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Pinch hits are participants who are without creators; pinch hitting is the practice of volunteering to make a gift for a pinch hit. These pinch hits are all due on October 19 at 10:00 PM EDT.

Fic In A Box has a very unusual set of assignment requirements: everyone is owed (and is asking for) 10k of fanfiction, which by default can be given as one 10k+ fic or several 1k+ fics. Participants have also had the option to opt-in to other minimum lengths or to other formats of fanwork. The other fanwork mediums are given word count equivalents, which you can view on the medium ruleset post.

Additionally:

  • Fic In A Box creators may default after partially filling their assignment—say, if they discover that they can only write 9k of fic—and PHs can be picked up in 1k increments!
  • You may always swap all or part of your assignment for a PH, just let us know that's what you're doing when you post to claim the PH.
  • In the future we'll include details in the post, but for this post we're linking to the app for that to keep the post size down!

In order to pick up a pinch hit you need to either email us or comment on this post (comments are screened) with:

  • The amount of wordcount you would like to claim (even if you're going to do fanart or some other non-fic opt-in medium! If you aren't sure what the equivalent would be, we'd be happy to help you convert it!)
  • The exact username of the AO3 account you will be posting your fill(s) from (if you post from a different account from the one you give us, we won't be able to count the PH as filled unless you update us!)
  • An email where we can reach you (you might not be getting the AO3 assignment when you pick up a PH, so we need to know where to send the assignment!)

PH 4 - 2k - Star Wars: The Bad Batch (Cartoon), Star Wars: Skeleton Crew (TV), Star Wars: Rebels, Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars: Resistance (Cartoon) )

PH 5 - 1k - Christian Astrology - William Lilly, Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Main Video Game Series), 龍の国 ルーンファクトリー | Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma (Video Game), Fire Emblem: Fuukasetsugetsu | Fire Emblem: Three Houses )

PH 7 - 10k - Only Murders in the Building (TV), Roseanne (TV 1988), Red Band Society (US TV), Degrassi the Next Generation, Win or Lose (Cartoon), Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (TV), Divergent Series - Veronica Roth, The OC (TV), Short Term 12 (2013), Turtles All the Way Down (Movie 2024) )

PH 12 - 10k - 鹿鼎記 - 金庸 | The Deer and the Cauldron - Louis Cha, 鹿鼎記 | The Duke of Mount Deer (Hong Kong 1984), 老洞 | The Old Miao Myth (TV) )

PH 16 - 3k - 阴阳师 | Yīn Yáng Shī | The Yin-yang Master (Movies - Guo Jingming), 陰陽師 | Onmyouji (Anime 2023), 밤에 피는 꽃 | Knight Flower (TV) )

PH 18 - 7k - The Fixer Series - Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Earth Girl Series - Janet Edwards, Vorkosigan Saga - Lois McMaster Bujold, The Librarians (TV 2014), Crossover Fandom )

PH 19 - 2k - Star Trek: Enterprise, Star Trek: Enterprise, Star Trek: Voyager, Crossover Fandom )

PH 20 - 10k - Wahkonda (Band), Wahkonda (Band), Wahkonda (Band), Springtime (Band), Mind Your Language (TV), Münchener Freiheit (Band), Wahkonda (Band), Springtime (Band), Men's Football RPF, Wahkonda (Band) )

PH 22 - 7k - The Good Wife (TV), Fresh Meat (TV), Raven Cycle - Maggie Stiefvater, Guardians of Time - Marianne Curley, Crossover Fandom, Crossover Fandom )

PH 25 - 10k - Stargate - Live Action, Kolja | Kolya (1996), Cesta do pravěku | Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955), Crossover Fandom )

PH 29 - 10k - 단금지교 | Dangeum and Jigyo (Webcomic), Star Control (Video Games), Chang Feng Juan | I Promise to Return (Webcomic), 고진감래 | Go Jin and Gam-rae (Webcomic) )

PH 30 - 6k - Green Hornet (TV), Crossover Fandom, Ghost Whisperer )

PH 39 - CLAIMED - Bleach (Anime & Manga), KPop Demon Hunters (2025), Naruto (Anime & Manga), 데뷔 못 하면 죽는 병 걸림 - 백덕수 | Debut or Die - Baek Deoksoo, 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game), 崩坏:星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game), 残疾暴君的掌心鱼宠[穿书] - 雪山肥狐 | The Disabled Tyrant's Pet Palm Fish [Transmigration] - Xuě Shān Féi Hú, DCU (Comics), Katekyou Hitman Reborn!, SK8 the Infinity (Anime) )

