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Crowd: Sealomimi: Art: crowd of sheep

Fandom: Sealomimi
Rating: general
Content notes: sheep
Artist notes: nobody said the crowd has to be sapient, right?
Summary: Mary laying in a herd of sheep.

( wow... sheep... )

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My mother desperately wants grandchildren. I’m nearing 30 and have never wanted children; my partner feels the same way. We would both rather focus on our careers, and there are also some hereditary health conditions in our family — nothing life-threatening, but enough that we would rather not pass them on.

Despite knowing all this, my mother pressures us constantly. Every time I explain my position, she becomes distraught and insists I just don’t understand the joy a child would bring. She’s in poor physical and mental health, and these conversations quickly spiral into intense emotional distress. Any attempts at therapy have been flatly dismissed.

Now she’s saying that she’ll cut me out of her will if I don’t have a child. There’s not much money involved, but I worry that, if it comes to that, she might also cut off contact altogether. My sibling has already severed ties with my mother over her mental-health struggles. I want to keep my mother in my life, but I can’t stand the thought of this one issue dominating whatever time we have left together.

I’ve started to consider telling her I can’t have children because of fertility issues. That would be a lie, and I feel uneasy using something so many people genuinely struggle with as an excuse. Still, her fixation on grandchildren is seriously damaging our relationship. Should I lie to my mother to try to save our relationship, or keep telling the truth and watch things fall apart? — Name Withheld

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City of Streamers: fanfic: whirling

Title: whirling
Fandom: City of Streamers (mods: you can use the Cdrama tag)
Pairing: Feng Shizhen/Rong Jiashang
Challenge: Crowd
Length: 100 words

Summary: glimpses through the crowd

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rounds 151-175

Round 153 Dates

And...it's a tie between ticky box and ticky box! What a close race that was! As for dates, it looks like more people are available 22-24 August, so that's what we'll do! I'll check in with the Chart of Temporal Mysteries closer to the time.

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Crowd: Miss Marple: Fanfic: Miss Marple Goes To The Sales

Title: Miss Marple Goes To The Sales
Fandom: Miss Marple
Rating: G
Length: 459 words
Summary: Miss Marple doesn't care for crowds, but sometimes they have to be endured

( Miss Marple... )

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Multifandom Exchange: AspecEx

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Crowd: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Fanfic: Push and Pull

Title: Push and Pull
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Author:

veronyxk84
Characters/Pairing: Buffy/Spike
Rating: R
Warnings: Implied sexual situation (nothing is described on absolutely any level), dub-con (for the controversy of the OG balcony scene at the Bronze)
Word count: 200 (Google Docs)
Spoilers/Setting: Set in S6, during ep. 6x13 “Dead Things”
Summary: Buffy’s strongly conflicted about her situationship with Spike.
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction created for fun and no profit has been made. All rights belong to the respective owners.

Challenge: #487 Crowd
Also for: #161 Pull + #191 Balcony by

anythingdrabble [Amnesty Week]

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( READ: Push and Pull/Double drabble )

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Multifandom: No True Pair's 2025 Eight-Character Challenge!

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The Switch

The Switch was a trans sitcom that was crowdfunded to 6 episodes. It ran a decade ago and access to it has been spotty ever since. The episodes are being released for three on YouTube as some other platforms.

Leading lady Nyla Rose said “Either we can be greedy goblins and hang on to this, and then nobody gets to see it, and it just sits on a shelf and we can reminisce about what once was, or we can get it out to the communities, just put it in the hands of the people, because we believe in the existence of the show.” in an interview about the show with Them The episodes are being released under a noncommercial Creative Commons 4.0 license so anyone wanting to archive them can.

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Silmarillion: By Other Means by SpaceWall

Fandom: Silmarillion
Pairings/Characters: Luthien/Maedhros
Rating: teen
Length: 66k
Creator Links:

SpaceWall
Theme: marriage of convenience, old fandoms, small fandoms, book fandoms, rare pairings, AU (fork in the road), pretend couple

Summary: Centuries after the arrival of the Noldor and the Teleri in Beleriand, a celebration of Morgoth’s defeat brings the Crown Princess of Doriath and the Crown Prince of the Noldor together. To save this newborn peace from their respective fathers, they’ll do whatever it takes. Including... getting married?

