Daily Check-In
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fandom_checkinThis is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Wednesday April 22, to midnight on Thursday, April 23. (8pm Eastern Time).
Poll #34511 Daily Check-in
This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 23
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 23
How are you doing?
I am OK.
11 (47.8%)
I am not OK, but don't need help right now.
11 (47.8%)
I could use some help.
1 (4.3%)
How many other humans live with you?
I am living single.
11 (47.8%)
One other person.
7 (30.4%)
More than one other person.
5 (21.7%)
Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.
Reading, Listening, Watching
Apr. 22nd, 2026 04:36 pmpurplecatReading: The Crawling Terror by Mike Tucker. Twelth Doctor and Clara novel. I've only just started it but its already obvious that it's Giant Bugs in Rural England.
Listening: Just finished an episode of the Machine Ethics Podcast with which I have a somewhat frustrated relationship. It's proved very useful for keeping tabs on the AI Ethics landscape, but there are definitely times I want to shake the interviewer or interviewees, and a couple of times I've just had to nope out entirely because SO MUCH NONSENSE. This was a slightly odd episode, the interviewee had clearly reached out, requesting an interview in order to talk about/promote her biocomputing company. Clearly outside of the interviewer's comfort zone, and hard to know to what extent this was crossing the line from science communication into advertising.
Watching: Three weeks late we realise Have I Got News for You has started up again. It does what it does and we're the target demographic. I laughed a lot at Armando Iannuci's exasperation at people claiming that Winston Churchill was being replaced by a badger.
Listening: Just finished an episode of the Machine Ethics Podcast with which I have a somewhat frustrated relationship. It's proved very useful for keeping tabs on the AI Ethics landscape, but there are definitely times I want to shake the interviewer or interviewees, and a couple of times I've just had to nope out entirely because SO MUCH NONSENSE. This was a slightly odd episode, the interviewee had clearly reached out, requesting an interview in order to talk about/promote her biocomputing company. Clearly outside of the interviewer's comfort zone, and hard to know to what extent this was crossing the line from science communication into advertising.
Watching: Three weeks late we realise Have I Got News for You has started up again. It does what it does and we're the target demographic. I laughed a lot at Armando Iannuci's exasperation at people claiming that Winston Churchill was being replaced by a badger.
Rainbow Challenge: The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: After The Rain
Apr. 22nd, 2026 12:13 pmbadly_knitted posting in fan_flashworksTitle: After The Rain
Fandom: The Fantastic Journey
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Varian, Fred, Jonathan Willaway, Liana, Sil-El, Scott.
Rating: PG
Setting: After the series.
Summary: Drenched though they are the travellers still welcome the sight of a rainbow.
Word Count: 400
Content Notes: Nada.
Written For: Challenge 513: Amnesty 85, using Challenge 452: Rainbow.
Disclaimer: I don’t own The Fantastic Journey, or the characters. They belong to their creators.
Drawing Ilya at sunset by christianpuppetshow (SFW)
Apr. 22nd, 2026 08:27 pmmific posting in fanart_recsFandom: Heated Rivalry
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Ilya Rozanov
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: digital art
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: christianpuppetshow HR art on tumblr
Why this piece is awesome: Gorgeous colours in this nearly single-colour painting of Ilya by the lake, bathed in sunset.
Link: Drawing Ilya at sunset, backup link here
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Ilya Rozanov
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: digital art
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: christianpuppetshow HR art on tumblr
Why this piece is awesome: Gorgeous colours in this nearly single-colour painting of Ilya by the lake, bathed in sunset.
Link: Drawing Ilya at sunset, backup link here
Cursed Witch: proofreading complete
Apr. 22nd, 2026 07:41 amvriddyI just finished proofreading the latest draft that has aaaaall the changes that came from beta-reader feedback *stares into void* As usual, this is the only step of my process in which my word count gets smaller, although not that much (just by 1%!). Final (#2) draft stands at 58k words.