PH 40 - 2k - Original Work, Teen Titans (Animated Series), Subarashiki Kono Sekai | The World Ends With You (Video Games), Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Main Video Game Series), Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Anime 1997-2023), LOVE ME HARD - Jerry Heil (Music Video), ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 | JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Toonami Total Immersion Event Series, Initial D (Anime & Manga), Black Dynasty - Marilena Barbagallo )

PH 41 - 2k - Original Work, Horrible Histories, The Gilded Age (TV 2022) )

PH 42 - 6k - Alien (Original Movies 1979-1997), DCU (Comics), The Magnus Archives (Podcast), Marvel 616, Crossover Fandom )

PH 43 - 2k - Yellowjackets (TV), Dawson's Creek, Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins, Once Upon a Time (TV), The Vampire Diaries (TV), Gossip Girl (TV 2007) )

PH 44 - 1k - DCU (Comics), Original Work, Fevre Dream - George R. R. Martin, A Short Stay in Hell - Steven L. Peck, House of Leaves - Mark Z. Danielewski )

PH 45 - 3k - 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga), 전지적 독자 시점 - 싱숑 | Omniscient Reader - Sing-Shong (Novel), Crossover Fandom )

PH 46 - 1k - Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (TV 2022), Slow Horses (TV), Sanditon (TV 2019), Nancy Drew (TV 2019), The Gilded Age (TV 2022), Crossover Fandom )

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[personal profile] yuletidemods posting in [community profile] yuletide_admin
Thanks for all your nominations so far! 4,429 fandom choices have been submitted so far (note that if two people nominate the same fandom, that counts twice towards that total). You can nominate at the tag set here.

AO3 has announced maintenance downtime from Sep 26, 07:30 UTC to (approximately) Sep 27, 03:30 UTC, which cuts a large chunk off the end of our planned nominations period. Because of this, we’ll extend nominations for an extra 16 hours, and instead close nominations on Saturday September 27 at 1pm UTC (What time is that for me?). However, we urge you to get your nominations in before the downtime begins, just in case AO3 doesn’t come back up in time for you to submit before we close nominations.

If your fandom requires evidence, please also submit it here on the Evidence Post by that time. We can't give a decision on all fandoms by close of nominations, but the sooner you make your case, the better your chances of a swift answer.

5 Calls Dot Org

Sep. 24th, 2025 08:47 am
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Learned about this from the weekly Indivisible email!

5 CALLS DOT ORG
Click on this tool (https://5calls.org/all/) to name and dial and/or email your federal representatives, simply following a script . As appropriate, express your gratitude and/or request increased action. Keep in mind that staffers log just one issue per call. Each one matters big time.

Massachusetts folks:
Interested in making a few key calls? Please call or write Governor Healey, urging her to act boldly, and/or tell Senators Warren and Markey to fight hard against giving Trump a blank check! https://5calls.org/issue/federal-budget-government-shutdown/
You needn't make speeches. One-line statements will make your communication count as much as - if not more than - a long explanation.
Template to contact Governor Healey, from Indivisible:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KSmFBTRj21bu-qsJAnTz4gJKk1EAnCRPSjBbRTiaXOQ/
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Most of the official documents of the Koretian government are locked away or in active use, but the outer chamber of the historian's room boasts a magnificent chart of the bloodlines of the previous rulers of Koretia. You will see that there are two main bloodlines; both were cut off by wartime casualties, although the last surviving direct descendant of the second line died surprisingly recently. See the section of this book on Valouse for more details.

The Jackal's previous bloodline is unknown, but the Koretian ruler has established a new bloodline by selecting a young kinsman as his heir. The kinsmanship is dually established through a wardship and through a blood-brotherhood of an earlier generation.

[Translator's note: With his usual reticence, the Ambassador fails to cite plainly his own connection to Koretia's royal line. That connection is mentioned often in Empty Dagger Hand.]

Saturday Night Recs

Sep. 21st, 2025 12:18 am
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[personal profile] doranwen posting in [community profile] recthething
(I'm still awake so it's still Saturday night, right?)

All of these are fics I read in the past week and added to my fanfic database, and which I flagged for either being a favorite fic, or one I thought was exceptionally well-written. (For all fics I added this week, leave a comment and I can make a special post for you, or you can browse the regular posts linked in my master recs post.)

This week I was concentrating on fics from the Australian YA book series beginning with Tomorrow, When the War Began, as well as fics for the 2010 film by the same name. If you've never heard of either, I highly recommend them.

Icon guide )

Explanation of ratings )

Ships )

Content warnings and spoilers )


Below are the recs:

Tomorrow When the War Began (book & film) )

If any of the non-dead links above no longer work, please let me know so I can flag them as "Dead" in my database, thanks!

Enjoy! :)
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Leek-mushroom turnover, lemon tart, hard kiwifruit, American persimmons, bell peppers, purple UFO peppers, shennadoah pears, honeycrisp apples, pink pearl apples.

