Alpine, Lucky And Deuce

Fandom-Free Bingo - Madness May!

Please Note. Following implications of the behaviour of a certain previously-credible author and its affect on the queer community, we will no longer be reblogging fills from within the Harry Potter fandom. We never wanted to make this a political environment, but this has gone beyond politics. The money raised by this woman through HP is actively going into fighting against the rights of trans folks, and we refuse to support anything to do with her. While I understand this may be upsetting to some, the mod team here is entirely under the trans* spectrum, and we would rather not have to engage with anything to do with her. Trans rights are human rights.

Note: From the end of April, we will no longer be reblogging fills from Pride Edition Cards. The AO3 collection will remain open indefinitely, however, and any Tumblr post that fills Pride or earlier prompts and any prompt from a later edition will still be reblogged on those grounds. This means that posts covering exclusively Pride prompts or earlier will no longer be reblogged <3 

Now, on to May! In honour of mental health awareness month, it's time to show your inner crazy. As always, this is a good-faith event, and individual experiences are subjective when they feed into our works. With that in mind, however, any fills explicitly hating on certain disorders or those who struggle with them will not be reblogged. With that in mind, please welcome Madness May!

- Turnaround time is hopefully no longer than a week. If you've been waiting longer than this, please feel free to reach out!

- Feel free to interpret the prompts however you wish - the world is your oyster! <3 Note: Terms with a stereotypically applied gender (e.g 'Princess', 'king') are not gender-restricted! Some things are just hard to make gender-neutral, especially in limited space. Gimmie those boy princesses and nb kings to your hearts content. <3  

- No restriction to one prompt per fic/chapter.  

- You can merge this event with others, so long as the other event permits this.  

- Please mark rating clearly, and use CW where applicable. Posts not adequately marked will not be reblogged. We love you folks, and all the work you produce, but we get a lot of reblogs and have lives outside the event - we don't always have the time to be chasing down ratings or fandoms ;-;

- Use the tags #FandomFreeBingo and #Fandom Free Bingo: Madness May, and tag @fandom-free-bingo on tumblr for a reblog - don't forget to also add in the pairing/characters, rating, the fandom and the warnings in the tags please <3  

- Madness May sign ups will run until May 31st, 2025. Feel free to post after this date, however - works will be reblogged until April 30th, 2026, and the Ao3 collection will be open indefinitely.  

- A maximum of FOUR cards per participant. 

- This season we are offering BOTH 5x5 and 3x3 cards - please let us know which you would like!    

- All media forms, fandoms and original works are welcome!  

- You can request square changes twice (of any number), for up to a week after the card is issued.  

- Be respectful to other participants.

- Be kind to us!  

- Ao3 collection can be found here!

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Fanfiction Work-In-Progress Guessing Game

Send me a word, if it’s in my wip document I’ll answer your ask with the sentence that it appears in

Daredevil: The Man with Trauma

Summary: Not all of the cities Heroes are too big fans of the Avengers Movie night. When it's time to watch horror movies, the situation escalates.

Pairing: DumpsterBros ( Clint Barton & Matt Murdock)

Word Count: 2363

Rating: Mature

Tags: Carrie (2013), Horror, Trauma, Avengers Movie night, Matt Murdock needs a hug, Disturbing Themes

Written for:

@slumberpartybingo Halloween Flash : Frightening Films: Carrie

Happy FFWF! Lets play a find the word game: Valentine's Day Edition! Find any of these words in your WIP, and post the part where they appear: pink / red / heart / valentine / chocolate / ribbon / love / friend / partner / boyfriend / girlfriend / husband / wife / couple / date / kiss / card / candy / dinner / flirt / snuggle / soulmate / together / always / arrow / candle / rose / beautiful / handsome / hug

I got the first and it's actually pretty much at the start to a WIP I'm working on that I have yet to post C:

“Hi,” Bucky greeted, fidgeting nervously under Clint’s assessing gaze and inadvertently trying to hide his left side from view. “Hey,” Clint offered a soft smile, pulling his long hair into a ponytail and checking that the magnets of his cochlear implants were still firmly in place almost automatically. The motion was just as much to get himself more comfortable as it was to set the other man at ease, as Clint revealed his own disability. The gesture didn’t do much, but it was enough to release some of the attention from Bucky’s shoulder and let him take a more natural stance that revealed what he had been trying to hide. “Come in, I promise I don’t bite without asking first.” Clint chuckled, waving the younger man over with a playful wink. The joke relieved some more of the awkward tension in the room and Clint’s patient gesture was enough for Bucky to move where he was still frozen in the doorway. “I... Sorry...” He muttered, the blush colouring his cheeks turning from rose to bright pink. “It’s okay,” Clint assured him gently, leading the way along the hall to a small but cosy living room. “This is a safe space, which means you get to be as shy or outgoing as you happen to be.” Bucky just nodded quietly, sitting down on the couch a little stiffly when Clint offered.

