Fandom Snowflake Challenge #3
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snowflake_challengeIntroduction Post*
Meet the Mods Post
Challenge #1 * Challenge #2
Meet the Mods Post
Challenge #1 * Challenge #2
Remember that there is no official deadline, so feel free to join in at any time, or go back and do challenges you've missed.
( Challenge #3 )
And please do check out the comments for all the awesome participants of the challenge and visit their journals/challenge responses to comment on their posts and cheer them on.
And just as a reminder: this is a low pressure, fun challenge. If you aren't comfortable doing a particular challenge, then don't. We aren't keeping track of who does what.
Fanart, Eureka, Jack/Nathan, Missing him
5 Jan 2026 05:48 pmmonkiainen posting in smallfandomfestTitle: Missing him
Artist:monkiainen
Fandom: Eureka
Pairing/Characters: Jack/Nathan
Rating/Category: Gen
Prompt: Missing him
Notes/Warnings: Click for a bigger picture
Artist:
monkiainenFandom: Eureka
Pairing/Characters: Jack/Nathan
Rating/Category: Gen
Prompt: Missing him
Notes/Warnings: Click for a bigger picture
#177 - Scintilla
5 Jan 2026 02:14 ammxcatmoon posting in vocab_drabblesThis week's word is
Scintilla
[sinˈtilə]
noun
A tiny trace or spark of a specified quality or feeling:
"A scintilla of doubt."
Scintilla
[sinˈtilə]
noun
A tiny trace or spark of a specified quality or feeling:
"A scintilla of doubt."
Nominations Guidelines - Winter 2026
4 Jan 2026 09:32 amlittlefics posting in seasonsofdrabblesNominations are now open for the Winter 2026 round of Seasons of Drabbles! Nominations will remain open until signups close on Sunday, January 18 @ 11:59pm Eastern Standard time (Countdown).
Important Reminders
Important Reminders
- 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.
- We will 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.
General Guidelines
- You may nominate up to 10 fandoms with up to 10 characters each.
- 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)
On keeping backups
4 Jan 2026 02:16 pmenchantedsleeperHey, everyone; happy new year! This wasn't originally intended as a new year's post; I started jotting it down a few days after Christmas, thinking that it would just be a quick reflection (ha, it's like I don't know myself at all) but worth posting anyway, and then it wound up becoming longer and taking a while to finish writing. But it feels like a decent sentiment to start off the year: namely, holding onto what matters.
I've had plenty of occasion to think about backups recently.
In November, my laptop hard drive abruptly yeeted itself from this mortal plane - the second such meltdown within 9 months (in hindsight we should have replaced it after the first one, but we weren't 100% sure it was a hard drive problem. After the second time, we were xD)
Luckily, thanks to the software that my partner and I splurged on after the first meltdown, we were able to reconstruct the partition and recover my files, but that took a while and I'd been working on a job application when everything went kaboom. Also luckily, I had been paranoid enough to save copies of my application responses to Dropbox with the thought process, "Would I be more annoyed if I somehow lost these than if I took a few extra moments to back them up?"
Which turned out to be extremely sound logic.
My tech misadventures weren't over, because midway through December I then lost my phone to an unfortunate dip in the toilet. (Sadly, this was not my first rodeo with a toilet-related phone demise, nor was it even my second). I had thought that my largely waterproof case would be enough to save it, but it wasn't to be.
Anyway, this has given me plenty of opportunity to not just consider but experience the answer to, "What if you abruptly lost access to the things you assumed would always be accessible to you - what would you wish you'd done differently?"
( Read more... )
I've had plenty of occasion to think about backups recently.
In November, my laptop hard drive abruptly yeeted itself from this mortal plane - the second such meltdown within 9 months (in hindsight we should have replaced it after the first one, but we weren't 100% sure it was a hard drive problem. After the second time, we were xD)
Luckily, thanks to the software that my partner and I splurged on after the first meltdown, we were able to reconstruct the partition and recover my files, but that took a while and I'd been working on a job application when everything went kaboom. Also luckily, I had been paranoid enough to save copies of my application responses to Dropbox with the thought process, "Would I be more annoyed if I somehow lost these than if I took a few extra moments to back them up?"
Which turned out to be extremely sound logic.
My tech misadventures weren't over, because midway through December I then lost my phone to an unfortunate dip in the toilet. (Sadly, this was not my first rodeo with a toilet-related phone demise, nor was it even my second). I had thought that my largely waterproof case would be enough to save it, but it wasn't to be.
Anyway, this has given me plenty of opportunity to not just consider but experience the answer to, "What if you abruptly lost access to the things you assumed would always be accessible to you - what would you wish you'd done differently?"
( Read more... )
Snowflake Challenge 2
3 Jan 2026 11:59 ammarinehaddockChallenge #2: Pets of Fandom
Loosely defined! Post about your pets, pets from your canon, anything you want!
My only fandom named pet (currently) is Akira, though it's a stretch to call her fandom named. We joke she's simply named after every Akira in everything ever. People who follow me on other socials will know she had a growth (we couldn't afford to get it tested) last year and I'll let you guys know she's recovered well. She lost her toe but her balance is back to how it always was (still bad).
On the looser definition of pets; I drew spoiler character from Ooe every day in November because he's my pet! My pet with 0 canon characterisation but I'm so deep in now he's my silly little OC and if we ever get more canon characterisation (or, God forbid, a canon appearance) I may cry!
This Ass Situation
Snowflake Challenge 1
1 Jan 2026 11:54 ammarinehaddockChallenge #1
The Icebreaker Challenge: Introduce yourself. Tell us why you're doing the challenge, and what you hope to gain from it.
