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Event: AspecEx
Event Link: [community profile] aspecex
Pinch Hit Link: Current Pinch Hit Post
Due Date: October 12th 10PM PST

[community profile] aspecex is an Asexuality and Aromanticism themed multifandom exchange. You must create a fanfiction that is a minimum of 300 words. We have 1 post-deadline pinch hit and reveals will be delayed if it is not filled by the deadline.

Assignment Requirements

PH 5 - Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), Stranger Things (TV 2016), The Walking Dead (TV), Schitt's Creek

For more details/to claim, view the pinch hit post.
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[personal profile] cmk418 posting in [community profile] sweetandshort
Title: On Different Paths
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Character: Xander Harris
Rating: G
Prompt: College
Word Count: 128
Summary: College wasn't an option

On Different Paths )
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[personal profile] smellyunfortunate posting in [community profile] booknook
Title: Our Hideous Progeny
Author: C.E. McGill
Genre: Horror, historical fiction, gothic fiction

The cover of the book Our Hideous Progeny. Around the title, various shells, bones, and other parts of animals are arranged. From the center, one reptilian eye stares out.

“I loved it. From the moment I first met its strange and terrible eyes, I loved it.” - Our Hideous Progeny, C.E. McGill

I'll be the first to admit that I'm a bit suspicious of retellings and spin-offs by nature. There are some great ones out there, sure, but generally my opinion is that if you really want to make a story your own, you should be twisting it out of its original shape enough to fit a new mold. Not unrecognizable, but not reliant on its original form to survive on its own.

I'm happy to report that Our Hideous Progeny fulfilled my expectations in this sense. Billed as a feminist, queer spin on Frankenstein, its protagonist is Mary Sutherland, who carries on the ill-advised legacy of her great-uncle, Victor von Frankenstein himself. While the concept is fun enough, what caught me from the beginning was the cover. It promised one thing that catches me hook, line, and sinker: prehistoric, hideous beasts.

Read more... )
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[personal profile] enchantedsleeper posting in [community profile] smallweb
Now that Small Web September is all wrapped up for another year, I wanted to give everyone the opportunity to share some thoughts on the event - how you found it, and whether you have anything you'd like to change or add.

If you don't have any particular feedback, no problem! But I'm always keen to hear suggestions if there are any. Last year was the first time I'd run the event, and based on everyone's feedback I kept the format pretty consistent, just changing up the check-in themes slightly. (If it ain't broke...) However, I'd be curious to know how first-time participants found the event, and also whether any repeat participants would like to see something new.

Freeform thoughts are extremely welcome, but here are some points to respond to if you're stuck:
  • Have you taken part in this event before, or was it your first time participating?
  • What did you think of the event format? (Regular 'check-in' posts with engagement/replies in the comments)
  • What did you think of the check-in frequency? (Weekly posts/check-ins for a total of five during the event, including the kick-off post). Too many/too few/about right?
  • What did you think of the check-in themes (links, communities, troubleshooting, etc.)? Were they too specific, or too general? Do you prefer to have a theme, or would you rather stick to general progress updates for the check-ins?
  • Do you have any thoughts on the bonus discussion prompts? Are there any other topics that you think would make for an interesting discussion?
  • Is there anything else you'd like the event to feature in future?

Thank you very much in advance for sharing any feedback that you have!

Offer for pinch hit requesters.

8 October 2025 07:51 am
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[personal profile] rarepairmod posting in [community profile] rarepairexchange
Hello, Pears!

If you are a pinch hit who would like to add fandoms from the tagset to your request, please email rarepairexmod@gmail.com with the following information (please provide it as it appears in the tagset):

AO3 username:

Fandom:
Relationship(s):
Medium(s):
Optional details: Your likes, DNWs, etc.



You can only request a maximum of 10 requests. Please indicate if I'm to add a ship to one of your existing requests.

Please email me by Sunday 12 October at 11:59pm EDT [ In your timezone + Countdown. ] so your additional requests can be added to your sign-up before the new pinch hits post is published.

