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Roundup: smut4smut exchange 2024

Mon, 29 Apr 2024 10:13:28 GMT

This is my fourth time participating in smut4smut, an exchange for (guess what) that's been running for five years. This year 280 works were created in 150 fandoms.

I wrote for an underappreciated canon, the Blake & Avery series by MJ Carter. It’s a carefully researched historical mystery series. Blake & Avery meet in the armed forces of the British East India company. Avery is the point-of-view character, a somewhat naive young man at the beginning of the narrative, and Blake is the jaded, older special ops soldier he’s forced into company with and becomes fascinated by. They are a delight to ship. The first book is set in India and the second two are set in London.

I received a story featuring Odysseus/Achilles!

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Roundup: Rare Femslash Exchange 2023–24

Mon, 04 Mar 2024 05:24:33 GMT

rarefemslashexchange is a multifandom exchange focused on f/f ships with fewer than 250 works on AO3. This is its third year and my first time participating. Around 100 people signed up and wrote 120 works works in 80 fandoms.

I wrote a Bridgerton fic with Eloise and an original character.

I received Norse Myth fic with Angrboda/Sigyn, which was also informed by the book The Witch’s Heart by Genevieve Gornichec. (Have I mentioned how awesome this book is?)

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Roundup: Candy Hearts Exchange 2024

Thu, 22 Feb 2024 04:09:36 GMT

candyheartsex is a multifandom exchange with a low minimum to encourage treating. It has temporarily replaced Chocolate Box Exchange for the last two years.. Around 500 people signed up and wrote almost 800 works works in 430 fandoms.

I wrote Disa/Durin/Elrond from LOTR:Rings of Power.

I was spoiled rotten and received four gifts! Three for Shadow & Bone (two Aleksandr/Alina, one Jesper/Wykan) and one for Altered Carbon (Kovacs/Ortega)

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Roundup: Seasons of Drabbles Winter 2024

Tue, 06 Feb 2024 07:16:05 GMT

A drabble is a work with exactly 100 words, and seasonsofdrabbles is an exchange for works with word counts in multiples of 100. It runs several rounds per year. This season, 343 works were posted in 190 fandoms.

I posted a triple drabble, Orpheus/Euridice from Ancient Greek myth, with a twist.

I received a bounty of riches! There’s so much creative talent in fanwork exchanges!

Double Drabble about Poirot/Hastings from Agatha Christie’s Poirot
Double Drabble about the Mill House from Constantine TV
Six-drabble sequence about Aziraphale/Crowley from Good Omens TV
Triple Drabble about Spot from Star Trek: The Next Generation
Twelve-drabble sequence about Kirk & Spock from Star Trek: The Original Series

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Roundup: Yuletide exchange 2023

Mon, 01 Jan 2024 12:08:20 GMT

Yuletide is a long-running, very popular exchange for small-ish fandoms (with fewer than 1,000 works). The DW community is yuletide_admin, but that’s just a starting point. This year almost 1,800 works were posted in 1,141 fandoms.

A lot of the fun of Yuletide is the sheer number of fandoms nominated. The tag set is enormous and very likely to include an obscure favorite of yours! There’s also a great big fandom promo post every year, in case you are at a loss for entertainment to consume. (Fandom promo post for 2023: https://yuletide.dreamwidth.org/303660.html)

I had many requests to choose from but one stood out and I got it — The Maltese Falcon, 1941, starring Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Sidney Greenstreet.

I received a really creative origin story fic based on Only Lovers Left Alive, a luscious 2013 Jim Jarmush film starring Tom Hiddleston and Tilda Swinton as the sort of creatures who need to consume blood to survive, but don’t use the V-word.

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Roundup: Fic In A Box 2023

Sun, 17 Dec 2023 15:32:10 GMT

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.

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Roundup: flash flood exchange

Fri, 01 Dec 2023 14:22:25 GMT

Flash flood exchange is a small short-schedule exchange for fics featuring bodily fluids. It’s in its third year. This year 33 stories were posted, five more than last year. This is the first year I’ve participated.

The prompt I picked was Greek Army/Helen of Troy. It got a bit dark.

I received two really enjoyable fics, one Apollo/Cassandra (written by the person I was assigned to) and one Game of Thrones.

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Roundup: Trick-or-Treat exchange 2023

Wed, 08 Nov 2023 20:33:56 GMT

trickortreatex is a large exchange for stories that are tricks (horror, occult, supernatural, scary, etc) or treats (sweet, sexy, fluffy, etc.). The minimum is 300 words or a "nice sketch". It's been running since 2014.

Over 700 works were posted. This year there was a community challenge to write at least 250 “trick” and 250 “treat” works. We beat the challenge and won the badge that I used for this post’s icon.

This is the third year I've participated. I wrote a Halloween story based on Constantine TV.

I received two cakes! That is, two people wrote the same prompt from my requests — Jones the Cat from the Alien series of movies has kittens to protect. One was a treat, set post-canon, and one was a trick, set in the first movie (which carefully threaded my “cat harm” DNWs)! I love it when that happens.