Post July Break Bingo - Masterlist

"Don't panic but... I'm at the hospital." : / / /

Tough, but survivable pain now to avoid unbearable pain later : / / /

Mutual Pining : Sing, then, wherever you may be / MattFoggy ( Matt Murdock x Foggy Nelson) / 3545 / Teen and Up Audiences

"Don't ask me to do that." : / / /

Forced into a leadership position under stressful conditions : / / /

First Meetings : To see the Bruises / Chapter 1: Love at first sight / Clintasha (Clint Barton x Natasha Romanov) / 1718 / Mature

@julybreakbingo

#ITPE 2024 MASTERLIST!

(This has also been crossposted to the Amplificathon DW community)

(If you'd like to see previous years' master lists, 2011 is here, 2012 is here, 2013 is here, 2014 is here, 2015 is here, 2016 is here, 2017 is here, 2018 is here, 2019 is here, 2020 is here, 2021 is here, 2022 is here, and 2023 is here.)

Happy 14th annual #ITPE/technically 1st Informal Tumblr Podfic Exchange!!!! Thank you for bearing with us in our switch to a new platform! We’ve had a few hiccups but now that we know where those are, future years will hopefully run much more smoothly!

Here’s some stats and highlights from this year’s #ITPE!

We had 81 participants this year, and you made 313 podfics (including some ~sekrit~ gifts not available on the masterlist) for a total run time of 140 hours, 59 minutes, and 4 seconds–that’s over FIVE DAYS of audio!

We have 4 simulpods this year! Which is less than we expected, given some of the niche fandoms and crossovers we matched y’all on, so congratulations on finding a diversity of fics to record! @sunshineprincejeremyknox | @flowerparrish and @jeremyknox | @kbirbpods were responsible for two of those simulpods, one which they gifted to each other and the other which they both gifted to the same person. @eafay70 and @tinybluebirdcloak both gifted the same fic to @read-by-silverandblue. Finally, @alliaskisthepossibilityoflove and @rhea314 both recorded the same fic for different participants!

While #ITPE encourages participants to embrace the no-minimums, low-stress vibe, some of y’all do like to Do the Most, and we like to recognize extraordinary effort when we see it!

@opalsong, usually a notorious podfic robot, has had a lot going on this year in terms of school and was worried she would not be able to hit the productivity highs of previous years. So we, as mods, thought, “Great! We know what to do! We’ll match her with someone on one very specific OT3 that this recipient has been requesting for years, in a fandom not especially known for blanket permission, and that way Opal won’t feel compelled to make a bajillion podfics because the pool will be so small! We are solving so many problems with this match!” And we thought we were so clever! Only for Opalsong to find a 90k fanfic and turn in a 12 hour podfic. Well. We tried! But clearly Opalsong is going to Opalsong. <3

By far our most prolific gifter this year was @sunshineprincejeremyknox | @flowerparrish, who not only made 6 gifts for zir recipient (including a 4 hour podfic), but also 31 treats. Not far behind was @mistbornhero who made 7 main gifts and 23 treats! @jeremyknox | @kbirbpods made 4 main gifts and 18 treats! We also had generous treaters in @wanderingjedihistorian, @reena-jenkins, @blackestglass, @pezzax, and @wilfriede! Plus, honorable mentions to @daisydiversions and @annabelle-myrtille for the 10 and 6 hour (respectively) podfics they made for their recipients!

Finally, we'd like to extend some thank you’s to:

-Data mod flowersforgraves for converting all the sign up data to airtable which makes matching so much easier. -Asymptotical and Dragonflies_and_Katydids for creating the coding we used to generate distribution day templates. -Everyone who offered to pinch hit, especially sunshineprincejeremyknox | flowerparrish and @jetainia, though thankfully we did not end up needing them to fulfill those pinch hits! -And as always, @exmanhater for ITPE’s permanent hosting

Now let’s get on to what you’re really here for…..the masterlist!! Here’s the masterlist spreadsheet for this year’s exchange!

Happy listening!!!

I guess that's just what we get for making up pairs so rare no one else thinks about them 😂💜❤️💚

I read Gardening… by 42donotpanic and haven't been able to get these three out of my mind since.

Do not ask me where Clint's other hand is. I do not know.

This arrangement has been described to me as "people macrame".

