Roundup: Fic In A Box 2023

[firecat]

Recycling some of my verbiage from last year’s roundup: ficinabox is a large exchange (almost 1,000 works in 322 fandoms this year) that challenges you to write 10K words (or the equivalent in other media), but the words/other can be broken up into multiple works. Many different media types are explicitly included and can be requested via tags — for example "Reddit: In-Universe r/AmITheAsshole Post," "Knitting Chart," "Illustrated Text - Bestiary."

There's also a swap option. Once you receive your assignment, you can trade some of it in for another assignment. For example you can trade in 5K words of your assignment for 5K words of one or more other assignments.

This is my fourth year participating. The first two years, I wrote a single 10K work. Last year I swapped part of my assignment for three other assignments, for a total of four. That was a bit of a mistake. This year I ended up with three assignments. I defaulted on one but I picked up a pinch hit to replace it, so I don’t feel too bad about that.

I typically angst terribly over this exchange but end up receiving wonderful gifts and writing things I am pleased with, even if they don’t get tons of attention. That happened this year too.

I wrote about 17,500 words altogether — for the film Amadeus (Amadeus/Salieri), the novel Band Sinister by KJ Charles, and the novel series His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman.

I received four delightful gifts: Two for Ragnarok TV, one for Loki TV, all by my fanfic friend with whom I run a “more cakes” bakery shop (♥) and one original work in the supernatural noir detective genre.

What I wrote:

Thalia and Melpomene (5499 words) by firecat
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Amadeus (1984)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart/Antonio Salieri, Constanze Weber Mozart/Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Antonio Salieri/Original Male Character(s)
Characters: Constanze Weber Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Antonio Salieri, Original Characters
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Enemies to Lovers, Porn With Plot, Period-Typical Homophobia, Religion Kink, Jealousy, Humiliation, Sex Work, Voyeurism, Oral Sex, Dirty Talk
Summary:
God is now the enemy of Antonio Salieri.
If the Creator would betray him and bestow the musical talent that Salieri deserved on that vile boy Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, then Salieri would commit a betrayal in return. He would seek the pleasures he had long denied himself. He would visit the establishment of which no one spoke, except in hints and whispers.


A Day in the English Countryside (4984 words) by firecat
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Band Sinister - K. J. Charles
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Guy Frisby/Philip Rookwood, Lord Corvin/Guy Frisby, Lord Corvin/Guy Frisby/John Raven/Philip Rookwood
Characters: Lord Corvin (Band Sinister), Guy Frisby, John Raven, Philip Rookwood
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Post-Canon, Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, Porn with Feelings
Summary:
On a grey day in the English countryside, Guy Frisby dreams of Lord Corvin; Lord Corvin dreams of Guy Frisby; Philip Rookwood dreams of sharing Guy Frisby with Lord Corvin; John Raven seeks someone to wreck; Lord Corvin is ridden once more unto the breach; afterward, there is tea.

Betrayal at Bolvanger (6978 words) by firecat
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Rape/Non-Con
Relationships: Lyra Belacqua/Pantalaimon, Lyra Belacqua/Marisa Coulter/Marisa Coulter’s Daemon/Pantalaimon, Lyra Belacqua/Original Character
Characters: Lyra Belacqua, Pantalaimon (HDM), Marisa Coulter, Marisa Coulter's Daemon, Original Female Character(s)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Sexual Experimentation, Sadism, First Time, Cunnilingus, Piercings, Sex with Sentient Animals, Daemons, Non Consensual Daemon Touching, Consensual Daemon Touching, No Underage Sex, Impregnation, Parent/Child Incest, Fucking, Vaginal Fingering, Medical Kink, Laboratories, sexual awakening, Ambiguous/Open Ending



What I received:

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https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Fic_In_A_Box_2023/works/50189218
Stay in Chains by MoonGoddex
Ragnarok TV, Fjor Jutul/Saxa Jutul
Explicit
warning: Rape/Non-Con

https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Fic_In_A_Box_2023/works/50344084
bite your tongue, choke yourself to sleep by MoonGoddex
Loki TV, Boastful Loki/President Loki
Explicit
Warning: Graphic Depictions of Violence

https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Fic_In_A_Box_2023/works/50639560
rather be a real nightmare than die unaware by MoonGoddex
Ragnarok TV, Jens/Laurits Seier, Laurits Seier/Magne Seier
Mature
No archive warnings apply

placeholder, or empty spaces (17216 words) by aspint
Chapters: 3/3
Fandom: Original Work
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Rape/Non-Con
Relationships: Original Male Character/Original Male Character, Supernatural Private Detective/Mundane Private Detective Working Same Case (M/M)
Characters: Original Characters
Additional Tags: Case Fic, Fae & Fairies, Supernatural Elements, Detectives, Detective Noir, Trust Issues, Sex Pollen, Grinding, Dry Humping, Masturbation, Porn With Plot, Mildly Dubious Consent, Car Sex, Possessive Behavior, Possession, Fear Play, Multiple Orgasms, No penetration
Summary:
You ever just take a case that is normally outside your wheelhouse but then it actually turns out to be extremely outside your wheelhouse but thankfully there's another guy to whom the wheelhouse actually belongs and he's real sexy but also there's something wrong with him and that's not even considering the fact that he's not human?
or, Stangers to Colleagues(?) to Lovers(?!) to Enemies (???) to What Are We ?!?!?