Sometimes, the Old Stories Are The Best

In Ancient History, we learned that Neal's birthday is March 21 (and he's an Aries). For the entire week (March 21 – March 27), wcredux is asking for recommendations for stories featuring Neal-as-child or Kid!Neal (de-aged) fanworks.

Same rules apply to Special Theme Weeks - one story that you've written, and it must be at least six month old (written before September, 2015).

You can always recommend as many fanworks from other creators as you want to (but do check to see that they haven't yet been rec'd here on wcredux), and they must also be at least six month old.

Please use this posting template:

<B>Author:</b> <user site="livejournal.com" user="YOUR USER NAME"> <B>Characters/Pairings:</b> <B>Rating:</b> <B>Word Count:</b> <B>Theme:</b> <B>Original Publication Date:</b> <B>Content Notes:</b> <B>Summary:</b> <B>Why should people re-read this story?:</b> <B>Fanwork Links:</b> <a href: >FANWORK NAME</a>

Posts for this Special Theme Week will remain open until 11:59 PM on March 27. Afterwards, your mods will collect the recommendations and add them to the master list.

Just a reminder, March is the time to rec and self-rec Hurt/Comfort fanworks. And remember, instead of one fanwork this month, creators can make multiple recs of their own creations here on wcredux. But (and isn't there always a "but") each recommendation has to feature a different whumpee. For example, one self-rec can have Neal as the whumpee, another rec, Peter, and a third might be Elizabeth, and so on.

Since the very beginning of the White Collar Fandom, the theme of Hurt/Comfort has been preeminent. The White Collar Hurt/Comfort Community is one of the most vibrant on LJ and your mods know how much fanworks creators love this theme. That's why we're opening up the throttle and letting everyone's inner hurt-comforteers run free.

Instead of one fanwork this month, creators can make multiple recs of their own creations here on wcredux. But (and isn't there always a "but") each recommendation has to feature a different whumpee. For example, one self-rec can have Neal as the whumpee, another rec, Peter, and a third might be Elizabeth, and so on.

You can always recommend as many fanworks from other creators as you want to (but do check to see that they haven't yet been rec'd here on wcredux), and they must also be at least six month old.

The age rules for the fanwork are still in effect – the work must be at least six months old (i.e., published before September 2015), and of course, the older the fanwork, the better.

Please use this posting template:

<B>Author:</b> <user site="livejournal.com" user="YOUR USER NAME"> <B>Characters/Pairings:</b> <B>Rating:</b> <B>Word Count:</b> <B>Theme:</b> <B>Original Publication Date:</b> <B>Content Notes:</b> (i.e., warnings or triggers) <B>Summary:</b> <B>Why should people re-read this story?:</b> <B>Fanwork Links:</b> <a href: >FANWORK NAME</a>

Posts for this theme will be open until March 31. Early next month your mods will collect the recommendations and add them to the master list.

Please don't hesitate to contact a mod if you have any questions.

Some of us hate St. Valentine's Day and the manufactured romance, but you have to admit that it makes for a potent theme in the bleakness of mid-winter. wcredux wants your romantic and your schmoopy fanwork recommendations. And if you find that you are opposed, in principal, to the very idea of Valentine's Day, then give us a recommendation for a trainwreck of a relationship.

Remember - you can recommend one of your fanworks for the theme and the fanwork must be at least six months old (i.e., published before August 2015), but the older the fanwork, the better.

Please use this posting template:

<B>Author:</b> <user site="livejournal.com" user="YOUR USER NAME"> <B>Characters/Pairings:</b> <B>Rating:</b> <B>Word Count:</b> <B>Theme:</b> <B>Original Publication Date:</b> <B>Content Notes:</b> <B>Summary:</b> <B>Why should people re-read this story?:</b> <B>Fanwork Links:</b> <a href: >FANWORK NAME</a>

Posts for this theme will be open until February 28. Early in March your mods will collect the recommendations and add them to the master list.

Please don't hesitate to contact a mod if you have any questions.

Just a reminder, January is the time to rec and self-rec First Time fanworks.

It's a New Year, and what better time to bring out the old fanworks! Because it's a new year, it's also a time for fresh starts and new beginnings and very first times. That can mean anything - a first date, a first kiss, a first night in prison! wcredux wants you to share your best White Collar first times for the entire month of January.

Remember - you can recommend one of your fanworks for the theme and the fanwork must be at least six months old (i.e., published before July 2015), but the older the fanwork, the better.

Please use this posting template:

<B>Author:</b> <user site="livejournal.com" user="YOUR USER NAME"> <B>Characters/Pairings:</b> <B>Rating:</b> <B>Word Count:</b> <B>Theme:</b> <B>Original Publication Date:</b> <B>Content Notes:</b> <B>Summary:</b> <B>Why should people re-read this story?:</b> <B>Fanwork Links:</b>

Posts for this theme will be open until January 31. Early in February, your mods will collect the recommendations and add them to the master list.

Just a reminder that this month's theme is Holiday stories. Don't forget to post!

Author: elrhiarhodan
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Peter/Neal
Rating: R
Word Count: ~500
Theme: Arrest-i-versary
Original Publication Date: February 14, 2013
Content Notes: Reference to non-canonical death of canon character; implied dub-con.
Summary: It's Neal's first day in prison, and he's going to be bunkmates with the scariest inmate in Sing-Sing, Peter Burke.
Why should people re-read this story?: Because it's a taste of a longer A/U that I still want to write.
Fanwork Links: Breaking the Horrid Silence