The 2025 Fanfic Reading Challenge

Welcome to another year of the Fanfic Reading Challenge (FRC)!

I won't bore you with the history of the challenge, this year, but I will welcome you to check out past posts that do explain some of it, as well as include a brief overview of what, exactly, this challenge is, though it does change year to year. (Essentially you read fics to complete goals and win bragging points and an artsy badge.)

This year is especially different, as I had the extreme pleasure of having @noxsoulmate as a partner in crime in keeping me hostage on track to completing this year's FRC. Another valued member of the mod team is @jandjsalmon and speaks for all of us if you need questions answered!

As for the challenge....

This is, indeed, a challenge. Of course.

First of all... you must obviously read fanfiction. As if you don't already!

You also need to download and make your own copy of the spreadsheet, which can be found here, as well as below in the important links section.

To participate in the challenge, you read fics that match the tasks in the challenge. An example of a task can be: "read a fic with a title containing the word purple in it." Should be easy! Of course, there are harder ones.

Which is why there are different modes of challenge to the FRC. These are as follows:

Participation (Complete 1 task)

Regular Mode (Complete 80 tasks)

Hard Mode (Complete 150 tasks)

Extreme Mode (Complete 220 tasks)

Complete (Complete 250 tasks)

The challenge lasts from January 1st, 2025, to December 31st, 2025.

There are badges that go with the modes completed, and even a secret 6th badge that will be fairly obvious if you look at the spreadsheet! Doesn't mean it'll be easy to complete though. *smirks* (Blame Noxy)

Most important of all: this challenge operates on the honour system. We don't check your work, or your reading logs (see below), so I mean, I guess if you want to be slippery with the rules, you do you, and that's on your conscience, but honestly it's so much fun to see how much you can get done by following the letter of the law/tasks! You can be slippery even with following the tasks fully. It's great fun. ;D

I think that's enough for an intro, really, maybe too much.

Important Links and Reading Logs/Trackers

As there is a component of the FRC that includes tracking numbers of words read, most of us use a reading log/tracker to keep count of how many fics we read, including data such as words, of course, chapters, month completed, ship, author, title, fandom, link to the fic, and such. It's a great place to mark what fics you want to read in the future as well!

This year we have FOUR trackers on offer, quite different from one another, so take a look, play around with them and check out their "intros", and choose according to what you think will work best for you!

Fic Tracking Sheets

Juulna's 2025 Reading Log

Noxy's 2025 Reading Log

2025 Jandy's Fic Tracker

Taru's Fic Tracker 2025

Discord

We have a blast on Discord. From general chatter to sharing pet pics to being there for each other during the tough times to forming lasting friendships and making friendships you’d never make in a ship- or fandom-specific Discord, to asking for help ‘rolling the dice’ (pick a number between 1-10!) to choose the next fic to read, to finding some of the really challenging task fills in fandoms people might not have ever read but are willing to try, or finding fandoms someone has never read and is very tentative about stepping out of their box, but they’re being 100% supported and know they don’t need to complete the fic for it to count for the task, stepping out of their comfort zone… we’ve formed a very odd group of, if not friends, then companions (but there are definite friendships that have formed!! Just ask the people who have started watching NHL and NFL together in our off topic channel!).

In any case, our Discord is not necessary, but it is a worthy and tactical element to completing many of the tasks of this challenge. 💙

And.... without further ado....!

The 2025 Fanfic Reading Challenge! (link)

There is an info/rules page as the first sheet on the spreadsheet that should fill in any further questions you have. It also has more contact info than just this page if you have any further questions and perhaps need a more immediate answer for your needs.

*Occasionally you will run into something that looks like an error, and it may in fact be one! Let us know if you see it. It's hard not to make a mistake on as large a spreadsheet as this.*

Please, first of all, have fun and just read fanfiction that you enjoy! I (Juulna) did that last year and didn't even come close to completing the entire challenge, and I still had a blast because I was enjoying what I was reading and rereading. Others took the challenge right to the completed end. Others forgot about it halfway through but still had fun, and some even went back and filled in the sheet for a really good showing! The challenge is what you make of it, what you want from it. So... just have fun. Read fic. Smile. Enjoy. :)

Second of all... well, we would love if you signal boost this post!!!!

Third of all, we do have our pinned post that includes a link to this page and that will include a link to our Discord and all our trackers as well, including past links for memento and informative purposes.

Thank you, and a blessed 2025 to all!

