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sweetandshort is running an April Bingo with a 2x2 card.

Current Mood: busy

prisca posting in

sweetandshort

It's bingo time again. Let's have some fun with the following table:

The End	Market
Sad	Evidence

To complete the challenge, grab all the prompts and blackout the card. You can do single works or combine the four prompts in one work.
No one will blame you when you decide to do only one or two prompts, though.

Allowed are fics up to 500 words, small poems like haiku or similar, icons (100x100 px), and small graphics up to 500 px width x height. Please stay to the maximum, even if you decide to use all prompts in one work.

All fandoms, genres, and ratings are welcome, as are original work and real-person work.

Please tag your work with '2025' and any other relevant tags.

This challenge runs until March 31, at midnight in your time zone.

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Challenge Reminder:
10 out of 20
Picture Prompt Fun
Only Two

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What does representation in television mean to you? Do you find representation important? When did you feel represented in a TV show?

krzeslicko posting in

allbutromance

SOLVED I Was a Teenage Exocolonist (Video Game)
Could the nominator for this fandom please confirm that Sol is a Player-Insert and not an independent character? As we don't allow Reader-Inserts or Y/N fanworks at this time, we'd sadly have to delete that relationship tag.
Please, let us know :-)

EDIT:
SOLVED Welcome Home - Clown Illustration

~~Wally Darling & Wally Darling's Home (Welcome Home)~~

~~Please confirm Wally Darling's Home is a character on their own? We're not familiar with the source material.~~

krzeslicko posting in

allbutromance

Adding to the previous posts, we need to resolve the following:

~~FIXED, THANKS Disney Dreamlight Valley (Video Game)~~

~~Goofy & Player Character (Disney Dreamlight Valley)~~
~~Merlin & Player Character (Disney Dreamlight Valley)~~
~~Oswald the Lucky Rabbit & Player Character (Disney Dreamlight Valley)~~
~~Player Character (Disney Dreamlight Valley) & Moana Waialiki~~
~~Player Character (Disney Dreamlight Valley) & Ursula (Disney)~~
~~Player Character & Remy (Disney Dreamlight Valley)~~
~~Player Character & Scar (Disney Dreamlight Valley)~~
~~Scrooge McDuck & Player Character (Disney Dreamlight Valley)~~
~~The Forgotten & Player Character (Disney Dreamlight Valley)~~

Please clarify if the Player Character is an insert character for the player? Since we don't allow Y/N and Reader-Insert, we're torn to allow such characters if they lack characterisation from the original medium. There will be a separate post stating whether mods will allow those nominations.
EDIT: For that matter, we're currently discussing whether to allow Yuu from Twsted Wonderland and The Player from Poppy Playtime. If you are the nominator, please let us know whether the character could stand on their own right, and is not just a self-insert.

~~CLEARED, THANK Mario + Rabbids Series (Video Games)~~

~~Luigi (Nintendo) & Rabbid Luigi (Mario + Rabbids)~~
~~Mario (Nintendo) & Rabbid Mario (Mario + Rabbids)~~
~~Phantom of the Bwahpera & Rayman (Rayman)~~
~~Princess Peach (Nintendo) & Rabbid Peach (Mario + Rabbids)~~
~~Rabbid Luigi & Rabbid Mario (Mario + Rabbids)~~
~~Rabbid Mario (Mario + Rabbids) & Rayman (Rayman)~~
~~Rabbid Mario & Rabbid Peach (Mario + Rabbids) & Rayman (Rayman)~~
~~Rabbid Peach (Mario + Rabbids) & Rayman (Rayman)~~

Please clarify if those characters appear in the original medium. If they don't, please nominate them in Crossover Fandom. If they do, please clear the tags (nominate without the medium, so "Luigi (Nintendo) & Rabbid Luigi (Mario + Rabbids)" should be nominated as "Luigi & Rabbid Luigi").

krzeslicko posting in

allbutromance

Reminder not to disambiguate the nominations unless they are a Crossover, please! So don't use a canonical tag, just type the names as normal. "Character A & Character B"
Also, please avoid piping. Ex. type "Kix" instead of "CT-6116 | Kix", unless it's important, in which case please explain in the comments :-)

A few more inquiries:

FIXED, THANKS Avatar
Nominator for the Avatar fandom, could you please change the nominations so they don't include (Avatar) at the end?
ACCEPTED Momo & Zuko (Avatar) and Zuko & Zuko's Crew (Avatar), as AO3 didn't want to accept it otherwise

