firecat

ficinabox is a large exchange (800 works in 300 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 third year participating. In previous years I wrote a single 10K work, but this year I swapped 7K of my assignment for three other assignments. That was a bit of a mistake, because writing four 2K-3K assignments is more effort for me than one 10K assignment. I finished three and defaulted on one.

FicInABox is one of the exchanges that you need to complete to qualify for the Triple Crown prize (for completing three 10K exchanges). Once I'd written the three works and the medical issue that had gotten in the way of my completing all four fics was behind me, I realized that I needed to write only 300 more words to get to 10K and be in the running for Triple Crown. So I wrote a fourth fic, a late treat.

I received two wonderful gifts — both among my all-time favorites. FicInABox has been really good to me that way; I've received all-time favorite gifts every year.

I wrote Loki TV (Loki/Mobius); Our Flag Means Death (Lucius/Izzy) (in which I used one of the special written medium options: List of Things [Character] Is Not Allowed To Do); Bridgerton TV (Benedict Bridgerton/Henry Graville); and an original work, sex-magic-themed.

I received an Agatha Christie Miss Marple/Poirot crossover fic, and a fic based on Devil in a Blue Dress (1995 movie based on Walter Mosley's first Easy Rawlins novel).

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I grabbed a pinch hit for multifandomtropefest — Star Trek TOS, McCoy/Spock/Kirk, rated E, no archive warnings apply

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Under certain circumstances, one needs to write a make-up fic for Yuletide if one wants to sign up the following year. The make-up fic must be for a past Yuletide participant or pinch-hitter request.

In terms of fandoms and prompts, I had an embarrassment of riches to choose from — including a Miss Marple request that welcomed a crossover. Here you go.

The Music-Box Maneuver (2109 words) by firecat
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Miss Marple - Agatha Christie, James Bond - Ian Fleming
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: James Bond & Jane Marple
Characters: James Bond, Jane Marple, Original Male Character(s)
Additional Tags: Crossover, Spies & Secret Agents, Small Towns, Tea, Classic Cars, Cats, Card Games, Charity Auctions, Cameras
Summary:

“Little town in the countryside, who would think to look for a criminal mastermind there?”

Jane recalled a long list of residents who had occasioned speculation of just such a kind.

crossworks is a themed fanwork gifting event for works mixing together multiple fandoms. This is its third year. 75 people signed up. 91 works were created using 137 fandoms.

I wrote an episode of Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations set in the world of Our Flag Means Death.

I received an adorable fan comic describing what happened when Jack Harkness of Torchwood encountered Aziraphale and Crowley of Good Omens.

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Dear [FITB] Exchange creator: Thank you for making 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 some prompts and likes in case you want something to start from, but it's absolutely fine with me if you want to go in a different direction.

Note: My likes, opt-ins, and DNWs are different for different exchanges.

Contents

• Likes
  • General Likes
  • Smut Likes
  • Art Likes
• Opt-ins
• DNWs
• Fandom-specific notes & prompts (optional)
  • Devil in a Blue Dress
  • Crossover Fandom
  • The Sandman

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Dear FFFX Exchange creator: Thank you for making 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 some prompts and likes in case you want something to start from, but it's absolutely fine with me if you want to go in a different direction.

Contents

• Likes
  • General Likes
  • Smut Likes
  • Art Likes
• Opt-ins
• DNWs
• Fandom-specific notes & prompts (optional)
  • Loki (TV)
  • Nero Wolfe (Rex Stout)
  • Original Work
  • Umbrella Academy (TV)

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genprompt_bingo runs twice a year; you receive a unique bingo card with prompts generates from a staggeringly long list (you can opt into or out of specific categories).

All my fills for this round have been previously posted to AO3, but matching works to prompts and doing all the fiddly work of posting the list and adding the fics to the collection satisfies me in a sort of masochistic way. So there.

Author: firecat, firecat
Fandoms: Constantine (TV), The Expanse, I Will Follow You into the Dark - Death Cab for Cutie (Song), Loki (TV), Lucifer (TV), Marvel, Original Work, Our Flag Means Death, Ragnarok (TV), Star Trek: The Next Generation, Thor (Movies), Torchwood
Prompts: amnesia, animals, film noir, gentle, gore, push and pull, secrets and lies, sharing, tools, trapped

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littleblackdress is an exchange for characters that "go with anything," that is, they can be shipped with multiple other characters. This is the first year I've participated. 65 people signed up and wrote 94 works in 63 fandoms.

My LBD character was Data from Star Trek: The Next Generation, and I shipped him offscreen with 438 people, and onscreen with Geordi.

I received two gifts: A delightfully cute ficlet featuring Lucifer Morningstar/Ella, and really good John Wick/Marcus. I also want to call out a second John Wick fic in this exchange, also with Marcus. It wasn't written for me but I definitely feel like I got three gifts!

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