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Hello! I have continued the annual tradition of dragging my feet on posting a schedule and, as a result, pushing everything just a little bit later than last year. But 2025 is here! Some dates may be tweaked slightly before signups begin:


I'm also announcing a few rule changes.

First, standalone comics of 5 pages or more will be allowed this year!

Second, partly to support the ability to request/offer comics for different character combinations, I will be allowing participants to request and offer the same fandom multiple times. You must still request 3 unique fandoms and offer 4 unique fandoms.

Third and finally, the use of AI to generate text or images is not allowed in Fandom5K.

Rules are still being finalized, but you can read the draft here. Not much else has changed since last year.

Signups have just opened, and nominations are still ongoing!

We have two three nominations queries at this time. If you were one of the nominators of these tags, we would appreciate you helping us with clarifications:

• Little Shop of Horrors - Menken/Ashman: The tag "Chantel (Little Shop of Horrors)" was nominated, but we are having trouble confirming that this character exists. Could the nominator share information on where they appear in the canon?
• Eizouken ni wa Te wo Dasu na! | Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!: The tag "Sheriff Dekastop (Eizouken)" was nominated, but we are having trouble confirming that this character exists. Could the nominator share information on where they appear in the canon?
• Heartbeat (UK TV): The tag "Cup of Tea (Object and Concept Anthropomorphism)" was nominated, but we wanted to double-check if this is indeed a nomination for a cup of tea that appears in Heartbeat—in which case it should be disambiguated with the proper fandom—or if it was an error.

Thank you!

Signups are now open (a tiny bit early)! They will remain open until Monday, April 28 @ 11:59pm Eastern Daylight time (Countdown). You can browse the requests in the app!

The tagset will remain open for nominations through the end of signups. Please disambiguate your nominations to make the approvals process faster. IMPORTANT NOTE! If AO3 won't let you signup for a character that you know is definitely in the tagset, please comment here or email us with the exact fandom and character(s) you were trying to request/offer. A mod will then batch load it for you on the backend, and you will be able to request it.

• You must request 3-10 fandoms with 1-20 characters and 1-7 drabble types each. Fandoms in your requests must be unique, but may be related (e.g., three Star Wars requests would be fine, as long as it was three separate Star Wars fandoms).

• If you wish, you may request Any for drabble type. This means you are open to receiving any of the 7 drabble types in the tagset.

• If you wish, you may request Any character. This means any character in the canon (NOT just the tagset). Please do not request Any unless you really are open to receiving any character from that canon.

Other:

• Some tags may not appear in the drop-down menu, but can still be used by copy-pasting from the tagset itself. This is a known AO3 bug.

• If you encounter any issues while signing up, please let us know ASAP, as AO3 bugs can sometimes hit exchanges.

• If you need to let us know something about your signup (such as not wanting to be assigned to a specific other participant), please contact us via email (seasonsofdrabbles AT gmail) or the mod contact post.

[A big, dark eyeball stares at you before pulling back, Colonel the hen pecking about the edge of the tablet before her brown feathers brush against it as she turns to go poke around the rest of the counter.]

Pictographs work, right? Do Agrii understand when things get crossed out? -things you never thought about until you're trying to write rules and remember these guys don't have a written language.

[Cayde is seated at the end of the bar, pencil in hand as he puts some lines on the sheet before him. He drums his fingers, scowling a bit.]

"No fire in the bar" - is that even a regular rule? Huh. Or was it just no smoking?

Hmm....should I add something about the fish tank? ...eh.

[He shrugs and resumes tapping the pencil against his chin.]

Event: Worldbuilding Exchange v.2
Event link: worldbuilding_exchange
Pinch hit link: https://worldbuilding-exchange.dreamwidth.org/19149.html
Due date: April 22, 11pm EDT (not midnight) or negotiable if needed

Requests may be for fanfiction, fanart, and/or in-universe meta. Requirements for gift works are:

• Fanfiction - a complete fic of at least 1000 words
• Fanart - a finished piece of art, not on lined paper
• In-Universe Meta - a complete piece of in-universe meta of at least 1000 words

These must be your own original work (eg. no AI).