~~Baldur's Gate~~
~~FIXED Nominator for the BG fandom, could you please change the nominations so they don't include (Baldur's Gate) at the end? Unless it's a Crossover?~~

~~Gale (Baldur's Gate) & Mystra (Dungeons & Dragons)~~

~~Does Mystra appear in BG on their own, or is this meant to be a Crossover? In that case, we'll move it to Crossover Fandom.~~

~~SOLVED, ACCEPTED Le Comte de Monte-Cristo | Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas~~

~~Benedetto | André de Villefort | Andrea Cavalcanti & Edmond Dantès~~

~~Is the piping here necessary?~~

SOLVED The Fall of the House of Usher (TV 2023)
Please don't include (The Fall of the House of Usher 2023) in the nomination.

重启之极海听雷 | Reunion: The Sound of the Providence (TV 2020)

Hei Xia Zi & Liu Sang (DMBJ Series)

Is this a crossover, or does Liu Sang appear in the Reunion: The Sound of the Providence on their own? I'm not familiar with the series, if it's a crossover, I'll move it to the Crossover Fandom tag.

Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021)

Ekko & Jinx (League of Legends)
Jayce (League of Legends) & Mel Medarda etc.

Please change the nomination not to include (League of Legends), unless it's a crossover!

Jinx (League of Legends) & Silco (Arcane: League of Legends)
Silco (Arcane: League of Legends) & Vander (League of Legends)
Jinx (League of Legends) & Sevika (Arcane: League of Legends)

Please tell us, is this meant to be a crossover between the game and the show? In that case I'll move it to the Crossover Fandom. If not, please clear up the nomination.

~~CLEARED, THANKS Chronicles of Narnia - C. S. Lewis~~

~~Peter Pevensie & Susan Pevensie (Narnia - Lewis)~~

~~Please confirm this is not a crossover? And please clear up the nomination, if you could.~~

~~FIXED~~ ~~Doki Doki Literature Club! (Visual Novel)~~

~~Natsuki & Yuri (Doki Doki Literature Club!)~~
~~Monika & Natsuki & Sayori & Yuri (Doki Doki Literature Club!)~~

~~Nominator, please confirm this is not a crossover and clear up the nomination.~~

CLEARED, THANKS Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
~~CLEARED, THANKS Hawkeye (TV 2021)~~
~~FIXED MiSide (Video Game)~~
~~FIXED Mouthwashing (Video Game)~~
~~CLEARED, THANKS~~ ~~Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021)~~
~~FIXED Stardew Valley (Video Game)~~
~~FIXED The Amazing Digital Circus (Web Series)~~
~~CLEARED, THANKS~~ ~~The Fallen Angels Series - Mary Jo Putney~~
~~CLEARED, THANKS~~ ~~The Juniper Game - Sherryl Jordan~~
~~CLEARED, THANKS~~ ~~Viper (TV 1994)~~
~~FIXED We Bare Bears (Cartoon)~~
~~FIXED Welcome Home - Clown Illustration~~
~~FIXED Zombieland (2009 2019)~~
Nominators, please clear up the nominations so that it's clear it's not a crossover (either delete the fandom, or state clearly here it's a Crossover Fandom).

Star Wars - All Media Types

501st Legion Members (Star Wars: The Clone Wars) & Anakin Skywalker | Darth Vader
CT-6116 | Kix & Anakin Skywalker | Darth Vader
CT-7567 | Rex & Anakin Skywalker | Darth Vader
Galen Marek | Starkiller & Anakin Skywalker | Darth Vader
Anakin Skywalker | Darth Vader & Ahsoka Tano
501st Legion Members (Star Wars: The Clone Wars) & Anakin Skywalker | Darth Vader
Leia Organa & Anakin Skywalker | Darth Vader
R2-D2 & Anakin Skywalker | Darth Vader
Sheev Palpatine | Darth Sidious & Anakin Skywalker | Darth Vader

At first, I allowed Anakin Skywalker | Darth Vader, but I think it would be confusing. Please state, if you meant Anakin or Darth Vader, unless you're interested in either? I'll add it to the rules later.
Nominator, please change your nomination to avoid piping.

CLEARED Benimaru & Hakuro & Shion & Shuna & Souei → 転生したらスライムだった件 - 伏瀬 | Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken | That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime - Fuse
Would this assosiation be correct? I might have goofed up in the tagset, please confirm if these characters should be in this fandom.

