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Title: Missing
Fandom: Babylon 5
Author:

badly_knitted
Characters: Garibaldi.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 300
Spoilers/Setting: Grey 17 is Missing.
Summary: Garibaldi usually loves mysteries, but he could have done without this one.
Content Notes: None needed.
Written For: Challenge 477: Amnesty 79, using Challenge 475: Mystery.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Babylon 5, or the characters. They belong to J. Michael Straczynski.
A/N: Triple drabble.

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Hi there! We've still got a few days left of nominations (they close on 27 April 2025 11:59pm EDT); thanks to everyone who has nominated so far. Your mod team has a couple of questions and comments at this point.

To the nominator of Satisfied—do you have a specific version or performance in mind, or would you rather leave it as a general tag?

We've caught a couple of incidents where we incorrectly rejected a nomination. (Sorry!) If you have made a nomination that you think should have been accepted but you don't see it in the tag set, please comment on this post or get in touch with the mod team.

Also, if you commented with your songs/videos on the nominations post, please make sure that you also nominated them on AO3, or else they won't be in the tag set.

This year, we received a number of nominations of short videos that combined both music and dialogue. We've decided to accept them into the exchange this year, but going forward, we're considering a rule that any video has to be at least 50% music by runtime in order to be accepted. What do you think?

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Title: Sometimes Planes Just Disappear
Author:

flipflop_diva
Artist:

endlesstwanted
Fandom: Manifest (TV) / Ghosts (US TV)
Characters/Pairings: From Ghosts: Sam/Jay, Hettie, Trevor, Flower, Pete, Thor. From Manifest: Michaela/Drea, Ben/Grace, Olive, Cal, Jared
Rating/Category: PG / Het, femslash
Genre: Crossover, comedy, supernatural
Word Count: 10,280
Warnings: None
Summary: When Flight 828 disappears from all airport control tower radars, it appears somewhere else. And that somewhere else is the lawn at Woodstone Mansion. And now there are even more ghosts running around, along with a plane that may or may not be a ghost itself. And that is just the beginning of the chaos.

Link to fic master post: https://archiveofourown.org/works/64946923
Link to art master post: https://archiveofourown.org/works/64939735

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Title: Sometimes Planes Just Disappear: the gallery
Artist:

endlesstwanted
Author:

flipflop_diva
Fandom: Ghosts (US TV 2021)/Manifest (TV 2018)
Characters/Pairings: Samantha Arondekar, Jay Arondekar, Hetty Woodstone, Trevor Lefkowitz, Alberta Haynes, Thorfinn
Rating/Category: General Audiendes, Gen
Warnings: none
Summary: Graphics inspired by the story by flipflop_diva.

Link to art master post: https://archiveofourown.org/works/64939735
Link to fic master post: https://archiveofourown.org/works/64946923

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The most recent commute audiobook was The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern, of The Night Circus fame (although admittedly I have not read that one yet). This is a fantasy novel about Zachary, a young man swept into the drama of a secret underground society and the mysterious figures who surround it.

I finished this book on Sunday morning, catching the last 7 minutes of a whopping 19-hour runtime over breakfast, and since then I've settled into a relative disappointment. On paper, this book has so many things that should make it an ace in the hole for me: Book lovers! Cats! Secret magical societies! Queer characters! Women who are something Other taking control of their destinies! And yet, overall, this book just did not land for me.

As is a risk, I think, with all stories that are about the power of stories, The Starless Sea comes off a little pretentious and self-important. It is a book lauding the unmatched importance of books. I felt aware at various points throughout the book of how hard it was trying to appeal to people like me, who would enjoy the idea of a dark-paneled underground room with endless books and an on-demand kitchen, and this sense of pandering did take away from it at times.

However, it also does some interesting things with regards to what it is like to be the person in a story (such as the fate of Eleanor and Simon, once their part in the story is done) as well as the risks of valuing preservation over change and growth. Without giving too much away, there is a secret society in decline, and a woman so determined to prevent its downfall that she ends up causing significant harm to the organization she's trying to save because she is unwilling to accept that an end comes for all things. I enjoyed this theme and I felt like it was echoed well throughout the story, and in many ways it's easy to sympathize with her ultimate goals, if not her methods.

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

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⌈ Secret Post #6683 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

01.

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 23 secrets from Secret Submission Post #955.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

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Slightly belatedly, the feedback post!