I emailed participants who were initial pinch hits before our post-deadline pinch hits were confirmed with this offer, so I thought I would extend this via Dreamwidth again in case those emails were missed. You are not obligated to add fandoms if you do not want to.

If you are interested in taking a pinch hit but need more time than the current deadline (Sunday 12 October at 11:59pm EDT), please reach out, as this deadline is negotiable.

Please email rarepairexmod@gmail.com if you have any questions.

Thank you!

Tuesday, 7th October 2025

7 October 2025 03:02 pm
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[personal profile] beck_liz posting in [community profile] doctor_who_sonic
Editor's Note: If your item was not linked, it's because the header lacked the information that we like to give our readers. Please at least give the title, rating, and pairing or characters, and please include the header in the storypost itself, not just in the linking post. For an example of what a "good" fanfic header is, see the user info. Spoiler warnings are also greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Off-Dreamwidth Links
Blogtor Who: Video of the Day – Doctor Who: The Best of the Twelfth Doctor, 2019
Blogtor Who: Whooverville 17: Doctor Who Convention Returns in 2026
Blogtor Who: David Tennant Reads Doctor Who: The Last Voyage for Record Store Day
Blogtor Who: Video of the Day – Doctor Who: Every Time the Doctor Meets… the Doctor, 2025
Blogtor Who: Video of the Day – The Whoniverse Show, 2025

(News from [syndicated profile] doctorwhonews_feed and [syndicated profile] blogtorwho_feed, among others.)

Fanfiction
Complete
Luggage by [personal profile] badly_knitted (PG | Eleventh Doctor, Clara Oswald)

Icons, Fanart, & Creative Endeavors
[personal profile] luminousdaze posts a screencap of the Twelfth Doctor and Bill Potts in [community profile] capspiration

If you were not linked, and would like to be, contact us in the comments with further information and your link.

Check-In Post - Oct 7th 2025

7 October 2025 07:37 pm
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[personal profile] badly_knitted posting in [community profile] get_knitted

Hello to all members, passers-by, curious onlookers, and shy lurkers, and welcome to our regular daily check-in post. Just leave a comment below to let us know how your current projects are progressing, or even if they're not.

Checking in is NOT compulsory, check in as often or as seldom as you want, this community isn't about pressure it's about encouragement, motivation, and support. Crafting is meant to be fun, and what's more fun than sharing achievements and seeing the wonderful things everyone else is creating?

There may also occasionally be questions, but again you don't have to answer them, they're just a way of getting to know each other a bit better.


This Week's Question (courtesy of [personal profile] ysabetwordsmith): For those of us who do yarn crafts, what kinds of yarn do you prefer working with and why?


If anyone has any questions of their own about the community, or suggestions for tags, questions to be asked on the check-in posts, or if anyone is interested in playing check-in host for a week here on the community, which would entail putting up the daily check-in posts and responding to comments, go to the Questions & Suggestions post and leave a comment.

I now declare this Check-In OPEN!



Book review: One Dark Window

7 October 2025 08:57 am
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[personal profile] rocky41_7 posting in [community profile] booknook
Title: One Dark Window
Author: Rachel Gillig
Genre: Fiction, fantasy, romance

Minor spoilers below

Read more... )
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[personal profile] john_amend_all

In the last few years, generative AI has clearly developed many uses. Pictures of Paddington Bear bringing Sutekh's gift of death to all humankind? No sooner said than done. Footage of your favourite ship pair kissing, even when they never met in canon? There's a generator for that. Let alone the twerking...

One application that isn't so obvious and can sometimes lead to amusing not-quite-there misconceptions is to convert a picture into a romance novel summary. Feed whatever picture you like into the classifier at imagetoprompt.com, click on the thumbnail, and ask it "If this was the cover for a romance novel, what might the blurb say?" (For added verisimilitude, you can tell it the characters' names too).

examples )
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[personal profile] cmk418 posting in [community profile] sweetandshort
Title: The Selection Process
Fandom: All for the Game
Character: Kevin Day
Rating: G
Prompt: Clutch
Word Count: 173
Summary: Kevin would like every one of the Foxes to be as clutch as he is. For now, he'll settle for just one player.