Unfortunately I've also reached the stage where I hate everything because clearly I'm a garbage person who can only write garbage stories etc etc etc *sigh* I wish that wasn't part of the process. Every time I finish reading a book and the author in the acknowledgements goes "Thanks to my spouse for talking me off the ledge whenever I started hating this story/stopped believing in it/etc" I grumble "WHERE IS MY SPOUSE!!!" lol. I'm going to wait a couple of weeks for the yucky feelings to scatter before contacting the kind souls who volunteered to beta-read. I was thinking of giving folks 5 weeks to beta again? I realise this might be smack-bang in the middle of end of academic year shenanigans for students and teachers though, so I'll have to ask and see if I should wait to align the timeline... I would prefer that over getting the feedback at random times over many months if possible, because I know my brain is going to start working on stuff as soon as the feedback comes in.
I also have a pretty graph!
I'm never tracking daily again!! Lol. I guess it's not really actionable. It reflects the rest of my life more than the writing. "Here I wasn't home... here I was sick... here something stressful was happening..." I like the idea of weekly tracking more, just like I like yearly challenges likegetyourwordsout more than once-off events like NaNoWriMo: even if it never feels like I'm doing enough, it's good to see that consistency even small pays off over time. Daily tracking is never consistent!!
You can also see how I went crazy last weekend, like "Fuck the plaaaaan I'm finishing THIS WEEKEND even if it KILLS ME LEROYYYYYY JENKIIIINS" and then it killed me and I wasn't anywhere near finished, but really burnt out instead. I did One Last Push this morning because the end felt so within sight. But the bad feels are still here :C And I had to change the graph to add more days and I'll have to write myself a tutorial about that because I fuck things up every time I try to tweak something.
What comes next? Well, for the witch, contacting beta-readers, getting feedback, praying there are no more structural issues lurking (but if there are, so be it), let the feedback simmer. Starting in a couple of weeks.
More immediately, I'm taking a few days' breather then I'm going to start on the Soul Thief structural edits. I have the detailed plan, what needs to change, what needs to go, 15 new scenes to write for all the missing bits... I'm guessing it'll take a few months. I'm looking forward to it, though, and hopeful I'm truly solving the major problems early before any beta-reader takes a look!
I find it interesting, carrying the hopelessness of the Cursed Witch together with the joy/excitement/hope about the Soul Thief. Obviously, that one is incomplete so it still could be anything. This is one of the reasons I always want to find ways to write more. It's not just because "moar words moar better rawwwr", but if I have other projects in various stages to immediately lose myself into, I don't dwell as much on the bad, nor feel it as much. In 2020 and 2021, for Several Reasons (tm) I was writing about 20k words/month, and I think writing so much really fed into itself well: like, sure, damn, that story didn't work out the way I hoped it would. But rather than think "I am This is crap" I could simply believe that the next story would be better, because I'd already started it, and if nothing else I wouldn't repeat the exact same mistake(s) with it.
Unfortunately I've also reached the stage where I hate everything because clearly I'm a garbage person who can only write garbage stories etc etc etc *sigh* I wish that wasn't part of the process. Every time I finish reading a book and the author in the acknowledgements goes "Thanks to my spouse for talking me off the ledge whenever I started hating this story/stopped believing in it/etc" I grumble "WHERE IS MY SPOUSE!!!" lol. I'm going to wait a couple of weeks for the yucky feelings to scatter before contacting the kind souls who volunteered to beta-read. I was thinking of giving folks 5 weeks to beta again? I realise this might be smack-bang in the middle of end of academic year shenanigans for students and teachers though, so I'll have to ask and see if I should wait to align the timeline... I would prefer that over getting the feedback at random times over many months if possible, because I know my brain is going to start working on stuff as soon as the feedback comes in.
I also have a pretty graph!