I'm going to try making salsa morada with the UFO peppers, and see if applesauce made with the pink pearl apples has a pink tingle to it.

Mid-Nominations Notes

Sep. 20th, 2025 11:40 pm
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[personal profile] yuletidemods posting in [community profile] yuletide_admin
Thanks for all your nominations so far! 2732 fandom choices have been submitted so far (note that if two people nominate the same fandom, that counts twice towards that total).

Nominations will close at 9pm UTC 26 September. If your fandom requires evidence, please also submit it by that time. We can't give a decision on all fandoms on the Evidence Post by close of nominations, but the sooner you make your case, the better your chances of a swift answer.

We've seen some very large fandoms among the nominations! Yuletide is an exchange for rare fandoms. We will reject all of the fandoms below, so if one of them is your nomination, please choose again:
  • Baldur's Gate (Video Games) - I & II will be approved, as per evidence, but this label will be rejected

  • Actor RPF

  • Andor (TV)

  • Baldur's Gate (Video Games)

  • Black Sails (TV)

  • 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)

  • Deltarune (Video Game)

  • Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (TV 2016)

  • Downton Abbey

  • Gravity Falls

  • Horizon (Video Games)

  • House M.D.

  • 전지적 독자 시점 - 싱숑 | Omniscient Reader - Sing-Shong

  • The Pitt (TV)

  • プロジェクトセカイ カラフルステージ!| Project SEKAI COLORFUL STAGE! (Video Game)

  • 斉木楠雄のΨ難 | Saiki Kusuo no Sai-nan | The Disastrous Life of Saiki K

  • Star Trek: Enterprise

  • Undertale (Video Game)

  • Warframe


We also won't approve "All Media Types" or "& Related Fandoms". If you've nominated any of the following fandoms, please either pick a specific piece of media, or argue your case on the evidence post.
  • Ender's Game - All Media Types

  • History Boys - All Media Types

  • Midsomer Murders - All Media Types


We've seen nominations for relationships, original characters, or Reader characters. Please only use the Character field to nominate specific characters who appear in a canon. For exceptions, see the eligibility post.

We've also seen many well-formatted nominations and nominations we are excited about! Please keep them coming.

We are happy to answer questions about nominations.

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Purrcy; grumbles; Murderbot

Sep. 19th, 2025 06:01 pm
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I have a set of baskets made to hold paper bags to collect paper for recycling. They're also a VERY useful for collecting cats!

Purrcy the tuxedo tabby looks up at the camera from inside a paper bag inside a basket. His eyes are wide, his whiskers spread.




One of our very best friends from college lives close to us. Or rather, we all still (or again) live close to college--I say that "like the salmon, we came back to spawn." She's had breast cancer, was in remission, now it's back ... metastasized. Kind of a lot. I've been to see her, she looks pretty good so far, we had a good time talking about my kids' life changes and about books. But I have a crushing pain in my chest, y'know? And I woke up this morning with my shoulders aching, and I've been *gnawing* on my night guard in my sleep ...

Meanwhile over on Bluesky there's an ongoing multiday ... thing ... because we're asking people to register for the #NoKings protest on Oct.18th, and a BUNCH of high-profile accounts don't understand why & are going on about OPSEC ... and I *do* understand why, I can explain, but it would take so much energy ...

One of the good things in my life is that [personal profile] sholio has been posting Murderbot recs! I will double her rec (if you can stand WIPs) for Robbing the Hood by [archiveofourown.org profile] Rilleshka, a canon-divergence Space Pirate!AU where Murderbot teams up with a *different*, non-verbal bot pilot before it ever meets PresAux, and things spiral from there. It gets particular praise from me because [archiveofourown.org profile] Rilleshka addresses with the *big* implausibility in canon (shut up), which is that human neural tissue is actually incredibly fussy, & keeping it functional must involve, at minimum, *nutrition*.

So, where can I get some Murderbot icons?

Community Recs Post!

Sep. 18th, 2025 09:49 am
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[personal profile] glitteryv posting in [community profile] recthething
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 fics/fancrafts/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.
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OTHER PUBLIC PORTIONS OF THE ROYAL PALACE

The High Court

The rest of the Koretian palace is more easily accessed than the royal residence, rewarding visitors with many hours' worth of sights. I can only touch here upon a few of the more popular places to visit.

A visit to Koretia's High Court is the goal of most visitors. Here Koretia's ruler holds important court cases. In the moment of judgment, he transforms into his godly form. Thus the High Court doubles as a place of worship for most Koretians.