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Roundup: Relationshipping Exchange 2023

Fri, 03 Nov 2023 10:21:17 GMT

relationshipping is an exchange for works featuring incest. 2023 is the eighth year it has run. Around 135 works were posted.

I participated in 2021 but not 2022.

I wrote in the Sandman comics canon, Dream/Destruction. I received a really fun original work around the prompt “ Group of brothers/Trans brother surprised to learn bro bonding time involves sex.

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Dear Yuletide Writer!

Sun, 15 Oct 2023 00:07:26 GMT

Dear Yuletide participant: Thank you for writing something for me!

My AO3 name is firecat

My number one want: I hope you create something you enjoy, and have fun. I've included my likes and opt-ins, in case you want something to start from, but it's absolutely fine with me if you want to go in a different direction.

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Roundup: Little Black Dress Exchange 2023

Mon, 18 Sep 2023 02:38:08 GMT

littleblackdress is an exchange for characters that "go with anything," that is, they can be shipped with multiple other characters. This is the second year I've participated. Almost 90 works were posted.

My LBD character this year was Loki, who got into it with Thor and Heimdall.

I received two gifts. My assigned person also wrote for me — Loki/Wong, a pair that hadn’t occurred to me and worked really well. And I also got a story about Ariadne/Dionysus that I really liked.

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Roundup: Wingfic Exchange

Wed, 13 Sep 2023 12:35:27 GMT

wingficex is a fanwork event in its third year, focused on characters with wings. 16 works were created this year.

I wrote about Mazikeen/Lucifer from the Lucifer series. I like how it came out.

I received two very cute fics from the same author, both about Hercule Poirot!

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Roundup: Rare Pair Exchange 2023

Sun, 03 Sep 2023 03:37:10 GMT

rarepairexchange is an exchange event for ships (pairs and moresomes) with fewer than 250 works on AO3. This is the first year this particular event has run, although there are a number of other events devoted to less popular fandoms and ships.

221 signups, 266 works in 191 fandoms!

I am the satisfied writer of the first fic on AO3 featuring Royal Abbott/Wayne Tillerson from the Weird West series Outer Range.

I received a mixed-media work about Hephaestus, Aphrodite, and Ares, which delightfully subverts the infidelity story usually associated with them. As far as I can tell, it's the first work on AO3 that is written specifically about their relationship. Did I mention I really like rare fandom and ship events?

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Roundup: Rare Male Slash Exchange 2023

Tue, 22 Aug 2023 07:31:03 GMT

raremaleslashex (Rare Male Slash Exchange) is an event for less popular male ships (featured in fewer than 200 fics over 1K words on AO3). This is the seventh year it has run.

133 works posted in 112 fandoms.

I am a new-ish fan of K J Charles, who writes historical and fantasy gay romance. I like her stories because the protagonists usually have a fair amount of sense, although they have some internal and external societal prejudices to overcome. I wrote a story about the characters Guy Frisby/Philip Rookwood in Band Sinister.

I received a Marcus/Neroon Babylon 5 fic that was mysterious and romantic and epic in every sense of the word.

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Fanfic: Constantine TV for Seasons of Drabbles

Mon, 07 Aug 2023 20:33:17 GMT

A drabble is a work with exactly 100 words, and seasonsofdrabbles is an exchange for works with word counts in multiples of 100. It runs several rounds per year. I picked up a pinch hit for the July 2023 exchange and wrote a triple drabble for the series Constantine.

A Favor Is Asked (300 words) by firecat
Fandom: Constantine (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: John Constantine/Jim Corrigan
Characters: John Constantine, Jim Corrigan (DCU), Papa Midnite, Mary "Zed" Martin
Additional Tags: Triple Drabble, Pre-Relationship, Healing Sex, Episode: s01e05 Danse Vaudou

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Roundup: Jukebox Exchange

Mon, 03 Jul 2023 12:26:37 GMT

jukebox_fest is a fanfic exchange focused on songs and song videos. It's been running for eleven years!

37 signups, 44 works this year, my third time participating.

Table of all the songs nominated this year, with links to videos and lyrics:
https://jukebox-fest.dreamwidth.org/67388.html#cutid1
Youtube playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoTcrlKuXfehmxDZ0NXxlQ63RWWBipLM-

I wrote about the song "That Unwanted Animal" by The Amazing Devil.

I received a wonderful story about superheroes in love, based on "Can't Get Next To You" by The Temptations.

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Roundup: Prisoner Exchange

Sun, 02 Jul 2023 11:16:45 GMT

prisoner_exchange is an annual multifandom exchange for fanworks focusing on kidnapping, hostage situations, prisons, and all other types of captivity. This is its third year, and my second year participating. 68 people signed up. Over 80 works were posted.

I wrote precanon about Kaz Brekker / Pekka Rollins from Shadow & Bone.