I'm never tracking daily again!! Lol. I guess it's not really actionable. It reflects the rest of my life more than the writing. "Here I wasn't home... here I was sick... here something stressful was happening..." I like the idea of weekly tracking more, just like I like yearly challenges like
getyourwordsout more than once-off events like NaNoWriMo: even if it never feels like I'm doing enough, it's good to see that consistency even small pays off over time. Daily tracking is never consistent!!You can also see how I went crazy last weekend, like "Fuck the plaaaaan I'm finishing THIS WEEKEND even if it KILLS ME LEROYYYYYY JENKIIIINS" and then it killed me and I wasn't anywhere near finished, but really burnt out instead. I did One Last Push this morning because the end felt so within sight. But the bad feels are still here :C And I had to change the graph to add more days and I'll have to write myself a tutorial about that because I fuck things up every time I try to tweak something.
What comes next? Well, for the witch, contacting beta-readers, getting feedback, praying there are no more structural issues lurking (but if there are, so be it), let the feedback simmer. Starting in a couple of weeks.
More immediately, I'm taking a few days' breather then I'm going to start on the Soul Thief structural edits. I have the detailed plan, what needs to change, what needs to go, 15 new scenes to write for all the missing bits... I'm guessing it'll take a few months. I'm looking forward to it, though, and hopeful I'm truly solving the major problems early before any beta-reader takes a look!
I find it interesting, carrying the hopelessness of the Cursed Witch together with the joy/excitement/hope about the Soul Thief. Obviously, that one is incomplete so it still could be anything. This is one of the reasons I always want to find ways to write more. It's not just because "moar words moar better rawwwr", but if I have other projects in various stages to immediately lose myself into, I don't dwell as much on the bad, nor feel it as much. In 2020 and 2021, for Several Reasons (tm) I was writing about 20k words/month, and I think writing so much really fed into itself well: like, sure, damn, that story didn't work out the way I hoped it would. But rather than think "
Daily Check-In
Apr. 21st, 2026 06:01 pmstarwatcher posting in fandom_checkinThis is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Tuesday, April 21, to midnight on Wednesday, April 22. (8pm Eastern Time).
Poll #34508 Daily Check-in
This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 28
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 28
How are you doing?
I am OK.
14 (50.0%)
I am not OK, but don't need help right now.
14 (50.0%)
I could use some help.
0 (0.0%)
How many other humans live with you?
I am living single.
11 (39.3%)
One other person.
12 (42.9%)
More than one other person.
5 (17.9%)
Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.
12 Week Year WAM Week 04
Apr. 21st, 2026 01:58 pmandersenmomWeekly Score: 50% (12/24)
Goal 1: Increase my spirituality. 47% (9/19)
Review: I should have known I wouldn't be able to do any of my tactics while out of town. That was on me.
Goal 2: Write a blog article each week. 67% (2/3)
Review: This, too, didn't work out because I was out of town. But it did give me some ideas!
Goal 3: Make deck available for use. 50% (1/2)
Review: I thought I'd be able to do both days on this, but it didn't work out. But I did some work on it, so it wasn't a complete loss.
Intentions for the future: G1 - I intend to get up and do the morning things first thing. G2 - I'm going to try to write two posts this week, to make up for the one I have planned but didn't manage to write last week. G3 - I'd like to work on my room a lot this week. I feel like I have been moving things around without actually getting anything taken care of, and it's... embarrassing. So I need to actually get rid of some of the things I have.
Note: I have had a really rough three months, which is why I'm so late on these. I'll keep working on it.
Goal 1: Increase my spirituality. 47% (9/19)
Review: I should have known I wouldn't be able to do any of my tactics while out of town. That was on me.
Goal 2: Write a blog article each week. 67% (2/3)
Review: This, too, didn't work out because I was out of town. But it did give me some ideas!
Goal 3: Make deck available for use. 50% (1/2)
Review: I thought I'd be able to do both days on this, but it didn't work out. But I did some work on it, so it wasn't a complete loss.
Intentions for the future: G1 - I intend to get up and do the morning things first thing. G2 - I'm going to try to write two posts this week, to make up for the one I have planned but didn't manage to write last week. G3 - I'd like to work on my room a lot this week. I feel like I have been moving things around without actually getting anything taken care of, and it's... embarrassing. So I need to actually get rid of some of the things I have.
