Does anyone have any ideas of where I can promote my Watson Birthday Prompt Fest? My post on Tumblr is getting likes/reblogs, but I don't seem to be getting actual prompts. I have made a post on fandom calendar. I tried looking up Holmes communities on Dreamwidth, but most of them seem to be dead. If anyone has suggestions I'd appreciate it.
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longficmod posting in fandom5k Jun. 29th, 2025 09:20 am)We're passed the deadline, but we're not quite at the finish line!
We do have a number of extensions, in addition to pinch hits that had later due dates, so I still expect a number of works to be added to the collection in the coming weeks. If you don't yet have a gift waiting for you, it's likely for one of these reasons, but you can feel free to email me just to double-check.
There are 8 post-deadline pinch hits available. These are due 18 July at 23:59 US Eastern time, one day before our planned reveals date. However, it's possible I'll have to delay the collection opening to make sure all participants are covered, so if you know you can take one of these pinch hits but will need longer than the 18th, please let me know, and we can discuss.
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.
If you aren't signed up but are only pinch hitting, please consider our treats for pinch hitters post!
If you are signed up and have an extension, 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 if you are asking to swap.
( PDPH 1 - Blue Lock (Manga), 終わりのセラフ | Owari no Seraph | Seraph of the End (Anime & Manga), Fairy Tail )
We do have a number of extensions, in addition to pinch hits that had later due dates, so I still expect a number of works to be added to the collection in the coming weeks. If you don't yet have a gift waiting for you, it's likely for one of these reasons, but you can feel free to email me just to double-check.
There are 8 post-deadline pinch hits available. These are due 18 July at 23:59 US Eastern time, one day before our planned reveals date. However, it's possible I'll have to delay the collection opening to make sure all participants are covered, so if you know you can take one of these pinch hits but will need longer than the 18th, please let me know, and we can discuss.
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.
If you aren't signed up but are only pinch hitting, please consider our treats for pinch hitters post!
If you are signed up and have an extension, 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 if you are asking to swap.
( PDPH 1 - Blue Lock (Manga), 終わりのセラフ | Owari no Seraph | Seraph of the End (Anime & Manga), Fairy Tail )
( CLAIMED - PDPH 2 - The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, Tortall - Tamora Pierce, A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin, Game of Thrones (TV), Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005) )
( PDPH 3 - Path of Night (Podcast), Vampire: The Masquerade - Various Authors (Choice of Games), Vampire: The Masquerade Port Saga (Podcast) )
( PDPH 4 - 終わりのセラフ | Owari no Seraph | Seraph of the End (Anime & Manga), Blue Lock (Manga), Fairy Tail )
( PDPH 5 - 琅琊榜之风起长林 | Nirvana in Fire 2: The Wind Blows in Changlin (TV), Original Work, 永夜星河 | Love Game in Eastern Fantasy (TV) )
( CLAIMED - PDPH 6 - Kraven the Hunter (2024), Twister (Movies 1996 2024), The White Lotus (TV), The Accountant (Movies 2016 & 2025), Marvel Cinematic Universe )
( PDPH 7 - The Fugitive (Movies), Crossover Fandom, Father Brown (2013), Forever Knight (TV 1992) )
( PDPH 8 - Code Vein (Video Game), 神さまのいない日曜日 | Kamisama no Inai Nichiyoubi | Sunday Without God (Anime & Manga), Octopath Traveler II (Video Game), 刀使ノ巫女 | Toji no Miko | Katana Maidens (Anime), よるのないくに | Yoru no Nai Kuni | Nights of Azure (Video Games), Xenoblade Chronicles (Video Game) )
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(linaewen posting in writethisfanfic Jun. 29th, 2025 08:18 am)
linaewen posting in writethisfanfic Jun. 29th, 2025 08:18 am) Hello on Sunday! What kind of a writing day has it been so far today -- or if today hasn't gotten going yet, how did you fare yesterday?
- I thought about my fic once or twice
- I wrote
- I did some planning and/or outlining
- I did research and/or canon review
- I edited
- I've sent my fic off to my beta
- I posted today!
- I'm taking a break
- I did something else that I'll talk about in a comment
Sunday Discussion: It's a new writing week, and the last week of the current month. How are you doing so far with meeting writing goals for the month?
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We have a 10-minute length trailer for Desire, or also known as ABO Desire, which is, yes, a Chinese Omegaverse drama which will be premiering on July 12th.