The Selection Process )
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[personal profile] but_can_i_be_trusted posting in [community profile] vocab_drabbles
Title: 'The Model'
Fandom: The Monkees
Author: [personal profile] but_can_i_be_trusted
Rating: G
Word Count: 100
Characters/Pairings: Mike Nesmith, Micky Dolenz, Henry Babbitt
Warnings: None
Notes: Crossposted to [community profile] anythingdrabble
Summary: Quickly, Mike cut in.

The Model )

Updates

6 October 2025 04:56 pm
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[personal profile] moon_custafer
Got our latest covid shots on Saturday—the ‘flu shot apparently isn’t out yet, at least not in our neck of the woods.

In the evening I went to the final night of Bus Stop alone (Andrew didn’t want to risk the flight of steps that leads down to the theatre). The audience filled maybe three-quarters of the seats. The cast told me afterwards they were disappointed by the turnout, as the last night of a run they usually get a full house, but that they’d been in competition with the baseball playoffs. I thought the actual performances were pretty good, especially Brit, the actress who’d had to step into the role of Elma for the final weekend after Spencer (our original Elma) was injured in an accident. I still don’t know exactly what happened—apparently she’ll be ok, but was recovering at home and loopy on painkillers for a few days.

Afterwards I helped move the props back to the storage room, and we had some pizza. Got home around midnight, went to bed, and shortly thereafter my reaction to the shot kicked in. I’m fine today, but Sunday was spent feeling achey and tired.

Did a job interview this morning, don’t know if I’ll get it or even especially want it (1-year contract, no benefits, and a weird-sounding schedule).

Oh, I’ve been asked to be co-costumer for the November show, On the Air. I’d been hoping to get that one—the setting is contemporary, but a couple of the characters sound like they might be fun to dress, especially the crazy ex-rockstar radio disc-jockey (sound familiar?)

Check-In Post - Oct 6th 2025

6 October 2025 07:29 pm
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[personal profile] badly_knitted posting in [community profile] get_knitted

Hello to all members, passers-by, curious onlookers, and shy lurkers, and welcome to our regular daily check-in post. Just leave a comment below to let us know how your current projects are progressing, or even if they're not.

Checking in is NOT compulsory, check in as often or as seldom as you want, this community isn't about pressure it's about encouragement, motivation, and support. Crafting is meant to be fun, and what's more fun than sharing achievements and seeing the wonderful things everyone else is creating?

There may also occasionally be questions, but again you don't have to answer them, they're just a way of getting to know each other a bit better.


This Week's Question (courtesy of [personal profile] ysabetwordsmith): For those of us who do yarn crafts, what kinds of yarn do you prefer working with and why?


If anyone has any questions of their own about the community, or suggestions for tags, questions to be asked on the check-in posts, or if anyone is interested in playing check-in host for a week here on the community, which would entail putting up the daily check-in posts and responding to comments, go to the Questions & Suggestions post and leave a comment.

I now declare this Check-In OPEN!



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[personal profile] pumpkinkingmod posting in [community profile] trickortreatex
To claim, please comment on this post with your AO3 name and the number or name of the pinch hit you would like. Comments are screened. Pinch hits are first-come, first-serve, and if you're the first to claim, you'll receive the assignment to your email.

You don't have to be signed up to Trick or Treat to claim a pinch hit.

These are due at the regular assignment deadline, October 24, 23:59 UTC.

PH #5 (facethestrange):
  • 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018) RPF, 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018), 镇魂 | Guardian - priest, Crossover Fandom
  • https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/trickortreatex2025/user/facethestrange

    PH #6 (firsttraintovictoriaville):
  • Roots of Pacha (Video Game), The White Stripes, Pathfinder: Kingmaker (Video Game), Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop - Hwang Bo-reum
  • https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/trickortreatex2025/user/firsttraintovictoriaville

    PH #10 (MxKit):
  • Happy Halloween Scooby-Doo! (2020), The Nameless Game (Gameverse), The Spectacular Spider-Man (Cartoon)
  • https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/trickortreatex2025/user/MxKit