PH #18 - fic for all requests, meta for some requests - Bionicle (Generation 1) x3, Minecraft: Story Mode (Video Game, Tron - All Media Types x2, Pluto (Manga), Pirates of the Caribbean (Movies) x2

Request 1 by bluerosekatie
Bionicle (Generation 1)
WB: Mental and Practical effects of having moral Light drained (Bionicle), WB: Av-Matoran culture (Bionicle), Takua | Takanuva (Bionicle Generation 1), Gavla (Bionicle Generation 1), Fanfiction, In-Universe Meta

LIKES:
fluff, slice-of-life, focus on canon friendships, missing scenes/details from canon, happy endings, hurt/comfort, physical affection (platonic or romantic), food-centric worldbuilding, battle couples, shenanigans, cats, transformations/showing off powers, soap or bubblegum bubbles, crossovers between requested fandoms, canon divergence AUs/what-ifs, treats!!

REQUEST-SPECIFIC LIKES (elaborated on in letter):
pre-canon friendship dynamics, memories of Karda Nui returning post-canon for Takua, resentment mixed with new/old friendship for both Takanuva and Gavla, post-canon reconciliation, Gavla as a Toa, OK with Takanuva/Takua/Gavla if it goes that way

DNWS:
Incest, underage sex, rape, explicit sex/references to off-screen sex, unrequested gender/sexuality/race/etc. changes from canon, graphic depictions of violence (canon-typical OK), dismemberment, severe/permanent harm to child characters, harm to pet characters, animal cruelty, crossovers with RPF or unrequested fandoms, unrequested romantic ships, sinking requested ships if written platonic, character death for requested characters, AI-generated works

Letter: https://bluerosekatie.dreamwidth.org/1354.html


Request 2 by bluerosekatie
Bionicle (Generation 1)
WB: Effects of Emotion on Elemental Powers (Bionicle), WB: Romantic (non-sexual) relationships between Toa (Bionicle), Takua | Takanuva (Bionicle Generation 1), Gali (Bionicle Generation 1), Matau (Bionicle Generation 1), Nokama (Bionicle Generation 1), Fanfiction

LIKES:
fluff, slice-of-life, focus on canon friendships, missing scenes/details from canon, happy endings, hurt/comfort, physical affection (platonic or romantic), food-centric worldbuilding, battle couples, shenanigans, cats, transformations/showing off powers, soap or bubblegum bubbles, crossovers between requested fandoms, canon divergence AUs/what-ifs, treats!!

REQUEST-SPECIFIC LIKES (elaborated on in letter):
Matau/Nokama and Gali/Takanuva as specific preferred romantic ships, LOVE IS CANON, play-fighting/battle training, roleswaps, good communication, silly communication failures/flirting methods, quiet moments, Gali/Takua's mind link, Matau and Nokama interacting better as Hordika, team-ups

DNWS:
Incest, underage sex, rape, explicit sex/references to off-screen sex, unrequested gender/sexuality/race/etc. changes from canon, graphic depictions of violence (canon-typical OK), dismemberment, severe/permanent harm to child characters, harm to pet characters, animal cruelty, crossovers with RPF or unrequested fandoms, unrequested romantic ships, sinking requested ships if written platonic, character death for requested characters, AI-generated works

Letter: https://bluerosekatie.dreamwidth.org/1354.html


Request 3 by bluerosekatie
Bionicle (Generation 1)
WB: Celebrations in Matoran/Toa Culture (Bionicle), Nokama (Bionicle Generation 1), Matau (Bionicle Generation 1), Fanfiction

LIKES:
fluff, slice-of-life, focus on canon friendships, missing scenes/details from canon, happy endings, hurt/comfort, physical affection (platonic or romantic), food-centric worldbuilding, battle couples, shenanigans, cats, transformations/showing off powers, soap or bubblegum bubbles, crossovers between requested fandoms, canon divergence AUs/what-ifs, treats!!

REQUEST-SPECIFIC LIKES (elaborated on in letter):
Matau/Nokama or Matau & Nokama, growing together on Mata Nui as Turaga, gift giving vs. acts of service, differences between different Koro's culture shaped by the Turaga there, holdovers from Metru Nui's culture, cameos of other canon characters, mixed tech and nature like the first arc's vibes, Metru Nui setting, AUs and canon divergence, etc.