EDIT:
Daredevil (TV)

Matt Murdock & Gwen Stacy | Spider-Gwen

Please confirm if Gwen Stacy appeared in the TV show Daredevil? If this is a Crossover, please let me know so it can go into the appropriate fandom.

EDIT 2:
SOLVED EPIC - Jorge Rivera-Herrans (Albums)
Nominator, please clear up the tags (delete the fandom name from the nominations), thank you!

EDIT 3:
Also, I know Magnus Archives has piping, that's my goof! I'll try to be more careful in the future, and for now I'll let the tags be as they are.

And that's all for now! Thank you for such a good turn-out.

Tagset closes on Monday, 5 May 2025.

longficmod posting in

fandom5k

Hello! I have continued the annual tradition of dragging my feet on posting a schedule and, as a result, pushing everything just a little bit later than last year. But 2025 is here! Some dates may be tweaked slightly before signups begin:

Nominations: 23 April - 1 May

Signups: 3 May - 11 May

Assignments out by: 14 May

Mandatory check-in: 7-14 June

Default deadline: 14 June

Works due: 28 June

Works revealed: 19 July

Creators revealed: 28 July

I'm also announcing a few rule changes.

First, standalone comics of 5 pages or more will be allowed this year!

Second, partly to support the ability to request/offer comics for different character combinations, I will be allowing participants to request and offer the same fandom multiple times. You must still request 3 unique fandoms and offer 4 unique fandoms.

Third and finally, the use of AI to generate text or images is not allowed in Fandom5K.

Rules are still being finalized, but you can read the draft here. Not much else has changed since last year.

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littlefics posting in

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Signups have just opened, and nominations are still ongoing!

We have ~~two~~ three nominations queries at this time. If you were one of the nominators of these tags, we would appreciate you helping us with clarifications:

Little Shop of Horrors - Menken/Ashman: The tag "Chantel (Little Shop of Horrors)" was nominated, but we are having trouble confirming that this character exists. Could the nominator share information on where they appear in the canon?
Eizouken ni wa Te wo Dasu na! | Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!: The tag "Sheriff Dekastop (Eizouken)" was nominated, but we are having trouble confirming that this character exists. Could the nominator share information on where they appear in the canon?
Heartbeat (UK TV): The tag "Cup of Tea (Object and Concept Anthropomorphism)" was nominated, but we wanted to double-check if this is indeed a nomination for a cup of tea that appears in Heartbeat—in which case it should be disambiguated with the proper fandom—or if it was an error.

Thank you!

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casemod posting in

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Hello, fellow gumshoes! We have a week left until sign-ups close. Signups are open until Sunday 27 April. [ In your timezone + Countdown. ] You can view the tagset for our approved canons and relationships.

Please refer to our sign-up guidelines if you're interested in signing up!

Please make sure you make yourself matchable as a creator. One of the easiest ways to do this is to look at the the sign-up summary, requests summary and AO3 app.

Please also make sure that you include casefic likes in your sign-up. Prompts are required for this exchange, and I will be contacting participants who have signed up that don't have clear casefic likes in their sign-up asking them to add some. If you're needing some inspiration on how to prompt, I've compiled a list of prompts for you to refer to.

Enjoy what's left of your annual leave before you're put to work solving the case of the year! See you in a week! 🩷

flowersforgraves posting in

unconventionalfanworkex

Welcome to the official nominations post for 2025. Please read all guidelines before nominating.

Each participant may nominate a maximum of 5 medium types and 5 fandoms. There is no limit to the number of characters you may nominate in each fandom. In contrast to previous rounds, no relationships or groups may be nominated.

Can I Nominate...
- Original Works? Yes!
- RPF? Yes, as long as all nominated persons are 18+ and famous in their own right.
- Worldbuilding? Yes!
- Creator's Choice of Fandom? No. I will add this in at the end of nominations.
- "Any X Character"? Yes!
- Existing fanworks (in order to create recursive fanworks)? Yes, as long as you provide me with a link to a permission statement by the original fanwork creator. I will not search for this myself.

Please nominate fandom/characters and medium types in separate comments. This helps me keep track of them. If you include both in the same comment, I will only accept the one you've listed first. The first two top-level comments are examples from me.

If you're using a specific phrasing for a medium that may not be easily found with a quick web search, please include a link! This helps me determine if it's appropriate for this event and, further, to create a specific minimum.