( 'THE WORLD'S FIRST OMEGAVERSE M-PREG DRAMA SERIES' )
( My thoughts based on the trailer. )
Needless to say, I was already looking forward to seeing this drama and then this trailer just furthered my excitement. I'm absolutely seated for this one.
( 'THE WORLD'S FIRST OMEGAVERSE M-PREG DRAMA SERIES' )
( My thoughts based on the trailer. )
Needless to say, I was already looking forward to seeing this drama and then this trailer just furthered my excitement. I'm absolutely seated for this one.
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Another long day. Hopefully the final one. Today was Ian’s graduation party. Thankfully I did not have to be to mom’s as early as I feared so sister A could leave to get set up for the party. She said I could get there between 9 – 10am, so I split the difference and got there at 9:30am. Then I took mom to the party. Sister S relieved me at 7:30pm.
I did manage to get stuff done before I left the house: two loads of laundry (one dried and folded), hand-washed some dishes and did a load in the dishwasher, scooped kitty litter, took the dogs for a short-ish walk, and dropped a book in the library return box on my way to mom’s. I did more hand-washing of dishes when I got home and tossed some laundry into the dryer.
I watched the current ep of Murderbot, finished my book and started another (Fugitive Telemetry, finally). And, of course, attended Ian’s graduation party.
Temps started out at 64.4(F) and reached 87 (according to Pip). He couldn’t have been far off because it got HOT. (It was still 79.2 when I got home after 7:30pm.) My sister had moved Ian’s party from a tent at her house to the local fire house because we were supposed to have scattered thunderstorms all day, but we didn’t get any.
Mom Update:
Mom did well yesterday. ( more back here )
I did manage to get stuff done before I left the house: two loads of laundry (one dried and folded), hand-washed some dishes and did a load in the dishwasher, scooped kitty litter, took the dogs for a short-ish walk, and dropped a book in the library return box on my way to mom’s. I did more hand-washing of dishes when I got home and tossed some laundry into the dryer.
I watched the current ep of Murderbot, finished my book and started another (Fugitive Telemetry, finally). And, of course, attended Ian’s graduation party.
Temps started out at 64.4(F) and reached 87 (according to Pip). He couldn’t have been far off because it got HOT. (It was still 79.2 when I got home after 7:30pm.) My sister had moved Ian’s party from a tent at her house to the local fire house because we were supposed to have scattered thunderstorms all day, but we didn’t get any.
Mom Update:
Mom did well yesterday. ( more back here )
I got to episode 237 of Bleach and am now in the midst of filler again, sigh. Even during the parts adapting stuff from the manga, the anime team thought we needed two episodes of Omaeda. And adapting fake Karukura town stuff but not being able to show gore meant that when Matsumoto was gored and everyone was panicking they couldn't show that and it seemed a little silly, because there was no visible wound. But at the same time, the horrors of Ayon were otherwise well realised... I do love the complicated interactions between Matsumoto and Hinamori.
As far as the filler arc I'm in now. Mixed bag, tbh. I've long heard it's one of the better filler arcs, but being better than the Shunsuke Amagai arc isn't saying much. I had the bad taste to actually enjoy the Bount arc 🤣 though.
I have just finished rereading the early urban fantasy parts of Bleach and the Soul Society arc. They're so tightly written and have an energy that leaps off the page. There are certain things that don't hit the same way now that I know the twists, but that just means I admire the skill that goes into making it all come together. It's been said before that the problem with later Bleach is that it's overstuffed, and it's really not wrong. Soul Society arc is such a ride. I feel like I love different things every time. I was especially vibing Renji and Byakuya this time, but sometimes I'm most unhinged about the Chad stuff, or about Ishida, or the 11th div, or the Shibas, or Yoruichi and Soi Feng.... The "why didn't you take me with you" always gets me.
Honestly there's a lot of later stuff that felt like asspulls at the time, but if you reread this arc already knowing it seems fairly well supported, like Yachiru turning out to be Kenpachi's sword, or everything with Gin. Which like, don't get me wrong, plenty of stuff in later arcs is still obviously asspulls like everything KT did with Unohana. But there's a lot of things later on that I feel would have more impact as obvious character growth moments if it weren't so overstuffed with characters that you forget between chapters about such and such. There's so much cool stuff in the fake Karakura town arc, and a bunch of things that pay off later on, but there's so much time and plot and excess new characters between the things set up there and when a lot of them pay off that if you're not paying close attention to a specific character's arc you might not even notice it. Like when Iba lectures Ikkaku to grow the fuck up and get over your bullshit and try to win a fight, even if it means stabbing someone in the back, and the next time Ikkaku shows up in the Fullbring arc he's stabbing someone in the back. But there's so much crap between those points it's easy to miss there's actual character growth there.