Note: I have had a really rough three months, which is why I'm so late on these. I'll keep working on it.
Apart Challenge: Babylon 5: Set Apart
Apr. 21st, 2026 02:34 pmbadly_knitted posting in fan_flashworksTitle: Set Apart
Fandom: Babylon 5
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Byron.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 200
Spoilers/Setting: Early season 5.
Summary: Telepaths are feared and distrusted.
Content Notes: None needed.
Written For: Challenge 513: Amnesty 85 at fan_flashworks, using Challenge 463: Apart.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Babylon 5, or the characters. They belong to J. Michael Straczynski.
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( Set Apart... )
Gravity Challenge: Star Trek Prodigy: wallpaper: without you by my side
Apr. 21st, 2026 11:53 amlilly_c posting in fan_flashworksTitle: without you by my side
Fandom: Star Trek: Prodigy
Rating:
Length:
Content notes: Planets background is from wallpaper access (artist unknown, not credited by source), Star Trek: Prodigy screencaps used are my own from Observer's Paradox, Last Flight Of The Protostar and Cracked Mirror. The text is selected lyrics from You & I by Rayne, working from Rob IYF & Meakz cover of it with the title Gravity, both versions are still hitting my J/C feels hard. Font used is SaltTruckToTheStars.
Author notes: This is my first time working in Pixelmator Pro on Mac and I'm still very much learning how to use it including any tips and tricks not included in Apple's documentation and I’m more used to working in Photoscape X.
Summary: Chakotay’s loneliness while on Ysida.
( without you by my side )
Fandom: Star Trek: Prodigy
Rating:
Length:
Content notes: Planets background is from wallpaper access (artist unknown, not credited by source), Star Trek: Prodigy screencaps used are my own from Observer's Paradox, Last Flight Of The Protostar and Cracked Mirror. The text is selected lyrics from You & I by Rayne, working from Rob IYF & Meakz cover of it with the title Gravity, both versions are still hitting my J/C feels hard. Font used is SaltTruckToTheStars.
Author notes: This is my first time working in Pixelmator Pro on Mac and I'm still very much learning how to use it including any tips and tricks not included in Apple's documentation and I’m more used to working in Photoscape X.
Summary: Chakotay’s loneliness while on Ysida.
( without you by my side )
Assignments due in just over 4 days; existing PHs 1-2, 6, 8, new PHs 12-13
Apr. 21st, 2026 05:54 amlettersmod posting in unsent_letters_exchangeThe mail carrier will arrive for pickup (assignments are due) in just over 4 days, at April 25, 11:59PM UTC (countdown)! Please drop your correspondence in the mailbox by then.
Please ensure that your work:
is posted, not saved as a draft
is for a fandom, relationship and epistolary type your recipient requested
does not contain any of your recipient's DNWs
is at least 1000 words, of which at least 500 are of the requested epistolary type
We have 4 existing pinch hits and 2 new ones:
PH 1 - Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's x2, Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, Metal Fight Beyblade | Beyblade Metal Saga, ベイブレードバースト | Beyblade Burst (Anime), Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Anime 1997-2023), ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 | JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/UnsentLetters2026/user/Audrelite
PH 2 - Minecraft: Story Mode (Video Game) x2, The Protomen x2, Bionicle (Generation 1) x2
https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/UnsentLetters2026/user/bluerosekatie
PH 6 - Bugsnax (Video Game), Crossover Fandom (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles / Keroro Gunsou), Hazbin Hotel (Cartoon), Keroro Gunsou (Anime)
https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/UnsentLetters2026/user/malachiical
PH 8 - Dune (Movies - Villeneuve), Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson, The Worst Journey in the World - Apsley Cherry-Garrard
https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/UnsentLetters2026/user/primeideal
PH 12 - CLAIMED
PH 13 - CLAIMED
These pinch hits are due 1 May, which is six days after the assignment due date and 24 hours before scheduled collection opening.