A tip: Although the Jackal considerately wears a mask to hide the most terrifying features of his transformation (which the mask itself barely hints at), it is still wise not to look directly upon the Jackal at his moment of judgment. A few sidelong glances are reasonable enough; the Jackal does not – as one rumor insists – strike down anyone who sees him in divine form. But looking for too long at the Jackal in judgment can have unfortunate effects on viewers. For this reason, a healing woman remains in attendance to assist any visitors who may pass out.

In olden times, court cases were heard privately by Koretia's Kings. The current court, like all of the palace except for the royal residence, was built by Emor during its occupation of Koretia from 961 to 976. During that period, the palace served as the home for the dominion governor, and the court was used by him for trials. A memorial to the Koretians who are thought to have been innocent when they were executed or tortured to death upon the governor's orders has been placed near the entrance of the court. The memorial was paid for by the Chara, at the time that he freed Koretia. It is believed that the Chara had his late father were unaware during that time period of the crimes being committed by the governor in the name of the Chara.


[Translator's note: The Chara's discovery of his governor's offenses is described in Blood Vow and Law of Vengeance.]

Two Murderbot fic rec posts

Sep. 14th, 2025 10:46 pm
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Two rec posts at my DW featuring recs from my recent Murderbot fic reading:

1. Murderbot bookverse short gen [9 fics featuring a variety of characters]

2. Murderbot longer iddy h/c & plotty fic [9 longer fics, mostly Murderbot & Gurathin]

2 Purrcys, doomscrolling

Sep. 15th, 2025 01:50 am
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[personal profile] mecurtin
Sometimes Purrcy is just such a funny little gremlin, wiggling around lovingly, showing the trap that is the soft soft underbelly.

Purrcy the tuxedo tabby wiggles upside down, showing his belly, looking very silly and touchable and not at all like someone who will grab any hand that infringes his airspace.




In college I got in the habit of taking my shower at night to avoid the rush & I never stopped. Nowadays Purrcy often comes in after I'm done to Stalk the Wild Drips, and he'll mew at me if there aren't enough.

Purrcy the tuxedo tabby is gazing intently up a wet shower wall, waiting for a Wild Drip to appear




This past week was officially Too Much. I've been spending too much time on social media, doomscrolling and distractionscrolling. And then reading things to distract my self, and playing particularly pointless games, which in my case is using our NYTimes Games subscription to play Tiles over & over & over again, especially the New Haven tileset, which is just colors, no patterns.

I've got a lot to *do*, but I'm so agitated by the Horrors. I was really worried last week that we were heading for a full Reichstag Fire event. Now I've *got* to wean myself off social media, which at this point is just Bluesky, and buckle down and deal with my to-do list. Maybe I'll try adding a sentence to my DW post draft every time I feel tempted to open it up again, see how that works.

Nomination Coordination Station 2025

Sep. 15th, 2025 06:14 am
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[personal profile] serenity_ribbon posting in [community profile] yuletide

WARNING: Do NOT submit nominations here. Post for coordination ONLY.


This post is where people declare what they have nominated, or ask other people to nominate for them. So if you do comment and/or add your nominations to the spreadsheet, that's great, because it helps other people decide what to nominate, but it WILL NOT result in your fandoms or characters being in the tagset. The only place to nominate is the Yuletide tagset. Use the comments on this post and the coordination Google spreadsheet to coordinate nominations with others.

  • For information about nominating fandoms and characters, what is eligible for nomination, and other important links and announcements, refer to [community profile] yuletide_admin.

  • Nominations run Monday 15th to Friday 26th September. Nominations will be approved after that time.

  • Before tags are approved (after September 26th), you can only see your own nominations.

  • You can nominate up to 5 fandoms and up to 4 characters in each fandom.

Please copy and paste the following information to comment on this post. Every item is optional except fandom.

  • A nomination is something you plan to nominate. A request is something you're hoping someone else will nominate for you, because you ran out of slots.

  • View and edit the google sheet here: Yuletide 2025 Nomination Coordination Station.

  • If you can add your information to the spreadsheet yourself, please do! That would really help. PLEASE DO NOT SORT THE SHEET. If you want to view the list by nominated fandoms, use the autogenerated "sort by fandom" tabs.

  • During the nomination period, the spreadsheet will get re-sorted by username daily at (approx) 6PM GMT, to keep the data tidier.


Help Wanted


If you have a few minutes and enjoy a bit of data entry, please volunteer to update the spreadsheet with information the comments in this post! If you do, add the data from the comment to the spreadsheet and reply to the original comment with Added to spreadsheet.

(h/t to [personal profile] ashling for the original coordination station post text and spreadsheet!)

Yuletide 2025 Nominations Open

Sep. 14th, 2025 09:07 pm
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Why should I nominate?
To create the pool of fandoms available for this year’s Yuletide. More at AO3.

What can I nominate?
Up to 5 rare fandoms and 4 characters you want to request or offer. See what’s eligible here.