There's some great more obvious character stuff I've always loved with Matsumoto, Hinamori, Yumichika and Kira in that arc. But then there's also old man Yama being super boring.
Even in Hueco Mundo I don't get why we spend so much time on Szayelapporo, but then I love the never ending Ulquiorra v Ichigo stuff. But the latter has a clear emotional component and the former is just mad scientist that is hard to kill. Szayelapporo takes forever to defeat, Renji & Ishida are stuck against him forever and then Mayuri shows up and it's like, okay, this guy is just in the way, why should I care?
Whereas with Ulquiorra v Ichigo, there's an obvious emotional issue as well. Which is that even though Ulquiorra literally has a hole where his heart should be, he's obviously fallen for Orihime, and she's there watching the fight so there's something at stake.
As far as the filler arc I'm in now. Mixed bag, tbh. I've long heard it's one of the better filler arcs, but being better than the Shunsuke Amagai arc isn't saying much. I had the bad taste to actually enjoy the Bount arc 🤣 though.
I have just finished rereading the early urban fantasy parts of Bleach and the Soul Society arc. They're so tightly written and have an energy that leaps off the page. There are certain things that don't hit the same way now that I know the twists, but that just means I admire the skill that goes into making it all come together. It's been said before that the problem with later Bleach is that it's overstuffed, and it's really not wrong. Soul Society arc is such a ride. I feel like I love different things every time. I was especially vibing Renji and Byakuya this time, but sometimes I'm most unhinged about the Chad stuff, or about Ishida, or the 11th div, or the Shibas, or Yoruichi and Soi Feng.... The "why didn't you take me with you" always gets me.
Honestly there's a lot of later stuff that felt like asspulls at the time, but if you reread this arc already knowing it seems fairly well supported, like Yachiru turning out to be Kenpachi's sword, or everything with Gin. Which like, don't get me wrong, plenty of stuff in later arcs is still obviously asspulls like everything KT did with Unohana. But there's a lot of things later on that I feel would have more impact as obvious character growth moments if it weren't so overstuffed with characters that you forget between chapters about such and such. There's so much cool stuff in the fake Karakura town arc, and a bunch of things that pay off later on, but there's so much time and plot and excess new characters between the things set up there and when a lot of them pay off that if you're not paying close attention to a specific character's arc you might not even notice it. Like when Iba lectures Ikkaku to grow the fuck up and get over your bullshit and try to win a fight, even if it means stabbing someone in the back, and the next time Ikkaku shows up in the Fullbring arc he's stabbing someone in the back. But there's so much crap between those points it's easy to miss there's actual character growth there.
There's some great more obvious character stuff I've always loved with Matsumoto, Hinamori, Yumichika and Kira in that arc. But then there's also old man Yama being super boring.
Even in Hueco Mundo I don't get why we spend so much time on Szayelapporo, but then I love the never ending Ulquiorra v Ichigo stuff. But the latter has a clear emotional component and the former is just mad scientist that is hard to kill. Szayelapporo takes forever to defeat, Renji & Ishida are stuck against him forever and then Mayuri shows up and it's like, okay, this guy is just in the way, why should I care?
Whereas with Ulquiorra v Ichigo, there's an obvious emotional issue as well. Which is that even though Ulquiorra literally has a hole where his heart should be, he's obviously fallen for Orihime, and she's there watching the fight so there's something at stake.
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Theme Prompt: #264 - Summer vacation
Title: Staycation
Fandom: Torchwood
Rating/Warnings: PG
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 1,000 words
Summary: No vacation would be complete without a little bit of Torchwood intervention.
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Title: Staycation
Fandom: Torchwood
Rating/Warnings: PG
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 1,000 words
Summary: No vacation would be complete without a little bit of Torchwood intervention.
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(bluerosekatie posting in smallfandomfest Jun. 28th, 2025 05:06 pm)
bluerosekatie posting in smallfandomfest Jun. 28th, 2025 05:06 pm)Title: do you talk to the stars?
Author: bluerosekatie
Fandom: Bionicle - All Media Types
Pairing/Characters: Nuju & Nixie
Rating/Category: Gen
Prompt: Bionicle - All Media Types, Nuju & Nixie, Learning to read the stars
Spoilers: Nothing concrete but references to later arcs.
Summary: Nixie begins her journey of understanding the skies above Mata Nui.