    PH #13 (plicate):
  • Head On (1998), Set It Off (1996), Succession (TV 2018)
  • https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/trickortreatex2025/user/plicate

    PH #15 (redgear):
  • Hallo itt Mátyás király! - Bogáti Péter, 15th Century CE RPF, Debrief (Paracelsus Games Roleplaying Game), Felvidek (Video Game), Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula (2000)
  • https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/trickortreatex2025/user/redgear

    PH #16 (rubylily):
  • Code Vein (Video Game), 神さまのいない日曜日 | Kamisama no Inai Nichiyoubi | Sunday Without God (Anime & Manga), Märchen Forest: Mylne and the Forest Gift (Video Game), Octopath Traveler (Video Game), Octopath Traveler II (Video Game), 刀使ノ巫女 | Toji no Miko | Katana Maidens (Anime), void tRrLM(); //Void Terrarium (Video Game), Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Video Game)
  • https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/trickortreatex2025/user/rubylily

    PH #18 (UnhinderedDreams):
  • Crossover Fandom, The Black Dagger Brotherhood (TV), Buffyverse (TV), I Kissed A Vampire (2010), Nocturnal Animals (2016), The Vampire Diaries (TV)
  • https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/trickortreatex2025/user/UnhinderedDreams

    PH #23 (xeena):
  • Squid Game (TV 2021), Nine Puzzles (TV 2025), Near Dark (1987), Scream (Movies), Hellraiser (Movies 1987-2018), The Lost Boys (Movies)
  • https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/trickortreatex2025/user/xeena

    already claimed! )
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    [personal profile] spikedluv posting in [community profile] smallfandomfest
    It’s button time! We’re handing out 7 special recognition buttons for this round.

    Special Recognition Buttons for submitting 3 or more fanfic/fanart go out to these 6 individuals: [personal profile] kalira, [personal profile] misura, [personal profile] merricatb, [personal profile] pairatime, [personal profile] spikedluv and [personal profile] tarlanx.


    Get your Special Recognition Buttons here )


    Our “Above and Beyond” honoree this round submitted 17 fanfic/fanart! We mods salute [personal profile] bluerosekatie for going above and beyond for the [community profile] smallfandomfest this round.

    Get your Above and Beyond Button here )


    Congratulations to all of you, and thank you so much for all your support! We hope you all enjoy your buttons. We appreciate you all continuing to play in our sandbox.

    And my thanks once again to [personal profile] sara_merry99 for creating the buttons.

    Nominations Queries Post 4

    7 October 2025 12:19 am
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    [personal profile] yuletidemods posting in [community profile] yuletide_admin
    We are 214.5 hours into tag approving! We began with 6078 individual fandom nominations to sort (where if two people submitted the same fandom, that would count twice towards the total). We have 28 fandom nominations still to sort. (AO3-savvy users will note that that means we're no longer seeing a random display - instead we can view all remaining unapproved fandoms.)

    Please continue to review the questions below to help us sort them quickly and correctly! The sooner we sort out these issues, the sooner we can release the tag set.

    Please link your nominations page if telling us what to do about your nomination - thank you! Please either sign in to comment, or include a name with your anonymous comments, including replies to others' comments. Unsigned comments will stay screened. (You can find your own nominations at this link; keep in mind this gives you an 'Edit' screen where you can't actually submit any edits, but if you delete /edit, that's the page we're looking for.)

    If we've processed any of your nominations and something doesn't look right, please comment (with your nominations page) to tell us about the problem and how you think it should be corrected. Questions are welcome.


    The Baileys (Chuck Schumer's RPF) - We plan to approve this as something other than RPF, with Chuck Schumer as the creator of fictional material, since the characters involved aren’t real people. Additionally, we’re wondering about Eileen Bailey vs Eileen O’Reilly and Joe Bailey vs Joe O’Reilly. Nominator, do you see these as separate people, or should they be piped characters? Please link your nominations page when you reply.

    Dark Star Trilogy - Marlon James - Nominator, we couldn’t find a character named Panther. Did you mean Leopard? Please link your nominations page when you reply.