When can I nominate?
From now until 26 September, at 9pm UTC. Please check the date and time in your own timezone! Until then, you can also edit your nominations.

Where can I nominate?
Tag set.

Who can nominate?
People with AO3 accounts who intend to take part in Yuletide. You may use only one account for nominations. If you don’t have an AO3 account, add yourself immediately to the invite queue or email the mods.

How do I nominate?
First, check what's eligible. Then go to the tag set on AO3, and make sure you're logged in. Click "Nominate" at top right, enter your fandom and character choices, and click Submit at the bottom. Check the results on the page to make sure you entered them correctly. You don't have to submit all your choices at once - you can change your mind and add or edit your nominations until nominations close.

If you need to explain or argue for your fandom, please make a case for it on the Evidence Post as well as nominating on AO3.

Do I have to use fandom tags that exist on AO3?
Please do, unless:
  • There is no tag for your fandom (it's totally okay to nominate something with no fic!). Make one up, following this guide.

  • The tag that exists on the Archive describes a larger fandom with many parts and your fandom is one distinct part or subset. In this case, instead of using the tag that exists already, please use a tag that describes your specific subfandom.

  • The tag that exists on the Archive has the words 'All Media Types' or '& Related Fandoms' in it. Please don't use a label that includes those words without arguing for it on the Evidence Post
  • .

Please label fandoms according to the Archive's wrangling style. If you’re not sure how to label your fandom, please ask.

When will I see what was nominated?
Not for a while, sorry! You can share what you've nominated and coordinate with other participants at [community profile] yuletide. Moderators will approve tags starting approximately 28 September, and will release the tagset in early October. We will post questions about nominations between now and sign-ups, so please keep an eye on this community.

The Additional Tags at the bottom of the tag set are a new feature from 2023. Here is a post explaining how they work and some background (1, 2).

Disambiguation
When a character name could appear in more than one fandom, or is common, or short, please put information in brackets after the name to show where it belongs. For example:
-Bonnie Parker (Bonnie and Clyde 1967)
-Robin Hood (Prince of Thieves)
-Tulku (The Shadow 1994)
-Leonardo da Vinci (Da Vinci's Demons)

Disambiguation will also solve your problems if you receive the error message: “This character was rejected because it was nominated in another fandom.” If that happens, add more information to the name and resubmit.

Worldbuilding "character"
In most fandoms, you may nominate worldbulding as a character tag, in the format Worldbuilding (Your Fandom Name). However, mods will not accept "worldbuilding" nominations for RPF fandoms or where it is nominated without explanation for a purely mundane canon - there should be a clear fictional element to worldbuild around. See 2021's discussion post about worldbuilding; you may also find recent requests helpful to see how people have used this option.

Other character tips
If you submit a character that is new or rarely used on AO3, a suggestion from AO3 may appear in bold and in brackets next to your nomination after it has been submitted. This is okay, and does not mean that your nomination will be automatically changed. However, if you don't have any disambiguation information in brackets after the name, you may want to add it, because there may be another character with that name. Even if your character has two names, such as “Harrison Chase” or “Elizabeth Burke”, that name may appear in multiple unrelated fandoms.

RPF and Anthropomorphic fandoms must be nominated with characters. Other fandoms will be approved without characters if none are nominated.

Superhero and similar names may belong to more than one character. For example, Batman’s Robin could mean Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, or Stephanie Brown, among others. Please make sure it’s clear which one you mean - in cases where it’s ambiguous, please use their “wallet” name.

We don’t accept group nominations if the group contains named, distinct characters (for example, under Chalion Saga - Lois McMaster Bujold, we wouldn’t accept The Five Gods as a character). However, we will allow distinct groups that do not contain individual, named characters. If it may be difficult for us to determine whether this applies to your nomination, please comment in the Evidence post.

Check your nominations!
After submitting, check that your nominations have gone through: click away from the tag set, click back, and, if still logged into the same account, you should be able to see "My Nominations" at top right. Check the spelling and formatting! You can edit your nominations until the nominations period ends.

Enjoy!

PS: as pre-approved nominations can only be seen by mods, consider discussing your nominations with other participants on [community profile] yuletide or at the Discord. In particular, please see this year's RPF discussion post.


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Pinch Hitter Post 2025

Sep. 14th, 2025 07:28 pm
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Pinch Hitter Requests

Instructions for Filling PHer Requests

Pinch hitters work hard to help us with our exchange, and this event wouldn't be possible without them. As such, we ask pinch hitters who are interested in receiving treats to post below outlining what they'd like to receive, and ask participants to consider treating them!

Pinch hitter treats should follow all FIAB assignment/treat requirements. Post using the instructions under "Posting Anything Without An AO3 Assignment" on the Posting Guidelines.