DNWS:
Incest, underage sex, rape, explicit sex/references to off-screen sex, unrequested gender/sexuality/race/etc. changes from canon, graphic depictions of violence (canon-typical OK), dismemberment, severe/permanent harm to child characters, harm to pet characters, animal cruelty, crossovers with RPF or unrequested fandoms, unrequested romantic ships, sinking requested ships if written platonic, character death for requested characters, AI-generated works

Letter: https://bluerosekatie.dreamwidth.org/1354.html


Request 4 by bluerosekatie
Minecraft: Story Mode (Video Game)
WB: Xara's Escape Attempts from the Sunshine Institute (Minecraft: Story Mode), WB: Variety/Specialties in Admin Powers (Minecraft: Story Mode), WB: Source of Admin Powers (Minecraft: Story Mode), WB: Admin Duties/Pastimes (Minecraft: Story Mode), Romeo the Admin (Minecraft: Story Mode), Xara (Minecraft: Story Mode), Fred (Minecraft: Story Mode), Fanfiction, In-Universe Meta

LIKES:
fluff, slice-of-life, focus on canon friendships, missing scenes/details from canon, happy endings, hurt/comfort, physical affection (platonic or romantic), food-centric worldbuilding, battle couples, shenanigans, cats, transformations/showing off powers, soap or bubblegum bubbles, crossovers between requested fandoms, canon divergence AUs/what-ifs, treats!!

REQUEST-SPECIFIC LIKES (elaborated on in letter):
Xara/Romeo or Xara & Romeo, pre-canon or during canon, canon divergence AUs, angst or fluff, moments when Romeo wanted to free Xara, Admins aligned with the different dimensions (End, Nether, Overworld), shapeshifting and power dynamics, Fred's influence on both his friends, expansion on Fred's character, magic, origin stories, etc.

DNWS:
Xara/Romeo affection while Xara was captured/in the Sunshine Institute, incest, underage sex, rape, explicit sex/references to off-screen sex, unrequested gender/sexuality/race/etc. changes from canon, graphic depictions of violence (canon-typical OK), dismemberment, severe/permanent harm to child characters, harm to pet characters, animal cruelty, crossovers with RPF or unrequested fandoms, unrequested romantic ships, sinking requested ships if written platonic, character death for requested characters, AI-generated works

Letter: https://bluerosekatie.dreamwidth.org/1354.html


Request 5 by bluerosekatie
Tron - All Media Types
WB: Program Culture Pre-Tron 1982 (Tron), WB: Program and User communication (Tron), Tron (Tron), Yori (Tron), Alan Bradley, Fanfiction

LIKES:
fluff, slice-of-life, focus on canon friendships, missing scenes/details from canon, happy endings, hurt/comfort, physical affection (platonic or romantic), food-centric worldbuilding, battle couples, shenanigans, cats, transformations/showing off powers, soap or bubblegum bubbles, crossovers between requested fandoms, canon divergence AUs/what-ifs, treats!!

REQUEST-SPECIFIC LIKES (elaborated on in letter):
Tron/Yori, Alan mentoring Tron in or out of the Encom system, canon divergence with Yori brought to the Grid, program conceptions of marriage vs. friendship, lonely!Tron but also happy couple Trori, Yori showing up as a character, etc.

DNWS:
Incest, underage sex, rape, explicit sex/references to off-screen sex, unrequested gender/sexuality/race/etc. changes from canon, graphic depictions of violence (canon-typical OK), dismemberment, severe/permanent harm to child characters, harm to pet characters, animal cruelty, crossovers with RPF or unrequested fandoms, unrequested romantic ships, sinking requested ships if written platonic, character death for requested characters, AI-generated works

Letter: https://bluerosekatie.dreamwidth.org/1354.html


Request 6 by bluerosekatie
Tron - All Media Types
WB: Post- Tron: Legacy Fallout (Tron), WB: Program and User communication (Tron), Sam Flynn, Quorra (Tron), Tron (Tron), Alan Bradley, Fanfiction

LIKES:
fluff, slice-of-life, focus on canon friendships, missing scenes/details from canon, happy endings, hurt/comfort, physical affection (platonic or romantic), food-centric worldbuilding, battle couples, shenanigans, cats, transformations/showing off powers, soap or bubblegum bubbles, crossovers between requested fandoms, canon divergence AUs/what-ifs, treats!!

REQUEST-SPECIFIC LIKES (elaborated on in letter):
Sam/Quorra, Human idioms confusing programs, Tron being brought to the User world too, recovery and friendship between the main cast, Alan finding out about the Grid, repairing the Grid together, programs adjusting to the human world and humans adjusting to the Grid, etc.

