Snowflake Challenge No.3

I'm back to doing those two at a time

Challenge #6 favourite piece of original canon
Since I'm a multifandom whore fanatic this is really difficult, I scrolled through the comments on the post for some inspiration and people brought up very powerful scenes and characters etc. The Death's speech about believe at the end of The Hogfather, scenes from Star Trek and others brought back some very powerful memories.
Two things come to my mind:

1. The scene in DS9 when Dr. Bashir meets Garak for the first time. It is less about the scene itself and more about how it came to be and what this first meeting in canon will lead to. From Andrew Robinson apparently deciding on the fly to play Garak as absolutely horny for the dear Doctor and Alexander Siddig picking it up and playing along to A Stitch in Time, which if you don't know reads like an overly complicated love letter from Garak to Dr. Bashir.

2. Beatrice from Much Ado about Nothing. I could end it right there, cause she's awesome. But there is a little detail that stuck out to me: Beatrice is probably an heiress.

It's not in the text I know, but bare with me. Beatrice is Leonato's niece. Leonato's brother Antonio barely interacts with Beatrice it's never made clear that they are father and daughter, if anyone acts parental towards Beatrice it's Leonato. She's listed as his niece not someone's daughter in the dramatis personae, everything points to her being a ward of her uncle - none of this would make sense if she's Antonio's daughter. So let's assume she's not, that would make her the daughter of a sibling of Innogen, Leonato's wife and a ghost character, who is only mentioned in the dramatis personae in early edition, but doesn't get a single line of dialogue. Innogen and Beatrice might be the only two people remaining from this family, which would make Beatrice a potential heiress.

In addition Beatrice has no real pressure - yeah, people assume she will marry one day, cause everyone does, and they tease her about it, but no one tells her that she needs a man to secure her future, which realistically would be the case unless she makes money or has inherited money.

So I think Beatrice is an heiress and I love her to bits.

Edit: Hit enter too early and it posted only half the post. I'm trying to fix it.

Snowflake Challenge No.4

Challenge #7 Wishlist

Three or more things I wish for. This is a tough one - that's what I thought at first and now look at this list. Oh, well.

Let's start with the sensible ones:

1. Good Crossover Recs - I love a good crossover fic as long as I'm into one of the fandoms and it's well written, so if you have any recs for me that would make me so happy!

2. Good Podfics Recs - I'm also a fan of podfics, especially longer ones.

3.  Do you know a fic that explores a relationship? Please tell me, I love that so much. Characters that already know each other, but get to know each other and themselves even better and grow together through hardship? That's my jam and since that's really hard to tag it is really hard to find. In other words I'm always hungry for more.

These are more on the impossible side of things, I'm afraid, but one never knows:

1. I'd love for Like I Like my Coffee by binz and shiplizard to continue. Even unfinished it's one of my favourite fics ever. I first read it ~2018 when I was brand new to the Hornblower fandom and loved it so much. I still do. It's one of the best Modern Day AU's I've ever read. I asked the authors years ago if they have abandoned the fic, but the answer was a firm "no, we are just very stressed irl" which is completely understandable. I'm still worried tho.

2. A podfic/audio drama version of Eye of the Tiger by dolphin_ring , which I'm calling The Reality TV AU in my head, would be great. It doesn't have to be the whole series, one of the parts would be plenty and already a ton of work. I'd even do some of the editing/recording. It's an absolutely brilliant chat/texting fic, which would make it impossible to record as a single person. Andy goes to Survivor and is her usual charming self. Everyone else tries to help.

3. I'd like to find a good beta reader, who gives constructive criticism and advice, especially for the two Harry Potter fics that won't leave me alone, but I also won't get written, without being able to discuss them with someone, who can help me figure that shit out. Any help in finding a beta reader would be greatly appreciated.