Instructions for Pinch Hitters

Requirements for requesting:

  • You have picked up a pinch hit, including receiving a swapsignment without signing up.
  • You are not signed up to the exchange under any username.
  • You would like the chance to get treats!

If the above all fit you, then this is where you make requests as a pinch hitter so that treaters can see them!

Guidelines:

You should post your requests as a reply to this post. If you want to split your fandom requests into separate comments, please reply to yourself after your first post.

Since the mods will be checking works to confirm they fill requests, there are some guidelines to help us out!

  • Each request should include the following:
Fandom:
Relationship/Character/Worldbuilding Tags:
Medium/Length Opt-Ins:
Details: (DNWs should be labeled clearly as "DNW" or "Do Not Want".)
Letter link: (Optional.)
  • Medium and Length Opt-Ins must be in the tagset and must be requested using the exact wording of the tag.
  • Please don't remove or significantly change the tag part of requests after you post them, unless adding additional requests/tags.
  • If linking to more than one letter (or any other link that contains multiple subposts/links), you must still list any requested fandoms/tags in your comment to this post so that mods can easily verify gifts fill your request. This doesn't apply to the auto-app as long as it's clear and easy to verify what you're requesting.
  • Link to the Tagset (click here)

Initial Pinch Hits PH 1-38

Sep. 14th, 2025 07:19 pm
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Pinch hits are participants who are without creators; pinch hitting is the practice of volunteering to make a gift for a pinch hit. These pinch hits are all due on October 19 at 10:00 PM EDT.

Fic In A Box has a very unusual set of assignment requirements: everyone is owed (and is asking for) 10k of fanfiction, which by default can be given as one 10k+ fic or several 1k+ fics. Participants have also had the option to opt-in to other minimum lengths or to other formats of fanwork. The other fanwork mediums are given word count equivalents, which you can view on the medium ruleset post.

Additionally:

  • Fic In A Box creators may default after partially filling their assignment—say, if they discover that they can only write 9k of fic—and PHs can be picked up in 1k increments!
  • You may always swap all or part of your assignment for a PH, just let us know that's what you're doing when you post to claim the PH.
  • In the future we'll include details in the post, but for this post we're linking to the app for that to keep the post size down!

In order to pick up a pinch hit you need to either email us or comment on this post (comments are screened) with:

  • The amount of wordcount you would like to claim (even if you're going to do fanart or some other non-fic opt-in medium! If you aren't sure what the equivalent would be, we'd be happy to help you convert it!)
  • The exact username of the AO3 account you will be posting your fill(s) from (if you post from a different account from the one you give us, we won't be able to count the PH as filled unless you update us!)
  • An email where we can reach you (you might not be getting the AO3 assignment when you pick up a PH, so we need to know where to send the assignment!)

PH 1 - CLAIMED - Star Wars: The Bad Batch (Cartoon), Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Crossover Fandom, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Firefly (TV 2002) )

PH 2 - CLAIMED - Paprika (2006), Pyre (Video Game), Severance (TV), Shadow of the Leviathan - Robert Jackson Bennett, The Divine Cities Series - Robert Jackson Bennett, The Founders Trilogy - Robert Jackson Bennett )

PH 3 - CLAIMED - Interview with the Vampire (TV 2022), Vampire Chronicles Series - Anne Rice, Crossover Fandom, A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin, Game of Thrones (TV), Война и мир - Лев Толстой | War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy, Fire & Blood - George R. R. Martin, House of the Dragon (TV) )

PH 4 - 2k - Star Wars: The Bad Batch (Cartoon), Star Wars: Skeleton Crew (TV), Star Wars: Rebels, Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars: Resistance (Cartoon) )

PH 5 - 1k - Christian Astrology - William Lilly, Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Main Video Game Series), 龍の国 ルーンファクトリー | Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma (Video Game), Fire Emblem: Fuukasetsugetsu | Fire Emblem: Three Houses )

PH 6 - CLAIMED - Crossover Fandom, QSMP | Quackity SMP, Crossover Fandom, SMPEarth, Dream SMP )

PH 7 - 10k - Only Murders in the Building (TV), Roseanne (TV 1988), Red Band Society (US TV), Degrassi the Next Generation, Win or Lose (Cartoon), Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (TV), Divergent Series - Veronica Roth, The OC (TV), Short Term 12 (2013), Turtles All the Way Down (Movie 2024) )

PH 8 - CLAIMED - Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (TV), Chalion Saga - Lois McMaster Bujold, Dungeons and Dragons (Cartoon), G.I. Joe (Cartoon), Crossover Fandom, Jem and the Holograms (Cartoon), Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light, Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys Super Mysteries - Franklin W. Dixon & Carolyn Keene, Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (TV), Fairy Tail )