DNWS:
Incest, underage sex, rape, explicit sex/references to off-screen sex, unrequested gender/sexuality/race/etc. changes from canon, graphic depictions of violence (canon-typical OK), dismemberment, severe/permanent harm to child characters, harm to pet characters, animal cruelty, crossovers with RPF or unrequested fandoms, unrequested romantic ships, sinking requested ships if written platonic, character death for requested characters, AI-generated works

Letter: https://bluerosekatie.dreamwidth.org/1354.html


Request 7 by bluerosekatie
Pluto (Manga)
WB: Atom and Dr. Tenma's relationship post-canon (Pluto), WB: Uran's Empath Abilities (Pluto), Dr. Tenma | Dr. Boynton, Professor Ochanomizu | Dr. Packadermus J. Elefun, Uran (Pluto), Atom (Pluto), Fanfiction

LIKES:
fluff, slice-of-life, focus on canon friendships, missing scenes/details from canon, happy endings, hurt/comfort, physical affection (platonic or romantic), food-centric worldbuilding, battle couples, shenanigans, cats, transformations/showing off powers, soap or bubblegum bubbles, crossovers between requested fandoms, canon divergence AUs/what-ifs, treats!!

REQUEST-SPECIFIC LIKES (elaborated on in letter):
unconventional/semi-explained origins of Uran's abilities, Uran using her abilities to support her brother, Atom protecting Dr. Tenma even if he doesn't deserve it, Professor Ochanomizu being a mentor/parent to Atom and Uran, Atom and Uran getting to be like kids, Atom having sensory issues bc of his powers, robot 'biology', robot and human friendships and rivalries, etc.

DNWS:
Incest, underage sex, rape, explicit sex/references to off-screen sex, unrequested gender/sexuality/race/etc. changes from canon, graphic depictions of violence (canon-typical OK), dismemberment, severe/permanent harm to child characters, harm to pet characters, animal cruelty, crossovers with RPF or unrequested fandoms, unrequested romantic ships, sinking requested ships if written platonic, character death for requested characters, AI-generated works

Letter: https://bluerosekatie.dreamwidth.org/1354.html


Request 8 by bluerosekatie
Pirates of the Caribbean (Movies)
WB: Will Turner as Captain of the Flying Dutchman (Pirates of the Caribbean), WB: Duties of the Pirate King (Pirates of the Caribbean), Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann (Pirates of the Caribbean), Fanfiction

LIKES:
fluff, slice-of-life, focus on canon friendships, missing scenes/details from canon, happy endings, hurt/comfort, physical affection (platonic or romantic), food-centric worldbuilding, battle couples, shenanigans, cats, transformations/showing off powers, soap or bubblegum bubbles, crossovers between requested fandoms, canon divergence AUs/what-ifs, treats!!

REQUEST-SPECIFIC LIKES (elaborated on in letter):
Willabeth, battle couple moments, Pirate King Elizabeth Swann, epic team ups, Will having supernatural abilities because of being the Dutchman's captain, action-adventure, trilogy as primary canon, raising children on the high seas, fallout of the third movie's events, sea metaphors, underwater locations, etc.

DNWS:
Incest, underage sex, rape, explicit sex/references to off-screen sex, unrequested gender/sexuality/race/etc. changes from canon, graphic depictions of violence (canon-typical OK), dismemberment, severe/permanent harm to child characters, harm to pet characters, animal cruelty, crossovers with RPF or unrequested fandoms, unrequested romantic ships, sinking requested ships if written platonic, character death for requested characters, AI-generated works

Letter: https://bluerosekatie.dreamwidth.org/1354.html


Request 9 by bluerosekatie
Pirates of the Caribbean (Movies)
WB: Myths and Legends about Calypso (Pirates of the Caribbean), WB: Mermaids and the Flying Dutchman (Pirates of the Caribbean), Davy Jones (Pirates of the Caribbean), Calypso | Tia Dalma (Pirates of the Caribbean), Syrena (Pirates of the Caribbean), Original Character(s) (Pirates of the Caribbean (Movies)), Will Turner, Fanfiction

LIKES:
fluff, slice-of-life, focus on canon friendships, missing scenes/details from canon, happy endings, hurt/comfort, physical affection (platonic or romantic), food-centric worldbuilding, battle couples, shenanigans, cats, transformations/showing off powers, soap or bubblegum bubbles, crossovers between requested fandoms, canon divergence AUs/what-ifs, treats!!

REQUEST-SPECIFIC LIKES (elaborated on in letter):
Syrena meeting Will or Davy Jones pre-On Stranger Tides, Calypso and mermaid interactions, Calypso/Davy Jones, references to At World's End, angst, differences between Will and Davy Jones' captaining, complicated but not evil mermaids and Calypso, sea metaphors, mysterious locations, deep-sea vibes, etc.