Good question — I kind of just do this every year, huh? It gives me stuff to post on here besides the changelogs lmao I wish I could get into the swing of posting to dreamwidth more but every year I set out to do it and the same stuff happens. I'd say "maybe this'll be my year" but, let's be real, there's so much in the world all the time that I would really have to sit down and prioritise my time. I love dreamwidth, but I do like just going and making stupid posts on my own forum lmao
The Icebreaker Challenge: Introduce yourself. Tell us why you're doing the challenge, and what you hope to gain from it.
Good question — I kind of just do this every year, huh? It gives me stuff to post on here besides the changelogs lmao I wish I could get into the swing of posting to dreamwidth more but every year I set out to do it and the same stuff happens. I'd say "maybe this'll be my year" but, let's be real, there's so much in the world all the time that I would really have to sit down and prioritise my time. I love dreamwidth, but I do like just going and making stupid posts on my own forum lmao
Seasons of Drabbles - Winter Round 2026
3 Jan 2026 11:51 pmlittlefics posting in seasonsofdrabbles
Seasons of Drabbles is an exchange for the creation of drabbles and drabble variants which runs 4 times a year.* The current round is for winter 2026.
*Each round takes 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:
Signups open: Sunday, January 11
Signups close: Sunday, January 18 @ 11:59pm Eastern Standard time (Countdown)
Assignments out by: Wednesday, January 21
Assignments due: Saturday, January 31 @ 11:59pm Eastern Standard time (Countdown)
Collection opens: Saturday, February 7 @ 1:00pm Eastern Standard time (Countdown)
Authors revealed: Tuesday, February 10 @ 1:00pm Eastern Standard time (Countdown)
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!
The full Guidelines are below and we strongly encourage you to read them! Here are some quick notes, though:
- First time doing a fic exchange? Welcome! Fanlore has some helpful explanations about how AO3 exchanges work and general exchange etiquette. Don't be afraid to ask a question if something's confusing.
- Here, "drabble" does not just mean a short fic, but a specific wordcount. In addition to single drabbles (fics of exactly 100 words), we accept double drabbles (200 words) and triple drabbles (300 words). We also accept drabble series/sequences.
- When you sign up, you cannot exclude single drabbles from your offers or requests. You are still welcome to request or offer the other drabble types, you just can't leave 100-word drabbles out entirely from your signup. See below for more details about this recent rule change.
- Participants must be 18+.
- Don't use generative AI for your gifts.
( Guidelines )
flareonfury posting in smallfandomfestTitle: Safer With Him
Author:flareonfury
Fandom: Moonlight
Pairing/Characters: Beth Turner/Josef Kostan
Rating/Category: PG-13/Teen, Het
Prompt: What if Beth never met Mick and asked for Josef to provide her protection?
Spoilers: AU - No Mick. Episode 10 "Sleeping Beauty" & 13 "Fated To Pretend". Mentions of side character's canon death.
Summary: (see prompt)
Notes/Warnings: n/a
Read here at dreamwidth or at AO3
Author:
flareonfuryFandom: Moonlight
Pairing/Characters: Beth Turner/Josef Kostan
Rating/Category: PG-13/Teen, Het
Prompt: What if Beth never met Mick and asked for Josef to provide her protection?
Spoilers: AU - No Mick. Episode 10 "Sleeping Beauty" & 13 "Fated To Pretend". Mentions of side character's canon death.
Summary: (see prompt)
Notes/Warnings: n/a
Read here at dreamwidth or at AO3
Fancake Theme for January: Crack Treated Seriously
3 Jan 2026 09:14 amrunpunkrun posting in fandomcalendar
fancake is a thematic recommendation community where all members are welcome to post recs, and fanworks of all shapes and sizes are accepted. Check out the community guidelines for the full set of rules. This theme runs for the entire month. If you have any questions, just ask!
Snowflake Challenge #2
3 Jan 2026 10:41 amstardust_rifle posting in snowflake_challengeIntroduction Post * Meet The Mods Post * Challenge #1
Remember that there is no official deadline, so feel free to join in at any time, or go back and do challenges you've missed.
Pets! We know them, we probably have positive associations with at least one type of pet, and they've appeared in our creative endeavors since time immemorial. Considering that, we felt that a challenge revolving around them would be appropriate.
Challenge #2: Pets of Fandom
Loosely defined! Post about your pets, pets from your canon, anything you want!
Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so. Also, feel free to entice engagement by giving us a preview of what your post covers.
And please do check out the comments for all the awesome participants of the challenge and visit their journals/challenge responses to comment on their posts and cheer them on.
And just as a reminder: this is a low pressure, fun challenge. If you aren't comfortable doing a particular challenge, then don't. We aren't keeping track of who does what.
Remember that there is no official deadline, so feel free to join in at any time, or go back and do challenges you've missed.
Pets! We know them, we probably have positive associations with at least one type of pet, and they've appeared in our creative endeavors since time immemorial. Considering that, we felt that a challenge revolving around them would be appropriate.
Challenge #2: Pets of Fandom
Loosely defined! Post about your pets, pets from your canon, anything you want!
Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so. Also, feel free to entice engagement by giving us a preview of what your post covers.
And please do check out the comments for all the awesome participants of the challenge and visit their journals/challenge responses to comment on their posts and cheer them on.
And just as a reminder: this is a low pressure, fun challenge. If you aren't comfortable doing a particular challenge, then don't. We aren't keeping track of who does what.