ACCEPTED FANDOM/CHARACTER NOMINATIONS:

( Read more... )

ACCEPTED MEDIUM NOMINATIONS:

( Read more... )

goddess47 posting in

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Title: Calling in a Marker
Author:

goddess47
Fandom: Stargate SG-1, 9-1-1
Pairing: Athena Grant/Bobby Nash
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1025

Summary:

We all know Athena is BAMF, she learned it somewhere...

Notes:

For

trope_of_the_month April 2025 - crossover

This is a fix-it for the 9-1-1 episode "Lab Rats". It will make sense to like 6 people but, well, it's for you.

Calling in a Marker on AO3

krzeslicko posting in

allbutromance

The nominations have been open, and we're already seeing the tagset fill with your fabulous nominations!

We do have one initial inquiry!

Final Fantasy XII

Balthier & Vaan (Ivalice Alliance)

As we're not familiar with the source material, could we ask for clarification - does Vaan appear in Final Fantasy XII, or is this a crossover? If so, we'll move it to Crossover Fandom.

Nominations will close on Monday, 5 May 2025 8 PM UTC!

prisca posting in

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Sorry for bothering you again with some of my thoughts. I hope you don't mind reading and helping me figure out what to do with it. Thank you!

It's because of the DW Points I have added as challenge rewards. Let me explain shortly, how I came up with the idea.

The idea of DW point rewards crossed my mind one day when I thought about making one or more of my communities paid communities to support the DW Team a bit more (because I think they're doing a great job and deserve the support). But to be honest, my communities are small, and a paid account wouldn't make much of a difference for most of their users.

So I came up with the idea of having small DW point rewards for the best participants at Fandom Empire, as a bit of a thank you for all their great works and for regular participation.

The last thing I want is to put participants under pressure or make them feel uncomfortable.

So, I am interested in your thoughts now. The poll is anonymous; everyone can see the results, but no one (not even me) will know who the participants are.

Poll #33012 DW Point Rewards

This poll is anonymous.
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 10

What do you think about DW Point Rewards

View Answers

I like the idea
10 (100.0%)

I am double-minded
0 (0.0%)

I don't like the idea
0 (0.0%)

How to handle DW Points

View Answers

DW points for the winner
5 (50.0%)

DW points for three randomly choosen regular participants
5 (50.0%)

Comments to this post are screened!

krzeslicko posting in

allbutromance

Nominations Open!

Do you have a great appreciation of found family, friendship, teammates etc. in fanworks?

Do you create, or want to create, fanworks about platonic relationships alongside other passionate fans?

Look no further than All But Romance Fanwork Exchange 2025!

Our brand-new exchange focuses on relationships indicated by "&" on AO3, and the nominations for the tagset have just been opened!

To take part, simply nominate fandom and relationships of your choice (rules for nominations here) using your AO3 account in the tagset. Signups will use only fandoms and relationships from the tagset, so please check it out :)

General rules can be found here.

Schedule:
>>Nominations: 21 April – 5 May 2025
Signups: 7 – 24 May 2025
Posting deadline: 3 August 2025
Work reveal: 17 August 2025
Creator reveal: 31 August 2025

All deadlines are at 20:00 UTC

billykaplan posting in

sweetandshort

Entry for 10 out of 20: a Jewish Johnlock t4t femslash featuring Rosie.

“Those candles aren’t going to light themselves,” Jean laughed. She swung little Rosie up onto a high chair and secured the straps before leaning back into her own seat, her eyes fluttering closed.

“I know,” Sherlock frowned. She was squinting at the Shabbat candlesticks as if they were alien, even though she had watched Mummy Holmes with them on so many late summer nights and early winter afternoons. It seemed a part of her protested the idea of using them now that she inherited them. She didn’t understand their game, her parents were still alive.

Perhaps this was their way of being quiet critics, telling her that she really ought to keep the Sabbath. Sherlock almost snorted at the thought. Instead, she settled for shaking her head, her curls flitting madly about.

Or maybe, she thought, this was her Mother’s wordless approval of her transition. It had all happened quickly — Jean, showing up at her house, baby in tow, coming out, and then her own clean realization over an afternoon of movies. Things were easy now in a way they’d never been before. After all she’d endured, it was a mercy.

