Nobody expects the Eurovision RPF!

[exeterlinden]

Well, at least I didn't. I am so embarrassed.

Title: Canavar
Fandom: Eurovision RPF
Characters: Farid Mammadov, Alexander Kuzmenko, Emmelie de Forest
Words: 3919 (wtf?)
Warnings: None
Rating: Gen
Disclaimer: I own nothing, I earn nothing, and I know nothing about these people.

Author's Note: I don't even know. One minute I was idly contemplating the fact that the Azerbaijani singer looked a little like Derek Hale, and then all of a sudden... This.

Link to story on AO3: Canavar

Also, links to sources:

(All links go to Youtube unless otherwise noted)

1. Farid as a young boy, performing with the Bülbüller Ensemble.

2. A sudden bout of stage fright at age fifteen.

3. Farid's a capoiera instructor.

4. Whenever he gets the chance, Farid goes jogging through the streets of Malmö.

5. The wolf in him is beginning to think of Alex as pack. (link goes to photobucket)

6. A story from the Danish news: Are wolves returning to Denmark? (link goes to dr.dk)

And finally:

7. The Winner of The Eurovision Song Contest 2013 (\o/)

8. And the runner-up (\o/\o/)

Comments

[calvinahobbes]

OMG WHAT DID YOU MAKE ME READ?!?!? WHY DID I LIKE THIS??? OMGGGG when I realized what you were doing with the she-wolf! And then -- wolves in Denmark. Argh. I don't know whether to love it or hate it! :D

Is this why you were talking to me about werewolves??? And here I was, afraid I had distracted you with fic talk :P

(Exams handed in okay?)

[exeterlinden]

I KNOW! I KNOW! I'M SORRY! :D

I just couldn't let the idea go! And I had all this information from my enegy drink-addled Youtube searches! :D I think I'll write this one down as the most pleasurable and silly overspringshandling (act of procrastination?) I've ever had for exams.

The idea was only just beginning to form when we talked ;) Except for writing the exam assignments, the only two things I've had any coherent thought about the last week was EUROVISION and then trying to read Teen Wolf fic before crashing out at night...

But I actually (mostly) resisted writing this until both assignments were completed and handed in - which makes me feel very mature and repsonsible. But then I look at the ~4000 words of Eurovision fanfiction I just wrote *g*

[calvinahobbes]

Hee! It sounds like you just created the perfect storm of Eurovision + Teen Woolf fic + procrastination :P Ooh, and ~almost not writing it before assignments is totally grown up! (Urgh, I am having a total grown-up fail, second day going :(( )

Congratulations on being DONE! I hope you get a moment to enjoy it.

[exeterlinden]

I really did! I inadvertently created an environment where not writing a Eurovision Werewolf AU was practically impossible :)

But your exam period is so much longer than mine - you can write a little fic, surely? /evil enabling. Also, I cleverly didn't mention the amount of time I spent googling and youtubing in English, Azerbaijani, Turkish and Russian to find every mp3 file available with Farid Mammadov :D

Thank you! I am enjoying it so, so much :) I would say: glæd dig, but then, I'm sure you are ;)

[calvinahobbes]

Well, at least today I wrote A LITTLE thesis, so I guess that's something :P

I am looking forward to it so much :(( I knew it would start to be bad once everyone else finished their exams, and it already is. But I want to be done by July, so so badly!

PS: Do you still want to talk about SH, or are you done with my mean beta ways? ;)

PPS: I want to write a meta post about it for when you post it, but I couldn't find one my emails, and I was just about to complain to you but now I realize it's because hotmail was down and I sent it via ymail! *goes to check*

[exeterlinden]

\o/ It is!

I am hoping to write an article this summer (based on our BA), so maybe we can do a little bit of studying together?

By now I can't really figure out if the fic needs more betaing, or if it's just my insecurity issues regarding it that need soothing, tbh :) I'll drop you a quick mail?

Goodness, I am ridiculously excited to read your meta!

[calvinahobbes]

Ooh, article sounds impressive and ambitious! I totally want to study together! In fact, I really could have used some company this week what with my level of avoidance, but well.

Hee, but I am totally around for insecurity soothing, if that's needed ;)

IDK I have all these thoughts, but every time I try to write something, I forget how to word. Maybe I just need to re-read it ooone more time... Hmm, or maybe talking about it.

[luzula]

Ahahahaha. I did not watch this (and I have, like, no idea who won the Swedish contest and what our contribution sounded like), but I guess I'll check it out. : )

Isn't it nice being ambushed by fic sometimes? I just wrote a completely unexpected fic for a rarelit fandom with about ten works on AO3...

[exeterlinden]

I am a helpless Eurovision fan by now. I used to have at least a little bit of distance, you know, and a hipper, more sarcastic approach - but by now, I'm just... It's so sparkly! And cheesy! And, and, and. Absolutely wonderful! :D

It was so much fun to be bitten by the writing bug like this again <3 After the endless marathon that is my SH fic, it was nice to just sit down and write for six hours and then when I lifted my hands from the keyboard, voilá, fic!

Which rarelit fandom did you write for?

Also, I ended up googling both the Stenshuvud and Söderåsen national parks to figure out which one would be best for werewolves, and now I think I might try to convince my brother to go to Söderåsen for a day or two during the summer. I've ended up not having much of a summer holdiday, because I got a job, and it looks like a good weekend trip.

Edited to add: Oh, and I watched your pictures from Northern Norway with much envy and admiration. Allemansrätten is the coolest thing in the world.

[luzula]

It's so sparkly! And cheesy! And, and, and. Absolutely wonderful! :D

This is a reference to the Disney Cinderella movie, yes? I mean, it's a well-known reference in Sweden, but I don't know if you guys have that Disney medley on TV every Christmas eve like we do, that all kids watch?

Hey, how's it going with the SH fic? Could you make out my cryptic scribbles?

I wrote fic for Rosemary Sutcliff's Sword at Sunset--it's basically an Arthurian adaptation. Hopefully to be posted soon!

I've been to Stenshuvud, but it was long ago, and I've never been to Söderåsen at all. I bet it's awesome. Oh, and I'm glad you liked the Norway photos!

[exeterlinden]

It is :D We have the Christmas show, too. And I was quoting the Danish version, so they must be very similar.

The SH fic is moving along slowly, but steadily. I managed to figure out most (but not all) of your notes :) I found a lovely and helpful person to do a final grammar end brit-pick beta, and then it should be ready for posting.

Rosemary Sutcliff <3 I've only read the Eagle, still, but I'm planning to read more of hers.