I received a story about Penelope and her suitors from Homer’s Odyssey. Really well done with an interesting POV character.

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Roundup: Holy Fuck Exchange

Fri, 30 Jun 2023 11:17:22 GMT

holyfuckexchange is a fun event for me, because many of my favorite ships involve superpowered (near)immortals. This is the second year for this event. It runs twice a year; in the spring it’s called Holy Fuck Exchange and in the fall It’s Unholy Fuck Exchange. 20 works were posted this year.

I wrote about Dream of the Endless/Lucifer Morningstar from the Sandman TV series. I learned from a commenter that this pairing is called Dreamingstar.

I loved finding Hela/Sylvie from Marvel in the tag set. Not a pairing that had occurred to me! I was lucky enough to receive a story about them.

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Roundup: Hurt/Comfort Exchange 2023

Mon, 19 Jun 2023 01:51:11 GMT

Hurt/Comfort Exchange (hurtcomfortex) is for fanworks using the trope of one or more characters being hurt and receiving care, physical or emotional. This is its fifth year as a full exchange.

Over 300 works were posted in 175 fandoms this year.

I wrote Adar/Halbrand from The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. Who's comforting whom? Good question...

I got three wonderful treats! A story about a noir detective and the ghost of his former partner, an artwork about a noir detective being comforted by his cop frenemy, and an artwork about Persephone comforting Hades.

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Fanfic: Star Trek: The Next Generation for 90s Channel TV Exchange

Mon, 12 Jun 2023 19:12:39 GMT

I picked up a pinch hit for 90s_channel_tv_exchange — it’s a new exchange this year. 42 works were posted in 29 fandoms. My fic was one of eight for Star Trek: The Next Generation. I jumped at the chance to write Picard/Q because I enjoy the way the Q eps in ST:TNG explore philosophical issues while wearing a clown disguise. I tried to do this justice and of course I had to add some smut, too.

Q Knew? (3718 words) by firecat
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Star Trek: The Next Generation
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jean-Luc Picard/Q
Characters: Jean-Luc Picard, Q (Star Trek)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, frenemies to lovers, First Time, Grief/Mourning, Omnipotence, Mortality, Telepathy, Jock Straps, Oral Sex, Orgasm Delay

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Captain Picard suspects Q is going to pop up again like a bad penny. He is not ready.

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Roundup: Monster Smash Exchange

Sun, 21 May 2023 04:42:03 GMT

monstersmashexchange is a exchange for romantic or sexual relationships involving monsters. Monster is defined loosely as any character who isn’t human. This is its first year. 58 works were created.

I had second thoughts about the idea I’d signed up to write, so I started watching The Terror to see if I might write for that instead. I watched the first season and I really loved it. So that’s what I did. There was a mixup involving my assignment and I ended up posting it as a late treat.

I received two great gifts both in one of my favorite fandoms, Greek mythology — nuanced trope-inversion fic for Leda & the Swan, and a sexy three-panel mini-comic for Pasiphae & the Cretan Bull.

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Fanfic Posted: Treat for Egg Hunt Flash

Sat, 20 May 2023 10:36:31 GMT

Those interested in following my journey into the nasty underbelly of fanfic might find my Original Work treat for Egg Hunt Flash of interest.

Egg Hunt Flash was a freeform flash exchange for "all things eggpreg". 16 people signed up and 21 works were posted.

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Roundup: Smut4Smut exchange

Sat, 20 May 2023 10:26:24 GMT

I'm a little late with my roundup for my third dance with smut4smut, an exchange for (guess what) that's been running for four years. This year 225 works were created in 140 fandoms.

I wrote an MCU fic featuring Clint Barton/Loki. It hasn't gotten very much attention.

I received an enjoyable Original Work.

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Roundup: Once Upon a Fic exchange

Sat, 20 May 2023 10:07:53 GMT

once_upon_fic is an exchange for fairy-tales, epics, legends, etc. This is the ninth time it's run and the third year I’ve participated. 32 people signed up and posted 35 works.

One of my favorite things about this exchange is that all nominated fandoms must be available in the public domain. This year's nominated sources are listed in this Google spreadsheet.

I wrote a dark, weird take on Little Briar-Rose.
Source here: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Fairy_Tales_of_the_Brothers_Grimm_(Rackham)/Briar_Rose

I received a superb retelling of Allerlairauh (All-Kinds-of-Fur).
Source here: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Grimm%27s_Household_Tales,_Volume_1/Allerleirauh

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Roundup: IdProQuo 2023

Sun, 02 Apr 2023 14:52:32 GMT

idproquo exchange, for id-fic, is in its fourth year. This is the third year I’ve participated. 146 people signed up and wrote 184 works in 106 fandoms.

IdProQuo continues its streak of being fun and good for me!

I wrote a dark Lucifer TV fic (Lucifer/Ella, which is becoming one of my favorite ships for the series).

I received two wonderful works: a 16K+ Ragnarok TV story and a subtle original work about an extracurricular relationship.

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