DNWS:
Incest, underage sex, rape, explicit sex/references to off-screen sex, unrequested gender/sexuality/race/etc. changes from canon, graphic depictions of violence (canon-typical OK), dismemberment, severe/permanent harm to child characters, harm to pet characters, animal cruelty, crossovers with RPF or unrequested fandoms, unrequested romantic ships, sinking requested ships if written platonic, character death for requested characters, AI-generated works

Letter: https://bluerosekatie.dreamwidth.org/1354.html

Please see details and claim at the pinch hit post: https://worldbuilding-exchange.dreamwidth.org/19149.html or email worldbuildingex@gmail.com with your AO3 name.

There will be a 1 week delay to the collection opening.

This will possibly be longer, depending on whether all remaining pinch hits are claimed - I'll post an update closer to the time. All being well, gifts will now be revealed at 20:00 UTC on Friday 25 April.

The collection will not open until all participants who fulfilled their assignment on time have received an assigned gift.

Several pinch hits still remain! The due date for these will be 20:00 UTC on Thursday 24 April. View the countdown here.


To claim: please reply to this post with your AO3 username and the name and number of the pinch hit you want to claim. Comments are screened. You can also email thedevilchicken+s4s@gmail.com if you prefer.

Anon commenting is fine but bear in mind that I cannot reply if you comment anon!

You don't have to be signed up to the exchange to claim a pinch hit, but you do need an AO3 account.

All pinch hits must comply with the rules here.


The minimum is (according to what the recipient requested) either:

a completed work of fanfiction of at least 1000 words, including at least 500 words of a sexual nature.

a completed piece of clean, finished line art. Complete nudity isn't required, but the art should be clearly sexual in nature.

This is a smut exchange, so all works must be rated Explicit.

Please check the medium requested carefully!


Currently all claimed!


( Claimed pinch hits )

WHO: Gladiolus, Open
WHERE: Glitter Food
WHAT: Gladio Preparing the ship
WHEN: Early April
WARNINGS: cw: drinking in second post

( Really He'd Name This Ship Something Else )

WHO: Tommy Shepherd, Open
WHERE: Temba and/or Sh'Ka Greenhouse, He Row Ships
WHAT: Teaching Agrii Farming, Gathering Supplies, Stocking Ships
WHEN: April
WARNINGS: N/A

( A Bounty of Moments )

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 fanart/fancrafts/fics/fanvids/podfics/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.

Apologies to anyone who was enjoying my weekly Leverage recs - I got too busy to continue… partly because I got into SVU and have been reading and devouring fic in that fandom.

And while there are far too many good fics to list a bunch, I have made a post for my personal top 5 Lewis arc fics over at my DW. Very EO-centric.

If you're an SVU fan who hasn't read much fic yet, you can't go wrong starting there! Or if it's been a while, and you don't remember the fics you used to read, the list not only has a few older ones but several much newer ones you won't have seen.

Nominations are now open for the spring 2025 round of Seasons of Drabbles!  Nominations will remain open until signups close on Monday, April 28.

Important Reminders

• We added a rule last round that we would not approve broad writer's-choice character nominations (e.g., "Creator's Choice of Demon" or "Any Star Trek Captain"). This is because it requires the mods to have fandom-specific knowledge when checking that gifts are for a requested character during approvals. Instead, please nominate specific characters.
  
  For example, we would not approve "Creator's Choice of Jedi" under Star Wars because it'd require the mods to know/find out which individual characters in a gift are Jedi or not. Instead, we'd ask you to nominate specific Jedi characters. The only fandoms where such broad nominations are permitted are the "Creator's Choice" fandoms (e.g., "Female Character"), since by their nature, character nominations cannot be specific.

• All character nominations should be disambiguated, for example: Steve Rogers (Captain America (Movies)). Not doing this slows the approval process significantly, so please disambiguate! Characters may be nominated in any/every fandom in which they appear.

• You may nominate up to 10 fandoms with up to 10 characters each.

• With some exceptions, both umbrella fandoms and sub-fandoms are allowed. For instance, you may nominate under Marvel Cinematic Universe or Star Wars - All Media Types. You may also nominate under sub-fandoms such as Thor (Movies) or Star Wars Original Trilogy.
  
  Please remember that if you request Any for an umbrella fandom, you will be requesting any character who appears in any of the fandoms below the umbrella - NOT just characters in the tagset. So if you plan to request Any, you may want to request under a specific sub-fandom rather than the umbrella.

• RPF is allowed. Nominated RPF characters must be famous in their own right, and must be 18+ for modern RPF.