Fic Writing Review 2024

Rules: Feel free to show whatever stats you have. Only want to show Ao3 stats? Rock on. Want to include some qualitative info instead of stats? Please do this. Want to change how yours is presented? Absolutely do that. Would rather eat glass than do this? Please don’t eat glass but don’t feel like you have to do this either. Artists and gif makers, please also join in with any quantitative or qualitative stats or facts you want to share about your year.

Did this last year, and doing it once again this year. I have made small changes but you can find the original on @loki-is-my-kink-awakening 's blog: (X). thank you once again for coming up with this!

words and fics

102995 words published in 2024

worked on 12 (posted) fics

completed 3 fics

most productive month: october with 37481 published words

monthly words average: 8582 words

words written (& posted) per fandom

all for the game series - 68536words

bungou stray dogs - 2165 words

mo dao zu shi - 3078 words

scum villain's sels saving system - 24251 words

natsume yuujinchou - 4965 words

top 5 pairings

neil josten/andrew minyard [11]

the foxes | palmetto state foxes members & neil josten [9]

neil josten & andrew minyard [7]

katelyn mackenzie/aaron minyard [6]

jeremy knox/jean moreau [4]

top 5 by kudos (i closed the statics so i am unable to see this one)

let bygones be bygones [all for the game series]

can't tell a truth until you learn to lie [natsume yuujinchou]

we'll be alright [scum villain's self saving system]

till forever falls apart [all for the game series]

show me the ways to be a fox [all for the game series]

top 5 by hits (i closed the statics so i am unable to see this one)

let bygones be bygones [all for the game series]

can't tell a truth until you learn to lie [natsume yuujinchou]

show me the ways to be a fox [all for the game series]

misfortune of the fortunate ones (old version) [all for the game series]

we'll be alright [scum villain's self saving system]

fandom events in 2024

i joined so many events this year, so i will once more only add in those that i got a bingo for or yearly events that i ended up joining in.

[00/41] comfy-vember 2024 - joined and started creating for

[01/01] aftg mixtape vol.4

[01/01] mdzs mixtape 2024 edition

[01/01] t&n fic fest 2024 (then and never edition)

[19/25] any fandom angst bingo - four bingo's

[17/25] any fandom dark bingo - one bingo

[05/09] fandom bingo (r1999 edition) - one bingo

[09/09] fandom free bingo (book night edition - 02) - blackout!

[18/25] fandom free bingo (book night edition - 03) - one bingo

[13/25] fandom free bingo (frosty edition) - one bingo

[06/09] fandom free bingo (maritime may edition) - one bingo

[16/25] fandom free bingo (maritime may edition) - one bingo

[10/09] fandom free bingo (valentine's edition) - blackout!

[05/09] fandom free bingo (wild edition) - one bingo

[07/09] fictional delights bingo (fnaf edition 02) - four bingo's

[06/09] jbb 2023 - halloween horror bingo (01) - two bingo's

upcoming plans

fic's I'm hoping to complete in 2025:

[AFTG] to hunt a rabbit (from 'blood stained bare teeth' series)

[AFTG] never letting you go (first part of the different first meeting au - rewrite of 'little oasis')

[AFTG] peach tea & hot chocolate nights (sequel to 'never letting you go')

[NatsuYuu] I'll be there to wipe your tears

fics I'm hoping to return to / keep writing for in the year of 2025:

[AFTG] misfortune of the fortunate

[AFTG] promises better left unkept (first part of 'esper & guide au')

[AFTG] till forever falls apart

there are so many things I currently wish to finish, however I am aware that it might be hard to do so considering everything so I will be taking these as my first priority when it comes to posting. if I do end up being able to meet my goals in time, I will be making a poll so that you guys can choose what you would like for me to work on next.

I have a small posting schedule planned for the next year, if anyone would wish to see it, but there might be some changes to it through out the year: X

writing reflection

I had thought that 2024 had been a pretty chill writing year with 100k+ words, but when I saw that my plan was to write more than 250k I blanked for a moment.

However, even though I haven't met my goals I am not exactly disappointed, in fact if I am being honest instead of being dissapointed I am pretty satisfied with what I have. The only thing I am somewhat regretting is not having been able to get back to writing 'let bygones be bygones' fic considering how much time has passed since I posted the last chapter for it.

My goal for the year of 2025 is to complete all four of the pics that I listed above, and also to pic up either 'let bygones be bygones' or 'teach me how to be a fox' at one point once again. And also to write a work for 'year of the otp 2025' each month if I can find the time to do so. I doubt I will be able to but I really like the prompts of this year and it feels like they would go so well with andreil in general.

tagging: @42donotpanic @voiceoffenrisulfr @heretherebewolves @unfortunate-beetle-and-friends @sweetpeapod (and anyone else who would like to join!)