This year, I moved internationally during the exchange (pro tip: don't do this), with the actual moving date being the day sign-ups ended so I handled noms and sign-ups while packing (pro tip: super don't do this), and essentially felt like I was juggling about three balls too many at any given time. Hopefully this feeling of complete chaos did not reach you, but if it did, don't worry, I will not be moving, internationally or otherwise, next year!

With the above disclaimed, if you have any feedback, I'd be happy to hear it! (Even if it's "you sure seemed more disorganized than usual this year" or whatnot.) Requests on where to advertise? Wishes for a clearer FAQ/instructions?

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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.

:::

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

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Laptop-TV combo with DVDs on top and smartphone on the desk

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

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I saw my first garter snake and two snapping turtles near my local pond.

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earlybirdgetstheword

Hello! We are having a fabulous time seeing all the nominations come in and reading your fandom promos! Some have been such a welcome surprise – wow! This old and incredibly active fandom is now sleepy enough to qualify! Let’s wake it up!!! And so on.

First a slight rule clarification:

We are not accepting original character nominations in this round. If you have nominated OCs, you can reuse your relationship nomination slot. Otherwise these nominations will get rejected once nominations close. (We will make exceptions for things like Player characters without canon names.)

We apologize for not including this in the original guidelines post, and will make the update there as well.

Additionally, we have a few questions about the following nominations:

Dune Series - Frank Herbert

We are unsure how this is a stand alone from the other parts of the fandom. As a whole, Dune is ineligible. Can you clarify this for us?

Fawx & Stallion (Podcast)

We couldn’t find the character Charlotte Watson. Can you clarify this for us?

North of North (TV 2025)

Does OFC stand for 'Original Female Character'? We are not accepting original characters at this time. If you’d like to change this, you can reuse your relationship nomination slot.

선의의 경쟁 | Friendly Rivalry (TV)

We found over 100+ qualifying works after applying the relevant filters. Can you provide some clarification?

Inglourious Basterds (2009)

We are not accepting original characters at this time. If you’d like to change this, you can reuse your relationship nomination slot. Could you please also disambiguate your nominations.

Method (2017)

We are not accepting original characters at this time. If you’d like to change this, you can reuse your relationship nomination slot. Could you please also disambiguate your nominations.

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe

For the nomination of Huntara (She-Ra)/Teela (He-Man), we are unable to determine if Huntara is a character who appears in the nominated He-Man series. If they are a She-Ra exclusive character, can you please nominate this ship under Crossover Fandom (if the She-Ra fandom also qualifies)?

She-Ra: Princess Of Power (1985)

Similarly, for the Adora (She-Ra)/Kittrina (He-Man), can you please confirm if Kittrina appears in the nominated She-Ra verse? If they are a He-Man exclusive character, please nominate under Crossover Fandom

We have received many nominations without disambiguations. Please disambiguate your nominations. It prevents wandering tags and helps speed up the review process a lot.

Please reply to this comment if you have nominated any of the above fandoms or can help us out with regards to their eligibility. Please write the fandom in question as your reply subject. Alternatively, you can also use our evidence post here.

Additionally, please let us know if you catch any dupes or wandering tags or other oddities in the tag set. We'll fix that asap!

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Title: Walkabout
Fandom: Babylon 5
Author:

badly_knitted
Characters: Stephen Franklin.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 400
Spoilers/Setting: Walkabout.
Summary: He doesn’t know who he is anymore, and maybe he never did, but it’s time he found out.
Content Notes: References addiction.
Written For: Challenge 477: Amnesty 79, using Challenge 84: Drugs.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Babylon 5, or the characters. They belong to J. Michael Straczynski.
A/N: Quadruple drabble.

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agonyaunt

Dear Carolyn: When I asked my daughter-in-law about their vacation destination and flight information, she asked why I wanted to know. I said if there was a crash, I would want to know that it wasn’t their flight. She asked why I was wishing their plane to crash. She also said this type of question takes away her agency.

Sharing flight information is common among my mom friends, so I was surprised. She suggested therapy to handle my anxiety.

I am now feeling very unsure about how to relate to her. She seems to make up a version of me that isn’t accurate and then respond as if that was who I am. I want to avoid conflict with her because this relationship is important to my son. How to proceed?

( Easiest: Stop asking for flight info )

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Title: Unexpected Guests
Fandom: Miss Marple/Winnie-the-Pooh
Rating: G
Length: 489 words
Summary: When Miss Marple opens her door, she's surprised to see Tigger and Rabbit standing on the doorstep

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Your works are due at 2359 UTC on April 27, or just under six days from now. Countdown to assignment deadline.