Meanwhile, Lord Fingon of Himring faces the monumental task of healing Morgoth’s ills.

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They regarded each other with quiet understanding, all the vast majesty of their respective lineages rendered unimportant by the connection between them. Music wound through the trees; harp and flute, surely joyous in context, sounded lonely in their solitude.

Reccer's Notes: Fëanor is a very complex character in the Silmarillion, who both has reasons for what he does and also does some terrible things. Fanon tends to sympathize with him, and also make him a good father to compensate for his other issues. SpaceWall takes the opposite track, leaning into his selfishness, his arrogance, and his suspiciousness. And then asks, if he had survived on Beleriand, what would have happened? If Fëanor, brilliant and terrible, were in command of the Noldor? Some things are better, some things are worse, (and Thingol is still Thingol), and so at a crucial juncture Maedhros and Luthien step forward to try and prevent disaster and war between the Noldor and Sindarin. And, in the process, they both learn a great deal.

Fanwork Links: By Other Means

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Pride and Prejudice: To Bear is to Conquer Our Fate by Shem

Fandom: Pride and Prejudice
Pairings/Characters: Kitty Bennet/Fitzwilliam Darcy
Rating: 106k
Length: teen
Creator Links:

Shem
Theme: marriage of conveneince, rare pairings, old fandoms, book fandoms, epic works, novel-length, AU, happy endings,

Summary: The day after the Netherfield Ball, a simple walk through the countryside has wide reaching consequences for Mr Darcy and a certain young lady from Longbourn.

Reccer's Notes: This is such an engaging look at a very different pairing and what might have been. It's long, plotty, with lots of good character work and a great slow burn.

Fanwork Links: To Bear is to Conquer Our Fate

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my desk

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[#270] In Two Minds (Doctor Who)

Theme Prompt: #270 – Pride
Title: In Two Minds
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating/Warnings: PG
Bonus: Yes.
Word Count: 1000
Summary: The Doctor thinks he’s always right, but when there are two of them, each with their own ideas on the right course of action, it can lead to arguments.

( In Two Minds... )

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The Queen's Gambit (TV): you wait and you wonder who'll take on your odds

Fandom: The Queen's Gambit (TV)
Pairings/Characters: Beth Harmon/Benny Watts
Rating: Explicit
Length: 138,010 words
Creator Links:

paperclipbitch
Theme: marriage of convenience, future fic, slow burn, mutual pining, exes to friends to spouses to lovers, chess

Summary: “Don’t think of it as marriage,” Benny tells her. “Think of it as castling.”

Beth raises an eyebrow. “Am I the king or the rook in this analogy?”

Reccer's Notes: An amazing post-canon fic where Beth, frustrated by the period-typical sexism she keeps facing, marries Benny for convenience and now they’re stuck in a fake relationship full of unresolved tension, mutual pining, and all their messy issues (addiction, gambling, competitiveness). It’s smart, emotional, and so compelling. I loved every moment <3

Fanwork Links: you wait and you wonder who'll take on your odds

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MULTIFANDOM - Cuppa JOE: Jealousy & Obsession Exchange

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Nomination queries #2.

Thank you for pointing out duplicates! I will be removing them shortly — please keep letting me know if you see any duplicates/errors in the tagset as you see them.

Reminders:

We do not accept Canon Character/Reader nominations. These will be rejected without query.

Please disambiguate your nominations or risk these being rejected.

Please refer to the nominations guidelines before nominating.

We have a few queries. If I do not hear back from the nominators 24 hours after the publishing of this post, I will be rejecting the applicable nominations.

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Renominate under correct fandom

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)
Angel/Lindsey McDonald (Angel: the Series)
Larry Blaisdell/Daniel "Oz" Osbourne
Rupert Giles/Spike
Spike/Andrew Wells
Spike/Wesley Wyndam-Pryce
Xander Harris/Andrew Wells

Please renominate under "Buffyverse". If it is not, these nominations will be rejected.