To claim a pinch hit, please comment on this entry (all comments are screened) or e-mail unsentlettersexchange @ gmail with your AO3 name and the pinch hit number or recipient name.
I've been made aware that at least one pinch hit claim by email never reached me, so if you write in about a pinch hit and do not receive a reply within 1-2 days, please check back again.
Please ensure that your work:
We have 4 existing pinch hits and 2 new ones:
PH 1 - Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's x2, Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, Metal Fight Beyblade | Beyblade Metal Saga, ベイブレードバースト | Beyblade Burst (Anime), Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Anime 1997-2023), ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 | JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/UnsentLetters2026/user/Audrelite
PH 2 - Minecraft: Story Mode (Video Game) x2, The Protomen x2, Bionicle (Generation 1) x2
https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/UnsentLetters2026/user/bluerosekatie
PH 6 - Bugsnax (Video Game), Crossover Fandom (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles / Keroro Gunsou), Hazbin Hotel (Cartoon), Keroro Gunsou (Anime)
https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/UnsentLetters2026/user/malachiical
PH 8 - Dune (Movies - Villeneuve), Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson, The Worst Journey in the World - Apsley Cherry-Garrard
https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/UnsentLetters2026/user/primeideal
PH 12 - CLAIMED
PH 13 - CLAIMED
These pinch hits are due 1 May, which is six days after the assignment due date and 24 hours before scheduled collection opening.
To claim a pinch hit, please comment on this entry (all comments are screened) or e-mail unsentlettersexchange @ gmail with your AO3 name and the pinch hit number or recipient name.
I've been made aware that at least one pinch hit claim by email never reached me, so if you write in about a pinch hit and do not receive a reply within 1-2 days, please check back again.
Consolidated IPHs & 5 New Pinch Hits
Apr. 21st, 2026 02:12 amlongficmod posting in fandom5kThank you to all our volunteers! This is the list of still-open initial pinch hits, as well as five new pinch hits from swaps or defaults.
If you can claim one of these, please comment with your AO3 name and the number of the pinch hit you want. All comments are screened.
Like main assignments, these pinch hits are due on 5 June, and they require a check-in during the week of 8-15 May.
You may ask to exchange your assignment for an open pinch hit. If you are given that pinch hit and fulfill it, this won't count as a default. Please tell me in your comment requesting a pinch hit that you are asking to swap.
( IPH 1 - Mononoke-hime | Princess Mononoke, Soul Eater (Anime & Manga), ダンジョン飯 | Dungeon Meshi | Delicious in Dungeon, ちはやふる | Chihayafuru (Anime & Manga), 逆転裁判 | Gyakuten Saiban | Ace Attorney, Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021) )
( IPH 2 - Star Wars: Rebels, Star Wars: The Bad Batch (Cartoon), Crossover Fandom, Star Wars: Resistance (Cartoon), Star Wars Original Trilogy )
( CLAIMED - IPH 3 - Young Sherlock (TV 2026), Biohazard | Resident Evil (Gameverse), Fallout (TV 2024), Hades (Supergiant Games Video Games), Andor (TV) )
( CLAIMED - IPH 8 - Generation Kill (TV), Justified, SAS: Rogue Heroes (TV), The Pitt (TV), The Punisher (TV 2017) )
( IPH 10 - 杀破狼 | Stars of Chaos: Sha Po Lang - priest, 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga), 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018) )
( IPH 11 - The Pitt (TV), 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Anime & Manga), Crossover Fandom )
( IPH 13 - Stranger Things (TV 2016), The West Wing, 9-1-1 (TV) )
