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Fandom: Heated Rivalry
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Ilya Rozanov
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: digital art
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: ccrux00 on tumblr
Why this piece is awesome: aaaand Ilya Rozanov, our other protagonist. A great digital painting, perfect likeness.
Link: Ilyaaa

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Fandom: Heated Rivalry
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Shane Hollander
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: i think it's traditional art, a pencil drawing
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: thence-we-came-forth on tumblr
Why this piece is awesome: I've been so submerged in Heated Rivalry that I've been neglecting reccing - time to remedy that! First, to introduce our boys: here's Shane Hollander in his hoodie from the tender goodbye in the condo stairwell. Very nice pencil drawing of a favourite scene.
Link: Shane Hollander

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fanmix_monthly: all fandoms, optional prompts

fanmix_monthly is a new fanmix community on Dreamwidth!

Posting is now open. Optional prompts will start in January 2026.

Current Mood: hopeful

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Arrrre you rrrrready to rrrrrrumble??? It's the MONSTER THEME POLL at Fancake Memorial Coliseum!! In town one week only!! Polls close on the 27th!

Poll #33979 2026 Monster Theme Poll

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: Just the Poll Creator, participants: 80

Pick 10 new themes for 2026:

Adoption
14 (17.7%)

Afterlife
11 (13.9%)

Aliens
13 (16.5%)

Angst
12 (15.2%)

Books & Writing
18 (22.8%)

Character Study
20 (25.3%)

Collaborations & Remixes
14 (17.7%)

Coming of Age/Rites of Passage
18 (22.8%)

Community
16 (20.3%)

Crack Treated Seriously
29 (36.7%)

Fandom (characters involved in fandom, works involving fandom, meta about fandom)
12 (15.2%)

Fannish Non-Fiction (meta, tutorials, resources)
20 (25.3%)

Fantasy (elves, unicorns, et al)
18 (22.8%)

Fluff
20 (25.3%)

Games & Competitions
7 (8.9%)

Gothic
17 (21.5%)

Holidays & Celebrations
10 (12.7%)

Horror
12 (15.2%)

In Denial
16 (20.3%)

Inept in Love
18 (22.8%)

Journey/Travel
22 (27.8%)

Just Like Canon
15 (19.0%)

Kink
12 (15.2%)

Kisses
16 (20.3%)

Manners & Etiquette (including mannerpunk)
13 (16.5%)

Matchmaking
11 (13.9%)

Meet the Family
16 (20.3%)

Mentors & Protegees
19 (24.1%)

Music
11 (13.9%)

Neurodivergent Characters
15 (19.0%)

New Releases (I'll let you determine what's "new" for the fandom)
14 (17.7%)

Original Characters
11 (13.9%)

Outstanding Prose
15 (19.0%)

Podfic
8 (10.1%)

Power Dynamics
15 (19.0%)

Protest & Revolt
6 (7.6%)

PWP (Porn Without Plot or Plot? What Plot?)
10 (12.7%)

Role Reversal
10 (12.7%)

Romance
12 (15.2%)

RPF
10 (12.7%)

Short Fiction (under 2000 words)
19 (24.1%)

Siblings
17 (21.5%)

Social Media
6 (7.6%)

Unpopular Characters
19 (24.1%)

Unreliable Narrator
27 (34.2%)

Vampires
13 (16.5%)

Villains
11 (13.9%)

War
9 (11.4%)

Whump
16 (20.3%)

Pick 3 classic themes you'd like to revisit:

Arranged Marriage
35 (44.3%)

Cops & Crime
10 (12.7%)

Epistolary
26 (32.9%)

Forced Proximity
23 (29.1%)

Future Fic
18 (22.8%)

Historical AUs
18 (22.8%)

Pining
21 (26.6%)

Threesome
30 (38.0%)

Worldbuilding
41 (51.9%)

sholio

I had a long plane flight yesterday (holiday travel) and decided to try to clear out a little more of my Tumblr prompt backlog before the end of the year.

1. Friendly fire: Algy and EvS

200 wds - Also on Tumblr

( Under the cut, with prompt )

2. Drug that mimics death - Erich & Biggles

700 wds - Also on Tumblr.

( Under the cut, with prompt )

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Believe it or not, we are only two weeks out from the start of Purimgifts signups! It'll be here before you know it!

Purimgifts is an annual all-fandoms-welcome fanfic & podfic exchange with a side helping of art, focused on characters who are at least one of WOMEN, JEWISH, or PERSECUTED BY EVIL VIZIERS.