Notes/Warnings: Archive-locked to avoid AI scraping.
Read it on Ao3 here!
Author: bluerosekatie
Fandom: Bionicle - All Media Types
Pairing/Characters: Nuju & Nixie
Rating/Category: Gen
Prompt: Bionicle - All Media Types, Nuju & Nixie, Learning to read the stars
Spoilers: Nothing concrete but references to later arcs.
Summary: Nixie begins her journey of understanding the skies above Mata Nui.
Notes/Warnings: Archive-locked to avoid AI scraping.
Read it on Ao3 here!
I have bought more dirt though I'm not sure if there will be further plant hijinks this weekend or not.
Back at the beginning of the month, it was announced that there was going to be a Gundam Pop-Up Shop this weekend down in Kentucky and I thought 'well that's only seven hours away' and took a day off- but got talked out of it and a closer location has since been announced... I kept the day off mostly because I've barely used any, the year is half-over, and an extra day off sounded nice. ^^;;
Worked out well because I'll admit that finding out my ancient site was finally going offline did throw me for a bit of a loop. Did I then spend the night frantically archiving? Nope. I finished up HG Sazabi, who is a seriously big boy filled with Yearning, and noodled with some other stuff. And sprawled on my bed and let a cross-breeze blow through my place...
Saturday was mostly fussing around, looking for notes and building a little non-Gundam kit from Sheik Mainland, called a Yunque. Cute little critter, and while I'm not without minor complaints, it was a good build. Started on Starfall, finally, after what, two months of being utterly intimidated?
Going to try to get through a bit of my inbox. It's amazing that no matter what I do, I just don't seem to get anywhere. But, I suppose, it's not getting actively worse, either?
Back at the beginning of the month, it was announced that there was going to be a Gundam Pop-Up Shop this weekend down in Kentucky and I thought 'well that's only seven hours away' and took a day off- but got talked out of it and a closer location has since been announced... I kept the day off mostly because I've barely used any, the year is half-over, and an extra day off sounded nice. ^^;;
Worked out well because I'll admit that finding out my ancient site was finally going offline did throw me for a bit of a loop. Did I then spend the night frantically archiving? Nope. I finished up HG Sazabi, who is a seriously big boy filled with Yearning, and noodled with some other stuff. And sprawled on my bed and let a cross-breeze blow through my place...
Saturday was mostly fussing around, looking for notes and building a little non-Gundam kit from Sheik Mainland, called a Yunque. Cute little critter, and while I'm not without minor complaints, it was a good build. Started on Starfall, finally, after what, two months of being utterly intimidated?
Going to try to get through a bit of my inbox. It's amazing that no matter what I do, I just don't seem to get anywhere. But, I suppose, it's not getting actively worse, either?
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Last night was thunder and rain, welcome enough in that the sidewalk up from my place has become a dog turd trap, ie some animal stepped in dog doo and meandered up the street leaving marks from here to Yarmouth. The marks are still faintly there today but at least better than it was. Also storm brought in, if not cooler, then dryer weather, so the day was sun and warm and breezily pleasant.
Back has been a literal pain all this week, doubtless from couch poratodom, and legs no better, but I made me go out to Wiener's to inquire about extend-a-cutters because the linden is becoming ridiculously umbrageous. On back order, Marty says, should be in at the end of the month. Umm, this *is* the end of the month, isn't it? so after Monday? Yeah, next week, sort of. OK, must come back next week. SND texted me to say the tree people couldn't come right away to do the cherry, so they'd decided to postpone trim until fall or maybe spring, and I foolishly said Maybe I should just get the whole tree done since lord knows it needs it, and they said Good idea happy to chip in. Which means calling up tree services moan groan tremble. But it really does need extreme cutting back.
Then had bento at my old(est) place and dropped by my secondary bank because BoM will give me fives. Except it didn't give me anything. Kept telling me to remove my card after I'd removed my card, then printed a receipt and shut down. So I had to stand in line and wait for a cashier to be free, while hoping there was a way to tell that the ATM actually hadn't dispensed the cash. Must be, surely, or else people would be constantly trying that scam? Anyway, guy had no doubts as to my honesty, voided the ATM withdrawal, and gave me my cash. But from now on I use the left hand machine only, just in case.
There's the yearly recycle event at Central Tech tomorrow. Might go down with that bag of batteries I found in the bunker, though Wiener's will take light bulbs if I remember to bring them. I must move to move but I seriously don't want to. Couch and beanbags and fan and books/ tablet is all I'm up for.