( IPH 15 - Sword Art Online (Anime & Manga), 僕だけがいない街 | Boku dake ga Inai Machi | ERASED (Anime & Manga), 炎の蜃気楼[ミラージュ] | Honoo no Mirage | Mirage of Blaze, John Wick (Movies), Sneakers (1992), The Fall of the House of Usher (TV 2023), Father Brown (2013), The Queen's Gambit (TV), Squid Game (TV 2021), Death Note (Movies 2006-2016) )
( IPH 18 - Gran Hotel (TV), 무빙 | Moving (TV), 설강화 | Snowdrop (TV) )
( IPH 19 - The Amazing World of Gumball, Osmosis Jones (2001), Dandy's World (Roblox), Dandy's World (Roblox), Dandy's World (Roblox), Osmosis Jones (2001), The Amazing World of Gumball, The Amazing World of Gumball )
( IPH 22 - 獅子の踊り子 | Shishi no Odoriko (Manga), Noctilucent: Before Dawn (Video Game), Tekken (Video Games), 龍が如く | Ryuu ga Gotoku | Yakuza (Video Games) )
( CLAIMED - PH 24 - Hannibal (TV), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 天官赐福 - 墨香铜臭 | Tian Guan Ci Fu | Heaven Official's Blessing - Moxiang Tongxiu, 天官赐福 - 墨香铜臭 | Tian Guan Ci Fu | Heaven Official's Blessing - Moxiang Tongxiu )
( PH 25 - World Trigger (Anime & Manga), 京騒戯画 | Kyousougiga, Crossover Fandom, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga, Horizon (Video Games) )
( PH 26 - Doctor Who (1963), Doctor Who (2005), Dragon Age (Video Games), Doctor Who (1963) )
( CLAIMED - PH 27 - The Queen's Thief - Megan Whalen Turner, The Queen's Gambit (TV), Original Work, Temeraire - Naomi Novik )
( PH 28 - Annihilation (2018 Garland), Crossover Fandom, Moon Knight (TV 2022) )
If you can claim one of these, please comment with your AO3 name and the number of the pinch hit you want. All comments are screened.
Like main assignments, these pinch hits are due on 5 June, and they require a check-in during the week of 8-15 May.
You may ask to exchange your assignment for an open pinch hit. If you are given that pinch hit and fulfill it, this won't count as a default. Please tell me in your comment requesting a pinch hit that you are asking to swap.
( IPH 1 - Mononoke-hime | Princess Mononoke, Soul Eater (Anime & Manga), ダンジョン飯 | Dungeon Meshi | Delicious in Dungeon, ちはやふる | Chihayafuru (Anime & Manga), 逆転裁判 | Gyakuten Saiban | Ace Attorney, Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021) )
( IPH 2 - Star Wars: Rebels, Star Wars: The Bad Batch (Cartoon), Crossover Fandom, Star Wars: Resistance (Cartoon), Star Wars Original Trilogy )
( CLAIMED - IPH 3 - Young Sherlock (TV 2026), Biohazard | Resident Evil (Gameverse), Fallout (TV 2024), Hades (Supergiant Games Video Games), Andor (TV) )
( CLAIMED - IPH 8 - Generation Kill (TV), Justified, SAS: Rogue Heroes (TV), The Pitt (TV), The Punisher (TV 2017) )
( IPH 10 - 杀破狼 | Stars of Chaos: Sha Po Lang - priest, 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga), 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018) )
( IPH 11 - The Pitt (TV), 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Anime & Manga), Crossover Fandom )
( IPH 13 - Stranger Things (TV 2016), The West Wing, 9-1-1 (TV) )
( IPH 15 - Sword Art Online (Anime & Manga), 僕だけがいない街 | Boku dake ga Inai Machi | ERASED (Anime & Manga), 炎の蜃気楼[ミラージュ] | Honoo no Mirage | Mirage of Blaze, John Wick (Movies), Sneakers (1992), The Fall of the House of Usher (TV 2023), Father Brown (2013), The Queen's Gambit (TV), Squid Game (TV 2021), Death Note (Movies 2006-2016) )
( IPH 18 - Gran Hotel (TV), 무빙 | Moving (TV), 설강화 | Snowdrop (TV) )
( IPH 19 - The Amazing World of Gumball, Osmosis Jones (2001), Dandy's World (Roblox), Dandy's World (Roblox), Dandy's World (Roblox), Osmosis Jones (2001), The Amazing World of Gumball, The Amazing World of Gumball )
( IPH 22 - 獅子の踊り子 | Shishi no Odoriko (Manga), Noctilucent: Before Dawn (Video Game), Tekken (Video Games), 龍が如く | Ryuu ga Gotoku | Yakuza (Video Games) )