• Crossovers are allowed. Crossover fandoms should be nominated as Fandom A/Fandom B. Character nominations for crossovers should be nominated as Character's Name (Fandom A/Fandom B). For example, if nominating Luke Skywalker for a Narnia/Star Wars crossover, the fandom would be nominated as Chronicles of Narnia/Star Wars, while the character would be nominated as Luke Skywalker (Narnia/Star Wars).

• Recursive fandoms are allowed. The required format is Recursive: Fic/Series title - Creator. Recursive fandoms may be nominated under two circumstances: 1. the creator has posted a blanket permission statement, 2. you are the creator. In either case, please contact us when nominating so that we have the pertinent permissions. Characters nominated under recursive fandoms should be disambiguated with the title of the recursive fandom.

• Since we will be re-using the tagset all year, recursive fandoms will be removed on an as-needed basis between rounds (only if a blanket permission statement comes down, or the creator asks for it to be removed).

• Original Works are allowed. When nominating characters, please disambiguate with (Original Work). If an original character's gender is important to you, please specify it in your nomination. An example nomination: Original Nonbinary Character (Original Work)

• Original characters may also be nominated in existing fandoms. When nominating an original character within an existing fandom, please disambiguate with the name of the fandom. If an original character's gender is important to you, please specify it in your nomination. An example nomination: Original Anbu Character (Naruto)

• Objects/concepts/etc. may be nominated in the character slot for any canon in which they appear. For Original Works, you can make some up if you would like. Some example nominations: Cursed Hat (What We Do in the Shadows (TV)), Magic Mirror (Original Work)

Seasons of Drabbles is an exchange for the creation of drabbles and drabble variants. It will run once per season*. The current round is for spring 2025.

We've included some clarifying information on drabble types in the Guidelines, so check them out if you're unsure of their definitions!

*4x per year, with each round taking place sometime within a three-month period (March-May, June-August, September-November, December-February). Each round will take about a month from nominations through author reveals.

Schedule:
Nominations open: Monday, April 14 (will remain open through signups)
Signups open: Monday, April 21
Signups close: Monday, April 28 @ 11:59pm Eastern Daylight time (Countdown)
Assignments out by: Wednesday, April 30
Assignments due: Saturday, May 10 @ 11:59pm Eastern Standard time (Countdown)
Collection opens: Saturday, May 17 @ 1:00pm Eastern Standard time (Countdown)
Authors revealed: Monday, May 19 @ 1:00pm Eastern Standard time

This round's AO3 Collection | Tagset | Nomination guidelines | Requests App | Mod email: seasonsofdrabbles@gmail.com

Need to contact us or have a question? See the Mod Contact post!

( Guidelines )

This post is now out of date! View the updated pinch hits here.



The due date for this batch will be the same as assignments: 20:00 UTC on Thursday 17 April. View the countdown here.

Edit: pinch hits assigned before 17 April are still due as above on 17 April.

Pinch hits assigned on or after 17 April will be due at 20:00 UTC on Thursday 24 April.


To claim: please reply to this post with your AO3 username and the name and number of the pinch hit you want to claim. Comments are screened. You can also email thedevilchicken+s4s@gmail.com if you prefer.

Anon commenting is fine but bear in mind that I cannot reply if you comment anon!

You don't have to be signed up to the exchange to claim a pinch hit, but you do need an AO3 account.

All pinch hits must comply with the rules here.


The minimum is (according to what the recipient requested) either:

a completed work of fanfiction of at least 1000 words, including at least 500 words of a sexual nature.

a completed piece of clean, finished line art. Complete nudity isn't required, but the art should be clearly sexual in nature.

This is a smut exchange, so all works must be rated Explicit.

Please check the medium requested carefully!


( This post is out of date )

( Claimed pinch hits )

The deadline has now passed!

I'll now default people who haven't submitted their assignment.

Post-deadline pinch hits will go out tomorrow and will be due at 20:00 UTC on Thursday 17 April.

Under 24 hours remain until the posting deadline! That's 8pm UTC tomorrow, Friday 11 April. View the countdown here.

No extensions will be granted so please post your works by the deadline!

Remember: works must be complete, focus on a fandom/ship/warning/kink combination that your recipient requested, and be rated Explicit for sexual content. Fic must be at least 1000 words and art must be a minimum of clean lineart on unlined paper.

There are also still pinch hits available in the previous post here. I'll post new ones here after the deadline passes. All pinch hits not already assigned before the time of this post will be due at 8pm UTC on Thursday 17 April.

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/fics/fanvids/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.