fanwork
This does NOT have to be a polished or completed work, and the “relate” part can be very loose! For the purpose of these challenges, a fanwork is any NIF content made by a fan.
Ideas: - doodle while listening to a podfic - dress up in your best modern NIF fashion - share a headcanon about a gifset you that made you cry - practice a section of NIF music on your instrument - create a playlist for a fanwork - write a drabble in the same universe as a vid - draw a fanart for a story - do an oral!not fic sequel to a story - podfic a story - make a moodboard or cover for a fanwork - craft an object that features in a fanwork - try a recipe that features in canon or in a fanwork - translate a fanwork/song - write text messages a character might send another from a fanwork - share a plotbunny born from an art - whatever else you can think of!
Please remember to note in the Comment what type of work you are submitting.
OR
B) Create a “DVD commentary”for a fanwork or canonical scene of your choice.
What is going through your head while you consume that scene or fanwork? Any insight about its creation? Talk it out!This can be your own fanwork, or someone else’s fanwork you particularly enjoy and have thoughts about. (For this challenge, please do not engage in critique of a fanwork not your own, unless you have explicit permission from the original creator to do so.)Ideas:- text post- voiceclip- annotated bibliography- ppt presentation- poster- Twitter thread- etc!
Make friends, talk about NIF, share your faves, create new works, and have tons of fun!!! :D
WHAT DO I DO?
Fulfill the daily challenges to earn cute Niu!yan stamps to go on your stamp card!! :D Submit your finished challenges in that day’s DW submission post.
No sign-ups, do as much or as little as you feel like!!!
We will be revealing 7 daily challenges on Feb 12, and everyone has 2 weeks to complete them. Challenges are all mediums, no minimum, do as much or little as you like, think outside the box, casual, unfinished or unpolished works welcome!
To encourage you to try them all, we will be revealing a stamp card with cute stamps you can collect for each day’s challenge you complete! No sign-upsnecessary.
This fest will be run through primarily DREAMWIDTH (no account necessary to participate) although participants are welcome to post their works on their platform of choice, and merely submit a link to it on our DW submission post.
Tell your friends and watch this space for the challenges reveal which will happen on FEBRUARY 12 2021!