( CLAIMED - PH 24 - Hannibal (TV), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 天官赐福 - 墨香铜臭 | Tian Guan Ci Fu | Heaven Official's Blessing - Moxiang Tongxiu, 天官赐福 - 墨香铜臭 | Tian Guan Ci Fu | Heaven Official's Blessing - Moxiang Tongxiu )
( PH 25 - World Trigger (Anime & Manga), 京騒戯画 | Kyousougiga, Crossover Fandom, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga, Horizon (Video Games) )
( PH 26 - Doctor Who (1963), Doctor Who (2005), Dragon Age (Video Games), Doctor Who (1963) )
( CLAIMED - PH 27 - The Queen's Thief - Megan Whalen Turner, The Queen's Gambit (TV), Original Work, Temeraire - Naomi Novik )
( PH 28 - Annihilation (2018 Garland), Crossover Fandom, Moon Knight (TV 2022) )
Daily Check-In
Apr. 20th, 2026 06:06 pmstarwatcher posting in fandom_checkinThis is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Monday, April 20, to midnight on Tuesday, April 21. (8pm Eastern Time).
Poll #34505 Daily Check-in
This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 23
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 23
How are you doing?
I am OK.
12 (52.2%)
I am not OK, but don't need help right now.
11 (47.8%)
I could use some help.
0 (0.0%)
How many other humans live with you?
I am living single.
10 (43.5%)
One other person.
8 (34.8%)
More than one other person.
5 (21.7%)
Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.
Challenge 513: Amnesty
Apr. 20th, 2026 04:22 pmteaotter posting in fan_flashworksOur new challenge is our eighty-fifth:
During amnesty challenges, you can post works for any of the challenges we've had to date: ( Complete list of prompts )
See the Community Report for a sortable list of prompts.
Both reports have a random "Any Challenge" button, and the Creator Report also has a random "Unfilled Challenge" button.
Of course, you're always welcome to post multiple works to any challenge if you finish them before the challenge closes, but that isn't always possible. So dust off those unfinished works and half-formed ideas -- now is the time!
In amnesty rounds, include the challenge you are posting for in the subject line of your post (eg, Blanket: Heated Rivalry: Fanart: If on a winter's night).
Each work created for this challenge should be posted as a new entry to the comm. Posting starts now and continues up until the challenge ends at 4pm Pacific Time on Friday, May 1st. No sign-up required.
Mods will tag your work for fandom. When you've posted entries to three consecutive challenges, you will earn a name tag, and we'll go back and tag all your previous entries with your name.
All kinds of fanworks in all fandoms are welcome. Please have a look at our guidelines before you play. If you have any questions or concerns, don't hesitate to contact a mod. And if you have any suggestions for future challenges, you can leave them in the comments of this post.
You can view stats forfan_flashworks entries and search and filter them via the Community Report and Creator Report. See our FAQ post for more details. Please let us know if you have any trouble accessing the reports.
Also, keep an eye out for the nextffw_social post, which will go up in the next couple of days. If you haven't joined the comm yet, it's never too late to come and check it out. (Remember, posts are locked, which means you have to join to see them.)
AMNESTY
During amnesty challenges, you can post works for any of the challenges we've had to date: ( Complete list of prompts )
Both reports have a random "Any Challenge" button, and the Creator Report also has a random "Unfilled Challenge" button.
Of course, you're always welcome to post multiple works to any challenge if you finish them before the challenge closes, but that isn't always possible. So dust off those unfinished works and half-formed ideas -- now is the time!
In amnesty rounds, include the challenge you are posting for in the subject line of your post (eg, Blanket: Heated Rivalry: Fanart: If on a winter's night).