Reminder: works that are still in Draft form do not count as a fulfilled assignment. If you have not submitted a full length completed assignment that is a) minimum length/size, b) complete (no 1/? or 4/? chapter counts), and c) is NOT in Draft form by the deadline you will be defaulted and you will not be guaranteed a gift. Stories that are bullet point lists or outlines will not be considered complete works. Stories that have [insert planet name here] or other placeholder text will not be considered complete works. Stories or art that have a listed DNW, or do not contain at least one of your recipient's requested tags, will not be considered complete works so do check your assignment email carefully!

If you have already turned in your assignment, thank you! If you would like to leave a request for treats, check out the Grab Bag post, or if you want to browse treats, try out the Automagic App List of Requests or the Treat Tracker Spreadsheet.

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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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Title: The Weave We Make Together
Author: EstelRaca
Artist: karrenia_rune
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (Video Game)
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Jonathan; Sherlock Holmes/John Watson; Sherlock Holmes/Jonathan/John Watson
Rating/Category: PG-13/slash/poly
Genre: Soul Bond, Healing, Eldritch Horror, Relationship Building
Word Count: 11,077
Warnings: Descriptions of war, descriptions of drowning, descriptions of period-typical fear of mental health issues, period-typical homophobia (not unscreen but source of stress and fear for characters), intrusive thoughts
Summary: Sherlock and John are bound together, and happy enough with that unexpected problem. But Sherlock is still stalked by something dark and dangerous, and John finds that in his dreams he sees a hole where his heart should be. Who was Jonathan, and what does he have to do with this problem?
Link to fic master post: The Weaves We Make Together
Link to art master post: Gorgeous playlist on AO3

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Title: Art Inspired by estelraca's "The Weave We Make Together"
Artist:karrenia_rune
Author:estelraca
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (video game)
Characters/Pairings:Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Mycroft Holmes
Rating/Category: (ie, NC17/Gen or PG13/Slash)PG-13 mainly for the mix
Warnings: (ie, major character death, non-con/rape, extreme violence)
Summary:

Link to art master post:https://archiveofourown.org/works/64713448
Link to fic master post:

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⌈ Secret Post #6682 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 30 secrets from Secret Submission Post #955.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

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agonyaunt

Dear Care and Feeding,

My family and I live down the block from my sister and her family. They went away for spring break to visit her in-laws and tasked my 12-year-old daughter “Blair” with feeding their tropical fish while they were gone.

The day before they were due back, Blair went over in the morning to feed the fish and discovered they were all dead. It turned out that the tank heater had failed at some point during the previous day after Blair took care of them. The problem is that my sister is blaming Blair for “killing” her fish and demanding that we pay for new ones. Blair feels terrible about what happened, but she did a temperature check of the water before she left on the last day they were alive, and the temperature was where it was supposed to be (she had been writing it down on the daily temperature log, so we know for sure), so there was no negligence on her part. I explained this to my sister, but she won’t budge. Now she says Blair and her cousins (with whom she is very close) can’t play together until we pay for new fish. My husband thinks this is outrageous, and I agree. Even so, would buying some new fish be worth it so we can put this in the rearview mirror for Blair’s sake?

—Fish Fallout

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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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agonyaunt

Dear Care and Feeding,

My sister had her first child when I was 18 and her second when I was 20. (She’s eight years older than I am.) She lives a little over an hour from me, and we’ve always had a good relationship. I watched the kids regularly when I was in college, working around my class schedule, and I continued to do so for many years since, during the summer and on days off from school (I am a teacher). The kids are now 16 and 18, and I have a solid relationship with both of them. I also got married and had two kids of my own.

My sister-in-law is pregnant with her first baby. When I mentioned, at a gathering of my family, the Easter-themed pajamas I had bought for the baby (in what I hope will be the right size for next year), my sister got upset.

She pointed out that I’m “already hosting her [my SIL’s] baby shower,” and complained that I was now “also buying stuff for her baby for a holiday that isn’t even a gift-giving one.” I was surprised. I told her the pajamas were on clearance and I’d picked them up on impulse because they were cute. She responded that I had never bought anything for her kids for Easter when they were young. I said that was true, I hadn’t: I had been a broke college student at the time and also not a parent myself, so my awareness of things like that was much lower. She asked if I was going to continue buying things for that child on every other non-gift holiday—“Saint Patrick’s Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving?” I told her I might if I happened to see something I thought was cute; I jokingly asked if she’d like me to buy matching pajamas for her kids for Halloween this year if I found them.