PH 9 - CLAIMED - Metropolis (1927), The Goblin Emperor Series - Katherine Addison, Nine Worlds Series - Victoria Goddard )

PH 10 - CLAIMED - Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021), Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021) )

PH 11 - CLAIMED - The Expanse Series - James S. A. Corey, The Expanse (TV), Gattaca (1997), The Long Walk - Richard Bachman, On a Sunbeam (Graphic Novel), Sunshine - Robin McKinley )

PH 12 - 10k - 鹿鼎記 - 金庸 | The Deer and the Cauldron - Louis Cha, 鹿鼎記 | The Duke of Mount Deer (Hong Kong 1984), 老洞 | The Old Miao Myth (TV) )

PH 13 - CLAIMED - 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga) )

PH 14 - CLAIMED - Neon Genesis Evangelion, Final Fantasy XII, Assassin's Creed - All Media Types, i could command you be cruel to you compel you - jonphaedrus (Exchange Disambig), Don Giovanni - Mozart/Da Ponte, Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson, Crossover Fandom )

PH 15 - CLAIMED - World Trigger (Anime & Manga), 今際の国のアリス | Imawa no Kuni no Alice | Alice in Borderland (TV), Dr. STONE (Anime), 화이트 크리스마스 | White Christmas (TV 2011), 崩坏:星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game), 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game) )

PH 16 - 3k - 阴阳师 | Yīn Yáng Shī | The Yin-yang Master (Movies - Guo Jingming), 陰陽師 | Onmyouji (Anime 2023), 밤에 피는 꽃 | Knight Flower (TV) )

PH 17 - CLAIMED - 地縛少年花子くん | Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun | Toilet-bound Hanako-kun (Anime), Persona 3, Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (Anime & Manga), Fire Emblem: Kakusei | Fire Emblem: Awakening, Undertale (Video Game), Promare (2019) )

PH 18 - 7k - The Fixer Series - Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Earth Girl Series - Janet Edwards, Vorkosigan Saga - Lois McMaster Bujold, The Librarians (TV 2014), Crossover Fandom )

PH 19 - 2k - Star Trek: Enterprise, Star Trek: Enterprise, Star Trek: Voyager, Crossover Fandom )

PH 20 - 10k - Wahkonda (Band), Wahkonda (Band), Wahkonda (Band), Springtime (Band), Mind Your Language (TV), Münchener Freiheit (Band), Wahkonda (Band), Springtime (Band), Men's Football RPF, Wahkonda (Band) )

PH 21 - CLAIMED - Cyberpunk 2077 (Video Game), Squid Game (TV 2021), Dead by Daylight (Video Game) )

PH 22 - 7k - The Good Wife (TV), Fresh Meat (TV), Raven Cycle - Maggie Stiefvater, Guardians of Time - Marianne Curley, Crossover Fandom, Crossover Fandom )

PH 23 - CLAIMED - Ghostbusters (1984-1989; 2021), Agent Carter (TV), Buffyverse (TV), Doctor Who (1963), The Librarians: The Next Chapter (TV 2025), Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Picard )

PH 24 - CLAIMED - Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Main Video Game Series), Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Anime 1997-2023), Star Wars Original Trilogy, What We Do in the Shadows (TV), South Park RPF, The Slow-Mo Guys RPF )

PH 25 - 10k - Stargate - Live Action, Kolja | Kolya (1996), Cesta do pravěku | Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955), Crossover Fandom )

PH 26 - CLAIMED - Top Gun (Movies), The Avengers (Marvel Movies), The Mummy (Movies 1999-2008), Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies), Twister (Movies 1996 2024), 9-1-1 (TV), Alice (TV 2009), Jurassic Park Original Trilogy (Movies), Teen Wolf (TV), The X-Files )

PH 27 - CLAIMED - Eye Candy (TV), Hadestown - Mitchell, In the Flesh (TV) )

PH 28 - CLAIMED - Crossover Fandom, クールドジ男子 | Cool Doji Danshi | Play It Cool Guys (Manga), 崩坏:星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game), 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game), イエスかノーか半分か | Yes ka No ka Hanbun ka | Yes No or Maybe? (Light Novel Series), ダンジョン飯 | Dungeon Meshi | Delicious in Dungeon )

PH 29 - 10k - 단금지교 | Dangeum and Jigyo (Webcomic), Star Control (Video Games), Chang Feng Juan | I Promise to Return (Webcomic), 고진감래 | Go Jin and Gam-rae (Webcomic) )

PH 30 - 6k - Green Hornet (TV), Crossover Fandom, Ghost Whisperer )

PH 31 - CLAIMED - Oasis (Band), Kyle Murchison Booth Stories - Sarah Monette, Thor (Movies) )

PH 32 - CLAIMEDk - Yellowjackets (TV) )