Each work created for this challenge should be posted as a new entry to the comm. Posting starts now and continues up until the challenge ends at 4pm Pacific Time on Friday, May 1st. No sign-up required.
Mods will tag your work for fandom. When you've posted entries to three consecutive challenges, you will earn a name tag, and we'll go back and tag all your previous entries with your name.
All kinds of fanworks in all fandoms are welcome. Please have a look at our guidelines before you play. If you have any questions or concerns, don't hesitate to contact a mod. And if you have any suggestions for future challenges, you can leave them in the comments of this post.
You can view stats for
fan_flashworks entries and search and filter them via the Community Report and Creator Report. See our FAQ post for more details. Please let us know if you have any trouble accessing the reports.Also, keep an eye out for the next
ffw_social post, which will go up in the next couple of days. If you haven't joined the comm yet, it's never too late to come and check it out. (Remember, posts are locked, which means you have to join to see them.)Admin: Challenge closed
Apr. 20th, 2026 04:20 pmteaotter posting in fan_flashworksThe Obstacle challenge is now closed. Here are the entries:
Marvel's Midnight Suns : icons : Robo-Man, byhighlander_ii
Heated Rivalry: Fan Fiction: First Hurdle, bydarkjediqueen
Obstacle: Miss Marple: Fanfic: The Obstacle in the Case, bysmallhobbit
Criminal Minds: Fanfiction: Joke's on You, byinfinitum_noctem
Inspector George Gently: Fanfiction: Perfect, bylucy_roman
The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: Another Challenge, bybadly_knitted
Viola come il mare: Fanfic: The Wall Between Us, byveronyxk84
Torchwood: Fanfic: Bump in the road, bym_findlow
Mysterious Transfer Student: Fanfic: as if water could explain my crying, bybluedreaming
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Thank you to everyone who participated! You're now free to post your entries to your journal or wherever else you'd like. If you're archiving on AO3, you can add your work to our fan_flashworks collection there.
The Community Report and Creator Report will be updated shortly with the entries from this round. See our FAQ for more details.
New challenge coming right up!
Marvel's Midnight Suns : icons : Robo-Man, by
highlander_iiHeated Rivalry: Fan Fiction: First Hurdle, by
darkjediqueenObstacle: Miss Marple: Fanfic: The Obstacle in the Case, by
smallhobbitCriminal Minds: Fanfiction: Joke's on You, by
infinitum_noctemInspector George Gently: Fanfiction: Perfect, by
lucy_romanThe Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: Another Challenge, by
badly_knittedViola come il mare: Fanfic: The Wall Between Us, by
veronyxk84Torchwood: Fanfic: Bump in the road, by
m_findlowMysterious Transfer Student: Fanfic: as if water could explain my crying, by
bluedreaming\o/ \o/ \o/
Thank you to everyone who participated! You're now free to post your entries to your journal or wherever else you'd like. If you're archiving on AO3, you can add your work to our fan_flashworks collection there.
The Community Report and Creator Report will be updated shortly with the entries from this round. See our FAQ for more details.
New challenge coming right up!
Mysterious Transfer Student: Fanfic: as if water could explain my crying
Apr. 20th, 2026 02:29 pmbluedreaming posting in fan_flashworksFandom: Mysterious Transfer Student
Mods please use the f: tv (category) tag
Rating: T
Length: 100 words
Content notes: canonical past character death
Author notes: The title is from The Sorrow Garden by Thomas McCarthy. The story is also inspired, in a small way, by Han Kang’s We Do Not Part and NCT Wish’s Ode to Love (which covers a sample of The Cranberries’ Ode to my Family).
Summary: Koichi dreams about his sister.
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Mods please use the f: tv (category) tag
Rating: T
Length: 100 words
Content notes: canonical past character death
Author notes: The title is from The Sorrow Garden by Thomas McCarthy. The story is also inspired, in a small way, by Han Kang’s We Do Not Part and NCT Wish’s Ode to Love (which covers a sample of The Cranberries’ Ode to my Family).
Summary: Koichi dreams about his sister.
( Read more... )