    Debí Tirar Más Fotos - Bad Bunny (Album) - Nominator, did you intend the visual album or the short film? The nomination of Señor suggests the latter, but Bad Bunny doesn’t appear as a character. We can combine them as (Album-related Videos) if you mean both. Please link your nominations page when you reply.

    Golden Hour pt 2 - ATEEZ (Album) and Golden Hour pt 3 : In Your Fantasy - ATEEZ (Album) - Both of these are nominated and so are the music videos for Ice On Your Teeth, Lemon Drop, and In Your Fantasy, which are songs on these albums. We're willing to approve music videos that can stand alone with clear and coherent fictional elements to build on, but it's not clear how the albums are distinct from ineligible lore or how they stand on their own, especially if the music videos also stand on their own. We're willing to hear arguments against, but otherwise will approve the music videos only. Nominators, if making a case, please link your nominations page when you reply.

    Marvel 1602 (Comics) - Nominator, from your character choices it's not clear you were interested in the original Marvel 1602 - could we approve as Marvel 1602: Fantastick Four (Comics), or have we misunderstood? Please link your nominations page when you reply.

    The Racing Track (GrabFood Webseries) - Nominator, it looks like you’ve selected the actor names instead of character names for this fandom. Can we confirm you’re interested in RPF? Please link your nominations page when you reply.

    She-Hulk (Marvel Comics) - Nominator, are you interested in multiple runs at once, or primarily in the 2023-2024 Sensational She-Hulk run? Please link your nominations page when you reply.

    自転車屋さんの高橋くん | Takahashi from the Bike Shop - Nominator, did you want the manga or the 2022 drama adaptation? Please link your nominations page when you reply.

    Twin Peaks (TV 1990) - Nominator of Chantal Hutchens and Gary Hutchens, these characters are only in the 2017 sequel. We realize that tag is a synonym of the 1990 tag; still, would you prefer to split these out into a separate series? Please link your nominations page when you reply.

    The Years of Apocalypse - A Time Loop Progression Fantasy - Uranium Phoenix - We could use some help identifying some of these characters. We can only find “Ceiba Yan” in the context of the Ceiba Yan Tree, and we can’t find Xecatl at all. Nominator, can you help us out? Please link your nominations page when you reply.

    Earlier queries…

    Batman: Arkham Shadow (Video Game) - we received evidence for this but would like more information, please. Could the nominator, or anyone else who knows this family of games, please help us understand how it is distinct? Please link your nominations page when you reply.

    Ghost in the Shell (Anime & Manga) - this is nominated with Kusanagi Motoko, Batou, Kogusa, and Saito; meanwhile, we also have a nomination for Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex (Anime) with Batou, Hideo Kuze, Motoko Kusanagi, and Togusa. We would prefer to combine these under Stand Alone Complex but are open to hearing otherwise. Please link your nominations page when you reply.

    Hear Me Cry (1984) (CBS Schoolbreak Special) Craig and David’s parents are distinct characters and so we are not willing to approve each set of parents as a single unit. Nominator, would you like to pick two of the four parents? Please link your nominations page when you reply.

    History Boys - All Media Types - Nominator, we won’t approve this nomination as All Media Types. Would you prefer the movie or the play? Please link your nominations page when you reply.

    Riddick (2013) - Could we please get some information about how this stands alone from the rest of the Chronicles of Riddick saga? If you nominated this, please link your nominations page when you reply.

    Trash Taste (Podcast) - This podcast is nominated without characters, but it's difficult to see what you're looking for aside from RPF of the hosts, as this doesn't seem to contain a fictional narrative. Nominator, please clarify what you were hoping for? Please link your nominations page when you reply.

    Tron - All Media Types - We won't approve this nomination as All Media Types. Nominator, please pick a canon. Please link your nominations page when you reply.

    West Coast Avengers (Marvel Comics) - Nominator, did you mean the 2018-19 reboot series? Your character nominations seem to relate to that run, so we'd like to approve as West Coast Avengers (Comics 2018-19), assuming that matches your intention. Please link your nominations page when you reply.

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