[#285] too close to original (SVSSS)
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fandomweeklyTheme Prompt: 285 - Fresh Start
Title: too close to original
Fandom: The Scum Villain's Self Saving System
Rating/Warnings: Minor language
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 992
Summary: Shen Yuan finds his habits run too close to the original good's at times. [note Shen Yuan = Shen Qingqiu]
( inflicting a heatwave as im suffering through snow )
Title: too close to original
Fandom: The Scum Villain's Self Saving System
Rating/Warnings: Minor language
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 992
Summary: Shen Yuan finds his habits run too close to the original good's at times. [note Shen Yuan = Shen Qingqiu]
( inflicting a heatwave as im suffering through snow )
Fandom Snowflake Challenge #3
Jan. 5th, 2026 04:05 pmscribblemoose posting in 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.
[#285] NOTHING CHANGES (TORCHWOOD)
Jan. 5th, 2026 11:32 amm_findlow posting in fandomweeklyTheme Prompt: #285 - Fresh start
Title: Nothing changes
Fandom: Torchwood
Rating/Warnings: PG.
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 1,000 words
Summary: Gwen is excited to see the unveiling of the brand new Torchwood hub, but it isn’t what she expected.
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Title: Nothing changes
Fandom: Torchwood
Rating/Warnings: PG.
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 1,000 words
Summary: Gwen is excited to see the unveiling of the brand new Torchwood hub, but it isn’t what she expected.
( Read more... )
Fancake Theme for January: Crack Treated Seriously
Jan. 3rd, 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
Jan. 3rd, 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.
[#285] New Year, New Start (Torchwood)
Jan. 2nd, 2026 07:18 pmbadly_knitted posting in fandomweeklyTitle: New Year, New Start
Fandom: Torchwood
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Ianto, Jack.
Rating: PG
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: The New Year has just begun, but Torchwood Three are still trying to sort themselves out after the events of the previous year.
Word Count: 1000
Written For: Prompt 285 – Fresh Start.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters. They belong to the BBC.
25 recs in 18 fandoms
Jan. 2nd, 2026 10:23 amchoirwoman posting in yuletideEnchanted Forest Chronicles, Floris (TV), The Court Jester, Piranesi, Miss Marple, Dragonriders of Pern, Lord Peter Wimsey, Columbo, The Princess Bride, The Secret Garden, Chalet School, The Goblin Emperor, Irn Bru Snowman Ads, Dark Is Rising Sequence, Murdle, Tiny Bookshop & Untitled Goose Game, Flower Fairies, Baby Shoes Never Worn. Here, at my blog.
4 Yuletide Recs
Jan. 1st, 2026 03:14 pmgeri_chan posting in yuletide I posted recs for 4 Yuletide (and Madness) fics over on my blog for Ilona Andrews (Kate Daniels, Breach Wars) and the Singing Hills Cycle over on my blog. Breach Wars is not yet categorized on AO3 and not showing up in the fandoms list, so please go check out those fics if you're an Ilona Andrews fan!
All my 2025 stories on hope in dark times
Jan. 1st, 2026 05:13 pmduskpeterson posting in historiumHello to all, especially those of you I haven't met here before. I write noblebright novels on hope in dark times, inspired by historical settings. Nearly all of what I write is original fiction, though my Muse occasionally allows me to write fanfic. All my stories are free. My writings are available in various places: my website, blog, AO3, and SqWA.
I've just posted at my Dreamwidth journal the story summaries and links to all the fic (mainly historical fantasy inspired by late antiquity) that I released in 2025. The stories are T-rated, featuring friendships, platonic life-partnerships, and romantic pairings (f/m and m/m). Here's my boilerplate content warning. I'd love to hear what you think of the stories.
Jujutsu Kaisen: Love For The Strong: Getou Suguru Fest 2026
Jan. 1st, 2026 11:00 pmannadante posting in fandomcalendarDescription: A fest aimed to celebrate Getou Suguru's character from Jujutsu Kaisen. The fest allows all ships and headcanons and interpretations and is open for gen and platonic works too. The prompting period has been over already however the claiming period is open and we have crowdsourced 28 prompts to choose from. The claiming period has no deadline and it is open until the last day.
Schedule: Claiming open: 01/01/2026 | Works Due: 15/02/2026 | Work Reveals: 17/02/2026 | Creators Reveal: 24/02/2026
Links: Tumblr | AO3 Collection | Rules & FAQ
Schedule: Claiming open: 01/01/2026 | Works Due: 15/02/2026 | Work Reveals: 17/02/2026 | Creators Reveal: 24/02/2026
Links: Tumblr | AO3 Collection | Rules & FAQ
Yuletide 2025 Wrap-Up
Jan. 2nd, 2026 10:14 amyuletidemods posting in yuletide_adminEnd of Event
We have revealed creator names at the main 2025 collection and the 2025 Madness collection. (Reveals seems to be working as intended - fingers crossed!) The New Year's Resolutions 2026 collection will shortly open for posting. The structured parts of this year's event are over - but you can keep posting recs atyuletide and commenting on works to let their creators know you enjoyed them.