Sherlock steadied herself. She kissed the top of Rosie’s head, and then Jean’s, at the tot’s insistence that Mum be included too. Then, she lifted the lighter and lit the candles, murmuring the blessing she had known forever. The flame rose and then settled. The flavors of Mrs. Hudson’s roast chicken and the small fire dancing over each candle tasted like hope.

mxcatmoon posting in

vocab_drabbles

This week's word is

Facile

adjective

fac·ile ˈfa-səl

1. Easily accomplished or attained
"A facile victory."

2. Shallow, simplistic
"I am not concerned with offering any facile solution for so complex a problem."

3. Used or comprehended with ease

4. Readily manifested and often lacking sincerity or depth
"Facile tears."

5. (archaic): mild or pleasing in manner or disposition

littlefics posting in

seasonsofdrabbles

Signups are now open (a tiny bit early)! They will remain open until Monday, April 28 @ 11:59pm Eastern Daylight time (Countdown). You can browse the requests in the app!

The tagset will remain open for nominations through the end of signups. Please disambiguate your nominations to make the approvals process faster. IMPORTANT NOTE! If AO3 won't let you signup for a character that you know is definitely in the tagset, please comment here or email us with the exact fandom and character(s) you were trying to request/offer. A mod will then batch load it for you on the backend, and you will be able to request it.

You must request 3-10 fandoms with 1-20 characters and 1-7 drabble types each. Fandoms in your requests must be unique, but may be related (e.g., three Star Wars requests would be fine, as long as it was three separate Star Wars fandoms).

If you wish, you may request Any for drabble type. This means you are open to receiving any of the 7 drabble types in the tagset.

If you wish, you may request Any character. This means any character in the canon (NOT just the tagset). Please do not request Any unless you really are open to receiving any character from that canon.

If you have character DNWs, requesting Any might not be the best idea, as this could end up with a bad match with someone who had only offered that character. We will be checking for this before we send assignments, but it's possible we could miss something, which would lead to us having to re-assign your writer and send you to pinch hit. (Note that the character DNW would still be upheld in this situation.) If you are requesting Any and do not wish to receive fic about objects, etc., you should DNW that as well.

Blank signups are allowed, but prompts, likes, and a list of DNWs are strongly encouraged.

Offers:

You must offer 3-10 fandoms with 1-20 characters and 1-7 drabble types each. Fandoms in your offers must be unique, but may be related (e.g., three Star Wars offers would be fine, as long as it was three separate Star Wars fandoms).

If you wish, you may offer Any for drabble type. This means you are open to writing any of the 7 drabble types in the tagset. (Note that unless your recipient has also requested Any, you must write one of the specific drabble types they requested.)

If you wish, you may offer Any character. This means any character in the tagset (i.e., if your recipient has requested specific characters, you must write one of them). Please do not offer Any unless you really are open to writing any character in the tagset for that fandom (including any last-minute additions to the tagset).

Do Not Wants:

Only reasonable DNWs in your AO3 signup will be enforced.

A reasonable DNW is a DNW that is clear and does not attempt to box your writer into writing just one thing.

Other:

Some tags may not appear in the drop-down menu, but can still be used by copy-pasting from the tagset itself. This is a known AO3 bug.

If you encounter any issues while signing up, please let us know ASAP, as AO3 bugs can sometimes hit exchanges.

If you need to let us know something about your signup (such as not wanting to be assigned to a specific other participant), please contact us via email (seasonsofdrabbles AT gmail) or the mod contact post.

flowersforgraves posting in

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Unconventional Fanworks Exchange is a gift exchange for fanwork besides traditional fic and art, including (but not limited to): meta, in-universe documents, vids, podfic, audio not!fic, chatfic, and multimedia fanwork.

There are some significant changes to this round of Unconventional Fanworks. First and foremost, this year's round will run on Dreamwidth only. This means you do not need an AO3 account to participate, but you do need a Dreamwidth account. All portions of the exchange will be run through Dreamwidth.

Mod Contact: via Dreamwidth private messages, or flowersforgravesfics (at) gmail (dot) com. You may also comment on this post. Comments are not screened.

Schedule:
Nominations: April 21 - April 28
Signups: April 29 - May 6
Assignments out: No later than May 10
Works due: June 14
Works revealed: June 21

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TV Tuesday: Being Seen

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Nomination Clarifications Post #2

2025 Schedule & Rule Changes

[BINGO] Blackout (Round 28)

Nominations Queries

Seasons of Drabbles - Spring Round: Signups and Nominations Open!

Sign-ups close in a week!

2025 Nominations

ACCEPTED FANDOM/CHARACTER NOMINATIONS:

ACCEPTED MEDIUM NOMINATIONS:

Calling in a Marker - Stargate SG-1/9-1-1 (PG)

Nomination Clarifications Post #1

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