Percy Jackson and the Olympians & Related Fandoms - All Media Types
Annabeth Chase/Piper McLean (PJO - AMT)
Annabeth Chase/Rachel Elizabeth Dare (PJO - AMT)
Annabeth Chase/Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano (PJO - AMT)
Rachel Elizabeth Dare/Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano (PJO - AMT)

Please renominate under the correct fandom as per our guidelines — are you after the book ("Percy Jackson - Riordan"), movie ("Percy Jackson (Movies)"), or TV show ("Percy Jackson TV")? If this is not renominated, these nominations will be rejected.

Appaloosa - All Media Types
Virgil Cole/Everett Hitch (Appaloosa)

We do not accept "All Media Types" nominations. We're happy to hear cases about why this should remain under the AMT umbrella from the nominator. If we don't hear back, or if this is not amended per our guidelines, this nomination will be rejected. Accepted as is.

Fire Emblem Series
Edelgard von Hresvelg (FE3H)/Karin (FE5)

The disambiguations dictate this is a crossover. Please renominate under "Crossover Fandom". This nomination will be rejected if it is not amended.

Real Person Fiction
Aaron Taylor-Johnson/Fred Hechinger
Aaron Taylor-Johnson/Original Female Character(s)

Please renominate under "Actor RPF".

苍兰诀 | Love Between Fairy and Devil (TV) RPF
Changheng/Dongfang Qingcang (Love Between Fairy and Devil)
Changheng/Dongfang Qingcang/Xiao Lanhua (Love Between Fairy and Devil)
Changheng/Xiao Lanhua (Love Between Fairy and Devil)
Dongfang Qingcang/Shangque (Love Between Fairy and Devil)
Dongfang Qingcang/Shangque/Xiao Lanhua (Love Between Fairy and Devil)
Jieli/Xiao Lanhua (Love Between Fairy and Devil)

This is nominated under an RPF tag, but it looks like all the relationships are fictional characters. Can the nominator please correct the fandom for this nomination, or explain why this should be accepted as is. This nomination set will be rejected if not amended/if case is not made. Accepted.

Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth (Video Games 2020-2024)
Cloud Strife/Wedge

Should this be under "Compilation of Final Fantasy VII" as a fandom? Please amend the fandom or this nomination will be rejected. Accepted.

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Queries

Multi-Fandom
Roberta (L'ultimo Terrestre)/Majid Zamari

This looks like it is fandoms thrown together under one umbrella. Is this a canon? (Google says it is fan-created content.) Or is this an AO3 canon? We will not accept this if this is an AO3 canon as it looks like recursive work.

Severance (TV)
Irving B./Burt G.
Irving Bailiff/Burt Goodman

I am assuming this are the same characters nominated under different formats. Can someone canon familiar please confirm? Both tags accepted, assuming it's clear that they are asking for two different versions of the pairing.

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Rejected nominations

If your nomination is rejected and you have a case for why it shouldn't be (or if we have made a mistake), please discuss it with us before nominations close; otherwise it will remain rejected.

Kraven the Hunter (2024)
Dmitri Smerdyakov/Reader
Nikolai Kravinoff/Reader
Sergei Kravinoff/Reader

Hades (Supergiant Games Video Games)
Moros (Hades Video Game)/Reader
Polyphemus (Hades Video Game)/Reader

Nosferatu (2024)
Friedrich Harding/Reader

The Gentlemen (2019)
Raymond Smith/Reader

Gladiator (Movies - Scott)
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus | Emperor Caracalla/Publius Septimius Geta/Reader
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus | Emperor Caracalla/Reader

28 Years Later (Movie 2025)
Jamie (28 Years Later)/Reader

Bullet Train (2022)
Ladybug/Tangerine (Bullet Train)/Reader
Tangerine (Bullet Train)/Reader

MobLand (TV)
Harry De Souza/Reader

Real Person Fiction
Aaron Taylor-Johnson/Reader

Teen Titans (Animated Series)
Garth/Raven — Over 250 works. Added to the tagset. Apologies to the nominator — I misread Garth for Garfield!