Thank you from mods and team
Thank you to everyone who took part in Yuletide 2025: writers, requesters, betas, pinch hitters, community coordinators, chatters, hippos and the hippo pool.
Thank you from mods to the tagmod team: these are the assistants who research and process tags, proofread announcements, brainstorm author questions, contribute specific fandom knowledge, check stories, and discuss how to solve problems.
We look forward to running Yuletide again in 2026!
And now
There's a reveals post up at the participant community, if you want to chat about your writing process now that you can.
New stories can be posted to the New Year's Resolutions 2026 collection.
Feedback
As always, general feedback is welcome!
This year, we increased the nominations allowance from 4 fandoms to 5 fandoms. Since that worked okay, we anticipate continuing that next year.
We introduced a limited Do-Not-Match system. That was manageable so we're interested in repeating the same process next year - though it's possible it could grow beyond our capacity, so we don't want to guarantee it indefinitely.
We changed the deadline time and the reveals times. Those changes were based on mod availability, and it was really helpful to us to have multiple mods awake at the point of deadline and reveals. We'll need to base future deadline and reveals times on that priority, but since that isn't the only factor making deadlines and reveal times effective, we're interested to hear feedback too.
Next Yuletide, we may review franchise rules to make sure we're being consistent and fair. We may also specifically review rules for music videos.
As requested by a participant, we will also be adding a section to our rules on AO3 listing what you can expect from the mod team’s communications and conduct. We have had an internal Code of Conduct for several years but agree it would be helpful to share a public version.
Again, feedback on these or other topics is also welcome.
Thank you for helping to make Yuletide 2025 a wonderful event.
Schedule, Rules, & Collection | Contact Mods | Participant DW | Participant LJ | Pinch Hits on DW | Discord | Tag set | Tag set app
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We have revealed creator names at the main 2025 collection and the 2025 Madness collection. (Reveals seems to be working as intended - fingers crossed!) The New Year's Resolutions 2026 collection will shortly open for posting. The structured parts of this year's event are over - but you can keep posting recs at
yuletide and commenting on works to let their creators know you enjoyed them.Please comment!
Please check that you have commented on any gifts you received - you can search on your username at the Yuletide 2025 collection, or the Yuletide Madness 2025 collection, or check your own personal AO3 gifts page. We understand not everyone can comment immediately due to late-December commitments or unforeseen events, but please comment when you can to acknowledge the gifts you requested. Comments and kudos on other Yuletide works are also very welcome.Thank you from mods and team
Thank you to everyone who took part in Yuletide 2025: writers, requesters, betas, pinch hitters, community coordinators, chatters, hippos and the hippo pool.
Thank you from mods to the tagmod team: these are the assistants who research and process tags, proofread announcements, brainstorm author questions, contribute specific fandom knowledge, check stories, and discuss how to solve problems.
We look forward to running Yuletide again in 2026!
And now
There's a reveals post up at the participant community, if you want to chat about your writing process now that you can.
New stories can be posted to the New Year's Resolutions 2026 collection.
Feedback
As always, general feedback is welcome!
This year, we increased the nominations allowance from 4 fandoms to 5 fandoms. Since that worked okay, we anticipate continuing that next year.
We introduced a limited Do-Not-Match system. That was manageable so we're interested in repeating the same process next year - though it's possible it could grow beyond our capacity, so we don't want to guarantee it indefinitely.
We changed the deadline time and the reveals times. Those changes were based on mod availability, and it was really helpful to us to have multiple mods awake at the point of deadline and reveals. We'll need to base future deadline and reveals times on that priority, but since that isn't the only factor making deadlines and reveal times effective, we're interested to hear feedback too.
Next Yuletide, we may review franchise rules to make sure we're being consistent and fair. We may also specifically review rules for music videos.
As requested by a participant, we will also be adding a section to our rules on AO3 listing what you can expect from the mod team’s communications and conduct. We have had an internal Code of Conduct for several years but agree it would be helpful to share a public version.
Again, feedback on these or other topics is also welcome.
Thank you for helping to make Yuletide 2025 a wonderful event.
Please either comment logged-in or sign a name. Unsigned anonymous comments will be left screened.
Yuletide 2025 Reveals Posts
Jan. 2nd, 2026 10:11 ammorbane posting in yuletideThank you for all the work that went in to the Yuletide 2025 collection and event.
Now that author names have been revealed at the main Yuletide 2025 and Yuletide Madness 2025 collections, it's traditional for people to share thoughts on what they made this year. Maybe you want to write a post on your own social media (Dreamwidth or other) about your thoughts during canon consumption, your false starts, your research rabbit holes - please link it here! Or maybe you'd like to comment directly with much shorter thoughts. There's room for options in between, too.
See past posts at the reveals tag.
Now that author names have been revealed at the main Yuletide 2025 and Yuletide Madness 2025 collections, it's traditional for people to share thoughts on what they made this year. Maybe you want to write a post on your own social media (Dreamwidth or other) about your thoughts during canon consumption, your false starts, your research rabbit holes - please link it here! Or maybe you'd like to comment directly with much shorter thoughts. There's room for options in between, too.
See past posts at the reveals tag.