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Title: For Self Defence
Fandom: War of the Worlds (1988-90)
Author:

badly_knitted
Characters: Harrison Blackwood, Paul Ironhorse
Rating: PG
Setting: Between Seasons 1 & 2.
Summary: Harrison hates guns, but he’ll have to learn to use one at some point.
Word Count: 300
Content Notes: Nada.
Written For: Challenge 507: Amnesty 84, using Challenge 14: Performance Anxiety.
Disclaimer: I don’t own War of the Worlds, or the characters. They belong to their creators.
A/N: Triple drabble

( For Self Defence... )

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Cannot BELIEVE I still have an SPN icon!

Anyway ... I first started making fanvids for fun in 2002, but I began posting them on LJ in 2006, and since 2026 is therefore my 20th anniversary of posting the first one (#what) and I've been wanting to get more of them on AO3, I decided to make that a project for this year!

So here's my 2006 one and only Supernatural vid, Life is a Highway.

This isn't the first one I put online, but of the 2006 vids I think it's probably one of my favorites and a good one to start with. Contains clips up to late season one because that's all I'd watched at that point and most of what was available. Here's the original LJ-imported-to-DW post. Please enjoy this dive into ~~an alternate reality~~ a moment in time when season one of Supernatural was literally All There Was.

Some notes if you'd rather read them afterwards

Obviously at this point all I have is the exported file rather than the original vidding files (as this was at least 5 computers ago) so 2006 quality is what you're getting, including some slight wonkiness with jerky video and slightly odd cropping (I was screencapturing the video, which explains both the slight borders that occasionally appear - I got a lot better at cropping later - and a few instances of jerkiness as my 2006 computer struggled to render the video). The credits also include my original 2000s-era LJ name, which some of you may remember.

IIRC, I was making these earliest vids on a really old copy of Adobe Premiere that I had absconded with from my college computer lab in the 1990s.

Watch on Vimeo

Also posted on AO3.

If you want a 12 Mb download in 2006 quality, you can download it here!

Also, an interesting bit of context on the 20th anniversary vidding project - I discovered recently that I uploaded a bunch (most? all?) of my older vids to Vimeo in 2016 on the private setting, so apparently I was planning a *10th* anniversary vidding project, but got derailed somehow. What is time.

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Watch on YouTube

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I didn't watch Dunc and Egg but Cam did, and he found himself thinking about how fun it could be to have a story where a somewhat loner knight (disgraced/unproven/just antisocial, whatever) takes on a determined and surprisingly knowledgable page, who he eventually realises is a girl in disguise, and they have Adventures (but no romance, preferably)

He asked if I knew of any stories like that, since it feels like a really obvious premise, and I felt like I must have seen something along those lines by Tamora Pierce/ Mercedes Lackey etc but nothing came to mind. eg the Alanna series has the crossdressing page part but not the loner knight, Kel doesn't have the cross-dressing, etc.

So I come to you! At this point we're mostly just curious if it exists at all, but actual recs are definitely not unwelcome. Books/tv/movies, whatever.

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fancake

Fandom: Heated Rivalry
Characters/Pairings: Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov, Rose Landry, numerous Reddit OCs.
Rating: Teen
Length: 20,175
Content Notes: No AO3 warnings apply. Some of the Reddit comments contain terrible advice!
Creator Links: OpalApparition on AO3
Themes: Inept in love, Canon LGBTQ+ characters, Humor, Unusual format & style, Epistolary, Outsider POV, Angst with a happy ending

Summary: I (26M) want to invite man I sleep with (26M) to my house to spend the weekend. Help me not ruin it.

Or: Ilya Rozanov goes to the internet for dating advice

Reccer's Notes: This is a long (9 chapters) social media epistolary fic based on Reddit, where Ilya asks the internet for advice before the tuna melt hookup. It's funny, very cleverly done, and the responses from Reddit users are often hilarious. We start with Ilya's post (he's orangespyder617 - his sports car name & Boston area code), and later, Shane (gingerale_MTL) also separately posts after he's bolted in panic and is dating Rose, and has realized he's really messed things up. There's some fun for the Reddit users in speculating about who these two rich, inept in love guys might be, and also later after Shane posts as Ilya has wiped his former thread by then but some users remember it and join the dots. Rose herself (kidnapped4times) also posts wanting advice about how to tactfully tell her boyfriend he's gay, and finally Ilya posts again. It reads exactly like Reddit, although I suspect with way fewer trolls, and the users often post memes and links to vids which work, and add to the realism. Throughout, Ilya and Shane amply demonstrate their ineptitude in love, starting with POSTING TO REDDIT ABOUT IT AT ALL! I grinned a lot.