PH 33 - CLAIMED - Final Fantasy XII, Original Work, Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies), Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen )

PH 34 - CLAIMED - Life Series | 3rd Life SMP Series, Dream SMP, Crossover Fandom, Katekyou Hitman Reborn! )

PH 35 - CLAIMED - Men's Hockey RPF, Interview with the Vampire (TV 2022) RPF, Jaws (Movies), Saw (Movies) )

PH 36 - CLAIMED - Dwarf Fortress, Assassin's Creed - All Media Types, Dragon Age (Video Games) )

PH 37 - CLAIMED - Invisible Inc. (Video Game), Invisible Inc. (Video Game), 銀魂 | Gintama (Anime & Manga), Wiedźmin | The Witcher (Video Game), Wiedźmin | The Witcher (Video Game), 捨て悪役令嬢は怪物にお伽噺を語る | Sute Akuyaku Reijou wa Kaibutsu ni Otogibanashi wo Kataru | Even Monsters Like Fairytales (Manga), Kino no Tabi | Kino's Journey - Iruka Shiomiya (Manga), Leverage (US TV 2008) )

PH 38 - CLAIMED - Caraval Series - Stephanie Garber, Once Upon a Broken Heart Series - Stephanie Garber, Miraculous Ladybug, Merlin (TV), Once Upon a Time (TV), Shadowhunters (TV), Robin of Sherwood (TV 1984) )

Swaps out!

Sep. 14th, 2025 01:51 am
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Your swapsignments have been sent out via email! If you're signed up, the email has gone to the email associated with your AO3 account. If you're not signed up, it's gone to the email you provided when you volunteered to be a secret swapper. If you signed up for swaps and did not receive an email, please contact us so that we can get that information to you. Both people who successfully swapped and people who we couldn't swap got emails, so everyone who tried to swap should have an email.

If you requested swaps despite not being signed up, keep your eyes peeled for the pinch hitter request post. Your secret swaps count as pinch hits, so we'd love to see you make some requests. That post should go up tomorrow or the day after, and will be pinned just below the rules post on the comm.

We would also like to thank those of you who signed up to receive extra wordcount. Some of you simply held extra words while we shuffled swaps around, others of you will receive more than 10k in assignments when your swaps email arrives, and in all cases swaps wouldn't have been successful without you!

Here's what you let us do:

  • 1,299,000 words were swapped! (1,200,000 last year!)
  • there were 2406 potential swaps (where one swap is a request from one of you create for someone!) (Last year: 1802)
  • 621 swaps were made between 260 participants (Last year: 557 swaps; 216 participants)
  • 2 participants wanted to swap, but unfortunately couldn't; these participants will be prioritized to the best of our ability next year if they sign up for swaps again (Last year: 5)
  • We now have 957 combined assignments and swaps out, most of them waiting to be filled! (Last year: 837)
  • This year we timed the swapping process for the first time! It took about 22 hours and 45 minutes across four days. This only includes time spent on figuring out the majority of the swapping, so it excludes the time it took to set the swapping sheet up, do quality control checks on the swapsignments once we thought the swapping puzzle was finished, and send 260 emails.

Finally, thank you very much to everyone for your patience. Please refer to this part of the rules for an in-depth refresher on assignment minimums and expectations, but the short of it is: 10k of complete fic (or equivalent opt-in) is due on October 19 at 10:00 EDT. Email us immediately if you have any problems with or questions about your assignment(s).


Initial Pinch Hits:

Initial Pinch Hits will probably go up tomorrow-ish. Mentally schedule it for ~24 hours after your swaps email, to give us time to get all these swaps into the mod sheet and verify all of the pinch hit amounts.

Palestine/Gaza Awareness

Sep. 13th, 2025 08:41 pm
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Hi, it's been a while. I'm going to try to post like once a month on Palestine stuff so there's some more awareness of things that are going on. Because there's a lot.
Orgs and places to donate to:

Bug-eyed Purrcy

Sep. 13th, 2025 12:58 am
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There were bugs up on the rafter above Purrcy 's head. I don't think he thought they were prey but they sure were *fascinating*.

Purrcy the tuxedo tabby is lying on top of a cardboard box, gazing upward with blown pupils and fascinated whiskers. He looks both eager and wary, like he can't quite believe what he's seeing.

Purrcy in the bed

Sep. 12th, 2025 12:35 am
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The last week or so the weather has gotten cool at night, which means open windows and a cuddly Purrcy at my feet every time I lie down or wake up. It's a good life.

Purrcy the tuxedo tabby is at the foot of the bed and has wiggled onto his back, exposing the soft, fluffy underbelly and dangling his white paws. He looks perfectly cute and loving and not at all like someone who would attack any hand that tried to pet the tummy (IT'S A TRAP)

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