betaplease | Entries tagged with fandom: books (other)

Fandom: Vorkosigan books (through Civil Campaign, spotty on canon after that)
Characters/Pairings: Ivan Vorpatril/Byerly Vorrutyer
Rating & Warnings: Explicit; canon-typical homophobia and transphobia, nonconsensual body modification, underage

in that the case being investigated involves

nonconsensual gender reassignment surgery being tested on teenaged sex workers

Estimated Fic Length: approx. 65,000, 10 chapters, complete (currently in editing)
Notes: I'm looking for two things; if you can offer one that's great! SPAG should not be a problem.
1) someone who knows Vorkosigan canon (I started writing this 10ish years ago and lost a lot of my notes on canon since, so if you can point out that someone's blond and/or died in MD, etc., that'd be wonderful) and
2) someone who can spot holes in a casefic (Ivan and By are not supposed to be good detectives, but I do want the deduction and denouement to make sense): a canon-blind reader is welcome but may be confused by the SF elements.

I'd like to start posting in September if possible, but that's open rn. I can share the first chapter if you want an idea of what the story's like.

chocochipbiscuit

Fandom: The Fraud Squad
Characters/Pairings: Anya Chen/Raina Chandra (F/F)
Rating & Warnings: T, references to past domestic violence and abuse, mild biphobia, mentioned homophobia, fatphobia, classism
Estimated Fic Length: ~8k words
Notes: I'm looking for a beta who's familiar with Singapore! More specifically: the fic contains Anya's first experience at a hawker center, as well as other scenes and conversations that I would appreciate a read on for cultural competency.

A kind reader was found, thank you!

sunfright

Fandom: Call Me By Your Name/Find Me (novels)
Characters/Pairings: Elio/Original Male Character, Elio/Oliver (in the past)
Rating & Warnings: Teen and Up Audience, brief sex implications, some sexual words
Estimated Fic Length: 5K
Notes: Especially looking for eyes on my American English (I default to British) in terms of language, otherwise I'd love someone to keep an eye on use of metaphors and symbolism, thematic work throughout the story and whether the red thread is evident enough; of course, some words on characterization and character voice/dialogue would be nice, but I wouldn't mind a canonblind beta for this as long as the rest could be covered!
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the_rck

Fandom: Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny

Characters/Pairings: Merlin/Luke, Merlin/Martin, Martin/Luke, Ghostwheel, Mandor

Rating & Warnings: Explicit. Non-con. Darkfic. Revenge. Canon divergent AU. Some non-canon speculation about shapeshifters and sex and gender and identity. Merlin monologues a bit. Weak ending/requires sequel.

Notes: I’m writing for

iddyiddybangbang, so the deadline is the 15th. The story is about 33000 words, and I’m more in need of a beta who can tell me if the characterization is erratic and if I have left Chekov’s gun unfired or failed to adequately explain something. A SPaG check would be appreciated but is less important. This story diverges from canon after Luke left Merlin in the Blue Crystal Cave and has some very, very unpleasant things happen to Merlin as part of the backstory. The unpleasant things in the story itself are pretty much all things that Merlin does, more or less in response, and things he remembers. The Merlin/Martin is consensual. Everything with Luke is not.

malurette

Hello! I'm ESL and mostly need a beta for grammar/syntax/phrasing/vocabulary nitpicking on a few short one-shot. I already found a volunteer for some but not all of them and anyway I figured another go just ot be sure couldn't hurt?
All of these one-shot are between 500 and 1000-word long. A content beta would be appreciated as well, but I'm afraid I'm not able yet to rewrite the fics, so any remarks would be stored and kept in mind for the next time I write about the same characters. So far they're all posted on my personal journal and should be republished on AO3 and FF.Net if I can get them betaed and the assurance that they're at least grammatically correct. If you feel up to the task, you can either comment directly on the posts or send me a PM.

( AtLA, Discworld, FMA, HTTYD, PoM )

Thanks in advance!

outstretched

Hello! I've caught up on tags again to prepare for the new year.

Another reminder that I won't add a tag for a specific fandom until at least two different people post about that fandom on the comm. If you don't see your fandom in the tag list, you're proably looking for a catch-all tag:

fandom: animanga series
fandom: books (other)
fandom: movies (other)
fandom: none/original fiction
fandom: nonfiction
fandom: tv shows (other)
fandom: video games (other)
fandom: webcomics (other)
fandom: web series (other)
fandom: western animation (other)
fandom: western comics (other)

I regularly go through the catch-all tags to see if there are any doubles that need to be moved to a tag of their own. If you want to get your own fandom tag faster, encourage your friends to use this comm too! :D

I've also added the new tag "fandom: star trek (reboot)", to try and differentiate the newer movies from the older tv series and movies. We've not yet had more than one person asking for betas in each individual star trek series, which is why they're still using the catch-all "fandom: star trek series."

If there's anything else I can do to make the comm's tag system easier to use, please let me know. Thank you for using

betaplease and happy new year! Please remember to tag your posts!

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greendawn - looking for a Vorkosiverse beta, M/M casefic, TW
chocochipbiscuit - [BETA FOUND] Seeking beta for fic set in Singapore!
sunfright - Call Me By Your Name fic, deadline in ten days.
the_rck - Seeking Beta: Chronicles of Amber darkfic AU
malurette - wanted: grammar/language beta for a few one-shot
outstretched - Modly new year's cleaning

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