Fanwork Links: Tuna Melts and Longitudinal Studies

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Our new challenge is our eighty-fourth:

AMNESTY

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 Sunday, 1 March. 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.)

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The Melt challenge is now closed. Here are the entries:

Icons for Melt: Stock and Terminator 2 by

innitmarvelous_og
FAKE: Fanfic: Bad Weather Blues by

badly_knitted
Mass Effect: Andromeda: Fanfiction: Ice Melts by

infinitum_noctem
Melt: Original: Baking: Melting Moments by

smallhobbit
Ace Attorney: Fanfic: The Snowflake by

refuse2shine
S.W.A.T.: Fan Fiction: Stuck by

darkjediqueen
The Professionals: Fanfiction: Feverish by

lucy_roman
Viola come il mare: Fanfic: Far From Over by

veronyxk84
art - Salvador Dalí: icons: Disintegration of Memory by

highlander_ii
Torchwood: Fanfic: The one that got away by

m_findlow
Duang with You: Fanfic: the whole universe converges here by

bluedreaming
The Story of Kunning Palace: fanfic: all claws and teeth by

teaotter

\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.

Amnesty round coming right up.

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bethefirst

Hi, and welcome to the eleventh round of Be The First!

This is a low-pressure challenge to write a fic, of any length, for a fandom that previously had none. That's it! If you want to take part, just reply to this post :)

Quick rundown: You have two months to write. The deadline is at 23:59 GMT on the 20th of April, and the archive will go live at 00:01 GMT on the 22nd of April. You can submit up to four stories, as long as they are for different canons.

If you'd like more information beyond those basic points, then you can find the FAQ right here. The AO3 collection for this year is here, and I'll be putting up a fandom promo post in roughly a week.

A big thank you to everyone who is reading this, whether you're a returning participant or someone checking out the challenge for the first time. As always, I'm really looking forward to seeing what you all write this year! ♥

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I don't know if this post is allowed, I just wasn't sure where else to ask.

I'm currently working on a Strangers Thing fic. I am very new to the fandom. I'd like someone I can bounce off of, and maybe a beta down the line? It's an AU with a better ending to El's story, giving her what I think she deserved. There might be some Canon Divergence for S4 as well. The fic is Byler, not Mileven, although she and Mike will remain good friends.

Any takers?

Again, Modly Beings, feel free to delete.

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It's almost here, Purimgifters - there are only three days left until the deadline on February 23 (anywhere in the world)!

If you haven't posted all of your fics and art yet, now's a great time to check out our Posting Guide here or our Embed Guide here. And if you're not quite ready for that yet, some options...

Extension. If you’re sure you can complete your assignment, you just need a little more time, this option is for you. To request an extension, please email purim_gifts@yahoo.com.

The backup protocol. This option is for people who’re not sure whether they can complete their assignment, but who really really want to. A backup is a pinch hitter assigned ahead of time. If you complete your assignment, that’s great! If you don’t complete your assignment, you can call it off at the last minute - while your pinch hitter had had a much longer time to prepare. To request a backup, please email purim_gifts@yahoo.com.

Partial default. This option is for people who already know they can’t complete their assignment, but who want to post what they can complete. To request a partial default, please email purim_gifts@yahoo.com.

Full default. If you’re absolutely sure you can’t complete your assignment, this option is for you. You can activate it by emailing purim_gifts@yahoo.com, or by hitting the “Default” button at the AO3. Either way, you won’t be penalized for it; life happens, and we get that.

And if you’re not sure which of those options is right for you, please email purim_gifts@yahoo.com ASAP! Don't leave it until the last minute; the sooner we know what's going on, the better we can help you out.

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allbingo

Title: A Fortunate Meeting
Fandoms: Miss Marple
Ratings: G
Pairings: Miss Marple, Lucy Eyelesbarrow/Dermot Craddock
Prompts from the Romantic section: Love at first sight, Taking it slow, Dinner for two, Dancing

A Fortunate Meeting on AO3

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Title: all claws and teeth
Fandom: The Story of Kunning Palace
Content notes: none
Challenge: Melt
Length: 100 words

Summary: Rebirth didn't really change her.