Back has been a literal pain all this week, doubtless from couch poratodom, and legs no better, but I made me go out to Wiener's to inquire about extend-a-cutters because the linden is becoming ridiculously umbrageous. On back order, Marty says, should be in at the end of the month. Umm, this *is* the end of the month, isn't it? so after Monday? Yeah, next week, sort of. OK, must come back next week. SND texted me to say the tree people couldn't come right away to do the cherry, so they'd decided to postpone trim until fall or maybe spring, and I foolishly said Maybe I should just get the whole tree done since lord knows it needs it, and they said Good idea happy to chip in. Which means calling up tree services moan groan tremble. But it really does need extreme cutting back.
Then had bento at my old(est) place and dropped by my secondary bank because BoM will give me fives. Except it didn't give me anything. Kept telling me to remove my card after I'd removed my card, then printed a receipt and shut down. So I had to stand in line and wait for a cashier to be free, while hoping there was a way to tell that the ATM actually hadn't dispensed the cash. Must be, surely, or else people would be constantly trying that scam? Anyway, guy had no doubts as to my honesty, voided the ATM withdrawal, and gave me my cash. But from now on I use the left hand machine only, just in case.
There's the yearly recycle event at Central Tech tomorrow. Might go down with that bag of batteries I found in the bunker, though Wiener's will take light bulbs if I remember to bring them. I must move to move but I seriously don't want to. Couch and beanbags and fan and books/ tablet is all I'm up for.
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Fanfic, Jurassic Park (movies), Alan/Billy, 3 times Alan wasn’t able to tell Billy how he feels abou
(tarlanx posting in smallfandomfest Jun. 28th, 2025 11:28 pm)
tarlanx posting in smallfandomfest Jun. 28th, 2025 11:28 pm)Title: Conflicting Thoughts
Author: Tarlan (tarlanx)
Fandom: Jurassic Park (movies)
Pairing/Characters: Alan/Billy
Rating/Category: PG/Slash
Prompt: 3 times Alan wasn’t able to tell Billy how he feels about him, and 1 time he finally told him
Word Count: 2789
Spoilers: None
Summary: Several times Alan had an opportunity to tell Billy how he felt about him but each time slipped away with the words unsaid until it too late. A miracle gives him another chance.
Content Notes: None
On AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/66986050
Author: Tarlan (
tarlanx)Fandom: Jurassic Park (movies)
Pairing/Characters: Alan/Billy
Rating/Category: PG/Slash
Prompt: 3 times Alan wasn’t able to tell Billy how he feels about him, and 1 time he finally told him
Word Count: 2789
Spoilers: None
Summary: Several times Alan had an opportunity to tell Billy how he felt about him but each time slipped away with the words unsaid until it too late. A miracle gives him another chance.
Content Notes: None
On AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/66986050
A sweet epistolatory memoir consisting of the letters written by a woman in New York City with extremely specific tastes (mostly classic nonfiction) and the English bookseller whose books she buys. Their correspondence continues over 20 years, from the 1940s to the 1960s. It's an enjoyable read but I think it became a ginormous bestseller largely because it hit some kind of cultural zeitgeist when it came out.
The graphic novel version! I read this after DNFing the supposedly definitive book on the event, Dark Flood, due to the author making all sorts of unsourced claims while bragging about all the research he did. The point at which I returned the book to Ingram with extreme prejudice was when he claimed that no one had ever written about the flood before him except for children's books where it was depicted as a delightful fairyland where children danced around snacking on candy. WHAT CHILDREN'S BOOKS ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
The heroine of I Survived the Great Molasses Flood is an immigrant from Italy whose family was decimated in a flood over there. A water flood. It's got a nice storyline about the immigrant experience. The molasses flood is not depicted as a delightful fairyland because I suspect no one has ever done that. It also provides the intriguing context that the molasses was not used for sweetening food, but was going to be converted into sugar alcohol to be used, among other things, for making bombs!
My favorite horrifying detail was that when the giant molasses vat started expanding, screws popped out so fast that they acted as shrapnel. I also enjoyed the SPLOOSH! SPLAT! GRRRRMMMMM! sound effects.
A very unusual murder mystery/historical/fantasy/??? about a guy who wakes up with amnesia in someone else's body. He quickly learns that he is being body-switched every time he falls asleep, into the bodies of assorted people present at a party where Evelyn Hardcastle was murdered. He needs to solve the mystery, or else.