Marvel Cinematic Universe
Phil Coulson/Steve Rogers — Over 250 works. Last works were posted in 2024.
Loki/Steve Rogers — Over 250 works.
Loki/Sif — Over 250 works.

Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
Draco Malfoy/Severus Snape — Over 250 works.
Luna Lovegood/Harry Potter — Over 250 works.
Minerva McGonagall/Severus Snape — Over 250 works.
Sirius Black/Severus Snape — Over 250 works.
Seamus Finnigan/Dean Thomas — Over 250 works.

Video Blogging RPF
Andrew Ilnyckyj/Steven Lim — Over 250 works.
Rhett Mclaughlin/Link Neal — Over 250 works.

Riptide (TV)
Cody Allen/Nick Ryder — Over 250 works.

Laramie (TV)
Jess Harper/Slim Sherman (Laramie) — Over 250 works.

Thank you!

Current Mood: calm
Current Location: sofa
Current Music: whoosh of properly functioning a/c

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Dark Shadows: Angelique (The Devil Need Not Own You) by Laramie Dean

Fandom: Dark Shadows

Pairings/Characters: Angelique Bouchard/Barnabas Collins, Julia Hoffman, Nicholas Blair, other canon characters

Rating: Unrated; my best guess is T for violence

Length: ~11,000

Creator Links: Link to author's blog

Theme: marriage of convenience, backstory

Summary: The witch Angelique married numerous times throughout her long life and liaisoned even more times. Her great beauty ensured attracting anyone she could use and discard.

Reccer's Notes: Angelique owned many family names throughout the 5 year run of the show, and this story encompasses her entire life from childhood on. The convenient marriage is the one to Roger Collins while she is disguised as occult student Cassandra Blair. This story rocks because literally each of her identities receives insightful exploration, though the main "Pairing" consists of Angelique/Barnabas, the most well-known of her loves. She loves too well and not wisely at all.

Fanwork Links: Angelique (The Devil Need Not Own You)

A new fandom tag, please?

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[#270] Mo Ghile Mear (FFXII)

Theme Prompt: 270 - Pride
Title: Mo Ghile Mear (My Gallant Hero)
Fandom: Final Fantasy XII
Rating/Warnings: T/PG-13 (Language, Character Death, Mourning and Loss)
Bonus: No
Word Count: 735
Summary: Basch stands vigil with his Princess, and mourns the loss of his Prince. Set in-game during the Prelude.

( Mo Ghile Mear )

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!thursday recs

Community Recs Post!

Every Thursday, we have a community post, just like this one, where you can drop a rec or five in the comments.

This works great if you only have one rec and don't want to make a whole post for it, or if you don't have a DW account, or if you're shy. ;)

(But don't forget: you can deffo make posts of your own seven days a week. ;D!)

So what cool fancrafts/fanvids/fics/podfics/fanart/other kinds of fanworks have we discovered this week? Drop it in the comments below. Anon comment is enabled.

BTW, AI fanworks are not eligible for reccing at recthething. If you aware that a fanwork is AI-generated, please do not rec it here.

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due South: Fanfiction: Getting to Ray

Title: Getting to Ray
Author:

lucy_roman
Rating: Teen and up
Summary: After receiving a threatening letter Fraser has gone to find Ray
Pairing: Fraser/RayK
Word count: 566

( Getting to Ray )

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[#270 | Pride] Challenge Post

Challenge 270:
PRIDE

...goes before a fall?

Pride isn’t always a bad thing, of course. Confidence in yourself, satisfaction in a job well-done, open self-acceptance – all of those might fall under the category of being proud, and those are generally good things! But taken too far, pride can make things difficult; too much pride might stop you from accepting help, be off-putting to friends or family, or even turn into dangerous overconfidence.

Are your characters proud, justifiably or otherwise?

Write a story about pride.

BONUS GOAL: “What are you worried about? It’s me.”

If your submission features this line, it will earn an extra point to be tallied in voting!

Challenge ends Monday, August 11 at 9:00PM EST.

• Post submissions as new entries using the template in the profile
• Tag this week's entries as: [#] submission, 270 – pride
• If you have questions about this challenge, please ask them here