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Fandom: Duang with You
Mods please use the f: tv (category) tag
Rating: T
Length: 100 words
Content notes: none
Author notes: The title is from I FELT THE SUNLIGHT by Wang Xiaoni, translated by an unknown Chinese translator with Simon Patton. (Note re canon: I did previously read the novel, but I’m calling this the tv series that’s fresh in my mind.)
Summary: Duang, as always, is besotted.

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Title: The one that got away
Fandom: Torchwood
Characters: Jack, Ianto
Author: m_findlow
Rating: PG
Length: 1,694 words
Content notes: None
Author notes: Written for Challenge 506 - Melt
Summary: Jack thought he had their alien under wraps.

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Good timezone, Purimgifters! Believe it or not, there are only four days left until the deadline on February 23 (anywhere in the world)!

If you haven't posted all of your fics and art yet, now's a great time to check out our Posting Guide here or our Embed Guide here. And if you're not quite ready for that yet, some options...

Extension. If you’re sure you can complete your assignment, you just need a little more time, this option is for you. To request an extension, please email purim_gifts@yahoo.com.

The backup protocol. This option is for people who’re not sure whether they can complete their assignment, but who really really want to. A backup is a pinch hitter assigned ahead of time. If you complete your assignment, that’s great! If you don’t complete your assignment, you can call it off at the last minute - while your pinch hitter had had a much longer time to prepare. To request a backup, please email purim_gifts@yahoo.com.

Partial default. This option is for people who already know they can’t complete their assignment, but who want to post what they can complete. To request a partial default, please email purim_gifts@yahoo.com.

Full default. If you’re absolutely sure you can’t complete your assignment, this option is for you. You can activate it by emailing purim_gifts@yahoo.com, or by hitting the “Default” button at the AO3. Either way, you won’t be penalized for it; life happens, and we get that.

And if you’re not sure which of those options is right for you, please email purim_gifts@yahoo.com ASAP! We're happy to help, and the sooner we know what's going on, the more options we have. We're also here for tech support, if you need a little help getting things posted and embedded!

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Another day, another word count goal!

How did writing go today?

forestofglory

I was sick for the last three days and couldn’t really look at screens for long, so now I’m so behind on my reading page! I might declare amnesty so if you posted something you’d like me to see let me know!

Meanwhile I have continued reading many graphic novels (and not watching anything) so here are some thoughts on my most recent reads.

Lumberjanes, Vol. 3-7 by N.D. Stevenson and Shannon Watters, et al.— These continue to be very fun! Lots of friendship and adventure, plus I love how colorful they are. The camper who is transitioning from a Scouting Lad to a Lumberjane is also very charming! I’m glad I’m rereading these! (And only a few more volumes until I get to new to me stuff)

Batman: The Golden Age, Vol. 1 by Bill Finger, Bob Kane et al— I have a habit of turning anything I’m interested in into a historical research project of some type. Thus I ended up reading this collection of the very first Batman comics. They are not especially good stories, but it's fun seeing bits of lore that feel essential to Batman slowly being added. The batplane and batarangs both show up before the Batcave and the batmobile! Neither of which showed up in these comics. Bruce just keeps his batman stuff in a chest in a room with windows, and drives around in a normal car. The causal racism in these sure is a lot though.

City of Secrets and City of Illusion by Victoria Ying— fun middle grade steampunk adventures! These are not very dense (not a lot of words on any one page) so they are very fast reads. I enjoyed the art, theirs a good sense of motion and lots of fun gears and things

Doughnuts and Doomby Balazs Lorinczi— A short graphic novel about a witch and a singer who meet by chance when both of them are having a really bad day. This was very cute but it was so short there wasn’t really time to develop the characters or their relationship much

Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson— So I’m not big on contemporary middle grade fiction, because stuff about making new friends, dealing with bullies and other school social dynamics stresses me out most of the time. But several people who I think have good taste recommended this graphic novel about a girl who is not getting along with her best friend and ends up attending a roller derby camp without knowing anyone else there. I’m glad I read it because it was really good!

The Legend of Brightblade by Ethan M. Aldridge— Another graphic novel by Aldridge – this one is about a prince who wants to be a bard. He ends up running away and forming a band. It’s very charming, though definitely not a book that’s thinking critically about monarchy. The art as always with Aldridge is great!

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