This premise gets even more complicated from then on; it's not just a mystery who killed Evelyn Hardcastle, but why he's being bodyswapped, and who other mysterious people are. It's technically adept and entertaining. Everything does have an explanation, and a fairly interesting and weird one - which makes sense, as it's a weird book.
Hi everyone! What are your plans for next week?
- Starting a new fic
- Working on a current draft
- Editing it myself/with my beta reader
- Going to post it somewhere in the week
- Taking a break
- Working on something else
- Life has other plans at the moment
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Concluding Pride Month media, I played Get in the Car, Loser! which is a queer road trip fantasy RPG. The lead developer Christine Love is a trans woman, and I'm not sure if everyone who worked on the game is trans but it looks like it's at least a high proportion.
The story primarily focuses on Sam, an anxious goth trans girl who's studying magic in college. Her classmate Grace steals a mystical sword and then recruits Sam to be her party's healer on a quest to defeat the evil Machine Devil (who, disappointingly, isn't this guy). It's going to be a bit of a drive to the Machine Devil's lair, but fortunately Grace's nonbinary partner Valentin has a car, and also serves as the party's tank. The contemporary-fantasy worldbuilding is only lightly sketched but that's all that's needed; the quest to beat the Machine Devil just provides a framework for the characters to talk to each other, build connections, and grapple with their own insecurities and inner conflicts.
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Get in the Car, Loser! is normally $24.99 USD on Steam, but is currently on sale for $17.49 USD, so this would be a good time to pick it up if it sounds like your thing!
The story primarily focuses on Sam, an anxious goth trans girl who's studying magic in college. Her classmate Grace steals a mystical sword and then recruits Sam to be her party's healer on a quest to defeat the evil Machine Devil (who, disappointingly, isn't this guy). It's going to be a bit of a drive to the Machine Devil's lair, but fortunately Grace's nonbinary partner Valentin has a car, and also serves as the party's tank. The contemporary-fantasy worldbuilding is only lightly sketched but that's all that's needed; the quest to beat the Machine Devil just provides a framework for the characters to talk to each other, build connections, and grapple with their own insecurities and inner conflicts.
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Get in the Car, Loser! is normally $24.99 USD on Steam, but is currently on sale for $17.49 USD, so this would be a good time to pick it up if it sounds like your thing!
Come one, come all! Step right up to the very first Sunshine Revival challenge!
Is that popcorn and funnel cakes that I smell? And if you listen carefully you can hear the cheerful notes of the Calliope in the distance. You may have noticed we've got some summer carnival sounds and aromas in the air. Which is fitting, since that is our theme this year! Prompts will be inspired by elements of our summer carnival, but don't worry: the prompts themselves are very open-ended and you can write about whatever strikes your fancy.
The format of the Challenge posts will be a little new. Each challenge post will have two prompts: one will be for general journaling (for example, reflecting on personal experiences or sharing thoughts about a topic) and another will be asking you to create something (such as a written or visual work) based on a theme. You're welcome to choose one or both prompts and they are very flexible so if the prompt says "write a story" you can of course write a poem, share a plot bunny, make a mixtape, draw a picture, or do anything else you want; it's up to you how you want to participate!
The Sunshine Revival will kick off with the first prompts on July 1st, but I wanted to say hello and get everyone acquainted before we get started. We'll have a few "pre-challenge" posts over the next few days. Here's the schedule if you need it:
June 28 - Introduction Post
June 29 - Meet the Mods Post
June 30 - Friending Meme
July 1-25 - Challenge Posts every 4 days (7 in total)
July 31 - Wrap up post
I encourage everyone to take some time over the next few days to shake the dust (or pollen perhaps?) off your journals. Clean up your sticky post, add new interests to your profile and remove old ones, consider adding a Transformative Works policy or an AI policy to your profile, and my own special request: Please consider linking to your blog from your AO3 profile! Encourage your friends to do it too! It's fun to find an author you like and then follow them to see what they're reading and doing.
I think that's all for now, but stay tuned for lots more. I'm really happy to be reviving this celebration of summer for the community. I hope it's a lot of fun for everyone!
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The weekly chat posts are intended for just that, chatting among each other. What are you currently watching? Reading? What actor/idol are you currently following? What are you looking forward to? Are you busy writing, creating art? Or did you have no time at all for anything, and are bemoaning that fact?
Whatever it is, talk to us about it here. Tell us what you liked or didn't like, and if you want to talk about spoilery things, please hide them under either of these codes:
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Whatever it is, talk to us about it here. Tell us what you liked or didn't like, and if you want to talk about spoilery things, please hide them under either of these codes:
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