She got even angrier and said she hopes my SIL appreciates all that I am doing for her because not everyone gets that from their family (very clearly meaning she hadn’t gotten that from me). I told her she was right—not everyone gets $1.99 Easter pajamas for their baby. But maybe some people got years of free babysitting, often with little to no notice, instead of cheap pajamas, because that’s what I was able to give at the time. She got up and left. I tried calling and texting her; she hasn’t responded. My mother has told me that my sister has talked to her about it, that my comment had hurt her, and that I was holding the child care I had done over her head. My mother thinks I should apologize.

I have no idea where this is coming from. It’s very out-of-character for her. I can’t believe she’s jealous about a pair of pajamas (or whatever that gift represents) for another baby when I have always had/still maintain a close relationship with her children. Our brothers also have kids we are both close to, and she has never acted like this. Can I just ignore her unreasonable behavior or do I actually have to address it? I usually have a cookout and host both sides of our family around the start of summer. I’d like to be confident that my SIL won’t be the object of my sister’s wrath that day just because she has the audacity to be pregnant with my future niece or nephew. But how?

—Aunt to Others, Too

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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! 🩷

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Di talks about science fiction, fantasy, and nonfiction on her Booktube channel BookishDi and is one of the founders of the SFF book and fandom discussion show Stitch & Bitch. She can be found on BlueSky talking about books, politics, and women's sports.

On Wednesday, April 16, the UK Supreme Court issued a ruling on the legal definition of “woman” that excluded trans women. This case challenging the Equality Act was funded in large part by JK Rowling, and she celebrated the ruling with a series of disgusting, transphobic tweets. This is just her latest action to stigmatize trans women and destroy their ability to exist in public life in the UK. Coincidentally, the same day, UK based subscription box Illumicrate announced a special edition of the upcoming book, Rose in Chains by Julie Soto. This novel is based off of her hit Draco/Hermione fanfic, "The Auction", the premise of which is Voldermort winning the war and Hermione being sold into sexual slavery to Draco Malfoy. But don’t worry, he’s a good fascist and treats her well enough that she’s willing to defend the nice Nazis (I mean Death Eaters) when their actions come to trial. Plot points and names that directly identify it as HP have been changed for the trad pub release, but at its core it is still Harry Potter fanfiction.

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Title: Ridiculous Accident
Fandom: FAKE
Author:

badly_knitted
Characters: Ryo, Dee, Bikky, OFC.
Rating: PG
Setting: After the manga.
Summary: Ryo injures himself in a really ridiculous accident.
Word Count: 300
Content Notes: None needed.
Written For: Challenge 477: Amnesty 79, using Challenge 380: Position.
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.
A/N: Triple drabble.

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Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my desk

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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:

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ACCEPTED MEDIUM NOMINATIONS:

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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

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WisCon May 23-25 2025, online only
A feminist sci-fi and fantasy convention
$25 or pay what you can
Visit https://wiscon2025.sched.com
Guests of honor: ANDREA HAIRSTON; NAOMI KRITZER
Want to volunteer? Email Personnel@sf3.org

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I’ve been taught bloodstones can cure a snakebite,
can stop the bleeding — most people forgot this
when the war ended. The war ended
depending on which war you mean: those we started,
before those, millenia ago and onward,
those which started me, which I lost and won —
these ever-blooming wounds.
I was built by wage. So I wage love and worse—
always another campaign to march across
a desert night for the cannon flash of your pale skin
settling in a silver lagoon of smoke at your breast.
I dismount my dark horse, bend to you there, deliver you
the hard pull of all my thirsts—
I learned Drink in a country of drought.( Read more... )

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Title: Something Good
Fandom: Deadpool & Wolverine, Deadpool movies
Music: Something Good by Herman's Hermits
Pairing: Deadpool/Wolverine
Summary: something tells me I'm into something good
Warnings: violence, blood

Here on AO3

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Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Characters/Pairings: Gen. Steve the Wraith, Original male character, John Sheppard
Rating: Mature
Length: 1801
Content Notes: no AO3 warnings apply. Second person POV
Creator Links: frostfire on AO3
Theme: Outsider POV, genfic

Summary: More issues, Steve's and others'.

Reccer's Notes: This is told from the POV of a young Marine, on guard outside Steve the Wraith's cell on Atlantis. He battles with the pressure Steve puts on his mind and senses, made worse by possible unresolved issues from his past. Then Sheppard visits and comprehensively distracts the Wraith, and things change. An interesting perspective and character study, and I liked the second person POV which made it more immediate, being inside the guy's thoughts.

Fanwork Links: Predatory

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