SIGNUPS & NOMINATIONS 2-9 Jan (anywhere in the world)
DEADLINE 23 Feb (anywhere in the world)
REVEALS 2-4 March
Find us on Dreamwidth, Livejournal, tumblr, and the Archive of Our Own.

sholio

And writing about it instead of getting ready to check out of my Airbnb as I ought to be.

( Spoilers obviously, especially for character death/survival )

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IDK. I did go outside, checked the chickens food (bother, just realised I didn't check their water).

Temps are supposed to be 30+ today and the next few days, alas, before cooling down on Christmas Day. By which we mean "mid-20s".

CRIPES. It's a week to Christmas.

My mother wants us to go over on both Christmas Day and Boxing Day. *sigh* I just don't want to do "Christmas Day", and then "Christmas Day But With The Stepbro's Family".

I don't seem to have gotten COVID - still testing clear, just feeling generally tired.

--

It's six hours later and it's crazy hot out there.

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3 for the Memories' 2025 session will be open for posts on January 3, 2026 and will run for 3 weeks until January 24. Event participation is as follows:

1) Three photos only per person during each annual session. Members are encouraged to discuss the reason for their choices.

2) Photos can be hosted at Dreamwidth or elsewhere, and should not be larger than 800 px width or height.

3) All three photos should be in the same post. Cut tags should be placed after the first photo.

3 for the Memories is not a competition, and entries are not being judged. Rather, participants are encouraged to share photos they took in 2025 that they find meaningful in some way or which represent how they experienced the year.

Questions? Visit the announcement post at

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Hello everyone! You have two more days to slip your theme suggestions into the suggestion box for our rounds in 2026. I went ahead and added some more themes to the pool, taking popular suggestions from past years but also filling in a few more gaps in our coverage (vampires! aliens!), so take a look at the list and see if it doesn't shake something loose.

I'll close that post the morning of the 19th and put up the big theme poll on the 20th. If you're going to be out and about around that time, you can track the admin: poll: theme tag. Just click on the little bell icon or "track" link on any post with that tag, select "Someone posts an entry tagged admin: poll: theme," hit save, and you'll get an email when the big poll goes up. You'll also get an email every time I post a theme poll thereafter, which is monthly. If you don't want that, you can cancel the notification later; it's the same process, just uncheck the box and hit save.

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sholio

.... but much more slowly. I reread Vallista this past week, and that book sure hits different in a few ways after reading Tsalmoth!

( Spoilers for both Vallista and Tsalmoth )

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Fandom: Stranger Things
Pairings/Characters: Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
Rating: Explicit
Length: 26,183 words
Creator Link:

mistresscurvy
Theme: Amnesty, First Time, Canon LGBTQ+ Characters, Research, Futurefic, Friendship

Summary: "Did it ever occur to any of you that I might not want to have my only sexual experiences be with someone who isn't actually interested in me?" Will asked.

He was met by three identical looks of confusion. "I mean, it would still be sex," Dustin said finally.

Reccer's Notes: Set after a season four where, yes, a lot of people died. But the kids are seventeen now, and Mike and Will are both virgins, which Mike is very concerned about: Cue the 80s teen sex comedy. Unlike much of that genre, though, this isn't gross or embarrassing, and everybody's having a good time. I adored Will here, kind of baffled by what Mike's gotten them into, yet excited about it too, and it's wonderful to see him stand up for himself, confident enough to be honest about who he is and what he wants. Plus it includes the entire crew, even Argyle.

Fanwork Link: Like a Virgin

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rarefemslashexchange is a multi fandom exchange focused on f/f ships with two or more female characters (canon or genderbent) and/or genderqueer characters that you feel would fit in a f/f exchange, with less than 250 works on AO3- completed, in English, using the otp:true filter. The minimum requirements are either a 500 word fic or a nice sketch.

Sign-Up instructions are here.

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2025 Schedule

Nominations: December 1-10th (closes at 10PM PST)
Sign-Ups Open: December 13th
Sign-Ups Close: December 27th, 10PM PST [Countdown to sign-ups closing] [In Your Timezone]
Assignments Out: approximately December 30th
Assignments Due: February 6th, 10PM PST
Assignments Revealed: February 13, 10PM PST
Creators Revealed: February 20th, 10PM PST

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Ilyaaa by ccrux00 (SFW)

Shane Hollander by thence-we-came-forth (SFW)

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2026 Monster Theme Poll

A couple of Biggles promptfics

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Friday, December 19 - Wish Fulfillment

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Still thinking about B5? More likely than you think!

Tuesday, December 18 - Free for All

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Three for the Memories Coming Back Next Month!

2025 Deadline Has Passed - What Next

Only two days left to suggest themes!

Wednesday, December 17 - Affection

The chaotic Dragaera reread continues

Stranger Things: Like a Virgin, by mistresscurvy

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